Icon, Wizard and Corinthian Books - Catalogue Jan - June 2011

Icon, Wizard and Corinthian Books New Titles and Paperbacks for Spring 2011

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Welcome

Icon, Wizard and Corinthian Books

Contents

Welcome to the Icon, Corinthian and Wizard catalogue for the first half of 2011.

New Titles

PG 04 - 11

New in Paperback

PG 12 - 19

Introducing series - new titles and backlist

PG 20 - 23

Fighting Fantasy - new titles and backlist

PG 24 - 25

Backlist Highlights

PG 26 - 27

Contact details

This season’s list opens with David E. Hoffman’s The Dead Hand, an expertly told tale of Reagan, Gorbachev and the dying days of the Cold War that won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction and was described by John le Carré as ‘a stunning feat of research and narrative’.

Back

Kate Monro’s The First Time is a searingly honest, first-hand investigation into one of the few life experiences that can happen only once – losing your virginity. Springing from her hugely popular blog, The Virginity Project, Monro here collates and explores stories of virginity lost from a kaleidoscopic array of people – with plenty of results you wouldn’t expect.

With paperbacks of 2010 highlights such as Colin Evans’ Slaughter on a Snowy Morn, the wonderful The Girl on the Wall by Jean Baggott and The Best Views From the Boundary, which collects the best of Test Match Special’s Saturday lunchtime interviews, from our Corinthian sports imprint, alongside twelve Introducing titles and four from the Fighting Fantasy series, we hope there’s plenty here for everyone. www.iconbooks.co.uk www.facebook.com/iconbooks www.twitter.com/iconbooks

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PG 03

Welcome

Icon, Wizard and Corinthian Books

Contents

Welcome to the Icon, Corinthian and Wizard catalogue for the first half of 2011.

New Titles

PG 04 - 11

New in Paperback

PG 12 - 19

Introducing series - new titles and backlist

PG 20 - 23

Fighting Fantasy - new titles and backlist

PG 24 - 25

Backlist Highlights

PG 26 - 27

Contact details

This season’s list opens with David E. Hoffman’s The Dead Hand, an expertly told tale of Reagan, Gorbachev and the dying days of the Cold War that won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction and was described by John le Carré as ‘a stunning feat of research and narrative’.

Back

Kate Monro’s The First Time is a searingly honest, first-hand investigation into one of the few life experiences that can happen only once – losing your virginity. Springing from her hugely popular blog, The Virginity Project, Monro here collates and explores stories of virginity lost from a kaleidoscopic array of people – with plenty of results you wouldn’t expect.

With paperbacks of 2010 highlights such as Colin Evans’ Slaughter on a Snowy Morn, the wonderful The Girl on the Wall by Jean Baggott and The Best Views From the Boundary, which collects the best of Test Match Special’s Saturday lunchtime interviews, from our Corinthian sports imprint, alongside twelve Introducing titles and four from the Fighting Fantasy series, we hope there’s plenty here for everyone. www.iconbooks.co.uk www.facebook.com/iconbooks www.twitter.com/iconbooks

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PG 03

February

New Titles

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The Dead Hand Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race David E. Hoffman

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction 2010 ‘A stunning feat of research and narrative. Terrifying.’

John le Carré ‘Authoritative and chilling … Dr. Strangelove as updated by the Coen Brothers.’ New York Times The first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.

Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified documents from deep inside the Kremlin, David Hoffman examines the inner motives and secret decisions of each side and details the deadly stockpiles that remained unsecured as the Soviet Union collapsed. This is the fascinating story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and a previously unheralded collection of scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies changed the course of history.

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Icon Books February

Royal 576 pages with 2 8-page b/w photo sections UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Random House US Random House US

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at the Washington Post, where he previously served as White House correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, and assistant managing editor for foreign news.

History New Title

PG 04

HBK

PG 05

February

New Titles

01.

The Dead Hand Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race David E. Hoffman

01.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction 2010 ‘A stunning feat of research and narrative. Terrifying.’

John le Carré ‘Authoritative and chilling … Dr. Strangelove as updated by the Coen Brothers.’ New York Times The first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.

Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified documents from deep inside the Kremlin, David Hoffman examines the inner motives and secret decisions of each side and details the deadly stockpiles that remained unsecured as the Soviet Union collapsed. This is the fascinating story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and a previously unheralded collection of scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies changed the course of history.

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Icon Books February

Royal 576 pages with 2 8-page b/w photo sections UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Random House US Random House US

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at the Washington Post, where he previously served as White House correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, and assistant managing editor for foreign news.

History New Title

PG 04

HBK

PG 05

March

New Titles

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Perfect Rigour A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century Masha Gessen

A thrilling account of an utterly brilliant eccentric Russian mathematician which sheds a rare light on the burden of genius.

In 1998, the Clay Institute in Boston named the Poincaré Conjecture one of seven great unsolved mathematical problems, and promised a million dollars to anyone who could find a solution. In 2006, a Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved it, won the prize – and declined the money.

Journalist Masha Gessen was determined to find out why.

Drawing on extensive interviews in Russia and the US – and informed by her own background as a maths whiz raised in Russia – she set out to uncover the nature of Perelman’s genius. Her telling of his tale is by turns startling, gripping and ultimately tragic.

‘Perelman and the world of Soviet maths training make a fascinating, moving tale, and in Perfect Rigor Masha Gessen tells it brilliantly.’ Tom Stoppard, Guardian

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Icon Books March

Demy 256 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Elyse Cheney Literary Associates

Masha Gessen is a journalist who has written for Slate, Seed, the New Republic, the New York Times, and other publications, and is the author of two previous books.

Science New Title

PG 06

HBK

PG 07

March

New Titles

01.

01.

Perfect Rigour A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century Masha Gessen

A thrilling account of an utterly brilliant eccentric Russian mathematician which sheds a rare light on the burden of genius.

In 1998, the Clay Institute in Boston named the Poincaré Conjecture one of seven great unsolved mathematical problems, and promised a million dollars to anyone who could find a solution. In 2006, a Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved it, won the prize – and declined the money.

Journalist Masha Gessen was determined to find out why.

Drawing on extensive interviews in Russia and the US – and informed by her own background as a maths whiz raised in Russia – she set out to uncover the nature of Perelman’s genius. Her telling of his tale is by turns startling, gripping and ultimately tragic.

‘Perelman and the world of Soviet maths training make a fascinating, moving tale, and in Perfect Rigor Masha Gessen tells it brilliantly.’ Tom Stoppard, Guardian

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9781848312388

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Icon Books March

Demy 256 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Elyse Cheney Literary Associates

Masha Gessen is a journalist who has written for Slate, Seed, the New Republic, the New York Times, and other publications, and is the author of two previous books.

Science New Title

PG 06

HBK

PG 07

April

New Titles

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Socrates vs. Jesus: The Struggle for the Meaning of Life

30-Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute

Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window

Steve Fuller

Iconoclastic popular sociologist Steve Fuller reclaims Jesus as a philosophical thinker – and one who really puts his money where his mouth is…

Socrates and Jesus are among Western culture’s most iconic figures. They are even offered as exemplars of what it means to be human. Both are notable for their forthright views on the extent of moral obligation and the limits of knowledge, the meaning of life and the prospects of an afterlife. They were also both ‘celebrities’, and both died to make a point.

But how do the lives of Socrates and Jesus look to 21stcentury eyes? Would either attract a following today?

Steve Fuller compares Socrates and Jesus as guides to living today and, in a point that will prove controversial to our secular reverence for Socrates, he argues that Jesus is the more demanding philosopher – and that Socrates is really just a Christ-lite.

Steve Fuller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.

Donald Marron (ed.)

30-Second Economics takes the top 50 economic theories, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and one picture. Economics will suddenly seem a lot more fun than the economy, and make a lot more sense, and along the way you’ll meet founding fathers of modern economics such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Alfred Marshall. From Marxism to Mercantilism, plus everything in between, this is the ultimate ‘crash’ course in economic theory.

Also available: 30-Second Theories 9781848311299 30-Second Philosophies 9781848311626 Editor Donald Marron is visiting Professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington DC.

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03.

Brian Clegg

Everything economic from Keynes to the Invisible Hand explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.

Keynesian Economics, Free Market Capitalism, Monetarism, Game Theory and the Invisible Hand. Sure, you know what they mean.

That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these economic theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your financial knowledge?

01.

The perfect companion to any flight – a guide to the science on view from your window seat.

There are few times when science is so immediate as when you’re in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of miles an hour.

Inflight Science shows how you stay alive up there – but that’s only the beginning. Brian Clegg explains the ever-changing view, whether it’s crop circles or clouds, mountains or river deltas, and describes simple experiments to show how a wing provides lift, or what happens if you try to open a door in mid-air (don’t!). On a plane you’ll experience the impact of relativity, the power of natural radiation and the effect of altitude on the boiling point of tea. Among the many things you’ll learn are why the sky is blue, the cause of thunderstorms and the impact of volcanic ash in an enjoyable tour of mid-air science.

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9781848311954

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£12.99

Icon Books April

$20.00 B 192 pages World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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9781848312326

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Icon Books April

n/a 237mm x 187mm 160 pages with colour illustrations throughout UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada and ANZ Ivy Press Ivy Press

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9781848312418

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Icon Books April

$18.00 Demy 256 pages; occasional b/w photos and illustrations World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

Brian Clegg is a science writer. He runs www.popularscience.co.uk and his most recent book was Armageddon Science (St Martin’s Press, 2010).

Philosophy / Religion New Title

PG 08

HBK

Economics New Title

HBK

Science New Title

PBK

PG 09

April

New Titles

01.

02.

03.

Socrates vs. Jesus: The Struggle for the Meaning of Life

30-Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute

Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window

Steve Fuller

Iconoclastic popular sociologist Steve Fuller reclaims Jesus as a philosophical thinker – and one who really puts his money where his mouth is…

Socrates and Jesus are among Western culture’s most iconic figures. They are even offered as exemplars of what it means to be human. Both are notable for their forthright views on the extent of moral obligation and the limits of knowledge, the meaning of life and the prospects of an afterlife. They were also both ‘celebrities’, and both died to make a point.

But how do the lives of Socrates and Jesus look to 21stcentury eyes? Would either attract a following today?

Steve Fuller compares Socrates and Jesus as guides to living today and, in a point that will prove controversial to our secular reverence for Socrates, he argues that Jesus is the more demanding philosopher – and that Socrates is really just a Christ-lite.

Steve Fuller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.

Donald Marron (ed.)

30-Second Economics takes the top 50 economic theories, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and one picture. Economics will suddenly seem a lot more fun than the economy, and make a lot more sense, and along the way you’ll meet founding fathers of modern economics such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Alfred Marshall. From Marxism to Mercantilism, plus everything in between, this is the ultimate ‘crash’ course in economic theory.

Also available: 30-Second Theories 9781848311299 30-Second Philosophies 9781848311626 Editor Donald Marron is visiting Professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington DC.

02.

03.

Brian Clegg

Everything economic from Keynes to the Invisible Hand explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.

Keynesian Economics, Free Market Capitalism, Monetarism, Game Theory and the Invisible Hand. Sure, you know what they mean.

That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these economic theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your financial knowledge?

01.

The perfect companion to any flight – a guide to the science on view from your window seat.

There are few times when science is so immediate as when you’re in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of miles an hour.

Inflight Science shows how you stay alive up there – but that’s only the beginning. Brian Clegg explains the ever-changing view, whether it’s crop circles or clouds, mountains or river deltas, and describes simple experiments to show how a wing provides lift, or what happens if you try to open a door in mid-air (don’t!). On a plane you’ll experience the impact of relativity, the power of natural radiation and the effect of altitude on the boiling point of tea. Among the many things you’ll learn are why the sky is blue, the cause of thunderstorms and the impact of volcanic ash in an enjoyable tour of mid-air science.

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9781848311954

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£12.99

Icon Books April

$20.00 B 192 pages World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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9781848312326

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Icon Books April

n/a 237mm x 187mm 160 pages with colour illustrations throughout UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada and ANZ Ivy Press Ivy Press

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9781848312418

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£12.99

Icon Books April

$18.00 Demy 256 pages; occasional b/w photos and illustrations World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

Brian Clegg is a science writer. He runs www.popularscience.co.uk and his most recent book was Armageddon Science (St Martin’s Press, 2010).

Philosophy / Religion New Title

PG 08

HBK

Economics New Title

HBK

Science New Title

PBK

PG 09

May

New Titles

01.

The First Time True Tales of Virginity Lost and Found (including my own) Kate Monro

01.

A groundbreaking and very personal insight into modern sexuality.

Losing our virginity … it happens to all of us. How did it happen for you? What do other people think and feel about it? In February 2007, Kate Monro went on a mission to find out. She decided to ask as many people as possible - how did you lose your virginity? Men and women, old and young, gay, straight, Christian and Muslim; the stories range from the funny and the sad to the happy and occasionally, the unbelievable.

Thus was born her much-reviewed blog, The Virginity Project, and now this book.

How do we define the loss of our virginity? What, if any, impact does the first time have on the rest of our lives? And in some cases how do we know for sure when that moment has occurred?

After all sorts of conversations with all sorts of people, Kate will reveal the truth about other people’s most intimate sexual stories. She also discovers that the answers are not always as straightforward as you might think.

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9781848312401

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Icon Books May

n/a Demy 320 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Diane Banks Associates Diane Banks Associates

Kate Monro’s career has taken in spells with the rock band Blur, with the publishing mavericks Dazed & Confused, marketing & PR agency Cunning, and most recently, creative advertising agency RKCR. www.virginityproject.typepad.com

Lifestyle New Title

PG 10

PBK

PG 11

May

New Titles

01.

The First Time True Tales of Virginity Lost and Found (including my own) Kate Monro

01.

A groundbreaking and very personal insight into modern sexuality.

Losing our virginity … it happens to all of us. How did it happen for you? What do other people think and feel about it? In February 2007, Kate Monro went on a mission to find out. She decided to ask as many people as possible - how did you lose your virginity? Men and women, old and young, gay, straight, Christian and Muslim; the stories range from the funny and the sad to the happy and occasionally, the unbelievable.

Thus was born her much-reviewed blog, The Virginity Project, and now this book.

How do we define the loss of our virginity? What, if any, impact does the first time have on the rest of our lives? And in some cases how do we know for sure when that moment has occurred?

After all sorts of conversations with all sorts of people, Kate will reveal the truth about other people’s most intimate sexual stories. She also discovers that the answers are not always as straightforward as you might think.

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9781848312401

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£11.99

Icon Books May

n/a Demy 320 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Diane Banks Associates Diane Banks Associates

Kate Monro’s career has taken in spells with the rock band Blur, with the publishing mavericks Dazed & Confused, marketing & PR agency Cunning, and most recently, creative advertising agency RKCR. www.virginityproject.typepad.com

Lifestyle New Title

PG 10

PBK

PG 11

January

New in Paperback

01.

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Slaughter on a Snowy Morn A Tale of Murder, Corruption and the Death Penalty Case that Shocked America

Tales of War Great Stories from Military History for Every Day of the Year

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent and Intelligence is Wrong

Colin Evans

W.B. Marsh and Bruce Carrick

Sing Sing Prison, New York, July 1916. Charles Frederick Stielow, a 37-year-old farmhand with the mind of an infant, is just minutes away from the electric chair for a double murder he didn’t commit ...

With a vengeful legal system baying for blood, his situation looks hopeless.

Eight blocks away, Stielow’s wife sobs helplessly in her hotel room, certain she will never see her husband alive again…

Slaughter on a Snowy Morn is the first full account of how Charles Stielow, convicted of murdering a wealthy landowner and his housekeeper, became the central figure in one of the most fascinating yet little-known stories in criminal history.

‘An astonishing story and Colin Evans tells it with tremendous gusto ... he marshals all his research with great skill to produce a narrative as gripping and exciting as most thrillers.’ Waterstones’ Books Quarterly Colin Evans is the author of several books specialising in forensics.

His books include The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World’s Most Baffling Crimes, and Father of Forensics (Icon, 2008).

A controversial, dazzling look at the new science of genetics and human potential, described as ‘The thinking man’s Outliers.’

(New York magazine)

From Julius Caesar’s victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC to the first V2 rockets falling on London, Tales of War is a unique tour of the many faces of armed conflict – the camaraderie, bravery and sacrifice as well the bloodshed and waste of life.

The Genius in All of Us argues that talent – for piano-playing, sprinting, designing computers, you name it – is not a thing we’re gifted from birth and have coded in our genes, but a process – a lifelong project. The genetic legacy for which we thank our parents is not what holds us back – it is our inability, so far, to tap into what we already have.

W.B. Marsh was born in New York, and now lives in London.

Powerful, counter-intuitive, accessible and undoubtedly divisive, David Shenk’s book carries a deeply revolutionary and optimistic message: we are not prisoners of our DNA, and we all have the potential for greatness.

‘A deeply interesting and important book.’ New York Times ‘The Genius in All of Us has quietly blown my mind.’ Salon.com

Bruce Carrick has worked in book publishing for many years in New York and London.

David Shenk is the author of five previous books and a contributor to National Geographic, Harper’s, The New Yorker, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System, and a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com.

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9781848312166

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£8.99

03.

Icon Books January

n/a B 320 pages with a 16-page b/w photo section

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9781848312173

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Icon Books January

$26.00 B 756 pages World n/a Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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9781848312180

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Icon Books January

n/a B 320 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Random House US Random House US

UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Sayle Literary Agency Sayle Literary Agency

www.geniusblog.davidshenk.com

True Crime New in Paperback

PG 12

02.

David Shenk

A powerful collection of historical stories of military endeavour for every day of the year, from the Romans to the bloody 20th century.

With a story for every day of the year, discover why the Victoria Cross was created, how Joan of Arc relieved the siege of Orleans and the shock of the first use of tanks in warfare at the Battle of the Somme – and much more.

01.

PBK

Military History New in Paperback

PBK

Science New in Paperback

PBK

PG 13

January

New in Paperback

01.

02.

03.

Slaughter on a Snowy Morn A Tale of Murder, Corruption and the Death Penalty Case that Shocked America

Tales of War Great Stories from Military History for Every Day of the Year

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent and Intelligence is Wrong

Colin Evans

W.B. Marsh and Bruce Carrick

Sing Sing Prison, New York, July 1916. Charles Frederick Stielow, a 37-year-old farmhand with the mind of an infant, is just minutes away from the electric chair for a double murder he didn’t commit ...

With a vengeful legal system baying for blood, his situation looks hopeless.

Eight blocks away, Stielow’s wife sobs helplessly in her hotel room, certain she will never see her husband alive again…

Slaughter on a Snowy Morn is the first full account of how Charles Stielow, convicted of murdering a wealthy landowner and his housekeeper, became the central figure in one of the most fascinating yet little-known stories in criminal history.

‘An astonishing story and Colin Evans tells it with tremendous gusto ... he marshals all his research with great skill to produce a narrative as gripping and exciting as most thrillers.’ Waterstones’ Books Quarterly Colin Evans is the author of several books specialising in forensics.

His books include The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World’s Most Baffling Crimes, and Father of Forensics (Icon, 2008).

A controversial, dazzling look at the new science of genetics and human potential, described as ‘The thinking man’s Outliers.’

(New York magazine)

From Julius Caesar’s victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC to the first V2 rockets falling on London, Tales of War is a unique tour of the many faces of armed conflict – the camaraderie, bravery and sacrifice as well the bloodshed and waste of life.

The Genius in All of Us argues that talent – for piano-playing, sprinting, designing computers, you name it – is not a thing we’re gifted from birth and have coded in our genes, but a process – a lifelong project. The genetic legacy for which we thank our parents is not what holds us back – it is our inability, so far, to tap into what we already have.

W.B. Marsh was born in New York, and now lives in London.

Powerful, counter-intuitive, accessible and undoubtedly divisive, David Shenk’s book carries a deeply revolutionary and optimistic message: we are not prisoners of our DNA, and we all have the potential for greatness.

‘A deeply interesting and important book.’ New York Times ‘The Genius in All of Us has quietly blown my mind.’ Salon.com

Bruce Carrick has worked in book publishing for many years in New York and London.

David Shenk is the author of five previous books and a contributor to National Geographic, Harper’s, The New Yorker, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System, and a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com.

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9781848312166

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£8.99

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Icon Books January

n/a B 320 pages with a 16-page b/w photo section

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9781848312173

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£12.99

Icon Books January

$26.00 B 756 pages World n/a Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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9781848312180

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£8.99

Icon Books January

n/a B 320 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Random House US Random House US

UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Sayle Literary Agency Sayle Literary Agency

www.geniusblog.davidshenk.com

True Crime New in Paperback

PG 12

02.

David Shenk

A powerful collection of historical stories of military endeavour for every day of the year, from the Romans to the bloody 20th century.

With a story for every day of the year, discover why the Victoria Cross was created, how Joan of Arc relieved the siege of Orleans and the shock of the first use of tanks in warfare at the Battle of the Somme – and much more.

01.

PBK

Military History New in Paperback

PBK

Science New in Paperback

PBK

PG 13

February / March

New in Paperback

01. February

02. March

03. March

Delusions of Gender The Real Science Behind Sex Differences

The Girl on the Wall One Life’s Rich Tapestry

Pythagoras His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe

Cordelia Fine

Jean Baggott

A vehement attack on the latest pseudoscientific claims about the differences between the sexes ...

Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory.

Yet popular books, magazines and even scientific articles increasingly defend inequalities by citing immutable biological differences between the male and female brain.

That’s the reason, we’re told, that there are so few women in science and engineering, so few men in the laundry room – different brains are just better suited to different things.

Not so, says Cordelia Fine, and Delusions of Gender, in hugely enjoyable style and superbly researched, shows exactly why.

‘This marvelous and important book will change the way readers view the gendered world.’ Publishers Weekly Cordelia Fine is a Research Associate at Macquarie University, Australia, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her previous book, A Mind of Its Own (Icon, 2006) was hugely acclaimed and she was called ‘a science writer to watch’ by Metro.

An extraordinary memoir – told through a hand-sewn tapestry – of a very ordinary English life.

In 2006 Jean Baggott, an ordinary woman in her early seventies, began stitching a remarkable tapestry looking back on her life and the changing world around her.

The tapestry consists of 73 interlocking circles, giving a unique portrait of everyday life for the working people of the industrialised West Midlands, and the wider world. Each chapter of her beguiling book relates to one circle in the tapestry as Jean explores the memories the circle evokes.

The result is an unparalleled, unforgettable portrait of her life and a unique social history.

‘Stop all the reading clocks because the most exquisite book arrived yesterday; it’s quite taken my breath away… the writing style is knowledgeable yet unpretentious and with an intimacy that reveals Jean to be a wonderful raconteur.’ DoveGreyReader.com

01. February

02. March

03. March

Kitty Ferguson

The enthralling story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts.

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Though many know him only for the so-called Pythagorean theorem, in fact the pillars of our scientific tradition – the belief that the universe is rational, that there is unity to all things, and that numbers and mathematics are a powerful guide to truth about nature and the cosmos – hark back to the convictions of this legendary scholar and his ancient followers.

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Icon Books February

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B 368 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada W.W. Norton W.W. Norton

Kitty Ferguson was born in San Antonio, Texas. She now divides her time between South Carolina and Cambridge.

An experienced science writer, her previous books include Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything.

$16.00 B 352 pages with b/w images throughout World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency

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n/a B 368 pages with occasional b/w illustrations UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Walker & Company Burkeman and Clarke Literary Agency

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www.thegirlonthewall.com Jean Baggott was born in 1937 and lives in Warwick, and has lived in various parts of the Midlands for most of her life. She has just finished a degree in History at the University of Warwick.

Science New in Paperback

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Memoir New in Paperback

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February / March

New in Paperback

01. February

02. March

03. March

Delusions of Gender The Real Science Behind Sex Differences

The Girl on the Wall One Life’s Rich Tapestry

Pythagoras His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe

Cordelia Fine

Jean Baggott

A vehement attack on the latest pseudoscientific claims about the differences between the sexes ...

Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory.

Yet popular books, magazines and even scientific articles increasingly defend inequalities by citing immutable biological differences between the male and female brain.

That’s the reason, we’re told, that there are so few women in science and engineering, so few men in the laundry room – different brains are just better suited to different things.

Not so, says Cordelia Fine, and Delusions of Gender, in hugely enjoyable style and superbly researched, shows exactly why.

‘This marvelous and important book will change the way readers view the gendered world.’ Publishers Weekly Cordelia Fine is a Research Associate at Macquarie University, Australia, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her previous book, A Mind of Its Own (Icon, 2006) was hugely acclaimed and she was called ‘a science writer to watch’ by Metro.

An extraordinary memoir – told through a hand-sewn tapestry – of a very ordinary English life.

In 2006 Jean Baggott, an ordinary woman in her early seventies, began stitching a remarkable tapestry looking back on her life and the changing world around her.

The tapestry consists of 73 interlocking circles, giving a unique portrait of everyday life for the working people of the industrialised West Midlands, and the wider world. Each chapter of her beguiling book relates to one circle in the tapestry as Jean explores the memories the circle evokes.

The result is an unparalleled, unforgettable portrait of her life and a unique social history.

‘Stop all the reading clocks because the most exquisite book arrived yesterday; it’s quite taken my breath away… the writing style is knowledgeable yet unpretentious and with an intimacy that reveals Jean to be a wonderful raconteur.’ DoveGreyReader.com

01. February

02. March

03. March

Kitty Ferguson

The enthralling story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts.

ISBN:

Imprint:

Pub month:

9781848312203

Though many know him only for the so-called Pythagorean theorem, in fact the pillars of our scientific tradition – the belief that the universe is rational, that there is unity to all things, and that numbers and mathematics are a powerful guide to truth about nature and the cosmos – hark back to the convictions of this legendary scholar and his ancient followers.

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Alongside the poignant human saga, Kitty Ferguson brilliantly evokes Pythagoras’ ancient world, showing how his ideas spread in antiquity and in the Middle Ages, and chronicles the incredible influence he and his followers have had on extraordinary people – from Plato to Bertrand Russell – throughout the history of Western thought and science.

Icon Books February

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Icon Books March

B 368 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada W.W. Norton W.W. Norton

Kitty Ferguson was born in San Antonio, Texas. She now divides her time between South Carolina and Cambridge.

An experienced science writer, her previous books include Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything.

$16.00 B 352 pages with b/w images throughout World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency

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Icon Books March

n/a B 368 pages with occasional b/w illustrations UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Walker & Company Burkeman and Clarke Literary Agency

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www.thegirlonthewall.com Jean Baggott was born in 1937 and lives in Warwick, and has lived in various parts of the Midlands for most of her life. She has just finished a degree in History at the University of Warwick.

Science New in Paperback

PG 14

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Memoir New in Paperback

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Science / History New in Paperback

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PG 15

April / May

New in Paperback

01. April

02. May

03. May

Waterloo The Battle that Brought Down Napoleon

The World’s Greatest Idea The Fifty Greatest Ideas that Have Changed Humanity

Jeremy Black

John Farndon

The Best Views From the Boundary Test Match Special’s Greatest Interviews

A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history.

Where would humanity be now without fire, vaccinations, farming … or wine? A great idea is one that has changed the path of human civilisation. But which is the greatest of them all?

The battle on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium was to be Napoleon’s greatest triumph – but it ended in one of the greatest military upsets of all time.

Waterloo became a legend overnight and remains one of the most argued-over battles in history. The British victory became iconic, a triumph of endurance that ensured a 19th-century world in which Britain played the key role; it was also a defining moment for the French, bringing Napoleon I’s reign to an end and closing the second Hundred Years’ War. ‘A splendidly lucid account that places the Battle of Waterloo squarely in its proper historical context.’

Andrew Roberts ‘A wonderful example of a micro-history of one battle, re-contextualised as a decisive battle in the history of Europe but also, and more crucially, as a landmark in the history of warfare.’ Military History Journal Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and one of the world’s leading military historians.

John Farndon, author of the bestselling Do You Think You’re Clever?, has set out to find the answer.

The candidates are intriguingly varied: Electricity grids enable us to power our cities, but then sewers allowed those cities to grow. Without the wheel, modern civilisation would be pretty much impossible, but take away logic and we’d lose the essential structures for rational thought ... But then what would be the point of all of this without the idea of romance?

The World’s Greatest Idea is an enthralling voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social, scientific and creative brainwaves humans have ever had. www.theworldsgreatestidea.com John Farndon is the author of many books on contemporary issues, including China Rises and India Booms (Virgin), and Bird Flu and Iran in the Everything You Need to Know series (Icon).

02. May

01. April

03. May

Compiled by Peter Baxter

‘Views From the Boundary’ – the Saturday lunchtime interview – has always been a highlight of the BBC’s Test Match Special, a programme with a special place in the heart of every English cricket fan.

The well-known interviewees are from all walks of life and united only by one thing – a love of the game. Over a glass of champagne and in the convivial atmosphere of the TMS commentary box at the height of a Test, Brian Johnston, Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and others gently prod and probe their illustrious guests – with frequently memorable results.

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Icon Books April

n/a B 256 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Random House US Random House US

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Icon Books May

$16.00 B 320 pages World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

With interviews personally selected by Peter Baxter, the programme’s producer for many years and sometime commentator, and reflecting listeners’ favourites, The Best Views From the Boundary presents an unmissable selection of these cricketing conversations.

Includes interviews with Stephen Fry, Lily Allen, David Cameron, John Cleese, John Major and Gary Lineker; as well as many other well-known cricket fans.

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Corinthian May

n/a B 320 pages with occasional b/w illustrations UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada HHB Agency HHB Agency

Peter Baxter first worked on Test Match Special in 1966, and was the producer of the programme from 1973 – 2007.

Military History New in Paperback

PG 16

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Humour New in Paperback

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Cricket New in Paperback

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PG 17

April / May

New in Paperback

01. April

02. May

03. May

Waterloo The Battle that Brought Down Napoleon

The World’s Greatest Idea The Fifty Greatest Ideas that Have Changed Humanity

Jeremy Black

John Farndon

The Best Views From the Boundary Test Match Special’s Greatest Interviews

A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history.

Where would humanity be now without fire, vaccinations, farming … or wine? A great idea is one that has changed the path of human civilisation. But which is the greatest of them all?

The battle on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium was to be Napoleon’s greatest triumph – but it ended in one of the greatest military upsets of all time.

Waterloo became a legend overnight and remains one of the most argued-over battles in history. The British victory became iconic, a triumph of endurance that ensured a 19th-century world in which Britain played the key role; it was also a defining moment for the French, bringing Napoleon I’s reign to an end and closing the second Hundred Years’ War. ‘A splendidly lucid account that places the Battle of Waterloo squarely in its proper historical context.’

Andrew Roberts ‘A wonderful example of a micro-history of one battle, re-contextualised as a decisive battle in the history of Europe but also, and more crucially, as a landmark in the history of warfare.’ Military History Journal Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and one of the world’s leading military historians.

John Farndon, author of the bestselling Do You Think You’re Clever?, has set out to find the answer.

The candidates are intriguingly varied: Electricity grids enable us to power our cities, but then sewers allowed those cities to grow. Without the wheel, modern civilisation would be pretty much impossible, but take away logic and we’d lose the essential structures for rational thought ... But then what would be the point of all of this without the idea of romance?

The World’s Greatest Idea is an enthralling voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social, scientific and creative brainwaves humans have ever had. www.theworldsgreatestidea.com John Farndon is the author of many books on contemporary issues, including China Rises and India Booms (Virgin), and Bird Flu and Iran in the Everything You Need to Know series (Icon).

02. May

01. April

03. May

Compiled by Peter Baxter

‘Views From the Boundary’ – the Saturday lunchtime interview – has always been a highlight of the BBC’s Test Match Special, a programme with a special place in the heart of every English cricket fan.

The well-known interviewees are from all walks of life and united only by one thing – a love of the game. Over a glass of champagne and in the convivial atmosphere of the TMS commentary box at the height of a Test, Brian Johnston, Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and others gently prod and probe their illustrious guests – with frequently memorable results.

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Icon Books April

n/a B 256 pages UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada Random House US Random House US

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Icon Books May

$16.00 B 320 pages World ex. USA Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

With interviews personally selected by Peter Baxter, the programme’s producer for many years and sometime commentator, and reflecting listeners’ favourites, The Best Views From the Boundary presents an unmissable selection of these cricketing conversations.

Includes interviews with Stephen Fry, Lily Allen, David Cameron, John Cleese, John Major and Gary Lineker; as well as many other well-known cricket fans.

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9781848312425

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Corinthian May

n/a B 320 pages with occasional b/w illustrations UK & Commonwealth ex. Canada HHB Agency HHB Agency

Peter Baxter first worked on Test Match Special in 1966, and was the producer of the programme from 1973 – 2007.

Military History New in Paperback

PG 16

PBK

Humour New in Paperback

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Cricket New in Paperback

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PG 17

June

New in Paperback

01.

02.

The Happiness Equation The Surprising Economics of our Most Valuable Asset

Love, Sex, Death and Words Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature

Nick Powdthavee

Why is marriage worth £200,000 a year? Why will having children make you unhappy? Why does happiness from winning the lottery take two years to arrive? Why does time heal the pain of divorce or the death of a loved one – but not unemployment?

Everybody wants to be happy. But how much happiness – precisely – will each life choice bring?

Should I get married? Am I really going to feel happy about the career that I picked? How can we decide not only which choice is better for us, but how much it’s better for us?

The result of new, unique research, The Happiness Equation brings to a general readership for the first time the new science of happiness economics.

01.

John Sutherland and Stephen Fender

Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval – the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries.

In this absorbing companion to literature’s rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends John Sutherland and Stephen Fender turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising and curious artefacts literature has to offer.

Why did 16 June 1904 matter so much to James Joyce? Which great literary love affair was brought to a tragic end on 11 February 1963? And why did Roy Campbell punch Stephen Spender on the nose on 14 April 1949?

Nick Powdthavee brings cutting-edge research on how we value our happiness to a general audience, with a style that wears its learning lightly and is a joy to read.

Love, Sex, Death and Words provides an unrivalled, sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of literature’s bejewelled past.

Dr Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee is a behavioural economist in the Department of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was Chair of the Man-Booker Prize panel in 2005.

Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco, and educated at Stanford and the Universities of Wales and Manchester. At present he is an Honorary Professor of English at UCL.

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02.

Icon Books June

$18.00 B 256 pages UK & Commonwealth P.S. Literary Agency, Canada P.S. Literary Agency, Canada

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Icon Books June

$22.00 B 544 pages World Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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PG 19

June

New in Paperback

01.

02.

The Happiness Equation The Surprising Economics of our Most Valuable Asset

Love, Sex, Death and Words Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature

Nick Powdthavee

Why is marriage worth £200,000 a year? Why will having children make you unhappy? Why does happiness from winning the lottery take two years to arrive? Why does time heal the pain of divorce or the death of a loved one – but not unemployment?

Everybody wants to be happy. But how much happiness – precisely – will each life choice bring?

Should I get married? Am I really going to feel happy about the career that I picked? How can we decide not only which choice is better for us, but how much it’s better for us?

The result of new, unique research, The Happiness Equation brings to a general readership for the first time the new science of happiness economics.

01.

John Sutherland and Stephen Fender

Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval – the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries.

In this absorbing companion to literature’s rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends John Sutherland and Stephen Fender turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising and curious artefacts literature has to offer.

Why did 16 June 1904 matter so much to James Joyce? Which great literary love affair was brought to a tragic end on 11 February 1963? And why did Roy Campbell punch Stephen Spender on the nose on 14 April 1949?

Nick Powdthavee brings cutting-edge research on how we value our happiness to a general audience, with a style that wears its learning lightly and is a joy to read.

Love, Sex, Death and Words provides an unrivalled, sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of literature’s bejewelled past.

Dr Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee is a behavioural economist in the Department of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was Chair of the Man-Booker Prize panel in 2005.

Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco, and educated at Stanford and the Universities of Wales and Manchester. At present he is an Honorary Professor of English at UCL.

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Economics New in Paperback

PG 18

02.

Icon Books June

$18.00 B 256 pages UK & Commonwealth P.S. Literary Agency, Canada P.S. Literary Agency, Canada

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Icon Books June

$22.00 B 544 pages World Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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PG 19

Introducing

Series and Backlists

February

April

June

With total compact Introducing sales now exceeding 100,000 copies, we continue apace this season with our repackaging of the books, and proudly announce a brand new title in June – Economics.

Title: Introducing Political Philosophy

ISBN: 9781848312036

Title: Introducing Kant

ISBN: 9781848312098

February

Title: Introducing Barthes

ISBN: 9781848312043

Title: Introducing Psychoanalysis

ISBN: 9781848312104

April

Title: Introducing Hegel

ISBN: 9781848312081

June

Title: Introducing Rousseau

ISBN: 9781848312128

BRAND NEW

All titles are ÂŁ6.99 in the UK and $12.50 in Canada, and all are 168 x 118mm paperbacks.

Twelve titles will be published between February and June 2011, bringing the total number available in the much-loved pocket-size format to 59.

Keep up with all things Introducing at www.introducingbooks.com and www.facebook.com/introducingbooks

Title: Introducing Derrida

ISBN: 9781848312050

PG 20

Title: Introducing Sartre

ISBN: 9781848312111

Title: Introducing Baudrillard

ISBN: 9781848312074

Title: Introducing Melanie Klein

ISBN: 9781848312135

Title: Introducing Machiavelli

ISBN: 9781848311756

Title: Introducing Economics

ISBN: 9781848312159

PG 21

Introducing

Series and Backlists

February

April

June

With total compact Introducing sales now exceeding 100,000 copies, we continue apace this season with our repackaging of the books, and proudly announce a brand new title in June – Economics.

Title: Introducing Political Philosophy

ISBN: 9781848312036

Title: Introducing Kant

ISBN: 9781848312098

February

Title: Introducing Barthes

ISBN: 9781848312043

Title: Introducing Psychoanalysis

ISBN: 9781848312104

April

Title: Introducing Hegel

ISBN: 9781848312081

June

Title: Introducing Rousseau

ISBN: 9781848312128

BRAND NEW

All titles are ÂŁ6.99 in the UK and $12.50 in Canada, and all are 168 x 118mm paperbacks.

Twelve titles will be published between February and June 2011, bringing the total number available in the much-loved pocket-size format to 59.

Keep up with all things Introducing at www.introducingbooks.com and www.facebook.com/introducingbooks

Title: Introducing Derrida

ISBN: 9781848312050

PG 20

Title: Introducing Sartre

ISBN: 9781848312111

Title: Introducing Baudrillard

ISBN: 9781848312074

Title: Introducing Melanie Klein

ISBN: 9781848312135

Title: Introducing Machiavelli

ISBN: 9781848311756

Title: Introducing Economics

ISBN: 9781848312159

PG 21

Introducing Backlist

Series and Backlists

Introducing Aesthetics

Introducing Anthropology

Introducing Aristotle

Introducing Buddha

Introducing Capitalism

Introducing Chaos

Introducing Consciousness

Introducing Mind and Brain

Introducing Modernism

Introducing Newton

Introducing Nietzsche

Introducing Philosophy

Introducing Plato

9781848311671

9781848311688

9781848311695

9781848310117

9781848310551

9781848310131

9781848311718

9781840468540

9781848311169

9781848311763

9781848310094

9781840468533

9781848311770

Introducing Postmodernism

9781840468496

Introducing Critical Theory

Introducing Darwin

Introducing Descartes

Introducing Ethics

Introducing Evolution

Introducing Romanticism

Introducing Semiotics

Introducing Shakespeare

Introducing Sociology

9781848311725

9781848310087

9781848311862

Introducing Quantum Theory

9781840468502

Introducing Relativity

9781848311176

Introducing Evolutionary Psychology

9781848311824

Introducing Psychology

9781848310599

Introducing Cultural Studies

9781848311817

9781848310575

9781848311787

9781848311855

9781848311152

9781848310858

Introducing Feminism

Introducing Foucault

Introducing Fractals

Introducing Freud

Introducing Heidegger

Introducing Hinduism

Introducing Islam

Introducing Statistics

Introducing Wittgenstein

9781848310605

9781848310872

9781840468519

9781848311749

9781848311145

9781848310841

9781848310568

Introducing The Enlightenment

9781848311794

Introducing Time

9781848311213

Introducing Stephen Hawking

9781848310940

9781848311206

9781848310865

Introducing Jung

Introducing Keynes

Introducing Lacan

Introducing Lingustics

Introducing Logic

Introducing Marxism

Introducing Media Studies

9781848310100

9781848310650

9781848311831

9781848310889

9781848310124

9781848310582

9781848311848

PG 22

9781840468526

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Introducing Backlist

Series and Backlists

Introducing Aesthetics

Introducing Anthropology

Introducing Aristotle

Introducing Buddha

Introducing Capitalism

Introducing Chaos

Introducing Consciousness

Introducing Mind and Brain

Introducing Modernism

Introducing Newton

Introducing Nietzsche

Introducing Philosophy

Introducing Plato

9781848311671

9781848311688

9781848311695

9781848310117

9781848310551

9781848310131

9781848311718

9781840468540

9781848311169

9781848311763

9781848310094

9781840468533

9781848311770

Introducing Postmodernism

9781840468496

Introducing Critical Theory

Introducing Darwin

Introducing Descartes

Introducing Ethics

Introducing Evolution

Introducing Romanticism

Introducing Semiotics

Introducing Shakespeare

Introducing Sociology

9781848311725

9781848310087

9781848311862

Introducing Quantum Theory

9781840468502

Introducing Relativity

9781848311176

Introducing Evolutionary Psychology

9781848311824

Introducing Psychology

9781848310599

Introducing Cultural Studies

9781848311817

9781848310575

9781848311787

9781848311855

9781848311152

9781848310858

Introducing Feminism

Introducing Foucault

Introducing Fractals

Introducing Freud

Introducing Heidegger

Introducing Hinduism

Introducing Islam

Introducing Statistics

Introducing Wittgenstein

9781848310605

9781848310872

9781840468519

9781848311749

9781848311145

9781848310841

9781848310568

Introducing The Enlightenment

9781848311794

Introducing Time

9781848311213

Introducing Stephen Hawking

9781848310940

9781848311206

9781848310865

Introducing Jung

Introducing Keynes

Introducing Lacan

Introducing Lingustics

Introducing Logic

Introducing Marxism

Introducing Media Studies

9781848310100

9781848310650

9781848311831

9781848310889

9781848310124

9781848310582

9781848311848

PG 22

9781840468526

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PG 23

Fighting Fantasy

Series and Backlists

February / New Titles

Backlist

Fighting Fantasy is Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s original and best interactive gamebook series.

Title: Forest of Doom

ISBN: 9781848312210

Title: The Warlock of

Firetop Mountain

ISBN: 9781848310759

Title: The Citadel of Chaos

Title: Deathtrap Dungeon

Title: Stormslayer

Title: Creature of Havoc

Title: City of Thieves

ISBN: 9781848310766

ISBN: 9781848310773

ISBN: 9781848310780

ISBN: 9781848311121

ISBN: 9781848311138

Title: Night of the

Necromancer

ISBN: 9781848311183

Title: Bloodbones

Title: House of Hell

Title: Eye of the Dragon

Title: Howl of the Werewolf

Title: Trial of Champions

ISBN: 9781848311190

ISBN: 9781848311220

ISBN: 9781848311237

ISBN: 9781848311947

ISBN: 9781848311930

Title: Curse of the Mummy

ISBN: 9781848312432

April / New Titles

Four further titles are published in Fighting Fantasy’s new livery this season – and the backlist can be seen across the page. All books are £5.99, B-format paperbacks.

Keep up to date with everything happening in the world of Fighting Fantasy via www.fightingfantasy.com

Title: Armies of Death

ISBN: 9781848312340

PG 24

Title: Appointment with F.E.A.R.

ISBN: 9781848312449

PG 25

Fighting Fantasy

Series and Backlists

February / New Titles

Backlist

Fighting Fantasy is Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s original and best interactive gamebook series.

Title: Forest of Doom

ISBN: 9781848312210

Title: The Warlock of

Firetop Mountain

ISBN: 9781848310759

Title: The Citadel of Chaos

Title: Deathtrap Dungeon

Title: Stormslayer

Title: Creature of Havoc

Title: City of Thieves

ISBN: 9781848310766

ISBN: 9781848310773

ISBN: 9781848310780

ISBN: 9781848311121

ISBN: 9781848311138

Title: Night of the

Necromancer

ISBN: 9781848311183

Title: Bloodbones

Title: House of Hell

Title: Eye of the Dragon

Title: Howl of the Werewolf

Title: Trial of Champions

ISBN: 9781848311190

ISBN: 9781848311220

ISBN: 9781848311237

ISBN: 9781848311947

ISBN: 9781848311930

Title: Curse of the Mummy

ISBN: 9781848312432

April / New Titles

Four further titles are published in Fighting Fantasy’s new livery this season – and the backlist can be seen across the page. All books are £5.99, B-format paperbacks.

Keep up to date with everything happening in the world of Fighting Fantasy via www.fightingfantasy.com

Title: Armies of Death

ISBN: 9781848312340

PG 24

Title: Appointment with F.E.A.R.

ISBN: 9781848312449

PG 25

Backlist Highlights

Series and Backlists

Icon Backlist Highlights

A Carpet Ride to Khiva

9781848311497

Proust and the Squid

30-Second Philosophies

30-Second Theories

365

365 Modern History

50 Facts

Making Time

Quantum

Science and Islam

The Selfish Genius

Shakespeare on Toast

The Soldier

Stealing the Scream

9781848310308

9781848311626

9781848311299

9781840466751

9781848310698

9781840468465

9781848310018

9781848310353

9781848310810

9781848310490

9781848310544

9781848311534

9781840468649

A Time to Dance, A Time to Die

9781848310537

A Very British Revolution

Atom

Atomic

Bats Sing, Mice Giggle

China: Friend or Foe?

Supercapitalism

The Chilling Stars

The Devil’s Children

The Last Amateurs

9781848311282

9781840468731

9781848310827

9781848311305

9781840467338

9781848310469

9781840468663

9781848310793

The History of Britain Revealed

9781840468359

9781848310452

The Lives and Times of the Great Composers

9781848311350

The Man Who Ran the Moon

9781840468366

Alec Stewart’s Cricket Companion

9781906850005

Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

9781848310025

Crashed & Byrned

The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time

9781906850104

Torres

Corinthian Backlist Highlights

Dawkins vs. Gould

Diagnosis

9781840467802

9781848311336

From Democrats to Kings

God’s Philosophers

9781848311312

9781848311503

PG 26

Do You Think You’re Clever?

9781848311329

Don’t Get Fooled Again

Economyths

Fordlandia

Foul Play

The Psychic Tourist

9781848310520

9781848311480

9781848311541

9781840468908

Hope for Animals and their World

9781848311510

How I Caused the Credit Crunch

9781848310674

Jilted Generation

The Lucky Bugger’s Casebook

9781848311527

9781848311985

Will America Change?

9781848311244

Wholly Irresponsible Science

9781906850067

Mafia Son

Lewis Hamilton

Life in the Beautiful Game

Messi

The Ryder Cup

9781848311275

9781840469417

9781906850036

9781906850111

9781906850166

9781840468793

9781906850180

9781906850074

PG 27

Backlist Highlights

Series and Backlists

Icon Backlist Highlights

A Carpet Ride to Khiva

9781848311497

Proust and the Squid

30-Second Philosophies

30-Second Theories

365

365 Modern History

50 Facts

Making Time

Quantum

Science and Islam

The Selfish Genius

Shakespeare on Toast

The Soldier

Stealing the Scream

9781848310308

9781848311626

9781848311299

9781840466751

9781848310698

9781840468465

9781848310018

9781848310353

9781848310810

9781848310490

9781848310544

9781848311534

9781840468649

A Time to Dance, A Time to Die

9781848310537

A Very British Revolution

Atom

Atomic

Bats Sing, Mice Giggle

China: Friend or Foe?

Supercapitalism

The Chilling Stars

The Devil’s Children

The Last Amateurs

9781848311282

9781840468731

9781848310827

9781848311305

9781840467338

9781848310469

9781840468663

9781848310793

The History of Britain Revealed

9781840468359

9781848310452

The Lives and Times of the Great Composers

9781848311350

The Man Who Ran the Moon

9781840468366

Alec Stewart’s Cricket Companion

9781906850005

Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

9781848310025

Crashed & Byrned

The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time

9781906850104

Torres

Corinthian Backlist Highlights

Dawkins vs. Gould

Diagnosis

9781840467802

9781848311336

From Democrats to Kings

God’s Philosophers

9781848311312

9781848311503

PG 26

Do You Think You’re Clever?

9781848311329

Don’t Get Fooled Again

Economyths

Fordlandia

Foul Play

The Psychic Tourist

9781848310520

9781848311480

9781848311541

9781840468908

Hope for Animals and their World

9781848311510

How I Caused the Credit Crunch

9781848310674

Jilted Generation

The Lucky Bugger’s Casebook

9781848311527

9781848311985

Will America Change?

9781848311244

Wholly Irresponsible Science

9781906850067

Mafia Son

Lewis Hamilton

Life in the Beautiful Game

Messi

The Ryder Cup

9781848311275

9781840469417

9781906850036

9781906850111

9781906850166

9781840468793

9781906850180

9781906850074

PG 27

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