ICON AN D W IZA RD BOOKS JULY – DECEMBER 2008
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Back to school for grown-ups
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Match Wits with the Kids
A rollercoaster year in the life of the Cambridge Boat Race crew
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Wizard Books’ catalogue for autumn 2008. Icon prides itself on producing non-fiction
Nick Baker charts the rise and rise of the
of the highest quality. This season sees
bright old things. It’s not just Bill Nighy or
the publication of some of our finest
Paul Smith any more – Groovy Old Men
books ever.
are here to stay. Shakespeare on Toast
Quantum is Manjit Kumar’s grand, authoritative and brilliantly gripping history of the birth of quantum theory. Fiery, emotional arguments, the pain and upheaval of the early 20th century
brings the Bard back to the masses – if you’ve seen Shakespeare in Love or Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, or been to the Globe and want to know more, here’s how.
and the most challenging, revolutionary
These books feature alongside further
physics the history of science has ever
Introducing titles published in our much-
seen all combine to create one of the key
admired new look, as well as a bevy of
science reads of 2008.
great paperbacks, from Anthony O’Hear’s
Mark de Rond’s The Last Amateurs is a first-hand, blood, sweat and tears account of a year with the Cambridge Boat Race crew as they prepare to do battle with Oxford. As each student fights for a coveted rowing Blue, de Rond explores
magisterial The Great Books to Maryanne Wolf’s critically-acclaimed Proust and the Squid. There’s also a section on a new project, www.ihatethisbook.com – one in which we’re keen to have your involvement.
masculinity, the will to win and the unique
We’d love to hear what you think, so do
Oxbridge background of this world-
please get in touch – our contact details
famous but curiously old-fashioned race.
are inside the back page. PS. Booksellers please note – Icon has a new ISBN prefix: 978-184831
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Dramatic and superbly-written history of the most important 20th-century scientific revolution and the ferocious debate at its heart. Without quantum theory our world would not exist.
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Yet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself. In this tour-de-force of science history, Manjit Kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the 20th century.
Quantum
Quantum theory is weird. In 1905 Albert Einstein
Einstein, Bohr and the Great
suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying
Debate about the Nature of Reality
200 years of experiments. Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Erwin Schrödinger’s infamous
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dead-or-alive cat are similarly strange. As Niels Bohr said,
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if you weren’t shocked by quantum theory, you didn’t
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really understand it.
480 pages In 1925 the quantum pioneers nearly all hailed from
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upper-middle-class academic families; most were
is the editor of Prometheus,
German; and their average age was 24. Their irrational,
a journal that covers the arts,
romantic spirit, formed in reaction to the mechanised
sciences and humanities, and
slaughter of the First World War, inspired their will to test
has written for the Guardian, the
science to its limits.
TES and the Irish Times. He is the co-author of Science and the Retreat from Reason, an adapted chapter of which Michael Frayn described as ‘the clearest account I’ve read yet of the development of quantum mechanics.’ He lives in north London with his wife and
Kumar’s centrepiece is the fierce battle between Einstein and Bohr about the nature of reality and the soul of science. ‘Bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved’, lamented the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann. After nearly 80 years, Einstein has been vindicated.
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Praise for Manjit Kumar’s work: ‘I would greatly have benefited from Science and the Retreat from Reason if only I could have seen it before I edited The Faber Book of Science.’ John Carey ‘Prometheus is a fabulous magazine with a unique and welcome mix of subjects and formats … a much needed alternative.’ Steven Pinker
Brideshead Revisited meets Fight Club in this thrilling, first-hand account of a year in the life of Cambridge University’s Boat Race squad. Founded in 1828, the Cambridge University Boat Club
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has one objective: to beat Oxford in the Boat Race. This annual affair is one of sharp contrasts: a private match between two of the world’s oldest universities, it is still
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followed by millions worldwide; an occasion marked by tribal rivalry, it also harbours deep mutual respect; quintessentially British, it is contested by amateurs who
The Last Amateurs To Hell and Back with the Cambridge Boat Race Crew ISBN 978-184831-015-5 UK £17.99 Canada $36.00 Royal format hardback 304 pages
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are nevertheless world-class sportsmen; it is all about taking part and yet the pain of losing is unimaginable. A Cambridge don in his late thirties, Mark de Rond spent a year living the blood, sweat and tears of the 39 students risking all for a chance to race Oxford, seeing in them everything he is not. This intense and deeply personal account reinforces the great traditions of Oxbridge, yet gives them a human face. For despite their brilliance, these individuals are flawed too. So what does it take to row in the coveted Blue Boat? De Rond delves into the
as ‘Cambridge’s secret weapon
depths of what it means to
for the Boat Race’, is an Oxford-
be a man and the primeval
educated Cambridge don. His
desire to compete. Told
work has also featured in Time,
chronologically and driven
the Economist, The Times, The
by the pursuit of the final
Week, and on BBC Radio 4.
victory, the result is truly
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compelling – and a sports
is widely considered to be
book like no other.
Britain’s greatest Olympian, having won a gold medal in rowing at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988.
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Mark de Rond gets under the skin of the Cambridge Boat Race squad as they prepare to do battle, once again, on the Thames with Oxford.
A very personal look at ‘the beautiful game’ and its greats by one of football’s most respected ambassadors. Bob Wilson’s Life in The Beautiful Game sees the Arsenal
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legend and veteran BBC presenter take a long and personal look back at a sport that has kept him busy in one form or another for over half a century. During his career, he has
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played alongside or against, coached, interviewed, become friends with, or at least met pretty much every great name the game of football has ever produced. Needless to say,
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he has picked up some pretty good stories along the way. From Busby to Beckham, Garrincha to Gazza, Puskás to Pelé, no one escapes Wilson’s entertaining dissection of the game. Discover why the great Bill Shankly once locked him in a room at the Liverpool training ground and wouldn’t let him out, why the legendary Brian Clough once insisted on getting him drunk before an interview, and what really happened in that infamous Arsenal and Man Utd tunnel
Bob Wilson
punch-up between Vieira and Keane.
was awarded an OBE in 2007
It’s clearly a sport he loves,
for services to football and
and there is no question
to his charity, the Willow
that reading his book will
Foundation, which he founded
leave you remembering
in memory of his daughter,
why football acquired the
Anna, who died of cancer
moniker ‘The Beautiful
aged 31, and which receives
Game’.
royalties from the sale of his books.
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‘A great insight into a great game from a great man’ ArsÈne Wenger
Relive your schooldays and gen up on the topics kids are learning with this enjoyable, easy-reading revision guide for adults. Who was the first Tudor king? On a directional compass,
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which is more southerly-pointing – south-east or southsouth-west? In grammar, what is a preposition or a conjunction? Who invented the Spinning Jenny? How do you
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calculate the area of a circle from its diameter? What does photosynthesis do? What’s the French for ‘holiday’?
Match Wits with the Kids
Answering all the questions you’re too afraid to admit you need to ask, Match Wits with the Kids is the essential read for anyone who has forgotten the basics of what we learn
A Little Learning for All the
in school. Covering the classic subjects – Maths, English,
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the sciences, History, Geography and languages – Jonathan Green, a highly experienced teacher, provides all the
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learning in a truly enjoyable, vibrant way.
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Including tests to see if you’ve taken it all in, Match Wits
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with the Kids is designed to be a lot of fun – and the ideal
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summer read for anyone feeling threatened by know-it-all children.
Jonathan Green has worked as a teacher for the last thirteen years, four of those as a deputy head teacher. In that time he has also written numerous popular books for children – everything from Sonic the Hedgehog to Doctor Who – and science fiction and fantasy novels for adults. He is also the author of What Is Myrrh Anyway? (page 26)
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Inspired by the success of Le Cahier de Vacances Pour Adultes – a surprise hit in France last summer which sold over 100,000 copies in just a few months.
The rise of an impressive new species of older man, hilariously and perceptively charted by journalist, broadcaster and producer Nick Baker. Groovy Old Men still move with the times. They’re still
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into sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, still work, and see age as no reason to stop having fun. They were present at the birth of youth culture in the 50s, sighing with relief at
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missing National Service and reeling from the impact of Bill Haley. They’re now part of a new breed of older men who are, as Nick Baker brilliantly argues in this unique,
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funny and occasionally touching book, on the march.
A Spotter’s Guide
Groovy Old Men is packed full of interviews with experts
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and archetypes like Professor Laurie Taylor, designer Sir Paul Smith, radical Tariq Ali, veteran writer Ray Gosling, bioethics expert Professor John Harris and Mark Ellen, former member of Ugly Rumours, the band once led by Tony Blair. And lots of ordinary Groovy Old Men too. A humorous, entertaining and occasionally provocative
Nick Baker was born in 1952 and lives in London with his partner and two teenage sons. He has been
commentary on older male life in the noughties, Nick Baker’s book invents then dissects the Groovy Old Men phenomenon, and peers into the glamorous world of Groovy Old Men of the future.
a teacher, journalist, writer for teenagers, award-winning radio reporter (he’s still a familiar voice on Radio 4) and producer. He runs Testbed, a long established radio and audio independent production company.
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Think Paul Smith, David Bailey, Hanif Kureishi, Bill Nighy, that bloke from up the road ‌ soon Groovy Old Men will be everywhere.
One of golf’s most respected analysts takes a measured look at how to win one of the biggest sporting events in the world. 2008 is Ryder Cup year. This golf match, contested
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every two years by Europe and the USA, will take place at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, this September. Approximately a billion people will tune in to watch
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the drama unfold, and if past Ryder Cup clashes are anything to go by, each captain will have to cope with not only the tactical machinations of a golf
The Captain’s Challenge
match, but also a number of scenarios that they
How to Win the Ryder Cup
Recent matches have seen behaviour often step
might not necessarily have signed up for.
outside the confines of that usually reserved for the
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Bruce Critchley played for Great Britain and Ireland against the USA in the Walker Cup and has commentated on top golf tournaments for the last 25 years, first on the BBC and recently as the leading golf commentator on Sky, for whom he will be covering
game of golf – accusations of cheating, and some terrible displays of misguided patriotism from both players and spectators – sometimes spilling over into outright abuse, including one match when a captain’s wife was spat at. Bruce Critchley has been commentating on the matches, first for the BBC and now for Sky, for the last 25 years, and in this book he analyses the strategic performance of each captain, how they have dealt with the pressures and often bizarre scenarios that accompany the event, and what it takes to control the passion of their side and steer it to an often unlikely victory.
the 2008 Ryder Cup.
Colin Montgomerie has been Europe’s undisputed leading golfer over the last 15
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Gets inside the mind of the men who have to deal with one of the most frightening prospects in sport
A breezy, accessible re-introduction to the greatest writer of plays, who turns out to be responsible for EastEnders, Coronation Street, Friends … Who’s afraid of William Shakespeare? Just about
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everyone. He wrote too much and what he did write is inaccessible and elitist. Right? Wrong. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of Shakespeare, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling
Shakespeare on Toast Getting a Taste for the Bard
and uplifting drama. Actor and author Ben Crystal brings the bright words and colourful characters of the world’s greatest hack writer brilliantly to life, handing over the key to
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Shakespeare’s plays, unlocking the so-called difficult
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bits and, astonishingly, finding Shakespeare’s own voice
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among the poetry.
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Told in five fascinating Acts, Shakespeare on Toast sweeps the cobwebs from the Bard – from his language, his life, his time – revealing both the man and his work
Ben Crystal is an actor at Shakespeare’s Globe. With David Crystal he co-authored the internationally acclaimed bestseller Shakespeare’s Words (Penguin, 2002) and The Shakespeare
to be relevant, accessible and full of beans. This is a book for everyone, whether you’re reading Shakespeare for the first time, occasionally find him troublesome, think you know him backwards, or have never set foot near one of his plays but have always wanted to …
Miscellany (Penguin, 2005). He
It’s quick, easy and good for you. Just like beans on
lives in London and online at
toast.
www.bencrystal.com
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‘Ben Crystal’s excellent book is an ideal way to gain an understanding of why Shakespeare is so brilliant and so enjoyable.’ Sir Richard Eyre
An indispensable guide to the UK’s most absurd, bizarre and even foolhardy – but curiously British – ‘sports’ imaginable … From Cheshire’s World Worm-Charming Championships
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to the cricket match played on a sand bank in the Solent every year, there’s a rarely-spoken-of British tradition of holding very strange contests and weird world
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championships in which getting muddy, sick and a little upset are not mere side effects but positively celebrated. Welcome to the wacky nation …
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James and Sally – creators of www.wackynation.com –
50 Unbelievable Days Out at
present 50 of the oddest contests you’d never imagined
Britain’s Craziest Contests
existed. With a strong practical, get-involved-if-you-dare streak, Wacky Nation charts these unusual days out, with
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ratings for Spectator Fun, Pain Factor, Training Required,
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Chance of Becoming World Champion and more. There
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are tips on winning or simply remaining unscathed,
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based on the intrepid authors’ own experiences,
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alongside numerous absurdly comic anecdotes.
James Bamber and Sally Raynes
Keen to chase a Double Gloucester down a hill? Desperate to learn the fine arts of skiting and gurning?
are the creators of
Harbour a strong desire to hold the World Nettle-Eating
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title? Wacky Nation is here to help.
Between them, they hold the World Russian Egg Roulette title, and won silver in 2006’s World Snail Racing Championships. In the same year, Sally claimed
A sports-book-gone-wrong fortified with a strong dose of Monty Python, Wacky Nation is both the potential start of some oddly British family fun and a sneak armchair look into the twisted world of bizarre British life.
second place for World Nettle Eating (women’s event), having devoured 30 feet of nettles. They live in Tiverton, Devon.
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Motto of the Shin-kicking Association of Great Britain: ‘If it ain’t broke, yer not kickin’ hard enough.’
A unique true crime history – from medieval society to Jamie Bulger – of children who kill and how adults have tried to make sense of them. The extraordinary and horrifying crime of murder by
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children of other children commands widespread public interest, but has this always been so? Focusing on the earliest recorded cases, up to and including the tragic
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killing of James Bulger, this fascinating investigation goes beyond the notoriety of the crimes to explore the reallife stories of the children who committed them and the
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adult world in which they took place.
A History of Childhood and
As well as asking what has changed in the treatment
Murder
and punishment of these children, and in how they
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have been viewed by the Church, the courts and the medical profession, it also reveals how these unusual crimes were as pivotal then as they are now in wider deliberations about childhood, morality and the troubling boundaries between innocence and experience. The intriguing story of these crimes is deftly woven
Loretta Loach
together with the keen insights of social history and a
has an extensive background
groundbreaking depiction of how the legal and medical
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cultures used such cases to rethink human agency and
in history, politics and current
responsibility.
affairs, as well as a PhD in History. The most recent historical drama documentary she has worked on was Queen Victoria’s Empire for Channel Four. She has appeared on Radio 4’s All In the Mind and has written for the Guardian, the Observer and the New Statesman.
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An incisive, calm and objective history of children who kill and the way society has treated them.
Turned off by pseudo-science, moral panics, conspiracy theories or 1,001 ways to ‘discover the inner you’? Sceptics of the world, unite! We live in a supposedly rational age, yet crazy ideas are
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increasingly mainstream. New Age peddlers claim to cure Aids with vitamin tablets. Media gatekeepers stoke panic and regurgitate corporate press releases in the
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name of ‘balance’. Wild-eyed men in sandwich boards tell us that it’s all the Israelis’ fault. When searching for information about the death of his sister in Burundi,
Don’t Get Fooled Again The Sceptic’s Guide to Life
Richard Wilson was asked ‘But do you think there really is such a thing as the truth about what happened?’ Postmodernist relativism, too, has planted deep roots. Even the term ‘sceptic’ has been appropriated by cranks
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and conspiracy theorists bent on rewriting history and debunking sound science.
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There are plenty of people offering to help, from smiling
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high-street Scientologists offering ‘Free Personality Testing’ to friendly financiers suggesting we consolidate
Richard Wilson read Philosophy at University College London. His first book, Titanic Express, recounts his search for the truth about the death of his sister Charlotte, who
all our existing loans into one easy monthly payment. We can buy ourselves a skinny latté 24 hours a day. But who can we trust? User-friendly, enjoyable and shot through with polemic, Richard Wilson’s book cuts through this miasma of nonsense and searches for a positive solution.
was killed in Burundi in 2000. He now works for a human rights
There really is only one way out – get sceptical, now!
organisation and lives in London with his wife, Heleen.
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Praise for Titanic Express: ‘Incredibly moving’ Ziauddin Sardar, Independent ‘An astonishing chronicle’ Bronwen Maddox, The Times ‘I have watched in growing admiration how, with dogged persistence, Richard Wilson has conducted a singular crusade, not just to bring his sister’s murderers to justice, but to understand who they were and why they killed her.’ Jon Swain, Sunday Times
Capitalism should be made to serve democracy, and not the other way around, argues Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labour. Supercapitalism – turbocharged, Web-based, able to
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find and make almost anything just about anywhere – is working wonderfully well to create wealth. But democracy, charged with caring for all citizens, is failing under its
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influence. Robert Reich explains how widening inequalities,
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heightened job insecurity and global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism. He shows that
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companies, fighting harder than ever to be competitive,
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have become more deeply involved in politics, and how the tools used to temper society’s problems –
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taxation, education, trade unions – have withered as supercapitalism has burgeoned.
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Supercapitalism sets out a clear course to a vibrant
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capitalism and a concurrent, equally vibrant democracy.
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Business and politics must be kept distinct: to debate whether Wal-Mart, Google,
Robert Reich
Microsoft or Nike are good or
is Professor of Public Policy at the
evil is to miss the point.
University of California, Berkeley.
Important, timely, authoritative
Secretary of Labour under
and thrilling, Supercapitalism
President Clinton, he is now a
is a tour de force of modern
prolific journalist who has written
popular political writing, and
in The New Yorker, the New York
is essential reading for anyone
Times, the Washington Post and,
concerned that government
in the UK, most recently in
and big business are too-
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‘Supercapitalism is a grand debunking of the conventional wisdom in the style of John Kenneth Galbraith … Reich documents in lurid detail the explosive growth of corporate lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions since the 1970s. Today’s presidential candidates should study his message carefully.’ New York Times
The story of a wild dancing epidemic that brought death and fear to a 16th-century city, and the supernatural beliefs from which it arose. In July 1518 a terrifying and mysterious plague struck
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the medieval city of Strasbourg. Hundreds of men and women danced wildly, day after day, in the punishing summer heat. They did not want to dance, but could not
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stop. Throughout August and early September more and more were seized by the same terrible compulsion.
A Time to Dance, A Time to Die The Extraordinary Story of The Dancing Plague of 1518
By the time the epidemic subsided, heat and exhaustion had claimed an untold number of lives, leaving thousands bewildered and bereaved, and an enduring enigma for future generations. Drawing on fresh evidence, John Waller’s account of
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the bizarre events of 1518 explains why Strasbourg’s
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dancing plague took place. In doing so it leads us
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into a largely vanished world, evoking the sights,
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sounds, aromas, diseases and hardships, the fervent
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supernaturalism and the desperate hedonism of the late medieval world.
John Waller
At the same time, the extraordinary story this book tells
is an historian of medicine
offers rich insights into how people behave when driven
at Michigan State University.
beyond the limits of endurance. Above all, this is an
Educated at the universities of
exploration into the strangest capabilities of the human
Oxford and London, he is the
mind and the extremes to which fear and irrationality
author of several other books,
can lead us.
including The Real Oliver Twist (Icon, 2005), The Discovery of the Germ (Icon, 2002) and Fabulous Science (OUP, 2002). He lives with his wife and daughter in Michigan.
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Praise for The Real Oliver Twist: ‘A compelling history of workhouse children in the industrial revolution’ Guardian ‘Waller writes with passion and flair which commands the reader’s attention.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘History approaching its best … combines a gripping story with a historian’s attention to detail and context. ’ The Australian
A hugely enjoyable, festive excursion through the history, science, music, culture and traditions of everyone’s favourite winter holiday. Why is Christmas celebrated on 25 December? Why is
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turkey the traditional festive meat? Why are stockings hung up on Christmas Eve? What is figgy pudding? Who were the three kings? And did Coca-Cola really invent
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Father Christmas as we’re all told? Just like the perfect Christmas stocking, What is Myrrh
What is Myrrh Anyway?
Anyway? contains all manner of delightful surprises and delicious morsels of information. Jonathan Green uncovers the truth behind such familiar festive traditions
Everything You Always Wanted to
as carol-singing and cards, and demystifies the origins of
Know About Christmas
Christmas.
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If you’ve ever wondered how to cook the perfect roast
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turkey, what mince pies should really taste like, or why
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you are forced to endure the cross-dressing antics of a
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traditional pantomime every year, then simply open this
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Christmas cracker of a book and discover the answers to all those questions you’ve been too afraid – or
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has worked as a teacher for the last thirteen years, four of those as a deputy head teacher. In that time he has also written numerous popular books for children – everything from Sonic the Hedgehog to Doctor Who – and science fiction and fantasy novels for adults. He is also the author of Match Wits with the Kids (page 8).
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Who was Good King Wenceslas? What the hell is a Yule log? When, and why, was Christmas cancelled? What is Twelfth Night, and couldn’t Shakespeare have stuck with just that title? Do we have to eat sprouts with Christmas dinner?
The third book in Icon’s increasingly-admired 365 series, revelling in the highs and lows of the world since the last year of the Second World War. The world since 1945 often seems to represent the lighter
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half of the 20th century. Rapid recovery from the ravages of war; the rise of popular culture; the phenomenal growth in affluence, health and quality of life; the communications
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revolution – in the West at least, the story is a good one. But the years between 1945 and 2007 – those covered in this book – are far from being post-war. They are also,
Best of Times, Worst of Times 365 Great Stories from Modern History
sadly, no strangers to famine, disease, violent political and social upheaval, terrorism, discrimination and environmental catastrophe. Gerard Cheshire’s book picks up where its predecessors left off. Featuring a historical story for every single day
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of the year, this volume reports the facts of the modern
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world but leaves the reader in no doubt – the end of
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history is a long way off yet.
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18 March 1965: A cosmonaut, and not an astronaut, becomes the first person to conduct a ‘space walk’
Gerard Cheshire
14 May 1948: The first Jewish state in 2,000 years comes
has written a number of
into being
books on British and world history over a career spanning
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fifteen years, including British
hysteria in India
History and World History (both Flametree Publishing). He is a graduate of UCL and holds a postgraduate degree from Bath
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25 November 1984: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure assemble musicians to record ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ under the collective name Band Aid
Spa University College. He is
13 December 2006: The Chinese Yangtze river dolphin, the
based in Bath, England.
Baiji, is declared ‘functionally extinct’
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Read about the Japanese soldier found on 24 January 1972 having survived alone on Guam since the end of World War II; the death of abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock on 11 August 1956; the release of the first draft of the Human Genome Project on 14 April 2003 and much, much more ‌
The thrilling, warts-engine-oil-and-all autobiography of the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared. A surreal tale of a poverty-stricken Dundalk kid’s rise to
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become the only racing driver the great Ayrton Senna ever feared – and how it all went wrong from there. For a brief moment Tommy Byrne was arguably the world’s greatest driver, the motor racing equivalent of George Best and Muhammad Ali rolled into one. A racer,
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a thief, a raconteur. This is the story of his improbable escape, his rapid rise and his spectacular and bizarre fall from grace. Peppered with dark humour and a cast of ridiculous characters,
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fending for himself as the runt of a big Catholic litter in
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the ‘60s, running the gauntlet of the sectarian violence
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of the ’70s, troubling Ayrton Senna and making it to F1 in
Tommy Byrne was the 1980 Double British Formula Ford 1600 champion, the
the ‘80s, resorting to drugs in the aftermath and driving for a deluded billionaire madman and then gun-toting Mexicans in the ‘90s.
1981 British Formula Ford 2000
It’s raw, passionate, and – with Byrne’s ability to tell it
champion and also the European
like it is – not for the faint-hearted.
Formula Ford 2000 champion. In 1982 – having also become British F3 champion – he entered F1, but by the following year had disappeared without trace.
Mark Hughes is one of sport’s top journalists. His books on F1 include Icon’s bestselling, critically-acclaimed Lewis Hamilton: The Full Story.
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‘Forget Senna and Schuey. Tommy Byrne was the best of them all.’ Eddie Jordan
The comprehensive collection of sport’s strangest terms as encountered by BBC presenter and football legend Bob Wilson. Have you ever flashed at a googly in the corridor of
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uncertainty while on a sticky dog? Maybe you’ve seen someone hit a mulligan out of the screws to grab a birdie at Amen Corner, or had to deal with a falling leaf
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from God while trying to survive the Group of Death? The world of sport has its own language, wonderfully
Bob Wilson’s Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo
rich in strange words and phrases whose origins often stretch back centuries. For the first time, veteran BBC presenter and football legend Bob Wilson has pulled together his widely acclaimed and hugely successful books of the last two years (Googlies, Nutmegs & Bogeys and Rucks, Pucks & Sliders) and added a considerable
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amount of new material, to create the most
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comprehensive guide to peculiar sporting terminology
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ever compiled.
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Discover the fascinating true meanings, heritage and evolution of all the great sporting terms in this brilliantly-
Bob Wilson is the veteran presenterC90 of nine M100 Y0 K20 World Cups, Grandstand, Football Focus, Sportsnight and Match
illustrated guide, published at the height of the British sporting summer with Wimbledon, The Open golf tournament, the cricket Test series with South Africa and Euro 2008 all competing for fans’ attention.
of the Day, and was goalkeeper for Scotland and Arsenal. His Willow Foundation charity, set up in memory of his daughter Anna, who died of cancer aged 31, receives royalties from the sale of his books.
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Praise for Bob’s previous books: ‘An engaging romp through sport’s more colourful terminology ... buy it to be entertained’ Independent ‘The daddy of male loo-reading books … Bob Wilson’s compendium should be sent out by right to every lad when he reaches the age of assent.’ Scotland on Sunday
An unashamedly nerdy tour through science fiction’s most brilliant inventions, from Buck Rogers’ jetpack to Vanilla Sky’s cryonics. In full colour throughout, Future Proof charts from
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prototype to realisation the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the most popular science-fiction inventions. Co-written by Nick Sagan, son of science fiction legend and astronomer Carl Sagan, the book details the history, the reality and the tech spec of science fiction’s
Future Proof The Greatest Gadgets and Gizmos Ever Imagined ISBN 978-184831-004-9 UK £10.99 216 x 171mm paperback, full colour throughout 160 pages
Nick Sagan is the son of astronomer Carl Sagan and the author of the
most brilliant crime-figthing, space-travelling, remote controlled, light-speed, artificially intelligent inventions. Highlights include: Buck Rogers’ jetpack · The Jetsons’ flying cars · Star Trek’s transporters · The Six Million-Dollar Man’s cyborg · Sleeper’s Orgasmatron · 2001’s artificial intelligence · Lost in Space’s remote controlled robots · Vanilla Sky’s cryonics · Star Wars’ warp drives · Back to the Future’s time travel · Total Recall’s Terraforming · Doctor Who’s robot pets · Galactic Patrol’s Cybernetics · A Fall of Moondust’s space tourism · Stargate’s wormholes · Brave New World’s Hypnopedia
bestselling science fiction novels Idlewild, Edenborn and Everfree.
Mark Frary is a science journalist whose work has appeared in The Times and many other newspapers and magazines.
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‘If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run ... the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.’ Arthur C. Clarke
A lavish, full-colour addition to any golfer’s coffee table, featuring commentator Bruce Critchley and five-time Open champion Peter Thomson. ‘The real test of a course: is it going to live?’ This was
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the maxim of arguably the greatest-ever golf-course architect – Harry Shapland Colt. Having designed or influenced the layout of many of the world’s most
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famous courses – Muirfield, Pine Valley, Wentworth – Colt’s creations provide an enduring, pulse-racing test for today’s golfer.
Creating Classics
Creating Classics tells the fascinating story of this golf
The Golf Courses of Harry Colt
visionary. From Colt’s early years at Rye and Sunningdale
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to his partnerships with the other great architects of the early 20th century, the book embraces the phenomenal designs that emerged from this Golden Age of course construction.
colour throughout
For golfers passionate about challenging courses
464 pages
steeped in character, Peter Pugh’s spectacular book lets players discover the rich heritage of their favourite
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golfing turf. Colt’s definitive 18 holes, as chosen by golf’s
is a businessman, company
most distinguished commentator Bruce Critchley, and a
historian and former golf
foreword from five-time Open champion Peter Thomson,
addict, with memberships
accompany stunning photographs and wonderful
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personal tales.
Worlington (two of Colt’s courses). His other books include The Magic of a Name, a three-volume history of Rolls-
This book will enlighten all lovers of the game about a special group of courses with unparalleled pedigree and a common bond – Harry Colt.
Royce, and two titles in Icon’s famous Introducing series, on Margaret Thatcher and John Maynard Keynes.
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Royal County Down; St George’s Hill; Royal Portrush – names synonymous with the finest golf has to offer anywhere in the world – are all courses touched by Harry Colt’s genius.
The much-imitated but never-bettered graphic guides to big thinkers and ideas
In autumn 2007, to celebrate the series’ fifteenth birthday, we re-published six of the best Introducing titles in a new,
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cheaper, pocket-sized format with a stunning new cover look.
bestsellers
The positive response to these editions was phenomenal and
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we have subsequently decided to give six further titles the new treatment. Introducing is simply for anyone interested in mankind’s most exciting ideas.
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cleverer by design
Chaos 978-1-84831-013-1
Nietzsche 978-1-84831-009-4
Jung 978-1-84831-010-0
Buddha 978-1-84831-011-7
Logic ISBN: 978-1-84831-012-4
Ethics 978-1-84831-008-7
Get to know the Introducing series online at introducingbooks.com, or at myspace.com/introducingbooks All Introducing compact edition titles: UK ÂŁ6.99 Canada $10.99 A format paperback, 176 pages with b/w illustrations throughout Territory: World Foreign rights: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Introducing retains the stylish black look and larger format familiar to fans for the vast majority of its backlist. See the website – introducingbooks.com – for more details on individual titles. Aesthetics
978-1840467-90-1
Anthropology
978-1840466-63-8
Aristotle
978-1840467-59-8
Artificial Intelligence
978-1840468-41-0
Barthes
978-1840467-16-1
Buddha
978-1840466-33-1
Camus
978-1840468-47-2
Chaos
978-1840465-81-5
Chomsky
978-1840465-89-1
Consciousness
978-1840466-65-2
Critical Theory
978-1840465-88-4
Cultural Studies
978-1840465-87-7
Darwin
978-1840467-15-4
Derrida
978-1840466-66-9
Descartes
978-1840467-19-2
Eastern Philosophy
978-1840467-86-4
Einstein
978-1840466-67-6
Empiricism
978-1840465-45-7
Ethics
978-1840465-80-8
Evolution
978-1840466-34-8
Evolutionary Psychology 978-1840466-68-3
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Existentialism
978-1840467-17-8
Feminism
978-1840466-49-2
Foucault
978-1840465-91-4
Fractal Geometry
978-1840467-13-0
Freud
978-1840465-78-5
Genetics
978-1840466-36-2
Hegel
978-1840467-85-7
Heidegger
978-1840467-12-3
Hinduism
978-1840466-26-3
Islam
978-1840465-82-2
Jung
978-1840465-79-2
Kafka
978-1840467-87-1
Kant
978-1840466-64-5
Kierkegaard
978-1840467-58-1
Lacan
978-1840466-69-0
Linguistics
978-1840466-35-5
Logic
978-1840465-85-3
Machiavelli
978-1840468-44-1
Marx
978-1840467-14-7
Marxism
978-1840464-62-7
Mathematics
978-1840466-37-9
Media Studies
978-1840467-18-5
Melanie Klein
978-1840467-11-6
Mind and Brain
978-1840466-38-6
Modernism
978-1840465-93-8
Newton
978-1840468-42-7
Nietzsche
978-1840466-27-0
Philosophy
978-1840465-76-1
Plato
978-1840466-60-7
Political Philosophy
978-1840467-60-4
Postmodernism
978-1840465-75-4
Psychoanalysis
978-1840467-56-7
Psychology
978-1840465-86-0
Psychotherapy
978-1840467-88-8
Quantum Theory
978-1840465-77-8
Relativity
978-1840467-57-4
Romanticism
978-1840466-71-3
Rousseau
978-1840467-89-5
Sartre
978-1840466-72-0
Semiotics
978-1840465-84-6
Sociology
978-1840465-83-9
Stephen Hawking
978-1840466-39-3
The Enlightenment
978-1840467-09-3
The Universe
978-1840467-61-1
Time
978-1840465-92-1
Wittgenstein
978-1840466-41-6
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Urgent and compelling, this is the essential read on the USA in 2008 from the authors of the bestselling Why Do People Hate America? Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies’ Why Do People
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Hate America? explored the question that emerged from the infernal destruction of 9/11. It found answers in the ways that the US engages with the rest of the world: the hamburger syndrome of the lone hyperpower.
Will America Change?
Will America Change? updates the analysis to show how this led to the doctrine of pre-emptive response in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then turns its attention
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to the major question of today – the American way of
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disengagement.
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From Vietnam to the end of the Cold War to Iraq, the US has embraced militarism and used its power to make the world secure for American interests. The problem of America has become more acute, more invasive and more
Ziauddin Sardar is a prominent journalist and author. Prolific and polymathic, he is a regular contributor to the New Statesman and the Observer, and a familiar television
resented around the world. As America debates how to extract itself from the Iraq quagmire, will it seek real change or more of the same? In a year of decision, can America help to make the world a safer place?
and radio personality.
Merryl Wyn Davies is a writer, anthropologist and former producer of religious programmes for the BBC.
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Praise for Why Do People Hate America?:
‘Carefully documents the impact America, culturally and as an aggressive yet insular force, has on all our lives.’ John Pilger, New Statesman
Proust and the Squid has sold over 25,000 hardbacks in the US and was in Publishers Weekly’s ‘Best Books of 2007’. How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the
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amazing achievements of humankind. ‘We were never born to read,’ says Maryanne Wolf. ‘No specific genes ever dictated reading’s development. Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. And with this invention, we changed the very organisation
Proust and the Squid The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways we were able to think, which altered the intellectual evolution of our species.’ In Proust and the Squid, Maryanne Wolf explores our brains’ near-miraculous ability to arrange and rearrange
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themselves in response to external circumstances. Wolf, a
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world expert on the reading brain, brings both a personal
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passion and a deft style to this incredible story.
320 pages
A pop science masterpiece on a subject that anyone who loves reading will be sure to find fascinating.
Maryanne Wolf teaches at Tufts University and is Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research in Boston, USA. She teaches and lectures all over the world and is a renowned expert on the reading brain.
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‘As booksellers, we don’t need to be convinced of the importance of reading, but Maryanne Wolf’s sage book goes far beyond what even we imagined. Wolf … is not content to discuss the cultural significance of reading; she asserts with convincing evidence that this activity has radically changed the very organization of the human brain.’ www.barnesandnoble.com
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‘A pathbreaking look at the reading brain’ Publishers Weekly, Books of the year
Lightly abridged by Kate Agnew, Dickens’ captivating history of England for children is now published in an excellent-value paperback. Written just after David Copperfield, at the same time as
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Bleak House, and in the engaging and conversational style typical of his most celebrated fiction, Dickens’ history of England for children is an undiscovered treasure-trove of a book. Dickens’ loveable theatricality, witty observations and
A Child’s History of England
compelling narrative give children access to one of England’s greatest writers, and to some of the most powerful stories from its past. For adults it offers an engaging reminder of the English history we ought to know.
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Interesting, informative and accessible, A Child’s History
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of England takes its reader on a fascinating journey, from
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Ancient England and the Romans to Victoria’s reign and
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Dickens’ own lifetime. Full of sensational plots, gallant heroes and brutal villains, high adventure and terrible tragedy, it will appeal to anyone who enjoys a good story
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memorable characters and strong narrative style mean that his work has been loved for the last 150 years – and none of his books has ever gone out of print.
Kate Agnew reviews for Guardian Education, has judged the Smarties Award and the Whitbread Prize, and has contributed to the Cambridge Charles Dickens
Guide to Children’s Books.
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Who was Hereward the Wake? How was it that Thomas Beckett was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? Thrilling history from England’s finest novelist.
Why does time seem to speed up as we age? Or slow down in emergencies? Steve Taylor offers practical suggestions to make time for all of us. Why does time fly when we’re having fun, or drag when
July Psychology / Self-help New in Paperback
we’re bored or anxious? Steve Taylor examines these questions, setting out five basic laws of psychological time. The result is an astounding insight into why our perception of time changes – and how we can take charge of time in our
Making Time
own lives.
Why Time Seems to Pass at
Using evidence from modern physics and his own
Different Speeds and How to
research into unusual experiences of time, Taylor argues
Control It
that our normal sense of time is an illusion created by our minds. He cites numerous examples of situations in
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which time passes slowly – exploring childhood, drugs
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and hypnosis, accidents and emergencies, meditation,
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‘spiritual’ experiences, sportspeople who are ‘in the
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Zone’ and some of the world’s indigenous peoples.
Steve Taylor
Making Time shows us, on a practical level, how to
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length and quality of our lives. But perhaps most
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ultimately the only thing that we have: the present.
husband. He is the author of The Fall (O Books) and lives in Manchester with his wife and two young children.
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‘It is possible to alter our perceptions in order to make time pass quickly or slowly, just as we wish, and Taylor shows how it can be done.’ Good Book Guide
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‘Using both psychological and physical science Taylor explores these ideas in an entirely accessible and engaging way, leading the reader calmly through a tangle of theory and philosophy. Time you read it.’ The Crack
A captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of books as dark, powerful, erotic and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller. Paradise Lost, The Canterbury Tales, Don Quixote: great
August Literature New in Paperback
literature can be read by anyone, with a little help. Anthony O’Hear leads the way. We begin with Homer, whose poems of epic struggle have made him the father of Western literature. After Greek tragedy, Plato, and Virgil’s Aeneid comes
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Ovid, whose encyclopaedic Metamorphoses is an inexhaustible source for European art and literature.
From The Iliad and The Odyssey to Goethe’s Faust: A journey
Via St Augustine we reach Dante, the author of The
through 2,500 years of the West’s
Divine Comedy, a sublime, terrifying tour through Hell,
classic literature
Purgatory and an ecstatic vision of Paradise. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton, Pascal, Racine and
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finally Goethe complete the cast list. In each case O’Hear
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patiently draws out themes, focuses on key passages
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and explains why they are important.
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Personal, passionate, painstakingly researched and
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beautifully illustrated, this is a grand work of reference.
Anthony O’Hear is Weston Professor of Philosophy
But it is also a narrative history shot through with a love of literature, and a deeply-held belief in its power to shape everyone’s world.
at the University of Buckingham, Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and Editor of the journal Philosophy. His journalism has featured notably in the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Express, and he is often on Radio 4’s Today programme and Radio 3’s Night Waves.
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‘This is a book for everyone who always wanted to read these great works but, somehow, has never quite found the time. Choice extracts from these literary masterpieces, illustrated by paintings and pictures of artefacts spur you on to read the complete original texts.’ The Lady TERRITORY
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‘This is the best introduction to the classics of Western literature that I have ever read. It will be invaluable for all, and should be required reading in sixth forms across the country.’ Chris Woodhead, former chief inspector of schools
Richard Milton exposes the secrets of a relationship steeped in mutual admiration, blood and propaganda. In August 1914 Britain’s first act of war was not to mobilise its army or the Grand Fleet. It was to cut cables preventing German propaganda from reaching American newspapers. This war of words would quickly become as vicious as the slaughter on the Western Front.
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For a century, Britain and Germany had been closer than any other two countries. Germany was Britain’s biggest export market, and vice versa. Germans adopted English dress, customs and manners. German thinking on race, national identity, eugenics and racial supremacy also had its roots in British thinkers like Darwin, Huxley and Galton.
Best of Enemies Britain and Germany: Truth and Lies in Two World Wars
Even as late as the Nazi era, Hess, Himmler, Goering and Hitler himself remained passionate Anglophiles. During the First World War, however, Germany, Britain
978-184831-003-2
and the USA spent billions on clandestine propaganda to
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blacken each other’s reputations. This gargantuan effort
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gave birth to the PR industry itself – later seized upon by
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Nazi propagandist Goebbels to devastating effect.
368 pages Richard Milton’s expertly written popular history gives a
Richard Milton is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who also works as
fresh perspective on this tumultuous, painful love-hate relationship, and is also a brilliant study of propaganda itself – now more than ever a vital weapon of war.
a PR consultant. His other books include The Facts of Life (Fourth Estate, 1992) and Forbidden Science (Fourth Estate, 1994).
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The unputdownable sequel to 365 – highly addictive, bite-size chunks of history.
It’s strange sometimes to think that even the biggest events of world history happened on a particular day – a rainy February 25th, a sweltering July 2nd, your father’s birthday … W.B. Marsh and Bruce Carrick present a leap year of historical stories by turns amazing, horrifying, touching
August
and tearful. Spanning the history of man’s life on earth
History
and every corner of the inhabited world, they paint a picture of infinite richness and minute, enthralling detail.
new in paperback
Read about the first-ever tanks going into combat on the Somme, Pushkin’s death in a duel, Nietzsche’s dramatic breakdown in Turin, Jesse Owens humiliating the Nazis at the Olympic Games and much, much more. It’s the ideal book for anyone hooked on history.
A Leap Year of Great Stories from History ISBN 978-184831-005-6
16 January 1920: Prohibition is born
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14 February 270: St Valentine’s martyrdom gives birth to a romantic tradition
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W.B. Marsh
5 July 1946: The bikini swimsuit makes its debut at a Paris fashion show 22 December 1849: Dostoyevsky is led out for a pretend execution
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was born in New York, and now lives in London.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a book in possession of a good reputation must be in want of a good kicking. Despise Pride and Prejudice? Tired of Tolstoy? Find Amis, both father and son, hugely overrated? Just don’t get why people go on about Margaret Atwood? If you love reading you will know that just because everyone else seems to think certain classics are simply, inescapably brilliant, it doesn’t make it so. Not everyone thinks Dickens is England’s greatest storyteller, or Virginia Woolf the writer who has most penetratingly reached the heart of what it means to be a woman. And was everyone really so touched by Captain Corelli’s Mandolin? While there’s all sorts of places to talk about the books you love, what about those you hate? ihatethisbook.com is the new site where anyone can vent their true feelings towards the classics you’re supposed to love. You can include any book, modern, ancient, fiction or otherwise, and let off some steam about what it is that so riles you, or just vote on other people’s choices. Sign up for updates to see if others agree. ihatethisbook.com is just the start of the project – Icon plans to publish a book collecting the best of the reviews and comments in 2009. Check it out now and don’t hold back!
ihatethisbook.com PS. You can also talk about the books you do love on the site, too, if you really must ...
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Illustrated here are just a selection of titles – see our stocklist on page 59 for the full list. ISBN prefix: 978-184046 All Fighting Fantasy titles: UK £4.99 (Sorcery! £5.99, Warlock special edition £8.99) Canada $10.00 A format paperback – various extents with frequent illustrations Territory: World ex. USA US rights: Icon Books / Carol Mann Agency Foreign rights: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
FF1 25th Anniversary Edition ISBN: 8-37-3
FF24 ISBN: 5-66-2 FF25 ISBN: 7-32-1 FF26 ISBN: 7-65-9
FF27 ISBN: 8-02-1 FF28 ISBN: 8-07-6 FF29 ISBN: 8-38-0
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9-41-7
Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie
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8-33-5
Rucks, Pucks and Sliders
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HBK
8-25-0
Do Animals Have Rights?
£7.99
PBK
6-23-2
The Captain’s Challenge
Don’t Get Fooled Again
£12.99
HBK 0-14-8
The Grand Prix Companion
Great Composers
£16.99
PBK
6-79-9
The Top 100 Formula One Drivers
£5.99
PBK
8-61-8
GENERAL NON-FICTION
How Big Is Your Brain?
£12.99
HBK 0-26-1
£9.99
HBK
7-96-3
£14.99
HBK
8-94-6
£12.99
PBK
7-78-9
HUMOUR
It’s Only Money
£6.99
PBK
7-38-3
Between You and I
£6.99
PBK
6-74-4
Making Time
£8.99
PBK
0-01-8
Forty-fied
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PBK
8-80-9
Match Wits with the Kids
£9.99
PBK
0-00-1
Groovy Old Men
Nervous System
£12.99
HBK
7-93-2
I Hate The Office
£7.99
PBK
8-24-3
Nobel Lectures
£12.99
HBK
8-34-2
Man Who Ate Bluebottles
£7.99
PBK
7-77-2
Issigonis / Official Biography
£12.99
HBK 0-20-9
Shakespeare on Toast
£9.99
HBK 0-16-2
New World Order
£7.99
PBK
8-74-8
Stealing the Scream
£8.99
PBK
8-64-9
Number Freaking
£7.99
PBK
7-51-2
The Armchair Naturalist
£7.99
PBK
8-82-3
Places to Hide
£7.99
PBK
8-08-3
The Intellectual
£6.99
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7-21-5
The Z to Z of Great Britain
£7.99
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7-54-3
The Lying Ape
£7.99
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7-99-4
Wacky Nation
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0-22-3
The Rich
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7-66-6
Walking in on Mum and Dad
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8-05-2
Unstrange Minds
£14.99
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8-93-9
What is Myrrh Anyway?
£5.99
PBK
0-27-8
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HBK 0-17-9
Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know
£5.99
PBK
7-49-9
Iran: Everything You Need to Know
£5.99
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7-76-5
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
HISTORY Best of Times, Worst of Times 365: Great Stories from History
£9.99
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6-75-1
366: More Great Stories from History
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PBK
0-05-6
HBK 0-21-6
POLITICS
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PBK
0-03-2
101 Facts / Food
£6.99
PBK
7-67-3
£20.00
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8-43-4
50 Facts / Change the World
£8.99
PBK
8-46-5
History of Britain Revealed
£7.99
PBK
8-35-9
50 Facts: USA
£10.99
PBK
8-84-7
History of England - Austen / Dickens
£9.99
HBK
7-83-3
American Dream Global Nightmare
£7.99
PBK
5-72-3
Man Who Ran the Moon
£8.99
PBK
8-36-6
Can You Trust the Media?
£12.99
HBK
8-72-4
Real Oliver Twist
£8.99
PBK
7-27-7
China: Friend or Foe?
£7.99
PBK
7-33-8
A Time to Dance, A Time to Die Best of Enemies Enchantress of Nations
£12.99
The Devil’s Children
£17.99
HBK 0-19-3
Crunch Time
£9.99
HBK
8-01-4
The Father of Forensics
£12.99
HBK
8-63-2
Did David Hasselhoff End the Cold War?
£7.99
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7-94-9
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0-06-3
Human Being to Human Bomb
£12.99
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8-62-5
Supercapitalism
£12.99
PBK
0-07-0
Surveillance Unlimited
£10.99
PBK
8-77-9
£14.99
HBK
8-87-8
The Great Books SPORT
£40.00
HBK 0-25-4
The New Rome
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HBK 0-18-6
The Truth that Sticks
£8.99
PBK
8-78-6
Torture Taxi
£9.99
PBK
8-30-4
Why Blame Israel?
£8.99
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6-24-9
Will America Change?
£8.99
PBK
8-79-3
Creating Classics Bob Wilson’s Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo Crashed and Byrned
£8.99 £12.99
PBK
0-02-5
HBK 0-28-5
Football Freaking
£6.99
PBK
7-53-6
Foul Play
£8.99
PBK
8-90-8
Googlies, Nutmegs and Bogeys
£9.99
HBK
7-74-1
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Buddha
0-11-7
A Mind of Its Own
£7.99
PBK
7-98-7
Logic
0-12-4
An Entertainment for Angels
£6.99
PBK
4-59-7
Chaos
0-13-1
Atom
£8.99
PBK
8-73-1
Freud
8-51-9
Beyond Coincidence
£7.99
PBK
6-18-8
Mind & Brain
8-54-0
Constant Touch
£6.99
PBK
5-41-9
Philosophy
8-53-3
Dawkins vs. Gould
£7.99
PBK
7-80-2
Postmodernism
8-49-6
Discovery of the Germ
£6.99
PBK
5-02-X
Psychology
8-52-6
Dissent over Descent
£12.99
HB
8-04-5
Quantum Theory
8-50-2
Einstein’s Heroes
£12.99
HBK
6-10-2
Eureka!
£6.99
PBK
3-74-3
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Faraday / Electrical Century
£9.99
HBK
5-40-2
Philosophy
Fatal Attraction
£9.99
HBK
6-32-2
Aesthetics
7-90-1
Frank Whittle / Jet Engine
£6.99
PBK
6-62-1
Aristotle
7-59-8
From Atoms to Infinity
£6.99
PBK
7-35-2
Bertrand Russell
3-82-8
£10.99
PBK
0-04-9
Critical Theory
5-88-4
In Search of Superstrings
£7.99
PBK
8-32-8
Derrida
6-66-9
Knowledge is Power
£6.99
PBK
4-73-3
Descartes
7-19-2
Latitude
£6.99
PBK
4-86-3
Eastern Philosophy
7-86-4
Lovelock and Gaia
£9.99
HBK
4-58-X
Empiricism
5-45-7
Men Who Measured the Universe
£6.99
PBK
5-36-5
The Enlightenment
7-09-3
Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball
£7.99
PBK
7-28-4
Ethics
5-80-8
Perfect Copy / Cloning
£7.99
PBK
3-80-4
Existentialism
7-17-8
Possessing Genius
£7.99
PBK
6-25-6
Foucault
5-91-4
Proust and the Squid
£8.99
PBK
0-30-8
Hegel
7-85-7
£20.00
HBK
0-29-2
Heidegger
7-12-3
Science of Doctor Who
£8.99
PBK
7-91-8
Kant
6-64-5
The Cause of Mosquitoes Sorrow
£7.99
PBK
8-31-1
Kierkegaard
7-58-1
The Chilling Stars
£7.99
PBK
8-66-3
Logic
5-85-3
The Comet Sweeper
£9.99
HBK
7-20-8
Marquis de Sade
0-71-1
The Red Bodyguard
£5.99
PBK
8-85-4
Marx
7-14-7
Watt’s Perfect Engine
£6.99
PBK
5-46-4
Marxism
4-62-7
Wholly Irresponsible Experiments
£7.99
PBK
8-76-2
Modernism
5-93-8
Wholly Irresponsible Exploits
£9.99
HBK
8-95-3
Nietzsche
6-27-0
Why Aren’t They Here?
£7.99
HBK
8-65-6
Philosophy
5-76-1
Plato
6-60-7
Postmodernism
5-75-4
Future Proof
Quantum
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£10.99
PBK
8-60-1
Romanticism
6-71-3
Lisa B Lifestyle Essentials
£12.99
PBK
8-59-5
Rousseau
7-89-5
Sartre
6-72-0
Walter Benjamin
1-65-7
Wittgenstein
6-41-6
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0-08-7
Nietzsche
0-09-4
Jung
0-10-0
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American Politics
0-98-8
Barthes
7-16-1
Fascism and Nazism
1-54-1
Semiotics
5-84-6
The Holocaust
1-21-3
Lenin/Russian Revolution
1-56-5
Sociology
Machiavelli
8-44-1
Baudrillard
0-87-2
Political Philosophy
7-60-4
Sociology
5-83-9
Trotsky and Marxism
1-55-8 Religion
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1-57-2
Psychology
Buddha
6-33-1
Christianity
1-66-4
Hinduism
6-26-3
Islam
5-82-2
Freud
5-78-5
The Freud Wars
3-81-1
Linguistics
Jung
5-79-2
Chomsky
5-89-1
Lacan
6-69-0
Linguistics
6-35-5
Melanie Klein
7-11-6
Psychiatry
5-37-2
Cultural Studies
Psychoanalysis
7-56-7
Cultural Studies
5-87-7
Psychology
5-86-0
Media Studies
7-18-5
Psychotherapy
7-88-8 Literature
Science
Camus
8-47-2
Artificial Intelligence
8-41-0
Joyce
1-19-X
Chaos
5-81-5
Kafka
7-87-1
Consciousness
6-65-2
Shakespeare
2-62-3
Darwin
7-15-4
Einstein
6-67-6
Gender Studies
Environmental Politics
1-59-6
Feminism
6-49-2
Evolution
6-34-8
Postfeminism
0-10-0
Evolutionary Psychology
6-68-3
Fractal Geometry
7-13-0
Anthropology
Genetics
6-36-2
Anthropology
6-63-8
Mathematics
6-37-9
LĂŠvi-Strauss
1-47-3
Mind and Brain
6-38-6
Newton
8-42-7
Quantum Theory
5-77-8
Relativity
7-57-4
Science
3-58-3
Stephen Hawking
6-39-3
Time
5-92-1
The Universe
7-61-1
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FICTION
FF 1: Warlock of Firetop Mountain (25th ann.)
£8.99
HBK
8-37-3
Joshua Cross
£4.99
PBK
4-66-5
FF 1: Warlock of Firetop Mountain
£5.99
PBK
3-87-3
Joshua Cross: Queen’s Conjuror
£4.99
PBK
6-19-5
FF 2: Citadel of Chaos
£4.99
PBK
3-89-7
The Toxic Toadburger Conspiracy
£5.99
PBK
5-64-8
FF 3: Deathtrap Dungeon
£4.99
PBK
3-88-0
FF 4: Creature of Havoc
£4.99
PBK
3-91-0
NON-FICTION
FF 5: City of Thieves
£4.99
PBK
3-97-2
Big Numbers
£4.99
PBK
6-61-4
FF 6: Crypt of the Sorcerer
£4.99
PBK
3-96-5
Big Questions
£6.99
PBK
6-70-6
FF 7: House of Hell
£4.99
PBK
4-17-7
A Child’s History of England
£9.99
PBK 0-24-7
FF 8: Forest of Doom
£4.99
PBK
4-29-0
Darkness Visible
£6.99
PBK
8-48-9
FF 10: Caverns of the Snow Witch
£4.99
PBK
4-32-0
How to Remember (Almost) Everything, Ever!
£5.99
PBK
7-97-0
FF 12: Trial of Champions
£4.99
PBK
4-34-4
Master of the Rings
£5.99
PBK
4-23-8
FF 14: Armies of Death
£4.99
PBK
4-36-8
Mind Your Own Business
£4.99
PBK
7-63-5
FF 16: Return to Firetop Mountain
£4.99
PBK
4-81-8
Scientists Anonymous
£4.99
PBK
8-40-3
FF 17: Island of the Lizard King
£5.99
PBK
4-91-7
The Sex Book
£7.99
PBK
4-72-6
FF 18: Appointment with F.E.A.R.
£4.99
PBK
5-27-3
FF 19: Temple of Terror
£4.99
PBK
5-28-0
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FF 20: Legend of Zagor
£5.99
PBK
5-51-8
Fear and Trembling
£5.99
PBK
5-26-6
FF 21: Eye of the Dragon
£5.99
PBK
6-42-3
Life and Death
£5.99
PBK
5-67-9
FF 22: Starship Traveller
£4.99
PBK
5-52-5
Love and Longing
£5.99
PBK
5-23-5
FF 23: Freeway Fighter
£4.99
PBK
5-65-5
War and Peace
£5.99
PBK
5-70-9
FF 24: Talisman of Death
£4.99
PBK
5-66-2
FF 25: Sword of the Samurai
£4.99
PBK
7-32-1
QUIZ BOOKS
FF 26: Bloodbones
£4.99
PBK
7-65-9
Kidoku
£4.99
PBK
7-50-5
FF 27: Curse of the Mummy
£4.99
PBK
8-02-1
FF 28: Spellbreaker
£4.99
PBK
8-07-6
OTHER GAMEBOOKS
FF 29: Howl of the Werewolf
£5.99
PBK
8-38-0
The Forgotten Spell
£5.99
PBK
7-31-4
The Golem of Brick Lane
£5.99
PBK
6-98-0
FIGHTING FANTASY: SORCERY! FOOTBALL FANTASY
FF 9/S! 1: The Shamutanti Hills
£5.99
PBK
4-30-6
FF 11/S! 2: Kharé: Cityport of Traps
£5.99
PBK
4-33-7
Avon United
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PBK
6-22-5
FF 13/S! 3: The Seven Serpents
£5.99
PBK
4-35-1
Bridgewater FC
£5.99
PBK
6-09-6
FF 15/S! 4: Crown of Kings
£5.99
PBK
4-38-2
Clyde Rovers
£5.99
PBK
6-21-8
Medway United
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PBK
5-99-0
Mersey City
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PBK
5-97-6
THE F.E.A.R. ADVENTURES The Crime Lord
£4.99
PBK
6-93-5
Thames United
£5.99
PBK
5-98-3
The Emerald Pirate
£4.99
PBK
6-90-4
Trent Albion
£5.99
PBK
5-90-7
The Space Plague
£4.99
PBK
6-94-2
Tyne Athletic
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PBK
5-96-9
The Spy Master
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PBK
6-92-8
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