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Welcome to Icon Books’ catalogue for the second half of 2013 Icon’s reputation in popular science – as with Nessa Carey’s The Epigenetics Revolution and The Science Magpie by Simon Flynn – is now firmly established, as it is in language with Mark Forsyth’s bestsellers The Etymologicon and The Horologicon. A highlight of this list is Mark’s brand new title, on page 18.

This season will see Icon increasingly associated with brilliant history publishing, too. July 1914, published on the 99th anniversary of that fatal month, is Sean McMeekin’s powerful, almost forensic history of 30 days when the world allowed a terrorist incident in Sarajevo to descend into the bloodiest, most entrenched conflict the world had yet seen.

Hess, Hitler and Churchill is among the most exciting titles Icon have ever published.

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often for the first time, incredible new evidence of a conspiracy at the heart of British government surrounding Rudolf Hess’s 1941 flight to Scotland.

Though authoritative and carefully argued, Padfield’s book has lashings of William Boyd’s Restless or a John Le Carré thriller, and it will be an absolute must-read for history fans this autumn.

The famous Introducing Graphic and Practical Guides continue apace, as does the 30-Second series, with new titles on astronomy and the elements. There are new editions of bestsellers from Corinthian’s Luca Caioli on Messi and Ronaldo, and from Icon with Ed Howker and Shiv Malik’s Jilted Generation – and a new Magpie on Antiques, which divulges tips to discover fakes and forgeries and why a Chinese five-clawed dragon, rather than four, can make a porcelain vase worth millions…

We launch a new website in 2013 too, so join us there – and get involved!

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Groundbreaking and powerful, July 1914 makes clear as never before the men responsible for the horrors of the First World War.

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We meet the brooding Habsburg heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the fanatical Bosnian Serb assassins plotting his murder, and the Austrians seeking to exploit his death, recklessly encouraged by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Russian Foreign Minister Sazonov was trying to live down a reputation for cowardice, abetted by two French statesmen. Winston Churchill, alone among Cabinet officials in London, saw the threat in time to take action.

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Sean McMeekin’s books include The Berlin-Baghdad Express (Allen Lane, 2010) and The Russian Origins of the First World War (Harvard, 2011).

He lives in Istanbul.

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How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Most tantalizing of all: is there anyone out there? The answers to these and many other far-out questions lie in your hands.

30-Second Astronomy encapsulates the terrifying hugeness of the cosmos into bite-size particles that mere earthlings can understand.

It takes you on a voyage through 50 incredible star-studded discoveries brought down to Earth using no more than two pages, 300 words and some cosmic imagery. Welcome aboard.

Dr François Fressin, of the HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), is one of the team of astronomers working as part of NASA’s Kepler mission.

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50 of the most NEW extraordinary TITLE Science chemical elements – the building blocks of our universe – explained in 300 words When was radium discovered?

Who are Dmitri Mendeleev and Glenn T. Seaborg? Who discovered uranium’s radioactivity? Which element is useful for dating the age of Earth? And why doesn’t gold have a scientific name?

30-Second Elements presents you with the very foundations of chemical knowledge, explaining concisely the 50 most significant chemical elements.

This book uses helpful glossaries and tables to fast-track your knowledge of the other 68 elements and the relationships between all of them.

Dr Eric Scerri is a lecturer at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA. Dr Scerri is a chemist and leading philosopher of science specialising in the history and philosophy of the periodic table.

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Michael Sells’ Imagine That series – short, popular histories of how the past didn’t quite happen – IS launched in june 2013 with four brilliant titles.

This autumn sees the arrival of a further four new titles that, between them, explore how history might have been different had female authors not adopted male pseudonyms; what the lack of the Suez Canal would’ve done for the history of transport; how different rock music could’ve been without the leather jacket, and much more…

Perfect lighter reading for the history fan and – in this season – fans of fashion, transport, literature and animals, Imagine That books are the perfect historical stocking fillers.

Published in September: Imagine That – The History of Literature Rewritten 9781848316317 / 9781848316324 (eBook) Imagine That – The History of Animals Rewritten 9781848316331 / 9781848316348 (eBook) Imagine That – The History of Fashion Rewritten 9781848316355 / 9781848316362 (eBook) Imagine That – The History of Transport Rewritten 9781848316379 / 9781848316386 (eBook)

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Imagine That – The History of Technology Rewritten A tray of disinfectant could have led to defeat for the Allies in World War II and news of this defeat could have spread via an invention called the Radio Newspaper.

The world of technology is one of chance.

Would the death of a cat have been the most costly road accident in the history of technology?

Did a Serbian inventor devise the technology of the 21st century in the early 1900s?

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Imagine That – The History of Film Rewritten The test screen audience for Star Wars could have prevented many of the most futuristic gadgets of today and the reallife Citizen Kane was so nearly cinema’s greatest enemy. The world of film is serious business. Would global warming have spiralled out of all control without Walt Disney’s input? Would a happy ending to Casablanca have led to a more prejudiced world?

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Imagine That – The History of Football Rewritten Without football Nelson Mandela may never have become president of South Africa and were it not for FIFA’s loopholes then Africa could be enjoying the fruits of a football-induced windfall.

So much rides on 90 minutes of sport.

Was one goal really the difference between freedom and brutality for an entire team? Would children be more respectful if the substitute’s bench had never been introduced?

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Imagine That – The History of Music Rewritten The US Army could have instigated the collapse of rock ‘n’ roll and the Mayor of New York so nearly transformed Woodstock into a musical riot.

The legacy of music is a precarious one.

Might Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck still be alive today if it wasn’t for rock’s favourite designer? Would Ethiopia have been better off without Live Aid? 9781848315693 (print) 9781848315709 (ebook)

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A fully updated and revised edition of this influential polemic on the woeful realities of being Young in Britain today.

NEW EDITION

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Current Affairs

Why are so many adult children still living with mum and dad?

Why do young people seem so uninterested in politics? And what are the hidden threats to Britain’s long-term prosperity lurking in the next few decades?

First published in 2010, Ed Howker and Shiv Mailk’s Jilted Generation answers fundamental questions about the society you thought you knew. It identified, for the first time, the perilous position of Britain’s young adults and, with a title brandished by everyone from Ed Miliband to student protestors, the book’s thesis has formed a controversial but essential part of Britain’s political debate.

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With significant additional material, this edition updates the argument and explains the real effects of austerity policies and the recession.

And, crucially, the new edition will explain what must be done to protect a vital and underestimated national asset – Britain’s newest adults.

Ed Howker is a programmemaker for Channel 4’s Dispatches.

Shiv Malik is an investigative journalist at the Guardian.

Both live in London.

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material, ument of cession. on one to imated west ‘Brilliantly analyses the problems faced by today’s generation of young adults.’

Scotsman ‘Excellent’ David Willetts ‘Provocative’ Daily Telegraph

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From the private collection containing Napoleon’s penis to 1980s pop memorabilia, The Antiques Magpie is a tantalising backstage tour through the world of antiques.

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FROM BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW REGULAR MARC ALLUM NEW TITLE Antiques

From the mythical artefacts of the ancient world to prized 80s pop memorabilia – and the dedicated collectors who revere these objects – The Antiques Magpie brings together a treasure trove of stories, anecdotes and facts from the wonderful world of antiques.

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The Antiques Magpie divulges closely-guarded insider tips on how to discover fakes and forgeries; explains how boom and bust can have a devastating impact on the antiques market, and why a Chinese five-clawed dragon, rather than four, can make a porcelain vase worth millions.

Sure to delight and surprise, Marc Allum’s Magpie examines the most respected design icons throughout history, explores conundrums like who invented glass, reveals the most expensive antiques ever sold, the subtle differences between collecting and hoarding and much, much more…

Marc Allum is a freelance art and antiques writer and consultant based in Wiltshire.

Marc has been a miscellaneous specialist on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow programme since 1998.

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The Bunny Suicides of the 1880s – extraordinary, bizarre and often morbidly funny stories from the depths of the Victorian press.

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Woman declared dead revived as she is placed in coffin, killing her husband of shock!

Holidaymaker startled by African lion leaping through Welsh hotel window!

Man swallows live turtle to win bet!

in full, The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton is also packed with sketches from the sensational Illustrated Police News.

Deliciously appalling and dreadfully funny, The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton will have you, one way or the other, in tears…

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Divided into sections – from Love and Marriage through Court, Crime and Punishment, Animals, Accidents and Misfortune, Inventions, Sport, Food and drink , the Supernatural Feats and finally Wagers and feats – and with each article reproduced

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From the archives of the British Library, journalist Jeremy Clay has dragged into the light long-lost stories that enthralled and appalled Victorian Britain.

Jeremy Clay is Features Editor at the Leicester Mercury. He is the author of two books, most recently Blokes with Balls (New Holland, 2005)

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A grisly insight into the Victorians’ strange world – from the man who died falling into an open grave to the 180,000 mummified cats imported from Egypt as fertiliser…

A startling, revelatory history of Hess’S 1941 flight to Scotland, containing new evidence of a British conspiracy to suppress his Hitler-authorised peace mission

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NEW TITLE History

Hess’s peace mission to Britain in May 1941 remains one of the Second World War’s greatest mysteries. As this book reveals, far from being a disillusioned renegade, he had Hitler’s backing – recently discovered Soviet archives confirm it.

Award-winning historian Peter Padfield unearths evidence revealing that Hess carried a draft peace treaty committing Hitler to the evacuation of occupied European countries.

Made public, this would have destroyed Churchill’s campaign to bring the US into the war. The treaty remains suppressed, final proof of a continuing official cover-up on Hess’s mission.

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Pacey and authoritative, touching on Lord (Victor) Rothschild and the Cambridge spy ring, British foreknowledge of Operation Barbarossa and the Final Solution, MI6’s use of Hess to prevent the bombing of London, and much more, few history books published this year will be as important.

Peter Padfield is an award-winning naval and Nazi-period historian whose most recent books were the Maritime Supremacy trilogy (John Murray), awarded the Mountbatten Maritime Prize.

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HESS, HITLER AND CHURCHILL The Real turning point of the second world war: A SECRET HISTORY

Peter Padfield

Praise for Padfield’s last book: ‘The best naval historian of his generation’ John Keegan ‘As gripping as anything written by Patrick O’Brian’ Sunday Times

Fresh from his wordy Etymologicon and Horologicon success, Mark Forsyth turns his attention to LITERARY STYLE – and writes the best three sentences ever …

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NEW TITLE Language

Mark Forsyth has, at last, discovered the secret of great writing.

In The Pinnacle of Parnassus Forsyth diligently studies the techniques of writers as diverse as Dante, Shakespeare, Hemingway and Prince, with hints from Star Wars, advertising copy, the Bible and political soundbites, as he tries to write what must be the finest piece of prose ever committed to paper.

Follow Mark up Mount Parnassus, home of the Muses, as he learns the lessons of literary flourishes from King Lear’s ‘Howl, howl, howl’ to Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location via Tennyson and Tony Blair; from ‘Crisis? What crisis?’ to ‘Bond, James Bond’; from God 18

creating heaven and earth to Guy Ritchie creating Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and much, much more besides.

Characteristically witty, delightfully obscure and annoyingly erudite, Forsyth’s new book does for literary and poetic style what his bestselling The Etymologicon did for everyday words.

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The Pinnacle of Parnassus An Entirely Successful Attempt to Write Three Perfect Sentences

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Follow Mark as he tinkers wildly with zeugma, merism, syllepsis and the iambic pentameter in an eccentric attempt to write the perfect three sentences.

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Robin Oakley shares 40 years’ worth of stories and anecdotes from his life as one of Britain’s best-known turf enthusiasts.

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Top 100 Racehorses of All Time author Robin Oakley takes us on a canter through the colourful world of horseracing.

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Join him as he shares evocative personal stories of being there at racing legends’ key moments, such as Frankie Dettori riding seven winners in a day at Ascot.

He debates whether jockeys are sportsmen or masochists – jump jockeys can expect a fall on average every 13 rides – and reminisces about unusual achievements, including trainer Sirrell Griffith’s Cheltenham Gold Cup win after milking his 100 cows that morning.

Tales From the Turf is an extraordinary account from the Spectator’s longrunning Turf columnist, and a man for whom horseracing is a lifetime’s passion.

Robin Oakley OBE is a European Political Editor at CNN International and was BBC Political Editor

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Mark Forsyth’s bestselling day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words, in paperback for the first time.

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BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, READ BY HUGH DENNIS The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them.

familiar situations. From antejentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.

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The New York Times Bestseller – real-life insights on deception from former CIA agents NEW IN

PAPERBACK Psychology

Philip Houston, Mike Floyd and Susan Carnicero’s work for the CIA included thousands of interviews and interrogations, both as investigators and as polygraph examiners.

IDENTIFY THE SIGNS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS GET TO THE TRUTH With real stories from the field involving ‘turned’ assets, KGB moles and criminal government officials, alongside analyses of famous deceivers from Bill Clinton to Enron boss Jeffrey Skilling, Spy the Lie shows you how to combat deception in your own life – whether hiring a new employee, investing money or knowing whether your boss is being straight with you.

‘A terrific resource for anyone who would love to be able to tell when someone is lying.’

John Miller, CBS

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Luca Caioli draws on numerous exclusive testimonies to tell Messi’s story, including his parents and extended family, his coaches, people who have played alongside him and even Messi himself.

Messi is a revealing portrait of football’s most exciting and talented star, updated to include the electrifying 2012 season in which the humble young sportsman rewrote the record books to the delight of fans across the globe.

‘A revealing portrait of football’s most electric player’

Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Ronaldo and Torres. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.

SoccerLife

The incredible, fully up-to-date story of fourtimes Ballon d’Or Winner Lionel Messi

NEW EDITION Football

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The revealing, fully-updated biography of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo – ‘the complete NEW player’ EDITION

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Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi and Torres. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.

Ronaldo is the story of one of football’s elite. Cristiano Ronaldo: two-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, the first Premier League player to be named FIFA World Player of the Year while at Manchester United, Real Madrid’s lethal £80m striker …

Lionel Messi’s closest rival.

Luca Caioli, bestselling author of Torres and Messi, tells the inside story of this global superstar both on and off the pitch, drawing on exclusive testimonies from coaches, teammates, girlfriends and even the man himself.

Ronaldo unveils the life of one of football’s all-time greats, a goalscoring genius whom Alex Ferguson calls ‘the complete player’.

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From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities.

Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter scale and learn how to measure the speed of light in your kitchen.

Skip through time with Darwin’s note on the pros and cons of marriage, take part in an 1858 Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more.

‘A cabinet of scientific curiosities [that] will stimulate good topics of conversation for the pub’ BBC FOCUS

Simon Flynn was a publisher and is now training as a science teacher. He has degrees in Chemistry and Philosophy.

NEW IN

Simon Flynn’s PAPERBACK Science bestselling selection of enthralling facts, stories, poems and more from science’s history

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Plot summaries, musical observations and composer biographies designed to fuel anyone’s love of opera

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Michael Steen OBE studied at the Royal College of Music, and has been chairman of both the RCM Society and the Friends of the V&A

Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, provides a compendium of short guides to 25 of the world’s greatest and most popular operas.

With four famous operas each from Mozart, Verdi and Puccini, and two each from Rossini, Donizetti and Wagner, there is a feast of information. Here are short guides to the splendour of Aïda, the heart-breaking La Traviata; the drama of Tosca; the extraordinary ‘philosophical’ love story of Tristan und Isolde.

Witty, informative and beautifully presented, Great Operas is an indispensable reference guide for both seasoned opera-goers and those enjoying opera for the first time.

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