WELCOME We’re publishing more books this season than any previously. We have outstanding history from Barry Turner (Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich) and Catherine Hewitt (The Mistress of Paris); superlative popular science from one of the masters of the genre, John Gribbin, and a timely, acutely observed portrait of immigrants to the UK in Emily Dugan’s Finding Home. With Christmas stockings in mind we have the perfect gardening gift in Ken Thompson’s The Sceptical Gardener; for the armchair
to Icon’s July – December 2015 catalogue intellectuals, How to Sound Cultured; and Brian Clegg’s ultimate science quiz book, How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? We have a brand-new addition to our Graphic Guide series this season – Literary Criticism and a Graphic Guide notebook – alongside some key paperback releases, such as Do You Still Think You’re Clever?, Junk DNA and many more. Please do get in touch – you can find all of our details on the inside back cover. 1
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From the author of Zero Night, another thrilling tale of World War II derring-do.
The Sea Devils Operation Struggle and the Last Great Raid of World War Two
Mark Felton July
July 1945. Eighteen daring young British, Australian and New Zealand special forces from a top-secret underwater warfare unit prepare to undertake three simultaneous and incredibly risky missions against the Japanese. Using four brilliantly conceived XE-craft midget submarines, the raiders will creep deep behind Japanese lines to sink two huge warships and sever two vitally important undersea communications cables. If any of the Sea Devils are captured they can expect a gruesome execution. Mark Felton expertly tells the astonishing tale – the last great Allied raid of the war – of how this band of young men living on raw courage, nerves and adrenalin repeatedly combat Japanese defences, oxygen poisoning and calamitous submarine disasters to pull off a brilliant display of ingenuity and sheer guts, on missions that earn the last Victoria Crosses of World War II and ensure final victory over Japan.
Also available: 9781848317895
MARK FELTON has written over a dozen books on World War II, and writes regularly for magazines such as Military History Monthly. His Zero Night (Icon, 2014) was described as ‘a fitting tribute to the ingenuity of the escapees and of the brave civilians who subsequently assisted them’ by the Good Book Guide. He lives in Colchester.
History 9781848319943 £12.99 9781848319097 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Demy Paperback 320 pages with 16 pages of b/w photos TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
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An unforgettable portrait – a home-grown Nothing to Envy – of the real people behind immigration statistics.
Finding Home Real Stories of Migrant Britain
Emily Dugan July
Award-winning reporter Emily Dugan’s Finding Home follows the tumultuous lives of a group of immigrants, all facing extraordinary obstacles in their quest to live legally in the UK. Mihai, 29, works in construction in London and longs for a National Insurance Number. Syrian refugee Emad, 35, set up the Free-Syrian League and danger in the UK became as real as it had been in Damascus. He worked illegally in London to pay for his mother to be smuggled from Turkey on a near-deadly trip across the Mediterranean – but the battle to get her into Britain has only just started. Teaching assistant Klaudia is one of many thousands of Polish people now living in Boston - itself a microcosm of poorly managed migration. Dugan’s timely and acutely observed book reveals the numerous intense personal dramas of ordinary men and women as they struggle simply to find somewhere to call home. It shows that migration is not about numbers, votes or opinions: it is about people.
EMILY DUGAN is Social Affairs Editor at the Independent, i and the Independent on Sunday. Her investigations into human trafficking have twice been awarded Best Investigative Article at the AntiSlavery Day Media Awards and her human rights journalism was shortlisted for the Gaby Rado Memorial prize at the 2012 Amnesty Media Awards. This is her first book.
Society 9781848318649 £12.99 9781848319103 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Demy PBK with flaps 288 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Greene & Heaton
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The definitive account of the race to build humankind’s most destructive weapon.
Atomic The First War of Physics and the Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939-49
Jim Baggott July
Drawing on declassified material, such as MI6’s FarmHall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives. Spanning ten historic years, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939 to ‘Joe-1’, the first Soviet atomic bomb test in August 1949, Atomic is the first fully realised popular account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union to build atomic weapons. This new edition is published on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the first use of the atomic bomb in warfare. Rich in personality, action, confrontation and deception, Jim Baggott’s book tells an epic story of science and technology at the very limits of human understanding. ‘I [have] read everything on the subject that I could lay my hands on, but I never read such a good, comprehensive account as Jim Baggott’s… Highly recommended.’ Readers’ Digest
JIM BAGGOTT is an award-winning science writer. A former academic chemist,he runs an independent management consultancy practice but maintains a broad interest in science, philosophy and history and continues to write on these subjects in his spare time, for, amongother publications, New Scientist magazine.
History 9781848319929 £9.99 9781848319936 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 576 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Conville & Walsh
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‘James Steen has made a comedy of gastronomy – I love this book!’ Marco Pierre White
The Foodie Curiosities, Stories and Expert Tips from the Culinary World
James Steen July
Join award-winning writer James Steen for a feast of food and drink facts and culinary curiosities. Delving into forgotten corners of gastronomic history, Steen reveals what Parmesan has to do with broken bones and why John Wayne kept a cow in a hotel. Laying bare the secrets of the kitchen, he concocts the ultimate hangover cure and explains how to cook perfect rib of beef with the oven off. With much-loved cooks including Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood sharing passion and know-how, this mouth-watering miscellany will sate the appetite of every kitchen dweller, from the masterful expert to the earnest apprentice. ‘[A] very funny, richly rewarding, happy celebration of food’ Raymond Blanc
JAMES STEEN is an award-winning journalist, food writer, author and ghostwriter. He has a deep fascination for both the cook and cooking, and collaborates with great chefs. He ghosted the autobiographies of Marco Pierre White (The Devil in the Kitchen), Raymond Blanc (A Taste of My Life) and Keith Floyd (Stirred But Not Shaken).
Food & Drink 9781848319882 £8.99 US $15.95 9781848319875 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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A brilliant miscellany from BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist Marc Allum.
The Collector’s Cabinet Tales, Facts and Fictions from the World of Antiques
Marc Allum July
Explore the wonderful world of antiques and collectables with Antiques Roadshow regular, Marc Allum. Go in search of stolen masterpieces, learn the secrets of the forgers, track down Napoleon’s toothbrush and meet the garden gnome insured for £1 million. Eclectic, eccentric and brimming with remarkable tales from history, The Collector’s Cabinet is for all those who are fascinated by the relics of the past. ‘A delightful nest of insights’ Philip Mould ‘An amusing romp through some of the most coveted antiques. Full of facts and surprising anecdotes, it’s a compelling read that should raise a smile from both the enthusiastic amateur and the seasoned collector.’ House & Garden
See page 32 for Allum’s Antiques Almanac 2016 MARC ALLUM is a freelance art and antiques writer, broadcaster, consultant and lecturer based in Wiltshire. He has been a miscellaneous specialist on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow since 1998. He writes regularly for magazines, has contributed to numerous books and is the author of Allum’s Antiques Almanac (Icon, 2014).
Antiques 9781848319110 £8.99 US $15.95 9781848319127 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBKs 224 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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92-year activist and author of the acclaimed Harry’s Last Stand presents a unique memoir.
Love Among the Ruins A memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945
Harry Leslie Smith August
At 22, the war is over for RAF serviceman Harry Leslie Smith – but the battle for love and hope rages on. Stationed in occupied Hamburg, a city physically and emotionally ripped apart by Allied bombing, and determined to escape grinding poverty of his Yorkshire youth, Harry unexpectedly finds a reason to stay: a young German woman by the name of Friede. Their love develops uneasily, but gradually they win each other’s trust, Harry taking on the responsibility of finding food for Friede’s near-destitute family. But they must face both German suspicion and British disapproval of relations with ‘the enemy’. Presenting a street-level view of a city reduced to rubble, populated with refugees, black marketeers, corrupt businessmen and cynical soldiers, Love Among the Ruins is a unique snapshot of a terrible period in Europe’s history, a passionate love letter to a city, to a woman, and to life itself.
HARRY LESLIE SMITH‘s Guardian articles have been shared almost a quarter of a million times on Facebook and have attracted huge comment and debate. His book Harry’s Last Stand attracted huge praise, with Annie Lennox saying that Harry ‘is absolutely one of my heroes. Everyone should read this and be humbled.’ He lives outside Toronto, Canada and in Yorkshire.
Also available: 9781848317369
History 9781785780004 £8.99 US $15.95 9781785780011 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 224 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Bestselling football biographer Luca Caioli tackles his latest subject, controversial Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.
Balotelli The Remarkable Story Behind the Sensational Headlines
Luca Caioli August
Mario Balotelli has a reputation like no other in football. Since exploding onto the scene at Inter Milan in 2007, he has won league titles in both Italy and England, moving between Europe’s elite clubs with Liverpool his latest stop. Yet for all his undoubted talent, he is better known for his off-field antics – not least his infamous run-ins with both the police and fire brigade. Once described by José Mourinho as ‘unmanageable’, match-winning performances at the highest level have continued to convince clubs to enlist his mercurial services. With exclusive access to friends, family, teammates and coaches, acclaimed football biographer Luca Caioli talks to the people best-placed to explain the mystery that is Mario Balotelli. See overleaf for more superstar biographies by Luca Caioli.
LUCA CAIOLI is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Suárez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.
Sport 9781848319134 £7.99 US $15.95 9781848319141 (eBook) £5.99 (eBook) B-format paperback 208 pages with 4 pages of colour plates TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Acer Literary Agency
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Four brandnew editions of classic Luca Caioli titles published in August.
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Luca Caioli’s football biographies have now sold many tens of thousands of copies throughout the world. Each of his books uses exclusive, in-depth interviews and painstaking original research to pull together the stories of how the players have risen from typically humble origins to the very greatest of world stages.
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A very special 20th anniversary edition of the acclaimed cult trainspotting classic.
Platform Souls The Trainspotter as 20th-Century Hero
Nicholas Whittaker August
Nicholas Whittaker’s much-loved cult classic, first published in 1995, recollects the long sunny days of his childhood when, notepad in hand, jam sandwiches in the rucksack, he happily spent his time jotting down train numbers during the Indian summer of steam and the heyday of diesel. Twenty years on, Whittaker returns to his roots in this updated, commemorative edition. He casts a sceptical eye over the new glass-roofed Birmingham New Street, catches up with old acquaintances at Clapham Junction, and considers the toll that half a century of ridicule and a couple of decades of privatization have wrought upon his beloved pastime. Praise for the first edition: ‘An elegy: for the steam trains already vanishing when Whittaker’s hobby began in 1964; for the short-lived diesel age which followed; for an era of near innocence.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘Whittaker writes with humour and considerable evocative power… For anyone who will admit to having a childhood brush with this now derided hobby, Platform Souls brings it all rushing back.’ Independent
NICHOLAS WHITTAKER is the author of well-received histories of confectionery (Sweet Talk) and toys (Toys Were Us), as well as an account of life in the offices of Fiesta and Razzle magazines in the 1980s (Blue Period). He has written for the Telegraph, Guardian, Daily Mail and the Sunday Times. He lives in London.
Transport 9781848319899 £12.99 US $22.95 9781848319905 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) B format HBK 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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A miscellany that shakes the dust off the ancient world.
How to Win a Roman Chariot Race Lives, Legends and Treasures from the Ancient World
Jane Hood August
Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the ‘wandering womb’? Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert eye to unearth unexpected gems, glittering fragments and quotable nuggets from a lost world. From ancient cosmetics to the earliest known computer, from the deciphering of ancient languages to the amazing things the Romans did with concrete, this is the essential miscellany for all curious minds, whether you learned the Classics at school or not.
JANE HOOD has been a lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature, and in Philosophy, ending up as a Fellow in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Oxford specialising in Aristotle and Ancient Medicine. She has held Research Fellowships in Philosophy in Paris and in Ancient Medicine with the Wellcome Institute in London.
Classics 9781848319462 £8.99 US $15.95 9781848319479 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 224 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Hugely successful businessman John Timpson surveys the 50 people who have made British retail great.
High Street Heroes The Story of British Retail in 50 People
John Timpson September
When businessman John Timpson started his retailing career in 1960, there were no supermarkets, no out-of-town shopping centres and not even a hint of internet shopping. The British high street was full of made-to-measure tailors and traditional grocers. Among the household names were MacFisheries, Dewhurst, John Collier and Timothy White. In this enjoyable new book, Timpson shows how successive generations of forward-thinking shopkeepers and inspirational entrepreneurs have led the major retailers through this period of rapid change – people such as Ken Morrison, Ralph Halpern and Anita Roddick, without whom our high streets would have looked very different. This unique survey – from a man who knows a few things about success in retail – paints a compelling, personal and vivid picture of how shops have changed over the last 100 years and reveals who Timpson thinks has had the biggest influence on the shape of shopping in the ‘retail revolution’.
Also available: 9781848317895
JOHN TIMPSON CBE is chariman of Timpson Ltd which has a UK turnover of £180m per year. His previous book was Ask John (Icon, 2014), based on his Daily Telegraph column of the same name. Timpson and his wife Alex have been foster carers for 32 years, during which time they have fostered 90 children. He lives in Cheshire.
Business 9781848319165 £12.99 US $22.95 9781848319172 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Demy PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Popular science master John Gribbin tackles the very biggest question that modern science has to answer.
13.8 The Most Important Fact in the Search for the Theory of Everything
John Gribbin October
The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behaviour of very large things; quantum theory the behaviour of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin – one of the best-known writers of popular science over the past 30 years – presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to find a unified ‘Theory of Everything’ that combines these ideas into one mathematical package, a single equation that could be printed on a T-shirt, containing the answer to life, the Universe and everything. With his inimitable mixture of science, history and biography, Gribbin shows how – despite scepticism among many physicists – these two great theories are indeed very compatible, and point to a deep truth about the nature of our existence. The answer lies, intriguingly, with the age of the Universe: 13.8 billion years.
Also available: 9781848317895
JOHN GRIBBIN‘s numerous bestselling books include In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat, Science: A History and The Universe: A Biography. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was described as ‘one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around’ by the Spectator.
Popular Science 9781848319189 £20 9781848319196 (eBook) £15.99 (eBook) Royal HBK 288 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: David Higham Assoc
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A powerful new portrait of the second and last – and much-maligned – Nazi leader.
Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich Barry Turner October
Among the military leaders of World War Two, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply controversial figure. As chief of the German submarine fleet he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy. But after he succeeded Hitler – to whom he was unquestioningly loyal – as head of the Third Reich, his name became associated with all that was most hated in the Nazi regime. Yet Doenitz deserves credit for ending the war quickly while trying to save his compatriots in the east. His Dunkirk-style operation across the Baltic rescued up to 2 million troops and civilian refugees. He was sentenced to ten years at Nuremberg – a penalty acknowledged as a blatant example of victor’s justice – and after his release from Spandau kept well away from politics. Barry Turner’s closely-examined and even-handed portrait gives a fascinating new perspective on this complex figure, to whom history has not been kind.
BARRY TURNER is an acclaimed historian and Editor of The Statesman’s Yearbook (Palgrave) which has recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. His most recent books are Beacon for Change (Aurum Press, 2011) and with Tony Rennell, When Daddy Came Home (Arrow, 2014), described as ‘fascinating’ by the Daily Mail. He lives in London and south-west France.
History 9781848319226 £20 US $29.95 9781848319233 (eBook) £19.99 (eBook) Royal HBK 304 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Johnson & Alcock
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The acclaimed history of the birth and growth of Britain’s most famous luxury brand.
The Magic of a Name How Rolls met Royce and formed Britain’s most prestigious company
Peter Pugh October
The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first 40 years of Britain’s most prestigious manufacturer – Rolls-Royce. Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and the Honourable C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill, hard work and dedication which gave the world cars and aero engines unrivalled in their excellence. With exclusive access to the company’s archives, this is a unique portrait both of an iconic name and of British industryat its best. ‘A thoroughly British and thoroughly cheering story. The facts are remarkable and they are supported by a lavish array of photographs’ Sir Geoffrey Owen, Sunday Telegraph
PETER PUGH is Peter Pugh was educated at Oundle and Cambridge. He has written about 50 company histories, the latest being The Heart of the Matter, on Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire. He lives in Cambridge and Brancaster, Norfolk.
Business 9781848319240 £10.99 US $15.95 9781848319257 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format paperback 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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The beguiling true story of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan with a dark secret.
The Mistress of Paris The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret
Catherine Hewitt November
Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamorous existence hid a dark secret: she was no Comtesse. She was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid Paris backstreet; the lowest of the low. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress who possessed a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs across Europe. A consummate show-woman, she ensured that her life – and even her death – remained shrouded in just enough mystery to keep her audience hungry for more. Catherine Hewitt’s biography tells, for the first time ever in English, the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who, though her roots were lowly, never stopped aiming high. ‘Through incisive enquiry and astute observation, Catherine Hewitt traces the courtesan’s flight from squalor to splendour, her prose sparkling in the light of her luminous subject.’ The Biographers’ Club prize.
CATHERINE HEWITT studied French Literature and Art History at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Courtauld Institute of Art. Her proposal for The Mistress of Paris was awarded the runner-up’s prize in the 2012 Biographers’ Club Tony Lothian Competition for the best proposal by an uncommissioned, first-time biographer. She lives in a village in Surrey.
History 9781848319264 £20 9781848319271 (eBook) £15.99 (eBook) Royal HBK 320 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
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The new essential Almanac from BBC’s Antiques Roadshow regular Marc Allum.
Allum’s Antiques Almanac 2016 An Annual Compendium of Stories and Facts From the World of Art and Antiques
Marc Allum November
From BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist and author Marc Allum comes the second instalment of his annual almanac, revealing the current news, tall tales and tasty titbits from the year in art, antiques and collectables:
• What do London Bridge and a £40,000 corkscrew have in common? • Which famous pop star depicted by Andy Warhol realised £51.6 million at a recent auction? • How much did Oliver Cromwell’s coffin plate sell for, and what happened to his famous wart? • Which Hollywood film lead to the recovery of a Hungarian avant garde masterpiece? • What would a collector pay for the real Batmobile? • Why did a tiny portrait of Mozart – only four centimetres high – sell for £218,500? Answers to these and many other fascinating questions make this the essential guide this autumn for all ardent fans of art, antiques and collectables.
MARC ALLUM is a freelance art and antiques writer, broadcaster, consultant and lecturer based in Wiltshire. He has been a miscellaneous specialist in the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow since 1998. He writes regularly for magazines, has contributed to numerous books and is the author of Allum’s Antiques Almanac 2015 (Icon, 2014) and The Collector’s Cabinet (Icon, 2015).
Antiques / Art History 9781848319356 £16.99 US $27.99 9781848319363 (eBook) £12.99 (eBook) Demy HBK 272 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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The mind-bending quiz book that every science geek needs in their Christmas stocking.
How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? The Ultimate Science Quiz Book
Brian Clegg November
Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There’s a problem with the typical pub quiz. It always features far too much sport, 1980s pop and celebrity gossip – and not nearly enough science. How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? is the ultimate solution. Test your knowledge to the limit with a sizzling collection of brain-stretching, sciencebased questions in two eight-round quizzes. Turn the page to get the answer immediately – and as each answer explores the subject in more depth, this is the only quiz that’s just as entertaining to read from beginning to end as it is to play competitively. Where was the Big Bang? What links the elephant Tusko and Timothy Leary? What is the significance of 6EQUJ5? Science explainer extraordinaire Brian Clegg tells all...
Science writer BRIAN CLEGG studied physics at Cambridge and specialises in making the strangest aspects of the Universe accessible to the general reader. He is editor of popularscience.co.uk and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His previous books include Inflight Science, The Universe Inside You and Science for Life.
Popular Science 9781848319288 £6.99 US $12.95 9781848319295 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 208 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Worried by Wittgenstein? Confused by Chomsky? Thrown by Thoreau? Worry no longer!
How to Sound Cultured Master The 250 Names That Intellectuals Love To Drop Into Conversation
Hubert Van Den Bergh & Thomas W. Hodgkinson November
When you hear the name Rimbaud, do you think of Sylvester Stallone? Covering such inscrutable characters as Heidegger, Montaigne, Popper and Lévi-Strauss (apparently not just a designer of jeans), writer Hubert Van Den Bergh – author of the bestselling How to Sound Clever – and journalist Thomas W. Hodgkinson offer you a wry look inside the mirrored palaces of high culture. Read this book and you’ll never again mistake Hegel for Engels, you’ll know when precisely to drop Foucault’s name into a conversation and how to pronounce ‘Borgesian’, and you’ll learn many more essential pointers for the intellectual life.
HUBERT VAN DEN BERGH is the author of How to Sound Clever (Bloomsbury, 2010). He has written for The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian and appeared on Vanessa Feltz’s BBC Radio 2 show. THOMAS HODGKINSON is the author of the novel Memoirs of a Stalker (Silvertail, 2015). He writes regularly for The Spectator and the Daily Mail, and is a contributing editor at The Week.
Humour / Reference 9781848319301 £12.99 US $22.95 9781848319318 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) B format HBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Published in association with the Daily Telegraph, an enjoyable book on gardening the clever way.
The Sceptical Gardner The Thinking Person’s Guide to Good Gardening
Ken Thompson November
Ken Thompson is a biologist but has been writing about gardening for over fifteen years, and has been a gardener for longer than he would care to remember. In this collection of articles originally written for the Daily Telegraph he sets out to examine some of gardening’s most intriguing questions – and even manages to track down answers to a few of them. Why is it that we seem to care more for common rather than rare animals? How can a gardener improve the flavour of their vegetables? And what do bees do that improves strawberries? From the difference between British and Spanish bluebells, why Matucana and High Scent sweet peas are far superior to the Valerie Harrod variety, and the easy way to sex an earwig, Thompson provides an expert’s miscellany of gardening knowledge, aimed at making you not necessarily a better gardener – but quite probably a far more thoughtful one.
KEN THOMPSON was for twenty years a lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield. He writes regularly on gardening for the Daily Telegraph. His previous book, Where Do Camels Belong? (Profile, 2014) was described as ‘lively and punchy’ by the Sunday Times. He lives in Sheffield.
Nature 9781848319332 £12.99 US $22.95 9781848319349 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) B format HBK 304 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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The official history of one of the UK’s most outstanding medical institutions.
The Heart of the Matter How Papworth Hospital Transformed Modern Heart and Lung Care
Peter Pugh November
Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, founded in 1916 to tackle the great killer disease of tuberculosis, is famous for carrying out the UK’s first heart transplant operation in 1979. It followed this up not only with many other heart transplants but also with the UK’s first heart and lung operation in 1984 and the world’s first heart, lung and liver transplant in 1986. With unique access to Papworth’s archives, historian Peter Pugh here tells the story of this ground-breaking hospital for the first time. Alongside the background to that first UK heart transplant – and the ethical controversies that surrounded it – Pugh explores the opposition to heart operations in general, Papworth’s difficulties dealing with NHS authorities especially over funding, and the discussions for over 50 years whether the hospital should move alongside Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge. As an insight into the history of medicine and surgery in the UK, as well as a story literally of life and death, The Heart of the Matter will be compelling reading.
PETER PUGH was educated at Oundle and Cambridge, where he read History. He has written more than 50 official histories, including The Magic of a Name, a three-volume history of Rolls-Royce. He lives in Cambridge and Norfolk.
Society 9781848319424 £20 US $30 9781848319431 (eBook) £15.99 (eBook) Royal HBK 304 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
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Junk DNA A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Human Genome
Nessa Carey September
For decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes. Other regions – 98% of the human genome – were dismissed as ‘junk’. Nessa Carey shows in fact how junk DNA plays an important role in areas as diverse as genetic diseases, viral infections, sex determination in mammals, human biological complexity, disease treatments, even evolution itself – and reveals how we are only now truly unlocking its secrets.
From the author of The Epigenetics Revolution comes another eye-opening exploration of the secrets of DNA
Watch Nessa Carey talk about Junk DNA at bit.ly/NessaCarey
NESSA CAREY has a PhD in virology from the University of Edinburgh and worked in the biotech and pharma industry for thirteen years. She is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. Her previous book, The Epigenetics Revolution, was published by Icon Books in 2011 and described by the Guardian as a ‘book that would have had Darwin swooning’. 48 PAPERBACKS
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Popular Science / Biology 9781848319158 £9.99 9781848318274 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: Columbia University Press TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
Do You Still Think You’re Clever? Even more Oxford and Cambridge questions!
John Farndon November
From the ever-curious mind that brought you the bestselling Do You Think You’re Clever? comes a brand-new trip to the far reaches of the intellectual universe, courtesy of even more notoriously provocative Oxbridge interview questions. How would you poison someone without the police finding out? What makes a strong woman? Instead of politicians, why don’t we let the managers of IKEA run the country? How do you organise a successful revolution? Also available: ISBN: 9781848311329
Humour / Reference 9781848319325 £8.99 US $15.95 9781848316300 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency
The sequel to the 50,000+ copy-selling Do You Think You’re Clever? featuring even more brainmelting Oxbridge interview questions
JOHN FARNDON is the author of numerous bestsellers on science, ideas and the natural environment, as well as being a playwright, composer and poet. He has been shortlisted a record five times for the Royal Society Junior Science Book Prize. Do You Think You’re Clever? was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Education Award. 49
Beyond The Call The True Story of One World War II Pilot’s Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front
Lee Trimble with Jeremy Dronfield November As the Red Army advanced across Poland in 1945, thousands of freed Allied POWs – viewed by the Soviets as cowards or potential spies – were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front.
‘The inspiring tale of a hitherto unknown true hero - a story worthy of a Hollywood movie.’ Military History Monthly
In total secrecy, the OSS – wartime forerunner to the CIA – conceived an undercover mission to rescue them. The man they picked to undertake it was veteran Eighth Air Force bomber pilot Captain Robert Trimble. With little covert training, Trimble survived by wit, courage, and a determination to do some good in a terrible war. Alone, he faced up to the terrifying Soviet secret police and saved hundreds of lives, fighting his own battle against the trauma of war while finding his way home to his wife and child.
LEE TRIMBLE wwas born in 1950, the son of Captain Robert M. Trimble. He worked in research and development on lasers, electronics and semiconductors, and was a scientific writer and reviewer for scholarly and professional journals. JEREMY DRONFIELD - ‘a gifted, original writer’ (Sunday Telegraph) – is a novelist and historical biographer with a special interest in World War II aviation. Among his many books is the critically acclaimed The Alchemist’s Apprentice (Headline, 2001). 50 PAPERBACKS
History 9781848319417 £9.99 9781848318533 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 352 pages with 16 b&w images TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US Rights: Penguin / Berkley TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
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