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Welcome to the third seasonal trade catalog we’ve produced in our virtual workplace as Casemate continues to operate remotely, with our office building closed. I remain inspired by the commitment and creativity of the Casemate team to bring our client titles to the US market and the originality of our client publishers’ lists. Fall 2021 brings titles on as diverse topics as the early life of Walt Disney, Irish myths and legends, the Sega Genesis, and the Scottish wilderness as well as myriad first-rate fiction, YA and kids titles. We are certain there is something for every reader and library patron nestled among these pages! This season we also introduce our brand-new imprint Brookline Books focusing on local history titles. We launch with a title about our own backyard Dark History in Penn's Woods: Murder, Madness, and Misadventure in Southeastern Pennsylvania which tells seven dark and unusual stories from southeastern Pennsylvania’s colonial history. You can see the full book information on page 3.

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Our front cover is taken from The Unremembered Places, by Patrick Baker (Birlinn, 2021), featured on page 13. Image Illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon.

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Marine Scouts

There Was a Time

Chuck Johnston

George H. Wittman

Casemate Fiction • $22.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9 • October 2021 FIC032000 • 978-1-63624-058-9

Casemate Fiction • $22.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9 • August 2021 FIC014050 • 978-1-63624-044-2

August 1990, 30,000 Iraqi troops have invaded Kuwait and are in a position to influence nearly half of the world’s oil supply. The United Nations condemn the aggression but it is clear that only military intervention is going to displace Saddam Hussein. Captain Joseph ‘Quarry’ Samuels and the Marines of Scout Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division are tasked with discovering the strength and deployment of Iraqi troops. Quarry and his scouts are soon engaged in a game of cat and mouse with the 10,000-strong 108th Iraqi Armored Division. Operating behind enemy lines, they put themselves squarely in danger's way in order to collect the intelligence necessary to launch military operations. When hostilities end, with the greatest one-sided military victory of all time, the Marines deserve to be on their way home. However, Quarry remains in Kuwait to continue the deadly game with an old nemesis, but this time with a new ally on his side.

It is the summer of 1945, the last and very dangerous days of World War II. The Office of Strategic Services is in close, cooperative contact with Ho Chi Minh and the fighting cadre of the Viet Minh, working against the Japanese. In the closing months of the war, the OSS parachute a team of special operations soldiers into Tonkin, northern Viet Nam. Based on the little-known true story of American and Viet Minh collaboration in 1945, this novel challenges the later-accepted dogma of both those supporting and those opposing the American role in the Viet Nam conflict. This novel notes how what is seen at a later time is often inadequate to understand what actually went on. Its contemporary relevance is simply a mirror of what is always the case in international affairs: today’s enemies can and may be tomorrow’s friends – and most importantly, the reverse is true also.

A Cast of Falcons

Hold at All Hazards

Phillip Parotti

Bigelow's Battery at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

Casemate Fiction • $22.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9 • October 2021 FIC014040 • 978-1-63624-088-6

David H. Jones

Lieutenant Devlin Collins, an Irish-American flier in the Royal Flying Corps, expecting to fly on the Western Front, instead finds himself flying antiquated two-seater bomber and photo reconnaissance missions over the Egyptian desert against the forces of the Central Powers which are trying to capture the Suez Canal. Pitted against German machines which are up-to-date and well equipped, the men of the RFC fight at a considerable disadvantage as they go forth to meet their enemy, but committed to their cause and with aggressive spirit, no matter how great the stress of battle, they proceed and prevail, continually forcing the Turks and Germans back as the army moves slowly toward Palestine. Dev and his fellow pilot Crisp drive home their attacks with unremitting determination. In the off hours from combat, Dev discovers that he has a particular talent for planning his flight’s air raids. This talent manifests itself completely in the campaign’s culminating attack on the German redoubts at the battle of Magdhaba, an attack so successful that when the pilots are finally pulled back for a rest after a year of fighting, Dev is promoted and invited onto the staff at GHQ is order to apply his expertise to air planning as the army moves on Gaza with the intention of driving into Palestine.

Casemate Fiction • $22.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9 • Illustrations and maps • August 2021 • FIC014060 978-1-63624-060-2

By late January of 1863, the 9th Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery has been stationed within the Washington, D.C. defenses the entirety of its five-month existence. Captain John Bigelow institutes strict discipline and rigorous training which causes the men, including Chief Bugler Charles Wellington Reed, to consider him to be a heartless tyrant. Bigelow’s Battery arrives on the Gettysburg battlefield in the forenoon of July 2, 1863. Within hours they are immersed in violent combat. Unbeknownst to Charlie, he will twice disobey a direct order from Captain Bigelow before the day is out. When furious fighting reaches a crescendo, the inexperienced light artillery battery is ordered to hold its position at all hazards, meaning until it’s overrun. Without hesitation the batterymen stand to their guns and sacrifice their life’s blood to gain the time necessary for a second line of artillery to be formed behind them, thus helping to prevent a disastrous defeat for the Federal Army on Northern soil. Charlie saves his captain’s life and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Appointment in Tehran

Lt Col Bob Orkand (Ret)

James Stejskal

Casemate Fiction • $22.95 • Paperback 228 pages • 6x9 • October 2021 FIC031050 • 978-1-63624-026-8 Casemate

The Snake Eater Chronicles, Vol. 2 $27.95 • Hardback • 304 pages • 6x9 September 2021 • FIC031050 978-1-61200-966-7 • Casemate James Stejskal lives in Alexandria, VA

Hot on the heels of a dressing-down by the U.S. Commander Berlin, U.S. Army Major Harry Holbrook receives an unexpected luncheon invitation from the Soviet commandant of Spandau Prison, where the last three remaining Nazi war criminals are incarcerated. A contact in East Berlin alerts Holbrook that the Red Army faction will attempt to assassinate West Berlin Mayor Willi Brandt and the U.S. Commander at the opening of the Fifth Annual German-American Volksfest. Holbrook helps foil the plot. Coming to trust his contact, Holbrook knows he should act when he is tipped off that a Mossad terrorist attempts to assassinate two of the three Spandau prisoners upon their release from the prison... Set in the divided city of Berlin in the mid-1960s where recent incidents have brought the world closer to nuclear war than ever before, this debut novel brings a complex tapestry of events to a breathtaking conclusion.

When radical Iranian students seize the U.S. Embassy compound in Tehran and take over fifty diplomats hostage the U.S. President has to negotiate with a government that wants only to humiliate the United States. When talks fail, the President must turn to the military to bring the Americans home by force. As preparations are made for an audacious rescue, an American intelligence officer hides alone in a Tehran safehouse with a secret. He is protecting a powerful weapon known as the Perses Device, which is now at risk of being captured and employed against the United States. The Agency Director orders that it must be brought out at all costs. When the rescue mission fails, only two Americans are left to run the gauntlet of enemy agents and get the weapon out. Getting in was easy…

Run Run Cricket Run America's Secret Wars in Laos Tom G. Thompson Casemate Fiction • $22.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9 • September 2021 FIC032000 • 978-1-63624-036-7 Casemate

1970—the height of the Vietnam War. A group of young Forward Air Controllers based in Thailand is assigned with supporting the Truck War and the People's War in southern Laos, where the fate of the Vietnam War, and Laos' very future, is being decided. Tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail—the North Vietnamese supply lines running into South Vietnam—literally stopping the constant stream of trucks in their tracks, these American airmen, call sign "Nail," fly missions 24 hours a day. Daily, they run the gauntlet of intense anti-aircraft fire to bring in accurate attacks by American fighter bombers. At night, streams of red tracers scream up from the ground, seeking the metallic flesh of their fragile craft. During the day, they search the skies for the telltale black puffs of smoke that reveal the self-destructive warheads of the North Vietnamese gunners. Even when tragedy befalls the group, they persevere with their mission. But will courage and dedication be enough?

Dark History in Penn's Woods Murder, Madness and Misadventure in Southeastern Pennsylvania Jennifer L Green $16.95 • Paperback • 160 pages 6x9 • 30 illustrations • August 2021 HIS036080 • 978-1-955041-00-3 Brookline Books

When ships under the command of white Europeans first sailed into the Delaware Bay in 1609, southeastern Pennsylvania's documented history of the strange and unusual began. This book tackles seven true "dark histories" from Chester and Delaware counties, which include tales of murder, witchcraft, cannibalism, tragic accidents and macabre events. All stories are meticulously researched and placed within the greater context of Pennsylvania and world history. For example, the murder of three children by an indentured servant is placed within the context the kidnapping of children into servitude in England for sale to the Americas. The trial and execution of a woman for killing her infants is placed within the context of the rights of women in early America and how the court system failed them. The treatment of witchcraft is placed within the larger relationship of Quakers with the supernatural in Pennsylvania. This is not a book of ghost stories; this is an exploration of the real events that led people to believe in ghosts. It aims to strike a balance between a colloquial work that is accessible by a variety of readers, and an solid academic work.

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Addison Highsmith Birlinn • BC&Books Living Dangerously

The Annunciationist

Dakota

In Sweet Delusions and Datelines from Shrieking Hell

Kenneth Kuenster

Sarah Patt

$29.99 • Hardback 200 pages • 6x9 September 2021 FIC026000 978-1-59211-105-3

Donald Tate $32.99 • Hardback • 320 pages • 6x9 November 2021 • FIC031050 978-1-59211-103-9 Donald Tate lives in Panama City, Fl

$29.99 • Hardback 220 pages • 6x9 October 2021 FIC002000 978-0-9801164-3-4

The Annunciationist is the story of an American painter obsessed with the meaning and significance of paintings of the Annunciation. With this obsession, Martin sets off to view Annunciation paintings in Europe. In the process, he finds models for his own paintings, which he makes in the course of his repeated returns to the Greek island of Santorini. Eventually, Martin finishes three Annunciation paintings peopled by his models from his travels and his obsession. They are installed in a beautiful white stone gallery. There, his work looks out over the Aegean Sea, long after his own unexpected demise.

After her father’s accidental death, Eighteen-yearold Dakota Buchannan moves to Houston, Texas, to live with her brother. Life seems to be going quasi-normal until CEO Jake Jennings breaks into Dakota’s home to assault her. She eventually escapes, and Jake is charged. Released on bail, he returns to his penthouse, and Dakota’s boyfriend takes her away for the weekend to clear her mind, but on their return, the front page of the local newspaper confirms ‘Jake Jennings plummets to his death.’ Dakota’s half relieved the man is dead, but the other half replays in her mind what he was trying to tell her that terrifying night and whether or not he actually killed himself or did someone push him off his balcony.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Gettysburg by Morning

The Waters of Hercules

A Dutch Policeman Fighting the Nazi Occupation

$32.99 • Hardback 280 pages • 6.14x9.21 November 2021 FIC014060 978-1-59211-101-5

Living Dangerously is a history-driven story casting a wide net over the Vietnam War. It is a story with flashbacks and live action, from the battlefield to the bedroom, politics and the military, to a his-her war of sweet, bitter, and brave love. Jim Jordan is a war correspondent reporting on the wildest, weirdest, and most impossible conflict ever. This is 1968, a year like no other – riots, protests, assassinations, radical cultural changes, and an array of memorable characters caught in Vietnam’s shattering Tet Offensive.

Randall O'Brien

It’s July 4, 1860, and the featured speaker at this $49.99 • Hardback • 524 pages • 6.14x9.21 year’s Independence Day celebration at Concord, November 2021 • FIC014050 MA, is high-spirited and fiercely patriotic Eloise 978-1-59211-102-2 Edwards. She rails against the South’s attack Between a Rock and a Hard Place is set in The on Fort Sumter and the injustice of slavery. A Netherlands during World War II. Jacob van newspaper article recounting the speech inspires Noorden is a military policeman with a wife her brother Edward to enlist. The siblings’ and two children, and a third on the way, just father, a War of Independence veteran, dies, assigned his first job as chief of a crew in a rural and Edward decides he doesn’t want to join the town, close to the German border. When the Union army after all and runs away. Heartbroken, German army invades and moves through his Eloise returns to the family telegraph office, town, Jacob and his crew have no defense. They committed to a life of boredom and servitude. can only watch the tanks rumble by without The disappointment in her brother devastates stopping. Eloise. Jacob is forced to deal with the increasingly In a dramatic moment, she decides that she will disastrous events of the Nazi regime’s occupation. take her brother’s place and fight for the honor of He learns that in the end that every action he her family and the country. takes has enormous, long-lasting consequences.

Johanna Van Zanten

A Novel

The Legend of Gaura Dracului Emily Girard Dorothea Girard $39.99 • Hardback 496 pages • 6.14x9.21 Fully Illustrated • October 2021 • FIC027040 978-1-59211-132-9

The Waters of Hercules is a long forgotten novel with close ties to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The heroine of the story, Gretchen, is an intelligent young German woman. When Gretchen’s father is seriously injured the family sets off to Transylvania, to the Baths of Hercules in hopes that the waters of Hercules will rehabilitate her ailing father. Her father, Adalbert, tells his daughter of a mysterious place in the surrounding forest, known as Gaura Dracului (the Devil’s Pit). The legends of a mysterious treasure associated with Gaura Dracului inspires Gretchen to consider another way to make her fortune, so that she can marry any man of her choosing. Her efforts are redoubled when the long-expected inheritance of a family estate proves illusory.

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Islomanes of Cumberland Island

The Birth of the Games John A. Martino Michael P. O'Kane

Rita Welty Bourke

$29.99 • Hardback • 228 pages 6x9 • July 2021 • FIC014010 978-1-59-211096-4

In ancient Greece and across the Mediterranean, kingdoms strive for dominance. The great powers of Carthage and Egypt look on with avarice as the might of the Greeks is spent warring between themselves, oblivious to external dangers. Year in and year out, the people suffer at the hands of their rulers and the famine and pestilence that comes with conflict. The great rulers of the day are themselves helpless to end this cycle of destruction. Yet often hope springs from the most unlikely sources. There is one amongst the Greeks who sees light where others only perceive darkness. One who sees that there is another way to settle conflict – with honor and courage. One who will set aflame a torch that will burn for thousands of years, down through the ages. In an epoch of chaos and strife, a new force for peace is born.

Captain Cooked Hawaiian Mystery of Romance, Revenge… and Recipes! S.P. Grogan $24.99 • Paperback • 272 pages • 6x9 • Fully Illustrated • November 2021 • FIC027020 978-1-59211-112-1

All she wanted was to find a quiet beach where she could go topless. It was not to be. Videographer Madison Merlot Dayne arrived on the Big Island to shoot the HDTV of her culinary father’s popular television food show, “Insatiable Delights.” But from the moment of her arrival, Madison and her father are involved in trying to discover who may have poisoned a revered Hawaiian singing star. Her working vacation involves riots, suspicious accidents, earthquakes, flowing lava, ancient Hawaiian war weapons, and a real ‘cliff-hanger.’ Madison is likewise having men problems. She desires island romance, but is not prepared for three men in her life… at the same time.

$32.99 • Hardback • 240 pages 9x6 • November 2021 FIC014000 978-0-9801164-5-8 • Rita Welty Bourke lives in Nashville, TN

Lucy Carnegie, wife of industrialist Thomas Carnegie, dreamed of creating on Cumberland Island a home where her children would be safe from the smoke and soot-filled skies over Pittsburgh. Protected by the waters of the Cumberland Sound, the estate she built encompassed nearly the entire island. It was a perfect world, until the outside world intruded. Stone by stone it all came tumbling down. Wild horses now crop the grass around the burnt-out mansion. Rattlesnakes nest among the ruins. A century later, another family comes to Cumberland to walk among the horses and to accept what gifts the island has to offer: solitude, unspoiled wilderness, and wildlife free to roam undisturbed.

Vegas Die

Betrayal of a Republic

A Quest Murder Mystery

Memoirs of a Roman Matrona

S.P. Grogan $24.99 • Paperback 416 pages • 6x9 • Fully Illustrated • October 2021 • FIC022000 978-1-59-211045-2

When Casino Executive Owen McCombs discovers a dead gangster in the trunk of the Mayor’s car, he needs to find answers quick – not only to save the Mayor’s political career but to keep his own freedom since Metro Homicide Detective Chastity Tempest Taggart, already pumped up from throwing her ex-husband into jail, is motivated to prove McCombs and the Mayor guilty! In Vegas Die, the best stereotypical Sin City characters and events pop up: the imploding casino, the buxom stripper, the nerdy card counter, superstar twins, the Elvis impersonator, the Graffiti Vigilante, and associated corpses, immolated, shot, sliced, and diced. In deadly play is also the desperate hunt for $7 million in twice stolen jewelry.

Joost Douma $24.99 • Paperback 240 pages • 6x9 September 2021 • FIC014010 • 978-1-59211-111-4 Joost Douma lives in New York, NY

Based on historical facts, Betrayal of a Republic recounts the demise of the Roman Republic as seen through the eyes and reflections of Cornelia Africana, mother of the Gracchi brothers and a woman at the zenith of power and influence in the Republic. In her final years, an aging Cornelia looks back on her life and that of her sons who tried to save the Republic. The novel gives readers keen insight into the secret life of women who were politically active behind-the-scenes. It recounts a successful women’s revolt in 195 BC, with mass sit-downs at the Forum. The reader gets a rare look at the rise of one of the Republic’s most politically influential women and the forces that helped to shape her extraordinary life.

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Arden Air World • AFV Modeller Boeing 747

Airbus A380

The Original Jumbo Jet

Robert Jackson

Lance Cole

FlightCraft, Vol. 23 • $28.95 • Paperback 88 pages • 8.25x11.5 • 200 color & black and white illustrations • July 2021 TRA002040 • 978-1-52-677406-4 Air World

FlightCraft, Vol. 24 • $24.95 Paperback • 96 pages • 8.25x11.5 • 200 color & black and white illustrations November 2021 • TRA002040 978-1-52-676002-9 • Air World

Boeing’s 747 ‘heavy’ has achieved a fifty-year reign of the airways, but now airlines are retiring their fleets as a different type of long-haul airliner emerges. Yet the ultimate development of the 747, the -800 model, will ply the airways for many years to come. Taking its maiden flight in February 1969, designing and building the 747 was a huge challenge and involved new fields of aerospace technology. Multiple fail-safe systems were designed, and problems developing the engines put the whole program at risk. Yet the issues were solved and the 747 flew like a dream said pilots – belying its size and sheer scale. With its distinctive hump and an extended upper-deck allied to airframe, avionics and engine developments, 747 became both a blue-riband airliner and, a mass-economy class travel device. Fitted with ultra-efficient Rolls-Royce engines, 747s became long-haul champions all over the world, notably on Pacific routes. across the Atlantic in January 1970, 747 became the must-have, four-engine, long haul airframe.

Newcastle United’s Colin Veitch

Lockheed TriStar The Most Technologically Advanced Commercial Jet of Its Time

The Man Who was Superman

Graham Simons $42.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 9.6x9.5 • 175 color illustrations November 2021 • TRA002010 978-1-52-675882-8 • Air World

Keith Colvin Smith

In April 1972, after six gruelling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern Airlines. To mark the moment, Lockheed decided to make an impressive statement about the capabilities of its new medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It did so in spectacular fashion. Overseen by two test pilots, a total of 115 crew members, VIPs, Lockheed employees, and selected reporters boarded a TriStar at Lockheed’s Palmdale plant in California. The subsequent 4-hour, 13-minute flight to Washington Dulles Airport was achieved with virtually no input from the two pilots in the cockpit, the TriStar’s Automatic Flight Control System being ‘engaged from takeoff roll to landing’. It was, Lockheed proudly claimed, ‘the first cross-country flight without the need for human hands on the controls’. Graham M. Simons reveals the full story of this airliner’s design, development and service over the decades since 1970.

Airbus Industrie was a latecomer to the commercial airliner market, and initially struggled to win orders away from the well-established US giants, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. Part of Airbus’s strategy for success was to offer customers distinct families of aircraft that could be tailored to meet a wide range of performance and capacity demands. Before 2005, the largest and arguably most important members of this family strategy were the Airbus A330 and 340 high-capacity airliners; then along came the A380. With air traffic continuing to double every 15 years, the A380 was designed to meet the needs of the passengers and airports, while also delivering the level of efficiency necessary to protect the environment for future generations. By mid-2019, fifteen airlines were operating 238 aircraft throughout the world. Then, in February 2019, the biggest customer, Emirates, announced that it was to reduce its latest order by 39 aircraft. For Airbus, it was the last act. The Company announced that production of the A380 would cease by 2021.

$48 • Hardback • 200 pages 13x11 • 400 illustrations Currently Available • BIO016000 • 978-0-9935646-9-7 • AFV Modeller

The first half of the book is a scrapbook of Veitch's life in football and covers all the success he had as Captain of Newcastle United (FA Cup win and the 3 league championships). It also looks into the many activities he was involved with outside of football. The second half of the book is his own life story that he wrote in 1931 for the Sunday Sun.

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AnomieArden Publishing Jacqui Hallum – Workings and Showings Jacqui Hallum Dan Howard-Birt $35 • Paperback • 128 pages • 6.7x9.6 158 illustrations • Currently Available ART016030 • 978-1-910221-23-5

This is the first monograph on the London-born, Devon-based artist Jacqui Hallum. The publication documents Hallum’s solo exhibition at The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (10 October 2019 – 1 March 2020), along with a series of solo, two-person, and group exhibitions held between 2014 and 2020. Hallum is best-known for her mixed-media paintings on textiles – techniques she has developed and refined over the course of twenty years since completing her studies. Incorporating imagery ranging from medieval woodcuts and stained-glass windows to Art Nouveau children’s illustrations, tarot cards, and Berber rugs, Hallum employs ink staining, painting, drawing, and printing to create layers of pattern, abstraction and passages of figurative imagery. As part of her working process, Hallum often leaves the fabrics in the open air, exposed to the elements, in order to introduce weathering into the works. History, religion, mysticism, and the beliefs and creativity of past civilizations are among the themes that overlap – often in a literal sense of pieces of fabrics layered, pinned, draped, and hung.

Kate MccGwire Kate MccGwire Mark Sanders $60 • Hardback • 200 pages • 9.4x12.2 Currently Available • ART016030 978-1-910221-25-9

Kate MccGwire is an internationally renowned British sculptor whose practice probes the beauty of the uncanny. In creating arresting, sensuous, otherworldly sculptures, she explores ideas relating to Sigmund Freud’s notion of the “unheimliche” or “unhomely”, rendering the familiar strange and disturbing, often triggering a visceral response in the viewer. This major monograph features works spanning her career, from the unsettling fabric and clothing works of the turn of the millennium through to the fantastical site-specific installation and interventions of her solo exhibition in 2020 at Harewood House, Leeds. Lavishly illustrated with around 140 images, the publication has been edited by independent curator and writer Mark Sanders and designed and produced by Peter B. Willberg. It is published by Anomie Publishing, London.

Jadé Fadojutimi: Jesture Pippy Houldsworth Gallery Jadé Fadojutimi $28 • Paperback • 76 pages • 9.45x11 31 illustrations • Currently Available ART016030 • 978-1-910221-29-7

Jadé Fadojutimi: Jesture is a publication produced by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery to accompany the second solo exhibition at the gallery of new paintings by London-based artist Jadé Fadojutimi, presented in Fall 2020. The word "Jesture" in the title of the exhibition and publication evokes a sense of the absurd, responding to the disruption of daily rhythms arising from forced isolation during lockdown. Fadojutimi’s studio is filled with objects, drawings, and writings that evoke nostalgic pleasure. Powerful memories, experienced while listening to film, animation, and video game soundtracks, transport Fadojutimi to the first time she encountered them, eliciting a response that is experienced through intense color. The synthesis of these various influences, through which Fadojutimi understands her sense of self, is transformed into large-scale gestural paintings charged with energy and emotion.

Nick Hornby – Zygotes and Confessions Nick Hornby Alfredo Cramerotti $25 • Paperback • 80 pages • 7.5x9 38 illustrations • Currently Available ART016030 • 978-1-910221-28-0

Zygotes and Confessions is a new publication devoted to the work of London-based artist Nick Hornby, and has been produced to accompany his first solo exhibition in a public gallery. The exhibition, which shares its title with the publication, is presented at MOSTYN, Wales, UK, from November 2020 to April 2021. Hornby is known for his monumental site-specific works that combine digital software with traditional materials such as bronze, steel, granite, and marble. In this publication he presents a substantial new body of smaller, more intimate work comprising three discrete yet interrelated series of works inspired by the history of sculptural busts, modernist abstractions, and mantelpiece ceramic dogs. United by glossy photographic surfaces created by means of an industrial process in which his sculptures are dipped into liquid photographs, these new works explore themes of portraiture, the body, identity, sexuality, and intimacy in the digital era. A number of the works have been made in collaboration with fashion photographer Louie Banks.

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Arabian Publishing Ltd. • Arena Sport • Colourpoint Arden Prison Time in Sana'a Abdulkader Al-Guneid

The Imam, the Pasha and the Englishman

$23 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.2 2 maps • September 2021 • BIO010000 978-0-9929808-7-0 Arabian Publishing, Ltd.

Abd Allah ibn Sa'ud and Muhammad' Ali's theatre of victory, Cairo 1818

Prison Time in Sana’a tells the story of Dr Abdulkader Al-Guneid’s harrowing experience inside jail in Yemen’s capital shortly after it was taken over by Houthi rebels. In his hometown of Taiz, Al-Guneid, a medical doctor, had been an outspoken figure on Yemeni politics for decades. In recent years, his social media and interviews were read around the world and attracted a global following from an audience anxious to hear an unbiased explanation of the underlying roots of the conflict. Ultimately, his activism placed him in the movement’s cross hairs, leading to his abduction on 5 August 2015 and incarceration in an undisclosed Houthi jail in Sana’a. For the next 300 days, Al-Guneid shared his time with American hostages, Houthi fighters, Al Qaeda militants and ordinary Yemenis caught up in the chaos of war. Following his release, he wrote about his experience in exhaustive and gripping detail from exile in Canada. Initially typing his entire account on his mobile phone, his story has since been distilled into a deeply personal account of his incarceration offering an extraordinarily candid perspective on the Yemen crisis from deep within Houthi-held territory.

Michael Crawford $35 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6.1x9.2 Color and b&w photographs and illustrations • November 2021 HIS055000 • 978-0-9929808-6-3 Arabian Publishing, Ltd.

The dramatic encounter between Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha, Ottoman governor of Egypt, and his vanquished Saudi foe, Imam ‘Abd Allah, in Cairo in November 1818 marks the symbolic end of the First Saudi State. ‘Abd Allah was in transit to public execution in Istanbul, the pasha on his way to becoming a major regional force and founding a local dynasty. The meeting was witnessed by an English Whig, John Bowes Wright, whose previously unpublished account throws new light on the exchanges. The book highlights the importance of this historic moment, and analyzes their respective efforts to benefit domestically and internationally from ‘Abd Allah’s final journey. It considers the political cultures of the main regional protagonists and the Whiggish attitudes and assumptions that Bowes Wright brings to his experiences in Cairo and Istanbul.

Monarch of the Green

Healer Of My Heart

Young Tom Morris: Pioneer of Modern Golf

$9.99 • Paperback • 336 pages 5.1x7.8 • Currently Available FIC027000 • 978-1-78-073284-8 Colourpoint

Sheila Turner Johnston

Stephen Proctor $18.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 6.15x9.2 • 16pp b/w plates September 2021 • SPO016000 978-1-90-971594-3 • Arena Sport

Intense and riveting, this is the powerful story of two lives that collide on a relentless path from an unforgiving past to a future to be grasped...or lost.

Young Tom Morris, the son of the legendary pioneer of golf, Tom Morris, was golf’s first superstar. Born at a pivotal moment in history, just as the new and inexpensive ‘gutty’ ball was making golf affordable and drawing thousands of new players to the game, his genius and his swashbuckling personality would set a game that had been frozen in amber for four centuries on the pathway to becoming worldwide spectator sport we know today. Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated, Monarch of the Green is a stirring and evocative history of Tommy’s life (which also includes, for the first time, a compilation of his competitive record in stroke-play tournaments, singles matches, and foursomes) and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.

Rookie teacher Robyn Daniels drives away everyone who tries to come close to her. Her emotions are locked in impenetrable ice until a flawed, charismatic and headstrong young man attacks the frozen layers of this woman who entrances him. From despair to delight, from trust to betrayal, will he be the healer of her heart? Or will even he walk away before his own is broken? Lyrical, thought-provoking, unforgettable, this remarkable novel will stay with you long after you have closed the last page. What leaves you with the fewest wounds? Making peace with the past? Or making war with it?

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Bauhan Publishing Publishing • Banovallum Bauhan Banovallum Whiskey Boys

The Best Ever!

And Other Meditations from the Abyss at the End of Youth

Parades in New England, 1788–1940

Phillip Hurst

Jane C. Nylander

$19.95 • Paperback 180 pages • 9x6 October 2021 • LCO010000 978-087233-357-4 Bauhan Publishing Phillip Hurst lives in Oregon

Whiskey Boys: And Other Meditations from the Abyss at the End of Youth is a lively collection of literary essays about bars, booze, and traveling the American West. The book follows the author from small-town Illinois to the West Coast after he abandons a legal career to pursue writing. Much of the narrative concerns growing up and what’s gained and lost with maturity, while considering the challenges of living as a writer in a culture that’s skeptical of the creative arts. Other threads include travel, wanderlust, the psychological effect of place, and mortality.

Chasing Eden A Book of Seekers Howard Mansfield $22 • Paperback • 216 pages • 9x6 • October 2021 • LCO010000 • 978-087233-350-5 Bauhan Publishing Howard Mansfield lives in Hancock, NH

Chasing Eden is about seekers, Americans searching for their Eden, longing for a Promised Land, a utopia somewhere out on the horizon. With his usual deep perception, humor, and grace, Howard Mansfield writes about “a small gathering of Americans” united by longing and devotion in their search for something perfect here on earth, a goal that is ever receding. Mansfield illuminates how this longing—for God, for freedom, for peace—can be found in every era, and gives form and force to our lives in our pursuit of happiness—“the primary occupation of every American.”

$45 • Hardback 978-087233-347-5 $30 • Paperback 978-087233-345-1 384 pages • 10x8 Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings • September 2021 HIS036100 • Bauhan Publishing • Jane C. Nylander lives in Portsmouth, NH

Parades tell us something important about American culture and almost every place has a parade tradition. The Best Ever! explores this tradition as enacted in the small cities and towns of New England, events that at once celebrated the skeleton of the American Story and amplified both the distinctive regional and the broader national cultures. Meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, The Best Ever! offers never-before-seen pictures of actual parades, including floats and banners that have mostly disappeared and ranging from the Federal Ship carried in the 1788 Ratification parade at New Haven, Connecticut, to 1940 when the parade tradition largely halted at the onset of WWII. Copublished with Old Sturbridge Village.

Le Vack's Legacy

The Opium Eaters

Brian Thorby $75 • Paperback 132 pages • 6.5x9.4 Currently Available TRA003010 978-1-911658-78-8 Banovallum

The largest supplier of proprietary motorcycle engines in the world, J. A. Prestwich & Co (aka JAP), decided to go racing with something unique in 1922. In a matter of weeks, a small team headed by Val Page, aided by Herbert Le Vack, had produced a radical new design – the first British double-overhead-camshaft motorcycle racing engine. With this amazingly advanced engine fitted to a New Imperial frame, Le Vack stunned his competitors at the 1922 Isle of Man TT. From then on the engine and its successors proved invincible. Much has been written and illustrated about JAP ohv Speedway and V-twin engines, but almost nothing about their unconventional double-overhead-camshaft brothers – until now. This authoritative new account finally puts aside the myths and sets the record straight.

High Literature and the Art of Addiction Stephen Carver $11.99 • Paperback 200 pages • 5x7.8 November 2021 HIS015000 • 978-1-911658-66-5 Banovallum

With the notable exception of William Wordsworth, all the English Romantics and many Victorian artists and writers were users. In the wider political context, the opium trade was the mainstay of the East India Company and therefore at the heart of the British economy to the point that the Empire fought two wars with China, the major buyer, when its rulers tried to outlaw the trade. In The Opium Eaters, cultural historian Dr Stephen Carver examines the impact of opium abuse on the literature and politics of the 19th century – from Lord Byron sipping laudanum out of a crystal decanter to the opium dens of London’s East End.

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Arden BC Books • Birlinn Be Quiet, Bramble!

Pip and the Puffer

Benedict Blathwayt

$9.95 • Paperback • 32 pages 7.85x7.85 • color illustrations throughout • September 2021 JUV002000 • 978-1-78-027659-5 BC Books

$9.95 • Paperback • 32 pages 7.85x7.85 • color illustrations throughout • September 2021 JUV001000 • 978-1-78-027712-7 BC Books

Bramble the cow lives on an old farm where she has lots of friends. But she has a problem – she hates loud noises! She doesn’t like the buzzing of bees, or the sound of the wind during a storm, or the farmer’s combine harvester. And she doesn’t like the rain. One night, after a heavy storm, the river floods. The other animals are frightened, but Bramble knows what to do and sets off to rescue them.

Pip lives on island and is the captain of his boat Puffin, which he sails to the mainland to collect the things that the islanders need. One beautiful morning Pip and his crew set off as usual, but when they reach the mainland they learn that the weather is about to turn foggy. As they journey home the fog descends and they are in trouble: how will they avoid the dangerous whirlpool and get safely home? Maybe the crows can help.

The Silver Chanter

Pipers

Historical Tales of Scottish Pipers

A Guide to the Players and Music of the Highland Bagpipe

Stuart McHardy

William Donaldson

$13.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 5.1x7.8 • August 2021 • MUS023000 978-1-78-027722-6 • Birlinn

All over the world people associate the bagpipes with Scotland. In this informative and entertaining book Stuart McHardy introduces Scotland's national instrument - its history, development and repertoire - and examines the part that the piper himself has played in Highland and Lowland society over the centuries. The main bulk of the book is a series of thematically grouped tales from all periods and parts of the country in which we see aspects of traditional lore in stories of warriors, musicians, ghostly battles, the hand of friendship, exemplary heroism and the cost of supernatural help. There are tales of the MacCrimmons, the most famous island pipers of all, as well as Habbie Simpson, who was possibly the most famous of all the Lowland pipers. Whether dealing with great bravery or contemptible jealousy, the supernatural or the mundane, these stories reflect the central role that the bagpipes have played, and continue to play, in Scottish traditional culture.

$18.95 • Paperback • 240 pages 5.1x7.8 • 24pp b/w plates September 2021 • MUS017000 978-1-78-027687-8 • Birlinn

Pipers takes the reader inside the world of the performer community of Scottish piping, introducing the instrument itself and the various different repertories. It also discusses piping techniques as well as information on some of the great piping dynasties and individual pipers. Dr. Willie Donaldson shows how ‘traditional music,’ often assumed to be the anonymous product of a dim and distant past, is the creation of gifted individuals operating in a sophisticated and vigorously ongoing enterprise. Since pipers have often been skilled also on the fiddle, keyboards and small-pipes, or as singers or dancers, their story offers fascinating insights into the whole traditional music and song repertoire of Scotland. Pipers is a well-informed and highly readable account by a prize-winning author who is a piper and composer of pipe music as well as an internationally recognized historian of Scottish tradition.

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Birlinn Arena Sport Between Earth and Paradise

A Last Wild Place

An Island Life

Mike Tomkies

$14.95 • Paperback • 352 pages 5.1x7.8 • 16pp color plates Currently Available • NAT037000 978-1-78-027703-5

$14.95 • Paperback • 272 pages 5.1x7.8 • 8pp color plates • July 2021 NAT011000 • 978-1-78-027706-6

After giving up a hectic life as a journalist in Europe and Hollywood in the late 1960s to return to his boyhood love of nature, Mike Tomkies moved to Eilean Shona, a remote island off the west coast of Scotland. There he rebuilt an abandoned croft house and began a new way of life observing nature. He tracked foxes and stags, made friends with seals and taught an injured sparrow-hawk to hunt for itself. It was the indomitable spirit of this tiny bird that taught Tomkies what it takes for any of us to be truly free. Whether he was fishing, growing his own food or battling through stormy seas in a tiny boat, he learned that he could survive in the harsh environment. This is the astonishing story of daring to take the first step away from urban routines and embracing a harsh yet immensely rewarding way of life which, in turn, led Tomkies to an even more remote location and inspired an acclaimed series of books on various animals and the challenges and joys of living in remote places.

The Highlands Paul Murton

Seasons in the Wilderness

When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, he found a place which was to provide him with the most profound wilderness experience of his life. Accessible only by boat, the cottage he renamed ‘Wildernesse’ was to be his home for many years, which he shared with his beloved German Shepherd, Moobli. Centred on different landscape elements – loch, woodlands and mountains –Tomkies describes the whole cycle of nature through the seasons in a harsh and testing environment of unrivalled beauty. Vivid colours and sounds fill the pages – exotic wild orchids, the roar of rutting stags, the territorial movements of foxes, otters and badgers, an oak tree being torn apart by hurricane-force gales. Nothing escapes his penetrating eye. His extraordinary insights into the wildlife that shared his otherwise empty territory were not gained without perseverance in the face of perilous hazards, and the difficulties and challenges of life in the wilderness are a key part of this remarkable book.

An Eye on the Hebrides

$28.95 • Paperback • 240 pages 7.45x9.7 • October 2021 • TRV010000 978-1-78-027721-9

An Illustrated Journey

Paul Murton journeys the length and breadth of the spectacularly beautiful Scottish Highlands. In addition to bringing a fresh eye to popular destinations such as Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and the Cairngorms, he also visits some remote and little-known locations hidden off the beaten track. Throughout his travels, Paul meets a host of modern Highlanders, from caber tossers and gamekeepers to lairds to pipers. With an instinct for the unusual, he uncovers some strange tales, myths and legends along the way: stories of Jacobites, clan warfare, murder and cattle rustling fill each chapter – as well as some hilarious anecdotes based on his extensive personal experience of a place he loves to call home.

$18.95 • Paperback • 128 pages 6.15x9.2 • color watercolors throughout August 2021 • TRV010000 978-1-78-027731-8

Mairi Hedderwick

Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six-month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis, recounting her pilgrimage around the archipelago of the Western Isles with which she has had a lifelong love affair. Filled with wit and wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations, Mairi Hedderwick portrays the islands in all their diversity, with swift and perceptive cameos of everyday life drawn with humour and affection alongside gorgeous landscapes which capture the truly magical beauty of the Hebrides.

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Birlinn z The Appin Murder

Pirate Queen

The Killing That Shook a Nation

The Life of Grace O'Malley Judith Cook

James Hunter

$14.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 5.1x7.8 • July 2021 • BIO006000 978-1-78-027715-8

$14.95 • Paperback • 320 pages 5.1x7.8 • September 2021 • HIS015090 978-1-78-027720-2

On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752, a rider is assassinated by a gunman. The murdered man is Colin Campbell, a government agent travelling to nearby Duror where he’s evicting farm tenants to make way for his relatives. Campbell’s killer evades capture, but Britain’s rulers insist this challenge to their authority must result in a hanging. The sacrificial victim is James Stewart, who is organising resistance to Campbell’s takeover of lands long held by his clan, the Appin Stewarts. James is a veteran of the Highland uprising crushed in April 1746 at Culloden. In Duror he sees homes torched by troops using terror tactics against rebel Highlanders. The same brutal response to dissent means that James’s corpse will for years hang from a towering gibbet and leave a community utterly ravaged. Introducing this new and edition of his account of what came to be called the Appin Murder, historian James Hunter tells how his own Duror upbringing introduced him to the tragic story of James Stewart.

In a life stranger than any fiction, Grace O’Malley, daughter of a clan chief in the far west of Ireland, went from marriage at fifteen to piracy on the high seas. She soon had a fleet of galleys under her command, but her three decades of plundering, kidnapping, murder and mayhem came to a close in 1586, when she was captured and sentenced to hang. Saved from the scaffold by none other than Queen Elizabeth herself – another powerful woman in a man’s world – Grace’s life took another extraordinary turn when it was rumored she had become intelligence for the queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham. Was this the price of her freedom? Judith Cook explores this and other questions about the life and times of this remarkable woman in a fascinating, thrilling and impeccably researched book.

The Lockerbie Bombing

The Forth Bridge

A Father’s Search for Justice

Sheila McKay H.G. Weaver

Jim Swire Peter Biddulph

$21.95 • Paperback • 112 pages 9.7x9.85 • b/w photographs throughout • August 2021 PHO001000 • 978-1-78-027696-0

A Picture History

$21.95 • Paperback • 272 pages 6.15x9.2 • 8pp b/w plates • July 2021 POL037000 • 978-1-78-027648-9

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until his death in 2012. Among the passengers was Flora, beloved daughter of Dr Jim Swire. Jim accepted American claims that Libya was responsible, but during the Lockerbie Trial he began to distrust key witnesses and supposed firm evidence. Since then it has been revealed that the USA paid millions of dollars to two central identification witnesses, and the only forensic evidence central to the prosecution has been discredited. The book takes us along Dr. Swire’s journey as his initial grief and loss becomes a campaign to uncover the truth behind not only a personal tragedy but one of the modern world’s most shocking events.

It may perhaps interest you if I mention a few figures in connexion with the construction of the bridge. Its extreme length, including the approach viaduct, is 2,765 yards, one and one-fifth of a mile, and the actual length of the cantilever portion of the bridge is one mile and 20 yards about eight millions of rivets have been used in the bridge and 42 miles of bent plates used in the tubes, about the distance between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The works were commenced in April 1883, and its highly to the credit of everyone engaged in the operation that a structure so stupendous and so exceptional in its character should have been completed within seven years' - HRH The Prince of Wales, 4 March 1890 The Forth Bridge was the greatest engineering feat the Victorian world had ever seen and remains, to this day, one of the great achievements of mankind. The Forth Bridge: A Picture History, tells the dramatic story of its construction using rare archive photographs.

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Birlinn BC Books Exploring the Fife Coastal Path A Companion Guide Hamish Brown $21.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 5.35x8.75 • b/w photographs & maps throughout • August 2021 TRV010000 • 978-1-78-027728-8

This is the ideal guide to the whole route, so rich in history and natural beauty. Designed to be used by walkers on the Path or visitors to any point along it, it introduces a wealth of castles, churches, harbours, monuments and red-roofed houses. Hamish Brown gives practical advice on all aspects of walking the Path, whether you are making a seven-day trip along its whole length or walking a short section on a Sunday afternoon. Revising his earlier guide to the route, he explores every part of the Fife coast, including the famous Forth bridges, the charming East Neuk fishing villages of Pittenweem, Elie and St Monans, as well as Anstruther, Crail and St Andrews. Along the way he provides a mass of fascinating information about people and places that can be read for pleasure and kept as the souvenir of a unique and unforgettable part of Scotland.

The Unremembered Places Exploring Scotland's Wild Histories Patrick Baker $14.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 5.1x7.7 • 8pp color plates; maps Currently Available • HIS015090 978-1-78-027724-0

There are strange relics hidden across Scotland’s landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which still resonate today. Yet why are so many of these ‘wild histories’ unnoticed and overlooked? And what can they tell us about our own modern identity? From the high mountain passes of an ancient droving route to a desolate moorland graveyard, from uninhabited post-industrial islands and Clearance villages to caves explored by early climbers and the mysterious strongholds of Christian missionaries, Patrick Baker makes a series of journeys on foot and by paddle. Along the way, he encounters Neolithic settlements, bizarre World War Two structures, evidence of illicit whisky production, sacred wells and Viking burial grounds. Combining a rich fusion of travelogue and historical narrative, he threads themes of geology, natural and social history, literature, and industry.

Regeneration

Treasure Islands

The Rescue of a Wild Land

True Tales of a Shipwreck Hunter

Andrew Painting $29.95 • Hardback • 304 pages 6.3x9.45 • 8pp color plates Currently Available • NAT011000 978-1-78-027714-1

In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, moors, roaring burns and frozen lochs could be a place where environmental conservation and Highland field sports would exist in harmony. The only problem was that due to centuries of abuse by human hands, the ancient Caledonian pinewoods were dying, and it would take radical measures to save them. After 25 years of extremely hard work, the pinewoods, bogs, moors and mountains are returning to their former glory. Regeneration is the story of this success, featuring not only the people who are protecting the land and quietly working to undo the wrongs of the past, but also the myriad creatures which inspire them to do so. In addition, it also tackles current controversies such as raptor persecution, deer management and rewilding and asks bigger questions about the nature of conservation itself: what do we see when we look at our wild places? What should we see?

Alec Crawford $14.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 5.1x7.8 • 8pp b/w plates • August 2021 BIO026000 • 978-1-78-027740-0

In 1971 Alec Crawford is determined to make his fortune from ship salvage. Early attempts lead nowhere until he teams up with a new partner, Simon Martin. Diving in Hebridean waters, they explore remains of the Spanish Armada, and the wreck of the SS Politician, the vessel made famous in the Whisky Galore. But money is scarce and irregular, and the work is fraught with danger and disappointment. Until they hear of one of the most incredible wrecks of all time – the White Star Liner Oceanic, which, when built in 1899, was the biggest and most luxurious ship in the world. Widely regarded as an ‘undiveable’ wreck, lying somewhere off the remote island of Foula, they decide to take the challenge. They face unbelievably dangerous waters and appalling weather conditions, and when a large salvage company takes action against them, they also have a huge legal fight on their hands. But if they succeed, the rewards will be enormous…

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Birlinn z•z The Great Tapestry of Scotland Calendar 2022

Scottish Maps Calendar 2022 $14.95 • Calendar • 24 pages 11.8x11.8 • color illustrations throughout • July 2021 NON000000 978-1-78-027701-1

Andrew Crummy $14.95 • Calendar • 24 pages 11.8x11.8 • color illustrations throughout • July 2021 NON000000 978-1-78-027702-8

Following the continued success of the 2021 Scottish Maps Calendar, Birlinn is once again proud to The Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of 420 million collaborate with the National Library of Scotland. years of Scottish history and achievement. Involving over a thousand This new calendar features more of the most beautiful maps of Scotland volunteer stitchers who worked on 160 separate panels, the Tapestry is ever made. From the very earliest representations of Scotland in the second one of the biggest community arts projects ever to have been conceived in century AD, through the first printed maps of the 16th century and the Scotland. achievement of the Ordnance Survey in the 1920s and 1930s to the most This stunning calendar features 12 entire panels from the completed Tapestry recent satellite imagery, these images tell the story of a nation. which show to optimum effect the magnificent coloring and detail of the originals.

Hebridean Calendar 2022

Hebridean Desk Diary 2022

Hebridean Pocket Diary 2022

Mairi Hedderwick

$14.95 • Calendar • 24 pages • 11.8x11.8 color illustrations throughout • July 2021 NON000000 • 978-1-78-027734-9

This calendar features distinctive full-color paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists and is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides throughout the seasons. Mairi Hedderwick’s drawings, produced over a period of more than forty years, expertly capture the unique character and diversity of Hebridean land and seascapes, from wind-swept moors and dramatic cliffs to rolling hills and secluded woods.

$18.95 • Hardback 128 pages • 6.7x9.05 color illustrations throughout • July 2021 • REF035000 978-1-78-027735-6

$12.95 • Hardback 128 pages • 4.35x6.15 color illustrations throughout • July 2021 • REF035000 978-1-78-027736-3

This hardback desk diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-color paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides. The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi’s sketches range across many of the isles from Arran to Tiree, expertly capturing the essence of these beautiful and diverse islands. Following the huge success of the previous diaries, this new 2022 version will continue to be a cherished gift and handy desk aid.

This hardback pocket diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-color paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides. The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi’s drawings range across many of the isles from Arran to Tiree, expertly capturing the essence of these beautiful and diverse islands.

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Birlinn Birlinn The Scottish Brunch Bible Ghillie Basan Bob Dewar $7.95 • Paperback 96 pages • 4.4x6.1 b/w line drawings throughout • Currently Available • CKB012000 • 978-1-78-027662-5

Food writer and broadcaster Ghillie Basan offers 50 recipes in seven themed sections: brunch in a bowl, brunch with eggs, brunch on bread, baked potato brunch, sweet-tooth brunch and boozy brunch. Featuring Scottish ingredients in traditional recipes as well as imaginative combinations – from herring in oatmeal with creamy scrambled eggs and cranachan smoothie to pancetta scallops with Caesar salad bruschetta and bacon butties with honey gooseberries – this little book is the perfect inspiration for those days when time is more generous and food less rushed.

The Great Tapestry of Scotland McCall Smith

Alistair Moffat Alexander

Scottish Customs

Scottish Proverbs

Sheila Livingstone

Colin S.K Walker

$9.95 • Paperback 160 pages • 4.35x7 Currently Available SOC005000 978-1-78-027730-1

Customs play an important part in all societies and offer fascinating insights into a country’s history and culture. Scotland boasts a multitude of unique customs, many of which can be traced back to the times of the Druids, Celts and Romans. This book introduces hundreds of Scottish customs associated with a huge range of topics. As well as customs associated with key events of our lives, from birth to death, it also includes customs associated with the world of work, food and drink, health, animals and nature. Extracts from written works through the ages bring these customs to life and show how important they have been in the story of Scotland for thousands of years.

$9.95 • Paperback 160 pages • 4.35x7 Currently Available SOC005000 978-1-78-027729-5

Proverbs, once described as ‘the wisdom of many and the wit of one’, offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations. This book features an introduction which explores the role of proverbs in Scottish culture and over 1,000 proverbs arranged in easily accessible A–Z format. Many have been commonly used for hundreds of years, but modern sayings are also included. The addition of a comprehensive glossary will help you fully appreciate these colourful and often humorous nuggets of wisdom and advice.

The Great Tapestry of Scotland

The Making of a Masterpiece Alistair Moffat Andrew Crummy

$44.95 • Hardback • 352 pages • 10.1x9.45 color illustrations throughout • August 2021 ART015110 • 978-1-78-027647-2

$14.95 • Paperback 112 pages • 7.5x9.3 • color illustrations throughout • August 2021 • ART015110 978-1-78-027709-7

The Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep and Andy Murry’s Wimbledon victory of 2013. The 1000+ stitches spent a total of 55,000 sewing hours on the 160 panels that make up this extraordinary work of art. This book shows in full color all the finished panels of the tapestry – one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland – together with descriptive and explanatory material on each panel and lists of all the stitchers involved.

The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, the Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep and Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory in 2013. This book tells the story of this unique undertaking from its original conception and creation by teams of dedicated stitchers to its grand unveiling at the Scottish Parliament in 2013, its subsequent touring and the creation of its permanent home in the Scottish Borders.

Colouring Book Andrew Crummy $12.95 • Paperback • 48 pages • 9.85x9.85 b/w line drawings throughout • August 2021 GAM019000 • 978-1-78-027708-0

The Great Tapestry of Scotland is one of the most ambitious community arts projects ever undertaken. The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, it was created by a team of over a thousand volunteer stitchers, who cumulatively spent more than 50,000 hours on the project. This book features a selection of drawings featuring complete panels as well as details by Andrew Crummy, all specially adapted to allow coloring enthusiasts to share in this remarkable work of art.

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Blackstaff Press z • z • Columba Books Northern Protestants

Northern Protestants

An Unsettled People (New Updated Edition)

On Shifting Ground Susan McKay

Susan McKay $24.95 • Paperback • 395 pages • 6.1x9.2 August 2021 • REL053000 978-1-78-073265-7 • Blackstaff Press

Blackstaff Press

First published in 2000, Northern Protestants - An Unsettled People was an instant success and is widely recognized as a ground-breaking book. Based on over sixty in-depth interviews with a wide range of northern Protestants, Susan McKay presents an uncompromising and clear-eyed examination of her own people - the Protestants of Northern Ireland - in this revised edition.

Twenty years on from her controversial and acclaimed book, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, Susan McKay takes a fresh look at the Protestant community in Northern Ireland. Based on brand-new interviews, the story is told with McKay’s trademark passion and conviction.

Crimson and Gold

Little Red and Other Stories

Life as a Limerick

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Blackstaff Press

Mark Patrick Hederman

$16.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.3x8.5 Currently Available FIC029000 978-1-78073-263-3

"All she wants is a new country, a new language, new food. New people, new stories... She wants all this newness – which is as old as the hills – to encourage her, enclose her, remake her... She feels this, though she doesn’t really believe it." In these eleven stories, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne draws us into the lives of characters struggling to find equilibrium. Visited by change and crisis, they are forced to confront the stories that define their sense of themselves and their place in the world. Beautifully written and sharply observed, this dazzling and daring collection is a deft exploration of the complexities of human desire – its darkness, its incoherence, its potential to help us tell a new story.

$24.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6.1x9.2 August 2021 REL053000 978-1-78-073264-0

978-1-78-218379-2 Columba Books

$24.99 • Hardback 260 pages • 6x9 July 2021 • BIO018000

Since the moment he met ‘God’ in the 1950’s on Knockfierna [Hill of Truth], Mark Patrick Hederman has spent a lifetime trying to square this epiphany with the theology he has been privileged to study from the age of twenty. Now a Benedictine Monk of Glenstal Abbey, Hederman continues to explore how we as Irish Roman Catholics can hone in on the most precious aspects of our faith and cancel the surrounding noise. More pressingly, the author invites us to ask where ‘God’ is to be found in the Ireland of today.

Moving About The Place New and Selected Stories Evelyn Conlon $16.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.3x8.5 • August 2021 • FIC029000 978-1-78-073310-4 • Blackstaff Press

This new collection of eleven stories by one of Ireland’s most important writers brings together the best of Evelyn Conlon’s work from the last ten years, and a number of new stories, including a novella-length story. In this collection, Conlon vividly imagines her characters in the wider world. A man and woman must wander around the equator because of a lie they told during the anti-apartheid days; a Hiroshima woman decides to get pregnant after surviving the bomb; an Irishwoman attempts to assassinate Mussolini, another fights for women's suffrage in Australia. Brilliantly observed, witty, and full of hard-won truths, this collection shows how borders, movement and history can change and transform people’s lives.

The 17 Irish Martyrs Mary McAleese $24.99 • Hardback 160 pages • 6x9.2 November 2021 HIS018000 978-1-78-218378-5 Columba Books

Historically, Ireland’s shores have been no stranger to bloodshed for faith. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this tension was especially palpable. As people heard mass in secret hideaways and traveled for miles to meet with fugitive priests, they were also fighting a government who wanted to force the Protestant state religion upon them. From this time of suffering and sacrifice, nearly 460 individuals were put forth as dying for the faith. Yet of that number, only 17 were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1992, begging the question, in a time of intertwined religious and political upheaval, how do we define a martyr? Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese seeks to uncover just that.

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Eddie O'Connor

Daniel O'Leary

A Dangerous Visionary

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Eddie O'Connor $24.99 • Hardback • 230 pages • 6x9 July 2021 • BIO003000 978-1-78-218927-5 • Currach Books

After nearly 60 years of pastoral and academic work, of studying, writing, preaching and teaching, Daniel O’Leary was writing what he described as his “most honest, clearest and truest understanding of the meaning of Incarnation… the most exciting and beautiful treasure of an astonishing beauty”, when he was sadly diagnosed with cancer. That work was put on hold as his illness progressed and he did not have the opportunity to complete the new book before his death in 2019. Through a compilation of Daniel’s working notes, along with some correspondence and a selection of his best articles, Horizons of Hope offers Daniel’s last message on the joy of creation. This book is filled with love, from the ordinary to the divine. It is an invitation from Daniel to open our hearts and minds to a loving God, who is very much part of us and our surroundings.

Former CEO of Bord na Móna and Airtricity, and founding member of Mainstream Renewable Power, Irish energy industry leader Eddie O’Connor has always been a visionary. The green energy entrepreneur made headlines with his reluctance to sell Airtricity and when the resulting counter-bid failed, admittedly earning him millions, it spurred him to reinvest and launch Mainstream in 2008 at the onset of a worldwide economic collapse. A leading player in the renewable power field, Mainstream has gained a foothold in the global race for solar and wind energy. A Dangerous Visionary comes at the opportune time. Eddie's invaluable experience combined with a confident vision and unshakable faith has created a powerhouse legacy that will inspire the next generation of environmentally conscious business leaders.

Structure

Sublime Napoli

Isabelle Boccon-Gibod Daniel Mendelsohn

Jean Luc Dubin Florian Villain

$75 • Hardback • 88 pages • 9.5x12 31 B&W photographs • July 2021 PHO011030 • 978-2-490952-05-2 Editions Hemeria

$75 • Hardback • 128 pages • 8x11 65 B&W photos • January 2022 PHO011000 • 978-2-490952-04-5 Editions Hemeria

From 1839 when it was invented, photography has served to create portraits of individuals, and soon thereafter portraits of families, later placed in photo albums. Photography, collected and archived, entered the intimate sphere, enabling people to arrange the fragmented images of their lives as they saw fit What can photography show us to day of the visible and invisible aspects of family sociology? “How do the roles we expect them to play betray the emotional realities and complexities of lived life?” wonders Daniel Mendelsohn, in his introduction entitled “Unknown Faces/Redeeming Structures”. By creating this corpus of fixed black and white images, each composed in a large 5’ x 7’ frame, the photographer has produced a work of anthropological scope, reaching beyond representation by placing the subject at palpable distance, thereby objectifying it. What should we think of these seemingly impassive faces and their hypnotic gazes, what should we think of these postures, seated or standing? What goes on within these families and outside the frame? The use of a rigid protocol similar in all sessions makes every family portrait intriguing, and encourages our reflection.

Fascinated by the primitive beauty of reality, French photographer Jean Luc Dubin apprehends the social world without interpretation or spirituality, guided by what Florian Villain calls "a gaze without a glance". Human behavior in all its materiality is an inexhaustible source of poetry for the photographer. In Naples as in New York, his street photos are shaped like a social precipitate, triggered by the magical moment of the click. Beyond the social world, Jean Luc Dubin also tackles received ideas about human nature, which is akin to a standardized construction. As the starting point of his friendship with Florian Villain, his photos affirm that he there are as many humanities as there are possibilities. And if the beautiful can afford to be weird, sometimes transmuting into extreme beauty, it is good because it is revealed by the singular gaze of a photographer.

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Birlinn Editions Hemeria The Sowers of Joy

Sagas

Caroline Riegel Matthieu Ricard

Olivier Joly

Iceland $85 • Hardback • 192 pages • 12x11 140 B&W photographs • January 2022 PHO011030 • 978-2-490952-20-5

$80 • Hardback • 208 pages 12x9.5 • 200 color and B&W photos • January 2022 PHO011000 • 978-2-490952-18-2

As she crosses Asia on her own, the path of a 30-year-old French girl accidentally crosses that of a unique religious community, tiny and composed exclusively of women. They live in Puntsokling: one of the ten totally destitute Buddhist nunneries of Zanskar, a valley on the edge of the Himalayas in northwestern India, still isolated from the rest of the country by its inhospitable geography. This meeting at the end of the world will change the course of her existence and, without a doubt, that of the nuns. A revelation and a long human as well as spiritual journey. Caroline Riegel's book is a two-sided journey. Through the story she tells us, we discover both the charm of a unique "tribe" with astonishing sorority (a journey into the intimate) and the masterful beauty of their territory (a journey into the landscapes). But humans are inseparable from the environment in which they live. Here, the harshness of the elements did not generate that of the characters but their dazzling vitality. The hostile environment strengthened hearts, embracing in one movement the spirituality and uncompromising beauty of Nature.

Rising among ruins, Dancing amid bullets

Useful Lies Eric Antoine Bruno Patin $75 • Hardback • 196 pages 12x9.5 • 100 silver prints January 2022 • PHO011000 978-2-490952-21-2

Maryam Ashrafi Allan Kaval

By using an older form of technology, French artist Éric Antoine strips away modern-day conceits in the quest for simplicity, solitude, and core truths. The works speak to the passage of time but also to a sense of timelessness. Useful Lies brings together several series among the last he produced. Aside from a single cardboard box in Les Intrus—a series that highlights the human body and the fragility of shelter—nothing in the photographs dates them. And yet, his framing and cropping are entirely modern, subverting any suggestion of nostalgia. These are not attempts to replicate nineteenth-century photographs but rather forays into uncharted territory that use the past to draft new stories. The collodion process also helps visually convey the feeling of being caught between two forces: the drive toward perfection and the desire to embrace flaws. More specifically, Antoine is drawn both to German New Objectivity of the 1920s, with its rejection of Expressionism, and to the movement known as pictorialism. His medium dovetails with his interest in New Objectivity by allowing for great precision and very fine detail. At the same time, the process is highly pictorial in that the artist essentially paints the glass plate with a sensitive coating, which pools and drips and must be controlled. This tension between exactitude and imperfection opens up the works, creating scenes that are both true to nature and evocative of their own realities.

Why criss-cross Iceland in all directions, in all seasons, when the world is so vast? For the inner exile offered by this walk on the heights. For the first snows that upset the landscape and teleport us into a charcoal drawing. For the spring which will bring back with the birds a forgotten sweetness. For the summer with days without night. For the rare men and women I have been lucky enough to meet. For the infinite range of emotions aroused by these boreal steppes. For the space, the freedom, the omnipresence of natural forces, which help to breathe deeper. Photographer, journalist, author and speaker, Olivier Joly has always let his steps guide him towards emotions and encounters. Surveyor of large geographical spaces and human intimacy, he saw over time his intimate compass pointing to the cold and windy ends of the world. This is how he found his promised land. Twenty trips and a year on the spot have made him one of Iceland's most knowledgeable connoisseurs.

$85 • Hardback • 304 pages • 8.5x10.5 Over 300 B&W photographs January 2022 • PHO011030 978-2-490952-16-8

Maryam Ashrafi is a social documentary photographer who believes in long term projects, she chooses to stay behind the front lines and observe the daily lives of combatants, which includes a lot of waiting around. She is above all involved in documenting the everyday life on the Kurdish front. Her work puts a face on a widely commented war which remains, from afar, perceived mainly by the West in terms of the number of refugees. Maryam documents the war in her own way, stressing its complexities and the actual building of a new social model based on equality where women occupy the same roles as men, which is remarkable in this area of the world. This is why, over the years, she has returned to the same places, from Kobane to Tabqa, to show the unique power of the resilience of the population and the will to live and change. The book is built on the chronology of the events as documented by Maryam Ashrafi, to understand the evolution of the conflict and its consequences on the populations and their living environment.

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Eland Publishing • Sickle • Fernhurst Books z •Moon z Bengal Lancer

The Turkish Embassy Letters

Francis YeatsBrown $19.95 • Paperback 240 pages • 5.5x8.5 January 2022 TRV010000 978-178060-201-1 Eland Publishing

Bengal Lancer is a complete one off. On one hand this book is a love affair with the spiritual traditions of India while on the other it is the memoir of a carefree young cavalry officer in the halcyon days of the British Empire. Francis Yeats-Brown proves himself exceptionally good company, both funny and self-deprecating. He is devoted to his ponies and his dogs, passionate about polo and pig-sticking, and endures some extraordinary adventures in the First World War. However it is not his final destination that is memorable, but his idiosyncratic journey to establish some kind of truth.

$19.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 5.5x8.5 September 2021 TRV010000 978-1-780600-39-0 • Eland Publishing

In 1716 Mary Montagu traveled across Europe to take up residence in Istanbul as the wife of the British ambassador. Her letters remain as fresh as the day they were penned: enchanted by her discoveries of the life of Turkish women behind the veil, by Arabic poetry and by contemporary medical practices - including inoculation. For two years she lovingly observed Ottoman society as a participant, with affection, intelligence and an astonishing lack of prejudice.

$22.95 • Paperback • 256 pages • 5.5x8.5 Currently Available • BIO023000 978-1900209-25-0 • Sickle Moon

Bruce Wannell was the greatest Orientalist traveler of his generation: a Paddy Leigh Fermor of the East, a Kim for our own time. He lived in Iran through the 1979 revolution, worked for a decade in the North West Frontier during the wars in Afghanistan and could transcribe the most complex Arabic calligraphy by sight. His curious combination of talents – scholar, linguist, musician, translator and teacher – were duplicated by an international network of friendships with poets, spies, aid-workers, diplomats, artists and writers.

Jerome Tharaud Jean Tharaud $22.95 • Paperback • 320 pages • 5.5x8.5 December 2021 • TRV010000 978-178060-162-5 • Eland Publishing

The Tharaud brothers became unique eyewitnesses to history when summoned in 1917 from the Western Front to Morocco by the Resident-General of the French Protectorate there, Lyautey. The colonial conquest of Morocco had been put on hold after the French army was summoned home in 1914. But in a delicate balancing act, Lyautey kept the peace by establishing a working alliance with some of the most powerful of the tribal lords of Morocco. It was part of a policy to avoid the mistakes in Algeria and preserve Morocco's historical architecture, faith, and culture.

North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion

Adventurer, Linguist, Orientalist Rose Baring

Rabat, Marrakesh and Fez

Mary Wortley Montagu

Tales from the Life of Bruce Wannell

Barnaby Rogerson

A Moroccan Trilogy

A yachtsman's pilot and cruising guide to ports and harbours from the Alderney Race to the Chenal du Four Peter Cumberlidge Jane Cumberlidge Cruising Companions, Vol. 4 • $59.50 Hardback • 288 pages • 8.5x12 • 292 Halftones, color; 100 Charts • Currently Available SPO036000 • 978-1-91-262133-0 Fernhurst Books

The long-awaited update of this best-selling pilot guide covering the whole spectacular North Brittany coast, the Channel Islands and the fascinating harbors on the west side of the Cherbourg peninsula.

The Asymmetric Dinghy Book To Finish

Asymmetric Sailing From Start

Andy Rice Start to Finish, Vol. 6 • $28.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 6.75x9.5 • 203 Halftones, color; 10 Illustrations, color • Currently Available SPO036000 • 978-1-91-262134-7 Fernhurst Books

This book allows you to learn the secrets of getting the most from your asymmetric dinghy – whether you sail an entry level dinghy or a high-performance skiff, single-handed or with a crew. Following its advice will enable you to enjoy being at one with your boat and the wind. It is written by asymmetric champion sailor and journalist Andy Rice who has also gleaned tips, advice and some great shortcuts from expert sailors in a wide range of classes.

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Sailing: A Beginner's Guide

Alf Alderson

The simplest way to learn to sail

Beginner's Guides, Vol. 1 • $21.95 Paperback • 104 pages • 6.75x9.5 • 160 Halftones, color; 11 Diagrams Currently Available • SPO069000 978-1-91-217712-7

Tim Hore

Surfing: A Beginner’s Guide has been the go-to surf book for beginners since 1996. This third edition, now with the endorsement of Surfing England, takes you through all the vital steps to become a surfer: you will learn where to surf, when to surf and how to surf safely. You will learn the foundations such as choosing the correct equipment, which is essential to make any progress as a beginner; pre-surf preparation, including getting fit with tips and advice; and your first surfer steps on the beach and in the ocean. All these stages lead up to you catching your very first wave and the surfing bug. The sea is renowned for its beauty, but infamous for its dangers. Alf provides you with transferable skills to safely enjoy your new hobby. Safety features heavily in the book, and you will learn all the basic common-sense aspects of surfing that even the most experienced surfer forgets.

Beginner's Guides, Vol. 5 • $24.95 Paperback • 192 pages • 6.75x9.5 600 Halftones, color; 100 Illustrations, color • July 2021 • SPO036000 978-1-91-262136-1

Sailing is a wonderful sport, it takes place in the open air, on the water and is powered by something that’s free and eco-friendly – the wind! It is a sport for life: captivating children and giving them a sense of responsibility as they skipper their own boat and continuing to give pleasure well beyond retirement, whether it be competing against others or taking it more gently. Using this book you can get afloat, learn to sail and start having fun using the step-by-step advice, photo sequences and diagrams. This jargon-free guide allows complete novices to get out on the water with the minimum of fuss. One- and two-person dinghies are covered, along with rigging, knots, safety, handling and much more. Originally published as ‘Learn to Sail’, it now forms part of Fernhurst Books’ series of Beginner’s Guides covering surfing, SUP and inflatable kayaking. It can be used on its own or as a compliment to traditional sailing courses run by sailing schools everywhere.

Inflatable Kayaking: A Beginner's Guide

The New Crew's Pocketbook

Buying, learning & exploring

A pocket guide for newcomers to cruising: from your first time onboard to becoming a key crew member

Chris Scott Beginner's Guides, Vol. 4 • $14.95 Paperback • 48 pages • 6.75x9.5 • 137 Halftones, color; 2 Illustrations, color Currently Available • SPO025000 978-1-91-262132-3

Tim Davison

There has been an explosion of interest in paddling. The comparatively low cost, the convenience of inflatable kayaks, and the fact that you can just get in and go, all add up to their appeal. And with thousands of miles of waterways in the UK, most are within reach of a river or canal where you can paddle your kayak and enjoy being in the fresh air, gently traveling through the natural world. You see the country from a different perspective and in an eco-friendly way. But, as with everything, a little bit of knowledge and technique makes the experience so much more enjoyable! That is where this book comes in. It provides a perfect introduction to the sport. It takes you through the different types of inflatable kayaks so you buy the one that is right for you. It shows you the basic on-the-water skills that you will need, including getting in and out, how to paddle straight and turn. It outlines the gear you will need and talks about where to paddle as well as weather, safety, maintenance and repair of your equipment. It covers kayaking in rivers and canals, lakes and lochs, and coastal kayaking.

Nautical Pocketbooks, Vol. 2 • $14.95 Paperback • 80 pages • 4x8.25 104 Halftones, color; 80 Illustrations, color • July 2021 • SPO005000 978-1-91-262135-4

Going aboard a sailing yacht for the first time is an exciting experience, but it can be a bit daunting. Your skipper will brief you on the key things you need to know, but this book is a great opportunity to learn a bit beforehand which will give you the basic knowledge to work the boat, be safe, have fun… and be asked back for more! Written in a friendly and approachable way, it assumes no nautical knowledge and uses diagrams and photographs to demystify the art of sailing. Devised to be read by new crew before they arrive at the boat, it is also great to keep on board as a quick and easy reference guide.

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Fonthill z • zMedia Kowtow Georgian Britain, Imperial China and the Irishman Who Introduced Them Eoin McDonnell $37.50 • Hardback • 208 pages 6.14x9.21 • 25 color illustrations Currently Available • BIO010000 978-1-78155-821-8

In 1793, George Macartney introduced two of the leading empires of his age, and set off one of the greatest power shifts in history. Kowtow: Georgian Britain, Imperial China and the Irishman who Introduced Them tells the story of Macartney, Britain's first Ambassador to China, and his career that spanned the globe, from the Caribbean to India, from Brazil to Indonesia, and then finally through China to Peking. Kowtow explains why Macartney’s embassy was needed, and examines the nature and personalities of the Ambassador and his imperial host, the Emperor Qianlong. The reader will journey with Macartney across the world into Peking’s Summer Palace, before crossing over the Great Wall to Qianlong’s summer hunting grounds in Rehe. The story of the Macartney mission provides significant lessons for modern diplomatic engagements and trade relations, and still causes great reverberations today. As a result, his mission represents one of the major missed opportunities in history and the challenges faced by Macartney still finds echoes in relations between China and the West.

The Worthington Families of the Seventeenth Century Philip Worthington $70 • Hardback • 540 pages • 6.14x9.21 75 black and white • Currently Available REF013000 • 978-1-78155-799-0

This volume of The Worthington Families of the Seventeenth Century covers the lines in Lancashire but also elsewhere in the world where their ancestry has been traced back to Lancashire Over a period of more than ten years members of the 17th Century Project researched original written documents, microfilms, microfiche images, and online databases which resulted in the accumulation of over two thousand eight hundred references to Worthingtons from 1560 to 1730. These were entered into ten volumes of one hundred pages each as a Register of Worthington References. From these references over sixty pedigrees were produced of which thirty two are covered in this volume. Each chapter deals with one pedigree and each person within the pedigree has an individual article devoted to them. In addition to the pedigrees there are seventy six illustrations. As an academic reference work, this book is commended to the leading genealogical libraries of the world and to individuals who are researching their Worthington ancestors.

Frolics in the Face of Europe Sir Walter Scott, Continental Travel and the Tradition of the Grand Tour Iain Brown $37.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6.14x9.21 • 60 black and white Currently Available • BIO007000 978-1-78155-809-6

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wrote frequently of his desire to travel widely in Europe. However, he actually made only three Continental ventures. Two were to Belgium, Northern France and Paris. Then, shortly before his death, he at last journeyed to the Mediterranean, the British Admiralty giving him free passage in a warship – a notable gesture of concern for the welfare of what today would be called a ‘national treasure’. Scott visited Malta, and many cities of Italy. His months in Naples and his weeks in Rome provoked both interest and sadness: most of all they caused him to reflect from afar on Scotland, the land of his birth, his mind and his heart. He returned through the Tyrol and German lands, regions of the Continent he had long wished to see, but which he could by then barely appreciate. Frolics in the Face of Europe draws on his vast correspondence and moving journal.

Reflections from a Roman Lake Trevignano Romano, A Biography of an Adoptive Home Judith Harris $35.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6.14x9.21 • 70 color illustrations Currently Available • HIS020000 978-1-78155-778-5

Reflections is an intimate and joyful portrait of life in Trevignano Romano, a village on the shores of the glimmering Italian lake whose waters spurt from Rome’s fountains. Along this Roman Riviera, only an hour from the Colosseum, are the remains of the largest Stone Age village ever found in Europe, plus ruins of summer palaces built by ancient Roman Emperors and one of Italy's most splendid castles. Judith Harris, journalist and former diplomat, introduces you to many of the remarkable citizens who have left their imprint upon the town: the medieval saint whose miracle fish haul fed a starving town, the Orsini prince accused of murdering his wife, the blind postman who delivered the mail on foot, the pioneer teacher of the hearing impaired, the retired international bureaucrat who is 108 years of age. She explores local dialects and shares gastronomical secrets and the finer points of the coffee shop culture.

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Fonthill Media • Publishers Gaudium Global Collective Kate Bush Song by Song

No Condition is Permanent

John Van Der Kiste

Risk, Adventure and Return: the Business of Life

$25 • Paperback • 164 pages 6.14x9.21 • 50 color and black & white Currently Available • BIO005000 978-1-78155-824-9 • Fonthill Media

Sir Bob Reid

Kate Bush began her career in 1978 at the age of 19 with the single ‘Wuthering Heights’, inspired by a film adaptation of the Emily Brontë novel, the first No. 1 UK single to be written and sung by a female artist, and the accompanying album ‘The Kick Inside’, both of which established her as a highly individual talent. She has always preferred the recording studio with live performances and tours having been few and far between, and all her albums have been very successful at home and abroad, her third, ‘Never For Ever’ (1980), being the first by a female artist to enter the British chart at No. 1. Her eclectic, experimental musical style with its often literary and unconventional lyrical themes has defied easy categorisation, and earned the lasting admiration of fans, fellow performers and music critics alike, while an eclectic roster of guest artists including Eric Clapton, Elton John, Prince, and Stephen Fry have appeared on her work. This book provides a thorough examination of the songs on all her singles, albums, and occasional recorded collaborations with other artists.

Sir Bob Reid is former Chairman of Shell UK, British Rail, ICE Futures Europe, and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland, among much else. His is a story of determination and achievement shot through with political upheaval, economic reversal, and industrial catastrophe. His first posting was to Borneo. Stints in Africa, Thailand and Australia followed, after which he became chair of Shell UK, responsible for all oil exploration, production, refineries and coastal shipping. He then steered disparate large organizations through challenging times by drawing on universal principles about people, power and profit that he had absorbed in his youth and expatriate years. The wisdom gained in a lifetime of leadership - of realizing the talent and energy of the people you work with - will inspire anyone who wants to make a difference in business and social enterprise, now or in the future.

Duty, Honor, Country

Rescued from ISIS Terror How a University Professor Organized a Commando Mission to Rescue Her Doctoral Student from ISIS-Controlled Iraq Firas Jumaah Charlotta Turner $24.99 • Paperback • 240 pages • 6x9 8 pages of b&w photo inserts • September 2021 BIO026000 • 978-1-59211-119-0 • Gaudium

Firas Jumaah was in Sweden when he suddenly received news that an ISIS advance threatened the lives of his wife and children. Fearing for his family, Firas returned to Iraq and soon found himself behind enemy lines. Firas managed to send a message to his professor, Charlotta Turner, to let her know that he did not expect to return to Sweden to complete his dissertation. Unbeknownst to Firas, Charlotta sprang into action.

$37.95 • Hardback • 304 pages 6.14x9.21 • 80 black and white Currently Available • BIO003000 978-1-78155-803-4 • Fonthill Media

The Life of Arthur MacArthur, Jr. Dr. A.K. Brackob $24.99 • Paperback 232 pages • 8.5x5.5 • Fully Illustrated December 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-59211-116-9 • Gaudium

On September 15, 1906, Arthur MacArthur Jr. became the twelfth man in the history of the United States Army to be awarded the rank of Lieutenant General, the highest rank in the Army up to that time. This great honor, which marked the culmination of MacArthur's brilliant military career, included him in the ranks of such outstanding American military leaders as George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman. This biography, based on extensive archival research, reveals the remarkable career of this great patriot and his contribution to American history.

Prelude to the Past The Autobiography of a Woman Rosie Gräefenberg Ernest Latham PhD $29.99 • Paperback • 368 pages • 6x9 August 2021 • BIO026000 • 978-1-59211-041-4 Gaudium

Prelude to the Past is the remarkable story of a young Jewish girl growing up in Germany during the years leading up to the First World War. She experienced adulthood during the tumultuous years between the two World Wars, becoming one of the most important journalistic figures of the period. This is a uniquely feminine perspective on a highly male-dominated era. With an introduction by Dr. Ernest H. Latham, Jr., the foremost scholar on the life and work of Rosie Gräefenberg, Prelude to the Past is a must-read for anyone interested in European society in the years preceding Hitler’s domination of Europe.

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Gaudium z How Progressivism Destroyed Venezuela

The Downfall of China or CCP 3.0?

A Cautionary Tale

$29.99 • Paperback • 158 pages • 6x9 September 2021 • POL005000 978-1-59211-124-4

Elizabeth Rogliani $34.99 • Hardback • 200 pages • 6x9 October 2021 • HIS037080 978-1-59211-134-3

On December 6, 1998, the Venezuelan people voted in an election that would drastically change the course of the country. After Hugo Chavez Frias won the 1998 election and assumed office in 1999, most Venezuelans felt hopeful of the promise of change and the opening up of new possibilities, and perhaps the return of an era of prosperity such as Venezuela had known in the 1950s. Reality, however, proved much different. The Venezuelan people slowly came to realize that they had voted for something that could no longer simply vote out of office. Over the past two decades, Venezuela experienced a massive political, socio-economic, and ideological transformation. It has gone from one of Latin America’s most stable democracies to a failed, impoverished state. Some believe this marks the end of what once was a bastion of freedom in South America; others, more optimistically, believe the nation can once again regain its former glory despite the devastation.

Niklas Hageback

The Downfall of China or CCP 3.0? describes why we now have arrived at a critical junction where the path chosen by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will decide whether it will face an impending downfall, or yet again manage to radically transform itself and weather the storm. China has faced similar transformative moments before when the CCP cleverly managed to re-invent itself from its former hardcore Marxist dogmatism, that produced nothing but misery and impoverishment, commencing with the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe from 1989 onward. This CCP 2.0 was labelled socialism with Chinese characteristics, where a carefully staged semi-market capitalism was introduced and saved the CCP from its Eastern European peers’ demise. Now, the state commanded semi-market economy is showing signs of stagnation and coming to standstill, exacerbated through an ongoing trade war with the US and China is at a crossroads. Is the downfall of China imminent or can the Chinese Communist Party reinvent itself and create CCP 3.0?

Dracul: In the Name of the Father

My Cookbook Passion

The Untold Story of Vlad II Dracul, Founder of the Dracula Dynasty

Culinary History and Adventure in Exploring My Collection

Dr. A.K. Brackob

Pamela Kure Grogan S.P. Grogan

$49.99 • Hardback • 400 pages • 6.14x9.21 Fully Illustrated • October 2021 BIO006000 • 978-1-59211-027-8

Stories of Dracula have fascinated people around the world for generations. Both the fictional vampire created by the Irish author Bram Stoker at the end of the nineteenth century and the fifteenth century Prince called Vlad the Impaler, the man regarded as the historical Dracula, have become part of universal culture. Yet few realize that the Wallachian ruler dubbed “the Impaler,” is not the original Dracula. Instead, that distinction belongs to his father, a little-known prince called Vlad Dracul. The elder Vlad, who gained the sobriquet Dracul or Dracula when Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg initiated him into the Order of the Dragon in February 1431, was among the most important political personalities of his day. He far surpassed his more famous namesake in those qualities that define a great ruler. Several books have been devoted to the study of his famous son, but any search for the historical Dracula must begin with the story of the father. Now, for the first time, based on extensive documentary research, the true story of the man who founded the Dracula dynasty is revealed.

$49.99 • Hardback • 228 pages 2x10.5 • Fully Illustrated • November 2021 • CKB041000 978-1-59211-117-6

A cookbook with a historic recipe anthology does not easily define the wonder of tracking the evolution of the cookbook and the modernization of the kitchen. Pamela Kure Grogan's My Cookbook Passion draws upon a vintage selection from her 3,000 volume cookbook collection showcasing the changing palates of those at-home and at-travel epicureans. In it, she visualizes the impact of various world wars, financial depressions, expanding transcontinental auto usage, and the technological advancement of utensils and ingredients used in the kitchen on the public's taste. My Cookbook Passion reaches several audiences: chefs, food lovers, and those at home who want to try the heirloom recipes. More than a cookbook, it can serve as a colorful coffee table book or a well-worn cooking resource guide. It is a travel history where nostalgia becomes refreshed and relevant, and one reads into the pages the passion of Pamela Kure Grogan's recipe selections of the timeless.

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Landfill

Iceland Wintertide

Paris Park Photographs

Elegy for the Santa Maria Valley

David Freese Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Michael Kolster Michelle Kuo

$35 • Paperback • 88 pages • 8x9 • 57 color photographs • October 2021 • PHO011000 978-1-938086-83-0

$40 • Hardback • 120 pages • 8x9 • 52 tritones October 2021 • PHO011000 978-1-938086-88-5 Michael Kolster lives in Brunswick, ME

Brett Kallusky $35 • Hardback • 96 pages • 8x9 46 duotones, 1 historic photo, 1 Google Earth photo, and 1 map • October 2021 • PHO011000 978-1-938086-87-8 Brett Kallusky lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Landfill is a collection of eye-opening photographs made by Brett Kallusky in California’s historic Santa Maria Valley, one of the world’s great wine-growing areas. This body of work, however, directs our attention to a small section of the landscape: to the entwined systems of vast agricultural production and the waste it creates. The photographs reveal scenes that are literally hidden from public view and knowledge, underscoring their nature as evidentiary documentation: a microcosm with ramifications far beyond its geographical boundaries. Kallusky’s interest does not end there, for his depiction of this famous Central California landscape creates an opportunity for contemplative reflection of our complicit involvement, if only by eating the strawberries, carrots, and cauliflower that is grown here and transported to grocery stores throughout the U.S. Thus, despite the cool formalism and detached documentary style of the pictures, assembled together as they are in this book, they engage in an extended consideration, drawing viewers into a new relationship with this place. Kallusky’s Landfill examines important questions of how the land is used and regarded. The landscape reveals who we are, as he brings these invisible spaces into visibility, showing how the earth supports our food needs on a massive scale, fueling a massive engine of consumption. What is left in the wake of that system to which we all belong?

When winter snows cover Iceland in a sea of white, this volcanic island is transformed into an enchanting visual masterpiece that precariously rests on two tectonic plates in the North Atlantic just below the Arctic Circle. Ironically, the white blanket reveals more clearly the landscape’s incredible geological formations and remote human settlements, eliciting a natural human response of wonderment. David Freese’s profound, ongoing concern for our environmental predicament is once again manifested in his photographs of Iceland. By showing us what humankind is on the brink of losing, his images share and preserve his vision of this unique and special place. The award-winning Icelandic novelist, poet, and playwright Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir contributes a heartfelt afterword that adds her voice to the persistent warnings and alarms that have gone unheeded by too many for too long. As a citizen of Iceland, her testimony is that of a compelling witness. A small jewel of a book, Iceland Wintertide becomes a powerful coda to David Freese’s Trilogy of North American Waters as the threats and ramifications of a warming climate steadily increase before our eyes. His photographs provide an added inspiration to act even in the face of those who purposefully deny only to protect their special interests. This bilingual edition is in English and Icelandic.

Paris Park Photographs features spectacular images from a dozen public parks and gardens in and near France’s capital city. Exploring many of the same places that photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927) made famous a century ago, Michael Kolster references the pleasures and pitfalls of wandering alone amongst trees and plants and sculpture, unkempt and formally designed places, tempered by the knowledge that the modern world with all its congestion is only a few short steps away. These intimate yet inherently expansive views of Paris’s parks invite closer scrutiny of the encounters awaiting us at the edges of the well-worn paths defining our daily lives. Few people venture into the frame of Kolster’s photographs, but the promise of a renewed sense of hope and community resides in the details of his visual encounters and the moments of his heightened attention. Each picture speaks to us as a moment in time, even as the sequence suggests a choreography of place, one that can vary daily along with the changing moods and light of each park. Paris Park Photographs is presented in a bilingual English/French edition and concludes with an afterword by Michelle Kuo. Of note is how the book’s design is inspired by Walker Evans’s 1938 classic work, American Photographs, making Kolster’s book of immediate interest to photo and book collectors.

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The Daly Dish Rides Again

Discover the Unexpected Bliss of an Alcohol-free Life

100 Fast and Easy Slimming Recipes

Kate Gunn

Gina Daly Karol Daly

$19.95 • Paperback • 288 pages 6.1x9.2 • Currently Available BIO026000 • 978-0-71-719058-4

Kate Gunn was a social drinker, usually having a few drinks about three nights a week. But she had an inkling that alcohol was holding her back from getting on top of her life, and the hangovers were getting worse. So, when Kate’s partner had to take a break from alcohol for a month, in solidarity with him, she decided to dip her toes in the water and try being a non-drinker too. Not long into her transformational journey, Kate discovered that breaking free from alcohol improved every single aspect of her life: from relationships to health to work to happiness. By giving up one thing, she gained so much more. In The Accidental Soberista, Kate chronicles the challenges and obstacles on the path to giving herself the greatest gift she has ever received - freedom from alcohol. Whether you’re sober-curious or want to remove the final obstacle in the way of your own health and life goals, this could be just the journey for you too.

$31.95 • Hardback • 272 pages • 7.4x9.7 Currently Available • CKB059000 978-0-71-719045-4

Instagram sensations and debut cookbook authors Gina and Karol Daly had a massive hit in 2020 with their first cookbook, The Daly Dish. Now they are back with more food that looks so decadent, you will find it hard to believe it will help you to achieve your slimming goals. Just ask Gina and Karol - between them they have lost over 10 stone and feel better than ever! Compatible with the principles of many popular diet programs, you will find fan favorites such as Tasty Tacos, No Stress Stew and Perfect Pizza. The Daly Dish Rides Again will have you looking forward to dinner every night and looking forward to weighing in on the scales too!

This is It

The Self Love Habit

Conor Creighton

Transform Fear and Selfdoubt Into Serenity, Peace and Power

$19.95 • Hardback • 300 pages • 5.1x7.1 Currently Available • SEL021000 978-0-71-719040-9

This is It is a practical meditation guide that uses humor to teach the benefits of mindfulness through a series of accessible techniques. It’s also a hilarious account of one man’s attempt to find peace in a chaotic life, and follows his journey from the bogs of Kildare to the bright lights of LA, and on to enlightenment in India. However, despite traveling the world he found that much of the wisdom he discovered had parallels in Irish attitudes to life, that there’s an intersection between ancient wisdom and what Irish people lick off the stones. Now a meditation teacher in Berlin, Morocco and Dublin, Conor gently and skillfully explains the lessons he’s learned along the way to finding peace, and with warmth, wit and wisdom guides you on the path to a more mindful life.

Fiona Brennan $23.50 • Paperback • 352 pages 6.1x9.2 • Currently Available SEL031000 • 978-0-71-718875-8

Love is the antidote to fear. Love is life itself. However, many of us find it easy to love others but do not know how to love ourselves. Do you struggle with the seemingly ‘difficult’ parts of yourself that lurk in the shadows, often hidden from the world - frustration, anxiety, self-doubt, anger? The Self-Love Habit is about learning to bring these parts of yourself out from the darkness and into the light. By loving and paying attention to the rejected aspects of ourselves, we give ourselves the power to transform in ways we never thought possible. Fiona Brennan’s four powerful self-love habits - Listen, Open, Value, Energize - will teach you how to do this. When you truly love yourself, your whole world opens to serenity and your self-imposed limitations fall away. You no longer feel the background hum of anxiety and your mind becomes clear. The accompanying hypnotherapy audio will rewire your brain as you sleep and help you to start the day full of loving energy by changing the negative, unconscious habit of living through fear into the positive, conscious habit of living through love.

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zGill • z Books A Pocket Guide to Newgrange and the Boyne Valley

A Pocket History of Kilmainham Gaol Gill Books

Gill Books $7.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 4.9x5.5 Currently Available • TRV009100 978-0-71-718990-8

978-0-71-718989-2

Older than Stonehenge, older than the Pyramids, Newgrange in Co Meath was built over 6,000 years ago. This remarkable Neolithic structure by the legendary River Boyne has fascinated visitors for millennia, but became a significant tourist site after its excavation and partial reconstruction by archaeologist Michael O’Kelly in the 1960s and 70s. Regarded as Ireland’s greatest national monument, Newgrange has entered Irish mythology through its associations with ancient deities, and today it continues to fascinate archaeologists and visitors alike.

The Big Book of Favourite Irish Myths and Legends Joe Potter Erin Brown

From its opening in 1796 to finally closing its doors in 1924, Kilmainham Gaol has held an iconic place in Irish history. Built as Dublin’s County Gaol, it held hundreds of Irish patriots in its cells, from Robert Emmet and Anne Devlin in 1803 through to the leaders of the 1916 Rising. It was also a place of suffering for thousands of ordinary men, women and children, whose petty crimes such as stealing food could lead to long interments and then a prison ship to Australia. Kilmainham Gaol remains one of the most popular tourist sites in Ireland with visitors from both home and abroad.

Fionn and the Fianna Small Kid, Big Legend Ronan Moore Alexandra Colombo $12.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 5.3x8.5 Currently Available • JUV022000 978-0-71-719100-0

$10.95 • Hardback • 64 pages • 8.5x11 Currently Available • JUV022000 978-0-71-719085-0

In this beautifully illustrated book readers are introduced to the greatest Irish stories of all time. From tales of the mighty Fianna and the great warrior Cúchulainn, to star-crossed lovers Diarmuid and Gráinne, and Deirdre and Naoise, these wonderful, classic stories are retold in a more modern style to appeal to today’s youngsters.

$7.95 • Hardback 256 pages • 4.9x5.5 Currently Available HIS018000

In the second book from Ronan Moore, we meet the teenage Fionn McCumhall who now leads the legendary Fianna warriors. Accompanied by his loyal Irish wolfhound Conbec and closest friends, Fionn and his band of warriors must survive a series of incredible adventures which culminate in an epic final battle. Inspired by a collection of ancient Irish manuscripts, Fionn and the Fianna is the thrilling tale of Ireland’s most legendary hero - one that breathes life into well-known stories such as ‘The Giant’s Causeway’ and ‘The Enchanted Deer’ as well as introducing us to the magical, mystical world of the Fianna, all reimagined and beautifully illustrated to excite young readers.

The Pocket Book of Irish Prayers and Blessings Gill Books $7.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 4.9x5.5 Currently Available • REL052000 978-0-71-718991-5

Containing Ireland’s most popular prayers and blessings, this book is packed full of inspirational words to take comfort in. In turn these words provide us with hope, joy and solace. This little book, designed to fit in the smallest bag or pocket, will bring those old words back to life, reminding us that poetic lines and wise sayings can wrap around you like a hug, making the world seem a better place for a while.

Wild-flowers of Ireland A Field Guide Zoe Devlin $19.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 4.4x7.5 July 2021 • NAT013000 978-0-71-719187-1

Discover the fascinating world of Ireland’s diverse and astonishing collection of native wildflowers. This new edition reflects the many changes to our botanical knowledge since The Wildflowers of Ireland was first published in 2014. There’s updated information on the distribution of native wildflowers, along with more than 90 additional species, all beautifully photographed by the author. For ease of identification, the species are divided into color categories and within each category the species are grouped by, for example, the number of petals in the flower or whether the species carries its flowers in a cluster or a spike. This is a must for enthusiasts of all ages and levels of experience.

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GillzBooks •z The Dead Zoo

The Friendship Fairies Go to School

Peter Donnelly $9.95 • Paperback 32 pages • 11x9.3 Currently Available JUV002160 978-0-71-719111-6

Lucy Kennedy Phillip Cullen

Mr. Gray is a very serious man. And he is in charge of a very old, very serious museum filled to the brim with stuffed animals. Mr. Gray does not like people. He does not like children. In fact, he is most at home with things that are stuffed. So, when a real live mouse decides to move into the Dead Zoo, Mr. Gray is determined that she must go. That is, until he needs her help. "This is probably my favorite children’s book this year." - Ryan Tubridy

978-0-71-719196-3

$10.95 • Paperback • 160 pages 6.4x8.8 • Currently Available JUV037000 • 978-0-71-719198-7

Lucy Kennedy’s Friendship Fairies are back with brand new adventures! Summer is over and it’s time for Emme, Holly and Jess to go back to school. Emme is nervous about her new school, Belle-Spell Castle. She doesn’t know anyone and misses her sisters. Holly and Jess still have a lot to learn at the Magic Manor, but lessons are getting harder. Will Emme ever make new friends? Will Holly ever stop using silly disguises? And will Jess ever learn to listen? But most importantly, will the friendship fairies get to meet the unicorns and dragon and join the party at Sir Prize’s castle? Beautifully illustrated, this will appeal to all small children trying to make friends. This charming, beautifully told story reunites children’s favorite Lucy Kennedy with superb illustrator Phillip Cullen for another wonderful adventure that kids will adore.

The President's Glasses

Declan Kirby GAA Star

Peter Donnelly

Championship Journey

Away Days

$10.95 • Hardback • 32 pages • 7.4x7.8 • July 2021 • JUV001000

The Irish President has some Very Important Documents to sign at Dublin Castle, but without his glasses, how will he do it? Luckily, the Presidential Pigeon knows exactly what’s happened, and follows the Presidential car to Dublin Castle, taking a bird’s eye view of the city on his way. But the pigeon gets stuck in traffic on O’Connell Streetbumps into some tourists taking selfies at Trinity College and even beats a Viking ship in a boat race! Will he ever catch up with the President to deliver his glasses in time?

Michael Egan $12.95 • Paperback 160 pages • 5.1x7.8 Currently Available • JUV032000 978-0-71-719048-5

Follow the trials and tribulations of Declan Kirby and his team at Smithgreen Gaelic football club, a recently formed but promising GAA team. Although they have a talented team, there are problems beneath the surface - will their temperamental star player Dereck produce the goods when it is really needed? Meanwhile, someone seems to be hatching a secret plan to have the manager replaced, just when they need him most. Declan also carries a secret wish - that his dad will once again come and see him play. Maybe if they make the championship final his dream will come true? Ideal for Irish sport loving children aged 7+.

Michael Egan $12.95 • Paperback 160 pages • 5.1x7.8 Currently Available JUV032000 • 978-0-71-719050-8

Declan Kirby can’t believe it when he’s selected for the county team. What’s more, a few of his Smithgreen teammates are chosen as well. Declan and his friends band together to try and win an All-Ireland underage competition and travel to Galway where they find out all is not what it seems. The second book in the exciting new series written by teacher and underage GAA coach Michael Egan, Declan Kirby - GAA Star: Away Days is ideal for Irish sport loving children aged 7+.

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z Publishers Global Collective The Mystery that Is Woman

Jangam— The Movement

Ashapurna Devi through Her Stories

A Forgotten Exodus in Which Thousands Died

Ashapurna Devi Ruma Chakravarti

Debendranath Acharya Amit R. Baishya

$24.95 • Paperback • 296 pages 5.5x8 • September 2021 • FIC076000 978-1-954021-28-0

$34.95 • Paperback • 416 pages • 5.5x8 September 2021 • FIC014050 978-1-954021-16-7

These stories have been selected to provide a look at human issues such as rural migration, feminism and the refugee experience. The characters, whether they are mothers and daughters or husbands and sons, always seem to be people we have seen and possibly even know in our daily lives. They are never distant or two dimensional. The stories are full of wisdom. The writer had a great understanding of the layered complexity of the world outside the confines of the four walls of a home. These stories deal largely with women and the situations they find themselves in, in different settings both urban and rural. While deeply sympathetic towards the dreams and heartache of a woman’s life, Ashapurna never does this at a cost to her male characters. Her feminism is neither strident nor vitriolic but her characters are treated with respect and compassion.

Jangam (Movement) is the poignant tale of ordinary people who embarked on a great, unknown journey in the midst of WWII but whose bids for survival were thwarted as they battled Nature. Hardly any account of this massive calamity has been registered in India’s literature, says Debendranath Acharya in the late 1970s, in the preface to his Sahitya Akademi award-winning Assamese novel. During this migration an estimated 450,000-500,000 Burmese Indians walked to north-east India, fleeing from the Japanese advance and also from escalating ethnic violence in the Burmese theatre of war. ‘Corpses lay everywhere, and there were no jackals and vultures to pick them clean... All other forms of animal life seem to have abjured this pathway, save for scores of beautiful butterflies that cover the bodies in a sea of colour’, say contemporary foreign accounts of this exodus. Jangam is the only sustained fictional treatment of this long march.

Menstruation Across Cultures

I Am Kamala Harris Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love Maria Love

The Sabarimala Confusion— A Historical Perspective

$16.99 • Hardback • 40 pages • 10x8 August 2021 • JNF007070 978-1-954021-38-9

Nithin Sridhar $34.95 • Hardback • 362 pages • 5.5x8 August 2021 • SOC028000 978-1-954021-14-3

Menstruation Across Cultures attempts to provide a detailed review of menstruation notions prevalent in India and in cultures from across the world. The world cultures covered in the book include Indic traditions, ancient civilizations, and Abrahamic religions. Two themes of special focus in the book are: Impurity and Sacrality. While they are often understood as being opposed, the book examines how they are treated as two sides of the same coin when it comes to menstruation. The book also examines how the understanding of impurity in Abrahamic religions differs from those of polytheistic cultures. As part of the examination of the sacrality attached to menstruation, a special focus has also been given to the deities of menstruation in polytheistic cultures and to what Ayurveda and Yoga say about this essential function in a woman’s physiology. Finally, a comparative study of menstrual notions prevalent in modernity is presented, along with a Do and Don’t dossier.

I am Kamala Harris. As soon as I could stand, I began standing up for justice. When I was a toddler, my parents took me to Civil Rights marches, in California, where I was born. People sang joyful songs of freedom. They painted colorful signs, saying “Love your Neighbor,” “Freedom,” and “Equal Justice Under the Law.” People of every color and background were kind to each other, working together make the American Dream come true for everybody. It was like a rainbow parade for fairness. I loved it. Once, I slipped out of my stroller at a march. My mother hugged me to comfort my fussing. “What do you want, baby?” She asked. “Fweedom!” I answered, just like the other civil rights marchers. The family laughed. But I meant it.

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Global CollectivezPublishers The Gentle Art of Tao Leadership

In the Footsteps of Zen

A 21st Century Perspective

The Path to a Calmer and Happier Life

Lim Meng Sing $16.99 • Paperback • 128 pages • 5x8 September 2021 • REL065000 978-1-954021-11-2

The Gentle Art of Tao Leadership explores living in a harmonious way with others and self. Leadership is all about people and ethics and in a world often lead by fear and greed, ethical leaders can be difficult to find. We are all leaders in some form or another. Whether in business, sport, home or simply with ourself, the decisions we make influence and impact on others. To act ethically, in the gentle way of Tao, is to act for the good of all. To quote the Chinese classic, the Tao te-Ching: Ultimate goodness, like water, benefits all things and harms nothing … It has depth at its heart; it shows beneficence in dealing with others; it is sincere in speech; it keeps order in governing; it thrives in ability and acts in timeliness. An inspiring and insightful book that will change the way you behave.

Dis-Solving Conflict from Within How to Transform Conflicts Into Opportunities for Growth, Connection and Dialogue Henry Yampolsky $19.99 • Paperback • 305 pages • 6x9 October 2021 • FAM013000 978-1-7344019-4-3

Dis-Solving Conflict from Within presents a new paradigm for looking at conflict. Instead of seeing conflict as the force outside of us we must escape, avoid or control, this book invites the reader to look at the source of conflict, which is within each and every one of us. The source of conflict is trifold and consists of story, attachment to that story (which creates an identity) and emotion (our experience when we are triggered). By recognizing these three elements and then creating some space between them, we are able to respond to conflict with strength, clarity and ease, instead of reacting to it with fear, avoidance or aggression. The book presents a simple 4-step process for tuning inward in conflict and guides the reader on how to use this process as a tool for transforming inner, interpersonal and greater social justice conflicts into opportunities for growth, connection and dialogue.

Lim Meng Sing $14.99 • Paperback • 100 pages • 5x8 August 2021 • REL092000 978-1-954021-10-5

And this is Zen…We live busy lives in busy times. Anxiety, depression and discontent are on the increase. There is no quick fix for the woes of modern living. We are born and we die but in between can be glorious – this is the way of Zen. Zen is NOT a religion, it is NOT a dogma, it is a way of life that is extremely practical and applicable to modern life. “A path is made by walking on it.” Begin your walk with Zen now and reconnect with the joy in your life.

Yoga Anatomy and the Journey Within Deepak Kashyap Swami Niranjanananda $14.99 • Paperback • 52 pages • 5.5x8 August 2021 • HEA025000 978-1-954021-12-9

This book is about the forgotten art and science of healing: retrieved and reaped in easy steps. Equally, it is an attempt at interpreting the ancient Upanishadic wisdom through the author’s insight: showing the essential oneness of spirituality with the mind-body matrix. Layers of wisdom unravel as the author unfolds the science of Yoga: dispelling myths while reinforcing the Truth. Touching upon subjects of contemporary interest - Cosmic Energy, Reiki, Karma, Kundalini, Yoga, Health, etc. - the book has a universal appeal. Of particular interest is the author’s juxtaposing of scriptural wisdom of the East with the West’s path-breaking findings in Quantum Physics, Probabilistic nature of the Universe, Psychoneuroimmunology and Parapsychology. That the author throws light on these esoteric matters through the prism of his spiritual experiences, lends the whole narrative a kind of authenticity not common in books of this genre. The highlight of the book is its ability to touch the yoga-inclined masses in their daily life and facilitate their ‘three-dimensional’ healing through easy-to-make forays in diet control, asana-pranayama, alternative therapy, meditation and karmic remedies.

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Global Collective z Publishers Corona Virus from an Astrological Point of View

The Demons of Jaitraya

Atul Kulkarni

$24.95 • Paperback • 264 pages 5.5x8 • November 2021 • FIC010000 978-1-954021-30-3

Shubira Prasad

$14.99 • Paperback • 104 pages • 5x8 August 2021 • OCC002000 978-1-954021-06-8

WHEN WILL COVID-19 END? After months of suffering from the global pandemic, we are desperate to know when life will return to normal — how much longer will we have to live with it? While western science provides answers and solutions to these questions, eastern astrology offers a much more holistic view to the nature of the virus. Leading astrologist and ayurvedic practitioner Atul Kulkarni offers his wisdom and insight for the first time here, providing clarity and understanding to our questions about the corona virus and previous pandemics. Kulkarni provides valuable historical insight into the cyclical aspect of epidemics, starting with the bubonic plague that struck Europe in 1720, the cholera epidemic in 1817, the Spanish flu in 1918, and now the coronavirus in 2020. After close examination, Kulkarni explains how this cycle of disease can be attributed to the specific planetary conditions during each of the last four centuries. Though clear and accessible language, Atul Kulkarni provides a straightforward introduction to astrology and its medical applications.

Tanpura's Strum

The Light of the Hidden Flowers

A Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poems

Akash Dutta

Jesal Kanani

Poetry of Bengal • $14.99 • Paperback 72 pages • 5.5x8.5 • Currently Available POE023030 • 978-1-954021-36-5

Light blooms as our grass-birth arises from the infinite depth of our memories. Some immigrant dreams, however, roam around the courtyards of the illusive past in the darkness. These poems by Akash are intense in their unique sensitivities, eager in their search of the submerged consciousness and incomparably deft in turning words into hymns.

The Demons of Jaitraya is a trilogy based on Hindu mythology and fantasy. During the great war of Ramayana between Bhagwan Ram and the demon king Ravan, many demons from Ravan’s army and his kingdom Lanka, escaped. When Ravan was killed they knew that their end was inevitable. They hid in the bowels of the Earth, in the depths of the ocean and in space. They went into hibernation and timed their awakenings in the different centuries. Knowing this, Bhagwan Ram designated Hanuman who was the greatest warrior in the Universe, to train other warriors to destroy the demons as and when they woke up from their hibernation. Hanuman ji made Gurukuls or training schools all over the world and designated Gurus with special powers to train warriors. One such Gurukul is in India where Aishani and Adheesh are being trained. Aishani has been directly trained by the Goddess Durga. She is the protagonist of this trilogy. The are other great warriors surrounding and protecting her so that she performs her work unhindered. The number two warrior in this Gurukul is her soul mate too, who later becomes her husband.

$18.99 • Paperback • 104 pages 5.5x8.5 • July 2021 • POE024000 978-1-954021-32-7

Jesal has always been drawn to making beautiful connections with seemingly disparate ideas. She's been able to draw out the juxtaposition of two unrelated images in a haiku, giving birth to a new meaning, which combines two distinct thoughts into one. If we look at urban existence – its natural state of being is fraught with dissonance: the push and pull of expectations, the contradictions within roles, but Jesal sees connections and synergy with this seeming contradiction thru the haiku and tanka which reach out as perfect forms to Jesal, to express this state of modern living. By saying little, sharing just the silhouettes of an image, Jesal's haiku and tanka invite the readers to color in the rest with their own experiences and imagination, thereby making these poetic forms unusually relatable. I hope the grace and beauty of these ancient forms of poetry find resonance with you and readers through this modern, relatable and excellent rendition, by Jesal.

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Grub Street z • zCookery Flavours of Greece Rosemary Barron $29.95 • Paperback • 386 pages 7.3x9.7 • August 2021 • CKB038000 978-1-911667-12-4

Rosemary Barron’s Flavours of Greece was first published in 1991 and has never gone out of print. It is now generally regarded as the most authentic and authoritative collection of Greek recipes. It was chosen as an Editor's Choice in The New York Times in the year of its publication and it is the only recipe book listed in The Rough Guide to Greece and The Rough Guide to the Greek Islands. In this celebration of Greek food Rosemary provides over 250 regional and national specialities, from the olives, feta and seafood of mezes, to delicate lemon broths to hearty bean soups, grilled meats and fish, baked vegetables and pilafs to the fragrant, gooey honey pastries. Greek cooking offers seasonal food perfect for informal eating with family, friends and entertaining.

Mediterranean Cookbook Arabella Boxer $24.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 5.1x7.8 • September 2021 CKB055000 • 978-1-911667-19-3

‘To write about the foods of all the countries that surround the Mediterranean could seem an impossibly ambitious task. Some fifteen countries border the sea, to say nothing of its many islands, and they span three continents. Yet when one starts to consider the matter it becomes clear that all these countries have a great deal in common, and the task seems simpler than first imagined. It is as if the sea itself has imposed a strong unifying effect on the areas surrounding it. Different as the countries may be, in terms of race, politics, religion and culture, in the end we are forced to acknowledge that food is based on quite other matters.’ So says Arabella Boxer in the Introduction to her meticulously researched and beautifully organized book which constitutes a gastronomic grand tour of the region where spices, olives, tomatoes, yogurt, salads, fruit and the clever use of fish and meat combine so satisfyingly and memorably. Within these pages she conjures up the rich and colorful world of Mediterranean food.

Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East

The Basic Basics Kitchen Hacks and Hints Handbook

Arto der Haroutunian

Glynn Christian

$24.95 • Paperback • 288 pages 6.7x9.4 • July 2021 • CKB086000 978-1-911667-11-7

$17.95 • Paperback • 192 pages • 6x9.2 August 2021 • CKB023000 978-1-911667-10-0

Every one of the 12 cookbooks Arto der Haroutunian wrote became a classic; his thoughtful, erudite writing helped to explain to westerners the subtlety, complexity and diversity of Middle Eastern and North African cooking. In Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East, he collected together a treasury of recipes. The cooking of vegetables is treated with reverence in the in the lands that make up the rich and varied tapestry of the Middle East. The people depend on the grains and pulses, nuts, vegetables and fruits of the region for their daily food. Here are warm and spicy stuffed vegetables, cool and fragrant soups, delicate preserves, pilafs, breads, pickles, relishes and pastries.

TV-chef and food journalist Glynn Christian has been making cooks and chefs say Gosh! for over 40 years as he shared how ingredients work, demonstrated better techniques and revealed culinary secrets. This handbook collects over 300 of Glynn’s 'gosh-factor' hacks, explaining how best to handle garlic, why dull pasta is better, how to judge a Pavlova, how to make the frilly crusts on Portuguese egg tarts and why it should be ‘thumbs-up’ on kitchen knives. There’s a better way to roast nuts, a simpler way to bone small fish, a more reliable way to wok and a ban on foil tents. Plus frozen olives to keep a straight-up martini ice-cold.

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Green Bean z • zBooks • Heimdal In the Market of Zakrobat

Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes

Ori Elon

Jewish Chocolate Recipes from around the World

$10.99 • Paperback • 32 pages 8.25x10.6 • Illustrated throughout September 2021 • JUV033020 978-1-78-438652-8 Green Bean Books

Michael Leventhal

Baltosar lives in a giant fortress in the town of Zakrobat. Despite owning thirteen boxes of gold, he prides himself on how frugally he lives. Yosef, Baltosar’s neighbor, is a hardworking cobbler who lives in poverty. Yet, every Friday, he goes to the market to buy something special for Shabbat. Yosef is famous for his festive Shabbat meals. One night, Baltosar dreams that his boxes of gold grow feet and run away to Yosef. He wakes up screaming in terror and vows that Yosef will never have a penny of his great fortune. He comes up with the perfect scheme to keep his riches safe, or at least safe from Yosef, but things don’t quite go according to plan. Told with humor and a lightness of touch, this classic fable of a miser’s comeuppance celebrates generosity of spirit and the joy of Shabbat as all the riches a person needs.

$34.95 • Hardback • 96 pages • 6x9.25 October 2021 • CKB018000 978-1-78-438699-3 • Green Bean Books

Discover the history of chocolate in Jewish food and culture with this unique recipe book, bringing together individual recipes from more than fifty noted Jewish bakers. Highlights include Claudia Roden’s Spanish hot chocolate, the Gefilteria’s dark chocolate and roasted beetroot ice-cream, and Joan Nathan’s chocolate almond cake. As well as recipes for sweet-toothed readers, savory dishes include Alan Rosenthal’s chocolate chilli and Denise Phillips' Sicilian caponata. There are also delicious gluten-free and vegan recipes to cater to a variety of dietary requirements. Each recipe helps provide an insight into the important role chocolate has played in Jewish communities across the centuries, from Jewish immigrants and refugees taking chocolate from Spain to France in the 1600s, to contemporary Jewish bakers crossing continents to discover, adapt and share new chocolate recipes for today’s generation. Published in conjunction with the British Jewish charity Chai Cancer Care.

The Fabulous Tale of Fish and Chips

Le Costume Médiéval

Helaine Becker

de 1320 à 1480

$12.99 • Paperback • 32 pages 9.1x8.5 • color illustrations throughout • October 2021 JUV016040 • 978-1-78-438570-5 Green Bean Books

Florent Véniel $58 • Hardback • 216 pages 8.26x11.69 • Currently Available DES005000 • 978-2-84-048572-8 Heimdal

Joseph Malin loves his grandmother’s fried fish, which she makes according to an old family recipe. It’s so good, he thinks he might be able to make some money from it; money that his immigrant Jewish family desperately needs. He takes it into the marketplace of 19th Century London’s East End and calls out to passers-by: ‘Fresh from the ships, Hot n’ tasty fried fish'. Before long, people are coming from far and wide to try the delicious snack. But his success inspires a rival. Annette, the greengrocer across the street, sees an opportunity to hawk her own family favourite: Belgian-style fried potatoes. “Piping hot chips!”/So crisp, so delish”, she calls. And they’re a hit too. The competition between Joseph and Annette heats up as they try to outsell each other at the market. And then one day… crash! The two collide. Chips slip. Fish fly. It’s a disaster. Or perhaps not… This is the playful, fictional account of how the real-life Joseph Malin, a poor Jewish immigrant, invented fish and chips, the iconic British fish and chips dish.

Text in French This is a modern, detailed and precise work on costume in the 14th and 15th centuries (1320-1480), following the works of Viollet-le-Duc and Adrien Harmand. The first part is devoted to jewelry and utensils of the costume, the second to male costume, and the third to women's costume. Rich iconography, in color, with many patterns allows the reader to visualize the medieval costumes. A great reference book.

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Histria Kids • Kasva z Press Miss Demeanor The Case of the Long Blonde Hair Celia J. Ed N. White $24.99 • Hardback • 120 pages • 5x8 August 2021 • YAF042000 978-1-59211-106-0 • Histria Kids

There’s a new crime fighter in town. She’s smart. She’s fearless. She’s thirteen-yearsold and determined to be the world’s greatest detective. Enter the brave world of Celia J., as she uses the skills learned at a CSI summer camp program to investigate an attempt to defraud her father. Miss Demeanor is an exciting character-driven middle-grade mystery, filled with a compelling cast of heroes and villains, a clever plot, crime scene investigative tools, suspense, humor, and a heart-warming backstory. A page-turner for both young and adult. It draws the reader deep into the narrative as though it took place in their hometown; much like Alan Bradley’s juvenile sleuth, Flavia de Luce involves her English village. Created by Ed N. White, Miss Demeanor offers young readers a character they can identify with and enjoy. Celia J. is not without a few minor flaws, which enhances her appeal as a real person. The crime scene investigative techniques are detailed at a level of understanding for the middle-grade reader.

Mystic of the Midway A.A. Blair $24.99 • Hardback • 136 pages • 5x8 September 2021 • YAF042000 978-1-59211-118-3 • Histria Kids

Effie knew she wasn’t the same after her accident but didn’t realize how different she had become until her family vacation. When Effie begins to hear whispers and have visions things get really strange! Effie finds a love letter to her mother that isn’t from her father! A strange mystery girl seems to follow her wherever she goes but vanishes before Effie can confront her. Even the rides in the amusement park begin to speak to her! Effie wonders; is she going crazy? Effie enlists the aide of her detective brother, Jimmy, along with her long time Crystal Beach buddies Lydia and her mischievous little brother Sniff. The friends race through the old amusement park to try and find answers while trying to avoid a local bully. As their investigation deepens Effie begins to be haunted by dreams that seem to hold the key to everything that is happening. When the investigation falters Effie struggles to overcome self-doubt and the realization that her idyllic vacation spot isn’t what it seems to be.

Powerfully Perplexing Presidential Profiles

Cardozo on the Parashah. Volume 2 - Shemot/Exodus

Rod Martinez

Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion

$19.99 • Paperback • 94 pages • 8.5x11 Fully Illustrated • October 2021 JNF025170 • 978-1-59211-123-7 Histria Kids

Powerfully Perplexing Presidential Profiles is a fun fact/trivia book on our United States Presidents from George Washington to Donald Trump, written in a fun, witty style, to make learning entertaining and enjoyable. The book includes a never before published timeline linking two presidents at the same time somewhere in history. Whether you like American History or not, you will find a wealth of stories and facts to be shared that could spark conversation or debate at any party. After all, George Washington’s kids were the first to play on the White House lawn right... or were they? This book covers a vast array of presidential trivia and facts, making it a fun read for kids and adults alike.

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo $24.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 5.5x8.5 Currently Available • REL040000 978-1-948403-37-5 • Kasva Press

In this collection of essays, Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo looks at the weekly Torah portion through the eyes of philosophy, contemporary controversies, and personal struggles. Written in his unique style, this book offers something for many different types of readers: laymen and clergy, full-time students and intellectually curious practitioners, Jews and non-Jews alike.

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Liberties Press z • z • The Liffey Press The Gilded Age

Harry Kernoff

Owen Dwyer

The Little Genius

$17.99 • Paperback • 256 pages • 6x9 November 2021 • FIC014000 978-1-91-258923-4 • Liberties Press

Kevin O'Connor

An award-winning, burnt out writer is visited by the characters he is researching while writing a book about the assassination of President James Garfield. Who killed President James Garfield? There was a shooter alright, Charles Guiteau, who surrendered at the scene, was tried and hanged. But was he acting alone, in July 1881, or was there a more sinister force at work? Richard Todd, writer, can’t write anymore. Despite having a comfortable home in the ‘better end’ of Dublin, a successful wife, Valery Hobson, who does everything for him and three well-adjusted children, he is paralyzed by a sense of futility. While researching the book Richard hears the voice of the Guiteau, who tells him he was not alone in the assassination – there was a mastermind behind the plot and Richard better find out who this was, or Guiteau will murder him. He must solve the mystery and write the book before either Guiteau catches up with him or he loses his sanity.

$24.95 • Paperback • 200 pages 6.1x9.2 • 50 color plates, 60 B&W images • November 2021 • BIO001000 978-1-83-835932-4 • The Liffey Press

This revised paperback edition of Harry Kernoff: The Little Genius updates the first full-length biography of one of Ireland’s leading artists. Born in London, Harry Kernoff moved to Dublin in 1914 and from 1923 until his death in 1974 was a full-time artist when it was neither ‘profitable nor fashionable’. Against the odds, Harry Kernoff has left a more encompassing visual record of the Irish experience during the twentieth century than any contemporary painter through his empathic interest in the ordinary people, and especially rank-and-file Dubliners. Kevin O’Connor provides a revealing look at an extraordinary artist, emphasising Kernoff’s humanity, his art and his prolific output. The value of Kernoff’s work has risen dramatically in recent years, as has his reputation. This lavishly illustrated paperback edition is a fitting tribute to an exceptional artist.

The Mindful Spark

And Finally…

Reclaim Your Past, Reset Your Future

A Journalist's Life in 250 Stories

David Delaney

Paddy Murray

$21.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 6.1x9.2 • 30 b&w illustrations Currently Available • SEL036000 978-1-83-835931-7• The Liffey Press

$21.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 6.1x9.2 • 35 color photographs Currently Available • BIO025000 978-1-83-835930-0 • The Liffey Press

In these particularly stressful times, many people are struggling with their mental health. Some are caught up in their painful past, others are fretful about an uncertain future, and even more are anxious about their current circumstances. While the worries and concerns are real, practical steps can be taken to make them more manageable. In this insightful book, David Delaney draws on his own experiences to provide a welcome handbook on resilience and mindfulness. Becoming almost completely blind at eight years old, David struggled to fit in, and was hampered by his insecurities, doubts and low self-worth until he learned the skills to embark on a path to lasting confidence, health and happiness. For over twenty years David has researched resilience, meditation, Tai Chi, mindfulness, Yoga, Qi Gung movements and other techniques. He then studied modern scientific research on their efficacy and started applying their helpful practices and stories to his own life and in the meditation classes he taught. He now wants to share what he has learned.

By any account Paddy Murray has had a remarkable life. From meeting entertainment and sports celebrities to reporting on Ireland’s heroic loss in the World Cup at Italia ’90, to writing about Irish political scandals, tragedies, heinous crimes and much more over 40 years in the Evening Herald, Irish Daily Star, Sunday World and The Sunday Tribune, Paddy has seen it all. Along the way, Paddy managed to write gags for the Two Ronnies, performed comedy in front of a live audience, erected a plaque commemorating The Beatles’ only Irish performance at the Adelphi Cinema in Dublin, battled with Lymphoma for over 20 years and became a father at 50+. Looking back on a colorful life while now struggling with more health challenges – Stage 4 COPD – Paddy is adamant that the highs far outweigh the lows, that his marriage to Connie and the love of his daughter Charlotte make every painful treatment worthwhile. So come along on an entertaining journey recalling one journalist’s extraordinary life in 250 stories!

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The Liffey Press • Mercier • Medina Publishing z •Press z Mythical Ireland

Being Irish

New Light on the Ancient Past

New Personal Reflections on Irish Identity Today

Anthony Murphy

Marie-Claire Logue

$39.95 • Paperback • 350 pages 6.7x9.5 • 160 color plates November 2021 • HIS018000 978-1-83-835933-1 • The Liffey Press

$24.95 • Paperback • 300 pages 6.7x9.5 • 100 B&W photos December 2021 • HIS018000 978-1-83-835934-8 • The Liffey Press

Mythical Ireland embodies the search for a soul among Ireland's ancient ruins, and is an attempt to retrieve something of deeper import from 5,000-year-old megalithic monuments and their associated myths.

Being Irish gathers a diverse group of 100 people of all ages – including well-known musicians, writers, sportspeople, journalists, political and religious leaders, community activists, asylum seekers, students and others – each trying to give expression to that special something that is more or less recognizable as Irish. This is not a sociological study; it consists of highly personal responses to a question of identity. Twenty-one years ago, Paddy Logue compiled the original edition of Being Irish to better understand the recent changes Ireland had undergone. Now his daughter, Derry-based solicitor Marie-Claire Logue, takes up the challenge to take a fresh look at Irishness, this time against a backdrop of Covid-19, Brexit, economic insecurity, a less powerful Catholic Church, and a changing Northern Ireland.

In this revised and expanded edition, Anthony Murphy delves further into the many enthralling aspects of this journey. Just how much knowledge did locals have of the secrets of Newgrange before it was excavated? Who is the Cailleach, the ancient hag goddess whose image is ubiquitous in the ancient landscape? What happened to make Ireland’s Stonehenge disappear from the landscape? Who were the first kings of Tara? Lavishly illustrated with exquisite photographs of the Irish landscape and ancient monuments, Mythical Ireland represents a personal and yet universal journey, a quest to reimagine the shrines as empowering and transformative sacred places. Murphy invokes the druids and poets of the Boyne and thus the sídhe of the ancient texts are reawakened for a modern and turbulent world.

Mercier Press

Cork Burning

Heart and Soul

Michael Lenihan

A Memoir

$22.50 • Paperback 256 pages 6.5x9.5 • Currently Available HIS018000 978-1-78-117792-1

‘A tale of arson, loot and murder’ was how one source described the events that would befall Cork city on the night of 11–12 December 1920. In a scene of almost unprecedented destruction, members of the British forces bent on revenge for the ambushes at Kilmichael and Dillon’s Cross set fire to both the commercial and the civic heart of the city. It covers such topics as Cork City before December 1920, the Black and Tans, Auxiliaries and K Company, Republican Cork, a timeline of events before the burning of Cork City, early fires and arson by crown forces in Cork, the Kilmichael Ambush, the Dillon’s Cross Ambush, premises destroyed, official investigations into the causes, compensation and rebuilding.

The Pearl Diver

Ali Mohammed Al-Baluchi $26 • Hardback 304 pages • 6x9.2 Fully Illustrated Currently Available BIO026000 • 978-1-91-148755-5 Medina Publishing

Born in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in its early days of nationhood and just prior to the Kingdom’s first oil concession, Ali Mohammed Al-Baluchi started work as an office boy for Aramco in 1949. Along the way, against a backdrop of decades of seismic changes propelled by oil revenues, he earned two college degrees retiring as a general manager in 1990. Since retirement the ever-restless Al-Baluchi has continued as a force for change in local business, community and sporting arenas. This is a personal story that, along with its fascinating collection of photographs, will appeal to those interested in everyday life in a global corporation set at the heart of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and told by a true Saudi Aramcon.

Julia Johnson Patricia Al Fakhri $14.95 • Paperback • 56 pages • 6x9 watercolor illustrations • Currently Available JUV001000 • 978-1-90-933974-3 Medina Publishing

Saeed is going to learn how to dive – his father has promised to teach him! It is the start of the pearling season and this is his first trip out on the waters of the Arabian Gulf. Leaving the rest of his family behind on the shore, Saeed and his father join the crew of a pearling dhow and set out to spend the hot summer months on the high seas. He learns how the pearl divers hunt for the treasures of the seabed, and discovers the secrets and dangers of the sea. This delightful story, carefully researched from oral and written sources – some dating from more than 150 years ago – offers an insight into the way of life that sustained the Arabian Gulf right up until the discovery of oil.

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Messenger zPublications A Calvary Covenant The Stations of the Cross John Cullen

978-1-78-812310-5

$5.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 4.7x7.1 Currently Available REL052000

A Life Lived on the Razor's Edge Anne Lyons PBVM $5.95 • Paperback • 64 pages • 4.7x7.1 Currently Available • BIO018000 978-1-78-812322-8

The Stations of the Cross unfold for us a story of the passion and pain – where all sources of evil are connected: jealousy, betrayal, cowardice, injustice, cruelty and weakness. Jesus takes everything on himself and assumes all human suffering. The Stations of the Cross are in the present tense: Jesus is condemned, Jesus takes his Cross, Jesus meets, Simon carries, Veronica wipes and Jesus is stripped. It is our tears that flow down his cheek, our pain that is felt in his bruised, battered body. The Stations of the Cross is a prayer in motion. They spell out for us that suffering and death do not have the last word because God cares for all creation.

Maynooth College Reflects on COVID 19 New Realities in Uncertain Times Jeremy Corley Neil O'Donoghue $12.95 • Paperback • 280 pages • 5.5x8.25 Currently Available • REL070000 978-1-78-812332-7

Where is God in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic? This volume offers a variety of reflections from the perspectives of theology, scripture, philosophy, ethics, liturgy, pastoral, and canon law. The chapters are addressed to anyone seeking understanding, whatever the level of faith. The book will be helpful for those in parish ministry and interested laypersons, especially in the Irish context. This book seeks to offer the beginnings of a theological reflection that will doubtless take years to complete.

The Story of Nano Nagle

As Nano’s journey unfolds it reveals how the steady and alluring presence of God became known to her through the most ordinary of events of her life. Her response was one of wholehearted surrender to the call of the gospel and to walking the path of radical discipleship. Driven by a burning passion to help Christ’s marginalized, she dared not only to dream a better life for them but to make this impossible dream a lived reality. This was the great miracle of her life. At a time when the role of women in shaping society was severely restricted, she lived on the razor’s edge, a woman fearless before a tyrannical world.

Dipping into Life Alan Hilliard $15.95 • Paperback 120 pages • 5.5x8.25 July 2021 • REL062000 978-1-78-812347-1

Using the format of his earlier books Dipping into Lent and Dipping into Advent, Alan Hilliard again opens up a space for us to engage with our emotional and spiritual response to what life throws at us. The loss, fear, isolation, and fragmentation of 2020 causes us all to pause and take stock of what really matters in our lives, so Dipping into Life comes at the perfect time to help us do this. Alan has the rare gift of opening out our everyday lives and considering these in light of the wisdom of the religions, of literature, poetry, music, sociology and common sense. As we dip into this book, opening a page at random, Alan helps us to find the deeply religious in the everyday and take time to ‘cultivate reverence and recognition for what is already present.'

Unheard Voices Reflections of a Prison Chaplain Imelda Wickham $15.95 • Paperback 96 pages • 5.5x8.25 July 2021 REL084000 • 978-1-78-812336-5

This book is an attempt by the author to give us a brief human insight into life behind bars in one of our penal institutions. It is written from the perspective of someone who has walked the walk with the prisoner for twenty years and now questions the effectiveness of our criminal justice system. She is an advocate for a Restorative Justice System and sees this model as the way forward. The second part of the book hears the voices of the prisoners in emotionally charged reflections on the reality of life within a prison cell. The author challenges the use of prisons to deal with addictions, mental health issues and homelessness.

Mission to a Suffering People Irish Jesuits 1596 to 1696 Thomas J Morrissey SJ $29.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.5x8.25 • Currently Available HIS054000 • 978-1-78-812340-2

In 16th and 17th century Ireland, religion and nationality fused together in a people’s struggle to survive. In that struggle the country’s links with Europe provided a life line. Members of religious orders, with their international roots, played an important role. Among them were the Irish Jesuits, who adapted to a variety of situations – from quiet work in Irish towns to serving as an emissary for Hugh O’Neill in the south of Ireland and in the courts of Rome and Spain, and then founding seminary colleges in Spain and Portugal from which young Irishmen returned to keep faith and hope alive.

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Messengerz Publications •z Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs

Mary Magdalene and the Gardener

Sean McDonagh

Women Leaders in the Church

$24.95 • Paperback • 184 pages 5.5x8.25 • Currently Available COM004000 • 978-1-78-812306-8

Robots, Ethics and The Future of Jobs is a wakeup call for political, civic, media and church leaders, urging a response to the deepening and accelerating pace of technological change and its potential consequences. Artificial Intelligence, robotics, drones, the internet of things and 3D printing are the building blocks of the 4th industrial revolution. These technologies offer great potential but also carry real risks and are reaching into every corner of our lives, civilian and military. Who will win and who will lose? Who will set the rules and the ethical boundaries within which they should develop and operate? Will the displaced be included, if so, how; or ignored and, if so, with what political, social and economic consequences? That these questions cannot be avoided and should not be postponed - and that we do not need to wait for change to happen because it is already upon us - are central messages of this thought provoking text." - Pat Cox, former President European Parliament.

Brian Lennon $9.95 • Paperback • 72 pages 5.5x8.25 • Currently Available REL012110 • 978-1-78-812314-3

Mary Magdalene might be the most understood person in the story of Jesus. Yet, Mary was also the first person to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection. It was Mary who first took the good news of his world-changing resurrection to the apostles. What can the story of Mary Magdalene and her relationship with Jesus, the 'Gardener', tell us about the future of women in the Church? Examining the spiritual significance of Mary's relationship to Jesus, the trans-historical significance of the resurrection and the contemporary question of the role of women in the Church, Mary Magdalene and the Gardener is a meditation on a world changed by one word; the word that made the resurrection real was 'Mary'.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Counsels of the Holy Spirit

A Convert's Story

A Reading of St Ignatius's Letters

Pat Corkery $5.95 • Paperback • 64 pages • 4.7x7.1 Currently Available • BIO018000 978-1-78-812327-3

Change is an essential part of life. How we meet that change is where it can get interesting. When a person goes through a conversion experience, there is an automatic assumption that they have it all figured out immediately, and they know exactly what God wants them to do. This is not the case. We only have to look at St. Paul. While his conversion was dramatic, Paul tells us in his letters that he had to spend considerable time in the wilderness pondering what had happened to him, and figuring out what exactly God wanted him to do. The same is true of St. Ignatius of Loyola. St. Ignatius had a dramatic conversion which shattered not only his leg but all his previous dreams and aspirations. Such a change was not easy to get his head around, and he was forced to enter into his own period in the wilderness. This time of reflection not only brought him closer to God, but it also gave him a greater insight into himself. In this booklet, you will be able to witness the transformation which took place in the life of Ignatius from a vainglorious young man obsessed with his own success, to one who put the service of God and other people before anything else.

Patrick Goujon Joseph Munitiz SJ $19.95 • Paperback • 136 pages 5.5x8.25 • Currently Available REL062000 • 978-1-78-812318-1

Many books have already been written on spiritual counseling, especially in the Ignatian tradition. But very few consider how Ignatius gave spiritual advice in his letters, directed to various and specific situations. If God really leads us in our spiritual journey, as Ignatius believed, what is the role of the spiritual adviser? What part is played by the numerous rules given in the Spiritual Exercises? The letters show that Ignatius really wanted to give scope to his correspondents and to their awareness of the work of the Holy Spirit within them. Ignatius deployed a “Pedagogy of Consolation” in which his correspondents were trained to exercise their own spiritual agency by discovering God’s abundant gifts. It was clear to Ignatius that a counseling relationship was first grounded in God’s freedom but also in the freedom of the person who asks for assistance.

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The O'Brien z Press Lily Book 3

The Pooka Party

Judi Curtin

Shona Shirley Macdonald

$16.99 • Paperback 288 pages • 5.9x8.5 December 2021 JUV016040 978-1-78-849280-5

Book 3 in the Lissadell series. Life as a maid in Lissadell House is always interesting, but with her friendship with Maeve under strain, a war in Europe starting, and uncertainly about her future, she needs all her wits about her!

978-1-78-849277-5

$13.99 • Paperback 32 pages • 8.65x11 December 2021 JUV052000

The Pooka is a magical shapeshifter who lives in the mountains all alone; fixing things, painting, dancing and singing. Suddenly, none of this seems fun any more, the Pooka realizes that its lonely and hasn't seen its friends in ages! After having some time to think, the Pooka decides to throw a big party and invite all of its friends. Join the Pooka as it attempts to throw the Pooka party of the century in this fun and beautifully illustrated picture book. A madcap tale of what to do if you feel sad and lonely, starring one shapeshifting hero with some musical monsters, flying cakes and a guest appearance by the Moon.

A Galway Fairytale

Jason Sherlock

Caitriona Sweeney

Great Irish Sports Stars

$19.99 • Hardback 32 pages • 8.5x10.25 November 2021 JUV012030 978-1-78-849272-0

Donny Mahoney

Irish Language Edition. Fans of A Dublin Fairytale will be enchanted by this contemporary take on the Hansel and Gretel fairytale set in modern-day Galway. Features locations such as the Spanish Arch, Salmon Weir Bridge and Eyre Square, as Séan and Gráinne seek out the perfect present for their mother. They pack their lunch for the day and set out on their shopping trip. On their travels around the city, they meet a knight, a pirate queen and a fisherman. They share their delicious soda bread with each of these character, leaving a trail of crumbs everywhere they go. When a wicked witch tries to steal the present they have bought for their mother's birthday, these characters leap to their rescue, rewarding the kindness the children have showed them.

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street

Sports Heroes $13.99 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.1x7.7 November 2021 JNF007100 • 978-1-78-849252-2

Before Jason Sherlock was an icon of Hill 16, he was a prodigy in basketball, soccer and even hurling. Follow Jason’s journey from an estate in Finglas to the top of the Irish sporting world and how he became an Dublin GAA icon as the Boys in Blue won the All-Ireland football final in 1995. It wasn't always easy, as Jason had to cope with racist abuse from an early age. After his inspiring playing career, Jason would go on to become a trusted assistant for Jim Gavin during Dublin's five-in-a-row run. Discover how a boy from the Dublin northside found strength in his difference to become a gaelic football great.

Sarah Webb $16.99 • Paperback 5.9x8.5 • November 2021 • JUV016040 978-1-78-849247-8

Dublin 1911 When Eliza Kane and her brother Jonty move from the leafy suburbs of Rathmines to a tenement flat on Henrietta Street they are in for a shock. Pigs and ponies in the yard, rats in the hallways and cockroaches or ‘clocks’ underfoot! When they meet their new neighbour, Annie, a kind and practical teenager and her brothers, and a travelling circus comes to town, offering them both jobs, helping Madam Ada, the bee charmer, and Albert the dog trainer, things start to look up. When a tragedy happens in the tenements, Eliza, Jonty and their new friends spring into action. A tale of family, friendship and finding a new home, with touch of magical bees!

Shay Given Great Irish Sports Stars Natasha Mac a'Bháird

978-1-78-849258-4

Sports Heroes $13.99 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.1x7.7 November 2021 JNF007100

The inspiration behind many of Ireland's greatest days, Shay Given earned 134 caps for his country and played in goal for Ireland for 20 years! Find how a boy who let in 7 goals in his first start for Lifford United went on to become one of the world's leading goalies.

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The O'BrienzPress Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World Erika McGann $14.99 • Paperback • 5.1x7.7 November 2021 • JUV001000 978-1-78-849249-2

Tabitha Plimtock lives in a house at the very edge of the world. She is a go-getter – that is, a dogsbody forced to go and get things – for her nasty relatives, Gower, Gristle, Bertha and Cousin Wilbur. One of Tabitha’s endless chores involves descending the cliff face, via a net that hangs from the back of the house, to collect eggs, nuts and other things from the inhabitants of the wall. When rumors begin to circulate of monsters climbing from the base to gobble up unsuspecting wall-dwellers, Tabitha is worried for all her friends on the wall. Determined to save her friends, Tabitha seeks out the elusive and eccentric Dr Sherback. The doctor introduces her to a whole new world at the base – one that is dark, dangerous and absolutely thrilling – but not even Dr Sherback’s vast knowledge can slow the terrible creatures climbing to the top of the wall. With a clever plan, and not a small amount of courage, Tabitha stops the monsters and keeps the people she loves safe for good.

Puffling and the Egg Gerry Daly Erika McGann $16.99 • Hardback • 32 pages 8.45x10.25 • December 2021 JUV002040 • 978-1-78-849248-5

When Puffling finds a lost egg on Skellig Michael, she sets of on a brand new adventure to return the egg to its nest! NCR

Sally Go Round the Stars

Reindeer Down!

Rhymes from an Irish Childhood

Natasha Mac a'Bháird Audrey Dowling

Sarah Webb Claire Ranson

$14.99 • Paperback • 32 pages 8.05x10.1 • January 2022 • JUV017010 978-1-78-849273-7

$14 • Hardback • 18 pages • 6.3x6.3 Currently Available • JUV070000 978-1-78-849246-1

A marvellous collection of Irish rhymes to delight any child, beautifully illustrated in this attractive board book. A short selection of favourite rhymes from the original Irish Book Award short-listed title, Sally Go Round the Stars (2011). Beautifully illustrated by Steve McCarthy, this is a perfect gift for young readers. All royalties to Barnardos.

An Irish Christmas Tale

Santa’s sleigh is flying over Ireland, delivering presents to all the boys and girls. But then there’s a crash! Dancer hurts her leg and can’t pull the sleigh. What will Santa do? Rory, the smallest reindeer, has a great idea. It’s full speed ahead to visit the deer in the Phoenix Park. Can they help Santa continue with his journey?

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The O'Brien z Press The Player's Advice

Great Moments in Irish Sport

Sean O'Sullivan $24.99 • Paperback • 6.1x8.9 November 2021 • SPO061000 978-1-78-849268-3

$39.99 • Hardback • 208 pages 8.5x9.85 • December 2021 SPO019000 • 978-1-78-849215-7

Do you play GAA? Do you feel there’s something missing from your game? Do you want to improve as a player and athlete? The Player’s Advice is a compilation of guidance aimed at you, the player, to give you the tools and disciplines to improve and excel in your code. With advice from over 100 of the top footballers, hurlers and camogie players in a range of areas such as gym, nutrition, routine, lifestyle, skill development, mindset and preparation.

We are a nation obsessed with sport. From the local GAA club, which is at the heart of so many Irish communities, to the racehorses that are trained and raced throughout the country; from our national football teams to our boxers, cyclists, athletes and more, we love county championships, national competition and, of course, the Olympics. The team at Sportsfile have been photographing Irish sport for four decades, capturing the highs and lows, the participants and the fans alike, both at home and abroad. Celebrate all that is great in Irish sport in this fantastic collection of photographs.

Semple Stadium

Flat Out Celebrating Irish Flat Racing

Field of Legends

Healy Racing Donn McClean

Liam Ó Donnchú $34.99 • Hardback 256 pages • 6.7x9.45 November 2021 SPO019000 • 978-1-78-849228-7

Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary, is truly "the home of hurling". This illustrated history of the stadium from its opening in 1910 right up to the present day features all its great days: from the development of the stadium, major games that were played there, significant players and managers, broadcasting from the grounds, the work of the groundsmen, other events held at the stadium over the years, personal recollections and accounts of this place where legends are made. Richly illustrated by photographs and ephemera.

978-1-78-849278-2

$39.99 • Hardback 208 pages • 8.5x9.85 December 2021 SPO021000

A thrilling collection of 200 photographs from the high-octane, glamourous world of flat racing, from the Irish Derby and the Irish Guineas at The Curragh, to the many local race meets such as Laytown, Wexford and Leopardstown, and reaching internationally to the highlights in the racing calendar of Ascot, Epsom, Newmarket, York, Doncaster, Longchamp, and as far afield as Melbourne and Saudi Arabia. The book contains an exciting mix of the big horses, the big wins, the big events, alongside significant wins for smaller trainers/owners/ riders from 2011-2021.

O'Connell Street The History and Life of Dublin's Iconic Street Nicola Pierce $29.99 • Hardback 224 pages • 6.1x8.9 November 2021 • HIS018000 978-1-78-849148-8

O'Connell Street is at the heart of Dublin. It has been through name changes and revolutions, destruction and rebuilding and remained at the heart of the story of Ireland for centuries. Nicola Pierce explores the people, the history, the buildings and the stories behind the main street in our capital city.

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The O'Brien z • z Press Best-Loved Bernard Shaw Anthony Roche $22.99 • Hardback • 128 pages • 5.1x7.7 December 2021 • LCO008000 978-1-78-849053-5

An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw. Includes extracts from his fiction, plays, essays and personal letters.

The Witness Statements [Working Title] An Insight into Ireland’s Revolutionary Era [Working Subtitle] Eamonn Duggan $29.99 • Hardback • 6.1x8.9 December 2021 • HIS018000 978-1-78-849271-3

Nearly 2,000 people gave detailed statements between 1947 and 1957 about their role in Ireland's fight for freedom. Recently released to scholars and researchers, they allow a much broader view of what actually happened in the fateful decade that led to independence from the British Empire. Eamonn Duggan explores the individual contributions of these remarkable people, and what they add to the history we thought we knew. A fascinating view of a vital period in Irish history, from 1913 to Independence.

On The Banks of the Dodder Rathgar & Churchtown: An Illustrated History Ged Walsh Peter Pearson $39.99 • Hardback • 208 pages 7.45x9.7 • 150 Halftones, color; 5 Maps December 2021 • HIS018000 978-1-78-849270-6

Take a trip along the Dodder and see the two suburbs nestling on its banks. The growth and development of both Rathgar and Churchtown, on opposite banks of the river, given an intimate view on the development of Dublin and Ireland through the centuries: from fields and farms to the densely-populated, busy suburbs of the 21st century. With meticulous research, anecdotes about residents famous and other wide and rediscovered full colored photographs, maps and new drawings throughout, this is a beautiful book to be treasured. Whether your family is from the area, you are a new resident, or a visitor, this book is a must-have on your shelf.

Wild Irish Love Great Romances from History Marian Broderick $29.99 • Hardback • 5.45x8.5 January 2022 • BIO006000 978-1-78-849182-2

The greatest Irish romances from history to the present day. With chapters on Inspirations, Love & War, Love Across the Divide, Secrets & Scandals and When Love Goes Wrong, among others, Marian Broderick tells of the men and women whose passions drove them to be together: often in the face of society, family, and even their own safety. From the legendary Deirdre and Naoise to WB Yeats and Maud Gonne, Charles Stuart Parnell and Katherine O'Shea to Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir, romantic Ireland is far from dead and gone!

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The O'Brien Pressz • Papillote Press This Day in Irish History

The Turning of the Year

Padraic Coffey

Legends and Lore of the Irish Seasons

$29.99 • Hardback • 384 pages 6.1x8.9 • November 2021 • HIS018000 978-1-78-849257-7 • The O'Brien Press

Eithne Massey

You may know all about the Easter Rising and the Good Friday Agreement, but did you know that the hypodermic needle was invented in Tallaght? Or that Dublin was the first city in the world to have a woman stockbroker, decades before London or New York? Or that the formula used to create the video game Tomb Raider was sketched on a bridge in Cabra in the nineteenth century? With one entry for every day of the year, book marks the anniversaries of momentous events in Irish history: in politics, medicine, music, sport and innovation. In this accessible, comprehensive and authoritative book, discover the moments that have helped to shape the national identity of Ireland.

$24.99 • Hardback • 5.3x8.5 December 2021 • SOC011000 978-1-78-849211-9 • The O'Brien Press

Who were the booley girls and why did they tie red rags to their cows’ tails? Why did our ancestors leave the doors open on the eve of 1 February? Why do we still light bonfires and dress up at Halloween? This book looks at the answers to these questions, bringing us on an exhilarating journey through the Irish seasons and the customs that welcomed each one in turn. Along the way we encounter saints, scholars, kings and goddesses, whose stories, preserved in myth and folktale, counterpoint the book's exploration both of lost traditions such as keening and how other customs and rituals have been preserved in today’s celebrations and communal events. It brings to the reader a new awareness of how such ritual can still have relevance in our lives, and a deeper appreciation of the power of the natural world.

Stories from the Sea

Black Man Listen

Ireland’s Coastal Stories and History

The Life of JR Ralph Casimir

Jo Kerrigan Richard Mills

Kathy Casimir MacLean $13.95 • Paperback • 120 pages • 6x8 b/w photographs • January 2022 BIO007000 • 978-1-83-804152-6 Papillote Press

$24.99 • Hardback • 288 pages 5.3x8.5 • November 2021 • SOC011000 978-1-78-849205-8 • The O'Brien Press

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands have brought goods, ideas, invaders, influencers. Our legends, and particularly the imramma or magical Otherworld voyage tales, show how deep our involvement with the ocean goes. Jo Kerrigan has discovered and retold tales from all around the Irish coast of storms, shipwrecks, pirate attacks and smuggling, as well as shipping stories, both of long distance trading and the little boats which took supplies from major harbours to smaller communities. The sea has an enduring fascination: let Jo's tales and Richard Mills' evocative photographs transport you to the coast to rediscover the tales gathered over the centuries by its communities.

JR Ralph Casimir (1898-1996) was a Pan-Africanist and poet from the Caribbean island of Dominica. He was organizer and General Secretary of the island’s branch of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1912-1922) and agent for Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line. This biography, lovingly written by his granddaughter Kathy Casimir MacLean, is the first in-depth look at the life of this courageous Dominican whose dedication to Pan-Africanist ideas is reflected in his writings and in his links with Garvey and other key African-American figures of the time. He was also a teacher, church cantor and poet, founding Dominica’s first literary society and publishing the first anthologies of Dominican poetry.

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Captain John Smith, Adventurer Piracy, Pocahontas and Jamestown R E Pritchard

The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics Paul Chrystal

$29.95 • Paperback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 September 2021 • BIO023000 978-1-39-900153-3

$42.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 6x9.25 20 color illustrations • Currently Available MED039000 • 978-1-39-900542-5

Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He sailed under a pirate flag, was shipwrecked and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved at the eleventh hour. All this before he was thirty years old. He was one of the founders of the English settlement at Jamestown, where he faced considerable danger from the natives as well as from within the faction-ridden settlement itself. In fact, were it not for Smith’s leadership, the Jamestown colony would surely have failed. Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest. This swashbuckling Elizabethan adventurer was resourceful, intelligent and outspoken, with a vision of what America could become. In this riveting book, R.E. Pritchard tells the rip-roaring story of a remarkable man who refused to give in.

This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history – all through the lens of today’s ongoing global experience of COVID 19. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, it first defines what constitutes a pandemic or epidemic then looks at 20 guilty diseases: including cholera, influenza, bubonic plague, leprosy, measles, smallpox, malaria, AIDS, MERS, SARS, Zika, Ebola and, of course, Covid-19. Some less well-known, but equally significant and deadly contagions such as Legionnaires’ Disease, psittacosis, polio, the Sweat, and dancing plague, are also covered. The book is ordered chronologically. Each chapter features an explanation and description of epidemiology, sources and vectors, morbidity, mortality, governmental response and reaction, societal response and impact as well as psychological issues where known - and the political, legal and scientific consequences it had or has for each locus at a local and international level. In short – the book explains how each of the events both made and influenced subsequent history in its own way, particularly how each shaped future medical and scientific research and vaccine development programs. It also examines myths about infectious diseases, the role of the media and social media.

Staging Shakespeare's Violence: My Cue to Fight Domestic Fury Seth Duerr Jared Kirby $49.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 9.6x9.5 50 integrated color illustrations • July 2021 LIT015000 • 978-1-52-676240-5

This first book of its kind to provide an in-depth examination of how the greatest playwright in the English language employed not only psychological brutality but also physical violence throughout his works. A writer utilizes violence, like song or dance, in moments where the story requires more than just words. But addressing how the violence will be staged tends either to be neglected or utterly gratuitous, both of which serve to separate the audience from the story and kill the whole venture. The answer rests in approaching violence the same way we do scenework. The plays of William Shakespeare seek to engage audiences with all of the characters’ blood, tears, sweat, and guts. These works are not flowery poems meant to be mumbled in a classroom, or histrionically declaimed in frilly costumes. There is nothing light and fluffy about 'rape' and 'murder’s rages', or 'carving' someone as a dish fit for the gods, or fighting till from one’s bones one’s 'flesh be hacked'. Making matters more complicated is the ambiguity and sometimes even complete lack of stage directions. Modern texts typically possess clear directions whenever violence is to occur in the action but playscripts were quite different four centuries ago. Such denotations were both rare and inconsistent in Elizabethan and Jacobean printings.

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Pen &zSword How to Survive in Ancient Egypt

How to Survive in Medieval England

Charlotte Booth

Toni Mount

$29.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6x9.25 • 30 black and white illustrations • July 2021 HIS002030 • 978-1-52-676711-0

Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street? All these questions, and many more, will be answered in this new how-to guide for time travelers. Part self-help guide, part survival guide, this lively and engaging book will help the reader deal with the many problems and new experiences that they will face, and also help them to thrive in this strange new environment.

Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome L J Trafford $22.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations • November 2021 • HIS002020 978-1-52-678687-6

Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, ipads, internet and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you’re fortunate, horse-back, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to eat? What shall you wear? How can you communicate when nobody speaks as you do and what about money? Who can you go to if you fall ill or are mugged in the street? However can you fit into and thrive in this strange environment full of odd people who seem so different from you? All these questions and many more are answered in this new guide book for time-travellrs: How to Survive in Medieval England. A handy self-help guide with tips and suggestions to make your visit to the Middle Ages much more fun, this lively and engaging book will help the reader deal with the new experiences they may encounter and the problems that might occur.

Burying the Dead

Before the Pharaohs

An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries

Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt

Lorraine Evans

The image of Ancient Rome that has come down to us is one of sexual excess: emperors gripped by perversion partaking in pleasure with whomever and whatever they fancied during week long orgies. But how true are these tales of depravity? Was it really a sexual free for all? What were the laws surrounding sexual engagement? How did these vary according to gender and class? And what happened to those who transgressed the rules? We invite you to climb into bed with the Romans to discover some very odd contraceptive devices, gather top tips on how to attract a partner and learn why you should avoid poets as lovers at all costs.

$24.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6x9.25 • Integrated black and white illustrations • August 2021 HIS037010 • 978-1-52-675441-7

$39.95 • Paperback • 216 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • July 2021 SOC003000 • 978-1-52-675757-9

Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial execution by decapitation, one of which required several blows. Although unpalatable to some, these burial grounds are an important part of our social heritage. Burying the Dead explores how these attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone continual change.

Julian Heath $34.95 • Hardback 208 pages • 6x9.25 • 20 color illustrations September 2021 • SOC003000 978-1-52-679041-5

The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt’s prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected. This book examines the fascinating archaeology of Stone Age Egypt, from its very beginnings, when early members of the human species arrived in Egypt from sub-Saharan Africa, to its end, when the impressive Naqada Culture emerged, setting in motion the processes that led to the formation of one of the world’s greatest ancient civilizations.

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Pen & z •Sword z Usurpers, A New Look at Medieval Kings

The Real Leonardo Da Vinci

Michele Morrical

$39.95 • Hardback • 184 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations October 2021 • BIO001000 978-1-52-676105-7

$42.95 • Hardback • 216 pages • 6x9.25 30 black and white illustrations November 2021 • HIS015020 978-1-52-677950-2

In the Middle Ages, England had to contend with a string of usurpers who disrupted the British monarchy and ultimately changed the course of European history by deposing England’s reigning kings and seizing power for themselves. Some of the most infamous usurper kings to come out of medieval England include William the Conqueror, Stephen of Blois, Henry Bolingbroke, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry Tudor. Did these kings really deserve the title of usurper or were they unfairly vilified by royal propaganda and biased chroniclers? In this book we examine the lives of these six medieval kings, the circumstances which brought each of them to power, and whether or not they deserve the title of usurper. Along the way readers will hear stories of some of the most fascinating people from medieval Europe.

Rose Sgueglia

Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed. That’s probably why he wrote backwards from right to left to avoid smudging ink on his hand as he made notes. Words could only be read with the help of a mirror making it taxing for anyone but himself to quickly decode his handwriting. Some historians say that he was trying to make it more challenging for people to steal his ideas while others claim that it was a clever attempt to hide scientific findings from the intolerant Roman Catholic Church of the Renaissance. Whatever the logic behind this, the constant association with mirror writing and studies on the human body anatomy, made him one of the most enigmatic figures of his and then of our century. This biography investigates Leonardo and his different roles from anatomist to inventor, architect, painter, rumored to be templar and scientific pioneer.

Surviving the Times

Royal Mysteries: The Medieval Period

Juliana Cummings

Timothy Venning

$34.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6x9 20 black and white illustrations Currently Available • MED039000 978-1-52-677934-2 Juliana Cummings lives in MA

Royal Mysteries • $42.95 • Hardback 256 pages • 6x9.25 • 16 black and white illustrations • Currently Available TRU002000 • 978-1-52-678051-5

Medicine in the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages covers a span of roughly one thousand years, and through that time people were subject to an array of not only deadly diseases but deplorable living conditions. It was a time when cures for sickness were often worse than the illness itself mixed with a population of people who lacked any real understanding of sanitation and cleanliness. Dive in to the history of medieval medicine, and learn how the foundations of healing were built on the knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. Understand how your social status would have affected medical care, and how the domination of the Catholic Church was the basis of an abundant amount of fear regarding life and death. As well as diving into the treacherous waters of medieval childbirth, Cummings looks into the birth of hospitals and the care for the insane. We are also taken directly to the battlefield and given the gruesome details of medieval warfare and its repercussions. Examine the horrors of the torture chamber and execution as a means of justice.

Royal murder mysteries never fail to intrigue readers and TV viewers. Here are some of the most haunting and even horrific episodes from the middle ages, based on latest historical research and historiography, and authentic and rare sources, including archaeology and DNA evidence, uncovering wonderful tales of pathos, tragedy, suffering and romance. This is history for specialists and general readers - and sceptics given the intense media coverage, including TV, and interest in exciting and accessible popular history. The famous and also less well-known mysteries, which may be new to readers, surrounding British Royalty, are included from around the 11th to the 15th centuries. The murder mysteries show personal and individual tragedy but are also a vehicle for historical analysis.

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Pen z&•Sword z Daughters of Edward I

The Two Isabellas of King John

Kathryn Warner

Kristen McQuinn

$42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations September 2021 • BIO014000 978-1-52-675027-3

$42.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6x9 20 black and white illustrations October 2021 • BIO014000 978-1-52-676164-4

In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne married a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos, and their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England and Leonor of Castile had at least fourteen children together, though only six survived into adulthood, five of them daughters. Daughters of Edward I traces the lives of these five capable, independent women, including Joan of Acre, born in the Holy Land, who defied her father by marrying a second husband of her own choice, and Mary, who did not let her forced veiling as a nun stand in the way of the life she really wanted to live. The women's stories span the decades from the 1260s to the 1330s, through the long reign of their father, the turbulent reign of their brother Edward II, and into the reign of their nephew, the child-king Edward III.

King John of England was married to two women: Isabella of Gloucester and Isabelle of Angoulême. The two women were central to shaping John and his reign, each in her own way molding the king and each other over their lives. Little is known about Isabella of Gloucester and she has largely become an historical footnote; Isabelle of Angoulême has a reputation as a witch and poisoner. However, both were products of their time, victims and pawns of the powerful men whose voices overwrote the experiences of women. By examining these two very different women through a modern feminist lens, The Two Isabellas offers new insight into one of England’s lesser-known queens and a different interpretation of one of its least popular kings. In The Two Isabellas of King John, Kristen McQuinn offers new and intriguing insights into two of England’s important yet little understood queen-consorts, the wives of King John. Taking a feminist light, McQuinn brightly shines it on both England’s least well-known consort, Isabella of Gloucester, his first wife, and one of its least popular, Isabelle of Angoulême, his child bride.

Castles of England

Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England

John Paul Davis Castles of... • $34.95 • Hardback 248 pages • 6x9.25 • 25 black and white illustrations • October 2021 ARC024010 • 978-1-39-901369-7

Annie Whitehead

For almost a thousand years, the castles of England have stood proudly over her landscape. While many bear the scars of centuries of warfare, others continue to enjoy a far more comfortable existence. They are the sites of bloody sieges. The windswept ruin. The royal palace. The home of knights and nobility. The local museum. The posh hotel. Though we all recognise a castle when we see one, no two are ever exactly alike. By digging deep into the history of England’s mighty castles, the purpose of this book is to throw light on those who lived there. For as long as there have been castles in England, there have been mysteries within their walls: murders that were never solved, treasures that remain unfound, prisoners left to rot in the ghastliest pits or executions worthy of lasting infamy. From unfortunate victims to long lost legends, infamous owners to ladies in grey, Castles of England offers a fresh investigation into many of those tales that will forever be the cause of intrigue for visitors. To understand who they were is to understand the story of the castle in England. To understand the castle in England is to understand England.

$29.95 • Paperback • 240 pages 6x9.25 • October 2021 • HIS058000 978-1-39-900053-6

Many Anglo-Saxon kings are familiar. Æthelred the Unready is one, yet less is written of his wife, who was consort of two kings and championed one of her sons over the others, or his mother who was an anointed queen and powerful regent, but was also accused of witchcraft and regicide. A royal abbess educated five bishops and was instrumental in deciding the date of Easter; another took on the might of Canterbury and Rome and was accused by the monks of fratricide. From seventh-century Northumbria to eleventh-century Wessex and making extensive use of primary sources, Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England examines the lives of individual women in a way that has often been done for the Anglo-Saxon men but not for their wives, sisters, mothers and daughters. It tells their stories: those who ruled and schemed, the peace-weavers and the warrior women, the saints and the sinners. It explores, and restores, their reputations.

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Pen & Sword Arena Sport From Robber Barons to Courtiers The Changing World of the Lovells of Titchmarsh Monika Simon $49.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations July 2021 • HIS015000 978-1-52-675107-2

The Killer of the Princes in the Tower A New Suspect Revealed M J Trow $42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations • Currently Available TRU002000 • 978-1-52-678407-0

Though Francis Lovell is the best known member of his family, the Lovells were an old aristocratic family, tracing their roots back to eleventh-century Normandy. Aside from the Battle of Hastings, a Lovell can be found at virtually all important events in English history. The history of the Lovells of Titchmarsh, from their relatively obscure beginnings in the border region between France and Normandy to a powerful position at the royal court, not only illustrates the fate of this one family but also throws an interesting light on the changes and developments in medieval and Tudor England. Several themes emerge as constant in the lives of an aristocratic family over the five centuries covered in this book: the profit and perils of service to the crown, the influences of family tradition and personal choice, loyalty and opportunism, skill and luck, and the roles of women in the family.

The disappearance of two boys during the summer of 1483 has never been satisfactorily explained. They were Edward, Prince of Wales, nearly thirteen at the time, and his brother, Richard of York, nearly ten. Over the past 500 years, three men in particular have been accused of the boys’ murders. Most fingers remain pointed squarely at Richard of Gloucester. This book takes a different approach, the first to follow this particular line of enquiry. It is written as a police procedural, weighing up the historical evidence without being shackled to a particular ‘camp’. The supposition has always been made that the boys were murdered for political reasons. But what if that is incorrect? What if they died for other reasons entirely? What if their killer had nothing to gain politically from their deaths at all? And, even more fascinatingly, what if the princes in the Tower were not the only victims?

Sex, Love and Marriage in the Elizabethan Age

Scourge of Henry VIII

R E Pritchard

Melanie Fay Zoe Clegg

$34.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations • Currently Available FAM030000 • 978-1-52-675462-2

$26.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 32 illustrations Currently Available • BIO014000 978-1-39-901312-3

Most people have always been interested in sex, love and marriage. Now, this entertaining and informative book explores the surprisingly varied and energetic sex and love lives of the women and men of Queen Elizabeth's England. A range of writers, from the famous, such as Shakespeare, John Donne and Ben Jonson, and lesser-known figures popular in their time, provide, in their witty stories, poems and plays, vivid pictures of Elizabethan sexual attitudes and experiences, while sober reports from the church courts tell of seductions, adulteries and rapes. Here we also encounter private journals and scenes from ordinary marriages, with complaints of women's fashions, bossy wives and domineering husbands. Besides this, there are accounts of the busy whores of London brothels, homosexual activity and the Court's amorous carousel of predatory aristocrats, promiscuous ladies and hopeful maids of honour. We conclude with the frustrations of The Virgin Queen herself. This lively review of Elizabethan sexuality should intrigue and amuse anyone with an interest in history, and how love used to be lived, 'in good Queen Bess's golden days.'

Although Mary, Queen of Scots continues to fascinate both historians and the general public alike, the story of her mother, Marie de Guise, is much less well known. A political power in her own right, she was born into the powerful and ambitious Lorraine family, spending her formative years at the dazzling and licentious court of Franois I. Although briefly courted by Henry VIII, she instead married his nephew, James V of Scotland, in 1538. James' premature death four years later left their six day old daughter, Mary, as Queen and presented Marie with the formidable challenge of winning the support of the Scottish people and protecting her daughters threatened birthright. The last serious biography of Marie de Guise was published in 1977 and whereas plenty of attention has been paid to the mistakes of her daughter's eventful but brief reign, the time has come for a fresh assessment of this most fascinating and under appreciated of sixteenth century female rulers.

The Life of Marie de Guise

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Pen z&•Sword z Casanova's Guide to Medicine

The Pope’s Greatest Adversary

18th Century Medical Practice

Girolamo Savonarola Samantha Morris

Lisetta Lovett

$32.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations November 2021 • BIO006000 978-1-52-672444-1

$42.95 • Hardback • 352 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • MED039000 978-1-52-677921-2

Giacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manqué doctor. Fortunately for us, he wrote his memoirs at the end of his life on the advice of his doctor to control his propensity to depression. Although these often have been harvested for information on political, cultural and social aspects of his time, the insights they give about medical practice and the lived experiences of illness have been largely neglected. This book addresses this deficiency through exploring in detail what Casanova wrote on a variety of conditions that include venereal disease and female complaints, dueling injuries, suicide, skin complaints and stroke and even piles. These descriptions provide alternately grim and amusing insights about public health measures, the doctor-patient relationship, medical etiquette and the dominant medical theories of the era.

On 24 May 1497 Girolamo Savonarola was led out to a scaffold in the middle of the Piazza della Signoria. Crowds gathered around and watched as he was publically humiliated before being hanged and burned. But what did this man do that warranted such a horrendous death? Preaching before the people of Florence to an increasingly packed out Cathedral, Savonarola came to be called a prophet. And when Charles VIII invaded Italy with his French army, one of his so called prophecies came true. It was enough for the people to sit up and take note, allowing this man to become the defacto ruler of Florence. Except Girolamo Savonarola made one very fatal mistake – he made an enemy of Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope, by preaching against his corruption and attempting to overthrow him. It would prove to be his ultimate undoing – the Pope turned the Florentines who had so loved the friar against him and he ended his days hanging above a raging inferno.

The Mistresses of George I and II

Charles II's Favourite Mistress

A Maypole and a Peevish Beast

Pretty, Witty Nell Gwyn Sarah-Beth Watkins

Catherine Curzon

$39.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 40 black and white illustrations • October 2021 BIO014000 • 978-1-39-900056-7

$34.95 • Hardback • 216 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations September 2021 • BIO014000 978-1-52-676272-6

When George I arrived in England he found a kingdom in turmoil. Mistrustful of the new monarch from Hanover, his subjects met his coronation with riots. At George’s side was his mistress, Melusine von der Schulenberg, whilst his ex-wife languished in prison. Known as the Maypole thanks to her eye-catching figure, Melusine was the king’s confidante for decades. She was a mother to his children and a queen without a crown. George II never forgave his father for tearing him from his mother's arms and he was determined to marry for love, not duty. Though his wife, Caroline of Ansbach, proved to be a politically gifted queen, George II turned to another for affection. She was Henrietta Howard, the impoverished Countess of Suffolk, and she was desperate to escape her brutish husband.. Melusine and Henrietta's privileged position made them the envy of every courtier. It also made them a target of jealousy, plotting and ambition. In the tumultuous Georgian court, the bedroom and the throne room weren't so far apart.

Nell Gwyn, the most infamous mistress of Charles II, was a commoner raised from the dingy back alleys of London to the stage and into a king’s arms. Hers was a true rags to riches story that saw a young girl rise from selling oranges to capturing the heart of a king. Nell was one of the first actresses on stage; a loveable comedienne who wowed audiences with her wit and charm. She fell in love with Charles Hart (one of the leading actors of the time), had a torrid affair with Lord Buckhurst and ultimately ended up in the king’s bed. She stayed on the stage for six years, but she stayed in the king’s heart for seventeen – his only mistress who was faithful to him. Set against the backdrop of Restoration London, this book charts Nell’s life and that of her family and friends – from her drunken mother and troublesome sister to the most notorious wits of the age. Nell had a generous heart and a mischievous spirit, and was friends with people from all walks of life. The only woman she really detested was another of the king’s mistresses, Louise de Kerouaille, known as the French Spy.

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PenBirlinn & Sword The Nonconformist Revolution

The Elder Sons of George III

Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family

Religious Dissent, Innovation and Rebellion Amanda J Thomas

Kings, Princes, and a Grand Old Duke Catherine Curzon

$29.95 • Paperback • 280 pages • 6x9.25 October 2021 • HIS015000 978-1-52-679972-2

Melvyn Jones Joan Jones

$22.95 • Paperback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 32 b&w illustrations • September 2021 BIO014000 • 978-1-52-676308-2

The Nonconformism Revolution explores the evolution of dissenting thought and how Nonconformity shaped the transformation of England from a rural to an urban, industrialized society. The foundations for the Industrial Revolution were in place from the late Middle Ages when the early development of manufacturing processes and changes in the structure of rural communities began to provide opportunities for economic and social advancement. Successive waves of Huguenot migrants and the influence of Northern European religious ideology also played an important role in this process.

$29.95 • Paperback • 152 pages • 6x9.25 70 color & b&w illustrations • July 2021 BIO006000 • 978-1-52-678301-1

The sons of George III were prepared from infancy to take their place on the world’s stage, but as the king’s health failed and the country lurched from one drama to the next, they found that duty was easier said than done. With scandalous romances, illegal marriages, rumors of corruption and even the odd kidnapping plot, their lives were as breathless as they were dramatic. In The Elder Sons of George III: Kings, Princes, and a Grand Old Duke, travel from Great Britain to America and on to Hanover in the company of princes who were sometimes scandalous, sometimes sensational, but never, ever dull.

Royal Seals Images of Power and Majesty Paul Dryburgh Images of the The National Archives $34.95 • Paperback 168 pages • 6.5x9.5 50 color illustrations Currently Available • HIS015000 978-1-52-676649-6

Royal Seals is an introduction to the seals of the kings and queens of England, Scotland and latterly the United Kingdom, as well as the Church and nobility. Ranging from Medieval times to modern day, it uses images of impressive wax seals held at The National Archives to show the historical importance of these beautiful works of art. Included are features on the great seals of famous monarchs like Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and twentieth-century monarchs, as well as insights on the role of seals in treaties and foreign policy. With ecclesiastical seals and those of the nobility and lower orders included, this is a comprehensive and lavishly illustrated guide.

It was the home of a knight, a baron, a viscount, two marquises and nine earls. This copiously illustrated book explores the history of the house, the estate and the family over more than 400 years, drawing on a wide variety of sources, particularly the family records (the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments) held in Sheffield Archives.

Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica James C Hamilton $39.95 • Paperback • 320 pages • 6x9.25 October 2021 • BIO023000 978-1-39-900002-4

Using Cook's journals and the log books of officers who sailed with him, the book sets his Antarctic explorations within the context of his historic voyages. The main focus is on the Second Voyage (1772-1775), but brief episodes in the First Voyage (during 1769) and the Third Voyage (1776) are part of the story. Throughout the narrative Cook’s exceptional seamanship and navigational skills, and that of his crew, are displayed during often-difficult passages in foul weather across uncharted and inhospitable seas. Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica offers the reader a fascinating insight into Cook the seaman and explorer.

The Real Sherlock Holmes The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada Angela Buckley $22.95 • Paperback 176 pages • 6x9.25 • 30 b&w illustrations Currently Available • POL014000 978-1-39-901352-9

On 6 December 1886, Arthur Foster leaves the Queens Theatre, Manchester with a pocket full of gold and a lady bedecked with diamonds on his arm. He hails a hansom cab unaware that a detective has been trailing him as he crisscrossed the streets of the city. As the cab pulls away, the detective slips inside and arrests the infamous Birmingham Forger. The detective is Jerome Caminada, legendary policeman and real-life Victorian super-sleuth. Caminadas story bears all the hallmarks of Arthur Conan Doyle and establishes this investigator as one of the most formidable detectives of the Victorian era and The Real Sherlock Holmes.

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Pen &zSword A Dark History of Chocolate

Collectable Names and Designs in Women's Handbags

Emma Kay A Dark History • $34.95 Hardback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations • November 2021 HIS010020 • 978-1-52-676830-8

Tracy Martin

Renowned food historian Emma Kay takes a look behind the façade of chocolate – first as a hot drink and then as a sweet – delving into the murky and mysterious aspects of its phenomenal global growth, from a much-prized hot beverage in pre-Colombian Central America to becoming an integral part of the cultural fabric of modern life. From the seductive corridors of Versailles, serial killers, witchcraft, medicine and war to its manufacturers, the street sellers, criminal gangs, explorers and the arts, chocolate has played a significant role in some of the world’s deadliest and gruesome histories. If you thought chocolate was all Easter bunnies, romance and gratuity, then you only know half the story. This most ancient of foods has a heritage rooted in exploitation, temptation and mystery.

Vintage and future accessories expert, Tracy Martin reveals what to spot when buying both vintage and modern handbags which are already desirable with collectors or have the potential to become sought after in the future. From the Victorian miser bag to 1950s Lucite and the op-art designs of the Sixties to bang up to date modern examples such as Lulu Guinness's iconic Lips clutch, Tracy recommends the most desirable for collector's of all budgets. Throughout the pages she shares her top tips on which designers to buy from the past, present and future, how to avoid getting caught out by fake or damaged bags and where is best to invest. Together with a detailed social history on the designers and their bags, this lavishly illustrated book is a must-own for all those passionate about handbags.

Rowntree's – The Early History

The Life of Richard Cadbury

Paul Chrystal

Socialist, Philanthropist & Chocolatier

$39.95 • Hardback 216 pages • 6x9.25 32 b&w illustrations Currently Available BIO003000

Diane Wordsworth

This book charts the fascinating story behind the birth and development of the chocolate empire that was Rowntrees. Background information to this astonishing business comes by way of chapters on the early history of the Rowntrees, contemporary York, the relationship between Quakers and chocolate, and the Tuke family – without whom there would have been no Rowntrees, and no Kit Kats. Rowntree’s role in the two world wars is also covered along with the struggle Joseph Rowntree had accepting the importance of advertising. Altogether this book gives two fascinating biographies of two exceptional and driven brothers who came together to form one of our greatest companies - producing some of our best loved confectionery products.

$42.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 9.6x9.5 • 150 color illustrations October 2021 • DES005000 978-1-78-159745-3

$24.95 • Paperback • 192 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • July 2021 BIO003000 • 978-1-52-676829-2

In 1824, John Cadbury opened a grocer’s shop in Bull Street in Birmingham and started to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate alongside everything else. In 1831, he opened a factory and started to manufacture his own product, and by 1842 the company was selling almost 30 different types of drinking chocolate and cocoa. There is a lot of information available about George Cadbury, but the only previously published biography of his older brother Richard is now out of print. The Life of Richard Cadbury is a brand-new biography hoping to put that straight, looking at the history and background behind the socialist, philanthropist and chocolatier.

The History of Women's Football Jean Williams $49.95 • Hardback 248 pages • 6x9.25 70 b&w illustrations October 2021 SPO040000 • 978-1-52-678531-2

A complete history of women’s football, from its Victorian games beginning in 1881, to the plans for England to host the Euro Finals in England 2022, this book demonstrates how women’s football began as a professional sport, and has only recently returned to these professional roots in the UK. Why was women’s football banned in 1921? Why did it take until 1969 for a Women’s Football Association to form? Why did it take until 1995 for England to qualify for a Women’s World Cup? Answers to these key questions are supplemented across the chapters by personal accounts of the players who defied the ban, at home and abroad, along with the personal costs, and rewards, of being footballing pioneers.

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Penz & Sword Polaris

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records

Tracing your Ancestors Using the UK Historical Timeline

Tracing Your First World War Ancestors Second Edition

A Guide for Family Historians

Chris Paton

Angela Smith Neil Bertram

Simon Fowler

Tracing Your Ancestors • $26.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 6x9.25 • 40 black and white illustrations • November 2021 • REF013000 978-1-52-678021-8

The history of Ireland is one that was long dominated by the question of land ownership, with complex and often distressing tales over the centuries of dispossession and colonisation, religious tensions, absentee landlordism, subsistence farming, and considerably more to sadden the heart. Yet with the destruction of much of Ireland's historic record during the Irish Civil War, and with the discriminatory Penal Laws in place in earlier times, it is often within land records that we can find evidence of our ancestors' existence, in some cases the only evidence, where the relevant vital records for an area may never have been kept or may not have survived. In Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records, genealogist and best-selling author Chris Paton explores how the surviving records can help with our ancestral research, but also tell the stories of the communities from within which our ancestors emerged. He explores the often controversial history of ownership of land across the island, the rights granted to those who held estates and the plights of the dispossessed, and identifies the various surviving records which can help to tease out the stories of many of Ireland's forgotten generations.

Tracing Your Ancestors • $26.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 6x9.25 • 40 black and white illustrations • August 2021 • REF013000 978-1-39-900332-2

This handy book is a timeline guide to genealogical resources - what records are available and when they started - as well as an aide-memoire to significant historical events from 1066 to 2020; helping to put family ancestors into an historical context. Each page in this book has a main column with facts of genealogical relevance in the broadest sense; a side column makes mention of events of socio-cultural significance and events relating to the monarchy, the State and the Church. Entries cover historical and genealogical aspects of all four countries of the UK plus Ireland and the Channel Islands, as well as significant historical events in the wider world that had an impact here. The timeline is especially strong on the contribution of migration, extreme weather, disasters, epidemics, wars, non-conformist religions, taxation, transport, the armed services, famine, empire, organised labour, social writers, mapmakers, political unrest and scientific advances. Genealogically, there is information on changes to BMD certificates and the associated register entries, as well as to censuses and the facts they collected, plus much more.

Tracing Your Ancestors • $26.95 • Paperback 152 pages • 6x9.25 • 40 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • REF013000 978-1-39-900039-0

The First World War was perhaps the most traumatic event of the Twentieth Century. Millions of men, women and children were affected by it. And it still has a resonance today more than a hundred years after the Armistice. This guide offers a simple, yet comprehensive, guide to researching the men and women from Britain - and its dominions and colonies - who took part in the First World War either at the front or at home It is an accessible, up-to-date and expert introduction to get you on your way and to answer those questions you might come across during your researches. In a straightforward, easy-to-follow style the book introduces readers to the multitude of sources they can use to explore the history of the First World War for themselves. In a series of short, instructive chapters the book takes the reader through the process of researching ancestors who served during the First World War providing short cuts and background information as required. The book covers the key sources, including the National Archives and the many online sites that researchers can turn to.

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Pen &zSword The Lost History of the Lady Aeronauts

From have-a-go Georgians to emancipated Edwardians, the lady aeronauts were actresses, writers, heiresses, scientists, engineers, explorers, showgirls and suffragettes. These unsung trailblazers for female freedom enjoyed lives shot through with sheer courage and joie de vivre. Yet they were all but forgotten. Hold on tight for a white-knuckle balloon ride through their remarkable real life stories…

The Rebel Suffragette

Lisa Tippings

The Life of Edith Rigby

$34.95 • Hardback 232 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available BIO007000 978-1-52-675454-7

Sharon Wright $29.95 Paperback • 184 pages • 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations • Currently Available BIO022000 • 978-1-39-900538-8

The Real George Eliott

The Real George Eliot revisits the life of the groundbreaking nineteenth century novelist on the bicentenary of her birth. Eliot was a writer who explored such important questions as the role of women in society and the education they were allowed to access, religion and the restrictions it could sometimes place on individuals, and the struggle between a person’s public and private persona. Her own private life was the cause of much speculation and notoriety. Eliot chose to ignore most of the conventions of Victorian society in order to pursue her own happiness.

Mary Ward: First Sister of Feminism

$39.95 • Hardback 168 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations • November 2021 BIO006000 • 978-1-52-677390-6

There are many tales to tell in the life of Edith Rigby, she was charismatic, passionate, ruthless and thoroughly unpredictable. She was someone who rejected the accepted notion of what a woman of her class should be the way she dressed and the way she ran her household but she was independent in mind and spirit and always had courage in her own convictions. As a suffragette, she was just as effective and brave as the Pankhurst women. This is the story of a life of a lesser known suffragette. This is Edith’s story.

The Amazing Story of Lise Meitner

Sydney Thorne $34.95 • Hardback 224 pages • 6x9.25 20 black and white illustrations • September 2021 • BIO022000 978-1-39-900523-4

Escaping the Nazis and Becoming the World’s Greatest Physicist

An English Catholic, Mary Ward had already defied the authorities in England. In 1621 she walked across Europe to ask the Pope to allow her to set up schools for girls. But Mary’s vision of equality angered the Catholic Church and the Pope threw her into prison. As the story sweeps from Yorkshire to Rome, from Vienna and Munich to Prague and back to England, we see Mary dodging pirates in the Channel, witch hunts in Germany and the plague in Italy. We see travelers crossing the Alps, and prisoners writing letters in invisible lemon juice to smuggle them past their gaolers. The settings range from the resplendent courts in Brussels and Munich to the siege of York in the English Civil War. The reader is immersed in seventeenth-century life.

Andrew Norman

Beverley Adams

$42.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • July 2021 BIO006000 • 978-1-39-900629-3

The book describes how Lise Meitner, of Jewish heritage, found herself working as a physicist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin when the Nazis came to power in 1933; how she was hounded out of the country and forced to relocate to Sweden; how German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman continued with the project – on the effect of bombarding uranium (the heaviest known element at the time) with neutrons, a project which Lise herself had initiated.

A History of Women in Men's Clothes From CrossDressing to Empowerment Shopland

Norena

$42.95 • Hardback • 216 pages • 6x9.25 • 40 black and white illustrations • August 2021 HIS058000 • 978-1-52-678767-5

Traditionally, historic women have been seen as bound by social conventions, unable to travel unless accompanied and limited in their ability to do what they want when they want. But thousands of women broke those rules, put on banned clothing and travelled, worked and even lived whole lives as men. Daring and bold, this is the story of the women who defied social convention to live their lives as they chose, from simply wanting more independence, to transgender and homosexual women cross-dressing to express themselves, this is women’s fight to wear trousers.

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Pen &z •Sword z The Historical Atlas of the British Isles

Philip, Prince of Greece

Alex Swanston Ian Barnes

The Duke of Edinburgh's Early Life and the Greek Succession

$26.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 8.4x10.8 • July 2021 • HIS027000 978-1-39-901316-1

This atlas covers the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the present day. The first hunter-gatherers, who crossed into what would become our familiar islands by the land-bridge, and later followed by more familiar peoples the Celts, Angles, Saxons,Vikings and Normans, who together would create our islands unique history. Each contributed ideas which shaped our lands, languages and thoughts that are at the core of our identities to this day. This story is illustrated with 150 full-color maps and plans that range across many topics. The expansion of our islands peoples across the oceans and the lasting legacy that movement left on the world and on our home islands. We show the fluctuating fortunes of the states we now identify ourselves by, from an Anglo-Scottish imperium to devolved power, independence and the often painful process by which the modern map of our islands evolved.The forces of history and religion divided the islands peoples but our DNA unites us much more that most would realise the islands have gone on to embrace new cultures that have come to seek refuge, opportunity and equalitry this is a peoples history.

The Last Days of Empire and the Worlds of Business and Diplomacy An Inside Account Charles Cullimore $39.95 • Hardback • 144 pages 6x9.25 • 16 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO003000 978-1-52-678904-4

Charles Cullimore's was a varied life from the end of the British Empire to high-level business and finally with major roles in post-imperial British policy. He rounded off a career appropriately by lecturing at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London, underpinning academic study with his hands-on experience in international diplomacy. The account is modest, graphic, full of incident, personality and anecdote, and face-to-face encounters with leading actors. A personal story, a colorful travelogue and an inside experience of politics and international relations, which includes a poignant 'imperial' sidelight with the discovery of his grandmother's grave in India.

Constantinos Lagos John Carr $49.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 6x9.25 • 16 pp black and white photos Currently Available • BIO014000 978-1-52-679082-8

Many books have been written about the late Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, yet there always seem to be corners of his long life that have remained unexplored. In this long look back into his early years, Constantinos Lagos and John Carr uncover hitherto unknown aspects of Philip's life as a Greek prince and his gradual transformation from a mere appendage of the troubled Greek royal family to an enduring pillar of the British monarchy. For the first time, Lagos and Carr delve into neglected Greek archives for a fascinating picture of Philip's early Greek life and the constant insecurity that dogged his steps as his father Prince Andrew of Greece and mother Princess Alice struggled to order their own lives in the maelstrom of unstable and often violent Greek politics in a Europe sliding towards world war. The Greek royal family, in which Philip has his roots, is dealt with at length, to bring out the particular family history and circumstances that played no small part in shaping his personality.

Famous Last Words Confessions, Humour and Bravery of the Departing Chris Wood $29.95 • Paperback • 216 pages 6x9.25 • 32 b&w illustrations Currently Available SOC036000 978-1-52-677089-9

Famous Last Words collects a fascinating selection of destinies culminating in their often flamboyant yet always captivating, final utterances before shuffling off this mortal coil. Revealed inside are tales of sangfroid bravery, astonishing ironies and overdue confessions often betraying grave miscarriages of justice throughout British history. Writer and poet Sir Walter Raleigh had some typically forthright and urging words for his executioner as the hesitant axeman displayed fear and reluctance to perform his stately duties. Were the final words of convicted murderer Ernest Brown a candid confession to another killing he had committed deep in the Northumberland Moors some two years previously which had lay unsolved? And what of Britain’s first actor to have had a knighthood bestowed upon him? Learn of the staggering irony that saw his final words on stage prophetically turn out to be his last in life…

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Pen & Swordz• Wharncliffe Murder, Witchcraft and the Killing of Wildlife

Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement Matthew Coniam $49.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 • 26 black and white illustrations • November 2021 TRU002000 • 978-1-39-900972-0

It was an 'open and shut' case. Hawley Harvey Crippen had murdered his wife and buried parts of her body in the coal cellar. But if it was as straightforward as the prosecution alleged, why did he leave only some of the body in his house? Why did he make no effort to cover his tracks? These and other questions remained tantalising mysteries for almost a century, until new DNA tests conducted in America exploded everything we thought we knew for sure about the story.

Memoirs of a Police Officer in the Heart of Africa Stephen Rabey Matthews $29.95 • Paperback • 248 pages • 6x9.25 44 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • BIO030000 • 978-1-52-676411-9

Stephen R. Matthew’s first police posting near the Northern Rhodesian border with the Congo coincided dramatically with a time of horrific ethnic cleansing in the Belgian Congo area. Murder, Witchcraft and the Killing of Wildlife depicts dramatic accounts of witchcraft-murders and cannibalism. Highly dangerous solo investigations are detailed, incorporating incidents of black magic, kidnapping, arson, gun-running and people trafficking.

Scotland Yard's Murder Squad

M.J. Trow $29.95 • Paperback 224 pages • 6x9.25 25 illustrations August 2021 TRU002010 • 978-1-39-901345-1

Dismembered corpses are discovered scattered along the banks of the river Thames, a calculating clinical multiple murderer is on the loose, and the London police have no inkling of the killer's identity and, more than a century later, they still don't. In this, M.J. Trows latest re-investigation of a bizarre and brutal serial killing, he delves deep into the appalling facts of the case, into the futile police investigations, and into the dark history of late Victorian London. The incredible criminal career of the Thames torso murderer has gripped readers and historians ever since he committed his crimes in the 1870's and 1880's. The case poses as many questions as the even more notorious killings of Jack the Ripper.

Scotland Yard’s Casebook of Serious Crime

Dick Kirby $29.95 • Paperback 240 pages • 6x9.25 32 b&w illustrations July 2021 • POL014000 • 978-1-52-676653-3

In 1906 the Metropolitan Police Commissioner was asked by the Home Office to make available skilled investigators for murder enquiries nationwide as few constabularies had sufficiently skilled – or indeed, any - detectives. Thus was born the Reserve Squad, or Murder Squad, as it later became known. Despite a reluctance by some forces to call upon The Met, the Murder Squad has proved its effectiveness on countless occasions with its remit extended to British territories overseas. A particularly sensitive case was the murder of a local superintendent on St Kitts and Nevis. Brimming with gruesome killings, this highly readable book proves that there is no substitute for old fashioned footwork and instinct.

The Thames Torso Murders

Policing

Seventy-Five Years of No-Nonsense

Dick Kirby $39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6x9.25 24 b&w illustrations • August 2021 TRU010000 • 978-1-39-900962-1

Drawing on both celebrated and lesser known cases, the author describes in plain speak crime fighting against merciless gangsters, desperate gunmen, inept kidnappers, vicious robbers, daring burglars and ruthless blackmailers. Using his first-hand knowledge he highlights the often unconventional methods used to frustrate and outwit hardened criminals and the satisfaction gained from successful operations.

IRA Terror on Britain’s Streets 1939–1940 The Wartime Bombing Campaign and Hitler Connection Dick Kirby $29.95 • Paperback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • POL037000 • 978-1-52-678642-5

It is little known today that, in January 1939, the IRA launched a bombing campaign on mainland England. in just over a year, more than 300 explosive devices resulted in 10 deaths, 96 injuries and widespread devastation. Numerous arrests were made nationwide but ill-trained personnel and additional national security resulting from the threat of Nazi invasion caused the campaign to falter and fade away in early 1940.

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Pangolins Scales of Injustice Richard Peirce $13 • Paperback • 160 pages • 5.92x8.4 • 220 full-color photographs • Currently Available NAT019000 • 978-1-77-584712-0

‘The most trafficked wild mammal in the world’ – so scream the headlines. The burgeoning international trade in these mammals means all eight of the world’s pangolin species (four African and four Asian species) are under threat of extinction. However, the global Covid-19 pandemic has now shone a new light on the trade: pangolins have been named as possible vectors for the coronavirus to travel from their bat hosts into humans. In southeast Asian ‘wet markets’ multiple wild animals are indiscriminately stacked in small cages, one on top of the other, their bodily fluids mingling unchecked, thus providing just the required pathways for transmission of disease. In Pangolins: Scales of Injustice, Richard Peirce introduces readers to this enigmatic and discreetly charming mammal. He pieces together the likely history of a pangolin poached in Zimbabwe and brought to Johannesburg to be traded. Readers accompany an agent of the African Pangolin Working Group on a real-life sting operation to rescue the animal and capture the traffickers, and follow the subsequent rehabilitation and release of the animal into the wild. Peirce unpacks the methods and terrifying statistics of the trade, describes visiting markets and restaurants in southeast Asia, explains the links between wildlife and Covid-19, and details China’s response to the unfolding drama of the pandemic.

Southern African LBJs Made Simple

Pocket Guide Birds of Zambia

Doug Newman Gordon King

Derek Solomon Rory McDougall

$16.50 • Paperback • 152 pages • 5.92x8.4 200 full-color illustrations and 120 photographs Currently Available • NAT043000 978-1-77-584653-6

Pocket Guides • $11.50 • Paperback • 160 pages 4.2x7.2 • 580 full-color photographs Currently Available • NAT043000 978-1-77-584714-4

Southern African LBJs Made Simple is a useful guide to the cryptic little birds that are universally known as ‘little brown jobs’. With the help of color coding and careful design, the reader is systematically guided through successive sorting stages: from family group, to ‘visual group’ within the family, and finally to the species. Each step takes one closer to identifying the bird in question. Carefully labeled illustrations, distribution maps, concise text describing key ID criteria (such as size, habitat, habits, call and similar-looking and -sounding birds), and characteristic features summarized in an 'At a glance' box all help pinpoint identity. Calls play a critical role in identification of this challenging group of birds, and a major innovation is the use of barcodes alongside each species to scan and play individual calls and comparative tracks by means of a free downloadable call app. This enhanced and updated new edition will be an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to be able to tell one LBJ from another.

This pocket-sized, easy-to-use guide to the birds of Zambia features 425 birds likely to be seen in the region, plus a few ‘specials’ sought after by birders. Concise identification text for each species contains key ID pointers and a description of their call and favored habitat. The accounts are accompanied by full-color photographs illustrating diagnostic features and plumage differences (such as those between male and female or breeding and non-breeding birds). Distribution maps are provided for all featured species. An informative introduction comprises a habitat map, glossary, labelled bird diagrams, and descriptions of the habitats in Zambia and the bird species to be seen there. Light and handy for use in the field, this will be an excellent guide for local birders and visitors alike.

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Penguin Random z • z House South Africa The Living Deserts of Southern Africa

Saunders’ Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa

Barry Lovegrove

Rod Saunders Rachel Saunders

$29 • Hardback • 296 pages • 8.4x10.4 450 photograps; 25 maps, diagrams and illustrations • February 2022 TRV002070 • 978-1-7758-4704-5

For generations the deserts of southern Africa have fascinated scientists and travelers alike. They teem with life – from ants to elephants, stone plants and colorful daisies to the curious welwitschia, dainty dik-diks to towering gemsbok, and cart-wheeling spiders to fog-basking beetles, all survive against the odds in the fragile desert ecosystem. How do they cope with scarce resources, unpredictable rainfall and extreme temperatures, and how do they protect themselves against predators while also ensuring species survival? In this fully revised and updated edition, Barry Lovegrove unravels many of the mysteries associated with life in the region’s four desert biomes: Desert, Arid Savanna, Succulent Karoo and Nama-Karoo. He explains how and why such a great diversity of plants and insects, mammals, reptiles and birds successfully exist in these regions, illustrating many of his examples with spectacular photographs, supported by diagrams and maps.

Botanists and seed collectors Rod and Rachel Saunders set out on what seemed to some to be an impossible mission – to find and photograph, in full bloom, all gladioli species found in South Africa and to collect and share their observations in a field guide. They had found all but one species before their untimely deaths at the hands of kidnappers in a forest in KwaZulu-Natal. In the wake of this tragic event, friends and colleagues collaborated to keep the Saunders’ dream alive. This book is the result their collective efforts. Gladioli are showy bulbous plants that fall within the Iris family, and the bulk of species are endemic to South Africa. Comprehensive and lavishly illustrated with more than 1,300 photographs, this guide covers the 166 Gladiolus species known to occur in the region.

Walking Safaris of South Africa

Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Zambia and Malawi

Guided Walks and Trails in National Parks and Game Reserves

Darren W. Pietersen Luke Verburgt

Hlengiwe Magagula Denis Costello

Struik Nature Field Guides • $32 Paperback • 544 pages • 5.9x8.4 430 photographs and 240 distribution maps • February 2022 • NAT028000 978-1-7758-4737-3

$17.50 • Paperback • 184 pages 5.92x8.4 • 150 full-color photographs Currently Available • TRV002060 978-1-77-584690-1

Zambia and Malawi are home to 240 known snake, lizard, terrapin, tortoise and crocodile species; of these 13 snakes and lizards are endemic to the region. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Zambia and Malawi is the first book of its kind for the region, and describes every species of reptile known to occur in the two countries – including several new discoveries. The book is organized into four sections reflecting the four orders: snakes, lizards, tortoises/terrapins and crocodiles. A comprehensive description of each order, suborder and family is followed by genera and species accounts. Each species account covers diagnostic features, subspecies/taxonomic notes (where applicable), habitat, behavior, prey and predators, reproduction and range, and whether the species is venomous and poses a danger to humans. The accounts are supported by stunning color photographs and up-to-date distribution maps that draw on over 16,000 recorded observations.

Struik Nature Field Guides • $27 Paperback • 360 pages • 5.9x8.4 1,130 photographs and 160 distribution maps • January 2022 • NAT013000 978-1-7758-4761-8

South Africa has a unique set of characteristics that make walking safaris in big game areas one of the safest and most rewarding outdoor experiences: a huge expanse of protected habitat richly populated with wildlife, excellent tourism facilities, a favorable climate, and expertly trained trail guides. Seasoned hikers, Hlengiwe Magagula and Denis Costello describe more than 50 guided walks across 22 parks and reserves in South Africa – from short dawn and dusk walks and multi-day outings from a base camp to backpacking trails that span several days. Facilities range from ultra-luxurious to ‘wild camping’, either in tents or under the stars. Also included is a series of first-hand accounts that vividly illustrate the magical experience of exploring the bush on foot. An advisory section gives a rundown of when to go, what to pack, what to wear, and the dos and don’ts of walking in areas with big game.

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Birlinn •House BC Books Penguin Random South Africa Made With Love and Plants

Heal

Tammy Fry

Melissa Delport

$22.50 • Paperback • 176 pages 8.3x9.8 • 80 photographs Currently Available • CKB086000 978-1-43-231089-9

$24 • Hardback • 208 pages • 8.5x10.6 80 photographs • Currently Available CKB039000 • 978-1-43-231046-2

As a director of Meat-free Mondays in Australia and South Africa, it’s Tammy Fry’s mission to enable others to live a happier and more energetic lifestyle through plant-based eating. Through her blog (seed-blog.com) and lifestyle workshops, she has become a key influencer and thought leader in the plant-based, health and wellness world of holistic nutrition. Made With Love and Plants will not only present more than 75 wholefood, plant-based recipes - all beautifully photographed and styled - but also provide detailed yet easy-to-follow guidance on living the plant-based lifestyle. Tammy particularly understands how challenging the change to such a diet can be, and is there with helpful support and tips to make the journey easier. The recipes will encompass a full range of meals from breakfast through to treats, and for family and entertaining.

Begin with Food

Cooking has always been at the heart of Melissa Delport’s home, but it wasn’t until she became interested in nutrition that she recognized the connection between what we eat and the state of our health. Melissa sets out to show how following a healthy and balanced diet can have positive benefits for our bodies and our wellbeing. Having a happy digestive system can result in a calmer state of mind, and a greater ability to manage stress. In Heal she presents recipes for healthy and balanced eating, as well as nutritional tips and guidance.

JAN

1986

A Breath of French Air

William Dicey

Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen

$18 • Paperback • 304 pages • 5.2x8.2 Currently Available • HIS047000 978-1-4152-1052-9

$27.50 • Paperback • 256 pages 8.5x10.6 • 42 illustrations Currently Available • CKB115000 978-1-43-231095-0

JAN – A Breath of French Air is a memoir and celebration of renowned eatery JAN, a South African restaurant in the south of France. The restaurant is a showcase of South Africa’s tradition of hospitality, transported from a farm in rural South Africa to the glamorous French Riviera. JAN is a proof that dreams can be lived and how a love for what you do can transform humble mosbolletjies into a masterpiece. Each chapter captures the mood and inspiration of what is served at JAN. Contains over 90 recipes.

1986 was a pivotal year in South African history. It was the year of the vigilante, the year of the necklace – but also the year the talking began. Drawing on newspaper articles, memoirs, and little-known histories, William Dicey presents a compelling diary of a very bad year. He focuses on ordinary people, showing what life was actually like under an authoritarian regime – from the six hours a day that black workers in KwaNdebele spent on buses to the rebel sporting tours that provided a distraction for white South Africans. Some stories foreshadow the miracle of 1990 – for instance, the deputy commander of Pollsmoor Prison takes Nelson Mandela on a scenic drive around Cape Town, years before his eventual release. Other stories shine a light on our current conflicts. Written in crisp prose, 1986 is a model of historical excavation, deftly evoking the spirit of the times.

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Penguin Random House z South Africa • Polaris The Inn at Helsvlakte

She Down There Lynton Francois Burger

Patricia Schonstein

$19 • Paperback • 240 pages 6x9.2 • Currently Available FIC047000 978-1-4859-0435-9 Penguin Random House South Africa

$19 • Paperback • 216 pages 6x9.2 • Currently Available FIC019000 • 978-1-4859-0416-8 Penguin Random House South Africa

The sea has always been in Claire Lutrísque’s blood. Descended from Canada’s native Haida people, she is hurled by tragedy on a southward path, to the warm waters of Mozambique, where she joins the fight to safeguard the region’s coral reefs. Navy diver Klaas Afrikaner first swam into these same waters on a covert military mission. Seven years later, he is languishing as a divemaster in the sleepy coastal town of Tofo. But the sharkfin trade is threatening the only thing that keeps him going. So he too must rise to his calling. A shared love of the ocean and a deep desire to protect it brings these kindred spirits together. Steeped in the myths of the sea, Lynton Francois Burger’s novel is as lyrical as it is exhilarating. Part ecological thriller, part tender love story, She Down There is a timely song to the world’s oceans and the creatures living in them.

An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby

This Is Your Everest The Lions, The Springboks and the Epic Tour of 1997

Fun, Facts and Stories from 140 Years of International Rugby

Tom English Peter Burns $28.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 6.1x9.2 • 16pp color plates • July 2021 • HIS015000 978-1-91353812-5 • Polaris

James Stafford Raluca Moldovan $14.95 • Paperback • 368 pages • 5.1x7.7 • b/w throughout • Currently Available • SPO056000 978-1-91-353823-1 • Polaris

For almost 140 years the Welsh rugby team has battled proudly on the international stage. Full of tales of fighting clergymen, poisoned arrows and deathbed confessionals, James Stafford's An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby takes a unique look at the games, the players, the legends and the myths behind Wales's national game. Blending fun and facts with trivia and social history, this is Welsh rugby like you've never experienced it before.

In the Karoo-like landscape of a mythical country beset with civil war, tarot cards are brandished and bones swiftly turn to dust. Against the backdrop of this arid place, Kitty Cloete, the inkeeper’s wife, survives on her inner resources. Strong and self-willed, Kitty is a skilled equestrienne, wheelwright, blacksmith, and talented harpist – none of which could shield her from an arranged marriage after an ill-fated romance. And now, devastation at Helsvlakte. After State soldiers are ambushed by Separatist guerillas, a critically injured captain arrives at the inn. For the haunted man, whose face has been disfigured in combat, the soulful music of Kitty’s harp becomes the elixir that brings him back to life. But drama awaits offstage. A young man who witnessed the slaying of his family and the torching of their farm hears of the captain’s residence at the inn. He holds the captain responsible for the tragedy that befell his loved ones, and sets out to find him.

The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa is one of the most iconic in rugby history. Written off at home and abroad, Martin Johnson’s men were given no hope of success against the world champion Springboks in their own back yard. In a test series that will go down in ages as one of the most compelling of all time, the sides could barely be separated. This is the inside story from both camps as they battle for supremacy, lifting the lid like never before as a huge cast of characters look back on those extraordinary weeks and the impact it had on their lives and careers thereafter. Hilarious, insightful and spine-chilling, Tom English and Peter Burns provide the perfect read ahead of the Lions return to South Africa in 2021.

When Lions Roared The Lions, the All Blacks and the Legendary Tour of 1971 Tom English Peter Burns $14.95 • Paperback • 388 pages • 5.1x7.7 • 16pp b/w plates • Currently Available • SPO056000 978-1-91-353816-3 • Polaris

By 1971 no Lions team had ever defeated the All Blacks in a Test series. Since 1904, six Lions sides had travelled to New Zealand and all had returned home bruised, battered and beaten. But the 1971 tour party was different. It was full of young, ambitious and outrageously talented players who would all go on to carve their names into the annals of sporting history during a golden period in British and Irish rugby. And at their center was Carwyn Jones – an intelligent, sensitive rugby mastermind who would lead his team into the game’s hardest playing arena while facing a ferocious, tragic battle in his personal life.

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The Only Gaijin in the Village

Stories from Liverpool's Historic Title Win

Iain Maloney

James Pearce Oliver Kay

$13.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 5.1x7.8 • August 2021 BIO026000 • 978-1-78-027739-4 Polygon

In 2016 Scottish writer Iain Maloney and his Japanese wife Minori moved to a village in rural Japan. This is the story of his attempt to fit in, be accepted and fulfil his duties as a member of the As Liverpool ended their 30-year community, despite being the only wait to be crowned champions of foreigner in the village. England, they were followed by Even after more than a decade their equivalent from the world living in Japan and learning the of sports writing: a team of elite language, life in the countryside was a culture shock. Due to increasing talents, assembled to leave all competition trailing in their wake. This is the numbers of young people moving to the cities in search of work, there are story of Liverpool’s title win in the longest season, as told by the writers of The Athletic, with their blend of inside access and expert analysis; great ideas fewer rural residents under the retirement age – and they have two things in abundance: time and curiosity. Iain’s attempts at amateur farming, basic and beautiful writing. gardening and DIY are conducted under the watchful eye of his neighbors and Read the stories behind a unique and historical season from a team of writers wife. But curtain twitching is the least of his problems. The threat of potential every bit as good as the footballers they were following. missile strikes and earthquakes is nothing compared to the venomous snakes, terrifying centipedes and bees the size of small birds that stalk Iain’s garden. $21.95 • Paperback • 352 pages 6.1x9.05 • 16pp color plates Currently Available SPO040000 978-1-91-353843-9 • Polaris

A Day Like Any Other

To Learn the Future

Isla Dewar

Poems for Teachers

$13.95 • Paperback 256 pages • 5.1x7.8 Currently Available FIC044000 978-1-84-697490-8 Polygon

You can’t change your past. You can only use the experiences you live through to make your future better, wiser. Anna and her best friend George meet every week to remember, to sigh, to laugh, to reminisce about their moments of glory, guilt and mischief and share their sorrows over a glass or three of wine. The things they’ve done still make them blush. Anna wanted to be a poet – a famous poet. George left home in a childish rage and years later returned with her baby. When Anna is asked to look after the boy across the road for a few hours each week, she isn’t sure. But she takes the job on and, gradually, a child’s view of her world shows her a different place. George remembers a flat she stayed in when she ran away from home. It had the kitchen of all kitchens and, oh, how she’d love to see it again. Anna sets out to see if it still exists.

Musings Architecture, Photography, Essays and Art on the Works of Mathews & Associates Architects

Jane Cooper Lilias Fraser $9.95 • Paperback 98 pages • 4.15x5.85 July 2021 • POE001000 • 978-1-84-697554-7 Polygon

Edited by Lilias Fraser, Jane Cooper and Kate Hendry, To Learn the Future is a selection of poems that will grip at first reading – perfect if the only time you have is five minutes in a rushed lunch break. The choice of poems includes insight for days when teachers need to find extra courage, compassion and commitment, as well as celebration of the inspirational, the funny and the reflective. This is a pocket-sized reminder of the integrity, passion and commitment that inspires people to become teachers, and the wealth of experience and voices in classrooms and staffrooms. With these poems to hand, for the good days and the tough moments, no teacher is ever alone.

Pieter Mathews $29.50 • Paperback • 280 pages • 9.3x6.5 • 278 color images throughout • Currently Available ARC024000 • 978-1-4853-1285-7 Protea Boekhuis

The award-winning South African architectural and design practice Mathews & Associates Architects was established in October 2000. To commemorate two decades of design, Pieter Mathews and his team have selected a diverse range of building types from more than 300 projects completed over the past twenty years.

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Salmonz Poetry Silver Spoon

Fox Trousers

Jessamine O'Connor

Eithne Hand

$17.95 • Paperback • 116 pages 5.3x10 • 6 pages of full color illustrations • Currently Available POE005020 • 978-1-912561-91-9

$14.95 • Paperback • 66 pages 4.9x8.4 • Currently Available POE005020 • 978-1-912561-92-6

After five chapbooks and ten years writing poetry, this first full collection has a wide wingspan and a sharp eye. Migrating from Dublin to Lough Gara, on the Sligo Roscommon border, the intimacies of personal life sit easily next to global themes of conflict, the environment, migration, and the universal matters of love and death. Politics – with a small p – are always just under the skin of Jessamine O’Connor’s writing, but she avoids telling the reader what to think, instead she shows by example how to feel. “These barefaced poems don’t back down from anything or anyone. Jessamine takes her pen to the world around her and documents it in all its misshappen ugliness and all its impossible beauty. These poems don’t flinch from how much life hurts but somehow in their humour, kindness and lightness they show us how to love it anyway.” `Sarah Clancy With Illustrations by Helen Chantrell.

-Kathleen Watkins Fox Trousers sparkles with an inimitable mix of wit and wisdom. Eithne Hand’s poems of close observation surprise and delight, moving from playfulness to tenderness and from the mundane to the mysterious in the space of a breath. In the music of her lines, as in our lives, joy and grief live side by side." -Jane Clarke

Massacre of the Birds

afterwords

Mary O'Donnell

$14.95 • Paperback 94 pages • 5.3x10 Currently Available POE005020 978-1-912561-73-5

$14.95 • Paperback 94 pages • 5.3x10 Currently Available POE005020 978-1-912561-28-5

The range of poems in Massacre of the Birds moves from an encounter with water creatures in ‘Hanging House in a Canal’ to the appearance of a satyr in O’Donnell’s back garden in ‘Muse.’ Mythic nature abounds, but wake-up calls to social denial also appear in ‘#MeToo: 12 Remembered Scenes and a Line’ and ‘It Wasn’t a Woman.’ She speaks of the endangered biosphere, of losses incurred by forced migration, but also about the attritions of time in a mother-daughter relationship. A beautiful collection from one of our most accomplished poets.

"I have always admired people with ideas and flair and imagination. Eithne Hand has it all. This first book of her poetry is a fresh new voice and for me paints so many wonderful pictures."

Days of Clear Light

Maurice Harmon

At 90 years old, Maurice Harmon is making poems out of memory and out of the experience of growing old, recognizing what is lost and the little that is gained. In this collection he gives us the present moment, then offers three, past thematic portrayals: life in academe, in small-town Ireland, and in encroaching old age. Training his lyrical imagination and discerning eye on Irish life in the twentieth century, he forces us to examine its consequences in the twenty-first century. Ever compassionate, he gives us a poetry of keen insight we cannot afford to ignore.

A Festschrift in Honour of Jessie Lendennie and in Celebration of Salmon Poetry at 40 Nessa O'Mahony

Alan Hayes

$24.95 • Paperback • 214 pages • 6.1x12.8 • 20 pages of full color images • Currently Available POE001000 • 978-1-912561-98-8

With a foreword by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and contributions from over 100 poets and members of the wider literary community. 2021 is a very special year for Salmon as we celebrate 40 years publishing the finest Irish and international literature. To mark that achievement, and to pay tribute to the work of publisher Jessie Lendennie, 100 writers have come together in this special Festschrift presented as a complete surprise to Jessie at Christmas 2020.

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Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Louise Hulland

Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon

$17.99 • Paperback • 336 pages 5.3x8.5 • Currently Available SOC054000 978-1-913207-18-2

136,000 people in the UK are in some form of slavery. This is big business, generating more than £120 billion annually for criminal organizations across the world. Stolen Lives examines trafficking and slavery in Britain, hearing from those on the front line, including the police and charities involved with support and recovery. Powerful and moving testimony from survivors reveals the individual stories behind the headlines and charts one young woman’s terrifying and ultimately inspiring journey to freedom and independence. Finally, it shows us what we can do to make a difference.

Negative Capability Michèle Roberts $12.99 • Paperback 272 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available BIO026000 978-1-913207-51-9

Yesterday ended in disaster. Very late at night, I decided to write down everything that had happened; the only way I could think of coping.' Following a series of devastating rejections, Michèle Roberts began keeping an account of her life in the hope it might help mend her shattered sense of self. In this intimate and wryly honest journal she reflects on cities and countryside, loss and love, food, friendships, sisterhood, pleasure and memories, her abiding relationship with France and with literature. Over the course of a year a new pattern of being develops, until, finally, she finds a better relationship between inner and outer worlds.

Robert Davidson Val McDermid $24.99 • Hardback • 320 pages 5.4x8.5 • July 2021 • LCO018000 978-1-91-320760-1

One of the world’s most experienced political leaders, Nicola Sturgeon was elected First Minister of Scotland in November 2014. In this selection of her speeches she discusses diverse matters such as education, human rights, equality, infrastructure, food banks, and the European Union.

The Hound From Hanoi

Marram Leonie Charlton $18.99 • Hardback 288 pages • 5.5x8.1 Currently Available BIO026000 978-1-913207-10-6

Moire O'Sullivan $14.99 • Paperback 320 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available TRV010000 978-1-912240-58-6

Tom is on the menu at a dog-meat restaurant in Hanoi when he is rescued by an Irish couple escaping economic woes back home. The three embark on a whirlwind tour of Vietnam, Nepal and Cambodia, determined to stay together against the odds. In this poignant tribute to her late husband Pete, Moire O’Sullivan recalls how their devotion to Tom helped forge a love between them that will last for ever.

From the southern tip of Barra to the ancient stone circle of Callanish, Leonie and her friend Shuna ride off the beaten tracks on their beloved Highland ponies, Ross and Chief. In deeply poetic prose, she describes not only the beauties of the Hebridean landscape, its spare, penetrating light and its people, but also confronts the ghost of her mother and their fractured relationship.

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Gears for Queers

Ultra Running for the Rest of Us

Abigail Melton Lilith Cooper $12.99 • Paperback 284 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available TRV010000 978-1-912240-96-8

Mark Akinson $14.99 • Paperback 320 pages • 5.1x7.7 October 2021 • SPO035000 978-1-913207-58-8

Mark Atkinson is living proof that you don’t have to be ‘good’ at running to make it through a marathon or even further. Packed with insights and tips, pitfalls and joy, Ducking Long Way invites you to join him for a beer at mile thirty as he pushes himself as far as he can while still running for the sheer joy of it.

Murder at the Music Factory Lesley Kelly

The body of Paul Shore toppled onto him, a stream of blood pooling around them on the concrete. Bernard lay back and waited to see if he too was going to die.' An undercover agent gone rogue is threatening to shoot a civil servant a day. As panic reigns, the Health Enforcement Team race against time to track him down – before someone turns the gun on them.

The Life of Billy Bland Steve Chilton Kíllian Jornet $17.99 • Paperback 320 pages • 5.1x7.7 • September 2021 BIO016000 • 978-1-913207-68-7

All or Nothing At All is the life story of Billy Bland, fellrunner extraordinaire and holder of many records including that of the Bob Graham Round until it was broken by the foreword author of this book, Kilian Jornet. It is also the story of Borrowdale in the English Lake District, describing its people, their character and their lifestyle, into which fellrunning is unmistakably woven. Filled with stories of competition and rich in northern humor, All or Nothing At All is testimony to the life spent in the fells by one of their greatest champions, Billy Bland.

The Crown Agent

Bad Debt

Stephen O'Rourke

The Robbie Munro Thrillers • $11.99 Paperback • 336 pages 5.1x7.7 • Currently Available • FIC050000 978-1-913207-30-4

The Crown Agent Series $12.99 • Paperback 320 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available FIC014000 978-1-913207-32-8

The Health of Strangers Thrillers $11.99 • Paperback 336 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available • FIC031010 978-1-912240-93-7

Keen to see some of Europe, partners Abi (she/ her) and Lili (they/them) get on their bikes and start pedaling. Along flat fens and up Swiss Alps, they will meet new friends and exorcise old demons as they push their bodies – and their relationship – to the limit.

All or Nothing at All

A ship adrift, all hands dead. A lighthouse keeper murdered in the night. The Crown needs man to find the truth. Doctor Mungo Lyon, his reputation tarnished by the Burke & Hare scandal, and forbidden to practice as a surgeon, is the wrong man. That’s exactly why the Crown chose him.

William McIntyre

Defense Lawyer Robbie Munro’s wife has been stalked by a witness in a trial she is prosecuting. When the stalker is killed and Robbie is charged with murder his friends are only too willing to come up with schemes to prove his innocence. In the end though, will it be his enemies who make the difference?

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Sandstone z • z Press Waiting for Lindsay

Blasted Things

Sleepless

Moira Forsyth

Lesley Glaister

$12.99 • Paperback 352 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available FIC045000 978-1-912240-95-1

$19.99 • Hardback 352 pages • 5.5x8.5 Currently Available FIC014040 978-1-913207-12-0

$11.99 • Paperback 224 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available BIO017000 978-1-913207-06-9

All afternoon the voices called, the two syllables of her name singing through the woods, down the steep garden, and across the sands to the sea.' On a hot July day, thirteen year old Lindsay Mathieson walked along the shore, past the rocks and out of sight. For ever. Thirty years later, a new crisis draws her family back to that familiar beach, and to memories too long buried.

978-1-912240-89-0

1920: Britain is trying to forget the Great War. Clementine, who nursed at the front and suffered her own losses, must bury the past and settle for a life of middle class respectability. Then she meets Vincent, an opportunistic veteran whose damage goes much deeper than the painted tin mask he wears to face the world. Powerfully drawn together they enter a deadly relationship that careers towards a dark and haunting resolution.

What We Did in the Dark

Freedom is a Land I Cannot See

Ajay Close

Peter Cunningham

$12.99 • Paperback 336 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available FIC014000

I made what may be called a rash and foolish marriage to a man I scarcely knew.' 1904: Cathie longs for adventure. A whirlwind romance with soldier and artist Herbert Jackson offers this and more, but Herbert is violently jealous and she is soon fighting for her freedom – and her life. A fictionalized account of Catherine Carswell’s first marriage, What We Did in the Dark is a compelling portrait of a trail-blazing writer.

978-1-91-320720-5

$12.99 • Paperback 304 pages • 5.1x7.7 Currently Available FIC019000

1924. In the dangerous first years of the Irish Free State, beautiful Rose Raven, having lost her sight and her first love, is living quietly with her brother. But Ultan is involved in anti-government propaganda. As the net tightens, Rose is the only person who knows where the shameful truth is hidden – a truth so incendiary, it threatens the new Ireland itself.

Anders Bortne

Anders Bortne enjoys a good life in Oslo. Happily married with two delightful children, he works as a speechwriter and has a cartoon strip in the newspaper. But Anders has been sleepless for sixteen years and it’s taking a toll. No remedy has gone untested; not one has worked. Perhaps the solution is closer than he thinks…

Expiry Date Rachel Ward The Ant and Bea Mysteries • $12.99 Paperback • 288 pages 5.1x7.7 • Currently Available • FIC022070 978-1-912240-98-2

Ant and Bea are back with their most personal case yet. Bea’s favorite customer, Julie, hasn’t been seen for weeks. Her abusive husband claims she left him, but when a corpse is found, it seems to confirm Bea’s worst fears. As Bea investigates, the truth she and Ant uncovers will threaten everything Bea believed about her own family…

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Schreiber Publishing • Vagabond Voices z•z Zayde Reeven 1,2,3

Meditations While Healing

And Collected Poetry

Further Thoughts on Renewal of Life

Reeve Robert Brenner Neeva Kleiman

Henri Parens

$15.95 • Paperback • 104 pages 5.5x8.5 • Currently Available POE005010 978-0-88-400354-0 Schreiber Publishing

$12.95 • Paperback • 84 pages 5.1x8 • Currently Available BIO026000 978-0-88-400353-3 Schreiber Publishing

After a lifetime of poetry, this collection provides a mere fraction of Rabbi Reeve Robert Brenner’s literary output, however removed from his far better known works of scholarship and philosophy.

In his memoir, Renewal of Life, Henri Parens tells his story of how he was able to escape the Holocaust, leaving France as a young teenager while his mother was sent to Auschwitz. In America, he became an esteemed psychiatrist, using his experiences to treat aggression in children. Now in his 90s, Parens had a few more things to say about the Holocaust, and about remembering, loss, and the state of the world. He has put some of his thoughts into poetry, prose and other remembrances of a long meaningful life. It’s a perfect companion to his first book.

Sometimes playful and at other times serious, even profound, he offers various variations on a theme and several changes in personas. He writes as a Jew, of course, as a Rabbi, but also as a father, grandfather and friend, with his heart often in the land of Israel, but always still quintessentially American. You will find that you often pick up this volume of collected poetry, return to its pages, and visit a familiar verse or perhaps find some new joy.

Fear in the World

Mither Tongue

Corrado Alvaro Allan Cameron

Jidi Majia Gerry Loose

$14.50 • Paperback 5.5x8.3 • Currently Available • FIC037000 978-1-908251-99-2 Vagabond Voices

$14.95 • Paperback 200 pages • 5.1x7.8 Currently Available POE009010 978-1-913212-31-5 Vagabond Voices

Corrado Alvaro’s Fear in the World was published a decade before Orwell’s 1984, but is not well known outside Italy, perhaps because of the timing of the publication just before the Second World War. Alvaro had visited the Soviet Union as a journalist, but was probably motivated to write this dystopian novel by aspects of modernity that concerned him, particularly the use of fear for political purposes which was not afflicting Russia alone. He was interested in the psychology of fear and the extent to which individuals and the crowd participate in their own regimentation. The names of countries, cities and leading political figures such as Stalin are never referred to, but as in the works of Orwell they are clearly identifiable from their descriptions: the author was writing in a Fascist country against a Fascist censor and had to cut his cloth accordingly.

This collection of Jidi Majia’s poetry in Chinese and Nuosu (a lesser-spoken language in China) has been translated into the three strands of the Scots language: Lallans by Stuart Paterson, Doric by Sheena Blackhall and Shetlandic by Christine de Luca. These translations will be face-to-face with an English translation by the eminent translator from Chinese, Denis Mair, who will also provide a preface on the context of Jidi Majia’s heritage and poetry. Jidi Majia’s Scots translators have undoubtedly brought his vitality into alignment with the power of the Scots tongues, as does Denis Mair’s excellent and erudite rendering into English. Aimed at two linguistic communities and coming from two linguistic communities at the other side of the planet, this collection presents a perfect symmetry in a globalized world.

Siblings Magnus Florin Harry Watson $10.50 • Paperback 98 pages • 5.1x7.8 Currently Available FIC045020 978-1-913212-30-8 Vagabond Voices

Siblings is the story of ten children, nine of whom are brought up by the eldest. This is set in a time of generational change from a strict and disciplined society, in which the acquisition of skills is crucial, to a society that is more relaxed, deskilled and drawn to consumerism. This novel is not just about the claustrophobic nature of the nuclear family; it is also about the interdependence of the powerful and the powerless, but in the end that bond has to be broken as the reader will discover. Florin’s deadpan narration conceals a wicked sense of humor and a bent for satire at the expense of some of society’s sacred cows. At a time when Swedish fiction tends to be synonymous with “Nordic noir”, this author’s literate, witty and quirky short novels deserve to be better known in the English-speaking world.

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Birlinn White Owl Bookbinding and How to Bring Old Books Back to Life

An Introduction to Rag Rugs - Creative Recycling

Aimee Spillman

Jenni Stuart-Anderson

Crafts • $26.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 8.4x10.8 • 120 color illustrations September 2021 • CRA046000 978-1-52-677378-4

Crafts • $22.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 8.4x10.8 • 120 color illustrations November 2021 • CRA033000 978-1-52-678060-7

This book is a breath of fresh air showing you the fundamental skills and techniques you will need to start binding your own books. You don’t need a lot of expensive tools or materials to do bookbinding and this guide has been made to make the process accessible for any one who wants to do some “weekend projects”. This book will appeal to people who love books, but lead busy lives and yet still want to be creative. It will show you the basics and teach the fundamental skills and practices that will get you binding your own books in no time. These skills will then be transferable across a number of projects contained within and hopefully make you want to learn more. The ‘Weekend Projects’ will include how to do simple repairs on your old and well loved books, giving them a new lease of life, including adding hard covers to paperbacks and doing simple repairs. Along with these we will be creating bespoke notebooks and it will show you some unique ways to use your new found binding skills to keep and store your special cards.

The projects in this book are accessible to anyone who is inspired to recycle old clothes and textiles into unique, decorative, useful projects. Our forbears improvised tools to recycle their worn clothes - mostly dark suiting or mill waste if they lived near a mill. Usually they made mats for their cold floors or as draft excluders across doors. Nowadays you can choose from so many more colors and textures - painting with rags! The techniques here are traditional and simple - you will be surprised at how drab fabrics become transformed. Simple designs work best and you can even improvise as you work. If a fabric runs out, then use another - I call that organic design! Hooking is the best technique for pictorial detail and different techniques could be combined for original wall art. Historically, rugs were made by several people sitting round a horizontal frame with the children cutting the pieces of rag which were prodded into the hessian (burlap) backing to make a shaggy mat. There is a prodded project (for purists) but you can also achieve the same effect without a frame by progging, which can be done on table or thigh (carefully).

Make Your Own Beauty Products

Make Your Own Silver Jewellery

Charmaine Yabsley

Monica Weber-Butler

Make Your Own • $29.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 8.4x10.8 • 100 color illustrations • September 2021 HEA003000 • 978-1-39-900162-5

Make Your Own • $26.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 8.4x10.8 • 120 color illustrations • November 2021 CRA014000 • 978-1-52-678056-0

DIY Beauty is your must-have guide to living a natural and organic lifestyle – both inside and out. Whether it’s growing your own herbs to cook and use in your beauty products, to making your very own beauty treatments and makeup, this is the perfect accompaniment to a more natural you. Containing more than 50 recipes for cleansers, toners, face masks, hair care and body treatments, you’ll find something to suit you and your skin care needs. Whether you’re looking to treat dry skin, problematic skin or just want to have your very own spa day, DIY Beauty will show you how to be the most naturally, beautiful you.

This book will show you how to create silver jewellery using everyday tools, easy to obtain materials and following simple step-by-step instructions. You will explore the amazing possibilities that the combination of silver metal clay and traditional silversmithing techniques has to offer, and will learn basic aspects of design in order to develop your own unique style. You will be able to create silver pieces which capture and celebrate nature by the inclusion of botanical details, or create graceful pieces with echoes from history; you can create contemporary pieces or add a touch of whimsy to your designs. Whether you favour traditional or modern designs, when you make your own silver jewellery, the possibilities are endless. The book is full of easy to follow projects, with photographs, detailed instructions and inspiring examples. Working with silver has never been so easy!

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z • zWhite Owl The Making of Horror Movies

The Creators of Batman

Key Figures who Established the Genre

Bob, Bill and The Dark Knight

Jennifer Selway

Rik Worth

$34.95 • Hardback • 232 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • PER004130 978-1-52-677470-5

$34.95 • Hardback • 232 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO007000 978-1-52-677761-4

Horror films divide opinion. It wasn’t until 1973 that a horror film (The Exorcist) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and many respected critics still regard them with amused condescension. The public’s view is also sharply divided. Some cinema goers revel in the thought of being made very, very afraid, while some just don’t like horror films because they don’t want to be frightened. This guide, which is for both the fan and the more faint-hearted, steers an illuminating path through a genre that has, since the early days of cinema, split off into many sub-divisions - folk horror, slasher movies, Hammer, sci-fi horror, psychological thrillers, zombie movies, among others. This book also gives concise biographies of the many actors and directors who saw their careers defined by their association with horror movies, and who created a genre that is instantly recognizable in all its forms and continues to find new and ingenious ways of scaring us in the dark.

In the early days 20th century the emerging medium of comics was beginning to grab the attention of children and adults alike. Then, in the 1930s, superheroes revolutionized the entire industry and culture as we know it. The Batman swung into this pantheon of demi-gods in 1939 and secured his place as one of the world’s most beloved characters. But do know who created The Dark Knight? Do you know how artist Bob Kane, placed himself at the secret origins of Batman while his co-creator Bill Finger was forced into the shadows? Do you know how comic creators, journalists, and family members fought to have Finger credited for his work? The first prose book to focus both on Finger and Kane, The Creators of Batman gathers everything we know about these two monumental figures and lays their stories side by side. Bringing together the story of these two creators against the exciting background of the American comic’s boom and Batman’s Golden Age.

The Creation of Garfield

Yearbook of Astronomy 2022

Rodney McCance

Brian Jones

$29.95 • Hardback • 144 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations July 2021 • SOC022000 978-1-52-676834-6

$32.95 • Paperback • 352 pages 5.9x8.3 • 80 color & black and white illustrations • October 2021 SCI004000 • 978-1-52-679005-7

Since 1978 Jim Davis’ sarcastic, orange tabby cat has entertained millions of people appearing in Newspapers, books, cartoons and even his own films. Why has a lazy, coffee drinking, lasagna loving feline become a worldwide sensation loved by millions of people? From his small-town beginnings in Muncie, Indiana, The History of Garfield explores our relationship with Garfield, Jon and Odie and how Davis’ characters have become such an integral part of American pop culture over the decades.

The Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 is the Diamond Jubilee edition of this iconic publication, the annual appearance of which has been eagerly anticipated by astronomers, both amateur and professional, ever since this invaluable book first appeared in 1962. Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as detailing the phases of the Moon and visibility and locations of the planets throughout the year. To supplement all this is a variety of entertaining and informative articles, a feature for which the Yearbook of Astronomy is known. In the 2022 edition, the reader is presented with articles covering a wide range of topics including "A History of the Amateur Astronomical Society: 1962 to 2022"; "Expanding Cosmic Horizons"; "Frank Drake and His Equation"; "Remote Telescopes"; "Skies Over Ancient America" and others.

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Birlinn White Owl

The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console Chris Scullion $39.95 • Hardback • 280 pages • 8.25x11.5 300 color illustrations • November 2021 GAM013000 • 978-1-52-674659-7

The third book in Chris Scullion’s series of video game encyclopedias, the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is dedicated to Sega’s legendary 16-bit video game console. The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis in the West, as well as similarly thorough bonus sections covering every game released for its add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X. With nearly a thousand screenshots, generous helpings of bonus trivia and charmingly bad jokes, the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming system.

The SNES Encyclopedia A Guide to Film and TV Every Game Released for the Cosplay Super Nintendo Entertainment System Chris Scullion $24.95 • Paperback • 264 pages • 8.25x11.5 714 color illustrations • Currently Available GAM013000 • 978-1-52-676016-6

Following on from the previously released NES Encyclopedia, the SNES Encyclopedia is the ultimate resource for fans of Nintendo's second home video game console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Containing detailed information on all 780 games released for the SNES in the west, this enormous book is full of screenshots, trivia and charmingly bad jokes. It also includes a bonus section covering the entire 22-game library of the Virtual Boy, Nintendo's ill-fated 3D system which was released at the end of the SNES's life.

Holly Swinyard $34.95 • Hardback • 128 pages • 8.5x11 132 color illustrations • September 2021 CRA009000 • 978-1-52-677563-4

Have you ever wanted to escape into a comic book and become your favourite superhero? Or run away into the world of Disney princesses? Well, who says you can’t? Maybe it’s time you get your cosplay on! Cosplay is a hobby that is sweeping the globe, you can see it at comic cons, book launches, movie screenings and even on popular TV shows such as The Big Bang Theory and Community. A mix of exciting craft skills, heady escapism and passion for pop culture, it’s easy to see why cosplay has become so popular with people no matter who they are, because now they can be anyone they want, and so can you. But how, why and where could you have a go at starting out in the wonderful world of cosplay? With a little bit of help from this handy, dandy guide to cosplay, you can get stuck in. Learn about the history of the hobby (it’s been around longer than you’d think!), get your head around picking you’re first costume, find out how about all the amazing skills people are using to make these costumes, and perhaps even try a few yourself. Who knows, you might be rocking our as Captain Marvel or Flynn Rider at the next big comic con! (And don’t worry, there’s a guide to comic con in here too.)

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z • zWhite Owl How to Deal With Your SelfDestruct Button

A Guide to Metal Detecting

Adam Shaw

$29.95 • Paperback • 80 pages 8.4x10.8 • 120 color illustrations August 2021 • CRA032000 978-1-52-678068-3

Graeme Rushton

$26.95 • Paperback • 160 pages 6x9.25 • July 2021 SEL044000 978-1-52-677905-2

This book should be used to question your relationship with your own lunatic gene. You know that you have it. Logic could not possibly adequately explain all of your perceived shortcomings or quirks. It's ok, you're not alone! Everybody has a breaking point. This book is a warning of the early danger signs that can lead you to lunatic thoughts and actions. It is not what you think that's a problem, only how you respond. This lunacy left unmanaged will lead almost everyone to thoughts of anger, revenge, desolation, suicide and death. Fortunately, with a bit of awareness of how this happens, it is also possible to use your lowest moments as positive change agents that can harness your lunacy and change your life in a positive way. Understanding your Lunatic Gene will set you free. But first, it will annoy you! This book will help you to facilitate this journey.

The Secret Life of an Arable Field

Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys

Plants, Animals and the Ecosystem

From 1945 to Present Day

Sophie McCallum

Neil Clark $39.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 • 24 black and white illustrations • October 2021 SPO021000 • 978-1-52-676985-5

$60 • Hardback • 256 pages • 9.6x9.5 120 color illustrations • November 2021 NAT045020 • 978-1-52-678844-3

The Field looks at the eco-system of an arable field, complete with photographs from crops, trees, hedgerows and wildflowers, to the wide variety of animals, farmland birds, insects, butterflies and moths that they support; and how they depend on each other; and are all vital for the wonderful environment we need to thrive and enjoy. The main aim of this book is to give a detailed description of the private life of these creatures and show how they depend upon and work together in harmony, creating the environment that we are so adeptly eradicating.

By offering advice and guidance this book aims to make the hobby of using a metal detector fun, interesting and interactive to anyone who wishes to have a go! It will give the reader an insight into following best practice and how to enjoy the hobby in a responsible way, everything will be covered from choosing the right detector & equipment to gaining permission to search land, understanding the law and of course giving the necessary information to make sure that people enjoy their hobby to its maximum potential. From beaches to farmland we want you to be able to feel confident enough to search these types of environments and make interesting discoveries without feeling out of your depth. Information will be passed over regarding potential discoveries of treasure and the law surrounding such finds and also the identification of coins and artifacts that the reader may come across in their adventures.

This book traces how much National Hunt racing has changed since 1945- and also how Britain has changed too. The advent of motorways has made travel easier and racecourse safety has improved but the challenges for jump jockeys -the bravest of the brave- remain. It covers some of the biggest stories in jump racing over the last seventy-five years, including the dramatic collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National and the incredible exploits of three-times Grand National winner Red Rum. But it also contains lots of fascinating stories which the reader will not be so aware of, of trainers and horses long forgotten.

The History of the Beano Iain McLaughlin $39.95 • Hardback 216 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations November 2021 CGN015000 • 978-1-52-677785-0

The Beano is Britain's longest-running and best-loved comic. Since 1938 it has brought thrills and laughter to generation after generation of children, seeing the young and young-at-heart through World War 2, the social changes of the 1950s and 60s and on into a new millennium. Every child in the UK since the 1950s has known Dennis the Menace, the Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx and Roger the Dodger, but how many know the writers and artists who created these iconic comic characters? How do they write the scripts week after week? Where did the inspiration come from? How did the artists come to work for this Great British institution? This is the story of the Beano Comic, told in the words of the people who made it.

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Birlinn White Owl The Early Life of Walt Disney

The Magic of Terry Pratchett

Andrew Stanley Kiste

Marc Burrows

$32.95 • Hardback • 272 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations October 2021 • BIO005000 978-1-52-678080-5 • Andrew Stanley Kiste lives in North Carolina

$22.95 • Paperback • 288 pages 6x9.25 • October 2021 • BIO007000 978-1-39-900049-9

Most biographies of Walt Disney portray him as a creative genius who revolutionized the entertainment industry during the first half of the twentieth century. While he did transform the medium of animation, quickly becoming a household name during his late thirties, many biographies tell the story of Walt Disney’s development in a historical vacuum, separate from the historical events happening around him. For the first time ever, The Early Life of Walt Disney tells some important stories that help to flesh out the Disney history. How instrumental was Elias Disney’s career as a carpenter in Chicago? Why did the Disneys really leave Chicago to move to Marceline, Missouri? What types of jobs did Walt perform in France in the days following World War One? How was Walt influenced by the budding industry of animation in America? In addition to answering these questions, The Early Life of Walt Disney also includes a tour of the newly restored Walt Disney Birthplace, a new museum located in the childhood home of Walt Disney in Chicago, Illinois!

The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the first full biography of Sir Terry Pratchett ever written. Sir Terry was Britain’s best-selling living author, and before his death in 2015 had sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide. Best known for the Discworld series, his work has been translated into 37 languages, and performed as plays on every continent in the world, including Antarctica. Journalist, comedian and Pratchett fan Marc Burrows delves into the back story of one of UK’s most enduring and beloved authors, from his childhood in the Chiltern Hills, to his time as a journalist, and the journey that would take him – via more than sixty best-selling books – to an OBE, a knighthood and national treasure status. The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the result of painstaking archival research alongside interviews with friends and contemporaries who knew the real man under the famous black hat, helping to piece together the full story of one of British literature’s most remarkable and beloved figures for the very first time.

The Real Diana Dors

The Real Coco Chanel

Anna Cale

Rose Sgueglia

$39.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations September 2021 • BIO005000 978-1-52-678215-1

$34.95 • Paperback • 184 pages 6x9.25 • 16 pages, black and white plates • November 2021 • BIO035000 978-1-52-679973-9

The story of Swindon-born film star Diana Dors is one of fame, glamour and intrigue. From the moment she came into the world, her life was full of drama. Her acting career began in the shadow of the Second World War, entering the film world as a vulnerable young teenager and negotiating the difficult British studio system of the 1940s and 50s. Yet she battled against the odds to become one of the most iconic British actors of the 20th century. This book follows her remarkable story, from childhood in suburban Swindon, to acting success as a teenager and finding fame as the ‘the English Marilyn Monroe’. Many remember her as an outspoken and sometimes controversial figure, grabbing headlines for her personal life as often as her film roles. For Diana, image seemed to be everything, but there was more to her than the ‘blonde bombshell’ reputation suggested. A talented actor, she worked on numerous film and television projects, building a fascinating career that spanned decades. Set against the backdrop of the changing social landscape of twentieth century Britain, this book charts the ups and downs of her diverse acting career and her tumultuous private life.

Coco Chanel lived her life as a romantic heroine. Fueled by nineteenth century literature, she built a life that was part myth, part fact. She was the fashion designer everyone admired. The business woman whose fortunes were impossible to track. She was a performer and the lover of many high profile intellectuals. She was also believed, by many, to have been a Nazi spy. Her life was impacted heavily by history; the Second World War left an indelible trace. She was also greatly influenced by symbolism and literature, both huge sources of inspiration. This biography explores the course of her life, from her troubled and poverty stricken upbringing to the opening of her first hat shop. We discover Coco's passions and secrets, uncovering the myths and the facts of her life and examining how they match up, if at all. There are chapters focussing on the Chanel Maison and the creation of her iconic trademark, as well as her ‘little black dress’ and ‘Chanel No 5.’

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z • z Y Lolfa Welsh Saints from Welsh Churches

Towards an Independent Wales

Stained Glass and Other Religious Imagery Through the Centuries

The Independence Commission $14.99 • Paperback • 240 pages 5.5x8.5 • Currently Available POL058000 978-1-80099-041-8

Martin Crampin $37.99 • Hardback • 224 pages 8.7x10.6 • color illustrations throughout • December 2021 ART035000 • 978-1-912631-16-2

Celtic saints continue to fascinate many with an interest in medieval history and religious tradition. Wales' native saints are present in the landscape as the patrons of churches and in place-names from Merthyr Tydfil to Llanberis, from St Dogmaels to Llangollen, and Dewi Sant/St David especially remains very much part of the Welsh national consciousness. This book is a study of the remnants of medieval imagery of Welsh saints, as well as imagery from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in the form of stained glass, sculpture and painting. It provides an overview and analysis, followed by sections on c.40 individual Welsh saints such as Beuno, Melangell, Garmon, Seiriol, Non and Elli. The text contextualizes the imagery in ways that relate to art history, local history and hagiography, providing an authoritative introduction to the stories of the saints. The book is highly illustrated with 500 of the author’s own photographs.

How Wales Beat the Mighty All Blacks The Most Famous Win in Welsh Rugby History James Stafford Carys Feehan $11.99 • Hardback • 48 pages • 8.3x8.3 • color illustrations throughout • December 2021 JNF054000 • 978-1-80099-034-0

Fully illustrated picture book which will appeal to children (8+) and rugby-loving adults alike! This is the story of Wales' heroic defeat of the All Blacks on their first tour to the northern hemisphere, in which they trampled all other opponents into the dust!

The Welsh Independence movement is gathering momentum, and now gets regular attention in the UK media as well as in Wales. Membership of YesCymru grew from 2,500 to over 15,000 in 2020, and 35% of people polled in the same year are in favor of independence. This report charts the next steps. 2nd edition with new Foreword.

Nigel Owens: Full Time

The Buck Props Here!

Nigel Owens Paul Abbandonato

Anthony Buchanan Geraint Thomas

A life in rugby

$29.99 • Hardback 272 pages • 5.5x8.5 c.40 color photos December 2021 BIO016000 • 978-1-912631-31-5

$14.99 • Paperback 192 pages • 5.5x8.5 c.40 color photos December 2021 • BIO016000 978-1-912631-34-6

This is the story of the second half of Nigel’s career as one of the most famous referees in World Rugby, and one of only two Welsh refs ever to officiate at a Rugby World Cup Final. With his contract with the Welsh Rugby Union having come to an end in 2020, he is free to reveal all about his career since his previous autobiography, Half Time, to speak his mind on various issues and to give the full story of his last Rugby World Cup in 2019.

Autobiography of Llanelli prop, Welsh Rugby Union Board and International Rugby Board member Anthony Buchanan. Although he only won a handful of International caps for Wales, Anthony Buchanan’s story is unusual in that it spans both the playing and administrative sides of the game as well as bridging Welsh rugby’s momentous shift from the amateur days to professionalism. A trusted confidant of Gareth Jenkins, he is ideally placed to comment on Llanelli RFC’s transition from club to region, not to mention the birth of European rugby.

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Y Lolfa Birlinn Teach Your Dog Spanish

Teach Your Dog French

Anne Cakebread

$10 • Paperback • 112 pages • 4.1x5.8 Fully illustrated • August 2021 FOR026000 • 978-1-80099-033-3

$10 • Paperback • 112 pages • 4.1x5.8 Fully illustrated • August 2021 FOR008000 • 978-1-80099-032-6

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated, retro-style picture book with 60+ Spanish words and phrases for you to practice with your furry friend. Suitable as a first introduction to Spanish for learners of all ages: for adults who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic words for when visiting Spain, or for children, who will love the cute pictures. Includes a pronunciation guide for every phrase, and many of the words and phrases can also be used in non dog-related situations! Anne Cakebread’s first book in this series, Teach Your Dog Welsh, was Book of the Month for UK retailer W. H. Smiths and has so far been the Books Council of Wales’ monthly No.1 bestseller eight times.

A light-hearted, fully-illustrated, retro-style picture book with 60+ French words and phrases for you to practice with your furry friend. Suitable as a first introduction to French for learners of all ages: for adults who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic words for when visiting France, or for children, who will love the cute pictures. Includes a pronunciation guide for every phrase, and many of the words and phrases can also be used in non dog-related situations! Anne Cakebread’s first book in this series, Teach Your Dog Welsh, was Book of the Month for UK retailer W. H. Smiths and has so far been the Books Council of Wales’ monthly No.1 bestseller eight times.

Those People Next Door

Strong as a Mountain, Supple as a Snake

Manon Steffan Ros Jac Jones $5.99 • Paperback • 24 pages • 8.7x7.9 Fully illustrated • Currently Available JUV039120 • 978-1-80099-009-8

AA timely and fun picture book for children between 3 and 7, with a strong message of inclusion and kindness to all. This heartwarming tale celebrating differences is written by award-winning author Manon Steffan Ros and brought to life for young readers via Jac Jones’ quirky, colorful illustrations. The Welsh version of the book won the prestigious 2020 Tir na n-Og Prize for children’s fiction. A new family moves in next door to Bob. They speak another language as well as English, eat unusual food, and look different to everyone else Bob knows. But Bob and Tim from next door quickly become great friends when they start playing and having fun together. When their classmates are mean to Tim, Bob stands up for him, and the new family are soon part of the community. And even though they’re different, that doesn’t matter at all.

Ginny Moffett $14.99 • Paperback • 80 pages • 8.3x11 Fully illustrated • Currently Available YAN053000 • 978-1-80099-027-2

An unique story and exercise book for children (and possibly also adults!). Contains detailed descriptions of more than twenty yoga poses and breathing exercises woven into a story about a visit to Tada mountain and the Great Forest, protected by warriors with special powers.

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