Elliott & Thompson Autumn catalogue 2011 by Ellen Marshall

Autumn 2011 Catalogue 1

Welcome Welcome to the Elliott & Thompson Autumn 2011 catalogue. Launched in 2009, we are an exciting young independent publishing house with a rapidly developing list, focusing predominantly on general adult trade non-fiction and featuring partnerships with leading UK brands alongside a growing strength in both sport and narrative non-fiction. E&T also publish the cult David Charters series – wickedly funny, fast-paced, fast-living books on the City featuring financial antihero, Dave Hart. The fifth title, The Ego’s Nest, is published this June. Our lead title for Autumn is the untold story of one of the largest financial scandals – and the aristocratic conman Gerard Bevan at its heart – ever to have rocked the banking world. Full of underhand dealings in Edwardian England and involving a flight across Europe, replete with disguises and false passports, Fortune’s Spear is gripping true crime at its best. We have sports fans well-catered for also, with titles on cricket, golf and football, including a dramatic, in-depth account of the tumultuous 10-year span between the 1960s and 70s that defined the cricketing world as we know it today. There is much more besides, and we welcome you to peruse our catalogue and explore our books...

september

Jumpers for Goalposts: How Football Sold its Soul Rob Smyth

Jumpers for Goalposts is a fascinating and funny reflection on why football has changed so much since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, and why the old descriptions of “the beautiful game” and “the people’s game” no longer fit. Smyth looks at all the things that have stripped the charm and innocence from football, a list that includes grotesque wages and transfer fees, diving, 4-5-1, TV overkill, political correctness – and the lack of decent moustaches. With a wit and concern for the game we love, Jumpers for Goalposts is an engaging study of how football has sold its soul – and, perhaps more importantly, whether it can get it back. Author: Rob Smyth is an experienced cricket journalist who writes for the Guardian, Wisden Cricketer, the Economist and many other newspapers and magazines. He is the author of The Spirit of Cricket, paperback edition published by Elliott & Thompson in May 2011. Pub date: ISBN 13: Price: Format: Dimensions: Extent: Category: BIC: Rights:

1 September 2011 9781907642227 £11.99 Paperback Demy 224pp Sport / Football WSJA World

September

Cricket at the Crossroads: The Tumultuous Decade that Changed the Game Forever Guy Fraser-Sampson

In a decade spanning the 1960s and 70s three major crises gripped the world of cricket. The Close affair in 1967, when Brian Close was relieved of the England captaincy in controversial circumstances, laid bare the ugly class prejudice which had lingered on from the days of Gentlemen and Players. The dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oliveira affair saw the selection of an England touring party become a major international incident that divided the nation. And the birth of World Series cricket forced players and establishment alike to confront the very nature of the game, and how it should be played. Torn between the politics of the sport and the shifting social pressures of the day, the venerable institution of cricket found itself caught at a crossroads that would come to define how the game would be played and received for years to come. Based on original research and interviews with key figures of the day, Guy Fraser-Sampson evokes the era of the 1960s and 70s, the attitudes and politics of the period, and tells for the first time the story of the decade that dragged cricket forever into the modern era. Along the way the book tells the story of some of the cricketing greats, and of their triumphs, disasters, and personal tragedies. Gary Sobers, Colin Cowdrey, Ted Dexter, Ray Illingworth, John Snow, Derek Underwood, Geoff Boycott. The ups, the downs, and the elusive what-ifs. Author: Guy Fraser-Sampson is a wellknown best-selling business author and also writes history and fiction. Although he has been devoted to the sport since the age of 10, this is his first book about cricket.