4TH ESTATE & WILLIAM COLLINS
July-December 2014
Books for the Independent Reader
4th Estate was founded in 1984 on a shoestring budget. The new imprint aimed to bring innovative and thought-provoking writing to an intelligent and discerning readership. For the last thirty years, it has been devoted to publishing the most original fiction and non-fiction, discovering the best new writing and bringing its readers the greatest variety. The list of authors is gloriously eclectic and it is proud of its reputation for making critically-acclaimed, award-winning and beautifully-produced books – a reputation sealed by its win for Imprint of the Year at the 2013 Bookseller Industry Awards.
A magnificent story of eccentricity...
The Emperor Waltz by Philip Hensher In a third-century settlement on the fringes of the Roman Empire a new wife is fascinated by a strange cult; in 1922 an artist begins his studies at the avant-garde Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany; and a young man uses his inheritance to establish a gay bookshop in 1980s London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately-held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility.
Publication Date
03.07.2014 HB Royal
978-0-00-745957-5 ÂŁ18.99 E-book
978-0-00-745958-2 E-audio (unabridged)
978-0-00-756674
The EmperorWaltz is a magnificent story of eccentricity, its struggle, its triumph, its influence – but also its defeat. Philip Hensher is the author of nine novels, including the Bookershortlisted The Northern Clemency, and Scenes from Early Life, which won the Ondaatje Prize in 2012.
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A medieval road movie, Umberto Eco seen through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino.
John the Pupil by David Flusfeder John The Pupil recounts the journey taken from Oxford to Viterbo in 1267 by John and his two companions as they carry a secret burden to His Holiness Clement IV. As well as having to fight off ambushes from thieves hungry for the thing of power they are carrying, the holy trio are tried and tempted by all sorts of sins: ambition, pride, lust – and by the sheer hell and heaven of medieval life. Erudite and earthy, horrifying, comic, humane, David Flusfeder’s extraordinary novel reveals to the reader a world very different yet all too like the one we live in now.
Publication Date
17.07.2014 HB Demy
978-0-00-756118-6 £14.99 E-book
978-0-00-756119-3 E-audio (unabridged)
978-0-00-758498-7
David Flusfeder is the author of six novels, including Like Plastic, which won the Encore Prize for best second novel, and The Gift. He lives in South London with his family.
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‘Rourke is on his way to becoming the JG Ballard of Southend-on-Sea’ Deborah Levy
Vulgar Things by Lee Rourke Jon Michaels – divorced, disaffected, living nondescriptly in North London – wakes one morning to a hangover and a phone call from his brother, informing him that their estranged uncle has been found dead in his caravan on Canvey Island. What follows is the haunted and haunting, utterly compelling account of Jon’s week on that island, as he sorts through his uncle’s possessions. Lee Rourke, contributing editor at TheWhite Review and at 3:AM Magazine, is the author of the novel The Canal (winner of the Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize 2010). He lectures in creative writing and critical theory at Kingston University.
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03.07.2014 TPB Demy
978-0-00-754251-2 £14.99
E-book
978-0-00-754252-9
An anatomy of the American middle class in the 20th Century. It’s all here: how we live, how we love, how we die, how we carry on.
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas The story of Eileen Leary – mother, wife, daughter, lover, nurse, caretaker, whiskey drinker and dreamer. Raised in Queens in the 1940s, Eileen yearns for more from an early age. She places her stock and love in a handsome young scientist and with him begins a family. But soon, she and her son are left to grapple with a husband and a father who is, beyond their control, fading away. Matthew Thomas studied at the University of Chicago and has an M.A. in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University, where he studied under Alice McDermott. He has been working on We Are Not Ourselves for a decade. He was briefly a reporter for the NewYork Observer and has until recently worked as teacher.
Publication Date
11.09.2014 HB Royal
978-0-00-754821-7 £18.99 E-book
978-0-00-754822-4
TPB (Exp only)
978-0-00-755921-3 £12.99
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JG Ballard New Editions Announcing a complete repackaging of the works of JG Ballard with designs by Stanley Donwood and all new introductions to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Ballard’s death.
The DrownedWorld (introduced by Martin Amis). Ballard’s first major novel conjures a flooded, tropical London of the near future.
Also to be reissued:
5 June
7 August
10 April
The Drought Introduced by M. John Harrison
Empire of the Sun Introduced by John Lanchester
The Crystal World Introduced by Robert Macfarlane The Atrocity Exhibition Introduced by Hari Kunzru High-Rise Introduced by Ned Beauman Millennium People Introduced by Iain Sinclair Miracles of Life Introduced by China Miéville
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The Unlimited Dream Company Introduced by John Gray Hello America Introduced by Ben Marcus The Day of Creation Introduced by Joshua Cohen Cocaine Nights Introduced by James Lever Kingdom Come Introduced by Deborah Levy
Running Wild Introduced by Adam Phillips Rushing to Paradise Introduced by Rivka Galchen Super-Cannes Introduced by Ali Smith The Complete Short Stories Introduced by Adam Thirlwell
Cocaine Nights J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05.06.2014 PB 978-0-00-655064-8 £8.99 The Day of Creation J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05/06/2014 PB 978-0-00-722789-1 £8.99 Kingdom Come J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05/06/2014 PB 978-0-00-723247-5 £8.99
Crash (introduced by Zadie Smith). The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism.
Crusoe, in which a man becomes trapped on a traffic island.
Concrete Island (introduced by Neil Gaiman). Ballard’s own Robinson
The Kindness ofWomen (introduced by Michel Faber). Continues the story of Jim, the young boy from Ballard’s much-loved classic, Empire of the Sun.
Hello America J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05/06/2014 PB 978-0-00-728703-1 £8.99
The Kindness of Women J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05/06/2014 PB 978-0-00-654701-3 £8.99
Concrete Island J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-728704-8 £8.99
The Drought J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05/06/2014 PB 978-0-586-08996-5 £8.99
Crash J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-728702-4 £8.99
Running Wild J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-654819-5 £8.99
The Unlimited Dream Company J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 05/06/2014 PB 978-0-586-08995-8 £8.99
Super-Cannes J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-655160-7 £8.99
The Complete Short Stories Volume 1 J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-724229-0 £10.99
The Complete Short Stories Volume 2 J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-724576-5 £10.99 Rushing to Paradise J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-654814-0 £8.99 Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard. Publication Date 07/08/2014 PB 978-0-00-722152-3 £8.99
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The first novel from Britain’s most popular and influential political commentator.
Head of State by Andrew Marr It’s September 2017, and the UK is on the verge of a crucial referendum. But there is a shocking secret at the very heart of government that, were it to become known, would change everything. Making full use of his unrivalled inside knowledge of the British political scene, Andrew Marr’s first novel is a sparkling entertainment, and a fascinating, irreverent glimpse behind the parliamentary curtain. Andrew Marr is one of Britain’s most acclaimed journalists, broadcasters and non-fiction authors. His television documentary series include Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain and Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain. He lives in London.
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Publication Date
09.09.2014 HB Royal
978-0-00-759192-3 £18.99 E-book
978-0-00-759193-0
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer The profound and terrifying finale of VanderMeer’s extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy. Praise for Annihilation: ‘You find yourself afraid to turn the page.’ Guardian ‘A teeming science fiction that draws on Conrad and Lovecraft … [Annihilation] will allow VanderMeer to break through to a new and larger audience.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Immersive, insightful and often deeply bloody creepy, this is a startlingly good novel.’ SFX Magazine
Publication Date
11.09.2014 HB Demy
978-0-00-755353-2 £12.99
E-book
978-0-00-755354-9 E-audio
978-0-00-756458-3 TPB
978-0-00-755355-6 £10.99
Jeff VanderMeer is an award-winning American novelist and editor, whose fiction has been translated into twenty languages.
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‘O’Neill seems incapable of composing a boring sentence or thinking an uninteresting thought’ New York Times
The Dog by Joseph O’Neill In a New York City cloakroom, a luckless attorney bumps into an old college buddy. While Eddie Batros was once a chubby, pitiable Lebanese kid, the super wealthy 2007 version has the position of Batros Family Officer in his gift. Eager to escape a catastrophic relationship, the attorney agrees to relocate to Dubai. With fluency and subtle humour, Joseph O’Neill creates a brilliantly entertaining anti-hero, stricken by his endless powers of reason. Ultimately, The Dog asks whether a blameless life is a harmless one.
Publication Date
11.09.2014 HB/PB 09.09.2017 TPB/EB HB Demy
978-0-00-727574-8 £16.99 TPB (Exp only)
978-0-00-733942-6 £12.99 E-book
978-0-00-755849-0
Joseph O’Neill was born in Ireland, grew up in Holland and lives in America. He is the author of This is the Life, The Breezes and Netherland, as well as a memoir, Blood-Dark Track. He has four children and lives in New York.
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PB B format (IN only)
978-0-00-758309-6 £8.99
The exhilarating debut novel by iconic filmmaker David Cronenberg.
Consumed by David Cronenberg Stylish and camera-obsessed, Naomi and Nathan thrive on the yellow journalism of the social-media age. They are lovers and competitors – nomadic freelancers in pursuit of sensation and depravity, encountering each other only in airport hotels and browser windows. Their parallel narratives become entwined in a gripping, dreamlike plot that involves geopolitics, 3-D printing, North Korea, the Cannes Film Festival, cancer, and, in an incredible number of varieties, sex. David Cronenberg’s many feature films include The Brood,The Dead Zone,The Fly, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly, Crash, A History of Violence, and A Dangerous Method. His most recent film, Cosmopolis, starred Robert Pattinson and was an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel. Consumed is his first novel.
Publication Date
11.09.2014 HB
978-0-00-729915-7 £18.99 E-book
978-0-00-737524-0 TPB (Exp only)
978-0-00-755224-5 £14.99
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‘The greatest modern English prose writer working today’ Chairman of the Man Booker Prize
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel In this new collection of ten stories, all of Hilary Mantel’s unique gifts of characterisation, observation and intelligence are fully on display. With settings ranging from an expatriate’s flat in Saudi Arabia to a Greek holiday island to a mysteriously unsettling clinic in London’s Harley Street, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powers. Hilary Mantel’s books include A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Her two most recent novels, Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies, were both awarded the Man Booker Prize – an unprecedented achievement.
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Publication Date
25.09.2014 HB Demy
978-0-00-758097-2 £16.99
E-book
978-0-00-758098-9 TPB (exp)
978-0-00-758100-9 £12.99 PB (IN-only)
978-0-00-758308-9 £8.99
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan ‘She has surpassed herself’ Independent on Sunday ‘The characters are wonderful.You can’t help but fall in love with people who are named Cracked Egg or Magic Cloud … TheValley of Amazement offers a fascinating insight into a hidden world belonging to a bygone era, as it flits from harrowing to humorous’ Stylist Magazine
Publication Date
15.07.2014
PB B-Format
978-0-00-747648-0 £8.99 PB A-Format (Exp only)
978-0-00-750742-9 £6.99
Carthage by Joyce Carol Oates ‘She is the mistress of all she surveys’ The Times ‘The ever-prolific Joyce Carol Oates is at the top of her game in this suspensefilled thriller … about guilt, punishment and forgiveness’ Financial Times
Publication Date
31.07.2014
PB B-Format
978-0-00-748575-8 £8.99
‘A profound and poignant vision of American guilt, and its potential for some kind of absolution’ Guardian
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The Norfolk Mystery by Ian Sansom The vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church bell rope. Did he really take his own life, or was it murder? Professor Swanton Morley, autodidact, and his side kick, the flat broke Stephen Sefton, while researching the first of their County Guides, are drawn into this dark mystery.
Publication Date
03.07.2014
PB B-Format
978-0-00-736048-2 £8.99
‘A touch of Sherlock Holmes and a dash of Lord Peter Wimsey’ Daily Mail
The Kraus Project by Jonathan Franzen ‘Less a coherent book than an experimental collage of texts, and all the better for it . . . The Kraus Project is tremendously readable and is refreshingly sceptical of the cult of digital cool ... as an exercise in controlled rage and as a celebration of and introduction to Karl Kraus it works just so’ Financial Times ‘Franzen is still saying something important’ Sunday Times
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Publication Date
28.08.2014
PB B-Format
978-0-00-751744-2 £8.99
‘Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and pull yourself together’ Elizabeth Taylor
Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes A witty, wise and truthful beauty handbook for real women on what works in real life. Covering everything from teenage skin to that milestone 80th birthday, Sali Hughes celebrates makeup’s physically and emotionally transformative powers – in the voice of beauty editor, feminist and painfully funny best friend.
Publication Date
11.09.2014 HB
978-0-00-754979-5 £20.00
E-book
978-0-00-754980-1
Sali Hughes is a renowned journalist and broadcaster who contributes to, among others, the Guardian, Red, Grazia, Elle, Stylist, BBC Radio 5Live and BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Her website, salihughesbeauty.com, attracted over 1.7 million views in its first four weeks.
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An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are.
Dataclysm Our Life in Numbers by Christian Rudder Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder puts this flood of information to an entirely different use: understanding human nature. Drawing on terabytes of data from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, OkCupid, and many other sites, Rudder examines the terrain of human experience to answer a range of outrageous and illuminating questions: Does it matter where you went to school? How racist are we? How do political views alter relationships? Christian Rudder is co-founder of OkCupid.
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11.09.2014 HB 09.09.2014 EB HB Royal
978-0-00-749441-5 ÂŁ14.99 E-book
978-0-00-749442-2
‘There has never been anyone like Lena Dunham. To a generation of girls, she is the thing.The very thing.The absolute thing’ Caitlin Moran
Not That Kind of Girl AYoung Woman TellsYou What She’s Learned by Lena Dunham This hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal musings confirms Lena Dunham – the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s Girls – as one of the brightest and most original writers working today. Marked by Lena’s characteristic wit and wry observation, the book covers crucial topics from ‘platonic bed sharing’ and ‘crying at work’ to ‘red lipstick with a sunburn’. Lena Dunham is a 28-year-old writer and director. She is the creator and star of the HBO series Girls. She has received eight Emmy nominations and won two Golden Globes. She lives in New York.
Publication Date
09.10.2014 HB Demy
978-0-00-751552-3 £14.99
E-book
978-0-00-751553-0 E-audio
ISBN TBC
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I ThinkYou’ll Find it’s a Bit More Complicated Than That by Ben Goldacre The very best journalism from one of Britain’s most admired and outspoken science writers. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In Bad Pharma, he put the $600 billion global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. Now the pick of the journalism by one of our wittiest, most indignant and most fearless commentators on the worlds of medicine and science is collected in one volume. Ben Goldacre is a doctor, writer, broadcaster and academic. His first book, Bad Science, sold over 400,000 copies in the UK, and has been translated into twenty five languages.
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Publication Date
09.10.2014
PB with flaps
978-0-00-746248-3 £14.99 E-book
978-0-00-750515-9 E-audio
978-0-00-751821-0 PB B-format (IN only)
978-0-00-758307-2 £8.99
Unbroken (film tie-in) by Laura Hillenbrand A gripping true story of one remarkable individual’s resilience during WWII, soon to be a major film directed by Angelina Jolie and written by the Coen Brothers.
Publication Date
09.10.2014 PB B-format
‘An instant classic.’ Mail on Sunday
978-0-00-758057-6 £8.99
‘More gripping than fiction.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Unbroken is an extraordinarily compelling read, a match for any thriller … a remarkable book.’ Evening Standard Laura Hillenbrand wrote number-one bestseller Seabiscuit and co-founded Operation International Children. She lives in Washington.
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Real Food & Appetite by Nigel Slater ‘Real food means big-flavoured, unpretentious cooking. Good ingredients made into something worth eating. Just nice, uncomplicated food’ ‘I want you to take in the spirit of the recipes and to deviate according to your ingredients and your feelings. I urge you to break the rules. I want you to follow your appetite’ Two classics from the bestselling and much-loved Nigel Slater in wonderful new packages: Appetite, his inspirational guide to home cooking, and Real Food, his timeless guide to comfort food. ‘There’s nobody better than Nigel Slater at making cooking seem a relaxed, modest and wholly enjoyable affair.’ Daily Mail ‘The greatest cookery writer of them all.’ Guardian
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Publication Date
03.07.2014
Real Food PB
978-1-84115-144-1 Appetite PB
978-1-84115-470-1
William Collins represents the best of nonfiction publishing, specialising in history, art, science, religion, and natural history. From Max Hastings and Richard Holmes to Brian Cox and David Attenborough, our authors are leading lights in their fields. We also publish the renowned New Naturalist collection and the ever-popular editions of the Good News Bible. Though its origins – dating back to 1819 – are decidedly traditional, William Collins is fast g aining a name for itself as a purveyor of innovative formats – from the ebook-friendly History in an Hour series to the groundbreaking Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of Life apps, produced in collaboration with the BBC and winner of numerous ‘Editors’ Pick’ selections from Apple.
Because Ideas Matter
TheWWI Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May – written and kept in secret and published now for the first time.
To Fight Alongside Friends The Great War Diaries of Charlie May Edited by Gerry Harrison Captain Charlie May was killed, aged 27, on the first day of the Somme. A journalist before the war and a born storyteller, May’s vivid eye for detail and warm good humour brings to life his experience of battalion life in and behind the trenches during the build-up to the greatest battle fought by a British army. Born in New Zealand, Charles May left a wife, Maude, and a baby daughter, Pauline, when he died. His diaries, the originals of which are in the Regimental Archive near Manchester, have pride of place in the Imperial War Museum in London.
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03.07.2014 HB Demy
978-0-00-755853-7 £14.99
E-book
978-0-00-755854-4
The life of the complex, ruthless adversary of General Franco, whose life spanned much of Spain’s turbulent 20th century.
The Last Stalinist The Life of Santiago Caprillo by Paul Preston Admired by many on the left as a revolutionary and a pillar of the anti-Franco struggle, and hated by others as a Stalinist gravedigger of the revolution, Santiago Carrillo was arguably Franco’s most consistent left-wing enemy. In The Last Stalinist, Spain’s greatest modern historian Paul Preston unravels the legend of a devastating and controversial figure at the heart of 20th-century Spanish politics.
Publication Date
14.08.2014 HB
978-0-00-755840-7 £30 E-book
978-0-00-755841-4
Paul Preston CBE is Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre of Contemporary Spanish Studies at LSE. His most recent work The Spanish Holocaust was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize 2012.
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In his spectacular new book, Brian Cox will take readers out of this world and into a whole new dimension as he gives us a new perspective on human life.
Human Universe by Prof Brian Cox & Andrew Cohen The story of humanity from the birth of the Universe to the ultimate fate of our species. The television series of the same name will air in the autumn.
Publication Date
11.09.2014
HB 280 x 280 mm
Professor Brian Cox, OBE is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He lives in London. Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive Producer of the BBC series Human Universe. He has been responsible for a wide range of science documentaries including Horizon, the Wonders trilogy and Stargazing Live.
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978-0-00-748880-3 ÂŁ25 E-book
978-0-00-748881-0
An intensely moving account of George III’s domestic life, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.
The Strangest Family The Private Life of George III by Janice Hadlow George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to turn his back on the dysfunctional lives of his royal predecessors and to create a happy, harmonious domestic life for his family. This is the story of his great royal project, and how it unraveled – with heart-breaking consequences.
Publication Date
28.08.2014 HB
978-0-00-716519-3 £25
Janice Hadlow is Controller, Special Projects and Seasons at the BBC. In her previous roles as Controller of BBC2 and BBC4, and Head of History at Channel 4, she has been hugely influential in popularizing history on television. This is her first book.
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Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.
Waterloo The True Story of Four Days,Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell Bestselling author Bernard Cornwall is celebrated for his ability to bring history to life. Here, in his first work of nonfiction, he has written the true story of the epic battle of Waterloo – a momentous turning point in European history. Bernard Cornwell was born in London but now lives in the US with his wife. In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, he is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series and the Alfred series.
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Publication Date
11.09.2014 HB Royal
978-0-00-753938-3 ÂŁ25 E-book
978-0-00-753939-0
Aristocrat, literary celebrity,‘Rose Queen’, devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast –Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward.
Vita Rebel, Iconoclast and the Woman Behind the Mask by Matthew Dennison Famed for her passionate relationship with Virginia Woolf and the gardens she created in Sissinghurst Castle, Vita Sackville-West led a life filled with contradiction – controversy and discretion, promiscuity and devotion, selfishness and love. From her privileged world of the aristocracy, she brought her penchant for rebellion to the artistic vanguard of modern Britain.
Publication Date
25.09.2014 HB
978-0-00-748696-0 £25 E-book
978-0-00-748697-7
Matthew Dennison is the author of several acclaimed books including The Last Princess. He also writes for Country Life, Telegraph Magazine and The Times.
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The definitive book on the war in Afghanistan by award-winning journalist Christina Lamb.
Tell Me How This Ends How The West Ignored Pakistan and Lost Afghanistan by Christina Lamb With unparalleled access to key players, from top officials in Washington, London, Islamabad and Kabul, to Taliban and Pakistani spies, Christina Lamb retraces the Afghan conflict to the 1980s, when the CIA used Islam as a rallying cry against the Soviets. This unflinching and insightful account of the West’s involvement in Afghanistan is vital reading for anyone who wants to know: have we been fighting the wrong war? Christina Lamb OBE is currently the Sunday Times Foreign Correspondent. Named Foreign Correspondent of the Year four times, she is the author of several bestselling books, including I Am Malala, co-authored with Malala Yousafzai.
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Publication Date
09.10.2014 HB
978-0-00-725692-1 £25 PB
978-0-00-725693-8 £14.99 E-book
978-0-00-728727-7
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A magnificent examination of the age of fear, subversion and espionage created when Europe’s governments tried to police the world against obscure forces seemingly intent on destroying civilisation.
Phantom Terror The Threat of Revolution in the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 by Adam Zamoyski As the French Revolution and Napoleon’s rule confirmed the worst fears of Europe’s rulers, they saw their states as threatened by a sense of a great, ill-defined threat that has never since left. Adam Zamoyski’s timely and compelling history explores how the future was envisaged in a time of suppression, and how attempts to impose order were meant to assure it.
Publication Date
09.10.2014 HB
978-0-00-728276-0 £25 E-book
978-0-00-728276-0
Adam Zamoyski’s books include the Sunday Times bestseller 1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow, Warsaw 1920 and Chopin. He lives in London and is married to the painter Emma Sergeant.
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From the author of the acclaimed Mr China comes another rollicking adventure story that offers valuable lessons to helpWesterners do business in China.
Chinese Rules Mao’s Dog, Deng’s Cat and Other Lessons from The Front Lines in China by Tim Clissold Exploring key episodes in China’s long political, military, and cultural history, Tim Clissold outlines five Chinese rules, which anyone can deploy in on-the-ground situations with modern Chinese counterparts. These Chinese rules will enable foreigners not only to co-operate with China but also to compete with the emerging superpower on its own terms.
Publication Date
06.11.2014 HB
978-0-00-759025-4 £20 E-book
978-0-00-759026-1
Tim Clissold has lived and worked in China for more than twenty years. He is the author of Mr China which was translated into twelve languages and was one of the Economist’s books of the year.
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The hotlyanticipated follow-up to the global bestseller Information is Beautiful.
Knowledge is Beautiful by David Mccandless David McCandless dazzles us once again with his inspirational and unique signature visual style. Knowledge is Beautiful will offer a deeper and broader look at the key issues underpinning our knowledge of the world and its history. You’ll see for yourself who owns the Arctic, what the world’s worst railway is and the chances that we’re alone in the galaxy…
Publication Date
05.10.2014 HB
978-0-00-742792-5 £25 E-book
978-0-00-758470-3
David McCandless is an award-winning writer and journalist. His work has appeared internationally in over thirty publications. He writes for Wired and the Guardian, and lives in London.
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A truly global, and stunningly illustrated, history of warfare by one of the world’s leading military historians.
A History of War in 100 Battles by Richard Overy The story of mankind has been indelibly marked by war. Choosing 100 of the most memorable battles Richard Overy shows how armed combat has changed over human history, featuring new weapons, new tactics and new forms of organising armed forces.Yet, despite these changes, many things – such as leadership, cunning, or raw courage – have remained the same. Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. A world-renowned military historian, he has published over twenty books, and is also the editor of the bestselling The Times Complete History of theWorld. He lives in London.
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Publication Date
23.10.2014 HB
978-0-00-745250-7 E-book
978-0-00-745252-1
In this charming bestiary of dogs from literature, lore, and life, Mikita Brottman – a scholar, psychoanalyst, and cultural critic – explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world.
The Great Grisby An A-Z of Exceptional Dogs by Mikita Brottman While unveiling her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Mikita Brottman ruminates on the singular bond between dogs and humans. Assembling a charming literary, historical, artistic, and philosophical cast of canine personalities, The Great Grisby reveals how much dogs have to teach us about empathy, happiness, love – and what it means to be human.
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09.10.2014 HB Demy
978-0-00-754805-7 £16.99 E-book
978-0-00-754806-4
Mikita Brottman, Ph.D, is an Oxford educated scholar, psychoanalyst, and critic. She is the author of seven books and is professor of Humanistic Studies at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
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Falling Upwards by Richard Holmes Following the first daring, enigmatic few who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). ‘Nominally a history of the hot air balloon, this is really a history of hope and fantasy.’ New Republic
Publication Date
03.07.2014 PB
978-0-00-747651-0 £10.99 E-book
978-0-00-747651-0
‘Endlessly exhilarating.’ Mail on Sunday ‘Sheer delight.’ New Statesman
The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation. ‘A literary impresario … a clever, engaging and original look at what would seem well-trodden historical paths.’ Economist ‘Remarkable … [this] is not only readable, it’s compelling and quite marvellous.’ Literary Review
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Publication Date
03.07.2014 PB
978-0-00-753240-7 £9.99 E-book
978-0-00-753238-4
Eyes Wide Open by Noreena Hertz How to make better, smarter decisions in a fast-moving world.
Publication Date
03.07.2014 PB
‘A practical guide to critical thinking in the digital age.’ Sunday Times
HARDBACK JACKET
978-0-00-756473-6 £8.99 E-book
978-0-00-746711-2
‘Noreena Hertz is right on the money with a directive that we should become ‘challengers’ of so-called expert advice.’ Janet Street Porter, Independent
Warsaw 1944 by Alexandra Richie In one of the final major battles of World War II, the Poles resisted German forces, street by street, for sixty-three days. ‘The definitive study of the uprising.’ Economist
Publication Date
28.08.2014 PB
978-0-00-718043-1 £12.99 E-book
978-0-00-752341-2
‘An important contribution to a tragic literature.’ Wall Street Journal HARDBACK JACKET
‘Fast-paced narrative history.’ Observer
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This comprehensive new field guide is an excellent addition to the worldrenowned series – the ultimate reference book for travelling birdwatchers.
Collins Field Guide Birds of India by Norman Arlott Every species of bird you might encounter in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands and the Maldives is featured, and beautiful artwork depicts their breeding plumage. The text concentrates on the specific characteristics and appearance of each species that allow identification in the field, including voice and distribution maps. One of the world’s leading wildlife artists, Norman Arlott has illustrated over 100 books and his artwork regularly appears in magazines.
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Publication Date
01.10.2014
HB PLC 192 x 127 mm
978-0-00-742955-4 £29.99 E-book
978-0-00-756068-4
The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 100 volumes published in over 60 years.
Collins New Naturalist (127) Nature in Towns & Cities by David Goode Not since Richard Fitter’s landmark publication in 1945, London’s Natural History – volume 3 in the New Naturalist series – has there been a comprehensive guide to urban natural history. Since then there have been major advances in the conservation of nature in our towns and cities, and there is even more to say about how animals and plants have adapted, in varying degrees, to urbanisation. Professor David Goode has enormous experience of urban natural history and before his retirement worked as the Director of the London Ecology Unit.
Publication Date
01.09.2014
HB 216 x 149 mm
978-0-00-724239-9 £55 PB 216 x 149 mm
978-0-00-724240-5 £35 E-book
978-0-00-755619-9
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One Hundred and Four Horses by Mandy Retzlaff The story of an idyllic existence that falls apart at the seams, and a story of incredible bonds – a love of the land, the strength of a family, and of the connection between man and the most majestic of animals, the horse.
HARDBACK JACKET
Publication Date
03.07.2014 PB
978-0-00-747756-2 £8.99 E-book
978-0-00-747757-9
‘The dramatic narrative of their dangerous journey … gives this epic its nail-biting edge. The horses, each with its own character, are the stars.’ The Times
The Salmon by Michael Wigan An extraordinary journey into the amazing world of the king of fish.
Publication Date
03.07.2014 PB
‘Extremely well-informed.’ Literary Review
978-0-00-756471-2 £10.99 E-book
978-0-00-748765-3
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‘Michael Wigan gives us passionate advocacy on behalf of the wild Atlantic salmon. Above all he recognises the salmon as environmental indicator as well as cultural icon and economic driver.’ Director of the Atlantic SalmonTrust
A guide for figuring out what we’re called to do and how to make it happen.
Yes,You How To FindYour Path and Drive by Rob Bell We all have dreams, whether it’s writing a novel, starting a family, or creating a business, and Rob wants to help us make those dreams reality. Here, he shows us how not to listen to critics – internal and external – how to get our mental attitudes in the right place, and how to find the courage to do what we’re meant to do.
Publication Date
02.09.2014 HB
978-0-00-759132-9 £13.99 E-book
978-0-00-759133-6
Rob Bell is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling book Love Wins and was the Founding Pastor of Mars Hill Holy Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He speaks to soldout audiences across the world. He and his wife Kristen have three children.
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A powerful anthology of readings from the world’s greatest spiritual writers for each day of Lent, with accompanying scripture and prayers.
The Little Book of Lent Compiled by Arthur Howells Contributors include Desmond Tutu, Sheila Cassidy, Margaret Silf and Rowan Williams, among many others, forming an anthology that truly has something for everybody, in every Christian tradition, looking to deepen their prayer life during the forty days of Lent. Arthur Howells is a retired Anglican priest who has served all his ministry in the Church in Wales, formerly Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of Brecon Cathedral. He is married to Margaret, a retired teacher. They live in Swansea and have two sons and four grandchildren.
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Publication Date
23.10.2014 PB
978-0-00-756116-2 ÂŁ4.99 E-book
978-0-00-756117-9
PREVIOUS EDITION
Mission Praise was the first hymn book of its kind, introducing more modern styles of music into worship.
Mission Praise 30th anniversary edition Compiled by Peter Horrobin and Greg Leavers This edition of Mission Praise includes the whole of the existing collection, and adds the best new songs in various styles from the past few years. It contains over 100 new songs and has, by popular request, been split into two volumes. Initially used in 1984 for Billy Graham’s Mission England rallies – where thousands of people converted to Christianity – it has since become a staple of worship throughout the world, bringing together the ‘best of the old and the new’ in Christian music.
Publication Date
09.10.2014
Music 978-0-00-756343-2 £50 for 2-volume set. Words 978-0-00-756519-1 £8.99 Large Print Words 978-0-00-756520-7 £25
The 30th anniversary edition of Mission Praise has been compiled by Mission Praise’s original editorial team, Peter Horrobin and Greg Leavers, who live in the North of England.
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