FOREIGN RIGHTS AVAILABLE LONDON BOOK FAIR 2014
CONTENTS FRONTLINE UKRAINE CRISIS IN THE BORDERLANDS RICHARD SAKWA............................................................................................5
FROM A PERSIAN KITCHEN FRESH DISCOVERIES IN IRANIAN COOKING JILA DANA-HAERI ...........................................................................................6
THE NEW EMPERORS KERRY BROWN .............................................................................................7
LITTLE EMPERORS AND MATERIAL GIRLS SEX AND YOUTH IN MODERN CHINA JEMIMAH STEINFELD ......................................................................................8
EUROPE UNDER NAPOLEON (1799-1815) MICHAEL BROERS ...........................................................................................9
MADRID THE HISTORY JULES STEWART ...........................................................................................10
UNBELIEVABLE WHY WE BELIEVE AND WHY WE DON'T GRAHAM WARD ...........................................................................................11
CELESTIAL REVOLUTIONARY COPERNICUS, THE MAN AND HIS UNIVERSE JOHN FREELY ..............................................................................................12
PUTIN AND THE OLIGARCH THE KHODORKOVSKY-YUKOS AFFAIR RICHARD SAKWA..........................................................................................13
ZONE OF CRISIS AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, IRAQ AND IRAN AMIN SAIKAL ..............................................................................................14
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE DIONYSIOS STATHAKOPOULOS ...........................................................................15
A TALE IN TWO CITIES FANNY BURNEY AND ADÈLE, COMTESSE DE BOIGNE BRIAN UNWIN .............................................................................................16
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DENG XIAOPING A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY MICHAEL DILLON .........................................................................................17
THE ALBANIANS A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY MIRANDA VICKERS
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THE EUROPEAN UNION AN INTRODUCTION MARK CORNER ............................................................................................19
THE HISTORY OF A FORGOTTEN NAZI CAMP NAZI IDEOLOGY AND GENOCIDE AT SZMALCOWKA TOMASZ CERAN ...........................................................................................20
THE KAISER'S MISSION TO KABUL A SECRET EXPEDITION TO AFGHANISTAN IN WORLD WAR I JULES STEWART, FOREWORD BY GENERAL SIR DAVID RICHARDS
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THE NAZI HOLOCAUST ITS HISTORY AND MEANING RONNIE S. LANDAU .......................................................................................22
THE HOLOCAUST SITES OF EUROPE AN HISTORICAL GUIDE MARTIN WINSTONE .......................................................................................23
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR A MILITARY HISTORY PETER GAUNT .............................................................................................24
WLADYSLAW GOMULKA A BIOGRAPHY ANITA PRAŻMOWSKA .....................................................................................25
THERE AND BACK AGAIN JRR TOLKIEN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE HOBBIT MARK ATHERTON .........................................................................................26
A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HOMER ON THE TRAIL OF ODYSSEUS THROUGH TURKEY AND THE MEDITERRANEAN JOHN FREELY ..............................................................................................27
THE SACRED ARCHITECTURE OF BYZANTIUM ART, LITURGY AND SYMBOLISM IN EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES NICHOLAS N. PATRICIOS ..................................................................................28
KIPLING AND THE SEA VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES FROM NORTH ATLANTIC TO SOUTH PACIFIC RUDYARD KIPLING, EDITED BY ANDREW LYCETT ......................................................29
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BABYLON LEGEND, HISTORY AND THE ANCIENT CITY MICHAEL SEYMOUR .......................................................................................30
LAND OF EAGLES RIDING THROUGH EUROPE’S FORGOTTEN COUNTRY ROBIN HANBURY-TENISON ...............................................................................31
REMBRANDT’S HOUSE EXPLORING THE WORLD OF THE GREAT MASTER ANTHONY BAILEY
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TANGIER CITY OF THE DREAM IAIN FINLAYSON ...........................................................................................33
TOUCHING AND IMAGINING AN INTRODUCTION TO TACTILE ART JAN SVANKMAJER TRANSLATED BY STANLEY DALBY, INTRODUCTION BY CATHRYN VASSELEU ......................................................................... 34
READING ASIAN TELEVISION DRAMA CROSSING BORDERS AND BREAKING BOUNDARIES EDITED BY JEONGMEE KIM ...............................................................................35
THE AESTHETICS OF UGLINESS KARL ROSENKRANZ TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY ANDREI POP AND MECHTILD WIDRICH
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CONTEMPORARY THINKERS REFRAMED INTERPRETING KEY THINKERS FROM THE ARTS SERIES ................................................37
SEEING FROM ABOVE THE AERIAL VIEW IN VISUAL CULTURE EDITED BY MARK DORRIAN AND FRÉDÉRIC POUSIN ....................................................38
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Frontline Ukraine Crisis in the Borderlands
RICHARD SAKWA
DECEMBER 2014 £14.99
30 B/W INTEGRATED 224 PAGES
Key Selling Points Author is leading authority on modern Russia; The first account of the gravest international crisis of the 21st century; Timely book on an issue that will dominate news; No competitive work on the subject.
POLITICS/RUSSIA Description Author Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Russian and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and the author of The Crisis of Russian Democracy; Putin: Russia’s Choice; Communism in Russia; Russian Politics and Society; The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union; and Gorbachev and His Reforms.
The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the story of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through five ‘revolutions’, which have forced Ukraine, a country internally divided between East and West, to choose between closer union with Europe or its historic ties with Russia. The first full account of the ongoing crisis, Frontline Ukraine explains the origins, developments and global significance of the battle for Crimea . With all eyes focused on the region, Sakwa unravels the myths and misunderstandings of the situation, providing an essential and highly-readable account of the struggle for Europe’s contested borderlands.
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From a Persian Kitchen
Fresh Discoveries in Iranian Cooking
Jila Dana-Haeri
MARCH 2014
£20
100 COLOUR INTEGRATED 288 PAGES
COOKERY/ IRAN
Author
Jila Dana-Haeri is an expert in Persian cuisine. A medical doctor with a specialty in clinical pharmacology, she has a particular interest in nutrition, which is reflected in her recipes. Jila grew up in Iran where she honed cooking skills in her family kitchen, and now lives in the English countryside where she entertains family and friends with her Persian dishes. She is the co-author of New Persian Cooking (I.B.Tauris, 2011)
Key Selling Points Unique recipe books – bringing new approaches to often overlooked classic cuisine to a Western audience; Essential bookshelf addition to those interested in world cuisine, and fans of New Persian Cooking; Includes recipes for cooks of all levels, from beginners to the keen cook.
Description
The food of Iran is a riot of tastes and aroma, and is one of the great - but least known - cuisines of the world. With an emphasis on the use of seasonal ingredients, fresh herbs and fragrant spices, Jila Dana-Haeri here presents a unique guide to quintessential Persian cooking. The varieties of beautiful jewelled rice dishes, hearty winter dishes and crisp summer salads, showcase the diversity of Iranian regional cooking, from the sweet and sour flavours of the Northern Caspian Coast to the spicy and aromatic tastes of the South and the Persian Gulf. The complimentary mix of flavours – the fresh tartness of pomegranate seeds and the subtle perfume of saffron, tarragon, dill and fenugreek – create an array of mouth-watering recipes that are now, thanks to Dana-Haeri’s contribution, accessible to cooks of all levels. This lavishly-illustrated cookbook offers an enticing selection of recipes for any occasion. It will be essential for all interested in expanding their cultural and culinary horizons.
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The New Emperors Kerry Brown Key Selling Points
JUNE 2014 £20 272 PAGES
ASIAN STUDIES/POLITICS/ INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ROMANIAN RIGHTS SOLD Author
Kerry Brown is the Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and former head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House. With twenty years experience of life in China, he has worked in education, business and government, including a term as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing. He is the author of Contemporary China (2012), Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China (with Will Hutton, 2009) and Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century (with Jonathan Fenby, 2007). He also writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian amongst others.
Must-have book for understanding the new China. The author is one of the few western academics who has met and worked with the leadership in China, and he speaks and reads fluent Mandarin. Relevant for politico’s, journalists, historians, analysts and all those interested in the rising superpower.
Description China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world’s population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world’s newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Emperors, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the Communist Party. China’s system might have its roots in peasant rebellion but it is now firmly under the control of a power-conscious Beijing elite, almost half of whose members are related directly to former senior Party leaders. Brown reveals the intrigue, scandal and murder surrounding the internal battle raging between two China’s: one founded by Mao on Communist principles, and a modern China in which ‘to get rich is glorious’. At the centre of it all sits the latest Party Secretary, Xi Jinping - the son of a revolutionary, with links both to big business and to the People’s Liberation Army. His rise to power is symbolic of the new dragons leading the world’s next superpower. ‘The New Emperors is an invaluable guide’ – Hon. Geoff Gallop, former Premier of Western Australia. ‘Kerry Brown's book is a must read for anyone who has genuine interest or need to understand those complexities . . .’ – Jim O’Neill, former Chairman of Goldman Sachs ‘Professor Kerry Brown provides a fascinating take on "super elite" politics in China.’ – Linda Jakobson, Visiting Professor, US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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Little Emperors and Material Girls Sex and Youth in Modern China
Jemimah Steinfeld Key Selling Points
OCTOBER 2014 £14.99 256 PAGES
Asian Studies/Politics/ International Relations Author
Jemimah Steinfeld is a journalist who has worked and lived in China. She holds an MA from Oxford University in China Studies and has written for the Chinese People’s Daily and the Global Times in China. A freelance writer and journalist, she writes regularly as a China correspondent for CNN, Time Out and the Huffington Post (US Edition) as well as for various print and online outlets on feminism, dating and fashion. She lives in London.
Jemimah Steinfeld is an up-andcoming journalist who has a print and online platform; First book to reveal ins-and-outs of dating, love, sex and youth culture of ‘new’ China; A must-read for China-watchers and the thousands of readers who bought Sex in the Citadel.
Description
China is the world’s fastest-growing economic powerhouse. Everybody knows this. But behind the headlines a once-in-ageneration sexual and cultural revolution is taking place – all in the bars, cafes and streets of China’s growing mega-cities. Welcome to this new China. Writer and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld meets the young people behind the world’s fastestmoving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: ‘little emperors’: single men who have grown up under the one child policy – they’re bossy and selfish; ‘bare branches’: those without children; ‘leftovers’: women over twenty-six who aren’t married; ‘comrade’: how the gay community identifies itself; ‘love markets’: weekend gatherings across China where parents attempt to find husbands and wives for their children, and others show up to match-make young singles and even offer boyfriends for hire. Jemimah Steinfeld introduces the people at the heart of this world, from the man starting China’s first online dating agency to the women who work the red-light districts; from the company trying to sell sex toys to China’s middle-classes to the sino-punks of Beijing’s bar scene. Little Emperors and Material Girls is the book which will change the way you see China. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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Europe Under Napoleon (1799-1815) Michael Broers Key Selling Points
MAY 2014 £19.99
30 COLOUR IN 16PP PLATES, 60
Classic student textbook on the Napoleonic Europe; Michael Broers is an acclaimed expert with recognition; This book is already featured on many reading lists.
BW INTEGRATED 320 PAGES
MILITARY/HISTORY/ RELIGION/POLITICS/IDEAS/ LITERARY STUDIES Author Michael Broers is Professor of Western European History at Oxford University. He is the author of many books on revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe including, The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796–1814, winner of the Grand Prix Napoléon Prize 2006, and Napoleon’s Other War: Bandits, Rebels and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions. He is currently writing a two-volume biography of Napoleon, the first volume of which, Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny, will be published in 2014.
Description
Napoleon Bonaparte dominated the public life of Europe like no other individual before him. Not surprisingly, the story of the man himself has usually swamped the stories of his subjects. This book looks at the history of the Napoleonic Empire from an entirely new perspective – that of the ruled rather than the ruler. Michael Broers concentrates on the experience of the people of Europe – particularly the vast majority of Napoleon’s subjects who were neither French nor willing participants in the great events of the period – during the dynamic but short-lived career of Napoleon, when half the European continent fell under his rule. In this new edition of a highly-acclaimed book, Broers weaves together a myriad of regional experiences to produce a social history of the Napoleonic Empire with a truly panoramic scope.
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Madrid The History Jules Stewart Key Selling Points
Plenty of books on the history of Barcelona, but nothing as yet on the history of Madrid; Madrid is fast becoming a major tourist destination (8 million visitors per year); Success of recent city biographies.
OCTOBER 2012 £18.99
22 BW IN 16PP PLATES, 2 MAPS 288 PAGES
HISTORY / TRAVEL / CULTURAL HISTORY / SPAIN
Author Jules Stewart is a journalist, historian and author. He spent twenty years in Madrid working as a journalist, and now lives in London. His books include Albert: A Life (I.B.Tauris, 2011); On Afghanistan’s Plains: The Story of Britain’s Afghan Wars (I.B.Tauris, 2011); Crimson Snow: Britain’s First Disaster in Afghanistan (2008); The Savage Border: The Story of the North-West Frontier (2007); Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya (2006) and The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda (2005).
Description At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. Perched some 2,200 feet above the distant sea, it is at once the loftiest and also the most enigmatic of Europe’s capitals: hard to decipher for the Spanish and for foreigners alike. Its intense character and the abrupt manner and hectic lifestyle of the Madrileños can make even other Spaniards feel exhausted. Yet, Madrid has a rich historical and cultural life which attracts almost 8 million visitors per year, drawn to its beautiful palaces and churches, the magnificent collections of the Prado and everywhere the echoes of a faded empire. Despite its ancient origins, Madrid feels like a modern, youthful city. But the legacy of Madrid’s ‘golden age’ – the Spanish colonies from the Andes to the Philippines from which the city derived such wealth – remains evident in the extravagant Baroque facades of the old city. Jules Stewart here provides an insider’s account of Madrid and unveils the history and culture of one of Europe’s most fascinating, but least-understood cities.
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Unbelievable
Why We Believe and Why We Don't
Graham Ward Key Selling Points
AUGUST 2014 £20
NO ILLUSTRATIONS 256 PAGES
RELIGION/ PHILOSOPHY/ PSYCHOLOGY/ POLITICS
Author
Graham Ward is regius professor of divinity at the University of Oxford. His books include Barth, Derrida and the Language of Theology; Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology (edited with John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock); Cities of God; The Certeau Reader; Cultural Transformation and Religious Practice; True Religion, Christ and Culture; and Religion and Political Thought.
Graham Ward holds the top academic theology position in the UK; Intellectually groundbreaking and significant contribution to modern philosophy and theology; Interdisciplinary student interest plus general sales: good TLS/broadsheet review potential.
Description Why believe? What kinds of things do people believe in? How have they come to believe them? And how does what they believe – or disbelieve – shape their lives and the meaning the world has for them? For Graham Ward, who is one of the most innovative writers on contemporary religion, these questions are more than just academic. They go to the heart not only of who but of what we are as human beings. Over the last thirty years, our understandings of mind and consciousness have changed in important ways through exciting new developments in neuroscience. The author addresses this quantum shift by exploring the biology of believing. He offers sustained reflection on perception, cognition, time, emotional intelligence, knowledge and sensation. Though the ‘truth’ of belief remains under increasing attack, in a thoroughly secularized context, Ward boldly argues that secularity is itself a form of believing. Pointing to the places where prayer and dreams intersect, this book offers a remarkable journey through philosophy, theology and culture, thereby revealing the true nature of the human condition.
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Celestial Revolutionary Copernicus, the Man and His Universe
John Freely
APRIL 2014 £18.99
16 BW IN 8PP PLATES 288 PAGES
BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY / SCIENCE
Key Selling Points John Freely is a bestselling writer of popular trade histories; A major new trade biography of Copernicus; Copernicus’ discoveries changed the world.
GERMAN RIGHTS SOLD Author
John Freely is one of the most widely respected writers of travel books, histories and guides about Greece and Turkey. He is the author of The Grand Turk, Storm on Horseback, Children of Achilles, The Cyclades, The Ionian Islands, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Athens, Strolling through Venice and the bestselling Strolling through Istanbul (all I.B.Tauris). He lives in Istanbul.
Description
In the spring of 1500, at the apex of the Renaissance, a papal secretary to the Borgia Pope, Alexander VI, wrote that "All the world is in Rome." Though no one knew it at the time, this included a young scholar by the name of Nicolaus Copernicus who would one day change the world. One of the greatest polymaths of his or any age - linguist, lawyer, doctor, diplomat, politician, mathematician, scientist, astronomer, artist, cleric - Copernicus gave the world arguably the most important scientific discovery of the modern era: that earth and the planets revolve around the sun and that the earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. His heliocentric theory and the discoveries that would follow ushered in the age of modern astronomy, often called the Copernican Age, and change the way we look at the universe forever. Here, for the first time, is a biography of Copernicus that not only describes his theories but the life of the man himself and the epic, thrilling times in which he lived.
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Putin and the Oligarch The Khodorkovsky-Yukos Affair
Richard Sakwa
FEBRUARY 2014 £20
Key Selling Points Important perspective on contemporary Russia. Khodorkovsky trial is still very much newsworthy and a developing story. Feeds into debates on corruption.
14 IN 8PP BW PLATES 320 PAGES
HISTORY / POLITICS / RUSSIAN STUDIES FINNISH RIGHTS SOLD
Author
Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Russian and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and the author of The Crisis of Russian Democracy; Putin: Russia’s Choice; Communism in Russia; Russian Politics and Society; The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union and Gorbachev and his Reforms.
Description The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, in October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history. From being one of the world's richest and most powerful men, Khodorkovsky became Putin’s prisoner. After two controversial trials, attracting widespread international condemnation, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to fourteen years in jail. In this book, Richard Sakwa examines the rise and fall of Yukos and considers the relationship between Putin’s state and big business during Russia's traumatic shift from the Soviet planned economy to capitalism, as well as Russia's emergence as an energy superpower. The attack on Khodorkovsky had – and continues to have – far-reaching political and economic consequences but it also raises fundamental questions about the quality of freedom in Putin’s Russia as well as in the world at large.
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Zone of Crisis
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran
Amin Saikal Key Selling Points APRIL 2014
£25
240 PAGES
POLITICS / MIDDLE EAST
Author Amin Saikal is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies and Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University, and a visiting Fellow at the universities of Cambridge, Princeton and Sussex, and was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2006 and is the author of a number of works on the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia, including Islam and the West.
These four countries are right in the middle of current conflict zones, so its topicality will attract attention; Will have plenty of appeal for both those interested in current affairs as well International Relations and Regional Studies students; Accessible to general readers and specialists.
Description
The West Asian states of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran have over the last few decades represented an arc of crisis. Characterised by fractured and dysfunctional political elites, fraught economic policies, and ideological struggles between the forces of authoritarianism and democratisation, neofundamentalism and pluralism, they embody a mosaic of ethnicities. Amin Saikal, a distinguished Afghan-born scholar of international affairs, provides a sweeping new understanding of the complex contemporary political and social instability encompassing the region. Critically comparing democratisation and counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, and examining both recent Western intervention and the history of foreign influence in the region, Saikal looks at how US entanglement has affected Pakistani and Iranian domestic politics and foreign affairs. How has this influenced the success or failure of the occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq? What solutions can be taken to ensure regional security? An informed and balanced overview on a troubled region, this book will fascinate general readers and prove essential reading for specialists.
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A Short History of the Byzantine Empire Dionysios Stathakopoulos
APRIL 2014 £12.99
Key Selling Points Appeal to interdisciplinary students as well as general sales; Strong need for a specificallydesigned student text; Addresses, through lively narrative, Byzantium’s relevance to contemporary issues and questions.
5 MAPS 192 PAGES
HISTORY / CLASSICS Author Dionysios Stathakopoulos is Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at King’s College London. He is the author of Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Byzantine Empire (2004).
Description
The Byzantine Empire was one of the most impressive imperial adventures in history. It ruled much of Europe and Asia Minor for a remarkable eleven hundred years. From Constantine’s establishment of Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) as his capital in 324 CE, until the fall of the city to the Ottomans in the fifteenth century, the Byzantines became a powerhouse of literature, art, theology, medicine, law and learning. Dionysios Stathakopoulos here tells a compelling story of military conquest, alliance and reversal, including the terrifying secret weapon of ‘Greek fire’. His new short history is above all a narrative of individuals: of powerful rulers like Justinian I, who recovered Italy from the Vandals and oversaw construction of Hagia Sofia (completed in 537); of his notorious queen Theodora, a courtesan who rose improbably to the highest office of imperial first lady; of the charismatic but cuckolded general Belisarius; and of the religious leaders Arius and Athanasius, whose conflicting ideas about Christ and doctrine shook the Empire to its core.
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A Tale in Two Cities Fanny Burney and Adèle, Comtesse de Boigne
Brian Unwin
FEBRUARY 2014 £20
46 B/W AND COLOUR IN 16PP PLATES 288 PAGES
HISTORY / LITERATURE / BIOGRAPHY
Author
Sir Brian Unwin studied at the universities of Oxford and Yale. After a career in the Civil Service, he became President of the European Investment Bank. He has a long-standing interest in European History and is the author of Terrible Exile: The Last Days of Napoleon on St Helena (I.B.Tauris), which was shortlisted for the Fondation Napoleon History Prize.
Key Selling Points Unique personal perspective on France and Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; First-hand accounts from memoirs of remarkable women Key personalities of the age: Napoleon, Talleyrand, Wellington, Madame de Staël.
Description
Fanny Burney and Adèle, Comtesse de Boigne, were two of the most remarkable female writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: one a famous novelist, the other an aristocrat from one of France’s most ancient families. This was the tumultuous era which saw the French Revolution, the Napoleonic years and the July 1830 Revolution in France; and in England the ‘madness’ of George III and the extravagant Regency period. Both women used memoirs and diaries to document their lives in the upper echelons of society in London and Paris, commenting with scintillating wit and waspish observation on their encounters with many of the great figures of the day, such as Napoleon, Wellington, Talleyrand, Castlereagh, Chateaubriand, Dr Johnson, David Garrick, Madame de Stael and both the French and British Royal Families. Through the observations of these immensely well-connected and brilliant writers, Brian Unwin provides an extraordinarily original insight into the principal events and characters of one of the most seminal and turbulent periods of modern European history.
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Deng Xiaoping A Political Biography
MICHAEL DILLON
Key Selling Points Huge figure in China’s modern history; No recent biography in English; Makes full use of Chinese sources. SEPTEMBER 2014 £25 16 BW INTEGRATED 336 PAGES
CHINA / HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY / POLITICS
Author
Michael Dillon was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society and was Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2009. He is the author of China: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris).
Description Deng Xiaoping has generally been credited for the reforms of the late 1970s that put China on the path to spectacular economic growth and development, a process that has turned it into one of the greatest powers of the twenty-first century. His ‘Four Modernisations’ - reform in agriculture, industry, military, science and technology - unveiled at the Third Plenum of the Central Committee in 1978 undoubtedly paved the way for China’s rise to superpower status. Yet, only a decade after this, his greatest achievement, Deng fell dramatically from grace, becoming reviled both within and outside of China as the man responsible for crushing the democracy movement in the carnage of Tiananmen Square. In this book, Michael Dillon uncovers the true story of Deng Xiaoping, using recentlyreleased Chinese sources. He shows how Deng was able to be a force for reform whilst at the same time being resistant to the consequences of political modernisation and uncovers the influences which shaped the statesman’s career – a life of struggle and survival.
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The Albanians A Modern History
MIRANDA VICKERS Key Selling Points First full account of Albania by a leading expert.
JANUARY 2014 £15.99
8PP B/W PLATE SECTION 304 PAGES
GENERAL / CURRENT AFFAIRS / HISTORY
Author
Miranda Vickers is an independent writer and analyst of Albanian affairs. She has travelled and worked in Albania for more than twenty years and she is the author of several seminal works on the Albanians and their history.
Description
This is the first full account of a country that, following decades of isolation, has undergone unprecedented changes to its political system: the collapse of communism, the progression to multi-party elections and the upheaval that followed the March 1997 uprising. Miranda Vickers traces the history of the Albanian people from the Ottoman period to the formation of the Albanian Communist Party. She considers the charismatic leadership of Enver Hoxha; Albania’s relationship with Tito and the alliance with the Soviet Union and then China; and the long period of isolation. Newly revised for this paperback edition, The Albanians considers the gradual process of reform and the fragility of the Albanian experiment with democracy, and includes a dramatic account of the days leading up to Sali Berisha’s resignation of the presidency. It has now been updated to cover the crisis in Kosovo that has led to the first ‘Western’ war in Europe since 1945. ‘[A] vigorous, well-informed and readable study of modern Albanian history succeeds in making sense of Albania’s fragmented, intricate and tangled history, which is a noteworthy feat the book can be warmly recommended.’ – Raymond Hutchings, The Slavonic Review ‘[T]he first proper survey of modern Albanian history to have been published in Europe since the fall of the Communist regime it is likely to become the standard guide to the subject for English-speaking readers.’ – Noel Malcolm, The European Magazine
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The European Union An Introduction
MARK CORNER
JULY 2014 £62
Key Selling Points Essential introduction to the EU; Designed to be introductory reading for undergraduate students and general readers; Provides an accessible overview of the key debates surrounding EU enlargement.
12 BW INTEGRATED 288 PAGES
POLITICS / EUROPEAN STUDIES / HISTORY Author
Mark Corner is lecturer at Hogeschool-Universiteit in Brussels and guest lecturer on the MA European Studies programme at University of Leuven. He is also a conferencier at the European Union, providing introductory talks on the various institutions and is the author of The Binding of Nations: From European Union to World Union.
Description
The EU is one of the most notoriously complex international organisations. It is the only supranational organisation where nation-states agree to share sovereignty in some areas but not in others. At the heart of the EU debate across Europe are two opposing groups: one aims to devolve more sovereignty to the EU, with the aim of creating a European ‘super-state’ and the other wishes to devolve less, effectively relegating the EU to a mere discussion forum. In this accessible and engaging book, Mark Corner provides an essential introduction to the history and modern workings of the EU. Focusing on key themes in the Union’s development and the debates surrounding future enlargement, this book answers the key questions related to the EU and provides a ‘one-stop shop’ for anyone curious about the future of Europe.
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The History of a Forgotten German Camp Nazi Ideology and Genocide at Szmalcówka
TOMASZ CERAN Key Selling Points
AUGUST 2014 £58 16 BW INTEGRATED 256 PAGES
History/World War II
Author Tomasz Ceran is a Polish historian who works for the education branch of the Institute of National Remembrance, Poland. He holds a PhD from Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun, where he also teaches.
The first study of the Szmalcówka labour camp; Author has unique access and insight into Polish sources; Supported by high-profile academics.
Description
At the outset of the Second World War, Hitler initiated a process of de-Polonization that resulted in the death and dislocation of a significant number of Poles living in Nazioccupied territories. By examining Nazi policies of indirect extermination through a detailed study of Szmalcówka, a ‘displacement’ camp located in Torun, Tomasz Ceran hopes to better to understand how it was possible for such atrocities to occur. The book thus covers considerable ground. It is both an in-depth historical account of a littleknown displacement camp and a stirring account of human nature. A strong addition to World War II literature, Ceran’s book is essential reading for any individual interested in World War II, Polish History, Nazi Ideologies, and nature of violence and resilience.
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The Kaiser's Mission to Kabul A Secret Expedition to Afghanistan in World War I JULES STEWART, FOREWORD BY GENERAL SIR DAVID RICHARDS JUNE 2014 £20
23 BW IN 16PP PLATES, 3 MAPS 288 PAGES
HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY / WORLD WAR I / ESPIONAGE AND INTELLIGENCE
Key Selling Points
Unseen angle of international history during 1914–1918; This year is the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI; Essential reading for military intelligence enthusiasts.
Author
Jules Stewart is a journalist, historian and author. His books include Madrid: The History; Albert: A Life; On Afghanistan’s Plains: The Story of Britain’s Afghan Wars (all I.B.Tauris); Crimson Snow: Britain’s First Disaster in Afghanistan; The Savage Border: The Story of the North-West Frontier; Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya and The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al’ Qaeda. He lives in London.
Description
In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to the court of the emir of Afghanistan, Habibullah Khan. Jointly operated by the governments of Germany and Turkey, the aim of the mission was to persuade the emir to declare full independence from the British Empire, enter the war on the side of the Central Powers and attack British India. Britain saw this mission as a serious and credible threat - so much so that they tried to intercept the travellers in Persia en route to Kabul and subsequently implemented their own intelligence mission to ensure that Afghanistan would retain its neutral position. Jules Stewart provides a gripping account of the expedition, highlighting a previously little-known aspect of World War I.
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The Nazi Holocaust Its History and Meaning
RONNIE S. LANDAU
How to explain the madness that engulfed a continent?
NEW EDITION SEPTEMBER 2014 £15.99 384 PAGES
HISTORY / HOLOCAUST / JEWISH HISTORY / ISRAEL Author
Ronnie Landau is the former Educational Director of the Spiro Institute for the Study of Jewish History and Culture, Head of Humanities and Principal Lecturer at the City Literary Institute, and Visiting Lecturer in Modern Jewish History at both Leo Baeck College and the International Study Centre of Queen's University (Ontario). Founding Director of the British Holocaust Education Project, he currently teaches Classical languages at Sussex House School in London.
Description The Nazi Holocaust is one of the most momentous events in human history. Yet, it remains on many levels a baffling and unfathomable mystery. By shunning simplistic ‘explanations’ Ronnie Landau has set out, in a clear, thought-provoking and enlightened fashion, to mediate betweeen this vast, often unapproachable subject and the reader who wrestles with its meaning. Locating the Holocaust within a number of different contexts – Jewish history, German history, genocide in the modern age, the larger story of human bigotry and the triumph of ideology over conscience – Landau penetrates to the very heart of its moral and historical significance. Deeply concerned lest the Holocaust, as a ‘unique’ phenomenon, be cordoned off from the rest of human history and ghettoized within the highly charged realm of ‘Jewish experience’, he is at pains to show that transmitting understanding of the Holocaust is about connecting with all humanity. Intended both for the general reader and for students and academics (especially in history, psychology, literature and the humanities), this work is an important breakthrough in the struggle to perpetuate the memory of a tragedy, which the world is all too ready to forget. ‘Ronnie Landau has written a quite remarkable book.’ – The Times ‘Ideal for the general reader and for students alike.’ – Jewish Chronicle ‘Subtle but lucid…a most stimulating synthesis.’ – Times Educational Supplement ‘Landau comes as near as it is possible to making the Holocaust comprehensible . . . essential.’ – The Jewish Quarterly I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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The Holocaust Sites of Europe An Historical Guide
MARTIN WINSTONE Key Selling Points
REVISTED AND UPDATED EDITON
SEPTEMBER 2014 £14.99
34 MAPS, 46 INTEGRATED BW 456 PAGES
WORLD WAR II/ HISTORY/EUROPEAN STUDIES DUTCH RIGHTS SOLD Author Martin Winstone is a writer and teacher. He also undertakes educational work for the Holocaust Educational Trust.
The first guide to Europe’s Holocaust sites; A comprehensive and authoritative introduction and an important contribution to Holocaust Studies; Includes an introduction by Sir Martin Gilbert and extensive maps and illustrations.
Description
The Holocaust – the murder of approximately six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War Two – is the gravest crime in recorded history, committed on a human and geographical scale which is almost unimaginable. To try to bridge this gap and better understand the true significance of the Holocaust, as well as its scale and magnitude, millions of people each year now travel to the former camps, ghettos and other settings for the atrocities. The Holocaust Sites of Europe offers the first comprehensive guide to these sites, including much practical information as well as the historical context. It will be an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to add another layer to their understanding of the Holocaust by visiting these important sites for themselves.
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The English Civil War A Military History
PETER GAUNT Key Selling Points
MAY 2014 £19.99
30 COLOUR IN 16PP PLATES, 60 BW INTEGRATED 320 PAGES
MILITARY/HISTORY/ RELIGION/POLITICS/IDEAS/ LITERARY STUDIES Author
Peter Gaunt is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Chester. His books include The British Wars, 1637-1651; The English Civil War: The Essential Readings; The English Civil Wars; Oliver Cromwell; and The Correspondence of Henry Cromwell, 1655-59.
One of the most popular and widely studied topics in English history; Strong and inviting emphasis on the battles, soldiers and strategies; Sales to students in history as well as general readers and military history buffs.
Description
‘Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.’ In one of the most famous and moving letters of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell told his brother-in-law that on 2 July 1644 Parliament had won an emphatic victory over a Royalist army commanded by King Charles I’s nephew, Prince Rupert, on rolling moorland west of York. But that battle, Marston Moor, had also slain his own nephew, the recipient’s firstborn. In this vividly narrated history of the deadly conflict that engulfed the nation during the 1640s, Peter Gaunt shows that, with the exception of World War I, the death-rate was higher than any other contest in which Britain has participated. Numerous towns and villages were garrisoned, attacked, damaged or wrecked; the landscape was profoundly altered. Yet amidst all the blood and killing, the fighting was also a catalyst for profound social change and innovation. Charting major battles, raids and engagements, the author uses rich contemporary accounts to explore the lifechanging experience of war for those involved, whether musketeers at Cheriton, dragoons at Edgehill or Cromwell’s disciplined Ironsides at Naseby (1645). ‘[S]kilfully crafted and highly illuminating account. The great strengths of the book are that it is very well written, . . . expertly put together and . . . extremely well-informed.’ – Mark Stoyle, author of Soldiers and Strangers: An Ethic History of the English Civil War, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Southampton. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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Wladyslaw Gomulka A Biography
ANITA PRAŻMOWSKA Key Selling Points
SEPTEMBER 2014 £62
Only biography of Gomulka available in English; Sheds new light on modern Polish history and process of de-Stalinization; Based on original research, including previously unpublished sources.
8 BW INTEGRATED 288 PAGES
HISTORY / COMMUNISM / POLAND / EASTERN EUROPE / 20TH CENTURY HISTORY
Author
Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. Her publications include Civil War in Poland, 1942-1948; Poland and the Eastern Front; Britain and Poland 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally; and Poland: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris).
Description
Wladyslaw Gomulka was a key player within Polish politics for over four decades and one of the most influential of the East European Communist Party leaders. As the architect of the ‘Polish road to socialism’, he claimed for Poland the right to define its own model of economic and political development, yet he was nevertheless committed to Poland’s membership of the Soviet bloc. Anita Prazmowska here traces Gomulka’s progression from a poorly educated worker in the Krosno district of Poland, to his election as First Party Secretary in 1956 and finally to his forced resignation in 1970. She considers Gomulka’s pivotal role in building a communist-led resistance in occupied Poland during World War II as well as the critical part he played in post-war Polish politics and the ‘de-Stalinization’ process. Incorporating recently released and previously unpublished sources, this book provides a vivid picture of how Communism functioned in Poland and an original analysis of Poland’s international role in the Cold War era.
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There and Back Again J R R Tolkien and the Origins of The Hobbit
MARK ATHERTON Key Selling Points
PAPERBACK REPRINT AUGUST 2014 £9.99
46 INTEGRATED BW 320 PAGES
BIOGRAPHY/ LITERARY STUDIES/ FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY/ SOCIAL HISTORY Author
Mark Atherton is Lecturer in English Language and Literature at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. He is the author of Teach Yourself Old English/Anglo Saxon and contributed to A Companion to J R R Tolkien (edited by Stuart Lee, forthcoming).
The first book to examine in detail the many fascinating cultural influences on Tolkien’s life and work; Publication tied in with release of Peter Jackson’s movie The Hobbit: There and Back Again (December 2014); Significant broadsheet review potential as well as sales to Tolkien fanbase.
Description
‘Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.’ The prophetic words of Galadriel, addressed to Frodo as he prepared to travel from Lothlórien to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, are just as pertinent to J R R Tolkien’s own fiction. For decades, hobbits and the other fantastical creatures of Middle-earth have captured the imaginations of a fiercely loyal tribe of readers, all enhanced by the immense success of Peter Jackson’s films: first The Lord of the Rings, and now his new The Hobbit. But for all Tolkien’s global fame and the familiarity of modern culture with Gandalf, Bilbo, Frodo and Sam, the sources of the great mythmaker’s own myth-making have been neglected. Mark Atherton here explores the chief influences on Tolkien’s work: his boyhood in the West Midlands; the landscapes and seascapes which shaped his mythologies; his experiences in World War I; his interest in Scandinavian myth; his friendships, especially with the other Oxford-based Inklings; and the relevance of his themes, especially ecological themes, to the present-day. There and Back Again offers a unique guide to the varied inspirations behind Tolkien’s life and work, and sheds new light on how a legend is born. 'There and Back Again is essential reading for all Tolkien fans - and also for anyone interested . . . in medievalism, or the ways in which later writers have responded to the culture of the Middle Ages’ – Heather O’Donoghue, Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature & Antiquities, University of Oxford. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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A Travel Guide to Homer On the Trail of Odysseus through Turkey and the Mediterranean
JOHN FREELY Key Selling Points
MARCH 2014 £20
12 MAPS, 8PP BW PLATES, 7 BW INTEGRATED 272 PAGES
TRAVEL / HISTORY / ANCIENT WORLD
Author
John Freely is one of the most widely respected writers of travel books, histories and guides about Greece and Turkey. He is the author of The Grand Turk, Storm on Horseback, Children of Achilles, The Cyclades, The Ionian Islands, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Athens, Strolling through Venice, and the bestselling Strolling through Istanbul (all I.B.Tauris). He lives in Istanbul.
John Freely is a bestselling author and expert on ancient Greece and Turkey; The first book of its kind, on a perennially fascinating subject; Broad crossover appeal: essential reading for travellers to Greece and 'Homer's Mediterranean', armchair travellers, history buffs, Homer buffs, Graecophiles and those interested in the Classical world.
Description
In October 1945 at the age of 19, John Freely passed the southern most tip of Crete on his way home from the war in China, just as Odysseus did on his homeward voyage from the battle of Troy. He has been bewitched by Homer and the lands of Homer's epics ever since. As the culmination of a life spent exploring both these lands and the stories by, and connected to, Homer, Freely has created a captivating traveller's guide to Homer's lost world and to his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, investigating where such places as the Land of the Lotus Eaters are and what it was about the landscapes of Greece and Turkey that so inspired Homer the greatest classical epic poet. With unparalleled knowledge and passion, John Freely guides the traveller through all of those places linked to Homer that can be identified, and brings the poet and his world vividly to life, revealing how the Homeric epics continue to echo through the ages in literatuture, art, legend and folklore. ‘Whenever I'm asked to recommend a book about Turkey, I reply, 'Anything by John Freely'’ – Stephen Kinzer, former The New York Times correspondent. ‘Freely reveals a superb eye for the telling detail.’ – The Independent.
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The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium Art, Liturgy and Symbolism in Early Christian Churches
NICHOLAS N. PATRICIOS Key Selling Points APRIL 2014 £45
COLOUR THROUGHOUT 512 PAGES
ARCHITECTURE/ HISTORY OF ART/ RELIGION/ HISTORY
Author
Nicholas N Patricios is Professor of Architecture at the University of Miami. His previous books include Kefallinia and Ithaki: A Historical and Architectural Odyssey (2002).
Unique – first catalogue of the most important Byzantine sacred buildings; Indispensible – mandatory reference work for libraries; Versatile – essential handbook for both scholars and general readers.
Description
The churches of the Byzantine era were built to represent heaven on earth. Architecture, art and liturgy were intertwined in them to a degree that has never been replicated elsewhere, and the symbolism of this relationship had deep and profound meanings. Sacred buildings and their spiritual art underpinned the Eastern liturgical rites, which in turn influenced architectural design and the decoration which accompanied it. Nicholas N. Patricios here offers a comprehensive survey, from the age of Constantine to the fall of Constantinople, of the nexus between buildings, worship and art. His identification of seven distinct Byzantine church types, based on a close analysis of 370 church building plans, will have considerable appeal to Byzantinists, lay and scholarly. Beyond categorizing and describing the churches themselves, which are richly illustrated with photographs, plans and diagrams, the author interprets the sacred liturgy that took place within these holy buildings, tracing the development of the worship in conjunction with architectural advances made up to the 15th century. Focusing on buildings located in twenty-two different locations, this sumptuous book is an essential guide to individual features such as the synthronon, templon and ambo and also to the wider significance of Byzantine art and architecture. 'This very handsomely illustrated book will be welcomed by many people interested in the art, architecture and history of Byzantium.' - Glenn Peers, Professor of Early Medieval and Byzantine Art, The University of Texas at Austin
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Kipling and the Sea Voyages and Discoveries from North Atlantic to South Pacific RUDYARD KIPLING, EDITED BY ANDREW LYCETT Key Selling Points
FEBRUARY 2014 £19.95 272 PAGES
Author
Andrew Lycett is the author of an acclaimed biography of Rudyard Kipling and also editor of our own successful anthology, Kipling Abroad (I.B.Tauris, 2010). His other books include the highly regarded lives of Ian Fleming, Dylan Thomas, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Wilkie Collins. He is a member of the Council of the Kipling Society and a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Literature.
Andrew Lycett is a world authority on Kipling; Kipling – endlessly fascinating, with significant trade fanbase and academic value; The first time that all Kipling's writings on the sea will have been put together in one volume.
Description
Kipling may be best known as a commentator on the British Empire, but he was also a vivid observer and chronicler of the sea - and of ships and all who sailed in them. For him the sea was the glue which bound the British Empire together. To reach distant lands, you needed to sail. So Kipling wrote copiously about his own voyages – to India, across the Pacific and Atlantic, down to South Africa and Australia – and about the voyages of others. Sailors were particular heroes of his, as adventurers who braved every kind of element and danger in order to reach distant lands. In writing about them, he was enthralled by the romance of the sea, touching on everything from pirates to technical changes in ships. 'This excellent selection shows us once again, if we were in any doubt, that this man [Kipling] really could write.' – Jad Adams, The Guardian 'Andrew Lycett has had the good idea of making a collection of Kipling’s travel writing . . . [he] has compiled a very enjoyable anthology. [This] . . . book will be welcomed by aficionados' – Allan Massie, Literary Review
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Babylon
Legend, History and the Ancient City
MICHAEL SEYMOUR Key Selling Points
APRIL 2014 £62
50 INTEGRATED BW 352 PAGES
HISTORY/ ANCIENT HISTORY/ RELIGION/ MIDDLE EAST STUDIES/ ARCHAEOLOGY Author
Michael Seymour is a Research Associate in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He is co-author (with I.L. Finkel) of Babylon: Myth and Reality (2008).
First cultural history of one of the ancient world's most enigmatic and fascinating civilizations; Considerable general and crossdisciplinary appeal; Offers new insights into the history of Babylon, based on the latest excavations.
Description
Babylon: for eons its very name has been a byword for luxury and wickedness. ‘By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept’, wrote the psalmist, ‘as we remembered Zion’. One of the greatest cities of the ancient world, Babylon has been eclipsed by its own sinful reputation. For two thousand years the real, physical metropolis lay buried while another, ghostly city lived on, engorged on accounts of its own destruction. More recently the site of Babylon has been the centre of major excavation, yet the spectacular results of this work have done little to displace the many other fascinating ways in which the city has endured and reinvented itself in culture. Saddam Hussein, for one, notoriously exploited the Babylonian myth to associate himself and his regime with its glorious past. Why has Babylon so creatively fired the human imagination, with results both good and ill? Why has it been so enthralling to so many, and for so long? In exploring answers, Michael Seymour’s book ranges extensively over space and time and embraces art, archaeology, history and literature. From Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar, via Strabo and Diodorus, to the Book of Revelation, Brueghel, Rembrandt, Voltaire, William Blake and modern interpreters like Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino and Gore Vidal, the author brings to light a carnival of disparate sources dominated by powerful and intoxicating ideas such as the Tower of Babel and the city of sin. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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Land of Eagles Riding through Europe's Forgotten Country
ROBIN HANBURY-TENISON
JUNE 2014 £10.99
11 COLOUR IN 8PP PLATE SECTION, MAP 232 PAGES
Key Selling Points Robin Hanbury Tenison is a bestselling author and has been named as the world's greatest explorer by The Sunday Times; Publication of the book to coincide with transmision of stunning TV documentary film of the journey; Albania: a fascinating and misunderstood country that is emerging from decades in the shadows.
TRAVEL / ALBANIA Author
Robin Hanbury-Tenison, OBE, DL, is a doyen of British explorers; founder and president of Survival International, the world’s leading organisation supporting tribal people; and one of the first people to bring the plight of the rainforests to the world's attention. Robin holds many awards and commendations and many of her writings have been published.
Description
Determined to discover the Albania that lies behind so many stereotypes and preconceptions, Robin Hanbury-Tenison and his wife Louella crossed the country on horseback, from Theth in the north to the border with Greece in the south. In the footsteps of Byron, Edward Lear and Edith Durham they crossed some of the most wild and arrestingly beautiful landscapes in Europe. Through soaring mountain ranges and hidden valleys they lived simply; staying in the homes of communities completely untouched by the Twenty-First Century and in towns bursting with artistic creativity. 'Land of Eagles' is the story of a lyrical and dramatic journey, peppered with adventure and mishap, discovery and unexpected encounters. Adorned with the history, legends and literature of Albania and with the tales of past travellers, it is a luminous portrait of this mysterious and eccentric country, which has for too long been forgotten by Europe. 'Albania remains one of the most mysterious, beguiling countries in Europe. Robin and Louella HanburyTenison have travelled through it in a way I can only envy. Top to bottom on horseback, a journey on which they had the time to look behind the stereotypes of the country and see the dramatic beauty and unique traditions that lie beneath.' – Michael Palin I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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Rembrandt’s House Exploring the World of the Great Master
ANTHONY BAILEY Key Selling Points
SEPTEMBER 2014 £11.99
First world wide paperback edition; Invaluable portrait of Rembrandt by an award-winning art historian and biographer; Rembrandt: perennially interesting as of the great masters of European painting.
64 INTEGRATED BW 256 PAGES
HISTORY/ARCHITECTURAL AND ART HISTORY
Author
Anthony Bailey is an art historian. For many years a writer for The New Yorker, he is the bestselling author of Standing in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. Turner, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Vermeer: A View of Delft, shortlisted for the Whitbread biography prize; and many other books, including biographies of Constable and Velázquez. Bailey has been called "one of the best descriptive writers of his generation" (John Russell, The New York Times).
Description
Few who walk past No. 4 Breestraat in Amsterdam would give this imposing house a second glance. Yet for 20 years, this was the home of Rembrandt - one of the greatest artists and master painter of the Dutch Golden Age. This is the story of that house, the world Rembrandt observed in and around it, and the special universe he created in his studio there. In this unique and imaginative portrait, Anthony Bailey pieces together the events and circumstances which shaped Rembrandt's career, from his beginnings in Leiden and early apprenticeship to his marriage and personal relationships; his restless artistic energy, creative triumphs and, finally, his slow fall from fashion and descent into financial hardship, which forced him to sell his home. With as many levels and hidden corners as the house Bailey describes, this is at once a biography, travel writing and history of a golden cultural age. ‘Bailey has woven together a delightful image of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam, of the people he knew, the houses he lived in, the streets he walked. It is an excellent book, easy to read, and filled with fascinating information about Rembrandt and his world.’ – Washington Post ‘An affectionate meditation on the mood, the texture and the circumstances of the painter’s life and times.’ – The New York Times
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Tangier City of the Dream
IAIN FINLAYSON Key Selling Points
SEPTEMBER 2014 £11.99 384 PAGES
TRAVEL / HISTORY / LITERATURE Author Iain Finlayson is the author of acclaimed biographies of James Boswell and Robert Browning, as well as books on such varied themes as the Scots, the writers of Romney Marsh and denim. He is Books Editor of Saga Magazine and reviews books for The Times as well as writing for Harpers Bazaar and The Scotsman, among others.
Iain Finlayson is a bestselling author and widely-known journalist; One of the best portraits of Tangier; Tangier: perennially interesting and experiencing a resurgence in terms of tourism and culture.
Description
No city in the world has quite the exotic allure of Tangier. From the 17th century, it has been a place on the edge, beyond the normal disciplines of government, a city of refuge and excitements where sex is cheap, drugs are plentiful and where the outcasts of the world can breathe easily. The golden years of Tangier began after World War I and barely survived World War II. Among those who sought sanctuary in or inspiration from this legendary city were Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Paul and Jane Bowles, Ronnie Kray, the unhappy Woolworth heiress, Barbara Hutton, Tennessee Williams, Joe Orton, Cecil Beaton and Truman Capote. It is this 'last resort of the living dead, alive but not madly kicking' which Iain Finlayson explores in his witty, enthralling book. ‘A dream concealed in stone... sky supersonic, orgone blue, warm wind . . .. Such beauty, but more than that, it's like the dream is breaking through.' – William Burroughs. 'A masterpiece of literary gossip.' - Mark Archer, Sunday Telegraph ‘Finlayson's crisp narrative which bubbles into metaphorical rhapsody. Charming . . . and as elegant a history of the city as you could find anywhere.' – Marek Kohn, The Independent 'Finlayson is a brilliant juggler of moods and vignettes.' – Jonathan Keates, The Observer
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Touching and Imagining An Introduction to Tactile Art
JAN SVANKMAJER
TRANSLATED BY STANLEY DALBY INTRODUCTION BY CATHRYN VASSELEU
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Czech Surrealist, Jan Švankmajer, is best known for his extraordinary animated films, Alice, Faust, Little Otik among them. His work far exceeds the limits of film and, whether visual or literary, it’s connected with the collective activities of the Group of Czech & Slovak Surrealists.
A great contemporary creative artist’s guide to tactile art; Jan Švankmajer is a world famous filmmaker & artist; Over 100 remarkable images by JS & other famous creative artists.
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Jan Švankmajer wrote this remarkable book on tactile art when he stopped directing films after censorship by the Czechoslovakian government and experimented intensively with tactile phenomena and the creative imagination. Illustrated with over 100 images, the book is organised around many reproductions of Švankmajer’s wondrous tactile art objects, tactile poems, experiments and games. It also includes dialogues with, and artworks by, other collaborating artists from the Group of Czech and Slovak Surrealists. Švankmajer also gathers together as contributors such notable exponents of tactual experience as Edgar Allen Poe, Guillaume Apollinaire, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Meret Oppenheim, Ay-O, and F.T. Marinetti. Michael Havas, producer of some of Švankmajer's films, says of the book: ‘it is typically Švankmajer: erudite and very consequential. Sometimes also very funny and erotic. Totally unique.’
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Reading Asian Television Drama
Crossing Borders and Breaking Boundaries
EDITED BY JEONGMEE KIM Key Selling Points
DECEMBER 2013 £18.99 2 TABLES 328 PAGES
ASIAN STUDIES/ FILM & MEDIA CULTURAL STUDIES Author
Jeongmee Kim is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Televisions Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has published in such academic journals as ‘Critical Studies in Television’ and 'Media, Culture & Society'.
Great contemporary academic interest in Asian TV globally; Welcome overview of all aspects of a huge, relatively unknown, transcultural TV industry; There's demand for and scarcity of good texts on Asian TV in TV & Asian Studies.
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The Asian TV industry is 'unstoppable' reported 'Variety' in 2008, yet most people living in the West have no idea what the rest of the world is watching on TV: what makes them laugh and cry every day. Asian TV drama this book discloses is diverse in form and content, it has value that is local as well as transcultural and its shows have strong appeal in their aesthetics, storytelling, acting and cinematography to large non-Asian as well as Asian audiences. Reading Asian Television Drama offers an informative overview of East Asian television drama and its cultural impact. It examines both the text and context of TV dramas from such countries as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea. Chapters analyse various internationally popular dramas including South Korean ‘hallyu’ shows like Jewel in the Palace, Winter Sonata and Wedding. Other chapters focus on Asian TV networks within Asia, as well as Asian global cultural exchange and the international consumption of East Asian television drama. They also provide full and varied coverage of the major issues relating to contemporary East Asian television and its cultural formation within Asia as well as in the West. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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The Aesthetics of Ugliness KARL ROSENKRANZ
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY ANDREI POP AND MECHTILD WIDRICH Key Selling Points DECEMBER 2014
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ART THEORY/ ART HISTORY/ CULTURAL STUDIES
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Andrei Pop is Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Basel, and Mechtild Widrich is Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich.
The first general survey in English of ugliness and its history, development and relationship to art theory and practice on a global scale. World-renowned contributors from across the globe The editors are fast becoming the contemporary experts on ugliness
Description Ugliness is very much alive in the history of art. From ritual invocations of mythic monsters to the scare tactics of the early twentieth-century avant-garde, from the cabinet of curiosities to the identity politics of today, the ugly has been every bit as active as the beautiful, and often much more of a reality … Why then has it been so neglected? This book seeks to remedy this oversight through both broad theoretical reflection and concrete case studies of ugliness in various historical and cultural contexts. The protagonists range from cooks to psychoanalysts, from war prostheses to plates of asparagus, on a world stage stretching from ancient Athens to Singapore today. Drawing across disciplinary and cultural boundaries, the writers illuminate why ugliness, associated over the millennia with negative categories ranging from sin and stupidity to triviality and boredom, remains central to art and cultural practice. ‘[T]his volume is the first in modern times to focus on the subject. It is notable for an outstanding introduction and a wide-ranging group of essays by well-established and emerging scholars on different aspects of the subject. This volume is a major contribution to the study of aesthetics, and I am certain it will have an important effect on the whole field.’ – David Bindman, DurningLawrence Professor Emeritus of the History of Art, University College London, UK, and Visiting Fellow, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University, USA I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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Seeing from Above The Aerial View in Visual Culture
EDITED BY MARK DORRIAN AND FRÉDÉRIC POUSIN Key Selling Points
OCTOBER 2013 £16.99
99 BW INTEGRATED 336 PAGES
VISUAL CULTURE/ ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM/ ART THEORY
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Mark Dorrian holds the Forbes Chair in Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. Frédéric Pousin is Professor at École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage de Versailles.
A unique text – there is no other book that provides a visual and academic history of the aerial view; Visual material accompanying each contribution is extraordinary, much of it will never have been seen before; Written by the top thinkers in the field.
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From sixteenth-century Roman maps, to the Luftwaffe’s aerial survey of Warsaw, the London Eye to Google Earth, visual culture is saturated with aerial imagery. The aerial view - the image of everywhere- has become natural, desirable, omnipresent, yet its rise to pre-eminence as a ‘way of seeing’ raises pressing questions about its effects and meanings that have not yet been explored. More immediately than any other visual modality, aerial imagery gives us- and supports our idea of- a totalising overview, a world-view, and thus in turn requires that its implications be explored as the ‘symbolic form’ of the global era. However this ‘view of the world’ keeps undergoing transformations as technologies continue to be invented and refined. Underpinned by a cross-disciplinary approach that draws together diverse and previously isolated material, this text examines the politics and poetics of the aerial view in relation to architecture, art, film, literature, photography and urbanism, and explores its role in areas such as aesthetics and epistemology. Using examples of specific cultural moments to elucidate the wider theory, this is the only book to provide a cultural history of the aerial imagination and its centrality to visual culture. ‘This remarkable collection of richly illustrated essays... will become a landmark for any scholar interested in the field of visual culture.’ – Vincent Piveteau, Director, École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage de Versailles. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London, W2 4BU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 F: +44 (0) 20 7243 1225 E: rights@ibtauris.com W: www.ibtauris.com
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