Ivy Press New Releases Catalogue 2014/2015 by The Ivy Press

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Contents New Releases General Reference The Cell 6 Virus 7 30-Second Ancient China 8 30-Second Opera 8 30-Second Shakespeare 8 30-Second Wine 9 30-Second Evolution 9 30-Second Twentieth Century 9 30-Second Series 10 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien 12 3-Minute Einstein 12 3-Minute Stephen Hawking 12 How Many Molehills in a Mountain? 13 Toying with Numbers 13 How to Read Paintings 14 How to Read London 15 How to Read Paris 15 How to Read Modern Buildings 15 How to Read Towns & Cities 15 How to Read Series 16 Atlas of Cities 18 The Directory of Flags 19 Swimming Science 20 Golf Science 20 Cycling Science 20 Running Science 21 Tennis Science 21

100 Herbs 35 Crystal Prosperity 35 The Art of Mindful Baking 36 Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting 36 Galileo & the Art of Ageing Mindfully 37 Mindfulness & the Journey of Bereavement 37 Mindfulness… series 38 Gardening & Outdoors The Forager’s Garden 40 Stars & Where to See Them 41 Soil 42 Pollinator Pals 42 Seedswap 42 Grow 43 Compost 43 Seedbombs 43 Beds & Borders 44 Good Companions 44 Heirloom Plants 45 A Potted History of Fruit 45 A Potted History of Vegetables 45 Art & Design Ladies of Letterpress

Natural History Ponsonby’s Sea Creatures 22 Ponsonby’s Insects & Spiders 22 Anatomy 22 The Bee 23 The Chicken 23 Sea Jellies 24 Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises 25 Bird Brain 26 Avian Architecture 26 Hummingbirds 27 Seeds 28 Chicken & Egg 29 The Book of Beetles 30 The Book of Frogs 31 The Book of Orchids 32 The Book of Eggs 33 The Book of Fungi 33 The Book of Shells 33 The Book of Leaves 33

Crafts & Hobbies Secrets of Sewing 47 The Complete Guide to Quilting Techniques 47 Hook in a Hurry 48 The Maison Sajou Sewing Book 49 Sewing with Letters 49 Sew Quick, Sew Cute 49 A Block a Day 50 A Square a Day 51 Tiny House Build 52 Woodworking for the Weekend 53 Build Your Own Fantasy Treehouse 53 The Paper Architect 54 Paper London 54 Paper New York 54 Origami 55 The Biggest Ever Book of Paper Planes 55 The Biggest Ever Book of Origami 55 The Art of Making Shadows 56 How to Avoid a Lightning Strike 56 Practical Pastels 57 Practical Watercolors 57

Mindfulness & Conscious Living The Domestic Alchemist

Popular Culture Artists’ Love Stories

Literary Love Stories Hollywood Love Stories Rock’n’Roll Love Stories Royal Love Stories Titanic Love Stories World War I Love Stories World War II Love Stories

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Food & Drink 10,000 Salads 10,000 Pasta 10,000 Cocktails 10,000 Afternoon Teas 10,000 Cakes How to Make Coffee How to Drink Beer How to Make Tea How to Eat Bread How to Make Chocolate

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Pets A Cat-Lovers’ Miscellany A Dog-Lovers’ Miscellany Tricks & Games to Teach Your Dog Why Does My Cat Do That? Why Does My Dog Do That?

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Gift & Stationery The Circus Illusion Box The Paper Jewelry Box A Box of Beetles

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Published Architectural Details 72 The Grammar of the Ancient World 72 Costume Worldwide 72 The Grammar of Warfare 72 How to Build a Cathedral 72 The Chronology of Fashion 72 The Chronology of Pattern 72 What if Einstein Was Wrong? 73 What if Money Grew on Trees? 73 1000 Tiles 73 1000 Symbols 73 The Grammar of Ornament 73 Sea Monsters 73 Dragons 73 Cowboy 73 Art in Detail… series 74 Appreciating Art 74 The Arse in Art 74 Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life’s Dilemmas 75

Exercises for Gentlemen 75 The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence 75 The Practical Knot Pack 75 The Knot Pack 75 The Book of Knots 75 The Directory of Knots 75 Paper Yachts 75 Fiona Goble’s Fairy Tale Knits 76 Fiona Goble’s Farmyard Knits 76 Knit Your Own Zombie 76 Noah’s Knits 76 ‘Twas the Knits Before Christmas 76 The Twelve Knits of Christmas 76 Knitivity 76 Knit Your Own Royal Wedding 76 Wacky Baby Knits 77 Wacky Doggy Knits 77 Sewing with Letters 77 Sew Quick, Sew Cute 77 Crobots 77 Gourmet Crochet 77 Beaded Bugs 77 Whittling 77 The Complete Guide to Quilting Techniques 78 The Maison Sajou Sewing Book 78 Felties 78 Zodiac Felties 78 Draw Your Own Fonts 78 Learn to Draw & Paint 78 10,000 Ghost Stories 78 10,000 Zombies 78 50 Tricks to Teach Your Dog 79 50 Games to Play with Your Dog 79 Tail Talk 79 Jessica’s Raw Chocolate Recipes 79 Annelie’s Raw Food Power 79 Treat Petite 79 Scoop 79 Chocolate Heaven 79 Ecologist Guide to Fashion 80 Ecologist Guide to Food 80 Soil, Soul, Society 80 Small World, Big Ideas 80 500 Ways to Change the World 80 Green’s Not All Black & White 80 Beautiful Cats Postcard Book 80 Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book 80 Beautiful… series 81

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Dear Reader At Ivy, we make beautiful books about learning, looking, doing, and making. Enjoy a wander through our latest catalog and let us show you what we’ve been up to lately. Our natural history list continues to bloom, combining rigorously researched writing with incredible images. The Cell holds the microscope over these minuscule powerhouses, while Virus exposes 100 remarkable and relentless organisms that determinedly infect all cellular life. At the opposite end of the scale, our global study of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises profiles the most enormous and elusive creatures on the planet, creating a must-have reference for anyone interested in what goes on beneath the waves. And we’ve not forgotten our devoted birders: Bird Brain is an absorbing study of avian intelligence, examining bird behavior all around the world. The 30-Second series has now sold over two million copies in 22 languages worldwide, and we add new titles every season. Our latest additions are Evolution and Twentieth Century, with Ancient China, Opera, Wine, and Shakespeare following close behind. Crafters and makers will welcome our enormous new compendium of 365 patchwork blocks to make, A Block a Day, while print lovers will adore Ladies of Letterpress, an incredible showcase of exciting contemporary letterpress. Whether you’re a green-fingered expert or just an armchair gardener, we’ve got several new offerings. Produce-driven gardeners looking for something special will enjoy Heirloom Plants—a carefully illustrated compendium in the charming style of an Edwardian plant catalog. For those whose interest is more academic, our latest collaboration with the pioneering Millennium Seedbank Project and its 80 international partners is Seeds: A natural history, profiling extraordinary seeds around the world. Last but not least, Stars and Where to See Them, will send the whole family out into the backyard, looking at everything you can spot in the heavens even if you don’t have a telescope—terrific cross-generation entertainment. All our Ivy books are put together by our creative team in Lewes, in the heart of the Sussex Downs. As ever, we encourage and welcome your feedback on our list; let us know what you think, we’d love to hear from you. Susan Kelly Publisher Simon Gwynn International Publishing Director 4 |

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The Cell The origin of life The microscopic cell is Earth’s greatest success story, and the common ancestor we share with all other organisms. Formed over three and a half billion years ago, life exploded from this minuscule powerhouse, first in the sea and then, over millions of years, across the land to create the complex living forms populating the planet today. How has such a minute organism been so powerful? What has enabled it both to create and to break down life on Earth over billions of years? And how have cells interacted to create such an extraordinary diversity of life? Here, Jack Challoner shines a spotlight on the story of the cell to explore how a myriad of interactions and symbiotic relationships have been the extraordinary catalyst for life. Jack Challoner graduated in physics at Imperial College, London University, and worked in the education unit at London’s Science Museum before launching a career as an author specializing in science and technology. He has written more than 40 books, including The Story of Science (2012) and Real Lives: John Snow (2013). He has also developed television programs for the BBC, and acted as a scientific consultant on numerous books and articles.

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✱ Shows the interactions that spark diversity on Earth—from micro to macro levels ✱ Reveals the symbiotic relationships essential to evolution ✱ Stunning microscopy combines with bespoke infographics to explain the relationships underpinning biodiversity

Virus

Spring 2016

100 of the world’s most remarkable examples, profiled and illustrated ✱ Each virus profile features visuals, maps, and lively text to highlight key features ✱ With 100 examples, selected to reveal the extraordinary diversity of the viral world ✱ A global overview that uncovers the microlife teeming around us

Viruses are the last frontier of undiscovered life on our planet. The most abundant type of organism on Earth, they infect all types of cellular life, and, as micro-organisms that cause disease in their hosts, they are highly opportunistic and relentlessly efficient. They exist at the vanguard of DNA variance, exhibiting more structural diversity than plants, animals, archaea, or even bacteria. This 21st-century guide offers an engaging introductory section explaining exactly what viruses are and how they operate, followed by individual profiles of 100 of the world’s most notable examples, each with its own dazzling mugshot. Dr. Marilyn Roossinck is Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State University, and the Sir Walter Adjunct Professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. She has published a large number of scientific papers, and writes for Nature magazine, Microbiology Today, and other popular science publications.

VIRUS Dr Marilyn Roossinck

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30-Second Ancient China

30-Second Opera

30-Second Shakespeare

The 50 most important achievements of a timeless civilization, each explained in half a minute

The 50 crucial concepts, roles, and performers, each explained in half a minute

50 key examples of his works, influence, and legacy, each explained in half a minute

In the West, the story of Ancient China is less familiar to us than that of Ancient Egypt or Rome, but it is no less absorbing, and its rollcall of achievements is easily as impressive. 30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything from the lost cities of the Zhou kings to the birth of Confucianism—the perfect introduction to one of the great ancient civilizations.

Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture yet in modern times it has become caricatured as exclusive, overwhelming, and often very, very long. 30-Second Opera raises the curtain so that anyone can enjoy opera without the elitism. Compiled by respected opera buffs, it serves up all you need to enjoy the spectacle, the music, and above all the voices—from Farinelli to Fassbaender.

30-Second Shakespeare uses the unique approach of the bestselling 30-Second series to grapple with the work and influence of the world’s most famous playwright. This absorbing crash course takes the reader through what we know of his life, then turns to uncoding key concepts, themes, and motifs, and finishes with a look at the Bard’s extraordinary literary and linguistic legacy.

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Fall 2015

Spring 2015

THE SERIES Spring 2015 OND OVER S, C E S E 30- S SOLD COPI HA ILLION M SS TWO ACRO AGES U ANG DE 22 L RLDWI O 30-SECOND W

TWENTIETH CENTURY

The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute

Editor Jonathan T. Reynolds

30-Second Wine

30-Second Evolution

30-Second Twentieth Century

The 50 essential elements, each explained in half a minute

The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute

The wine world can appear exclusive, and the myriad grape varieties and different styles can be bewildering. Since life is too short to drink bad wine, 30-Second Wine decants the subject for everyone. Compiled by wine experts, not elites, this beginner’s guide serves up all you need to master the art and craft of wine in 50 small sips—or rather, a mere 300 words and one picture. Here’s how to uncork the genie from the bottle and enjoy wine without the waffle.

Evolution is the unifying force in modern biology, bringing together such diverse fields as microbiology, genetics, and paleontology. 30-Second Evolution unlocks the laboratory of life, dissecting it into the 50 key topics that help the reader to understand the natural world’s four-billionyear ancestry, and the process by which species either adapt or die.

30-Second Twentieth Century presents a unique approach to modern history. It condenses 100 years of innovation and art, politics and conflict, triumph and disaster, into 50 graphic snapshots that offer an instant appreciation of the way the world revolves and evolves. It invites the reader to consider which events define a period of history and why. From the Red Army to Black Monday, from Woodstock to the World Wide Web, this is the fastest way to travel through time.

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Published 30-Second... series

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✱ Each book covers the 50 key theories or concepts without the jargon ✱ 30 seconds, 300 words, and one image dedicated to each and every idea ✱ Includes timelines, glossaries, and potted biographies of the major players

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3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien

3-Minute Einstein

3-Minute Stephen Hawking

An unauthorized biography of the world’s most revered fantasy writer

Digesting his life, theories, and influence in 3-minute morsels

A celebration of the influence of one of the great literary imaginations of the last century. A readable structure divides Tolkien’s life and cultural contribution into 60 neat portions, each digestible in a mere three minutes: 20 mini-sections each on life, work, and influence.

Time magazine’s Person of the 20th Century, Einstein was not only a scientific genius, but a human rights campaigner, a political activist, and the iconic archetype of the mad professor. 3-Minute Einstein will show you why he continues to fascinate— at approximately the speed of light.

Professor Hawking is one of the great minds of our time, but how much do you really know about him and his work? Here’s an accessible look at the way in which he not only explores the frontiers of spacetime, but takes the trouble to come back to explain it to us left down here on Earth.

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✱ Modern biographies to celebrate today’s iconic figures ✱ Each life and work discussed in one-hour sections and three-minute bites ✱ The quickest way to access the thinking of the greatest minds of our time

Toying with Numbers Also available:

Fall 2015

The math of toys & puzzles When we think of a puzzle we imagine something that will entertain us. But beneath the surface of math toys lie processes that have many practical applications in our lives. Sara Santos takes the reader on a journey inside the workings of the world’s most enduring toys. From the geometry of Archimedes’ Stomachion, through the algebra of Peg Solitaire, to the group theory of Rubik’s Cube, she looks at the power and beauty of the math underlying our best-loved puzzles, from the elegantly simple to the fiendishly complex.

Dr. Sara Santos is director and cofounder of Maths Busking and Intelligent Cabaret. She was recognized with the Seed of Science Communication award in 2011 and a Recognition of Distinction at the Europe-wide EngageU competition in 2012. Formerly, Sara was Clothworkers’ Fellow in Mathematics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, where she led the Mathematics Masterclass.

✱ Readable and engaging: an appealing way for the reader to access practical math ✱ Infographics offer a way in to even the most complex math puzzle ✱ Fresh insights into a wide range of well-loved toys and puzzles

Specification 225mm x 165mm • 160pp 4x4 • hb with jacket est. 45,000 words • 300 pics

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Fall 2014

How to Read Paintings A crash course in meaning and method How to Read Paintings is an engaging visual guide to Western European painting. In the first section of the book, the author reveals how to read paintings by considering five key areas—shape and support; style and medium; compositional devices; genre, and recurring motifs and symbols. In the second section, the reader makes an in-depth study of 50 paintings through groups of extracted details, learning how to understand context and discover meaning within art. Liz Rideal teaches Fine Art at the Slade School of Art, London, and engages with visitors within the Education Department of London’s National Portrait Gallery. Her own work is held in the collections of the Tate Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Yale Center for British Art. She is the author of Mirror, Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists (2002) and Self-Portraits (2005).

✱ An accessible and informative guide to Western art, from the 15th to the 21st century ✱ Encourages readers to develop the skills to enjoy a diverse range of paintings

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✱ Explores 50 major paintings through dozens of enlarged details

Spring 2016 How to Read… series A set of practical, travel-sized primers that take a strictly visual approach to art and architecture. Each book makes the perfect companion on any trip, whether real or virtual, and whether your interest is in gardens, patterns, fashion, landscape, or architecture.

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✱ Offers expert, informed overviews of the myriad architectural treasures of each city ✱ Picture-led resources for achitects, historians—and culture lovers ✱ Concise and invaluable guides to both city development and architecture

Specification 165mm x 135mm • 256pp 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 44,000 words • 400 pics Rights sold How to Read London uk | anz How to Read Paris uk | anz How to Read Modern Buildings uk | anz How to Read Towns & Cities uk | anz

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Published How to Read… series ✱ Beautifully designed gift books packed with more reference and info than you’ll find in titles twice their size ✱ Over 500 images, each with an instant and insightful explanation ✱ Equips the reader with a broad overview, then applies this to a wealth of individual examples

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Atlas of Cities Mapping the origins, development, and impacts of urbanization Urbanization is a global phenomenon, but the way cities are developing, the experience of city life, and the prospects for the future of cities vary greatly from region to region. Atlas of Cities presents a taxonomy of cities that looks at different aspects of their physical, economic, social, and political structure; their interactions with each other and with their hinterlands; the challenges and opportunities that they present; and their future potential. Each chapter explores a distinct type of city, with a core case study supported by secondary examples. Paul Knox is a distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow for International Advancement at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

✱ The past, present, and potential future of cities, explored through maps ✱ 14 key city types reveal different models of development ✱ Studying urban patterns of production, consumption, generation, and decay Specification 280mm x 225mm • 256pp 4x4 • hb • est. 97,000 words 250 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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The Directory of Flags

Fall 2015

A guide to flags from around the world

✱ A comprehensive guide to the national flags of the world, all illustrated and accompanied by maps ✱ With the history of every flag, along with its date of origin and exact proportions

For thousands of years, flags have been used to identify countries and cultures, people and places. Today, the flags of the world can provide a key to discovering each country’s national identity and history in the international community. By turning the pages of this directory you will be taken on an enlightening journey across the globe. Charlotte Greig is a freelance writer who specializes in books on world cultures, travel, and music. She has written on costumes, tribal customs, ethnic music, and many other topics. Her interest in flags arose as a child when she and her family traveled abroad with her father, a naval officer.

✱ Also includes a selection of flags from other international organizations

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Fall 2016 Specification 250mm x 228mm • 192pp 4x4 • hb • est. 65,000 words 400 pics

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Swimming Science Revealing the science of peak performance Just 100th of a second separates elite swimmers from the victor’s podium, but what are the physical forces at work behind these tiny margins, and how can an understanding of them be used to improve your own technique in the pool? Swimming Science investigates. From swimming technology, physiology, and psychology to hydrodynamics, the key principles of swimming science are addressed, with the content organized around a series of questions. Dr. G. John Mullen graduated with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. He is on the advisory board for the International Society of Swim Coaches, consults for many sport teams, contributes to a wide range of periodicals, and is the founder of Swimming Science.

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✱ Reveals the science at work when swimmer meets water ✱ Special focus on stroke and improving technique ✱ With bespoke infographics helping to explain the scientific complexities

Golf Science Mark F. Smith

Cycling Science Max Glaskin

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Spring 2015

running science JOHN BREWER 2 = (Q x Ca)–(Q x Cv) VO

Heart rate up to 200 beats per minute

revealing the science of peak performance

arc ing sw arm

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✱ Looks at the scientific facts behind the world’s best performances ✱ Includes insights that give you the power to up your own game ✱ Every aspect of each sport is studied in depth, from biomechanics and psychology to nutrition and equipment development

Speed = stride rate x stride length

Running Science

Tennis Science

Revealing the science of peak performance

How player and racket work together

Running can encompass the absolute extremes of human performance, from speed to endurance. Running Science uncovers the fundamental science that underpins this ubiquitous sport, bringing together the study of biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, health and injury prevention, and the technical developments of shoes and running surfaces: it’s a complete reference.

With more than 75 million people worldwide playing the game, and many millions more watching Grand Slam tournaments, tennis is truly a global sport. So how do tennis players harness their physiology and the laws of physics to achieve success? Tennis Science uncovers the science within the game, bringing together the study of biomechanics with stroke development, psychology, and the technical development of equipment and playing surfaces.

John Brewer is Professor of Sport at the University of Bedfordshire in the UK. John’s areas of expertise include nutrition, fitness and training, injury prevention, and drugs in sport. A 15-time London marathon runner himself, he wrote the official London 2012 Training Guide to athletic track events and is a regular columnist for Running Fitness magazine, as well as writing numerous articles for leading sports science journals.

Professor Bruce Elliott is a world leader in research into sport biomechanics, particularly tennis stroke production. He is the senior biomechanist and head of the School of Sport Science, Exercise & Health at the University of Western Australia.

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Anatomy Christopher Joseph Specification 165mm x 137mm • 320pp 4x4 • hb • est. 50,000 words 500 pics Rights sold uk | anz | french | german

Ponsonby’s Curious Compendium

Sea Creatures

Insects & Spiders

For centuries, naturalists have created intricate illustrations of the sheer diversity of the ocean. Ponsonby’s Curious Compendium: Sea Creatures reproduces more than 600 engravings, offering a panorama of the world that sea-dwellers inhabit, from the whale to the shrimp—a tour of the deep that is full of surprises.

Insects and spiders hold a powerful allure—their design is so complex and their scale so entrancingly minute. This compact book, itself hardly bigger than the world’s biggest beetle (which is over five inches long, by the way), contains a generous selection of engravings, every one crammed with detail and enhanced by informative text.

Professor George Dussart teaches Biological Sciences at Canterbury Christ Church University College.

Claire Beverley is a member of the Ecology Research Group, Canterbury.

Dr. David Ponsonby is senior lecturer in Biology at Canterbury Christ Church University College.

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✱ The pick of natural history engravings from the last two centuries ✱ With a neat, informative commentary for every picture ✱ Covers the range of the natural world, from whales to clams, and beetles to bees

The Bee Also available:

The Chicken Dr. Joseph Barber Specification 235mm x 196mm • 224pp 4x4 • hb with arlin quarterbinding • est. 56,000 words 450 pics Rights sold uk | us | canadian | german

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A natural history Eyes with more than 6,000 lenses; bodies so hairy that they create static; the ability to communicate by dancing … bee stats are endlessly engrossing. And without bees to pollinate them, most of our crops would be dead in the field. So how does this furry little workaholic come to be so crucial to the planet? The Bee: A Natural History answers that question and many more, exploring evolution, anatomy, behavior, and the human factor. Including a visual directory of 40 bee breeds this book will prove a must-have for every keeper, student, or lover of bees. Noah Wilson-Rich is founder and chief scientific officer of The Best Bees Company. Norman Carreck has been keeping bees for over 30 years. He is Science Director of the International Bee Research Association and senior editor of the Journal of Apicultural Research.

✱ An in-depth look at the world’s favorite species ✱ Includes practical tips for the bee-keeper and and chickens owner ✱ With directories of detailed photographic portraits

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 224pp • 4x4 hb with arlin quarter-binding est. 61,000 words • 450 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian | german

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Sea Jellies Secrets of an ocean success story Jellyfish are mysterious creatures, luminously beautiful with remarkably varied lifecycles. These simple, ancient animals are found in every ocean at every depth, and have lived on Earth for at least the last 500 million years. Ominously, they are also increasing in number as they adapt well to marine environmental degradation. Sea Jellies is a timely title that looks at their anatomy, life history, taxonomy, and ecology, and includes species profiles featuring stunning marine photography that will have you scanning the depths with renewed interest. Lisa-ann Gershwin is director of the Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services. She was awarded a Fulbright in 1998 for her studies on jellyfish blooms and evolution. She has discovered over 190 new species, including a new species of dolphin.

✱ An engaging introduction to one of the sea’s most ancient but least-known families ✱ With gorgeous photographs of some little-known species ✱ Reveals why jellies’ increasing success is actually bad new for conservationists

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Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises

Spring 2015

A global study The 89 species of the order of Cetacea are some of the most elusive creatures on the planet. Highly migratory, the huge distances they cover and the depths they dive to mean we catch only fleeting glimpses of their lives. Technological advances have, however, increased our understanding, and, for the first time, Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises gathers together all the most interesting new research, combining highlights from studies of the behavior of the world’s whales, dolphins, and porpoises with a field guide for observing them in the wild. Annalisa Berta is Professor of Biology at San Diego State University. Past president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and co-Senior Editor of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berta has written several books including Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology.

✱ An up-to-date guide to all known whale, dolphin, and porpoise species

✱ With stunning photography, illustrations, and graphics

✱ Detailed profiles and a comprehensive identification guide

Specification 240mm x 276mm • 288pp 4x4 • hb with jacket est. 75,000 words • 750 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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Bird Brain

Spring 2016

An exploration of avian intelligence

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An absorbing study of how birds think, revealing how science is exploding the myth of our feathered friends being “bird brained”, and how recent discoveries may call for us to re-evaluate how we identify and classify intelligence in other animals. Bird Brain will start by looking at the structures and functions of the avian brain, and move on to examine different types of intelligence by profiling the extraordinary behaviors of a broad range of the species, studying the masterminds of the avian world, and examining what types of behavior can be interpreted as “intelligence” as we would recognize it. Bird Brain will not only look at the well-studied species such as New Caledonian crows and parrots, but also cast a broader eye over the behavior of a wide range of species from around the world.

✱ An engaging exploration of the extraordinary behavior of birds, from tool selection, improvement, and use, to long-term memory and bonding ✱ Approachable scientific text drawing from the most recent studies ✱ Beautifully presented with full color images and clear explanatory illustrations

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Nathan Emery is Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Biology at Queen Mary, University of London. His research interests have focused on the cognitive abilities of corvids, apes, and parrots, and he is currently working with the ravens at the Tower of London. He has authored two previous books and is on the editorial boards of Animal Cognition and the Journal of Comparative Psychology. His work has been extensively reported internationally.

Avian Architecture Peter Goodfellow Specification 253mm x 203mm • 160pp 4x4 • hb • est. 43,000 words 300 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian dutch | german

Hummingbirds

Published

A life-size guide to every species ✱ The first stand-alone title to profile all 337 known species ✱ Glorious life-size photography of over 300 birds ✱ With nesting details, location maps, and a host of other data contained in concise breed profiles

Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, and jewel-like size and color. Only recently has their serious scientific study started to gain the attention it demands. With the increasing interest in biodiversity, they are a subject growing in significance with every new species discovery made. Hummingbirds presents every species, with over 300 birds shown in dazzling, life-size, cut-out photography. Concise descriptions offer myriad details of the nesting habits, flight, sound, and behavior of every species. And it’s all presented in an appealing, portable format. Michael Fogden is a wildlife writer and photographer and has written 11 books. Marianne Taylor is a writer and illustrator who has written more than a dozen books on wildlife. Sheri L. Williamson is an ornithologist and author of A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America.

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Fall 2015

Seeds A natural history At a time when the world faces increasing pressures from climate change and biodiversity loss, seeds have never been more important. Highly complex, they have evolved in myriad ways to adapt to their environments. In this book we explore how seedbearing plants evolved, and unravel the science behind the seed. We also show how scientists are working around the world to gather and bank seeds to save rare and valuable varieties from extinction. Carolyn Fry is a writer and journalist specializing in science, conservation, and natural history. She has written six books, covering climate change, botanical explorers, and plant science. Carolyn has won many awards, including the European Garden Book Prize for Plant Hunters.

✱ Detailed, accessible text and clear explanatory visuals ✱ Profiles of extraordinary seeds from around the world ✱ Looks at the human relationship with flowering plants and the ways in which we are conserving them for the future

For Seeds, Carolyn will work with experts from The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and its pioneering Millennium Seedbank Project, which aims to safeguard seeds from 25 per cent of the world’s plant species by 2020. The Seedbank works with international partners in 80 countries. Specification 240mm x 168mm • 240pp 4x4 • hb • est. 50,000 words 250 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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Chicken & Egg

Spring 2015

An egg-centric guide to raising poultry ✱ A practical guide to choosing chickens for the most colorful and plentiful eggs ✱ Beautifully artworked feature spreads profile the cock, hen, and egg of the top breeds ✱ A complete reference for keeping healthy chickens, whether you have just two or three, or a flock

The urban chicken movement shows no sign of abating, with home-raised hens considered the poster girls of urban farming campaigns. Chicken & Egg is designed for the new broad hen-owning readership. It offers a complete guide to raising chickens purely for their eggs, featuring artworked guides to the top breeds. It should be on every chicken enthusiast’s must-have list.

CHICKEN & EGG An egg-centric guide to raising poultry

Andy Cawthray is a writer and poultry breeder based in Shropshire, UK. He is a columnist for a number of magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian. James Hermes is Head Advisor, Extension Poultry Specialist, and Associate Professor at the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University. He studied Avian Sciences and Genetics at the University of California.

The Araucana Origins

Features

The Araucana originated among the Arauca tribe of northern Chile, and a British standard was established in Scotland in the early 1900s by George Malcolm. The breed is now raised worldwide.

With its attractive appearance, excellent temperament, and colorful eggs, the Araucana is a popular choice among garden and backyard keepers. A reliable and prolific layer, it usually produces its first eggs at around ten months.

The Araucana cock weighs in at 6–7lb (2.7–3.2kg) and is alert and active. It has a bright-red pea comb and this Lavender example has a blue-grey plumage that is even throughout.

Choosing the right birds to make up your flock is like selecting the best ingredients with which to mix a cake. It’s all very well choosing a dozen components that taste delicious on their own, but if they don’t blend well then you’ll have egg on your face. There are some basic rules to ensure a happy and healthy barnyard.

Temperament

Well-tempered, calm and trusting, the Araucana is a pleasure to keep. It is relaxed when handled and easily tamed.

The Araucana hen exhibits the

pea comb, tufted ears, and lack of wattles, features that combine to make it a very attractive bird. The face is bright-red, the body deep and long, with an average weight of 5–6lb (2.3–2.7kg). This hen has a Lavender plumage, though color variations include Black, White, Silver, and Golden.

The Araucana is an easy-going breed notable for the exquisite pale-blue or pale-green eggs that it lays—up to 200 a year—and as such it deserves its place among the top twenty egg layers. It is related to South American breeds including the Collonca, Quetero, and South American Rumpless. 70

Top 20 Breeds

Andy Cawthray & James Hermes

Care

The Auracana is a hardy breed and willing forager, so care is relatively easy. They are tolerant of heat and cold, fast growers, tough birds, and good flyers to escape predators. Buyers should be careful to buy true Araucana chickens, rather than the hybrid Easter Egg birds, and be aware of the bird’s tendency to go broody. There is also an issue with the gene that creates the tufted ears, which can make breeding difficult.

There are over 200 chicken breeds, so it is essential that you carefully outline your requirements and shortlisting the breeds that are most suited to meet them. If you buy the wrong breeds, you are buying yourself endless problems to solve. If you buy the right breeds, then your flock can quickly become very rewarding, both in terms of fun and as a source of fresh food and potential income. There are a variety of factors to consider, which you can convert into a checklist based on the mnemonic on the right. These individual topics will be considered in depth on the following pages, helping you to identify the breeds that are best suited to where you live, why you want to keep chickens, and what type of breeds appeal to you. Climate is an important factor, as is the environment and space in which you plan to keep your chickens. If you live in a hot climate, where temperatures are up in the nineties in the summer, then you will need to consider “light” breeds such as Seramas or Leghorns

The Araucana eggs are the only blue eggs

produced by a pure-bred domestic chicken. The original turquoise-blue color has been diluted by breeding; today most eggs are powder-blue, sky-blue, or green.

The Araucana

who will be suited to those conditions. If, on the other hand, you live in a climate where temperatures are likely to drop below thirty degrees in the winter, then heavier breeds will be more likely to thrive. You should also consider the number and size of birds that you intend to keep, in relation to the space and size of coop you will be able to manage. There are arguments to be made both for and against hybrid and “superhybrid” breeds. Hybrids can look spectacular, and they may have been bred to lay eggs from a young age and to produce a high number of eggs each year. Traditionalists, though, would argue that older breeds are more hardy, less prone to disease, and cheaper to keep as they are better foragers. The Australorp is a gentle and amicable bird as well as a top layer—it holds the record for the most number of eggs laid a year. In any breed, though, a rooster like the one shown here will tend to be more aggressive than the hens, establishing its place at the top of the pecking order.

Key considerations when choosing your flock:

LIMATE Will your birds be subject to extremes of heat or cold? If you live in a hot climate, you should look for “light” breeds, while heavier chickens are better suited to a colder coop.

YBRIDS Do you want to keep hybrids or

traditional breeds? Hybrids can be both attractive and productive, but there are advantages to reliable traditional breeds such as greater immunity to disease.

Why did the chicken... ...peck the other chicken? The social order of chickens is established and maintained by the “pecking order.” The dominant hen will have first call on food, drink, and roost, and each hen in your flock will defend her position by pecking those lower down the order.

NDEPENDENCE Do you want pets or more independent birds? Some breeds are happiest and healthiest when left forage, while others will respond better to more human interaction.

OMPATIBILITY Are you sure that your chickens won’t fight? If you are choosing a mixed flock, you should check carefully that the breeds are compatible and will form a happy pecking order.

EY GOALS Are you keeping chickens for meat, eggs, or show? The focus of this book is on keeping chickens for their eggs, and the first step toward this is simply to choose good layer breeds.

GGS Will your chicken lay the desired number and type of eggs? Different breeds produce different color eggs, while some strains also have their performance bred out of them when bred for show.

ATURE What sort of temperament is your chicken likely to have? Some chickens can be quite aggressive, while other breeds are docile.

Keeping Chickens For Eggs

Choosing Your Flock

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Fall 2014

The Book of Beetles A lifesize guide to six hundred species of nature’s gems Beetles make up more than a fifth of all known life forms on the planet. The Book of Beetles uncovers 600 significant examples from all over the world, and shows them life-size in glorious photographs, alongside profiles including notable characteristics, related species, and scientific significance. For beetles enthusiasts, there’s a matching box of postcards, too—100 gorgeous examples to post to friends and spread the word. Patrice Bouchard is research scientist and curator of Coleoptera at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes.

Also available: A Box of Beetles Patrice Bouchard Specification 160mm x 105mm x 76mm 4x4 • hinged lid Pack Contains 16pp booklet 143mm x 99mm • 2x2 100 postcards 143mm x 99mm • 4x4 10 dividers • 1x1 Rights sold uk | anz

Specification 270mm x 180mm • 656pp 4x4 • hb • est. 190,000 words 2,400 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

✱ Key examples of one of nature’s largest families displayed alongside scholarly text ✱ Focuses on the extraordinary diversity of the natural world ✱ Showcases one of the world’s great natural history collections

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The Book of Frogs

Fall 2015

A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world ✱ Life-size, cut-out photographs of 600 key species, capturing their delicate detail and astounding color ✱ A scholarly but readable text with a focus on the frog’s significance as an indicator of habitat decline ✱ Catalogs frog and toad diversity as their numbers decline

Recent intense scrutiny of amphibian conservation status makes this title a timely archive in the context of the frog’s dramatic decline. Frogs are adversely affected by loss of habitat, pollution by agricultural and industrial chemicals, and climate change. As such, the frog is an important pollutant indicator. This book will profile 600 species, representing the remarkable diversity of frogs, each species photographed life-size to capture its delicate detail, and accompanied by an in-depth species profile. Tim Halliday is one of the world’s foremost authorities on amphibians. He is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the UK’s Open University, has written a number of books, including the Smithsonian Handbooks’ volume on Reptiles and Amphibians, and has edited two editions of the highly regarded Encyclopedia of Amphibians and Reptiles.

Specification 270mm x 180mm • 656pp 4x4 • hb • est. 190,000 words 2,400 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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Spring 2016 ✱ Stunning life-size views of some of the most beautiful and intriguing orchid blooms ✱ Scholarly text profiling species from all parts of the globe, indicating distribution, peak flowering period, and key identifying features ✱ Exquisite 19th-century engravings giving a different view Specification 270mm x 180mm • 656pp 4x4 • hb • est. 190,000 words 2,400 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

The Book of Orchids A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world One of every seven flowering plants on Earth is an orchid. Some are stunningly flamboyant, others almost inconspicuous. This book will profile 600 species, representing the remarkable diversity of these beguiling plants.

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Maarten Christenhusz is a Dutch botanist who has worked for the Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki, the Natural History Museum in London, and Kew Gardens, on a variety of taxonomic projects ranging from ferns to tulips. Mark Chase is Director of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew Gardens. He is also a visiting professor at the School of Biological Sciences, University of London, and a fellow of the Royal Society of London.

Published The Book of… series Every volume in The Book of… series is a beautifully produced celebration of biodiversity in the natural world. Each book focuses in on its subject, from fungi to leaves, and eggs to shells, and the great collections of the world have been trawled to find the finest examples. Six hundred images form the backbone of each in-depth study, alongside details of natural markings and patterns, charts of data, and detailed descriptions of every example shown, all backed up with scholarly indexes. ✱ 600 stunningly detailed images from the very best global collections ✱ Close-up pattern details, data charts, detailed captions, and indexes ✱ A beautifully designed resource for the armchair expert Specification 270mm x 180mm • 656pp 4x4 • hb • est. 190,000 words 2,400 pics Rights sold The Book of Eggs uk | us | anz | canadian The Book of Fungi uk | us | anz | canadian japanese | se asia The Book of Shells uk | us | anz | canadian japanese The Book of Leaves uk | us | canadian | french german | korean

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Spring 2015

The Domestic Alchemist 501 herbal recipes for home, health & happiness Kitchen pharmacy meets green cleaning and natural beauty in a classic compendium of Mother Nature’s plant-powered methods for herbal happiness at home. An introduction to the power of plants is followed by concise growing tips and profiles, and guidelines on the set-up of an alchemist’s kitchen, with techniques on how to make everything from tinctures to tonics. Add a comprehensive directory of eco-laundry and cleaning concoctions to first-aid and balms—from zesty stain removers to cold compresses—and you’re all set to create your very own domestic revolution. Pip Waller is a medical herbalist and plant spirit practitioner. She has taught at the Academy of Natural Health in London and was a supervisor for the UK National Institute of Medical Herbalists Training Clinic. She previously authored Holistic Anatomy: An Integrative Guide to the Human Body. ✱ An expert herbalist shares over 500 recipes including international contributions ✱ Provides a definitive compendium of plant-based recipes for pure wellbeing

Specification 220mm x 180mm • 256pp 4x4 • hb arlin • est. 60,000 words 300 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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✱ Reflects the growing awareness of toxins, sensitivities, and allergies

Spring 2015

Spring 2015 in New back er p a p

✱ A go-to practical handbook to the hands-on use of herbs ✱ All the information you need ✱ Authored by an experienced healer with an unrivaled knowledge of herbal remedies

100 Herbs

Crystal Prosperity

For health and happiness

Create abundance in all areas of your life

Herbs have been used for centuries to treat both major and minor ailments. As people seek a more natural approach to health, herbal remedies have become the most popular modern form of alternative medicine. 100 Herbs for Health and Happiness is a comprehensive guide to the characteristics and curative properties of 100 of the most useful healing herbs. The main directory features a succinct summary of each herb, its properties, uses, and availability, making this an accessible guide to the healing powers of these wonderful plants.

Today, everyone worries about money and it’s hard to know how to attract more money into our lives. Maybe we took up “cosmic ordering” with great enthusiasm only to find it hasn’t yet delivered. Wouldn’t it be beneficial to find an inner sense of security that is not dependent on outer circumstances? Crystal Prosperity shows how to attract abundance of all kinds into one’s life and includes visualizations, affirmations, rituals, and layouts. It profiles the major and minor crystals, all selected to help you to make, and enhance, your fortune.

Jennie Harding has 20 years’ experience as a healer working with various approaches, including herbs, essential oils, and crystals. She previously worked as a tutor at the Tisserand Aromatherapy Institute.

Judy Hall is an internationally known crystal facilitator and author who lives in the UK.

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Fall 2014

Spring 2015 ✱ Fresh looks at how everyday life can generate opportunities for mindful practice ✱ Offers the tools to transform the daily experience for everyone ✱ Books that reflect the growing interest in mindful living

Specification 200mm x 130mm • 144pp 1x1 • hb • est. 30,000 words Rights sold The Art of Mindful Baking uk | anz Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting uk | anz

The Art of Mindful Baking

Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting

Returning the heart to the hearth

Meditations on raising children

A delightful insight into how the act of baking is a practical meditation by its very nature. An engaging author looks at what it means to use our hands, and why kneading promotes wellbeing—and explores the true and enduring value of eating real food.

An enlightening guide to how families can develop awareness in everyday life. Clea Danaan reveals how sharing meditative practices and activities with children promotes calm, and the balance to thrive in a frantic modern world.

Julia Ponsonby is Head of Food at Schumacher College. She is the author of Gaia’s Kitchen, which won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for best vegetarian cookbook.

Clea Danaan homeschools her two children in sunny Colorado. She has a background in environmental education, healing, and organic gardening. She is the author of Zen and The Art of Raising Chickens (2010).

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Spring 2015 ✱ Mindful examinations of the difficult topics of ageing and bereavement ✱ Thoughtful, accessible texts offer support at challenging life stages

Galileo & the Art of Ageing Mindfully

✱ With practical meditative exercises which offer coping strategies as and when you need them

Mindfulness & the Journey of Bereavement Restoring Hope after a Death

Wisdom from the Night Skies Specification 200mm x 130mm • 144pp 1x1 • hb • est. 30,000 words

Adam Ford

Galileo & the Art of Ageing Mindfully Wisdom from the night skies An exploration of how the father of modern science cast a new light on our place in the universe. In this moving and reflective book, Adam Ford offers a range of meditative insights into our existential journey with ageing—looking at it as a natural opportunity to experience the benefits of mindfulness. Adam Ford is 74 and an ordained Anglican priest. He has an MA in Indian religions and lectures on Buddhism, Hinduism, and astronomy.

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Peter Bridgewater

Mindfulness & the Journey of Bereavement Restoring hope after a death Our emotional responses to death can be shattering and unpredictable. Mindfulness & the Journey of Bereavement examines the life-changing journey of grief, teaching us how to understand and interpret our feelings, and face the future positively, with hope. Peter Bridgewater has been a volunteer for over 20 years, supporting vulnerable clients as a Samaritan, a prison visitor, and a bereavement counselor. MINDFULNESS & CONSCIOUS LIVING | 37

Published Mindfulness… series In these beautifully presented volumes, expert authors explore this approach, increasingly popular for peaceful wellbeing, showing readers how they too can nourish their spirit, find self-awareness, and bring mindfulness into their lives and the world around them.

Specification 200mm x 130mm • 144pp 1x1 • hb • est. 31,000 words

✱ A complete library of mindfulness studies for today’s reader

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✱ Inspiring authors look at the value of meditative practice in all areas of life

✱ Practical guides to getting the best out of every day

Published

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Fall 2015

The Forager’s Garden Working with nature to grow wild food Do you love foraging but feel guilty about picking from our natural habitat? And at the same time, are you engaged in a never-ending battle with nature in your own backyard? Reconcile the two by inviting the countryside into your garden and letting nature restore its own balance. In The Forager’s Garden, Milton Dixon offers an introduction to forage gardening, combining a neat and practical guide with a succinct explanation of the philosophy behind it. Find out how to grow a year-round supply of wild and cultivated foods—and fill any seasonal hunger gaps—with an invaluable directory of perennial plants, plus tasty recipes for what you harvest, too. Milton Dixon is a professional gardener and an avid forager and permaculturist. He is the founder of the Chicago Permaculture Guild, and teaches, promotes, and demonstrates permaculture in the Great Lakes region. He lives with his wife and son in Michigan.

✱ Turn a traditional backyard space into your very own foraging garden ✱ Reflects the evergrowing interest in foraged wild foods ✱ Includes a directory of over 45 perennial foods that you can harvest Specification 209mm x 156mm • 128pp 4x4 • hb • est. 25,000 words 100 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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Stars and Where to See Them

Fall 2015

A family guide Stargazing is a lovely cross-generational activity— who wouldn’t be fascinated by the sheer size of the universe? Stars and Where to See Them offers a straightforward guide to what we know and how we know it, plus a range of activities, ranging from star charts (showing the stars you’ll see in different seasons and in different places) to Star Bingo (match the stars you see to those on the card) and a design-your-own-alien sticker game (imagine what life might be like on other planets, far, far away). Clear, easy-to-follow text alongside magically imaginative illustration is guaranteed to make an evening’s backyard stargazing a family favorite all year round. Adam Ford is both a keen stargazer and an enthusiastic grandparent. He has an MA in Indian religions, and lectures on astronomy, Buddhism, and Hinduism. He has authored several books, including Universe: God, Man & Science and The Art of Mindful Walking. ✱ An enchanting introduction to the night sky, and all you can see in it ✱ Packed with stargazing games and activities ✱ With 32 pages of starry extras, from easy-to-read star charts to design-analien sticker sheets Specification 180mm x 210mm 80pp inclusive of 32pp of extras 4x4 • hb drilled binding est. 8,000 words • 40 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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Spring 2016

Specification 180mm x 210mm 48pp plus 32pp of extras 4x4 • hb drilled binding est. 8,000 words • 300 pics Rights sold Soil uk | anz Pollinator Pals uk | anz

Soil

Pollinator Pals

A family guide to the ground beneath our feet

A family guide to our garden heroes & helpers

In Soil, Ben Raskin shares his expert knowledge of the dark stuff with an enjoyable introduction, packed full of funky facts and engaging activities. Teach your kids (and learn yourself) how soil is made, why plants and people need it, how you can rescue a sick soil, and what could happen if you don’t bother! Unearth the science through fun, practical exercises such as testing your own backyard soil’s texture and pH factors, or educational games of Soil Bingo—and enjoy digging in deep to find out about the wonders of nature underneath.

Learn all about the power of pollination In Pollinator Pals, through a buzzing collection of exciting facts and activities. Predator menus will teach you who eats who in the garden, plus there’s a flower-andinsect matchmaking wheel, and Pollinator Pursuit (a fresh take on a traditional board game). Not only that, but you’ll find out who’s really living at the bottom of your garden, see some of the amazing tricks plants play on insects, and discover how to call nature’s very own SOS team in to give your plot a helping hand.

Also available:

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Spring 2016

Published

Grow

Compost

A family guide to planting vegetables, fruits & flowers

A family guide to making soil from scraps

Also available:

What’s the big deal about growing things—and how do we decide what we need to grow in the space we have? Grow is a show-and-tell book for families who are new to gardening, explaining why we choose to grow our own food and looking at the range of what you can grow, and the whole life cycle of food, from seed sowing and saving to planning and planting, and—most exciting of all—harvesting the food that you’ve grown. Seedbombs Josie Jeffery Specification 209mm x 156mm • 128pp 4x4 • hb • est. 31,000 words 125 pics Rights sold uk | anz | dutch | french german

Complete with stickers, a runner-bean measuring chart, a fruit pairs game, and a rainbow taste wheel, Grow offers your family the inspiration to get out there and get planting.

What happens to the food we don’t eat—all those discarded apple cores and rejected Brussels sprouts? Did you know that there are as many living organisms in a teaspoon of soil as there are people in the world? And that worms are our cool, earthy friends? In Compost, Ben Raskin shares his expert knowledge, answering these questions and many more through a whole heap of fun activities and games. Teach your kids that composting is fun and get your family’s feet firmly on the path to a planet-friendly lifestyle. Ben Raskin, author of the Family Guide series, is the Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association in the UK, and a father of two. He launched the Soil Association’s flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Having caught the gardening bug early, while working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy, he has worked in horticulture for 18 years.

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Beds & Borders The mix & match guide to beautiful planting

Also available:

Pick up Beds & Borders, and flick through the mix & match split pages. Whatever you’re working with—sun or shade, a hot or cool color scheme, a bed that’s crying out for perennial interest, or a border that you want to attract as much wildlife to as possible—you’ll find the answers here. Simon Maughan is a professional gardener and a successful writer. He has worked as a consultant to the National Horticultural Society for over ten years. Jane Courtier has a diploma in horticulture and over 30 years of practical gardening experience. She was also long-time deputy editor of Amateur Gardening, contributes to a wide range of magazines, and has written more than 20 books on gardening.

✱ Make a green and wildlife-friendly garden with year-round color and interest ✱ Turn the pages, match the dots, and plant up the results for guaranteed success

Specification 230mm x 140mm • 104pp (of which 52pp are cut into three parts) • 4x4 hb concealed wiro est. 23,000 words • 300 pics Rights sold uk | anz | german

Heirloom Plants Also available:

Spring 2016

A complete compendium of heritage vegetables, fruit & flowers Heirloom plants often have a charm lacking in commercially produced varieties. And unless these seeds are grown and saved, they will be not only forgotten, but lost, too. Based on the seed catalogs of Thomas Etty, Heirloom Plants lists exciting cultivars to be grown, along with profiles and cultivation tips. Responsible gardening, certainly—but with more than a hint of romance; who could resist the lure of the splendid Hubbard Green Warty squash, or the Green Zebra tomato?

A Potted History of Fruit Mike Darton Specification 185mm x 145mm • 128pp 4x4 • hb • est. 29,000 words 80 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian | korean

Ray Warner is the dedicated seedsman behind the heirloom seed company Thomas Etty Esq., named for his great great grandfather, who himself dealt in seeds in the 19th century. Lorraine Harrison is a keen practical gardener with a master’s degree in garden history. In addition to contributing to the gardening quarterly Hortus, she has authored a number of books, among them the bestselling Latin for Gardeners.

A Potted History of Vegetables Lorraine Harrison Specification 185mm x 145mm • 128pp 4x4 • hb • est. 29,000 words 80 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian | korean

✱ The graphic appeal of an Edwardian plant catalog, with the hard information the modern gardener needs

✱ Gardening with an eye to biodiversity; these seeds can be saved for future generations of gardeners

Specification 226mm x 168mm • 224pp 4x4 • hb • est. 50,000 words 200 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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Spring 2015

Ladies of Letterpress Dedicated to the proposition that a woman’s place is in the printshop Founded by Kseniya Thomas and Jessica C. White, Ladies of Letterpress is an organization that champions the reviving craft of letterpress, and seeks to showcase the work of women printers. A gallery of art by its members, the work in Ladies of Letterpress ranges from greetings cards to broadsides and posters. What comes through clearly is the quality of the work: all these pieces are worthy of display on your wall, and with 80 detachable pages, you can create an instant and beautiful gallery of your own. Jessica C. White runs Heroes & Criminals Press in Asheville, NC. She has authored a book on practical letterpress, Letterpress Now (2013). Kseniya Thomas learned her trade at the print shop of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany. She runs Thomas-Printers in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which she founded in 2005.

✱ A glorious collection of the best examples of work done by members of the Ladies of Letterpress ✱ Including 80 detachable pages, offering you an instant, frameable collection of your own Specification 355mm x 280mm • 192pp including 80 detachable posters • 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 25,000 words • 350 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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✱ Every piece is accompanied by details of paper, inks, and press used in its printing, and a profile of its printer

Secrets of Sewing Also available:

The Complete Guide to Quilting Techniques Pauline Brown Specification 185mm x 145mm • 128pp 4x4 • hb • est. 29,000 words 80 pics Rights sold uk | anz

Fall 2015

All the techniques & tips you need to know to sew anything at all Home sewing is enjoying a surge in popularity, but if you don’t have someone who can teach you the sort of secrets to sewing success that you only learn from years of experience, you may struggle to get your collar points sharp, your zippers invisible, and your facings flat. Secrets of Sewing is the answer—it’s as though someone put a lifetime’s sewing experience in a book. Clear illustrations, notes, and tips help you do the right thing, whatever you’re trying to achieve, while extensive indexes make it painless to find the sewing secret you’re looking for. Problem solved. Lucinda Ganderton trained at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London and is an experienced textile specialist who has written widely on embroidery and sewing. Her most recent titles are The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing (2013), undertaken with Liberty of London, and The Maison Sajou Sewing Book (2014).

✱ As good as a lifetime’s sewing experience—in a book ✱ Authored by the sewing teacher you wish you had ✱ With comprehensive indexing and crossreferencing to take you straight to the sewing secret you need

Specification 209mm x 135mm • 224pp 2x2 • hb with jacket est. 50,000 words • 300 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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Spring 2016

Hook in a Hurry 40 cute and speedy projects for crochet beginners If you’re new to crochet, you want a pretty or stylish project to work on—and you also want quick results so that you’ve got something to show for your time. Hook in a Hurry is the perfect answer: 40 projects with a whole range of applications, from chunky cushions to delicate scarves and babywear. Timeframes vary, from an hour or two to a few spare evenings, but the simple, sophisticated designs ensure that your results will be impressive enough to boast about. And if you’ve never even tried crochet before, there’s an easy-to-follow illustrated guide at the front of the book to get you started. Kerry Lord is the founder of the TOFT luxury yarn brand. She began her career designing knitwear, but since learning to crochet in mid-2012 she has downtooled her two pointy sticks, taken up a crochet hook, and developed a whole range of modern patterns aimed at the newbie hooker.

Specification 250mm x 200mm 144pp • 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 30,000 words • 300 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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✱ Perfect for those new to crochet: gorgeous, speedy, contemporary projects ✱ Includes accessories, kids’ toys, and clothes, plus projects for the home, all hooked up in soft, tactile yarns ✱ With how-to, step-bystep sequences to make sure that your mastery of crochet gets off to a flying start

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Sewing with Letters

Simple, Speedy Projects

Tedman { &Nicola Sarah Skeate }

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For many years a byword for refined French taste, Maison Sajou supplies the finest sewing materials money can buy. In this, Sajou’s first sewing book, projects for home accessories are seductively photographed, bringing chic Parisian style to your sewing.

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20 projects from the famous French haberdashery

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Fiona Goble

Sewing with Letters

Sew Quick, Sew Cute

20 sewing projects

30 simple, speedy projects

Sewing with Letters takes the current love for all things type and runs with it, offering 20 projects in various styles. Whether you’re a crafter with a love for fonts, or a type enthusiast who loves to sew, Sewing with Letters should be your perfect crafting combination.

Sew Quick, Sew Cute fits each of its projects into the tight timeframe of the contemporary crafter, with plenty of ideas on offer that will fit into a spare afternoon. How-tos are given in illustrated steps—and there’s plenty of scope for you to showcase a special fabric even when you don’t have much of it.

Lucinda Ganderton has written more than a dozen sewing titles, including The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing.

Nicola Tedman trained in theater design and now works as a freelance designer. Sarah Skeate is an illustrator and designer by training, and also a keen crafter.

Specification 270mm x 195mm 192pp • 4x4 • hb est. 31,000 words 350 pics

Specification 250mm x 200mm 128pp • 4x4 • pb est. 30,000 words 400 pics

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Fiona Goble teaches sewing and knitting to all ages and at a wide range of levels. She is the author of ten successful books. Specification 250mm x 200mm 144pp • 4x4 • pb est. 25,000 words 400 pics

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Fall 2015

A Block a Day 365 patchwork squares: one for each day of the year Every patchworker is constantly on the lookout for fresh inspiration for their next block, and here’s the biggest and best compendium ever, with 365 different blocks to choose from. Designs range from creative twists on well-loved classics to brand-new blocks in a whole range of different styles, while a lie-flat binding allows the reader to use the book as a practical guide, as well as a treasury of ideas. There are designs here to appeal to a whole range of abilities, from the beginner to the experienced quilter, and the blocks are arranged in a vivid rainbow of color. A book that every quilter will use and treasure for a lifetime. Lucinda Ganderton, who heads up the team of quilters who worked on A Block a Day, is an experienced author who has written widely on embroidery and sewing, as well as creating a number of block quilts for her own pleasure. Her most recent book is The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing (2013), undertaken with Liberty of London.

✱ Use your fabric stash imaginatively, with a full array of patterns for patchwork blocks, ranging from simple to complex ✱ Arranged in a rainbow of color to help you plan your quilting projects ✱ A lie-flat binding makes the book easy to use as a practical guide as well as a creative inspiration

Specification 275mm x 200mm • 288pp 4x4 • hb concealed wiro est. 85,000 words • 400 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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A Square a Day

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365 crochet squares: one for each day of the year ✱ Use your yarn stash creatively, with a full spectrum of patterns and styles, from simple to gorgeously elaborate ✱ Every six-inch square shown large on the page for practical reference ✱ Lies flat to make it simple to work from, and arranged in a rainbow of color to help you plan your projects

Easy-to-use and inspirational, here’s one book that every crocheter will keep coming back to. A Square A Day offers you a treasury of patterns for the perennially popular granny square. Every six-inch square is shown large on the page, with its pattern and a difficulty rating alongside. A sturdy lie-flat binding makes it easy to check and crochet at the same time, and the squares are suitable for a range of abilities from beginner up. The book is arranged in a rainbow, from deep reds all the way through to violet, so you can use it as inspiration when rummaging through your wool stash and choosing colors for your next project. Every crocheter loves a granny square—so indulge yourself with this, the biggest and best compendium ever! Tracey Lord has 25 years’ experience of designing and making knitted and crocheted fabrics. She has taught at the Textile Arts Center in Chicago, and run degree-level fashion and textiles courses.

Specification 275mm x 200mm • 288pp 4x4 • hb concealed wiro est. 125,000 words • 400 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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Tiny House Build

Spring 2016

Cabin, hut, or hideaway: construct your own There is something so beguiling about tiny houses— they promise a retreat to the basics, a perfect small space of your very own. There are plenty of tiny house look-books out there, but none that show you exactly how to do it yourself ... until now. Tiny House Build includes technical advice, explanatory line drawings, information about preparation, timber, materials, and equipment, and a cutting list for each job, ready for you to take straight to the lumberyard. You can get started right away. Mark Griffiths is an expert designer-maker with a passion for sharing his craft with others. Mark has written for The Woodworker, Furniture & Cabinet Making, Practical Woodworker, and Woodturning. He is Features Writer for Good Woodworking, has contributed to a variety of books, and is the author of Woodworking for the Weekend: 20 Projects Using Reclaimed Timber.

MARK GRIFFITHS

✱ Includes instructions, scaled plans, and stepby-steps; everything you need to build your very own tiny house

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The headers are required to provide support and strength over windows and doors. Headers can be made up in many different ways depending on the window size and weight of the roof. For this cabin I've used two 100x50mm/4x2" lengths fixed side by side at the top with one 100x50mm/4x2" sitting below.

Steps

After using your spirit level to check the frame is at 90 degrees to the deck, fix a nail through the end of one bracing bar into the deck, and remove the other. Onto the non-braced end, fix a blocking stud made from two100x50mm/4x2" lengths nailed together, making a 100x100mm/4x4" section. You can now start work on the frame for a sidewall; this will be built and fixed in the same way as the front section and finally the last sidewall.

STEP 2

STEP 3 All that is left to do is raise the frame, line it up so that it is flush with the edge of the deck, and 100mm/4" in from its ends. When you are happy with where it stands, fix it in place with 95mm/3&¾" deck screws at roughly 30cm/12" intervals.

1 Lay out, on the base deck, the component parts and line up with each pencil mark. Then reach for your hammer and a fistful of 75mm/10d nails and start framing. Having the components lying on the deck will help keep the parts flush with one another.

2 Put your foot on the studs to hold in place while you drive home the two nails for each joint. With all the centre studs fixed in place along with the window headers, finally nail the two side studs on. Again, check the frame is square by running a tape measure across opposing corners, a shunt by hand or a blow with a large mallet should be enough to correct.

3 This size of frame can be raised by just one person; however, if you happen to have one or two buddies ready to lend a hand, now is the time to call them over. If you are working alone, fix two timber lengths with a single nail at the top to the frame sides. Have these side supports overhanging the base of the frame by roughly 50cm/20", as the frame is raised they will swing out and provide some support. Also place a couple of cramps within easy reach; these can be used to secure the sole plate to the base deck.

5 After standing back and admiring the lodge taking shape for a few minutes, cut the top plates to size but don't fit them yet as its far easier to mark up the rafters with the plates safely at ground level on your saw horses. As before cramp the long front and back plates face to face and mark the rafter positions following the lodge plans and the 40cm/16" between centre rule. When marked transfer these lines to both edges of the plate. Take one of the 320cm/106" sills and lay it onto the roofs 380cm/149½" ridge beam, centring it so that you have a overhang of 300mm/12" on each end. Transfer the rafter positions from the top plate to the ridge beam, transcribing them on to each face of the beam. Now the top plates can be fixed in place on the top of your frame walls.

6 A traditional bird’s mouth joint will be used where the rafter meets the top plates; it is quick and easy to make and creates a strong weight-bearing connection. By far the best way to set out the rafter joints is by using a speed square, this is a handy, inexpensive tool that will slot into your tool belt with ease, useful for a wide range of marking up tasks. 7 Start by pushing the speed square up against the end of a 100x50mm/ 4x2" lumber length, with the face of the square on the 100mm/4" wide side. Look for the right angle corner of the square where it says 'pivot'; holding this pivot point tight to the lumber, you should drag the opposite end of the square down until the lumber’s edge lines up with 9 on the common scale. Then pencil mark a line along the right-angle edge of the speed square. From where your pivot point was, mark along the lumber 835mm/72" and make a 90-degree pencil line.

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Get into the habit of checking the frames are 'in level' after each process. This will tell you at which point things went wrong so enabling you to right the problem before it is too late. A frame that is out of square can be adjusted using of temporary props; nailed into place, these will keep walls in square until the OSB board has been fitted this will keep the walls true. STEP 5

It is well worth taking time to read through the instruction leaflet that comes with your speed square and finding out just what its capabilities are. STEP 7

8 Working from the top of one of these scribed angles (the pointy end), measure in 120mm/4¾". Place the pivot point here and again line up with 9 common then score a line, this time only 50mm/2" long. Twist the speed square so that the one of its 90-degree faces lines up along your 50mm/2" line, then pencil a 90-degree line back to the lumber edge.

9 Run a quick check. You should have a marked-up rafter that is 835mm/72¾" long with: 1. Two ends at the same angle running in the same direction; and 2. A bird-mouth joint marked 120mm/4¾" in from one sharp end. Once you are satisfied you have the above, then cut along all the pencil marks. This will provide a template for the other fourteen rafters, however before they are cut it is best to reference this up to the ridge beam that will run the length of the roof.

10 The ridge beam has to be fitted in place prior to the rafters. To achieve this, temporary supports must be fitted in place either end of centre. Screwed or cramped to the end wall and extending up slightly above the top of the beam, they must be fitted with lumber blocks onto which the ridge beam will sit, giving a distance of 900mm/35½" between the base of the beam and the top sill. Lift the beam into place and cramp to the supports, being sure to line the rafter reference lines with those of the plates.

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11 Check your rafter against the ridge beam and top plate. If both joints line up nice and snug, go ahead and cut the rest of the rafters, marking the joints from the first. Line the rafters up with each pencil mark, then drive two 75mm/10ds into each joint.

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Specification 276mm x 219mm • 192pp 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 37,500 words • 300 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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✱ Each tiny house has been specially designed and built for this book, and each has a 2.5m x 3m (8ft x 9ft) footprint ✱ Every build begins with a list of tools for the job, cutting and buying lists, and project-specific technical advice

Published ✱ Time-sensitive projects ensure that what you start, you finish ✱ Using reclaimed timber to go easy on the environment

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✱ Straightforward instructions, simple enough for a novice to follow

Woodworking for the Weekend

Build Your Own Fantasy Treehouse

20 projects using reclaimed timber

Practical techniques to create 12 remarkable treehouses

If you’ve always felt too daunted to try wood as a hobby, Woodworking for the Weekend will change your mind. Twenty easy projects will give you the confidence to try, and even beginners will want to make them all. Projects are laid out like recipes: ingredients, techniques, and steps, so whether you fancy making a Shaker-style chicken house, or a modern table, you’ll find it in an achievable form. Mark Griffiths has been creating unique furniture for his clients for over 20 years. His work is shown in the prestigious Celebration of Craftsmanship exhibition in the UK, and he is a regular contributor to woodworking periodicals. He has also featured in several books, including Bespoke, which showcases the work of Britain’s leading furniture designers.

A fantasy treehouse combines a leafy retreat that stirs the soul with a stage set for journeys of the imagination. This book shows you how to build your own fabulous creation. As each tree is unique and each imagination different, a variety of platforms and ideas for customization are featured, so that your treehouse can match your vision. David Parfitt built his first treehouse in 1974 and has been designing and building imaginative and practical structures ever since. Better known as a sculptor, he specializes in creating large-scale public works of art.

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This dynamic gift book showcases New York’s architectural landmarks with 20 exquisite paper models ready for you to press out and build. Take a tour of the city’s iconic images and create a three-dimensional miniature metropolis that celebrates the talent and imagination of the architects and engineers of the world’s most famous skyline. From the Brooklyn Bridge to the Empire State Building, from a hotdog cart to a subway car, Paper New York places the Big Apple at your fingertips.

Paper New York

DO-IT-YOURSELF DIE-CUT PROJECTS

■ 20 die-cut paper models ready to press out and build ■ A map, guide and fact sheet for all the original landmarks ■ From the Guggenheim Museum to the Statue of Liberty ■ A gift for architectural enthusiasts and a lasting city souvenir

KELL BLACK

■ Simple, step-by-step instructions for each model

Paper New York Build Your Own Big Apple KELL BLACK £10.99

The Paper Architect Fold-it-yourself buildings and structures A growing number of papercraft artists are enjoying the exquisite art of architectural origami, where a single sheet of paper is cut and folded into an intricate miniature structure. Here, you’ll find instructions and templates for recreating 20 of the world’s great buildings, from the Taj Mahal to the Rialto Bridge. Maria Victoria Garrido Bianchini, Ingrid Siliakus, and Joyce Aysta have been origamic architecture designers/artists for over a decade. Their work has been displayed in exhibitions all over the world.

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Paper London

Paper New York

Take a tour of the city’s iconic sights, then build your own model metropolis

Build your own Big Apple

Paper London is a celebration of 20 of the iconic features that make the city special. From Buckingham Palace to Tower Bridge, and Westminster Abbey to Tate Modern, you’ll find everything here to make London in miniature, along with a guide to where you can find the originals in the city itself. With just a ruler and glue, you’ll soon be constructing your own masterpiece. Kell Black is Professor of Art at Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, and a veteran paper engineer.

New York symbolizes the ultimate urban existence: over 8 million people in just 305 square miles. Paper New York presents 20 exquisite templates for creating New York’s architectural giants. Press-out, fold, display, and gaze in wonder at a sky-scraping mini metropolis. Kell Black is Professor of Art at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. A veteran paper engineer, his work is also featured in the collections of the Tennessee State Museum.

Specification 279mm x 225mm • 110pp inclusive of 40pp perforated templates 4x4 • hb • est. 18,000 words • 100 pics

Specification 202mm x 252mm • 48pp inclusive of 32pp perforated templates 4x4 • pb • est. 7,000 words • 50 pics

Specification 202mm x 252mm • 48pp inclusive of 32pp perforated templates 4x4 • pb • est. 8,000 words • 50 pics

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Origami

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Discover the ancient art of Japanese paper sculpture Enjoy experimenting with the ancient art of paperfolding in this compact, easy-to-follow book. Inside you’ll find an introduction to the world of origami, a comprehensive guide to the key folds, and a varied selection of models to get you started, beginning with the simple traditional Cicada, and progressing to more complex pieces, such as the impressive Star of Wonder. David Mitchell is an author, illustrator, and origamist who is internationally known for his innovative paper work. He has published a number of books of new designs and his Sculpture Gallery website takes thousands of hits a week from all over the world. ✱ Includes 24 sheets of perforated origami paper

Also available:

✱ Clear, illustrated, step-by-step instructions for over 20 projects

you need to create the biggest models in the paperfolding world. It includes an easy introduction to making the basic origami folds, illustrated step-by-step instructions for each project and beautiful patterned paper with which to bring your models alive. To further fire your creativity, The Biggest Ever Book of Origami features six full-page posters of ornate Katsushika Hokusai woodblock prints from the nineteenth century. Designed to supersize your origami obsession, this is the book that will stop you fiddling and start you

THE BIGGEST EVER BOOK OF ORIGAMI

THE BIGGEST EVER BOOK OF ORIGAMI Featuring a dozen dazzling origami projects plus giant pull-out templates, The Biggest Ever Book of Origami contains everything

folding. Before you know it, you will have created a collectible set of paper models that dwarf the competition.

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BIGGEST EVER BOOK OF ORIGAMI

✱ Perfect for the novice to try this enjoyable art

Nick Robinson

with 12 giant templates Nick Robinson Printed in China

£14.99

The Biggest Ever Book of Paper Planes Nick Robinson

The Biggest Ever Book of Origami Nick Robinson

Specification 420mm x 300mm • 48pp inclusive of 12 perforated templates • 4x4 • pb est. 8,000 words • 100 pics

Specification 290mm x 300mm • 48pp inclusive of 24 perforated pages • 4x4 • pb est. 5,000 words • 100 pics

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Specification 228mm x 238mm • 144pp inclusive of 48 perforated pages 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 11,000 words • 400 pics Rights sold us | canadian

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✱ Everything your parents should have told you, but you forgot to ask ✱ Clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions in the most important practical skills in each area of life ✱ The only book you need to become a fully functioning adult

The Art of Making Shadows

How to Avoid a Lightning Strike

Create 100 creatures

190 essential life skills

Using only your hands and a torch, the game of casting shadow animals has an enduring charm. So, if modern party games seem soulless, bring out The Art of Making Shadows. An hour’s practice will have you demonstrating the roar of a lion and the snap of a crocodile; soon you’ll be putting on an entire show. Friends will become competitive and children will queue to learn how to create their favorites.

It’s an urban jungle out there, and if it’s not the survival of the fittest, it’s certainly the survival of the most practical. But how’s a boy or girl supposed to learn life’s essential practicalities in these days of hustle, bustle, and laid-back parenting?

Sophie Collins is a writer whose study of Victorian texts unveiled a talent for casting shadow animals. Specification 165mm x 137mm • 388pp 2x2 • pb • est. 13,000 words 130 pics

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How to Avoid a Lightning Strike is the solution. It’s a mentor, a tutor, a driving instructor, a mom, a dad, a grandparent, a Scout instructor, and a coach rolled into one. It’s the most practical manual on the planet, offering step-by-step guides to the essential skills required for every practical challenge. Nic Compton is one of those annoyingly practical people who are completely indispensable. He has sailed around the world, and worked as a skipper, guide, teacher, journalist, parent, and writer.

Specification 245mm x 145mm • 352pp 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 78,000 words • 900 pics Rights sold uk | anz | french | korean swedish

Spring 2015

Practical Pastels

Practical Watercolors

Materials, techniques & projects

After pencils, pastels are the easiest medium of all for the novice artist to learn on: you can get a vivid, appealing result with just a few hours’ practice, and the solid sticks of color are satisfying to handle and to use. Planned and compiled by an accomplished pastel artist and teacher, Practical Pastels follows a simple formula to guarantee success, taking the reader from their very first mark-making exercises to accomplished sketches in easy-to-follow stages with accessible, inspirational text.

Watercolor is such a rewarding medium for the artist that it’s well worth mastering—it offers both portability and gorgeous, rich, mutable colors. This is the perfect introduction for anyone who’s thought about painting in watercolor but isn’t sure where to start. Unintimidating and accessible, it will help you to get the pictures in your head onto the page— without losing anything in the translation.

✱ Neat, practical guides that teach you all you need to know to start working with a new medium ✱ From mark-making exercises to full pictures, effective step-by-step lessons for novices ✱ Attractive examples from an accomplished artist offer inspiration to master the art

Specification 176mm x 141mm • 144pp 4x4 • pb est. 17-19,000 words • 150 pics Rights sold Practical Pastels uk | anz Practical Watercolors uk | anz

Curtis Tappenden is an artist, writer, and illustrator. He also teaches visual studies at the Kent Institute of Art and Design.

Curtis Tappenden is an artist, writer, and illustrator. He exhibits regularly in London galleries and works for a variety of clients, ranging from the Mail on Sunday to Simon & Schuster. His paintings sell all over the world.

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Fall 2015

Fall 2015 Gill Paul, author of the Love Stories series, is an author and editor with a specialization in history. She has written over 30 books; her most recent title is World War II Love Stories (2014).

✱ Letters, ephemera, and personal accounts bring each story vividly to life ✱ Offering key insights into the creative and social mores of past generations ✱ Places many of the great works of literature and art in absorbing personal contexts

Artists’ Love Stories

Literary Love Stories

From Picasso to Pollock, and Kahlo to Kandinsky, the pairings that inspired the greatest art ever made

Real-life love affairs of the creators of the enduring classics of literature

Artists’ Love Stories looks at 14 great partnerships with plenty of artistic fireworks, from Man Ray and Lee Miller’s work-and-life collaboration to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s passionate partnership. Every story studies both the creative and the emotional sides of the relationship, producing an absorbing series of vignettes of the artists’ lives and loves, and taking the reader on a journey all the way from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Abstract Expressionists. 58 | POPULAR CULTURE

Literary lions—and lionesses—have always needed their inspiration and for many, the key that unlocked their greatest work was a partner who brought out their creative best. These love stories span over 200 years and take in a whole range of extremes, from writers who enjoyed dangerous affairs to those who were safely married to the object of their desires, and from those who worked happily alongside one another to couples who fought over who best deserved the creative laurels.

Specification Artists’ Love Stories 236mm x 156mm • 192pp 2x2 • hb • est. 52,000 words 200 pics Literary Love Stories 236mm x 156mm • 192pp 2x2 • hb • est. 45,000 words 200 pics Rights sold Artists’ Love Stories uk | anz Literary Love Stories uk | anz

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✱ Behind the scenes of both the famous and infamous relationships of rock’n’roll and Hollywood royalty

Published

L OL R n ’ ’ K C RO Stories

✱ With behind-thescenes witness accounts and personal memorabilia to add depth to the narrative

Love

True tales of the passion and drama behind the stage acts

GILL PAUL

✱ Atmospheric tales that reflect the changing times in the world of popular culture

Specification 236mm x 156mm • 192pp 2x2 • hb • est. 52,000 words 200 pics Rights sold Hollywood Love Stories uk | us | anz | canadian italian Rock‘n’Roll Love Stories uk | us | anz | canadian

Hollywood Love Stories

Rock’n’Roll Love Stories

True romances from the golden days of the silver screen

True tales of the passion and drama behind the stage acts

From the earliest days of Hollywood, the pressures of fame led to a febrile atmosphere among its stars. The magic of the movies made audiences’ pulses quicken, but what was really happening in the lives of the actors up on the silver screen? Hollywood Love Stories looks at 14 real-life love affairs across the golden age of the movies, from the swashbuckling romance between Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford to the scandalous liaison between Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini.

The music world has seen some of the most iconic partnerships of all time—the reader feels almost on a first-name acquaintance with many of them: Sonny and Cher, Mick and Marianne, Elvis and Priscilla, Ike and Tina... Rock‘n’Roll Love Stories looks at 14 of the best, taking us from the 1950s up to the early 2000s. Along the way we see behind the public face of a whole range of relationships, from the romantic to the frankly messy, and from the famous (and infamous) to the relatively unknown. POPULAR CULTURE | 59

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Royal Love Stories

Titanic Love Stories

The tales behind the real-life romances of Europe’s kings & queens

The true stories of 13 honeymoon couples who sailed on the Titanic

World War I Love Stories

World War II Love Stories

Real-life romances from the war that shook the world

Between the late-18th and the mid-20th centuries, many royal marriages represented the unions of dynasties, with true engagements of the heart notable for their rarity. Yet even royalty could fall in love, and this book is full of surprises, from the passionate letters of Edward VIII to Wallis Simpson, to the “undying love” that the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, felt for his Tsarina.

The sinking of the Titanic was a tragedy for all who died, but these accounts of 13 of the couples who joined the ship to celebrate their honeymoons are notably moving, uncovering all the personal detail behind the sensational headlines.

At a time of global conflict and upheaval, the true stories of 14 couples who found love

The First World War and the febrile atmosphere it generated caused many lovers to declare themselves long before convention would have allowed earlier. These engaging love stories range widely across nationalities and social class.

✱ Letters, cards, and journals bring the past vividly to life

Specification 236mm x 156mm • 192pp • 2x2 hb • est. 52,000 words • 200 pics

✱ Author of the series, Gill Paul, conveys a real empathy with her subjects

Rights sold Royal Love Stories uk | us | anz | canadian | estonian portuguese Titanic Love Stories uk | us | anz | canadian | estonian french | german | japanese World War I Love Stories uk | anz | canadian World War II Love Stories uk | us | anz | canadian | french

Bringing the reader right up to modern times, these stories bring both the glamor and the contradictions of royalty vividly to life.

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✱ Absorbing love stories told within world-changing events

The Second World War played havoc with millions of lives, and all over the world lovers were pulled apart. World War II Love Stories tells the moving tales of 14 very different couples, celebrating the human spirit in times of great trial. Gill Paul, author of the Love Stories series, is an author and editor with a specialization in history. She has written over 30 books; her most recent title is World War II Love Stories (2014).

10,000 Salads

Spring 2015

Combinations to create 10,000 meals ✱ Healthy, wholesome and tasty—10,000 different salad options for this evening’s supper or tomorrow’s brown-bag lunch ✱ First, mix and match some tasty protein and vibrant vegetables or greens, then find the perfect topping or dressing to finish your salad masterpiece ✱ Includes chapter and verse on the nutritional value of each element so you can be sure you’re eating a balanced meal

Today’s salads are a long way away from the tired greens and hard-boiled eggs or dull tuna mixes that the word used to mean. In the modern mix, fresh, vibrant leaves, and substantial legumes and grains such as quinoa, farro, and wild rice are joined by nuts and seeds, roasted vegetables, and every kind of meat, cheese, and spicy beancurd, and topped off by dressings as sumptuous or as spartan as you want them to be. The choice is yours, and there are 10,000 to be made. You’ll find that every day is salad day with this great little mix and match guide. Susanna Tee is the author of many cookery books covering a wide range of cuisines. While studying Home Economics in England she was awarded the Nestlé Travel Scholarship, which gave her the opportunity to study food and cookery in Europe.

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10,000 Pasta Includes sauces & toppings to create 10,000 meals When you’re hungry, and time is tight, pasta is almost always the answer: comforting, warming, filling in some forms, almost delicate in others ... But sometimes you’d like a fresh take on its time-honored theme. And when you want to ring the changes, you need 10,000 Pasta. The pages are split into three sections: pastas on the bottom, sauces in the middle, and toppings ... well, on the top. Simply flip the strips to and fro until you hit on the magic formula that you’ve been looking for, whether it’s a stuffed pasta with a simple sauce or a bucatini with a succulent meat ragu, finished with a grating of parmesan. Whether you want a solo plate of comfort food or a party dish for friends, 10,000 Pasta offers the inspiration and the recipe in a single hit.

✱ 10,000 options to spark your imagination and encourage you to get creative in the kitchen ✱ A cute, innovative format that will convert even the most reluctant cook ✱ Go as classic or as novel as you like with your chosen combinations of recipes

Susanna Tee, author of the 10,000 series, is the author of many cookery books covering a wide range of cuisines. While studying Home Economics in England she was awarded The Nestlé Travel Scholarship, which gave her the opportunity to study food and cookery in Europe.

Specification 197mm x 137mm • 56pp (of which 48pp are cut into three parts) 4x4 • hb concealed wiro est. 9,000 words • 28 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz

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Fall 2015

10,000 Cocktails

10,000 Afternoon Teas

10,000 Cakes

An infinite menu of cocktail combinations

An incredible number of serving suggestions

An incredible number of mix and match recipes

With so many classic cocktails, it can be hard to come up with new ideas. 10,000 Cocktails will satisfy anyone’s thirst. Its pages are split into three sections that turn independently to offer a selection of spirits, mixers, and finishing touches. With over 10,000 possible cocktails to serve up, whether you combine carefully or prefer to raise spirits with something anarchic, you’re sure to be the toast of any party.

There’s nothing more appetizing than a table set for afternoon tea: sandwiches, little cakes, and often savory treats too. The split pages of 10,000 Afternoon Teas offer thousands of options: you just flip to and fro until you hit a perfect combination. Every option is accompanied by a recipe, too, so you’ll find that bringing a tea worthy of Downton Abbey to the table is as simple as one, two, three!

If your repertoire of cakes feels limited, 10,000 Cakes is the prompt you need to become a more adventurous baker. The split pages allow you to flip to and fro, envisaging combinations—a date cake with a ginger glaze and candied zest topping, perhaps, or an almond sponge with caramel frosting, finished with toasted nuts? Many baking books claim they offer endless possibilities, but this one delivers on the promise.

Specification 197mm x 137mm • 56pp (of which 48pp are cut into three parts) 4x4 • hb concealed wiro est. 9,000 words • 28 pics

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How to Make Coffee The science behind the bean Caffeine is the most widely consumed mind-altering molecule in the world; we cannot get enough of it, and drinking good coffee is our delivery system. How is it that coffee has such a hold? It’s all in the chemistry; the molecular structure of caffeine and the flavor-making phenols and fats that can be lured out from the bean by roasting, grinding, and brewing. Making good coffee depends on understanding the science: why water has to be at a certain temperature, what method works best with which grind, how roast affects taste, what happens when you add cream, which bean you start out with. How to Make Coffee lays out the scientific principles for the coffee-loving nonscientist; stick to these and you will never drink ordinary joe again. Lani Kingston is a culinary journalist, a researcher, and a trained chef from Melbourne, Australia—one of the world’s leading “coffee cities.” She travels the world, researching food and drink culture, methods and ingredients, and has consumed and studied more types of coffe than she can count in locations ranging from Mexico to Malaysia. ✱ A clear and fascinating guide to the chemistry of coffee ✱ Comprehensively covers every coffeemaking method ✱ An invaluable handbook for home baristas and coffee lovers

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Specification 184mm x 127mm • 160pp 2x2 • hb • est. 30,000 words 100 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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HOW TO DRINK BEER THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE PINT

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How to Drink Beer John Harvey Specification 184mm x 127mm • 160pp 2x2 • hb • est. 30,000 words 100 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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HOW TO EAT BREAD T H E S C I E N C E B E H I N D T H E LOA F

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How to Eat Bread Elizabeth Fareham Specification 184mm x 127mm • 160pp 2x2 • hb • est. 30,000 words 100 pics Rights sold uk | anz

Fall 2015

The science behind the leaf How do you like your tea? An ethereal infusion, the ghost of a scent wafting across your taste buds? Or a mug of traditional brew, so strong that three spoons can stand up in it unaided? We’ve been drinking tea for thousands of years, yet few of us realize that all tea types—from elegant lapsang to pungent pu-erh—come from the same source. How so? It’s all down to science: geography, biology, chemistry, and physics, the application of heat and pressure, and the magic of time and enzymes. Making good tea depends on understanding the leaves in your pot, what water temperature they need, and how long they should infuse. How to Make Tea lays out the scientific principles for the tea-loving nonscientist; stick to these and extract the best from every cup you make. Elinor Hartford studied biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, in part inspired by learning about tea from her uncle, a renowned tea blender. Hartford has gone on to become a Certified Tea Taster herself, and with her partner has established her own import business, buying rare teas from all over the world. Specification 184mm x 127mm • 160pp 2x2 • hb • est. 30,000 words 100 pics Rights sold uk | anz

✱ How to make the perfect cup ✱ Comprehensively covers every tea-making method ✱ An invaluable handbook for the lovers of all things chai

How to Make Chocolate Nicholas Bonita Specification 184mm x 127mm • 160pp 2x2 • hb • est. 30,000 words 100 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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Published

✱ The perfect anthologies for the cat or dog lover ✱ Richly varied collections of facts, myths, folklore, and oddities that you never knew about our bestloved companions ✱ Ideal reading matter for you to share with your pet

A Cat-Lovers’ Miscellany A neat collection of feline facts, embracing the essential, the trivial, the intriguing, and the extraordinary, this little anthology is the perfect bedside book to give to a cat lover. Herein you will discover such treats as Sir Isaac Newton’s invention of the cat flap; the origins and popularity of cat names; the power of catmint; and the famous Chopin waltz that was composed by the composer’s cat. Mike Darton is a writer with a passion for words, a love of animals, and a fascination with animal-related words and phrases. 66 | PETS

An irresistible pot-pourri of canine facts, embracing the essential, the trivial, the intriguing, and the extraordinary. The perfect coffee-table collection to paw through at random, herein you will discover such treats as dog epigraphs; an international guide to the word “dog”; Aesop’s fabled dogs; and the story of the dogs on the Titanic. It is, in short, the perfect companion for your perfect companion. Mike Darton is a writer with an enthusiasm for anthologizing. Here, he’s collected a medley of the unexpected to create a rich and surprising mix.

Published

Tricks and Games to Teach Your Dog

Why Does My Cat do That?

Why Does My Dog do That?

Answers to the 50 questions cat lovers ask

Answers to the 50 questions dog lovers ask

Why does your cat always head straight for visitors who can’t stand felines? Why does he chatter his teeth when he sees a bird? A neat Q & A format helps you solve the riddles of your pet’s behavior. It may put some of your own foibles into context, too!

Why does your dog get possessive over the sofa? And why does he growl at men in hats? Answers to the top 50 questions dog owners ask, presented in a Q & A format, and incorporating plenty of tips from the current expert thinking on dog behavior.

Catherine Davidson is a writer and cat owner. Her most recent book, The Cat Care Handbook, was published in 2011.

Sophie Collins is a writer and editor. Her most recent book, Tricks and Games to Teach your Dog, was published in 2012.

Specification 195mm x 145mm • 128pp 4x4 • pb • est. 27,000 words • 170 pics

Specification 195mm x 145mm • 128pp 4x4 • pb • est. 28,000 words • 170 pics

How to turn your much-loved pet into an accomplished performer Combine play with trick-training and have fun, too. A range of imaginative games, and easy-to-teach tricks, guarantees that there’s something here for every dog to amaze and impress his family and friends. Sophie Collins is a writer and editor. She has authored a number of bestselling books on dogs and dog training, including Why Does My Dog Do That? Specification 234mm x 174mm • 192pp 4x4 • pb with flaps • est. 39,000 words • 500 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

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The Circus Illusion Box Ten spinning cards to create unique circus illusions Remember the traditional toy that featured disks with a picture on each side—pictures that combined into a single image when they were spun? The Circus Illusion Box takes that childhood trick and turns it into the best-ever stationery set, featuring ten cards with pop-out disks and colored elastic bands to spin them on, all presented in a beautifully designed box with matching envelopes. There are two each of five Pack Specification 122mm x 153mm x 44mm 4x4 • hinged lid Pack Contains 10 illusion cards 108mm x 140mm • 4x4 2 cards each of 5 designs die cut with envelopes 20 colored spinning bands Rights sold uk | anz

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different designs, so you can send your favorite to a friend and keep a copy for yourself, too. Featuring lovely graphic images of such circus classics as the horseback ballerina, the dancing dog, and the fishing bear—sweet, unexpected, and irresistible. Melvyn Evans, who created the illustrations for these circus illusions, trained at Goldsmith’s College and The Royal College of Art in London. He works in a variety of media, ranging from handprinting to digital illustration.

Spring 2015

The Paper Jewelry Box Ten cards of pop-out pieces for you to make gorgeous card bracelets and necklaces An exquisitely illustrated box of paper jewelry pieces that each combines the roles of greetings card and gift—offering beautiful pop-out pieces and linen thread, so the recipient can string together a gorgeously colorful necklace or bracelet.

And if you can’t bear to part with them, the box contains two cards each of five designs, so you can keep one and send the other to a lucky friend. Lydia Crook is an artist and paper engineer who creates beautiful illustrations and ornate paper cuts. Lydia’s first two books, Paper Play and Make a Mobile, are also published by Ivy Kids.

Pack Specification 122mm x 153mm x 44mm 4x4 • hinged lid Pack Contains 10 jewelry cards 108mm x 140mm • 4x4 2 cards each of 5 designs die cut with envelopes 1m of thread wound onto each card Rights sold uk | anz

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✱ 100 gorgeous postcards, each featuring an alluring specimen ✱ Beetles from all over the world illustrate amazing variety as well as breathtaking beauty ✱ Includes a 16-page booklet offering key facts about the Family Coleoptera Pack Specification 160mm x 105mm x 76mm 4x4 • hinged lid Pack Contains 16pp booklet • 143mm x 99mm 2x2 • 100 postcards 143mm x 99mm • 4x4 10 dividers • 1x1 Rights sold uk | anz

A Box of Beetles 100 postcards of the most striking species

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Beetles are ravishingly beautiful and engagingly odd, often at the same time. A Box of Beetles offers you 100 examples of the most striking species in a very photogenic family, from the glittering metallic rose beetles that were worn by the Etruscans as jewelry, to the vast (and aptly named) Titanic beetle, which is almost 8in (20cm) long, and strong enough to snap a pencil between its jaws. Flip through the pack, marveling at its inhabitants, then choose the most awesome to send or display.

Published books

From Ladies of Letterpress, courtesy of Bjorn Press, (see page 46)

The Grammar of

The ultimate visual guide to the greatest civilizations of ancient times Editor Professor Dominic Rathbone

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Architectural Details Emily Cole

The Grammar of The Ancient World Dominic Rathbone

Costume Worldwide Melissa Leventon

The Grammar of Warfare Tim Newark

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 352pp 4x4 • pb with flaps est. 104,000 words • 750 pics

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 320pp 4x4 • flexibind est. 105,000 words • 750 pics

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 352pp 4x4 • flexibind est. 95,000 words • 750 pics

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 320pp 4x4 • flexibind est. 87,000 words • 750 pics

How to Build a Cathedral Malcolm Hislop

The Chronology of Fashion N.J. Stevenson

The Chronology of Pattern Diana Newell & Christina Unwin

Specification 280mm x 254mm • 224pp (208pp 1x1/16pp 4x4) plus 4 vertical gatefolds • hb est. 65,000 words • 250 pics

Specification 253mm x 203mm • 288pp • 4x4 flexi with flaps • est. 77,000 words 500 pics

Specification 253mm x 203mm • 288pp • 4x4 flexi with flaps • est. 83,000 words 500 pics

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WHAT IF MONEY GREW ON TREES? Asking the big questions about economics

editor DAvID BOYlE

What if Einstein was Wrong? Brian Clegg

What if Money Grew on Trees? David Boyle

1000 Tiles Gordon Lang

1000 Symbols Rupert & Rowena Shepherd

Specification 216mm x 155mm • 160pp • 4x4 • hb est. 30,000 words • 60 pics

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 320pp • 4x4 • pb est. 45,000 words • 1,000 pics

Specification 235mm x 196mm • 352pp • 2x2 • pb est. 147,000 words • 1,000 pics

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The Grammar of Ornament Owen Jones

Sea Monsters Joseph Nigg

Dragons Jonathan Evans

Cowboy Holly George-Warren

Specification 166mm x 137mm • 504pp • 4x4 pb • est. 83,000 words • 2,370 pics

Specification 280mm x 254mm • 160pp • 4x4 • hb est. 48,000 words • 200 pics

Specification 250mm x 240mm • 224pp • 4x4 • hb est. 48,000 words • 250 pics

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Specification 230mm x 230mm • 192pp plus 2 x 8pp gatefolds • 4x4 • hb est. 40,000 words • 100 pics Rights sold uk | us | canadian | japanese | spanish

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Appreciating Art Diana Newall Specification 225mm x 165mm • 192pp • 4x4 • pb est. 71,000 words • 240 pics Rights sold uk | hungarian | korean | portuguese spanish

The Arse in Art Edward Lucie-Smith Specification 210mm x 170mm • 128pp • 4x4 • hb est. 10,000 words • 100 pics Rights sold uk

Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life’s Dilemmas Rebecca Smith Specification 208mm x 146mm • 224pp • 2x2 • pb est. 60,000 words • 100 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian | russian

Exercises for Gentlemen Alfred B. Olsen Specification 178mm x 110mm • 128pp • 2x2 • hb est. 14,000 words • 50 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz

The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence E.W. Barton-Wright Specification 178mm x 110mm • 128pp • 2x2 • hb est. 14,000 words • 100 pics Rights sold uk | us | anz | canadian

The Practical Knot Pack Steve Luck Specification 166mm x 137mm • 96pp • 4x4 • pb est. 14,000 words • 100 pics Pack 172mm x 188mm x 42mm Contents: ten practical knot cards, two lengths of rope Rights sold uk

The Knot Pack Geoffrey Budworth & Nic Compton

The Book of Knots Geoffrey Budworth & Jason Dalton

The Directory of Knots John Shaw

Paper Yachts Nic Compton & Nic Robinson

Specification 166mm x 137mm • 96pp • 4x4 • pb est. 13,000 words • 100 pics Pack 172mm x 188mm x 42mm Contents: ten practical knot cards, two lengths of rope

Specification 166mm x 137mm • 320pp • 4x4 • pb est. 28,000 words • 250 pics

Specification 210mm x 123mm • 208pp 4x4 • hb integral wiro • est. 22,000 words 300 pics • tab dividers

Specification 220mm x 220mm • 80pp • 4x4 • hb est. 11,000 words • 100 pics

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KN IT YouR own Over

1000

COMBINATIONS

FIO N A GO BLE

to RIP’N’REASSEMBLE for HORRIFYING RESULTS

Gru new esome patt from erns th favo urit e UK’s e kn auth itting or

Fiona Goble’s Fairy Tale Knits

Fiona Goble’s Farmyard Knits

Knit Your Own Zombie Fiona Goble

Noah’s Knits Fiona Goble

Specification 275mm x 215mm • 80pp • 4x4 • hb est. 31,000 words • 100 pics

Specification 204mm x 204mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 29,000 words • 75 pics Includes a fold-together card insert

Specification 220mm x 180mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 28,000 words • 110 pics

Specification 204mm x 204mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 26,000 words • 95 pics Includes a fold-together card insert

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K nit your own

Royal Wedding Fiona Goble

Fiona Goble

‘Twas the Knits Before Christmas Fiona Goble

The Twelve Knits of Christmas Fiona Goble

Knitivity Fiona Goble

Knit Your Own Royal Wedding Fiona Goble

Specification 275mm x 215mm • 64pp • 4x4 • hb est. 20,000 words • 75 pics

Specification 275mm x 215mm • 64pp • 4x4 • hb est. 20,000 words • 75 pics Includes a fold-together card insert

Specification 204mm x 204mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 22,000 words • 80 pics Includes a fold-out background

Specification 204mm x 204mm • 64pp • 4x4 • pb est. 27,000 words • 80 pics Includes a fold-out background

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Sewing with Letters

Simple, Speedy Projects

Tedman { &Nicola Sarah Skeate }

Sew Quick Sew Cute

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Sewing Projects RITE w

Fiona Goble

Wacky Baby Knits Alison Jenkins

Wacky Doggy Knits Alison Jenkins

Sewing with Letters Nicola Tedman & Sarah Skeate

Sew Quick, Sew Cute Fiona Goble

Specification 204mm x 204mm • 112pp • 4x4 • pb est. 29,000 words • 50 pics

Specification 210mm x 185mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 18,000 words • 180 pics

Specification 250mm x 200mm • 128pp • 4x4 • pb est. 30,000 words • 400 pics

Specification 250mm x 200mm • 144pp • 4x4 • pb est. 25,000 words • 400 pics

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A yummy yarn cookbook

Nelly Pailloux Bus doesn’t a que doluptio moluptatem nulluptas re molupientiis ium and Crochet have toblacero be all blankets and teddy bearsaut – ifqui you’re sick of afghans verovidunt qui dolorer sit, tecum, quunt. direction. Vera quamWith harisover tiredfugia of toys, take your wool for aspissi walk dicatur in a completely different delias exerita siminci enimi,patterns, nisquo cus id eius Crochet quo blaboresto maxim 60 inviting, straightforward Gourmet covers the full excerferum nutritional quodiaersped molo occus eris salad dem quatio dolo eum ant vendecalorie! Bus a que range from aquibus sushi platter to a fruit – and all without a single doluptio blacero moluptatem nulluptas aut qui re molupientiis ium fugia verovi.

Gourmet Crochet A yummy yarn cookbook

OS A SA L A a specializes in crocheting ts around us that we take for granted, making o wonderful designs that nd amuse.

Price: £7.99

A smorgasbord of delicious crochet options, from sushi to dim sum and crudités to sandwiches Cute, quirky and uncannily realistic, these little pieces are fun to create – and make great gifts, too Packed with time-friendly projects – whether you want a quick snack or a full meal, you can make the right pick to fit the time available

C H RISTE N HA DE N & MA RIA ROS A SA L A

EN HAD EN is an amigurumi artist with making mouthwateringly chet designs.

C HRISTEN HADEN & MARIAROSA SALA

Gourmet Crochet

Crobots Gourmet Crochet 20 amigurumi robots to make

MAKERS OF BEAU TIFUL BOOK S

Crobots Nelly Pailloux

Gourmet Crochet Christen Haden & Mariarosa Sala

Beaded Bugs Nicola Tedman with Jean Power

Whittling Steve Tomashek

Specification 210mm x 185mm • 96pp • 4x4 • pb est. 24,000 words • 130 pics

Specification 210mm x 185mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 27,000 words • 120 pics

Specification 210mm x 185mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 19,000 words • 250 pics

Specification 230mm x 190mm • 112pp • 4x4 • pb est. 26,000 words • 350 pics

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How to Make 18 Cute and Fuzzy Friends

Nelly Pailloux

The Maison Sajou Sewing Book Lucinda Ganderton

Felties Nelly Pailloux

Zodiac Felties

Specification 270mm x 195mm • 192pp • 4x4 • hb est. 31,000 words • 350 pics

Specification 210mm x 185mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 14,000 words • 140 pics

Specification 210mm x 185mm • 80pp • 4x4 • pb est. 14,000 words • 200 pics

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Draw Your Own Fonts Tony Seddon

Learn to Draw & Paint Curtis Tappenden

10,000 Ghost Stories Lisa Weber & Jason Hook

10,000 Zombies David Hartman & Alexander Cox

Specification 235mm x 210mm • 160pp • 2x2 • pb est. 14,000 words • 300 pics

Specification 255mm x 220mm • 320pp • 4x4 • pb est. 69,000 words • 400 pics

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Specification 197mm x 137mm • 56pp (of which 48pp are cut into three parts) 4x4 • hb concealed wiro est. 9,000 words • 28 pics

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The Complete Guide to Quilting Techniques Pauline Brown Specification 260mm x 230mm • 256pp • 4x4 • hb est. 54,000 words • 1,000 pics Rights sold uk | anz

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Nicola Tedman & Sarah Skeate

50 Tricks to Teach Your Dog Sophie Collins

50 Games to Play with Your Dog Suellen Dainty

Tail Talk Sophie Collins

Jessica’s Raw Chocolate Recipes Jessica Fenton

Specification 195mm x 145mm • 128pp • 4x4 • pb est. 20,000 words • 160 pics

Specification 195mm x 145mm • 128pp • 4x4 • hb est. 21,000 words • 120 pics

Specification 220mm x 220mm • 96pp • 4x4 • hb est. 26,000 words • 65 pics

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Annelie’s Raw Food Power Annelie Whitfield

Treat Petite Fiona Pearce

Scoop Natasha Zabolsky

Chocolate Heaven Jean-Paul Hevin

Specification 220mm x 220mm • 128pp • 4x4 • hb est. 27,000 words • 200 pics

Specification 276mm x 219mm • 128pp • 4x4 • hb est. 24,000 words • 300 pics

Specification 180mm x 130mm • 128pp • 2x2 • hb est. 22,000 words • 75 pics

Specification 210mm x 210mm • 192pp • 4x4 • hb est. 34,000 words • 100 pics

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Ecologist Guide To Fashion Ruth Styles

Ecologist Guide To Food Andrew Wasley

Soil, Soul, Society Satish Kumar

Small World, Big Ideas Satish Kumar

Specification 209mm x 156mm • 144pp • 2x2 • hb est. 35,000 words • 175 pics

Specification 215mm x 165mm • 176pp • 2x2 • pb est. 44,000 words • 10 pics

Specification 209mm x 156mm • 144pp • 2x2 • hb est. 49,000 words • 20 pics

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Just published:

B E AUTI F U L CATS

BEAUTIFUL DOGS

30 postcards of champion breeds to keep or to send

30 postcards of classic breeds to keep or to send

POSTCARD BO O K

500 Ways to Change the World Global Ideas Bank

Green’s Not Black & White Dominic Muren

Specification 168mm x 140mm • 400pp • 2x2 • pb est. 119,000 words • 130 pics

Specification 166mm x 136mm • 144pp • 4x4 • pb est. 24,000 words • 130 pics

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POSTCARD BO O K

Beautiful Cats Postcard Book

Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book

Specification 120mm x 175mm 30 perforated postcards full color postcards with two-color backs

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Beautiful… series

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