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WE LIVE IN turbulent times, times of Megachange in which What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Some live On the Faultline and worry about Why Nations Fail or Africa’s Future, while others are preoccupied with The War on Heresy. All of us get Puzzled by events and perhaps even wonder Why Does the World Exist? We wish for more Uncommon Sense and less Common Nonsense, which might be achievable if we used Language better, or if we had a Wonderbox. We may know at least some of the 17 Equations that Changed the World but we still watch our Calories & Corsets. In our search for greater knowledge we might ask what were The Buddhas of Bamiyan and what is the story behind Tutankhamen’s Curse and Da Vinci’s Ghost? Will the answers be found in The Question Book? And if you travel Underground, Overground how likely is it you will end Up Pohnpei?
On the Eve of a new publishing season, we are very excited by the books scheduled for the first half of 2012. We hope you are too.
Happy reading.
Andrew Franklin
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Da Vinci’s Ghost The untold story of the world’s most famous drawing The dazzling tale of how Vitruvian Man came to be Vitruvian Man is the world’s most famous drawing, by one of the world’s most famous artists. It has become visual shorthand for artistic genius and scientific inquiry, yet nobody knows anything about it. In Da Vinci’s Ghost, acclaimed historian Toby Lester examines the forces that converged in 1490 to turn ideas that had been around for centuries into this single iconic image. Rooted in little-known episodes of the artist’s colourful career, the book brilliantly reconstructs the artistry of one of the world’s greatest creative minds. Taking in ideas behind theories of the cosmos, Europe’s great cathedrals, and the relationship between anatomy and architecture, it restores in vivid detail the cultural and intellectual spheres of fifteenth-century Florence and Milan – and brings the ghost of Leonardo da Vinci back to life.
£16.99 256pp with illustrations Demy hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 454 8 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 806 7 History November 2011 World ex USA/Can 2
Toby Lester is a contributing editor to the Atlantic, where he has been a writer, staff editor, senior editor and deputy managing editor. He is the author of The Fourth Part of the World [978 1 86197 803 5], which tells the story of the map that gave America its name.
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Seventeen Equations that Changed the World A unique insight into humanity told through the equations that define our lives From Newton’s Law of Gravity to the BlackScholes model used by bankers to price financial derivatives, equations are everywhere – and they are fundamental to everyday life. In Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, leading mathematician Ian Stewart sets out the groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. He explores how Pythagoras’ Theorem led to GPS and SatNav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what is really going on with Schrödinger’s Cat. Entertaining, surprising and vastly informative, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World is a highly original exploration – and explanation – of life on earth.
Ian Stewart is mathematics professor emeritus at Warwick University. His many books include Mathematics of Life [978 1 84668 198 1], Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities [978 1 84668 345 9] and the trilogy The Science of Discworld with Terry Pratchett. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and appears frequently on radio and television.
£14.99 288pp Royal paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 531 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 769 5 Mathematics February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
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Puzzled Secrets and clues from a life lost in words A warm, funny and fascinating memoir told through a cryptic crossword As a child, David Astle’s hero was the Riddler. Figuring out brainteasers like ‘Where is a man drowned but still not wet?’ (quicksand) and ‘How many sides has a circle?’ (two – the inside and the outside) became an obsession and, eventually, his life. His cryptic crosswords now appear internationally, to the delight and frustration of thousands. In Puzzled, Astle offers a helping hand to the perplexed and the infatuated alike, taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Beginning with a ‘master puzzle’, he leads us through each of the clues, chapter by chapter, revealing the secrets of anagrams, double meanings, manipulations, spoonerisms and hybrid clues. More than a how-to manual and more than a memoir, Puzzled is a book for word junkies everywhere.
£10.99 256pp B format hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 542 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 816 6 Memoir/Puzzles/Quizzes June 2012 World ex ANZ 4
David Astle is a Melbourne-based writer of nonfiction, fiction and drama. He co-hosts Letters and Numbers (the Australian version of Countdown) as the dictionary expert and his puzzles appear in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
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Calories & Corsets A history of dieting over 2,000 years How we have tried – and failed – to battle the bulge We are urged from all sides to slim down and shape up: to shed a few pounds or lose lifethreatening stones. The media’s obsession with size may be a recent phenomenon, but as award-winning historian Louise Foxcroft shows, we have been struggling with what to eat, when and how much, ever since the Greeks and the Romans first pinched an inch. Calories and Corsets tells the story of our complicated relationship with food, the fashions and fads of body shape, and how cultural norms have changed over time. Combining research from medical journals, letters and the dieting bestsellers we continue to devour, Foxcroft reveals the absurd lengths people go to in order to achieve the perfect body, from eating carbolic soap to swallowing tapeworm. This unique and witty history exposes the myths that drive today’s multi-billion pound diet industry – and offers a welcome perspective on how we can be healthy and happy in our bodies.
Louise Foxcroft has a PhD in the history of medicine from the University of Cambridge. Her most recent book, Hot Flushes, Cold Science [978 1 84708 171 1] was the winner of the Longman History Today Prize.
£14.99 320pp with illustrations Demy hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 425 8 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 458 8 History/Current Affairs January 2012 World US
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In 2050 there will be 9.3 billion people alive – compared with 7 billion today – and the number will still be rising. The population aged over sixty-five will have more than doubled, to more than 16 per cent; China’s GDP will be 80 per cent more than America’s; and the number of cars on India’s roads will have increased by 3,880 per cent. And, in 2050 it should be clear whether we are alone in the universe. What other megachanges can we expect – and what will their impact be?
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Megachange The world in 2050 The trends that are shaping the twenty-first century What will the world look like in 2050, and how will we get there? What will the impact be of population changes around the world? Which scientific and technological breakthroughs will be the most important – and where will they take place? Building on The Economist’s hugely successful annual ‘The World in …’ publication, Megachange captures the sweeping trends that are transforming the world faster than at any time in human history. This compelling book reveals and explains the most significant forces that will affect our lives in the coming decades, in areas from globalisation and technology to democracy and religion. With its twenty insightful and authoritative chapters by past and present writers from The Economist, Megachange is essential reading for anyone seeking to know what the next four decades hold in store. See pp28–9 for further Economist titles.
Daniel Franklin is executive editor of The Economist and editor of The Economist’s annual publication, ‘The World in ...’. John Andrews has written for The Economist for more than thirty years, having been based in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and America.
£15.00 320pp Demy paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 585 9 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 805 0 Current Affairs/Politics April 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
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On the Eve The Jews of Europe before the Second World War A major new history examining daily Jewish life across Europe This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilisation even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities and individuals. By 1939, the Jews faced a crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (the Jerusalem of Lithuania) to Salonica with its Judeo-Español-speaking stevedores and singers, and beyond, the book’s focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wasserstein’s aim is to ‘breathe life into dry bones.’ Based on vast research, written with compassion and empathy, and enlivened by dry wit, On the Eve paints a vivid and shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour.
£25.00 400pp with illustrations Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 180 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 345 1 History February 2012 World ex USA/Can 8
Bernard Wasserstein is professor of history at Chicago University. He is the critically acclaimed author of Israel and Palestine [978 1 84668 092 2] and Divided Jerusalem [978 1 86197 355 9].
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Why Nations Fail The origins of power, prosperity and poverty A provocative new theory from two of the world’s leading academics Why is North Korea, a geographical, ethnic and cultural mirror of its capitalist neighbour, ten times poorer than South Korea? Why Nations Fail analyses the root of the problems facing some nations, and why they are so difficult (though not impossible) to overcome. Many eminent authors have offered useful insights into poverty, suggesting reasons such as geography, climate and levels of technology. But most theories ignore the incentives that people need to invest and ensure prosperity: they need to know that if they work hard, they can make money and actually keep it – and the key to people having those incentives is sound institutions. Based on fifteen years of research by two groundbreaking academics, Why Nations Fail blends economics, politics and history to provide a new, persuasive way of understanding the world – and a pragmatic basis for the hope that those mired in poverty can be placed on the path to prosperity.
Daron Acemoglu is the Killian professor of economics at MIT. James A. Robinson is a political scientist and economist and the Florence professor of government at Harvard University.
£25.00 320pp Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 429 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 461 8 Economics/Current Affairs March 2012 World ex USA/Can 9
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Up Pohnpei A quest to reclaim the soul of football by leading the world’s ultimate underdogs to glory Penguins Stopped Play meets Cool Runnings After one too many late-night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson and his friend Matt Conrad decide to find and join the world’s worst national football team, achieving their boyhood dream of playing international soccer. Wikipedia leads them to Pohnpei, a remote Pacific island whose team is described as ‘the weakest in the world’ – and in urgent need of leadership. So Paul and Matt travel thousands of miles, leaving behind jobs and families to train a rag-tag bunch of novices who barely understand the rules of the game. Up Pohnpei tells the story of their quest to coach the team and organise Pohnpei’s first international fixture (since a 16–1 defeat years ago). With no funding, a population whose obesity rate is 90 per cent, and toad-infested facilities in the world’s third wettest climate, the odds are against them. Can the passion of two scruffy Englishmen change the face of football – and the lives of total strangers – on the other side of the world?
Paul Watson is the youngest international football coach in the world. Before taking up coaching, he worked as a journalist for Football Italia. He lives in London.
£12.99 256pp with illustrations Demy paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 501 9 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 800 5 Sport/Travel February 2012 World Tr US
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The Wonderbox Curious histories of how to live What the past can tell us about better living What is the best way of improving our lives? There are many ways of looking for answers – we can turn to the wisdom of philosophers, the teachings of religions or the latest experiments of psychologists. But we rarely look to history for inspiration, and to how people have actually lived. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, cultural historian Roman Krznaric explores twelve key topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we’ve been missing. There is much to be learned from Ancient Greece on relationships, from the industrial revolution on job satisfaction, and from Ming-dynasty China on bringing up our children. Just as a Renaissance ‘Wunderkammer’ was a curiosity cabinet full of fascinating objects, each with a story behind it, The Wonderbox is full of stories and ideas from history, each of which sheds invaluable light on the decisions we make every day.
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Roman Krznaric has taught sociology and politics at Cambridge and City University. He is a faculty member of Alain de Botton’s School of Life and is an adviser to organisations including Oxfam, the Red Cross and the United Nations.
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The War on Heresy The battle for faith and power in medieval Europe
In AD 1000 heresy had barely been heard of, yet within a few generations accusations were commonplace and institutions had been set up to identify beliefs seen as departures from true religion. Fears of heresy inspired passions and persecutions that left an indelible mark on Europe’s culture and history. Popular accounts have assumed the threats posed by heretical movements were only too real. Some scholars by contrast have tried to show that reports of heresy were exaggerated, even fabricated: but if they are correct why was the war on heresy launched at all – and why conducted with such pitiless ferocity? R. I. Moore’s vivid narrative focuses on the motives of those who conducted the war: what were the beliefs they saw as heretical? How did they arise? And why were they such a threat? Based on the evidence of the time, his account is as profound as it is startlingly original.
R. I. Moore is professor emeritus of Medieval History at Newcastle University. His books include The Formation of a Persecuting Society, described by the Guardian as ‘one of the most influential and controversial books of medieval history of the last twenty years.’ He is also the editor of the Blackwell History of the World series.
£25.00 416pp with illustrations Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 196 7 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 348 2 History March 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
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Why Does the World Exist? An existential detective story The world’s leading minds on our biggest riddle ‘Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?’ remains the most curious and enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Jim Holt now enters the debate that has occupied Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking and even Christopher Hitchens with a lively and deeply informed narrative that traces all our efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. With sly humour and a highly original personal approach, Holt takes on the role of cosmological detective. Suggesting that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God and the Big Bang, he finds and grills, among others, eccentric Oxford philosophers, a Nobel Laureate physicist and John Updike just before he died, to pursue this cosmic puzzle from every angle. As he pieces together a solution – while offering useful insights into time, consciousness, and eternity – he sheds fascinating new light on the meaning of existence.
£12.99 256pp Demy paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 244 5 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 410 6 Philosophy May 2012 World ex USA/Can 14
Jim Holt is a prominent essayist and critic on philosophy, mathematics and science. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, New York Review of Books and Prospect magazine. He lives in New York City and is the author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This [978 1 84668 109 7].
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Language The cultural tool Why there is no language instinct Like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across cultures. It is as essential to survival as fire – and, like fire, is found in all human societies. Daniel Everett presents the bold and controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain, as has been famously argued by Chomsky and Pinker. Rather, it’s a cultural tool which varies much more across different societies than the innateness view suggests. Fusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on Everett’s pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahãs, Language: The Cultural Tool argues that language is embedded within – and is inseparable from – its specific culture. This book is like a fire that will generate much light. And much heat.
Daniel Everett is dean of arts and sciences at Bentley University in Massachusetts. Previously, he was chair of the department of languages, literatures and cultures at Illinois State University. He is the author of Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes [978 1 84668 040 3].
£14.99 320pp Royal paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 267 4 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 415 1 Popular Science/Linguistics March 2012 World ex USA/Can 15
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Underground, Overground A passenger’s history of the Tube A social history of the world’s most famous subterranean railway Why is the Victoria Line so hot? Who’s telling us to mind the gap? Why are those people standing on the escalators doing us a favour? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botchjobs and improvisations. Yet it transports over one billion passengers a year, is recognised the world over, and is loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure. Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of this iconic railway system (which is in fact 55 per cent overground). Along the way he attempts to untangle the Northern Line, visit every station in a single day, and find out which gaps to be especially mindful of. Underground, Overground is a highly enjoyable and informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.
Andrew Martin is a journalist and novelist. He has written for the Evening Standard, Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph and the New Statesman among others. His ‘Jim Stringer’ novels based around railways are published by Faber & Faber.
£14.99 256pp with illustrations Demy hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 477 7 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 807 4 History May 2012 World Tr US
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On the Faultline Managing tensions and divisions within societies Expert analysis of world conflicts Societies in all countries are split by major divisions – or ‘faultlines’ – caused by differences in race, religion, ethnicity, wealth, class or power. Like geological faultlines, some are obvious, whereas others are more concealed and can erupt with little warning. Violence along faultlines within states, from Sudan to Iraq to the Congo, is the spark of much contemporary conflict. It has cost millions of lives in the past twenty years alone. In extreme cases, violence threatens to tear states apart. Yet some countries, such as South Africa and Northern Ireland, have largely succeeded in managing their faultlines. On the Faultline brings together some of the world’s leading experts to examine the nature of conflict around these divisions. In a world facing acute environmental, migration and resource pressures that can only exacerbate differences, it is an essential guide to the challenges that will face all countries in the twenty-first century. £16.99 288pp Royal paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 588 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 813 5 Current Affairs January 2012 World Tr US
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Jeffrey Herbst is President of Colgate University and a scholar of international politics. Terence McNamee is a historian and writer of the acclaimed photographic histories Century and Decade (Phaidon). Greg Mills is one of South Africa’s most respected security and development experts. His most recent book is Why Africa is Poor (Penguin).
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Africa’s Future: Darkness to Destiny How the past is shaping Africa’s economic evolution
Many have tried to explain Africa, but most have failed. What have they missed? The ‘Dark Continent’ remains in continuous transition. Many of its communities are based around ancient or feudal structures, while others have modernised but experienced turbulent times. Modernity in Africa has largely been thinly-rooted and scattered, but it now needs to be dynamic in order to sustain development. In Africa’s Future: Darkness to Destiny, renowned African oil expert and economist Duncan Clarke provides a prism for understanding the continent’s complex history and important future in a clear and comprehensive fashion. He critiques past attempts to explain Africa’s predicament, and tackles the issues confronting its future growth, from demography, poverty and inequality, to nation state flaws, institutional deficiencies and power struggles.
Duncan Clarke is a leading thinker and speaker on the world oil game, with forty years’ background in the economics of Africa and extensive experience around the world. He is chairman and CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, a leading advisory firm and the author of The Battle for Barrels [978 1 84668 012 0] and Crude Continent [978 1 84668 419 7].
£20.00 320pp 200 x 135mm hardback ISBN: 978 1 84668 569 9 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 799 2 Economics February 2012 World Tr US
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan ‘No statues equal to these may be seen anywhere in the world’ al-Sam’ani, c.1050
The Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, carved in the sixth century AD, represented the historical Buddha as a universal saviour. In March 2001 the Taliban destroyed them. They were impressive, standing at 55 and 38 metres, hewn out of the solid rock face. It took weeks to bring them down. This book is about these twin Wonders of the World, and through them about the fascinating and tragic country of Afghanistan.
Llewelyn Morgan teaches classics at Oxford where he is a fellow of Brasenose College. He has been to Afghanistan several times and has written a number of pieces on the country ancient and modern.
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Also available in the Wonders of the World series: The Alhambra 978 1 86197 487 7 £8.99 The Colosseum 978 1 84668 470 8 £8.99 The Forbidden City 978 1 84668 026 7 £8.99 Machu Picchu 978 1 84668 420 3 £8.99 The Parthenon 978 1 84668 349 7 £8.99 Piazza San Marco 978 1 86197 885 1 £8.99 The Roman Forum 978 1 86197 805 9 £8.99 Stonehenge 978 1 86197 880 6 £8.99 St Pancras Station 978 1 84668 460 9 £8.99 St Peter’s 978 1 86197 908 7 £8.99 Vesuvius 978 1 84668 317 6 £15.99
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Tutankhamen’s Curse The developing history of an Egyptian king The true history and mythology of a pharoah Ninety years ago, Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamen’s mummy lying, in a virtually intact tomb surrounded by grave goods in the Valley of the Kings. Egyptology would never be the same again. Tutankhamen’s Curse explores the story of the lost king and his development into a cultural icon. Stripping away the layers of modern myths that threaten to obscure the king, it uses the evidence from his tomb to reconstruct a family and a history for Tutankhamen. Tutankhamen’s Curse is designed to appeal to the widest of readerships, from general reader and lovers of history to students of Egyptology and archaeology.
Joyce Tyldesley’s books include acclaimed biographies of King Ramesses the Great, the female pharaoh Hatchepsut and Queen Nefertiti. Her biography of Cleopatra, Egypt’s Last Queen, was a Radio 4 Book of the Week; Egypt: How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered, accompanied a major BBC series. She is a senior lecturer in Egyptology at Manchester University.
£18.99 288pp with colour and black and white illustrations Royal hardback ISBN: 978 1 86197 873 8 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 797 8 History February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
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SIMON LEWIS
Border Run Need experience on your gap year? Try murder
Bored of the ‘mango smoothie’ trail and keen to spice up their Facebook albums and perhaps also their sex lives, Jake and Will take a tour into China’s jungle borderland with Burma. Their guide, however, has his own agenda and gradually the two gap-year students slip into a nightmarish spiral of murder and moral decay – their chance of survival determined by a game of hide and seek played out with deadly crossbows. A fast paced, adrenaline ride of a novel: Deliverance meets The Beach.
£7.99 176pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 0 95630 865 8 Fiction/Adventure Thriller March 2012 World Tr
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Simon Lewis was born in Wales in 1971. His first novel, about backpackers, was Go (Corgi, 1999). His thriller, Bad Traffic (Sort of Books, 2008) was shortlisted for the LA Times Crime Prize. A screenwriter for Channel Four and Celador, he currently lives in Brixton, China and Japan.
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Sightlines ‘A sorceress of the essay form’ John Berger
‘The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered – what is it that we’re just not seeing?’ In this greatly anticipated sequel to Findings, prize-winning poet and renowned nature writer Kathleen Jamie takes a fresh look at her native Scottish landscapes before sailing north into the iceberg-strewn Arctic seas. Her gaze swoops vertiginously too; from a countryside of cells beneath a hospital microscope, to killer whales rounding a headland, to the constellations of satellites that belie our sense of the remote. Written with her hallmark precision and delicacy, and marked by moments in her own life, Sightlines offers a rare invitation to pause and to pay heed to our surroundings.
Kathleen Jamie is a multi-award winning poet. She was born in the West of Scotland in 1962, and has written two works of non-fiction: Among Muslims (2002), an acclaimed travel narrative and Findings (2005), the ground-breaking nature/travel book set in Scotland. She lives in Fife and is a professor of creative writing at Stirling University.
£8.99 208pp with illustrations B format paperback original with flaps ISBN: 978 0 95630 866 5 Nature/Travel April 2012 World ex USA Tr US
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TOV E JA N S SO N
Art in Nature Introduced by Ali Smith
An elderly caretaker at a large outdoor exhibition, called Art in Nature, finds that a couple have lingered on to bicker about the value of a picture; he has a surprising suggestion that will resolve both their row and his own ambivalence about the art market. A draughtsman’s obsession with drawing locomotives provides a dark twist to a love story. A cartoonist takes over the work of a colleague who has suffered a nervous breakdown only to discover that his own sanity is in danger. In these witty, sharp, often disquieting stories, Tove Jansson reveals the fault-lines in our relationship with art, both as artists and as consumers. Obsession, ambition and the discouragement of critics are brought into focus in these wise and cautionary tales. Translated by Thomas Teal.
£8.99 208pp with illustrations B format deluxe paperback with flaps ISBN: 978 0 95630 869 6 Fiction June 2012 World ex USA/Can 24
Tove Jansson (1914–2001) is best known as the creator of the much-loved Moomin stories for children. However, in her fifties she turned her attention to writing for adults, producing a dozen novels and story collections. Art in Nature is published for the first time in English.
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Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense Why some organisations consistently outperform others
This is a book for managers whose organisations are stuck in a mindset that thrives on fashionable business theories that are no more than folk wisdom, and whose so-called strategies are little more than banal wish lists. It puts forward the notion that the application of uncommon sense – thinking or acting differently from other organisations in a way that makes unusual sense – is the secret to competitive success, rather like the way in which asymmetric information (knowing something that someone else does not) can provide an economic advantage. In parallel it argues that to follow what you know makes uncommonly good sense means rejecting the common nonsense – the empty philosophy and meaningless jargon – that so many organisations live their lives by. This is a book for those who want to succeed and stand out from the herd – and who dare to be different.
Jules Goddard is a fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School, where he has taught for thirty years. Tony Eccles is visiting professor of Strategic Management at Cass Business School.
£12.99 256pp Demy paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 601 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 821 0 Business & Management May 2012 World Tr US
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The Question Book What makes you Tick? More smart thinking from the bestselling authors of The Decision Book What would be your ideal job if you didn’t have to worry about money? Would you like to have more responsibility or less? How far would you go for a promotion? What are you afraid of? In this unique little handbook to your own life and work, there are no wrong answers: only honest ones. Featuring sections on subjects from the professional (work and finance), to the personal (sex and relationships), The Question Book can be used alone, like a journal; or with a colleague, partner or friend. It will probe and enlighten on everything, from what your boss really thinks about you to what motivates you to get out of bed every morning. These wide-ranging questions – which may provoke a short ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as well as open-ended responses that dig deeper – are direct, sometimes surprising and compulsively fun to answer. In The Question Book, you are under the spotlight. And you have the answers.
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Mikael Krogerus is a freelance writer for German and Swiss media and was a staff writer with Switzerland’s leading newspaper for five years. Roman Tschäppeler is the founder and CEO of guzo, a communication agency based in Switzerland. They are the bestselling authors of The Decision Book [978 1 84668 395 4].
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MARSHALL GOLDSMITH AND SHANE CLESTER
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There The graphic edition
One small flaw – a behaviour you hardly recognise – may be the only thing keeping you from where you want to be. It may be that the very characteristic you believe got you where you are – such as the drive to win at all costs – is now holding you back. In this graphic edition of the international bestseller, Marshall Goldsmith’s simple but dynamic idea is explored in an exciting and original new way. Goldsmith’s expertise is in helping global leaders overcome their unconscious bad habits and become more successful. His one-on-one coaching comes with a six-figure price tag – but in this book you get his great advice, for much less. Cited as one of the world’s five most-respected executive coaches by Forbes, he has worked with over a hundred major CEOs and their management teams at the world’s top businesses.
Marshall Goldsmith was named by BusinessWeek as one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development. The Times named him one of fifty great management thinkers and business leaders. Shane Clester’s clients have included the leading comic publisher IDW, Hasbro and The Times.
£9.99 64pp with black and white illustrations throughout Royal paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 591 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 814 2 Business/ Graphic non-fiction February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
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T H E ECO N O M I S T
EDITED BY BILL RIDGERS
The Economist Book of Business Quotations Handy wit and wisdom from across the world of business The Economist Book of Business Quotations brings together history’s smartest insights from individuals ranging from CEOs and politicians to novelists and business gurus. Insightful and entertaining, on subjects from e-commerce, strategy and investment, to management speak, business travel and business schools, it is the perfect pocket-sized gift or reference tool. ‘The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.’ John D. Rockefeller
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JOHN TENNENT
Guide to Cash Management How to avoid a business credit crunch The credit crunch highlighted to businesses the importance of cash management, as those firms which ran short of cash discovered when they found themselves in trouble or even went bust. This tightly written guide clearly explains the critical aspects of the effective management of cash and cash flow. John Tennent is the author of The Economist Guide to Financial Managment and co-author of The Economist Guide to Business Modelling.
£20.00 256pp Demy paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 597 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 181 5 Business January 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
Now in paperback: Modern warfare, intelligence and deterrence
Successful Strategy Execution
£15.00 320pp Demy paperback original ISBN: 978 1 84668 583 5 eISBN: 978 1 84765 794 7 Politics/Current affairs November 2011 World ex USA/Can Tr
£15.00 176pp Demy paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 583 5 eISBN: 978 1 84765 794 7 Politics/Current affairs August 2011 World ex USA/Can Tr
The Economist Style Guide
Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus
£15.00 272pp Demy paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 606 1 eISBN: 978 1 84765 030 6 Reference April 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
£15.00 336pp Demy paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 607 8 eISBN: 978 1 84765 039 9 Business & Management April 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
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The Origins of Political Order From prehuman times to the French Revolution ‘Ambitious, erudite and eloquent … a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time’ New York Times ‘A tour de force … well-informed and provocative’ Independent ‘It should be read by every democrat – and every dictator’ Sunday Times ‘Magisterial … a powerful and provocative analysis … of relevance not only to historians and political scientists, but to anyone wishing to understand the nature of democratisation in the modern world and how it is to be achieved’ Spectator £12.99 464pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 257 5 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 281 2 Politics May 2012 World ex USA/Can
LAURENCE C. SMITH
The New North The world in 2050 ‘Smith’s planetary palm-reading would be impressive enough but he also manages to pull it off with literary gusto’ New Scientist ‘Compelling’ Jared Diamond ‘Consistently challenging and mind-opening’ New Statesman
£9.99 336pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 893 5 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 312 3 Popular Science/Geography April 2012 World ex USA/Can 32
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How to Watch the Olympics Scores and laws, heroes and zeros – an instant initiation to every sport Most sports which the world is familiar with are missing from the Olympics. In their place are games few of us have a clue how to play or watch which is where this witty, insightful book comes in, offering each sport’s backstory and, by means of clever diagrams and prose, explaining the finer points. Once you’ve read the book, you’ll be on tenterhooks to see whether the Danes triumph at handball, what the Italian fencers are up to, and if Greco-Roman wrestling really is like chess.
£8.99 384pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 476 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 758 9 Sport April 2012 World Tr
MICHAEL BROOKS
Free Radicals The secret anarchy of science ‘Brooks outs the extremist boffins – mad, bad, dangerous to know’ The Times ‘A salutary reminder that scientists are as human and as fallible as anyone else. It lives up to its subtitle … exploring the byways and dead ends of discovery’ Daily Telegraph ‘Brooks’ clear and concise style effectively conveys an infectious enthusiasm for his topic. Free Radicals’ tightly plotted tales of rebellion, drug use and Machiavellian intrigue … fulfils Brooks’ stated aim of humanising a discipline that can often appear unsympathetically distant’ Bookseller (We Love This Book) £8.99 320pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 406 7 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 449 6 Popular Science June 2012 World ex USA/Can 33
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Weeds A cultural history ‘The best book on British wild flowers in a decade ... read this quietly enthralling book and you will never again look at these most familiar plants in quite the same way’ Independent ‘Enraptured, visionary, witty and erudite’ Telegraph ‘In Weeds, Mabey has written a memorable hymn to the marginal’ Andrew Motion, Guardian ‘Mabey is incapable of writing a tedious sentence ... completely riveting … he writes with magnificent passion’ Anna Pavord, Gardens Illustrated £8.99 336pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 081 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 284 3 Natural History March 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
JOHN GIMLETTE
Wild Coast Travels on South America’s untamed edge ‘While much of South America has become familiar to tourists in the last two decades, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana remain rarely visited … the result is a fascinating tale of rebels and remote jungle, snakes and slavery. Perfect armchair adventure’ Financial Times ‘Gimlette is an old-school traveller, very British, very cheery … he has an uncanny ability to nail down his characters with a few well-chosen words... he brings history to life. He artfully merges assiduous research with a storyteller’s gift’ Guardian ‘A spirited historical, political and personal travelogue guaranteed to arouse the adventurous reader’s wonderlust’ New York Times £8.99 384pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 253 7 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 414 4 Travel February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr 34
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Smut Two unseemly stories ‘Beautiful and filthy’ Guardian ‘Bennett continues to surprise and delight’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Artfully entertaining … the stories have a dark, knowing shrewdness about erotic mischief … as always the writing is tonally perfect, laced with deadpan as well as bedpan comedy’ Financial Times ‘Tender and comic … good, old-fashioned British humour’ Independent
£7.99 192pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 526 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 765 7 Fiction March 2012 World ex USA
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The Winter of Our Disconnect How one family pulled the plug and lived to tell/text/tweet the tale ‘A frank, funny and incredibly inspiring memoir’ Sunday Express ‘Hilariously entertaining but sobering and informative read … Thoreau would no doubt have approved’ Irish Times ‘Read this true story for inspiration. Read it for laughs. Maybe even read it on your iPad’ O (Oprah) Magazine
£8.99 288pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 465 4 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 740 4 Memoir/Parenting January 2012 World ex USA/Can/ANZ 35
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Afgantsy The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979–89 ‘Should be required reading for all those, military and civilian alike, who are involved in the current Afghan adventure’ Independent on Sunday ‘Woven in an easy, compelling style … admirably fills a gap in the story of foreign engagement in Afghanistan and is well timed’ Sunday Times ‘Dispels many of the Cold War myths surrounding the SovietAfghan war … offers the most nuanced, sympathetic, and comprehensive account yet of the Soviet experience in Afghanistan’ Rory Stewart £10.99 448pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 062 5 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 327 7 History February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
DIARMAID FERRITER
Occasions of Sin Sex and society in modern Ireland ‘Impressively researched and compellingly written … Ferriter’s book makes an immense contribution … while maintaining a fair balance between dwelling unduly on the abuse, and celebrating the brave battles won’ Irish Times ‘A groundbreaking study of the control of sexuality by church and state in twentieth-century Ireland … Ferriter’s superbly researched narrative is a powerful prophylactic’ Observer ‘Finely textured and superbly researched … it makes for a fascinating social history’ Independent on Sunday
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Sleights of Mind What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our brains ‘One of the best books I’ve read on how the brain actually works’ Evening Standard ‘Brilliantly simple and wonderfully engaging’ Sunday Times ‘An entertaining introduction to the psychology of illusion’ Focus ‘The book we’ve all been waiting for’ Steven Pinker
£8.99 304pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 390 9 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 295 9 Popular Science/Psychology January 2012 World ex USA/Can
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Paraphernalia The curious lives of magical things ‘Ingenious, whimsical, imaginative and entertaining, this is a magical little book; a pleasurable and fidgetable stimulus to the mind’ The Times ‘Enchanting … you’ll never look at a newspaper, a handkerchief, a battery or a rubber band in the same way again’ First Post ‘Urbane, witty and seductive … enchanting’ Michael Bywater, Independent ‘A love letter to the familiar objects with which we spend our time, and daily life is much the richer for it’ Alexandra Harris, author of Romantic Moderns £8.99 256pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 271 1 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 282 9 Philosophy June 2012 World Tr US 37
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Voltaire A life ‘There is no shortage of biographies of Voltaire ... but this is one of the best of them. Full of the revealing detail that French biographers tend to regard as vulgar gossip’ Financial Times ‘Written in the crisp, incisive prose of a practised journalist ... a refreshing book which isn’t afraid, occasionally, to draw its own conclusions against the grain of what has been written before’ Independent on Sunday ‘Ian Davidson has done Voltaire full justice in this rich biography. He hides nothing of his hero’s frailties and faults, but his greatness shines all the more brightly’ Literary Review £12.99 576pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 232 2 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 224 9 Biography/History February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr
ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH
Driving with Plato The meaning of life’s milestones ‘Fascinating and deeply impressive ... a simple idea, executed with great skill and a beguiling lightness of touch’ Daily Mail ‘A remarkably eclectic introduction to the greatest philosophers and a defence of their continuing relevance to our everyday lives’ Publishers Weekly ‘I’ll never drive the same way again. Or have a midlife crisis the same way again, for that matter. This book is elegant proof that philosophy doesn’t have to be fusty and musty’ A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
£8.99 224pp B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 306 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 423 6 Philosophy February 2012 World ex USA/Can Tr 38
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Deadly Waters Inside the hidden world of Somalia’s pirates ‘A punchy and impressive debut … a brave and timely book that reaches far behind the glib newspaper headlines to uncover the hidden world of Somali piracy’ Justin Marozzi ‘Vivid and intelligent ... a balanced and fascinating portrait’ Sunday Times ‘A welcome addition to the limited literature on Somalia and piracy’ Guardian ‘Remarkable … it takes much daring to venture where he did and come out of it unscathed with such a story’ Michael Nicholson, former foreign correspondent, ITN £8.99 320pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 364 0 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 436 6 Current Affairs June 2012 World ex USA/Can/ANZ
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The Ancient Guide to Modern Life ‘Reminds us (or tells us) about people, events and practices in the Greek and Roman world, and at the same time explores their contemporary echoes and parallels. A classic double-whammy, in fact – and delivered with wonderful energy, wit, zeal and expertise. Irresistible’ Andrew Motion ‘As wise as Socrates, as witty as Aristophanes, as modern as tomorrow – a classic for our times’ Gyles Brandreth ‘A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the most obscure, writers, thoughts and stories of Greece and Rome’ TLS
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The Friar of Carcassonne Revolt against the inquisition in the last days of the Cathars In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. The orator was a Franciscan friar, Bernard Délicieux. This magnificent book, which follows Stephen O’Shea’s bestselling The Perfect Heresy, tells his inspiring and tragic story. ‘O’Shea’s vivid and evocative story of the extraordinary and moving career of Bernard Délicieux rests on thorough and wide-ranging knowledge and shrewd historical judgement’ R. I. Moore, author of The Formation of a Persecuting Society
£8.99 304pp with illustrations B format paperback ISBN: 978 1 84668 320 6 e-ISBN: 978 1 84765 427 4 History May 2012 World ex USA/Can
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Good Strategy/ Bad Strategy The difference and why it matters ‘The first book on strategy I have read that I have found difficult to put down’ John Kay, London Business School ‘Has every chance of becoming a business classic … illustrated with a huge range of examples which really bring the text alive’ Management Today ‘A milestone in both the theory and practice of strategy’ John Stopford, Emeritus Professor, London Business School
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International Bestsellers Robert Greene, the ‘modern Machiavelli’, distils the most important lessons from history, to help you get ahead Robert Greene author and public speaker.
Over three million copies sold worldwide
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JANE BOWLES
Travels
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First ever collected travel writing
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Travelling Light
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ROBERT KUNZIG
JONATHAN BUCKLEY
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Contact
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UK AND IRISH SALES SALES DIRECTOR Claire Beaumont at Profile Books Tel 020 7841 6308 Email claire.beaumont@profilebooks.com
REPPING UK AND EUROPE Faber & Faber Tel 020 7927 3800 Fax 020 7927 3801 Email sales@faber.co.uk
REPPING IRELAND Repforce Ireland Tel 00 3531 6349927 Fax 00 3531 6697449 Email info@repforce.ie
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UK SALES John McColgan Scotland and North East England Tel 07595 214384 Richard Evans South West England Tel 07957 354631 Lindsay Powell Kent and East London Tel 07715 693591 Kellie Balseiro Surrey and South London Tel 07790 757833 Kim Lund Oxford and East Anglia and Wholesalers Tel 07980 712111 Jeremy Wood London Central Tel 07966 058496 Kathryn Jarvis Bath and Bristol Tel 020 7927 3873 Marina McCarron Wales and the Midlands Tel 07812 674668 Sue Jackson North West England Tel 07980 712102
EUROPE SALES Bridget Lane Northern Europe Email bridgetl@faber.co.uk Melissa Elders Southern Europe Email melissa@faber.co.uk Csaba Lengyel de Bagota Eastern Europe Email lengyel.csaba@chello.hu 51
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INTERNATIONAL SALES AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
REST OF AFRICA Tula Publishing Tel +44 (0) 1865 553606 Fax + 44(0) 1865 454131 Email Julian@tulapublishing.co.uk
Allen & Unwin Tel +612 8425 0100 Fax +612 9906 2218 Email info@allenandunwin.com
EUROPE
SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND, VIETNAM
Faber & Faber (See p47 for reps.) Tel +44 (0)20 7465 0045 Fax +44 (0)20 7465 0206 Email sales@faber.co.uk
APD Singapore PTE Ltd Tel +65 6749 3551 Fax +65 6749 3552 Email customersvc@apdsing.com
HONG KONG, MACAU, CHINA, TAIWAN, KOREA, JAPAN Archana Rao at Faber & Faber Tel +44 (0)20 7465 0045 Fax +44 (0)20 7465 0206 Email archanar@faber.co.uk
Malaysia office Tel +60 3 7877 6063 Fax +60 3 7877 3414 Email customersvc@apdkl.com
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN InterMediaAmericana Tel +44 (0) 20 7274 7113 Fax +44 (0) 20 7274 7103 Email david@intermediaamericana.com
MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, TURKEY Archana Rao at Faber & Faber Tel +44 (0)20 7465 0045 Fax +44 (0)20 7465 0206 Email archanar@faber.co.uk
UNITED STATES AND CANADA Consortium Book Sales & Distribution Tel +1 612 746 2613 Fax +1 612 746 2606 Email info@cbsd.com
SOUTH AFRICA Book Promotions Tel +27 21 707 5700 Fax +27 21 707 5795 Email enquiries@bookpro.co.za
INDIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH
All other international sales enquiries to: Sarah Ward International Sales Manager Tel + 44 (0) 20 7841 6300 Email sarah.ward@profilebooks.com
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