Pan Macmillan Asia Monthly Catalogue - March 2013 UK

MARCH 2013 UK & AGENCY Orders should be received by 29th January 2013 to receive titles by on-sale-date.

Pan Macmillan Asia

Best Kept Secret Jeffrey Archer

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1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit SUPERLEAD the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor’s deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father’s office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma’s son, who ultimately influences his uncle’s fate. In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret will answer all these questions, but once again, pose so many more.

9780230748248

Hardback

£18.99

14th Mar

400 PP

Macmillan

Inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm and the international SUPERLEAD bestseller Our Iceberg is Melting, How Stella Saved the Farm is a simple parable about embracing change and managing innovation in difficult times. Bankruptcy, or the grim prospect of being acquired by a hostile human competitor, threatens Windsor Farm. But when a young sheep called Stella comes up with a bold idea, will the other animals be able to respond to her ambitious call to action?

Grounded in over a decade of academic research, How Stella Saved the Farm will resonate for organizations of all types, from global corporations to small companies looking to embrace change. With eight simple lessons to guide new initiatives to success, it prepares readers to avoid some of innovation’s most toxic myths, how to build the right kind of team, and how to take their business to the next level in a fast-changing world.

How Stella Saved the Farm Chris Trimble & Vijay Govindarajan

9780230761360

Hardback

£12.99

14th Mar

160 PP

The groundbreaking new book from one of the world’s foremost authorities on leadership.

Macmillan

SUPERLEAD

Few things are more important than the quality and credibility of leaders, as they play a vital role in every aspect of our modern lives. Yet strong leadership is a difficult skill to master. Good leaders must learn not only to manage, analyse and appraise, but also to encourage, improve and inspire.

Confucius on Leadership Adair John

Here, John Adair, the celebrated expert on leadership training, shows how Confucian philosophy can help you become a better leader.

He demonstrates how, far from merely being interesting ideas from centuries ago, Confucius’s sayings, or Analects, will help you to develop the confidence, characteristics and skills you need to be the best leader you can be.

9781447218807

Trade Paperback

£13.99

14th Mar

256 PP

Macmillan

1

ONE GIRL AND A GRIFFIN AGAINST AN EMPIRE: A DYING LAND

Stormdancer Jay Kristoff

The Shima Imperium verges on collapse. Land and sky have been poisoned by clockwork industrialisation, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation’s Shogun is lost to his thirst for power. AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST Yukiko and her warrior father are forced to hunt down a griffin at the Shogun’s command. But any fool knows griffins are extinct – and death will be the price of failure. A HIDDEN GIFT Disaster strikes and Yukiko is stranded in the wilderness with a fabled griffin, now furious and crippled. Although she hears his thoughts and saved his life, Yukiko knows he’d rather see her dead than help her. And discovery of the talent allowing them to communicate would mean her execution. Yet together, the pair will form an indomitable bond, and rise to challenge an empire.

“Soars higher than the arashitora Kristoff writes about; superb.”

Kirkus, starred review 9781447200499

B Format

£7.99

14th Mar

352 PP

Tor

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR…

FICTION

Misspent Youth Peter F. Hamilton

Jeff Baker is a legend. He’s an internationally-renowned inventor and philanthropist extraordinaire, and at seventy-eight he’s given the world much of his genius. So in 2040, when Europe can finally rejuvenate a human being after decades of research, Baker becomes first choice for the gift of youth.

And after eighteen months in a German medical facility, Jeff returns home looking no more than twenty. The successful rejuvenation feels like a miracle – until the glow starts to fade. Jeff’s relationship with his ex-model wife changes drastically. He also sees his son Tim, and Tim’s gorgeous girlfriend, in a whole new light. As his pensioner friends start to resent what Jeff has become, he becomes increasingly aware that the world is watching. For great gifts come at a price and he will be expected to contribute yet more brilliant research to justify his place in the history books.

9781447224082

B Format

£8.99

14th Mar

600 PP

Pan

Earth’s Zero Asset citizens no longer face extermination. Thanks to Alan Saul, the Committee’s despotic network is in ruins and its robotic enforcers lie dormant. But the ruthless Serene Galahad sees an opportunity to grab power.

On Mars, Var Delex fights for Antares Base’s survival, while the Argus Space Station hurtles towards the red planet. And Var knows whomever, or whatever, trashed Earth is still aboard. She must not only save the base, but deal with the first signs of rebellion. And aboard Argus Station, Alan Saul’s mind has expanded into the local computer network. In the process, he uncovers the ghastly experiments of the Humanoid Unit Development, the possibility of eternal life, and a madman who may hold the keys to interstellar flight. But Earth’s agents are closer than Saul thinks, and the killing will soon begin.

Zero Point Neal Asher 9780330524520

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B Format

£8.99

14th Mar

400 PP

Tor

She remembered how it felt to lose Salma, first to the wiles of the Butterfly-kinden girl, then to hear the news of his death, abandoned and alone in the midst of the enemy. She remembered how it felt to see her father hacked to death before her eyes. But of her murder of Achaeos, of the bite of her blade into his unsuspecting flesh, the wound that had sapped him and ruined him until he died, she remembered nothing, felt nothing. In such a vacuum, how could she possibly atone? Tynisa is running, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind. Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly Commonweal her past will at last catch up with her. Her father’s ghost is hunting her down. At the same time, the Wasp Empress, Seda, is on the move, her eyes on the city of Khanaphes, the fallen jewel of the ancient world. Whilst her soldiers seek only conquest, she sees herself as the heir to all the old powers of history, and has her Heirs of the Blade eyes on a far greater prize.

Adrian Tchaikovsky (New Cover Edition)

9780330541299

B Format

£8.99

14th Mar

320 PP

Tor

Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn, sitting on his porch, when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls from the sky, performing a strange dance, before lying down to die. Montalbano is perplexed by what he has witnessed and the scene hangs over him like an omen.

About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia, Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends. But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing – and it transpires that the policeman has been involved in his own secret investigations – Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend, as time begins to run out...

Navigating a shadowy maze of smuggling, blackmail and the darkest murder, The Dance of the and moving from the docks of Vigata to its deep, dry wells where the mafia hide their terrible crimes, Inspector Montalbano must have his wits about him Seagull Andrea Camilleri to unravel this tangled mystery.

9781447229926

Trade Paperback

£10.99

14th Mar

288 PP

Mantle

David Ash, detective of the paranormal, is sent to the mysterious Comraich Castle, secluded deep in the Scottish countryside, to investigate a strange, high-profile case. A man has been found crucified in a locked room. The reports suggest that the cliff-top castle is being haunted...Who or what is the reclusive hooded figure that Ash has seen from the window walking across the courtyard in the dead of night? What are the strange, animal-like sounds that come from the surrounding woods? And why are the castle’s inhabitants so reluctant to talk about what they have seen? What Ash eventually discovers is truly shocking...

Ash James Herbert

Featuring one of Herbert’s best-loved characters, first encountered in The Ghosts of Sleath and Haunted, Ash is a ghost story like no other, that will chill you to the marrow.

A Format

£6.99

14th Mar

304 PP

FICTION

9780230754898

Pan

In the 1960s, four ambitious new MPs take their seats at Westminster. Over three decades they share the turbulent passions and upheavals of the race for power with their wives and families, men and women caught up in a dramatic game for the highest stakes of all. But only one man can gain the ultimate goal - the office of Prime Minister...

‘We haven’t had a better novel about Parliament since Anthony Trollope’ Scotsman ‘Another example of the author’s mastery of the pure art of storytelling’ Daily Telegraph

First Among Equals Jeffrey Archer

Sons of Fortune Jeffrey Archer

9781447221814

B Format

£7.99

9781447221838

B Format

£7.99

14th Mar

480 PP

Pan

320 PP

Pan

In the late 1940s in Hartford, Connecticut a set of twins is parted at birth.

Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents, a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman. But his twin brother is to begin his days as Fletcher Andrew Davenport, the only son of a multi-millionaire and his society wife. During the years that follow, the two brothers grow up unaware of each other’s existence. Nat leaves college at the University of Connecticut to serve in Vietnam. He returns a war hero, he finishes school and becomes a successful banker. Fletcher, meanwhile, has graduated from Yale University and distinguishes himself as a criminal defence lawyer before he is elected to the Senate. Even when Nat and Fletcher fall in love with the same girl they still don’t meet. They continue on their separate paths until one has to defend the other for a murder he did not commit. But the final confrontation comes when Nat and Fletcher are selected to stand against each other for governor of the state.

14th Mar

3

The Things We Know Now Catherine Dunne

FICTION

The Safest Place Suzanne Bugler

When Patrick Grant meets Ella, he seizes the opportunity of a new life with her. He imagines the future with his beautiful second wife by his side: the years ahead filled with all that is bright and promising. When Ella gives birth to Daniel, Patrick’s happiness is complete. A son at last. Patrick adores Daniel: a golden child, talented, artistic, loving. And then, when Daniel is fourteen, tragedy strikes. Without warning, Patrick and Ella’s world is shattered beyond repair and Patrick is forced to re-evaluate everything: his own life, his role as husband and father, all his previous assumptions about family. Together with Ella, he is forced to embark on a voyage of discovery.

He must confront uncomfortable truths about himself and about the privileged world he and his wife inhabit. This is the story of a family torn apart by conflict, suspicion and loss. It is also a story, ultimately, of redemption and forgiveness – and the strength of severely-tested family bonds.

9781447229568

14th Mar

400 PP

Macmillan

B Format

£7.99

14th Mar

352 PP

Pan

1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In desperation she agrees to marry him. But when Catherine travels to Oscar’s farm on Galveston island, Texas - a thousand miles from home - she finds she is little prepared for the life that awaits her. The island is remote, the weather sweltering, and Oscar’s little boy Andre is grieving hard for his lost mother. And though Oscar tries to please his new wife, the secrets of the past sit uncomfortably between them. Meanwhile for Nan Ogden, Oscar’s housekeeper, Catherine’s sudden arrival has come as a great shock. For not only did she promise Oscar’s first wife that she would be the one to take care of little Andre, but she has feelings for Oscar which she is struggling to suppress. And when the worst storm in a generation descends, the women will find themselves tested as never before...

9780230768987

4

£13.99

How cosy I made it sound. How easy. Sam and Ella both looked at me for a moment, then, their faces a mixture of apprehension and wistfulness. I smiled back at them indulgently, feeling so pleased with myself. Now, I look back and I want to grab my old self by the shoulders and shake, hard. I want to slap the smug smile off my face. I wasn’t just complacent; I was blind. Jane Berry has always dreamed of moving to the country. When she uproots her family and takes them to live in a rural paradise, at first it all seems perfect.

She has the house and the space she always longed for and is determined to make a better life for herself and her children. But when her marriage comes under pressure the dream starts to fall apart. A seemingly promising new friendship shows its dark side and Jane finds her life spiralling out of control. Then one night a line is crossed that threatens to ruin her and break apart her family forever.

9780330544962

The Promise Ann Weisgarber

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback

12.99

14th Mar

304 PP

Mantle

Reissues of Wilbur Smith

Birds of Prey Wilbur Smith

Monsoon Wilbur Smith

Blue Horizon Wilbur Smith

The Courtney Series The Courtney Novels are a series of thirteen novels published between 1964 and 2009 by Wilbur Smith. They chronicle the lives of the Courtney family, from the 1660s through until 1987.

The novels can be split into three parts; the original trilogy of novels follow the twins Sean and Garrick Courtney from the 1860s until 1925. The second part is five books which follows Centaine de Thiry Courtney, her sons and grandchildren between 1917 and 1987. The third part, the most recently written, follows the Courtney family from the 1660s through until 1918, focusing on successive generations of the family.

Birds of Prey Monsoon Blue Horizon

B Format B Format B Format

£8.99 £8.99 £8.99

14th Mar 14th Mar 14th Mar

528 PP 480 PP 128 PP

Pan Pan Pan

FICTION

9781447221661 9781447221678 9781447221685

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Tigers in Red Weather Liza Klaussmann

PICADOR

Lost At Sea Jon Ronson

Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. As World War II ends they are on the cusp of adulthood, the world seeming to offer itself up to them. Helena is leaving for Hollywood and a new marriage, while Nick is to be reunited with her young husband Hughes, due to return from London and the war. Everything is about to change. Neither quite finds the life she had imagined, and as the years pass, the trips to Tiger House take on a new complexity. Then, on the brink of the 1960s, Nick’s daughter Daisy and Helena’s son Ed make a sinister discovery. It plunges the island’s bright heat into private shadow and sends a depth-charge to the heart of the family. Summer seemed to arrive at that moment, with its mysterious mixture of salt, cold flesh and fuel. Magnificently told from five perspectives, Tigers in Red Weather is an unforgettable debut: a simmering novel of passion, betrayal and secret violence beneath a polished and fragile facade.

9781447231066

A Format

£6.99

28th Mar

400 PP

Picador

Jon Ronson has been on patrol with America’s real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He’s interviewed a robot and asked her if she has a soul. He’s travelled to the Alaskan theme town of North Pole (where every day is Christmas Day) to investigate a high school mass-murder plot. He’s met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and another who’s preparing to welcome the aliens to earth.

Jon Ronson is fascinated by madness, strange behaviour and the human mind, and he has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. Collected here from various sources (including the Guardian and GQ) are the best of his adventures. Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing, always entertaining, these compelling stories of the chaos that lies on the fringe of our daily lives will have you wondering just what we’re capable of.

9781447223917

B Format

£8.99

28th Mar

388 PP

Picador

The Book of My Lives defies convention and expectation. It is a love-song to two different cities; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play soccer – and not for the exercise.

It is a book driven by passions but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that will leave you a different reader – a different person, with a new way of looking at the world. For fans of Hemon’s fiction, The Book of My Lives is simply indispensable; for the uninitiated, it is the perfect introduction to one of the great writers of our time.

The Book of My Lives Aleksandar Hemon

9781447211969

Trade Paperback

£12.99

14th Mar

224 PP

Picador

Almost overnight, Arthur Wise has become one of the wealthiest and most powerful attorneys in America. His first big purchase is a simple beach house in a place called Bluepoint, a town on the far edge of the flexed arm of Cape Cod. It’s in Bluepoint, during the summer of 1952, that Arthur’s teenage son, Hilly, makes friends with Lem Dawson, a black man whose job it is to take care of the house but whose responsibilities quickly grow. When Hilly finds himself falling for Lem’s niece, Savannah, his affection for her collides with his father’s dark secrets. The results shatter his family, and hers.

Years later, haunted by his memories of that summer, Hilly sets out to find Savannah, in an attempt to right the wrongs he helped set in motion. But can his guilt, and his good intentions, overcome the forces of history, family, and identity?

Wise Men Stuart Nadler 6

A beautifully told multigenerational story about love and regret, Wise Men confirms that Stuart Nadler is one of the most exciting young writers at work today.

9781447202448

Trade Paperback

£12.99

28th Mar

320 PP

Picador

These seven stunning tales are about all the big things: faith, love, family, temptation and redemption. They show us at our most vulnerable and our most miraculous. They show moments of grief and betrayal as well as humour and happiness. They show us the best of people and the worst. They show us life. Stuart Nadler is a writer in the great American tradition, but one who emerges from the shadows – of Updike, of Bellow, of Cheever – and stakes his own bold and exciting claim.

The Book of Life Stuart Nadler

‘I found these stories utterly absorbing; so perceptive, so crackling with wit, so sad’ Belinda McKeon, author of Solace ‘Perfectly crafted...

Like all great short story writers, Nadler can make his characters whole with the minimal amount of gesturing’ Financial Times

9781447202431

All That Is James Salter

B Format

£7.99

28th Mar

256 PP

Picador

From his experiences as a naval officer in battles off Okinawa during World War II, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It was a time when publishing was still a private affair - a scattered family of small houses here and in Europe - a time of gatherings in fabled apartments, parties into the night. It is a world in which to immerse himself, a world of intimate connections and surprising triumphs. But the deal that Philip cannot seem to close is love: one marriage goes bad; another fails to happen; and, finally, he meets a woman who enthralls, then betrays him, setting him on a course he could never have imagined for himself. Written with Salter’s signature economy of prose, All That Is fiercely, fluidly explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change: a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, of the small shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.

Trade Paperback

£13.99

28th Mar

300 PP

PICADOR

9781447238263

Picador

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Lupara bianca (‘White Shotgun’) - an Italian term that refers to a Mafia-style killing, in which no trace of the victim can be found. For thirty years, prize-winning Sicilian journalist Attilio Bolzoni has reported on the shadowy activities of Cosa Nostra. Now, for the first time, he has collected together a powerful anthology of rare interviews, court proceedings and transcripts of phone taps that together capture the essence of this most hidden of secret societies. From the ‘traditional’ Mafia of the early 20th Century to the ‘Maxi’ show-trials of the 1980s and beyond, White Shotgun is both a history of modern Sicilian crime, and a book about the twisted logic and language of Cosa Nostra. From the most humble of foot soldiers to famous pentiti (‘grasses’) and top-level Bosses, this is a portrait of the men who live by a code of silence - in their own words.

White Shotgun Attilio Bolzoni 9780230752160

NON-FICTION

The Last Rhinos Lawrence Anthony & Graham Spence

Trade Paperback

£12.99

28th Mar

304 PP

Macmillan

Lawrence Anthony’s South African game reserve is home to many animals he has saved, from a remarkable herd of elephants to a badly behaved bushbaby called George. Described as ‘the Indiana Jones of conservation’, when one of his rhinos was brutally slaughtered for her horn, he didn’t hesitate to lead an armed response against the poachers. Then he learned that there were only a handful of northern white rhinos left in the wild, living in an area of the Congo controlled by the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army and soon to be hunted into extinction. Lawrence knew he had to take action.

What followed was an extraordinary adventure, as he headed into the jungle to negotiate with the rebels, while battling to save his own animals from terrible drought and to save the eyesight of his beloved elephant matriarch Nana. The Last Rhinos is peopled with unforgettable characters, both human and animal, and is a sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always exciting read.

9781447203803

B Format

£8.99

28th Mar

384 PP

Sidgwick & Jackson

He was a radical stand up who dared to question the values of small town America and the evils of American foreign policy. Ruthlessly honest, a voice of reason in what he saw as an insane world, Hicks refused to compromise in spite of the censorship he faced for most of his career. His entire act was once banned from The Late Show with David Letterman because he made fun of pro-lifers and the Pope. In American Scream Cynthia True gets under the skin of Hicks, the heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, drug-taking philosopher who was also gentle and kind, a good friend and a comic genius who packed enough adventure into his three decades to last three lifetimes.

Hicks died of pancreatic cancer in 1994 but his comedy is more relevant today than ever. This vivid, funny, insightful book shows why.

American Scream Cynthia True 9781447227069

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West’s World Lorna Gibb

B Format

£9.99

14th Mar

256 PP

Sidgwick & Jackson

Cicely Fairfield was born in 1892, but as a young woman - and a budding actress - she changed her name to that of the feminist heroine in Ibsen’s play, Rosmersholm. A passionate suffragist, socialist (though in later life she was also a passionate supporter of Mrs Thatcher), fiercely intelligent, Rebecca West began her career as a writer with articles in The Freewoman and The Clarion, and published her first book, a biography of Henry James, when she was only twenty-four and her first novel two years later. She had a notorious affair with H.G. Wells, and their illegitimate son, Anthony, was born at the beginning of the First World War. The author of several novels, she is perhaps best remembered for her classic account of pre-war Yugoslavia, Black Lamb, Grey Falcon (published by Macmillan in 1941 and as relevant today as it was sixty years ago) and for her coverage of the Nuremberg Trials. Formidably talented and indeed formidable, West was a towering figure in the British literary landscape Lorna Gibb’s vivid and insightful biography affords a dazzling insight into her life and work.

9780230714625

Hardback

£25.00

28th Mar

524 PP

Macmillan

Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister, the only one who understood her pain. Jenny was adopted at six weeks and grew up in Newcastle. An only child, she knew she was loved, and with the support of her parents she went on to become a golfing champion, but still she felt that something was missing... Neither woman knew of the other’s existence until, in her fifties, Jenny went looking for her birth family and found her sister Helen. Together they searched for the truth about Jenny’s birth - and uncovered a legacy of secrets that overturned everything Helen thought she knew about her family. Happily, they also discovered that they were not just sisters, they were twins. Inspirational and moving, this is My Secret Sister the story of two women brave enough to confront their past, and strong Jenny Lee Smith & enough to let love not bitterness define them.

Helen Edwards 9781447228875

B Format

ÂŁ6.99

14th Mar

288 PP

Pan

NON-FICTION

9

Sixteen-year-old Jena is the only survivor of an explosion on a plane. She wakes up in hospital to find that she has no memory. The only clue to her identity is a mysterious boy who claims she was part of a top-secret science experiment. The only adult she trusts insists that she shouldn’t believe anything that anybody tells her. In a tense and pacy novel exploding with intrigue and action, Jena must work out who she is and where she came from.

Eventually she will learn that the only thing worse than forgetting her past is remembering it.

Unremembered Jessica Brody 9781447221128

Paperback

£6.99

14th Mar

320 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG READERS

Francis Hardinge’s critically acclaimed novel - out now in paperback.

A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge

In the underground city of Caverna the world’s most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare - wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear - at a price. Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. For Neverfell’s emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine.

And that makes her very dangerous indeed...

9780330519700

Paperback

£7.99

1st Mar

496 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

Sami was still holding the goldfish.

“Swishy little fishy,” she whispered, over and over.

Frankie stared at her with his big, bulging, glowing eyes.

Suddenly a little light bulb went on . . .

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Mo O’Hara

Frankie was a Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and somehow he’d hypnotized my best friend’s sister! Tom’s big brother is an Evil Scientist who wants to experiment on Tom’s new goldfish, Frankie. Can Tom save his fish from being dunked in radioactive gunge? Er, no. In an act of desperation Tom zaps Frankie with a battery, bringing him back to life! But there’s something weird about the new Frankie – he’s now a zombie goldfish with hypnotic powers, and he wants revenge . . . Tom has a difficult choice to make - save his evil brother, or save his fishy friend?

9781447227984

Paperback

£4.99

14th Mar

192 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

A must-have sticker activity book for fans of the bestselling, blockbusting picture book WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD! Packed with colouring-in, join-the-dots, word puzzles and reusable stickers, this great-value, pocket money book is perfect for either rainy days or school holiday entertainment.

What the Ladybird Heard Sticker Activity Book Julia Donaldson & 10 Lydia Monks 9781447225843 Paperback £3.99 14th Mar 16 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

A fabulous bumper book of facts containing everything you ever wanted to know about sport, medicine, space, ghosts, inventions and much, much more!

Did you know that... By the time a person turns fifty, their nails will have grown a total of two metres. When it first appeared, Coca Cola, without the fizz, was sold as a medicine. There are 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. In October 1997, a Yorkshire Terrier was rescued after being accidentally sucked up by a Swansea street-cleaning vacuum cleaner! There are said to be more ghosts per square mile in Britain than in any other country. A kangaroo can hop at up to 40 miles an hour. A sneeze can go up to 3.5 metres!

Bumbelievable!

Macmillan 9781447226109

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

288 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

Starting to have periods is something every girl faces and is one sign of growing up, but the subject is often clouded by rumours and embarrassment. This book explains exactly what periods are, why they happen and how they will affect you. It asks the questions and gives the answers simply and openly, with plenty of practical advice.

9781447226116

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

128 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

Living with a Willy is about what it’s really like to be a willy owner. It’s about your body and what happens to it. Real things, stuff like what it feels like to stand in the shower next to someone who’s only two weeks older than you, but seems to be in possession of a member several sizes bigger. This book isn’t going to teach you a lot of long Latin words ending in m, but it might just help you understand what it really means to own a daft tuft of flesh shaped like a chipolata.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG READERS

Have You Started Yet? Ruth Thomson & Chloe Thomson

Living With a Willy Nick Fisher 9781447227878

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

160 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War II! It’s history, but not as we know it! Find out everything you need to know I this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book, including: - just how useful mashed potato is - how the Battle of Britain was won - what it takes to be a spy - how D-Day was kept a surprise.

Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders World War II 11 Tony Robinson 9781447227687 Paperback £5.99 14th Mar 160 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

Play Time includes eleven fun-to-act short plays for all children to enjoy, especially those in primary school (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2).

Each play comes complete with helpful guidance on target age, running time and cast. Ranging from adaptations of traditional tales (e.g., The Legend of Persephone and TheThree Billy Goats Gruff) to original and contemporary short plays, Julia Donaldson has produced an entertaining, simple, satisfying collection.

Play Time Julia Donaldson 9781447231592

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

240 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG READERS

Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett.

A Laureate’s Choice: 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy 9781447220268 Carol Ann Duffy

Paperback

£6.99

14th Mar 224 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

Climbing trees, playing with wool . . . Matilda is sure her cat will love these things, but he doesn’t seem very enthusiastic.

Undaunted, she thinks up new ways to amuse her reluctant playmate. Tea parties? Dressing up? Or what about a nice bike ride?

As the beleagured cat goes from nonplussed to terrified, Matilda gets more and more frustrated. After all, what use is a pet if it doesn’t want to play? An insightful, fond and funny look at the relationship between a little girl and her cat, this is sure to strike a chord with anyone who’s ever been a devoted pet owner.

Matilda’s Cat Emily Gravett 9781447218623

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

32 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

The hour was late and Mr Bear was tired. But he could not sleep – however he tried and wherever he tried. SNORE, SNORE went Mrs Bear.

TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK went the clock. Would he never get to sleep?

The familiar noises, repetition and beautiful illustrations make this delightful story an all-time favourite with children and adults everywhere.

Peace at Last Jill Murphy 12

9781447225850

Board Book

£5.99

14th Mar

26 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

There’s a commotion in the classroom as Goat and the other animals spend the day at playgroup. The musical instruments and the dressing up box are lots of fun, but – oh dear! – Goat gets into a muddle or two.

A comforting story for any child starting at, or already attending, a playgroup.

Goat Goes to Playgroup Julia Donaldson & Nick Sharratt 9781447210948

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

The Littlest Bunny longs sisters. But he’s just too even smaller than he is, being small isn’t so bad

24 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

to hop as high as his brothers and little! Then he bumps into someone and he soon realises that maybe after all . . .

A sweet springtime story, with a gentle message of accepting difference.

9781447214700

Paperback

£5.99

14th Mar

32 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

This pop-up, lift-the-flap edition of DEAR ZOO is packed full of exciting new surprises and retains all the charm of the classic story.

Open the flaps on every page, and all your favourite animals from the original DEAR ZOO story will spring to life! Among the animals you can find a very tall giraffe, a fierce lion with real bite and a very jumpy frog, but will the zoo send the perfect pet in the end?

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG READERS

The Littlest Bunny Gillian Shields & Polona Lovsin

The Pop-Up Dear Zoo Rod Campbell 9781447233565

Paperback

£6.99

28th Mar

16 PP

Macmillan Children’s Books

Daddy, when will I be big and strong?

Don’t worry, little lion cub, it won’t be long!

Mummy, why am I still so tiny?

Soon, little fish, you’ll be big and shiny!

Join these baby animals as they ask their mummies and daddies all sorts of questions about getting bigger - then lift the fun, scene-changing flap to find out the answers!

Peekabooks: In the Jungle Emily Bolam

Peekabooks: Under the Sea: Emily Bolam

With shiny foiled covers, colourful artwork and large flaps that are easy for small hands to lift, these delightfully chunky little board books will be read time and time again.

9780230767133 In the Jungle | 9780230767140 Under the Sea Board Book £4.99 14th Mar 8 PP Campbell Books

13

Learn about the amazing research that is revolutionizing biology, from advances in medicine to genetic engineering. Meet the world’s toughest bacterium and a biologically immortal flatworm whilst learning about epigenetics, superbugs, nanomedicine and cloning.

Extreme Biology is a compelling guide to developments at the very forefront of science – a must-read for anyone wishing to understand, and engage with, modern biology.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG READERS

Basher Science: Extreme Biology Dan Green & Simon Basher

14

9780753435922

Paperback

£6.99

14th Mar

64 PP

Kingfisher

Blue Roger Priddy

Pink Roger Priddy My First Colour and Activity Book

• Activity books for boys and girls aged three and over which stimulate imagination and encourage creativity • Packed with over 90 pages of puzzles, activities, colouring and more, plus over 50 stickers • Encourage numerous key preschool skills, including hand-eye coordination and problem solving • Wirobinding allows the pages to lie flat, making the books easy to use, and each book has a fun carry handle • Encourages imagination and helps to develop reading, speaking and listening skills

Blue Pink

Paperback Paperback

£7.99 £7.99

1st Mar 1st Mar

98 PP 98 PP

Priddy Books Priddy Books

PRIDDY BOOKS

9781849158718 9781849158701

15

What we eat and the impact food has on our health is becoming increasingly important in today’s fast-paced society. Supergrains are nutrient dense foods that are gaining worldwide attention for their health benefits and their versatility. This book explores 12 such supergrains quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, brown rice, chia seeds, millet, oats, kamut, spelt, barley, farro and freekeh - with information on their history, uses, and unique nutritive and health benefits. With over 100 delicious, easy recipes for everything from banana, honey and walnut bread to lamb biryani with coconut & chilli relish, Supergrains is packed with fresh and approachable information to give you the confidence to incorporate these tasty superfoods into your everyday eating and entertaining.

Supergrains Chrissy Freer 9781742669946

Paperback

£14.99

14th Mar

224 PP

Murdoch Books

MURDOCH BOOKS

Fiona Inglis is passionate about food, whether she’s growing, cooking or eating it. As a primary school teacher she also loves sharing her enthusiasm, knowledge and skills with her students and with children everywhere. The Garden Cook is her beautifully photographed and illustrated book with 76 easy-to-follow recipes, aimed at 8- to 13-year olds. It includes a basics chapter with safety hints for exploring the garden and tips like how to set up your own veggie patch and how to plant for the seasons. Perfect for children, their parents and anyone interested in growing and cooking good food, The Garden Cook is sure to ignite a passion for cooking in a new generation.

16

The Garden Cook Fiona Inglis 9781743361986

Paperback

£14.99

14th Mar

135 PP

Murdoch Books