Pan Macmillan Spring 2019 Catalogue by Pan Macmillan

CONTENTS Picador �� 3 Picador Classic ��42 Macmillan Collector’s Library ��53 bluebird ��68 fiction ��88 tor �� 122 mantle �� 125 non-fiction �� 133

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Kafka’s Last Trial The Strange Case of a Literary Legacy Benjamin Balint The gripping story of the legal battle over the work of perhaps the most iconic writer of the twentieth century: a priceless cache of papers, an unprecedented international custody battle, and the unlikely journey of a trove of manuscripts from Prague to Palestine. When Franz Kafka died in 1924, his loyal champion Max Brod could not bring himself to fulfil his friend’s last instruction: to burn his remaining manuscripts. Instead, Brod devoted the rest of his life to editing, publishing and canonizing Kafka’s work. By betraying his friend’s last wish, Brod twice rescued his legacy – first from physical destruction, and then from obscurity. But that betrayal was also eventually to lead to an international legal battle: as a writer in German, should Kafka’s papers come to rest in Germany, where his three sisters died as victims of the Holocaust? Or, as a Jewish writer, should his work be considered as a cultural inheritance of Israel, a state that did not exist at the time he died in 1924? ‘Thrilling and profound, Kafka’s Last Trial shines new light not only on the greatest writer of the twentieth century and the fate of his work, but also on the larger question of who owns art or has a right to claim guardianship of it . . . Benjamin Balint’s research and lively intelligence deliver insights on every page.’ Nicole Krauss

Alongside an acutely observed portrait of Kafka, Benjamin Balint also traces the journey of the manuscripts Brod had rescued when he fled from Prague to Palestine in 1939 and offers a gripping account of the Israeli court case that determined their fate. He tells of a wrenching escape from the Nazi invaders of Czechoslovakia; of a love affair between exiles stranded in Tel Aviv; and of two countries whose national obsessions with the past eventually faced off in the courts. Benjamin Balint invites us to consider Kafka’s remarkable legacy and to question whether that legacy belongs by right to the country of his language, that of his birth, or that of his cultural affinities – but also whether any nation state can lay claim to ownership of a writer’s work at all.

Benjamin Balint taught literature, including Kafka, at the Bard College humanities programme at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. His first book, Running Commentary, was published by PublicAffairs in 2010. His second book, Jerusalem: City of the Book, is co-authored with Merav Mack. His reviews and essays regularly appear in the Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit, Haaretz, the Weekly Standard, and the Claremont Review of Books. His translations of Hebrew poetry have appeared in the New Yorker and in Poetry International. 10/01/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509836710 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Order of the Day Éric Vuillard A gripping and compelling fictional account of the key meetings and events which led up to the outbreak of World War Two: how egos flourished, diplomacy failed, and a few powerful men brought Europe to the brink of disaster. For fans of HHhH and To Die in Spring. Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt Éric Vuillard’s gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took place between the European powers in the run-up to World War Two. What emerges is a fascinating and incredibly moving account of failed diplomacy, broken relationships, and the catastrophic momentum which led to conflict.

‘A book whose staggering power lies in its simplicity.’ Le Monde ‘A powerful story you read in one go, with astonishment and dread.’ La Presse ‘Brief and striking . . . history behind the scenes.’ L’Express

The titans of German industry – set to prosper under the Nazi government – gather to lend their support to Adolf Hitler. The Austrian Chancellor realizes too late that he has wandered into a trap, as Hitler delivers the ultimatum that will lay the groundwork for Germany’s annexation of Austria. Winston Churchill joins Neville Chamberlain for a farewell luncheon held in honour of Joachim von Ribbentrop: German Ambassador to England, soon to be Foreign Minister in the Nazi government, and future defendant at the Nuremberg trials. We know that these meetings took place, but what was the mood in the room? What words were exchanged? What egos were in play? Vuillard makes it impossible to ignore the fact that the world was brought to the brink of war because of the actions of, and decisions made by, those in power. The sense of failure and tragedy is cumulative: there was nothing inevitable about these disastrous events.

Éric Vuillard is a writer and filmmaker born in Lyon in 1968 who has written nine award-winning books, including Conquistadors (winner of the 2010 Prix Ignatius J. Reilly), and La bataille d’Occident and Congo (both of which received the 2012 Prix Franz-Hessel and the 2013 Prix Valery-Larbaud). He won the 2017 Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary prize, for L’ordre du jour. 10/01/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509889969 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 160pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Distance Home Paula Saunders The Distance Home is the story of a family – its secrets, betrayals, cruelties and kindnesses – and how our childhoods dictate the adults we become. In 1960s rural America two siblings grow up in a place of love and turmoil. Rene is the apple of her father’s eye: an over-achiever, athletic, clever, the best brain in class, and the best dancer in school. Her older brother Leon, doted on by his mother, is shy, a stutterer, but also a brilliant dancer. Rene and Leon share a talent, but it is a gift their father adores in his daughter, and loathes in his son, and that could make all the difference. These two children may be best friends, but life promises to take them down very different paths . . .

‘A deeply involving portrait of the American postwar family: its promises and disruptions . . . surrounded by a rich, shimmering, sensuous landscape’

The Distance Home is the story of two children growing up side by side – the one given opportunities the other just misses – and the fall-out in their adult lives. Funny and tragic, both intimate and universal, Paula Saunders’ debut is about how our parents shape the adults we become. It is a hugely moving story of devotion and neglect, impossible to put down – these are characters you will forever hold close to your heart.

Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad ‘Set in a landscape at once stark and beautiful, here is a luminous novel about the intricacies of family life and family love. The pulls, the twists, the demons, the miracles. Heartbreaking, full of compassion, and prose that feels it has always been there, not even forged from nothing, but essentially true. I haven’t read anything this good in a long time.’

Paula Saunders grew up in South Dakota. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University creative writing program, and was awarded a postgraduate Albert Schweitzer Fellowship in the Humanities at the State University of New York at Albany, under then-Schweitzer Chair, Toni Morrison. She lives in California with her husband. They have two grown daughters.

Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

24/01/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509895328 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 256pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Age of Light Whitney Scharer A sweeping debut about a love affair amidst the smoky cabarets, opium dens and Surrealist parties of 1930s Paris. Model. Muse. Lover. Artist. One cool day in 1929, Lee Miller arrives in bohemian Paris to pursue her dream of being an artist, having left behind a successful modelling career at Vogue. Gorgeous and talented, she catches the eye of renowned Surrealist artist Man Ray and convinces him to hire her as his assistant. Man is an egotistical, charismatic force, and soon their personal and professional lives become intimately entwined. As Lee begins to assert herself, and moves from being a muse to an artist, Man’s jealousy spirals out of control, and their mutual betrayals threaten to destroy them both . . .

‘In incandescent prose, Whitney Scharer has created an unforgettable heroine discovering her passion, her independence, and her art – and what she must sacrifice to have them. Sweeping from the glamour of 1920s Paris through the battlefields of World War II and into the war’s long shadow, The Age of Light is a startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman’s selftransformation from muse into artist.’ Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere ‘Whitney Scharer’s storytelling is utterly immersive and gorgeous in its details, transporting you into Lee Miller’s life, and her struggles to be taken seriously in a man’s world. This is a powerful, sensual and gripping portrait of the forging of an artist’s soul.’

The Age of Light is a powerfully sensuous tale of ambition, love, and the personal price of making art. In this immersive debut novel, Whitney Scharer has brought a brilliant and pioneering artist out of the shadow of a man’s story and into the light.

Whitney Scharer earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington, and her short fiction has appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review, Cimarron Review, and other journals. She’s received an Emerging Artist Award in Literature from the St Botolph Club Foundation and a Somerville Arts Council Artists grant, and been awarded a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. The Age of Light is her first novel.

Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe 07/02/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509889129 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 07/02/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509889136 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Spirit of Science Fiction Roberto Bolaño A newly discovered novel from the master author of 2666 and The Savage Detectives: a story about becoming a writer, and coming of age in the realms of sex and love. A tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City from a master of contemporary fiction, and a sublime precursor to The Savage Detectives. Two young poets, Jan and Remo, find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world – or sacrifice themselves to it. Roberto Bolaño’s The Spirit of Science Fiction is a story of youth hungry for revolution, notoriety, and sexual adventure, as they work to construct a reality out of the fragments of their dreams.

‘As well as being a novel about becoming a writer, it’s also about initiation into the world of sex and love. The Spirit of Science Fiction shows, like few other novels written in the Spanish language, the pain, the difficulty, the angst of the young man faced with what Henry Miller called aptly ‘‘the world of sex’’. May the archive of Roberto Bolaño’s work never close.’ Christopher Domínguez Michael

But as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction, and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Meanwhile, Remo runs head-first into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city’s labyrinthine streets, rundown cafes, and murky bathhouses. The Spirit of Science Fiction is a kaleidoscopic work of strange and tender beauty, and a fitting introduction for readers uninitiated into the thrills of Roberto Bolaño’s fiction. It is an indispensable addition to an ecstatic and transgressive body of work.

Roberto Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. He grew up in Chile and Mexico City. He is the author of The Savage Detectives, which received the Herralde Prize and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, and 2666, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. He died in Blanes, Spain, at the age of fifty.

07/02/2019 • £8.99 • 9781509851928 • Fiction • Hardback B Format • 176pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

It’s Not About the Burqa Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race Mariam Khan It’s Not About the Burqa is an anthology of essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience. When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? It’s Not About the Burqa started life when Mariam Khan read about the conversation in which David Cameron linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the ‘traditional submissiveness’ of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn’t know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were demonstrably neither Muslim nor female? Taking one of the most politicized and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It’s Not About the Burqa has something to say: seventeen Muslim women speaking up for themselves. Here are essays about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about queer identity, about sex, about the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country, and about how Islam and feminism go hand in hand. Funny, warm, sometimes sad, and often angry, each of these essays is a passionate declaration, and each essay is calling time on the oppression, the lazy stereotyping, the misogyny and the Islamophobia. It’s Not About the Burqa doesn’t claim to speak for a faith or a group of people, because it’s time the world realized that Muslim women are not a monolith. It’s time the world listened to them.

Mariam Khan is a twenty-four-year-old activist.

21/02/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509886401 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 272pp • Rights: WEL 21/02/2019 • £13.99 • 9781509886388 • Non-Fiction • Trade paperback • 272pp • Rights: WEL

Insomnia John Kinsella Featuring poems in praise of the natural world and passionately arguing for our duty both to it and each other, this may be Australian poet John Kinsella’s most powerful collection to date. The Australian poet John Kinsella’s vivid and urgent new collection addresses the crisis of being that currently afflicts us: Kinsella addresses a situation where the creations of the human imagination, the very means by which we extend our empathies into the world – art, music and philosophy – suddenly find themselves in a world that not only denies their importance, but can sometimes seem to have no use for them at all. In an attempt to find a still point from which we might reconfigure our perspective and address the paradoxes of our contemporary experience, Kinsella has written poems of self-accusation and angry protest, meditations on the nature of loss and trauma, and full-throated celebrations of the natural world. Ranging from Jam Tree Gully, Western Australia to the coast of West Cork, Ireland, haunted by historical and literary figures from Dante to Emily Brontë (whom Kinsella has obsessed over since he was a child, and who intervenes in the poet’s attempts to come to grips with ideas of colonization and identity), Insomnia may be Kinsella’s most various and powerful collection to date.

John Kinsella is the author of over thirty books. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. In 2007 he received the Fellowship of Australian Writers Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry.

21/02/2019 • £10.99 • 9781529009767 • Fiction • Trade Paperback S format • 80pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN AU NZ Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

War Doctor Surgery on the Front Line David Nott The gripping true story of a front-line trauma surgeon in the world’s most dangerous war zones. For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major London teaching hospital. The conflicts he has worked in form a chronology of twenty-first-century combat: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur, Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Gaza and Syria. But he has also volunteered in areas blighted by natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal. Driven both by compassion and passion, the desire to help others and the thrill of extreme personal danger, he is now widely acknowledged to be the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. But as time went on, David Nott began to realize that flying into a catastrophe – whether war or natural disaster – was not enough. Doctors on the ground needed to learn how to treat the appalling injuries that war inflicts upon its victims. Since 2015, the foundation he set up with his wife, Elly, has disseminated the knowledge he has gained, training other doctors in the art of saving lives threatened by bombs and bullets. War Doctor is his extraordinary story.

David Nott is a Welsh consultant surgeon, specializing in general and vascular surgery. He works mainly in London hospitals, but for more than twenty-five years he has also volunteered to work in disaster and war zones. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Birthday Honours and in 2016 he received the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award and the Pride of Britain Award. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

21/02/2019 • £18.99 • 9781509837021 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN 21/02/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509837038 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Map of Knowledge How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities Violet Moller A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found. In The Map of Knowledge Violet Moller traces the journey taken by the ideas of three of the greatest scientists of antiquity – Euclid, Galen and Ptolemy – through seven cities and over a thousand years. In it, we follow them from sixth-century Alexandria to ninth-century Baghdad, from Muslim Cordoba to Catholic Toledo, from Salerno’s medieval medical school to Palermo, capital of Sicily’s vibrant mix of cultures, and – finally – to Venice, where that great merchant city’s printing presses would enable Euclid’s geometry, Ptolemy’s system of the stars and Galen’s vast body of writings on medicine to spread even more widely.

‘An epic treasure hunt into the highways and byways of stored knowledge across faiths and continents.’ John Agard, poet and playwright ‘An exceptionally bold and important book.’ Daisy Hay, author of Young Romantics

In tracing these fragile strands of knowledge from century to century, from east to west and north to south, Moller also reveals the web of connections between the Islamic world and Christendom, connections that would both preserve and transform astronomy, mathematics and medicine from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Vividly told and with a dazzling cast of characters, The Map of Knowledge is an evocative, nuanced and vibrant account of our common intellectual heritage.

Violet Moller is a historian and writer, living in Oxford. The Map of Knowledge received a prestigious RSL Jerwood Award in 2016.

21/02/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509829606 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

I Want To Show You More Jamie Quatro Jamie Quatro’s powerful and prizewinning short-story collection, I Want To Show You More. Sharp-edged and fearless, mixing white-hot yearning with daring humour, Jamie Quatro’s debut short-story collection is a stunning and subversive portrait of modern infidelity, faith, and family.

‘Passionate, sensuous, savagely intense, and remarkable . . . Moves between carnality and spirit like some franker, modernized Flannery O’Connor.’ James Wood, New Yorker ‘Subtle, sexy, and reflective . . . Quatro’s stories [have] led some to compare her work to that of Walker Percy and Flannery O’Connor. I also picked up metal-detector traces of Jayne Anne Phillips . . . and of Lorrie Moore’s pulverizing wit. . . . In order to be good at big things, writers must be good at small ones. Quatro’s details resonate. . . . There’s so much in these stories that’s shocking. Yet there’s so much solace.’ Dwight Garner, New York Times

Set around Lookout Mountain on the border of Georgia and Tennessee, Quatro’s hypnotically revealing stories range from the traditional to the fabulist as they expose lives torn between spirituality and sexuality in the New American South. These fifteen linked tales confront readers with dark theological complexities, fractured marriages, and mercurial temptations. Throughout the collection, a mother in her late thirties relates the various stages of her affair while other characters lay bare their own notions of God, illicit sex, raising children, and running: a wife comes home with her husband to find her lover’s corpse in their bed; marathon runners on a Civil War battlefield must carry phallic statues and are punished if they choose to unload their burdens; a girl’s embarrassment over attending a pool party with her quadriplegic mother turns to fierce devotion under the pitying gaze of other guests; and a husband asks his wife to show him how she would make love to another man. Sultry, acute, startlingly intimate, and enticingly cool, I Want To Show You More is the thrilling debut of an exhilarating new voice in American fiction.

Jamie Quatro is a writer of fiction, poetry, and essays. Her debut story collection, I Want To Show You More, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Georgia Townsend Fiction Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize. She is a recipient of a 2017 Pushcart Prize. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, McSweeney’s, the New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. Quatro lives with her husband and four children in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

21/02/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509858989 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 208pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Gingerbread Helen Oyeyemi Helen Oyeyemi, the prize-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, returns with a bewitching and inventive novel about motherhood, family legacy and . . . gingerbread. ‘A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam’ Ali Smith Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children’s stories – equal parts wholesome and uncanny; from the tantalizing witch’s house in Hansel and Gretel to the man-shaped confection who one day decides to run as fast as he can – beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe.

Praise for What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours ‘A truly exceptional work of fiction, by a writer we should be delirious to have as a contemporary’ Independent ‘Wild, luscious and startling . . . Oyeyemi glides seamlessly across time, space and genre’ Financial Times

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching (which won the Somerset Maugham Award), Mr Fox and the short-story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.

Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share a gold-painted, seventhfloor flat with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. And then there’s the gingerbread they make. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it’s very popular in Druhástrana, the far-away (and, according to Wikipedia, non-existent) land of Harriet Lee’s early youth. In fact, the world’s truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread is Harriet’s charismatic childhood friend, Gretel Kercheval – a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to Harriet since they met. Decades later, when teenaged Perdita sets out to find her mother’s long-lost friend, it prompts a new telling of Harriet’s story, as well as a reunion or two. As the book follows the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition, family grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the one thing that reliably holds a constant value. Endlessly surprising and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi’s inimitable style and imagination, Gingerbread is a true feast for the reader.

07/03/2019 • £16.99 • 9781447299417 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 07/03/2019 • £13.99 • 9781447299431 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Lotharingia A Personal History of Europe’s Western Borderlands Simon Winder Following on from Danubia and the bestselling Germania, Lotharingia is the final instalment in Simon Winder’s hilarious and informative personal exploration of European history. In AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabbles over who would inherit the family land, they finally decided to divide the territory and go their separate ways. In a moment of staggering significance, one grandson inherited the area we now know as France, another Germany and the third received the piece in between: Lotharingia. Lotharingia is a history of in-between Europe; the story of a place between places. In this beguiling and compelling book, Simon Winder retraces the various powers that have tried to overtake the land that stretches from the mouth of the Rhine to the Alps and the might of the peoples who have lived there for centuries.

Simon Winder is the author of the highly praised The Man Who Saved Britain and the Sunday Times top-ten bestseller Germania. He works in publishing and lives in Wandsworth Town.

07/03/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509803255 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 576pp • Rights: WEL Excluding USA Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 07/03/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509803286 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 576pp • Rights: WEL Excluding USA Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Daughters of Chivalry The Forgotten Children of Edward I Kelcey Wilson-Lee The first full biography of the five remarkable daughters of Edward I. Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized – and largely mythical – notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great English king, Edward I. The lives of these sisters – Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth – ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages. Living as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-arms. Edward’s daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favour. But they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family’s cause throughout Europe – and had the courage to defy their royal father. They might never have won the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingship. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, Daughters of Chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited Plantagenet women. With their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them – at long last – shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the Age of Chivalry.

Kelcey Wilson-Lee is a historian of Britain, its art and its architecture. Educated in New York, Oxford and London, she has published widely on her academic speciality of medieval material culture. Kelcey has taught courses at Cambridge, London and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and has written articles for English Heritage and for Country Life magazine. She lives with her husband and two sons, and manages the Regional Philanthropy programme at the University of Cambridge.

21/03/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509847891 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Braid Laetitia Colombani The huge international bestseller: three women forced by circumstances to rebel against their fate – a story spanning three different continents. Smita, Giulia, Sarah: three lives, three continents, three women with nothing in common, but nevertheless bound by a rare expression of courage . . . like three strands in a braid. Through the story of one woman’s hair, three women’s destinies are drawn together. India. Smita is an untouchable, married to a ‘rat hunter’, her job to clean with her bare hands the village latrines, just like her mother before her. Her dream is to see her daughter escape this same fate, and learn to read. When this hope is shattered, she decides to run away with the child, despite her husband’s warnings, sacrificing what is most precious to her: her hair. Sicily. Giulia is a worker in her father’s wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. She classifies, washes, bleaches, and dyes the hair provided by the city’s hairdressers. When her father is the victim of a serious accident, she quickly discovers the family company is bankrupt. Canada. Sarah is a reputed lawyer. As a twice-divorced mother of three children, she ploughs through cases at breakneck speed. Just as she is about to be promoted, she learns she has breast cancer. Her seemingly perfect existence begins to show its cracks . . . But this is only if one ignores the incredible lust for life that keeps her going. Laetitia Colombani’s The Braid is the powerfully moving story of three women’s courage in the face of adversity.

Laetitia Colombani comes from the world of film, where she worked as a screenwriter, director, and as an actress. She also writes for the stage. The Braid is her first novel.

21/03/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509881086 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 224pp • Rights: WEL 21/03/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509881093 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 224pp • Rights: WEL

Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me Kate Clanchy A candid, revelatory and deeply moving insight into life in British schools. Kate Clanchy has taught in state schools for nearly thirty years. Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me is a book about a life’s work in a profession and in a national institution. By telling the stories of some of the kids she’s taught, some of the teachers she’s worked with, and some of the lessons she’s learned, Clanchy offers a revelatory picture of school life, and a fascinating look at the role education plays in our society today. This is not a work of moaning pessimism or dry sociology, lamenting the actions of successive governments when it comes to policy decisions. While Some Kids acknowledges the undoubtedly difficult situation in many schools, Clanchy writes beautifully about her students as people, whose diversity, humour and sheer brains she aims to celebrate; she writes about the uplifting power of teaching when practised well, about the success she’s seen and encouraged in some of the most challenged and challenging pupils she knows, and about the effect all of this had on her, as a teacher, mother and citizen. As well as her real-world experience in schools, Clanchy is a prize-winning author of fiction and poetry. This unique combination of talents – her decades in the classroom, her fearlessness and wit, her poet’s eye and inimitable voice – allow her to explore serious questions by telling human stories that are sometimes funny sometimes sad, but always moving and deeply sympathetic. Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me is a relevant, affecting and agenda-setting book that will really get people talking.

Kate Clanchy is a writer, teacher and journalist. Her novel Meeting the English was shortlisted for the Costa Prize. Her short story ‘The Not-Dead and the Saved’ won both the 2009 BBC National Short Story Award and the VS Pritchett Memorial Prize. Her BBC 3 radio programme about her work with students was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes prize.

21/03/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509840298 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Search Party Richard Meier Richard Meier’s second collection, Search Party, looks at our experiences of being lost to others, as well as lost from ourselves. Richard Meier’s first collection of poetry won many admirers for its wry, wise and sharp-eyed insight into the minutiae of daily life, and for the poet’s remarkable ability to uncover the little abysses that lurk just below the domestic familiar. As the title indicates, his second, Search Party, casts its net more widely – and looks at our experiences of being lost to others, as well as lost from ourselves. Many of the poems in this collection explore attempts to repair severed connections, or to forge links never properly established: from a father’s desperate search for his son missing at sea, to a child’s reaction to being denied a responsive gaze, and a footballer’s sublime (if optimistic) pass to a teammate – these poems address the nature of the distances between us. Most importantly, they also show the lengths to which we will go to ensure that these distances are closed, and that the most basic of our needs are met: to be seen, to be recognized – and ultimately, sought out and found by one another.

Richard Meier was born in Surrey in 1970. He holds both a music degree and an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies, and now works in mental health policy. He lives in north London with his wife and daughter.

21/03/2019 • £10.99 • 9781509851980 • Poetry • Trade Paperback S format • 64pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Constellations Sinéad Gleeson An extraordinarily intimate memoir in a series of bodily encounters that have made Sinéad Gleeson the woman and the writer she is today, for readers of The Last Act of Love and I Am, I Am, I Am. ‘I think of all the metal in my body as stars, glistening beneath the skin. Constellations are a map, a collection of stars in one frame, a guide to looking at things from different angles. While each star is its own, a mass of light and gas, they all connect, into one big constellation.’ How do you tell the story of life that is no one thing? How do you tell the story of a life in a body, as it goes through sickness, health, motherhood? And how do you tell that story when you are not just a woman but a woman in Ireland? In this powerful and daring memoir in essays Sinéad Gleeson does that very thing. In doing so she delves into a range of subjects: art, illness, ghosts, grief and our very ways of seeing. In writing that is in tradition of some of our finest writers such as Olivia Laing, Maggie O’Farrell, Robert Macfarlane, Rebecca Solnit and Maggie Nelson, and yet still in her own spirited, warm voice, Sinéad takes us on a journey that is both personal and yet universal in its resonance.

Sinéad Gleeson’s essays have appeared in Granta, Winter Papers, Gorse, Autumn: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons, Banshee and Elsewhere: A Journal of Place. Her short story ‘Counting Bridges’ was longlisted at the 2016 Irish Book Awards and another story, ‘Infinite For Now’, was published in an Irish anthology in spring 2018. She is the editor of three short anthologies, including The Long Gaze Back: an Anthology of Irish Women Writers and The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, both of which won Best Irish Published Book at the Irish Book Awards. Sinéad has worked as an arts critic since 2000, appearing as a reporter on RTÉ’s ‘The Works’ and reviewing for the Irish Times, the Guardian and others. She regularly chairs and moderates panels with writers at arts festivals all over Ireland. Since 2013, she has presented The Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1.

04/04/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509892730 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 304pp • Rights: CL UK & Comm Eng Lang non-exclusive 04/04/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509892754 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 304pp • Rights: CL UK & Comm Eng Lang non-exclusive

The Ditch Herman Koch A darkly gripping novel, from the author of the internationally bestselling The Dinner – about how your imagination can run away with you, about what we fear to lose, and how even the most stable people can be undone by jealousy. When Robert Walter, popular Mayor of Amsterdam, sees his wife toss her head back in laughter while chatting to one of his aldermen at a New Year’s reception, he immediately suspects the worst. Despite their long and happy marriage, Robert is convinced that Sylvia is cheating on him – and with the straitlaced alderman, no less, who is committed to the environment and wants to spoil the capital’s skyline with wind turbines.

‘A riveting but disturbing literary thriller from the richly talented Dutch author who sprang to prominence with his gripping The Dinner . . . Delicately told, in spare, haunting prose, there are echoes of Stephen King’s Misery, but this is even more subtle, with a denouement to send shivers down the spine.’ Daily Mail on Dear Mr M

Soon afterwards, a journalist produces a photograph of a police officer being beaten up by three protesters during a demonstration against the Vietnam War. She claims that the mayor is one of the protesters. Then, out of the blue, Robert’s ninety-four-year-old father turns up on the steps of the city hall, desperate to speak to him. He and his wife want to die together. They do not want to burden their son with their deteriorating health, so why not end their own lives when the time is right? Herman Koch’s The Ditch shows how a seemingly stable man can quickly become increasingly entangled in his own fears and suspicions. Or is everything not what it seems – is Robert Walter actually seeing things clearly for the very first time?

Herman Koch was born in 1953. He is the author of a number of novels, including The Dinner and Summer House with Swimming Pool, and short stories, has acted for radio, television, and film, and was a co-creator of the long-running Dutch TV comedy series Jiskefet (1990–2005). The Dinner has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide and spent a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, and Chloë Sevigny starred in the film adaptation. 04/04/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509883431 • Fiction • Hardback A5 • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN AU NZ Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 04/04/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509883455 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN AU NZ Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl Andrea Lawlor Transposing Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to ’90s San Francisco, this novel of transgender metamorphosis is a wild, sexy, funny and moving story of living on the edge.

‘I love this book, in all its ecstasy, wit, and hilarity. I laughed out loud in recognition and appreciation of Lawlor’s spot-on portrait of an era, scene, and soundtrack, the novel’s particular sluice of pleasures, fluids, and feelings. The liberatory rush of Lawlor’s writing is as rare as it is contagious, not to mention HOT. Paul is on fire, and an antihero for the ages.’ Maggie Nelson ‘Fast-paced and cheeky, full of intellectual riffs, of observations so sharp they feel like gossip, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is a touchingly sweet-hearted and deeply cool book. Andrea Lawlor has written a magic story, showing us the real magic of our world in the process. If you like your humor supersmart and your theory full of camp and irony and heart, you won’t be able to put this book down.’ Michelle Tea

It’s 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flâneur with a rich dating life. But Paul’s also got a secret: he’s a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women’s Studies major to trade, Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown and finally to San Francisco – a journey through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure. Andrea Lawlor’s debut novel offers a speculative history of early ’90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation. Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl is a riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero/ ine wends his way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and opening into an array of intimacy and connections.

Andrea Lawlor lives in Western Massachusetts and teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College. Lawlor is a fiction editor for Fence and the author of a chapbook, Position Papers (Factory Hollow Press, 2016).

18/04/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529007664 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 18/04/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529009996 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Nature’s Mutiny How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present Philipp Blom A groundbreaking work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the seventeenth century: the ‘Little Ice Age’. ‘Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and congealed cold.’ Christopher Marlowe In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, a crisis that would transform the entire social and political fabric of Europe. While hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, by the end of the sixteenth century the temperature plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbours were covered with ice, birds literally dropped out of the sky, and ‘frost fairs’ were erected on a frozen Thames – with kiosks, taverns, and even brothels that become a semi-permanent part of the city. Recounting the deep legacy and sweeping consequences of this ‘Little Ice Age’, acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had ineradicably changed by the mid-seventeenth century. While apocalyptic weather patterns destroyed entire harvests and incited mass migrations, Blom brilliantly shows how they also gave rise to the growth of European cities, the appearance of early capitalism, and the vigorous stirrings of the Enlightenment. A sweeping examination of how a society responds to profound and unexpected change, Nature’s Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond.

Phillipp Blom was born in Hamburg in 1970. After studying in Vienna and Oxford, he worked in publishing as a journalist and translator in London and Paris, where he now lives.

18/04/2019 • £25.00 • 9781509890415 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 416pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

From the Wreck Jane Rawson The first novel to be nominated for both Australia’s leading SF Prize (the Aurealis, which it won) and for its leading literary award (the Miles Franklin), From the Wreck is a novel of strange and wonderful imagination, imbued with beauty and feeling, existential loneliness and a deep awareness of the interdependence of all life. ‘It’s hard to find the right words to praise this novel. I think we need a whole new critical vocabulary to be invented. Rawson recreates a vanished historical world with utterly convincing characters as well as inhabits the mind of a cephalopod alien and make us feel, in both cases, yes, that’s exactly how it is. Jane Rawson’s writing is mysterious, chilling and tender. The book is a sort of miracle.’ Lian Hearn ‘What Rawson has ingeniously forged with From the Wreck is something approaching an old-fashioned historical yarn spliced with Cronenbergian body horror . . . The commonplace rubbing shoulders with the supernatural adds to the book’s considerations of mourning and absence a vivid hue . . . a genuine tension and sense of dread.’ Sydney Morning Herald

On 6 August 1859, the steamship Admella foundered on Carpenters Reef, not far from the South Australian shore. George Hills miraculously survives the wreck. But he is not alone. Haunted by his memories and the disappearance of his fellow survivor, George delves back into the past, seeking answers for what happened – how his fractured life became intertwined with that of a woman, the other survivor of the wreck, and a creature not entirely of this world . . . Blending genres, perspectives and worlds, Jane Rawson’s From the Wreck is a fascinating exploration of the stories we tell about the past.

Jane Rawson is a writer and a bureaucrat who lives outside Melbourne. She is the author of three novels – From the Wreck, Formaldehyde and A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists – and a work of non-fiction, The Handbook: surviving and living with climate change, co-authored with James Whitmore. In Australia, her work won the 2015 Viva la Novella Prize and the 2014 Most Underrated Book Award, while From the Wreck won the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best SF Novel and was longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Award. Her short fiction has been published in Sleepers Almanac, Overland, Tincture, Seizure, the Review of Australian Fiction and on janebryonyrawson.wordpress.com.

18/04/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529006544 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 272pp • Rights: World excluding AU NZ 18/04/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529006551 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 272pp • Rights: World excluding AU NZ

Whereas Layli Long Soldier The sublimely beautiful and heartbreaking debut collection from a major new voice in contemporary Native American literature.

‘In what is clearly a golden age for American poetry, Layli Long Soldier has to be out in front – one of the best collections of the century.’

Whereas confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators. Through a virtuosic array of short lyrics, prose poems, longer narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers, Layli Long Soldier has created a brilliantly innovative text to examine histories, landscapes, her own writing, and her predicament inside national affiliations.

Andrew McMillan ‘Elegant, innovative, and necessary.’ Buzzfeed ‘Long Soldier reminds readers of their physical and linguistic bodies as they are returned to language through their mouths and eyes and tongues across the fields of her poems.’ New York Times Book Review

Layli Long Soldier is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship, and a Whiting Award. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

18/04/2019 • £10.99 • 9781529012804 • Poetry • Trade Paperback S format • 128pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Doll Factory Elizabeth Macneal The Doll Factory is the story of a young woman who aspires to be an artist, and the man whose obsession may destroy her world for ever. The Doll Factory is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession. London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment – forgotten seconds later, but for Silas, a collector entranced by the strange and beautiful, that meeting marks a new beginning. When Iris is asked to model for pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly her world begins to expand, to become a place of art and love.

Proof cover - final image to come ‘Astonishingly good. The Doll Factory reminded me of The Crimson Petal and the White, Fingersmith and Vanity Fair but had a richness of tone that was uniquely its own . . . I couldn’t put it down. You won’t be able to either’ Elizabeth Day, author of The Party ‘Engrossing and atmospheric . . . fascinating’ Adele Geras, author of The Ballet Class ‘A stunning novel that twines together power, art, and obsession. At every turn expectations are confounded – it’s a historical novel and yet feels incredibly relevant and timely . . . it had me totally gripped’

But Silas has only thought of one thing since their meeting, and his obsession is darkening . . .

Elizabeth Macneal was born in Scotland and now lives in East London. She is a writer and potter and works from a small studio at the bottom of her garden. She read English Literature at Oxford University, before working in the City for several years. In 2017, she completed the Creative Writing MA at UEA where she was awarded the Malcolm Bradbury scholarship. The Doll Factory, Elizabeth’s debut novel, won the Caledonia Novel Award 2018. www.elizabethmacneal.com

Sophie Mackintosh, Man Booker Prize longlisted author of The Water Cure 02/05/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529002393 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 336pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN 02/05/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529002416 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 336pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Bells of Old Tokyo Travels in Tokyo time Anna Sherman A hauntingly original book about Tokyo, seen through the eyes of an outsider, searching for the past that underlies the arrestingly visible present. In The Bells of Old Tokyo, Anna Sherman explores Japan and revels in all its wonderful particularity. As a foreigner living in Tokyo, Sherman’s account takes pleasure and fascination in the history and culture of a country that can seem startlingly strange to a foreigner. ‘A tour-de-force mapping, in four dimensions, of the amazing place we call ‘‘Tokyo.’’ I realized I barely know the city . . . So much is dealt with so beautifully – Mishima, the 1945 firebombs, the tangle that is Shinjuku . . . Wonderful . . .’ Liza Dalby ‘If a more soulful and original book on Japan has been published in the past few years, I haven’t seen it. Anna Sherman ventures deep into the land and its silences with an attention to the spaces between words, a lightly worn erudition and a poetic grace – a feel for all that she doesn’t have to say – that any of the rest of us might envy. This is the rare book that looks past the zany and clashing surfaces of Japan to excavate its heart, and everything we’ll never be able to explain about the place, even as we bow before it.’

From her search for the lost bells of the city – the bells by which its inhabitants kept time before the Dutch introduced clocks – to her personal friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, here is Tokyo in its bewildering variety: from the love hotels of Shinjuku to the appalling fire-storms of 1945 (in which many more thousands of people died than in Hiroshima or Nagasaki), from the death of Mishima to the impact of the Tohoku earthquake of 2011. For fans of The Lonely City, and Lost in Translation, The Bells of Old Tokyo is a beautiful and original portrait of Tokyo told through time.

Anna Sherman was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied Greek and Latin at Wellesley College and Oxford before moving to Tokyo in 2001.

Pico Iyer

02/05/2019 • £14.99 • 9781529000450 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 240pp • Rights: World 02/05/2019 • £13.99 • 9781529000467 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 240pp • Rights: World

Homeland Fernando Aramburu The European phenomenon: over 750,000 copies sold in Spain, a bestseller in Italy and Germany, the story of two women, two friends, whose families are divided by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism. Miren and Bittori have been best friends all their lives, growing up in the same small town in the north of Spain. With limited interest in politics, the terrorist threat posed by ETA seems to affect them little. When Bittori’s husband starts receiving threatening letters from the violent group, however – demanding money, accusing him of being a police informant – she turns to her friend for help. But Miren’s loyalties are torn: her son Joxe Mari has just been recruited to the group as a terrorist and to denounce them as evil would be to condemn her own flesh and blood. Tensions rise, relationships fracture, and events race towards a violent, tragic conclusion . . .

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that was so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived.’

Fernando Aramburu’s Homeland is a gripping story and devastating exploration of the meaning of family, friendship, what it’s like to live in the shadow of terrorism, and how countries and their people can possibly come to terms with their violent pasts.

Mario Vargas Llosa ‘A magnificent novel which is becoming a publishing, political and literary phenomenon. A story imbued with a spine-tingling sense of realism.’

Fernando Aramburu was born in San Sebastián in 1959. The author of three volumes of short stories and several novels, he lives in Germany where he works as a lecturer in the Spanish language.

La Vanguardia

16/05/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509858026 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 640pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN 21/03/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509858033 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 640pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

My House Is Falling Down Mary Loudon This vivid and compelling novel about a modern love triangle asks one devastating question: what does infidelity mean when everyone tells the truth? For Lucy, marriage to Mark provides an anchor after several years of drifting casually across continents, into relationships, and away from firm decisions. Now forty-two, restless and subversive, her anchor is working loose. Bewildered by the demands of motherhood, she is resentful of Mark’s drive and success. Mark is profoundly deaf, and though his determination and self-sufficiency have kept him sane, they have alienated his wife.

‘A truthful, exciting, agonising adult love triangle. An emotional labyrinth, with monsters, great risks – and survival.’ Laline Paull, author of The Bees ‘A novel of great tenderness and intelligence . . . A grown-up love tangle with interesting, grown-up men and women.’ Elizabeth Buchan, author of The Good Wife and The New Mrs Clifton

When Lucy meets Angus, a pianist in his sixties, they fall passionately in love. It’s a first for both of them: Angus feels moored; Lucy, cast free. The shock is seismic but Lucy is bent on the truth at all costs. However, Mark’s reaction to her candour is startlingly unorthodox – and as their marriage deteriorates, and Angus demands commitment, Lucy must make decisions with lifelong consequences. Vivid, compelling and erotically highly charged, My House is Falling Down is the gripping story of a woman stretching love to its limits. Broken vows jostle with the joy of mid-life love as Lucy discovers the price of admitting to a socially unacceptable relationship; what infidelity means when no one is lying; and ultimately, how brutal honesty with yourself, as well as others, is one of our last great taboos.

Mary Loudon is the bestselling author of four non-fiction books. She has been published in twelve countries, won four writer’s prizes and been short- and long-listed for the MIND Book of the Year and the Richard & Judy Book of the Year awards. She is a Fellow of the British American project and a former Whitbread Prize judge.

16/05/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529005271 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 224pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Queer Intentions A (personal) journey through LGBTQ+ culture Amelia Abraham An immersive and exciting journey – from New York to Turkey, LA to Belgrade – exploring the pros, cons and myths around so-called LGBTQ+ equality. In 2016 Amelia decided to quit everything and move to Iceland for love, but came home with her tail between her legs when the relationship ended after just ten days. Thinking about her crushed hopes – marriage, kids; things that she never saw as possible for queer people when she was growing up – the breakup becomes a moment to reflect on the idea that for LGBTQ+ people living in the West today, the options are greater than ever before. Yet, before we can take up these rights, Queer Intentions argues that we must ask ourselves a few questions. What were LGBTQ+ people before us fighting for – our right to be the same, or to be different? At what cost does our assimilation come? And which parts of the LGBTQ+ community are getting left behind? Embarking on a journey across the West – where the tensions that come with so called ‘equality’ are most acute – she searches for the answer to these problems, as well as the broader question of what it means to be queer in 2019. Starting with the first same-sex marriage in Britain, on to a giant drag convention in LA, travelling across Pride parades in Europe, to a transgender model agency in New York, onwards via Turkey’s underground LGBT scene, and arriving in progressive Stockholm, Queer Intentions – and the characters in it – provides the ultimate exploration of the joys and pains of being LGBTQ+ in the West at a time when queer culture has never been so mainstream.

Amelia Abraham (b. 1991) is a journalist from London. Her main interest is LGBTQ identity politics, and she has written on or around this topic for the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the Sunday Times, the New Statesman, ES Magazine, VICE, i-D magazine and Dazed & Confused. She also writes about feminist issues, human-rights issues, health policy, arts and culture, and sex.

30/05/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509866168 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 296pp • Rights: World 30/05/2019 • £13.99 • 9781509866182 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 296pp • Rights: World

Why We Dream The New Science Behind Dreams and Why They Matter Alice Robb The new science behind dreams, why they are good for us and why they matter. We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today’s modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean. Now, groundbreaking science is putting dreams at the forefront of new research into sleep, memory, the concept of self and human socialization. Once a subject of the New Age and spiritualism, the science of dreams is revealed to have a crucial role in the biology and neuroscience of our waking lives. In Why We Dream, Alice Robb, a leading American science journalist, will take readers on a journey to uncover why we dream, why dreaming matters and how we can improve our dream life – and why we should. Through her encounters with scientists at the cutting edge of dream research, she reveals how:

Alice Robb is a contributing writer for Women in the World, the website recently launched by Tina Brown in partnership with the New York Times. From 2013 until early 2015 she was a staff writer at New Republic. Since then she has been writing regularly for New Statesman and New York’s Science of Us site, and has also contributed to Foreign Policy, Elle, Vice, Bustle, Fusion, New York’s Vulture and The Cut.

- Dreams can be powerful tools to help us process the pain of a relationship break-up, the grief of losing a loved one and the trauma after a dramatic event - Nightmares may be our body’s warning system for physical and mental illness (including cancer, depression and Alzheimer’s) - Athletes can improve their performance by dreaming about competing - Drug addicts who dream about drug-taking can dramatically speed up their recovery from addiction. Robb also uncovers the fascinating science behind lucid dreaming – when we enter a dream state with control over our actions, creating a limitless playground for our fantasies. And as one of only 10 per cent of people with the ability to lucid-dream, she is uniquely placed to teach us how to do it ourselves. With incredible new discoveries and stunning science, Why We Dream will give you dramatic insight into yourself and your body. You’ll never think of dreams in the same way again.

30/05/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509836246 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 272pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Song of Simon de Montfort England’s First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry Sophie Thérèse Ambler A riveting account of the warrior knight who overthrew his king and seized the reins of power in medieval England. It was around half-past eight in the morning, with summer rainclouds weighing heavy in the sky, that Simon de Montfort decided to die. It was 4 August 1265 and he was about to face the royal army in the final battle of a quarrel that had raged between them for years. Outnumbered, outmanoeuvred and certain to lose, Simon chose to fight, knowing that he could not possibly win the day.

‘Sophie Thérèse Ambler is a dazzlingly talented historian and in her debut biography offers a bold and brilliantly written reassessment of one of (British) history’s most misunderstood figures – the reformer, rebel and scourge of the Plantagenets, Simon de Montfort. Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.’ Dan Jones

Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler is a historian of medieval Europe and the Crusades. She is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Lancaster University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has appeared on radio and TV for BBC and Channel 4, and written for BBC History Magazine and The Historian. She divides her time between Lancaster and London.

The Song of Simon de Montfort is the story of this extraordinary man: heir to a great warrior, devoted husband and father, fearless crusader knight and charismatic leader. It is the story of a man whose passion for good governance was so fierce that, in 1258, frustrated by the King’s refusal to take the advice of his nobles and the increasing injustice meted out to his subjects, he marched on Henry III’s hall at Westminster and seized the reins of power. Montfort established a council to rule in the King’s name, overturning the social order in a way that would not be seen again until the rule of Oliver Cromwell in the seventeenth century. Montfort and his revolutionary council ruled England for some fifteen months, until the quarrel with the King exploded into civil war. It was a war that would rage until that August day in 1265, when Montfort and a host of his followers were cut down on the battlefield, in an outpouring of noble blood that marked the end of chivalry in England as it had existed since the Norman Conquest. Drawing on an abundance of sources that allow us to trace Montfort’s actions and personality in a depth not possible for earlier periods in medieval history, Sophie Thérèse Ambler tells his story with a clarity that reveals all of the excitement, chaos and human tragedy of England’s first revolution.

30/05/2019 • £25.00 • 9781509837571 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 368pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

You Started It! Confessions of a Bad Mother – The Teenage Years Stephanie Calman The original Bad Mother is back, with the inside track on how to survive your kids turning from sweet little cherubs to troublesome teenagers. When you’re pregnant you think: ‘I’m having a baby’, not a person who will eventually catch trains by themselves, share a fridge with ten strangers, go to a festival in Croatia without succumbing to a drug overdose, and one day, bring you a gin and tonic when your mother is dying. We imagine the teenage years as a sort of domestic meteor strike, when our dear, sweet child, hitherto so trusting and mild, is suddenly replaced by a sarcastic know-all who isn’t interested in the wisdom we have to pass on. But with great honesty and refreshingly bracing wit, Stephanie Calman shows that adolescence in fact begins much earlier, around the age of seven. And having nurtured them through every stage of development, from walking to school by themselves to their first all-night party, you find yourself alone – bereaved even – as they skip off to university without a second glance. Candid, touching and very, very funny, You Started It! offers hope to despairing and exhausted parents everywhere. Read it and discover that your teenager is not the enemy after all.

Stephanie Calman is the founder of the seminal and hugely successful www.badmothersclub.com, the author of the bestselling Confessions of a Bad Mother and Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up and is married with two children. She created the hit Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast and has appeared on many TV shows including Have I Got News For You and The Wright Stuff. She has also written for most British newspapers and magazines including Daily Telegraph, Observer, Guardian, Cosmopolitan, GQ and Harpers & Queen, and has been a contributor to a wide variety of radio shows, including Start the Week, Woman’s Hour, Quote Unquote and The Fred MacAulay Show. She is the author of two novels, Dressing For Breakfast and Gentlemen Prefer My Sister.

30/05/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509882106 • Non-Fiction • Hardback B Format • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Caiplie Caves Karen Solie Karen Solie’s fifth poetry collection, The Caiplie Caves, is a profound and timely consideration of the nature of crisis. ‘Introducing Karen Solie, I would adapt what Joseph Brodsky said some thirty years ago of the great Les Murray [. . .] – she is the one by whom the language lives’. – Michael Hofmann, LRB

‘A poet of the modern, cross-country journey’ Guardian ‘One by whom the language lives’ Michael Hofmann, London Review of Books

The Canadian Karen Solie is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most important poets at work today. Her fifth book of poetry, The Caiplie Caves, is a profound and timely consideration of the nature of crisis: at its heart is the figure of St Ethernan, a seventh-century Irish missionary to Scotland who retreated to the caves of the Fife coast in order to decide whether to establish a priory on May Island or pursue a life of solitude. His decision would have been informed by realities of war, misinformation and power; Solie imagines this crisis also complicated by grief, confusion – and a faith placed under extreme duress. Woven through Ethernan’s story are poems that orbit the caves’ geographical location, and range through the recurring violences of history and myth, of personal and public record. In poems of the utmost lyric subtlety and argumentative strength, Solie addresses how we might distinguish self-delusion from belief, belief from knowledge – and how, in the frailty of our responses, we can find the courage to move forward.

Karen Solie was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She is the author of three collections of poems including Pigeon, which won the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Pat Lowther Award, and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. She was International Writer-in-Residence at the University of St Andrews in 2011, and is an Associate Director for the Banff Centre’s Writing Studio program. Her poems have been published in the US, the UK, and Europe, and have been translated into French, German, Korean, and Dutch. Her first UK collection, The Living Option: Selected Poems, was published in 2013. She lives in Toronto.

30/05/2019 • £10.99 • 9781529005325 • Poetry • Trade Paperback S format • 80pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

salt slow Julia Armfield From the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize 2018, salt slow is an extraordinary collection of short stories of the lives of women, the bodily and the monstrous in all of us. This collection of stories is about women and their experiences in society, about bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of its characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession and love. Throughout the collection, women become insects, men turn to stone, a city becomes insomniac and bodies are picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of cinemas, schools and university towns are invaded and transformed by the physical, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to the bodies of its inhabitants. Blending the mythic and the fantastic, the collection considers characters in motion – turning away, turning back or simply turning into something new. From the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize 2018, salt slow is an extraordinary collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock.

Julia Armfield lives and works in London. She is a fiction writer and occasional playwright with a Masters in Victorian Art and Literature from Royal Holloway University. Her work has been published in Lighthouse, Analog Magazine, Neon Magazine and the Stockholm Review. She was commended in the Moth Short Story Prize 2017, is the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize 2018.

30/05/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529012569 • Poetry • Hardback Demy • 160pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN 30/05/2019 • £11.99 • 9781529012576 • Poetry • Trade Paperback • 160pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Hiding Game Naomi Wood The beguiling third novel by Naomi Wood, author of the critically lauded Mrs. Hemingway, a 2015 Richard & Judy Book Club pick. This is the story of Paul Brickman, an exiled artist in 1970s England, haunted by his memories of the decade he spent at the Bauhaus art school and the life-changing consequences that have reverberated through the years, especially with regard to the love of his life, Loti, and his best friend, Walter. The story begins in Weimar in 1923 where Paul and his tight-knit group of fellow students are seduced by the charismatic teachings of the Bauhaus. The group quickly becomes a hotbed of unrequited love and burgeoning sexuality. Supposedly friends, it doesn’t stop rivalries and betrayals developing between them, which follow them as the school relocates after being closed down by the far-right government, first to Dessau and then to Berlin. As the group disintegrates under the pressure of their own secrets, lies and love affairs, the novel builds to a powerful tragedy exacerbated by Hitler’s seizing power in 1933. Think Donna Tartt’s The Secret History set in pre-war Germany. For fans of Benjamin Wood’s The Ecliptic and Jessie Burton’s The Muse, it has a similarly atmospheric and fascinating depiction of real-life historical detail as Mrs. Hemingway.

Naomi Wood is the author of The Godless Boys and Mrs. Hemingway, which has been published in more than ten countries around the world. Naomi studied at Cambridge and has a Masters degree and Doctorate from the University of East Anglia. She now teaches on the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, having previously taught at Goldsmiths College, where she was one of the 2017 judges of the Goldsmiths Prize.

13/06/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509892785 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 352ppp • Rights: WEL Excluding US 13/06/2019 • £13.99 • 9781509892792 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US

Mountain Road, Late at Night Alan Rossi When a couple are killed on an isolated road in North Carolina they leave behind an orphaned son and grieving relatives who must decide between them who will be his caretaker. Nathaniel and his wife April live alone with their fouryear-old son Jack in a remote cabin just outside a quiet town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They have chosen a different kind of life, keeping their families at a distance and rejecting what the rest of the world thinks is ‘normal’. Driving home from a party in the early hours of a Wednesday morning, their car crashes and they are killed. This is the story of what happens after the tragedy. The couple’s grieving relatives must decide who will care for the child they left behind. Nathaniel’s brother and his wife Stefanie are the least experienced but his mother and father have issues of their own. And April’s mother, Tammy, is driving across the country to claim Jack. Nathaniel and Stefanie have just three days to decide if they are the ‘right’ guardians after all. Experiencing a few traumatic days in the minds of each family member, Alan Rossi’s debut novel is a taut, nuanced and breathtaking look at what we do when everything goes wrong, and the frightening fact that life carries on, regardless. Mountain Road, Late at Night is a striking and compulsive examination of the universality of family life, the differences which drive us apart and the selflessness that wins out.

Alan Rossi was born in 1980 in Columbus, Ohio. His fiction has appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, Missouri Review, Conjunctions, Agni, and Ninth Letter, among others. His novella Did You Really Just Say That To Me? was awarded the third annual New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, and he was the New England Review/ Bread Loaf Scholar for 2017. He is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for his story ‘Unmoving Like a Mighty River Stilled’, and an O. Henry Prize for ‘The Buddhist’ (Granta). He lives in South Carolina with his wife and daughter. Mountain Road, Late at Night is his first novel. 13/06/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529002355 • Fiction • Hardback Demy • 256pp • Rights: World 13/06/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529002331 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 256pp • Rights: World

Rock, Paper, Scissors Richard Osmond Richard Osmond’s follow-up collection to his prizewinning debut Useful Verses presents an extraordinary, collaged response to the poet’s direct experience of the terrorist attack in London on June 3rd, 2017. Osmond has written a compelling and challenging collection of poems representing the complex, fragmentary nature of traumatic experience – interleaved with translated excerpts from the Quran, sowing them in a new and unsuspected context. Some still see the Quran as a monolithic text, full of law and proscription, but Osmond reminds us of its vivid lyricism, and the often surprisingly riddling nature of its philosophy. Rock, Paper, Scissors takes a bold look at the problems of interpretation, whether of text or event: in taking every opportunity to keep the complexity of its difficult subject intact, and in his refusal to simplify some of the most urgent questions of the age, Osmond has written a book of compelling importance.

Richard Osmond was born in 1987. He works as a wild-food forager, searching for plants, fruits and fungi among the forests and hedgerows of Hertfordshire. He received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2017.

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The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime Susannah Stapleton The enthralling true story of the curious life and career of Maud West, one of Britain’s first and best-known female detectives. Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society’s finest in 1905. Her exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world but, beneath the public persona, she was forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order to thrive in a class-obsessed and male-dominated world. And – as Susannah Stapleton reveals – she was a most unreliable witness to her own life. Who was Maud? And what was the reality of being a female private detective in the Golden Age of Crime? Interweaving tales from Maud West’s own ‘casebook’ with social history and extensive original research, Stapleton investigates the stories Maud West told about herself in a quest to uncover the truth. With walk-on parts by Dr Crippen and Dorothy L. Sayers, Parisian gangsters and Continental blackmailers, The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is a portrait of a woman ahead of her time and a deliciously salacious glimpse into the underbelly of ‘good society’ during the first half of the twentieth century.

Susannah Stapleton, a former bookseller at Wenlock Books in Shropshire, studied archaeology at the University of Birmingham and has worked as a freelance historical researcher for over twenty years.

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Diary of a Somebody Brian Bilston A unique mix of poetry and diary by the unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitter, the enigmatic Brian Bilston, this suburban murder mystery will appeal to fans of Adrian Mole and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

‘Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times, a wordsmith who cares deeply about the impact his language makes as it dances before our eyes’ Ian McMillan ‘If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston.’ Richard Osman

Brian Bilston has decided to write a poem every day for a year while he tries to repair his ever-desperate life. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, a marketing guru and motivational speaker who seems to be disturbingly influencing his son, Dylan. Meanwhile Dylan’s football team keeps being beaten 0–11, as he stands disconsolately on the wing waiting vainly to receive the ball. At work Brian is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and is becoming increasingly confused by the complexities of modern communication and management jargon. So poetry will be his salvation. But can Brian’s poetry save him from Toby Salt, his arch nemesis in the Poetry Group and potential rival suitor to Brian’s new poetic inspiration, Liz? Worst of all Toby has announced that boutique artisan publishing house Shooting from the Hip will be publishing his first collection, titled This Bridge No Hands Shall Cleft, in the autumn. And when he goes missing Brian is inevitably the number one suspect. Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part coruscating description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is the most original novel you will read this year.

Brian Bilston is clouded in the pipe smoke of mystery. He has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. With over 50,000 followers, numbering J. K. Rowling, Roger McGough and Frank Cottrell Boyce amongst many, many other luminaries, Brian has become truly beloved by the Twitter community. His first collection, You Took the Last Bus Home, was published by Unbound. He won the Great British Write Off competition in 2015 – and was the Poet in Residence for the World Economic Forum in 2016. In recent times, there have been features on him on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the BBC news website, the Irish Times, the Independent and the Smithsonian Magazine. Most of these features seem to have largely centred around his pipe. 13/06/2019 • £14.99 • 9781529005547 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN 13/06/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529005554 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

1939

The War Nobody Wanted Frederick Taylor A vivid people’s history of the twelve months leading up to the outbreak of war in 1939, perfect for fans of Antony Beevor, Max Hastings, Christopher Clark and Margaret Macmillan. In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. Still reeling from the ravages of the Great War, its people were desperate to rebuild their lives in a newly safe and stable era. But only a year later, the fateful decisions of just a few men had again led Europe to war, a war that would have a profound and lasting impact on millions of innocent people. ‘Taylor . . . does an excellent job of telling the story of the Coventry raid . . . Taylor’s thorough, authoritative account elegantly explains the horrors of that night, as well as the wider story of the raid’s significance in the air war’s collective descent into barbarism.’ Review of Coventry, Financial Times ‘Riveting . . . vivid . . . Taylor’s account of flame and ruin in the Midlands in November 1940, superbly researched, shows how terror could come to anyone, anywhere, any time. It still can.’ Review of Dresden, The Times

From the bestselling historian Frederick Taylor, 1939: The War No One Wanted draws on original British and German sources, including recorded interviews, as well as contemporary diaries, memoirs and newspapers. Its narrative focuses on the day-to-day experiences of the men and women in both countries trapped in this disastrous chain of events and not, as is so often the case, the elite. Their voices, concerns and experiences lend a uniquely intimate flavour to this often surprising account, revealing a marked disconnect between government and people; few ordinary citizens in either Britain or Germany wanted war. 1939: The War No One Wanted is, precisely for that reason, also an interrogation of our capacity to go to war again. In today’s Europe, an onset of uncertainty, a looming fear of radical populism and a revelatory schism are dangerously reminiscent of the perils of the autumn of 1938. 1939: The War No One Wanted is both a vivid and richly peopled narrative of Europe’s slide into the horrors of war and, in many ways, a warning; an opportunity for us to learn from our history and a reminder that we must never take peace for granted.

Frederick Taylor was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, and read History and Modern Languages at Oxford, before postgraduate work at Sussex University. He edited and translated The Goebbels Diaries 1939–41 and is the author of several acclaimed works of history, including Dresden, The Berlin Wall and Coventry. He lives in Cornwall. 27/06/2019 • £25.00 • 9781509858743 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 368pp • Rights: WEL

PICADOR CLASSIC

Less Than Zero Bret Easton Ellis A disturbing portrayal of privileged and immoral LA teenagers, Less Than Zero is a cult classic. With an introduction by novelist Ottessa Moshfegh Eighteen-year-old college student Clay is back in his hometown of Los Angeles for Christmas break. Clay is three things: rich, bored and looking to get high. As he reacquaints himself with a familiarly limitless world of privilege, along with his best friend and his ex, his shocking, stunning and disturbing adventure is filled with non-stop drinking in glamorous nightclubs, drug-fuelled parties, and endless sexual encounters.

‘An extraordinarily accomplished first novel.’ New Yorker

Published in 1985, when Bret Easton Ellis was just twenty-one, Less Than Zero is a fierce coming-of-age story which quickly defined a genre. A cult classic beloved for its dogged portrayal of hedonistic youth and the morally depraved, this extraordinary and instantly famous novel is a landmark in modern fiction: an inventive, precocious and invigorating story of getting what you want when you want it.

‘The Catcher in the Rye for the MTV generation.’ USA Today ‘One of the most disturbing novels I’ve read in a long time. It possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality.’ Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Bret Easton Ellis is the author of multiple novels including Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park and Imperial Bedrooms, which was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, and a collection of stories, The Informers. His work has been translated into twentyseven languages and several have been made into films. He lives in Los Angeles.

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The Sculptress Minette Walters A chilling and disturbing psychological thriller from the highly talented crime novelist Minette Walters. This Picador Classic edition of Minette Walters’ The Sculptress features an introduction by Stephanie Merritt, journalist and author of While You Sleep. ‘It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed . . . Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her.’ The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her sister and mother, earning herself the chilling nickname ‘The Sculptress’. Journalist Rosalind Leigh knew this much before her first meeting with Olive, currently serving a life sentence. How could Roz have foreseen that the encounter was destined to change her life – for ever? ‘Striking . . . Walters brings a shivery mastery to the old-fashioned British whodunit, with plotting as twisted as the characters’ secrets’ Kirkus ‘A dark, superbly plotted tale guaranteed to keep readers up most of the night’ Denver Post ‘Creepy but compulsive . . . hard to put down’

Minette Walters is a bestselling crime writer. She has won the CWA John Creasey Award for best first crime novel, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime novel published in America and two CWA Gold Daggers for Fiction. She is the author of several bestsellers which have been adapted for television, including The Ice House and The Scold’s Bridle. Minette lives in Dorset with her husband.

New York Times Book Review ‘Riveting’ Kansas City Star

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Gomorrah Roberto Saviano The explosive international bestseller uncovering one of Naples’ most notorious organized criminal gangs. With an introduction by Misha Glenny Gomorrah is a groundbreaking major international bestseller which has to date sold 750,000 copies in Italy alone. Since publishing his searing expose of their criminal activities, Roberto Saviano has received so many death threats from the Camorra that he has been assigned police protection. Known by insiders as ‘the System’, the Camorra, an organized crime network with a global reach and large stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs and toxic-waste disposal, exerts a malign grip on cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast and is the deciding factor in why Campania has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years. In pursuit of his subject, Roberto Saviano worked as an assistant at a Chinese textile manufacturer and on a construction site, both controlled by ‘the System’, and as a waiter at a Camorra wedding. Born in Naples, he recalls seeing his first murder at the age of fourteen, and how his own father, a doctor, suffered a brutal beating for trying to help an eighteen-year-old victim, left for dead in the street. Gomorrah is both a bold and engrossing piece of investigative writing and one heroic young man’s impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.

Roberto Saviano was born in Naples, where he still lives.

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King Leopold’s Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild A riveting and highly readable account of the Congo massacre, peopled by callous monarchs, corrupt adventurers and a handful of genuine heroes. With an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver In the late 1890s Edmund Morel, a young British shipping company official working in Antwerp, began to notice something that made him suspicious.

‘All the tension and drama that one would expect in a good novel’ Robert Harris

When his company’s ships docked from the Congo, the new colony that the Belgian king, Leopold II, had just carved out for himself, they were filled with immensely valuable cargoes of rubber and ivory. Yet when they sailed back to Africa, they carried nothing in exchange. Nothing, that is, except soldiers, military supplies and firearms. Horrified, Morel realized that there could be only one source for the lucrative cargo: slave labour on a vast scale. He abandoned his job and swiftly became the greatest investigative journalist of his time. A man of torrential energy and conviction, Morel almost singlehandedly made the Congo’s slave-labour regime, and the millions of lives it took, into a cause that would unite the whole world.

‘A history like none other . . . an amazing book’ Tariq Ali, Financial Times Adam Hochschild teaches writing at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco with his wife. His most recent book is Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot The internationally bestselling story of a young woman whose death in 1951 changed medical science for ever . . . With an introduction by author of The Tidal Zone, Sarah Moss Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .

‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ Hilary Mantel, Guardian

Rebecca Skloot’s fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world for ever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world. Now a HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.

‘An extraordinary mix of memoir and science reveals the story of how one woman’s cells have saved countless lives.’ Daily Telegraph ‘A heartbreaking account of racism and injustice . . . Moving and magnificent.’ Metro

Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine, among others. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s RadioLab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW, and blogs about science, life, and writing at Culture Dish, hosted by Seed magazine. She also teaches creative non-fiction at the University of Memphis.

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The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov A fully annotated translation of the most complete text of Bulgakov’s exuberant comic masterpiece. A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita has become an astonishing phenomenon in Russia and has been translated into more than twenty languages, and made into plays and films. Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel is now considered one of the seminal works of twentieth-century Russian literature. In this imaginative extravaganza the Devil, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. Together they succeed in comically befuddling a population which denies the Devil’s existence, even as it is confronted with the diabolic results of a magic act gone wrong. This visit to the world capital of atheism has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, a writer who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate, and is now in a mental hospital. ‘Funny and frightening’ London Review of Books ‘Incandescent . . . one of those novels that, even in translation, make you feel that not one word could have been written differently . . . it has too many achievements to list, but the way it keeps faith in love and art even in moments of unspeakable humiliation and cruelty must be the greatest’ New York Times

By turns acidly satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, this work constantly surprises and entertains, as the action switches back and forth between the Moscow of the 1930s and first-century Jerusalem. The commentary and afterword provide new insight into the mysterious subtexts of the novel, and here The Master and Margarita is revealed in all its complexity.

Mikhail Bulgakov was a novelist and playwright. His best known work, The Master and Margarita, has been called one of the masterpieces of the twentieth century.

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Lucky Alice Sebold A hard-hitting and redemptive memoir from Alice Sebold, bestselling author of The Lovely Bones. With an introduction by Madeline Miller In Lucky, a memoir hailed for its searing candour and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold’s indomitable spirit – as she struggles for understanding (‘After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes’); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker’s arrest and conviction.

‘A rueful, razor-sharp memoir . . . Sebold tells what it’s like to go through a particular kind of nightmare in order to tell what it’s like – slowly, bumpily, triumphantly – to heal.’

In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: ‘You save yourself or you remain unsaved.’

Sarah Kerr, Vogue ‘Ms. Sebold [has] the ability to capture both the ordinary and the extraordinary, the banal and the horrific, in lyrical, unsentimental prose.’

Alice Sebold is the author of the bestselling novels The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon, and the memoir Lucky. She lives in California.

New York Times

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How Proust Can Change Your Life Alain de Botton A fascinating and illuminating look at Proust’s most famous works by renowned philosopher Alain de Botton. With an introduction by David Baddiel In How Proust Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton dissects what Proust has to say about friendship, reading, looking carefully, paying attention, taking your time, being alive, all while adding in his own delicious commentary. The result is an immersive and invigorating exploration of Proust’s famous works.

‘It contains more human interest and play of fancy than most fiction . . . de Botton, in emphasizing Proust’s healing, advisory aspects, does us the service of rereading him on our behalf, providing of that vast sacred lake a sweet and lucid distillation’

Alain de Botton is the author of eight bestselling books including The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and Essays in Love. He was born in 1969 and lives in London. For more information, consult: www.alaindebotton.com.

John Updike, New Yorker

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The Road Cormac McCarthy Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, The Road tells the story of a father and son as they journey across a postapocalyptic landscape that has destroyed most of civilization. With an introduction by novelist John Banville In Cormac McCarthy’s astonishing post-apocalyptic novel a father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food – and each other.

‘The first great masterpiece of the globally warmed generation. Here is an American classic which, at a stroke, makes McCarthy a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.’

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Memorial Black Prize for Fiction, The Road is an American classic, and a masterpiece of dystopian fiction. Adapted into a film in 2009, starring Viggo Mortensen and directed by John Hillcoat.

Andrew O’Hagan ‘McCarthy conjures from this pitiless flight the miracle of unswerving humanity. Gripping beyond belief.’ Chris Cleave, Sunday Telegraph ‘One of the most shocking and harrowing but ultimately redemptive books I have read. It is an intensely intimate story. It is also a warning.’

Cormac McCarthy is the author of many highly acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, All The Pretty Horses and No Country For Old Men. Among his honours are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Road.

Kirsty Wark, Observer ‘Books of the Year’ ‘So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent.’ Daily Telegraph

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The Master Colm Tóibín Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile. With an introduction by award-winning novelist Tessa Hadley In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost. In The Master Colm Tóibín captures the exquisite anguish of a man who circulated in the grand parlours and palazzos of Europe, who was astonishingly vibrant and alive in his art, and yet whose attempts at intimacy inevitably failed him and those he tried to love. It is a powerful account of the hazards of putting the life of the mind before affairs of the heart. ‘An audacious, profound, and wonderfully intelligent book.’ Hermione Lee, Guardian ‘A marvel of lightly worn research and modulated tone.’ John Updike, New Yorker ‘A must read. Colm Tóibín has not only written a spectacular novel he has found a way to pay tribute to Henry James. We should all be so gifted and so lucky.’ Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky

Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including Brooklyn, the 2009 Costa Novel of the Year, The Master, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize and winner of the LA Times Book Prize and the IMPAC Book Award, and The Blackwater Lightship, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize and the 2001 IMPAC Award. His non-fiction includes Bad Blood, Homage to Barcelona, The Sign of the Cross and Love in a Dark Time. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Dublin.

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MACMILLAN COLLECTORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIBRARY

Malice Aforethought Francis Iles A dark and cynically comical psychological suspense novel, with an afterword by Keating Award-winning writer Barry Forshaw. It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter. So begins the classic crime novel Malice Aforethought. Dr Edmund Bickleigh and his insufferable wife Julia are hosting a tennis party where gossip rivals tennis as the most interesting sport. The seemingly genteel doctor is unable to tolerate his wife’s incessant henpecking any longer, distracted as he is by his young and attractive female guests. And as his passion for one in particular, the mysterious Madeleine Cranmere, grows, so does his resolve to murder his wife . . .

‘A fascinating insight into a troubled mind, and a gripping thriller, the novel has been twice adapted for television with Hywel Bennett and Ben Miller in the main part’ ‘1,000 novels everyone must read: Crime’, Guardian

Francis Iles’s novel is one of the earliest and finest examples of the inverted detective story – we know who committed the crime, the question is, will he get away with it? Set in stuffy 1920s England and told from the perspective of the devious Dr Bickleigh himself, Malice Aforethought is impeccably plotted and darkly comic. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.

‘This classic crime novel, with its focus on the mindset of a murderer, set the genre in a new direction’ Publishers Weekly ‘A pioneer of psychological suspense fiction with a seasoning of cynical wit’ Mystery Scene

Francis Iles was one of the pseudonyms for Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893–1971). He was born in Watford and served in World War I before working as a journalist for Punch and The Humorist magazines. He wrote his first novel in 1925 and enjoyed success with his many detective books and short stories. In 1930 he co-founded the famous Detection Club alongside famous crime writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. He wrote four novels under the pseudonym Francis Iles of which Malice Aforethought was the most famous.

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Love Letters of Great Men Edited by Ursula Doyle Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection didn’t actually exist, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men . . . From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.

‘The most romantic book ever’ Daily Mail ‘Pan has pioneered the art of product placement in reverse’ Observer ‘Love Letters will sell boatloads of books’ Entertainment Weekly ‘Inspired by the Sex and the City movie . . . Famous men caught with pen in hand and heart in mouth’ The Times

For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music’ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one’s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, who loses himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven’t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all described here – as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is edited and introduced by publisher Ursula Doyle.

The most heartfelt romantic letters from: Pliny the Younger, King Henry VIII, William Congreve, Richard Steele, George Farquhar, Alexander Pope, David Hume, Laurence Sterne, Denis Diderot, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lord Nelson, Robert Burns, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Napoleon Bonaparte, Daniel Webster, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Hazlitt, Lord Byron, John Keats, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Darwin, Alfred de Musset, Robert Schumann, Robert Browning, Gustave Flaubert, Walter Bagehot, Mark Twain, William F. Testerman, Charles Stewart Parnell, Oscar Wilde, Pierre Curie, G. K. Chesterton, Captain Alfred Bland, Regimental Sergeant-Major James Milne and Second Lieutenant John Lindsay Rapoport. 24/01/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509895304 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 176pp • Rights: Rights: CL WEL excluding US non-exclusive

Selected Poems John Keats A new selection of poetry by one of the great Romantic poets, edited and introduced by Dr Andrew Hodgson. John Keats is regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Romantic movement. But when he died at the age of only twenty-five, his writing had been attacked by critics and his talent remained largely unrecognized. This new volume reflects his extraordinary creativity and versatility, drawing on the collections published during his lifetime as well as posthumously. He wrote in many different forms – from his famous Odes to ballads such as La Belle Dame Sans Merci, and the epic Hyperion. Together, they celebrate a poet who wrote with unsurpassed insight and emotion about art and beauty, love and loss, suffering and nature. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure. ‘The imaginative impact of Keats’s life – his ‘‘orphaned’’ childhood, his letters, his poetry, his friendships, his illness, his agonizing love affair – has continued unbroken for nearly two hundred years’ New York Review of Books ‘Keats’s jazz-like improvisations, which give us, like no other writing in English, the actual rush of a man thinking, a mind hurtling forward unpredictably and sweeping us along’ Morris Dickstein, New York Times ‘He left behind him some of Britain’s bestloved poetry’ Alison Flood, Guardian ‘A truly radical poet’ Lesley McDowell, Independent

John Keats was born in London in 1795. He and his siblings were orphaned at a young age – his father died in a riding accident in 1804 and his mother died six years later. Keats then left school to train as an apothecary and a surgeon before dedicating his time to poetry. His first volume, Poems, was published in 1817 and only two more volumes, in 1818 and 1820, were published during his lifetime. In 1818 he fell in love with his neighbour Fanny Brawne but broke off their engagement due to his increasing ill health and lack of funds. In 1820 he moved to Italy where he died a year later of tuberculosis, the disease that claimed his mother and his brother Tom.

07/02/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509887170 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 272pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

Leaves of Grass Selected Poems Walt Whitman A new selection of Walt Whitman’s groundbreaking poetry edited and introduced by Professor Bridget Bennett. This new collection is taken from the final version, The Deathbed Edition, and it includes his most famous poems such as ‘Song of Myself’ and ‘I Sing the Body Electric’. Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s glorious poetry collection which he revised and expanded throughout his lifetime. First published in 1855, it was ground breaking in its subject matter and in its direct, unembellished style. Whitman wrote about the United States and its people, its revolutionary spirit and about democracy. He wrote openly about the body and about desire in a way that completely broke with convention, paving the way for a new kind of poetry. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure. ‘There is no one in this great wide world of America whom I love and honour so much’ Oscar Wilde ‘I am not blind to the worth of the wonderful gift of Leaves of Grass. I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has ever produced’ Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘Whitman, the great poet, has meant so much to me. Whitman the one man breaking a way ahead. Whitman the one pioneer . . . Ahead of Whitman, nothing. Ahead of all poets, pioneering into the wilderness of unopened life, Whitman. Beyond him, none’ D. H. Lawrence ‘His [Whitman’s] song of himself was a song for humanity, too. And in spite of all that has happened since, it still echoes here’

Walt Whitman was born in Long Island on 31 May 1819 to Walter Whitman, a carpenter and farmer, and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. Walt was one of eight siblings and was taken out of school at the age of eleven to start work, but he continued to read voraciously and visit museums. He worked first as a printer, then briefly as a teacher before settling on a career in journalism. He self-published the first version of Leaves of Grass, which consisted of only twelve poems, in 1855. By the time he died in 1892, and despite arousing considerable controversy, he enjoyed unprecedented international success and to this day is considered to be one of America’s greatest poets.

Independent

07/02/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509887187 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Stand • 304pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

What Katy Did Susan Coolidge / Addie Ledyard A beautiful gift edition of Susan Coolidge’s famous children’s book What Katy Did, with original illustrations by Addie Ledyard and a new introduction by award-winning children’s author Jacqueline Wilson. ‘My mother had kept her own copy of What Katy Did and I read it myself when I was about seven. It immediately became one of my favourite books’ Jacqueline Wilson

‘It opens such a vivid window into a domestic world that we have lost: full of aunts and cousins, innumerable siblings and clearly drawn moralities’ Christina Hardyment, The Times ‘A book about a long lanky tomboy with tangled hair, a crazy imagination and a whole heap of good intentions. Katy Carr wasn’t perfect – far from it – but she was perfect for me!’ Cathy Cassidy ‘This tale of a boisterous child coming into maturity reads with the same zest and insight as it would have done when it was first published over 130 years ago’ Guardian

A treasured children’s classic, Susan Coolidge’s What Katy Did is a vivid story of childhood bravery with a feisty heroine at its heart. Twelve-year-old Katy is a dreamer. She invents exciting games, faraway lands and imagines that one day she’ll be charming and graceful. But in the meantime she gets into all kinds of mischief . . . until one day a terrible accident happens and life as Katy knows it turns upside down. Can Katy’s boisterous courage keep her dreams alive? Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey was born in 1835 into a wealthy and influential family in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War before establishing a career as a successful and prolific writer of novels, short stories and poems. Her most famous book, What Katy Did, published under her pseudonym Susan Coolidge, was inspired by her own childhood growing up in a large family with younger siblings. Its publication in 1872 was followed by four sequels. She never married and lived most of her adult life in Rhode Island where she died in 1905.

07/02/2019 • £8.99 • 9781509881406 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 176pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclus

The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum / W. W. Denslow Dorothy and Toto’s classic whirlwind adventure featuring the original illustrations by famous illustrator W. W. Denslow, coloured by Barbara Frith, and a new afterword by Professor Sarah Churchwell. Regarded as a modern fairy tale, L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz is one of America’s most cherished and enchanting children’s stories. Follow Dorothy, and her loyal dog Toto, as they are carried away from Kansas by a cyclone to the wonderful world of Oz. Wandering down the yellow brick road Dorothy meets her three famous companions – a Scarecrow longing for a brain, a Tin Woodman wishing for a heart, a cowardly Lion yearning for some courage – and together they travel to the illustrious Emerald City where they hope all their dreams will come true.

‘Like Robin Hood, Alice or Winnie the Pooh, Baum’s inventions . . . have become the mythological furniture of our children’s minds, and of our own and our parents’ . . . Funny and inventive’

Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.

Marina Warner, Guardian ‘The tales of Aesop and other fabulists . . . will never pass entirely away, but a welcome place remains and will easily be found for such stories as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ New York Times ‘Baum created a truly extraordinary world, a real world . . . and filled it with amazing things’ Dinitia Smith

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 in Chittenango, New York. Educated mostly at home due to ill health, he was encouraged by his wealthy father to pursue his early interests in journalism and playwriting. At a young age he started his first magazine, established his own theatre and worked for many newspapers and periodicals before turning to children’s fiction. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, was a bestselling book and launched the hugely successful series of ‘Oz’ titles. Baum continued writing for the rest of his life and died in 1919 with over one hundred books to his name.

07/02/2019 • £10.99 • 9781509881963 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 192pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith / Weedon Grossmith A charming satire of middle-class suburbia by George and Weedon Grossmith, with original illustrations from the latter and an afterword by Paul Bailey. ‘The funniest book in the world’ Evelyn Waugh The Diary of a Nobody is a comic masterpiece which has been hugely influential since its first publication in 1892. Proud to be ensconced with his wife Carrie in the desirable London suburb of Holloway, bank clerk Charles Pooter decides to keep a diary. From the frequent visits by his dear friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing to the ups and downs of his feckless son Lupin, the self-regarding Mr Pooter considers, mistakenly, that all aspects of his life are worthy of note. The result is a hilarious spoof and a perfectly pitched satire on late Victorian society. ‘There’s a universality about Pooter that touches everybody . . . [he] fits into the tradition of absurd humour that the British do well, which started with Jonathan Swift and runs through Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear to Monty Python’

Jasper Fforde, Time Out ‘Pooter himself is as gentle as you could wish, a wonderful character, genuinely lovable. The book is beautifully constructed’ Andrew Davies, Glasgow Herald

George Grossmith enjoyed a successful career spanning four decades as an accomplished singer, comic actor and songwriter. He was particularly renowned for his performances in a number of Gilbert and Sullivan operas. His younger brother Weedon trained as an artist and worked as a portrait painter before turning his hand to acting and playwriting. The brothers shared a gift for comedy and from 1888 to 1889 they collaborated on a series of brilliantly observed columns in Punch magazine featuring the diary of an impossibly pompous lower-middle-class bank clerk named Charles Pooter. The Diary of a Nobody went on to be published in book form in 1892 and it has been in print ever since.

07/02/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509881390 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 224ppp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton Edith Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature with this witty satire of New York’s upper classes. This edition is introduced by award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk. Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence, is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world.

‘A great city’s greatest novelist . . . Wharton’s late masterpiece stands as a fierce indictment of a society estranged from culture and in desperate need of a European sensibility’ Robert McCrum, Guardian ‘It’s a deliciously hard-edged satire of manners and customs . . . Wharton was not only ferociously witty and morally committed, she was also a great storyteller’ Vincent Canby, New York Times ‘The Age of Innocence has as much in common with that popular Oprah-ish romance-rooted literary fashion as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet does’ Patrick T. Reardon

As the scion of one of New York’s leading families, Newland Archer has been born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. A sensitive, intelligent young man, he still respects the rigid social code by which his class lives. As he contemplates his forthcoming marriage to the striking and equally well-born May Welland, he gives thanks that she is ‘one of his own kind’. But the arrival of the Countess Olenska, a free spirit who breathes clouds of European sophistication, makes him question the path on which his upbringing has set him. As his fascination with her grows, he discovers just how hard it is to escape the bonds of the society that has shaped him. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.

Edith Wharton was born in 1862 to a prominent and wealthy New York family. In 1885 she married Boston socialite ‘Teddy’ Wharton but the marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1913. The couple travelled frequently to Europe and settled in France, where Wharton stayed until her death in 1937. Her first major novel was The House of Mirth (1905); many short stories, travel books, memoirs and novels followed, including Ethan Frome (1911) and The Reef (1912). She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature with The Age of Innocence (1920) and she was thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was also decorated for her humanitarian work during the First World War.

02/05/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509890033 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 384pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

Agnes Grey Anne Brontë Anne Brontë’s classic debut novel about life as a Victorian governess, with a new introduction by historian and biographer Juliet Barker. Drawing on her own experience, Anne Brontë exposes the isolated world of a nineteenth-century governess in her debut novel, Agnes Grey. When Agnes Grey’s family falls on hard times, she insists on being allowed to find work as a governess, but her idealistic spirit is challenged in her first position with the unruly Bloomfield children and their callous parents. She then moves on to work for the even wealthier Murray family, whose scheming daughters jeopardize the only bright spot in Agnes’s life, Edward Weston. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure. ‘The most perfect prose narrative in English letters’ George Moore ‘Anne provided her heroine with a hero who was actually nice to women. This still feels revolutionary’ Guardian ‘A compelling Victorian take on the iniquities of the wealth gap’ Telegraph ‘For too long [Anne] has been undervalued as the third-best Brontë. But her fiction, exploring the lamentably still-current themes of addiction and domestic violence and the abuse of vulnerable women working away from home, has a vigour and bracing satirical intelligence which places her in the first rank of what is arguably the greatest ever generation of novelists in English’

Anne Brontë was born in Yorkshire in 1820. She was the youngest of six children and the sister of fellow novelists Charlotte and Emily, the authors of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights respectively. Her mother died when she was a baby and she was raised by her aunt and her father, the Reverend Patrick Brontë. Anne worked as a governess before returning home to Haworth where she and her sisters published poems under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. She published her first novel, Agnes Grey, in 1847, followed by The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848. She died from tuberculosis in 1849.

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02/05/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509890002 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 256pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

The Mill on the Floss George Eliot George Eliot’s masterful portrayal of rural nineteenth-century society, with a new introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. With enchanting detail and precise plotting, George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel tells the story of a brother and sister pulled apart. Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom enjoy a close friendship and a rural childhood on the banks of the river Floss. But the approach of adulthood brings tension to their relationship; intelligent and fiery Maggie tests the boundaries of nineteenth-century society in her search for love while Tom embraces convention and accepts his father’s desire for him to become a businessman. Increasingly self-righteous, Tom disapproves of his sister’s suitors and when he discovers that she took a fateful boat trip with Stephen Guest, her cousin’s fiancé, he turns his back on her. Maggie is ostracized by her beloved brother and her own community, and only through tragic events are the siblings reunited . . . ‘[Maggie’s] one of those great literary heroines whom bookish girls grow up wanting to be. Just like Anne of Green Gables or even Jane Eyre, Maggie captures exactly the dilemma of being the clever girl of the family’

Guardian ‘As one comes back to [Eliot’s] books after years of absence they pour out, even against our expectations, the same store of energy and heat, so that we want more than anything to idle in the warmth’ Virginia Woolf

George Eliot was born Mary Anne Evans in 1819. Her father was the land agent of Arbury Hall in Warwickshire, in the library of which Eliot embarked upon a brilliant self-education. She moved to London in 1850 and shone in its literary circles. It was, however, her novels of English rural life that brought her fame, starting with Adam Bede, published under her new pen-name in 1859. She went on to publish novels including The Mill on the Floss in 1860 and Middlemarch in 1871 as well as poetry and non-fiction. Queen Victoria was one of her most devoted readers. Eliot died in 1880.

02/05/2019 • £10.99 • 9781509890019 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 672pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

American Classics Collection

A beautiful box set containing four of the most loved American classics: The Beautiful and Damned, The House of Mirth, The Scarlet Letter and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Whether you love the glamour of upper class New York, are passionate about the history of Puritan New England or are intrigued by the hard times of late nineteenthcentury Mississippi, pivotal American literature unfolds in this collection of classic novels. Each box set includes four beautifully designed, pocketsized editions of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, with new introductions and bespoke covers. Designed to appeal to book lovers everywhere, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Minnesota in 1896. He is considered a member of the ‘Lost Generation’ of the 1920s and his novels depict the Jazz Age. His third novel, The Great Gatsby, has sold millions of copies. Edith Wharton was born in New York in 1862. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature with The Age of Innocence, and she was also thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem in 1804 and spent his life as a writer. He disowned and burned his first novel, Fanshawe, but assured his reputation with The Scarlet Letter twenty years later. Mark Twain is the pseudonym for Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born in 1835 in Missouri, which provided the inspiration for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, often regarded as the Great American Novel. 02/05/2019 • £38.00 • 9781529004984 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare / John Gilbert A complete and illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s romantic and tragic comedy, with a new introduction by Professor Tiffany Stern. Comedy turns to tragedy as two couples fall in and out of love in Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed plays. This edition features illustrations by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert. Whilst Beatrice and Benedick both despise love, exchanging insults and banter rather than vows, for Hero and Claudio it is love at first sight. But as their marriage preparations begin, so do Don John’s dirty tricks, resulting in humiliation, rejection and disguise. Through masqued layers of deception and tight prosaic wit, Shakespeare weaves together a comedy full of tragedy and romance in which nothing is as it seems.

‘Shakespeare’s voice rings down the ages, and, as with innumerable other human matters, we would do well to listen to it’

Independent ‘When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language’ D. H. Lawrence ‘The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good’ Robert Graves

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is unknown but is celebrated on 23 April, which happens to be St George’s Day, and the day in 1616 on which Shakespeare died. Aged eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. By 1595 he had written five of his history plays, six comedies and his first tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. In all, he wrote thirty-seven plays and much poetry, and earned enormous fame in his own lifetime in prelude to his immortality.

13/06/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509889778 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 192pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy / Helen Allingham Thomas Hardy’s classic novel of rivalry and misplaced love with a new introduction by academic and poet, Professor Mark Ford. The novel that brought Thomas Hardy fame and the first to be set in a richly imagined, rural Wessex. With original illustrations by Helen Allingham. Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart. Far From the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy’s novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England and is set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year. The story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility. ‘Far From the Madding Crowd is the first of Thomas Hardy’s great novels, and the first to sound the tragic note for which his fiction is best remembered’

Margaret Drabble ‘I have always loved this author whose writing so romantically and evocatively captures the essence of that part of England’ The Australian ‘The imagined Wessex . . . appealed to a nostalgic appetite for vanishing pastoral traditions among the urbanized population of Victorian Britain’ Dinah Birch, Guardian ‘Hardy’s natural modesty and reticence were such that he stood at the back of the crowd until he was noticed and escorted to a place of honour’ Guardian

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840, the eldest of four children. At the age of sixteen he became an apprentice architect but continued to develop his classical education by studying between the hours of four and eight each morning. With encouragement from Horace Moule of Queens’ College Cambridge, he began to write fiction. His first published novel was Desperate Remedies in 1871. Thus began a series of increasingly dark novels, all set within the rural landscape of his native Dorset. Such was the success of these early works, which included A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) and Far From the Madding Crowd (1874), that he gave up his work as an architect to concentrate on his writing. However, he had difficulty publishing Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1889) and was forced to make changes in order for it to be judged suitable for family readers. This, coupled with the stormy reaction to the negative tone of Jude the Obscure (1895), prompted Hardy to abandon writing novels altogether and he concentrated on poetry for the rest of his life. He died in January 1928.

13/06/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509890026 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 544pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

The Tempest William Shakespeare / John Gilbert A complete and illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s late comedy with a new introduction by actor, writer and director Simon Callow. A magical escapist fantasy centred around the disruption of social order, The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s most poetic and political comedies. This edition features illustrations by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert. As tumultuous waves roar over an uninhabited Mediterranean island, Prospero has been banished from Italy, Ferdinand and Miranda become entwined in a love knot, Sebastian and Antonia plot a murder, a drunken butler wants the throne and Ariel and Caliban have lost power over their home. Shakespeare lyrically transforms the stage into a shipwreck and leaves his characters to fight for control of the island.

‘Shakespeare’s voice rings down the ages, and, as with innumerable other human matters, we would do well to listen to it’

Independent ‘A magical tale of finding love and getting drunk on a tropical island’ Time Out ‘When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language’ D. H. Lawrence ‘The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good’ Robert Graves

13/06/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509889761 • Fiction • Hardback MCL Standard • 160pp • Rights: CL WEL non-exclusive

BLUEBIRD

Veggie Lean in 15 15-minute Veggie Meals with Workouts Joe Wicks The first vegetarian cookbook from number one bestselling author of Lean in 15, Joe Wicks, The Body Coach. Get ready for the first veggie cookbook from the nation’s favourite healthy cook and fitness sensation, Joe Wicks. Inside are one hundred flavour-packed vegetarian recipes, many of which are also vegan, plus three exclusive Body Coach HIIT workouts and a bonus abs workout. From Smoky Sweet Potato Chilli to ‘Creamy’ Butternut Pasta, Veggie Lean in 15 features a fantastic range of meat-free dishes, all prepared in fifteen minutes flat. The recipes are ideal for full- and part-time veggies, as well as those wishing to cut down on eating meat in a healthy and delicious way. There are also plenty of make-ahead ideas to get you prepping like a boss in no time at all. ‘He is changing the lives and shapes of thousands of people.’ BALANCE ‘The leader of a generation of trainers and nutritionists.’ Men’s Fitness

Joe has more than four million followers on social media where fans share their personal journeys towards a leaner, fitter lifestyle. The Lean in 15 titles won platinum and gold awards at the Specsavers Nielsen book awards. Joe’s first book Lean in 15: The Shift Plan has become the bestselling diet book of all time and all his books have been non-fiction number one bestsellers.

‘Fat-Loss King.’ Sun ‘Britain’s Number 1 Fitness Guru.’ The Sunday Times Magazine Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach, has helped countless people achieve new levels of fitness and fat loss with his books, Veggie 90 Day Plan, his 90 Day Plan and his Instagram account. He is the author of Lean in 15: The Shift Plan, Lean in 15: The Shape Plan, Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan, Cooking for Family and Friends, The Fat-Loss Plan and Joe’s 30-Minute Meals.

13/12/2018 • £16.99 • 9781509856152 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback Crown Quarto • 240pp • Rights: World

The 28-Day Vegan Plan Kickstart a Plant-based Lifestyle in Just One Month Kim-Julie Hansen Find out how to go vegan in a month with this ultimate all-you-need-to-know guide. The 28-Day Vegan Plan is a guide to going vegan the healthy way. Food writer and blogger Kim-Julie Hansen offers a practical and easy-to-follow programme, laid out day by day with meal plans, shopping lists, inspiration and incredible recipes. If you want to try veganism and don’t know where to start, this is the ultimate guide. But it’s also invaluable for anyone looking to feel healthier, pack lots of veg into their diet and be more environmentally friendly.

‘A great way to eat more beautiful veg’ Jamie Oliver ‘Healthy, simple plant-based recipes – we love this book!’

Kim-Julie introduces the benefits of a vegan reset, guides you through the 28-day meal plan, and finishes with additional recipes that take you beyond the first month. Thanks to incredible recipes including Black Bean Tacos, Butternut Mac ‘n’ Cheese and Blueberry–Banana Ice Cream, The 28-Day Vegan Plan is all you need to create healthy and satisfying plant-based meals.

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Kim-Julie Hansen is the person behind the vegan brands Brussels Vegan, Best of Vegan, Vegan Reset and Vegan Challenge (also called 7-Day Vegan Challenge). She became an vegan for ethical reasons in 2011 and soon also discovered the many health benefits of a plant-based diet. In 2013, she started sharing her passion online to show people how easy it can be to adopt a vegan lifestyle, no matter how challenging it may seem at first. She is the author of two ebooks, The Practical Vegan and Simply Delicious. Kim-Julie runs several very popular Instagram accounts, including the most-followed vegan food account on Instagram worldwide, bestofvegan, with more than one million followers, and Idontwantsalad. She is originally from Brussels, Belgium, but now lives in Brooklyn, New York. While teaching people about veganism and healthy living is her biggest passion, she is also a certified Yoga teacher and loves to read and travel the world.

27/12/2018 • £16.99 • 9781509874934 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback Other • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Ten to Zen Ten Minutes a Day to a Calmer, Happier You Owen O’Kane Calm your mind and alleviate stress in just ten minutes a day, for clearer thinking and a happier life. Each morning most of us will spend about ten minutes in the shower, ten minutes making and eating breakfast but no time at all tending to our minds. Ten to Zen is a simple, effective and fuss-free guide to help you start your day in the right head-space to prepare for the challenges it may bring. Ten to Zen uses a combination of four therapeutic models – Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy – in a simple, easy-tofollow programme. You will learn:

‘I’ve never been able to quieten my mind, but this book has helped me do just that! It’s packed with wisdom, time efficient techniques and rich experience that really will make a difference to your day and your life. Fantastic read that will benefit absolutely anyone who picks up the book. No matter how busy their brain is!’ Kate Thornton ‘Owen offers a unique, fresh perspective and has created a valuable, time efficient toolkit for absolutely anyone looking to improve their mental wellbeing. Definitely worth a read.’ Dr Angharad Ruttley - Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director, NHS

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How to settle your mind quickly

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How to focus and retrain your brain on dealing with stress

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How to restructure unhelpful patterns of thinking

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How to develop ways of communicating that are more effective

Ten to Zen was developed by Owen O’Kane to encourage new principles for living based on his experience as a psychotherapist and his many years of caring for the dying in the field of palliative care, which has hugely influenced how he works and how he views life.

Owen O’Kane has a dual medical and psychotherapy background and is a clinical lead for a mental health service in the NHS. He is also the founder of Ten to Zen, a business for stress management training, through which he delivers workshops on Mindfulness and the Ten to Zen solution across the UK and Ireland. He grew up in Belfast during the period known as The Troubles, which he describes as a great training ground for understanding the anxious mind. His clients include BBC Worldwide, Goldman Sachs, Bupa, Virgin Atlantic and the NHS.

27/12/2018 • £10.99 • 9781509893676 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback S format • 192pp • Rights: World

Just Eat It How Intuitive Eating Can Help You Get Your Shit Together Around Food Laura Thomas Ph.D The straight-talking guide to Intuitive Eating: how to develop a healthy, trusting relationship with food and your body. Have you ever been on a diet? Spent time worrying that you looked fat when you could have been doing something useful? Compared the size of your waistline to someone else’s? Felt guilt, actual guilt, about the serious crime of . . . eating a doughnut? You’re not alone. Just Eat It gives you everything you need to develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body. This anti-diet guide from registered nutritionist Laura Thomas PhD can help you sort out your attitude to food and ditch punishing exercise routines. As a qualified practitioner of Intuitive Eating – a method that helps followers tune in to innate hunger and fullness cues – Thomas gives you the freedom to enjoy food on your own terms.

‘Laura is a passionate and intelligent voice of new thinking, a fire starter of the revolution in how we think about food, eating and our bodies.’ Red ‘Laura is one of the most important voices in food today. She has a rare combination of impeccable academic credentials, clinical experience and a nose for the profound social justice issues at the heart of nutrition science.’ Anthony Warner, The Angry Chef

There are no rules: only simple, practical tools and exercises including mindfulness techniques to help you recognise physiological and emotional hunger, sample conversations with friends and colleagues, and magazine and blog critiques that call out diet culture. Just Eat It isn’t just a book. It’s part of a movement to give women power and control over our bodies. To free us from restrictive dieting, disordered eating and punishing exercise. To reject the guilt and anxiety associated with eating and, ultimately, to help us feel good about ourselves.

Laura Thomas PhD, RNutr is a Registered Nutritionist who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Having had her own strained and weird relationship with food, she now helps her clients build a healthy relationship with food by helping them tune into their own innate hunger and satiety cues and disconnect from diet tools like meal plans and calorie trackers using a process called intuitive eating, together with other non-diet approaches. In 2016 Laura launched Don’t Salt My Game – a podcast that calls out diet trends and myths – to tell you what you really need to know to stay on top of your game. Laura was the Nutrition Consultant for the BBC1 documentary ‘Mind Over Marathon’ where she supported people suffering with mental health problems train for the 2017 London Marathon. She is an Association for Nutrition Media Nutritionist and has appeared on a BBC News Facebook Live stream. Her writing has appeared in Hip and Healthy, Huffington Post, New Scientist, and Spectator Health, and she provides comment for publications such as Men’s Health, the Guardian, and Red magazine. 10/01/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509893911 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback Royal • 224pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Solve For Happy Engineer Your Path to Joy Mo Gawdat The international bestseller examining life’s questions, helping everyone find lasting contentment. As a former engineer with the highly secretive Google [X] programme, Mo Gawdat is skilled in finding answers to impossible questions. When he realised – in spite of his wealth and professional success – that he was deeply unhappy, he analyzed the problem with his engineer’s mind and developed an algorithm that can be applied to anyone’s life to predictably deliver lasting happiness. Happiness was a conceptual problem for Mo until the day his wonderful teenage son, Ali, died during routine surgery. Then it became a practical, personal and profoundly urgent problem. Could the algorithm help him and his family come to terms with the loss of their dearly loved child and brother? Inspired by the good nature of his son, Mo put the system to the test – he was able to find happiness again. Using his Solve For Happy algorithm, so can you. ‘A powerful personal story woven with a rich analysis of what we all seek in a way we can act upon.’ Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google ‘Explains how even in the face of the unthinkable, happiness is still possible.’ Stylist

Mo Gawdat is a serial entrepreneur and former chief business officer of Google [X]. Through his twelve-year research on the topic of happiness, he created an algorithm and a repeatable engineered model to reach a state of uninterrupted happiness, regardless of circumstance in life. Mo’s happiness model proved highly effective and, in 2014, was put to the ultimate test when Mo lost his son Ali to preventable medical error during a simple surgical procedure. Solve For Happy is the pillar for Mo’s personal ‘moonshot’ mission, a mission to deliver his happiness message to one billion people around the world.

10/01/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509809950 • Non-Fiction • Paperback B Format • 368pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Untitled Russell Brand Russell Brand Russell Brand shares what he has learned on his fifteen-year path to recovery from his addictions. Living and working a conscious programme of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction has helped Russell Brand to re-frame his thinking in all areas of his life. Across the twelve chapters of this book, he looks at twelve themes that inform the process of recovery and, using that framework, discusses the lessons he has learned so far along his fifteen-year path. Chapters feature insights from guests on his charttopping podcast, Under the Skin, and friends he has made in his recovery from addiction. These include bestselling authors Yuval Noah Harari, Naomi Klein and Jordan Peterson.

Russell Brand is a comedian and an addict. He’s been addicted to drugs, sex, fame, money and power. Even now as a new father, fifteen years into recovery, he still writes about himself in the third person and that can’t be healthy. This is his fifth book. He still performs as a comic and is studying for an MA in Religion in Global Politics. He has two cats, a dog, a wife, two babies, ten chickens and sixty thousand bees in spite of being vegan curious. He is certain that the material world is an illusion but still keeps licking the walls of the hologram.

24/01/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509850884 • Non-Fiction • Hardback B Format • 112pp • Rights: World

The Orchid and the Dandelion Why Some People Struggle and How All Can Thrive W. Thomas Boyce MD Dr Boyce explains the powerful, positive and groundbreaking research into the difference between those who succeed with ease and those who struggle to thrive. Why do some people struggle to survive while others thrive easily? In his landmark publication Dr Tom Boyce reveals an extraordinary discovery about childhood development, parenting and the key to helping everyone find happiness and success. With pioneering scientific research, personal experience and clinical expertise, he explains how there are two kinds of people: the more hardy and resilient, who like dandelions can thrive anywhere, and those who like orchids are more sensitive and susceptible to their environment. While orchids experience the vast majority of physical and mental illness, we now know that given the right support, orchids can thrive as much, if not more than anyone else. ‘The Orchid and the Dandelion is based on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children—and the adults who love them.’ Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet ‘It’s a must read for all parents, teachers, and psychologists!’ Gottmann, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

The author’s moving personal story is woven through this highly readable book about the origins, sensibilities and enormous potential of the 20 per cent of us who are orchids. As powerful and applicable as Susan Cain’s Quiet, The Orchid and the Dandelion is the culmination of twentyfive years of groundbreaking research from one of the world’s foremost paediatricians.

Dr W. Thomas Boyce is professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and heads the Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also co-director of the Child and Brain Development Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Dr Boyce’s research addresses the interplay among neurobiological and psychosocial factors leading to differences in childhood health and disease. He frequently gives talks on his groundbreaking work. He is the parent of two wonderful adult children, one orchid and one dandelion. He is also an avid sailor who likes to tie sailing knots and untie scientific ones. 24/01/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509805181 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 224pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 24/01/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509805136 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 224pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Girl in the Dark A Runaway Child With a Secret Life. A Devastating Discovery that Changes Everything. Angela Hart A dark secret. A troubled little girl. And the support she needs to turn her life around. A moving true story from foster carer and Sunday Times bestseller Angela Hart. Melissa is a sweet-natured girl with a disturbing habit of running away and mixing with the wrong crowd. After she’s picked up by the police, and with nowhere else to go, she is locked in a secure unit with young offenders. Social Services beg specialist foster carer Angela to take her in, but can she keep the testing twelve year old safe? And will Angela ever learn what, or who, drove Melissa to run and hide, sometimes in the dead of night? The Girl in the Dark is the sixth book from well-loved foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart. This is a true story that shares the tale of one of the many children she has fostered over the years. Angela’s stories show the difference that quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear can make to children who have had more difficult upbringings than most. ‘A no holds barred insight into the reality of looking after someone else’s children. A remarkable story from a remarkable woman, it brought back a lot of memories for me.’ Casey Watson ‘A moving story that testifies to the redemptive power of love. I hope Angela Hart inspires many others to foster.’

Angela Hart, who writes under a pseudonym, is a specialist foster carer for children with complex needs. Angela has been a foster carer for over twenty-five years, during which time she and her husband, Jonathan, have looked after more than fifty children. Her books Terrified and The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved were top ten Sunday Times bestsellers.

Torey Hayden ‘Praise for Angela Hart: A true tear-jerking tale of love and compassion.’ Sunday Mirror

21/02/2019 • £7.99 • 9781529004151 • Non-Fiction • Paperback B Format • 320pp • Rights: World

Stress Less, Accomplish More Meditation for Busy Minds Emily Fletcher Easy fifteen-minute guided meditation practices to recharge, revitalise and boost productivity – for busy people who think they can’t meditate. In Stress Less, Accomplish More Emily Fletcher shares an ancient meditation technique designed for busy lives. The focus of the practice is stress relief, mental clarity and improved productivity, so it’s perfect for the fast pace of modern life. This style of meditation was developed specifically for people with a lot of demands on their time – those with busy jobs, lives and families – and so it has been designed to work anywhere, anytime. All you need is somewhere to sit, a little training and a few minutes to yourself. Stress Less, Accomplish More teaches you how to:

‘I used to think, ‘‘I can’t ever quiet my mind, so how can I learn to meditate?’’ After the Ziva course, I now know that even if I am having thoughts, it is still working. Now it is a part of my daily ritual and people have noticed a change. They say, ‘‘You look so radiant!’ Jenna Dewan- Tatum, Actress ‘I am addicted to Ziva Meditation. I love how rejuvenated I feel afterwards. My recovery time is faster and I feel more grounded. Anxiousness I didn’t even know was there, is gone. My life has even more beauty and ease. Thank you.’ Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author & Director, The Cleveland Clinic for Functional Medicine

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Emily Fletcher is regarded as the leading expert in meditation for high performance. She is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the creator of The Ziva Technique. The New York Times, Today Show, Vogue and ABC News have all featured Emily’s work. Emily has taught more than 10,000 students around the world and has spoken on meditation for performance at Google, Harvard Business School, Summit Series, Viacom and more. Ziva graduates include Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners, as well as NBA players, CEOs, busy parents, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. Before founding Ziva in 2011, Emily was a Broadway performer for 10 years, but ultimately left the stage to pursue meditation teacher training after experiencing the profound physical and emotional benefits of meditation.

21/02/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509876167 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 256pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

How to: Be a Better Leader Stefan Stern Become the leader you’ve always wanted to be with this essential guide and learn how the latest research can help you lead your team effectively for the best possible creativity and productivity. We know that businesses and organisations expect people at all levels to show initiative and display good leadership qualities, but to put this into practice is easier said than done. This book will show you how you can become a better leader, whether you’re already in charge of a large team, or you’re paving the way for your future career. How to Be a Better Leader by Stefan Stern is designed to help you truly understand what it means to be a leader, as well as what good and bad leadership looks like. Stern investigates the different ways in which men and women lead and, crucially, how we can get nearer to genuine equality at work. Using examples of leaders from President Obama and Mary Barra to Rosa Parks, he highlights the language of leaders, and gives examples from around the world of different prominent leaders from business and politics.

Stefan Stern has been writing about management and leadership for over two decades. He has worked for the BBC, Management Today magazine and the Financial Times, where he was the management columnist between 2006 and 2010. He continues to write for the FT, Guardian and other publications. He is Visiting Professor in Management Practice at Cass Business School, City University of London. He was also until recently director of the High Pay Centre, a think tank that looks at the issue of top pay.

07/03/2019 • £6.99 • 9781509821266 • Non-Fiction • Paperback B Format • 160pp • Rights: World

How To Negotiate Christopher Copper-Ind Negotiation is a fundamental part of all of our lives, and by understanding how the psychology of it works, you will be able to conduct all types of negotiation with greater ease and efficiency. Negotiation is such a familiar part of our everyday lives that we often fail to recognize it’s even happening, let alone identify the power battles and psychological warfare it entails. In busy everyday lives, we seldom pause to reflect that negotiating is, in fact, a complex and strategic mind game between two competing but mutually intertwined goals. In How To Negotiate, Christopher Copper-Ind shows the inner workings of all types of negotiations, from mundane division of household chores to high-powered business deals. By understanding how the process works you’ll be able to bring enviable insight to your own negotiations going forward, giving you the confidence to steer through life’s choppy waters without losing your cool.

Christopher Copper-Ind is Publisher of International Investment, a financial news organisation in London. He also writes tailored reports on Turkey and Iran for a Middle East consultancy. Before this he was editorial director of a media company in Istanbul covering the economies of the Middle East and Central Asia. From 2004 to 2010 CopperInd was a company director at the publishing house Stacey International, for whom he negotiated contracts across the Middle East and Asia for high-end book projects and business guides. As a publisher and Middle East consultant, he has worked on projects in over twenty-five countries. His business trips did not always go according to plan, however. Negotiating for a contract in Iran in 2009, he found himself briefly imprisoned on charges of espionage. He divides his time between London and Paris.

07/03/2019 • £6.99 • 9781509814633 • Non-Fiction • Paperback B Format • 160pp • Rights: World

The Dirty Dishes 100 Fast and Delicious Recipes Isaac Carew A stylish and simple take on delicious, classic recipes from chef and model Isaac Carew. Isaac Carew takes it back to the kitchen in The Dirty Dishes, his debut cookbook featuring the food that’s inspired his life-long love of cooking. Carew spent his childhood in kitchens with his dad and godfather, washing mussels and leafy greens, before he went on to qualify as a chef himself. His culinary career spanned some of the world’s top restaurants – including London’s The Connaught and Miami’s El Cielo but life took a different turn when he was scouted by a modelling agency in 2008. Isaac went on to front major campaigns for the likes of Hermès, Moschino and Valentino, whilst never forgetting his passion for great food. He often uses the cuisine of fashion capitals as his inspiration. ‘He has unassailable culinary credentials that put him head and shoulders above your average selfie-prone Instagram feeder.’ The Times ‘Primed to become the next big TV chef.’ Bustle

The Dirty Dishes returns Isaac to his first love with a fresh and modern collection of one hundred recipes: from lazy brunches to easy weekday suppers, and from vegan delights to late-night bites. He shares new takes on popular dishes such as Poached Salmon Niçoise and the more adventurous Tamarind Treacle Tart. Modern and bursting with flavour, the book reveals the secrets of Isaac’s culinary training and gives you everything you need to get a bit messy and have fun in the kitchen.

Isaac Carew trained at culinary school for two years and got his big break in 2007 cooking alongside Angela Hartnett at The Connaught and El Cielo in Miami. Here his passion for homemade pasta grew. In 2008, Isaac was spotted outside Selfridges and approached to become a model. He has fronted major campaigns for the likes of Hermès, Moschino and Valentino and been photographed by Rankin and Nick Knight. Isaac’s social media accounts – where he posts a wide range of food and recipe content – have a huge, highly engaged following, with more than 350k followers on Instagram alone.

07/03/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509841004 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Crown Quarto • 256pp • Rights: WEL

Pinch of Nom 100 Slimming, Home-Style Recipes Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone Delicious, healthy recipes from the founders of Pinch of Nom, the UK’s most frequently visited food blog. There’s no-one better than a trained chef to show you how to slim down without sacrificing exciting and flavoursome meals. These reliable recipes are tried and tested to ensure that they are not only healthy, but tasty too. Packed with a hundred mouth-watering dishes such as Dirty Rice, Mediterranean Chicken Orzo, Mexican Chilli Beef and Chicken Korma Curry, the food is so good, it’s hard to believe it is low in calories. Helpful symbols and calorie information alongside each recipe guide you towards the ones that suit you best – whether you want to feed a family of four, love using your slowcooker or have limited time. Pinch of Nom will be your go-to book for meals that tick all the boxes. Chefs Kate and Kay created the Pinch of Nom blog with the aim of teaching people how to cook. It was originally a collection of decadent, beltbusting recipes, but the pair repurposed the blog to provide healthy recipes after they decided to lose weight and have since lost nearly twelve stone between them. Sharing motivational posts as well as recipes, they’ve amassed an engaged community of over one million online followers. With Pinch of Nom, Kate and Kay prove that dieting should never be a barrier to cooking satisfying, incredible food – and enjoying yourself at the same time.

21/03/19 • £20.00 • 9781529014068 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Crown Quarto • 272pp • Rights: World

The Path Made Clear Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose Oprah Winfrey In a follow-up to the bestselling The Wisdom of Sundays comes a beautifully designed book of reflections and inspiration about finding your calling and pursuing a life purpose. Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, ‘Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible.’ That journey starts right here. In her latest book, The Path Made Clear, Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance. The book’s ten chapters are organised to help you recognize the important milestones along the road to selfdiscovery, laying out what you really need in order to achieve personal contentment, and what life’s detours are there to teach us. Oprah opens each chapter by sharing her own key lessons and the personal stories that helped set the course for her best life. She then brings together wisdom and insights from luminaries in a wide array of fields, inspiring readers to consider what they’re meant to do in the world and how to pursue it with passion and focus. These renowned figures share the greatest lessons from their own journeys towards a life filled with purpose. Paired with over one hundred awe-inspiring photographs to help illuminate the wisdom of these messages, The Path Made Clear provides a beautiful resource for achieving a life lived in service of your calling – whatever it may be.

Over the course of her esteemed career, Oprah Winfrey has created an unparalleled connection with people around the world. As host and supervising producer of the top-rated, award-winning The Oprah Winfrey Show, she entertained, enlightened and uplifted millions of viewers for twenty-five years. Her accomplishments as a global media leader and philanthropist have established her as one of the most influential and admired public figures in the world today.

26/03/19 • £18.99 • 9781529005424 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Other • 208pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

The Moment of Lift How Empowering Women Changes the World Melinda Gates A debut from Forbes’ third most powerful woman in the world, Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women’s empowerment. For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: if you want to lift a society up, invest in women. In this candid and inspiring book, Gates traces her awakening to the link between women’s empowerment and the health of societies. She shows some of the tremendous opportunities that exist right now to ‘turbocharge’ change. And she provides simple and effective ways each one of us can make a difference.

Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, Melinda Gates has dedicated her life to achieving transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families, communities and societies. Core to her work is empowering women and girls to help them realise their full potential. Melinda received a bachelor’s degree from Duke and an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School. After joining Microsoft Corp. in 1987, she helped develop many of the company’s multimedia products. In 1996, Melinda left Microsoft to focus on her philanthropic work and family. In 2015, Melinda created Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company that enables her to bring together new and emerging strands of her advocacy and philanthropic work focused in the US.

Convinced that all women should be free to decide whether and when to have children, Gates took her first step onto the global stage to make a stand for family planning. That step launched her into further efforts: to ensure women everywhere have access to every kind of job; to encourage men around the globe to share equally in the burdens of household work; to advocate for paid family leave for everyone; to eliminate gender bias in all its forms. Throughout, Gates introduces us to her heroes in the movement towards equality, offers startling data, shares moving conversations she’s had with women from all over the world – and shows how we can all get involved. A personal statement of passionate conviction, this book tells of Gates’ journey from a partner working behind the scenes to one of the world’s foremost advocates for women, driven by the belief that no one should be excluded, all lives have equal value, and gender equality is the lever that lifts everything.

04/04/2019 • £16.99 • 9781529005493 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN AU NZ 04/04/2019 • £14.99 • 9781529005509 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN AU NZ

Wandering A Buddhist Monk’s Encounter with Death and his Journey Back to Life Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov The Buddhist master brings together ancient wisdom learned throughout his life and on his four-year wandering retreat, with innovative meditation techniques for a more enlightened and happier life. Wandering is a timely, personal account of a modern-day monk’s near-death experience, and the life-changing wisdom that he gained on his four-year wandering retreat. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s experience begins the night he slips past the monastery gates (alone for the first time in his life) and sets out into the unknown. His initial motivation is to throw off the titles and rank that have defined his life of privilege and to explore the deepest, most hidden aspects of his being, but what he discovers throughout his retreat – about himself and about the world around us – comes to define his meditation practice and teaching. Just three weeks into his retreat, Rinpoche becomes deathly ill and his journey begins in earnest through this near-death experience. Moving, beautiful and suffused with local colour, Wandering is the story of two different kinds of death: that of the body and that of the ego, and how we can bridge these two experiences to live a better and more fulfilling life. Rinpoche’s skilful and intimate account of his search for the self is a demonstration of how we can transform our dread of dying into joyful living.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was born in the Himalayan border regions between Tibet and Nepal. He teaches throughout the world. His book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. In early June, 2011, Mingyur Rinpoche walked out of his monastery in Bodhgaya, India and began a ‘wandering retreat’ through the Himalayas and the plains of India that lasted four and a half years. When not attending to the monasteries under his care in India and Nepal, Rinpoche spends time each year travelling and teaching worldwide. Helen Tworkov is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and author of Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers (Kodansha, 1994). She has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. She began studying with Mingyur Rinpoche in 2006 and worked with him on Turning Confusion into Clarity, A Guide to the Foundation Practice of Tibetan Buddhism (Shambhala, 2014).

18/04/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509899326 • Non-Fiction • Hardback B Format • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 18/04/2019 • £12.99 • 9781529015164 • Non-Fiction • Demy Trade Paperback • 288pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Diary of a Lone Twin David Loftus An enchanting and powerful memoir about life as a lone twin. More than thirty years ago, David Loftus’s cherished identical twin, John, passed away. Since then, a day hasn’t passed without David feeling the loss. In 1987, after recovering from a brain tumour, John contracted meningitis and found himself back in hospital for treatment. David, as always, was by his side. They were opening their twenty-fourth birthday presents when a fatally miscalculated routine injection forced John into a coma. He died within two weeks. Over the past year, David has spent time every day remembering John and recording his story by hand. Diary of a Lone Twin is the product of that daily ritual – a powerful and deeply personal account that covers everything from enchanting and beautifully evoked childhood vignettes to the acute loneliness and raw pain that followed John’s death. This diary is the first step for David Loftus, an awardwinning and internationally acclaimed photographer, on a journey to find peace after years of overwhelming guilt and injustice following a unique tragedy that few will ever comprehend.

David Loftus is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed photographer. His food photography for the likes of Jamie Oliver, Prue Leith, Rachel Khoo, to name a few, have brought recipes to life for millions of people. In 2012, David published Around the World in 80 Dishes which was his first book under his own name. David grew up as the joint eldest of four siblings in Carshalton Beeches in South London. He lives with his wife in London, when not travelling and photographing the world.

16/05/2019 • £16.99 • 9781529011289 • Non-Fiction • Hardback S format • 320pp • Rights: World

The First Breath How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Olivia Gordon A powerful medical memoir and science book about the extraordinary fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation of babies into the world. Olivia Gordon was 29-weeks pregnant when a scan revealed that her baby was critically ill and had only a 50 per cent chance of survival. Thanks to an operation in utero and five months in neonatal care, her son survived. The First Breath is a memoir that balances the powerful emotion of that experience, case histories of high-risk pregnancies and the extraordinary medical science making these births possible. Following the success of medical memoirs by Paul Kalanithi and Atul Gawande, The First Breath is the first book of its kind to explore the female experience. Shining a light on the intense patient doctor relationship at work with every birth, this book will reflect on what happens when pregnancy and the first few weeks of a baby’s life don’t go as planned and how modern medicine responds.

Olivia Gordon is a freelance journalist and author of The Agony of Ecstasy. Educated at Cambridge University, she has written for publications including the Observer, The Times, the Telegraph, Red and Wired.

13/06/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509871179 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 320pp • Rights: WEL

Asperger’s and Asparagus Katherine and Julia Kingsford Asperger’s and Asparagus centres on the life and experience of Katherine, and her unique relationship with her younger sister, Julia, as they have faced the world and Katherine’s autism diagnosis together.

This is the memoir of Katherine Kingsford and her younger sister, Julia Kingsford. Katherine was diagnosed with Asperger’s when she was thirty-two, even though she had first been referred for psychiatric evaluation when she was just seven. She struggled her whole life with fitting in and living life in the ‘normal’ way. Despite interventions and evaluations, her desperate search for answers to what was ‘wrong’ with her and lack of diagnosis took an increasing toll on her mental health and led to a breakdown in her twenties. Asperger’s and Asparagus is the story of what it’s like to grow up palpably different from those around you, but with no one explaining how or why or that it’s actually okay not to be the same, and so never living a life that’s true to who you really are. It’s also the story of what it’s like to grow up alongside that. From her earliest days, Julia learned that she had to be a guide for Katherine in a world where she clearly didn’t quite fit – despite their relationship being almost impossibly explosive at times. As adults it was Julia’s absolute belief that there were still questions left unanswered that forced a GP to refer Katherine for diagnosis. Finally receiving a diagnosis saw Julia become Katherine’s guide on an entirely different journey: to understanding her autism and how it can present so differently in women; the clichéd views we all harbour of what autism means and how this has utterly shaped who they both are without them even knowing. It’s also, a very little bit, about asparagus and how a job sorting spears on a local farm taught them both that the things that had made Katherine feel like a freak were actually superpowers. Asperger’s and Asparagus offers a unique insight into an autistic world, showing life through Katherine’s eyes as well as offering Julia’s perspective from a life lived wholly – but unconsciously – on the borders of it. This is both the story of how none of our lives can really begin until we learn to embrace our superpowers and how special the relationship between sisters can be.

Katherine Kingsford is an actor, playwright and potter who lives in the West Country. She was diagnosed as autistic when she was thirty-two though she was first referred for psychiatric evaluation when she was seven and has spent many years struggling with how she fits into the world due to her lack of diagnosis. Writing and telling stories have been a constant source of joy in her life. Julia Kingsford is a literary agent and a campaigner for increasing diversity and representation in books. She co-founded The Good Literary Agency and The Good Journal with Nikesh Shukla as well as running her own agency. Prior to setting up her agency she was CEO of World Book Night and before that was head of marketing at Foyles. She divides her time between London and Somerset. 27/06/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509887019 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 224pp • Rights: World 04/04/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509887026 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 224pp • Rights: World

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The Great Alone Kristin Hannah A gripping novel of family dynamics, heartbreak and hope which tugs at the heartstrings, set against the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, from the bestselling author of The Nightingale. Now a New York Times number one bestseller, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature. Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown. ‘Compelling. Moving. Unforgettable’ Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan ‘Great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?’ Isabel Allende on The Nightingale ‘Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion’ Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants, on The Nightingale ‘Movingly written and plotted with the skill of Greek tragedy. You’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob’ Daily Mail on The Nightingale

At once an epic story of human survival and love, and an intimate portrait of a family tested beyond endurance, The Great Alone offers a glimpse into a vanishing way of life in America. With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah has delivered an enormously powerful story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the remarkable and enduring strength of women. The Great Alone is perfect for all those who loved The Light Between Oceans, and fans of Jodi Picoult, Victoria Hislop and Diane Chamberlain.

Kristin Hannah is a New York Times bestselling author. She is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle, and Hawaii. Her first novel published in the UK, Night Road, was one of eight books selected for the UK’s 2011 TV Book Club Summer Read, and her novel The Nightingale was a New York Times number one bestseller, selling almost three million copies worldwide.

10/01/2019 • £7.99 • 9781447286035 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

Turning Point Danielle Steel Turning Point is a pacy, gripping drama about four top trauma specialists who are forced to evaluate their whole lives, by the world’s favourite storyteller Danielle Steel. Four high-flying trauma surgeons from San Francisco are all at the top of their game professionally – but at what cost? They live for their hours in the fast-paced environment of the hospital, but outside work their lives are falling apart . . . When they’re approached about a secondment in Paris, none of them can turn down the opportunity. They meet their French counterparts and before long, friendships – and relationships – form. But when disaster strikes – a disaster they’ve long prepared for – each of their lives is changed forever. And suddenly the priorities that once seemed so crucial don’t seem to mean so much after all. Turning Point is a highly-charged, emotional tale about how suddenly life can change for all of us, and that we might find what we’re looking for in the most unlikely of places . . .

Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world’s most popular authors, with nearly a billion copies of her novels sold. Her international bestsellers include The Duchess, The Right Time and Fairytale. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina’s life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children’s books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood. Danielle divides her time between Paris and her home in northern California.

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The Edge Jessie Keane The unstoppable Ruby Darke returns as old enemies threaten her family in this gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane. With a mind sharper than a razor blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her way to the top. From humble beginnings she became the queen of London’s retail, but she didn’t get there by obeying the law. Now with her son Kit and daughter Daisy finally by her side she’s ready to start a new chapter in her life, but, unknown to all of them, enemies are circling. There aren’t many who threaten Ruby Darke and live to tell the tale. But this time, she may just have met her match. If you live on the edge, you may just die on it . . . The Edge is the thrilling third novel in the Ruby Darke series by bestselling author Jessie Keane. ‘Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Lynda La Plante’ Glamour ‘Swift-moving intrigue’ Woman & Home

Jessie Keane is a Sunday Times top ten bestselling author. She’s lived both ends of the social spectrum, and her fascination with London’s underworld led her to write Dirty Game, followed by bestsellers Black Widow, Scarlet Women, Jail Bird, The Make, Playing Dead, Nameless, Ruthless (the fifth book to feature Annie Carter), Lawless, Dangerous and Stay Dead. Jessie’s books have sold more than 750,000 copies. She lives in Hampshire.

10/01/2019 • £12.99 • 9781509854943 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 480pp • Rights: WEL

Something to Tell You Lucy Diamond Something to Tell You is a warm, heartfelt story of a family, by Sunday Times bestselling author Lucy Diamond. ‘A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar’ – Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Country Escape When Frankie stumbles upon an unopened letter from her late mother, she’s delighted to have one last message from her . . . until she reads the contents and discovers the truth about her birth. Brimming with questions, she travels to York to seek further answers from the Mortimer family, but her appearance sends shockwaves through them all. Meanwhile, Robyn Mortimer has problems of her own. Her husband John has become distant, and a chance remark from a friend leads Robyn to wonder exactly what he’s not been saying. Dare she find out more? ‘Full of emotion and insight – it really makes you think’ Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Summer at Sea, on On a Beautiful Day ‘A beautiful, life-affirming novel’ The Sun on On a Beautiful Day ‘Seamless, engaging, believable, fun and heartfelt’ Heat on The House of New Beginnings

As for Bunny, she fell head over heels in love with Dave Mortimer when she first arrived in town, but now it seems her past is catching up with her. She can’t help wondering if he’ll still feel the same way about her if he discovers who she really is – and what she did. As secrets tumble out and loyalties are tested, the Mortimers have to face up to some difficult decisions. With love, betrayal and dramatic revelations in the mix, this is one summer they’ll never forget. Praise for Lucy Diamond: ‘A hugely satisfying read’ – Heat ‘Warm, witty and wise’ – Daily Mail

Lucy Diamond lives in Bath with her husband and their three children. She has written many bestselling novels, including The Secrets of Happiness, Summer at Shell Cottage and The Year of Taking Chances.

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An Anonymous Girl Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen From the internationally bestselling authors of The Wife Between Us comes a mindblowing thriller of betrayal, obsession and dangerous truths. Seeking women aged 18 to 32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.

‘A clever thriller with masterful twists’ Karin Slaughter on The Wife Between Us ‘Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will adore this classy domestic noir set in New York’

When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive, and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr Shields may know what she’s thinking . . . and what she’s hiding. As Jess’s paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what is real in her life, and what is one of Dr Shields’s manipulative experiments. Caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly. From Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the authors of the top ten bestseller The Wife Between Us, comes an electrifying new novel about doubt, passion and deadly obsession . . .

Sunday Express on The Wife Between Us ‘Buckle up, because you won’t be able to put this one down’ Glamour on The Wife Between Us

Greer Hendricks spent over two decades as an editor. Prior to her tenure in book publishing, she worked at Allure magazine and earned her master’s in journalism from Columbia University. Her writing has been published in the New York Times and Publishers Weekly. Greer lives in Manhattan with her husband, two children and very needy dog, Rocky. The Wife Between Us is her first novel. Sarah Pekkanen is the internationally and USA Today bestselling author of several novels including Skipping a Beat. A former investigative journalist and feature writer, her work has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today and many others. She is the mother of three sons and lives just outside Washington, D.C.

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It Should Have Been Me Susan Wilkins Rosamund Lupton’s Sister meets Missing, Presumed. A miscarriage of justice could have deadly consequences in It Should Have Been Me, a gripping psychological thriller from author Susan Wilkins. She thought she knew everything about her sister. It seems she was wrong . . . DC Jo Boden was eleven years old when her older sister, Sarah, was brutally murdered during her first year at university. Her boyfriend, Nathan Wade, was convicted of the killing. Now, sixteen years later, Wade is being released on licence, and documentary film-maker Briony Rowe says she can prove his innocence.

‘The Killer is murderously good’ Elly Griffiths ‘This stylish, clever crime story never lets up . . . blazingly brilliant’ Sunday Mirror on The Killer ‘A magnificent and utterly gripping conclusion to the trilogy. I could hardly tear myself away . . . Susan Wilkins has given us some truly memorable characters. This is a stunning finale to Kaz’s journey’ Northern Crime Blog on The Killer ‘Wilkins pulls out all the stops to end this story on a high. The entire trilogy is a blistering treat for die-hard crime fiction fans’ Crimesquad.com on The Killer

The Boden family has never recovered from the tragedy, and they have always been certain that Wade is guilty. But Jo, who grew up believing her sister was perfect in every way, starts to question the evidence which put Wade behind bars. And perhaps Sarah harboured some very dark secrets of her own . . . It Should Have Been Me by Susan Wilkins is a taut and pacey psychological thriller for fans of Clare Mackintosh, Lisa Jewell and Susie Steiner.

After a degree in law and a stint as a journalist, Susan Wilkins embarked on a career in television drama. She has written numerous scripts for shows ranging from Casualty and Heartbeat to Coronation Street and EastEnders. She created and wrote the London-based detective drama South of the Border of which the BBC made two series. The Informant, The Mourner and The Killer were her previous three novels.

24/01/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509804542 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 352pp • Rights: Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Finding Hope at Hillside Farm Rachael Lucas Finding Hope at Hillside Farm by Rachael Lucas is a heartwarming, comforting read for fans of Cathy Bramley. Hillside Farm, nestled in the rolling hills of the Welsh countryside, is a safe haven for Ella. Working with her aunt Bron, she runs her own business, sharing her love of horses to help those in emotional need. Living on the remote farm, and with just the horses and her aunt for company, Ella thinks she has finally found a place where she can forget her own past and find peace. But the arrival of a small girl called Hope and her father Harry changes everything. As Ella helps the pair come to terms with their loss, she realizes she too deserves happiness. But is it too late to find it? Finding Hope at Hillside Farm is a heartwarming tale of loss, love and new beginnings by Rachael Lucas.

‘Such a joy! Spending time within the pages of a Rachael Lucas book is like coming home’ Cathy Bramley, author of The Plumberry School of Comfort Food, on Wildflower Bay ‘Deliciously sweet, engaging, heartwarming and utterly perfect’

Rachael juggles working as an author, coach and freelance writer with the aid of quite a lot of tea. She and her partner (also a writer) live by the seaside in the north-west of England with their six children. She is the author of My Box-Shaped Heart, Wildflower Bay, Coming Up Roses and Sealed With a Kiss.

Holly Martin, author of Summer at Rose Island, on Wildflower Bay ‘A warm and entertaining story of village life. I loved it’ Katie Fforde on Coming Up Roses

07/02/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509882755 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding USA Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Brooklands Girls Margaret Dickinson The Brooklands Girls is the second title in the Maitland trilogy by bestselling author Margaret Dickinson. In the early 1920s, the Maitland family are still coming to terms with the aftermath of the Great War. After her courageous work as an ambulance driver and nurse close to the Front, Pips is now restless and without purpose in her life. She seeks excitement in the frenetic world of endless parties and balls in London during the ‘Roaring Twenties’, but finds that only the thrill of driving on the Brooklands race-track can blot out her horrific memories of the trenches and help her to forget her broken love affair.

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Her beloved brother, Robert, has his own demons to battle. Although happily married to Alice and with a daughter, Daisy, on whom the whole family dotes – none more so than Pips – Robert believes that the loss of his right arm in the war has ended his career as a doctor. As he, too, struggles to find purpose in his life, the reappearance of faces from the past poses a dilemma for Pips. Can she ever trust a man’s promises and allow herself to love again? The Brooklands Girls is the heartfelt sequel to The Poppy Girls.

Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by many further titles including Plough the Furrow, Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest, which make up her Fleethaven trilogy. She is also the author of The Buffer Girls and its sequel Daughters of Courage. Margaret is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.

07/02/2019 • £6.99 • 9781509851492 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 432pp • Rights: WEL Excluding USA Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Ruin of Kings Jenn Lyons An extraordinary fantasy adventure. Here prophesy and magic combine in a powerful epic of imperial politics, dragons, gods and demons. WHAT IF YOU WEREN’T THE HERO? Kihrin grew up on tales of long-lost princes and grand quests – despite being raised in a brothel, making money as a musician and street thief. One day he overreaches by targeting an absent noble’s mansion, hunting for jewels. There he witnesses a prince performing a terrifying darkmagic ritual. Kihrin flees but he’s marked by a demon and his life will never be the same again.

‘It was one hell of a ride. I gobbled it up and was hungry for more’ Glen Cook ‘The Ruin of Kings is a fascinating story about a compellingly conflicted young hero in an intriguingly complex world’ L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

That night also leads to him being claimed as a lost son of that prince’s royal house. But far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family’s power plays and ambitions. He must also discover why his murderous father finds Kihrin more valuable alive than dead. Soon Kihrin attempts to escape his relative’s dangerous schemes, but finds himself in far deeper waters. He becomes tangled in a plot to kill the Emperor, rob the Imperial Vaults, claim a god-slaying sword and free bound demons to wreak havoc across the land. Kihrin also discovers the old tales lied about many things: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love – and the hero always winning. But maybe Kihrin isn’t fated to save the empire. He’s destined to destroy it.

Jenn Lyons lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, three cats and a nearly infinite number of opinions on anything from Sumerian mythology to the correct way to make a martini. She is a video game producer by day, and spends her evenings writing science-fiction, fantasy and paranormal mysteries. A long-time devotee of storytelling, she traces her geek roots back to playing first edition Dungeons & Dragons in grade school and reading her way from A to Z in the school’s library. The Ruin of Kings is the first in the fivebook Godslayer Cycle series. 07/02/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509879489 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 720pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 07/02/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509879496 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 720pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane Liz Trenow An evocative historical novel set against the rich tapestry of the silk trade in London during the 1760s. 1768, London. As a foundling who rose from poverty and now runs her own successful dressmaking business in the heart of society London, Miss Charlotte is a remarkable woman, admired by many. She has no need, nor desire, to marry. The people she values most are her friend Anna, her recently-found sister Louisa and nephew Peter. She feels herself fortunate, and should be content with what she has. But something is missing. A small piece of rare silk discovered in a bundle of scraps at auction triggers a curious sense of familiarity, and prompts her to unpick a past filled with extraordinary secrets and revelations . . .

‘What a delicious read The Silk Weaver is. I was enchanted by this novel set in eighteenth-century Spitalfields; meticulously researched, richly detailed, the brilliantly structured story shimmered as the threads of silk wound through its pages. I devoured it in two days and was gripped from start to finish. The characters shine too and Anna is an absolute triumph. A fabulous book’ Dinah Jefferies ‘Liz Trenow sews together the strands of past and present as delicately as the exquisite stitching on the quilt which forms the centrepiece of the story’ Lucinda Riley on The Forgotten Seamstress

The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane revisits the opulence and extravagance of the London silk trade in the mideighteenth century which Liz Trenow wrote about in her previous bestselling novel, The Silk Weaver.

Liz Trenow is the author of several historical novels, including The Last Telegram, The Forgotten Seamstress, The Poppy Factory, The Silk Weaver and In Love and War. Liz’s family have been silk weavers for nearly three hundred years and she grew up in a house next to their mill in Suffolk, which still operates today, weaving for top-end fashion houses and royal commissions. This unique history inspired several of her novels, including this one. Liz is a former journalist who spent fifteen years on regional and national newspapers, and on BBC radio and television news, before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in East Anglia with her artist husband, and they have two grown-up daughters.

21/02/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509879816 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

Wolves of Rome Valerio Massimo Manfredi From the international bestseller Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the Roman Empire. BOUND BY BLOOD. DIVIDED BY AN EMPIRE. Two wild Germanic brothers, Armin and Wulf, are held hostage in Rome to keep their father from rebelling against the Roman Empire. There they are moulded into ideal Roman soldiers; brave, disciplined, ruthless. Then a conspiracy arises that threatens the emperor and they alone must decide whether he lives or dies . . . As young men the brothers are separated and they serve in the Roman military at opposite ends of the Empire. Armin begins to realize he cannot escape his origins and works to unite the tribes of Germania under one banner. Only his brother and the might of the Roman Empire stand between him and his dream of freedom for the Germanic people . . . ‘Has all the elements of a truly epic novel. The pages are jam-packed with excitement, danger, love, revenge, mystery and myth’

Wolves of Rome is perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow’s Eagles of the Empire series and Ben Kane’s Eagles of Rome series.

Historical Novels Review ‘Where Manfredi excels . . . is in his mastery of detail’ Sunday Express ‘Stand aside Gladiator, the real classics are coming’ Independent ‘Manfredi has this genre off to a finely honed art’ Barry Forshaw, Good Book Guide

Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. He is the author of seventeen novels, which have won him literary awards and have sold 12 million copies. His Alexander trilogy has been translated into 38 languages and published in 62 countries and the film rights have been acquired by Universal Pictures. His novel The Last Legion was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley and directed by Doug Lefler. Valerio Massimo Manfredi has taught at a number of prestigious universities in Italy and abroad and has published numerous articles and essays in academic journals. He has also written screenplays for film and television, contributed to journalistic articles and conducted cultural programmes and television documentaries.

21/02/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509878994 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 320pp • Rights: WEL

The True Queen Zen Cho A fresh, magical adventure set in Regency London, fairyland and an enchanted island: war looms in the lands of fairy as two sisters are separated, plots thicken and there are rumours of a new contender for the throne of fairy . . . Fairyland’s future lies in doubt . . . The island of Janda Baik, in the Malay archipelago, has long been home to witches. And Muna and her sister Satki wake on its shores under a curse – which has quite stolen away their memories. Satki plots to banish it in London, as Britain’s Sorceress Royal dares to train female magicians. But the pair journey there via the Fairy Queen’s realm, where Satki disappears.

‘Sorcerer to the Crown is a captivating debut that, aside from examining both gender and racial prejudice, tells an entertaining story with wit and consummate skill’ Guardian on The Sorcerer to the Crown ‘An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susannah Clarke, full of delights and surprises. Zen Cho unpins the edges of the canvas and throws them wide’ Naomi Novik on The Sorcerer to the Crown ‘Fabulous! If you like Austen or Patrick O’Brian, or magic and humor like Susannah Clarke, or simply a very fun read, you will really, really, enjoy this’

Distraught, Muna takes her sister’s place at the school, despite her troublesome lack of magic. Then the Sorceress receives an ambassador from the Fairy Court, which has incarcerated her friends – for supposedly stealing a powerful talisman. Their Queen is at her most dangerous, fearing for her throne. For the missing trinket contained the magic of her usurped sister, Fairyland’s rightful heir. Mina must somehow find Satki, break their curse and stay out of trouble. But if the true queen does finally return, trouble may find her . . .

Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia and now lives in Birmingham. She was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for her short fiction and won the Crawford Award. Her debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, won the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer.

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21/03/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509801077 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 416pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 21/03/2019 • £13.99 • 9781509801107 • Fiction • Trade Paperback • 416pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

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Silent Night Danielle Steel Silent Night is an emotional, heart-rending story of loss, grief and new beginnings, by the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Nine-year-old Emma is a talented child actress, whose career is managed by her loving but overbearing mother Paige. Paige ferries her daughter across LA from audition to casting to job. But one fateful day, Emma’s life is turned upside down when their car crashes, killing her mother instantly and leaving Emma in intensive care with catastrophic brain injuries. As Emma recovers from her life-changing injuries, she is left in the care of her aunt, Whitney. Whitney committed herself to her career as a psychiatrist long ago, deciding she didn’t want children. Although she and her sister were close, she disagreed about the way her sister pushed her young daughter into a career. Now Whitney is Paige’s sole guardian; parent, friend and confidante. From such devastating loss, aunt and niece must find a way to heal their bodies and their hearts. Silent Night is a heart-breaking family drama and an example of the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel, at her most moving and compelling.

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Brutal Mandasue Heller A bereaved husband is faced with a devastating choice in this gritty thriller from the top ten bestselling author Mandasue Heller. Frank Peters’ peaceful life on his farm in the isolated Yorkshire Moors comes to an abrupt end when his beloved wife Maureen dies. Depressed when his daughter emigrates to Australia two weeks after the funeral, and that his son rarely visits or calls, Frank believes he is destined for a bleak and lonely future. Then one night, disturbed by a noise at the back of the house, he finds a badly injured young woman called Irena, and he’s shocked when she reveals that she was brought into the country by a man who then imprisoned her and forced her into prostitution.

‘Heller doesn’t mince words, her gritty plots create a Manchester underworld to rival Martina Cole’s raw and rough East End’ Peterborough Evening Telegraph ‘Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel’ Martina Cole on Forget Me Not ‘Captivating from first page to last’ Jeffery Deaver on Lost Angel

Frank offers her a bed for the night, but it’s the middle of winter and when heavy snowfall prevents her from leaving the next day, he’s forced to extend the invitation – which causes problems with his daughter who, when she finds out, accuses him of betraying her mother. With his daughter not talking to him, Frank is horrified when, during a storm one night, he agrees to sleep in Irena’s bed and wakes to find himself on the verge of having sex with her. Wracked with guilt, because he had been dreaming that he was with his wife, Frank is sure that Irena is just being kind when she confesses that she is developing feelings for him. But as time goes on, and he finds himself becoming increasingly attracted to her, he’s forced to make a choice between the past and the future . . . Brutal is a gritty crime novel by the bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

From the back streets of Manchester to the nightclubs and penthouses of the beautiful people, Mandasue Heller, author of the top ten bestseller Run, knows the world she writes. Born in Warrington, she moved to Manchester in the 1980s, where she found the inspiration for her novels. She spent ten years living in the infamous Hulme Crescents and was a professional singer for many years before turning her hand to writing. She has three children and three grandchildren, and still writes and records songs with her musician partner, Wingrove, between books. 21/03/2019 • £12.99 • 9781447288404 • Fiction • Hardback Royal • 400pp • Rights: WEL

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The Silversmith’s Daughter Annie Murray The second in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter series by Sunday Times bestselling author Annie Murray. 1915. Margaret and Philip Tallis are happily married, have a thriving business and three children, Daisy, John and Lily. At 20, Daisy is an impassioned, headstrong girl, determined to follow in her parents’ footsteps in Birmingham’s jewellery trade. While studying at the college for silversmiths, she meets an old rival of her father’s. James Carson is married, but Daisy finds herself dangerously drawn to him . . . As war tightens its grip on the country, the Jewellery Quarter is thrown into anguish as the men are forced to decide who will enlist. In the turmoil, will Margaret be able to hold her business and her family together? The Silversmith’s Daughter is the emotional sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller Sisters of Gold by Annie Murray. ‘This heartwarming story is a gripping read, full of drama, love and compassion’ Take a Break on Soldier Girl ‘This epic saga will have you gripped from start to finish’ Birmingham Evening Mail on Chocolate Girls ‘An exceptional first novel’ Chronicle on Birmingham Rose ‘Just the right mix of mystery and nostalgia’ Parents’ Magazine on Birmingham Friends

Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John’s College, Oxford. Her first ‘Birmingham’ story, Birmingham Rose, hit the Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including the bestselling Chocolate Girls and War Babies. The Silversmith’s Daughter is Annie’s twenty-second novel, after the top ten bestselling Sisters of Gold. Annie has four children and lives near Reading.

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Scent of Fear Tony Park Africa’s war against poaching is hard fought in this explosive thriller of action and adventure. Scent of Fear by Tony Park, the author of Captive and The Cull, is an action-packed thriller that will engross fans of Clive Cussler, Scott Mariani and Andy McDermott. Afghanistan veteran Sean Bourke’s world explodes when an IED detonates in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve. On a routine anti-poaching patrol, Sean and his tracker dog Benny watch in horror as over-eager rookie Tumi Mabasa is almost killed, and her dog gravely injured, in the explosion.

‘No modern author writes with as much knowledge, conviction and love of the Southern Africa of today as Aussie veteran army officer Tony Park’

Along with Tumi and best mate Craig Hoddy, Sean is determined to hunt down the elusive bombmaker who has introduced this destructive weapon to the war on poaching.

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But Sean is his own worst enemy. Haunted by nightmares of the war and wracked with guilt for driving away his ex-wife, Christine, he soon discovers her and Craig in the midst of an intense affair.

‘Never disappoints as a storyteller’

And there’s another enemy at play . . .

Daily Telegraph ‘Plenty of blood, loads of thrills and sneakery make for a satisfying holiday read – even if you’re not on holiday’

As bombs target Sean’s unit, can he get himself back on track and win the fight for Africa’s wildlife – and Christine – before it’s too late?

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Tony Park has worked as a newspaper reporter, a government press secretary, a PR consultant and a freelance writer. He is also a Major in the Australian Army Reserve and served in Afghanistan in 2002. Tony and his wife divide their time between Sydney and Southern Africa where they own a home on the border of Kruger National Park. He is the author of several gripping thrillers, including The Cull and Captive. 21/03/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509876570 • Fiction • Paperback B Format • 400pp • Rights: WEL Excluding AU NZ SA

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The Neighbour Fiona Cummins The perfect neighbourhood or the perfect lie? For fans of The Couple Next Door, The Neighbour is a twisting thriller about a leafy suburb with a deadly secret, by rising star of crime fiction Fiona Cummins. FOR SALE: A lovely family home with good-sized garden and treehouse occupying a plot close to woodland. Quiet, leafy road, good schools, close to the sea and commutable to London. Perfect for kids, fitness enthusiasts, dog walkers . . . And, it seems, the perfect hunting ground for a serial killer.

‘A crime novel of the very first order’ David Baldacci on The Collector ‘Trust me – Cummins is a keeper’ Lee Child on The Collector ‘An excellent read’ Martina Cole on Rattle ‘It’s a rare debut that has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition’ Val McDermid on Rattle

On a hot July day, Garrick and Olivia Lockwood and their two children move into 25 The Avenue looking for a fresh start. They arrive in the midst of a media frenzy: they’d heard about the local murders in the press, but Garrick was certain the killer would be caught and it would all be over in no time. Besides, they’d got the house at a steal and he was convinced he could flip it for a fortune. The neighbours seemed to be the very picture of community spirit. But everyone has secrets, and the residents in The Avenue are no exception. After six months on the case with no real leads, the most recent murder has turned DC Wildeve Stanton’s life upside down, and now she has her own motive for hunting down the killer – quickly. The Neighbour is a thrilling standalone novel by the author of Rattle, Fiona Cummins.

Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former Daily Mirror showbusiness journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing A Novel course. She lives in Essex with her family. The Neighbour is her third novel, following Rattle and The Collector.

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A Time of Blood John Gwynne This stirring epic fantasy attains new heights as new heroes are forged in the fires of impending war . . . Angels and demons will fight to the death.

‘The book reminded me in the very best way of the sort of fantasy I loved in years gone by. Exciting, well-written, swords and sorcery. Try it on for size’ Mark Lawrence on A Time of Dread ‘John Gwynne is one of the modern masters of heroic fantasy’ Adrian Tchaikovsky on A Time of Dread ‘Great evils, conflicted heroes, bloody battles, betrayal, and giants riding battle bears! What’s not to love?’ Peter Newman on A Time of Dread

Drem and his companions flee the battle at Starstone Lake. They’ve seen horrors they’ll never forget, like magic warping men into beasts. They also witnessed a demon being raised from the dead – to become a Revenant, and more powerful than before. Now Drem carries a warning to the Order of the Bright Star. But the priestess Fritha has been sent to destroy them. And as she closes on the group, she burns to complete her mission. Hiding in the heart of Forn Forest, Riv struggles to understand her half-breed heritage. She represents the warrior-angels’ biggest secret, one which could tear their fortress at Drassil apart. And when she’s found, and the Ben-Elim’s high captain swoops in for the kill, it could yet be the death of her. Demons will sail for Drassil with their mighty war-host. And the Order of the Bright Star would come to the angels’ aid. However, Fritha and her misshapen creatures are tasked with destroying them. Like the heroes of old, Drem, his companions and the Order will fight for truth and justice. But can the light triumph when the dark is rising?

John Gwynne studied and lectured at Brighton University. He’s been in a rock ’n’ roll band, playing the double bass, travelled the USA and lived in Canada for a time. He is married with four children and lives in Eastbourne, running a small family business rejuvenating vintage furniture. His debut novel, Malice, won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut.

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Untitled David Baldacci David Baldacci A heart-pounding thriller featuring Amos Decker, FBI Special Agent, by internationally bestselling author David Baldacci. This will be the next novel in the Amos Decker series following on from The Fallen.

‘One of the world’s biggest-selling thriller writers, Baldacci needs no introduction . . . Brilliant plotting, heart-grabbing action and characters to die for’ Daily Mail ‘Baldacci is still peerless’ Sunday Times

David Baldacci is one of the world’s bestselling and favourite thriller writers. With over 130 million copies in print, his books are published in over 80 territories and 45 languages, and have been adapted for both feature-film and television. He has established links to government sources, giving his books added authenticity. David is also the co-founder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation ®, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across the US.

Trust him to take you to the action.

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The Warship Neal Asher Neal Asher ramps up the action in this second book in his Rise of the Jain trilogy. Expect epic conflicts in space, extraordinary aliens and impossible choices . . . Each faction will do whatever it takes to save their kind . . . Orlandine has destroyed the alien Jain super-soldier by deploying an actual black hole. And now that same weapon hoovers up clouds of lethal Jain technology, swarming within the deadly accretion disc’s event horizon. All seems just as she planned. Yet behind her back, forces incite rebellion on her home world, planning her assassination. Earth Central, humanity’s ruling intelligence, knows Orlandine was tricked into releasing her weapon, and fears the Jain are behind it. The prador king knows this too – and both foes gather fleets of warships to surround the disc. ‘Neal Asher’s books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain’ John Scalzi ‘The Soldier provides everything we demand from Asher: a beautifully complex universe where AIs, aliens and post-humans scheme and struggle – magnificently awesome. Then Asher turns it up to eleven’ Peter F. Hamilton ‘A richly imagined, exotic world, nonstop action and unimaginable stakes – I couldn’t put The Soldier down’ Yoon Ha Lee, author of Ninefox Gambit ‘Neal Asher’s coruscating mix of epic space opera, weaponized Darwinism and highstakes intrigue channels the primal flame of deep-core science fiction’ Paul McAuley, author of Four Hundred Billion Stars

The alien Client is returning to the accretion disc to save the last of her kind, buried on a ship deep within it. She upgrades her vast weapons platform in preparation, and she’ll need it. Their nemesis also waits within the disc’s swirling dusts – and the Jain have committed genocide before.

Neal Asher divides his time between Essex and Crete, mostly at a keyboard and mentally light-years away. His full-length novels are as follows. First is the Agent Cormac series: Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass Man, Polity Agent and Line War. Next comes the Spatterjay series: The Skinner, The Voyage of the Sable Keech and Orbus. Also set in the same world of the Polity are these standalone novels: Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Shadow of the Scorpion and The Technician. The Transformation trilogy is also based in the Polity: Dark Intelligence, War Factory and Infinity Engine. Set in a dystopian future are: The Departure, Zero Point and Jupiter War, while Cowl takes us across time. The Warship is the second book in the Rise of the Jain series, following The Soldier, and is set in the Polity universe.

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The Teashop Girls Elaine Everest A heartwarming story of wartime friendship and love, by bestselling author Elaine Everest. It is early 1940 and World War Two has already taken a hold on the country. Rose Neville works as a Lyon’s Teashop Nippy on the Kent coast alongside her childhood friends, the ambitious Lily and Katie, whose fiancé is about to be posted overseas in the navy. As war creates havoc in Europe, Rose relies on the close friendship of her friends and her family. When Capt. Benjamin Hargreaves enters the teashop one day, Rose is immediately drawn to him. But as Lyon’s forbids courting between staff and customers, she tries to put the handsome officer out of her mind. In increasingly dark and dangerous times, Rose fears there may not be time to waste. But is the dashing captain what he seems? ‘Heartwarming . . . a must-read’ Woman’s Own ‘A warm, tender tale of friendship and love . . . sweet as a Woolies pick’n’mix’ Milly Johnson on The Woolworths Girls ‘A lovely read’ Bella on The Woolworths Girls ‘Elaine brings the heyday of the iconic high-street giant to life in her charming novel’ S Magazine on The Woolworths Girls

The Teashop Girls is a warm and moving tale of friendship and love in wartime, by the bestselling author of the Woolworths series, Elaine Everest.

Elaine Everest was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where the Woolworths books are set, and was once a Woolworths girl herself. Elaine has written widely – both short stories and features – for women’s magazines. When she isn’t writing, Elaine runs The Write Place creative writing school in Dartford, Kent, and the blog for the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Elaine lives with her husband, Michael, and their Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Henry, in Swanley, Kent.

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The Abandoned Daughter Mary Wood A gripping historical saga from the bestselling author of Tomorrow Brings Sorrow, Mary Wood. Volunteer nurse Ella is haunted by the cries she hears on the battlefields of Dieppe. But that’s not the only thing that haunts her. When her dear friend Jim breaks her trust, Ella is left bruised and heartbroken. All Ella craves is friendship. Over the years, her ties have been pulled apart at the seams by the effects of war. Now, more than ever, she feels so alone. At a military hospital in France, Ella befriends Connie and Paddy. Slowly she begins to heal, and finds comfort in the arms of a French officer called Paulo – could he be her salvation?

‘Wood is a born storyteller’ Lancashire Evening Post

With the end of the war on the horizon, surely things have to get better? Ella grew up not knowing her real family but a clue leads her in their direction. What did happen to Ella’s parents, and why is she so desperate to find out? The Abandoned Daughter by Mary Wood is the second book in The Girls Who Went to War trilogy.

Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood’s family was poor, but rich in love. Over time, she developed a natural empathy with the less fortunate and is fascinated by social history. Mary raised four children and has numerous grandchildren, stepgrandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989, and is now a full-time novelist.

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Dead at First Sight Peter James The fifteenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author, Peter James. You don’t know me, but I thought I knew you . . .

‘Peter James has penetrated the inner workings of police procedures, and the inner thoughts and attitudes of real detectives, as no English crime writer before him. His hero, Roy Grace, may not be the most lively cop, nor the most damaged by drink, weight or misery, but he’s one of the most believable’ The Times ‘Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business’ Karin Slaughter

A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world – and that neither women exist. Meanwhile, a wealthy divorcée plunges in suspicious circumstances from an apartment block in Munich. In the same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome Brighton motivational speaker comes forward. He’s discovered his identity is being used to scam eleven different women online. The first he knew of it was a phone call from one of them, out of the blue, saying, ‘You don’t know me, but I thought I knew you’. That woman is now dead. Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams and the murder of anyone who threatens to expose them.

Peter James is the international bestselling author of many award-winning novels. His Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, set in Brighton, has been translated into thirty-seven languages with worldwide sales of over nineteen million copies, and has given him many consecutive Sunday Times number ones. In 2015 WHSmith customers publicly voted him the Greatest Crime Author of All Time and in 2016 he became the recipient of the coveted CWA Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence. Peter has also written a short story collection, A Twist of the Knife, and his standalone titles include Perfect People and The House on Cold Hill. The Perfect Murder, Dead Simple and Not Dead Enough have all been turned into smash-hit stage plays. All his novels reflect his deep interest in the world of the police. Three of his novels have been filmed and before becoming a full-time author he produced numerous films, including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.

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Children of Ruin Adrian Tchaikovsky Set in the same world as Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, this is a standalone story of a human outpost stranded in space – and terrors best left unexplored . . .

‘Brilliant science fiction and far-out worldbuilding’ James McAvoy on Children of Time ‘Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human’ Patrick Ness on Children of Time ‘A refreshing new take on postdystopia civilizations, with the smartest evolutionary world-building you’ll ever read’ Peter F. Hamilton on Children of Time ‘This is superior stuff, tackling big themes – gods, messiahs, artificial intelligence, alienness – with brio’

Before the fall of Earth, its voracious terraforming programme had attempted to colonize nearby stars. One team travelled to a planet they would call Nod, to prepare it to receive life. But they made a startling discovery. Nod already had life; the first alien ecosystem ever discovered. Scientists decided to preserve their find, turning to an ice-world further from the sun. They warmed it into an ocean paradise – while investigating Nod and its fauna. Then humanity’s great empire dissolved into anarchy, isolating Earth’s outposts. Colonizers discovered, too late, that life on Nod transcended the primitive forms they’d discovered. And as they’d been watching Nod, they’d been studied in turn. Now, thousands of years later, the Portiids and their humans have sent an exploration vessel – following fragmentary, desperate, radio signals. They discover Nod and a system in crisis. Here, warring factions are attempting to rebuild, following an apocalyptic catastrophe. For those early terraformers woke something all those years before – something better left undisturbed.

Financial Times on Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and several standalone novels, including Children of Time, the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

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Blessing in Disguise Danielle Steel The world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel, explores what it means to be a family in Blessing in Disguise. Isabelle McAvoy is a private art consultant who started her career as a curator in an important downtown gallery in New York. Now she has her own clients who range from famous collectors to the newly rich, hungry to buy to show off their wealth and impress their friends. Her career is soaring, but her private life is messier. She has three children, each with different fathers: dreamy Theo, fierce and resentful Xela and kindly Oona. Isabelle only wants health and happiness for her children, but life has a habit of making things hard. And as she navigates the loves and losses of her children, can she ever find happiness for herself? Full of heartbreak and happiness, Blessing in Disguise is a wise, warm-hearted novel from the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel, about family, whatever form it might take.

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The Island of Promises Nadia Marks An emotional and sweeping historical novel spanning decades in the lives of two families from different religions on the island of Cyprus. The Island of Promises is an evocative family drama from Nadia Marks, author of the bestselling Among the Lemon Trees.

‘My book of the year. An utterly gripping story of love and family secrets’ Vanessa Feltz on Among the Lemon Trees

In a small village deep in the wild mountains of Cyprus, the Constandinou and Terzi families live together side by side. Although one is Christian and the other Muslim, they share a deep friendship based on mutual respect, despite their different faiths. But neither family knows what the future holds . . . In a sweeping historical tale, Nadia Marks brings to life with startling clarity the trials of two families during a turbulent period in Eastern Mediterranean history.

‘A sparkling summer read’ Woman magazine on Secrets Under the Sun ‘An atmospheric and emotion-packed sunshine odyssey . . . The perfect travelling companion for this year’s holiday season’ Lancashire Evening Post on Secrets Under the Sun

Nadia Marks (née Kitromilides, which in Greek means bitter lemons) grew up in London but was born in Cyprus, where her novel Secrets Under the Sun is set. A former creative director and associate editor for a number of leading British women’s magazines, she is now a novelist and works as a freelance writer for several national and international publications. She has two sons and lives in North London with her partner Mike.

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Her Sister’s Lie Debbie Howells Her Sister’s Lie is a gripping, twisting psychological thriller from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Bones of You, Debbie Howells. Hannah learns that her estranged sister has died; they haven’t spoken for many years since being torn apart by a terrible secret. Hannah is left with years of regret, and guardianship of her sister’s teenage son, Abe. Sullen and grieving, Abe makes for a difficult house guest. But when sinister things start happening, Hannah is forced to confront the possibility that he might be dangerous too. How much does Abe know? And how far will Hannah go to protect her secret?

‘This is not a fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat crime story but a psychological thriller about the dark side of suburban England where finely pruned rose bushes hide what lies beneath’ Daily Express on The Bones of You

Debbie Howells is a florist and lives with her family and assorted animals in Sussex. Her Sister’s Lie is her fourth novel, following The Death of Her, The Beauty of the End and Richard and Judy Book Club title The Bones of You.

‘A dazzling debut from a writer who looks to me to have an exceptional future. Howells’ novel has a rare freshness and depth that set her apart’ Daily Mail on The Bones of You ‘A terrific new talent. She paints with words and takes a scalpel to emotions’ Peter James

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Come Rain or Shine Pam Weaver A heartwarming story about love, friendship and determination, by Pam Weaver. 1947. Cousins Veronica (Ronnie) and Sheila are given the opportunity to run their grandfather’s business, a local garage, in Worthing. Ronnie’s ne’er-do-well brother Leslie is furious – as the man of the family, he believes the business is rightfully his. But their grandmother is adamant that Leslie is not to be trusted . . .

‘What a terrific read – saga fans everywhere will love it and be asking for more from this talented author’ Annie Groves on Blue Moon ‘An engaging and gripping post-war saga . . . A hard-hitting story of female friendship tested against the odds’ Take a Break on Always in My Heart ‘Pam Weaver presents us with a real pageturner – with richly drawn characters and a clever plot’

After serving in the ATS in the war, Sheila is a trained mechanic, while Ronnie discovers she has a talent for numbers and a shrewd business head. Despite the garage having run into huge debts in the previous years, the girls are determined to make it work. Initially filled with enthusiasm, Sheila and Ronnie are shocked by the challenges they face, as well as dealing with their own heartache and loss. But come rain or shine, can true friendship withstand even the fiercest of storms? Come Rain or Shine is an uplifting story of the resilience of friendship, by Pam Weaver.

Caring 4 Sussex on Always in My Heart ‘A heartrending story about mothers and daughters’ Kitty Neale on Blue Moon

Pam’s saga novels, including There’s Always Tomorrow, Better Days Will Come, Pack Up Your Troubles, For Better For Worse, Love Walked Right In and Sing Them Home, are set in Worthing during the austerity years. Pam’s inspiration comes from her love of people and their stories, and her passion for the town of Worthing. With the sea on one side and the Downs on the other, Worthing has a scattering of small villages within its urban sprawl, and in some cases tight-knit communities, making it an ideal setting for the modern saga.

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Your Truth or Mine? Trisha Sakhlecha Your Truth or Mine? is a debut psychological suspense title by Trisha Sakhlecha about the unravelling of a marriage and the dark secrets couples keep from one another, perfect for fans of Erin Kelly’s He Said/She Said and Lisa Jewell’s Then She Was Gone. At their wedding Mia and Roy Kapoor promised to love and cherish each other. Whilst not perfect, their marriage is sacred and their commitment absolute. But a knock at the door changes everything when Roy is questioned in the disappearance of a young woman. As Roy and Mia’s life unravels, they must question everything they know about each other if their marriage is to survive. But what if the real truth is not what they, or you, think?

Trisha Sakhlecha grew up in New Delhi and now lives in London. She works in fashion and is a graduate of the acclaimed Faber Academy writing course. In the past, Trisha has worked as a designer, trend forecaster and lecturer. Your Truth or Mine? is her first novel.

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Recursion Blake Crouch A mind-bending thriller filled with twists and turns from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy.

‘Brilliant . . . I think Blake Crouch just invented something new’ Lee Child on Dark Matter ‘It’s been a long time since a novel sucked me in and kept me turning pages the way this one did. Exceptional’ Andy Weir on Dark Matter ‘It also might be the most helter-skelter, race-to-the-finish-line thriller you’ll read all year’ Guardian

NYPD detective Barry Sutton is driving home from another long shift when the call comes in. A woman is threatening to commit suicide and he’s the one tasked with talking her down. It’s only when he’s on the rooftop standing inches away from her that he realizes the woman is infected with False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious disease that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. Devastated when he is unable to save her, he then begins to agonize over the fact that he may now also have contracted the horrifying disease. Helena Smith is a brilliant but frustrated neuroscientist. If she could only get the funding she so desperately needs she’s sure she could build the ambitious device she’s long imagined – one that would allow people to preserve their most intense memories, and relive them whenever they want. When a billionaire entrepreneur offers to bankroll her project, she jumps at the opportunity – even if there are some strange conditions attached. As Helena’s efforts yield outstanding results, Barry investigates the mystery behind the woman he failed to save, and in doing so finds himself on a journey as astonishing as it is terrifying . . .

Blake Crouch is best known for the Wayward Pines trilogy, which has sold more than a million copies, been translated into thirty languages, and adapted into a prime-time event series on FOX. He lives in Colorado.

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Lost and Found Danielle Steel Lost and Found is a novel for anyone who’s ever wondered ‘what if?’, by the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Can you ever be sure you’ve made the right decision? After an accident, a renowned photographer reflects on the three great loves of her life, and the possibility of what could have been . . . From New York to Santa Fe, Lost and Found by Danielle Steel is a novel about first love, second chances and whether there is such a thing as happy ever after.

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Before Your Lies Sandie Jones The stunning second novel from The Other Woman author Sandie Jones, who delivers twist after heart-stopping twist in this addictively readable domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and her best friend. Two women. Best friends. Through the ups and downs of life, from celebrating and nights out to comforting each other through divorce and death, Alice and Beth know that together they can survive anything. That they trust each other implicitly. ‘What an incredible read. Pammie was such a compelling and unique villain . . . It’s a definite must-read this summer!’ Hollie Overton, author of Baby Doll, on The Other Woman ‘The Other Woman is an absolute corker – wickedly relatable story, wonderful characters and a great twist’

When Alice’s husband Nathan starts going on more and more business trips, Alice starts to suspect he is having an affair, and the first person that she turns to is Beth, asking for her help in finding out the truth. Because if Beth knew something about Nathan, she’d tell Alice – wouldn’t she? After all that’s what best friends do . . .

T. M. Logan, bestselling author of Lies ‘A twisty, deliciously fun read’ Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling author of The Wife Between Us, on The Other Woman

Sandie Jones is a freelance journalist and has contributed to the Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Woman’s Weekly and Hello magazine, amongst others. If she wasn’t a writer, she’d be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions. She lives in London with her husband and three children.

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The Nightjar Deborah Hewitt A magical adventure set in an alternative London, infused with Finnish mythology – perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman. Alice Wyndham has been plagued by visions of birds her whole life, and only her best friend Jen understands her terror. So when an accident leaves Jen in a coma, Alice is devastated. Then the mysterious Crowley reveals that Alice is an aviarist: capable of seeing nightjars, magical birds that guard human souls. And Jen’s nightjar has already flown to Death’s aviary, the Black Menagerie. Unless Jen and her soul bird can be reunited, she won’t recover – and only Alice can save her. With Crowley’s help, Alice travels to the Rookery, a hidden city within the London she knows. Here, surrounded by others with unique powers, she begins to hone her own newfound talents. However, she’s being hunted by a faction intent on annihilating magic users. And is Crowley really working with her, or against her? Alice must risk everything she holds dear to save her best friend – and uncover the strange truth about herself.

Deborah Hewitt is a teacher and previous Undiscovered Voices winner living in Manchester. The Nightjar is her debut novel.

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Bloodwitch Susan Dennard Bloodwitch is the third book in the Witchlands series by Susan Dennard, a brilliantly imagined coming-of-age story about two witches destined to save their world from tainted magic. Perfect for fans of Robin Hobb and Trudi Canavan. Loyalties will be tested as never before. The Raider King’s plans to claim the Witchlands are under way. Now, his forces sow terror in the mountains, slaughtering innocents. After finding the slain, Aeduan and Iseult race for safety. And despite differing goals, they’ve grown to trust one another in the fight to survive. Yet the Bloodwitch keeps a secret that could change everything . . . ‘Truthwitch by Susan Dennard is like a cake stuffed full of your favourite fantasy treats: highway robbery, swordplay, deep friendships, treachery, magic, piracy on the high seas, and romance. If you like any or all of the above in the fantasy tales, this book will delight you’

When Merik sacrifices himself to save his friends, he is captured by the Fury. However, Merik isn’t one to give up easily, and he’ll do whatever it takes to save those he loves. And in Marstok, Safi the Truthwitch agrees to help the empress uncover a rebellion. But those implicated are killed and Safi becomes desperate for freedom.

Robin Hobb

War has come once more to the Witchlands. Perhaps if Safi and Iseult were united, their powers could bring peace. But chaos is not easily tamed.

‘Truthwitch is an instant new classic. It reminded me of why I started reading fantasy in the first place: its fierce and vibrant world, richly drawn characters and dazzling intrigue harken to the best of Megan Whalen Turner, Robin Hobb and Jacqueline Carey. And while it pays homage to the epic fantasies that have come before it, it also lays the foundation for a bright new chapter in the genre’

Susan Dennard is based in the US, and used to be a marine biologist before becoming a full-time novelist. She is also the author of the Something Strange and Deadly trilogy in the US, as well as co-author on a serialized science fiction project with New York Times bestseller Sarah J. Maas.

Sarah J. Maas

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A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine A gripping political intrigue in space that recalls the best of John le Carré and the most vivid shades of Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels and Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is a fastpaced, character-led tale of empire and rebellion with a murder at its heart. Mahit Dzmare, ambassador for her people, is thrilled to visit the City – capital of many worlds. But she’s unprepared for the chaos that awaits. Her predecessor has been murdered, but no one will admit it wasn’t an accident. So she must navigate the capital’s deadly halls of power to hunt down the truth, discover what he gave up to save his people and also prevent the empire from forcibly annexing her home – while staying alive herself.

‘A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it’ Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice ‘A cutting, beautiful, human adventure about cultural exchange, identity, and intrigue. The best SF novel I’ve read in the last five years’

Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and an apprentice city planner. Under both names she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada and Sweden, lives in Baltimore with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw.

Yoon Ha Lee, author of Ninefox Gambit ‘An intricate, layered tale of empire, personal ambition, political obligations and interstellar intrigue. Vivid and delightfully inventive’ Aliette de Bodard, author of The House of Shattered Wings

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Blood & Sugar Laura Shepherd-Robinson 1781. An investigation into a gruesome murder on the Deptford Docks leads to a dark secret that could change the very core of British society . . . ‘A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ C. J. Sansom Blood & Sugar is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson. June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark.

‘Laura Shepherd-Robinson has written a story that is not only a page-turner of a crime thriller but, to an extent unusual in historical novels, one where you feel you really are listening to a voice from the eighteenth century’ C. J. Sansom ‘Utterly compelling . . . The next star of historical crime fiction has arrived’ R. N. Morris ‘A book to be savoured. Characters and setting so vividly depicted, and a story both bold and heart-breaking. I can’t recommend it enough’ Jo Jakeman, author of Sticks and Stones ‘A striking historical thriller that exposes the horrors of Britain’s slave trade . . . Few first novels are as accomplished as this’ Andrew Taylor

Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . . To discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads of his friend’s investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his family’s happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him. And that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . .

Laura Shepherd-Robinson was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. Laura worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing at City University. She lives in London with her husband, Adrian. This is her first novel.

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The Overnight Kidnapper Andrea Camilleri Three cases of overnight kidnapping baffle the Vigàtan police force in Andrea Camilleri’s twenty-third Inspector Montalbano mystery. The Overnight Kidnapper is the twenty-third Inspector Montalbano mystery, from the international bestselling author Andrea Camilleri. After a hectic morning involving two rather irritating cases of mistaken identity, Inspector Montalbano finally arrives in his office ready to hear about the cases troubling Vigàta that week. What he discovers is unnerving. A woman on her way home from work has been held up at gunpoint, chloroformed and kidnapped, but then released just hours later – unharmed and with all her possessions – into the open countryside. Later that day, Montalbano hears from Enzo, the owner of his favourite restaurant, that his niece has recently been the victim of the exact same crime. Before long, a third instance of this baffling overnight kidnapping has been reported. ‘Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today’ Guardian

As far as Montalbano can tell, there is no link between the attacker and the victims. So what exactly is this mystery assailant gaining from these fleeting kidnappings? And what can he do to stop them? Montalbano must use all his logic and intuition if he is to answer these pressing questions before the kidnapper finds his next victim . . .

‘Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb’ Sunday Times ‘One of fiction’s greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe’s greatest crime writers’ Daily Mail

Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy’s most famous contemporary writers. His books have sold over 65 million copies worldwide. He lives in Rome. The Inspector Montalbano series, which began with The Shape of Water, has been translated into thirty-two languages and was adapted for Italian television, screened on BBC4. The Potter’s Field, the thirteenth book in the series, was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association’s International Dagger for the best crime novel translated into English. In addition to his phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano series, he is also the author of the historical comic mysteries Hunting Season and The Brewer of Preston.

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The Glovemaker Ann Weisgarber Utah, 1888. As one woman awaits her husband’s return home, a stranger arrives on her doorstep . . . From the critically acclaimed author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree comes The Glovemaker – a stunning historical novel for fans of Cold Mountain. For almost four years, men came to my cabin carrying trouble on their backs, each one haunted and looking over their shoulders . . . They showed up during the spring, they appeared in the summer and early fall. But never now, never in January . . . Winter, 1888. In the inhospitable lands of Utah Territory, glovemaker Deborah Tyler awaits her husband’s return home after months working across the state. But as his due date comes and goes without a word, Deborah starts to fear the worst. Facing a future alone, matters are only compounded when a desperate stranger arrives on her doorstep. And with him, trouble. ‘The Glovemaker, Ann Weisgarber’s engrossing, troubling, honest-to-goodness third novel, is as stark and touching as the lives described, as tense and testing as the Utah backlands where it’s set, as fine as any fiction you will read this year’ Jim Crace, author of Harvest and The Melody ‘A compelling story balanced on the knife edge between religion and ethics, crime and sin, compassion and fear’ Mary Doria Russell, author of Doc and Epitaph ‘I loved everything about this book – the characters, the plot, the vivid and unique setting – but most of all I loved the fact that it felt so raw and honest’ Juliet West, author of The Faithful

For although the man claims to just need a place to rest for the night, he wouldn’t be here in the bitter month of January if he wasn’t on the run. And where he goes, lawmen are sure to follow. Lawmen who wouldn’t think twice about burning Deborah’s home to the ground if they thought she’d helped their fugitive. With her husband’s absence felt stronger by the minute, Deborah must make a decision. A decision that will change her life forever . . .

Ann Weisgarber was born and raised in Kettering, Ohio. She has lived in Boston, Massachusetts, and Des Moines, Iowa, but now splits her time between Sugar Land, Texas, and Galveston, Texas. Her first novel The Personal History of Rachel DuPree was longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers. Her follow-up book, The Promise, was a finalist in the Western Writers of America Best Historical Fiction Awards. The Glovemaker is her third novel.

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I Thought I Knew You Penny Hancock Who do you know best? Your oldest friend? Your child? And who do you believe when one accuses the other of something terrible? Can you always believe the people you love? Jules and Holly have been best friends since university. They tell each other everything, trading revelations and confessions, and sharing both the big moments and the small details of their lives: Holly is the only person who knows about Jules’s affair; Jules was there for Holly when her husband died. And their two children – just four years apart – have grown up together. So when Jules’s daughter Saffie accuses Holly’s son Saul of a terrible crime, neither woman can possibly be prepared for what this means – for their families or their friendship. Especially as Holly refuses to believe her son is guilty. ‘Enthralling and addictive with relationships so real I can’t believe they’re not still continuing somewhere . . . Utterly brilliant’

For fans of He Said/She Said and Anatomy of a Scandal, Penny Hancock’s I Thought I Knew You is about secrets and lies – and whose side you take when it really matters.

Lisa Jewell ‘Brilliantly written and totally gripping. I loved it’ S. J. Watson on Tideline ‘A truly compelling story that captures exactly the complexity of friendship and motherhood and how everything we think we know can be challenged in one heartbreaking instant . . . Wonderful’

Penny Hancock is the author of Tideline, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Darkening Hour and A Trick of the Mind. She works at Anglia Ruskin University, supporting students with their writing, and lives in Cambridge. She is married with three children.

Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl

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The Mobster’s Lament Ray Celestin New York is in the spotlight for the third instalment in Ray Celestin’s critically acclaimed City Blues quartet, and this time mobsters, money and murder are at the heart of the investigations. Ray Celestin heads to New York City, for the third book in his award-winning City Blues quartet, The Mobster’s Lament. New York, 1947. Private Investigator Ida Davis has been called from Chicago by her old friend Michael’s daughter, Maeve, to investigate a miscarriage of justice case. A young man has been framed for a killing spree in a Harlem flophouse, and is set to receive the death penalty for a crime he didn’t commit. But as they delve into the case, Ida and Maeve realize the murders in the flophouse were part of a much greater series of killings spanning decades and continents.

‘Celestin’s promise of two further instalments of this lively, jazz-based series can only be cause for celebration’ Sunday Times on Dead Man’s Blues ‘His first book was one of the best crime novels of its year and this sequel is even better. VERDICT: 5/5’ Sunday Express on Dead Man’s Blues

Ray Celestin’s debut novel, The Axeman’s Jazz, won the Crime Writers’ Association’s New Blood Dagger and was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award. His second novel, Dead Man’s Blues, was shortlisted for the CWA’s Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. The Mobster’s Lament is the third instalment in his City Blues quartet. He lives in London.

Whilst in the city, Ida reconnects with her old friend Louis Armstrong, and discovers him at his lowest ebb. His big band is bankrupt, he’s playing to empty venues, and he’s pretty much a has-been, until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career . . . Meanwhile, nightclub manager and mob fixer Monk Lattner is tasked by the ‘boss of all bosses’, Frank Costello, to track down some money which was left in the city by the recently deceased mobster and founder of Las Vegas, Bugsy Siegel. Monk goes on a journey through the underbelly of New York in search of the money, and uncovers a conspiracy stretching all the way to the top of society, that brings him into contact with Ida and Maeve, and forces him to confront demons from his own harrowing past . . . Celestin’s third instalment in his City Blues quartet shows New York City during one of the most pivotal moments in its history – from its dive bars to its luxury apartments; its merchant-barons to its low-lifes – and the rise of the mob to the height of its power.

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As Long As We Both Shall Live JoAnn Chaney Grieving husband? Or cold-blooded killer? JoAnn Chaney examines the dark side of marriage in this startling thriller. What happens when you’re really, truly done making your marriage work? As Long As We Both Shall Live is JoAnn Chaney’s wicked, masterful examination of a marriage gone very wrong . . . ‘My wife! I think she’s dead!’ Matt frantically tells park rangers, as he explains that he and his wife, Marie, were hiking when she fell off a cliff into the raging river below. They start a search, but they aren’t hopeful: no one could have survived that fall. It’s a tragic accident. But when police discover Matt’s first wife also died in suspicious circumstances, they have a lot more questions for him. ‘This outstanding dark debut . . . is breathtaking from first page to the last’ Daily Mail on What You Don’t Know ‘A masterclass in character study, a beautifully woven story, and truly chilling at its core, this is a literary crime-novel not to be missed!’

Is Matt a grieving husband, or a cold-blooded killer? Detectives Loren and Spengler dig into the couple’s lives to see what they can unearth. And they find that love’s got teeth, it’s got claws, and once it hitches you to a person, it’s tough to rip yourself free. So what happens when you’re done making it work?

Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes, on What You Don’t Know ‘A scary and insightful debut from a writer of real promise’ Mail on Sunday on What You Don’t Know

JoAnn Chaney is a graduate of UC Riverside’s Palm Desert MFA program. She lives in Colorado with her family. Her debut, What You Don’t Know, was published to critical acclaim. As Long As We Both Shall Live is her second novel.

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A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes A feminist retelling of the Trojan War – giving voices to the women the myths forgot . . . In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an allfemale perspective. This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s, and the poet will look upon their pain – the pain of the women who have always been relegated to the edges of the story, victims of men, survivors of men, slaves of men – and he will tell it, or he will tell nothing at all. They have waited long enough for their turn . . . In the early hours of the morning, Creusa wakes up to the deafening sound of her city on fire. Troy – the home in which she has been held hostage for the last ten years, as Greeks and Trojans fought out their seemingly endless war – has finally fallen. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash . . . ‘Haynes is master of her trade, crafting perfect sentences and believable characters who speak and think in delicately nuanced language. [She] succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories to show how remarkably little basic human relationships and emotions have changed’

From this one event, Natalie Haynes spins out a tale of the long-running lead-up to and the devastating consequences of the fall of Troy, and the catalyst that started it all . . . Playfully and powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses the traditional tales overlook.

Telegraph ‘Passionate and gripping . . . Haynes balances a fresh take on the material with a deep love for her sources’ Madeline Miller, Orange Prizewinning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe

Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, which was shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year award; The Children of Jocasta, a feminist retelling of the Oedipus and Antigone stories; and a non-fiction book about Ancient History, The Ancient Guide to Modern Life. She has written and presented two series of the BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience.

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Success Habits Proven Principles for Greater Wealth, Health and Happiness Napoleon Hill A never-before-published book by iconic self-help expert Napoleon Hill explaining his principles of success. In Success Habits, Napoleon Hill outlines his principles of success, a set of key tenets and beliefs that provide a basis for life-changing success. Hill, the legendary author of the classic bestseller Think and Grow Rich, has been immortalized for his contribution to the self-help genre. In this never-before-published work he continues to share his wisdom that has changed the lives of millions. With straightforward, engaging language, Hill explains the fundamental rules that lead to a prosperous life. From the importance of having Definitiveness of Purpose to the inexorable influence of the Cosmic Habit Force, Hill’s principles offer a new way of thinking about intention, self-discipline and the way we lead our lives.

‘During the past twenty-five years I have been blessed with more good fortune than any individual deserves but I shudder to think where I would be today, or what I would be doing, if I had not been exposed to Napoleon Hill’s philosophy. It changed my life.’ Og Mandino, author of The Greatest Salesman in the World

Originally delivered as a series of speeches, Success Habits is filled with personal anecdotes and stories to illustrate the Principles of Success. Hill’s insights apply to every facet of life, inspiring readers to leverage his principles to achieve their own aspirations and create the successful lives they have always dreamed of.

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He is the author of the motivational classic The Laws of Success and Think and Grow Rich. Hill died in 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching and lecturing about the principles of success. His lifework continues under the direction of the Napoleon Hill Foundation.

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Growth IQ Master the 10 Paths to Grow Your Business Tiffani Bova The 10 strategies to successful growth, whether you’re a mom-and-pop shop or a multi-national corporation. Tiffani Bova, the Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, draws on her expertise as a consultant and practitioner to devise a new framework for business leaders looking to pursue growth. We’re witnessing an age of endless customization, and growth strategy is no exception. There’s no one-size-fits-all strategy; a winning strategy for one business may spell doom for another. In Growth IQ, Bova determines that there are ten simple – but easily misunderstood – growth paths, and explains how companies can get a handle on their particular business context, and use it to determine the right combination and sequence of growth paths to take them into the future. Bova breaks down the strategies deployed by a wide range of companies to show you how:

‘Too many companies foster cultures of burnout in the pursuit of short-term growth as an end in itself. Smart growth is sustainable growth and Tiffani Bova shows us how to maintain it by building a purpose-led culture and leveraging, instead of sacrificing, the dedication of your people.’ Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post ‘Tiffani Bova has a knack for rendering complex insights in clear, elegant prose. Growth IQ tackles the biggest question in business.’ Martin Lindstrom, author of Buyology and Small Data

- GE and John Deere have lasted over a century and continue to thrive by combining their strategy of innovative product development with a renewed focus on R&D and customer experience. - Marvel transformed from a struggling comic book publisher to a global entertainment behemoth by realigning their market penetration strategy to focus on comic book characters, instead of just comic books. - Gateway’s attempt at market expansion into brick-andmortar retail led to its failure, while the same move by Apple has accelerated its growth. Whether your company is on a growth spurt, in a worrying stall or showing signs of decline, Growth IQ is your map to charting the course of your company’s future.

Tiffani Bova is Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Over the past two decades, she has led large revenue-producing divisions at businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She spent ten years at Gartner, the world’s leading IT research and advisory firm. Bova’s cutting-edge insights have helped Microsoft, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, SAP, VMWare, AT&T, Salesforce, Dell, AmazonAWS and other prominent technology companies expand their market share and grow their revenues. This is her first book. 21/02/2019 • £14.99 • 9781529011852 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 352pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

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Good to Go The surprising truth of how to eat, sleep and rest like a champion Christie Aschwanden The first definitive account of the new frontier of sports recovery science to debunk what we should and shouldn’t be doing between exercising. All athletes, from Olympians to weekend warriors, must toe the line between training and recovery to maximize the benefits of workouts and reach optimal performance. For the longest time, coaches and training manuals have emphasized training. But now sports science is homing in on an even more fundamental part: recovery. The aim of training is to force the body to adapt to stress, and this adaptation is what makes you fitter and better able to perform. But to adapt, you need to optimize recovery too. You only benefit from training that you can recover from, and the ability to recover determines how much training your body can handle. Recovery, the science shows, is a crucial component of exercise training and it’s starting to look like it may be the most important one.

‘Christie Aschwanden is simply one of the best science writers in the world. Whether you’re striving for a personal best or simply wondering about that post-workout beer, Good to Go is the definitive tour through a bewildering jungle of scientific (and pseudo-scientific) claims that comprise a multibillion-dollar recovery industry.’ David Epstein, bestselling author of The Sports Gene

Good to Go is the first definitive account of this new frontier in sports and exercise science. This developing science informs not only professional athletes and sports teams, but also people who are exercising for health or fitness and those who are aiming to take a little off their personal record. Good to Go will take readers on an intimate, light-hearted journey through the science of exercise recovery, from ice-baths and cryogenic freezing chambers to the science behind Usain Bolt’s love of chicken nuggets and Tom Brady’s recovery pyjamas. In the same vein as David Epstein’s The Sports Gene and Bill Gifford’s Spring Chicken, Good to Go assesses the science and claims of a wide variety of recovery methods and potions, and debunks the junk to give a clear picture of what we should actually be doing to look after our bodies better between exercising.

Christie Aschwanden is the lead writer for science at FiveThirtyEight and health columnist for the Washington Post. She’s also a frequent contributor to the New York Times, a contributing editor for Runner’s World and a contributing writer for Bicycling. Her work appears in dozens of publications, including Discover, Slate, Proto, Consumer Reports, New Scientist, More, Men’s Journal, NPR.org, Smithsonian and O, the Oprah Magazine. A lifetime athlete, Ashwanden has raced in Europe and North America on the team Rossignol Nordic ski-racing squad. 21/03/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509827657 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 304pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

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Dream Horse The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance – the Allotment Horse who Became a Champion Janet Vokes The heart-warming, moving story of an ordinary Welsh woman who dreamed of training a racehorse and Dream Alliance, the horse who defied the odds to become a champion. Janet Vokes was working behind the bar in her local working men’s club in the small Welsh mining community of Cefn Fforest when she fixed upon the idea of breeding a racehorse. She’d always loved animals and her husband Brian used to have a horse of his own to help pull his cart. After all, why shouldn’t a working-class horse take on the wealthy high-flyers and compete in the ‘sport of kings’? Her mind set, she bought a mare for £350, paired her up with a pedigree stallion and helped to create a syndicate of twenty-three residents from her village – each paying £10 a week – to raise the resulting foal, Dream Alliance. He may have grown up on an allotment but Dream had immediate star quality, beating all the odds to compete at Ascot, Aintree and even the Cheltenham Festival. But when a terrible injury brings his racing days to a standstill, the syndicate is forced to make a vital decision not just about his career, but his life. Heart-warming, inspiring and incredibly moving, Dream Horse by Janet Vokes is the extraordinary story of a woman who defied the snobbery of the racing world to breed a champion, and a remarkable horse who brought a community together.

After success with Dream Alliance, Janet Vokes has continued to breed racehorses and hopes to find another champion. Her ambition now is to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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Adventures with a Risk Economist How to Use Risk to Get What You Want Allison Schrager Financial risk helps bankers and insurers hedge their bets before offering us a deal but here’s the secret – we can all use risk to weigh up choices in our everyday lives. Award-winning journalist and economist Allison Schrager introduces a new framework that will transform how we think about risk and make decisions in life. When many people hear the word risk, they think of worst-case scenarios like losing your job, your wealth or your spouse. But actually, as Allison Schrager explains, risk includes the full range of whatever might happen, good or bad. If we want a great relationship, we risk heartbreak. If we want to get ahead at work, we take on projects that might fail. Avoiding risk is impossible; the challenge is how to be smart about risks in everyday life. Schrager, a distinguished economist and journalist, has studied risky situations around the world, from battlefields to brothels. Drawing on a wide range of fascinating examples, she teaches us the science of risktaking and helps us assess and maximize the upside while minimizing the downside. Her five key principles can transform how we approach decisions both big and small – everything from whether to change jobs, how much to offer on your dream house, how to invest in a pension and how much time to leave to get to the airport. This book will give you the perspective and tools to make the world less risky and more rewarding.

Allison Schrager has a PhD in economics from Columbia University, where she specialized in pensions and the future of the labour market. She has worked with Nobel Prize-winning economists Robert C. Merton and Eugene Famal, and has consulted for the IMF, the Bank of England, the Kauffman Foundation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. She has contributed regularly to Economist, Reuters and Bloomberg Businessweek, and also written for Wired, Playboy, National Review and Foreign Affairs. In 2016 she won the Society for American Business Editor and Writers Award for her feature writing in Quartz. Schrager was a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations, a speaker at the International Economic Forum of the Americas and has appeared on TV and radio including MSNBC, NPR, CBS, Bloomberg, CNBC, Vice, AlJazeera, Huffington Post Live and the BBC. She currently teaches at New York University. 04/04/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509878949 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Demy • 256pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA 04/04/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509878956 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 256pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN Non-Exclusive EU & EFTA

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The Formula The Science Behind Why People Succeed or Fail Albert-László Barabási The world’s leading expert in networks and complexity uses powerful storytelling and big data to reveal the universal laws that govern success. In this pioneering examination of the scientific principles behind success, a leading researcher reveals the surprising ways in which we can turn achievement into success.

‘This is not just an important but an imperative project: to approach the problem of randomness and success using the state-of-the-art scientific arsenal we have. Barabási is the person.’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of Skin in the Game ‘Writing in a lively fashion, he illuminates broad principles that explain how people in all fields – from entrepreneurs to scientists to athletes to artists – achieve success.’ Nicholas Christakis

Too often, accomplishment does not equate to success. We did the work but didn’t get the promotion; we played hard but weren’t recognized; we had the idea but didn’t get the credit. We’ve always been told that talent and a strong work ethic are the key to getting ahead, but in today’s world these efforts rarely translate into tangible results. Recognizing this disconnect, László Barabási, one of the world’s leading experts on the science of networks, uncovers what success really is: a collective phenomenon based on the thoughts and praise of those around you. In The Formula, Barabási highlights the vital importance of community respect and appreciation when connecting performance to recognition – the elusive link between performance and success. By leveraging the power of big data and historic case studies, Barabási reveals the unspoken rules behind who truly gets ahead and why, and outlines the twelve laws that govern this phenomenon and how we can use them to our own advantage. Unveiling the scientific principles that drive success, this trailblazing book offers a new understanding of the very foundation of how people excel in today’s society.

Albert-László Barabási is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and a Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University, where he directs the Center for Complex Network Research and holds appointments in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Central European University in Budapest. A native of Transylvania, Romania, he received his masters in Theoretical Physics at the Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary and PhD at Boston University. Barabási’s latest book, Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do (Dutton, 2010), is available in five languages. His previous book, Linked: The New Science of Networks (Perseus, 2002), is currently available in fifteen languages. He is the author of Network Science (Cambridge, 2016) and the co-editor of The Structure and Dynamics of Networks (Princeton, 2005).

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On the Farm with the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen The further adventures of bestselling author Amanda Owen and her family, as she takes us back to the Yorkshire Dales. ‘Amanda’s life is one of old-fashioned values, hard graft and plenty of love. She, like her life, is extraordinary’ Ben Fogle Amanda, husband Clive and their nine children live at Ravenseat, one of the most remote hill farms in the country. It’s a beautiful place, high in the Dales, and a rewarding existence close to nature. But Ravenseat is a tenant farm and may not stay in the family, so when Amanda saw a nearby farmhouse up for sale, she knew it was her chance to create roots for the next generation. The old house needed a lot of renovation and money was tight, so with her usual resourcefulness Amanda set about the work herself, with some help from an exmonk, a visiting plumber and Clive. It’s fair to say things did not go according to plan . . . In On the Farm with the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda brings the reader up to date with the adventures of her family, as well as revealing how she transformed a damp and dark old house into a dream home. Funny, charming and filled with unforgettable characters, this book will delight anyone who has hankered after a new life in the country.

Amanda Owen grew up in Huddersfield but was inspired by the James Herriot books to leave her town life behind and head to the countryside. After working as a freelance shepherdess, cow milker and alpaca shearer, she eventually settled down as a farmer’s wife with her own flock of sheep at Ravenseat. Happily married with nine children, she wouldn’t change a thing about her hectic but rewarding life. She and her family have appeared in ITV’s The Dales and in Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild. Voted Yorkshirewoman of the Year by the Dalesman magazine, she is also the author of the top-ten bestsellers The Yorkshire Shepherdess and A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess.

16/05/2019 • £16.99 • 9781509852673 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 320pp • Rights: World

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Brother in Arms Real war. True friends. Unlikely heroes. Geraint Jones The reality of war laid bare in this funny, furious and moving account of one man’s tour of Helmand. ‘If you could choose which two limbs got blown off, what would you go for?’ Danny said. ‘Your arms or your legs?’ In July 2009 Gez Jones was sitting in Camp Bastion with the rest of The Firm – Danny, Jay, Toby and Pinkmist, his four closest friends, all junior NCOs and combathardened infantrymen. Thanks to the mangled remains of a Jackal vehicle left tactlessly outside their tent, IEDs were never far from their mind. Within days they’d be on the ground in Musa Qala with the rest of 3 Platoon – a mixed bunch, some odder than others, all men Gez would die for. As they fight furiously, are pushed to their limits, hemmed in by IEDs and hampered by stupidity from higher up the chain of command, Gez starts to wonder what is the point of it all. Every bomb they uncover on patrol, on their stomachs brushing the sand away, is replaced the next day. Every firefight is a momentary victory only. Gez is a warrior – he wants more than this. But then death and injury start to take their toll on Gez and The Firm . . . Darkly funny and shockingly honest, Brother in Arms is an unforgettable account of the brutal reality of war – every boring, scary, exciting moment – and the bonds of friendship that can never be destroyed.

Geraint Jones deployed as an infantry soldier on three tours of duty to Iraq and Afghanistan. For his actions in Basra, Geraint was awarded the General Officer Commanding’s Commendation. Upon leaving the military, Geraint worked to protect commercial shipping against Somali and Nigerianbased piracy. He now writes full-time and is the author of historical fiction novels Blood Forest and Siege, and writes with James Patterson under the name Rees Jones.

16/05/2019 • £18.99 • 9781529000405 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US 16/05/2019 • £14.99 • 9781529000412 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US

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I Spy

My Life in MI5 Tom Marcus The explosive true story of life in MI5 from the number one bestselling author of Soldier Spy, Tom Marcus. ‘One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of his time’ Sun Tom Marcus spent years of his life working covertly against those who want to do us harm. Now, for the first time, he tells the full story of what it is like to live your life in the shadows and who you need to become to survive. First published in 2016, Soldier Spy was a series of stories from Tom’s years in MI5 and has now sold over 250,000 copies across all editions and was a Sunday Times bestseller for five months. I Spy takes us deeper into his life as a spy.

Tom Marcus, former MI5, grew up on the streets in the north of England. He joined the army at sixteen and went on to become the youngest member of the Armed Forces to pass the six-month selection process for Special Operations in Northern Ireland. He was hand-picked from the army into MI5 as a Surveillance Officer. He left the Security Service recently after a decade on the frontline protecting his country due to being diagnosed with PTSD. An extraordinary battle and recovery took place, which led Tom to write his first book, Soldier Spy, which has been vetted and cleared for publication by MI5; it was the first true ground-level account ever to be told, and the first time in the Security Services’ history that a Surveillance Officer has told the real story of the fight on our streets. Soldier Spy went straight to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list. Tom now consults on TV and film projects, including the TV dramatization of his book Soldier Spy. Due to the ongoing specific threat to Tom Marcus, MI5 insist he keep his identity hidden and he continues to work with the Security Services and other agencies to ensure he stays safe.

30/05/2019 • £20.00 • 9781509864096 • Non-Fiction • Hardback Royal • 336pp • Rights: World 30/05/2019 • £14.99 • 9781509864102 • Non-Fiction • Trade Paperback • 336pp • Rights: World

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A Daughter’s Choice A true story of hardship, heartache and hope Margaret Ford A heartwarming, moving story of a young girl escaping hardship and coming of age in the Second World War. Born in 1926, the year of the General Strike, Margaret grew up with her brother Bobby in the mill town of Blackburn where her father worked in his parents’ pub. She was too young to understand her mother’s unhappiness or that her father was gambling away any money he earned. Then, when she was ten, her father abandoned his family, leaving her mother struggling to survive. Margaret took the hard decision to leave school at thirteen and get a job in the dye works to help pay the rent. Later that year war broke out . . . Coming of age in the Second World War, Margaret learned to live for the moment. As the boys she grew up with were killed in action, and Blackburn was bombed, she snatched happiness where she could find it. By the time she was seventeen, she was a regular at the local dance halls where there were plenty of young men eager to court her. Her heart was torn between a dashing RAF bomber pilot and her childhood sweetheart, Raymond, who was many thousands of miles away serving on a submarine in the Far East. Would she see either man again? Poignant and compelling, A Daughter’s Choice brilliantly evokes a lost world, seen through the eyes of a courageous and spirited young woman who never gave up on her dreams.

Margaret Ford was born in Blackburn in 1926 and grew up there between the wars. She moved away after marrying in 1947 and today lives in Cumbria.

13/06/2019 • £7.99 • 9781509891924 • Non-Fiction • Paperback B Format • 320pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US

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Carrying the Fire An Astronaut’s Journeys Michael Collins The definitive classic account of the Apollo 11 trip to the moon. In July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon. Fifty years later, it is still one of the greatest achievements in human history. In this remarkable memoir, a defining classic, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty and humour of that adventure. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force, through his days as a test pilot, to his involvement in Project Gemini and his first spaceflight on Gemini 10. He presents an evocative picture of the famous Apollo 11 spacewalk, detailing the joys of flight and a new perspective on time, light and movement from someone who has seen the fragile Earth from the other side of the moon. ‘Profoundly affecting.’ New Yorker ‘Michael Collins can write . . . No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly.’

Utterly absorbing and truly compelling, Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins is the definitive classic account of what it was like to be a member of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

New York Times Book Review ‘A splendid and affirmative book . . . A magnificent piece of exposition alive with humour, candid in its anxiety, very sensitive in its appreciation of the men involved.’

Michael Collins flew in both the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 space missions in the 1960s. He currently lives in South Florida.

Edward Weeks, The Atlantic Monthly

13/06/2019 • £9.99 • 9781509896578 • Non-Fiction • Paperback B Format • 512pp • Rights: WEL Excluding US CAN

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How to Survive Lessons in life from the extreme world John Hudson How to think under extreme pressure. It is said that a wise person learns from their mistakes; a wiser one learns from the mistakes of others. John Hudson, Chief Survival Instructor to the UK military, knows what it takes to survive. He has trekked through the world’s driest deserts and camped at Arctic outposts colder than Mars. He has been pushed to the very limit of what it’s possible to survive and met others who’ve gone further. He has also spent the last twenty years collecting survival stories and attempting to essentialize what survival is and how we do it. The practical world of military survival is all about learning a single, simple template that can be transposed anytime, anywhere. Once we know those boundaries we can work out strategies to surpass them, by how we act and by what we ‘carry’ too. It’s about working out what’s important and what isn’t, what’s going to hurt you first and what you can do to give yourself the best chance of success. In How to Survive, you will learn how to apply military survival skills and understand how they can act as a set of guiding principles that can be applied to any situation. In everyday life we are forced to make choices constantly, to try to deal with setbacks, to react to shocking news, to prioritize tasks and face things that seem insurmountable. We will likely all face moments when our spirit is tested. The stories of the world’s greatest survivors and how they did it are a treasure trove of information on how we can approach these moments.

John Hudson FRGS is a survival instructor, broadcaster, writer, public speaker and training consultant based in Cornwall, whose specialist work takes him to some of the most remote and extreme environments around the globe. A former RAF helicopter pilot, John is the British Military’s Chief SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Extraction) Instructor, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He’s also been a resident survival expert on two series of Discovery’s prime-time TV show Survive That – a.k.a Dude You’re Screwed in the USA – successfully putting his own resilience to the test on camera in front of millions. From the darkest depths of a jungle cenote, to the top of a stormy Alaskan glacier, John’s sense of humour and everyday stoicism have won him many fans worldwide.

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