May 2017 Buyer's Notes - Turnaround

MONTHLY CATALOGUE

MAY 2017

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In October 1974, Muhammad Ali would attempt to regain the world heavyweight boxing championship title that was stripped from him when he refused the Vietnam draft seven years earlier. He faced the brutal, undefeated George Foreman in Zaire, Africa, the fight he had dubbed “The Rumble in The Jungle”. Only weeks before, photographer Peter Angelo Simon was invited to experience the private world of one of the most famous people on the planet as he prepared mentally and physically for the biggest challenge of his life. Muhammad Ali: Fighter’s Heaven 1974 presents these rare photographs, the majority of which are previously unpublished. This two day photo essay captures Ali the man, unguarded, away from the glare of the media spotlight at his Pennsylvania sanctuary. It includes a foreword by D A Pennebaker, foremost chronicler of American counterculture in the 1960s, and an introduction

by Peter Angelo Simon.“

Published here for the first time ever are Jim Marshall’s jazz festival photographs from the 1960s. Over 95 percent of the material in this breathtaking coffee table volume has never been seen before. Marshall’s remarkable photographs of the festivals at Newport and Monterey immortalize the unique energy and soul of these celebrations of jazz. This immersive body of work feels like experiencing the atmosphere of those summer days first hand. Marshall’s inimitable lens captured the crowd, the fashion, the performances and unguarded moments with jazz icons like Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie and many more. Complete access to Marshall’s vast archive has been granted for this book. It features a foreword by President Bill Clinton, and an introduction by legendary jazz writer Nat Hentoff, who places the jazz festivals in the larger context of the civil rights movement in America at the time.

Michael Zagaris’ photographs have been dubbed the “last untouched rock archive.” Michael was responsible for shooting everyone in the rock music scene in San Francisco in the 1970s, including The Clash, Grateful Dead, Blondie, the Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Led Zeppelin and many more.

The vast majority of his archive has remained unseen until now and these are some of the best images of their kind. The electrifying photographs are accompanied by the most unbelievable tales of debauchery and bad behavior, with a cast of characters spanning the cultural, political, musical and sporting worlds of the 1970s. This book is a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of the rock and roll scene. Taken at a truly seismic cultural moment, Michael’s pictures tell extraordinary stories and perfectly capture the raw excitement, energy and atmosphere of this unforgettable time.

Editor’s Letter Welcome to Turnaround’s May 2017 buyer’s notes! Here are some of this month’s highlights: First up we have a remarkable historical fiction title from Elizabeth Kostova. Her latest book, The Shadow Land (p5; Text Publishing Company, 9781911231103, h/b, £14.99), is set in Bulgaria and blends history and the present in a suspenseful journey that spans three generations and reveals the dark secrets of a family’s – and a nation’s – history. Kostova will be well-known to the trade already: she is the Number 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Historian (Brown, Little Books, 2005), which sold nearly 17,000 copies in hardback and over half a million copies in paperback – and that’s just in the UK! Hailed by The Daily Mail as “a page-turner with brains”, with The Times saying it “amounts to something profound. . . and wondrously mathematical at times, a genre novel by Bach”, The Historian signaled Elizabeth Kostova as an important author to watch.

With The Shadow Land, we expect nothing less!

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For more thrilling international fiction, check out Milena, or the Most Beautiful Femur in the World (p. 8; Restless Books, 9781632061256, p/b, £14.99). Winner of the prestigious Premio Planeta, this is a pulse-pounding international political thriller about sex, power, and information – and the extreme lengths people go to attain them. We are also closely watching Quentin Mouron, author of Three Drops of Blood and a Cloud of Cocaine (p. 7; Bitter Lemon Press, 9781908524836, p/b, £8.99), a darkly humorous, literary and psychological mystery set in a Boston still reeling from the financial crisis.

Moving into graphic novels, we have science fiction phenomenon Valérian: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (p. 13; 9781849183529, h/b, £29.99). An emblem of French sci-fi, Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mezieres’ Valérian and Laureline has been running since 1967, selling more than 10 million copies and influencing the likes of Star Wars and The Fifth Element along the way.

With Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets out in theatres in July 2017 – starring Cara Delevigne – this is the perfect primer to this vivid, futuristic universe. This lush hardcover includes books 1 and 2 of the series The City of Shifting Waters and The Empire of a Thousand Planets, and book 0, Bad Dreams, translated into English for the first time: the very first adventures of our two heroes, published after City and retroactively numbered. Also featured are interviews and rare photos from behind the scenes of the movie. This absolutely should not be missed by film buffs, sci-fi fanatics and comic nerds alike!

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Other big-name comics to look out for this month include Road to Riverdale (see Newly Announced supplement p.5; 9781682559727, p/b, £12.99), featuring the Archie stories that inspired the new Riverdale TV series, penned by comics legends Mark Waid, Fiona Staples, Chip Zdarsky and many more! We also have new editions of Daniel Clowes’ classic graphic novel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (p. 17; Fantagraphics, 9781683960157, £20.99) and Jason’s Lost Cat and On the Camino (p. 17; Fantagraphics, 9781683960096, £17.99 / 9781683960218, £20.99).

Next up, we have an essential gay history releasing in time for Pride season 2017: LGBT: San Francisco: The Daniel Nicoletta Photographs (p. 25; Reel Art Press, 9781909526396, h/b, £40). Nicoletta was the foremost chronicler of groundbreaking San Francisco LGBT scene for past forty years. He was also Harvey Milk’s photographer. These photos, many of which have never been seen before, range from the outrageous and flamboyant to the political and poignant. This essential gay history features a foreword by director Gus Van Sant and an introduction by director/producer Chuck Mobley.

For more barrier-busting art books, have a look at Edges of the Rainbow: LGBTQ Japan (p. 25; The New Press, p/b, £18.99), an intimate photographic glimpse into the queer world behind the closed doors of modern Japanese society. And something up a very different street is X-Rated Adult Movie Posters of the 1960s and 1970s (p. 25; Reel Art Press 9780956648792, h/b, £29.95), the 10th anniversary, new expanded ‘complete volume’ of Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh’s bestseller, featuring classic posters from the Golden Age of the X-rated movie with an introduction by Peter Doggett.

Finally, we have big, ambitious narrative American history in the tradition of Charles C. Mann, William J. Bernstein, and Jill Lepore. The Money Cult (p. 29; Melville House, 9781612195582, p/b, £13.99). Tracing American Christianity from John Winthrop to the rise of the Mormon Church and on to the triumph of Joel Osteen, The Money Cult is an ambitious work of history from a widely admired journalist. Examining nearly four hundred years of American history, Lehmann reveals how America’s religious leaders became less worried about sin and the afterlife and more concerned with the material world, until the social gospel was overtaken by the gospel of wealth.

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NEST IN THE BONES Stories by Antonio Benedetto de Bendetto, Antonio & Broner, Martina

Philosophically engaged and darkly moving, the twenty stories in Nest in the Bones span three decades from Antonio di Benedetto’s wildly varied career.

From his youth in Argentina to his exile in Spain after enduring imprisonment and torture under the military dictatorship during the so-called ‘dirty war’ to his return in the 1980s, Benedetto’s kinetic stories move effortlessly between genres, examining civilization’s subtle but violent imprint on human consciousness.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Antonio di Benedetto is one of the great Latin American short story writers of the twentieth century.

• He is widely admired by other master authors, Roberto Bolano amongst them.

• Translated fiction remains a strong trend in the UK, especially after the introduction of the International Booker.

• Darkly moving and philosophical, Nest in the Bones spans three decades from di Benedetto’s varied career.

• This is the first comprehensive translation of his work into English.

ISBN 13: 9780914671725, 250pp p/b, £15.99 Published by ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

CLASS

Pacifico, Francesco

In Class, Francesco Pacifico tells the story of a young Italian couple who move to America, specifically Williamsburg: The Promised Land, to chase their ambitions. Once there, they fall in with a group of Italian expats. These languidly ambitious men and women will come together and fall apart, but can they escape their fates? A grand, subversive novel that bridges Italy and America, high and low, money and art; that channels Virginia Woolf and Kanye West, Henry Miller and Lil’ Wayne; Class is an unforgettable, mordantly funny account of Italians chasing the American dream.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A hilarious, unforgettable novel about Italians chasing the American dream, both grand and subversive in scope.

• Francesco Pacifico is a fluent English speaker who translated this novel himself.

• He has also translated Henry Miller, Dave Eggers, and John Jeremiah Sullivan, among others, into Italian.

• Francesco and Zadie Smith are good friends; a character in her new novel Swing Time is based on Francesco.

• He has contributed to McSweeney’s, n1, the Paris Review and the White Review, among others.

ISBN 13: 9781612195933, 320pp h/b, £18.99 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

UNDERGROUND FUGUE Singer, Margot

Set against the backdrop of the tube bombings in London in 2005, Underground Fugue interweaves the stories of four characters who are dislocated by shock waves of personal loss, political violence, and, ultimately, betrayal. A powerful and moving novel, Underground Fugue skillfully weaves the stories to offer a vision of contemporary anxieties about terrorism, racial profiling, anti-Semitism, and the tensions between Muslims and Jews.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An emotionally powerful and skilfully crafted debut novel set against the backdrop of the 2005 London tube bombings.

• Interrogates contemporary anxieties about terrorism, racial profiling and anti-Semitism.

• In the tradition of Let the Great World Spin, Singer uses four distinctive voices to tell a moving, cinematic story.

ISBN 13: 9781911545040, 336pp p/b, £12.99 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE UK Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

AN ENGLISH GUIDE TO BIRDWATCHING Royle, Nicholas

Nicholas Royle’s magnificent second novel combines a page-turning story about literary theft, adultery and ambition with a profound and deeply moving investigation into our relationship to birds (from birdwatching to bird mythology to endangered species), to each other and to the planet.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A novel about art and culture, and environmental damage, written with warmth, humanity, humour and compassion.

• For fans of Ali Smith, Helen McDonald, Jeanette Winterson and Geoff Dyer.

• Nicolas Royle has been described by literary critic Andrew Bennett as ‘Ian McEwan meets James Joyce’.

• Royle’s debut, Quilt, was highly acclaimed and reviewed in the Guardian, Observer, TLS, and New Statesman.

• Ali Smith’s inventiveness meets Helen McDonald on birds and the environment.

ISBN 13: 9781908434944, 320pp p/b, £9.99 Published by MYRIAD EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction

WALK, THE Barry, Peter

It is 1987, two years after Live Aid and PR expert Adrian Burles, working with charity Africa Assist has a Big Idea that he thinks will keep Ethiopian hunger in the headlines and touch heartstrings (and purse strings) of people in the West. Aided by a nurse who has worked at the famine frontline for many years, he locates a young, malnourished man called Mujtabaa wandering alone in the desert and flies him back to London. The world’s media are then invited to witness a skeletal Mujtabaa making a weeklong walk from Heathrow to a rally in Trafalgar Square.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A modern historical novel set in London and East Africa capturing the brash extremes of the 1980s.

• Questioning the morality of charity, the media and the contrast between waste and want.

• Part of a new series of novels that aims to address and challenge the big, transformational issues of our time.

ISBN 13: 9781780263946, 256pp p/b, £8.99 Published by NEW INTERNATIONALIST Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction

INHERITANCE FROM MOTHER A Serial Novel Mizumura, Minae & Winters Carpenter, Juliet (trans.)

Award-winning novelist Minae Mizumura demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her.

KEY SELLING POINTS • New from Minae Mizumura, acclaimed author of A True Novel (2013) and The Fall of Language in the Age of English (2015).

• Sweeping and rich literary tale which also explores the role that serialized fiction played in the evolution of Japanese • Topically tied-in with Mizumura’s recent New York Times piece on elderly care, which has garnered many comments.

ISBN 13: 9781590517826, 464pp h/b, £23.99 Published by OTHER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY

Fiction

BODY WHERE I WAS BORN, THE

A Novel Jansma, Kristopher

Five years after their college graduation, four devoted friends remain as inseparable as ever. As this absorbing novel opens, they are making their way through heavy snowfall to gather at a lavish art world holiday party. But for all the glitz and glamour, the festivities mark a more momentous evening than any of them realise. Irene will first notice a curious lump under her eye. William will fall desperately in love with her. And George will, at long last, ask Sara to marry him.

All good - until the devastating blow hits.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Jansma’s debut, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards (Penguin, 2014) did well on the awards circuit in America.

• Extensive, glowing reviews greeted the publication of Jansma’s debut heralding him as a major new writer to watch.

• The profoundly resonant struggles of the young friends in this novel will appeal to fans of Whit Stillman films.

• For the multitudes of fans of HBO’s Girls and Looking.

ISBN 13: 9780143109648, 432pp p/b, £14.99 Published by PENGUIN BOOKS (USA) Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Nettel, Guadalupe

From a psychoanalyst’s couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood - in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self - a fierce and discerning girl open to life’s pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy. With raw language and a brilliant sense of humor, both delicate and unafraid, Nettel strings together hard-won, unwieldy memories to create a portrait of the artist as a young girl.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first novel to be published in English by one of Latin America’s most acclaimed contemporary writers.

• Nettel has won awards in Mexico, Spain and Germany.

• The novel follows her critically acclaimed collection of short stories, Natural Histories (Seven Stories, 2015).

• Translated fiction is becoming popular with readers after the introduction of the International Man Booker Prize.

ISBN 13: 9781609807511, 176pp p/b, £12.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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AFTER PARTY, THE

SHADOW LAND, THE

A Novel DiSclafani, Anton

Joan is the epitome of Texas glamour and the centre of the 1957 Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, strong, she has a talent for dominating the room and the gossip columns. Cece is either Joan’s chaperone or her partner in crime, depending on the night and whom you ask. With her husband and toddler, some say Cece shouldn’t be concerned with Joan’s single-girl exploits. When Joan starts to drift out of reach and beyond the borders of their confined world the summer they are 25, Cece considers it her responsibility to bring her back to the fold, for better or for worse.

KEY SELLING POINTS • DiSclafani’s debut spent over a month on the New York Times bestseller list.

• DiSclafani returns to the historical South with an appealing era and social world that a UK audience will love.

• Featuring rich adults in 1950s Houston, with lots of money, lots of gossip, and lots of alcohol.

• The author perfectly captures the sense urgency and compulsion felt by someone bordering on obsession.

• A look at the powerful hold a female friendship can have, for fans of Elena Ferrante.

ISBN 13: 9780399573187, 384pp p/b, £13.99 Published by RIVERHEAD Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

YOGA OF MAX’S DISCONTENT, THE A Novel Bajaj, Karan

Fiction

Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American Dream, a successful Wall Street analyst. Yet he begins to confront questions about suffering and mortality that have dogged him since his mother’s death. His search takes him to the farthest reaches of India, where he encounters a mysterious night market, almost freezes to death on a hike up the Himalayas, and finds himself in an ashram in a drought-stricken village in South India. In an ultimate bid for answers, he embarks on a dangerous solitary meditation in a freezing Himalayan cave, where physical and spiritual endurance is put to the test.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fast-paced plot involving a flawed and likeable main character and a deeply felt exploration of spiritual development.

• Karan Bajaj has a significant following on social media (35,000 likes on Facebook alone).

• Has the feel of a sweeping saga but its tight, ingenious plot packs a dramatic punch.

• Karan Bajaj spent time in ashram in south India, so he’s experienced many of the challenges and places in the novel.

ISBN 13: 9780735213456, 336pp p/b, £13.99 Published by RIVERHEAD Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Kostova, Elizabeth

Soon after arriving in Bulgaria a young American helps an elderly couple into a taxi - and realises too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags. Inside she finds an ornately carved wooden box engraved with a name: Stoyan Lazarov. Raising the hinged lid, she discovers an urn filled with human ashes. As Alexandra sets out to locate the family and return this precious item, she gradually uncovers the secrets of a talented musician shattered by oppression - and she will find out all too quickly that this knowledge is fraught with its own danger.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kostova’s passion for Bulgaria and its history is tangible on every page of her novel.

• Kostova is the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Historian (Brown, Little Books, 2005).

• Kostova unearths the dark secrets of Bulgaria, a beautiful and haunted country.

ISBN 13: 9781911231103, 204pp h/b, £14.99 Published by TEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY Rep Territories: UK Export edition: 9781911231097, p/b, £12.99

Fiction

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU’RE GOTH IN THE COUNTRY And Other Stories Woods, Chavisa

The 8 stories in Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country bring the underbelly of America into vivid focus. The strange and unique characters in this collection include a zombie who secretly resides in a local cemetery; a queer teen goth who is facing ostracism from her small-town evangelical church; a Brooklyn artist who learns more about the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict than he ever wanted to; and the UFOs that trouble a group of friends in the rural Midwest.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A lyrical short story collection about young Americans fighting for their futures in an era of poverty and terror.

• Off-kilter, hilarious, dark and moving, the stories paint a new and necessary image of contemporary America.

• Chavisa Woods has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary award for fiction, in 2009 and 2014.

• Woods herself is a product of rural poverty and writes about it with an authenticity and care that’s hard to forget.

ISBN 13: 9781609807450, 224pp h/b, £16.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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OAKLAND NOIR

Thompson, Jerry & Muller, Eddie (eds)

Akashic Books continues its ground-breaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within the city of the book. In the wake of San Francisco Noir, Los Angeles Noir, and Orange County Noir - all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir series-comes the latest California instalment, Oakland Noir. Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller (the ‘Czar of Noir’), this volume will shock, titillate, provoke, and entertain.

The diverse cast of talented contributors will not disappoint.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Edited by Eddie Muller, winner of the Shamus Award and producer of the San Francisco Noir City Film Festival.

• Internationally successful noir series, originating with Noir Brooklyn which won multiple awards.

• Featuring ex-convict and writer, Joe Loya, author of ‘The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell: Confessions of a Bank Robber’.

ISBN 13: 9781617755309, 276pp p/b, £13.99 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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DEATH IN DARK BLUE A Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Buckley, Julia

In quaint Blue Lake, Indiana, things are beginning to go right for Lena London. She’s got a new job assisting suspense novelist and friend, Camilla Graham. She lives rent-free in Camilla’s beautiful, Gothic house. She even has a handsome new boyfriend, Sam West. After being under attack by the media, Sam has recently been cleared of suspicion for murder. Journalists are remorseful, and one blogger would even like to apologize to him in person. But when she’s found dead behind Sam’s house, Lena must dodge paparazzi as she unravels the mystery...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The second book in a series about an apprentice writer who keeps finding herself written into real-life mysteries.

• Book-related mysteries are always popular with cosy crime readers.

• Aspiring cosy writers will relate! Features an aspiring writer who gets her dream job working for her favourite author.

• Julia Buckley is the author of the Undercover Dish mystery series (Berkley), a new foodie series with a clever twist.

ISBN 13: 9780425282618, TBCpp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

THE SCIENTOLOGY MURDERS Heffernan, William

While investigating a murder that has also left his much-loved adoptive father seriously wounded, Harry Doyle, known to his peers as the Dead Detective, finds himself faced with a powerful and secretive cult called Scientology. Clearwater, Florida, is the spiritual centre of Scientology, which is run by a fanatical group who insist that members remain pure and true to their beliefs.

One leader has a twisted man in his employ, who is relentless in his mission to make sure that the rules are followed. However, Harry Doyle and his team are in hot pursuit, forcing the killer to run for cover.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Heffernan is an Edgar-Award winning author of 19 novels, including bestsellers The Corsican and The Dinosaur Club.

• Series highly praised by The New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Review and Time Out Chicago.

• The continuation of the ground-breaking series started by William Heffernan after a seven year long break from writing.

ISBN 13: 9781617755354, 320pp p/b, £13.99 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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BOOKS OF A FEATHER A Bibliophile Mystery Carlisle, Kate

During a gala celebration, the president of the Bay Area Birdwatchers Society asked Brooklyn to repair a lesser known book of John James Audubon drawings. At the same party, Brooklyn is flying high after she’s asked to refurbish a rare copy of Poor Richard’s Almanack. But then Mulrooney’s body is discovered in the library. Soon more troubles ruffle Brooklyn’s feathers. Her parents pop in for a visit with an unsavory friend in tow, and there’s a strange man on her tail. With danger beginning to circle Brooklyn’s every move, it’s clear she must find answers before things really go south...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The tenth book in a fan-favourite, book-related cosy series that centres on a sleuthing book restorer.

• Other books in the series have been incredibly popular... books and murder mysteries, what’s not to like!

• Homicide in Hardcover was finalist for Best First Mystery from Romantic Times and nominated for a Readers Choice Award.

• Cosy crime is becoming increasingly popular among UK readers looking for something less grisly, more light-hearted.

• Kate Carlisle also writes the popular Fixer-Upper mysteries (New American Library) and has a wide fanbase.

ISBN 13: 9780451477712, 320pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MURDER IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS A Gaslight Mystery Thompson, Victoria

After graduating from a prestigious women’s college, Abigail Northrup joined the ranks of the New Women - ladies planning for a life without a husband in which they make their own decisions and make a difference.

Unfortunately, her murder ended all that. When the police declare the incident a random attack and refuse to investigate further, Frank takes the case. And since Sarah is more familiar with the world of academia, he’ll need her help. Yet difficulties arise as they learn that while Abigail may have been an exemplary student, she lived in a world of secrets and lies...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 18th book in a popular series featuring a New York crime solving couple in the Victorian era.

• 18 books into the series, Thompson’s mysteries continue to garner awards, excellent reviews and strong sales.

• Thompson has legions of dedicated fans and was named Guest of Honor at the 2016 Malice Domestic Mystery Convention.

• A previous book in the series, Murder on Amsterdam Avenue, was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel.

• Many readers enjoy the escapism and romance of the Victorian period.

Especially when a mystery is involved!

ISBN 13: 9781101987094, 320pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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PURELY PRIVATE MATTER, A A Rosalind Thorne Mystery Wilde, Darcie

Desperate Margaretta Seymore is with child - and her husband is receiving poisoned pen letters which imply that her condition is the result of an affair with the notorious actor Fletcher Cavendish. Margaretta asks the sleuthing Rosalind Thorne to find out who is behind the scurrilous letters. But before she can make any progress, Cavendish is found dead, stabbed through the heart.

Suddenly, Rosalind is plunged into the middle of one of the most sensational murder trials London has ever seen...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The second book in a cosy crime series inspired by the novels of Jane Austen.

• Set in 19th-century London, this is a historical mystery series with great charm and appeal.

• Protagonist Rosalind Thorne is charming and resourceful - readers will love her!

• Cosy crime novels, including historical cosies, are becoming increasingly more popular in the UK. • Darcie Wilde, writing under the name Sarah Zettel, is a winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

ISBN 13: 9780425282380, 368pp p/b, £12.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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RED LINE, THE

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

CRIMES OF WINTER

Gragg, Walt

A blizzard is the perfect cover for a shocking act of Russian aggression. Emboldened by their successful annexation of the Crimea, a power-mad Russian president sends his troops over the border into eastern Germany. Standing against them are the woefully undermanned American forces. Army Staff Sergeant George O’Neill is the man tasked with making information flow again and getting the Americans back into the game. But it’s up to hundreds of individual American soldiers and airmen to hold back the flood of Russian troops in order to buy O’Neill the time he needs to bring out the big guns.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The author is a lawyer and a former US Army officer who’s using his breadth of knowledge to write his debut.

• An epic war story for fans of Red Storm Rising and The Third World War. • A war is fought on a hundred fronts featuring a huge range of characters.

• Gragg’s time in the military and working in US European Headquarters in Germany gives his writing authenticity.

ISBN 13: 9780425283455, 528pp p/b, £14.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

An Inspector Seabag Mystery Georget, Philippe & Rendall, Steven (trans.)

This winter is going to be a rough one for Inspector Gilles Sebag, for he has discovered Claire has been cheating on him. Bouncing between depression, whisky, and insomnia, he buries himself in work.

But his investigations lead him inexorably to bigger tragedies - a woman murdered in a hotel, a depressed man who throws himself from a roof, another who threatens to blow up the neighbourhood - all of them involving betrayals of some sort. Perpignan is suffering from a veritable epidemic of crimes of passion. Adultery is everywhere! And each betrayal leads to another dramatic crime.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The third book in Philippe Georget’s Inspector Sebag series which is set in the Mediterranean town of Perpignan.

• Highly atmospheric with very huaman characters who prove unforgettable.

• Part of Europa’s popular and acclaimed World Noir series.

• Will make the perfect beach or holiday read.

ISBN 13: 9781609453893, 368pp p/b, £12.99 Published by EUROPA EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, & Europe (except Spain, Portugal & Italy)

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WALKING ON MY GRAVE A Death on Demand Mystery Hart, Carolyn

DEADLY ALIBI A DI Geraldine Steel Thriller, No. 9 Russell, Leigh

Annie’s friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Upon her death, several cashstrapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is still very much alive.

She hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and, not long after, Ves suffers a bad fall that was no accident. Everyone at the table had a motive but not a shred of evidence was left behind. When one of the suspects is found floating in the harbour and Ves disappears, Annie and her husband Max spring into action to catch a calculating killer before greed takes another life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 26th book in an award-winning, bestselling series.

• Hart is a beloved mystery author whose fans have stuck with her for 26 books and show no sign of slowing down.

• Hart’s 1941 novel Letter From Home was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

• Book-based cosies are selling well, and the Death on Demand series is one of the originals.

ISBN 13: 9780451488534, 256pp h/b, £21.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Two murder victims and a suspect whose alibi appears open to doubt... Geraldine Steel is plunged into a double murder investigation which threatens not only her career, but her life. When her previously unknown twin Helena turns up, her problems threaten to make Geraldine’s life turn toxic in more ways than one.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The ninth novel in the bestselling DI Geraldine Steel series.

• Leigh Russell’s books have sold over 750,000 copies worldwide.

• For fans of Sophie Hannah, Peter James, Mark Billingham, Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza and Angela Marsons.

• Russell is a CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award nominee and a CWA Dagger in the Library longlisted author.

• Geraldine Steel and Ian Peterson TV rights have been optioned by Avalon Television.

ISBN 13: 9781843448501, 320pp p/b, £7.99 Published by NO EXIT PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Fiction - Crime & Thriller

THREE DROPS OF BLOOD AND A CLOUD OF COCAINE Mouron, Quentin

Breaking with many conventions of the genre, the novel holds a satirical mirror to society by entering the minds of two men at the edge of sanity. Sheriff McCarthy, a church-going family man, is trying to keep a boundary between the sordidness of his investigations and his private life. He is also trying to keep faith in human nature. But Franck, willing to kill for the sake of a good pun, dominates the story. He is a disturbing, violent, decadent character, a man always rushing to the bathroom for another line of coke, revealing the darker workings of the case with a blood curdling laugh.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A darkly humorous, literary and psychological mystery set in a Boston still reeling from the financial crisis.

• After Joel Dicker, here is the latest literary sensation from Switzerland.

• Brilliant young novelist Quentin Mouron’s with his fifth work of fiction, his first crime novel.

• Brilliantly reviewed and well received in France/Switzerland. This is the first time his work is available in English.

• Written with the pace and controlled violence of the best of Tarantino’s films.

ISBN 13: 9781908524836, 228pp p/b, £8.99 Published by BITTER LEMON PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

BLOCK 46

Gustawsson, Johana

In Sweden a mutilated body is found in a snow-swept marina, whilst on Hampstead Heath in London the body of a young boy is discovered with similar wounds. At Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1944, Erich Hebner will do anything to see himself as human again in the midst of the hell. Are the two murders the work of a serial killer, and how are they connected to the shocking events at Buchenwald? Exploring the nature of evil, Block 46 is a multi-layered, sweeping and evocative thriller that heralds a stunning new voice in French noir.

KEY SELLING POINTS • First in an exciting new French noir series - Roy & Castells - in which a truecrime writer and police profiler join for • Winner of Nouvelle Plume D’Argent 2016.

• Translated by crime writer/reviewer Marxim Jakubowski.

• Written by French journalist Johana Gustawsson, co-author of the bestselling On se retrouvera, published by Fayard Noir ISBN 13: 9781910633700, 300pp p/b, £8.99 Published by ORENDA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

MONTHLY CATALOGUE - May 2017 Fiction - Crime & Thriller

RECONCILIATION FOR THE DEAD Hardisty, Paul E.

Sequel to the critically acclaimed The Abrupt Physics of Dying and The Evolution of Fear. Vigilante justice-seeker Claremore Straker, fresh from events in Yemen and Cyprus, is back in another gripping, socially conscious thriller. Seeking absolution for the sins of his past he returns to South Africa to recount the shattering events that led to his dishonourable discharge and exile, fifteen years earlier. Exploring true events from one of the most hateful chapters in South Africa’s history, Reconciliation for the Dead is a shocking, explosive and gripping thriller.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Paul E. Hardisty has been shortlisted for the CWA John Creasy Dagger.

• BBC World Service interview and lots of media attention is expected.

• Author will appear at Newcastle Noir and CrimeFest, and will conduct a mini tour of the UK. • sequel to critically acclaimed The Abrupt Physics of Dying (2015) and The Evolution of Fear (2016).

ISBN 13: 9781910633687, 450pp p/b, £8.99 Published by ORENDA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

MILENA, OR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FEMUR IN THE WORLD

Patterson, Jorge Zepeda & West, Adrian Nathan (trans.)

Winner of the prestigious Premio Planeta, Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World is a pulsepounding international political thriller about sex, power, and information - and the extreme lengths people go to attain them.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A pulse-pounding international political thriller about sex, power and information.

• A topical, issue-driven book by a seasoned journalist.

• Winner of the presigious Premio Planeta for Spanish-language publishing.

• Equal parts detective fiction, political thriller, love story and survival story.

• Prominent author platform in Mexico and Spain.

ISBN 13: 9781632061256, 480pp p/b, £14.99 Published by RESTLESS BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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DEATH IN A COLD HARD LIGHT A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery Mathews, Francine

Merry Folger is ready for a romantic vacation with her fiance Peter when fate - and her police chief father - intervenes. 21-year-old Jay Santorski never should have drowned in the frigid waters off the Nantucket shore. What was the athlete and Harvard scholar doing out alone in the stormy bay? At her father’s insistence Merry returns to the island to investigate, only to be confronted by false leads and dead ends. And Police Chief John Folger is behind too many of these roadblocks. For the first time, Merry begins to feel she cannot trust her lifelong role model - her own father...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The reissued forth book in the popular Nantucket mystery series that follows 32-year-old detective Merry Folger.

• As well as page-turning mystery, the series offers a feminist edge with Merry overcoming obstacles in a man’s world.

• A fifth book in the series, the first in more than 15 years, will be published in autumn 2017.

• Fans of Merry and the evocative Nantucket setting will be thrilled that the series is back.

ISBN 13: 9781616957568, TBCpp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MURDER ON THE QUAI An Aimee Leduc Investigation Black, Cara

1989: Aimee Leduc is in her first year of college at Paris’s preeminent medical school. She lives with her father, who runs the family detective agency. The week the Berlin Wall crumbles, so does Aimee’s life as she knows it. Someone sabotages her work, her boyfriend gets engaged to someone else, and her father takes off to Berlin on a mysterious errand, asking Aimee to help out at the detective agency while he’s gone. The case Aimee finds herself investigating - a murder linked to a transport truck of Nazi gold - has gotten under her skin. Her heart may not lie in medicine after all...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The next book in a bestselling crime series starring unforgettable protagonist Aimee Leduc.

• Leduc has been the heroine of 14 mysteries and has amassed a large fanbase in the US and UK. • This novel features a flashback instalment that will both thrill Aimee Leduc fans and provide context for new readers.

• The flashback shows how Aimee became a detective in the first place, and features more of her backstory.

• The Parisian setting and the modern historical element of the Berlin wall will appeal to European readers.

ISBN 13: 9781616958084, TBCpp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

PING-PONG HEART A Sueno and Bascom Mystery Set in Korea Limon, Martin

South Korea, 1974. After what appears to be a petty theft, Major Schultz is found hacked to death and the women he accused of stealing from him is attacked. Looking into motives for Schulz’s death, George and Ernie discover he was investigating the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion: the Army’s counterintelligence arm dedicated to tracking North Korean spies. The division is rife with suspects, but it’s dangerous to speak out. As George and Ernie go head-to-head with the battalion’s intimidating commander they learn that messing with the 501st can have very personal consequences.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Next in a compelling and unique crime fiction series set in South Korea in the 1970s.

• This is Martin Limon’s 11th book, a follow-up to the bestselling The Ville Rat (Soho, 2015).

• Features likable protagonists who often discover and expose crime within their own ranks.

• The unusual setting shows the daily lives of American troops stationed in South Korea in the wake of the war.

ISBN 13: 9781616958091, TBCpp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

SECOND DAY OF THE RENAISSANCE, THE The Sixth Commissario Trotti Investigation Set in Northern Italy Williams, Timothy

After decades as a Commissario, Piero Trotti has retired.

But his newfound peace is brief. An old friend calls him to Siena to give him urgent news: a known hit man has returned to Italy to kill Trotti. The former inspector must admit that he isn’t entirely undeserving, as his mistaken accusations and failed gambles have cost innocent lives in the course of his investigations. Though Trotti carries the burden of these deaths with him each day, someone else has appeared to enact his own, long-awaited retribution...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first new instalment in the award-winning Inspector Trotti series in over 20 years.

• Timothy Williams has won the Crime Writers’ Association Award.

• He is recognised by the Observer as one of Europe’s best contemporary crime novelists.

• The Inspector Trotti series has many long-time fans who will be thrilled to see him back in action!

ISBN 13: 9781616957209, 336pp h/b, £18.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SINGER FROM MEMPHIS, THE

FREE SPACE

An Athenian Mystery Corby, Gary

Evagardian #2 Danker, Sean

Nicolaos, the only private investigator in ancient Athens, discovers that helping an author with his research can be very dangerous. The would-be author Herodotus hires Nico and his priestess wife, Diotima, to accompany him to Egypt to research the ancient country’s history.

Unfortunately, Egypt happens to be in the throes of a rebellion against its overlords, the Persian Empire.

Pirates infest the sea route. Three different armies roam the Egyptian countryside. The river is full of crocodiles.A simple historical investigation turns into a dangerous adventure of international espionage.

KEY SELLING POINTS • 6th installment in Corby’s immaculately researched, historical mystery series, this time moving from Greece to Egypt.

• Gary Corby has a substantial Twitter following and runs a widely read, entertaining blog on all things ancient.

• For Death Ex Machina, Gary travelled to the US for several successful events, including an appearance at Malice Domestic.

ISBN 13: 9781616958077, TBCpp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

The Admiral managed to escape an unknown and very dangerous planet, but the danger is far from over. He’s a man who knows too much, so the Empire must silence him at all costs. Barely surviving an assassination attempt, he re-establishes contact with Salmagard, a member of the Evagardian navy. The Admiral and Salmagard take refuge in the lawless Free Trade system where there’s a thriving market built on galactic resentment for the Empire - only to discover that the system’s grievances extends to Evagardian’s citizens, making the Free Traders an even greater threat...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Follow-up to Admiral (Roc, 2016), an exciting military science fiction novel with a great sense of fun.

• A thrilling space adventure with a heist feel that will be devoured by readers of The Martian (Crown, 2014).

• The author has a military background, which gives the book a sense of authenticity.

• Like the previous book, Free Space has a fantastic cast of well-developed characters.

• A blend of thriller, humor and action that will appeal to readers looking for a fun space adventure romp.

ISBN 13: 9780451475800, 320pp p/b, £13.99 Published by ACE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

WHAT MY BODY REMEMBERS Friis, Agnete

Ella Nygaard, 27, has been a ward of the state since she was 7 years old, the night her father murdered her mother. She doesn’t remember anything about that night - but her body remembers. The PTSD-induced panic attacks she now suffers incapacitate her for days. After one particularly bad episode lands Ella in a psych ward, she discovers her son, Alex, has been taken from her by the state and placed with a foster family. Driven by desperation, Ella kidnaps Alex and flees to the seaside town in northern Denmark where she was born, where she is forced to confront the demons of her childhood.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The chilling solo debut from the author of The Boy in the Suitcase (and other Nina Borg novels), Agnete Friis.

• Features a captivating female protagonist, themes of parenthood, memory and mental illness.

• The Nina Borg quartet is Soho’s all-time bestselling series and has sold more than half a million copies worldwide.

• Like the New York Times bestselling Nina Borg series, this story has a strong political backbone.

ISBN 13: 9781616956028, 304pp h/b, £18.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - SF & Fantasy

Fiction - SF & Fantasy

MAGIC BINDS A Kate Daniels Novel Andrews, Ilona

Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar... Kate’s father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in his neverending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. And the only person Kate can ask for help is long dead. The odds are impossible. The future is grim. But Kate Daniels has never been one to play by the rules...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The next book in a massively popular, gritty urban fantasy series with a kick-ass heroine.

• The evolving relationship between Kate and her husband, Beast Lord Curran Lennart, adds a strong romantic element.

• The author has a huge social media following, with 20,000 followers on Twitter and 26,000 likes on Facebook.

• Ilona Andrews is a husband/wife team that also writes the New York Times bestselling Edge series (Ace).

ISBN 13: 9780425270707, 368pp p/b, £6.99 Published by ACE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

COLD REIGN A Jane Yellowrock Novel Hunter, Faith

Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker, and the woman rogue vampires fear most. As the Enforcer to Leo Pellisier, Master of the City of New Orleans, she walks softly and carries a big stake. But Leo’s power over vast American territories is being threatened. A delegation of European fangheads has arrived, and Leo fears their influence. Jane is tasked with overseeing their visit. But when a revenant vampire is raised, and several humans are killed, she has to wonder if they’re already making trouble

KEY SELLING POINTS • The eleventh book in an action packed urban fantasy series featuring a shapeshifting skinwalker.

• Jane Yellowrock is a fierce and strong female protagonist readers will really root for.

• She fights demons, vampires and other supernatural beasts that always prove immensely popular in genre fiction.

• Cross-genre appeal - readers of fantasy, mystery, horror and romance will find something to love.

• Fast-moving urban fantasy perfect for fans of and Charlaine Harris and the True Blood series (HBO) based on her books.

ISBN 13: 9781101991404, 384pp p/b, £6.99 Published by ACE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - SF & Fantasy

RED WOLF A Shifters Unbound Novel Ashley, Jennifer

Lupine Shifter Dimitri has always had to defend himself to other Shifters. As a red wolf, he’s not considered a ‘pure’ wolf, and the battles have honed him into a tough fighter, a champion of the fight clubs. Jaycee Bordeaux, a leopard Shifter, is Dimitri’s staunchest defender and oldest friend.

Dimitri is determined to turn that friendship into a mate bond.

Jaycee loves that idea, but she knows that a mate bond can’t be forced. And when Dimitri and Jaycee are called on to go undercover to protect collared Shifters, she knows the dangers ahead will make or break their future together.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The tenth book in a bestselling paranormal romance series about shapeshifters and their desires.

• The series is both a USA Today and New York Times bestseller and has thousands of diehard fans.

• Jennifer Ashley has a strong online presence, including 12,100 Facebook fans and 4,400 Twitter followers.

• For readers of both romance and paranormal fiction.

ISBN 13: 9780425281376, TBCpp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SEVEN DEADLY SINS, THE (NOVEL) The Seven Scars Left Behind Matsuda, Shuka & Suzuki, Nakaba

10 years before the beginning of The Seven Deadly Sins story, a Holy Knight was murdered and the fate of the Lyonnesse Kingdom was set. The Seven Scars Left Behind takes a look at the players from 10 years ago and how the Seven Deadly Sins were framed for the fall of the Lyonnesse Kingdom.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Based off the hit New York Times bestselling manga.

• Features art from original creator Nabaka Suzuki.

• Manga nominated for the Best Youth Comic Award at 42nd Angouleme International Comics Festival.

• A prequel of sorts to the original manga.

• The manga has been adapted into a hit anime series which is currently an exclusive to Netflix.

ISBN 13: 9781945054136, 180pp p/b, £8.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BOSS, THE

Fiction - Black Interest

MOST WANTED

Swinson, Kiki & Turner, Nikki

In these two action-packed, sexy stories from Urban lit superstars Kiki Swinson and Nikki Turner, two different women find themselves on the run and under the gun. Gigi, trying to find the 4 million dollars she doesn’t have, steals a stash of diamonds from an ex. Peaches, wanted for a murder she did not commit, but hides - and survives - in plain sight. Will both women make it out on top?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Two exciting new stories from two massively popular urban fiction authors.

• Kiki Swinson spent 5 years in a federal prison and understands her characters in a way few urban fiction authors do.

• New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner is one of the biggest names in Urban Lit with many hits under her belt.

• Dafina’s urban lit anthologies always perform well, and with these two stars together this one is no exception!

ISBN 13: 9780758280268, 320pp p/b, £6.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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PERFECT DECEPTION, THE

de Leon, Aya

Tyesha Couvillier will never forget the brutal treatment she endured as a sex worker. As the new director of a groundbreaking Women’s Health Clinic, she’ll take on the Ukranian mob and corrupt strip club bosses to stop local dancers being pressured into selling sex. And if she and her crew can pull off an elaborate heist, the evidence they steal could upend this vicious game. But suddenly Tyesha’s traumatic past and high-drama family are back on the scene and turning up the heat to explosive.

Now she must fight to protect those she loves - and

survive to carry on the fight.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Like Niobia Bryant and Kiki Swinson, Aya de Leon’s novels are sexy, fast-paced and full of urban sass.

• Like Orange is the New Black (Netfilx), The Boss features smart, likeable characters on the wrong side of the law.

• Features a multicultural cast of characters, and an edgy, soapy storyline that has wide appeal.

• Sex-workers’ rights are a pressing issue in today’s society - The Boss deals with this is an intelligent, thoughtful way.

• De Leon has been featured in Essence, xojane.com, Writers Digest, Women’s Day, Bitch Magazine and HuffPostLive.

ISBN 13: 9781496704740, 352pp p/b, £8.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Book II of the Shady Sisters Trilogy Lovely, Lutishia

She’s smart, gorgeous, and mysterious. For business executive Nathan Carver, a man with everything, Jessica Bolton is the first woman he can’t simply charm, buy, or seduce. And even before Jessica gets a taste of his luxurious lifestyle and irresistible moves, she’s determined to eliminate the competition and become this handsome bachelor’s one and only. But Jessica’s deceptive allure is just the beginning. With every move, every tantalising lie, Jessica lures Nathan and his close-knit family into a trap that will dismantle everything they treasure most...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The second in a trilogy featuring cunning, unpredictable heroines, and the lengths they’ll go to to get what they want.

• With themes of adultery and obsession, and lots of plot twists, Lutishia Lovely’s series will appeal to suspense fans.

• Lutishia Lovely is a hugely popular writing on the urban lit scene with more than a dozen books under her belt.

• Lovely also writes steamy romance novels under her alter-ego, Zuri Day. ISBN 13: 9780758286697, 320pp p/b, £6.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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COLD FLASH

Johnson, Carrie H.

Muriel doesn’t have the option to cool her life down to manageable chaos. She’s juggling a high pressure job, her extended family, and a deepening romance with Calvin, an advocate for troubled youth. And with heroin deaths epidemic throughout Philly, she’s got her hands full stopping a related killing spree that’s taking out gang members and innocent victims alike.

Soon Calvin’s unofficial search for the drug’s source raises the stakes on the case dangerously higher and brings it tragically close to home for Muriel...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Authors like Kathy Reichs and Karin Slaughter have popularised strong women with detective instincts.

• The heroine of this book is balancing work, family and menopause in a way that will resonate with baby boomers.

• A satisfying change for women who tire of reading novels void of older kick-ass (but real) women as protagonists.

ISBN 13: 9781496704016, 320pp p/b, £12.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

BABY MOMMA 4 Genovese, Ni’Chelle

Novie swore she’d never do two things in her lifetime: head up the family drug-trade, or be some man’s baby momma. Unfortunately, when she meets Genesis Kane, things don’t go quite as she’d planned. When Novie gets pregnant, Genesis promises her a cookie-cutter perfect life if she’ll leave the firm and run his house. He hopes running a home will keep her out of his business, but an idle woman is a man’s worst nightmare, as he’s soon to find out. When Novie discovers his lies, and with her career in tatters, she makes one vow: Genesis Kane will pay.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The next instalment in Ni’Chelle’s popular Baby Momma series.

• The series is about strong women who won’t be set back when they get pregnant.

• Full of twists and turns and sex - perfect for both suspense and soft-erotica fans.

• Ni’Chelle Genovese is a popular name on the urban lit scene - readers will love this new book.

ISBN 13: 9781622864966, 304pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BLACK LOVE, WHITE LIVES 2

FULL FIGURED 11

A BWWM Romance Woods, Genesis

Carl Weber Presents Hernandez, Treasure & Katt

Cairo is stuck in a loveless marriage with a woman who makes a sport out of tormenting Audrielle. He fully intended to divorce Alex once the inheritance money was transferred to his account, but things have become more complicated now that his scheming wife is pregnant. Audrielle feels like she’s never been lucky in love, and now Cairo has torn her heart into a million pieces. Letting go of him will be no easy task, but an old flame has swooped in to try to take her mind off of the heartbreak. Too bad the old flame has ulterior motives...

KEY SELLING POINTS • A novel about what it takes to find the person you love - and what it takes to keep them.

• Genesis Woods’ self-published books focusing on interracial love and plussized women have gained her a loyal following.

• She is known for her honest and genuine portrayal of women - with all their strengths and weaknesses.

• Now Genesis has had her potential recognised by Urban Books, readers will be able to see her work in print.

ISBN 13: 9781622865994, 384pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CARL WEBER’S KINGPINS: OKLAHOMA CITY Johnson, Clifford Spud

In Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Oklahoma, the two leaders of the Oklahoma City streets, King and Flamboyant, go to war. But this time it s not over drugs, money or territory - it’s over the heart of one good woman.

This next instalment in the popular Kingpin’s series is full of action and suspense, and a good dose of edgy romance.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest in Carl Weber’s Kingpins series that showcases new voices in Urban literature.

• Clifford ‘Spud’ Johnson’s Oklahoma focuses on warring gang leaders, competing for a woman.

• Carl Weber is a big name on the urban literature scene - authorial recommendations made by him carry significant clout.

• He is both a New York Times and an Essence bestseller.

ISBN 13: 9781622864942, 304pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CHARISMA: BALLER’S WIFE

Photoshoots, prison, love and drama reign free over the next instalment of the Full Figured series - watch as two fresh casts of bold, strong women learn to find and love themselves in a world teeming with choice and adventure. These two stories about plus-size woman are by Treasure Hernandez and Katt, both mega-stars on the Urban lit scene.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Empowering stories celebrating body confidence in women.

• Full Figured 11 follows two women’s individual stories, and perfectly blends romance with serious issues.

• The complete Full Figured series is available from Turnaround.

• Carl Weber is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 books, all of which are available from Turnaround.

• Both Treasure Hernandez and Katt are massively popular authors on the Urban lit scene.

ISBN 13: 9781622864676, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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HE DOESN’T DESERVE MY LOVE Renaissance Collection Cruse, Ashley

Dollie and Corey are the couple that have everything stacked against them. They are the epitome of the expression ‘Opposites attract.’ Dollie stands by her man in spite of his flaws, until he goes to jail, where he sobers up and lets his true colors show so Dollie is left hurt and confused. Tenosha has been waiting for her turn with Corey. When the opportunity arises to make her move, she gets rid of the father of her kids to get to the man she really wants. She thinks Corey needs a girl who will play her position in the D-boy life he’s chasing, and she’s sure she is the perfect match.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A dramatic tale of drugs, lies and deceit that sees two women fighting for the same man.

• Has a strong moral message about staying true to yourself, no matter what happens.

• Ashley Cruse originally self-published this novel under the title Ain’t That a Bitch, which was very well received.

• Cruse has now been snapped up by Urban books and readers will be thrilled to see her work in print.

ISBN 13: 9781622866106, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Turner, Nikki

Against her better judgment, Charisma Canton has a one-night stand that changes her life forever. Turning over the family business to her cousin, she leaves behind her past. Charisma moves to Miami, where she meets Mr. Manny Manifesto aka Mr. Baseball. Manny is coming off his best season ever, bringing with him a freshly inked $250 million-plus contract. After a chance meeting, Charisma sees an opportunity to start anew, and she and Manny attempt to build a relationship.

The sex might be good, but will their omissions and the deeds of their past come back to haunt them?

KEY SELLING POINTS • A compelling novel about two people trying to build a relationship amidst the baggage from turbulent pasts.

• Fiction featuring sports is always popular, with baseball forming the basis for many bestselling books.

• Nikki Turner is one of the most popular and acclaimed names in urban fiction.

• Her books consistently make the New York Times bestseller lists.

ISBN 13: 9781622864881, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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PARTNERZ IN CRIME Kareem

Korey and his ace, Hammer, were sentenced to serve two decades in federal prison, but after an unexpected change in the crack cocaine laws, Korey is released.

Now he s on his way home. Like Hammer, Korey is a thug with a violent nature However he’s determined to become someone other than a drug dealer and has a deep desire to reconnect with his teenage daughter.

But when he links back up with Hammer, who was released months before, Korey finds his most sincere intent to go straight challenged.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A thrilling and highly-moral novel about an ex-con struggling to stay away from crime back on the streets.

• Kareem is a rising star on the urban lit scene who has been incarcerated for 23 years.

• He has lived the life he writes about; his portrayal of street life is honest and raw.

• He does not sugar-coat his message: there is no benefit to living a thug lifestyle.

ISBN 13: 9781622864928, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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TURNED OUT SAGA Hunter, Angel M.

Champion and Zyair have been together for 5 years, and they’re feeling the need to rekindle their erotic spark. So they invite a third party into the bedroom, hoping this will give them the edge they need. Essence bestselling author Angel M. Hunter takes readers on an erotic journey with bold female characters who must ultimately decide which is more important to them: fulfilling their physical desires or finding love.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A hot, erotic journey of a novel with a strong moral compass.

• Features bold women who must decide what is more important: love or sex.

• Many readers will be able to relate to the dilemma the characters find themselves in; it is universal.

• Angel M. Hunter’s erotic tales are similar to those of urban lit superstars Zane and Mary B. Morrison.

ISBN 13: 9781622865116, 512pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

ARCHIE VOL. 3

Waid, Mark & Fish, Veronia

The all-new Archie adventure continues! Superstar writer Mark Waid teams up with the best and brightest artists in comics to bring a modern take to the legendary Riverdale cast of characters. The book will captures the bite and hilarious edge of Archie’s original tales in a modern, forward-looking manner, while still retaining the character’s all-ages appeal.

If classic Archie is a Saturday morning cartoon, this new series is prime time!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Features two of the most popular and acclaimed creators in comic books today.

• Stories appeal to the modern comic book audience with a hilarious spin on these timeless characters.

• Features bonus content including scripts, sketches and variant covers.

• Over 2 billion Archie comics & books have been sold and over 12 million Archie apps downloaded.

• Volumes 1 & 2 are also available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9781682559932, 176pp p/b, £17.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GIRLS 3 Benjamin, J.M.

Starr, is a young, bodacious and bold beauty. She is also the leader of the Double G’s, a powerful and ruthless social club of plus-sized women. Starr is guided by Queen Fem, the club’s founder, who set up the group of professionals-by-day, gangster-bikerchicks-by-night to prove that this isn’t just a man’s world. The Double G’s put the squeeze on their primary targets: men of power and privilege. Blackmail and manipulation are their choice of weapons, and they are skilful in both. But now a special agent thinks he can bring them down as the temperature rises in Vegas...

KEY SELLING POINTS • A wild ride through Las Vegas with a powerful and ruthless gang of plus-size women.

• Although a manipulating, blackmailing crime gang, readers will be rooting for these excellent women!

• Author J.M. Benjamin received acclaim for his first novel, Ride or Die Chick, which was an Essence bestseller.

• Benjamin’s inspiring life story - he published his first novel in prison - was profiled in the New York Times in 2007.

• Watch out for the big girls’ is a lyric in a number of hit hip hop songs which would be familiar in the UK. ISBN 13: 9781622864904, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

WEEKEND AFFAIR, A The Best Way to Get Over One Man is to Get on Top of Another Vella, Noelle

Gabby and Mischelle are two friends hoping to escape the chaos in their lives. Shell’s husband cheated on her with a younger woman, and Gabby’s ex-boyfriend is stalking her. To get away from it all, the women head to Tybee Island, Georgia, looking for a weekend of fun in the sun. Once they get there, they encounter two charismatic yet mysterious men who have the power to inexplicably change their lives forever... or at least for the weekend.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fantastic debut novel from a new writer-to-watch on the urban lit scene.

• Sends a strong message about putting your life into perspective - especially by getting away from it.

• With strong, inspiring and genuine female characters who show that sometimes you need to put yourself first.

• The novel is fun, sexy and compelling as well as offering readers plenty of food for thought.

ISBN 13: 9781622865123, 384pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BETTY & VERONICA VOLUME 1 Hughes, Adam

It’s Betty vs. Veronica! The most highly anticipated reboot in comics history is here! Betty and Veronica are America’s sweethearts - until they turn on each other! Pops’ Chocklit Shoppe is being taken over by a huge coffee company. When Betty and Veronica go head-to-head over the issue, all bets are off!

Friendships will shatter. Cities will burn. Nails will be broken. Betty and Veronica are back in this all-new collection from comics legend Adam Hughes (Wonder Woman, Catwoman).

KEY SELLING POINTS • A hotly anticipated Archie reboot focusing on beloved characters Betty & Veronica!

• These new stories will appeal to the modern comic book audience with a new spin on Riverdale and its inhabitants.

• Features bonus content including scripts, sketches and variant covers.

• By Adam Hughes, one of the biggest superstars in comics today!

• Over 2 billion Archie comics & books have been sold and over 12 million Archie apps downloaded.

ISBN 13: 9781682559857, 104pp p/b, £11.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SONIC UNIVERSE SAGAS 1: PIRATE PLUNDER PANIC Sonic Scribes

It’s mystery and mayhem on the high seas as Amy and Cream join first mates Blaze and Marine in their search for the final Sol Emerald! As ships clash on the stormy waters, familiar faces start to appear amongst the opposition and Blaze is targeted as enemy number 1!

Who is the new, sinister force leading the robot pirates, and what is his past with Blaze? Pirate Plunder Panic is the first book in the new Sonic Universe Sagas graphic novel series, collecting the stories that follow on the heels of the Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide epic.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects the most recent Sonic Universe stories growing directly out of the events of the Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide.

• Has a built-in comic book fanbase due to its collecting the current, ongoing SONIC UNIVERSE story arcs.

• Sonic comics attract a huge readership of die-hard fans, andSega continues to make new Sonic games • All Sonic the hedgehog graphic novel series tie in to and reference one another.

• Sonic the hedgehog has sold over 70 million Sega video games and millions of comics and graphic novels worldwide.

ISBN 13: 9781682559918, 104pp p/b, £11.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SOMETHING CITY Weaver, Ellice

Through snapshots of each community, Ellice Weaver captures both the qualities that make different communities unique, but also what binds them together to make up the modern, multicultural cities that we exist in today. Beautifully composed pages introduce us to each group before we’re taken on a short journey inside each of their worlds. Stunning artwork and wry, odd and moving stories come together to produce a book that is unique, vibrant and universal.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A moving, wry, odd and charming exploration of the multicultural city, seen through the communities that live there.

• A much-anticipated longer work by a creator who is well-known for her popular graphic short stories.

• Eye-catching design and colour palettes give this book an appeal to both comic and illustration fans.

ISBN 13: 9781910395271, 76pp p/b, £10.99 Published by AVERY HILL PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

LAST TEMPLAR VOL. 4, THE: THE FALCON TEMPLE Khoury, Raymond & Lalor, Miguel

Tess has gone with Vance to look for the Falcon Temple and its precious cargo, convinced that truth must prevail. Meanwhile, the Church persuades Sean to help them keep that truth hidden - at any cost. On the dark waters of the Mediterranean, in a storm so fierce it could be the very wrath of God, a merciless battle will take place for the future of the Christian faith...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Originally an internationally bestselling novel that stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 22 months.

• Adapted to comic format by the author himself.

• A thriller with roots in medieval history reminiscent of The Da Vinci Code.

• Published here in English for the first time.

ISBN 13: 9781849183222, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

Graphic Novel

VALERIAN THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1

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XIII VOL. 22: THE MARTYR’S MESSAGE Sente; Yves & Jigounov; Youri

Jason has managed to give his captors the slip, but he was forced to leave Betty behind, severely injured. After a short but tense episode dealing with the north-eastern mafia, he’s off to the next step in his quest: Leiden, Holland, from where half of the Mayflower expedition left, and where his godfather appears to live. But his enemies haven’t given up, and the young local guide he’s picked brings her own heap of troubles...

KEY SELLING POINTS • More than 10 million copies sold of the first 19 books in the series.

• A compulsive read for teenagers and adults alike, already translated into several languages.

• A TV miniseries based on the books starring Val Kilmer aired on France’s Canal in 2008 and on NBC in the US in 2009.

• Cinebook was the first to publish the entirety of the original series in English.

• XIII has been made into a video game by Ubisoft.

ISBN 13: 9781849183499, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

Graphic Novel

GETTING OUT OF HOPE Cadelli, James

Short Cuts meets Rear Window in this hilarious but poignant debut from James Cadelli. Three travelling dudes are stranded in Hope, a small, desolate town in the mountains of British Columbia. They find shelter in the basement of an apartment after their RV breaks down. Although they, and three others, occupy the same building, share a common resentment of their living situation, and annoy each other in the hallways, none of them realise the extent to which their lives are intertwined. Yet they all hope for a better life. And that just might mean getting out of town... by any means necessary.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Short Cuts meets Rear Window in this hilarious but poignant debut from James Cadelli.

• Featuring a likeable cast of multi-dimensional weirdos.

• Called ‘just such an enjoyable book to read’ by Joe Ollmann of Drawn and Quarterly.

ISBN 13: 9781772620146, 208pp p/b, £16.99 Published by CONUNDRUM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Christin, Pierre & Mezieres, JeanClaude

This first volume of the collection contains books 1 and 2 of the series The City of Shifting Watersand The Empire of a Thousand Planets. It also includes book 0, Bad Dreams, translated into English for the first time: the very first adventures of our two heroes, published after City and retroactively numbered.

Finally, linking the volumes of this collection together is a long, exclusive interview with the authors and director Luc Besson. Illustrated with new art as well as numerous sketches, studies and photographs from the latter’s upcoming big-screen adaptation.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Valerian is the bestselling comic series that has become emblematic of French science fiction.

• It has had strong influence on science-fiction films such as The Fifth Element and Star Wars.

• Luc Besson has adapted the comic for the big screen in a film starring Cara Delevingne.

• This collection includes interviews and rare photos from behind the scenes of the movie.

• Valerian is an action anti-hero and Laureline an early incarnation of the strong, take-charge female.

ISBN 13: 9781849183529, 160pp h/b, £29.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

Graphic Novel

MISTER MORGEN

Hofbauer, Igor & Bunjevac, Nina (trans)

Legendary Croatian poster artist Igor Hofbauer has created a book of graphic stories which are dark and visionary, based on a combination of classic American underground comics andfilm noir, pop art, German Expressionism, and Russian Constructivism.

Hofbauer’s comics are often surreal and nightmarish stories in strange cityscapes that will be recognized by anyone who has spent time in the concrete housing and brutish planned neighborhoods of the former Eastern Bloc.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Dark and visionary graphic stories by Igor Hofbauer.

• Hofbauer is very well-known as a graphic artist, primarily for creating posters.

• His posters were featured in The Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion (Chronicle, 2004) • Igor Hofbauer is the Charles Burns of the Balkans.’ - Nina Bunjevac ISBN 13: 9781772620139, 224pp p/b, £21.99 Published by CONUNDRUM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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MORTON A Cross-Canada Rail Journey Collier, David

A graphic novel lamenting the loss of train travel, the grip of family, mortality, art, and the human condition, with many other digressions thrown in for good measure. The book opens in media res as Collier finds out about his grandmother s death.

While trying to publish his next book another close death shocks him to act on his dream to travel with his wife and son across the country by rail, before it is too late. Through the passing landscape he introduces his family (and the reader) to his old way of life and tries to track down the many characters he has lost touch with.

KEY SELLING POINTS • David Collier’s most ambitious work to date.

• His work debuted in R. Crumb’s magazine, Weirdo, and has been published by Fantagraphics and Drawn and Quarterly.

• ’Chimo is an idiosyncratic, compelling and hilarious musing-in-comics that I couldn’t put down... I loved it.’ - Chris Ware ISBN 13: 9781772620122, 180pp p/b, £17.99 Published by CONUNDRUM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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THE COLLECTED NEIL THE HORSE

Collins, Katherine & Robbins, Trina (intro)

Neil the Horse ran 15 issues in the 1980s. With its tagline, ‘Making the World Safe for Musical Comedy’ it is the world’s only musical comic book. It is a totally original hybrid influenced more by Carl Barks and Fred Astaire than by the underground comics of the time.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The iconic and hilarious Neil the Horse, collected for the first time.

• With an introduction by veteran comics artist and editor, Trina Robbins.

• Comes with an endorsement by THE Will Eisner!

ISBN 13: 9781772620153, 300pp p/b, £22.99 Published by CONUNDRUM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

COMPLETE ELFQUEST VOLUME 4, THE Pini, Wendy & Pini, Richard

The latest collection of the classic fantasy series

by Wendy and Richard Pini continues the canonical adventures of the Wolfriders. The tale takes a dark turn as the seductive Winnowill allies herself with a brutal human warlord, Grohmul Djun, fanning the flames of hatred for all ‘elf-demons’ and setting the course for inevitable war between humans and elves.

KEY SELLING POINTS • One of the longest-running fantasy epics collected for the first time.

• The next instalment of the legendary series collected into a 492-page volume.

• The first fantasy series created by a woman to be globally successful.

ISBN 13: 9781506701585, 492pp p/b, £20.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 City of Thieves Busiek, Kurt

Conan the Barbarian is one of the most recognisable characters of the past century. Created by Robert E. Howard and originating in the pages of pulp magazines of the 1930s, the sword and sorcery hero has been adapted for several films, TV programs, videogames and, of course, comic books! The stories in Conan Omnibus 2: City Of Theives stay true to Howard’s originals, and offer mountains of swashbuckling fun. Strap in and enjoy Conan’s earliest adventures, created by comics greats Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Features the legendary run by comics greats Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord!

• Faithfully adapts Robert E. Howard’s best-known tales.

• Conan has thousands of fans across the world who will be thirlled to see his adventures toegther in this volume.

• An affordable omnibus format, perfect for both new readers and diehard fans!

ISBN 13: 9781506702940, 472pp p/b, £20.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CHIMICHANGA: SORROW OF THE WORLD’S WORST FACE Powell, Eric & Buscema, Stephanie

Come one! Come all! Behold the marvel of The World’s Worst Face! Joining artist Stephanie Buscema, Eric Powell returns to his all-ages creation, Chimichanga, the story of a bizarre monster and the little bearded girl who guides him through life in the sideshow. Now they’ve met another misfit - a boy so ugly he hides behind the world’s longest bangs! He is hunted and on the run - can he find peace and even happiness at the carnival?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Written by fan-favourite cartoonist, Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans)!

• Artist Stephanie Buscema has worked on several popular properties including Spider-Man, Adventure Time and My Little Pon • Features Eric Powell’s trademark humour for an all-ages audience.

• Eric Powell has won several Eisner Awards for his work on The Goon (also from Dark Horse).

ISBN 13: 9781616559021, TBCpp h/b, £12.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CONAN THE SLAYER VOLUME 1

Bunn, Cullen; Davila, Sergio & Atiyeh, Michael

Alone, on the brink of death, and with nothing but his sword, Conan the Cimmerian stumbles into a camp of Kozaki raiders. With a band of determined Turanian hunters at his heels, the Kozaki chief hesitantly offers the barbarian refuge. As Conan’s grievous wounds heal, he gains acceptance into the clan and becomes a mentor to one of the chief’s two sons...only to discover that mortal danger is closer than ever. Penned by superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Deadpool, The Sixth Gun, Harrow County) and with art by Sergio Davila (Red Sonja), this volume collects issues #1-#6 of Conan the Slayer!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A completely fresh start for the Dark Horse new Conan stories, heavily rooted in Robert E. Howard’s original tales.

• By superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Deadpool, The Sixth Gun, Harrow County).

• With art by Sergio D¤vila, famous for his distinctive work on Red Sonja.

• Conan is an iconic character with an enormous fanbase who are sure to be thrilled by these new stories!

ISBN 13: 9781506701332, 152pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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HELLBOY: INTO THE SILENT SEA

Mignola, Mike & Gianni, Gary

Hellboy sets sail from the wreckage of a deserted island only to cross paths with a ghost ship. Taken captive by the phantom crew that plans to sell him to the circus, Hellboy is dragged along by a captain who will stop at nothing in pursuit of a powerful sea creature. Following the events of Hellboy: The Island (Dark Horse), Gary Gianni draws Hellboy in an original graphic novel.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A brand new story for Mike Mignola’s massively popular Hellboy.

• An original graphic novel with a self-contained story, suitable for fans both new and old!

• Illustrator Gary Gianni returns to the Mingolaverse!

• Mike Mignola is one of the biggest names in comics working today.

• A full range of Hellboy and spin-off comics are also available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9781506701431, 56pp h/b, £12.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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RISE OF THE BLACK FLAME Mignola, Mike; Roberson, Chris & Mitten, Christopher

Little English girls are going missing, and the trail leads to a bloodthirsty cult wielding an ancient power of evil - the Cult of the Black Flame. No villain in the history of the Mike Mignola’s line of books has caused as much death and destruction as the Black Flame. See what it was like when that power belonged to a secret order of priests hidden in the jungles of Siam. Christopher Mitten (Umbral, Criminal Macabre, Wasteland) joins Mignola and Chris Roberson (Hellboy & the B.P.R.D. 1953, iZombie) to explore an uncharted corner of the Hellboy’s fictional world.

KEY SELLING POINTS • From the pages of Mike Mignola’s massively popular Hellboy.

• Collects Rise of the Black Flame issues #1-5.

• Christopher Mitten (Umbral, Criminal Macabre, Wasteland) joins the Mignolaverse!

• Mike Mignola is one of the biggest names in comics working today.

• A full range of Hellboy and spin-off comics are also available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9781506701554, 144pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

LADY KILLER 2

Graphic Novel

Jones, Joelle

The Schuller family has moved to Cocoa Beach, where life carries on as usual. Josie continues to juggle Tupperware parties, her kids and a few heads - and things don’t get any easier for the entrepreneur hit lady when her past comes back to haunt her.

Lady Killer is a black comedy that juxtaposes the wholesome imagery of early 1960s domestic bliss with a tightening web of murder, paranoia, and cold-blooded survival. From rising star author Joelle Jones comes the much anticipated return of Josie Schuller the Lady Killer! Collects Lady Killer (Series 2) issues#1-#5.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The return of the bestselling, original comics series from rising comics superstar Joelle Jones.

• A black comedy that juxtaposes the wholesome imagery of early 1960s domestic bliss with murder!

• Sales of the first volume of Lady Killer are approaching 9000 copies.

• ’A level of violence that can only be described as Mad Men’s Betty Draper meets Dexter.’ - ComicBook Resources ISBN 13: 9781506700298, 136pp p/b, £14.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

TARZAN ON THE PLANET OF THE APES Seeley, Tim

Caesar’s birth in the original Planet of the Apes films was a result of the time travel at the core of that story. Tim Seeley (Revival) and David Walker (Power Man and Iron Fist) relocate that birth to 19th century Africa, where Caesar crosses paths with Tarzan, leading to a much different fate for Man and Ape. Drawing deeply from the Tarzan novels and the Planet of the Apes films, Seeley and Walker run Caesar and the Lord of the Jungle through the enslavement of the Apes, through a century of war, and through the centre of the earth.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Tarzan and the inhabitants of The Planet of the Apes come together for the first time in this new comics series!

• Both Tarzan and Planet of the Apes are cult classics - fans of both will be thrilled to read this comic!

• From the writers of Revival (Image) and Power Man and Iron Fist (Marvel)!

• Collects Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes issues #1-5.

ISBN 13: 9781506701578, 144pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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RESIDENT ALIEN VOLUME 4: THE MAN WITH NO NAME Hogan, Peter & Parkhouse, Steve

Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle - a stranded alien explorer hiding in plain sight - has been posing as doctor and solving crimes in the small town of Patience, Washington. After Harry accidentally exposes himself to investigators who are on his trail, a mysterious arsonist and a stubborn federal agent arrive in town to heat things up! The local sheriff must decide if he’ll remain loyal to his inquisitive friend Harry, and nurse Asta finally realises the danger she and Harry are both in.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Small-town drama meets men-in-black mystery in the acclaimed comics series!

• From the writer of Tom Strong (America’s best Comics) and the artist of the classic Bojeffries Saga (Fantagraphics).

• Hogan and Parkhouse take their curious, compassionate alien on another thrill-ride!

• A pitch-perfect narrative from two of my favourite creators.’ - Alan Moore ISBN 13: 9781506701530, 104pp p/b, £12.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE STRAIN: MISTER QUINLAN-VAMPIRE HUNTER Lapham; David, Salazar; Edgar, Champagne; Keith & Jackson

Mr. Quinlan, a product of a hellish vampiric ritual gone wrong, seeks to destroy the Master, the powerful vampire who sired him. After he is forced into hiding in the ancient Roman hillsides, he is captured and raised in the arenas as a gladiator.

Winning his freedom as a champion against the will of the emperor, Mr. Quinlan is smuggled to Africa to battle foreign hordes. He must survive long enough to carry out his mission - but then his target begins hunting him. Acclaimed comics writer David Lapham traces the dark origin tale of the popular character from the television series The Strain.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Go back to the beginnings of a popular character from The Strain • The origin of Mr. Quinian from The Strain novel by Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro and novel • The Strain is now a hit TV show on FX! ISBN 13: 9781506701608, 128pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE WITCHER VOLUME 3: CURSE OF CROWS Tobin, Paul; Kowalski, Piotr & Filardi, Nick

Explore the dark and gritty world of of the hit video game series, as Geralt and Ciri become embroiled in a brutal story of revenge. In this ruthless world, the past always comes back to haunt you, and nothing is as it seems.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Witcher games have collectively earned over 250 industry awards and have sold more then 5.5 million copies worldwide.

• Five games available across multiple platforms, with a new expansion of 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released in 2016!

• Discover more of The Witcher’s world as the expansions of Witcher 3: Wild Hunt continue to be released!

• A series chronicling Geralt, a witcher, one of few remaining monster hunters from hit video game The Witcher.

• The game world and hero are based on a series of Polish novels extremely popular in Eastern Europe.

ISBN 13: 9781506701615, 136pp p/b, £19.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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TOMB RAIDER VOLUME 2 Choice and Sacrifice Tamaki, Maiko; Sevy, Phillip; Lotay, Tula & Atiyeh, Michael

Following the events of Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara Croft’s life hasn’t gotten any easier! When Lara gets word that Sam Nishimura has escaped from a mental hospital, she drops everything to help. But after an encounter with the Order of Trinity, she realises that things are more complicated than she thought. Haunted by memories of Yamati, Lara is determined to rescue her friend. But the Specter of Himiko the Sun Queen looms large in Sam’s life and threatens to consume her. Collecting the arc of the Tomb Raider comic series, issues #7-#12! Written by Eisner Award-winning author Mariko Tamaki!

KEY SELLING POINTS • By Eisner Award-winning authour Mariko Tamaki • The start of new arc, leading into the new Tomb Raider game!

• Fan-favourite character Sam Nishimura returns!

ISBN 13: 9781506701622, 144pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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WORLD OF TANKS

Ennis; Garth, Ezquerra; Carlos

Superstar scribe Garth Ennis (Preacher, Battlefields) joins with the legendary Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog) to create a tense war story inspired by the gloabally popular (over 110 million players) online game World of Tanks. As an untested British tank crew advances into France shortly after the D-Day invasion, they discover their Cromwell tank, ‘Snakebite’, isn’t quite what they were expecting. And with a veteran German Panzer unit on the hunt, the Brits will need all the luck they can in order to survive.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Written by Eisner Award winning comics legend, Garth Ennis!

• Illustrated by comics luminary and co-creator of Judge Dredd, Carlos Ezquerra!

• World of Tanks has a gloabl audience of 110 million players!

• The global MMOG phenomenon comes to comics!

ISBN 13: 9781506700601, 120pp p/b, £14.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FURARI

Taniguchi, Jiro

Jiro Taniguchi returns with this delightful and insightful tale of life in a Japan long forgotten.

Inspired by an historical figure, Tadataka Ino (1745 - 1818), Taniguchi invites us to join this unnamed but appealing and picturesque figure as he strolls through the various districts of Edo, the ancient Tokyo, with its thousand little pleasures. Now retired from business he surveys, measures, draws and takes notes whilst giving free rein to his taste for simple poetry and his inexhaustible capacity for wonder.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The newest graphic novel from veteran author and artist Jiro Taniguchi.

• Taniguchi has been nominated for the Eisner Award six times.

• He has won twice at the Angouleme Festival, France, for both Best Art and Best Scenario.

• Multi-award winner in his native Japan.

ISBN 13: 9781908007292, 208pp h/b, £16.99 Published by FANFARE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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I KILLED ADOLF HITLER Jason

This 2008 Eisner and Harvey Award-winning classic, unavailable since 2014, is back in print in a newly designed edition! In this full-colour graphic novel, Jason posits a strange, violent world in which contract killers can be hired to rub out pests - be they dysfunctional relatives, abusive co-workers, loud neighbours or just annoyances in general - and as you might imagine, their services are heavily in demand. One such killer is given the unique job of travelling back in time to kill Adolf Hitler in 1939... but things go spectacularly wrong.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new edition of one of Jason’s most popular comics about a world of contract killers and time travel.

• The comic won both the 2008 Eisner and Harvey Awards.

• It has been unavailable since 2014 - Jason fans will be thrilled to see it back in print in this shiny new edition!

• Jason is one of the most beloved creators working in comics today.

ISBN 13: 9781683960089, 48pp h/b, £14.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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LADIES-IN-WAITING, THE

Garcia, Santiago & Olivares, Javier

In 1656, Diego Velazquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of Painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Les Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, by two of Spain’s most sophisticated comic creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship among the viewer, reality and unreality.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The most acclaimed and celebrated graphic novel in recent Spanish history, now available in English.

• The story of a 1656 masterpiece, Las Meninas, that will greatly appeal to both art history and comics fans.

• Delves into the biography of the painter Diego Velazquez as well as into the Spanish character itself.

• The art moves from clear lines to expressionistic drawings as the comic blends fiction and fact.

• Javier Olivares and Santiago Garcia are two of Spain’s most sophisticated comics creators.

ISBN 13: 9781683960126, 192pp h/b, £20.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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LIKE A VELVET GLOVE CAST IN IRON Clowes, Daniel

In this new edition of Daniel Clowes’ classic graphic novel, Clay Loudermilk stumbles into a screening of a bizarre snuff film that wraps him up in a mystery surrounding a series of cult-inspired killings, dubbed ‘The Harum Scarum Murders.’ The subsequent path Loudermilk’s life takes is both a terrifying journey into madness and jaw-dropping tour-de-force of visual imagination fraught with psychosexual and conspiratorial tension. Featuring black & white illustrations throughout.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new edition of the graphic novel that made Daniel Clowes an instant comics icon.

• Stunningly eerie, this was Clowes’ first long-form work and is bound to be snapped up by his fans, both old and new.

• Daniel Clowes is one of the most lauded comic creators in the world.

• He is the creator of the 1997 classic Ghost World, later adapted into a cult film of the same name.

• To be published in the wake of Clowes’ Patience in 2016 and to coincide with the film release of Clowes’ Wilson (Fox).

ISBN 13: 9781683960157, 200pp p/b, £20.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

SONGY OF PARADISE Panter, Gary

Punk comics pioneer Gary Panter reimagines Milton’s Paradise Regained in this spectacular graphic novel. Panter’s version doesn’t rely on Milton’s words, but faithfully follows the structure of Milton’s Paradise Regained, with one notable exception: Jesus has been replaced by a hillbilly, Songy, who is on a vision quest before being tempted by a chimeric Satan figure. Songy of Paradise is an art object, a brilliant literary experiment and the most eye-popping graphic novel of 2017.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A punk-retelling of Milton’s Paradise Regained by one of America’s preeminent cartoonists.

• Panter doesn’t rely on Milton’s words but follows his structure, resulting in a spectacular literary experiment.

• The pages are vibrant and densely packed with Panter’s iconic illustration.

• A fantastic art object that will make an ideal gift for lovers of both art and graphic novels.

• An ornate hardcover format with a stunning two-colour stamping on cloth covers.

ISBN 13: 9781683960287, 40pp h/b, £29.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

LOST CAT

Graphic Novel

EGYPTIAN PRINCESSES, THE

Jason

Unavailable since 2014, Fantagraphics is proud to represent Jason’s first long-form graphic novel in a newly designed edition. A detective is walking down the street when he sees a ‘lost cat’ poster. A moment later he sees the cat from the photo and calls the number. A woman answers. They talk and hit it off. When she disappears soon thereafter, the expected, ensuing mystery takes decidedly unexpected and unconventional turns. Lost Cat is both a playful take on the classic detective story, and a story about how difficult it is to find a kindred spirit.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new - and newly designed - edition of Jason’s first long-form comic.

• Lost Cat is at once a playful detective story and a meditation on finding - and keeping - a kindred spirit.

• It has been unavailable since 2014 - Jason fans will be thrilled to see it back in print in this shiny new edition!

• Jason is one of the most beloved creators working in comics today.

• He is a Harvey Award-winner and a multiple Eisner and Ignatz Award winner.

ISBN 13: 9781683960096, 160pp h/b, £17.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Baranko, Igor

During Egypt’s 20th dynasty, toward the end of the Rameses III’s reign, a dangerous plot sows disorder inside the royal palace. The conspirators plan to hasten the end of the Pharaoh in order to place the heir of their choice on the throne. Unaware of the scheme, the inseparable daughters of the Pharaoh, Nick-Nefer and Titi-Nefer, will have to uncover the mysteries of the forbidden knowledge of necromancy and black magic to confront their many enemies.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Award-winning Igor Baranko is the Ukrainian creator of the acclaimed sci-fi comics Jihad and Shamanism (Humanoids).

• Based on real events, this book is ideal for fans of alternative histories and Ancient Egyptian culture.

• Preface by author and renowned Egyptologist Christian Jacq.

• Perfectly timed for the release of the new Tom Cruise and Russell Crow film The Mummy (Universal, due June 2017).

ISBN 13: 9781594657481, 248pp p/b, £14.99 Published by HUMANOIDS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

ON THE CAMINO Jason

Internationally acclaimed cartoonist Jason’s first full-length graphic memoir is about his experiences walking a 500-mile pilgrimage for his 50th birthday in Northwestern Spain, which he observes with the eye of an artist, chronicling both the good (people, conversations) and the bad (blisters, bedbugs) he encountered on his journey. Full of quiet incidents, odd encounters, small triumphs, and the occasional setback, On the Camino is the first implicitly autobiographical long-form work by this master cartoonist. Featuring black & white illustrations throughout.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A graphic memoir about walking the Camino de Santiago by acclaimed comic creator Jason.

• This is Jason’s first long-form work since 2013’s Lost Cat, and his first ever memoir sure to thrill fans.

• Many in the UK have done, or at least know about, the Camino de Santiago.

• Jason chronicles his trek with the eye of an artist; the book is full of small, human observations.

• Jason has been called the ‘Kafka and Keats of the comic world’ by author Sherman Alexie.

ISBN 13: 9781683960218, 192pp h/b, £20.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

MAGICAL TWINS, THE Jodorowsky, Alexandro & Bess, Georges

When the King is taken prisoner by Tartarath, the ‘Dark Master’, twins Prince Aram and Princess Mara, set out to rescue their father and save the kingdom. But when the use of magic is forbidden, the twins have to find new ways to prove themselves worthy of restoring the throne.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An oversized YA graphic novel available in English for the first time.

• Originally published in French for Le Journal de Mickey, the most popular weekly magazine for kids aged 8-13.

• The first project of bestselling Jodorowsky/Bess partnership, the creative team behind The White Lama, Son of the Gun. • Bess is best known for his work on The Phantom (Frew Publications) and his partnership with Jodorowsky.

• Bess has received many awards, including the 2012 Spanish Haxtur Lifetime Achievement Award.

ISBN 13: 9781594658952, 56pp h/b, £14.99 Published by HUMANOIDS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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BILLIE HOLIDAY

Munoz; Jose & Sampayo; Carlos

Born in Baltimore in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star, he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. Through this investigation, Munoz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones of racism, and in the wake of the blues, the slow drift of a singer who expressed the deepest emotions in jazz.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A spellbinding artbook tribute to and biography of the iconic singer, Billie Holiday.

• Goes beyond the public scandals that marred the life of this star.

• Traces, through the undertones of racism, the slow drift of a singer who expressed the deepest emotions in jazz.

• By internationally renowned Argentine artists, featuring Munoz’ strikingly raw heavy blacks.

ISBN 13: 9781681120935, 80pp h/b, £17.99 Published by NBM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Gay Interest Erotica

TIMBER

Lazarov, Dale & Player

Timber is the newest volume from Sticky Graphic Novels, the wordless, gay character-based, sex positive comics series. In Timber, renowned creators Lazarov and Player show you just how sexy big bearded men can be (especially when they get together) in an entertaining graphic novel about the eroticism of Lumberjacks.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An entertaining and adventurous erotic story about a group of gay lumberjacks.

• Puts the fun back into gay adult graphic novels, thereby setting a new standard for the genre.

• The imagery is passionate, sensual and expressive.

• Art director/writer Dale Lazarov is a well-known erotic gay comics creator with a devoted readership.

• Other titles by Lazarov are also available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9783959850629, 64pp h/b, £19.99 Published by BRUNO GMUNDER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Far East

Graphic Novel - Manga

WISH

CLAMP

Walking home from work one day, handsome young doctor Shuichiro notices an adorable little thing trapped in a tree... not a cat, but an angel, Kohaku.

In gratitude for rescuing it, Kohaku offers to grant Shuichiro a wish - but to the angel’s surprise, Shuichiro says no thanks... everything in his life is great! But little Kohaku isn’t going to give up that easily...

KEY SELLING POINTS • A crossover title with Dark Horse’s previous CLAMP title, Drug and Drop.

• Remastered from the original art, this version of Wish is different from any other on the market!

• 20 pages of interior colour, in the high-quality tradition of Dark Horse CLAMP omnibus books.

ISBN 13: 9781506701110, 800pp p/b, £20.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

CAGE OF EDEN 21 Yamada, Yoshinobu

Akira and his classmates are on a plane heading back home after a school trip abroad. Suddenly the plane crashes on a mysterious island - Akira is somehow still alive despite the crash, yet he soon finds that he’s not really safe. Enormous beasts are chasing after him - beasts which are supposed to be extinct!

KEY SELLING POINTS • An exciting manga series reminiscent of Koshun Takami’s classic Battle Royale (Ohta, 1999).

• With a classic ‘stranded on a desert island’ theme, as well as dinosaurs, this also features elements of Lost.

• The previous titles in the series are available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9781632361257, 208pp p/b, £8.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

CLOCKWORK PLANET 2 Kamiya, Yuu

Naoto’s a high school dropout and brilliant amateur tinkerer. He lives in a world that has been so overexploited that the entire surface has become one vast machine. When a box crashes into his home containing a female automaton, it’s a harbinger of change that will rock the entire globe, and give Naoto his chance to be a hero.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An anime adaptation of Clockwork Planet is set for release in 2017.

• Kamiya’s previous series No Game, No Life has been a huge hit.

• Art style, plot and pedigree will appeal to gamers in addition to regular manga readers.

ISBN 13: 9781632364487, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

DESCENDING STORIES: SHOWA GENROKU RAKUGO SHINJU 1 Kumota, Haruko

A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an exconvict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship to a famed storyteller, and Konatsu, who yearns to perform rakugo but cannot because women are not permitted in the craft.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Has been adapted into an anime series that is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

• A second season of the anime is due out in January 2017.

• Translated by author and academic Matt Alt founder of AltJapan in collaboration with the Japan Rakugo Association.

• Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga.

• Won an Excellence Award for manga at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival.

ISBN 13: 9781632364692, TBCpp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FAIRY TAIL 60 Mashima, Hiro

17-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician’s guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician’s guild and the heroes’ adventure together begins.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Since its first volume in 2008, Fairy Tail has been a popular series and is now an institution among comic fans.

• The anime adaptation is available on DVD in the UK from Manga UK. • New episodes of the anime are streamed every week on Crunchyroll.

ISBN 13: 9781632363367, 208pp p/b, £8.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

HEROIC LEGEND OF ARSLAN 7, THE

Tanaka, Yoshiki & Arakawa, Hiromu

Arslan is the teenage prince of the ancient kingdom of Pars, who doesn’t seem to have what it takes to be a great ruler like his father. A fateful encounter with a slave from the neighbouring country of Lusitania leads Arslan to question the world outside of the royal capital’s walls, but before he can indulge his curiosity, war breaks out. Arslan is rushed off to his first war, only to see his kingdom crumble in front of his eyes. This series of events leads the young Arslan on a journey to reclaim his lost kingdom.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fantasy manga series based on a popular series of novels.

• From the creator behind Fullmetal Alchemist (Viz Media) which has sold more than 60 million copies worldwide.

• The anime adaptation of the series is streaming in the UK on Viewster.

• The anime series is available on DVD/Blu-Ray in the UK from Universal Pictures.

• A video game version by the creators of Dynasty Warriors is available in the UK on Playstation 4.

ISBN 13: 9781632363510, 192pp p/b, £8.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

IN/SPECTRE VOLUME 4

Graphic Novel - Manga

INTERVIEWS WITH MONSTER GIRLS 4 Petos

They were once feared and forced to live in the shadows. But as modern society grew more enlightened, human beings began to realise that monsters like succubi, dullahans and vampires deserve public services as much as anyone. Still, a girls’ high school for monsters? It sounds like a nightmare, but for one man it’s a dream job. Tetsuo has always been fascinated by ‘demi-humans,’ and a job opening for a biology teacher at this school is his chance to see them first-hand!

KEY SELLING POINTS • For fans of the new ‘monster manga’ wave, including series like Ajin: DemiHuman (Vertical, also available).

• A rambunctious vampire, a headless girl and a demon co-worker are the three main characters in this series.

• Won 2nd prize in the 2016 DaVinci x NicoNico Next Manga Awards.

• An anime adaptation is set for release in January 2017.

ISBN 13: 9781632363893, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

SEVEN DEADLY SINS 20, THE Suzuki, Nabaka

This manga series takes readers to the land of Britannia, a picturesque country ruled by the benevolent King Lyonnesse - or at least it was, until the king’s guard assassinated him and started a full-blown Holy War! Now the king’s only daughter Elizabeth must seek the aid of the dreaded warriors, the Seven Deadly Sins. Wrongly framed and sent into exile, they’re now the princess’s only hope to free the kingdom from the grip of the villainous Holy Knights!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kodansha’s next big action hit, running in Shonen Magazine, home of Fairy Tail and Attack on Titan (also available).

• Has charted in the New York Times Manga Best Seller list.

• Winner of Best Shonen Manga Award at 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.

• Nominated for the Best Youth Comic Award at 42nd Angouleme International Comics Festival.

• Has been adapted into a hit anime series which is currently an exclusive to Netflix.

ISBN 13: 9781632363503, 192pp p/b, £8.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Shirodaira, Kyou & Katase, Chasiba

Both touched by spirits called yokai, Kotoko and Kuro have gained unique superhuman powers. But to gain her powers Kotoko has given up an eye and a leg, and Kuro’s personal life is a shambles. So when Kotoko suggests they team up to deal with renegades from the spirit world, Kuro doesn’t have many other choices, but Kotoko might just have a few ulterior motives.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fantastical mystery series for lovers of Noragami (Kodansha, also available).

• Episodic mysteries play out against an all-too-real teen love triangle.

• From the creator of Spiral (Yen Press) and The Record of a Fallen Vampire (Kodansha USA).

• For ages 13.

ISBN 13: 9781632363954, 192pp p/b, £8.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

SWEETNESS AND LIGHTNING 6 Amagakure, Gido

Teacher Kouhei is a single father who is terrible at cooking. His adorable little daughter Tsumugi barely remembers the cooking of her mother, who’s passed away. But, then, the pair comes across a teenage girl eating rice balls and crying (in joy?) at the park.

She takes Kouhei and Tsumugi to her mother’s restaurant, where they taste their first home-cooked meal in ages. A tribute to the power of food to bind people together.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A cute, inventive new food-based manga.

• For fans of What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Vertical, also available from Turnaround).

• The series has sold over 200,000 copies in Japan.

• Has been adapted into an anime series that is streaming on Crunchyroll.

ISBN 13: 9781632364029, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MY NEIGHBOR SEKI 9

Fujishima, Kosuke

Toppu Uno never wanted to race motorcycles. He was perfectly content watching his sister ride with his eagle eyes, he knew her lap times before the the stopwatch did. When he’s convinced to take a ride on a minibike for the first time, his hours of observation translate into instant skill on the track. But turning a quick lap and winning a race are two very different things...

KEY SELLING POINTS • New series from the creator of Oh My Goddess!

(Dark Horse Manga) and Paradise Residence (Kodansha).

• Fans of racing manga like Initial D and Speed Racer as well as sports manga like Haikyu! will enjoy this series.

• Chapters are being released at the same time as Japan on Kodansha Comics’ website and Comixology.

ISBN 13: 9781632364524, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Morishige, Takuma

My Neighbor Seki is a collection of short stories that revolve around two classmates who sit at the back of their high school homeroom. In each chapter Seki devises a new way to kill time in his school desk, to best avoid boredom. And along the way, he ends up distracting the girl who sits next to him, Rumi, whose mind goes wild as Seki pushes the limits of his disobedience!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A mischievous take on the high-school genre.

• The anime adaptation has been extremely popular, gaining a US license and attracting a global audience.

• The anime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

• The comics have already sold over 1m copies in Japan.

• For fans of Missions of Love and My Little Monster (both Kodansha, also available from Turnaround).

ISBN 13: 9781945054013, 160pp p/b, £8.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

Graphic Novel - Manga

WELCOME TO THE BALLROOM 5

NICHIJOU 8

Fujita has drifted through middle school aimlessly, unable to find friends or anything that can hold his attention. Then, one day, he’s attacked by a gang and saved by a mysterious man. But this isn’t a karate master. Fujita’s Mr. Miyagi is a ballroom dance instructor! Reluctantly, Fujita takes a few beginner classes, only to find his inspiration: an entrancing teenage dance prodigy named Shizuku.

It’s Fujita’s first step into the high-octane world of competitive dance!

While the title (which translates as ‘ordinary’ or ‘everyday’ suggests a story of simple, everyday school life, the contents are more the opposite. Set in a strange school where you may see the principal wrestle a deer, or a robot hide the school lunches, the days that unfold in Nichijou are curious and hilarious, if not downright bizarre. However amidst all the chaos and comedy Arawi still takes time to share everyday slice of life stories giving readers an insight into modern Japanese youth culture.

Takeuchi, Tomo

KEY SELLING POINTS • Intriguing premise, frenetic action and badass characters will make this a must-read for shonen and shojo readers.

• One of the leading series in Monthly Shonen Magazine.

• The popularity of ballroom dancing in the UK has never been higher.

• The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing attracts millions of viewers each year.

ISBN 13: 9781632364074, 208pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

CARDFIGHT!!

VANGUARD VOLUME 8 Itou, Akira

From the makers of the YuGiOh trading card game comes Cardfight!! Vanguard, the manga that inspired the hit Vanguard card game. In similar fashion to YuGiOh and Magic the Gathering, the teenage cast of Cardfight!! Vanguard play a highfantasy themed card game - initially they play for kicks, but eventually the stakes grow much higher.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The manga that started the hit Vanguard card game and amine series.

• From the creator of the hugely popular YuGiOh card game, currently the top selling card game in the world.

• Each edition comes with an exclusive rare playing card from the Vanguard game.

ISBN 13: 9781941220139, 192pp p/b, £8.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Arawi, Keiichi

KEY SELLING POINTS • A witty and surreal all-ages manga that also provides a glimpse into Japanese youth culture.

• Selected by Guillermo del Toro as one of today’s top Japanese comics for Asahi News.

• Keiichi has already drawn for Kodansha s My Neighbor Seki series (also available from Turnaround).

• The series has been adapted into an anime which has been licensed for English release by Funimation.

ISBN 13: 9781942993674, 196pp p/b, £8.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

NINJA SLAYER PART 8 Happy Christmas Neo Saitama Bond, Bradley & Saitama, Neo

In the cyberpunk metropolis of Neo Saitama, Kenji Fujikido is an average salaryman whose wife and children are suddenly assassinated. Tracking the murder back to a ninja, Fujikido trains to seek vengeance - initially on those who murdered his family, but ultimately on every ninja on the planet. He becomes the ‘Ninja Slayer’, a warrior obsessed with killing every last ninja to avenge his family.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new series that has already been hugely successful in its native Japan.

• Described as a revenge drama where cyberpunk meets ninja action.

• An anime is currently in the works at TRIGGER studios, the company behind the Kill la Kill series.

• Anime Limited and Funimation are releasing the Blu-Ray/DVD of the anime in early 2017.

ISBN 13: 9781945054150, 208pp p/b, £9.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CHAMPIONS VOL. 1: CHANGE THE WORLD

Waid, Mark & Ramos, Humberto

During the fallout of Civil War II, Ms. Marvel, Nova and Spider-Man quit the Avengers and strike out on their own! With Viv Vision and the Totally Awesome Hulk by their side, these young heroes are determined to change the world their own way! It starts as an idea. It becomes an ideal. But what happens when it turns into a movement one so big even the Hulk can’t stop it? And will one of the greatest X-Men of all forge a new future by their side? Welcome to the Champions, Cyclops!

Unfortunately, not all of your new would-be teammates are glad to see you!

COLLECTING: CHAMPIONS 1-6 (subject to change).

KEY SELLING POINTS • Champions has been a runaway success, topping the US comic charts.

• Written by Mark Waid Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil.

• Illustrated by Humberto Ramos Amazing Spider-Man, Extraordinary X-Men. • Cheaper than the US Edition.

ISBN 13: 9781846538032, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Superheroes

DEADPOOL THE DUCK

Moore, Stuart & Camagni, Jacopo

What do you get when you take a cynical anthropomorphic duck (named Howard) and cross it with the smelliest mercenary in the Marvel Universe? Deadpool the Duck! When Deadpool is sent on a mission from S.H.I.E.L.D. to capture a high-profile E.T. that is rampaging across the high plains, the snatch-and-grab turns out to be much more complicated than the Merc with a Mouth anticipated. One unfortunate wrong-place-at-thewrong-time accident later leaves Deadpool and Howard fighting for control of the cutest mercenary the Marvel Universe has ever seen! COLLECTS DEADPOOL THE DUCK 1-5 (subject to change).

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Deadpool movie was released 12th February 2016 and has been hugely successful!

• Deadpool 2 has been confirmed and is set for 12th January 2018 release!

• All our Deadpool graphic novels are best-sellers!

• Written by Stuart Moore - Iron Man. • Illustrated by Jacopo Camagni Hawkeye Vs. Deadpool.

ISBN 13: 9781846538018, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Superheroes

DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE SORCERERS SUPREME VOL. 1 Thompson, Robbie & Rodriguez, Javier

An ancient evil threatens to unravel the fabric of reality, and one Sorcerer Supreme may not be enough. Doctor Strange must unite past, present and future Sorcerers Supremes to stem the coming darkness - Merlin, the Ancient One, Wiccan and more! But Strange should watch his back, not all of these Sorcerers have his best interests in mind... Collecting Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1-5 (subject to change).

KEY SELLING POINTS • Doctor Strange movie is due for release 28th October 2016!

• Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game; The Hobbit; Star Trek: Into Darkness; Sherlock).

• Written by fan-favourite Robbie Thompson (Silk, Spidey).

• Cheaper than the US edition.

ISBN 13: 9781846537837, 116pp p/b, £11.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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DOCTOR WHO: EMPEROR OF THE DALEKS Cornell, Paul; Abnett, Dan; Gray, Scott; et al

Emperor of the Daleks collects together stories by leading writers and artists, from the highly acclaimed comic strip in Doctor Who Magazine.Includes a wealth of exclusive, brand-new material revealing how the strips were created, featuring contributions and commentary from the writers and artists.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Writers include Paul Cornell, Dan Abnett, Scott

Gray and Richard Alan.

• Artists include Lee Sullivan, John Ridgway and Colin Andrew.

• The collection contains eight comic adventures.

• The collection includes stories featuring one of Doctor Who’s most popular villains - Davros, creator of the Daleks.

ISBN 13: 9781846538070, 180pp p/b, £16.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Superheroes

INFAMOUS IRON MAN VOL. 1 Bendis, Brian Michael & Maleev, Alex

There’s a new Iron Man in town, and his name is...

Victor Von Doom! The greatest villain of the Marvel Universe is no stranger to armour, but now he’s trying something new on for size. And where Tony Stark failed, Doom will succeed. As the secrets that propel Victor’s new quest as a hero start to reveal themselves, a who’s who of heroes and villains start looking for a piece of revenge for Doom’s past sins beginning with bashful, blue-eyed Ben Grimm, the ever-lovin’ Thing! The saga of Iron Man takes its strangest turn yet! COLLECTING: INFAMOUS IRON MAN 1-6 (subject to change).

KEY SELLING POINTS • Iron Man returns to the big screen in Spider-Man: Homecoming (28th July 2017) and Avengers: Infinity War (4th May 2018).

• Written by fan favourite Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, All-New X-Men).

• Illustrated by Alex Maleev (Daredevil, Star Wars: Lando).

• Cheaper than the US edition.

ISBN 13: 9781846538001, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Superheroes

MARVEL PLATINUM: THE DEFINITIVE SPIDER-MAN RELOADED

Lee, Stan; Stern, Roger; Slott, Dan; et al

At a scientific demonstration about radiation, highschool student Peter Parker is accidentally bitten by an irradiated spider, which bestows upon him the arachnid’s incredible abilities. When a burglar kills his beloved Uncle Ben, Peter learns a valuable lesson: that with great power there also comes great responsibility. He vows to use his new powers to help his fellow man and becomes the Amazing Spider-Man... Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Spider-Man Reloaded brings together the very best tales from Spidey’s 50 year history, covering some of his greatest and most pivotal moments.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Spider-Man: Homecoming is due for release 28th July 2017 and is THE most anticipated movie of 2017!

• Homecoming is the first Spidey movie from Marvel Studios! Starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. • Includes Spider-Man’s updated Marvel Universe entry detailing his history and powers, plus profiles for Vulture and Shocker.

• Includes the true origin of the Vulture, one of Spidey’s most iconic of foes.

• Not available as a US import (UK-specific book).

ISBN 13: 9781846537950, 296pp p/b, £16.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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THE UNWORTHY THOR VOL. 1 Aaron, Jason & Coipel, Olivier

Unfit to lift his hammer, with another now wielding the power of Thor, the Odinson’s desperate quest to regain his worthiness takes him out into the cosmos where he’s learned of the existence of a mysterious other Mjolnir! This weapon of ultimate power, a relic from a dead universe, is the key to the Odinson’s redemption but some of the greatest villains of the Marvel Universe are anxious to get their hands on it as well. Can the Odinson reclaim his honor, or will the power of thunder be wielded for evil? Let the battle for the hammer commence! Collecting The Unworthy Thor #1-5

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Thor movies were box office smashes and Thor built on his popularity in Avengers Assemble and Avengers: Age of Ultron!

• Thor returns in Thor: Ragnarok, out 27th October 2017!

• Written by popular comic writer Jason Aaron Thor, God of Thunder, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Punisher Max. • Cheaper than the US Edition.

ISBN 13: 9781846537998, 156pp p/b, £11.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Children’s Picture Book - KS1

QUESTIONS ASKED

Gaarder, Jostein; Duezakin, Akin & Bartlett, Don

Questions Asked shows confidence in a child’s capacity to think deeply and read between the lines.

The book follows a little boy traveling alone in an open landscape. Soon we realise he is on a journey of thoughts and dreams, asking questions about loss, myth, language, magic, and what it means to be a human being. Jostein Gaarder’s philosophical questions merge with the beautiful illustrations of Akin Duezakin into a tale of friendship, love, and grief - and about daring to think about life as you live it.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Jostein Garder is the author of Sophie’s World (Orion, 2000), which has sold over 40 million copies worldwide.

• The questions asked in the book show confidence in a child s capacity to think deeply and to read between the lines.

• Accompanied by dream-like illustrations by Akin Duezakin.

• Although aimed at children, Gaardner offers plenty for adults who want to revisit life’s fundamental questions.

ISBN 13: 9780914671664, 72pp h/b, £10.99 Published by ELSEWHERE EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Picture Book - KS1

ANIMALS DO, TOO!

Kaner, Etta & Faucher, Marilyn (ill)

Award-winning author Etta Kaner has created a fun, engaging exploration of some ways animals behave just like people. By highlighting connections between human and animal behaviours, she encourages children to develop compassion for other creatures and to recognise their place within the natural world.

This book would make an excellent resource for early life science lessons on the characteristics of living things. The question-and-answer pattern of the text together with Marilyn Faucher’s inviting, detailed illustrations work as an entertaining, interactive readaloud as well.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fun, engaging exploration of some ways animals behave just like people.

• Encourages children to develop compassion for other creatures and to recognise their place within the natural world.

• The question-and-answer pattern of the text makes for an entertaining, interactive read-aloud.

ISBN 13: 9781771385695, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Picture Book - KS1

DIFFERENT? SAME!

Tekavec; Heather, Curnick; Pippa

This clever picture book introduces the concept of animal characteristics by highlighting how there can be both differences and similarities within a group. Again and again, readers will be surprised to find that a group of four seemingly different animals all have one trait in common whiskers, horns, shells and the like for a total of thirteen traits in all. Observant children will notice that one of the animals from each group also appears on the following spread with three new animals that have a different characteristic in common.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Provides educational aspect for children to accept diversity in people • Easy to read for young children learning to read.

• Written by well established author, Heather Tekavec, who has nine published books under her belt.

ISBN 13: 9781771385657, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Picture Book - KS1

FOG, THE

Maclear, Kyo & Pak, Kenard

Warble is a small yellow warbler who lives on the beautiful island of Icyland, where he pursues his hobby of human watching. But one day, a deep fog rolls in and obscures his view. The rest of the birds don’t seem to notice. The more the fog is ignored, the more it spreads. When a Red-hooded Spectacled Female (Juvenile) appears, Warble discovers that he’s not the only one who notices the fog. Kyo Maclear’s witty story, brought to life with the delicate, misty artwork of Kenard Pak, is a poignant yet hilarious reminder of the importance of environmental awareness.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Encourages awareness of our surroundings and the condition of our planet.

• Published in time for World Environment Day on 5th June.

• Maclear’s adult memoir, Birds Art Life, is generating buzz ahead of its 2017 publication by Doubleday/Scribner.

• Maclear is a well-reviewed and award-winning writer.

ISBN 13: 9781770494923, 48pp h/b, £14.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Picture Book - KS1

MR. ZINGER’S HAT

Fagan, Cary & Petricic, Dusan

This is the story of a bored little boy, who meets a man, and together they build a story. This story within a story changes their lives, and will delight young readers who enjoy spinning their own yarns.

Through vivid, colourful artwork children and adults alike will be enchanted by this tale that celebrates the magic of storytelling. A book that can be savoured again and again.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Original edition was well received by PW, Booklist and Kirkus and was selected for a Canada-wide reading initiative.

• Fagan is a critically acclaimed writer for children and adults.

• Petricic is an award-winning illustrator and cartoonist known for the Jacob Two-Two series (Puffin).

• Celebrates the art of storytelling and is sure to encourage reading and inspire young writers.

ISBN 13: 9781770499348, 32pp p/b, £8.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Children’s Picture Book - KS2

WHERE WILL I LIVE McCarney, Rosemary

A stunning photo picture book for younger readers looking at children around the world who have been forced to flee war and conflict.

Where do you go if your home is no longer safe? Every child needs a home. They need somewhere safe where they can be happy, eat their meals with their family, play with their toys, and go to sleep and night feeling unafraid. Many children all over the world have had to leave their homes because they are no longer safe. In spite of everything, they find time to laugh, play, and make friends. They have hope that somewhere, someone will welcome them to a new home.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Offers relatable insights into the challenges faced by children and their families who are forced to leave their homes.

• Crisp text and striking photos will create a discussion point about a topic always in the news.

• Portion of the proceeds from sales fo to UNHCR. ISBN 13: 9781780264042, 32pp h/b, £9.99 Published by NEW INTERNATIONALIST Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Children’s Picture Book - KS2

ZOMBIE ELEMENTARY: THE REAL STORY Whitehouse, Howard

Larry Mullet is your typical fourth grader. He rides his bike, takes the school bus, avoids the cafeteria food, and - oh yeah - he’s a zombie hunting expert.

Larry was just hanging out when Alex Bates from Ms Hoag’s class tried to eat him. Something odd was going on at school... and it was up to Larry and his friends to take charge (for some reason). Hilariously told interview-style as a record of the REAL story, and peppered with zombie tips and facts, zombie cheerleaders and plenty of gore, this book will be a surefire hit for anyone interested in a ghoulishly good life-or-death comedy.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Reviewed positively in School Library Journal and TIME for Kids.

• Zany sense of humour that’ll win over reluctant readers.

• Featuring an everyboy character that readers will relate to, and great supporting characters of mixed genders.

ISBN 13: 9781770496095, 256pp p/b, £6.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Young Adult Fiction - KS4

JUST A NORMAL TUESDAY

Young Adult Fiction - KS4

TRANSATLANTIC CONSPIRACY, THE

Falksen, G.D. & Iwata, Nat

The year is 1908. 17-year-old Rosalind’s father has booked Rosalind on the maiden voyage of his Transatlantic Express, the world’s first railroad to travel under the sea, without asking. Rosalind is furious. Cecily and her brother Charles volunteer to accompany her home from England. Then, deep under the Atlantic, Cecily and her housemaid, Doris, are found stabbed to death in their state room. Rosalind is now trapped on the train - where nothing is as it seems - in a deadly fight to clear herself of her friend’s murder and to thwart a sinister enemy whose ambitions she can only imagine.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Falksen is a Steampunk icon and celebrity, with over 160,000 Facebook fans.

• A fast-paced period YA thriller; lush details and worldbuilding draw on the author’s vast historical expertise.

• Cover and illustrations by Nat Iwata, a well-known steampunk figure known for book illustration and video game design.

ISBN 13: 9781616958145, 240pp p/b, £9.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Young Adult Fiction - KS4

ROAD TO WINTER, THE Smith, Mark

Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast. He has stayed alive for two winters, keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage. But Finn’s isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach. Rose is a siley - an asylum seeker - and she has escaped from Ramage, who had enslaved her and her younger sister, Kas. Rose is desperate, sick, and needs Finn’s help. And Ramage wants the girls back - at any cost.

KEY SELLING POINTS • For fans of Cormac McCArthy’s The Road (Picador, 2007) and Patrick Ness’s More Than This (Walker, 2013).

• Australian wilderness setting suits the narrative perfectly and will appeal to UK readers.

• Smith writes and runs outdoor education programs for young adults.

ISBN 13: 9781925355123, 256pp p/b, £8.99 Published by TEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East

Turrisi; Kim

It’s just a normal Tuesday for sixteen-year-old Kai, until suddenly it’s anything but. She’s received a letter from her beloved older sister, Jen, a letter that begins, My very bestest sister, Kai, if you are reading this, I am already gone. From that moment on, Kai’s life will never be the same, as she is forced to deal with the shock and horror of losing Jen to suicide.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Author has written for well-known family entertainment companies, such as, Disney, Viacom and Hallmark.

• Provides insight on the subjects of mental illness, as well as, being an entertaining read.

• Turrisi’s debut novel Just a Normal Tuesday is loosely based on the author’s own experiences.

ISBN 13: 9781771387934, 248pp h/b, £15.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Graphic Novel

YOKO TSUNO VOL. 12: THE TITANS Leloup, Roger

Yoko, Vic and Pol are back on Vinea after a twomonths journey in hibernation. They’ve barely had time to wake up that the Vineans are already presenting them with disquieting news: plants of extravinean origin have been found in a remote part of the planet, as well as obvious signs of equally alien intelligent life - colossal in size. An expedition is sent to look for these titans...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Science fiction firmly anchored in modern technology.

• Almost 6 million volumes of the series sold worldwide, with around 250,000 sales per title.

• Strong humanist values: friendship, self-sacrifice, respect for life.

• Published here in English for the first time.

• Yoko Tsuno is a great female role model.

ISBN 13: 9781849183505, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

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Children’s Graphic Novel

SOUPY LEAVES HOME

Castellucci, Cecil & Pimienta, Jose

Pearl ‘Soupy’ Plankette ran away from her abusive father, but has nowhere to go until she stumbles upon a disguise that gives her the key to a new identity. Reborn as a boy named Soupy, she hitches her star to Remy ‘Ramshackle’ Smith, a hobo who takes her under his wing. Ramshackle’s kindness and protection go a long way to help Soupy heal from her difficult past. But Ramshackle has his own demons to wrestle with, and he’ll need Soupy just as much as she needs him.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A beautiful children’s graphic novel about a feisty runaway named Soupy and her journey across the US. • From Schuster Award-winning and Eisner-nominated writer Cecil Castellucci.

• Castellucci’s latest book, Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (Disney Lucasfilm, 2015), sold 38,000 copies.

• Castellucci is a founding YA editor at The LA Review of Books.

ISBN 13: 9781616554316, 208pp p/b, £12.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Photography

URBAN DIRT BIKERS Murphy, Spencer

Photography - Gay Interest

BOX, THE Amato, Ron

Boxes trap, boxes hide, boxes protect. We’re told to ‘think outside the box.’ This stunning square format photo book by Ron Amato explores the themes of isolation, desire, conflict and empowerment. A powerful debut.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A stunning photography book that explores ideas of isolation, desire, conflict and empowerment.

• An innovative and seductive photography project that will appeal to photographers and general art fans.

• Ron Amato is a skilled photographer, currently teaching photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC. • The printing will be of the highest quality from a renowned Italian printing house.

ISBN 13: 9783959852999, 96pp h/b, £49.99 Published by BRUNO GMUNDER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Far East

Photography - Gay Interest

INTO THE LIGHT Photographs of the NYC Gay Pride Day from the 70s till Today Stellar, Stanley

A new culture of young, inner city bikers has grown up over the past years in the UK. Young men and women have taken to the streets on dirt bikes, quads and all manner of motorbikes to perform stunts.

Often hidden in the mazes of industrial estates, where they won’t draw too much attention from the public or police, riders gather on weekends and perform tricks up and down a strip of tarmac.

Photographer Spencer Murphy, who is continually interested in people who exist on the fringes of law and society, spent two years documenting these gangs of riders and quad bikes.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Perfect gift for those interested in photography and London.

• Fourth book in ‘Tales from the City’ series- featuring the best international urban photography.

• From a young indie publisher getting a huge amount of media interest.

ISBN 13: 9781910566213, 112pp h/b, £17.95 Published by HOXTON MINI PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

KEY SELLING POINTS • A stunning and varied collection of both colour and black and white photos documenting New York Pride.

• Photographer Stanley Stellar is a well-known chronicler of gay NYC. Here he gives unprecedented access to his work.

• Features photos taken over four decades, making it the most comprehensive photography book on this topic.

• Will prove an important contribution to gay history, released just in time for Pride season 2017.

ISBN 13: 9783959852753, 160pp h/b, £32.99 Published by BRUNO GMUNDER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Far East

Photography

Photography - Gay Interest

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU Harris, Alice

A breathtaking collection of iconic photographs and stunning artwork by best-selling author Alice Harris.

A collection that capture all the magnetism of the eye - the sensuality and sophistication we see in a flash of lashes.

KEY SELLING POINTS • powerHouse’s fourth topical, visual pop culture book with Alice Harris and her fifth overall.

• Iconic and stylish coffee-table book.

• Breathtaking collection of iconic photographs and stunning artwort by some of the world s most celebrated visual artists.

ISBN 13: 9781576878194, 112pp h/b, £25.99 Published by POWERHOUSE BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

What was long hidden behind closed doors of bars, clubs and saunas came ‘into the light’ with a big bang in 1969: Stonewall made history and sent the starting signal for New York City’s annual Pride Parade. For this book, Stanley Stellar documented the parades from the late 1970s until today. A unique contemporary document and an important contribution to gay history.

MORPHOSIS Beiruti, Salem

The art of Salem Beiruti is unique. The skillful digital illustration pieces of beautiful men show what he admires the most, how he sees it and the way he expresses it. It is a merge of beauty and mystery, a seduction story.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Salem Beiruti is one of the most influential digital illustrators of his genre.

• Morphosis is his first book, receiving an overwhelming response while crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

• Beiruti’s seductive, unique, and playful art has garnered him a huge international fanbase.

ISBN 13: 9783959852982, 96pp h/b, £39.99 Published by BRUNO GMUNDER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Far East

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Photography - Gay Interest

EDGES OF THE RAINBOW LGBTQ Japan Delsol, Michel & Shinozaki, Haruku

An intimate photographic glimpse into the queer world behind the closed doors of modern Japanese society. The latest in a series of beautiful, affordable photo books that look at LGBTQ communities around the world, Edges of the Rainbow is a photographic celebration of the queer community in Japan.

In more than 150 colour and black-and-white photographs, acclaimed photographer Michel Delsol and journalist Haruku Shinozaki have brought together a fascinating group of individuals to create an unforgettable and uplifting look at a proud and resilient community on the margins of Japanese society.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An intimate photographic glimpse into the queer world behind the closed doors of modern Japanese society.

• A beautiful, affordable photo book.

• An unforgettable and uplifting look at a proud and resilient community on the margins of Japanese society.

• Serial in The Advocate and promotion with full series.

ISBN 13: 9781620972892, 160pp p/b, £18.99 Published by THE NEW PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Photography - Gay Interest

LGBT: SAN FRANCISCO The Daniel Nicoletta Photographs Nicoletta, Daniel; Van Sant, Gus; Mobley, Chuck; et al

LGBT: San Francisco presents photographs

by Daniel Nicoletta, the foremost chronicler of groundbreaking San Francisco LGBT scene for past forty years. He was also Harvey Milk’s photographer.

From the outrageous and flamboyant to the political and poignant, these stunning photos capture a wideranging picture of the gay movement. This essential gay history features a foreword by director Gus Van Sant and an introduction by Chuck Mobley.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An essential gay history.

• Daniel Nicoletta foremost chronicler of groundbreaking San Francisco LGBT scene for past forty years.

• Foreword by Gus Van Sant.

• Introduction by Chuck Mobley.

• Images reproduced in magnificent quality - a hallmark of RAP publications.

ISBN 13: 9781909526396, 240pp h/b, £40.00 Published by REEL ART PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Arts

SURF ROCKS Waves, Boards and Wax in Contemporary Art and Graphic Design Escalante, Greg

Surfing holds a special place in popular culture, with plenty of films, TV shows, books, fashion brands and magazines dedicated to the lifestyle. It has become a myth in and of itself! Now, in Surf Rocks, 50 international artists celebrate the art of surfing and all its mythology, philosophy and symbols! The cultural phenomenon is brought to life by artists like Jim Phillips, Damien Fulton, Sean Yoro and many more!

KEY SELLING POINTS • 50 international artists celebrate the art of surfing.

• Surfing holds a special place in popular culture.

• Dissects the myth, symbolism and fashions associated with surfing.

• Also available: Surf Rocks: The Coloring Book and Surf Rocks: 30 Deluxe Postcards.

ISBN 13: 9782374950358, 288pp h/b, £39.99 Published by CERNUNNOS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Arts

SURF ROCKS: 30 DELUXE POSTCARDS Escalante, Greg

10 international artists and 30 different deluxe postcards: the best of the surfing world in contemporary art and graphic design.

KEY SELLING POINTS • International artists celebrate the art of surfing.

• Surfing holds a special place in popular culture.

• Celebrates the myth, symbolism and fashions associated with surfing.

• Also available: Surf Rocks and Surf Rocks: The Coloring Book.

ISBN 13: 9782374950372, 30pp postcards, £18.99 Published by CERNUNNOS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Arts

SURF ROCKS: THE COLORING BOOK Lachat, Rodolphe

Waves, beachs, surfers, boards... The artist Horacio Casinnelli captures all the beauty and the fascination of the surfing world in 64 unique and exclusive drawings ready to colour.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A colouring book celebrating the art of surfing.

• Surfing holds a special place in popular culture.

• Celebrates the myth, symbolism and fashions associated with surfing.

• Also available: Surf Rocks and Surf Rocks: 30 Deluxe Postcards.

ISBN 13: 9782374950365, 128pp p/b, £18.99 Published by CERNUNNOS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Arts

X-RATED ADULT MOVIE POSTERS OF THE 1960S AND 1970S The Complete Volume Doggett, Peter & Nourmand, Tony (ed.)

Of all film genres, ‘X’ is possibly the one that lends itself best to the use of posters as a promotional medium. Screaming taglines, provocative titles and scantily-clad forms are all elements that can be used to best advantage in poster form. They are wonderful period pieces that evoke the temptations and taboos of a bygone age. This magnificent coffee table book is the 10th anniversary, new, expanded, ‘complete volume’ of Nourmand and Marsh’s bestselling release, with accompanying text by renowned writer Peter Doggett.

KEY SELLING POINTS • 10th anniversary, new expanded ‘complete volume’ of Nourmand and Marsh’s best-seller.

• Celebration of the Golden Age of the X-rated movie.

• Features classics of the genre like Emmanuelle, The Story of O and Deep Throat as well as lesser-known titles.

• Accompanying text by renowned writer Peter Doggett.

ISBN 13: 9780956648792, 368pp h/b, £29.95 Published by REEL ART PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Video Game Art

ART OF SCALEBOUND, THE Microsoft Studios

Scalebound is the anticipated, all-consuming action role-playing video game where players assume control of Drew as he progresses through the world of Draconis. Accompanied by a dragon called Thuban, the two are bonded together on their quest; the death of one will cause the death of the other. Draconis is a dangerous and beautiful world at every turn, packed with ground-shakingly massive beasts, and now, with The Art of Scalebound, fans can experience the world in a gorgeously produced, full-colour edition featuring exclusive artwork from the game!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A gorgeous hardback featuring exclusive art from the Scalebound action role-playing videogame.

• Scalebound is amongst the most hotly-anticipated videogames of 2017.

• Includes concept sketches and character development in both lush full-colour and black-and-white.

• A must-have for any gamer!

ISBN 13: 9781630089436, 184pp h/b, £33.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Video Game Art

ART OF THE WITCHER CARD GAME, THE: GWENT GALLERY COLLECTION CD Projekt Red

With cards that feature fantastic art that only adds to the strategic thrill of crushing one’s opponent, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game a spin-off game from the all-conquering Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (Projekt Red, 2015) will offer a singular gaming experience.

Now, Dark Horse is proud to present each card’s gorgeous artwork in a stunning hardbound volume.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Gorgeous volume of artwork from the hugely popular Gwent card game, which features within Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.

• The Witcher videogames have sold over eight million copies worldwide.

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt featured on every major end-of-year list in 2015.

• Includes fascinating commentary from the artists of each card.

ISBN 13: 9781506702452, 216pp h/b, £33.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Comic Art

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE A Character Guide and World Compendium Staples, Val; Eatock, James, Gelehrter Danielle et al.

The universe of He-Man and She-Ra is full of mystery. And thanks to over four thousand individual entries covering characters, beasts, vehicles, locations, weapons and magic, you can learn the secrets of this entire universe! This is the most comprehensive guide ever published, covering all things Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power from 1982 through today!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The essential guide to He-Man, She-Ra and the Masters of the Universe in one single volume!

• Includes over 4000 individual entries covering characters, beasts, vehicles, locations, weapons and magic.

• Written by He-Man and She-Ra expert Val Staples.

• A beautiful hardcover edition with over 500 pages - a must-have for any HeMan fan!

ISBN 13: 9781506701424, 512pp h/b, £41.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Tattooing & Body Art

STICK AND POKE! DIY Tattoos Clark, Hailey & Luckman, Will

Stick and Poke! is an ode to the homemade tattoo.

A mix of the best, funniest, strangest, stupid, artistic and most beautiful stick and pokes around. Intimate and personal, stick and poke tattoos - usually done DIY-style at home and with friends - take tattooing back to its roots. All you need is some ink, a needle, and a sense of fun. With submissions from around the world, Stick and Poke! collects almost 200 images from virtuosos to first-timers, and includes some tips in the form of a ‘Dos and Don’ts’ guide to help keep things clean.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An ode to the homemade tattoo, otherwise known as a stick and poke!

• There are lots of tattoo books on the market, but this is the first-ever dedicated to stick and pokes.

• Celebrities, artists, rappers, teens, Insta-celebs - everyone seems to be sporting stick and poke tattoos these days.

• The trend has been written about in major news outlets, from Bustle to Vice to the Independent.

• Features a mix of internet-famous tattooers and unknown ink devotees.

ISBN 13: 9781576878316, 150pp p/b, £11.99 Published by POWERHOUSE BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Film & Animation

POSTER ART OF THE WORLD OF CARS Saxon, Victoria

Timed to the release of the new feature film Cars 3 from Pixar Animation Studios, this collector’s art book showcases posters created for and inspired by all three Cars full-length feature films, as well as Cars Land at the Disneyland Resort, and the eleven Mater’s Tall Tales episodes and the four Tales from Radiator Springs episodes within the Car Toons series.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Lush art book collecting posters created for and inspired by the Cars (Pixar) universe.

• Poster showcase concept has done quite well for Disney Editions with Poster Art of the Disney Parks and Disney Movie Posters.

• Cars 3 is in cinemas in June 2017.

• Timing the book release to the Cars 3 film will generate extra promotional prospects.

• This deluxe package includes three gatefolds in the interior, plus two perforated pull-out poster sheets in the back.

ISBN 13: 9781484799840, 144pp h/b, £35.00 Published by DISNEY EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Television/Radio

ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999 Reyes, Amanda

Beginning in the 1960s and through its heyday in the 1970s, the telefilm remains an important cultural artefact masquerading as disposable entertainment.

Production of telefilms continues to this day, but their significance within the history of mass media remains under-discussed. Are You in the House Alone? seeks to address this imbalance in a series of reviews and essays by fans and critics alike. It looks at many of the films, the networks and names behind them, and also specific genres - everything from Stephen King adaptations to superheroes to true-life dramas.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Will appeal to lovers of cult television.

• These films made a big impression on many young viewers in both the UK and US, and are fondly remembered.

• This book taps into the golden age of the TV movie, filling a gap in the market.

• Foreword by cult film director Jeff Burr.

ISBN 13: 9781909394445, 342pp p/b, £16.99 Published by HEADPRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Music

IN THEIR LIVES Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs Blauner, Andrew

Biography & Memoir

SECRETS OF A GAY MARINE PORN STAR Merritt, Rich

Blauner anthologises essays from 30 authors, actors, and musicians reflecting on their favourite Beatles songs, creating a monument to the enduring impact of the most popular band of all time. The diversity of favourite tracks and the variety of reasons contributors love them speak to the range of the Beatles’ catalogue and the power their music still has. Whether readers remember the Beatles’ music as a solace in times of trouble or as a celebration, in their lives, they’ve loved them all.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Authors include Roz Chast, Jane Smiley, Roseanne Cash, Gerald Early, Pico Iyer, Amy Bloom, Rebecca Mead, Maria Popova.

• Released in time for the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

• The perfect father’s day gift with a small trim and affordable price point.

ISBN 13: 9780735210691, 320pp h/b, £20.00 Published by BLUE RIDER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Here s the story of Rich Merritt - the good son, teacher’s pet, Southern gentleman, model Christian, Marine officer, and the not-so-anonymous poster boy for a New York Times Magazine article on gays in the military - whose complicated sexual past caused an international scandal when The Advocate outed him as ‘The Marine Who Did Gay Porn,’ putting his life in a tailspin. It’s the compelling story of how a boy who never listened to pop music, never cursed, and didn’t have his first drink until he was 18 exploded into a life of drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, prostitution, and pornography.

KEY SELLING POINTS • For fans of Augusten Burroughs, Sam Lansky and Jamie Brickhouse.

• Previous editions have proved to be hugely successful across the world.

• Fundamentalism in the American South has been in focus in the UK during the presidential election.

ISBN 13: 9780806538334, 480pp p/b, £13.99 Published by CITADEL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Music

Biography & Memoir

LEMMY, PHIL, FAST EDDIE AND THE RISE OF MOTORHEAD Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Popoff, Martin

Lemmy, Phil, Fast Eddie and the Rise of Motorhead is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motorhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, ‘Fast Eddie’ Clarke, and Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principal troublemakers, Martin Popoff celebrates the formation of the band and the records that made them legends: Motorhead, Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, No Sleeptil Hammersmith, and Iron Fist. An in-depth coda brings the story up to date with the shocking recent deaths of Taylor and Kilmister.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Formed in London in 1975, Motohead had particular success in the early 1980s with successful singles in the UK charts.

• This is the only book to celebrate Motorhead’s classic three-man lineup, covering their early years and first six albums.

• Motorhead has 2.8M Facebook fans and over 900K Twitter and Instagram followers.

ISBN 13: 9781770413474, 360pp p/b, £15.99 Published by ECW PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

STAY INTERESTING I Don’t Always Tell Stories About My Life, but When I Do, They’re True and Amazing Goldsmith, Jonathan

Jonathan Goldsmith’s memoir features stories about his truly fascinating life both in and out of Hollywood: getting shot by John Wayne, competing with Dustin Hoffman, drinking with Tennessee Williams, sailing the high seas with Fernando Lamas and romancing many lovely ladies. Much more than a memoir, the book is a truly daring and bold tale, and a manifesto about taking chances, not giving up, making courageous choices, and living an adventurous life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Goldsmith and the character he plays are incredibly popular - he was even the surprise guest at Obama’s birthday party!

• Goldsmith’s real-life accomplishments have already been the subject of a Talk of the Town piece in the New Yorker.

• He has also been profiled in People Magazine and USA Today.

• The book will be written with the right amount of personality and panache to delight both fans of the TV adverts.

• It will also prove the perfect read to anyone who cares about adventure and romance!

ISBN 13: 9781101986233, 336pp h/b, £23.99 Published by DUTTON Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Music

FLIP-SIDE Real and Imaginary Conversations with Lana Del Rey Franco, James & Shields, David

Best-selling author David Shields, and multi-talented writer, actor and director James Franco team up to transform a conversation into a highly original study of celebrity. Flip-Side is a work of dialogue that explores the relationship between performance and persona, on the one hand, and underlying pain and trauma, on the other. The text is complimented by dozens of selfies of James and Lana.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A one-act play from visionary polymath James Franco and best-selling author David Shields.

• Lana Del Rey is one of the world’s biggest pop stars; her last album debuted at number one on the Billboard chart.

• James Franco is a close friend of Del Rey - his most notable recent project is a film adaptation of As I Lay Dying.

• David Shields is the internationally best-selling author of Reality Hunger (Penguin, 2011).

ISBN 13: 9781576877999, 100pp p/b, £19.99 Published by POWERHOUSE BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Biography & Memoir

ONE WOMAN WALKS WALES Martin, Ursula

A routine trip to the doctor left seasoned traveller Ursula with a diagnosis of Stage 1A Ovarian Cancer.

Determined not to sink into self-pity, she continued her travels by walking between her Welsh home and hospital appointments in Bristol, leading to her decision to walk across Wales to publicise the need for early detection of the disease, which kills many patients due to ignorance of symptoms. Taking 17 months Ursula’s story is one of determination, tears and laughter, joy and pain; a fascinating insight into one woman’s journey and also a country, its landscape and its people.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Based on popular blog One Woman Walks Wales.

• The author raised over £11,000 for her 2 chosen charities, who will help with cross-promotion.

• Ursula will be declared cancer free in March 2017 and plans to walk across Europe in June 2017.

ISBN 13: 9781909983601, 304pp p/b, £9.99 Published by HONNO Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Biography & Memoir

True Crime

CHURCHILL AND ORWELL

HARD ROAD

The Fight for Freedom Ricks, Thomas E.

Bernie Guindon and the Reign of the Satan’s Choice Motorcycle Club Edwards, Peter

A fascinating dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Two of the most important figures of the 20th century are brought together in this compelling duel biography.

• Churchill and Orwell are both immensely popular influences, yet they have never before been paired together in this way.

• Books on Churchill continue to thrive, while Orwell is still read widely in schools and universities across the West.

• A book about protecting the individual against government power; particularly relevant in today’s political climate.

• A fresh take that shows Churchill and Orwell has a surprising amount in common - fans of both men with be fascinated.

ISBN 13: 9781594206139, 352pp h/b, £24.99 Published by PENGUIN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

You could call Bernie Guindon the Sonny Barger of Canadian bikers (but not to his face). The founder of Satan’s Choice, Guindon led what was in the 1960s the secondlargest biker club in the world to national prominence and international infamy. His life wasn’t all bikes and crime. He was also a medalist in boxing for Canada at the Pan Am Games. That tension between the very rough life he was born into and the possibility for success in the straight world (and how aspirations in each fed his success in the other) layer Guindon’s story, one of the great untold stories in biker history.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Bikers are a perennial favourite subject among true-crime readers.

• Guindon was the centre of the biker world at a time when his Satan’s Choice rivalled even the mighty Hells Angels.

• Edwards is one of Canada’s most respected and accomplished crime journalists and bestselling authors of true crime.

• His careful approach to books about underworld figures ensures his work’s integrity.

• Friends from the biker world and Guindon’s family have given extensive interviews, including his son.

ISBN 13: 9780345816085, 352pp h/b, £23.99 Published by RANDOM HOUSE CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Biography & Memoir

APPLES & ORANGES My Journey Through Sexual Identity Clausen, Jan

Born into a stifling family where neither sex talk nor the slightest profanity was tolerated, Jan Clausen underwent an intellectual and sexual awakening, first at Reed College, and later on the streets of New York City, where she discovered a passion for other women. Fast-forward a number of years, Clausen moved herself to Nicaragua, where she discovered a newfound freedom - including the freedom to fall in love with a man. Here she muses on sexual fluidity and identity, coming to the conclusion that human intimacy is beyond labels.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An intellectual, beautifully written meditation on a hot topic - sex, gender and LGBTQI issues.

• Written from a personal perspective rather than an academic one - readers will find it startlingly honest.

• Jan Clausen is a popular professor at Goddard and NYU in America.

• There is much potential for an introduction from either Roxana Gay or Judith Butler.

ISBN 13: 9781609807498, 256pp p/b, £14.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Biography & Memoir

BRETT WHITELEY: ART, LIFE AND THE OTHER THING Wilson, Ashleigh

Born in Australia, Whiteley moved to Europe in 1960 determined to make an impression. Before long he was the youngest artist to have work acquired by the Tate and had immersed himself in bohemian New York. Living at the Chelsea Hotel he befriended Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix. Back in Sydney, he became Australia’s most celebrated artist. Yet addiction was taking its toll, and he struggled in vain to separate his talent from his disease. Written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, this dazzling biography offers the full portrait of a mercurial artist.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Wilson is an experienced, award-winning journalist.

• The first authorised biography of this iconic twentieth-century artist.

• Illustrated with classic artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family photos.

• Whiteley was friends with Francis Bacon, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and the rock and roll royalty of the era.

ISBN 13: 9781925355239, 432pp h/b, £28.99 Published by TEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East

Plays & Scripts THE LIAR’S QUARTET: BRAVO FIGARO, CUCKOOED AND RED SHED ANNOTATED PLAYSCRIPTS Thomas, Mark

’The binding theme of these three scripts is truth.’ In these three hugely funny, yet moving and shocking, performances Mark Thomas deals with roots, class and corporate culture.

The plays featured are Bravo Figaro, Cuckooed and Red Shed.

Running through his Northern journey is the question of what we hold onto as we step into the future of progressive politics.

Each script is annotated with irreverent notes, variations, updates, events and asides, and each is prefaced by relevant stories and anecdotes. Together with intros by Olly Double and Mark Thomas this makes for an inspiring and rousing read.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Annotated scripts of three award-winning political comedy shows.

• UK’s best respected, longstanding left-wing activist comedian.

• Deeply funny and moving explorations of family truths, political legacies and corporate lies.

• The Red Shed’ won 2016 Fringe First and The Stage Edinburgh Special Award.

ISBN 13: 9781910463697, 256pp p/b, £9.99 Published by SEPTEMBER PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

History

REPORT FROM #24 The Thrilling Tale of Norway’s Most Decorated World War II Hero Sonsteby; Gunnar

When Hitler’s invasion shattered Norway’s peace of one hundred years, Gunnar Sonsteby, a timid youth, was destined to become the legendary ‘No. 24’ whose exploits earned the highest honours Norway could bestow when it was restored after World War II. Report from #24 is Stonsteby’s own account of his underground activities during the Nazi occupation. He was a master saboteur and raider, leader of the Oslo Gang and chief of operations in the Norwegian Resistance Movement. It is a dazzling tale of one man’s defiant answer to tyranny and the story of valiant men and women in this era.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An educational and thrilling account, perfect for readers who are interested in history and World War II. • A record of incredible valour by a modest man who fought the Nazis in the face of torture and death.

• Follows the exploits of Sonsteby’s team and their underground activities during the years of Nazi Occupation in Norway.

ISBN 13: 9781569808122, 192pp p/b, £16.99 Published by BARRICADE BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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History

History

INTO THE LION’S MOUTH

THE UNITED STATES, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND HISTORICAL MEMORY

The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond Loftis, Larry

Pavlick, Mark (ed.)

The United States, Southeast Asia, and Historical Memory sheds crucial new light on the epochal US interventions in Southeast Asia after World War II. The United States came out of the Indochina wars with a tarnished reputation, as evidence of their behaviours came to light. Now - as U.S. war crimes in other countries like Afghanistan and Iraq continue to blight the country - Mark Pavlick and a group of scholars provide insight into some of the first and the worst war crimes perpetrated by the American military. Includes essays from Noam Chomsky.

KEY SELLING POINTS • In January, President Obama launched a PR campaign to ‘justify, glorify and honour’ the Vietnam War. • Helps to counter government propaganda about what really happened in Vietnam.

• U.S. policy in Afghanistan, Iraq and military prisons has amplified public anger about American war crimes.

ISBN 13: 9781608463237, 450pp p/b, £16.99 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

James Bond has nothing on Dusko Popov. A triple agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslavian diplomat. Into the Lion’s Mouth is a globetrotting account of Popov’s entanglement with espionage, murder, assassins, and lovers-including enemy spies and a Hollywood starlet. It is a story of subterfuge and seduction, patriotism, and cold-blooded courage.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The inspiration for James Bond, whose escapades would make the fictional spy blush.

• Popov traveled the world, juggling missions for Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States • Includes black-and-white photographs throughout.

• James Bond is a national treasure here in the UK. • Any reader with an interest in history, WWII, spies, espionage or world travel will find something to enjoy.

ISBN 13: 9780425281826, 384pp p/b, £13.99 Published by NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

History

RISE TO GREATNESS, VOLUME 3: REALM (1949-2014) The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present Black, Conrad

EASTERN EUROPE!

Everything You Need to Know about the History (and More) of a Region That Shaped Our World and Still Does (2nd Edition)

Jankowski, Tomek

From the acclaimed biographer and historian Conrad Black comes the definitive history of Canada - a vivid, revelatory account of the people and events that shaped a nation. The final of three volumes, spanning from the year 1949-2014, this compelling history challenges our perception of our Canada’s role in the world, taking on sweeping themes and recounting the story of Canada’s development from colony to dominion to country. Brilliantly conceived, this major new reexamination of the country’s history is a riveting tour de force by one of the best writers writing today.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Puts Canada in an international context, bringing to light new information about Canada’s role in global history.

• Black is a respected historian and author of biographies on Roosevelt, Nixon, and a history of the US. • Staggered publication with both volume one and two coming in the first half of 2017.

ISBN 13: 9780771024986, 400pp p/b, £18.99 Published by MCCLELLAND & STEWART Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Almost four years after the publication of the first comprehensive popular history of Eastern Europe, Tomek Jankowski returns with a much-needed second edition that, like the first, seeks to demystify Europe’s elusive ‘other half.’ These years have seen the Ukraine War, Putin’s resurgent Russia, a migration crisis, and a precarious future for the European Union. All this and more is now addressed in Eastern Europe! Everything You Need to Know about the History (and More) of a Region That Shaped Our World and Still Does.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A much-needed second edition of the first popular history of Eastern Europe.

• Includes a new section on the post-communist era, including the Ukraine War and Putin’s Russia.

• With an expanded appendix that features essential country-by-country info and maps for travellers.

• Also includes recipes and a section on doing business in Eastern Europe.

• Thoroughly updated with illustrations and maps throughout.

ISBN 13: 9780997316926, 688pp p/b, £23.50 Published by NEW EUROPE BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

History

MONEY CULT, THE Lehmann, Chris

We think we know the story of American religion: the Puritans were cold, austere, and pious, and Christianity continued pure and uncorrupted until the industrial revolution got in the way. In The Money Cult, Chris Lehmann argues that we have it backwards: capitalism has always been entangled with religion, and so today’s megapastors aren’t an aberration they’re as American as Benjamin Franklin. The longawaited first book by a hugely admired journalist, The Money Cult is a sweeping and accessible history.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This is a big, ambitious narrative American history in the tradition of Charles C. Mann and William J. Bernstein.

• Lehmann has written for or edited numerous publications, including Bookforum, The Washington Post and Harper’s.

• This isn’t dead, static history - Lehmann is as good on the 21st century as he is on the 18th.

• Hugely perceptive on contemporary Christianity.

ISBN 13: 9781612195582, 368pp p/b, £13.99 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

BREAKING ROCKEFELLER The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire Doran, Peter B.

Marcus Samuel Jr. is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman.

In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power.

Having annihilated all competition and dominating the oil market, even the US government is wary of challenging Standard Oil. The Standard never loses - that is until Samuel and Deterding team up to form Royal Dutch Shell. A riveting account of ambition, oil and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuel and Deterding’s rise to the top of the oil industry, and the collapse of Rockefeller’s monopoly.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The fascinating story of the underdogs who took down Rockefeller’s oil empire.

• The topic of oil holds a remarkable power over the public imagination, from investors to politicians to historians.

• Likewise, this is a strong Jewish-interest story.

• Author Peter B. Doran is a well-known expert on International Affairs.

• He is the creator/presenter of the popular ‘History of Oil’ podcast on iTunes.

ISBN 13: 9780143130000, 352pp p/b, £15.99 Published by PENGUIN BOOKS (USA) Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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History

VALIANT AMBITION

STORIED CITY, THE

George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution Philbrick, Nathaniel

The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past English, Charlie

In Valiant Ambition, Nathaniel Philbrick tells a story of loyalty and personal integrity, evoking a Shakespearean tragedy that unfolds in the key relationship between George Washington and General Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution. This is a complex, controversial piece of history that paints a dramatic portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A complex and controversial account of the messy middle years of the American Revolution.

• Focuses on the relationship between George Washington and General Benedict Arnold.

• A tale of integrity and loyalty that reads like a Shakespearean tragedy.

• Nathaniel Philbrick is one of the most admired contemporary historians in American.

• His previous books have all been bestsellers, including the hardback edition of Valiant Ambition.

ISBN 13: 9780143110194, 448pp p/b, £15.99 Published by PENGUIN BOOKS (USA) Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

INK: THE MARK OF HUMAN IDENTITY Bishop, Ted

Timbuktu has long been seen as a paradise to Westerners who had, for centuries, led perilous and mostly failed ‘discovery’ expeditions to the city. It’s also legendarily known as the home of thousands of ancient manuscripts so when Al Qaeda surged across Mali in 2012, the eyes of the outside world were once again upon the fabled, now threatened city. A team of librarians and archivists began an unprecedented smuggling operation to save the history of an entire civilisation. English expertly interweaves these two suspenseful strands - the race to Timbuktu and the riveting undercover mission.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Suspenseful, character-driven historical adventure stories in the vein of The Lost City of Z, The Billionaire’s Vinegar.

• Bookworms will relish this story of saving an ancient library.

• English was international editor of the Guardian during the Arab Spring and the outbreak of the wars in Libya and Syria.

• English made his first trip to Mali solo at 18 and is a highly regarded veteran reporter.

• The battle over Islamic extremism continues to keep Mali and the region at large in the headlines.

ISBN 13: 9781594634284, 432pp h/b, £24.99 Published by RIVERHEAD Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

BOER WAR, THE Bossenbroek, Martin

Ink is so much a part of daily life that we take it for granted, yet its invention was as significant as the wheel. Ink not only recorded culture, it bought political power, divided peoples, and led to murderous rivalries. When it first hit markets not so long ago, the excitement over the disposable ballpoint pen equalled that for a new smartphone. In Ink, Ted Bishop tells its fascinating history, and asks us to look more closely at something we see so often that we don’t see it at all.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Ink won the Alberta Writers’ Guild Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction.

• The success of Salt by Mark Kurlansky and Stiff by Mary Roach illustrates a thirst for readable microhistories.

• Pens and custom inks are experiencing a massive surge in popularity.

• There is a Fountain Pen network with over 75,000 members, and growing by over 100 people each day.

• Ink will resonate with history and travel buffs, design enthusiasts, and readers of memoirs and cultural studies alike.

ISBN 13: 9780143169574, 400pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PENGUIN CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

In The Boer War, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, exploring the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict.

They are Willem Leyds, the Dutch lawyer who was to become South African Republic state secretary and eventual European envoy; Winston Churchill, then a British war reporter; and Deneys Reitz, a young Boer commando. The vivid and engaging experiences of these three men enable a more personal and nuanced story and offer a fresh approach to the conflict.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new book about the Boer war, offering a fresh perspective on the conflict.

• The war story is told from a variety of viewpoints: those of a Brit, a Boer, and a Dutchman.

• Pays equal attention to both stages of the war, from all sides, from its onset to its consequences.

• Winner of the Netherland’s 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize.

ISBN 13: 9781609807474, 464pp h/b, £25.00 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

History

History

SHORT HISTORY OF INDIA, A Kerr, Gordon

The world’s largest democracy and second most populous country, 21st century India is a dynamic nation with a thriving economy, made up of a variety of beliefs and peoples united under one flag. Its history is a unique story of ancient empires and civilisations, some dating back to humankind’s earliest times. A Short History of India traces this fascinating path from the India of ancient and powerful kingdoms to the flourishing, vibrant nation that it is today.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A comprehensive and accessible history of one of the world’s most diverse nations.

• Following the success of his other short histories including Europe, Brazil, China, Africa and The Middle East.

• 2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the independence of India.

• Covers the varied spectrum of India’s politics, history, religion, international relations, economy and society.

• Part of the Pocket Essentials series providing in-depth overviews of complex subject matters.

ISBN 13: 9781843449225, 160pp p/b, £8.99 Published by POCKET ESSENTIALS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

CAGE OF SHADOWS, A Hill, Archie

A Cage of Shadows was first published in 1973 to enthusiastic reviews and announced the arrival of a major new writer. Set in the Black Country during the 1930s, it tells of Hill’s brutal upbringing. On leaving home, he encountered further degradation in prisons, mental hospitals and on skid row. But a chance meeting in the ‘50s changed his life: Hill became friends with Klaus ‘Doc’ Fuchs, who instilled in him a passion for literature and encouraged him to write. Libel action in 1975 meant copies of A Cage of Shadows were pulped. This new edition reinstates the original text.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A genuine lost classic comparable to Healy’s The Grass Arena in both content and the troubled history of its publication.

• First published in 1973 to enthusastic reviews and announced the arrival of a major new writer.

• Libel action in 1975 meant original edition was pulped - unabridged edition finally available again after 40 years.

• Brutal Black Country upbringing, alcoholism, prison, mental hospitals, living rough and redemption through literature.

ISBN 13: 9781910691113, 256pp p/b, £12.00 Published by TANGERINE PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Business & Education

MACARTHUR’S SPIES

CEO PAY MACHINE, THE

The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II Eisner, Peter

How it Trashes America and How to Stop It Clifford, Steven

On January 2, 1942, Japanese troops marched into Manila unopposed by US forces commanded by General Douglas MacArthur. Thousands of soldiers surrendered and sent on the notorious Bataan Death March to 80 miles to a prison camp. But thousands of other Filipinos and Americans refused to surrender and hid in the Luzon hills above Bataan and Manila.

This is the story of three of them, and how they successfully foiled the Japanese for more than two years, sabotaging Japanese efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur’s return.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Central character Claire Phillips was the only woman nominated personally

by General MacArthur for a Medal of Freedom.

• Most books on the Pacific War focus on famous battles (Midway, Iwo Jima) not on civilian life under Japanese occupation.

• The scale of urban destruction in Manila rivaled Hiroshima and Warsaw.

ISBN 13: 9780525429654, 368pp h/b, £24.99 Published by VIKING PRESS USA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Feminism and Women’s Studies

AND THE SPIRIT MOVED THEM The Lost Radical History of America’s First Feminists LaKelly Hunt, Helen & West, Cornel (foreword)

A decade prior to the Seneca Falls Convention, black and white women joined together at the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention. In this historical investigation, Hunt looks at the pioneers who converged abolitionism and women’s rights; incited by ‘holy indignation’ to challenge slavery and patriarchy, they created a blueprint for an intersectional feminism ahead of its time.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A forgotten history of radical feminist activism dating back to pre-Civil War America.

• Explores historical and modern intersectionality, one of the most important elements of contemporary feminism.

• Looks at a fascinating and incredibly early example of pre-suffrage feminists and abolitionists.

• Includes 12 pages of black & white archival photographs.

• With a foreword by noted American intellectual Cornel West.

ISBN 13: 9781558614291, 248pp p/b, £15.99 Published by THE FEMINIST PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Today, the pay gap between chief executive officers of major firms and their workers is higher than ever - depending on the method of calculation, CEOs get paid between 300 and 700 times more than the average worker. Such outsized pay is a relatively recent phenomenon, few detractors truly understand the factors that have contributed to the dizzying upward spiral in CEO compensation. Steve Clifford, a former CEO who has also served on many corporate boards, has a name for these procedures and practices: The CEO Pay Machine. This is Clifford’s thorough and shocking explanation of ‘the machine.’

KEY SELLING POINTS • Economic inequality is a huge talking point with the US election and the success of Pikkety’s Capital (Harvard, 2014).

• Offers real life examples and scenarios to help readers understand how the process works.

• Clifford has been a director of 13 companies and has chaired the compensation committee for public and private firms.

ISBN 13: 9780735212398, 240pp h/b, £20.00 Published by BLUE RIDER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Business & Education

HOW TO SUCCEED AT JOB INTERVIEWS Benisti, Jeanette

How to Succeed at Job Interviews updates the previous editions following ongoing appraisals of job interviews techniques, the methods used by employers to recruit staff and the skills needed by staff when attending job interviews in this more competitive economic climate. Compiled by a careers advisor who specialises in coaching people of all ages to enter the employment market, the book is very comprehensive and will equip those filling in applications and attending job interviews with enhanced skills.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Covers the interview process, what employers want from an interview, how to prepare and how to make good impressions.

• Also discusses issues like asking and answering questions in the interview and how best to follow up.

• Benisti is a careers advisor who has coached people of all ages as they enter the employment market.

ISBN 13: 9781847167071, 144pp p/b, £8.99 Published by EASYWAY GUIDE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Feminism and Women’s Studies

AT SEA: WSQ VOL. 45, NUMBERS 1 & 2 Spring/Summer 2017 Gordon-Zolov; Terry & Sodaro; Amy

The high seas are a locus of migrant and refugee crossings, lawlessness, and of environmental destruction. Academics mobilize the motif of ‘at sea’ on a literal or figurative level, submerging in its flow of ever-changing political processes. A place of transformation, in-betweens and movement, the ocean unites and divides us, shaping us as nations and individuals.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest edition of Women’s Studies Quarterly, a pioneering academic journal about gender, women and sexuality.

• WSQ has been published twice a year since 1972 and features some of the most exciting thinkers out there.

• Peer-reviewed, it features scholarly writing, fiction, book reviews and creative non-fiction.

• At Sea explores global migration and border politics, topic which are very relevant in today’s current events.

ISBN 13: 9781558614208, 350pp p/b, £20.99 Published by THE FEMINIST PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Business & Education

BUSINESS LAW Franks, Robert

This latest publication in the Straightforward Guides Series - A Guide to Business Law - is a comprehensive introduction to the law as it affects the business environment. The areas that affect business specifically are the English Legal system generally, contract law, employment law and company law. Also important is the law of intellectual property. It includes the implications for businesses due to Brexit as well.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A comprehensive introduction to laws relating to businesses, including intellectual property.

• It includes the implications for businesses due to Brexit.

• Written by a specialist in the English legal system and a teacher of English law.

ISBN 13: 9781847167064, 160pp p/b, £8.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Business & Education

THE STRAIGHTFORWARD C.V. Producing the Ideal C.V. Rogers, Pauline

Designed for the person who needs clear advice and guidance on how to construct a CV and how to perform at job interviews, this guide will prove invaluable to all those who wish to develop their skills in these areas. Like all Straightforward guides, it is written in a clear style accessible to all.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Clear advice and guidance on how to construct a C.V. • Includes developments in the job market to 2017.

• Written by a careers adviser who advises business on recruitment.

ISBN 13: 9781847167040, 176pp p/b, £8.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Economics

EQUALITY EFFECT, THE Dorling, Danny

The Equality Effect is almost magical. In more equal countries, human beings are generally happier and healthier, there is less crime, more creativity and higher educational attainment. In this book, Danny Dorling delivers all evidence that is now so overwhelming that it should be changing politics and society all over the world. He demonstrates where greater equality is currently to be found, and how we can set The Equality Effect in motion everywhere.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An important addition to the literature on the need for greater equality from one of the UK’s top social scientists.

• Endorsed by other influential figures, such as Ricahrd Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, directrors of the Equality Trust.

• Illustrated with occasional black and white cartoons.

ISBN 13: 9781780263908, 240pp p/b, £9.99 Published by NEW INTERNATIONALIST Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

ON ANTISEMITISM Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine Jewish Voice for Peace & Butler, Judith (fore)

When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel.

Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false charges of antisemitism or redefining antisemitism can suppress the global progressive fight for justice. There is no one definitive voice on antisemitism and its impact. Jewish Voice for Peace has curated a collection of essays that provides a diversity of perspectives and standpoints.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A collection of essays that provides a diversity of perspectives and standpoints on the uses and abuses of antisemitism.

• Focus on the intersection between anti-Semitism, accusations of anti-Semitism and Palestinian human rights activism.

• Includes voices of Palestinian students and activists, and marginalized groups (i.e. Jews of Colour, Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews).

ISBN 13: 9781608467617, 300pp p/b, £17.99 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

AGAINST DOOM A Climate Insurgency Manual Brecher, Jeremy

Late in 2015, nearly two hundred countries signed the Paris Agreement acknowledging their individual and collective duty to protect the earth’s climate - and willfully refused to perform that duty. They unanimously agreed to the goal of keeping global warming ‘well below 2 degrees Celsius’, but they did not agree to a single legally binding requirement about how, or how much, they would cut emissions. Against Doom tells how to put strategy into action - and how it can succeed. It is a handbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate - a how-to for climate insurgents.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A handbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate.

• Two essential tools: a moral framework for the struggle against fossil fuels, and an actual plan for victory.

• A response to countries wilfully ignoring their commitments to reduce global warming.

ISBN 13: 9781629633855, 96pp p/b, £10.99 Published by PM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

MOVEMENTS OF MOVEMENTS, THE Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance Sen, Jai (ed)

Our world today is not only a world in crisis but also a world in profound movement, with increasingly large numbers of people joining or forming movements: local, national, transnational and global. The dazzling diversity of ideas and experiences recorded in this collection capture the fluidity within campaigns for a more equitable planet. Rethinking our Dance offers a range of essays from activists in Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Niger and Taiwan, as well as from Europe and North America that address the question, ‘What do we need to do in order to bring about justice and peace?’

KEY SELLING POINTS • A bracing window into some of the central ideas to have emerged from within grassroots struggles from 2006 to 2010.

• Sen has long occupied a central position in an international network of intellectuals and activists.

• Will be useful to all who work for egalitarian social change.

ISBN 13: 9781629633800, 688pp p/b, £25.99 Published by PM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

RE:IMAGINING CHANGE

Reinsborough, Patrick; Canning, Doyle & Cordero, Christine

Re:Imagining Change provides resources, theory, hands-on tools and illuminating case studies for the next generation of innovative change-makers. This unique book explores how culture, media, memes and narrative intertwine with social change strategies, and offers practical methods to amplify progressive causes in the popular culture. This new, expanded second edition includes even more examples from the front lines of social movements and links the reader with an online tool kit to help change the stories they care about most.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Resources, theory, hands-on tools and illuminatin g case studies for the next generation of innovative change-makers.

• An impassioned call to innovate our strategies for confronting the escalating crises of the twenty-first century.

• Expanded second edition includes even more examples from the front lines of social movements.

• Links the reader with an online tool kit to help change the stories they care about most.

ISBN 13: 9781629633848, 208pp p/b, £16.99 Published by PM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Drugs

NONONSENSE LEGALIZING DRUGS

Technology

DEFYING REALITY The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution Ewalt, David M.

How to End the War Rolles, Steve

The question is no longer if we should end the war on drugs but how do we do it. This NoNonsense counts the human and financial cost of 50 years drug war - and proceeds to outline a better way, looking at where drug law reform is already working, how to overcome the obstacles to reform and what a post drug war world looks like.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The human and financial costs of 50 years of drug war are vast: $100 billion per year.

• This creates an enormous market for the organised criminals who are running the drugs trade.

• This comprehensive and accessible book shows how legalizing drugs is the best option to stop this.

• Uses the latest stats and thinking to indicate that we are at acritical tipping point in the war on drugs.

• It uses research and case studies fromacross the worldand is illustrated with infographics throughout.

ISBN 13: 9781780263960, 144pp p/b, £7.99 Published by NEW INTERNATIONALIST Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Legal Reference

PUBLIC LAW Franks, Robert

This latest publication in the Straightforward Guides Series, Guide to Public Law is a comprehensive introduction to Public Law and all that entails, constitutional law and the rule of law generally covering the workings of government, Parliament, constitutional monarchy, the legislative process, Tribunals, European Law and administrative law and the powers of police.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An introduction to public law and constitutional law.

• Clear and concise; intended for layreaders.

• Written by a specialist in the English legal system and a teacher of English law.

ISBN 13: 9781847167057, 160pp p/b, £8.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Popular Science

EAT THE BEETLES! An Exploration into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects Waltner-Toews, David

Meet the beetles: there are millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy - people eating insects - is a possible way to ensure a sustainable and secure food supply for the eight billion of us on the planet. From upscale restaurants where black ants garnish raw salmon to grubs as pub snacks in Paris and Tokyo, Eat the Beetles! weaves these cultural, ecological, and evolutionary narratives to provide a humorous exploration of entomophagy.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation considers entomophagy a viable solution to world hunger.

• We are fascinated with the idea of consuming bugs, a topic covered in such publications as The Sun, the Daily Mail and Metro.

• Certain retailers across the UK stock edible insect products, such as, Eat Grub and Crunchy Critters.

• There are 40 tonnes of insects to every human, and over 1,000 varieties are edible.

ISBN 13: 9781770413146, 276pp p/b, £13.99 Published by ECW PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

No longer just a mainstay of science fiction, VR has seen recent success with companies such as Oculus, Sony, and HTC. But little is known about its history, which reaches back decades. Ewalt chronicles its origins in Cold War military laboratories, and traces it through decades of hype and failed products, to a teenage gamer whose advancements made the recent breakthroughs in VR possible. Writing for a mainstream audience as well as technology enthusiasts, Ewalt offers a unique perspective on how VR got here, where it’s going, and how and why it will change the way we live.

KEY SELLING POINTS • VR is the hottest tech topic, with Ewalt s 2015 Forbes cover article on Oculus Rift’s Palmer Luckey leading the pack.

• Sony’s Playstation VR has just launched and is proving massively popular with mainstream audiences.

• Ewalt is a seasoned journalist and a technology expert with a genuine enthusiasm for VR that comes across on the page.

ISBN 13: 9780735215672, 288pp p/b, £15.99 Published by BLUE RIDER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Popular Medicine

REVERSE INFLAMMATION NATURALLY Everyday Alternative Treatments Honda, Michelle

The cause of most, if not all, imbalances and conditions in the body is inflammation. It’s the initial trigger that lets a person know all is not well within. Reverse Inflammation Naturally provides a comprehensive overview of both acute and chronic inflammation as well as the ailments connected to each and how to effectively and naturally reduce inflammation. It’s a complete resource of healing remedies, dietary recommendations and protocols to bolster the systems of the body.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Covers all the latest information regarding inflammation including clinical trials, surgeries and medications.

• Includes information on alternative therapies that help strengthen the body and repair damage caused by inflammation.

• A comprehensive and accessible guide offering practical tips to patients and caregivers alike.

• Dr. Michelle Honda’s thriving private practice specialises in holistic and natural health with proven results.

ISBN 13: 9781578266807, 160pp p/b, £13.99 Published by HATHERLEIGH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Family & Relationships

BOOK OF YOU, THE For My Child, With Love (A Keepsake Journal) Marshall, Kate & Marshall, David

The Book of You: For My Child, with Love is an inexpensive but meaningful gift offering prompts, checklists, fill-in-the-blanks and more to capture a parent’s love for his or her child. This lovely journal makes it easy to dig deep and express love in new and meaningful ways.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A one-of-a-kind gift parents can give to their kids to show how much they love them.

• Unlike other parent/child gift journals, this guided journal focuses on an adolescent, teen, or adult child.

• Features personal prompts guiding parents to share memories and advice.

• Timed for graduation for parents about to release their children into the world.

• The authors have a fantastic track record with this kind of book, having sold over 900,000 copies of their 4 titles.

ISBN 13: 9780735210875, 80pp h/b, £12.99 Published by PLUME Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Sex Guides - Gay Interest

Fitness and Diet

BANG LIKE A PORN STAR

KETOGENIC BIBLE, THE

Sex Tips from the Pros Gieseke, Winston

The Authoritative Guide to Ketosis Wilson, Jacob & Lowery, Ryan

You learn the piano from a music teacher. A tennis coach helps you better your serve. When you want to improve your skills in the bedroom, who do you turn to? Naturally, people who ‘do it’ for a living. Bang Like a Porn Star is a comprehensive how-to on everything from hooking up to getting down and dirty. Featuring tips from some of today’s hottest gay adult talent like Grabby Awardwinners Rocco Steele, JJ Knight, Tayte Hanson, Ryan Rose, and others, this is the book every gay man will want to read in order to learn what to do - and what not to do - in the bedroom.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An easy-to-follow guide book providing sex tips from professional porn stars.

• Featuring advice from famous gay porn stars such as Rocco Steele, JJ Knight and Ryan Rose.

• Includes tips on everything from giving good head to creating your own home sex video.

• Written by a well-known erotic writer who edited many popular erotic anthologies, including Team Players (2013).

• Features uber sexy photos of some of today’s hottest gay adult stars.

ISBN 13: 9783959852821, 176pp p/b, £12.99 Published by BRUNO GMUNDER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Far East

Self-Help

WEDDING SPEECHES Gardner, Roland

This latest book in the Easyway Guides Series, A Guide to Wedding Speeches, presents a range of speeches which can be used for each stage of a wedding. The book is a perfect guide for those who have been called upon to make a speech at a wedding and need guidance, inspiration and tips for boosting confidence.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Giving a speech at a wedding can be very stressful, but this book lays out simple guidelines for all types of speeches.

• Includes speeches for the bride, groom, bride’s father, best man or woman and other relatives.

• On top of guidelines, the book offers inspirations for writing speeches and tips for boosting confidence.

• The author has over 30 years of experience writing speeches and coaching others.

ISBN 13: 9781847167033, 144pp p/b, £8.99 Published by EASYWAY GUIDE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fitness and Diet

SWIMMER’S WORKOUT HANDBOOK, THE Improve Fitness with Swimming Exercises and Drills Schneider, Terri

The Swimmer’s Workout Handbook is the comprehensive guide to fulfilling your fitness goals through swimming. The best program combines consistent endurance and strength training with sportspecific skill training, and The Swimmer’s Workout Handbook approach emphasises this and more. The workout programs target specific goals such as swimming for fitness or training in open water and provides easy-to-follow programs divided weekly and by level.

Training tips and expert notes are included, as well as a training journal where you can log your progress.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Combines targeted strength training routines with specific skill programs, to help swimmers reach their full potential.

• With tips on getting the results you want while avoiding stress-based injury and unwanted setbacks.

• Features easy-to-follow, customisable workouts perfect for anyone from beginners to experts.

• Combines comprehensive exercise information with instructional photos and diagrams.

• Takes all the expert guidance of a dedicated personal trainer and puts it right in your hands!

ISBN 13: 9781578266821, 192pp p/b, £12.99 Published by HATHERLEIGH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

The Ketogenic Bible is the most complete, authoritative source for information relating to ketosis. This book is a one-stop-shop that explains the history, the science, and the therapeutic benefits of the ketogenic diet, outlines the general guidelines for following this diet, and provides a wide variety of keto recipes. Readers will come away with a firm understanding of the ketogenic diet, its potential uses, and the ways it can be implemented. Using a scientific approach, the authors have drawn from both extensive research and practical experience to bring readers an all-encompassing approach.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The most complete, authoritative source for information relating to ketosis.

• Written by top experts in the field of nutrition and exercise science.

• Ketogenic diets are becoming more popular as evidence comes out to prove that fat is not remotely as bad as sugar.

• The most advanced keto primer available featuring a results-oriented system for readers to meet their individual needs.

ISBN 13: 9781628601046, 400pp p/b, £31.50 Published by VICTORY BELT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Cookery and Recipes

VEGETARIAN ANY DAY

Over 100 Simple, Healthy, Satisfying Meatless Recipes

Green, Patricia & Hemming, Carolyn

Whether eating meatless meals once a week or every day, a vegetarian-based diet is anything but boring, considering the selection of vibrant, whole foods available in grocery stores and markets. Vegetarian Any Day will show you how to incorporate more tasty vegetables, ancient grains, and whole foods into your daily routine with satisfying and fool-proof recipes the whole family will love. No one will feel the loss of meat in their meals when these comforting and healthy dishes hit the table! Includes more than 100 delicious, easy vegetarian recipes.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Makes vegetarian eating even more accessible with simple, quick recipes using everyday ingredients.

• Many people are choosing a vegetarian diet, which is a great healthy option with so many high-protein choices available.

• A great starting place for the vegetarian-curious and those looking to eat more healthily or to eat less meat.

• By the same bestselling authors who wrote Quinoa Revolution and Quinoa 365, which has sold over 130,000 copies.

• Quinoa Revolution won the Gourmand Canada-English award for Best Latin American Cuisine Cookbook in 2012.

ISBN 13: 9780143190493, 224pp p/b, £20.99 Published by PENGUIN CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Cookery and Recipes

POTLIKKER PAPERS, THE A Food History of the Modern South Edge, John T.

A people’s history of Southern food that reveals how the region came to be at the forefront of American culinary culture and how issues of race have shaped Southern cuisine over the last six decades.The Potlikker Papers tells the story of food and politics in the South over the last half century. Beginning with the pivotal role of cooks in the Civil Rights movement, noted authority John T. Edge narrates the South’s journey from racist backwater to American immigration. He traces how the food of the poorest Southerners has become the signature trend of modern American haute cuisine.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Expert, in - demand author, John T. Edge was director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi.

• This is a people’s history of food in the South over the last six decades as told by a cast of unforgettable characters.

• A culinary who’s who for the last 60 years - including Fannie Lou Hamer, Colonel Sanders, Edna Lewis, Paul Prudhomme and more.

• Edge reveals the evolution of the South to us anew in this intimate investigation of the food of the region.

ISBN 13: 9781594206559, 384pp h/b, £24.99 Published by PENGUIN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Cookery and Recipes

YOGURT EVERY DAY Healthy and Delicious Recipesfor Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert Cormier, Hubert

In Yogurt Every Day, celebrated nutritionist Hubert Cormier shows just how easy and delicious it is to incorporate yogurt into your daily life, offering 75 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and dessert - including a full section on how to make your very own yogurt. Whether using a yogurt maker, a slow cooker, or the equipment available in every home kitchen (a saucepan, the stove and the oven), Hubert couldn’t make it easier for you to create your favourite type of yogurt - from Swiss, Balkan, Skyr and Greek as well as Coconut yogurt for a dairy-free alternative.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A nutritionist and dietitian, Cormier understands the scientific benefits that yogurt and healthy probiotics provide.

• Parternship with household name yogurt brand Danone to be confirmed.

• Cormier is an experienced nutrition book author, having already written three in French.

ISBN 13: 9780147530424, 208pp p/b, £17.99 Published by RANDOM HOUSE CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Cookery and Recipes

DOWNTOWN SPANISH Feasts, Bites, and Drinks from a New York Kitchen Adler, Nate & Miller, Jonah

Downtown Spanish brings home cooks into the kitchen of acclaimed East Village restaurant, Huertas, where Jonah Miller and Nate Adler, lifelong friends, foodies and New Yorkers, have reinterpreted classic Spanish dishes to give them a modern, American twist. The result is approachable, unique, and delicious recipes that play on traditional, recognisable Spanish foods, such as rotos, Spanish omelets and pollo asado. Beautifully designed illustrations and bright photographs bring each dish to life, and Downtown Spanish is infused with the light-hearted exuberance that fills the kitchen at Huertas.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Learn to cook seasonal Spanish food with the founders of NYC Basque-style restaurant, Huertas.

• Accessible, easy-to-follow recipes separated by main ingredient. For cooks of all levels.

• Beautifully designed with a combination of mouth-watering photographs and quirky line drawings.

• Huertas has been praised by the New York Times, Zagat, Food & Wine and others.

ISBN 13: 9781682450697, 256pp h/b, £25.00 Published by REGAN ARTS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Crafts

PRINCE: THE COLORING BOOK Millionaire; Tony & James; Darius (intro)

Prince: The colouring book is a kaleidoscopic look at a kaleidoscopic man by a group of talented artists chosen from around the world. This diverse collection of illustrations illuminates the life and music of the man who showered our planet with a rain of erotic joy...

KEY SELLING POINTS • A royal tribute by the many artists who loved the paisley one and his music.

• The famous crossover musician, music producer and composer is one of the most influential artists of recent memory.

• This is the fourth colouring book in Feral House’s new series of famous but recently deceased celebrities.

• Art contributions from both fans and professional artists.

• Editor Darius James writes about the cross-cultural influence of Paisley Park.

ISBN 13: 9781627310468, 104pp p/b, £14.99 Published by FERAL HOUSE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Crafts

FIX YOUR CLOTHES The Sustainable Magic of Mending, Patching, and Darning Briggs, Raleigh

Ever had to say goodbye to a favourite item of clothing because of a busted zipper, fallen hem, or gaping hole? Want to save money and the world by not buying new clothes all the time? Concerned about the labour practices of fast fashion? If so, learn to repair your clothes from this cheerful, illustrated guide. Raleigh Briggs takes us on a mending journey through stocking your supplies, quick fixes, types of knots and stitches, buttons, mending seams, patching holes, darning holes, hemming, fixing zippers, waterproofing canvas, leather, and nylon, and so much more! You can do it!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A charming, hand-written and illustrated guide to clothing repair.

• Clothing is the second most polluting industry worldwide and is responsible for oppressive labour conditions.

• Much is being written in the media about fast fashion and slave labour; this book provides a necessary alternative.

• Will appeal to those with an interest in sustainability, especially in terms of fashion.

• Previous books by Raleigh Briggs have sold over 100,000 copies.

ISBN 13: 9781621069065, 64pp p/b, £6.99 Published by MICROCOSM PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Sport Crafts

ART OF COLORING: MUPPETS Disney Book Group

Relax, and let the creativity flow through you.

Whether you are a skilled artist or a casual doodler, you will enjoy these stunning pen-andink illustrations. Geared toward adults and young adults, this relaxing coloring book features Jim Henson’s world-renowned characters, The Muppets.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A colouring book featuring The Muppets.

• The Muppets are perenially popular with audiences of all ages!

• Convenient ‘lay-flat’ book.

ISBN 13: 9781484788899, 128pp p/b, £16.50 Published by DISNEY EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

ATHLETICS 2017 Matthews, Peter (ed)

The cover photo of this year’s annual is of Wayde van Niekerk, the man who broke Michael Johnson’s 400m world record with a time of 43.03 seconds at the Rio Olympic Games when running in the outside lane. The 24-year-old South African was one of the favourites, having taken gold at the Beijing World Championships the year before. As usual the annual is packed full of essential information for the track and field enthusiast, with results from all major championships as well as reports of the World Championships and a look forward to the 2017 World Championships in London’s Olympic stadium.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The ‘Wisden’ of track and field.

• Results and reports of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

• Results and reports from all international and many national championships.

• More than 700 biographies of star athletes.

• Short discount, firm sale.

ISBN 13: 9781907524530, 206pp p/b, £19.95 Published by SPORTSBOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Travel and Holiday Guides

AN OPINIONATED GUIDE TO EAST LONDON Hoxton Mini Press

An unashamedly biased, deeply opinionated guide to East London - a love letter to all that is great about Hackney and beyond. If you want to know the best about London’s most creative neighbourhood - where to eat, what to buy, where to dance, when to sleep, how to see art, where to relax and how to see wild nature - then buy this tightly curated but simple guide shows the reader 50 favourite places to visit in East London. Coupled with gorgeous photography, understated design, and Hoxton Mini

Press’s high production value.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Perfect gift for those interested in East London.

• Full of local/insider recommendations of the best East London has to offer.

• Also features neighbourhood map, suggestions for 24 and 48 hours in the area, and profiles of creative local residents.

ISBN 13: 9781910566220, 128pp p/b, £8.95 Published by HOXTON MINI PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Travel and Holiday Guides

HANDY NEW YORK CITY ANSWER BOOK, THE Barsanti, Chris

New York the self-proclaimed capital of the world, the largest city in the United States, and is known as a melting pot of immigrants, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Wall Street, Broadway, bridges, bodegas, restaurants, museums and so much more. The Handy New York City Answer Book explores the fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, taking an in-depth look at the city so nice, they named it twice.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A handy primer and guide to the self-proclaimed capital of the world, NYC. • More than 850 answers to common questions on the city of New York.

• Clear organisation and concise answers.

• Illustrations and photos bring the text to life!

ISBN 13: 9781578595860, 450pp p/b, £19.99 Published by VISIBLE INK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Travel Writing

THE ISLAND THAT DISAPPEARED Old Providence and the Making of the Western World Feiling, Tom

The creation myth of the US begins with the puritans of the Mayflower who went on to build the most powerful nation on earth. This is the story of the passengers aboard its sister ship, the Seaflower, who in 1630 founded a rival colony on an isolated Caribbean island called Providence. Their crops failed, slaves revolted, and as crisis loomed the settlers turned to piracy. After the colony was wiped out by the Spanish Providence was forgotten in England, but the drama was replayed by those who settled the island 100 years later, now providing a fascinating microcosm of the Atlantic story.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Tom Feiling is a writer, journalist and award-wining documentary filmmaker and author of the acclaimed Candy Machine (20 • Offers telling insight into Britain’s history, and the global role that it imagines itself playing post-Brexit.

• Goes to the heart of the contradictory nature of the Caribbean.

ISBN 13: 9781911184041, 400pp p/b, £14.99 Published by EXPLORE BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Travel Writing

WAYS TO SEE GREAT BRITAIN Curious Places and Surprising Perspectives Stevenson, Alice

Between spring 2015 and autumn of 2016, walker, writer and artist Alice Stevenson explored her own country: the British Isles. With extraordinary attention to detail, an eye for the odd and an antennae for the curiously beautiful she documented her adventures. The result is a book celebrating nature’s detail, essential urge to community and creativity, the guiding power of locally inspired art.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A covetable, inspiring book. A rich artistic response of a land deep in variations.

• Stylish gift and inspirational self-purchase.

• Over 150 gorgeous illustrations and colour photos.

• An artist’s view of Britain beautiful spaces, unusual locations and overlooked towns.

ISBN 13: 9781910463482, 192pp h/b, £12.99 Published by SEPTEMBER PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

NEWLY ANNOUNCED COMMISSION Fiction

PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY WITH A FAT DAUGHTER Giacobino, Margherita

The novel covers four generations of a peasant family living outside Turin between the late 19th century and the boom years of the ‘50s, as they clamber laboriously out of grinding rural poverty into the sixties world of frozen fish and fridges.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Describes over a century of Italian history as seen through the eyes of women in an extended matriarchal family.

• The book has a strong woman’s market and publisher will target women’s magazines and radio

programmes for publicity.

• So far the book has been translated into French & German and has received rave reviews.

• Translated by the prize-winning translator Judith Landry.

ISBN 13: 9781910213483, 304pp p/b, £16.50 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK April 2017

Fiction

THE ULTIMATE TRAGEDY Sila, Abdulai

Ndani leaves her village to seek a betterlife in the capital, finding work as a maid for a Portuguese family. The mistress of the house embarks on a mission to save Ndani’s soul, whilst her husband has less righteous intentions. After Ndani is expelled from the house she drifts home, becoming the wife of a village chief. He builds a mansion and a school to flaunt his power and abandons Ndani after discovering she is no longer a virgin. She eventually finds love with a teacher from the school, although making a future with an educated black man in such tumultuous times involves many hurdles.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A novel about love and emerging political awareness.

• First novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, which was beginning to challenge Portuguese colonial rule.

• Humorous, heartrending and wise; a captivating novel bringing a little-known country to life.

ISBN 13: 9781910213544, 224pp p/b, £36.99 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK April 2017

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Literature and Memoirs

Literature and Memoirs

FAR TO GO AND MANY TO LOVE: PEOPLE AND PLACES Selected Writings of Lesley Blanch de Chamberet, Georgia (ed)

A selection of Lesley Blanch’s early journalism, essays and travelling tales. Blanch was a bold and daring writer and adventurer at a time when women were expected to be subservient to the needs of husbands and children. This wonderful collection of previously unpublished writings brims with her customary wit and sheds new light on an eternally fascinating and truly inimitable character.

Beautifully illustrated with photos and a selection of Blanch’s line drawings and featuring an insightful introduction by Blanch’s god-daughter, Georgia de Chamberet.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Beautifully presented collection of writings by a literary legend.

• Follow-up to the critical and commercial success of On the Wilder Shores of Love.

• New material including interviews, unpublished photos and sketches from Blanch’s collection.

• Perfect for fans of the Mitford sisters and Patrick Leigh Fermor.

• Blanch has cult status and was revered in her own lifetime by many wellknown figures.

ISBN 13: 9780704374348, TBCpp p/b, £8.99 Published by QUARTET Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Literature and Memoirs

MAJOR/MINOR A Memoir Arikha, Alba

Originally published to widespread critical acclaim, this luminously honest book chronicles the pain of growing up in an illustrious bohemian yet dysfunctional family. Alba’s response to her literary and artistic upbringing was to rebel - with devastating consequences. In this deeply personal memoir, Alba’s tale is played out against the family memories of war and exile and the ever present echoes of the European holocaust. Beautifully written and featuring black and white illustrations, Major/Minor offers startlingly frank reflections on gender, politics, mental illness and art.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Widely praised when first published, the hardback edition has now sold out.

• Taps into the current trend for first person confessional memoirs by female authors.

• Significant press and publicity coverage expected.

• Must read for fans of Maggie Nelson and Chris Kraus; or those with an interest in Avigdor Arikha, Anne Atik and Samuel Beckett.

• Endorsed by John Banville, Paul Auster, Edmund de Waal and others.

ISBN 13: 9780704374331, 220pp p/b, £8.99 Published by QUARTET Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

WHICH YET SURVIVE...

A Memoir Mills, John

Born in Guildford between the wars, John Mills entered his prime in an era of expanding possibilities as the world opened up after the devastation of global conflict. A chemist by academic route, his passion for culture, music and art found an outlet as he submerged himself in the Soho artistic community. He later developed a perfect synthesis between his twin passions of science and the arts, becoming a prominent figure and pioneer at the National Gallery in the scientific department and a connoisseur and academic on antique rugs and carpets.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fascinating insight into the iconic Soho scene of the 1950s.

• Contains a wealth of enjoyable anecdotes, observations and facts on a huge variety of subjects.

• 16 pages of high-quality images.

• Humanistic and upbeat in tone, Mills is an all-round likeable narrator.

ISBN 13: 9780704374355, TBCpp h/b, £8.99 Published by QUARTET Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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‘If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.’

- Paul McCartney, 1991

Written by Vivek J. Tiwary Art by Andrew C. Robinson with Kyle Baker Lettering by Steve Dutro

ISBN: 9781616558352 Publisher: Dark Horse RRP: £16.99

He’s back, and he won’t let her out of his sight…

The terrifying new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner

Published October 2016 RRP £8.99 pbk ISBN 9781908434968

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