December 2017 Buyer's Notes - Turnaround Publisher Services

MONTHLY CATALOGUE

DECEMBER 2017 AND NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES JULY–NOVEMBER 2017

Contents: New Fiction & Crime Fiction..... pg. 3-8

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Graphic Novels......................... pg. 8-14 Children’s & Young Adult.......... pg. 14 Non-Fiction Titles...................... pg. 15-20 Commission Titles.................... pg. 20-21 Newly Announced..................... pg. 22-27

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Editor’s Letter A very warm welcome to December! Traditionally the quiet month of publishing – as the trade is already amped up for Christmas – we, nonetheless, have some very spectacular titles for the last month of 2017. Ready? Ok, here we go…

A paperback edition of the much-lauded and stupendously brilliant Savage Theories (p4, Soho Press, 9781616958671, p/b, £12.99) by Argentinian novelist Pola Oloixara comes first on our last list of the year. A debut novel of seduction and madness, hate and love, set in the world of Argentine academia, it is animated by the

spirits of Wittgenstein, Rousseau, Nabokov and Bolaño. Lily Tuck’s novel Sisters (p4, Text Publishing, 9781925498899, p/b, £8.99) channel’s the spirit of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, as it tells the story of an unnamed narrator who lives her days with the husband she adores, his two children, and the unbanishable image of the woman who married him first.

Over to crime and I know, by now, you’ll have heard a lot about Chance (p4, No Exit, 9780857301628, p/b, £8.99), thanks to the TV show based on it, which stars none other than Hugh Laurie – a suspenseful and mind-bending novel about a forensic neuropsychiatrist at the end of his rope. We also have the highly anticipated final instalment of Helene

Tursten’s acclaimed Inspector Irene Huss series, Protected by the Shadows (p5, Soho Press, 9781616958459, h/b, £23.99). With gang violence escaling in Goteborg, the Organized Crimes Unit pairs with the Violent Crimes Unit to help defuse the situation. But someone is leaking information. Irene’s life depends on discovering the answer.

In graphic novels we have two stonkers! Body Music (p8, Arsenal Pulp Press, 9781551526928, p/b, £22.99) from the bestselling author of Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) – Julie Maroh. Body Music is a beautiful, bittersweet graphic novel on the complexities of love set in Montreal, an exhilarating and passionate work about what it means to fall in love, and what it means to be alive.

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Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, Ed Piskor’s Mudfish (p9, Fantagraphics, 9781683960690, h/b, £19.95) is making waves. Following Rod Spike as he strugglings with an undiagnosed illness and finding a place in his neighbourhood, from the creator of Hip Hop Family Tree, Mudfish is one of the most brutally frank and darkly funny representations of childhood and adolescence ever depicted in the comics form.

To kids now and first up is the stunningly beautiful From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea (p14, Arsenal Pulp Press, 9781551527093, h/b, £14.99) by Kai Cheng Thom. About a magical gender variant child who brings transformation and change to the world around them thanks to their mother’s enduring love, this captivating, beautifully imagined picture book is about gender, identity, and acceptance of the differences between us. The Magic Twins (p14, Humanoids, 9781594654084, h/b, £14.99), from legendary Incal creator Alejandro Jodorowsky, is an all ages magical quest that explores teamwork, duty and honour.

With some truly excellent non-fiction we see out the year. The Last Interview series gives us two stellar titles – Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview (p16, Melville House, 9781612196725, p/b, £12.99) and Billie Holiday: The Last Interview (p16, Melville House, 9781612196749, p/b, £12.99).

We also simply must draw your attention to the blisteringly funny What I Think Happened: An Underresearched History of the Western World (p16, Arsenal Pulp Press, 9781551526959, p/b, £12.99) by stand-up comic Evany Rosen. This hilarious ‘femmoir,’ in which the author retells historical events and recasts historical personalities from her own feminist perspective, is really two books: a savvy, no-holds-barred romp through the history of the western world, and a personal narrative from a self-described ‘failed academic.’ Finally, courtesy of Stephen Duncombe’s Notes from the Underground (p17, Microcosm Publishing, 9781621064848, p/b, £17.99), we take a look at zines and the politics of alternative culture. Much history and theory is uncovered in this book – the first, and hugely fascinating, comprehensive study of zine publishing.

And with that we leave you! See you very soon for a whole new year of incredible books.

MONTHLY CATALOGUE - December 2017

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Fiction

SAVAGE THEORIES

Oloixarac�, Pola & Kesey, Roy (trans)

A student at the Buenos Aires School of Philosophy attempts to put her life (academically and romantically) in the service of a professor whose nearly forgotten theories of violence she plans to popularise and radicalise - against his wishes.

Meanwhile, a young couple - a documentary filmmaker and a blogger - engage in a series of cerebral and sexual misadventures. In a novel crammed with philosophy, group sex, revolutionary politics and a fighting fish named Yorick, Oloixarac leads her characters and the reader through dazzling and digressive intellectual byways.

KEY SELLING POINTS • One of Granta’s Best Young Spanish Novelists, translated into seven languages.

• A reflection on the impact of human atrocities, through both a historical and postmodern lens.

• Has already received high praise from New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.

ISBN 13: 9781616958671, 304pp p/b, £12.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

PULSE POINTS Stories Down, Jennifer

The characters in Pulse Points live in small dusty towns, glittering exotic cities and slow droll suburbs; they are mourners, survivors and perpetrators. In the award-winning ‘Aokigahara’, a woman travels to the sea of trees in Japan to say goodbye. In ‘Coarsegold’, a woman conducts an illicit affair while her girlfriend works the overnight motel shift in the middle of nowhere. In ‘Dogs’, Foggo runs a gang of bored, cruel boys with a scent for fresh meat.

In ‘Pressure Okay’ a middle-aged man remembers his departed wife and navigates the long game of grief with his adult daughter.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Jennifer Down is arguably Australia’s best writer under 30.

• Our Magic Hour was highly commended in the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.

• Down has won several short story awards including an Australian Book prize and the Overland Short Story Award.

• Showcases Jennifer’s singular powers of perception and observational style.

ISBN 13: 9781925355970, 224pp p/b, £10.99 Published by TEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East

Fiction

SISTERS Tuck, Lily

Referring to the first wife only as her, to whom her husband was still married when they met, she lives her married life with constant reminders of this woman, with whom she has a respectful but arms-length relationship. Free of the marriage, has she reclaimed her life as an artist? Will the narrator ever equal her intellectually, or ever forget the betrayal that lies between them? And what of the secrets between her and the husband, from which the narrator is excluded?

The daring and precise build up to an unforeseen and eerily wonderful denouement is a triumph of subtlety and surprise.

KEY SELLING POINTS • National Book Award-winning novelist Lily Tuck, is one of the most distinguished contributors to American literature.

• The Double Life of Liliane, was one of BBC.com’s Ten Books to read in September and garnered glowing praise.

• A provocative short novel of secrecy, jealousy, and lust that tells the story of a marriage.

ISBN 13: 9781925498899, TBCpp p/b, £8.99 Published by TEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

BUENOS AIRES NOIR Mallo, Ernesto (ed)

Buenos Aires is a city of contrasts and contradictions, always on the edge of chaos, where multimillionaires and the destitute anxiously coexist in close quarters.

Here, Argentina’s top writers explore a city influenced as much by criminality and smuggling as Borges and the tango.

KEY SELLING POINTS • All the stories are originally written in Spanish, translated into English by John Washington and M. Cristina Lambert.

• Brand-new stories by: Ines Garland, Ernesto Mallo, Veronica Abdala, Elsa Osorio, Claudia Pineiro, Ariel Magnus and more.

• Buenos Aires is a top tourist destination and the most visited city in South America.

ISBN 13: 9781617755224, 288pp p/b, £11.99 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

MONTREAL NOIR

McFetridge, John & Filippi, Jacques (eds)

Montreal is noir, the birthplace of Leonard Cohen, Saul Bellow, Michel Tremblay, Mordecai Richler, and Oscar Peterson. It’s unsettling, it’s subversive, it’s palpable, but it’s never obvious. Montreal’s long history is dominated by cultures coming together, almost. And coming apart, almost. And continuing, always. Here, French and English writers explore the underside of the Sin City of the north.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Brand-new stories by Patrick Senecal, Tess Fragoulis, Howard Shrier, Michel Basilieres, Samuel Archibald and more.

• Features stories originally written in both English and French.

• 2017 is Montreal’s 375th anniversary, so the city is a hot topic right now!

ISBN 13: 9781617753459, 288pp p/b, £11.99 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

CHANCE

Nunn, Kem

Chance is a dark story about psychiatric mystery, sexual obsession, fractured identities, and terrifyingly realistic violence; a tale told amid the back streets of California’s Bay Area, far from the cleansing breezes of the ocean. When abused wife Kaclyn Blackstone walks into the life of neuropsychiatrist Eldon Chance, his carefully arranged life starts to unravel in the presence of dangerous individuals. Now a Hulu TV series starring High Laurie and Diane Farr.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An intense psychological suspense novel for fans of James M Cain, Raymond Chandler, Nathaniel West and Elmore Leonard.

• Chance is now a major TV series starring Hugh Laurie, currently streaming on Hulu in the US. • Kem Nunn is the author of Tijuana Straits, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award.

• His classic ‘surf noir’ titles The Dogs of Winter and Tapping the Source inspired the film Point Break (1991).

• Nunn is a screenwriter for film and television including Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy.

ISBN 13: 9780857301628, 352pp p/b, £8.99 Published by NO EXIT PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

MONTHLY CATALOGUE - December 2017 Fiction - Crime & Thriller

FOR TIME AND ALL ETERNITIES A Linda Wallheim Mystery Harrison, Mette Ivie

Linda Wallheim is the mother of five grown boys and the wife of a Mormon bishop in Utah. Linda’s unofficial job as bishop’s wife is to support her husband and act as de facto mother to the ward. But when those close to her are in danger, she can no longer suppress her misgivings about the church’s patriarchal structure and secrecy. When one of her sons announces his engagement to a girl from a polygamous family, and Linda and her husband Kurt, are invited out to meet the future in-laws, alarms bells ring for Linda. When one of the family is found dead Linda vows to solve the murder...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Third book in a national bestselling series with tons of media coverage and critical acclaim.

• Exposes the truth about the perennially fascinating topic of polygamy among fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints.

• Harrison presents an insider’s glimpse into the workings of the Mormon faith and community.

ISBN 13: 9781616958664, 336pp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

PROTECTED BY THE SHADOWS An Inspector Irene Huss Investigation Tursten, Helene & Delargy, Marlaine (trans)

In this final instalment of the internationally bestselling Irene Huss investigations, the gang warfare that has been brewing in Goteborg is about to explode. A member of a notorious biker gang has been set on fire - alive. Even in a culture where ritual killings are common, this brutal assault attracts the attention of both Irene’s unit and the Organized Crimes Unit. Somehow, the gangs are always one step ahead of the police. Someone is leaking information. But who? Irene’s life depends on discovering the answer.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The tenth and final instalment in one of Soho Crime’s bestselling series.

• Translated by critically acclaimed literary translator Marlaine Delargy.

• Irene is an everywoman - hard-working wife and mum but also martial arts expert, detective and small-town superhero.

ISBN 13: 9781616958459, 288pp h/b, £23.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Scifi and Fantasy

FLAME IN THE DARK A Soulwood Novel Hunter, Faith

Nell Ingram has always known she was different.

Since she was a child, she’s been able to feel, and channel, ancient powers from deep within the earth. When she met Jane Yellowrock, her entire life changed, and she was recruited into PsyLed - the Homeland Security division that polices paranormals. But now her newly formed unit is about to take on their toughest case yet.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The third book in a USA Today bestselling series.

• Expands on a magical but troubled character from the popular, New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels.

• Perfect for fans of Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, and Kelley Armstrong.

ISBN 13: 9780451473332, 352pp p/b, £6.99 Published by ACE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Fiction - Scifi and Fantasy

DRAGON BLOOD A Novel of the Lupi Wilks, Eileen

The New York Times bestselling series continues as FBI agent Lily Yu fights tooth and nail to make her way back to her husband, Rule.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fourteenth book in the New York Times bestselling series.

• The previous title, Dragon Spawn, ended on a cliffhanger - readers will be anxiously awaiting this instalment.

• A brilliant blend of urban fantasy and romantic suspense with sexy shifters, dangerous FBI work,

and incredible romance.

• Heartpounding paranormal romance that will wow fans of Patricia Briggs, Kelly Armstrong, and Keri Arthur.

ISBN 13: 9780399583155, 336pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Scifi and Fantasy

SERAPH OF THE END 4

Kagami, Takaya & Yamamoto, Yamato

Class and social standing has torn lovers Glen and Mahiru apart, but nothing, not monsters or wizards or vampires or even blood will keep these two teens separated for long in this supernatural high school action romance. The Seraph Of The End light novel is the basis for the best-selling Shonen Jump manga from Viz Media. Already a big seller, Seraph is poised to be the next major title from an already strong brand.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new ‘prequelisation’ of the hit Shonen Jump series of the same name.

• A series that many manga fans will already be familiar with; these ‘light novels’ provide the background story.

• Written by two of Japan’s leading light novelists.

• The hit anime adaptation is available on DVD/Blu-Ray from Universal Pictures UK. ISBN 13: 9781945054303, 380pp p/b, £14.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Romance

DREAMER’S SONG, THE A Novel of the Nine Kingdoms Kurland, Lynn, Lynn Kurland

Acair of Ceangail, still dodging his reputation as notorious black mage, has undertaken the ultimate quest: ridding the world of a terrible dark magic while using no magic of his own. But he never bargained on complications, especially not having to safeguard his beautiful companion, Leirsinn. Leirsinn simply wants to do what needs to be done - find the makers of various spells and rescue her grandfather. But walking sideby-side with Acair brings a terrible revelation about the magic she needs, and what price it will exact from her soul...

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest in novel set in the magical and romantic world of the Nine Kingdoms, hugely popular with readers.

• Lynn Kurland is a New York Times bestselling author, best known for her Scottish time travel romances.

• Believable characters inhabit an enchanting world filled with dashing chivalry, daring swordplay, and dazzling spells.

• Perfect for both fantasy and romance readers.

ISBN 13: 9780425282199, 400pp p/b, £12.99 Published by BERKLEY - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Fiction - Historical

ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS A Novel of Ada Lovelace Chiaverini, Jennifer

In Enchantress of Numbers, New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largely unheralded pioneer in computing - a young woman who stepped out of her father’s shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that would shape the future.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Ada Lovelace’s story has never been told in fiction before, and Chiaverini brings her story to life.

• Ada is considered to be the world’s first computer programmer, and her story is an unusually feminist one.

• Chiaverini takes a departure from her Civil War-era settings to transport her readers to Victorian England.

ISBN 13: 9781101985205, 448pp h/b, £22.99 Published by DUTTON Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

HER SWEETEST REVENGE Saundra

Alone and aware of the grimy hustle of the streets, Mya hopes to find another path for survival. But when the leader of the a notorious gang severely beats her mother for stealing money from him, Mya vows revenge on his crew by robbing them at gunpoint and hiding her identity behind a mask. Mya successfully pulls off her first robbery against one of them but then she meets and falls in love with a man connected to her enemy. As her secret starts to unravel, her very life is suddenly in danger...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Her Sweetest Revenge is the first book in the three-book urban lit series.

• The original series is being repackaged and reprinted by Dafina.

• Saundra writes gritty, sexy, street lit.

• Will appeal to fans of Kiki Swinson, Wahida Clark, and Ashley & JaQuavis.

ISBN 13: 9781617739798, 368pp p/b, £6.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

Fiction - Black Interest

BAD BEHAVIOR

Swinson, Kiki & Noire

MY MARRIED BOYFRIEND The Love & Revenge Series Rax, Cydney

Two stories from bestsellers Kiki Swinson and Noire, about women who do whatever it takes to get their money. ‘Nine Lives’ by Kiki Swinson revolves around a brother-sister hit team. ‘Crished Ice Clique’ follows two cousins who get involved in the jewellery fraud business.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Both Kiki Swinson and Noire are Essence bestselling authors.

• Noire first distinguished herself in urban erotic fiction - no other author’s writing is as gritty, sexy, and thrilling.

• Kiki Swinson is one of the stars of the ‘urban lit’ market, known for her sexy and gritty urban dramas.

• African-American erotic novels are hugely popular and both authors are current front runners in the genre.

ISBN 13: 9781617739491, 368pp p/b, £13.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Gorgeous Nicole is about to get everything she’s hustled for. But there are some temptations even this sexy schemer finds tough to pass up. Especially her first love, ex-con Ajalon, who’s just walked back into her life. Now the only guarantee for all involved is shattering scandal - and mutually assured destruction.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The second book in an explosive three-book series by Cydney Rax. • Dafina has had much success in repackaging Cydney Rax’s backlist mass market titles from Random House.

• This is Rax’s first original trade paperback series for Dafina.

• Fast-paced, sexy and suspenseful storylines filled with mystery, romance, and high stakes.

ISBN 13: 9781496701404, 352pp p/b, £6.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

Fiction - Black Interest

CASTING THE FIRST STONE A Reverend Curtis Black Novel Lawson Roby, Kimberla

Tanya Black has everything a woman could want: a fulfilling career, a beautiful daughter, an elegant home and a handsome, charismatic husband who is pastor at a prominent Baptist church. And yet, Tanya can no longer deny that the calm surface of her life hides a growing turbulence. Her husband Curtis, once a supportive partner and passionate lover, has grown remote, and Tanya has the uneasy feeling that her comfortable life is about to change forever.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first book in Roby’s beloved Reverend Curtis Black series, and it’s the one series/storyline fans can’t resist.

• Repackaged and reissued with bonus material: fans will want to collect this edition.

• Roby’s Reverend Curtis Black books regularly hit New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller lists.

• 2.7 million copies have been sold of Kimberla Lawson Roby books.

• Roby is the 2013 NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction).

ISBN 13: 9781496716392, 320pp p/b, £8.99 Published by DAFINA BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

BLACK DIAMOND TRILOGY, THE Williams, Brittani

Diamond and Mica have been best friends since grade school, but after Mica moves out of their drug-infested neighbourhood, they have a scandalous falling out and lose touch. Under extreme circumstances, Mica and Diamond meet up but unfortunately, both friends have ulterior motives for rekindling their friendship. The two plot to get rid of the dealer and hit the road with his fortune, but one of them has her own sinister plan that could leave the other staring death in the eye.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A compilation of Black Diamond (2008), Nicety (2011), and Lucky Chance (2013; all Urban Books).

• From the author of Daddy’s Little Girl (QBoro, 2007).

• Brittani Williams is a firm fan-favourite.

ISBN 13: 9781622866236, 400pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Fiction - Black Interest

Fiction - Black Interest

CARTER BOYS, THE

PINK PALACE, THE

What happens when a slick-mouth girl from Brooklyn decides to go off to college in the unofficial capital of the South? She is quickly introduced to the Atlanta lifestyle, where ‘Bruh’ is part of every other sentence; dreaded ‘fros are a must; hot lemon pepper wings are law; west side accents are always thicker; nobody says ATL unless they’re from out of town; HBCU life is unlike any other; and most importantly, it’s all about family. In particular, it’s all about the Carter family. Without the Carters, there is no Atlanta.

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, and I guess you can say the same thing about strippers too. On the surface, Mo Nique is the hottest stripper dancing at The Pink Palace, but on the inside, she’s really just Janelle Taylor, a teenage runaway trying to survive in Atlanta. Some people might want to call her a ho, but she’s the one your man is spending his whole paycheck on! This isn’t the life she envisioned for herself, but it’s the path she was forced to take in order to get by. Is having true love too much to ask for a girl like Janelle?

Desiree

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Carter Boys Series was Amazon’s number one selling e-book for urban style books for 10 straight weeks.

• This time a smart city girl will put the Carters in their place... or will she?

• Sex, drugs, danger and love make for a riveting tale.

ISBN 13: 9781622866250, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

DOCTOR IS IN, THE

Weber, Carl & Hampton, Brenda

Dr. Kasen Phillips has the magic touch when it comes to helping his patients, but when the love of his life winds up missing in action, Kasen’s life takes a horrific turn. Luckily his office manager, Voncile Harper, is there to help... She’s on a mission to shake Kasen from his misery, by offering him something he can’t resist. It’s not long before Kasen finds himself caught up in a web of Voncile’s lies, and when he realises that he may have bitten off more than he can chew, he wants out of their reckless relationship for good. Unfortunately for Kasen, walking away may be difficult to do.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Carl Weber is a New York Times bestselling author, currently in production on several film adaptations of his books.

• Brenda Hampton is an Essence bestselling author, and has been named Favourite Female Fiction writer by Upscale.

• The high stakes and emotional history make for a compelling tale of vengeance.

ISBN 13: 9781622866281, 384pp p/b, £6.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

NOAH’S RIGHTS York, Kenni

Every two minutes in America, someone is sexually assaulted. Olivia, an urban author residing in the heart of the hood, knows this fact all too well.

Working hard to repress her own issues, Olivia encounters Noah, an underprivileged foster kid who views himself as a number, a statistic. As the awkward duo gets to know one another, secrets about Noah begin to unfold that and force Olivia to deal with her own demons. No one understands her sudden and unexplainable connection to the young boy, but Olivia’s certain that she and Noah share a bond, for she, too, is a statistic in her own way.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Powerful themes of sexual assault and abuse - but also friendship and survival.

• Kenni York is a well-known motivational speaker and activist, ensuring an authentic portrayal of social issues.

• Heartwarming story of overcoming hardship through bonds of friendship across generations.

ISBN 13: 9781622866724, 384pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

McCaulsky, Marlon

KEY SELLING POINTS • Marlon McCaulsky has previously written several successful books.

• A reimagined fairytale from the streets of Atlanta.

• The lucrative lifestyles of the hustlers make an entertaining read.

ISBN 13: 9781622866274, 384pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

STALKER

Hampton, Brenda

After a brutal divorce, Abigal Wilson vowed to never love again, but when Brent Carson crosses her path, she simply can’t resist his good-guy persona. Abigal falls head over heels for him - until the unthinkable happens. Brent’s announcement, ‘I’m just not that into you,’ sends Abigal on a downward spiral. She can’t cope with ill treatment from another man, and now nothing would please her more than to see Brent making his way to the gates of hell. In a rush to get him there, Abigal takes on an unforgettable, head-shaking and shocking role as... Mrs. Stalker.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A dark and sultry urban romance novel from fan favourite Brenda Hampton.

• Brenda Hampton has been named in the Top 100 Most Admired African American Women in Literature.

• Hampton created her own Literary Award and Scholarship fund - celebrating individuals in African American literature.

ISBN 13: 9781622866717, 384pp p/b, £5.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

TESTIFY

Moore, Michel

Clay has always been cursed with a short-fuse temper, but this time it causes him to make a mistake that could bring him down for good. Feeling betrayed, he explodes, committing cold-blooded murder on a crowded city block. In an ironic twist, he leaves seven eyewitnesses alive. They were always forced to live by his strict street code commandments, but now they will be the ones to testify. Ultimately, Clay’s fate is in their hands.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Ms. Michel Moore is the owner of an independent bookstore in Detroit.

• She has her finger on the pulse of African American readers.

• The explosive tension and high stakes make for a gripping, page-turning read.

ISBN 13: 9781622866212, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Fiction - Black Interest

THICKUMS

Karrington, Blake

Best friends Nora, Darleen, and Andrea have one thing in common: they hustle by any means necessary. Money is never a problem for these sexy, big and beautiful women, and neither is getting a man. Take a ride with these women as they get a first-hand look at the craziness that comes along with building a drug empire and trying to stay on top. Thickums is not just another name for BBW; it’s a lifestyle.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Black Karrington started his career as a selfpublished Amazon author who attracted many readers.

• He entertains his readers with fast-paced stories following the dramatic, complicated lives of multiple characters.

• The protagonists of Thickums are all big, beautiful woman who project bodypositivity and strength.

• For readers who love sassy, take-charge women characters!

ISBN 13: 9781622866694, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

TRAPPED BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL Skye, M.

After the kidnapping of his son, Tyree Johnston’s marriage to Mia, the love of his life, fell apart.

Now, two years later, Tyree has their son Kyan all summer, and he is unprepared for Mia’s return to their hometown. Trying to move forward with his life, Tyree finds himself stuck between what his heart wants and what his head says is right. Mia left for Paris the minute her divorce was final, but when her sister-in-law tells her that Kyan needs her, Mia is on the first flight out.

KEY SELLING POINTS • M. Skye won the 2015 AAMBC book club’s Author of the Year award for her novel Mixing Business and Pleasure.

• A host of unexpected events lead to the revelation of dark secrets between Tyree’s and Mia’s families.

• A fan-favourite amongst urban romance readers.

ISBN 13: 9781622866670, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Poetry

MIAMI CENTURY FOX Iglesias, Legna Rodriguez & Aparicio, Eduardo (trans)

Miami Century Fox is a delightful, seductive read.

Sonnets? Rhyme and meter? Yes, along with a delicious serving of irony and wit. This is one very smart collection of poems - a loving and sly portrait of Miami and the immigrant experience in the twenty-first century.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Winner of the Paz prize for poetry, which honours a previously unpublished book of poetry written originally in Spanish.

• Tackles the immigrant experience - a topic still drawing press attention and debate worldwide.

• A beautifully produced, bilingual poetry book.

ISBN 13: 9781617755897, 120pp p/b, £13.99 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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BEST OF ARCHIE AMERICANA, THE Archie Superstars

The Archie Americana series has been running from the 1990s to the present day, with each dazzling new book focusing on a specific decade in Archie comics life!! From the Best of the Forties to the Best of the Nineties, readers can watch the Archie universe unfold, with each decade offering crazy new adventures with Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and the rest of the gang! The Best of Archie American collects the best of the best in one single volume - a must-have for Archie nuts!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Archie universe has surged in popularity thanks to the Riverdale TV show currently streaming on Netflix.

• 416 full-colour, full-size Archie Comics pages that fans won’t be able to resist!

• Archie’s biggest selling graphic novel series - there are over 440,000 copies in print of The Best of Archie series.

• A must-have collection for long-time fans and a great introduction to new readers alike!

ISBN 13: 9781682559321, 416pp p/b, £8.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA, VOL. 2 Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto & Hack, Robert

On the eve of her 16th birthday, the young sorceress found herself at a crossroads, having to choose between an unearthly destiny and her mortal boyfriend, Harvey. But a foe from her family’s past arrived in Greendale with her own deadly agenda... and Sabrina was dragged into a world of supernatural terror. The next chapter of Archie Comics’ latest horror sensation continues here!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A darker, macabre, more mature take on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch is worldwide-famous, after 11 seasons of the TV show and 50 years of comics!

• A companion to the hugely popular Afterlife with Archie, also by Roberto Aguiree-Sacasa.

• Will appeal to both comic book horror fans and readers of teen supernatural coming-of-age titles.

ISBN 13: 9781627388030, 176pp p/b, £16.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BODY MUSIC Maroh, Julie

Set in the languid, European-like neighbourhoods of Montreal, Body Music is a beautiful and moving meditation on love and desire as expressed in many different forms - between women, between men, between women and men and gender nonconformists alike, all varying in age and race. In twenty separate vignettes, Maroh explores the drama inherent in relationships at different stages: the electricity of initial attraction, the elation of falling in love, the trauma of breaking up, the sweet comfort of a long-standing romance.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Julie Maroh’s first book, Blue Is the Warmest Color has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide.

• Illustrated with warm hues, Body Language is a series of vignettes set in the European-like neighbourhoods of Montreal.

• Body Language is gentle, lyrical, and fanciful, immersing readers in a romantic world where love is allowed to bloom.

• Will definitely appeal to the LGBT (especially lesbian) market, which was the main market for Blue.

ISBN 13: 9781551526928, 300pp p/b, £22.99 Published by ARSENAL PULP PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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VALERIAN VOL. 20: THE ORDER OF THE STONES Christin, Pierre & Mezieres, Jean-Claude

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LIE AND HOW WE TOLD IT, THE Parrish, Tommi

During a painful night that no one really wants to be having, a friendship in the last stages of decay creaks under the strain of a fumbling encounter between its two estranged participants, leaving them even more lonely and uncertain than before. Parrish’s first graphic novel for Fantagraphics is a visual tour de force, always in the service of the author’s ever-prevalent themes: navigating queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-in-flux state of friendships.

The expedition into the heart of the Great Void is launched, and Valerian and Laureline are on it. But in no time they’re already facing the mysterious force that threatens the entire galaxy: the Wolochs, gigantic sentient monoliths dead set on destroying any civilisation that might stand in the way of their domination. Our two Human agents can’t hope to stop the Order of the Stones by themselves, but fortunately, they still have allies...

KEY SELLING POINTS • A series emblematic of French science fiction.

• A strong influence on science-fiction films among others, ‘The Fifth Element’ and ‘Star Wars’.

• Now due to release as a major motion picture directed by Luc Besson.

Scheduled for August 2017!

• An imaginative and colourful series, with lovable and complex characters.

ISBN 13: 9781849183369, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

KEY SELLING POINTS • A stunning new graphic novel that has the real potential to be a breakout hit, like How to be Happy.

• It captures powerfully how its characters are trying to assemble meaning and connection from disparate events.

• Like Inio Asano (Girl on the Shore), Parrish’s work is unsentimental and unvarnished, the characters painfully real.

• ’There is a real complexity here, as doubt cradles the doubted at the end.’ - The Guardian • An important addition to the canon of LGBTQ comics.

ISBN 13: 9781683960676, 90pp h/b, £17.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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EC ARCHIVES, THE: PANIC VOLUME 2

MUDFISH An Honest Work of Fiction Piskor, Ed

Feldstein, Al et al.

Panic is back at it again! This uproarious volume collects issues #7-12 of the madcap classic in glorious re-mastered colour. Collects parody and pranks from a parade of comics greats: Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Jack Mendelsohn, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, and Bill Elder! With a foreword by the legendary Sergio Aragones.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects issues #7-12 of the long out-of-print EC classic Panic.

• Features the crazy talents of Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood and many more!

• EC are credited with the apparent dissolution of morals in the 1950s which led to the creation of the Comic Code.

• A must-own for EC comics and MAD fans, and for anyone with an interest in the history of comic books.

ISBN 13: 9781506702711, 216pp h/b, £41.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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LOBSTER JOHNSON VOLUME 5 The Pirate’s Ghost and Metal Monsters of Midtown Mignola, Mike; Arcudi, John; Zonjic, Tonci & Stewart, Dave

The Lobster is at his pulpiest in a pair of three-part stories drawn by veteran Lobster artist Tonci Zonjic.

A trio of robots terrorize New York City, and the only thing more mysterious than their origins is their motives. When a pirate ship’s ghostly crew appears on the Hudson River out of thin air, the harbour patrol calls on the Lobster!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest volume in this popular spin-off from the pages of Hellboy.

• Written by Hellboy and B.P.R.D creator Mike Mignola.

• Hellboy remains a hugely popular character and a third film reboot has just been confirmed.

• Will also appeal to fans of pulp detective novels thanks to its distinctive noir style.

ISBN 13: 9781506702063, 168pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Mudfish is a revealing biographical study of one boy, Rod Spike. It’s an unflinchingly unsentimental depiction of adolescence confusion and anxiety; a frank depiction of growing up in a mixed race household in a predominantly African American neighbourhood in Pittsburgh; a harrowing story of suffering from a long-undiagnosed disease that at times seemed certain to cut a life way too short; and a story of a young man whose burgeoning intellectual and creative curiosity makes him acutely aware of a deck stacked against him despite his determination to transcend those limitations.

KEY SELLING POINTS • From the acclaimed creator of the best-selling, award-winning, Hip Hop Family Tree series.

• Piskor’s new creative direction is sure to garner review attention from the comic scene and beyond.

• These are some of the most unsentimental and darkly comical depictions of childhood depicted in the comics form.

• Joins the growing body of YA graphic fiction starring a teen protagonist who is struggling through adolescence.

• The hero of Mudfish engages with real life issues that its readers may very well be facing themselves.

ISBN 13: 9781683960690, 144pp h/b, £19.95 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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NIGHT BUSINESS Marra, Benjamin

Night Business is a tale of urban intrigue, savage murder, and street justice from fan favourite Benjamin. A knifewielding killer is on the loose, committing extreme acts of violence on exotic dancers. Only one man has a will powerful enough to stop this psychopath: Johnny Timothy. But can Johnny mete out his vengeance before more innocent victims have to die? Born from the crucible of 1980s trash culture and exploitation entertainment and focused like a laser through the prism of Marra’s brain comes his longest graphic novel to date.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A nostalgic comic from cult cartoonist Benjamin Marra, who offers his own idiosyncratic take on 1980s-1990s pop culture.

• Fits the zeitgeist: Marra’s revisionist sensibility is in tune with Netflix series such as Danger 5 and Kung Fury.

• Marra responds to our troubled times by marrying absurdist hypermasculinity with the primitive/naive cartooning.

• A nasty brew of revenge, power and passion and a healthy dose of ‘80s trash culture in one comic!

ISBN 13: 9781683960706, 240pp h/b, £21.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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A TREASURY OF VICTORIAN MURDER COMPENDIUM: INCLUDING: JACK THE RIPPER, THE BEAST OF CHICAGO, FATAL BULLET Geary, Rick

In this first omnibus volume from Geary’s increasingly storied Treasuries of Murder. The first in the trilogy of murders in this series is Jack the Ripper as only Geary can narrate it. The Beast of Chicago follows on, describing the story of H.H. Holmes who was possibly the first serial murderer with chilling methodical means. Finally comes The Fatal Bullet which is about the assassination of president James Garfield.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An engrossing, illustrated journey into true crime classics of the Victorian era.

• Includes research sources, presenting true facts about famous murders in an entertaining fashion.

• Full of dry wit, and bold, captivating illustrations, readers will be hooked from start to finish!

• Perfect for all lovers of crime, action, and spine-tingling horror in this varied and fascinating graphic novel.

ISBN 13: 9781681121383, 288pp p/b, £17.99 Published by NBM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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HATSUNE MIKU: RIN-CHAN NOW! VOLUME 4 Ichijinsha

The happy days hanging out with Kagamine Rin and her fellow Vocaloid Hatsune Miku continue, as Rinchan takes a literary turn... causing confusion in a bookstore and insisting on meeting the author of her favourite fanzine! Based on the video with over 2.5 million combined views on NicoNico and YouTube, the Rin-Chan Now! manga is written, drawn and edited by the video creators!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Hatsune Miku is an international pop phenomenon!

• Like Hatsune Miku: Mikubon, RIN-CHAN NOW! is made by famous vocaloid music video creators.

• The popular Rin character was in Unofficial Hatsune Mix and on the cover of Mikubon.

• Features four pages in full colour and published in the larger Unofficial Hatsune Mix size.

• Hatsune Miku opened for Lady Gaga during her ArtRave tour in 2014 and has appeared on David Letterman’s Late Show.

ISBN 13: 9781506703169, 136pp p/b, £9.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: THE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT V5 Takahashi, Osamu & khara

Seele’s frustrations with Gendo’s plans leads their agent inside the school to abduct Shinji and place him under their mental control... which means Rei and Asuka must put aside their own rivalry long enough to join forces and rescue him!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Omnibus edition of the sequel series of one of the most popular anime series ever, Neon Genesis Evangelion.

• This series takes place in an alternate world hinted at in the series’ finale.

• The original series has recently aired on TV and is acknowledged as a key crossover work.

• The Evangelion 3.33 movie is now available from Funmation!

ISBN 13: 9781506702476, 552pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AHOGARU: CLUELESS GIRL 4 Hiroyuki

Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is rock. She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for bananas. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her.

(Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of bananas!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Will appeal to fans of Azumanga Daioh (Yen Press) and Nichijou (also available from Turnaround).

• A surprise hit in Japan, Ahogaru’s run was extended because of its popularity.

• An anime adaptation is set for release this summer.

• Hiroyuki also created hit mangas Doujin Work (Media Blasters) and The Comic Artist and His Assistants (Square Enix).

• Both Doujin Work and The Comic Artist and His Assistants have been adapted into anime series.

ISBN 13: 9781632364609, TBCpp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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ATTACK ON TITAN 23 Isayama, Hajime

In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as The Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what’s left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 26-episode manga series is one of the most successful of all time.

• This is currently the bestselling manga series in the western world, with over 500,000 English copies sold.

• The second season of the anime is currently streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll.

• An Attack on Titan (Kodansha)/ Marvel crossover comic was released in November 2014.

• More major-name crossover collaborations are predicted for 2016 ISBN 13: 9781632364630, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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ATTACK ON TITAN: BEFORE THE FALL 12

Isayama, Hajime & Suzukaze, Ryo

Humanity has learned to live in complacency behind its high walls, protected from the giant Titans. But when a Titan-worshipping cult opens one of the gates, a Titan wreaks havoc, consuming the cultists.

After the rampage is over, two young Survey Corps members are shocked to discover a pregnant woman’s partially digested corpse - with her baby still alive inside it! What will the fate of this ‘child of the Titans’ be? And how will humanity learn to cope with the Titan threat?

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 26-episode manga series is one of the most successful of all time.

• This is currently the bestselling manga series in the western world, with over 500,000 English copies sold.

• The second season of the anime is currently streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll.

• A young adult novel based on this series was released by Vertical in 2014.

ISBN 13: 9781632363831, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BATTLE ANGEL ALITA DELUXE EDITION 1 Yukito, Kishiro

In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves a legendary martial arts ability. Regrown, she decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Battle Angel Alita is one of a holy trinity of cyberpunk classics, alongside Akira and Ghost in the Shell.

• It has been a favourite of manga readers since the initial English-language release in 1995.

• This deluxe re-release comes 12 years after the last release by Viz. • The creator was unhappy with the previous English translation, so Kodansha have created an all-new translation here.

• A major Hollywood film adaptation is in the works from Fox and James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment.

ISBN 13: 9781632365989, 400pp h/b, £21.00 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CLOCKWORK PLANET 6 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: 9781632364678, TBCpp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FIRE FORCE 7 Ohkubo, Atsushi

The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror!

Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment’s notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous devil’s footprints. Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?

KEY SELLING POINTS • The new flagship series from Weekly Shonen Magazine, the original home of Fairy Tail (also available).

• The new series from the best-selling creator behind Soul Eater (Yen Press).

• Ohkubo’s previous series Soul Eater has been adapted into two anime series that are available on DVD from Manga UK. • For fans of magical adventures like Tokyo ESP (Vertical) and Ajin: Demi-Human (Vertical).

ISBN 13: 9781632364791, TBCpp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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HAPPINESS 6 Oshimi, Shuzo

Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with the necks of his classmates...

KEY SELLING POINTS • A visceral teenage vampire story from the creator of Flowers of Evil (Kodansha, also available).

• High-school vampire story reminiscent of Buffy.

• Volumes one and two also available from Turnaround in September and November respectively.

ISBN 13: 9781632364838, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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KIGURUMI GUARDIANS 3 Hoshino, Lily

Hakka’s second year of middle school was dull as it could be, until a suspicious cow mascot (‘kigurumi’) shows up in her room, holding a sign that reads, ‘My Name Is Ginger.’ But this isn’t (just?) a stalker, it’s a magical being that’s come to convince Hakka (and her friends) to become Guardians, and save the world! Hakka is understandably confused, until she’s suddenly attacked, and a beautiful young man leaps in to save her. Can this handsome knight and the weird kigurumi be... one and the same?

KEY SELLING POINTS • A playful, satire of the hit manga Sailor Moon and other ‘magical girl’ manga.

• Blends action, comedy, and an awareness of manga gender stereotypes.

• Hoshino is well known for her work on the hit anime Mawaru Penguindrum which is available on DVD from Kaze.

• Hoshino is a favourite amongst yaoi manga readership with many of her titles translated into English.

ISBN 13: 9781632364920, TBCpp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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LAND OF THE LUSTROUS 4 Ichikawa, Haruko

The young gem Phosphorite can’t seem to do anything right. Phos has nothing but a big mouth and guts. Cinnabar, a classmate, is a loner, shunned by the other gems because of the toxins emitted from their body. But when they get together, they will learn that they both have an essential role to play in the fight against the Moonfolk, who are intent on coming to Earth to abduct the gem folk and destroy their world. A beautifully-drawn new action manga from Haruko Ichikawa, winner of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Setting and story will remind fans of Sailor Moon and its progeny; especially the Cartoon Network hit Steven Universe.

• Placed in 2014’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! contest.

• Ichikawa has won an Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize and placed fifth in the 2012 Manga Taisho Awards.

• Considered a prime candidate for a high-budget animated adaptation.

ISBN 13: 9781632365293, TBCpp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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LOVE AND LIES 3 Tsumugi, Musao

Yukari is dull. He doesn’t even stand out enough to be bullied - he’s just a generally lower-middle-class kid. He’s in love with Misaki, the most popular girl in school. There’s just one problem: He’s 15, one year away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn’t have the courage to defy the law, but his sickly classmate Ririna still believes in love, and won’t stop goading him into confessing his feelings!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The top-rated comedy on the Mangabox app, in

English and Japanese.

• A top candidate for adaptation in the upcoming anime season.

• High-quality art will appeal to the same crossover audience as shounen romances like Nisekoi and Love Hina.

ISBN 13: 9781632365019, TBCpp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SAY I LOVE YOU. 18 Hazuki, Kanae

Friendship? Forget it! Mei Tachibana has no friends - and she doesn’t need them! Ever since her ‘friends’ betrayed her in elementary school, she’s sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she can cope just fine by herself.

However, one day everything changes when she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school! But Yamato Kurosawa isn’t angry in the slightest - in fact, he thinks his ordinary life could use an unusual girl like Mei! KEY SELLING POINTS • One of Kodansha’s most popular manga series.

• High-school settings are perennially popular, and Say I Love You provides a unique twist on the genre.

• A 13-episode anime adaptation was a sleeper hit on Crunchyroll and has been licensed for DVD release (Sentai Filmworks).

ISBN 13: 9781632364418, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MAGA-TSUKI 9 Taguchi, Hoshino

Yasuke, 15 years old, is about to build up the courage to confess his love to his childhood friend Akari, who’s fallen for him, too. There’s just one problem: Yasuke’s family lives in a Japanese shrine, and when he breaks the shrine’s sacred mirror, it triggers a curse, releasing the cute and well-endowed goddess of misfortune - Orihime into the real world! Now Yasuke can’t ever be out of Orihime’s sight - if he gets too far away, he dies.

How will Yasuke explain this bizarre turn of events to Akari? And what will happen when Akari gets hold of Yasuke’s lost soul?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Leading man Yasuke must choose between two very different girls in this fantasy romance manga.

• Has proved enormously popular in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine.

• For fans of Say I Love You (Kodansha, also available from Turnaround).

• The series is serialised on Crunchyroll with a new chapter released every month.

• One of the top 20 most read manga series on Crunchyroll.

ISBN 13: 9781632362476, 176pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME 3 Fuse & Kawakami, Taiki

Mikami’s middle age hasn’t gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he’s disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he’s not a knight or a wizard but a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Based on a popular web novel turned nerd franchise.

• The Dungeons & Dragons game is more popular than ever, having seen a revival in recent years.

• Slime is full of in-jokes and references for players of tabletop RPGs and video games like Monster Hunter.

• A unique satirical addition to the popular ‘sucked into a fantasy game world’ sub-genre.

• For fans of megahit Sword Art Online (Yen Press), Log Horizon (Yen Press) and No Game, No Life (Yen Press).

ISBN 13: 9781632365088, TBCpp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

PRINCESS JELLYFISH 7 Higashimura, Akiko

Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls.

However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately trying to avoid a fashionable socialite!# KEY SELLING POINTS • Two worlds collide in this hugely popular series, regularly the most requested on social media.

• Arrives highly praised by Kotaku and Anime News Network.

• Has been nominated for the 2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material Asia.

• Winner of the 2010 Kodansha Manga Award for best shojo manga.

• Was adapted into an anime series in 2010 and is available in the UK from Kaze UK. ISBN 13: 9781632365057, 400pp p/b, £16.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BLAME! 6

Nihei, Tsutomu

In a dystopian future, a complex network of machines has pushed humanity to the brink.

Robots known as the Builders continued to build a meaningless civilisation with no one to reside in it.

Soon these cities reach out to the outer planets, and another breed of life form emerges.

KEY SELLING POINTS • One of the most popular recent manga series receives a deluxe treatment from Vertical.

• BLAME! was the series that brought Tsutomu Nihei’s art and storytelling to a wider audience.

• Hardcover editions will be similar in style to Vertical’s library editions of Mobile Suit Gundam (also available).

• For fans of hard sci-fi manga series such as Planetes (Dark Horse, also available).

• A BLAME! anime film adaptation has just been released on Netflix as a Netflix Original.

ISBN 13: 9781942993827, 346pp p/b, £29.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FLYING WITCH 4 Ishizuka, Chihiro

Makoto returns to rural Japan to work on her magic after being away for six years. In her new home, she, along with her black cat Chito, share some of what she has learned as she gets used to living in a slower and more curious part of the country.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new surreal, slice-of-life comedy for fans of Nichijou (Kodansha, also available).

• English anime series has been a hit on Crunchyroll, streaming since May 2016.

• At the forefront of the new comedy manga scene, an emerging genre which is gaining popularity.

ISBN 13: 9781945054129, TBCpp p/b, £9.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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HELVETICA STANDARD E Arawi, Keiichi

Helvetica Standard is a full colour anthology of Keiichi Arawi’s comic art and design work. Funny and heartwarming, Helvetica is a humorous look at modern day Japanese design in comic form.

Helvetica Standard is a deep dive into the artistic and creative world of Keiichi Arawi. Part comic, part diary, part art and design book, Helvetica is a deconstruction of the world of Nichijou.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Selected by Guillermo Del Toro as one of the Most Read Manga for the Asahi News SUGOI Japan Project.

• Ever since Nichijou’s animated TV series landed its original comic has been in high demand; Helvetica is the sequel.

• The original Nichijou animation shook the anime/manga community to its core with its unique comedy and charismatic cast.

ISBN 13: 9781945054334, 136pp p/b, £14.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Manga

WITCHCRAFT WORKS VOLUME 10 Mizunagi, Ryu

Takamiya Honoka is a regular student whose only problem seems to be that he sits next to Kagari Ayaka, the school’s ‘Princess’. They have never spoken to each other before and any small interaction between them immediately results in her fan club beating him. Yet when a falling part of the school’s building is about to send him to the afterlife, it’s Kagari that comes to his rescue. Only she’s dressed as a witch, carrying him in her arms and floating on a broom!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new series of supernatural high-school adventures featuring teenage wizards and witches.

• High-school setting has led to comparisons with Scott Pilgrim (Fourth Estate) and Negima! (Kodansha).

• New series began in 2014 and is currently streaming on popular anime streaming site Crunchyroll.

ISBN 13: 9781942993926, 196pp p/b, £10.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Graphic Novel - Superheroes

ALL-NEW GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

Duggan, Gerry & Kuder, Aaron (illus)

The Guardians galactic misadventures continue.

Draw the Destroyer no more! What has led Draw to forswear violence and become a pacifist? Plus, Star-Lord battles Talonar of the Raptors over a long-lost cosmic artefact (better hope it’s not the Black Vortex again!)

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects All-New Guardians of the Galaxy 6-12.

• The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 film has smashed box office records.

• Written by fan-favourite Gerry Duggan and illustrated by Aaron Kuder.

• Guardians of the Galaxy graphic novels are bestsellers.

ISBN 13: 9781846538650, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Superheroes

AVENGERS UNLEASHED VOL. 2 Waid, Mark; Whitley, Jeremy & Del Mundo, Michael (illus)

Doctor Doom... Avenger?! The impossible is real!

Doom has turned to the light side in a fresh suit of armour as the Infamous Iron Man. And now he is about to take Shell-Head’s place in the Avengers - or, to hear Victor tell it, they’re joining him! But how will Earth’s Mightiest Heroes react to one of its greatest villains joining their ranks?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects Avengers (2017) #7-11.

• The Avengers will return to the silver screen in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War (out 4 May).

• Avengers Assemble and Avengers: Age of Ultron films were the box offices smashes of 2012 and 2015.

• Written by fan-favourite Mark Waid, with Jeremy Whitley.

ISBN 13: 9781846538636, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Superheroes

DEFENDERS VOL. 1, THE Bendis, Brian Michael & Marquez, David (illus)

Daredevil! Luke Cage! Jessica Jones! Iron Fist!

Individually, these four heroes have been on the front lines of the battle to keep the streets of the city safe and secure. But now, with a deadly enemy from the dim past making a major move to unite the underworld, they will need to become more... they will need to become...DEFENDERS! KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects Defenders #1-6.

• Marvel and Netflix have already established Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron fist with their own shows.

• The Defenders now gets its own show - debuting August 18th 2017.

• Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by David Marquez - both firm fan-favourites.

ISBN 13: 9781846538674, 156pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 2 Bendis, Brian Michael & Caselli, Stefano (illus)

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Children’s Colouring Book

ARCHIE’S COLORING BOOK Archie Superstars

The whole world loves Riri Williams, Ironheart! Well, that is, except for those people who have a bone to pick with how she’s doing the job. Oh, and the new villain who’d like to take a piece out of her. You know, come to think of it, a whole lot of people aren’t that fond of Riri Williams at the moment. What’s a girl to do?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects Invincible Iron Man #7-12.

• Iron Man was the first Marvel hero to launch the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe.

• Iron Man (played by Robert Downey Jr) will appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming, due for release July 2017.

• Iron Man will also return in Avengers: Infinity War Part 1, scheduled for release May 2018.

ISBN 13: 9781846538643, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI UK / MARVEL Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Get creative with Archie and his pals ‘n’ gals!

Now you have the chance to colour all of your favourite Archie characters! You can give Archie’s jalopy a paint job or personally style Betty and Veronica’s outfits. Plus, each image has an intricate background pattern to add to your colour experience. The possibilities are endless and the fun never stops!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Archie universe has never been more popular thanks to the Riverdale TV show currently streaming on Netflix.

• Colouring books remain a strong trend - especially when fan-favourite characters are involved!

• Style Betty and Veronica’s outfits or smarten up Archie’s car!

• Each page has an intricate background for mindful colouring.

ISBN 13: 9781682559345, 128pp p/b, £8.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Non-Fiction

Children’s Graphic Novel

SPARRING WITH GIL KANE Colloquies on Comic Art and Aesthetics Kane, Gil & Groth, Gary

Gil Kane drew every major comic book character in his 50-year career - from Spider-Man and the Hulk to Superman and Batman - and conceived and drew independent ‘graphic novels’ long before the term had any meaning to the larger public. He was also a fascinating raconteur and a formidable analyst, critic, and theorist of comics, a medium he loved. Included in this collection are interviews Kane conducted with a wide array of cartoonists: newspaper strip artists, fellow comic book creators, underground cartoonists, and literary critics.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collects interviews and conversations conducted by the legendary Silver Age Artist Gil Kane between 1969 and 1988.

• Kane is the co-creator of Iron Fist, currently staring in a Netflix/Marvel TV series.

• Additionally, Kane drew every major comic book character in his 50-year career - from the Hulk to Batman.

• Acts as a who’s who of cartoonists, and includes legends such as Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Robert Crumb.

• Of academic interest to comics scholars and students, as well as comic fans with an interest in their history.

ISBN 13: 9781683960713, 272pp p/b, £19.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Children’s Picture Book - KS0-1

FROM THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FISH IN THE SEA Thom, Kai Cheng; Li, Wai-Yant & Ching, Kai Yun

In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can’t decide what to be: a boy or a girl? A flower or a shooting star? At school, though, they must endure inquisitive looks and difficult questions from the other children, and have trouble finding friends who will accept them for who they are. But they find comfort in the loving arms of their mother, who will love them just as they are.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Arsenal’s second foray into children’s picture books following the successful The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya’s.

• Similar in tone to Bindi, this book promotes awareness of gender identities and accepting oneself and others.

• Strong message of a mother’s constant encouragement and love gives Miu Lan strength and confidence.

• Kai Cheng was inspired to write this book by her own experiences as a gender non-conforming child.

• Kai Cheng was rejected by her family, it’s her hope that her story will show that every child deserves love.

ISBN 13: 9781551527093, 40pp h/b, £14.99 Published by ARSENAL PULP PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

LITTLE ARCHIE

Baltazar, Art & Aureliani, Franco

Little Archie’s wildest day ever starts with a cat eating his homework - and things just get crazier from there! But this isn’t just an ordinary cat, and this certainly won’t be an ordinary day for Little Archie and his friends. Little Sabrina encounters very colourful doppelgangers of her little kitty Salem.

When she tries to use magic to whisk them back to wherever they came from she finds that their magic abilities are more than she bargained for! Plus, more with Little Josie, Valerie and Melody as only the Pussycats can bring!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A kid-friendly take on the new Riverdale revival from creator duo Art and Franco.

• Art and Franco are best known for writing the DC series Tiny Titans, for which they won two Eisner Awards.

• They also won an Eisner in 2014 for the Dark Horse comic Itty Bitty Hellboy.

• These Archie stories will appeal to a modern-day young comic book audience, offering a funny spin on Riverdale.

• The Archie universe has burst back into the hearts of comic fans and new readers with Netflix’s Riverdale TV show.

ISBN 13: 9781682559543, 136pp p/b, £12.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Graphic Novel

MAGICAL TWINS, THE Jodorowsky, Alejandro & 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 restricted, and help from their dragon-bird companion Lyrena is limited, the twins must find new ways to prove themselves worthy of restoring the throne.

Bestselling creators, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Georges Bess explore the senses and sensibility of teamwork, duty and honour in this magical book that is perfect for readers who are young at heart.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A revised and expanded edition of the bestselling over-sized YA graphic novel!

• Includes an 8-page preview of Gregory & The Gargoyles.

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

• From the creative team behind The White Lama, Son of the Gun and Anibal 5.

• ’A joyful, zippy, beautifully illustrated read, and a great example of comics for kids. - Tripwire Magazine ISBN 13: 9781594654084, 64pp h/b, £14.99 Published by HUMANOIDS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Photographic Techniques

ART WITH AN IPHONE A Photographer’s Guide to Creating Altered Realities (2nd Edition) Sloma, Kat

iPhone boasts a powerful and highly capable camera that is always at the ready, allowing you to document the people, places, and things that surround you. Kat Sloma teaches you how to harness natural light, both indoors and out, to create high-quality images and then she details some of the amazing, inexpensive, and powerful apps that can be used to finesse every aspect of the image from capture to output.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kat Sloma’s iPhone work has received recognition in the US and on an international level.

• Reader’s will learn how to use apps that mimic the controls offered on professional-level cameras.

• Reader’s will discover apps that boost their camera’s resolution, improve stability, and more.

• Art with an iPhone will teach you the same skills of professional photographers and graphic designers.

ISBN 13: 9781682033081, 128pp p/b, £21.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Photographic Techniques

AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY FOR EVERYBODY A Guide for Aviation Enthusiasts with Any Camera, In the Air, Airshows, and on the Ground Slattery, Chad

Chad Slattery, based in Los Angeles, specialises in aviation & aerospace photography - shooting, digital imaging, and post production for aviation and aerospace companies. His extensive experience photographing airto-air and lighting of crafts has attracted many industry giants, such as, Boeing, Dassault, Embrarer, HondaJet, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Orbital Sciences.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Chad Slattery specialises in aviation & aerospace photograph.

• Slattery’s extensive experience photographing air-to-air and lighting of crafts has attracted industry giants.

• 120 images of planes, jets, and aerospace crafts with explanations about the machines and how he photographed them.

• Includes film stars, aerospace and aviation personalities, notable planes, jets, luxury and experimental crafts.

ISBN 13: 9781682033128, 128pp p/b, £21.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Photographic Techniques

Tattooing & Body Art

TATTOO ART OF FREDDY NEGRETE, THE A Coloring Book for Adults Negrete, Freddy

For everyone who loves colouring books, but finds the flowers-and-butterflies options too tame, here is the colouring book with street cred. With pages and pages of original tattoo designs by the legendary prison-style tattoo artist Freddy Negrete, The Tattoo Art of Freddy Negrete combines the mind-calming activity of colouring with a badass attitude!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A colouring book for adults from legendary tattoo artist Freddy Negrete.

• Negrete’s memoir, Smile Now, Cry Later (Seven Stories, 2016) is also available from Turnaround.

• He has an enormous following with 125k Instagram followers, and has tattooed celebrities including Harry Styles.

• Tattoo culture is steadily becoming more mainstreaming the UK, going way beyond cult audiences.

• Likewise, colouring books have become a huge trend across the country. This is the coolest out there!

ISBN 13: 9781609807542, 96pp p/b, £10.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Cartoon & Comic Art

LIFE AND LEGEND OF WALLACE WOOD VOLUME 2, THE Wood, Wallace; Stewart, Bhob & Catron, J. Michael

A fascinating collection of vivid remembrances by Wood’s friends, colleagues, assistants, and loved ones. Even as they explore the playful spirit and psychological twists of this complicated maverick of American pop culture, they frankly discuss his struggles with censorship and alcoholism and his slide into the realm of pornography. Carefully compiled over more than three decades by Wood assistant Bhob Stewart, The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Volume 2 completes this remarkably revealing and intimate portrait of a legendary comics creator.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A Who’s Who of comics creators pay tribute to Wally Wood with artwork by Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes and more.

• Wallace Wood is the man behind Marvel’s Daredevil, who now stars in a massively popular Netflix series.

• His contribution to comics is immense; he has been inducted into both the Jack Kirby and the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.

• He not only left his mark on the humour and sci-fi genres, he also helped pave the way for underground cartoonists.

• This is an intimate portrait. Bhob Stewart worked with Wood for years, and the contributors were his friends.

ISBN 13: 9781683960683, 232pp h/b, £34.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

SHOW CATS Portraits and Stories Johnson, Larry

Larry Johnson is the world’s leading cat photographer and portraitist. His book Show Cats contains his exquisite photographs and wisdom about the nature of cats. He photographs at over thirty-five cat shows throughout the year in the US and throughout the world. Larry is a trained photographer with special talents to create these amazing cat portraits and has interesting narratives to share. He is a skilled photographer of animals. He is especially accomplished with cats and knows their qualities, their behaviour, their owners, and the cat show scene.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Larry Johnson is the world’s leading cat photographer and portraitist.

• Contains over 180 superlative images of show cats.

• In every image, Larry captures each cat’s X factor - its personality and physical attributes.

• Larry also describes his work, the challenges, the photography, the shows, and the cats.

• A perfect book for all cat lovers!

ISBN 13: 9781682033104, 128pp p/b, £21.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Film & Television

I AM (NOT) A NUMBER Decoding The Prisoner Cox, Alex

Cult TV show The Prisoner is widely considered surreal. In his new book, Cox takes an opposing view. According to Cox, the key to understanding The Prisoner is to view the series in the order in which the episodes were made - not in the re-arranged order of the UK or US television screenings.

In this book he does exactly that, and provides an entirely original and controversial ‘explanation’ for what is perhaps the best, the most original, and certainly the most perplexing, TV series of all time.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An enlightening book that reveals a new perspective to The Prisoner, the most iconic cult TV series of the 60s.

• 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the first showing of The Prisoner.

• Popularity of the series has led to it having an enduring influence on pop culture in general.

• The show has a huge cult following 50 years on, with annual conventions held in UK. • Individualism vs collectivism seen as major theme of series and one that is still very much relevant today.

ISBN 13: 9780857301758, 224pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KAMERA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Film & Television

FROM THE THIRD EYE The Evergreen Review Film Reader Halter, Ed & Rossett, Barney

For the first time ever, Evergreen Review’s important contributions to film culture are available in one volume.

The book presents writing on the films of Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Passolini, Ousmane Sembene, Andy Warhol and others. Offering incisive essays and interviews from the late 1950’s to early 1970’s, From The Third Eye explores politics and revolution in cinema, underground and experimental film, pornography and censorship and the rise of independent films against the dominance of Hollywood.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first ever comprehensive study of Grove Press and Evergreen Review’s involvement in cinema .

• Ed Halter is a well-known figure in the underground film industry.

• A sure-fire academic resource and a valuable contribution to the experimental and underground film literature canon.

• Will be of great interest to anyone with an interest in censorship and its history.

• John Waters is amoung those who have expressed interest in the book.

ISBN 13: 9781609806156, 586pp p/b, £23.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Biography & Memoir

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: THE LAST INTERVIEW Hitchens, Christopher

Divisive until the end, Christopher Hitchens was one of this generation’s greatest thinkers. These interviews represent highlights from his remarkable career. From Hitchens’s earliest interviews to his final published interview with Richard Dawkins just before his death, this collection covers the brilliant career of Christopher Hitchens and tackles everything from atheism, his controversial support of the Iraq War, to America’s march toward theocracy.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Hitchens’s thinking repudiated our Right-Left divide as being facile. He was a thinker for our time.

• The atheist set is growing in size and influence, and he remains the iconic face of that movement.

• Hitchens remains a very relevant figure on the Middle East, sometimes credited with predicting the rise of ISIS. ISBN 13: 9781612196725, TBCpp p/b, £12.99 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Biography & Memoir

BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE LAST INTERVIEW Holiday, Billie

The first-ever collection of interviews with the tortured but ground breaking singer, part of the increasingly beloved series. A collection of interviews with the legendary singer, including interviews from throughout her career about her singing, the musicians she played with, and her memoir, gathered from newspapers, music magazines, and radio interviews in the US and Canada.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first interview collection with the iconic singer.

• Another reliably fascinating entry in an increasingly popular series.

• A unique angle on some important jazz history - a great gift for jazz aficionados.

• Far from the befuddled addict she’s often portrayed as, Billie is remarkably articulate, intelligent, and interesting.

ISBN 13: 9781612196749, TBCpp p/b, £12.99 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Writer’s Guide

A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO THE CRIME WRITERS CASEBOOK

Wade, Stephen & Gibbon, Stuart

Introduces the aspiring crime writer to the skills needed to write true crime and crime history. The chapters cover everything from finding a subject, working on a creative treatment and researching in libraries and archives. The reader is given a clear understanding of the craft of writing in this popular and expanding area, with material included from social history, law and criminology.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Introduces the reader to all the skills necessary for writing true crime and crime history.

• Helps aspiring writers with preparation, researching casebooks and using archives.

• Professor Stephen Wade is a writer and historian specialising in true crime.

ISBN 13: 9781847167507, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Reference

HANDY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ANSWER BOOK, THE Misiroglu, Gina

Yet few outside Washington actually understand how our government and political system should work, much less how it actually operates. This informative book traces the historic development of the government, the functions of each branch, and how they work together. Written in an entertaining, reader-friendly, question-and-answer format, The Handy American Government Answer Book deciphers the news behind the headlines through well-researched answers to nearly 800 common questions.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Students, history teachers, and political junkies will find the text approachable and useful.

• A convenient place to look up the basic facts and more about the United States government and politics.

• Nearly 800 answers to common questions on how the federal government works.

• The unique format presents a clear and captivating tour of American government from way back to the present.

ISBN 13: 9781578596393, 400pp p/b, £19.99 Published by VISIBLE INK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

History

WHAT I THINK HAPPENED An Underresearched History of the Western World Rosen, Evany

In these wide-ranging comic essays, Evany explores numerous historical events and personalities that have had a personal impact on her as she attempts to understand why they’ve been the object of such fascination, from her unnatural obsession with Napoleon, to her misguided understanding of the Royal Family, to her intrigue over America’s dumpiest presidents. Evany’s approach to history is to make it personal, which any good historian will tell you is exactly what not to do; but in doing so, she rescues history from the dusty confines of ‘intellectually aggressive’ men and makes it fun again.

KEY SELLING POINTS • What I Think Happened is the first to be published under an exciting new Arsenal imprint, Robin’s Egg Books!

• Evany Rosen is a stand-up comedian and writer, and a former member of the Canadian comedy troupe Picnicface.

• Rosen covers a wide range of subjects, such as, Napoleon, a history of the monarchy in the UK, and American presidents.

• There are very few, if any, humorous books on history written by women.

ISBN 13: 9781551526959, 196pp p/b, £12.99 Published by ARSENAL PULP PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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100 YEARS SINCE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

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Feminism and Women’s Studies

PRECARIOUS WORK: WSQ VOL. 45, NUMBERS 3 & 4

Shawki, Ahmed

Cole, Alyson M & Hattam, Victoria (eds)

A stirring, passionately argued defence of the continued importance of the Russian Revolution for today’s struggles. In 1932, despite being forced into exile and harried by the regime brought to power in its wake, Leon Trotsky delivered a rousing defence of the Russian Revolution to an audience of social-democratic students. In 2017, Ahmed Shawki undertakes the same task, with a similar audience in mind. This stirring book combines these two defenses of the revolution for its centenary.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

• Combines Trotsky’s In Defense of October with an updated version of Shawki’s 80 Years Since the Russian Revolution.

• The end of the Cold War and the crisis of the free market has revived interest in revolutionary history.

ISBN 13: 9781608468621, 120pp p/b, £10.99 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

In the wake of the 2008 recession, ‘work’ underwent another transformation as the neoliberal state began to transfer responsibilities to corporations. Some scholars see precarity as the dominant motif, with underemployment, deskilling, and the absence of living wages becoming commonplace. With these changes, issues of power and authority are being reworked, or perhaps merely repackaged.

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.

ISBN 13: 9781558614451, 360pp p/b, £21.99 Published by THE FEMINIST PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

History

Social Issues

EYEWITNESSES TO THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Chretien, Todd

Tells the story of The Russian Revolution with riveting eyewitness accounts. One hundred years ago, workers and peasants in Russia turned the world upside down when they overthrew their Tsar, took over their factories, farms, and schools, and set out to build a new society. In this gripping reader, participants and firsthand observers of the revolution tell the inspiring, heroic, and sometimes tragic story of what happened over the course of 1917. Includes contributions from: Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin, John Reed, Louise Bryans, and others.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

• First hand accounts provide riveting and insightful look into the Revolution.

• Accessible explanatory introductions provides general readers with background to situate the original documents.

• The end of the Cold War and the crisis of the free market has revived interest in revolutionary history.

ISBN 13: 9781608468614, 350pp p/b, £20.99 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Feminism and Women’s Studies

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND Duncombe, Stephen

From their origins in early 20th century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in ‘60s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock, Stephen Duncombe pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital network of popular culture. He also analyses how zines measure up to their utopian and escapist outlook in achieving fundamental social change.

Packed with extracts and illustrations, he provides a useful overview of the contemporary underground in all its splendour and misery.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first comprehensive study of zine publishing.

• Duncombe provides a useful overview of the contemporary underground in all its splendour and misery.

• Duncombe pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital network of popular culture.

• ’Duncombe retains his respect and admiration for the utopian sentiments that animate the ‘zine world...’ - Weekly Wire ISBN 13: 9781621064848, 256pp p/b, £17.99 Published by MICROCOSM PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

HOW WE GET FREE Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta

Reflections on the legacy and impact of radical black feminists of the 1960s on today’s feminist and anti-racist movements. The Combahee River Collective, a pathbreaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organisations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organisation and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Women’s March on Washington to protest Trump’s inauguration drew more than 3.5 million people worldwide.

• With interest in feminism and anti-racism rising, many are seeking alternative histories of the 1960s.

• Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Combahee River Collective Statement.

• Includes interviews with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, as well as Combahee River Collective members.

• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has been published in Jacobin and the Guardian.

ISBN 13: 9781608468553, 200pp p/b, £15.99 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

FASCISM TODAY What It Is and How to End It Burley, Shane

Fascism Today looks at the changing world of the far right in Donald Trump’s America. Examining the modern fascist movement’s various strains, Shane Burley has written an accessible primer about what its adherents believe, how they organise, and what future they have in the United States. The ascension of Trump has introduced a whole new vocabulary into our political lexicon - white nationalism, race realism, Identitarianism, and a slew of others. Burley breaks it all down.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The rise of the far right with the campaign and election of Trump is of obvious relevance and widespread concern.

• This book examines and explains various terms and leanings readers are encountering in the news, and must understand.

• A primer that is written in a simple and straightforward language.

• Burley devotes at least a quarter of the book to the question of what needs to be done and how we can do it.

ISBN 13: 9781849352949, 180pp p/b, £12.50 Published by AK PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Politics

RED PETROGRAD Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918 Smith, S. A.

A deeply engaging study, unmatched in its depth, of factory life in Petrograd over the course of Russia’s revolutionary year. When the Russian autocracy fell in February 1917, workers across Petrograd took it as a signal to begin democratising every aspect of their lives, including their working lives.

In this classic study, S.A. Smith vividly captures the creation, development, and expansion of the factory councils across the city.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Featuring a new introduction by the author on the centenary of the Russian Revolution.

• Smith’s command of the scholarly material and deft narrative has received enormous praise from scholars of Russian histo • The end of the Cold War and the crisis of the free market has revived interest in revolutionary history.

ISBN 13: 9781608468638, 360pp p/b, £17.99 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

OCTOBER SONG

Legal Reference

A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO BUYING AND SELLING YOUR OWN HOME James, Frances

A Straightforward Guide to Buying and Selling Your Own Home is a comprehensive and clear guide for all who are involved in the purchase and sale of property. The book covers all aspects of the sales and purchase process including auctions and the process of conveyancing which have also undergone changes in the last 12 months.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A comprehensive and clear guide to all aspects of buying and selling property.

• Takes into account the falling property market and the need to be aware of fundamental points when buying and selling.

• Frances James is a Lecturer in housing law and is a Member of the RICS. ISBN 13: 9781847167514, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Legal Reference

A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO THE PROBATE AND THE LAW Peters, Julie

Le Blanc, Paul

A panoramic account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath animated by the lives, ideas and experiences of workers, peasants, intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries of diverse persuasions - October Song vividly narrates the triumphs of those who struggled for a new society and created a revolutionary workers state. Yet despite profoundly democratic and humanistic aspirations, the revolution is eventually defeated by violence and authoritarianism. October Song highlights both positive and negative lessons of this historic struggle for human liberation.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A critical-minded yet sympathetic discussion of important material on Rosa Luxemburg often neglected in other studies.

• Appeals to students and professors who are studying global history, Marxism, imperialism and sociology.

• Interests political activists because it focuses on a key historical figure engaged in social struggles and activism.

ISBN 13: 9781608468485, 180pp p/b, £23.50 Published by HAYMARKET BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Economics

CHAIN OF TITLE How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Greatest Foreclosure Fraud Dayen, David

A riveting work that recalls A Civil Action, Erin Brockovich, and Flash Boys, recounting how three ordinary Floridians - a car dealership worker, a cancer nurse, and an insurance fraud specialist - helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history, challenged the most powerful institutions in America, and - for a brief moment brought the corrupt financial industry to its knees.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Chain of Title has been positively reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and Vice.

• Includes a new epilogue detailing how some who benefited from the foreclosure crisis are now key figures for Trump.

• David has 18,000 followers on Twitter and is often interviewed on cable TV and radio about breaking news stories.

ISBN 13: 9781620973509, TBCpp p/b, £17.99 Published by THE NEW PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

A Straightforward Guide to Probate and the Law, Revised Edition, is a concise and informative guide to all the processes that underpin probate and the obtaining of probate. The book is designed exclusively for anyone who is either a family member or who is acting as an executor of an estate. By using this clear and easy to understand Guide, the processes of applying for probate and also understanding taxation and the final account and finalising the probate process will become clear. Will formulation is also covered.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Completely revised and updated to 2017.

• A clear and easy to understand guide.

• Julie Peters has already written three successful books in this area.

ISBN 13: 9781847167528, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Legal Reference

A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO THE PROCESS OF CONVEYANCING James, Frances

The Easyway Guide to Conveyancing Residential Property is a comprehensive guide to the various processes underpinning the conveyancing of residential property, fully updated to 2016. It is clear and concise, and is ideal for anyone who wishes to buy or sell a property without the use of a solicitor or licensed conveyancer. It can be used by those who want a practical guide or by those who wish to learn more about the processes of conveyancing generally.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A comprehensive guide to the process of conveyancing residential property.

• Fully revised and up-to-date for 2016.

• Frances James is a lecturer in housing law with many years of experience.

ISBN 13: 9781847167521, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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Computing

ATTACKING NETWORK PROTOCOLS Forshaw, James

James Forshaw, Microsoft’s #1 bug hunter in 2015, teaches readers how to find, exploit, and ultimately protect vulnerabilities in network protocols. Attacking Network Protocols offers security professionals and developers a deeper understanding of network protocols, to allow them to better understand networks, protect them against attack, and find new vulnerabilities.

Health, Fitness & Diet

COMPLETE PHYSIQUE The 12-Week Total Body Sculpting Program for Men and Women Liebman, Hollis Lance

KEY SELLING POINTS • A unique and definitive guide to protecting computer networks by a highly respected author.

• James Forshaw is a high-profile name in the hacking world and was the winner of Microsoft’s $100 Bug Bounty in 2015.

• He gives talks at influential hacker conferences like Black Hat and Chaos Computer Congress.

• Ideal for penetration testers, bug hunters, and developers looking to exploit and secure network vulnerabilities.

ISBN 13: 9781593277505, 408pp p/b, £41.99 Published by NO STARCH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Lose weight. Build muscle. Get fit. The all-in-one 12-week guide to obtaining and maintaining the body you always wanted, from transformation specialist and author, Hollis Lance Liebman. Complete Physique redefines the body sculpting process, providing readers with the answers they need to get the best body they possibly can, while ensuring that readers maintain their gains. It covers every aspect of whole body fitness, including peaking tips for getting yourself into top condition, how to burn fat while building lean muscle, and much more!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Applies over 20 years of fitness expertise to create safe, effective and innovative ways to energise your workout.

• Includes plant-based vegan-friendly alternatives that support your body as you burn fat and build lean muscle.

• Includes up-to-date advice on how to incorporate supplements, and which supplements work best for your specific needs.

ISBN 13: 9781578267187, TBCpp p/b, £18.99 Published by HATHERLEIGH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Health, Fitness & Diet

Self-Help

THE HEALING POWERS OF TEA Orey, Cal

Wellness in a Cup - Discover the Benefits of Tea for Your Body and Mind! It picks you up and calms you down, warms you and refreshes you. With black, white, red, green, and herbal varieties, there’s a tea for every taste, and now this time-honoured superfood is trending as the drink of choice for health-conscious people of all ages and cultures.

This fascinating book boils down the rich history of tea - as well as the ever-expanding list of health and weight loss benefits found in its leaves.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Healing Powers of Vinegar has sold more than 200,000 copies.

• Will include recipes, anecdotes, sources, resources, and back-up studies.

• This book will feature exclusive interviews with experts.

• The English are already habitual tea drinkers, and specialised tea is currently receiving huge interest.

ISBN 13: 9780806538266, 336pp p/b, £13.99 Published by CITADEL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

LEARNING GOOD CONSENT Crabb, Cindy

Curated by Doris editor Cindy Crabb, Learning Good Consent looks at the culture of sexual consent from a standpoint which is both sexy and educational.

During the course of 46 pages, Cindy and friends create a well-rounded consent workshop, with all sights set on healing and helping. In the midst of rape culture, blurred lines, and troubled relationships with power and boundaries, Consent has your back. As says Cindy in the zine’s intro, ‘Talking about our experiences with consent, our struggles, our mistakes and how we’ve learned, these are part of a much larger revolutionary struggle.’

KEY SELLING POINTS • An educational tool to showcase awareness of what constitutes sexual consent.

• Cindy and friends create a well-rounded consent workshop, with all sights set on healing and helping.

• ’...help define those gray areas and change peoples’ attitudes about sex and sexuality.’ - Reglar Wiglar ISBN 13: 9781621066675, 64pp p/b, £5.99 Published by MICROCOSM PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Self-Help

Health, Fitness & Diet

PRETTY INTENSE The 90-Day Mind, Body and Food Plan that will absolutely Change Your Life Patrick, Danica & Perrine, Stephen

Everything Danica Patrick does is Pretty Intense. A top athlete in her field, not to mention a fan favourite and the first woman to rule in her male-dominated sport, Danica approaches every aspect of life with the utmost intensity. Now, she shows you how you can apply her daily principles and transform your life for the better - and have fun while doing it. Whether your goal is a stronger core, better skills in the kitchen, or a promotion at work, Danica’s Pretty Intense plan will help you reach your highest potential.

KEY SELLING POINTS • One of Time’s Most Influential People, Danica has garnered fans far outside of racing circles.

• Her television appearances range from the Tonight Show to the Simpsons. to Jay-Z’s music video for ‘Show Me What Ya Got. • Danica’s social media following is huge, with over 1.6 million Twitter followers and over 1.3 million Facebook followers • A lavish workout and lifestyle book, it will feature colour photos of Danica cooking, training and hanging out.

ISBN 13: 9780735216563, 304pp h/b, £25.00 Published by AVERY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

SUPPORT: FEMINIST RELATIONSHIP TOOLS TO HEAL YOURSELF AND END RAPE CULTURE Crabb, Cindy

Support encourages everyone to take a step back, listen, think, and talk about sex, consent, violence, and abuse. If you or someone you know have ever been assaulted or victimized, how to be an ally can be confusing. These words and the connection they offer can help. With ideas and encouragement to help yourself and others cope with, prevent, and end sexual violence and abuse, this collection of personal experiences, advice, guest articles, and comic excerpts wants to help.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Encourages readers to really think about sex, consent, violence, and abuse, and gives a voice to them.

• Provides advice and encouragement to help yourself and others cope with, prevent, and end sexual violence and abuse.

• ’For those who are victims of sexual abuse, seek these words out immediately.’

- Wonkavision ISBN 13: 9781621069669, 64pp p/b, £5.99 Published by MICROCOSM PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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THINGS THAT HELP: HEALING OUR LIVES THROUGH FEMINISM, ANARCHISM, PUNK, & ADVENTURE

NEWLY ANNOUNCED COMMISSION Fiction

GOLEM, THE

Meyrink, Gustav

Crabb, Cindy

With stories, essays, interviews, and more, Cindy writes with fierce honesty and compassion, exploring subjects like consent, abortion, death, selfimage, shyness, identity, and anarchism-embracing the complexities of each, finding her anger, her voice, and the things that help in her struggles with addiction, mental health, and intense loss.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Cindy writes with honesty and compassion, exploring subjects like consent, abortion, death, identity, and anarchism.

• One woman’s journey as she fights against the social norms that made her feel so trapped.

• ’Has the ability to pull the reader in like a friend... feel special to be a part of knowing...’ - Profane Existence ISBN 13: 9781621068648, 336pp p/b, £14.99 Published by MICROCOSM PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Self-Help

A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO HANDLING BEREAVEMENT Freeman, Penny

This latest book in the Straightforward Guides series (Straightforward Publishing), Handling Bereavement, deals with the practical arrangements necessary after a death. The book is factual yet sympathetic and is intended to guide those who have suffered a bereavement. The book is clear and concise and is intended for the layperson. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to gain knowledge of this area.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Deals with the practical arrangements necessary after a death.

• Factual yet sympathetic, and intended for the layperson.

• Penny Freeman is a Bereavement Counsellor and advice worker in the area of bereavement.

ISBN 13: 9781847167545, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Cookery and Recipes

REVIVAL COOKING Frimodig, Bess

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This highly original cookbook draws on both traditional knowledge and recipes and also on recent research into cooking and eating healthily and aspects of well-being, physical and mental. The blending of historical recipes and modern sciences makes this a valuable contribution to healthy living.

Turns a boring process into a culinary nutritional science based on a frugal and healthy outlook.

The cookbook derives from a project on improving health with NHS patients. Revival Cooking is endorsed by two GP practices and the Kentish Town Library.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Healthy, simple and stylish.

• Shows many cooking tricks that make life easy.

• Incorporates information on healthy herbs and balanced diet.

• Explains how to source and properly cook healthy food.

ISBN 13: 9781999764302, 164pp p/b, £12.99 Published by ZIDANE PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Golem, a kind of rabbinical Frankenstein’s monster, which manifests every 33 years in a room without a door. Stranger still, it seems to have the same face as the narrator. Made into a film in 1920, this extraordinary book combines the uncanny psychology of doppelganger stories with expressionism and more than a little melodrama... Meyrink’s old Prague - like Dickens’s London - is one of the great creations of city writing, an eerie, claustrophobic and fantastical underworld where anything can happen.’ - Phil Baker in The Sunday Times

KEY SELLING POINTS • A remarkable work of horror, halfway between Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein.

• Gustav Meyrink’s most famous novel, first published in 1915.

• Other Meyrink titles are available from Dedalus.

ISBN 13: 9781910213674, 266pp p/b, £7.99 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK September 2017

Fiction

DRIFTING (A vau l’eau) Huysmans, J.-K.

The misfortunes of Jean Folantin, a downtrodden clerk working for the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, form the subject of J.-K. Huysmans’ blackly comic novella, Drifting.

Through the distorting lens of Huysmans’ dark sense of humour, the dyspeptic Folantin is transformed into a modern-day Ulysses, and his tortuous quest through the streets of Haussmann s Paris to find a capable housekeeper and a decent meal reaches its conclusion in one of the most daring anti-climaxes - literally speaking - in the whole of nineteenth century fiction.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This new translation by Brendan King features an introduction and comprehensive notes.

• ’A masterly essay in everyday pessimism and its hero one of the great types in French literature.’ (Robert Baldick) • ’[The] Iliad of indigestion.’ (James Huneker) • Also includes, for the first time in English, a contemporary profile of Huysmans’ life and work.

ISBN 13: 9781910213636, 156pp p/b, £7.99 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK November 2017

Fiction

TOWER AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, THE Heinesen, William

William Heinesen describes The Tower at the Edge of the World as a poetic mosaic novel about earliest childhood.

There is the perspective of both the child and the old man looking back at his life as a child. Although there is a lot of tangible detail and recognisable characters the book has a mythic quality. The events in a small community in the windswept Atlantic ocean being recorded by the writer in his room, his tower at the edge of the world, have a larger than life feel. Torshavn and his childhood are used to tell the history of the world and of creation.

KEY SELLING POINTS • William Heinesen is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Nordic author of the twentieth century.

• William Heinesen’s last novel, written when he was 76 and is the summation of all his work.

• Part of a project by Dedalus to translate all of Heinesen’s major works.

ISBN 13: 9781910213667, 184pp p/b, £8.99 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK November 2017

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VIKING NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Gregory, Rebecca & Jesch, Judith (intro)

Viking Nottinghamshire describes the county as it was throughout the Viking Age, through the various stages of Scandinavian settlement. It uses a range of historical evidence, including documents, place-names, artefacts and sculpture, to explore the impact and contribution the Scandinavian settlers made to the character and history of Nottinghamshire. The book examines this era of history in a fresh light, reflecting trends in modern scholarship, focusing on cultural interaction and integration rather than a story of invasion, rape and pillage.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The only book on the subject.

• A fresh look at the influence of the Viking invaders on the existing population.

• Covers history from multiple angles, looking at historical documents, geography and art as well as archaeology.

• Sister volume to Roman Nottinghamshire, also from Five Leaves.

• Lavishly illustrated in colour throughout, including maps.

ISBN 13: 9781910170472, 76pp p/b, £8.99 Published by FIVE LEAVES Rep Territories: UK November 2017

Graphic Novel

EAST OF ALEPPO Bread, Bombs and Video Clips Brick

This true story is based on an incident that wasn’t reported by corporate media. When Daesh roll into a Syrian village with truckloads of flour from US-AID and take over their bakery without a shot being fired, the locals are naturally concerned about what might follow.

Men from the village currently with rebel forces fighting in the city are called home by their cousins to liberate the facility. But they need arms. They have a sponsor in Saudi Arabia, but do they buy from Eastern European gunrunners or climb into bed with UK and US forces?

Meanwhile, the eyes in the sky are confused about just who is on the ground and where. When the attack finally comes, it is swift and devastating.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A true story which looks at the Syrian conflict from the ordinary person’s viewpoint.

• Effectively represents the confusion surrounding Syria’s current situation.

• Tells an important story ignored by corporate media.

• Brick is well-established in the comics world.

ISBN 13: 9781910170465, 36pp p/b, £5.00 Published by FIVE LEAVES Rep Territories: UK

Literature and Memoirs

UNACCOMPANIED MINOR A Memoir Newley, Alexander

Born with a famous name to an unhappy marriage, Alexander Newley is the son of the Hollywood stars Joan Collins and Anthony Newley. Their life was one of almost unparalleled privilege and glamour but under the glossy veneer there was trouble: drugs, infidelity, insecurity and emotional trauma. This book, written with humour and compassion, tells the story of Alexander’s nomadic childhood; the disintegration of his parents’ marriage; and his battle to make sense of the past. It is also a meditation on art, identity and inheritance, and a portrait of London and Hollywood during the swinging sixties and the seventies.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Substantial press coverage expected for this revelatory memoir about one of Hollywood’s most celebrated families.

• Beautifully produced and illustrated throughout with more than twenty original portraits by Alexander Newley.

• Unaccompanied Minor vividly explores the legacy of childhood trauma and emotional neglect.

• Ideal for fans of Stars, Cars and Crystal Meth by Jack Sutherland and Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming.

• A true story.

ISBN 13: 9780704374461, TBCpp h/b, £20.00 Published by QUARTET Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AVAILABLE NOW

AFRIQUES CAPITALES/CAPITAL AFRICAS

Fiction

Njami, Simon & Aubry, Martine

LIFE’S A DRAG

The publication accompanies two exhibitions curated

by Simon Njami and presents works by more than sixty internationally renowned artists. The works, some of which have been created specifically for this project, provide a unique overview of the contemporary art scene in Africa, including all media, from painting and photography to video and installation. Divided into two chapters, the first is dedicated to African cities while the second invites readers to a journey to the Cape of Good Hope, the catalogue strives to represent the young and creative art scene of the African continent in all its complexity.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Accompanies 2 exhibitions curated by Simon Njami and presents works by over 60 internationally renowned artists.

• Several works of art have been created specifically for this project.

• Provides a unique overview of the contemporary art scene in Africa.

ISBN 13: 9783868287929, 115pp p/b, £22.00 Published by KEHRER VERLAG Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Middle & Far Eat Available Now

Millman, Janie

Roz and Jamie have moved to leafy Suffolk from London in search of a quiet life so it is a surprise to find that the village is embarking on its riotous annual drag competition.

Fuelled by large quantities of alcohol and ubiquitous community spirit, they soon find themselves caught up in a battle for the identity of the village itself. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Drew is fighting his own battle to save his club and the livelihoods of his closest friends.

Though they seem worlds apart, it soon becomes clear that appearances are not everything and that sometimes human connections can surprise us. A heartwarming, romantic comedy.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Unique mix of bucolic English village and San Francisco drag scene.

• Will appeal to LGBT readers as well as readers of humorous romance.

• The author’s second book Skye’s the Limit to be published in 2018.

• ’The Archers in drag with a huge heart and loads of laughs.’ - Veronica Henry ISBN 13: 9780995672307, 432pp p/b, £8.99 Published by DOME PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

Poetry

NEW AMERICAN BEST FRIEND Gatwood, Olivia

Poetry

One of the most recognisable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend.

Gatwood’s poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes.

The focus shifts from childhood to adulthood, gender to sexuality, violence to joy. And always and inexorably, the book moves toward celebration, culminating in a series of odes: odes to the body, to tough women, to embracing your own journey in all its failures and triumphs.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Gatwood is a nationally ranked slam poet and co-creator of the spoken word poetry show Speak Like a Girl.

• Author has over 3,000,000 views on her poetry videos.

• Some of Gatwood’s most popular Youtube videos have amassed upwards of 500,000 views.

• Current #1 best seller in Gay & Lesbian Poetry on Amazon.

ISBN 13: 9781943735105, 60pp p/b, £12.99 Published by SCB DISTRIBUTED PUBLISHERS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

HALF-FINISHED HEAVEN, THE Transtromer, Tomas

A handpicked selection of the best-loved poems of Tomas Transtromer - winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Mystical, versatile and sad, the poems (in verse and prose) have earned him international acclaim. A broad retrospective of his work, The Half-Finished Heaven is an excellent English-language introduction to this notable Swedish poet. Widely praised in the US upon publication, it’s a book that’s not to be missed.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The essential collection of poetry from Tomas Transtromer - the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature.

• A selection of his best poems from across his 40 year literary career.

• Translated and handpicked by Robert Bly, his longtime friend and bestselling American poet.

• Transtromer’s work has been translated into 50 languages and is highly acclaimed worldwide.

• A must-read for any poetry lovers - this is certainly a classic from a modern great.

ISBN 13: 9781555977832, 100pp p/b, £14.99 Published by GRAYWOLF PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

JULY 2017 Language: History & General

A DIACHRONIC GRAMMAR OF AMHARIC

Photography

Demeke, Girma A.

SAVUTE Botswana’s Wildlife Kingdom Gifford, James

Amidst Africa’s myriad wildlife highlights, Savute must rank as one of the most spectacularly enigmatic: a river that rarely flows, a marsh that metamorphoses from wasteland to watery paradise and, towering over them both, a silent parade of prehistoric hills. Within these habitats lies a complex web of wildlife whose fascinating tales are vividly brought to life in this book - a stunning visual journey that will delight, astonish and inform.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A stunning, high-end photography book that showcases Botswana’s wildlife park.

• Savute is a wildlife destination unlike any other - unpredictable, unforgiving and unfathomably diverse.

• A reminder of the indomitable power of the animal survival instinct and irrefutable evidence that much remains to learn ISBN 13: 9780994692429, 168pp h/b, £30.00 Published by HPH PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK & Ireland Available Now

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Non-Semitic features are visible in every aspect of the grammar and lexicon of Ethio-Semitic languages.

Because Amharic has been serving as a language of administration for over a millennium, it has developed unique polite forms for second and third persons. These polite forms underwent a number of fascinating changes throughout history. This book describes the historical grammar of Amharic which furthers our understanding of the changes that EthioSemitic languages underwent. The research is based on ancient manuscripts and grammatical works of different periods.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Dr. Demeke is a world expert on the history and syntax of Ethio-Semitic languages.

• A rare book exploring how the historical grammar of Amharic sheds light on the evolution of Ethio-Semitic languages.

• Dr. Demeke’s last book, The Origin of Amharic, was praised by academics from Michigan State and Addis Ababa.

ISBN 13: 9781569025338, 350pp p/b, £33.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

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CAMBRIDGE DAYS

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Literary Studies: General

THE ART OF RESISTANCE

Kiros, Teodros

Cambridge Days is a unique literary work that systematically combines the genres of drama and story-telling. In this book, Professor Teodros Kiros, has assembled a diverse group of actors who love to make connections with areas of knowledge and the subtle nuances of life, sometimes exhibiting a self-negating condition of paradox and at other times, joy, rapture, and elation of group dynamics. Most of the characters find themselves in Cambridge, an ‘intrusive city of Juxtapositions’ as the author aptly describes it.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Teodros draws from his own experience as an immigrant in Cambridge to paint a compelling portrait of the city.

• Book has garnered praise from fellow academics at CUNY, Brown, Wentworth and Berkley.

• Professor of Philosophy and English, Teodros is well equipped to tackle the subtleties and paradoxes of human life.

ISBN 13: 9781569025499, 310pp p/b, £24.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

Politics

SECURITY COOPERATION: IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY Rwengabo, Sabastiano

The seminal text on security cooperation in the East African Community! Reflecting theoretical groundedness, analytic rigour, and empirical richness, Security Cooperation in the East African Community breaks scholarly silence on the EAC, critically analyses the organisation’s evolving security-cooperation practises and examines the political bargains that inform the institutional practises and limits of the EAC in address prevailing security threats.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A seminal text on a topic that is rarely addressed.

• Sabastiano is the go-to expert on security issues in the East African Community.

• The text blends ideas from studies on Regionalism, International Security, and Sovereignty, with African Studies.

ISBN 13: 9781569025475, 324pp p/b, £29.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

History

SIERRA LEONE PAST AND PRESENT

Schwarz, Suzanne & Lovejoy, Paul

Sierra Leone Past and Present includes essays on the 19th and 20th centuries on selected themes on the history of Sierra Leone. The essays were originally presented at a conference in Freetown in connection with the issues of slavery, memory and citizenship as part of a project at the Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Schwarz and Lovejoy are also the editors of Slavery, Abolition and the Transition to Colonialism in Sierra Leone.

• The selected essays were originally presented at a conference in Freetown.

• Includes essays from the 19th and 20th centuries.

ISBN 13: 9781569025352, 320pp p/b, £29.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

Mugo, Micere Githae & Ruffin II, Herbert G.

This book of essays, co-edited by Micere Githae Mugo and Herbert Ruffin II, is the latest critical volume of essays on the late Achebe, celebrating him as an iconic literature and oratory genius. The essays also reflect upon ways in which Achebe’s writings and teachings, viewed as examples of ‘the art of resistance,’ have impacted Africa, the so-called ‘Third World’/Global South, as well as the world at large more than fifty years since the publication of the much decorated Arrow of God. KEY SELLING POINTS • See how Achebe’s writings have impacted Africa and the world at large.

• Essays from a variety of scholars from the arts and social sciences to reveal the breadth of his influence.

• A fresh and innovative view of Achebe and his works.

ISBN 13: 9781569025437, 204pp p/b, £20.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

History

THE MEMORY OF THE SLAVE TRADE International Comparative Perspectives Gueye, Abdoulaye & Michel, Johann

Since the 1990s, as the result of the launch of UNESCO ‘Slave route’ project, the memory of slavery has gained an unprecedented international visibility. Yet this slow and hard-won recognition conceals profound disparities at the level of the nations and the cultural areas directly involved in this infamous crime against humanity. This book aims to be a decisive contribution

to addressing such issue.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A unique text which collects the differing perspectives applied to remembering the slave trade.

• Aims to be a decisive contribution to addressing the cross-nation disparities in remembering the slave trade.

• Abdoulaye and Johann are both highly respected academics who have authored numerous books.

ISBN 13: 9781569025390, 280pp p/b, £24.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

History

THE NOTORIOUS MASSACRE AT CALABAR IN 1767 Imbua, David; Lovejoy, Paul & Sparks, Randy

In 1767 British merchants from Liverpool and Bristol perpetrated one of the most brutal incidences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade when they joined a conspiracy with merchants at Calabar to murder rival slave traders, also residents of Calabar. Over 300 survivors were enslaved. The volume discusses this notorious incident and includes the voluminous primary documentation that has survived, including private correspondence and British parliamentary sources.

KEY SELLING POINTS • All three authors are published academics who have contributed much research to this topic.

• 2017 marks the 250th anniversary of the massacre at Calabar.

• A unique text, informed by reams of primary documentation.

ISBN 13: 9781569025376, 348pp p/b, £29.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

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Biography

THE THEATRICAL CAREER OF SAMUEL MORGAN SMITH Lindfors, Bernth

Samuel Morgan Smith was the second African American actor to have a successful career abroad. He set out in 1866 for London, having had no previous professional experience on stage in America, and for the next sixteen years he was able to find opportunities to perform in theatres throughout the British Isles in a variety of roles.

He favoured appearing as Shakespearean characters - not only Othello, but also Shylock, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Richard III, whiting up to do so. He was also drawn to playing major black and white roles in some of the most popular melodramas of his day.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A little known but incredible story finally gets the attention it deserves.

• Bernth is a renowned professor of English and African Literatures at the university of Texas.

• Bernth has also written about Ira Aldridge, the first famous African American actor.

ISBN 13: 9781569025451, 260pp p/b, £24.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

Biography

Politics

ONE BIG UNION OF ALL THE WORKERS Solidarity and the Fighting IWW Newsinger, John

For over a decade from their foundation in 1905 in the USA, the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW or Wobblies) fought tirelessly for socialist revolution. They forged a union movement that took up the struggle for the rights of women, immigrant and black workers at a time when other trade unions were busy dividing workers and colluding with employers. The Wobblies’ courage and ingenuity continue to inspire new generations of socialists and trade unionists.

This book looks at some of the most important IWW battles and the lessons we can draw from them today.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Looks at some of the most important IWW battles in history.

• Informs on lessons we can learn from past IWW battles today.

• The Wobblies’ courage and ingenuity continue to inspire new generations of socialists and trade unionists.

ISBN 13: 9781910885567, 72pp p/b, £4.50 Published by BOOKMARKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East July 2017

SEPTEMBER 2017

WOLDEAB WOLDEMARIAM A Visionary Eritrean Patriot, a Biography Mesfin, Dawit

As a journalist and activist in the 1940s and ‘50s, Woldeab Woldemariam is acclaimed by Eritreans as the father of their national movement. Surviving numerous assassination attempts, he not only fashioned Eritreans’ agenda for liberation but also became the finest writer of Tigrinya, the country’s leading language. Woldeab’s persistent and principled appeals to the Eritrean leadership for unity, tolerance and democracy enhanced his popular standing but led to his unjust neglect by the national authorities. Dawit Mesfin’s biography at last extends Woldeab the recognition he has long deserved.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Dawit Mesfin finally gives Woldeab Woldemariam the recognition he deserves.

• By scouring personal documents and archives, he curated a full and rich biography.

• Woldeab Woldemariam has been widely praised by leading academics of African history.

ISBN 13: 9781569025260, 338pp p/b, £30.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe & Middle East July 2017

Political Activism

LENIN FOR TODAY Molyneux, John

In Lenin for Today, John Molyneux rejects the conventional view that Lenin had a manipulative or dictatorial attitude to working people and thus paved the way for Stalinism. Instead, as global capitalism staggers from crisis to crisis and careers headlong towards climate catastrophe, he presents a sustained argument that Lenin’s main ideas - on international workers’ revolution, on opposing imperialism and war, on overthrowing the state, on the need for party organisation and the fight against all forms of oppression - remain valid and relevant today.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fresh and sustained argument.

• Particularly relevant in the current turbulent political climate.

• Lenin remains a world historical figure of immense stature - but also a highly contested one.

ISBN 13: 9781910885611, 288pp p/b, £12.99 Published by BOOKMARKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East July 2017

Photography

MOTHER

Finn, Matthew & Edwards, Elizabeth

Over a thirty year period, from 1987 onwards, Matthew Finn collaborated with his mother, Jean, to document her everyday life through a series of portraits taken in her home in Leeds. This is a record of the ordinary, of a daily routine with which we are all familiar. It is also a record of the gradual shift from middle age to old age, and, in Jean’s case, to the onset of mixed dementia and a move from the family home into residential care. It is a poignant body of work, filled with warmth yet conscious of the fragility of life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A unique and moving photographic record of a thirty year relationship between a mother and her son.

• Deals with issues of ageing and dementia in a sensitive and personal way.

• Respected photographer whose work is increasingly being exhibited both in the UK and internationally.

ISBN 13: 9781911306146, 96pp h/b, £30.00 Published by DEWI LEWIS PUBLISHING Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East September 2017

Cookery and Recipes

AMBROSIA VOLUME 4: MEXICO CITY Various

Ambrosia Magazine takes readers on an intimate journey through the food culture of different places. Volume 4 takes us to Mexico City, the sprawling Mexican capital and one of the most exciting places in the world to eat right now. The magazine unearths the history of the city’s eating culture, from the origins of popular late-night street tacos to the fine-dining players whose cooking footprints can be felt worldwide.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Features original recipes and interviews from both the famous chefs and street vendors of Mexico City.

• Includes stunning editorial photography that gives an intimate and intense sense of place.

• UK diners are becoming increasingly health-conscious; Ambrosia offers healthy, delicious meal ideas.

• Food tourism at its best; tells the story of a destination’s history, culture and people through the lens of food.

• Other lifestyle magazines, like Kinfolk, have become hugely popular over recent years.

ISBN 13: 9780986296291, TBCpp p/b, £13.99 Published by DIGITAL VENTURES Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe September 2017

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DRIFT VOLUME 6: MEXICO CITY Various

Drift is all about coffee. It’s about the people who drink it and the cities they inhabit, from consumers to coffeehouse owners to street venders to baristas. It’s about the ways coffee helps us chart the geography of our environment. Each issue, Drift brings you a glimpse of what it’s like to drink coffee in a different city. It highlights locals and visitors both, and explores what makes them tick. Drift Volume 5 focuses on Mexico City, which has one of the most compelling coffee scenes of any city on the globe.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new lifestyle magazine about coffee, full of interviews and photography, with Volume 5 entirely focused on Mexico City.

• Features stunning editorial photography that gives an intimate yet intense sense of place.

• Coffee is among the most widely consumed drinks in the world, thus the readership potential is immense.

• There are more independent and artisan coffeehouses opening in cities around the world than ever before.

• Similar lifestyle magazines, such as Kinfolk, have become hugely popular in recent years.

ISBN 13: 9780986296284, TBCpp p/b, £16.99 Published by DIGITAL VENTURES Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe September 2017

OCTOBER 2017 Graphic Novel

EMPTY SPACE, THE Sztyma, Marianna

We hope the empty space hasn’t visited you yet. But it’s possible that before it comes, it’s already been with you for ages. Then, as it says itself, it’ll be with you always.

Empty space cannot be drowned in tears, you cannot pretend it is not there. You can only tame it.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A poignant story about a young girl who finds a way to cope with the death of her cat.

• Perfect for anyone who has ever experienced the loss of a cherished pet.

• Fans of animals and stories with deeper meanings that touch upon common experiences will love Empty Space.

ISBN 13: 9781912278008, 34pp h/b, £12.00 Published by CENTRALA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Middle East & Far East October 2017

Graphic Novel

HUNGRY HANSEL AND GLUTTONOUS GRETEL Zavka

Beyond the seven toadstools and beyond the seven bugs there lived a brother and sister who were always hungry. Unlike Johnny, Maggie does not have a kids’ fascination with larvae. Not having that hobby, one day she steals some keys and opens a story that leads us to an oven, a cake, and a chopped off head.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Created by an award winning author and Illustrator.

• A unique and zany retelling of the classic children’s fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, Hansel and Gretel.

• Sure to be a hit with all fans of Hansel and Gretel, wacky comics and fun stories.

ISBN 13: 9781912278015, 24pp p/b, £6.00 Published by CENTRALA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Middle East & Far East October 2017

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OLD FARTS: SHORT STORIES ABOUT AGING FROM ROMANIA Vazelina, Sorina

It is a book that straddles many styles and approaches to communicating ideas and stories. Some moments appear like sketchbook watercolours and others like clean and intellectual New Yorker Magazine cartoons.

The personality on display changes from story to story but retains that experimental edge throughout.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fun and poignant cartoons about ageing which makes for compelling reading.

• The personality on display changes from story to story but retains that experimental edge throughout.

• Showcases various styles and approaches to communicating ideas and stories.

ISBN 13: 9781993395185, 68pp p/b, £13.00 Published by CENTRALA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Middle East & Far East October 2017

Design

BAMBOO ART Gingko Press

Bamboo is an incredibly versatile material with a unique aesthetic, capable of evoking a sense of elegance and subtle grace but also rampant, uncontrollable growth.

Bamboo Art explores the full spectrum of creative possibilities of this aggressive plant through a broad range of projects, both fully realised and conceptual.

KEY SELLING POINTS • In a similar vein to the hugely popular Wood Art (Gingko Press, 2015).

• Featured objects include furniture, sculpture, large-scale installations, toys, clothes and jewellery and more.

• An organic material, bamboo is being heralded as the material of the future.

ISBN 13: 9781584236252, 240pp h/b, £42.00 Published by GINGKO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland October 2017

Design

POP UP Temporary Retail Space Design Sandu Cultural Media

Pop Up showcases a remarkable assortment of temporary retail solutions from ‘popping up’ in other shops to taking over empty storefronts, from indoor to outdoor to standalone venues that allow for more holistic design. The projects documented here run the gamut from intimate wooden cubes to futuristic pods of metal and glass, from retail shops to cultural institutions to well established brands such as Airbnb and Issey Miyake.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Will be of great interest to the London market, and indeed to the market in all high population-density areas.

• This is due to the need for one space to serve multiple functions in crowded areas.

• Covers a huge range of different kinds of pop-ups, from empty storefronts to standalone wooden huts.

ISBN 13: 9781584236276, 240pp h/b, £45.00 Published by SANDU CULTURAL MEDIA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland October 2017

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HUBBLE IMAGES FROM SPACE

The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World Metaxas, Eric

Amherst Media

On All Hallow’s Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate, but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Written in riveting prose and impeccably researched, Martin Luther tells the searing tale of a humble man who, by bringing ugly truths to the highest seats of power, caused the explosion whose sound is still ringing in our ears.

Luther’s monumental faith and courage birthed the ideals of faith, virtue, and freedom that today lie at the heart of all modern life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Metaxas’s Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy was #1 New York Times bestseller, selling almost 300,000 copies.

• Published for the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, which Penguin Classics will be reprinting.

• Metaxas’s other books, including, most recently, If You Can Keep It, are also bestsellers.

ISBN 13: 9780525558224, 416pp p/b, £16.99 Published by VIKING PRESS USA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland October 2017

Hubble Images from Space: a Virtual Tour is a book of images from the Hubble telescope curated and edited by Beth Alesse who works in Los Angeles, California. The images were collected using spacebased instruments of the Hubble telescope from 1990 to 2017, many in combination with data from numerous other telescopes and instruments. This amazing selection contains new images of space and classic Hubble favourites.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Packed full of awe-inspiring Hubble telescope images showing new discoveries of solar systems, black holes, plus more.

• Showcasing images that show the dawn of the universe and the birth of galaxies.

• Perfect for space and science enthusiasts, including academics and students.

ISBN 13: 9781682033005, 128pp p/b, £20.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2017

Graphic Novel

NOVEMBER 2017

ANUBIS

Karpowicz, Joanna Music

DEPECHE MODE: MONUMENT Burmeister, Dennis & Lange, Sascha

An unprecedented collection of artefacts presented together for the first time, this volume offers extensive information, background facts, and anecdotes that will cater to both newcomers and die-hard Depeche Mode fans alike. This book contains: information on all of the band’s releases from 1981 to 2017; over a thousand images, including never-before-seen photos, concert posters, and album artwork; a special look at fan culture; interviews with stage managers, friends, producers, tour companions, radio hosts, and fans; and so much more.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This is the most comprehensive and complete book on Depeche Mode ever written.

• Contains 1,000 photos and images, including never-before-seen photos, trading cards, and a special look at fan culture.

• Depeche Mode will be releasing a new album and touring the world in 2017 to coincide with the book’s publication.

• Also includes interviews with stage managers, friends, producers, tour companions, radio hosts, and fans.

ISBN 13: 9781617755934, 420pp h/b, £55.00 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe November 2017

Photographic Techniques

BOUDOIR: CELEBRATING THE ESSENCE OF WOMEN Womack, Olivia

In Boudoir, photographer Olivia Womack teaches you how to gather knowledge about the reasons that led clients to your door and offers tips for helping women to step out of their comfort zones to create striking images that a tailored to the individual and celebrate her unique beauty.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The reader will learn how to create female empowering boudoir images that reflect emotion and elegance.

• Teaches readers how to identify the purpose of a boudoir session to better define the approach.

• Offers tips and guidance for flattering lighting and posing.

• Provides strategies for overcoming shyness/hesitation and getting clients to open up during sessions.

ISBN 13: 9781682032886, 128pp p/b, £20.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2017

There’s a mystery suspended in each of these intriguing paintings, pulling you into its depths. The figure of Anubis seems to be an outsider waiting to participate in each painting’s story - like yourself as an observer of the image. There’s an entire narrative waiting for the viewer in every picture, and the strangeness of each scene provokes questions in your mind as to what is (or could be) unfolding. You want to step into each painting and discover its secrets.

KEY SELLING POINTS • There’s a mystery suspended in each of these intriguing paintings, pulling you into its depths.

• There’s an entire narrative waiting for the viewer in every picture, provoking interest.

• The surreal, mysterious aspect makes you want to step into each painting and discover its secrets.

ISBN 13: 9780993395161, 48pp h/b, £10.00 Published by CENTRALA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Middle East & Far East November 2017

Graphic Novel

DOG DAYS

Overbye, Anja Dahle

Dog days are a phenomenon taking place in late summer. It is at this time of year we meet Anne, who is mid-way between childhood and adolescence.

The intensely stifling, sultry weather that summer affects her relationships with both her friends and family. Her best friend Marielle wants to hang out with slightly older Carrie. When the two of them strike up a friendship, Anne is left out. She is too young to go to the youth club, and too restless to find anything else to do. Can she and Marielle become close friends again? And what is she willing to do to make that happen?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Anja Dahle Overbye’s graphic novel Dog Days won the Norwegian Comic of the Year award in 2016.

• Dog Days is an impressive debut book that has drawn inspiration from NorthWestern Norway where Anja grew up.

• Explores the relationship between people and how one can reconnect with those they previously bonded with.

ISBN 13: 9780993395192, 72pp p/b, £12.00 Published by CENTRALA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Middle East & Far East November 2017

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MY PARENTS ARE NOT MY REAL PARENTS

Karafista, Rachel & Macejko, Kamil

We all started out with our own confused but creative view of the world. For many of us, these views hardened into actual ‘beliefs’.

This book is a collection of some of these childhood imaginings; conceived by children but remembered by adults. These idiosyncratic histories inspired by our own limited life experiences are more than just a shared belief in Father Christmas. As children we are magicians, painters, writers, dancers, storytellers, singers, masters of play and accomplished all-round make-believers. We create parallel worlds and people; our imaginations are unfettered by logic. As adults we segregate and compartmentalize almost everything, including art and artists. We relegate some and elevate others.

Ultimately, we delegate the job of creativity to those whom we believe do it better.

In these times when new and unexpected things divide us, where life leaves little room for imagination, these beliefs can remind us of our common roots and of how creative we used to be.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A touching reminiscence of childhood imaginings.

• Reminds us of our common roots and of how creative we used to be.

• Reminds us of how creative we were as children and inspires us to be the same once more.

ISBN 13: 9780993395178, 60pp h/b, £15.00 Published by CENTRALA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Middle East & Far East November 2017

Politics

FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD The Stars Campaign for Interracial Friendship and the 1958 Notting Hill Riots Blackman, Rick

September 1958, in the aftermath of the worst racial disturbances Britain had seen in a generation, an organisation was born to combat the racism and violence that had erupted in the streets of Notting Hill. The Stars Campaign for Interracial Friendship (SCIF) was a group of musicians; actors; authors, journalists and television stars who used their celebrity to organise against racism and promote the new multicultural society.

Like Rock Against Racism was to do some twenty years later and Love Music Hate Racism in the noughties, SCIF used music as a political tool to combat racism. Until now they have been forgotten, lost in history. This is their story.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The story of The Stars Campaign for Interracial Friendship, most of which is unknown today.

• SCIF was a precursor to Rock Against Racism and Love Music Hate Racism.

• As tensions over multiculturalism are on the rise, this is a timely and important history.

ISBN 13: 9781910885536, 128pp p/b, £10.00 Published by REDWORDS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2017

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