April 2019 Buyer's Notes - Turnaround Publisher Services

MONTHLY CATALOGUE

APRIL 2018 AND NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES

NOVEMBER 2018 – MARCH 2019

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Contents: Fiction ............................................ pg. 4 - 13 Graphic Novels............................... pg. 13 - 27 Children’s........................................ pg. 27 - 31 Non-Fiction..................................... pg. 32 - 41 Commission Titles.......................... pg. 42 Newly Announced Titles . .............. pg. 42 - 54

A History of Modern Europe Through the World’s Greatest Song Contest

“This book def

‘This compelling book is a must-read for all.’ Damian Carrington, Environment Editor, Guardian ‘Fascinating, readable and terrifying in measure focussing our attention on an urgent but neglected problem.’ Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees ‘Adeptly and engagingly weaves the history, science and politics of a global crisis. A timely intervention for the benefit of personal and planetary health.’ Simon Lewis, co-author of The Human Planet ‘The scandal of how we have been poisoned for greed shames governments and companies. Gary Fuller’s knowledge and insights are remarkable.’ John Vidal, Environment Editor, Guardian (1989-2016) ‘A compelling and disturbing history of air pollution – a must-read.’ Andew Maynard, Director of the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab ‘A timely contribution from someone who clearly knows his subject and enjoys telling us about it.’ Richard Black, director, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit ‘An important book and a real page-turner showing us how we can all “act where we can”’ Jenny Bates, Friends of the Earth clean air campaigner ‘Makes visible the real threat of inaction... A great read for every parent, teacher, concerned citizen and politician.’ Rosie Rogers, Greenpeace clean air

campaigner

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EDITOR’S LETTER April really is the cruellest month – would you just look at all the new books that are so outstanding you now must find time to read them. All. An embarrassment of riches doesn’t even come close! So, without further ado…

It’s Gone Dark Over Bill’s Mother’s (p5, Myriad, 9781912408160, p/b, £8.99) is a new short story collection from Lisa Blower – including several prize-winning stories – in which she celebrates her characters with stories they wouldn’t want told!

She makes the bleak funny, and strikes a

Feminism is for everyone and children’s books are leading the way in showing this. The third empowering instalment of the breakout hit board book series is perfect for today’s kids, parents, and grandparents: Feminist Baby: He’s A Feminist Too! (p27,

Disney-Hyperion, 9781368022996, board, £8.99). Also be sure to check out the second instalment of The Mirror Visitor Quartet – the sensational French YA fantasy series, The Missing of Clairdelune (p31, Europa, 9781787701601, h/b, £15.99). Book II sees Ophelia thrown into the political spotlight as Vice-storyteller to the Pole’s ancestral spirit.

new chord in regional and working-class fiction. Meanwhile, from Argentina, comes Comemadre (p7, Text, 9781911231288, p/b, £8.99). A smart, engrossing, and darkly funny novel experimenting with where life and love begin and end – full of vulgarity, excess and farce.

We really can’t wait for Maiden, Mother, Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes (p8, Renegade Arts Entertainment, 9781988715216, £12.99) – an anthology of fantasy fiction starring transgender female protagonists. Form an orderly queue here.

In crime fiction we journey to the beautiful

village in Mallorca, made famous by Robert Graves, for Death in Deia (p10, Galileo, 9781903385869, p/b, £9.99), in which the inheritance of a vast fortune reveals a huge and dangerous web of deceit enveloping a whole family, and leads to a series of murders.

To non-fiction and kicking us off we have New Girl Order (p32, Hoxton Mini Press, 9781910566480, h/b, £14.95) in which social documentary photographer Iain McKell spent two years photographing an emerging sub-culture: a band of female artists in north London. Next we tell you How To Do Nothing (p37, 9781612197494, h/b, £22). Jenny Odell’s arresting action plan, for political resistance to the attention economy, argues that nothing can be quite so radical as doing nothing. Start refusing now. Finally, an unparalleled autobiography by Albert Woodfox, one of the Angola Three. Unbroken by four decades of wrongful imprisonment in solitary confinement, Solitary (p34, Text, 9781911231271, p/b, £12.99) is his unforgettable story of transformation and hope.

Don’t Miss…

ICE DIARIES

By Jean McNeil 9781770414464 p/b £15.99 Published by ECW Press A haunting story of the relationship

In graphic novels Red Ultramarine (p16, Fantagraphics, 9781683961888, h/b, £17.99) is an early original graphic novel from one of the world’s greatest cartoonists – Manuele Fior – is an ambitious and visually stunning work which brings Greek myth bang up-to-date. Spit Three Times (p16, Seven Stories, 9781609809096, p/b, £22.99) is the first work of Italian cartoonist David Reviati to be translated into English. Here we have the story of disillusioned young men trying to find their way, caught in the breach between post-war exuberance and the stagnation of the early 21st century.

between beauty and terror, loss and abandonment, transformation and triumph.

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FICTION Fiction

AROUND HARVARD SQUARE Farley, C.J.

It’s the nineties, and Tosh Livingston, straight-A student and superstar athlete, is living the dream. He’s made it out of upstate New York and into the incoming freshman class at Harvard University. But after an accident blows up his basketball-playing hopes, he discovers a new purpose in life - to win the frenzied competition for a spot on the staff of the Harvard Harpoon, the school’s legendary humour magazine. Along with Lao, his potsmoking roommate from China, their friend Meera, a passive-aggressive science major from India, and Zippa, a Jamaican student-activist with a flair for cartooning, Tosh finds that becoming a member of the Harpoon is weirder and more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. Success requires pushing themselves to their limits and unearthing longburied secrets that will rock their school and change all of their lives forever.

KEY SELLING POINTS • C.J. Farley has worked as editor of the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine.

• Based on the Harvard Lampoon, where Farley was once editor.

• Previous novels Game World and My Favorite War have been highly praised.

• For readers of Victor LaValle, Gish Jen, Donna Tartt, Brett Easton Ellis and Walter Isaacson.

ISBN 13: 9781617757143, 280pp p/b, £13.99 Published by AKASHIC BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Fiction

Fiction

PARK AVENUE SUMMER Rosen, Renee

It’s 1965 in New York City and Helen Gurley Brown, the new editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about everything off-limits. Alice Weiss is a single girl from a small midwestern town who unexpectedly lands a job at Cosmo, a job nothing could have prepared her for. When someone tries to pull Alice into a scene to sabotage her boss, she is more determined than ever to help Helen succeed. As pressure mounts and Alice struggles to make her way in New York, she quickly learns that in Helen’s world, a woman can demand to have it all.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Based on a true story: Helen Gurley Brown was the real editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan for 32 years.

• Gurley Brown’s story of female strength is fascinating in its own right. Here Rosen brings it authentically to life.

• An absorbing, intriguing look at the inner workings of Cosmopolitan magazine in the 60s.

• Mixes the atmosphere of Mad Men with strong, fierce women characters a la The Devil Wears Prada.

• Renee Rosen’s previous novels have hit the New York Times bestseller list and have been widely reviewed.

ISBN 13: 9781101991145, 368pp p/b, £12.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

DREAMS OF FALLING

Fiction

White, Karen

On the banks of the North Santee River stands an oak tree that was once entrusted with the greatest hopes and fears of three young girls. They promised each other they would be friends forever. Larkin must return to Georgetown, a place she fled nine years ago. But she had no choice: her mother has disappeared. When her mother is discovered badly injured and unconscious in the burned-out wreckage of her ancestral home, secrets long-kept are uncovered - whispers of love, sacrifice, betrayal - that lead back to three girls who found their friendship tested in the most heartbreaking ways.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Karen White is a New York Times bestselling author of women’s fiction, most recently The Night The Lights Went Out (2017).

• For fans of quality women’s fiction by the likes of Kate Morton and Mary Kay Andrews.

• Atmospheric and entertaining, full of decades-old secrets uncovered by Larkin when she returns a hometown she fled.

• A compelling mystery, driven by strong, fascinating characters.

ISBN 13: 9780451488435, 416pp p/b, £13.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

THE GREAT PRETENDERS

WHEN WE LEFT CUBA Cleeton, Chanel

The Cuban Revolution took everything from Beatriz Perez.

Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro’s inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge. As the Cold War swells over the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash of Cuban-American politics and the perils of a forbidden affair with a powerful man. When tides of history threaten everything she has fought for, she must make a choice between her past and future, and the wrong move could cost Beatriz everything - including the man who has stolen her heart.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Cleeton’s previous book, Next Year in Havana, was Reese Witherspoon’s book club pick for July 2018.

• Witherspoon is expected to promote this sequel novel on her social media and via her book club with 531,000 followers.

• Chanel Cleeton’s family history gives the novel an authentic level of insight into Cuban politics.

• The book has cross-genre appeal with its blend of romance, mystery, and historical narrative.

ISBN 13: 9780451490865, 368pp p/b, £12.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Kalpakian, Laura

Outraged by her grandfather’s illicit affair with Empire Pictures’ latest femme fatale, Roxanne forsakes her position as Hollywood royalty and rejects the man who raised her, determined to strike out on her own in McCarthy-era California. Backed by little more than stubborn grit, Roxanne sets up shop as a low-budget film agent for budding screenwriters. Soon Roxanne finds herself at the helm of a lucrative business, and in the arms of an African American journalist. But can Roxanne’s newfound success survive in a Hollywood ruthless when it senses a scandal?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Deals with themes of sexual harassment and discrimination in Hollywood, very topical in this era of #MeToo. • Roxanne is an inspiring female protagonist, full of grit and determination to succeed in a male-dominated industry.

• The popular backdrop of 1950s Hollywood is brought searingly and vividly to life in all its gritty glory.

• Kalpakian has won the Pushcart Prize, the PEN West and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards, among others.

ISBN 13: 9781101990186, 384pp p/b, £13.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

BEFORE WE WERE WICKED Dickey, Eric Jerome

They say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it’s the love of a woman. Ken is twenty-one, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What’s meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated. Passion, infidelity, and raw emotion combine in Eric Jerome Dickey’s poignant, erotic portrait of a relationship: the rise, the fall, and the scars and desire - that never fades.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Prequel to Bad Men and Wicked Women, following a low-level enforcer as he meets the woman who will become his ex-wife.

• Eric Jerome Dickey has a large, loyal fan base and is a proven bestseller.

• Dickey is an author who has been highly praised by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and Booklist, amongst others.

ISBN 13: 9781524744038, 352pp h/b, £22.99 Published by DUTTON Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION Fiction

IF I HAD TWO LIVES Rosewood, Abbigail

Isolated from the world in a Vietnamese military encampment, a young girl turns for affection to a sympathetic soldier and to the only other girl in the camp, forming two friendships that will shape the rest of her life.

As a young adult in New York, cut off from her native country, she is still in search of a home. She falls in love with a married woman who is the image of her childhood friend, and follows strangers because they remind her of her soldier. When tragedy arises, she must return to Vietnam to confront the memories of her youth - and recover her identity.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Explores the ever-relevant themes of the immigrant experience, abuse, and sexual trauma.

• The protagonist falls in love with a married woman, touching on LGBTQ themes.

• An excerpt from this novel won first place in the Writers Workshop of Asheville Literary Fiction Contest.

• Will be compared to The Namesake, The Lover, A River of Stars, and The Sympathizer ISBN 13: 9781787701595, 240pp p/b, £13.99 Published by EUROPA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

GOD’S CHILDREN Roberts, Mabli

Kate Marsden: nurse, intrepid adventurer, saviour of the lepers... or devious manipulator, immoral and dishonest?

As shelies on her deathbed visited by the ghosts of her past, who should we believe, Kate or those who accuse her of duplicity?Memory is a fickle thing: recollections may be frozen in time or distorted by the mirror of wishful thinking. Kate’s own story is one of incredible achievements, illicit love affairs and desperate longing; those of her accusers paint a very different portrait - of a woman determined on fame and fortune. The reader navigates a narrative as fractured as the Siberian ice Kate crosses in search of a cure for leprosy, and as beautiful as Rose, her lost love, as the full picture of a life lived when women were not expected to break the mould emerges.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kate Marsden (1859-1931) was a controversial figure pilloried for her lesbianism in the wake of the jailing of Oscar Wilde.

• Debut work of literary/historical fiction.

• Mabli Roberts also writes as Paula Brackston and P J Brackston and is a New York Times bestseller.

• Marsden is still revered in the remote Siberian town of Sosnovka where she is memorialised.

ISBN 13: 9781909983953, 288pp p/b, £9.99 Published by HONNO Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction

LET ME BE LIKE WATER Perry, S.K.

Holly moved to Brighton to escape. But now she’s here, sitting on a bench, listening to the sea sway... what is she supposed to do next? How is she supposed to fill the void Sam left when he died? She had thought she’d want to be on her own. Wrecked. Stranded. But after she meets Frank, the tide begins to shift. Frank is a retired magician who has experienced his own loss but manages to be there for everyone else. Gradually, as he introduces Holly to a circle of new friends, young and old, all with their own stories of love and grief to share, she begins to learn to live again.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A moving debut which combines the emotional pull of Maggie O’Farrell with the lyrical beauty of Sarah Perry.

• Poetic women’s fiction from a talented, young new author - perfect for reading groups.

• Author was longlisted for London’s Young Poet Laureate, and a Cityread Young Writer in Residence 2014.

• Previous works include a poetry collection Curious Hands: 24 Hours in Soho, this is her first novel.

ISBN 13: 9781911545255, 224pp p/b, £8.99 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE UK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Fiction

IT’S GONE DARK OVER BILL’S MOTHER’S Blower, Lisa

The title is a Potteries’ saying that means it’s looking a bit bleak, a little like rain - an expression that sums up this fabulous debut collection of awardwinning stories by Lisa Blower. Blower celebrates her characters with stories that they wouldn’t want told.

She makes the bleak funny, in a voice reminiscent of Alan Bennett, and strikes a new chord in regional and working-class fiction.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A debut collection, featuring many award-winning stories.

• Stories won Guardian National Short Story Award, were shortlisted for BBC National Short Story and highly commended by the Bridport Prize.

• Brings to life the silent histories and harsh realities of those living on the margins.

• Looks at violence and vice, retirement, repressed sexuality, family and thwarted hero worship.

• Her debut novel Sitting Ducks (Fair Acre Press) was shortlisted for the inaugural Arnold Bennett Prize 2017.

ISBN 13: 9781912408160, 224pp p/b, £8.99 Published by MYRIAD EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction

THE EMPEROR OF SHOES Wise, Spencer

Alex Cohen, a twenty-six-year-old Jewish Bostonian, is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory. Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company, but as he explores the plant’s vast floors and assembly lines, he comes to a grim realisation: employees are exploited, regulatory systems are corrupt and Alex’s own father is engaging in bribes to protect the bottom line.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Featured as a summer debut on the front of the New York Times Book Review.

• For readers of Jonathan Safran Foer, Celeste Ng and a young Phillip Roth.

• A timely meditation on cultural revolution, worker’s rights, ambition and fatherson relationships.

• Spencer Wise was the winner of the 2017 Gulf Prize in Nonfiction.

ISBN 13: 9780857302366, 320pp p/b, £8.99 Published by NO EXIT PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

77

Saccomanno, Guillermo & Labinger, Andrea G. (trans)

In the darkest days of the Videla dictatorship, Gomez, a gay high-school literature teacher, tries to keep a low profile as, one-by-one, his friends and students begin to disappear. His life gradually becomes a paranoid, insomniac nightmare that not even his nightly forays into bars and bathhouses in search of anonymous sex can relieve. Things get even more complicated when he takes in two dissidents, putting his life at risk. Told mostly in flashbacks thirty years later, 77 is rich in descriptive detail, dream sequences, and even elements of the occult, which build into a haunting novel about absence and the clash between morality and survival when living under a dictatorship.

KEY SELLING POINTS • 77 won the 2008 Dashiell Hammett Prize, in the Spanish language mysteries category.

• Critics have compared Saccomanno to Balzac, Zola, Dos Passos, Faulkner, Bolano and Cortazar.

• Will appeal to a cross-section of readers interested in translated fiction, noir, Argentinian literature and culture and LGBTQ issues.

• Saccomanno’s Gesell Dome (Open Letter, 2016) also won the Hammett Prize and is available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9781940953892, 220pp p/b, £11.99 Published by OPEN LETTER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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FICTION Fiction

BAKHITA

THE DREAM PEDDLER Watson, Martine Fournier

A Novel of the Saint of Sudan Olmi, Veronique & Hunter, Adriana

Sold and resold along the slave trade routes, Bakhita endures years of unspeakable abuse and terror. At age thirteen, at last, her life takes a turn when the Italian consul in Khartoum purchases her. A few years later, as chaos engulfs the capital, the consul returns to Italy, taking Bakhita with him. In this new land, another long and arduous journey begins - one that leads her onto a spiritual path for which she is still revered today.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Based on true events.

• There is a large audience for fiction featuring African women.

• An inspirational story that will appeal to readers interested in fiction with a religious angle.

• Author Veronique Olmi won the Prix de maisons de la presse in 2011.

ISBN 13: 9781590519776, 464pp h/b, £23.99 Published by OTHER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

HOLD FAST YOUR CROWN

A Novel Haenel, Yannick & Fagan, Teresa (trans.)

A man writes a screenplay on the life of Herman Melville. Not a single producer is interested until someone gives him the phone number of the great American filmmaker Michael Cimino, legendary director of The Deer Hunter. A meeting is arranged in New York, and Cimino reads the manuscript. What follows is a series of crazy adventures through Ellis Island, the Musee de la Chasse in Paris, a lake in Italy.

This improbable, insightful tale bridges the divide between cinema and literature in unexpected ways that are at once gratifying and profound.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Like Michael Chabon and Jonathan Safran Foer, Yannick Haenel’s new novel touches on the real and the fantastic.

• Haenel is already a star in the French literary world and columnist at Charlie Hebdo.

• From Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locust to Marisha Pessl’s Night Film, Hollywood in fiction is always popular.

• The screenplay within the novel - based on the life of Herman Melville - is sure to draw the interest of Moby-Dick fans.

ISBN 13: 9781590519752, 336pp h/b, £21.99 Published by OTHER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

INHERITANCE FROM MOTHER Mizumura, Minae

Fiction

Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-fifties, works at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman, and on top of that Mitsuki must deal with her ailing eightysomething mother, a demanding, self-absorbed woman who is far from the image of the patient, self-sacrificing Japanese matriarch. Mitsuki finds herself guiltily dreaming of the day when her mother will finally pass on. A literary novel that offers insight into a complex and paradoxical culture, while also being a profound work about mothers and daughters, and the resilience of women.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A major work of Japanese literature and winner of the Osaragi Jiro prize.

• Topically tied-in with Mizumura’s much-read New York Times piece on elderly care, which garnered many comments.

• As life expectancy reaches an all-time high, more and more adults are finding themselves caring for their aging parents.

• A literary work that also explores the role that serialised fiction played in the evolution of modern Japanese literature • Japanese fiction is extremely popular at the moment as seen through the success of Sayaka Murata and Hiromi Kawakami.

ISBN 13: 9781590519851, 448pp p/b, £14.99 Published by OTHER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Travelling salesmen like Robert Owens have passed through Evie Dawson’s town before, but none of them offered anything like what he has to sell: dreams, made to order, with satisfaction guaranteed. Soon after he arrives, the community is shocked by the disappearance of Evie’s young son. The townspeople, shaken by the Dawson family’s tragedy and captivated by Robert’s subversive magic, begin to experiment with his dreams.

And Evie, devastated by grief, turns to Robert for a comfort only he can sell her. But the dream peddler’s wares awaken in his customers their most carefully buried desires, and despite all his good intentions, some of them will lead to disaster.

KEY SELLING POINTS • With literary sensibility and a warm story, The Dream Peddler is perfect for book groups.

• Great for fans of Mary-Rose Maccoll and Ruth Hogan.

• A though-provoking look at universal themes such as grief, identity and the loss of innocence.

• Captivating, lyrical prose will draw in readers.

ISBN 13: 9780143133179, 336pp p/b, £12.99 Published by PENGUIN BOOKS (USA) Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

NAAMAH A Novel Blake, Sarah

Meet Naamah, Noah’s wife, the matriarch who kept her family alive as they drifted on an endless sea. Here is a woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures, silently mourning the lover she left behind. In fresh and modern language, Blake revisits the story of the Ark that rescued life on earth, and rediscovers the agonising burdens endured by the woman at the heart of the story. Naamah is a parable for our time: a provocative fable of body, spirit, and resilience.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Despite its ancient setting, this is a wholly contemporary examination of womanhood, motherhood, sexuality, and feminism.

• Offers a surprisingly modern take on the original forgotten matriarch of the tale of the Great Flood.

• A survival epic that recalls Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, blending adventure with existential drama.

• Blake is an acclaimed poet, and renders Naamah’s story in witty, sensual lyrical language.

ISBN 13: 9780525536338, 304pp h/b, £18.99 Published by RIVERHEAD Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

WALKING ON THE CEILING Savas, Aysegul

Nunu moves from Istanbul to Paris following her mother’s death where she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired and they fall into an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past, mythical family meals, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so, she also begins to confront her mother’s silence and anger, her father’s death, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens, so does Nunu’s fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Aysegul is a young writer who has already begun to make a splash with her Paris Review pieces.

• Set in Paris and Istanbul, these cities are clearly evoked and beautifully rendered.

• Nunu’s complex relationship with her mother is relatable and nuanced.

• A novel about memory, the pleasure of invention, and those places (real and imagined) we can’t escape.

ISBN 13: 9780525542759, 224pp p/b, £12.99 Published by RIVERHEAD Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION Fiction

WITH DEATH LAUGHING

Fiction

THE STORYTELLER

Plate, Peter

I’m an ordained priest and professional donations solicitor.

I work downtown where I bang a tambourine and beg for money in the mellifluous singsong voice beloved by children worldwide: help the needy, give to the poor, amen.’ It’s another hot Christmas in San Francisco as Peter Plate’s latest protagonist sits on sticky concrete in his priest robes, avoiding the gaze of trigger-happy cops, and begs from the already struggling and poor. Never earning enough for himself or to send to his employers at Blessed World Evangelical Church, Father, as everyone calls him, shuffles to his £10-a-night hotel at the end of the ‘workday’ to an empty fridge, mouldy carpet, and nightmares of long-dead family and a long-gone ex wife. His only solace comes from his interactions with Sugar Child, a Prolixin shuffling woman from the halfway house next to the hotel, and the children who never judge him, but cling to him with their hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The third book of Plate’s Mission Quartet (Seven Stories).

• The previous book in the series, Snitch Factory (Seven Stories) was published over twenty years ago.

• Inspired by Plate’s eight years living down and out in San Francisco.

• Plate was named Literary Laureate of San Francisco in 2004.

• Turnaround stocks many other titles by Peter Plate.

ISBN 13: 9781609809256, 160pp p/b, £12.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Fiction

DARK CONSTELLATIONS Oloixarac, Pola

A dazzling novel of towering ambition about science, technology, and human consent. Canary Islands, 1882: plant biologist Niklas Bruunis researches Crissia pallida, a species alleged to have hallucinogenic qualities capable of eliminating the psychic limits between human minds.

Buenos Aires, 1983: Cassio comes of age with the Internet, and demonstrates the skills that will make him one of the first great Argentine hackers. The southern Argentinian techno-hub of Bariloche, 2024: Piera studies for a government project to track citizens using their DNA. KEY SELLING POINTS • Following on the phenomenal critical success of Pola Oloixarac’s previous novel Savage Theories.

• Oloixarac has won multiple international awards and is critically acclaimed for her sprawling prose and unique stories.

• A wildly ambitious genre-bending novel; at once science fiction, historical fiction, and a techno-thriller.

• As news stories shine light on how privacy is undermined by government technologies, this novel is as relevant as ever.

ISBN 13: 9781616959234, 320pp h/b, £21.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction

COMEMADRE

Larraquy, Roque & Cleary, Heather (trans)

On the outskirts of Buenos Aires in 1907, Doctor Quintana pines for head nurse Menendez while he and his colleagues embark on a grisly series of experiments to investigate the line between life and death by decapitating terminally ill patients and recording their words in the nine seconds they’re able to speak after their heads are removed... One hundred years later, a celebrated artist goes to extremes in search of aesthetic transformation, turning himself into an art object.

How far are we willing to go in pursuit of transcendence?

The world of Comemadre is full of vulgarity, excess and farce: strange ants that form almost perfect circles, missing body parts, obsessive love affairs and flesh-eating plants in a grotesque and hilarious narrative of the body’s relationship to science and art.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

• A grotesque and hilarious novel about the limits of life and love.

• For fans of Flatliners, Brian Evenson, Elisa Albert and Samanta Schweblin.

• US edition has been heaped with praise from LA Review of Books, Chicago Tribune, the Millions, Asymptote and many others.

ISBN 13: 9781911231288, 144pp p/b, £8.99 Published by TEXT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Jarawan, Pierre; Crowe, Sinead and McNicholl, Rachel (trans)

Samir leaves the safety and comfort of his family’s adopted home in Germany for volatile Beirut in an attempt to find his missing father. His only clues are an old photo and the bedtime stories his father used to tell him. The Storyteller follows Samir’s search for Brahim, the father whose heart was always yearning for his homeland, Lebanon. In this moving and gripping novel about family secrets, love, and friendship, Pierre Jarawan does for Lebanon what Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner did for Afghanistan. He pulls away the curtain of grim facts and figures to reveal the intimate story of an exiled family torn apart by civil war and guilt. In this rich and skilful account, Jarawan proves that he too is a masterful storyteller.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Storyteller is to Lebanon what Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan.

• Drawing on author’s own family history, offers deep insights into the crisis in the Middle East.

• Author has an international reputation as a slam poet and multimedia performer.

• For readers of Hisham Matar, Khaled Hosseini and Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

ISBN 13: 9781642860115, 468pp p/b, £11.99 Published by WORLD EDITIONS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction - Short Stories

BUILT ON SAND Scraton, Paul

The stories of Berlin are the stories Built On Sand.

A wooden town, laid waste by the Thirty Years War that became the metropolis by the Spree that spread out and swallowed villages whole. The city of Rosa Luxemburg and Joseph Roth, of student movements and punks on both sides of the Wall. A place still bearing the scars of National Socialism and the divided city that emerged from the wreckage of war. Built On Sand centres on the personal geographies of place, and how memory and history live on in the individual and collective imagination. This novel offers a portrait of a city three decades on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the legacy of that history in a city that was once divided but remains fractured and fragmented.

KEY SELLING POINTS • From the critically acclaimed author of Ghosts on the Shore.

• A novel focusing on Berlin in the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

• Debut novel from successful non-fiction author.

ISBN 13: 9781910312339, 320pp p/b, £9.99 Published by INFLUX PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction - Short Stories

FLOWERS OF MOLD & OTHER STORIES

Seong-Nan, Ha & Hong, Janet (trans)

On the surface, Ha Seong-Nan’s stories seem pleasant enough, yet there’s always something disturbing just below the surface, ready to permanently disrupt the characters’ lives. A woman meets her next-door neighbour and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A security guard falls in love with a magician/petty thief, and suffers a life-altering accident. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbours’ garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. These are some of the captivating, strange stories in Ha’s collection - the latest in the trend of brilliant female Korean authors to appear in English.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Korean literature is hugely popular in the UK thanks to Han Kang, Hwang Sok-Yong, Bae Suah and Kyung-sook Shin.

• For fans of Yoko Ogawa and Brian Evenson.

• Ha has won many Korean and international awards including the Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award.

• Janet Hong is a leading translator of Korean literature, having worked on Bae Suah and Kim Soom, amongst others.

• Short stories are seeing a great boost in popularity.

ISBN 13: 9781940953960, 240pp p/b, £12.99 Published by OPEN LETTER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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FICTION Fiction - Short Stories

NIGHT SCHOOL

A Reader for Grownups Ban, Zsofia; Tucker, Jim (trans) & Nadas, Peter (after)

A story collection masquerading as an encyclopaedia of life, Night School makes our all-too-familiar world appear simultaneously foreign and untamed, and brings together lust, taboos, and the absurd in order to teach us the art of living, all in a wildly clever way. Perfect for anyone looking for a little more Nohoo (or ‘know-how’) in their life, Zsofia Ban’s mock-textbook, Night School: A Reader for Grownups covers all the important subjects, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French, complete with a hearty dose of irony. Ban’s ‘lectures’ tell of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the dog minutes before being blasted off into space, never to be seen again.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A unique collection of short stories masquerading as an encyclopaedia of life.

• Zsofia Ban’s writing has received major prize recognition, including the Glass Marble Prize.

• Ban’s first collection to appear in English despite winning a half-dozen international awards for her writing.

• With an afterword by acclaimed writer Peter Nadas, author of A Book Of Memories.

ISBN 13: 9781940953885, 270pp p/b, £13.99 Published by OPEN LETTER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction - Short Stories

ARID DREAMS

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

DEATH WAITS IN THE DARK A Writer’s Apprentice Mystery #4 Buckley, Julia

It’s summertime and Lena and Camilla, her bestselling suspense novelist friend, are busy working away while a town vandal runs amok. Things get even more complicated when Jane Wyland pays Camilla a not-so-friendly visit and gives her an ultimatum: reveal Camilla’s husband James’s family secret, or she will. When Jane Wyland is later found dead, they’re convinced that whatever secret she was planning to expose led to her death. With Lena’s assistance, Camilla is determined to solve the case before the finger points at her.

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

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

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

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

ISBN 13: 9780451491916, 304pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

MURDER ON TRINITY PLACE A Gaslight Mystery #22 Thompson, Victoria

Stories Pimwana, Duanwad & Poopoksakul, Mui (trans)

In thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and workingclass Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician’s wife imagines her life had her husband’s accident been fatal, a man on death row requests that a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a prostitute, and an elevator attendant feels himself wasting away while trapped, immobile, at his station all day. With curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight, subtle critique, and an exploration of class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.

KEY SELLING POINTS • First English language collection by one of Thailand’s leading contemporary female authors.

• This collection is a comprehensive introduction to Pimwana’s work.

• Depicts ordinary and working-class people from Thailand in a social realist style.

• Translated by PEN award-winner Mui Poopoksakul.

ISBN 13: 9781936932566, 216pp p/b, £14.99 Published by THE FEMINIST PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Frank and Sarah Malloy are getting ready to celebrate the New Year 1899 at Trinity Church when they notice their neighbour Mr. Pritchard behaving oddly and annoying the other revellers. Frank tries to convince Pritchard to return home with them, but he refuses. The next morning Sarah and Frank are horrified to learn Pritchard was murdered sometime in the night. To protect the family from scandal, Nelson asks Frank to investigate. Frank and Sarah delve into Pritchard’s past and realise there may have been a deadly side to the dawning of the new century.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 22nd novel in a super popular, award-winning, bestselling cosy crime series set in Victorian-era New York.

• Even after 21 books, the Gaslight Mystery series (Berkley) still attracts high praise and new fans.

• The Old New York setting transports readers to another time as they try to solve a mystery alongside the characters.

• Will appeal to fans of Anne Perry, and readers of both historical fiction and cosy crime fiction.

ISBN 13: 9780399586637, 352pp h/b, £21.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction Anthologies

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

MAIDEN, MOTHER, CRONE: FANTASTICAL TRANS FEMMES Benaway, Gwen; Cheng Thom, Kai; Plett, Casey; Sturges, Lilah

Drawing on high fantasy and other genres of fantasy writing, Maiden, Mother, Crone is the first anthology by trans femme authors to explore the realms of magic, supernatural beings, and alternative universes. Enter a universe of wonder where trans femmes are powerful heroines, sorceresses, and warriors fighting against dark forces in vivid magical worlds. With celebrated writers like Kai Cheng Thom, Casey Plett, and Gwen Benaway, this anthology will transform the landscape of fantasy and offer radical portals into excitement, danger, and transformation.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Originally a Kickstarter campaign that exceeded its goal by over 50%.

• Speaks to the growing importance of fiction about marginalised people told in their own voices.

• Presents positive, affirming stories starring daring trans women heroines in fantastical settings.

• This is a title with crossover potential - suitable for YA audiences as well.

ISBN 13: 9781988715216, 100pp p/b, £12.99 Published by RENEGADE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

MURDER, SHE WROTE: MANUSCRIPT FOR MURDER Murder, She Wrote #48 Fletcher, Jessica & Land, Jon

When mounting evidence of financial malfeasance leads to an FBI investigation of her publisher and friend, Lane Barfield, Jessica can’t believe what she’s reading. So when he turns up dead, Jessica takes on the task of proving his innocence. She knows something is being covered up, but what exactly? At the heart of her investigation is a manuscript Lane had intended to publish - the problem is the manuscript has disappeared, with all traces of its submission and very existence having been wiped off the books. Every step she takes brings her closer to the truth of what lies in the pages.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 48th book in the bestselling Murder, She Wrote series featuring renowned amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher.

• There are now more than 4.5 million Murder, She Wrote novels in print.

• Jessica Fletcher is an iconic character beloved by millions across the globe, including a strong fanbase in the UK. • The Murder, She Wrote TV show still plays on daytime television in the UK today.

ISBN 13: 9780451489326, 272pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION Fiction - Crime & Thriller

SHOT IN THE DARK A Coffeehouse Mystery Coyle, Cleo

A smartphone dating game turns the Village Blend into a hookup hotspot - until a gunshot turns the landmark coffeehouse into a crime scene. As manager Clare fixes a date for her wedding, her ex-husband is making dates through smartphone swipes. But business is booming, and things are going well - until she finds the dead body of a successful entrepreneur. The man was notorious for hooking up with women on apps, then rudely dumping them the morning after. One of his recent victims is a suspect, but Clare believes she’s been framed, and is determined to find justice before another shot rings out.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 17th in a successful long-running cosy crime series with over a million copies shipped to date.

• Contains food and drink recipes sure to charm readers.

• The series has received rave reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal.

• This compelling mystery features the very timely topic of online dating as a core theme.

ISBN 13: 9780451488862, 416pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

WARNING LIGHT Ricciardi, David

No one knows what CIA desk jockey Zac is capable of including himself - until a routine surveillance job becomes a do-or-die mission. When a commercial flight violates restricted airspace to make an emergency landing in Iran, the passengers are just happy to be alive and ready to transfer to a new plane. All except one - who isn’t who he says he is. When the agent’s cover is blown, Zac volunteers to take his place, despite no training. Embarking on a harrowing journey through the mountains of Iran to the Persian Gulf and across Europe, Zac can only rely on himself to make it out alive.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first in an exciting new series starring Zac Miller, this title is poised for serious success.

• Major thriller authors including Lee Child and Mark Greany have given great blurbs.

• A terrific chase across Europe, packed with action, suspense, and many unexpected twists.

• Globe-trotting: set in Iran, Dubai, France, and England.

ISBN 13: 9780399585753, 368pp p/b, £8.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

WHO SLAYS THE WICKED A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery #14 Harris, C. S.

When Lord Ashworth is found brutally murdered, Sebastian St. Cyr is called in to help catch the killer. Just seven months before, Sebastian had suspected Ashworth of kidnapping and murder of a string of vulnerable street children. But Sebastian was never able to prove Ashworth’s complicity. Nor was he able to prevent his troubled niece Stephanie from marrying him, a marriage that quickly turned into a sham. Now mounting evidence suggests that Ashworth’s killer was a woman. Sebastian is tasked with unravelling the shocking surrounding Ashworth’s life before Stephanie is punished for his death.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 14th book in an acclaimed historical mystery series, perfect for whodunit fans and Regency buffs!

• Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews have all raved about this series.

• For readers of Anne Perry, Victoria Thompson and Deanna Raybourne.

• The Regency-era London setting will appeal to UK readers and anyone who loves historical fiction.

ISBN 13: 9780399585654, 352pp h/b, £21.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

ROCCO AND THE PRICE OF LIES (An Inspector Rocco Mystery) Magson, Adrian

Murder by suicide? Three senior government officials - a judge, a politician, and an ex-police chief - are all dead by their own hands. Inspector Lucas Rocco finds himself once more working for the Interior Ministry: undertaking an investigation meant to avoid a government scandal and ignoring unpalatable truths.

He’s soon convinced that a common denominator must be at play... Rocco uncovers top-level fraud, theft and deception. And when he narrowly survives an attempt on his life, he realises that he has nothing to lose by bringing the truth out into the open - whatever the risks.

KEY SELLING POINTS • New novel in classic, atmospheric detective series • Set in 1960s Picardie, northern France, and Paris.

• For fans of George Simenon’s Maigret novels and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher.

• High-level corruption has a contemporary relevance.

ISBN 13: 9781912534203, 320pp p/b, £8.99 Published by DOME PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

CONFESSIONS OF AN INNOCENT MAN A Novel Dow, David R.

When a universally admired Austin billionaire, dedicated humanitarian and patron of the arts, is found bludgeoned in her home, her husband Rafael - fifteen years her junior, the son of poor Mexican immigrants, who works as a cook - is the obvious and only suspect. He is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death; sent to death row where monsters like him belong. The only problem: he’s completely innocent.

Six years pass, when overlooked DNA evidence saves him from execution at the eleventh hour. He vows to use his regained freedom to take revenge on the people and the system that stole years of his life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • David R. Dow’s book The Autobiography of an Execution (Hachette, 2010) won the B & N Discover Prize for nonfiction.

• Dow has been at the forefront of the fight against the death penalty for 20 years, giving the novel an authentic anger.

• This is David R. Dow’s first novel.

• Tackles a tough social issue with grace and expertise.

ISBN 13: 9781524743888, 304pp h/b, £22.99 Published by DUTTON Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

DELTA-V

Suarez, Daniel

Delta-V tells the story of a group of commercial space pioneers on a multi-year expedition to lift humanity from an Earth-bound species to a space-faring one.

Much like the private explorers of earlier centuries whose voyages were financed by investors, these new adventurers gravitate toward risk - ex-soldiers, former astronauts, cavers, salvage divers, base jumpers, and mountain climbers. As the second Age of Exploration begins, they intend to alter the trajectory of human civilization - or die trying.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest techno thriller from a writer whose readership includes Elon Musk and Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

• Suarez is both well-resected and well-connected within the tech community and Silicon Valley.

• Daniel Suarez’s four backlist titles, dating from 2009, continue to sell a cumulative 750 copies per week on average.

• He has been written about in the same breath as William Gibson and Michael Crichton.

ISBN 13: 9781524742416, 448pp h/b, £20.00 Published by DUTTON Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION Fiction - Crime & Thriller

DEATH IN DEIA Coubrough, David

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

CULT X

Nakamura, Fuminori

Deia is a small and idyllic village on the north-west coast of Mallorca, famous for being the home of Robert Graves for much of his life, but subsequently becoming a magnet for artists, authors and film stars (and latterly a location in the BBC thriller series, The Night Manager). But in this fast moving crime novel, it also becomes the centrepiece for a series of murders connected to the embezzlement of an extraordinary £100 million fortune...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Deia is internationally famous - most recently as the location for The Night Manager (BBC).

• Coubrough is well-known as the owner of Maldon Sea Salt and Beehive pub as well as a novelist.

• First title in a new crime imprint from Galileo.

• Coubrough’s debut novel was Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice (Peter Owen, 2016).

ISBN 13: 9781903385869, 256pp p/b, £9.99 Published by GALILEO Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fuminori Nakamura is a prize-winning author, and a national sensation in Japan.

• The English translations of Nakamura’s works have garnered massive acclaim.

• Blends crime and literary fiction in a masterful, existential thrill ride.

• Over 400,000 copies of Cult X have sold in Japan.

ISBN 13: 9781641290234, 320pp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

ROBERT B. PARKER’S OLD BLACK MAGIC Atkins, Ace

When Toru Narazaki’s girlfriend, Ryoko Tachibana, disappears, he tries to track her down despite the warnings of the private detective he’s hired to find her. Ryoko’s past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address in the heart of Tokyo. She lived in a compound with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, but he has no idea of the bubbling violence he is stepping into.

DEATH COMES IN THROUGH THE KITCHEN A Cuban Mystery Dovalpage, Teresa

Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decadeslong unsolved crime of dangerous proportions. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser’s help. Soon the cold art case thrusts Spenser into the shady world of black market art dealers, aged Mafia bosses, and old vendettas.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest instalment in Ace Atkins’ critically acclaimed continuation of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series.

• Ace Atkins is a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist.

• Atkins also writes the bestselling Quinn Colson series, published by Corsair.

• Robert B. Parker wrote over 60 books in 37 years and was among the top 10 bestselling authors in the world.

ISBN 13: 9780857302786, 256pp p/b, £8.99 Published by NO EXIT PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

In 2003 Matt, a San Diego journalist, arrives in Havana to marry his girlfriend, Yarmila, a 24-year-old Cuban woman whom he first connected with through her food blog. But Yarmila isn’t there to meet him at the airport, and when he hitches a ride to her apartment, he finds her lying dead in the bathtub. Matt is immediately embroiled in an adventure he hadn’t bargained for: to clear his name as main suspect he must embark on his own investigation into what happened. The more Matt learns about his fiancee, though, the more he realises he had no idea who she was at all - but did anyone?

KEY SELLING POINTS • A debut mystery by the critically acclaimed author of A Girl Like Che Guevara.

• A timely and revealing portrait of Havana and life in modern Cuba.

• An engrossing mystery interspersed with authentic, tried-and-true Cuban recipes.

• Steps into a void of fiction about Cuba, an area of interest to readers all over the world.

ISBN 13: 9781641290197, 320pp p/b, £8.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

BLOOD STANDARD Barron, Laird

Isaiah Coleridge is a mob enforcer in Alaska - he’s tough, seen a lot, and dished out more. But when he forcibly ends the moneymaking scheme of a made man, he gets in the kind of trouble that can lead to a bullet behind the ear. Saved by the grace of his boss and exiled to upstate New York, Isaiah begins a new life, a quiet life without gunshots or explosions. Except a teenage girl disappears, and Isaiah isn’t one to let that slip by. And delving into the underworld to track this missing girl will get him exactly the kind of notice he was warned to avoid.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Laird Barron is a multi award-winning author, established in the horror and weird fiction community.

• A classic noir for fans of James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard and John D. Macdonald.

• Barron’s first foray into crime will introduce him to a wider audience.

• Winner of three Shirley Jackson awards, a Bram Stoker award, and finalist for multiple Locus and World Fantasy awards.

ISBN 13: 9780735217454, 400pp p/b, £8.99 Published by PUTNAM Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A SCANDAL IN JAPAN Matsuoka, Keisuke

After the major battle with Professor Moriarty which Holmes and the Professor plummet into the falls... it turns out that Sherlock Homes is alive, and he is in Japan of all places! There he teams up with the first Prime Minister of Japan, Hirobumi Ito to solve an international mystery.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A brand new title for Sherlock Holmes fans which closely resembles the style of a Holmes novel.

• Matsuoka’s previous work has sold millions of copies in Japan.

• His recent novel Detective vs Detective (Kodansha, 2014) has been adapted into a drama that is streaming on Crunchyroll.

• Sherlock Holmes has seen a rise in popularity thanks to the Sherlock series on BBC and Elementry (CBS).

ISBN 13: 9781947194373, 320pp p/b, £14.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION Fiction - Scifi and Fantasy

DIFFERENTLY MORPHOUS Croshaw, Yahtzee

After centuries of successfully keeping magic out of the public eye, the Ministry of Occultism faces new challenges in the age of social media, government scrutiny, public relations, and political correctness. The fact that otherworldly gelatinous creatures are infesting the English countryside while a magical serial killer is on the loose isn’t making their job any easier. On the job are the Ministry’s top agents: a junior operative with a photographic memory (and not much else), a couple of overgrown schoolboys with godlike powers, and a demonstrably insane magician.

Fiction - Black Interest

A SISTER’S SECRET The Reeves Sisters No.1 Rax, Cydney

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest and greatest from the author of Mogworld, Jam and Will Save the Galaxy for Food.

• Croshaw is the video-game personality behind Escapist’s hugely popular Zero Punctuation review series.

• Croshaw’s Zero Punctuation videos frequently net over 1M views on YouTube.

• An established figure in the video-game world Croshaw’s Lovecraftian Chzo Mythos games have attracted a cult following.

• Differently Morphous is an absurd supernatural thriller that playfully riffs on the state of political discourse today.

ISBN 13: 9781506711645, 304pp p/b, £10.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Savvy and decisive, Burgundy is the sister everyone envies. Since her mother’s death she’s given troubled youngest sister, Elyse, a stable home. And she’s taken it on herself to keep her sisters together with a bi-monthly ‘Sister Day,’ a time to bond, receive a challenging ‘assignment,’ cope with their many differences, and tell the truth. But truth leads to an unveiling of secrets that may destroy lives - such as Elyse’s that will shatter Burgundy’s perfect world beyond repair. Putting the pieces back together could make the sisters stronger together than ever - or pull them apart for good.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The explosive first book a new series by the successful author of My Daughter’s Boyfriend, and Scandalous Betrayal.

• Filled with secrets, temptations, betrayals, sex, heartbreak and lies - a juicy and scandalous read.

• The drama and conflict between the main characters is relatable to anyone with siblings.

• For fans of Niobia Bryant, Mary B. Morrison, and Kiki Swinson.

ISBN 13: 9781496715425, 352pp p/b, £6.99 Published by DAFINA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Scifi and Fantasy

Fiction - Black Interest

SIDE LIFE

THE ACCIDENTAL MISTRESS

Toutonghi, Steve

Justice Hustlers #3 de Leon, Aya

When Vin finds himself down on his luck, he takes a job house-sitting a Seattle mansion whose owner has gone missing. There he discovers a secret basement lab with an array of computers and three large caskets. Inside one he finds a woman in a state of suspended animation.

There is also a dog-eared notebook filled with circuit diagrams, beautiful drawings of body parts, and pages of code. When Vin decides to climb into one of the caskets his reality begins to unravel, and he finds himself on a terrifying journey that asks questions about reality, free will, and the meaning of a human life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An intriguing, philosophical blend of literary and science fiction which will capture audiences of both genres.

• Multi-verse and time travel are both sci-fi tropes that have become increasingly popular in recent years.

• Striking illustrations of codes, symbols, cats, geometrical patterns and strange mutant animals add to the story.

• Will appeal to fans of the films Interstellar and Looper, and books such as Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

ISBN 13: 9781641290210, 320pp p/b, £13.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Sisters Violet and Lily have never had much in common.

Stunning Lily arrives undocumented in New York and makes her way as a stripper, but Harvard-educated Violet is this close to the perfect assimilated life, thanks to a prestigious job and her rich fiance. Until she’s mistaken for a strip-club mogul’s mistress, and is wrongly accused of helping him embezzle millions. Now Violet’s on his track with the help of his vengeful ex-wife and the Lower East Side Women’s Health Clinic’s resourceful crew - which includes Lily. As the sisters struggle to finally understand each other, they have only one shot to get justice for those who need it most.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Features a well-rounded, multicultural cast of characters.

• Aya de Leon has been featured on Def Poetry, Essence, xojane.com, Writers Digest, Women’s Day, Bitch Magazine and HuffPost.

• Leon’s previous novel, Uptown Thief (Dafina, 2017) won a 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award in the urban fiction category.

• The edgy, soapy storyline will have wide appeal.

ISBN 13: 9781496715777, 352pp p/b, £6.99 Published by DAFINA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Romance

Fiction - Black Interest

WHEREVER YOU ARE Banks, Maya

When some well-deserved R&R turns into a volatile situation for Skylar Watkins, she knows her team will never get to her in time. Her only hope is a promise once made to her by a desperate, grateful man - and his squad is within range... Driven by a steely demeanour and fierce loyalty, the warrior now tasked with saving Skylar’s life knows her value to the KGI. He’s seen firsthand how daring - and lethal - she can be. He’ll get her back or die trying, but what he isn’t prepared for is the desire to keep her close, for wanting her to remain in his arms and under his watch... forever.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 12th book in the bestselling KGI series, featuring an elite, top-secret family specialising in rescue missions.

• Military romantic suspense is a fast-growing subgenre of which Maya Banks is one of the biggest names.

• Maya became a #1 New York Times bestseller with her Breathless trilogy, and also hit #1 with After the Storm.

• Maya Banks has more than 100k Facebook fans, and 30k followers on Twitter.

ISBN 13: 9780425277010, 384pp p/b, £6.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

THE CASE MANAGER Shattered Lives Series Chandler, Latoya

All Candice Brown ever wanted was to belong, but when your mum resents you, that’s not a reality. Turmoil seems to follow Candice. She dreams of feeling the one thing she lacks in her life - love - but love only leaves Candice alone as a teenage mother. Being sent away by her mum seems like the escape she needs, but is it? She is placed with a case manager who appears to be a source of solace and acceptance, but who, in reality, could leave Candice more damaged than she already is.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Deals with heavy, emotional topics of teenage pregnancy, a resentful mother, and more with authenticity and heart.

• Chandler is a new voice for Urban Books, with a distinctive style and page-turning flair to look out for.

• For fans of Kenni York, Anna Black, and LaJill Hunt.

• Latoya Chandler is the author of the successful Torn series.

ISBN 13: 9781601629050, 288pp p/b, £13.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION Fiction - Black Interest

THE DEMISE OF ALEXIS VANCAMP Williams, Karen

Alexis is young, beautiful, educated, and adored by her family, fiance, and friends. Just when she thinks her life is set, in walks sexy, thugged-out Santana - a dangerous man with a dark secret, a rough past, and a plan to get Alexis under his thumb. Despite the warning signs, Alexis finds herself drawn to him.

Santana leads Alexis down a destructive path, away from her family and friends, til she finds herself wrapped up in deceit, violence, and trouble with the law. But will Santana’s mind-blowing secret be enough

to set her free from his spell?

KEY SELLING POINTS • This tale of obsessive love gone horribly wrong is twisty and compelling, full of secrets and suspense.

• Karen Williams’s books have been best-sellers, including Sweet Giselle, Dirty to the Grave, and Harlem On Lock.

• For fans of Nikki Turner, Treasure Hernandez, and Ashley and JaQuavis.

ISBN 13: 9781601621313, 304pp p/b, £6.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

ERASERHEADS Brick & Storm

What do you do when your work is used against you?

This is a question that Auto, leader of the Eraserheads, faces when an unforeseen and dangerous situation wreaks havoc on everything he’s built. It’s up to him and his right-hand, Code, along with their team of expert car thieves, to figure out who’s behind the attacks on their livelihood. When a crafty con woman named Smiley and a mysterious businessman named Boots step onto the scene, every player becomes a pawn in a war that is taking over the trap.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The next book in an uber popular urban fiction

series by Brick & Storm.

• Gritty, twisty and full of authentic characters - some of who readers will like more than others!

• Brick & Storm are often compared to bestselling street lit writing team Ashley & JaQuavis.

• For readers of edgy urban fiction with a fast-paced plot.

ISBN 13: 9781601622358, 304pp p/b, £6.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

I’M IN LOVE WITH A RUDE BOY

Renaissance Collection Michelle, Nika & Williams, Racquel

When Yankee girl Kadijah visits beautiful Jamaica with her friends she doesn’t expect to meet Omari, the sexy rude boy turned DJ. After a breakup with a two-timing ex and her graduation from culinary arts school, all she wants to do is unwind - but things heat up quickly. Omari’s wife, however, the beautiful but fiery Angela, will stop at nothing to make sure that no woman takes her husband away from her - especially not some Yankee.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This books brings Williams back to her home country of Jamaica, ensuring cultural flavour and authenticity.

• Full of secrets, suspense and emotion, this is a page-turner that’s sure to captivate any Urban Renaissance fan.

• For fans of Carl Weber, Ashley and JaQuavis, and LaJill Hunt.

• Both authors have an extensive back-catalogue of paperbacks with hundreds of four and five star reviews on Amazon.

ISBN 13: 9781601629098, 304pp p/b, £6.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

MIDLIFE CRISIS Hunt, LaJill

Sylvia has it all, or so she thinks - the perfect house, husband, daughter - but just as her and Garrett are getting ready to renew their vows after almost 20 years of wedded bliss, she gets a call in the middle of the night. Now she has to deal with the reality of a dead mistress, a love child she had no idea about, and the fact that she might not know the man she married at all. Sylvia’s sister, Janelle, can take love or leave it. She’s happy with her noncommittal, stress-free relationship with Jarvis, but her life becomes complicated when she is faced with an impossible choice.

KEY SELLING POINTS • For fans of Carl Weber, Kiki Swinson, Sydney Rax, and Ashely and JaQuavis.

• An emotional rollercoaster, full of twists and suspense.

• Hunt’s first novel, Drama Queen, was a bestseller and a popular success.

ISBN 13: 9781601621290, 288pp p/b, £13.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

NIGHT’S BABY, THE Stina

When she entered school at a recently integrated college, Adirah Messa was looking forward to a bright future. Then she met a man of another race who turned her world upside down. Now she is carrying his child, and since the father is a powerful figure in the world of Vampirism, this child will be part of a dark legacy. Adirah created some enemies when she first became involved in Vampirism, and now she finds herself facing new enemies as her circle is questioning where her commitment lies. When a new vampire comes into the picture, her web of love and lies finally starts to unravel...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Next in a sexy vampire series featuring POC characters that fills a huge gap in the market!

• Follows Love by Night (Urban, 2017) that brought readers a fresh new voice in the fantasy genre.

• Vampire stories remain hugely on-trend with fantasy readers.

• With plenty of steamy scenes and dark pleasures.

ISBN 13: 9781601629081, 304pp p/b, £12.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Fiction - Black Interest

OUTLAW MAMIS N’Tyse

Five all-new stories from some of urban fiction’s biggest names, edited by N’Tyse! In these stories, urban outlaws will stop at nothing to get what they want... even when the bodies start to fall. These fierce mamis take on gangsters, hustlers, drugs, and the black market... but will they come out on top?

KEY SELLING POINTS • N’Tyse is a big name in the urban genre; her books focus on gay relationships with an urban fiction twist.

• As the editor of this collection, readers can be confident that N’Tyse has picked five stories with fierce women leads!

• Fast-paced and packed full of thrills, readers will be utterly compelled from page one.

• Other urban short story collections edited by well-known authors have proved popular with readers of the genre.

ISBN 13: 9781601621306, 288pp p/b, £13.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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FICTION • GRAPHIC NOVELS Fiction - Black Interest

SHE SAID IT’S YOUR CHILD Cain, Sherene Holly

Darica and Dolan Rogiers appear to have the pictureperfect marriage, but the one thing they are missing is a child to love. When Nolan, Dolan’s estranged brother, shows up, he seems to be the only person who can help them. Sometimes the very thing we think is the solution to our problems is really our worst nightmare. The brothers’ relationship is not only complicated, but it has its own special rules, baggage, and skeletons, leaving their women to deal with pregnancy problems, commitment issues, and baby mama drama.

KEY SELLING POINTS • For readers of Kiki Swinson, Brenda Hampton and Blake Karrington.

• Readers will love the dramatic plotline and intense relationships.

• Sherene Holly Cain has also contributed to Blake Karrington’s Beard Gang Chronicles (Urban Renaissance, 2019) anthology.

• Author has had previous success with self-published titles.

ISBN 13: 9781601629074, 288pp p/b, £13.99 Published by URBAN Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN ‘66 Parker, Jeff & Parent, Dan

Two iconic comic book characters meet up for the first time in this historic crossover mini-series! A battle in Gotham City extends its reach into Riverdale - with Mr. Lodge becoming enemy #1 of the dynamic duo!

Now it’s up to Veronica to recruit some help and place a call...to the Batcave!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Two of the best-loved comics franchises ever meet head on in this crossover comic!

• This exciting miniseries was published in summer 2018 and is now available in a single volume.

• It’s the second collaboration between DC/Archie, after 2017’s popular crossover Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica.

• The Archie universe has surged in popularity this last year after the release of the subversive Netflix show Riverdale.

ISBN 13: 9781682558478, 144pp p/b, £14.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

THE MAN FROM R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E Archie Superstars

The villainous Mad Doctor Doom and his organisation C.R.U.S.H. have targeted the students of Riverdale High with a devious plan to turn them into the Walking Dazed! Now it’s up to special agent Archie Andrews and his team at R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. to stop them!

KEY SELLING POINTS • On of Archie’s most popular digital comics, now available in paperback!

• The entire Archie series was rebooted in 2015 with a contemporary makeover, attracting new readers and acclaim.

• A subversive take on Archie in teen phenomenon Riverdale (Netflix) has breathed new life into the Archie franchise.

• Over 2 billion Archie comics & books have been sold to date, and more than 12 million Archie apps have been downloaded.

ISBN 13: 9781682558454, 224pp p/b, £9.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

VAMPIRONICA VOL. 1

Smallwood, Greg & Smallwood, Megan

When Veronica is bitten by a centuries-old vampire, her thirst for blood threatens to turn Riverdale into a haven for the undead. Will she put an end to the vampire threat or give in to her blood lust? Archie Horror’s latest series paints Riverdale red in the vampiric first collection by siblings Greg & Megan Smallwood!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Next in the Archie Horror series following Afterlife with Archie and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

• A dark, macabre and mature take on the cast of Riverdale - not for kids!

• Features the cast of Riverdale AND vampires, two insanely popular elements of fandom right now.

• The series has been a solid bestseller, with Afterlife debuting at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list.

• Anything to do with the Archie universe reboot is hugely popular thanks to the Riverdale TV show, now on Netflix.

ISBN 13: 9781682558331, 144pp p/b, £14.99 Published by ARCHIE COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

LUCKY LUKE VOL 73: THE PROPHET Nordmann, Patrick & Morris

Returned to their penitentiary by Lucky Luke for the umpteenth time, the Daltons meet a troubling character: Dunkle, a self-proclaimed prophet fond of fiery speeches. His continual preaching eventually converts the ever hapless Averell. Soon, all five escape together and find refuge in a friendly, welcoming community, where they sow chaos and discord each in their own way - unaware that Lucky Luke is already tracking them...

KEY SELLING POINTS • Lucky Luke is one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world, alongside Asterix and Tintin.

• The best selling European comics series ever, with more than 300 million copies sold worldwide.

• Suitable for adults and children.

• Published in English for the first time.

ISBN 13: 9781849184403, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

Graphic Novel

MERMAID PROJECT VOL.2: EPISODE 2 Leo; Jamar, Corine & Simon, Fred

Now attached to French intelligence, Romane is training hard with agent El Malik and Delph, a genetically modified Dolphin with extraordinary mental abilities. Their goal: to infiltrate Algapower, the company at the heart of their investigation, and to find clues about its true purpose - in particular the mysterious Mermaid Project. What is the aim of Algapower’s genetic research? Time is running short for Romane and her team.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The fertile imagination of the creator of Aldebaran applied to Earth at the end of this century.

• Turns the established social tropes on their heads and offers an intriguing commentary on racism and privilege.

• Raises strong ethical questions about humanity’s ability to coexist with nature.

• Published in English for the first time.

ISBN 13: 9781849184038, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

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SPIROU & FANTASIO VOL.16: THE Z RISES AGAIN Tome & Janry

Back in the present after their adventures through time, Spirou and Fantasio try to pick up their life where they left off. But the magazine refuses to publish Fantasio’s account of their extraordinary journey, and he falls into depression. Until, that is, the bizarre and annoying Snuffeller reappears, bearing a call for help from Aurelien de Champignac, ‘their’ count’s descendant. A trip to the future appears in order - but what terrible discoveries await our intrepid reporters?

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Spirou character was created in 1938 and is still hugely successful around the world.

• Adapted into video game and manga formats.

• The series has sold more than 20 million copies to date.

ISBN 13: 9781849184410, 48pp p/b, £6.99 Published by CINEBOOK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Spain & Portugal

Graphic Novel

BEASTS OF BURDEN: WISE DOGS AND ELDRITCH MEN Dorkin, Evan & Thompson, Jill

A heroic pack of canines known as the Wise Dogs sets off on a mission to clean up a Pennsylvania corridor plagued by seemingly unrelated occult disturbances that include a fire salamander and a horde of mutant lurkers. A link is found among the various disturbances, leading our heroes to a mountain village inhabited by a survivalist witch-cult who have discovered the existence of a ‘Blood Lure’ attracting occult forces, creatures, and many more terrors to Burden Hill!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Collecting the latest instalments in an Eisner-award winning series.

• Homeward Bound but with paranormal powers and supernatural terrors.

• High profile fans include legendary author Neil Gaiman and Deadpool writer Gail Simone.

• The brain child of award-winning comic creators Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson.

• This new miniseries has already been received to high praise as retaining the standout excellence of the original.

ISBN 13: 9781506708744, 104pp p/b, £19.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

EC ARCHIVES: TWO-FISTED TALES VOL. 4

Davis, Jack; Dawkins, Colin & Severin, John

Before Two-Fisted Tales burst onto the scene in 1950, war comics were largely unsophisticated, focusing only on action and adventure - wartime propaganda, essentially. But under the editorial direction of Harvey Kurtzman - who also penned the majority of the stories therein - Two-Fisted Tales dared to examine all the horror and madness to be found on the battlefield.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A classic series from the famous EC comics, this is a must have collector’s item.

• Previously only available in black and white, EC Archives presents Two-Fisted Tales in vibrant colour.

• These bold strips broke away from propaganda style war comics to openly satirise and criticise warfare.

• Featuring an all-star cast of creators including Eisner Hall-of-Famers Jack Davis and John Severin.

• Part of the EC Archives range collecting classic pulp comics from Haunt of Fear to Weird Science.

ISBN 13: 9781506708492, 216pp h/b, £41.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

GAMMA

Farinas, Ulises; Freitas, Erick & Often, Melody

Pokemon meets Power Rangers in this kaiju-packed mature parody that follows a monster trainer whose dreams of fortune and glory collide with his own hubris and the downfall of the entire planet in a story about betrayal and redemption in a world of bizarre, cute, and deadly monsters.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Gamma first debuted as a one-shot Dark Horse comic received to delight and acclaim in the comic book world.

• Channels the kaiju monster genre that brought us Godzilla and King Ghidorah but with a pocket monsters twist.

• A mature and hilarious take on the kids cartoons of the 90s from Pokemon to Power Rangers.

• Colourful cartoonish art-style reminiscent of Adventure Time, Bee & PuppyCat and Steven Universe.

• Written and illustrated by Ulises Farinas who has drawn for Transformers, Godzilla, Judge Dredd and more.

ISBN 13: 9781506708546, 128pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

HARROW COUNTY LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 2 Bunn, Cullen & Crook, Tyler

Emmy believed she was one of a kind, that there was no one else in the world quite like her. Then magical strangers arrived in Harrow County and she discovered just how wrong she was. Are these bizarre beings - each possessing strange and ghastly supernatural abilities - her family, or her foes? Collects the volumes three and four of Harrow County in a deluxe, hardcover, and oversized format with a new cover, sketchbook material, essays, ‘Tales from Harrow County’ bonus stories by guest creators, and more!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Harrow County to be adapted to TV by science-fiction fantasy channel SyFy! • Has been received to universal acclaim as deliciously dark and genuinely terrifying.

• The rural folk setting of this gothic fairy tale gives a vintage vibe loved by fans of classic horror.

• Critically acclaimed series has been Eisner-nominated & won the Ghastly Awards for Best Ongoing Title two years running.

• Deluxe bumper edition is packed with exclusive content for hardcore fans of the series.

ISBN 13: 9781506710655, 232pp h/b, £33.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

HOUSE OF PENANCE LIBRARY EDITION

Tomasi, Peter J.; Bertram, Ian & Stewart, Dave

Collects six issue run of House of Penance in a deluxe, hardcover, and oversized format with a new cover, sketchbook extras, and more. A horrific story of a haunted house and one woman’s mission to wash away the blood curse of her husband’s invention from claiming her own life and soul. This is a tale about guilt, ghosts, and guns... of how fortune brings misfortune, as a grim and determined woman oversees the construction of a house twenty four hours a day for twenty years with the simple motto of keep busy building or get busy dying.

KEY SELLING POINTS • House of Penance debuted in 2016 to widespread acclaim from the likes of Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder and Gail Simone.

• From New-York times bestselling writer Peter Tomasi well-known for stand-out runs of Nightwing and Green Lantern.

• Based on the true story of the world famous Winchester Mystery House.

• Betram’s stunningly macabre art style complete with a brand new cover is welldeserved of this deluxe oversized format.

• For fans of American gothic horror from the publisher that brought you Buffy, Hellboy and Harrow County.

ISBN 13: 9781506711003, 176pp h/b, £29.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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QUANTUM AGE: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER VOLUME 1

Lemire, Jeff; Torres, Wilfredo & Stewart, Dave

In the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series - but a thousand years in the future - a collection of superheroes, inspired by the legendary heroes of Black Hammer Farm, must band together to save the planet from an authoritarian regime. A young Martian must find a way to reform The Quantum League to save the world, while solving the riddle of what happened to the great heroes of the twentieth century.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Set in the critically acclaimed, Eisner-awarding winning universe of Black Hammer.

• Black Hammer has received stand-out praise from the likes of Scott Snyder and Mike Mignola.

• Continues the series’ subversive reimagining of superhero fiction with a Jeff Lemire take on The Legion of Superheroes.

• The main Black Hammer series relaunched April 2018 with Black Hammer: Age of Doom.

• For fans of the series this is a must-purchase, but functions as a compelling standalone series in its own right.

ISBN 13: 9781506708416, 176pp p/b, £16.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

ALIENATION Estrada, Ines

Fossil fuels have become fossilised. Wildlife has been civilised to extinction. Corporations have colonised our lives. Elizabeth, an exotic dancer in cyberspace, and Carlos, who was just fired from the last humanstaffed oil rig, attempt to keep their romance alive.

When they realise that their bodies are full of artificial organs and they live almost entirely online, they begin to question what being human actually means.

Experience a powerfully exquisite and chilling near future that doesn’t seem too far-fetched, where virtual reality affects our diets, sex lives, and nightly dreams.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Ines Estrada is an exciting new voice in graphic novels, with resonance for a generation wary of the future.

• Nuanced: Like Guy in Real Life, Estrada is concerned with how people negotiate their real selves and their avatars.

• Powerfully topical: examines how technology and social media are affecting relationships.

• Like In Real Life, Estrada is thoughtful about how escapism interacts with social issues.

ISBN 13: 9781683961895, 250pp p/b, £17.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

TERMINATOR: SECTOR WAR

Wood, Brian; Ormston, Dean & Stewart, Dave

Bestselling Writer Brian Wood (Aliens: Defiance, The Massive, Briggs Land) pens a thrilling chase with electric art by Jeff Stokely (The Spire, Six-Gun Gorilla). Two Terminators went back in time to 1984, one to kill Sarah Conner, and another targeting NYPD Officer Lucy Castro, a rookie cop assigned to one of the worst sections of the city. Isolated and unable to call for backup, Castro faces off against the relentless T800, relying on unlikely allies to see her through to dawn.

KEY SELLING POINTS • From the bestselling writer behind DMZ, Northlanders and Eisner-award winning The Massive.

• Ties in directly to the events of the original 1984 Terminator film that started it all.

• The high octane action and relentless break-neck pace of The Terminator world makes for thrilling comic book adventures.

• The Terminator soft-reboot Terminator Genisys (2015) was the second-highest grossing film in the series.

• A new Terminator film is out July 2019 to meet the continued demand for this hugely popular franchise.

ISBN 13: 9781506706818, 104pp p/b, £14.99 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

ANGOLA JANGA D’Salete, Marcelo

An independent kingdom of runaway slaves founded in the late 16th century, Angola Janga was a beacon of freedom in a land plagued with oppression. In stark black ink and chiaroscuro panel compositions, D’Salete brings history to life; the painful stories of fugitive slaves on the run, the brutal raids

by Portuguese colonists, and the tense power struggles within this precarious kingdom. At turns heartbreaking and empowering, Angola Janga sheds light on a long-overlooked moment of resistance against oppression.

KEY SELLING POINTS • D’Salete’s previous, Run For It, was on NPR’s 2017 Guide to Best Reads and is currently nominated for an Eisner Award.

• There is strong interest in Black history comics, such as Kindred, The Silence of Our Friends, and the bestseller March.

• A valuable educational tool on an underrepresented period in the history of South and Central America.

• D’Salete’s strong, dramatic chiaroscuro panel compositions make a serious impact.

ISBN 13: 9781683961918, 432pp p/b, £34.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

SATCHEL PAIGE

Striking Out Jim Crow Sturm, James & Tommaso, Rich

Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige (1906-1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades - and made a point of writing his own history... and then rewriting it. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League’s hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction.

Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist’s eye to Paige’s story. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated American South.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This title won the Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work in 2008, among other awards.

• Fascinating and informative, this is a wonderful way for young readers to learn about American and sport history.

• Illustrated in powerfully graphic art accompanied by stark, enthralling prose.

• Sturm and Tommaso are well-established names in American graphic novels, with several well-received works each.

ISBN 13: 9781368042895, 96pp p/b, £10.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel

INVISIBLE WOUNDS: FINDING PEACE AFTER WAR Ruliffson, Jess

Over the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has travelled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. She shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary people who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. In this compassionate book, Ruliffson reveals how America’s endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them. She finds that the real experience of is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Sheds light on the long-reaching effect wars have on the people that fight them.

• A collection of interviews with real veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

• Identity lies at the heart of these compassionate, authentic, and truthful stories.

• Jess Ruliffson was shortlisted for Slate’s 2017 Cartoonist Studio Prize.

ISBN 13: 9781683961901, 208pp p/b, £21.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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IS THIS HOW YOU SEE ME? Hernandez, Jaime

Maggie and Hopey leave their significant others at home and take a weekend road trip to go to a punk scene reunion in their old neighbourhood. Threaded throughout are flashbacks to 1979, during the formative stages in their lifelong relationship, as the perceived invincibility of youth is juxtaposed against all of the love, heartbreak, and self-awareness that comes with lives actually lived. Serialised over the past four years in Love and Rockets: New Stories and the new comic book series, Is This How You See Me? collects Hernandez’s unsentimental, long-form masterpiece together for the first time.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Love & Rockets is one of the most epic, longest-standing, and beloved literary graphic novels of all time.

• Hernandez’s previous book, The Love Bunglers, won the LA Times Book Award in the graphic novel category.

• It was hailed by the Guardian, Slate, Neil Gaiman, Booklist, Grovel and Publisher’s Weekly, among others.

• This follow-up focuses back on fan-favourite characters Maggie and Hopey, who are back to their old tricks!

• Hernandez is one of the forefathers of the 1980s-90s alternative comics movement, in addition to Chris Ware.

ISBN 13: 9781683961826, 96pp h/b, £17.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

RED ULTRAMARINE Fior, Manuele

The Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus is woven into this contemporary, psychologically complex graphic novel - for the first time in English! Fausto, a young architect, is a prisoner of his own obsession: the search for perfection. Only the love of Silvia, his girlfriend, can save him. To help him, she goes to a strange doctor, who will guide her on a journey between reality and myth... This is an early work of the internationally acclaimed cartoonist, rendered in a striking red and black two-colour palette.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fior was recently nominated for an LA Book Prize and has won major awards in France, Italy, Switzerland, and America.

• Fior’s distinctive, loose style showcases his compositional strength and his passion for architecture.

• Inspired by the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus.

• For fans of Olympians: Artemis, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, and Blackbird Days.

ISBN 13: 9781683961888, 144pp h/b, £17.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

TOYBOX AMERICANA Lane, Tim

In this book, Lane remasters milieus, attitudes, and cultural touchstones of the 20th century: wry slice-of-life vignettes are depicted in moodily crosshatched, noir-inflected drawings. Jazz clubs and pool halls, ballparks and graveyards, casinos and coffeehouses, back alleys and bus stops are populated by roughed-up boxers, bleary gamblers, rowdy winos, philosophical rail-riders, acrobatic fire-swallowers, and femme fatales - woven together into a uniquely designed collection of images and prose.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Lane illustrates for the New York Times and has been praised by Print and the A.V. Club, among others.

• Like Edward Hopper, Lane’s flat, cool, distanced artwork style isolates his figures and traps them in their environment.

• For fans of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Beverly, and Jess Ruliffson.

• Tim Lane’s work has appeared in Hotwire Comics, Mome, Smoke Signal, and the New York Press.

ISBN 13: 9781683961925, 208pp h/b, £26.00 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

THE YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY Rall, Ted & Callejo, Pablo

New York City in the 80s, and Ted Rall is in college.

Everything is fine before his pranks, lack of focus, and restlessness get him expelled. Unable to find a job and rejected by his parents, he considers suicide. By happenstance he finds comfort in the arms of many women as he bed-hops around the five boroughs.

It’s better than homelessness, but the psychic toll of selling himself and his affection was higher than he imagined. Both acidly funny and brutally honest, Rall pours out his guts in this remembrance of this most difficult chapter in his life.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An autobiographical account of the most difficult chapter of Rall’s life; funny, realistic, and touching.

• Rall is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and a bestselling author.

• Callejo’s realistic, softly-coloured illustrations enhances this sympathetic account of a desperate situation.

• An unusual autobiographical account of sex work from a male perspective.

ISBN 13: 9781681122151, 128pp p/b, £15.99 Published by NBM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel

SPIT THREE TIMES Reviati, David

Guido and his pals are rebels without a cause, living in a rural town in a forsaken corner of the Italian countryside turned peripheral wasteland, they spend their days trying to get high as a way to forget about the bleak hopelessness around them. Nearby live the Stancic, a family of Romani who escaped the communist regime of Marshal Tito and settled there just after World War II. Running parallel to the protagonist’s coming-of-age is the evolving relationship that the rural town has with this group of outsiders.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Winner of numerous Italian graphic literary prizes including Carlo Boscarato, Lo Straniero, and Attilio Micheluzzi.

• Also part of the Selection Officielle Angouleme 2018.

• Coming-of-age story that deals with issues of xenophobia, male friendship, violence, eroticism and prejudice.

• Award-winning Italian illustrator David Reviati’s first graphic novel in English.

• Extraordinary graphic novel with poetic language and deeply suggestive dialogue.

ISBN 13: 9781609809096, 568pp p/b, £22.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Graphic Novel - Manga

AGAIN!! 8

Kubo, Mitsurou

Kinichiro isn’t even that bad. It’s just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it’s graduation, and he’s looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over... Again!!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Yuri on Ice which Kubo wrote and co-created, was the biggest anime of 2016, making her an instant global star.

• Yuri on Ice provoked 1.4 million tweets and won a slew of critical and fan awards.

• It also became the No. 2 media franchise in Japan in the first half of 2017, with over $32 million in media sales.

• Like Yuri, Again!! focuses on a lesser-known sport - in this case, the Japanese cheer squad, or ouendan.

• Kubo’s breakthrough series Moteki (Vertical) is also available from Turnaround.

ISBN 13: 9781632367143, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AHO-GIRL: A CLUELESS GIRL 12 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 currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

• 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: 9781632367167, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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ATTACK ON TITAN 27 Isayama, Hajime

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BOARDING SCHOOL JULIET 5 Kaneda, Yousuke

On the fair island campus of Dahlia, the student body is split into two rival dorms: The Black Dog House of the eastern nation of Touwa, and the White Cats House of the West. Despite his doting childhood friend and a loyal posse, the first-year leader of the Black Dogs, Romeo Inuzuka, has one big teenage problem: He has a crush on Juliet Persia, the first-year leader of the White Cats! With her own brainiac right-hand man and a powerful crew behind her, the cutthroat Juliet thinks she has no time for misadventures with a hopeless romantic like Romeo. When Romeo meets Juliet one fateful twilight, he thinks he has a shot at love... but is this secret affair really worth dying for?!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Romeo and Juliet reimagined as a high school romantic comedy.

• An anime adaptation directed by Seiki Takuno (Yamada-Kun and The Seven Witches) will premiere in October 2018.

• Kodansha have been releasing the title digitally as part of their Digital-First line-up.

ISBN 13: 9781632367556, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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EDENS ZERO 3 Mashima, Hiro

A young boy gazes up at the sky and sees a streaming bolt of light. The friendly, armour-clad being at his side tells him gently, ‘That’s a dragon.’ The fact that he’s joking isn’t important. What’s important is the look of wonder on the boy’s face... and the galaxyspanning adventure that’s about to take place! Join Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail, Rave Master) once more as he takes to the stars for another thrilling saga!

KEY SELLING POINTS • This English edition will be released as little as four weeks after the Japanese release.

• Fairy Tail was one of the bestselling manga in the

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

• The third season of the anime is scheduled streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll in July 2018.

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

• More major-name crossover collaborations are predicted for 2019.

ISBN 13: 9781632367174, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

English-speaking world.

• Mashima’s previous success with Fairy Tail makes this new series a prime candidate for an anime adaptation.

• The series is currently being published online by Crunchyroll.

• The Fairy Tail series has sold well over 100000 copies in the UK. ISBN 13: 9781632367587, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE 6 Kishiro, Yukito

The cyber-martial arts saga that has spanned a solar system and over two decades in print returns, with creator Yukito Kishiro’s new sequel that reveals the true story of Alita’s childhood on Mars, and the mindbending adventures that still await her. For centuries, war has raged on the dusty, red surface of Mars. This apocalyptic crucible will produce the solar system’s most fearsome warrior, Alita. But for now that warrior is just a little girl named Yoko. The future and past of the battle angel fan out across the reaches of space in the final chapter of one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Superstar director James Cameron owns the film rights to this series.

• Battle Angel Alita is a firm fan-favourite series surrounded by a strong online buzz.

• Battle Angel Alita has been published in several languages and enjoys a substantial following.

• Sophisticated, adult themes in a sci-fi setting makes this series comparable to Ghost in the Shell.

ISBN 13: 9781632367181, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

FIRE FORCE 15 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: 9781632367228, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE HEROIC LEGEND OF ARSLAN 10

SAILOR MOON ETERNAL EDITION 4

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

Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she’s never gotten good grades, and, well, she’s a bit of a crybaby.

But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! Experience the Sailor Moon manga as never before in these extralong editions (about 300 pages each).

Tanaka, Yoshiki & Arakawa, Hiromu

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

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

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

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

ISBN 13: 9781632367303, 200pp p/b, £9.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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KISS ME AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT 9 Mikimoto, Rin

Hinana prizes her reputation as a serious high school student, too focused on getting into college to pay attention to boys. But she’s a secret fairytale romance freak, sneaking away from her studies to see A Roman Holiday and tucking pop idol magazines into her textbooks. When her celebrity crush comes to her school to film a TV episode, she has to pretend to be totally uninterested even as she desperately tries to get close to him. However, she’s not the only one who’s not what she appears... her dreamboat isn’t

just a pretty face either!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Similar to past dryly-humorous shojo hits like My Little Monster (Kodansha - also available from Turnaround).

• A sleeper hit in Japan from the same magazine as Kiss Him, Not Me! (Kodansha also available from Turnaround).

• A unique art style with expressions and emotions expressed in a more humorous way than most shojo manga.

ISBN 13: 9781632367266, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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LAND OF THE LUSTROUS 8 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 • 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.

• An anime adaptation is currently streaming in the UK on HIDIVE. ISBN 13: 9781632367273, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Takeuchi, Naoko

KEY SELLING POINTS • Sailor Moon was the phenomenal manga series which helped expose the massive market for manga in the west.

• Sailor Moon was the #1 bestselling manga in the US in 2012!

• The original anime series has recently been re-released alongside the new series Sailor Moon Crystal.

• Includes an entirely new, incredibly accurate translation and brand new covers.

• Has featured in the New York Times Best Seller Manga List several times, including the #1 spot, since its rerelease.

ISBN 13: 9781632361554, 300pp p/b, £24.00 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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TOKYO TARAREBA GIRLS 6 Higashimura, Akiko

Rinko has hustled her whole life, but one day she wakes up and finds herself a writer of a cheap online soap opera with only two friends (with whom she goes drinking most nights). In a booze-fuelled delusion, she swears to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in 2020, but it’s not going to be a straight line and there won’t be any fairy tale endings!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The latest manga series from acclaimed mangaka Akiko Higashimura.

• Higashimura is best known for her hit series Princess Jellyfish.

• Princess Jellyfish was nominated for the 2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia.

• Princess Jellyfish also won the 2010 Kodansha Manga Award for best shojo manga.

• Princess Jellyfish was adapted into an anime series in 2010 and is available in the UK from Kaze UK. ISBN 13: 9781632367365, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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TOPPU GP 4 Fujishima, Kosuke

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

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

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

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

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

ISBN 13: 9781632365774, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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WITCH HAT ATELIER 1 Shirahama, Kamome

A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what she wishes she could be. Reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, this lushly-drawn story was voted one of the top 10 manga of the year in 2018 by the Japanese manga industry. In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with the gift for magic. She’s resigned to her un-magical life, until a travelling magician passes through her village, and Coco learns what everybody ‘knows’ might not be the truth.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Art and story will remind readers of Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) and other classic Studio Ghibli films.

• Recent series featuring witches like Flying Witch (Vertical, 2012) and Little Witch Academia (Shueisha , 2015) have been hugely popular.

• Shirahama is a frequent cover artist for Marvel and DC on series including Star Wars: Doctor Aphra and Batgirl.

• Was ranked sixth on the 2018 Kono manga ga sugoi! Japanese manga industry poll.

ISBN 13: 9781632367709, 200pp p/b, £10.99 Published by KODANSHA COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE STORY OF LEE: COMPLETE SET

Wilson, Sean Michael; Kutsuwada, Chie; Piarelle & Tamura, Na

Matt, an ex-pat from Scotland in Hong Kong, meets Lee, a local Chinese girl. They fall in love but her family is resistant to this foreigner. Matt eventually brings Lee back to study in Scotland and meet his family and friends. They both find out how difficult family pressures and cultural differences can be, but can they be surmounted?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Each volume in this set of three is illustrated by a different artist with their own unique style.

• Themes of cultural tension and relationship turmoil are sure to resonate with fans of Blankets, and the Love Hina series.

• This is a touching, intimate portrait of cross-cultural love, with rich characterisation.

• Sean Michael Wilson has won several ‘best of’ awards, such as Publishers Weekly’s Best Ten Books of 2010 for AX: Alternative.

ISBN 13: 9781681122144, 448pp p/b, £25.99 Published by NBM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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BLAME! MOVIE EDITION 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 • The entire series is available in deluxe format.

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

• The film has been released on blu-ray and DVD in the UK by Manga UK. • For fans of hard sci-fi manga series such as Planetes (Dark Horse, also available).

• A BLAME! anime film adaptation has streamed worldwide on Netflix as a Netflix Original.

ISBN 13: 9781947194540, 180pp p/b, £10.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA, MASTER EDITION 1 Nihei, Tsutomu

Nagate Tanikaze was a homeless teen living in the depths of a space colony with a passion for simulation games and stealing rice. Now he is the lead fighter pilot, protecting said space colony from a race of shape-shifting space giants! One of the manga world’s most intriguing artists returns here with a science-fiction tour-de-force which combines postapocalyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic.

KEY SELLING POINTS • From the artist of Marvel Comics’ Wolverine.

• Nihei is an award-winning manga-artist who will already have a substantial UK fan-base.

• Has been adapted into two anime series that are streaming on Netflix.

• A new deluxe edition featuring larger pages and coloured inserts.

• A homage to critically acclaimed sci-fi dramas such as Macross, the Fifth Element and No Need for Tenchi.

ISBN 13: 9781947194427, 180pp p/b, £29.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SPIDER-GEDDON Gage, Christos & Crain, Clayton

Spider-Geddon is here! The end of all Spiders doesn’t exclude the star of the most anticipated video game of 2018! How does he enter the Marvel Universe and what role will he play in the final chapter of Spider-Verse?! Collecting: Spider-Geddon 0-5, SpiderGeddon: Vault of Spiders 1-2 KEY SELLING POINTS • Spider-Man is Marvel’s MOST popular character!

• This is the biggest ‘Spider-Man Event’ EVER! • The latest incarnation of Spider-Man (played

by Tom Holland) will return in Avengers 4 (3rd May, 2019) and Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 (5th July, 2019).

• Written by Christos Gage.

• Illustrated by Clayton Crain.

ISBN 13: 9781846539626, 176pp p/b, £16.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MARVEL PLATINUM: THE DEFINITIVE AVENGERS REBOOTED

Various; Lee, Stan; Busiek, Kurt & Kirby, Jack

A legendary team of heroes forged by fate and dedicated to protecting the innocent against threats too great for any single champion to face. They are the Avengers... Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Avengers Reboot brings together the very best tales from the team’s 50 plus-year history, including some of their greatest and most pivotal battles with the the time-travelling tyrant known as Kang the Conqueror!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The eagerly anticpated sequel to the smash hit Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4 (subtitle TBC), is due for release 26th April 2019!

• Avengers 4 will have the largest cast of heroes ever seen on screen!

• Includes the Marvel Universe entries for Kang and a host of other characters, detailing their history and powers.

• Includes the true origin of Kang, discussing how the creators came up with the villain.

• From an all-star cast of creators including Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Brian Michael Bendis and John Buscema.

ISBN 13: 9781846539619, 296pp p/b, £17.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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VENOM VOL. 2: THE ABYSS Cates, Donny & Coello, Iban

Eddie Brock’s alien symbiote has been disobeying its human host but the reason why only leads to new questions about the creature and its other-worldly origins! Collecting: Venom (2018) #7-12.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Venom IS arguably Spider-Man’s deadliest foe and possibly his most popular villain!

• The Venom movie, starring Tom Hardy (Inception, Dunkirk) as Eddie Brock, AKA Venom, is set for release 5th Oct 2018.

• Written by popular comic writer Donny Cates - The Transformers, Cobra, Web Warriors ISBN 13: 9781846539633, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Graphic Novel - Marvel

ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1 Bunn, Cullen & Lolli, Matteo

Spinning out of the events of Infinity Wars comes an epic space opera from Deadpool veterans Cullen Bunn and Matteo Lolli! Angela, the not-so-beloved half-sister of Thor. The hotheaded Valkyrie - and the human who shares her form, Annabelle Riggs. Skurge the Executioner, freshly returned from Hel. Throg, the mightiest frog of thunder. Kevin Masterson, the boy who took his father’s mace to become the hero Thunderstrike. And the Destroyer, the Asgardian armour built to take down Celestials - its wielder unknown. The events of Infinity Wars set Nebula off on a quest to rule the galaxy - wielding an Asgardian weapon even Thor would fear - and it’s up to this team of gods, assassins, frogs and heroes to stop her. Collecting: Asgardians of The Galaxy 1-5 ISBN 13: 9781302914714, 112pp p/b, £13.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: LIVING LEGENDS Macchio, Ralph; Nauck, Todd & Di Vito, Andrea

Your favourite movie heroes in action-packed comic book adventures! When tragedy strikes Asgard, Thor must hit back against the ice giant Ymir! The villainous Klaw visits sound and fury on Wakanda and the Black Panther! T’Challa joins Black Widow, Captain America and the Falcon on a mission to the moon - where awaits a deadly weapon powered by shards of the Cosmic Cube! Scott ‘Ant-Man’ Lang lives up to the Hank Pym’s heroic legacy when he teams with the Wasp for a return trip to Dimension Z - home of the Living Eraser! And Carol Danvers flies into action as the mighty Captain Marvel! Collecting: Thor: Where Walk The Frost Giants 1, Black Panther: The Sound and The Fury 1, Avengers: Shards of Infinity 1, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Living Legends 1, Captain Marvel: TBD Disney 1 ISBN 13: 9781302916381, 112pp p/b, £8.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION: FEAR THE REAPER Harras, Bob; Kaminski, Len & Gruenwald, Mark

When come the Gatherers! First, the machinations of Hera and Ares pit Hercules against Thor! A visit from the Starjammers and the X-Men proves painful for the Black Knight - and so do his feelings for Crystal and Sersi! And the demonic return of a classic villain teaches the Avengers to fear the Grim Reaper - not to mention his shambling Legion of the Unliving!

Then, the Gatherers - Proctor, Magdalene and the Swordsman, plus Sloth and Cassandra - attack at last! But what is the secret behind their dastardly plan - and why is their next target Black Panther? Plus, the Avengers aid Arkon! And Captain America, Thor and the Fantastic Four are drawn into the timetravel saga of Citizen Kang! Collecting: Vol. 23: Avengers (1963) 348-359, Annual 21; material from Captain America Annual 11, Thor Annual 17, Fantastic Four Annual 25 ISBN 13: 9781302916169, 480pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AVENGERS WORLD: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION Hickman, Jonathan; Spencer, Nick & Barbiere, Frank

It’s an Avengers World - we’re just living in it! As new threats emerge, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will be tested like never before. In one cataclysmic day, the face of the world changes forever and the fight for the future begins! Smasher, Sunspot and Cannonball find themselves prisoners of A.I.M.’s Scientist Supreme!

Shang-Chi takes on the Gorgon in a fight to the death for control of the Hand! The City of the Dead rises!

Starbrand must confront the ghosts of his past - and Manifold must discover his true destiny! Plus, Morgan Le Fay! Euroforce! The A.I.M. Empire! An Avengers team recruited by... Dr. Doom? And as time runs out, the Cabal rises and the events leading to the final incursion are finally revealed! Collecting: Avengers World 1-21, Avengers (2012) 34.1-34.2, material from All-New Marvel Now! Point One ISBN 13: 9781302916176, 528pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST BOX SET SLIPCASE Lee, Stan; Thomas, Roy & Englehart, Steve

And there came a day when the Avengers’ greatest adventures were collected in one truly mighty box set! Thrill to the complete adventures of the original lineup: Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp and Captain America! Then, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes go intergalactic when they’re swept up in the cosmic Kree/Skrull War! Witness the Avengers’ classic clash with the dynamic Defenders, and ponder the mystery of the Celestial Madonna! The Avengers battle the all-powerful Korvac, come under siege from Baron Zemo’s Masters of Evil, and battle the Gatherers in a never-beforecollected saga! Then, the Avengers are spellbound by Morgan Le Fay, a roster from across all of time assembles to oppose Kang and Immortus - and the team is torn apart in the shocking Avengers Disassembled! Plus, discover the Avengers’ latest and deadliest threat - the Final Host! Avengers Greatest Hits Assemble!

ISBN 13: 9781302916312, 2616pp h/b, £416.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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AVENGING SPIDER-MAN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

CLOAK AND DAGGER VOL. 2 Marvel Comics

Wells, Zeb; Rucka, Greg & Waid, Mark

Spider-Man swings with a host of heroes as comics’ biggest names deliver a Marvel team-op for the 21st century! Spidey and Red Hulk take on a Moloid army, and Captain America and Hawkeye drop by - but what could compare to a night out on the town with SheHulk? Spidey swoops into action with Captain Marvel, and dodges bullets with Deadpool! Plus, a battle to keep the Omega Drive out of the wrong hands with Daredevil and the Punisher! A trip to the Savage Land with Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy! Spider-Man and Blade vanquish vampires! Peter Parker in a world where Spider-Man never existed!

And clobberin’ time, courtesy of the Thing! Collecting: Avenging Spider-Man 1-15, Annual 1; Punisher (2011) 10; Daredevil (2011) 11; Amazing Spider-Man Annual 39; Spider-Man vs. Vampires 1; material from Amazing Spider-Man (1999) 692 ISBN 13: 9781302916183, 504pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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BLACK PANTHER VS. DEADPOOL

Kibblesmith, Daniel & Lopez-Ortiz, Ricardo

Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

When Deadpool’s attempt to steal some Vibranium leads to a startling new development in Wakandan technology, everything T’Challa thought he knew about being a ruler and everything Deadpool thought he knew about being a mercenary gets thrown out the window. But make no mistake: they still remember how to fight each other. Collecting: Black Panther vs.

Deadpool 1-5 ISBN 13: 9781302915490, 112pp p/b, £13.50

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CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION: THE SUPERIA STRATAGEM Gruenwald, Mark; Nicieza, Fabian & Levins, Rik

Hell hath no fury! Captain America faces a threat like never before when Superia raises an army of female super villains - from Anaconda to M.O.D.A.M.! The roguish gun-for-hire Paladin lends a hand to face these Femizons, but can these two mismatched adventurers thwart Superia’s stratagem? Then, Cap has a showdown with his German counterpart, Hauptmann Deutschland. Both men are after the Red Skull - until they discover that he’s been killed by Scourge! But nothing is ever as it seems with the Skull... Plus, Diamondback seeks a quiet life - as Cap’s executive secretary?! Bernie Rosenthal returns! Cap takes on Crossbones, Viper, Taskmaster, Jack O’Lantern, Doughboy and more! And journey back to World War II for a fresh look at the origin and earliest adventures of Captain America and Bucky! Collecting: Vol. 17: Captain America (1968) 387-397, Adventures of Captain America 1-4 ISBN 13: 9781302916206, 472pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

After their harrowing fight with the Gray, Cloak and Dagger are fighting crime as a duo once again, but their relationship out of costume needs some work. With new romantic interests making things complicated for the both of them, Cloak and Dagger will have to answer the question of ‘will they, or won’t they?’ once and for all. This while their old foe, Mr. Negative, resurfaces, bringing with him a sinister new threat that threatens to tear Cloak away from Dagger forever!

ISBN 13: 9781302915100, 136pp p/b, £16.99

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COLOR YOUR OWN AVENGERS 2 Marvel Comics

Earth’s brightest heroes are back in black-and-white, waiting for you to assemble their colourful costumes!

All your favourites are in need of your pens, pencils and crayons - whether it’s the red-white-and-blues of Captain America, the green skin of the Hulk or the Golden Avenger himself, Iron Man! Can you hit the target and stay in the lines like Hawkeye? Are you worthy to wield the right hue for Thor’s uru hammer, Mjolnir? Will you address the red in Black Widow’s ledger? Plus, Scarlet Witch, a Vision in green and more boldly clad adventurers! Don’t forget the detailed backgrounds - like Black Panther’s home nation of Wakanda or the intergalactic stomping ground of Captain Marvel!

But save a few of your darker shades for villains like Loki, Ultron and Thanos! Go to war on artwork by Marvel Comics greats - your choices are Infinite!

ISBN 13: 9781302915360, 120pp p/b, £8.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA

Busiek, Kurt; Nord, Cary & Mignola, Mike

The Tower of the Elephant and other stories! Conan the Barbarian stars in more legendary tales filled with swords, sorcery, giant spiders and monstrous creatures - including stories adapted from the original works of Robert E. Howard! Stealing the priceless gem the Heart of the Elephant from an unguarded tower seems like child’s play - but nothing’s ever easy for Conan! Then, a dalliance with a magistrate’s wife spells trouble, and Conan’s adventures in the City of Thieves continue as he runs a gauntlet of threats both human and inhuman! But what grotesque horrors await him in the Hall of the Dead? And is anybody ready for Conan... the King? Plus, tales of Conan’s youth as he braves the Battle of Brita’s Vale - and rides a wild Cimmerian bull! Collecting: Vol. 2: Conan (2004) 20-39 ISBN 13: 9781302915919, 504pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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DEADPOOL MINIBUS 3 Duggan, Gerry; Seeley, Tim & Nicieza, Fabian

The Minibus rides again! When Secret Wars reshapes the cosmos, Shiklah - Mrs. Deadpool herself - takes centre stage (with her groovy ghoulies) in a world without Wade Wilson! Then, the Merc returns for a pair of showdowns with the Mad Titan and the Ragin’ Cajun! Can Deadpool win in a deadly love triangle with Thanos? And will he survive one last job with his long-time con-job partner Gambit? Best frenemies Deadpool and Cable rub shoulders and trade bullets once more when Nathan is tasked with keeping one man alive - the same guy Wade has been hired to off!

And, when Forbush Man is murdered, can Deadpool stop a serial killer from offing all Marvel’s funniest characters?

ISBN 13: 9781302915926, 544pp h/b, £62.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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DECADES: MARVEL IN THE 70S - LEGION OF MONSTERS Mantlo, Bill; Robbins, Frank & Gan, Steve

Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - together with the groovy ghoulies of the Supernatural Seventies! It was an era of black-andwhite magazines filled with macabre monsters, and unsettling new titles starring horror-themed ‘heroes’! Now, thrill to Marvel’s greatest horror icons: The melancholy muck-monster known as the ManThing - whosoever knows fear burns at his touch!

Morbius, the Living Vampire! Jack Russell, cursed to be a Werewolf-by-Night! And the flame-skulled spirit of vengeance, the Ghost Rider! But what happens when they are forced together to become... the Legion of Monsters? Plus stories starring Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, Manphibian, the vampire-hunter Blade... and never-before-reprinted tales of terror! Collecting: Legion of Monsters (1975) 1; Marvel Preview 8; Marvel Premiere 28; Marvel Spotlight (1971) 2, 5; Frankenstein (1973) 1; Tomb of Dracula (1972) 10; material from Savage Tales (1971) 1 ISBN 13: 9781302916619, 248pp p/b, £20.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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DOCTOR STRANGE

BY DONNY CATES Cates, Donny; Spencer, Nick & Walta, Gabriel Hernandez

Duplicity and Damnation! Evil is everywhere, and the world needs the Sorcerer Supreme more than ever. But the Sorcerer Supreme is now... Loki?! Say hello to the Master of the Mischief Arts! The Norse lord of lies has the cloak, the spells - he’s even got Zelma Stanton as his assistant! So what happened to Stephen Strange? Down but not out, Strange may have one last play left in him - one that could shake the Marvel Universe to its core! But when Strange raises Las Vegas up from its destruction during Hydra’s Secret Empire, he inadvertently hands the key to the city of sin over to the embodiment of evil, Mephisto! It will take an unlikely assemblage of heroes from all over the Marvel Universe to defeat Mephisto - but at what price? Collecting: Doctor Strange 381-390, Doctor Strange: Damnation 1-4 ISBN 13: 9781302915292, 360pp h/b, £29.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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HOW TO PAINT CHARACTERS THE MARVEL STUDIOS WAY Marvel Comics

Have you ever wanted to create characters that look like they belong on the big screen? In How to Paint Characters the Marvel Studios Way, you’ll learn tips and tricks from some of the industry’s best concept artists. Ryan Meinerding, Andy Park, and the other artists behind Marvel Studios’ Visual Development department will share their method for creating iconic designs for all your favourite characters, from Captain America to Black Panther. Learn their favourite tools of the trade, their tips for visual character development and their process of collaborating with other artists on the team and the costume and props departments to create seamless film designs.

ISBN 13: 9781302913144, 240pp h/b, £41.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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INFINITY BY STARLIN & HICKMAN OMNIBUS Starlin, Jim; Hickman, Jonathan & Spencer, Nick

From the epic that began it all - to the blockbuster event to end all blockbuster events! For Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet is the ultimate prize. With it comes omnipotence: absolute control of time, space, power, reality, the mind and the soul. On the edge of Armageddon and led by the mysterious Adam Warlock, Earth’s super heroes join in a desperate attempt to thwart one nihilistic god’s insane plunge into galactic self-destruction. Years later, Thanos makes a world-shattering return, seeking to claim Earth while the Avengers are caught in a war in deep space! Galactic empires will fall as his crazed plans come to fruition! From the cosmic minds of Jim Starlin and Jonathan Hickman come the bookend chapters of the Mad Titan’s quest for infinity!

Collecting: Infinity Gauntlet 1-6, Infinity 1-6, New Avengers 7-12, Avengers 14-23 ISBN 13: 9781302915650, 848pp h/b, £104.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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INFINITY WAR OMNIBUS

Starlin, Jim; Defalco, Tom & Thomas, Roy

The epic sequel to the Infinity Gauntlet! Adam Warlock’s dark half has resurfaced. The Magus is here. And the cosmos shall feel his wrath! As the Magus schemes for ultimate power, an army of evil doppelgangers overwhelms Earth’s heroes, Dr. Strange and Galactus seek answers and Thanos enters the fray - alongside the Infinity Watch! Can the Avengers, X-Men and more turn the tide? To defeat the Magus, Eternity must be awakened... and the Infinity Gauntlet reassembled! Collecting: Infinity War 1-6; Fantastic Four (1961) 366-370; Spider-Man (1990) 24; Deathlok (1991) 16; Daredevil (1964) 310; Warlock and The Infinity Watch 7-10; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme 42-47; Silver Surfer (1987) 67-69; Wonder Man (1991) 13-15; Alpha Flight (1983) 110-112; Silver Sable & The Wild Pack 4-5; Guardians of The Galaxy (1990) 27-29; Quasar 37-40; New Warriors (1990) 27; Marc Spector: Moon Knight 41-44; Nomad (1992) 7; Sleepwalker 18; material from Captain America (1968) 408; Alpha Flight (1983) 109; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 108-112 ISBN 13: 9781302915964, 1352pp h/b, £104.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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IRON MAN BY FRACTION & LARROCA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 Fraction, Matt & Larroca, Salvador

Tony Stark - billionaire industrialist, Invincible Iron Man and now Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. - faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane, the son of Tony’s late business rival and archenemy Obadiah, has set his sights, his genius, and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying the Stark legacy. What’s worse, Ezekiel has obtained Iron Man technology, and he’s every bit Tony’s equal - except younger, faster, smarter... and immeasurably evil! Then, following the Skrulls’ secret invasion, Tony’s entire life has been torn apart.

What could make Iron Man the world’s most wanted? Tony’s failing health has made the armour too complicated to pilot, and he has Maria Hill on his tail - not to mention his entire rogues’ gallery, all after the billion-dollar bounty on his head! And things only get worse from there... Collecting: Invincible Iron Man (2008) 1-19 ISBN 13: 9781302916282, 496pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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IRON MAN EPIC COLLECTION: THE MAN WHO KILLED TONY STARK Goodwin, Archie; Tuska, George & Craig, Johnny

Iron Man’s nemesis, the Mandarin, has returned and he pushes the Golden Avenger to the breaking point.

First, he pits Iron Man against the Incredible Hulk in a battle of the titans that only one will walk away from, and then he tears down Tony Stark after discovering he is Iron Man! It’s an all-time Iron Man classic, and there’s more where that came from. Tony Stark finds himself replaced by his own S.H.I.E.L.D. Life-Model Decoy. And this doppelganger doesn’t just want to take Stark’s place - he wants to take his life. Also featuring the Controller, the Titanium Man, the Crimson Dynamo, an epic throw-down with the Sub-Mariner and the first appearance of Madame Masque. Collecting: Vol. 3: Iron Man (1968) 2-24 ISBN 13: 9781302916305, 496pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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IRON MAN: HEROES RETURN THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 Busiek, Kurt; Howell, Richard & Stern, Roger

Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen return Tony Stark to the Marvel Universe - and restore the shine to Iron Man! As Tony rebuilds his corporation from the ground up, enemies old and new remind him his work is never done! With romance, rivalry and robots to keep Tony busy, can he help his Avengers teammate Warbird in her own struggle against his worst enemy... the one in a bottle? Plus, Shellhead must deal with a cold, calculated and very personal attack from his archnemesis - the Mandarin! Iron Man teams with Captain America to face the menace of M.O.D.O.K. and joins the Fantastic Four in an adventure to the moon!

Guest-starring the Black Widow and James Rhodes: War Machine! Collecting Iron Man (1998) 1-14, Captain America (1998) 8, Quicksilver 10, Avengers (1998) 7, Iron Man/Captain America Annual 1998, Fantastic Four(1998) 15 ISBN 13: 9781302916060, 504pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MARVEL KNIGHTS FANTASTIC FOUR BY AGUIRRE-SACASA, MCNIVEN & MUNIZ: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto; Jones, Bruce & McNiven, Steve

The far-out Fantastic Four join the hard-hitting Marvel Knights imprint! The FF must regroup to overcome the one threat their incredible powers cannot defeat - bankruptcy! And when Reed, Sue and Ben take Franklin on a camping trip to the Pine Barrens, what they find is a strange creature that may well be the Jersey Devil! While New York freezes in the icy grip of winter, an old foe resurfaces with a grudge: Namor! But soon the team’s deepest fears and doubts are spreading from their dreams to the waking world. Their old villain Psycho-Man may hold the key, but he’s... dying?! And blind sculptress Alicia Masters has her sight restored - but at what cost? Plus, witness the ultimate Thing/Hulk battle - it’s a knock-down, drag-out slobber knocker that will rattle your molars! Collecting: Marvel Knights 4 1-14, Hulk/Thing: Hard Knocks 1-4 ISBN 13: 9781302916329, 424pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 19 Michelinie, David; Grant, Steven & Stern, Roger

Who knew the fight of the Avengers’ lives would be in the courtroom? Henry Peter Gyrich has his sight set on stripping Earth’s Mightiest Heroes of their charter, but when the Grey Gargoyle crashes the hearing, the only motion is to Assemble! Then, the action moves to Pittsburgh before a new nemesis arrives in the form of the Taskmaster. In his first appearance, the villain who can replicate any hero’s actions battles the Avengers, Yellowjacket, the Wasp and the All-New Ant-Man. On the way to issue #200, the team battles the towering robot Red Ronin and then unites against Ultron in an all-time classic. Also featuring a WonderMan solo tale, a rare Vision story and an action-packed adventure starring - Jarvis?! Collecting: Avengers (1963) 189-202, Marvel Premiere (1972) 55, material from Tales To Astonish (1979) 12 ISBN 13: 9781302916374, 328pp h/b, £62.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MARVEL UNIVERSE: THE END Starlin, Jim

Renowned comic creator Jim Starlin tells the final tale of the Marvel Universe, bringing the entirety of creation to its startling climax! A grave threat from beyond space and time swiftly approaches Earth imperilling the very nature of the entire universe! This catastrophic, existence-ending event forces Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and villains to join forces to fend off Armageddon. But amid ever-shifting alliances and internally warring factions, will they succeed in their quest to save all of eternity? Led by the demigod Thanos (who is admittedly not only quite mad, but something of a continual threat himself to both Earth and eternity), Earth’s superhumans must stand shoulder-toshoulder to face the most terrifying threat they’ve ever encountered: nothing less than the end of all that ever was! Collecting: Marvel Universe: The End 1-6 ISBN 13: 9781302915674, 168pp p/b, £16.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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MARVEL’S AVENGERS: UNTITLED PRELUDE

RUNAWAYS BY RAINBOW ROWELL & KRIS ANKA VOL. 3: THAT WAS YESTERDAY

Marvel Comics

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artefacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain. Collecting: Marvel’s Avengers:

Untitled Prelude 1-3, TBD ISBN 13: 9781302914950, 136pp p/b, £12.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Rowell, Rainbow & LaFuente, David

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A lot has changed for your favourite super-teens.

And a major villain from Runaways past is back in a way you won’t be able to predict! The kids have had a hard enough time with a grandma and a 13-yearold, so... things look pretty bleak for everyone in the world. Plus, see a story from a never-before-seen perspective! Collecting: Runaways 13-18 ISBN 13: 9781302914134, 136pp p/b, £14.99

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MIGHTY AVENGERS

BY DAN SLOTT: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION Slott, Dan; Gage, Christos & Pham, Khoi

When darkness reigns, founding Avenger Hank Pym decides the world once again needs Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Quicksilver, U.S.Agent, Vision, Stature, Jocasta, Hercules and Amadeus Cho answer Pym’s call. But with an oddly sinister Scarlet Witch alerting the squad to new missions and Pym’s fixation on his deceased ex-wife, the Wasp, drawing concern, can this fledgling group of Avengers overcome threats such as the chaotic Chthon, Norman Osborn’s Cabal and the deposed Inhuman monarch known only as the Unspoken? Plus, a grudge match against the Fantastic Four! A savage showdown with the Dark Avengers! And Pym is named the universe’s Scientist Supreme! But when Loki’s schemes come to fruition, the Mighty Avengers face the Siege of Asgard - and Pym must survive a confrontation with his sinister cybernetic ‘son,’ Ultron! Collecting: Mighty Avengers 21-36, Secret Invasion: Requiem ISBN 13: 9781302915667, 424pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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RETURN OF WOLVERINE Soule, Charles & McNiven, Steve

Wolverine’s body has been missing. The entire Marvel Universe has been looking for him, because he’s a very important part of the Super Hero puzzle. And at long last, he will be found. Collecting: Return of Wolverine 1-5 ISBN 13: 9781302911980, 160pp h/b, £20.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

S.H.I.E.L.D.

BY HICKMAN & WEAVER: THE HUMAN MACHINE Hickman, Jonathan & Weaver, Dustin

A long-awaited modern classic! The hidden past of S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed, courtesy of some of history’s greatest minds! Michelangelo has been pulling the strings for years but can even he keep Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton from killing each other and destroying the Brotherhood of the Shield? The battle for the Immortal City comes to a climactic conclusion!

Michelangelo and Nikola Tesla kick their plan into high gear! Galileo takes on Galactus! The truth behind Nostradamus is uncovered! And Howard Stark lays the foundation for the espionage organisation you know and love! But the battle that decides our present will be fought in the future... Collecting: S.H.I.E.L.D. (2011) 1-4, S.H.I.E.L.D. by Hickman & Weaver 5-6, S.H.I.E.L.D. Infinity ISBN 13: 9780785152507, 192pp p/b, £20.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 Thomas, Roy; Lee, Stan & Conway, Gerry

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel’s line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections.

Fullcolour covers, letters pages, pinups, extensive articles and reviews on Conan, his world and his creator - everything’s included just as no one is spared the vengeance of Conan! After the breakout success of Conan’s colour comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard’s hero to its black-and-white magazine line.

In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can offer, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel’s greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith’s ‘Red Nails’ and John Buscema’s ‘Black Colossus’ and ‘A Witch Shall Be Born’ featuring the infamous Tree of Death! Collecting: Savage Tales (1971) 1-5; Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 1-12, Special (1975) 1 ISBN 13: 9781302915322, 1072pp h/b, £104.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SECRET AVENGERS

BY RICK REMENDER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION Remender, Rick; Zircher, Patrick & Hardman, Gabriel

Hawkeye takes over Steve Rogers’ covert Avengers team! And with a new leader comes a fresh lineup as Giant-Man, Captain Britain and the original Human Torch join Black Widow, Beast, Valkyrie and Ant-Man as Earth’s stealthiest heroes. But will Hawkeye draw the line at Cap’s final recruit: the deadly Venom?! As the Avengers battle the X-Men, Thor takes a secret squad to stop the Phoenix by any means necessary!

But on the Kree homeworld, can Ms. Marvel and the Protector break free of Minister Marvel’s influence to aid their former companions? As Hawkeye and Black Widow seek to unmask the spy in their ranks, a new Masters of Evil forms - and the Shadow Council’s true goal is revealed! But the robotic Descendants’ rise may end the Secret Avengers once and for all! Collecting: Secret Avengers (2010) 21.1, 22-37 ISBN 13: 9781302916435, 384pp p/b, £29.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SPIDER-MAN 2099 VS. VENOM 2099

David, Peter; Peterson, Jonathan & Waid, Mark

Continuing the original adventures of Miguel O’Hara, the Spider-Man of the year 2099! First, Miguel shares a body-swapping, timeline-tangling adventure with none other than Peter Parker, the ever-amazing Spider-Man of the modern day! But how does the Green Goblin of the far-flung year 2211 fit into the madness? Miguel finally gets back to the future, only to be drawn into the web of Doom -Doctor Doom, that is, who has taken over the United States! How will Spidey react when both President Doom and Alchemax’s Tyler Stone approaches him with... job offers? And tragedy strikes when the Venom of 2099 attacks! What is this new Venom’s secret connection to Miguel? Plus, the futuristic all-crawler faces the Man-Spider, the Impaler, the Chameleon and more! Collecting: Spider-Man 2099 (1992) 34-38, Special; Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man; material from 2099 Unlimited 9-10 ISBN 13: 9781302916213, 280pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SHATTERSTAR

Seeley, Tim & Villa, Carlos

Shatterstar was a gladiator, a warrior, a killer ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the glory of blood coating his blades. You don’t just unlearn how to kill, no matter how hard you try. They crossed the wrong man, and now they’re going to reap the consequences. Collecting: Shatterstar 1-5 ISBN 13: 9781302915223, 112pp p/b, £13.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SHURI: THE SEARCH FOR BLACK PANTHER

Okorafor, Nnedi & Romero, Leonardo

The world fell in love with her in the movie. Now, the Black Panther’s techno-genius sister launches her own adventures written by best-selling Afrofuturist author Nnedi Okorafor and drawn by Eisner nominated artist Leonardo Romero! The Black Panther has disappeared, lost on a mission in space. And in his absence, everyone’s looking at the next in line for the throne. But Shuri is happiest in a lab, surrounded by gadgets of her own creation. She’d rather be testing gauntlets than throwing them. But a nation without a leader is a vulnerable one and Shuri may have to choose between Wakanda’s welfare and her own. Collecting: Shuri 1-5 ISBN 13: 9781302915230, 180pp p/b, £13.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SPIDER-MAN: NEW WAYS TO LIVE

Van Lente, Fred; Reed, Brian & Kelly, Joe

The Chameleon returns with a terrifying new mission - and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson squarely in his sights!

And as JJJ’s Anti-Spider Squad closes in, Peter Parker gets a brand-new job! Will it bring him closer to the newly returned Mary Jane or push her further away?

Then, look out, Spidey - the Black Cat’s back, too, more dangerous than ever! And Raptor seeks revenge against the man he claims killed his family - Ben Reilly, Spider-Man’s clone! Plus Eddie Brock finds a new way to live - as Anti-Venom! Jackpot makes the scene! And Deadpool strikes! Collecting: Amazing Spider-Man (1999) 602-611, Spider-Man: A Chemical Romance, Spider-Man: The Root of All Annoyance, Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom - New Ways To Live 1-3, Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot 1-3; material from Web of Spider-Man (2009) 1, Amazing Spider-Man Family 6 ISBN 13: 9781302915629, 480pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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SPIDEY

Thompson, Robbie & Bradshaw, Nick

Think you know everything about Peter Parker?

Think again! Expect action, adventure and hilarity in equal measure as we head back to high school to explore Pete’s early days! Modern talent combines with the classic Marvel flavour to present the webslinging wonder’s younger years in truly amazing, spectacular, sensational style. It’s a return to the hassles of overdue homework, not knowing how to talk to girls and a never-ending merry-go-round of madness courtesy of the best rogues’ gallery in comics, each one more incredible than the last. You’ll love watching Spidey tangle with Doctor Octopus and dig Sandman, the walking beach. With these and more faces from Peter’s past - both familiar and surprising figures - you’ll remember what made Spider-Man the world’s greatest hero in the first place!

ISBN 13: 9781302916558, 272pp p/b, £10.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION: THE OLD REPUBLIC VOL. 3 Miller, John Jackson; Avellone, Chris & Dazo, Bong

A new direction for fugitive Jedi Zayne Carrick!

With his allies by his side - his best friend, Gryph, the mysterious Jarael, and the former Mandalorian warrior Rohlan - Zayne sets forth on seat-of-yourpants adventures filled with ghost ships, renegade droids and high-speed racers! A death-defying shootout on the face of a comet leads right into the heart of one of the galaxy’s most cruel organisations - the slavetrading Crucible! Zayne risks his life - and maybe his sanity - to help Jarael face her dark past, but the consequences could be deadly for his crew! And, as Zayne Carrick’s saga draws to a close, he’ll face what may be his most dangerous enemy yet - the demonic Demagol! Collecting: Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic 38-50, Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic - War 1-5, material from Star Wars Tales 24 ISBN 13: 9781302916466, 432pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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STAR WARS VOL. 10: THE ESCAPE

Gillen, Kieron & Larroca, Salvador

The rebels are reeling and on the run. Scattered.

Scared. Hope is dead. Darth Vader tightens his grip, mercilessly hunting the scattered band down with his most dangerous servants. They will not escape him this time. But for Luke, Leia, Han and the rest of the Alliance, the fight against the evil Galactic Empire continues. The heroes will need to turn to allies both old and new if they hope to ever turn the tide and save the Rebellion in its darkest hour. Collecting: Star Wars 55-60 ISBN 13: 9781302914493, 136pp p/b, £14.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE AVENGERS OMNIBUS VOL. 4

Thomas, Roy; Englehart, Steve & Ellison, Harlan

Caught in the crossfire, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of cosmic proportions. The merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls have gone to war, and humanity is on the frontline. It’s Roy Thomas and Neal Adams’ classic Kree-Skrull War! Then, every Avenger from day one returns to battle Ares and the Enchantress. There’s no time wasted upping the ante when the mutant-hunting Sentinels return from the heart of the sun. Next, enter: Steve Englehart! The Avengers’ new writer doesn’t miss a beat as he builds to Marvel’s first hero-vs. hero epic - the Avengers/Defenders War. Also featuring Mantis’ first appearance, Magneto and the X-Men, and Vision and the Scarlet Witch’s growing romance. Collecting: Avengers (1963) 89-119, Daredevil (1964) 99, Defenders (1972) 8-11 ISBN 13: 9781302915346, 856pp h/b, £83.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE THANOS WARS: INFINITY ORIGIN OMNIBUS Starlin, Jim; Friedrich, Mike & Englehart, Steve

Before he eradicated half the Marvel Universe, Thanos fought his first Infinity Gem-powered wars against Captain Marvel, Adam Warlock and the combined might of the Avengers. Created by the incomparable Jim Starlin, these epic battles redefined the stakes for Marvel’s heroes - and at the centre of it all was always Thanos. Starlin imbued Thanos’ stories with an existential spirit and cosmic scope that made the Mad Titan as compelling as he was dangerous.

Experience Thanos, Drax and Gamora’s first appearances, the very first assembling of the Infinity Gems, the reinvention of Captain Marvel, the return of Adam Warlock and more in this awesome Omnibus edition. Beautifully restored and packed with extensive bonus material, it’s a must-have for every Marvel fan. Collecting: Iron Man (1968) 55, Captain Marvel (1968) 25-34, Marvel Feature (1971) 12, Avengers (1963) 125, Strange Tales (1951) 178-181, Warlock (1972) 9-15, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 55, Avengers Annual (1967) 7, Marvel Two-In-One Annual (1976) 2, Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) 1, Material From Daredevil (1964) 105, Logan’s Run (1977) 6 ISBN 13: 9781302915308, 800pp h/b, £83.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP Whitley, Jeremy & Charretier, Elsa

Nadia spent the entire first half of her life a captive of the Red Room, but now this teenage super scientist is spreading her wings! Hank Pym’s daughter has a lot of time to make up for, and she’s determined to change the world. With Jarvis at her side, she’s on a mission to bring together the brightest girl geniuses of the Marvel Universe - starting with Lunella Lafayette, the miraculous Moon Girl! But Nadia didn’t count on evil scientists, man-eating giant rats or Devil Dinosaur - or the lethal lady wrestlers known as the Grapplers!

And even as Nadia’s recruiting drive continues, the Red Room is on her trail - and they’ll pullout all the stops to get her back! Can the geniuses of G.I.R.L. find a way to save Nadia from being dragged back to the bunker? Whatever happens, Nadia’s fate will be forever altered but can the original Wasp, Janet Van Dyne, help her find a way forward? When they get together, few can resist their sting!

ISBN 13: 9781302916565, 184pp p/b, £10.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THOR BY KIERON GILLEN: COMPLETE COLLECTION

Gillen, Kieron; Tan, Billy & Elson, Richard

Loki has woven his intricate scheming throughout every level of Thor’s existence. From Asgard to Oklahoma, from Latveria to Hell, the Trickster has involved the likes of Dr. Doom, Hela, Norman Osborn and even Mephisto to meet his sinister goals. But when his plans spiral out of control - culminating in the Siege of Asgard and the return of an ancient evil so terrible it means certain disaster to even speak its name - it’s up to Thor and his fellow Asgardians to save the day! But who, if anyone, will save Loki? And what part does Dani Moonstar of the New Mutants have to play? It’s hammer-swinging action on a grand and cosmic scale by one of today’s most celebrated Asgardian chroniclers, fan-favourite scribe Kieron Gillen! Collecting: Thor 604-614, Siege: Loki 1, New Mutants 11 ISBN 13: 9781302915612, 312pp p/b, £28.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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GRAPHIC NOVELS • CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT Graphic Novel - Marvel

VENOM

BY DONNY CATES VOL. 2 Cates, Donny; Coello, Iban & Stegman, Ryan

The blockbuster hit of summer 2018 continues! Eddie Brock’s alien symbiote has been disobeying its human host but the reason why only leads to new questions about the creature and its other-worldly origins!

Collecting: Venom (2018) 7-12 ISBN 13: 9781302913076, 136pp p/b, £14.99 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Marvel

WEAPON H VOL. 2 Pak, Greg & Anindito, Ario

Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

The bizarre adventures of Weapon H an all-new hero with the Hulk’s raw strength and Wolverine’s Adamantium claws -continue here! As if Wendigo, Brood and Man-Thing weren’t enough, our favourite exmercenary must now face the Skrullduggers! But what the heck are they? Why, dragon-monsters with Skrull shape-shifting powers, obviously! But were they sent by Roxxon, or is this an all-new threat from outer space? Hopefully special guest Captain America can lend a hand! Collecting: Weapon H 7-12 ISBN 13: 9781302912291, 136pp p/b, £14.99

Graphic Novel - Marvel

X-MEN

BY PETER MILLIGAN VOL. 1: DANGEROUS LIAISONS Milligan, Peter; Hudlin, Reginald & Larroca, Salvador

A new X-Men era begins, courtesy of Peter Milligan!

The X-Men travel to Antarctica after an S.O.S. from a colony of mutants, but what they find is shocking bodies everywhere and the word ‘Golgotha’ written on the walls in blood! With Emma Frost offering cryptic answers and madness beginning to gnaw at their minds, can the X-Men keep the rest of the planet from suffering the colony’s gruesome fate? Then, a bizarre love triangle threatens to tear the team apart - or at the very least, leave Rogue flaming mad with Gambit! Why does Mystique want to join the X-Men? And will the team grant membership to its old foe?! And an investigation into mutated animals in Africa leads Storm and the X-Men into a wild adventure - alongside the Black Panther! Collecting: X-Men (1991) 166-176, Black Panther (2005) 8-9 ISBN 13: 9781302916503, 320pp p/b, £29.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Graphic Novel - Marvel

X-MEN: ONSLAUGHT AFTERMATH

Lobdell, Scott; Kavanagh, Terry & Mackie, Howard

Onslaught is defeated! But Professor X has been arrested and mutant prejudice is at an all-time high.

Cannonball and Iceman infiltrate the presidential campaign of anti-mutant Graydon Creed, but will their investigation put Iceman’s family in the crosshairs and what happens when Creed is targeted for death?

Plus, Archangel regains his original wings! The X-Men adjust to Joseph, the amnesiac Magneto, joining the team! Storm comes under attack! The team takes on the Brotherhood - but Cyclops’ brother Havok is leading the villains! Can Juggernaut escape from the crimson prison that Onslaught trapped him in? And with the Fantastic Four presumed dead in Onslaught’s attack, can the X-Men help the orphaned Franklin Richards? Guest-starring X-Factor, Spider-Man and the Silver Surfer! Collecting: Uncanny X-Men (1981) 338-340, Annual ‘96-97; X-Men (1991) 58-61, Annual ‘97; X-Men Unlimited (1993) 12-14, X-Factor (1986) 130 ISBN 13: 9781302916510, 488pp p/b, £33.50 Published by MARVEL - US Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS0

FEMINIST BABY! HE’S A FEMINIST TOO! Brantz, Loryn

He toots! He hoots! He wiggles and giggles! Feminist Baby is breaking down walls! Loryn continues to celebrate the joys of modern childhood with wit and humour that sets the stage for feminist girls and boys.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This is the third empowering instalment of the breakout hit series, this time showing boys can be feminists too.

• There’s a large, growing market for books on feminism aimed at children - see Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls etc.

• Loryn’s big-eyed, cartoon sensibility is ridiculously cute, perfectly capturing this baby’s flair.

• Loryn is a writer and illustrator for Buzzfeed, with an existing social platform and millions of views.

ISBN 13: 9781368022996, 22pp Board, £8.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS0

THE GREAT INDOORS Falatko, Julie & Chan, Ruth

When the humans head out to go camping, the animals settle in for a relaxing holiday of their own!

Teen bear takes over the bathroom with her curling iron, the beavers prepare their fanciest recipes, and the deer kick up their feet for a dance party. What starts as a little unwinding soon escalates to a big mess, just in time for everyone to head home... Julie Falatko and Ruth Chan’s quirky humours shine in this hilarious take on family trips that will have kids wondering what exactly goes on back at home when they’re on holiday.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kids will love seeing familiar camping tropes inverted as wild animals take up their own version of camping indoors.

• Each family of animals has a distinct personality, and the fun variety will appeal to any animal-loving young reader.

• Chock full of silly dialogue, this is a charming, unexpected story begging to be read aloud - with funny voices!

• Falatko’s debut, Snappsy the Alligator, was well-received critically and by consumers.

• Chan’s adorable, hilarious illustrations perfectly capture the spirit of this story.

ISBN 13: 9781368000833, 40pp h/b, £14.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT Children’s Books - KS0

UNDERWEAR! Harney, Jenn

A tired bear dad tries to herd his rambunctious bear cub who would rather play with his tighty whities into bed. Underwear makes great hair. It can even turn one into a superbear, or a gogglewearing swimming bear. But beware of a big scare!

Rhymes, homonyms, and conjunctions abound in this book that could be used to teach reading, but whose primary purpose is to make bedtime fun.

KEY SELLING POINTS • In the vein of the ... Loves Underpants series, the word ‘underwear’ by itself is enough to make kids crack up.

• This relatable story of a harried dad trying to coax his cub into bed can be enjoyed by children and parents alike.

• Features lots of word repetition, rhyming, and homonym jokes - great for learning new vocabulary.

• Illustrated in a cool, colourful style by Harney who has previously illustrated the Hazy Bloom series.

ISBN 13: 9781368027939, 40pp Board, £10.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS0

WATCH OUT FOR WOLF!

Rissi, Anica Mrose & Santoso, Charles

There’s so much for these little piggies to do before their party - they have to bake the cake, decorate the house, deliver the invitations, and, most importantly, watch out for Wolf! With clever nods to various fairytales and nursery rhymes sprinkled throughout, this picturebook takes the classic Three Little Pigs story in a new direction, celebrating friendship and great party planning.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This twist on a familiar tale will appeal to readers, who will recognise the little piggies.

• Readers will love watching out for Wolf themselves as he creeps past windows and around corners!

• A warm, uplifting story about friendship and not judging a book by its cover (or its fur).

• Santoso’s illustrations are vibrant and eye-catching, with a wonderful balance of humour and sweetness.

ISBN 13: 9781484785560, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

GUMAZING GUM GIRL!, THE, BOOK 3: POPPED STAR Montijo, Rhode & Reynolds, Luke

Superhero Gabby Gomez knows she needs to come clean with her family about her secret identity. But just as she works up the courage, trouble pops up again as Ninja-Rina twirls onto the scene! Has Gum Girl finally met her match? Is Ninja-Rina tutu much to handle? Buckle up for more flavour-packed action as Gum Girl takes on someone a little more her size.

It’s another exciting adventure with the ever-elastic, super-stretchy superhero, Gum Girl!

KEY SELLING POINTS • With its bubbly, two-colour illustrations and fast-paced narrative, this is an accessible, laugh-out-loud read.

• For fans of the Powerpuff Girls reboot currently airing, and other young superheroes like Mike Morales’ Spider-Man. • Features a scented, reversible cover to draw readers in.

• Montijo has extensive experience illustrating books, children’s tv programmes, and graphic novels.

ISBN 13: 9781423161387, 160pp p/b, £5.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

BIG WORDS SMALL STORIES: THE TRAVELING DUSTBALL Henderson, Judith & McBeth, T.L.

This collection of 5 stories follows Davey and his dog, Abigail, as they’re swept away by a flying dustball.

It takes them on adventures around the world, to places including Italy, China, and Switzerland. As with the first book, the mischievous Sprinkle Fairy has slipped a Big Word into each story - such fun ones as lollygagging, irksome, and phenomenon! This pitchperfect book introduces emerging readers to new vocabulary in an entertaining way, full of deadpan and slapstick humour. It even features a ‘Small Play on Big Words’ at the end that uses all the Big Words Together.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A novel way to introduce new vocab as part of an entertaining and engaging narrative that young readers will love.

• Henderson’s hilarious dialogue and McBeth’s quirky illustrations make the learning memorable and fun.

• Features 5 connected stories to introduce 5 new Big Words, set all around the world!

• Includes a bonus ‘Small Play on Big Words’ at the end, that uses all the Big Words learned together.

ISBN 13: 9781771387897, 56pp h/b, £9.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

FOLLOW THAT BEE!

A First Book of Bees in the City Ritchie, Scot

Five friends get the chance to visit Mr. Cardinal, who keeps bees in his back garden. As the kids help him with his work he explains how bees feed and pollinate, what happens inside their colony, how they build their hives, and even why they like to dance! He also tells them why some bee populations are in trouble, how important this is, and how we can help. This is a comprehensive and entertaining look at these real-life wonders of nature, aligning with early science curricula, including bonus information and two activities at the end.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An entertaining and comprehensive guide to a very topical subject: honey bees and their modern plight.

• Features a culturally-diverse cast of characters that appear in other books in Ritchie’s Exploring Our Community series.

• Ritchie is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, among others.

• Features a full bee illustration at the end with all parts identified, a glossary, and two activities.

ISBN 13: 9781525300349, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

KARATE KAKAPO

Cunti, Loredana & Curtis, Stacy

Kakapo is crazy about karate. No student at her dojo tries harder or practices more. She loves the super-fast kicks: the running kicks, the jumping kicks, the side kicks... but no amount of practice can help her conquer the elusive flying kick, as kakapos can’t fly. Despite this, Kakapo works hard on everything else to perfect her skills. She has earned every belt, and now it’s time for the most difficult karate challenge of all: the black belt test. Kakapo is ready, having mastered all the moves. Except that one, of course. But surely the senseis won’t ask her to do a flying kick. Will they?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kakapo is a sweet and endearing protagonist who works hard, and is easy for young readers to relate to and root for.

• Introduces readers to a real-life bird they may not have heard of: the criticallyendangered kakapo.

• Kakapo discovers that seeing a problem from a different perspective can often help you solve it.

• The art was reviewed by a karate expert to ensure the moves are accurately portrayed.

ISBN 13: 9781771388030, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT Children’s Books - KS1

MINE. YOURS.

Arnold, Marsha Diane & Leng, Qin

Little Panda startles Big Panda awake inside his den.

So Big Panda, a little cranky, sets him straight by declaring, ‘Mine.’ Then he puts Little Panda outside on a rock and tells him, ‘Yours.’ When Little Panda appears at breakfast wanting Big Panda’s food, he tells him again, ‘Mine.’ Though, to encourage Little Panda to leave, he hands him a kite and says, ‘Yours.’

When Little Panda has a little too much fun in the forest and sends all the other animals’ things flying, they have to work together to fix it. Can they all learn a new word - ‘Ours’?

KEY SELLING POINTS • A nearly wordless picture book - but what powerful words they are!

• Teaches young readers the importance of community, sharing, and inclusivity.

• Leng’s illustrations are sweetly expressive, perfectly fitting Arnold’s simple but richly-layered story.

• Great to read aloud, full of drama, suspense, and surprises.

ISBN 13: 9781771389198, 40pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

MY FOREST IS GREEN Barron, Ashley & Lebeuf, Darren

A young artist explores the urban forest near his home, art supplies in tow, interpreting what he sees in a variety of artistic media. He is a keen observer who uses poetic, rhythmic language to describe the diversity he finds all around him through the seasons his forest is both ‘fluffy’ and ‘prickly,’ ‘crispy’ and ‘soft.’

He is inspired to make charcoal rubbings, rock art, sponge painting, and more, in order to explore and interpret the beauty around him.

This is a book to inspire and delight, sure to awaken the nature artist in every child.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An educational and inspiring exploration of the forest with an artistic twist.

• Lots of artistic media used: charcoal rubbing, snow sculpture, cut-paper collage, sponge painting, etc..

• An excellent teaching tool for both learning about nature and learning about artistic interpretation.

• The poetic, rhythmic writing makes it enjoyably lyrical when read aloud.

ISBN 13: 9781771389303, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

OJIICHAN’S GIFT

Uegaki, Chieri & Simms, Genevieve

When Mayumi was born her grandfather created a garden for her, unlike any other garden she knew.

Ojiichan made it out of stones: ‘big ones, little ones and ones in-between.’ Every summer, Mayumi visits her grandfather in Japan, and they tend the garden together. Raking the gravel is her favourite part.

Afterward, the two of them sit and enjoy the results of their efforts in happy silence. But then one summer, everything changes. Ojiichan has grown too old to care for his home and the garden. He has to move. Will Mayumi find a way to keep the memory of the garden alive for both of them?

KEY SELLING POINTS • A touching, gentle tale of a young girl, her grandfather and their shared connection to nature.

• Explores a deep intergenerational bond and themes of loss, anger, ageing, and acceptance of change.

• Chieri Uegaki’s lyrical, poetic text is complemented perfectly by Genevieve Simm’s gorgeous watercolour illustrations.

• Multicultural: Mayumi lives in North America with her Japanese mum and Dutch dad, visiting her grandfather in Japan.

ISBN 13: 9781771389631, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

MERMAID DREAMS Pugsley, Kate

One sunny Saturday, Finn visits the beach. The warm sand feels wonderful between her toes, but it would be more fun if she had a friend. Too shy to say hello, Finn watches the kids play nearby, and slowly her eyes droop closed... When Finn awakens she has been transported to a magical underwater world... and she’s a mermaid! But who is calling out a greeting from behind that coral? Whose bright eyes are peering at her from the sea grass? Could it be a new friend? Or just another sea creature? Making new friends may not be as hard as you think - if you have a good imagination!

KEY SELLING POINTS • This sweet tale encourages shy children to make friends, and encourages imagination-based play.

• Puts a body-positive spin on the traditional Disney mermaid image.

• This is Pugsley’s debut picture book - she’s one to look out for.

• Kate Pugsley has a strong Instagram following - over 200k.

ISBN 13: 9780735264915, 32pp h/b, £14.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BENNY?

Fagan, Cary & MacDonald Denton, Kady

Benny’s little brother is really good at a lot of things - making potions and paper airplanes, building forts, putting on puppet shows, even petting the neighbours’ cat. But whenever he tries to join in Benny’s activities, all Benny ever says is ‘No’. Maybe his little brother can watch him do cool stuff, if he’s lucky. What is a little fox to do, except give Benny a taste of his own medicine? Totally familiar yet fresh and original, tenderly told and consistently funny, this story perfectly captures the joys (and annoyances!) of sibling relationships.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fagan is one of Tundra’s most beloved authors, and MacDonald Denton’s art is beloved around the world.

• Siblings everywhere, of all ages, will relate to these brothers’ relationship and issues.

• Told mostly in perfectly pitched dialogue, this book invites being read aloud.

• Subtly shows how Benny’s actions makes his brother feel, and how Benny feels when he’s ignored, exploring complex emotions.

• The timelessness of this story and the beautiful, traditional art style gives a classic feel.

ISBN 13: 9781770498570, 36pp h/b, £14.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS1

WHERE OLIVER FITS Atkinson, Cale

Oliver is a little piece of a big puzzle, but finding his place in the great puzzle of life isn’t easy. Where will he fit? In the mane of a unicorn? The tentacle of a pirate squid? The helmet of an astronaut? When he finally goes in search of his perfect place, he finds that trying to fit in is a lot harder than he thought. But like any puzzle, a little trial and error leads to a solution, and Oliver figures out exactly where he belongs. A sweet and funny story that explores all the highs and lows of learning to be yourself and shows that fitting in isn’t always the best fit.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new board version of the successful title that has sold over 10k copies and garnered praise from Kirkus, SLJ, Q&Q, etc • Features Oliver, an adorable and unique character, his puzzle piece nature making for a great story.

• The themes of being yourself and trying to fit in are universal, perennial, and always relevant.

• Atkinson’s previous If I Had A Gryphon and The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold are best-sellers.

ISBN 13: 9780735265110, 38pp Board, £8.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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Children’s Books - KS2

TWINCHANTMENT BOOK 1

MEGABAT AND FANCY CAT

In their kingdom where potentially-magical beings are outlawed, princesses Flissa and Sara have had to pretend to be one person since they were born.

They trade off royal duties like attending balls, fencing exhibitions, and making friends with other nobles, while hiding in plain sight. But when a magical attack puts their mother’s life in danger, they must break the rules to save her - with the help of a brave servant boy and his kitten. Setting off on a quest to the Twists - a place full of dark magic - and with time running out, the girls must make their own magic to save the day.

Megabat was looking forward to Christmas morning: presents, playing toys, smooshfruit and watching Star Wars. But then Daniel opened his last, most special present: a beautiful cat named Priscilla! He’s always wanted a pet. Megabat is not sure he likes this cat.

What if Daniel loves Priscilla more than Megabat?

This is truly a disturbance in the Force. Megabat and Birdgirl must find a way to get rid of this cat once and for all! But is there more than meets the eye with this furry menace?

Allen, Elise

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first book in a sure-to-be-popular magical series, perfect for fans of Soman Chainani, Kiera Cass, and Jennifer Bell.

• The series, though new, has already been optioned for a Disney Channel Original Movie.

• A funny, lighthearted story with sweet, charming characters and buckets of adventure and magic.

• Allen is an Emmy-nominated writer with multiple credits for TV and an acclaimed YA novel, Populazzi, under her belt.

ISBN 13: 9781368008624, 336pp h/b, £14.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS2

STINKY SCIENCE

Why the Smelliest Smells Smell So Smelly Kay, Edward & Shiell, Mike

This book about the science of smells starts with the basics, from the reason why things stink to how our sense of smell works. Then come the specifics such as the link between scents and memory, descriptions of some of the worst smells on Earth, and information about the chemicals smells are made of. Young readers finally learn why feet and cheese can smell the same! An educational, hilarious compendium of the best-of in the gross-out science - with a glossary and index at the end.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This educational book about the science of smells will hook young readers with its hilarious illustrations and facts.

• Features such info as why memory is linked with smell, how the smelling process works, and the chemical makeup of scents.

• Thoroughly-researched and chock-full of up-to-date facts, by award-winning children’s TV and science writer Edward Kay. • Features a glossary and index at the end to round out this terrific book.

ISBN 13: 9781771383820, 44pp h/b, £14.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS2

MYA’S STRATEGY TO SAVE THE WORLD Kyi, Tanya Lloyd

Mya Parsons runs her school’s social justice club with her best friend, Cleo. Her lifelong desire is to work for the United Nations and change the world, and then bask in all the ensuing adulation. Her more immediate desire is to get a phone, preferably one like Cleo’s. When her distracted dad and her long-distance mom both say no, no way, and possibly never, Mya launches a campaign to prove herself reliable and deserving. Her efforts leave her ego bruised, but after an accident leaves Mya to take charge she realises how much she’s grown, with or without access to proper communications.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Main character Mya will be relatable to teens, with her passions for social justice and technology.

• A mix of short chapters, texts, emails and more will keep young readers engaged.

• Tanya Lloyd Kyi is an award-nominated author.

• Great for fans of Suzy Becker and Rose Cooper.

ISBN 13: 9780735265257, 208pp h/b, £13.99 Published by PUFFIN CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Humphrey, Anna & Reich, Kass

KEY SELLING POINTS • Following on from the success of the first Megabat book, this is a brand new adventure featuring new characters!

• Kass Reich’s adorable illustrations perfectly illustrate this hilarious story and its memorable main players.

• Humphrey is an up-and-coming children’s author, published by Disney Hyperion, Simon & Schuster, and HarperTeen.

• Funny and perfect for 7-10 year olds, this would make a great first chapter-book for a reluctant reader.

ISBN 13: 9780735262591, 176pp h/b, £10.99 Published by TUNDRA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Books - KS3

HAMLET

Campfire Graphic Novels Shakespeare, William ; Roy, Malini & Kumar, Naresh

Once upon a time on a dark winter night, a ghost appears on the ramparts of Castle Elsinore in Denmark. It closely resembles the recently deceased king of Denmark. The guards see it first, and then the scholar Horatio confronts it. But it doesn’t speak to them. Impatient to know what the ghost’s appearance means, they summon Hamlet, the prince of Denmark. Hamlet has returned to Denmark to attend his father’s funeral. Yet, he finds himself also attending his mother Gertrude’s wedding to his uncle Claudius, who has inherited the throne. What will the ghost tell Hamlet?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Makes Shakespeare’s Hamlet accessible for a young readership.

• Crossover appeal for fans of graphic novels and classic literature.

• Features full-colour, high quality artwork throughout.

ISBN 13: 9789381182512, 90pp p/b, £8.99 Published by CAMPFIRE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Children’s Book - KS3

LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME FOR YOUNG READERS Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong Loewen, James W., Stefoff, Rebecca

Lies My Teacher Told Me is one of the most important and successful American history books of our time. Now Rebecca Stefoff turns Loewen’s beloved work into Lies My Teacher Told Me for Young Readers. Beginning with pre-Columbian American history and then covering characters and events as diverse as Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War, Loewen’s lively, provocative telling of American history is a ‘counter-textbook that retells the story of the American past’ (The Nation). Readers will welcome and value its honesty, its humour, and its integrity.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Based on the best-selling book in The New Press’s history: Lies My Teacher Told Me, which sold nearly 2 million copies.

• Stefoff’s experience adapting popular nonfiction for a young audience includes work by Howard Zinn, Jared Diamond, etc..

• New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu credited Jim Loewen as an inspiration in taking down racist monuments in his city.

• The author is known for his scholarship and unique take on the state of American history education.

ISBN 13: 9781620974698, 256pp h/b, £22.99 Published by THE NEW PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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THE CASKET OF TIME Magnason, Andri Snaer & Arnadottir, Bjorg (trans)

When a new contraption called TimeBox, which allows people to hibernate through the current terrible economic situation, comes onto the market, Sigrun’s family - along with everyone else - decides to sleep through the bad times. But something goes wrong, and Sigrun wakes up too soon. The city is in ruins, unruly forests and wild animals have taken over the streets, and all the grown-ups refuse to wake up. The only signs of civilization are a band of kids like Sigrun, led by Grace - a grandmotherly and mystical researcher. The world, according to Grace, is under an ancient curse. Now it’s up to them to break the curse, save their families, and mend the world before it’s too late.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Magnason is an internationally renowned author, winner of many major prizes.

• Casket of Time has won several Scandinavian literary prizes.

• Addresses a variety of socially-conscious themes, from climate change to war and family.

• Magnason’s The Story of the Blue Planet (Pushkin, 2015) won the UKLA Book Award.

ISBN 13: 9781632062055, 240pp h/b, £14.99 Published by YONDER Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Young Adult Fiction

NEANDERTHAL OPENS THE DOOR TO THE UNIVERSE Norton, Preston

When highschool loser Cliff, whose ‘Neanderthal’ nickname comes from his 6’6’’ height and almost 18-stone weight, is approached by the coolest kid in the school with a quest to make the school better, he surprises himself by saying yes. Aaron claims God gave him a list of things to do to make Happy valley High suck less during a near-death experience. And God said that the only person who could help was Neanderthal. But fixing a broken school isn’t as simple as it seems, and just when Cliff thinks they’ve completed the List, he realises their mission his closer to home than he imagined.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A breakout new voice in contemporary YA, with a dazzling style bursting with humour and heart.

• Cliff’s wry approach to high school and desire to belong is universally relatable and sure to resonate with readers.

• Features an ensemble cast of complicated but lovable characters of different backgrounds and social standings.

• For fans of John Green, Andrew Smith, Rainbow Rowell, and Ned Vizzini.

ISBN 13: 9781484798683, 432pp p/b, £9.99 Published by DISNEY-HYPERION Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Young Adult Fiction

THE MISSING OF CLAIRDELUNE

Dabos, Christelle & Serle, Hildegarde (trans)

Ophelia has become Vice-storyteller to Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of the Pole. Now that her powers and the threat they present - are known to all, she is forced to reveal the nefarious plots that have been brewing in Citaceleste and to throw herself into the political machinations of the Pole. In this perilous situation, the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her enigmatic fiance. As one after another influential courtier vanishes in suspicious circumstances, Ophelia again finds herself unintentionally implicated in an investigation that will lead her to see beyond the Pole’s many illusions to the heat of the formidable truth.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The second instalment of internationally bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet, following A Winter’s Promise (2018).

• Strong cross-genre appeal to YA and adult audiences.

• Comparable to authors like Diane Wynne-Jones, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman.

• Strong female protagonist, great world-building, romance and political intrigue.

ISBN 13: 9781787701601, 540pp h/b, £15.99 Published by EUROPA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Young Adult Fiction

AUTONOMOUS Marino, Andy

William is about to go on the roadtrip of a lifetime after winning an incredible new vehicle - Autonomous, the driverless car that knows where you want to go before you do. He and three of his friends are set for the perfect last hurrah before they split after graduation, but the car’s capability of downloading all its passengers’ digital history and using it to form an itinerary means that humiliating secrets will be exposed. Think you know Autonomous?

The real question is, how much does Autonomous know about you? This funny, tense, action-packed thriller is a road trip saga like no other.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Full of breathless action, last minute saves, and will-they-won’t-they drama, this thriller will keep you hooked.

• The complex and well-drawn characters and relationships are infused with wit and sensitivity.

• Raises questions about the dangers of social media, the questions of real vs online self, and the right to privacy.

• For fans of high-octane YA thrillers such as the Young Bond, CHERUB, and GONE series.

ISBN 13: 9781484775639, 368pp p/b, £8.99 Published by FREEFORM Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Young Adult Fiction

THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE Voros, Ria

When aspiring astrophysicist Grace’s news presenter mother GG Carter goes missing cameras descend on their house, news shows speculate about what might have happened and Grace’s family struggles to find a new rhythm as they wait for answers. While the authorities unravel the mystery behind GG’s disappearance, Grace grows closer to her high school’s golden boy, Mylo. She also uncovers some secrets from her mother’s long-lost past. Did she ever really know her mother? Was GG abducted... or did she leave? With facts about astronomy and astrophysics woven into the story, this is the perfect novel for readers into STEM. KEY SELLING POINTS • A relatable, compelling mystery about a young woman’s search for answers regarding the disappearance of her mother.

• Starring an aspiring astrophysicist and with facts woven into the narrative, this is perfect for readers into space.

• Featuring an interview with real-life astrophysicist Elizabeth Tasker.

• Delicately and effectively handles themes of mother-daughter bonds, celebrity, first love, and best friendship.

ISBN 13: 9781525300387, 512pp h/b, £15.99 Published by KIDS CAN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Young Adult Fiction

BOBBY SKY: BOY BAND OR DIE Shine, Joe

At fourteen, Robert Hutchinson is out of luck. His charm and singing voice can’t keep him out of trouble anymore.

When he’s arrested (again): he’s given a choice: die in juvie or become a shadow: the fearless, unstoppable, and top-secret guardian of a Future Important Person, or FIP. With nothing to lose, Hutch accepts. After two gruelling years of training, his FIP is given to him: Ryo Enomoto, front-man of world-famous boy band International. Is this for real? Has he really turned himself into a lethal killing machine... only to become a teen pop sensation?

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fast-paced YA thriller full of black humour for fans of Anthony Horowitz.

• Features an internationally famous teenage boy band that teen readers will go crazy for!

• The hardback was positively reviewed in Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Kirkus, amongst others.

• Joe Shine’s debut, I Become Shadow garnered great reviews from media and authors alike.

• Bobby Sky capitalises on the same expert world-building and genre-bending sci-fi that made shine’s debut so popular.

ISBN 13: 9781616958510, 288pp p/b, £9.99 Published by SOHO PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NON-FICTION Photography

WAR MOMENTS

Images and Stories From the Front Lines of Combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond Darack, Ed

Through a unique combination of stunning, captivating images of front line combat and deeply engaging narrative, War Moments brings modern combat alive like no other book ever has. Each image and associated story stands as its own chapter. Darack has been given unprecedented access throughout his dozens of tours of duty, including four to Afghanistan and two to Iraq. This book was created for all those interested in the experience of war, and dramatically pulls the reader in through both images and text.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Explore compelling images of soldiers in training and deployment in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.

• Each image is accompanied by the story behind it, allowing readers to understand its context.

• See the details: helicopters, soldiers, gear, weaponry, patrols, drones, and more.

• Darack has toured with US combat troops many times, and accompanied on training exercises in America and overseas.

ISBN 13: 9781682033944, 128pp p/b, £21.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Photography

MIAMI BEACH 1988-1995 Lewis, Barry

Each Christmas between 1988 and 1995, Barry Lewis travelled to South Beach, Miami, to trade the harsh London winter for a tropical paradise.

There he photographed the diverse (and eccentric) people who made up the community: fashionistas, newly-arrived Cubans (following the Meriel exodus in 1980), Jewish retirees from New York, drag queens and the gay population who flocked to Ocean Drive for the party scene. Lewis’ images are accompanied by quotes from the subjects.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Black and white images that capture the diversity and hedonism of Miami Beach in the early 90s.

• Nostalgic and tinged with humour and camp - will appeal to those interested in photography/travel/culture.

• Spans multiple photographic genres: portrait, street and documentary photography.

• High production standards: full cloth binding and fine art paper.

ISBN 13: 9781910566473, 128pp h/b, £25.00 Published by HOXTON MINI PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Photography

NEW GIRL ORDER McKell, Iain

Photographer Iain McKell, well-known for identifying emerging cultural trends, befriended a tribe of young female artists and spent two years documenting their lives in and around a shared warehouse in Tottenham.

His resulting photographs depict a hedonistic lifestyle of freedom and creativity co-created in an urban environment. Calling themselves ‘the sisterhood’, the characters in McKell’s work form a fierce army of women with their own particular take on selfexpression.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A fashion photographer identifies an emerging sub-culture in a band of female artists in London.

• Iain McKell’s previous book The New Gypsies went viral online on its release in 2011. It was reprinted in 2014.

• The photographer is known for spotting emerging trends and sub-cultures.

ISBN 13: 9781910566480, 160pp h/b, £14.95 Published by HOXTON MINI PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Photography

CITY OF PLEASURE Dupoy, Alexandre

In this uncensored and fascinating photographic record of the Roaring Twenties (or the ‘mad years’), historian Alexandre Dupouy pulls backs the bedcovers on Paris’s eye-opening erotic life, revealing the delights of its fetish scene, its licensed brothels and gay nightclubs, the first sex shop chains, erotic photography, pornography, and much more. This is an uncensored, titillating, and utterly fascinating look at the sexual excesses of the interwar period in what was arguably the world’s most decadent city.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Other publishers have had success with similar books such as Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.

• Will appeal to fans of both Paris itself and vintage erotica.

• A cultural document of the erotic history of Paris: a subject of endless fascination to readers worldwide.

ISBN 13: 9781912740055, 176pp h/b, £23.99 Published by KORERO PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Photography

HEAVENLY CREATURES Gall, Sally

Internationally renowned artist, Sally Gall appreciates the ephemeral beauty of delicate earthbound objects lofted up into the air and wind. Gall creates dancing images from below of an everyday sight of kites, of laundry on the line as it morphs from human to abstract; bright, billowing clothing, choreographed by the wind, floating in a brilliant sky. Abstracted by composition, context, and colour, these anthropomorphic photographs reference sea creatures, constellations, blooming flowers, microscopic amoebas, as well as abstract paintings - poetry in the everyday, miraculous in the ordinary.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Gall is looking forward to her 13th solo show at the Julie Saul Gallery in 2019 to accompany Heavenly Creatures.

• Features stunning photography of everyday objects from below against the sky, abstracted by composition and context.

• Gall is a renowned photographer of the natural world and its relationship to humanity.

• She has been awarded two MacDowell Colony Residencies and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship.

ISBN 13: 9781576879160, 104pp h/b, £41.99 Published by POWERHOUSE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Photography

MY SECRET GARDEN Grey, Joel

Joel Grey has enjoyed the magic and splendour of flora from a young age, exploring through weeds and tall grasses around his Ohio home since he was a child.

This collection of stunning photography celebrates the fascinating and unique sexuality of flowers, with intimate views of their petals, pistils, and stamens.

My Secret Garden is Grey’s personal testament to the sensual and mysterious sexual universe of flowers.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Joel Grey has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award for his acting.

• Rooted in a lifelong passion for the beauty of flora, a childhood spent poring over seed catalogues and exploring nature.

• These beautiful, intimate images showcase the unique sexuality of flowers, inspired by painterly abstraction.

• Joel Grey’s work is part of the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 13: 9781576879184, 120pp h/b, £54.99 Published by POWERHOUSE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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NON-FICTION Photography

JAMES RAVILIOUS: A LIFE

Music

CLASSIC ROCK

Ravilious, Robin

James Ravilious trained as an artist, but a CartierBresson exhibition converted him to photography, which he taught himself. In 1972, a move to his wife Robin s homeland - a very rural, unspoilt part of North Devon - inspired him. It also produced the perfect job: recording daily life in that traditional bit of old England before it was modernised. The results, over 75,000 black and white negatives in the Beaford Archive, form what Barry Lane, Secretary General of the Royal Photographic Society, called ‘a unique body of work, unparalleled at least in this country for its scale and quality’.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A beautifully written and moving memoir of one of the great British photographers of the twentieth century.

• Published to coincide with the first ever full scale picture book celebrating his work.

• His camera was his pen, and tells in every photo a story never to be forgotten’ -Michael Morpurgo.

• At their finest, these images look like parables’ -Peter Conrad, Guardian.

ISBN 13: 9781912242160, 248pp p/b, £12.99 Published by WILMINGTON SQUARE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Film

BACK TO THE FUTURE COLORING BOOK

Photographs from Yesterday & Today Summaria, Jim & Plotnick, Mark

Featuring the original, high-quality performance photography of veteran photojournalist, Jim Summaria. Readers get a front row centre seat to not only Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers in performance, but additional acts often overlooked and whose contributions are compelling. This book draws an intriguing visual contrast between artists in their prime - and, if still performing, as they have appeared more recently. The addition of quick facts and trivia about these artists, key recordings, and revealing quotes from these musicians, peers, and critics will further entertain readers.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Featuring never-before-seen images of rock’s greatest stars.

• Contains over 180 photographs, in colour and black and white.

• Contrasts artists as they were in the past to how they are today, if they are still performing.

• Summaria was the official photographer for a Chicago concert promoter, shooting every major rock act in the 70s.

ISBN 13: 9781682034101, 128pp p/b, £21.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Music

THE BEATLES COLLECTED

Francisco, Eduardo & Ferreira, Marcelo

Nash, Pete

From the DeLorean to the Clock Tower, every beloved moment from the film is presented here in a unique, interactive format! Dark Horse Books, Universal Pictures, and Amblin Entertainment are proud to present the official Back to the Future Coloring Book! This book includes a collection of forty-five original line-art images from a variety of artists depicting the most daring and memorable moments from the film. Fans of the franchise and art lovers alike will not want to miss this incredible collection!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The official colouring book for one of the most influential films of the 80s.

• Back to the Future is one of the most iconic cult films of recent times, and retains an immense fan following.

• Includes 45 pieces of beautifully detailed black-and-white artwork paired with corresponding quotes from the film.

• Will join an extensive line of Back to the Future merchandise including comics, books, toys and more.

• The perfect gift for any Back to the Future fan.

ISBN 13: 9781506711843, 45pp p/b, £12.50 Published by DARK HORSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

The Beatles Collected is the illustrated story of The Beatles told through the products we bought and collected. Beautifully photographed and designed The Beatles Collected includes record sleeves and labels, promotional material, concert and film artefacts and advertising and the whole gamut of Beatles merchandise from guitars, plastic models, clothes, wigs and even Beatles mothballs! The book covers everything from the rare and expensive to items produced in their millions. Of interest to both serious collectors and those baby boomers who remember owning Beatles bubblegum cards, original albums on Veejay or Swan or even a diecast yellow submarine!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Author is the former news editor of Beatles Monthly.

• Pete Nash is a former staff writer for The Beatles Book Monthly, and has contributed to Mojo, Q, and NME among others.

• Features hundreds of high quality photographs.

• There is a major market for Beatles collector’s items.

ISBN 13: 9781905959693, 400pp h/b, £25.00 Published by RED PLANET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Film

Biography & Memoir

BLEEDING SKULL!: A 1990S TRASH-HORROR ODYSSEY

Ziemba, Joesph A.; Choi, Annie & Carlson, Zack

This film guide features 250 in-depth reviews that have escaped the radar of people with taste and the tolerance of critics - Goregasm! I Was a Teenage Serial Killer! Satan Claus! Die Hard Dracula! Curated by the enthusiastic minds behind BleedingSkull.com, this book gets deep into gutter-level, no-budget horror, from shot-on-VHS revelations (Eyes of the Werewolf) to forgotten outsider art hallucinations (Alien Beasts). An edifying, laugh-outloud guide to the dusty inventory of the greatest video store that never existed.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Foreword written by legendary trash-horror filmmaker Mark Polonia.

• Curated by the queens and kings of cult cinema. Carlson discovered the instant cult classic movie Miami Connection.

• Multichannel marketing with podcast appearances and interviews, as with The Slasher Movie Book.

• Fantagraphics previous foray into film guides is itself is a cult hit helmed by some of the same team.

• Fun to pick up, browse-able pop culture book like 1001 Movies to See Before You Die, etc..

ISBN 13: 9781683961864, 256pp p/b, £30.00 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

THE ART OF THE WASTED DAY Hampl, Patricia

The Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque travelogue of leisure written from a lifelong enchantment with solitude and silence. Patricia Hampl visits the homes of historic exemplars of ease who made repose a goal, even an art form. Hampl’s own life winds through these pilgrimages, from a fascination with monastic life, to love and the loss of it, which forms the book’s thread of inquiry. Finally, floating down the Mississippi in an old cabin cruiser with her husband turns out, after all her international quests, to be the great adventure of her life. The Art of the Wasted Day is a compelling celebration of the purpose and appeal of letting go.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This book taps into a near-universal need for reverie and retreat.

• The hardcover edition of the book is already in its fourth printing.

• Hampl’s prose is elegant and precise, rich with humour and imagery.

• Hampl’s previous work has established her as an influential figure in the rise of autobiographical writing over the past years.

ISBN 13: 9780143132882, 288pp p/b, £14.99 Published by PENGUIN BOOKS (USA) Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NON-FICTION Biography & Memoir

I’VE GOT THIS ROUND More Tales of Debauchery Hart, Mamrie

Becoming simultaneously thirty and single for the first time since college, Mamrie is ready to take on a new world of possibility. Emboldened by the cool confidence that comes with the end of one’s 20s plus the newfound independence of an attachment-free lifestyle, Mamrie commits herself to living life to the very fullest. Diving into new experiences fulltilt and seeking out once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, while at the same time plunging back into the dating world after a decade, Mamrie takes the reader along for a wild and unforgettable journey through adulting.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Mamrie has a huge, devoted online following: over 1 million on Youtube, over 600k on Twitter, and 912k on Instagram.

• Her previous book, You Deserve a Drink, was a New York Times bestseller, and her following has doubled since then.

• A story about reinvention and learning to ‘adult’, this is a hugely relatable book that’s sure to resonate.

• Mamrie’s adventures include such familiar faces as longtime friends Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig, among others.

• A candid and hilarious take on the realities of modern dating - unsolicited dick pics and all.

ISBN 13: 9780399576799, 304pp p/b, £12.99 Published by PLUME Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Biography & Memoir

THE BODY PAPERS Talusan, Grace

Grace Talusan’s memoir The Body Papers bravely explores her experiences with sexual abuse, depression, cancer, and life as a Filipino immigrant. The abuse and trauma Talusan suffers as a child affects all her relationships, her mental health, and her relationship with her own body. Later, she learns that her family history is threaded with violence and abuse. And she discovers another devastating family thread: cancer. In her thirties, Talusan must decide whether to undergo preventive surgeries to remove her breasts and ovaries. Despite all this, she finds love, and success as a teacher. On a fellowship, Talusan and her husband return to the Philippines, where she revisits her family’s ancestral home and tries to reclaim a lost piece of herself.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

• Supplemented with government documents, medical records, and family photos.

• Captures the duality of being an American immigrant, identifying with her Filipino heritage while trying to assimilate.

• While the ‘misery memoir’ genre is much-maligned, it remains a juggernaut on the bookshop shelves.

ISBN 13: 9781632061836, 256pp h/b, £19.99 Published by RESTLESS BOOKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Biography & Memoir

THE BENEFICIARY

Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father Scott, Janny

Janny Scott’s investment banker great-grandfather built an eight-hundred-acre estate on Philadelphia’s Main Line.

There was an obligation to protect it, a license to enjoy it, a duty to pass it on - but it was impossible to know in advance how all that extraordinary good fortune might influence the choices made over a lifetime. In this warmly felt tale of an American family’s fortunes, journalist Janny Scott excavates the rarefied world that shaped her charming, unknowable father, Robert Montgomery Scott. The book is an incisive look at the weight of inheritance, the tenacity of addiction, and the power of buried secrets.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Janny Scott is the author of A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother.

• An American Downtown Abby - informing perspective on the culture of money, family, and how we got here.

• A tour of US history from financial upheaval to the complex currents of money and class, race, and gender over generations.

ISBN 13: 9781594634192, 288pp h/b, £23.99 Published by RIVERHEAD Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Biography & Memoir

MY FATHER LEFT ME IRELAND An American Son’s Search for Home Dougherty, Michael Brendan

Many Americans today, of all backgrounds, lack a clear sense of cultural heritage or even a vocabulary for expressing this lack. And as the national conversation about identity becomes increasingly polarized, people tend to avoid talking about their roots altogether. In these deeply felt and fascinating letters, Dougherty offers a new way for all of us to think about who we are, where we came from, and

where we’re going.

KEY SELLING POINTS • As a senior editor at the National Review, Dougherty has earned a loyal following and is well-connected in conservative • The subject of cultural identity is timely, as people seek meaningful ways to discuss heritage.

• Dougherty skilfully weaves memoir and politics in an engaging, readable way.

• A good read for those who enjoyed titles like Barack Obama’s ‘Dreams From My Father’ (Broadway Books, 2004).

ISBN 13: 9780525538653, 240pp h/b, £22.99 Published by SENTINEL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Biography & Memoir

SOLITARY

Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement.

My Story of Transformation and Hope Woodfox, Albert

The unforgettable story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement - in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in the notorious Angola prison in Louisiana - all for a crime he did not commit. Arrested often as a teenager in New Orleans, inspired behind bars in his early twenties to join the Black Panther Party, Albert Woodfox was serving a 50-year sentence in Angola for armed robbery when he was accused (without a shred of actual evidence) of killing a white guard. His trial was a sham of justice that gave him a life sentence in solitary. He was finally released in February 2016. Solitary is a chronicle of rare power and humanity, that proves the better spirits of our nature can thrive against any odds.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Woodfox was the subject of a major New Yorker profile in January 2017 and featured in the documentary Cruel and Unusual.

• This story joins the vital public discussion around the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the ongoing crisis for asylum-seekers.

• Will appeal to today’s activists fighting against police brutality and mass incarceration.

• Superbly written, Solitary is an unforgettable story.

ISBN 13: 9781911231271, 320pp p/b, £12.99 Published by TEXT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Biography & Memoir

FEEDING MY MOTHER

Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as a Daughter Lives with her Mom’s Memory Loss Arden, Jann

When Jann moved in to a house near her parents, the intent was to be close to them so they could be her refuge.

When her dad died in 2015, Jann began to cook for her mum, whose memory was failing. Her mom found comfort in Jann’s kitchen, and Jann loved spending time with her mum. Now with her mother in care, Jann is facing the end of their road together. The many people who are dealing with a loved one who is losing themselves will find inspiration and strength in Jann’s wholehearted, loving response and her unique take on the upside-down world of a daughter mothering her mother.

KEY SELLING POINTS • There are currently over 850 thousand people living with Alzheimer’s in the UK; this will resonate with their families.

• Jann Arden’s writing is brilliant. She can crack you up and make you cry, sometimes in the same sentence.

• Not just a story about mother-daughter love, this is also about food and how we use it to express ourselves.

• New chapters about what it feels like to move a parent into care will have wide appeal.

ISBN 13: 9780735273931, 224pp p/b, £13.99 Published by VINTAGE CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NON-FICTION History

THE SONS OF NIGHT

Gimenez, Antoine & The Gimenologists

History

THE HEARTLAND Hoganson, Kristin L.

The Sons of Night is two, or more, books in one. The first is Antoine Gimenez’s memoir of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, an engaging tale of heroism and intrigue. The remaining three-quarters of the manuscript is a record of the fascination his memoir held for a group of historians - the ‘Gimenologists’ - and the multiple paths of research and inquiry it led them down. Book Two begins with eighty-two ‘endnotes’ to the memoir, each the equivalent of a chapter that follows a particular historical thread or explores a question raised by Gimenez’s text.

In The Heartland, Kristin L. Hoganson drills deep into the centre of the country, only to find a global story in the resulting core sample. Deftly navigating the disconnect between history and myth, she tracks both the backstory of this region and the evolution of the idea of an unalloyed heart at the centre of the land. A provocative and highly original work of historical scholarship, The Heartland speaks volumes about pressing preoccupations, among them identity and community, immigration and trade, and security and global power.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Debunks the patriotic ideal of the Midwest heartland and sheds light on the psyche of middle America.

• The book is borne from meticulous and compelling research, making it perfect for history buffs.

• Good course adoption potential at a tertiary level.

• The final volume in the Penguin History of American Life series.

ISBN 13: 9781594203572, 464pp h/b, £23.99 Published by PENGUIN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

History

KEY SELLING POINTS • Includes the full text of Gimenez’s memoir.

• Includes an introduction by Julian Vadillo Munoz.

• An extremely innovative approach to historiography.

• Also includes seven supporting appendices.

ISBN 13: 9781849353083, 650pp p/b, £23.00 Published by AK PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

FRANCE IN THE WORLD

A New Global History Boucheron, Patrick & Gerson, Stephane

Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of France not as a fixed, rooted entity, but instead as a place and an idea in flux, moving beyond all borders and frontiers, shaped by exchanges and mixtures. France in the World combines the intellectual rigour of an academic work with the liveliness and readability of popular history.

With a brand-new preface aimed at an international audience, this English-language edition will be an essential resource for Francophiles and scholars alike.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An accessible guide to a long history.

• Perfect for the armchair traveller as well as the serious Francophile.

• Stephane Gerson is a professor of French studies at NYU, making him uniquely placed to bring French history to life.

• Previous editions of this book have been bestsellers in France.

• The topic of Europe and what it means to be European has been a major part of public discourse since the referendum.

ISBN 13: 9781590519417, 688pp p/b, £32.99 Published by OTHER PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

FULL SPECTRUM RESISTANCE, VOLUME 1 Building Movements and Fighting to Win McBay, Aric

The more than fifty resistance movements and submovements featured here make this the radical’s guide to restoring our rights, saving our planet, and creating lasting change. From mid-nineteenth century Chinese rebellions against colonial exploitation and ecological disasters to the Grassy Narrows’ fight against mercury poisoning and colonialism to the Stonewall riots and parades for LGBTQ rights to Black Lives Matter, these two volumes are some of the only books on activism that actually cover resistance, not just passive, risk-averse modes of activism. In Volume 1 we learn why we need resistance movements, how movements - such as the Deacons of Defense of the American Civil Rights Movement - fight when they want to win, and what makes movements effective.

KEY SELLING POINTS • In-depth histories and case studies of social justice and environmental movements, both radical and liberal.

• Both history and guidebook with strategies and tactics, even details on fundraising and logistics.

• Features more than 50 resistance movements and sub-movements.

• Covers a thorough range of historical, political and geographically diverse.

• Offers real solutions for creating lasting change.

ISBN 13: 9781609809119, 320pp p/b, £12.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

History

LIGHTNING SKY

A U.S Fighter Pilot Captured During WW2 and His Father’s Quest to Find Him George, Rebecca

Twenty-year-old Army Air Corps second Lieutenant Colonel David ‘Mac’ Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when a round of 88mm German anti-aircraft shells turned his P-38 into a comet of fire and smoke. Mac parachuted to safety and was plucked from the water - only to find himself on the wrong end of a German rifle pointing straight at his head. Mac’s father, Lt. Col. Vaughn MacArthur, made it his personal mission to find him. An inspiring, harrowing, and unforgettable chronicle of love of family and love of country, Lightning Sky is a timeless testament to extraordinary lives in extraordinary times.

KEY SELLING POINTS • WW2 military memoirs and biographies continue to be highly popular.

• A remarkable true story.

• The ongoing fascination with WW2 stories can also be seen in recent films such as Dunkirk and Darkest Hour.

ISBN 13: 9780806538969, 336pp h/b, £21.99 Published by CITADEL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

FULL SPECTRUM RESISTANCE, VOLUME 2 Actions and Strategies for Change McBay, Aric

The more than fifty resistance movements and submovements featured here make this the radical’s guide to restoring our rights, saving our planet, and creating lasting change. From mid-nineteenth century Chinese rebellions against colonial exploitation and ecological disasters to the Grassy Narrows’ fight against mercury poisoning and colonialism to the Stonewall riots and parades for LGBTQ rights to Black Lives Matter, these two volumes are some of the only books on activism that actually cover resistance, not just passive, risk-averse modes of activism. In Volume 2 we learn how groups like the Greek Resisters of the 2008 Greek Television Takeover communicated and stayed connected so they could spread their message, coordinate with allies, and navigate their relationship with mass media.

KEY SELLING POINTS • In-depth histories and case studies of social justice and environmental movements, both radical and liberal.

• Both history and guidebook with strategies and tactics, even details on fundraising and logistics.

• Features more than 50 resistance movements and sub-movements.

• Covers a thorough range of historical, political and geographically diverse.

• Offers real solutions for creating lasting change.

ISBN 13: 9781609809287, 320pp p/b, £12.99 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

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NON-FICTION

Literature & Essays

History

STONY THE ROAD

Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow Gates, Henry Louis Jr

The abolition of slavery after the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked ‘a new birth of freedom’ in Lincoln’s America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s America? Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African-Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a ‘New Negro’ to force the nation to recognise their humanity and unique contributions to the United States.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The book will be accompanied by a new PBS documentary series on the same topic, with full promotional support from PBS. • The cover includes an image from Kara Walker’s famous cutout series, provided as a personal favour to the author.

• Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a renowned Harvard historian and filmmaker, with almost 80k followers on Twitter.

• The book is illustrated in full colour with period photographs showing the human face of Gates’s argument.

ISBN 13: 9780525559535, 336pp h/b, £25.00 Published by PENGUIN PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

OUR LOST DECLARATION America’s Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State Lee, Mike

Most Americans are familiar with the Constitution as an outline of for limited government. Few, however, understand how significant the Declaration of Independence was as an initial blow in the war against government encroachment. A champion of limited government, Senator Lee reinterprets the inspiring story of the colonists who fought the tyranny of King George, and shows how we find ourselves facing similar obstacles today: presidents who fail to enforce the law, a massive regulatory state, and a creeping centralization of power.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Senator Mike Lee’s second book Written Out of History (Sentinel, 2017) was a New York Times bestseller.

• A timely work, as questions of executive power continue to arise daily.

• Senator Mike Lee has a large platform, and is well liked by conservative media outlets.

• Features a black and white photo insert.

ISBN 13: 9780525538554, 256pp h/b, £22.99 Published by SENTINEL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

History

HELL OF A TIME

An Australian Soldier’s Diary of the Great War Ayton, Philip Owen & McMullin, Ross (fore)

The remarkable story of Philip Owen Ayton is published for the first time, a century after the war’s end. Working on the Sydney tramways, when the call to join the fight against Germany came Philip was keen for action, and he found himself in the First Field Company Engineers in the First Division of the Australian Imperial Forces. From the start, Ayton kept notes of his experiences, which he would write up in a diary. Plucky, charming and self-deprecating, this son of the new nation records the horrors of trench warfare and his off-duty adventures in Cairo, London and Paris.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Never-before-published wartime diary of Australian Philip Owen Ayton.

• Accompanied by a postscript by one of Ayton’s sons and Ayton’s poem about the Gallipoli campaign.

• With a foreword by Australian historian Ross McMullin.

• Hell of a Time is part of Text’s WW1 100th anniversary publishing.

ISBN 13: 9781925773422, 416pp p/b, £12.99 Published by TEXT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

THE 100 BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS Alderson, Brian

The latest in the much praised 100 Best Books series (Fiction, Nonfiction and Translations) comes a superb selection of children’s books made by the one of the most revered children’s books specialists, Brian Alderson.

Organised in chronological order including children’s novels by Defoe, Swift, Andersen, Verne, Lewis Carroll, Frank Baum, JM Barrie, Beatrix Potter, Kipling, Kenneth Grahame, AA Milne, Ransome, Streatfield, Tolkien, TH White, CS Lewis, Aiken, Roald Dahl, Garner, Hoban, Pearce, Hughes, Dickinson, Terry Pratchett, Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake (who has done an original illustration for the cover of this book), and Philip Pullman.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Author is a collector and world expert in the field of children’s literature • Hugely useful to parents who want their children to be wellread.

• An obvious candidate for the 100 Best series.

• Original Jacket illustration by Sir Quentin Blake.

ISBN 13: 9781903385982, 256pp h/b, £14.99 Published by GALILEO Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Literature & Essays

WALT WHITMAN SPEAKS

His Final Thoughts on Life, Writing, Spirituality, and the Promise of America Whitman, Walt; Traubel, Horace & Wineapple, Brenda

In his final years, Walt Whitman reflected on his bedrock beliefs and on the experience of a live lived passionately and with sympathy toward others and the universe itself. Speaking to the young journalist and reformer Horace Traubel, who visited him nearly every day at his home in Camden, New Jersey, Whitman offered profound perspectives about fundamental questions, encompassing the spiritual, political, and all that he had learned over seven decades of vigorous living. Here, Brenda Wineapple has compiled an extraordinary selection of Whitman’s observations.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Released to coincide with the bicentenary of Whitman’s birth.

• Includes material formerly unavailable in book format.

• Brenda Wineapple is a widely respected and award-winning author.

• Great gift potential.

• Crossover appeal between the literary and the self-help book markets.

ISBN 13: 9781598536140, 200pp h/b, £16.99 Published by LIBRARY OF AMERICA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Literature & Essays

NOBODY’S LOOKING AT YOU Essays Malcolm, Janet

Nobody’s Looking at You brings together previously uncompiled pieces, mainly from the New Yorker and New York Review of Books. The title of this wonderfully eclectic collection comes from one of its profiles, of the fashion designer Eileen Fisher, from one of her mother’s favourite reproofs. But in every piece in this volume, Malcolm looks closely and with impunity at a broad range of subjects, from Donald Trump’s TV nemesis Rachel Maddow, to the stiletto-heel-wearing pianist Yuju Wang, from the ‘big-league game’ of Supreme Court confirmation hearings to the battleground of Tolstoy translation.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Janet Malcolm is a hugely popular nonfiction writer, best known for The Journalist And The Murderer and The Silent Woman.

• This book collects never-before-compiled pieces, mainly from the New Yorker and New York Review of Books.

• Malcolm has received many awards and prize nominations, including a Gold Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

• Covers a huge range of highly topical subjects including ranging from Trump to Tolstoy, Yuju Wang, and the Supreme Court ISBN 13: 9781925773705, 256pp p/b, £12.99 Published by TEXT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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NON-FICTION Religion

THE HANDY CHRISTIANITY ANSWER BOOK Werner, Stephen A.

The Handy Christianity Answer Book provides detailed descriptions of the teachings of Jesus, Christian beliefs about Jesus, explications of ceremonies, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organisation of the world’s largest religion. It clearly and eloquently explains how different Christians think and explores the richness of the Christian tradition. This engaging, user-friendly primer looks at the significance of the Bible, Jesus, the Apostles, the Trinity, the Eucharist, historical schisms, divisions and different denominations, worship, sacraments, prayer, and much more.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Nearly 900 answers to common questions on Christianity, its origins, history, traditions, symbols, practices and more.

• Brings insight into one of the world’s great religious traditions.

• Helps readers understand how western culture evolved and is informed by Christianity.

• For anyone interested in the world’s most widely practiced religion, including history buffs, students, and teachers.

• Ideal as an authoritative reference for nagging questions.

ISBN 13: 9781578596867, 400pp p/b, £18.99 Published by VISIBLE INK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Philosophy

A LITTLE PHILOSOPHICAL LEXICON OF ANARCHISM FROM PROUDHON TO DELEUZE Colson, Daniel & Cohn, Jesse

Is the thought of Gilles Deleuze secretly linked to PierreJoseph Proudhon’s declaration: ‘I am an anarchist’?

Has anarchism, for more than a century and a half, been secretly Deleuzian? In the guise of a playfully unorthodox lexicon, sociologist Daniel Colson presents an exploration of hidden affinities between the great philosophical heresies and ‘a thought too scandalous to take its place in the official edifice of philosophy,’ with profound implications for the way we understand social movements.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A provocative exploration of hidden affinities and genealogies in anarchist thought.

• Offers a line of thinking that explains the connections between disparate thinkers.

• An inspiring resource for conceptualising anarchism.

ISBN 13: 9781570273414, 280pp p/b, £20.00 Published by MINOR COMPOSITIONS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Feminism

Feminism

PLEASURE ACTIVISM The Politics of Feeling Good Brown, Adrienne Maree

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Editor Adrienne Maree Brown finds the answer in something she calls ‘Pleasure Activism,’ a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work.

Drawing on the black feminist tradition the contributors to this volume take up the challenge to rethink the ground rules of activism.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Adrienne Maree Brown has a strong following from previous titles.

• The first title in a series built around Brown’s Emergent Strategy (AK Press, 2017).

• The contributors to this volume enact social change in a variety of fields.

• Draws on the black feminist tradition and rethinks it for a modern audience.

ISBN 13: 9781849353267, 280pp p/b, £14.00 Published by AK PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

THE DEMOCRACY FIX

How to Win the Fight for Fair Rules, Fair Courts, and Fair Elections Fredrickson, Caroline

DC veteran Caroline Fredrickson argues that it’s time for progressives to focus on winning. She shows what can be learnt from the right: a determination to focus on judicial elections, state power, and voter laws without stooping to their dishonest, rule-breaking tactics. The left must be ruthless in thinking through how they can work effectively within the rules of the game to regain power, to expand the franchise, end voter suppression, win judicial elections, and fight for transparency and fairness in the US political system.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Known as the Karl Rove of the left, Fredrickson is well known as the head of the American Constitution Society.

• She has contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and more.

• The author’s previous, Under the Bus, garnered excellent attention and reviews from Elle, Mother Jones, and elsewhere.

• Her recent op-ed for The New York Times was one of the first public critiques of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

ISBN 13: 9781620973899, 272pp h/b, £22.99 Published by THE NEW PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Politics

BIRTH STRIKE

The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work Brown, Jenny

If women don’t have more children, we’ll face an aging workforce, slack consumer demand, and a stagnant economy. With little access to childcare, family leave, health care - especially in the US - and with insufficient male participation, women are conducting a spontaneous birth strike. In other countries, panic over low birth rates has led governments to underwrite childbearing with generous universal programs, but in the U.S., women have not yet realised the potential of their bargaining position. When we do, it will lead to new strategies for winning full access to abortion and birth control, and for improving the difficult working conditions U.S. parents now face when raising children.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Contributes to debate on reproductive labour and its significance in furthering women’s liberation.

• Analyses power relations in terms of reproduction, work, immigration and government policy.

• Explains and explores the real reasons behind both low birth rates and reproductive legislation in the US. • An eye-opening call to arms for women all over the world not just in the US. • A game-changing book which covers issues feminist thinkers have avoided for too long.

ISBN 13: 9781629636382, 240pp p/b, £17.99 Published by PM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

HOW TO DO NOTHING Resisting the Attention Economy Odell, Jenny

After the American presidential election of 2016, Jenny Odell felt so overstimulated and disoriented by information, misinformation, and the expressions of others, that reality itself seemed to slip away. How To Do Nothing is her action plan for resistance. Drawing on the ethos of tech culture, a background in the arts, and personal storytelling, Jenny Odell makes a powerful argument for refusal: refusal to believe that our lives are instruments to be optimised. She argues that nothing can be quite so radical as doing... nothing.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A timely anti-capitalist discussion showing us how doing ‘nothing’ can be liberating and reconnect us.

• Grew out of a talk Odell gave at the Museum of Capitalism and EYEO which was posted as a viral essay on Medium.com.

• Speaks directly to concerns raised by the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica data scandal and its implications.

• Brings in aspects from art, literature, film, and philosophy as well as personal stories.

• Perfect for readers of Rebecca Solnit, Olivia Laing, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

ISBN 13: 9781612197494, 192pp h/b, £22.00 Published by MELVILLE HOUSE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NON-FICTION Politics

DISSIDENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEFT

Legal Reference

COMPANY LAW

Interviews with Anthony Appiah, Noam Chomsky, Anabel Hernandez, George Monbiot, Michael Walzer and 60 Other Radical Thinkers Heintz, Andy (ed)

Dissidents of the International Left features interviews with progressives, leftists, liberals, leaders of social movements, dissidents, anarchists and feminists from all over the world.

Their views, in their own words, not previously published.

Dissidents of the International Left gives a clear-headed look at the many different strands of the international and domestic leftist currents pulsing throughout the world. With over 60 interviews it gives lesser known dissidents, leftists, secularists and feminists the same platform as more well-known progressive and Leftist stalwarts.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Original interviews with over 60 across the world.

• Includes Noam Chomsky, Alex de Waal, Anabel Hernandez, Yassin al-Haj Saleh, George Monbiot.

• Offers Western readers a nuanced look at international issues, and local issues important to the people being interviewed.

ISBN 13: 9781780264998, 240pp p/b, £9.99 Published by NEW INTERNATIONALIST Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Politics

BATTLE FOR THE MOUNTAIN OF THE KURDS

Self-Determination and Ethnic Cleansing in Rojava Schmidinger, Thomas; Grubacic, Andrej & Schiffmann, Michael

In early 2018, Turkey invaded the autonomous Kurdish region of Afrin in Syria and is currently threatening to ethnically cleanse the region. Between 2012 and 2018, the ‘Mountain of the Kurds’ (Kurd Dagh) had been one of the quietest regions in a country otherwise torn by civil war.

After the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the Syrian army withdrew from the region, enabling the Party of Democratic Union (PYD) to introduce a Kurdish self-administration and later to establish the Canton Afrin as one of the three parts of the heavily Kurdish Democratic Federation of North-Syria, or Rojava. This selfadministration, which had seen multi-party elections in 2017, included autonomy for a number of ethnic and religious groups, and provided a safe haven for up to 300,000 Syrian refugees, is now at risk of being annihilated.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Schmidinger is one of the few Europeans to have visited the Canton of Afrin.

• Provides a comprehensive history of the region.

• Gives a cross-section of inhabitants the opportunity to speak for themselves.

• Schmidinger is an leading authority on migration, cultural integration, and the Middle East.

ISBN 13: 9781629636511, 192pp p/b, £16.99 Published by PM PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Legal Reference

MAKING A SMALL CLAIM IN THE COUNTY COURT Jarret, Peter

This new edition of Making a Small Claim in the County Court substantially revises and updates the previous edition to 2019 in the light of ongoing changes to the small claims county court procedure. The book is clear and concise and is aimed at the layman, acting without a solicitor. It is also intended for anyone who wishes to learn more about the civil court procedure. Included are the forms needed to commence a claim.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A Clear and concise guide for anyone to understand more about the process of making a small claim in the county court.

• Covers the workings of the small claims courts, arbitration, preparing for a case, how to defend a case.

• Includes info on enforcing court judgements and the likely costs of bring a case.

• The necessary forms needed to bring a small claim are included in the book.

• Peter Jarrett is a legal advisor with many years of experience in the area of small claims.

ISBN 13: 9781847168733, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by EASYWAY GUIDE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Pierce, Andrew

This latest book in the Straightforward Guides Series, A Guide to Company Law (Revised Edition) is a timely, clear, and concise guide to all aspects of the law as it affects companies, including the formation of companies. Changes in the law up to 2019 are covered in depth. The book is intended for the layperson but can also be utilised by the professional or the student.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Includes advice on Company formation and the law, an overview of the ‘Corporate Personality’, and Commercial Liability.

• Contains an explanation of Articles of Association and Memoranda, and of Company Fraud.

• Explains Mergers, Takeovers, and Insolvency practices.

• Will provide an understanding of events in the last few years with the collapse of major retailers ISBN 13: 9781847169020, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Legal Reference

THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE Revised Edition Jarrett, Doreen

The rights of disabled people have been affected considerably in recent times, particularly in the area of welfare benefits and subsequent financial security.

A Straightforward Guide to the Rights of Disabled people is a comprehensive overview of the law and practice as it affects people with all types of disability and includes the rights of Disabled Children. The reader will gain a clear insight into welfare benefits, independent living, employment law, transport and a whole host of other rights.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A guide to the rights of disabled people, updated to 2019, including an overview of benefits entitlement in 2019/2020.

• The rights of disabled people have been affected deeply in recent times, particularly regarding welfare benefits.

• Covers issues such as benefits, independent living, the workplace, transport and public spaces.

• Contains a guide to getting out and about, explanations of the law, and an overview of transport for the disabled.

ISBN 13: 9781847168993, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Reference

INVESTING IN THE STOCK MARKET Fellowes, Robert

This latest book in the Easyway Guides Series, A Guide to Investing in the Stock Market, The Easyway, New Updated Edition, is a practical guide to the UK stock market, how it operates and what its purpose is. The book explains the different types of stocks in the market and looks at the short and long term benefits of share ownership. This comprehensive book is updated for 2019.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A Clear and concise reference guide for anyone who wishes to understand more about the workings of the stock market.

• Discusses what the stock market is, and also provides an overview of the different types of share to invest in.

• Explains how to read share information.

• Provides advice on when and where to buy shares and how to source a broker to invest for you.

• Gives advice on alternative investments.

ISBN 13: 9781847169013, 160pp p/b, £8.99 Published by EASYWAY GUIDE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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NON-FICTION Reference

NEVER!

Over 1000 Quotations of Things Not to Do de Ley, Gerd

A wise man once said that ‘never’ is a ridiculous word you should never use. Never! contains 1000 quotes from people telling you to never do something. From the inspirational, like ‘Never agree to surrender your dreams’ from Jesse Jackson, to the comedic, like ‘Never moon a pit bull after sitting in A-1 sauce’ from Johnny Carson. Never also has quotes we can all agree on like ‘Never go to bed with someone who has no books’ from John Waters and quotes that makes you think like ‘Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you’ from John Adams. Full of wit and wisdom, this collection of nevers is a keeper.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Over a thousand quotes from a huge range of celebrities, authors, poets, athletes and more.

• A great gift book.

• Simple and accessible, this book is perfect to pick up at any time.

• Author Gerd de Ley is an avid collector of quotations.

ISBN 13: 9781578267965, 240pp h/b, £10.99 Published by HATHERLEIGH Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Reference

A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO PERSONAL PENSIONS

AND THE PENSIONS INDUSTRY Revised to 2019 Grant, Patrick

Computer Programming

9 EASY MICRO:BIT PROJECTS Build Smart and Simple Gadgets, from a Fitness Step Counter to a Digital Dino Pet Cocking, Romilly

This book will show you how to build awesome electronics projects by learning code in MicroPython, a simplified version of the popular Python programming language, in conjunction with the micro:bit, a tiny electronics board developed specifically to help kids learn to code. You’ll start with simple flashing animations and automatic text reminders, and go on to make a radio, quiz machine, weather station, secret code lock, and digital pet dinosaur. The straightforward instructions, illustrations, and easy-to-follow code examples make this accessible to kids and adults with no experience at all!

KEY SELLING POINTS • For the inexpensive, accessible micro:bit -a simple board designed for kids and beginners to programming.

• With simple, step-by-step instructions, colour illustrations, and easy-to-follow examples.

• Features such projects as a radio, a quiz machine, a weather station, a secret code lock, and a digital pet dinosaur.

• In 2016, nearly 1 million micro:bits were distributed to every child in the UK in Year 7.

ISBN 13: 9781593279646, 244pp p/b, £20.99 Published by NO STARCH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Computer Programming

PYTHON BEYOND THE BASICS Sweigart, Al

A Straightforward Guide to Pensions and the Pensions Industry is a concise guide to the changing world of pensions and the pensions industry as a whole, updated to 2019. People who are now confused by the many and varied pensions on offer and also bewildered by the sheer number of providers will be enlightened by this comprehensive guide. The book will also shed light on the current climate where uncertainty concerning pensions and annuities is prevalent. In particular changes to retirement ages will be highlighted.

KEY SELLING POINTS • An overview of Pensions and Personal Entitlements, updated and revised for 2019.

• Contains info on how to formulate an effective Retirement Plan, Job-Auto Enrolment, and Other Pension Saving Options.

• Including an overview of ‘Pension Freedoms’ and how to avoid pension scams.

• Also includes how to complain about Pensions and Miss-selling, as well as tracing lost pensions.

ISBN 13: 9781847169006, 160pp p/b, £9.99 Published by STRAIGHTFORWARD Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

You’re a student who wants to jumpstart their career with practical skills, or you’re a self-taught beginner who has learned all you can from beginner programmer books and coding bootcamps. Now you’re looking for the next step to becoming a real-world professional programmer so you can create your own apps and get started with your career. If that fits, then this book is for you! This book is perfect for self-taught programmers looking for the stuff intro books don’t teach you and students wanting to get practical information before getting started with applying their new programming skills.

KEY SELLING POINTS • For Python and non-Python programmers alike to take their skills to the next level.

• Goes through Python for web applications, from HTML and CSS to Bootstrap and SQLite databases.

• Covers skills nearly ever programmer needs from code style to object oriented programming.

• Al Sweigart is a professional developer with years of experience programming, as well as teaching children and adults.

ISBN 13: 9781593279660, 448pp p/b, £24.99 Published by NO STARCH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Reference

THE HANDY ACCOUNTING ANSWER BOOK Gray, Amber

Everyone needs to budget money and manage costs, whether for groceries and everyday purchases, rent or mortgage, education, retirement, or even a business.

Like it or not, accounting infuses most everything in life.

From credits, debits, and basic bookkeeping to getting the most out of tax deductions to creating a business plan to better understanding accounting lingo, The Handy Accounting Answer Book can help anyone with the skills to run a business, plan for retirement, establish everyday budgets or budge for a big purchase, and improve money management acumen.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Nearly 800 answers to common questions on accounting fundamentals, concepts and terms.

• Written by a professor of accounting, but aimed at general audiences with no or little prior accounting experience.

• Brings insight into the language of business.

• Helps readers understand how to run or manage personal or company finances.

• Ideal as an authoritative reference for nagging questions.

ISBN 13: 9781578596997, 400pp p/b, £16.99 Published by VISIBLE INK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

Computer Programming

PYTHON CRASH COURSE (2ND EDITION) Matthes, Eric

Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition is a straightforward introduction to the core of Python programming.

Author Eric Matthes dispenses with the sort of tedious, unnecessary information that can get in the way of learning how to program, choosing instead to provide a foundation in general programming concepts, Python fundamentals, and problem solving.

Three real world projects in the second part of the book allow readers to apply their knowledge in useful ways.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The first edition of Python Crash Course is the #1 bestselling Python guide on the market, with over 80,000 sold.

• Python is the most popular introductory programming language with millions of users worldwide.

• Children who are learning to code in school clubs most likely begin with Python.

• Includes real world project to help readers apply their knowledge in useful ways.

ISBN 13: 9781593279288, 320pp p/b, £33.99 Published by NO STARCH PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NON-FICTION Health

DEMENTIA REIMAGINED

Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End Powell, Tia

A moving combination of medicine and memoir, peeling back the untold history of dementia, from the story of Solomon Fuller, a black doctor whose research at the turn of the twentieth century anticipated important aspects of what we know about dementia today, to what has been gained and lost with the recent bonanza of funding for Alzheimer’s at the expense of other forms of the disease. In demystifying dementia, Dr. Powell helps us understand it with clearer eyes, from the point of view of both physician and caregiver. Ultimately, she wants us all to know that dementia is not only about loss - it’s also about the preservation of dignity and hope.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A new cornerstone for books on dementia; the focus here is on caring rather than curing.

• Dementia is a pressing topic for our aging population.

• Looks at the history of dementia diagnosis, funding, treatment and care.

• Author Tia Powell has a family history of dementia, bringing a relative and carer’s perspective to medical background.

• With no cure in sight research on dementia needs to focus more on how to care for sufferers.

ISBN 13: 9780735210905, 320pp h/b, £20.00 Published by AVERY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Cookery

SECRETS FROM MY VIETNAMESE KITCHEN

Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers Thuy, Kim

Acclaimed novelist Kim Thuy combines her beautiful storytelling style with simple and wonderful recipes that are full of flavour: surprising yet comforting, and easy enough for every day. Welcoming us into her close-knit circle, she introduces us to her mother and five aunts, each with her story, each with her secrets, told through the food of the country they had to leave, Vietnam. Starting with easilyprepared base ingredients of sauces, quick pickled vegetables and toasted rice flour, we move on to soups, sautes, vegetables, grilled foods, desserts and more. Sample recipes include: Stuffed Squash Soup; Vermicelli Bowls; Caramel Pork; Calamari, Pork and Pineapple Stir-fry; Fried Lemongrass Fish; and Vietnamese Tapioca and Banana.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Accessible, flavourful and colourful Vietnamese recipes from bestselling novelist Kim Thuy.

• Thuy is the author of Ru and Man (both Clerkenwell Press).

• Wonderful food photography complemented with gorgeous location shots in Vietnam.

• Recipes include Vermicelli Bowls; Caramel Pork; Calamari, Fried Lemongrass Fish; and Vietnamese Tapioca and Banana.

• Also includes suggested wine pairings for these Vietnamese dishes.

ISBN 13: 9780525610229, 192pp h/b, £23.99 Published by APPETITE Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Health

LYME SOLUTION, THE

A 5-Part Plan to Fight the Inflammatory Auto-Immune Response and Beat Lyme Disease Ingels, Darin & Myers, Amy

Dr. Ingels shares his revolutionary approach to treating and healing acute and chronic Lyme Disease. Drawing on his experience as a naturopathic physician who has treated thousands of cases, and as a patient, Ingels reveals that Lyme is an autoimmune disease as much as it is an infection. Including the latest research about the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme, Ingels’s uniquely holistic approach provides a path to wellness by fortifying the microbiome, enhancing the immune system, and strengthening the body’s ability to heal from within.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Public Health England official estimates suggest there could be up to 3,000 new cases in the UK each year.

• Ingels has treated thousands of Lyme sufferers, and draws on his years of experience in this book.

• He was a speaker at the annual Hypothyroidism Summit, and is organising the first ever annual Lyme Summit.

• Ingels proposes a unique treatment plan, a holistic approach that focuses on fortifying overall health.

ISBN 13: 9780735216310, 384pp p/b, £14.99 Published by AVERY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Cookery

LOVE AND LEMONS EVERY DAY

More than 100 Bright, Plant-Forward Recipes for Every Meal Donofrio, Jeanine

Jeanine Donofrio celebrates plants at the centre of the plate with more than 100 new recipes in Love & Lemons Every Day. From quick weeknight dinners to bright weekend brunches, Jeanine presents imaginative meals for any and every day. With recipes like Cauliflower Steaks with Lemon Salsa Verde, Rutabaga Walnut Ragu, and Chocolate Cake with Sweet Potato Frosting, Love & Lemons Every Day is filled with innovative ideas for using common vegetable scraps, exciting ways to eat popular produce, and delicious dishes starring often-overlooked vegetables.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Love and Lemons Cookbook has become a gold standard in the vegetarian cooking category for its design and recipes.

• Donofrio’s first book has sold almost 70k copies worldwide.

• Filled with innovative ideas for using common vegetable scraps and exciting ways to eat popular produce.

• With flexible flavour charts, colourful visuals and a myriad of ingredient combinations.

ISBN 13: 9780735219847, 304pp h/b, £29.99 Published by AVERY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

Cookery

Fitness

STRONG LEGS

The All-In-One Program for Shaping Your Lower Body Volkmar, Michael

Weak legs are epidemic due to our sedentary lifestyles.

The result: knee pain, back pain, hip pain, injuries, postural problems, balance issues. The remedy? The Strong Legs workout program. Developed by best-selling fitness author and strength and conditioning expert Mike Volkmar, Strong Legs is the comprehensive guide for developing strength and power in your posterior. These results-oriented workouts target all muscle groups from your lower body including legs and glutes. Strong Legs is a great way to change up your routine and break through plateaus. Whether you train at home in your garage gym or at the local fitness club, your workouts will never be boring again, guaranteed!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Designed to push the human body to reach new physical bests.

• Challenges you to dig deep and find strength you never knew you had - all while guiding you each step of the way.

• Combining comprehensive exercise information with expertly prepared workout plan progression.

• Takes Volkmar’s extensive teaching experience and puts it in your hands (and legs!).

• Workouts perfect for anyone from beginners to experts.

ISBN 13: 9781578267972, 224pp p/b, £12.99 Published by HATHERLEIGH Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

BAKE THE SEASONS

Sweet and Savoury Dishes to Enjoy Throughout the Year DiLonardo, Marcella

With a few quality pantry essentials, Marcella focuses on simplicity in Bake the Seasons, sharing over 100 sweet and savoury recipes. These homey favourites are often modern twists on familiar classics and will quickly become tried and true dishes you return to again and again. Whether it’s an indulgent Smoked Gorgonzola and Winter Pear Pizza to prepare for friends, a Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread to bring to a summer picnic, or beautiful holiday cakes, these comfort foods will impress your nearest and dearest.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Unlike the majority of baking books Bake the Seasons has a 50/50 split of sweet and savoury baked goods.

• Author is passionate about quality baking with simple ingredients available to any home baker.

• Elegant design and stunning photography make Bake the Seasons a perfect gift any time of year.

• Over 100 recipes offering new takes and modern twists on classics as well as new favourites.

• Recipes include Zucchini Cheddar Bread, Salted Honey Challah, Garlic Scape Brie Biscuits and a Lemon Thyme Tart.

ISBN 13: 9780735235199, 256pp p/b, £20.00 Published by PENGUIN CANADA Rep Territories: UK & Ireland

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NON-FICTION Cookery

KETO DIET COOKBOOK

PAPER ROCKSTARS

Vogel, Leanne

This book serves as a companion guide to Leanne’s bestselling book The Keto Diet (Victory Belt, 2017).

With the impressive sales of that first book, she quickly became a top keto influencer and the go-to resource for those looking to transition to and learn more about the keto diet. While sales of The Keto Diet remain strong and Leanne’s momentum continues to grow, she feels there is a need for additional recipes to complement the original book. Each recipe is an extension of the foundation she laid in her breakout title. The Keto Diet Cookbook features recipes laid out in a new format based on meal size and calorie count, enabling readers to further customise the diet to their individual needs and health concerns.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Follow-up cookbook to compliment and supplement The Keto Diet (Victory Belt, 2017).

• Also includes diary options - which the original Keto Diet (Victory Belt, 2017) book did not.

• Includes tips for sourcing ingredients and substitutions for those ingredients that can be harder to find.

• Each recipe includes a full-colour photo and nutrition information.

ISBN 13: 9781628603422, 400pp p/b, £29.99 Published by VICTORY BELT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Cookery

KETO PLUS

Moore, Jimmy & Limansky, John

This book is a fantastic resource, which explains the science behind each biohack and shows how to implement them into a ketogenic lifestyle. Each chapter offers a clear explanation of a different biohack and how to integrate it with the keto diet to maximise health benefits.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Lays out the science behind each biohack and shows how to implement them into a ketogenic lifestyle.

• Offers a clear explanation of a different biohack and how to integrate it with the keto diet.

• Set out as a conversation between doctor and patient: comprehensive and easy to follow.

• Features experiments that show actionable information and real-time results.

ISBN 13: 9781628603453, 336pp p/b, £29.99 Published by VICTORY BELT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Crafts

PAPER BIBLE PaperMade

Crafts

Paper Bible - the 11th in the PaperMade series features 7 wise and influential Bible figures and scenes from both the Old and New Testaments.

Each inspirational character is pre-cut, pre-scored so they’re easy to punch out and fold up into 3D objects with easy instructions right on the page.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The included figures are eco-friendly as they require no glue or tape to assemble, and can be used time and time again.

• Easy assembly, making this suitable for children.

• A new, creative approach to telling bible stories.

• Will appeal to families as it is suitable for all ages.

ISBN 13: 9781576878750, 40pp p/b, £12.99 Published by POWERHOUSE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

PaperMade

Paper Rockstars - the 12th in the PaperMade series features 20 of the world’s greatest Rockstar legends.

Each musical icon is pre-cut, pre-scored and easy to punch out and fold up into a 3D object with easy instructions right on the page. Whether you’re a rock ‘n’ roll connoisseur or an easy listener, these and hall-of-famers we’ll surely rock your world.

Paper Rockstars masterfully combines paper craft with advanced paper engineering so no glue, tape or tools are ever needed!

KEY SELLING POINTS • A perfect introduction for kids to some of rock’s most important voices and musicians.

• Turnaround stocks other PaperMade titles.

• No glue, scissors, tape or tools required!

ISBN 13: 9781576878767, 40pp p/b, £12.99 Published by POWERHOUSE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Humour

GUAC IS EXTRA BUT SO AM I A Millennial Handbook Solomon, Sarah

Now that you re an ‘adult’ with a ‘job’, you re finding things out the hard way, like that spending 9-6 in front of a computer and meetings with a hangover is a tad more difficult than sleeping through your physics lecture. A humorous yet helpful cheat sheet of the realities of life people expected you to know but aren t exactly inherent. Topics range from how you should be saving for retirement now with a diversified portfolio, to modern dating, to career and etiquette advice.

Appealing to all genders, it takes on the challenges unique to a generation riddled with debt, living life online.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Will appeal to a target audience of college students, upcoming graduates, and recent grads.

• Features advice on things everyone has to deal with, like saving for retirement, and career and etiquette advice.

• Deals with the hard realities of life with a sense of humour, illustrated by the author.

• Solomon is a journalist who has been published in Town & Country, McSweeney’s, and Cosmopolitan.

ISBN 13: 9781576879139, 152pp h/b, £20.99 Published by POWERHOUSE Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe

Sport

CHAINBREAKER BIKE BOOK An Illustrated Manual of Radical Bicycle Maintenance, Culture & History Clark, Ethan & Jackson, Shelley Lynn

An updated and expanded edition of our handillustrated and accessible introduction to the world of bike repair! The first half of this book is a complete repair manual to get you started on choosing the right bike for you, riding that bike, and fixing it when it breaks down. The second half reprints all four issues of the Chainbreaker zine, whose originals were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A delightfully unconventional guide to bicycle repair and bicycling culture.

• Features detailed, hand-drawn illustrations of bike parts and schematics.

• Includes insight into fixing older bikes.

• Co-authors have a wealth of bicycle experience.

ISBN 13: 9781621061267, 224pp p/b, £14.99 Published by MICROCOSM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East

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COMMISSION TITLES • NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Fiction

BRUGES-LA-MORTE Rodenbach, Georges

Bruges-la-Morte, which first appeared in 1892, concerns the fate of Hugues Viane, a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal location in which to mourn his wife and as a suitable haven for the narcissistic perambulations of his inexorably disturbed spirit. Bruges, the ‘dead city’, becomes the image of his dead wife and thus allows him to endure, to manage the unbearable loss by systematically following its mournful labyrinth of streets and canals in a cyclical promenade of reflection and allusion. The story itself centres around Hugues’ obsession with a young dancer whom he believes is the double of his beloved wife. The consequent drama leads Hugues onto a plank walk of psychological torment and humiliation, culminating in a deranged murder.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Re-issue of a classic from the Dedalus list.

• One of the greatest novels ever written about grief, loneliness and isolation.’ Nick Lezard • Previous Dedalus edition was highly praised in the Times and Guardian.

ISBN 13: 9781912868063, 166pp p/b, £7.99 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK Only April 2019

Fiction

TORTURE GARDEN Mirbeau, Octave

First published at the height of the Dreyfus Affair, Mirbeau’s novel is a loosely assembled reworking of texts composed at different eras, featuring different styles, and showcasing different characters. Beginning with material stemming from articles on the ‘Law of Murder’, the novel continues with a farcical critique of French politics.

KEY SELLING POINTS • First published in 1898 this decadent classic flays civilised society down to its hypocritical bones.

• Re-issue of a Dedalus European classic.

• Hugely well-reviewed, especially by the Times and Sunday Times.

ISBN 13: 9781912868056, 210pp p/b, £9.99 Published by DEDALUS Rep Territories: UK Only April 2019

NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES November 2018 - March 2019 AVAILABLE Photography

OUT OF THE SHADOWS Braden, Polly & Williams, Sally

The story of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are in the criminal justice system is often told in figures. It is estimated that around 7% of adults locked up in prisons have a learning disability, compared to around 2% of the general population; they are seven times more likely to come into contact with the police; and they account for just under a third of young people in custody. Out of the Shadows offers a very different view: the human cost of locking up people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Polly Braden’s intimate and powerful photographs, seven in-depth stories written by Sally Williams and three first-hand accounts provide a valuable insight into how they ended up in prison and what happened to them.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Established award winning photographer with three previous books.

• Touring exhibition launches at MAC Birmingham from September 8th until November 11th.

• Important and topical issue within the continuing debate on Mental Health.

• Published in association with Multistory, which has developed ambitious projects for and about its local community.

ISBN 13: 9781911306368, 128pp p/b, £20.00 Published by DEWI LEWIS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

Politics

MARX AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Ethics and Natural Law in the Critique of Political Economy McCarthy, George E.

In Marx and Social Justice, George E. McCarthy presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the ethical, political, and economic foundations of Marx’s theory of social justice in his early and later writings. What is distinctive about Marx’s theory is that he rejects the views of justice in liberalism and reform socialism based on legal rights and fair distribution by balancing ancient Greek philosophy with nineteenth-century political economy. Each chapter in the book represents a different aspect of social justice.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460113, 390pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

Politics

ON THE ROAD TO GLOBAL LABOUR HISTORY A Festschrift for Marcel van der Linden Roth, Karl Heinz

Global labour history is a latecomer to historical science. It has only developed in the last three decades. This anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460120, 412pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Graphic Novel

BREAKING THE TEN SET

Wilson, Sean Michael & Morikawa, Michiru

When David loses his wife and child in a tragic car accident, he decides - full of anger at the cruelty of the event - to turn against God. He sets out to systematically break each of the Ten Commandments in order to spite God and to get his attention. But will he go all the way, and break the commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill?’ Two mysterious figures, Mr. White and Mr. Black, try to win David over to their side: the religious or the humanistic. Deeply sad in parts and comical in others, this modern story explores age old questions: Is there a God? And if there is, does that God care about us?

KEY SELLING POINTS • An engaging and thought-provoking tale of lost love, disillusionment, and man’s relationship with God. • Illustrated in Michiru Morikawa’s distinctive, mature style.

• For fans of Persepolis, Becoming Unbecoming, and Ashes (Z2 Comics, 2015).

• Set consists of two banded, specially-priced paperbacks - Volume 1 and Volume 2.

ISBN 13: 9781681121970, 240pp p/b, £21.99 Published by NBM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

Graphic Novel - Manga

CITY 3

Arawi, Keiichi

Nagumo is in a bit of a bind. She’s a college student, and like many people in her situation, is struggling with money.

She is in debt and her landlord is trying to shake her down for rent. Asking her friends no longer works! They know her deal and they do not have the cash to prop her up, even temporarily. So what is she supposed to do under these circumstances? Well maybe bullying would help. Maybe petty theft? Neither one is realistic. Maybe getting a job would settle things But that means working and not having fun in the big city. That also means not spending all your earnings before paying your rent. Life in the city is an adventure. Thankfully its a fruitful and entertaining one at that!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Keiichi Arawi s previous series Nichijou has been a bestseller in both Japan and the west.

• Nichijou was selected by Guillermo Del Toro as one of the Most Read Manga for the Asahi News SUGOI Japan Project.

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

• CITY has been long in demand for an English language release.

ISBN 13: 9781947194182, 160pp p/b, £10.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland Available Now

Photography

TE AHI KA (GREEN/FEMALE COVER) The Fires of Occupation Toft, Martin

In 1996 Toft spent six months in the middle and upper reaches of the Whanganui River in an area known as the King Country. Here he met Maori who were in the process of reversing the colonisation of their people and returning to their ancestral land, Mangapapapa which is on the steep banks of the river inside Whanganui National Park. At the end of his journey Toft was given the Maori name Pouma Pokai-Whenua. Returning twenty years later to rekindle the spiritual kinship he had experienced, Toft began to work on this book. Its narrative is situated within the context of the current Whanganui River Deed of Settlement, Ruruku Whakatupua and the projects led by local Maori to settle historical grievances with the government dating back to the 1870s.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fascinating book which explores the Maori people of New Zealand’s Whanganui River area.

• Examines the story of an indigenous people and their claim to ancestral lands.

• Established international photographer, widely exhibited and published.

• Published with two alternative but equally beautiful covers - a female version (image of a fern) and male (image of embers).

ISBN 13: 9781911306382, 200pp h/b, £35.00 Published by DEWI LEWIS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

Photography

TE AHI KA (ORANGE/MALE COVER) Toft, Martin

In 1996 Toft spent six months in the middle and upper reaches of the Whanganui River in an area known as the King Country. Here he met Maori who were in the process of reversing the colonisation of their people and returning to their ancestral land, Mangapapapa which is on the steep banks of the river inside Whanganui National Park. At the end of his journey Toft was given the Maori name Pouma Pokai-Whenua. Returning twenty years later to rekindle the spiritual kinship he had experienced, Toft began to work on this book. Its narrative is situated within the context of the current Whanganui River Deed of Settlement, Ruruku Whakatupua and the projects led by local Maori to settle historical grievances with the government dating back to the 1870s.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fascinating book which explores the Maori people of New Zealand’s Whanganui River area.

• Examines the story of an indigenous people and their claim to ancestral lands.

• Established international photographer, widely exhibited and published.

• Published with two alternative but equally beautiful covers - a female version (image of a fern) and male (image of embers).

ISBN 13: 9781911306399, 200pp h/b, £35.00 Published by DEWI LEWIS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East Available Now

OCTOBER 2018 Erotic Photography

SUPER NYLON PARADE Women, Legs, and Nylons Various

Super Nylon Parade, with over 600 photos, is the ultimate super photo book for every fan of e:r:o:t:i:c women, who often have nothing else on other than their legwear. Full of women, legs, and e:r:o:t:i:c:i:s:m. A must for every e:r:o:t:i:c library.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Over 500 pages of sexy women and their sexy legs.

• A highly erotic collection for lovers of pantyhose and stockings.

• Beautifully produced with high quality photographs printed on quality paper.

• Goliath is one of the most successful publishers of this genre.

ISBN 13: 9783957300447, 510pp h/b, £44.99 Published by GOLIATH Rep Territories: UK & Ireland October 2018

Erotic Photography

TATTOOED BEAUTIES Saint, Christian

Tattooed Beauties is star photographer Christian Saint’s best book yet. Perfect photos, masterfully produced with 50 of the world’s most beautiful tattoo models.

The photo book shows lots of naked flesh, together with the most ingenious tattoos. Five stars each for the best photographer, most beautiful models, and most creative tattoos! Stylish, professional, and super s:e:x:y.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Features over 50 of the world’s most beautiful tattoo models.

• Includes tattoos from over 150 of the most creative tattoo artists.

• A beautifully produced hardcover that is stylish, creative, and super sexy.

• Has crossover appeal to fans of both body art & tattooing and erotic photography.

ISBN 13: 9783957300423, 254pp h/b, £32.99 Published by GOLIATH Rep Territories: UK & Ireland October 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Politics

ALI SHARIATI AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL THEORY

Religion, Revolution, and the Role of the Intellectual Miri, Seyed Javad & Bird, Dustin J.

In Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory, Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri bring together a collection of essays by a variety of scholars who explore the lasting influence of the Iranian sociologist and revolutionary, Ali Shariati. Thought to be the most important intellectual behind the Iranian Revolution of 1979, these essays engage in a future-oriented remembrance of Shariati’s life and praxis, with the practical attempt to clarify, expand, and apply his liberational Islamic thought to modern conditions.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461134, 282pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

AUSTRO-MARXISM: THE IDEALOGY OF UNITY VOLUME II

Changing the World: The Politics of Austro-Marxism Bauer, Otto; Smaldone, William & Blum, Mark E.

During the first half of the twentieth century, Austrian socialist thinkers - chief among them Otto Bauer, Rudolf Hilferding, Karl Renner, and Max Adler - emerged from and helped transform Austrian Social Democracy into one of Europe’s best organized and most effective political and social movements. Through its expertly selected and introduced original documents this wide-ranging volume offers English readers the most thorough effort to date to provide a representative sampling of the Austro-Marxists’ key theoretical ideas.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469932, 909pp p/b, £43.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

BEYOND LIBERAL EGALITARIANISM

Marx and Normative Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century Smith, Tony

Progressive theorists and activists insist that contemporary capitalism is deeply flawed from a normative point of view.

However, most accept the liberal egalitarian thesis that the serious shortcomings of market societies could be overcome with proper political regulation. Building on Marx’s legacy, Tony Smith argues that advocates of this thesis lack an adequate concept of capital and the state, and fail to comprehend new developments in world history ensuring that the ‘destructive’ aspects of capitalism increasingly outweigh whatever ‘creative’ elements it might continue to possess.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469970, 386pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

BLACK TOLEDO

A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Toledo, Ohio Patterson, Rubin & Alkalimat, Abdul

The African American experience since the 19th century has included the resettlement of people from slavery to freedom, agriculture to industry, South to North, and rural to urban centres.

This book is a documentary history of this process over more than 200 years in Toledo, Ohio. The volume includes articles from the Toledo Blade and local Black press, excerpts of doctoral and masters theses, and other specialist and popular writings from and about Toledo itself.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461554, 317pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

THE CLASS STRIKES BACK

Self-Organised Workers’ Struggles in the Twenty-First Century G. Kraft, Micheal

The Class Strikes Back examines a number of radical, twenty-firstcentury workers’ struggles. These struggles are characterised by a different kind of unionism and solidarity, arising out of new kinds of labour conditions and responsive to new kinds of social and economic marginalisation. The essays in the collection demonstrate the dramatic growth of syndicalist and autonomist formations and argue for their historical necessity. They show how workers seek to form and join democratic and independent unions that are fundamentally opposed to bureaucratic leadership, compromise, and concessions KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460168, 321pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

CONCEPTS IN ACTION

Conceptual Constructionism Sohlberg, Peter & Leiulfsrud, Hakon

Concepts in Action provides us with examples of the active and creative use of concepts for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretic constructions and topics discussed refers to the function of theory in mainstream sociology; concepts enabling us to expand the range of interpretations; a critical view and approach to general concepts of culture, nature and consumption; concepts dealing with organisation, institutions and actors; and examples of travelling concepts such as class, gender, race and social recognition.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461578, 330pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Politics

CONSIDERING CLASS

Theory, Culture and the Media in the 21st Century Wayne, Mike & O’Neill, Deirdre

Considering Class: Theory, Culture and Media in the 21st Century offers the reader international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the importance of class analysis in the 21st century. Political economists, sociologists, educationalists, ethnographers, cultural and media analysts have contributed to this volume to provide a multi-dimensional account of current class dynamics.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461035, 320pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

COOPERATIVISM AND DEMOCRACY Selected Works of Polish Thinkers Blesznowski, Bartlomiej

Cooperativism and Democracy, edited by Bartlomiej Blesznowski is not purely a scientific book, but rather a guide which shows how scholars and activists wrote about the community, social participation and politics in Poland in the early 20th century. The book contains a selection of texts in socio-political thought, led by the work of one of the most important Polish thinkers - Edward Abramowski, socialist, philosopher and psychologist.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608460908, 416pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

EMANCIPATION AND HISTORY The Return of Social Theory Domingues, Jose Mauricio

Assessing critical theory today, Emancipation and History focuses on the connection between history and emancipation, centring on the trends that structure modernity and may lead us beyond it. Classical and contemporary sociology and social theory are mobilised to recover a robust theory capable of going beyond recurrent empirical, and therefore weaker, perspectives in emancipatory thought.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461059, 183pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION, PETROGRAD, 1917

The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi

The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 is the most comprehensive book on the epic uprising that toppled the tsarist monarchy and ushered in the next stage of the Russian Revolution. Hasegawa presents in detail the intense drama of the nine days of the revolution, including the workers’ strike, soldiers’ revolt, the scrambling of revolutionary party activists to control the revolution, and the liberals’ conspiracy to force Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460151, 701pp p/b, £43.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM Selected Essays Heller, Henry

In this stirring and persuasive defence of the classical Marxist view of the French Revolution as a bourgeois and capitalist revolution, Henry Heller lays to rest the stylish revisionism on the subject that still dominates in academic circles.

Based mainly on articles published in the journal Historical Materialism, Heller that the rise of a bourgeois capitalist class in France stretches back to the sixteenth century, and that the Revolution itself played a large role in strengthening this nascent class politically and economically.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469956, 268pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

JEWISH COMMUNIST IN WEIMAR GERMANY The Life of Werner Scholem Hoffrogge, Ralf

Walter Benjamin derided Werner Scholem as a ‘rogue’ in 1924. Josef Stalin referred him as a ‘splendid man’, but soon backtracked and labelled him an ‘imbecile’, while Ernst Thalmann, chairman of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), warned his followers against the dangers of ‘Scholemism’. This first biography of Werner Scholem tells his life story by drawing on a wide range of original sources and archive material long hidden beyond the Iron Curtain of the Cold War era.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469963, 667pp p/b, £31.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Politics

THE LONG ROOTS OF FORMALISM IN BRAZIL

Politics

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY INEQUALITY & CAPITALISM

Renato Martins, Luiz & Grigera, Juan

Piketty, Marx and Beyond Smith, David A. & Langman, Lauren

The present studies on Brazilian modern art seek to specify some of the dominant contradictions of capitalism’s combined but uneven development as these appear from the global periphery. The grand project of Brasilia is the main theme of the first two chapters, which treat the ‘ideal city’ as a case study in the ways in which creative talent in Brazil has been made to serve in the reproduction of social iniquities. Further chapters scrutinise the socio-historical basis of Brazilian art, and develop, against the grain of the most prominent art historical approaches to modern Brazilian culture.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460823, 323pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Twenty-First Century Inequality & Capitalism: Piketty, Marx and Beyond begins with economist Thomas Piketty s 2014 book. Most chapters critique Piketty from the perspective of critical theory, global political economy or public sociology, drawing on the work of Marx or the Marxist tradition. The contributors focus on elements that are under-theorized or omitted entirely from Piketty’s analysis. The collection seeks to fully understand and suggest action to address today’s capitalist inequality crisis.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461349, 390pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

Photography

THE PETROGRAD WORKERS THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION February 1917-June 1918 Mandel, David

The Petrograd Workers in the Russian Revolution is a study of the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and of the first months of Soviet power as viewed and experienced ‘from below.’

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460069, 400pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

Politics

SELECTED ESSAYS OF NIGEL HARRIS

From National Liberation to Globalisation Harris, Nigel & Shawki, Ahmed

Nigel Harris’s Selected Essays: From National Liberation to Globalisation presents an encompassing overview of the work of one of the most prolific and insightful Marxist economists of the second half of the twentieth century. The collected essays deal with topics ranging from imperialism and the state to the political economy of development and migration.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460106, 522pp p/b, £31.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

THE BEST IS YET TO COME Sºby, Ada Bligaard

A fairy tale set in nineties New York. Girl meets boy.

Love and booze and heartbreak ensue. Decades pass.

Girl meets boy. Again. They make a book together. This book. It chronicles their relationship with the help of a secret stash of photos. With cameo appearances by Santa Claus, Hitler, The Danish Queen, Nina Hagen, Kate Moss and the coffin of Allen Ginsberg. It’s about sex, grime and secrets. It’s about how we possess each other as though there can never be another. And then there is. It’s about the stuff that hurts - even half a life later. It’s brutal and beautiful. Like all fairy tales.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A hyper personal love story told through pictures.

• Acts as a sharp counterpoint to the inauthentic narratives we so often present online today.

• Ada Bligaard Sºby is a filmaker and director who has shot documentaries for broadcasters around the world.

• Possesses a distinct 90s punk vibe with a story from its heyday.

ISBN 13: 9783868288773, 164pp h/b, £35.00 Published by KEHRER VERLAG Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Middle East, Far East October 2018

Photography

WAR, MYTH, DESIRE Levinthal, David

Since the mid-1970s, David Levinthal has been exploring the relationship between photographic imagery and the fantasies, myths, events, and characters that shape contemporary America’s mental landscape. War, Myth, Desire is the most comprehensive monograph ever produced on the artist, containing major contributions to scholarship on the artist by curator Lisa Hostetler and contemporary art specialist Joanna Marsh, as well as commentary by art critic Dave Hickey.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A major voice on the contemporary art scene whose work explores and explodes postwar American culture.

• Levinthal’s work has been exhibited in several major collections including the Smithsonian and the Museum of Modern Art. • Contains annotated examples of all Levinthal’s major works to date.

• Artist’s eccentric and evocative style uses plastic toys and figurines to depict his subjects in miniature environments.

ISBN 13: 9783868288612, 320pp h/b, £40.00 Published by KEHRER VERLAG Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Middle East, Far East October 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Business & Charities

A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING

Environmental & Green Studies

LIMITS OF CONSUMPTION Gupta, Gauri Shankar

Biel, Joe

Publishing is an incredibly rewarding yet endlessly complicated profession. This readable, comprehensive, and empowering book serves as a resource and reality check for anyone considering launching a press or publishing a single book.

Author Joe Biel draws on 22 years of experience in all parts of operating a small publishing company to teach you the skills of the trade, from distribution, operations, inventory, scheduling, and accounting to development, sales, publicity, and marketing. Readers will come away with the confidence to succeed and a big picture overview of why publishing matters and how to plan and run their business.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Down-to-earth and easy to follow.

• Offers vital expertise to cut through rampant misinformation about self-publishing.

• Joe Biel founded Microcosm Publishing, and has run the business for 22 years.

• Joe Biel’s other titles have sold a combined 50, 000 copies.

ISBN 13: 9781621062851, 416pp p/b, £14.99 Published by MICROCOSM Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East October 2018

NOVEMBER 2018

Degradation of the environment and climate change are the most important challenges facing humanity. With rapidly increasing consumption, the carrying capacity of the Earth has come under tremendous pressure. Under these circumstances, it would be worthwhile to look at the wisdom of our ancestors who lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years. Based on comprehensive research, this book attempts to bring out the ground realities and the wisdom of our ancestors in a concise and coherent manner to mitigate this serious threat to humanity.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A comprehensively researched insight into the realities of climate change and the wisdom of the past.

• Outlines an alternative approach to mitigating the damage of climate change.

• Course adoption potential.

• Incredibly timely, as the effects of global warming and climate change worsen year on year.

ISBN 13: 9781910553947, 252pp p/b, £13.99 Published by HANSIB Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

Politics

A PEOPLE’S POLITICAL HISTORY OF GUYANA African Studies

CLASSICAL THEORIES IN AFRICAN RELIGION Sindima, Harvey J.

Currently, there is no book on the theories and methods in African religious systems. This book fills that lacuna.

The development of theories is discussed extensively and it includes some biographical information about the theorists themselves, concentrating on their intellectual history and influences, their particular contribution to the development of theories, and their reactions to the theories of other scholars in the discipline.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Good course adoption potential.

• Provides an exhaustive insight into scholarly perspectives on religion in general, and African religion specifically.

• Expert author - Harvey J. Sindima is a philosophy and religion professor.

• Fills a gap in the market for books focussing on African religion.

ISBN 13: 9781569026014, 494pp p/b, £34.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle East November 2018

African Studies

TRANSFORMING AFRICA’S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPES

The Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), Past and Present Cooper, Barbara; Corwin, Gary; Eshete, Tibebe et al

This book tells the story of the collaborative efforts of missionaries of the SIM, an international Christian mission founded in North America, and African Christians to evangelise in the wider Sudan (generally meaning countries spanning from Senegal to Ethiopia).

KEY SELLING POINTS • Good course adoption potential.

• Edited by experts in the fields of African studies and religion.

• The first book to includes case studies of the SIM. • The book has a wide scope, taking in politics, society, Imperialism and many other issues.

ISBN 13: 9781569026106, 586pp p/b, £34.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle East November 2018

1838 - 1964 Nehusi, Kimani S. K

This work is a multi-disciplinary reconstruction and evaluation of the development and mobilisation of political consciousness in Guyana between the legal termination of physical enslavement in 1838 and the very eve of flag-andanthem independence in 1966. Guyanese transformed themselves from disempowered colonial subjects to citizens of variable levels of awareness and empowerment during those one hundred and twenty-six years of struggle. Numerous organisations, themes, issues and tendencies within the movement receive careful attention in rigorous interrogation through the prisms of class, occupation, race, gender, colour and personality.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Provides insight into the mobilisation of political consciousness in Guyana after slavery.

• Carefully balanced text that presents complex political situations in readable prose.

• A timely work with authoritative information.

• Good course adoption potential.

ISBN 13: 9781910553794, 716pp p/b, £15.00 Published by HANSIB Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

Politics

CRISIS AND SEQUELS

Capitalism and the New Economic Turmoil Since 2007 Thomas, Martin As the economic crash of 2007 8 and its sequels developed, neoliberal economists often said that economic theory can never cope with such eruptions, and left-minded and political economists struggled to find answers. This book documents discussions as they developed; an introduction and an afterword tell the story of the crisis, and offer syntheses and angles on some of the debated issues.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608460861, 325pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES

Politics

Politics

THE GOVERNMENT OF TIME

Theories of Plural Temporality in the Marxist Tradition D. Thomas, Peter & Morfino, Vittorio

Can the Marxist tradition still provide new resources for understanding the specificity of historical time? This volume proposes to transform our understanding of Marxism by reconnecting with the ‘subterranean currents’ of plural temporalities that have traversed its development. From Rousseau and Sieyes to Marx, from Bloch to Althusser, from Gramsci to Pasolini and postcolonialism, the chapters in this volume seek both to valorise neglected resources from Marxism’s contradictory history, and also to read against the grain its orthodox and heterodox currents.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460175, 291pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

Politics

UNVEILING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France Nilsson, Per-Erik

The Islamic Veil Affairs (2003 4 and 2009 2011), which led to the banning of Muslim girls wearing Islamic headscarves in French public schools and women wearing full-face veils in public, have raised serious concerns about the relationship between secularism and the freedom of religious expression. In Unveiling the French Republic: National Identity, Secularism, and Islam in Contemporary France, Per-Erik Nilsson engages in a careful critical analysis of the Veil Affairs.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461776, 225pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES

Wage Disparity under Capitalist Competition Botwinick, Howard

Lifestyle

KINFOLK VOLUME 30 Kinfolk

Economists generally assume that wage differentials among similar workers will only endure when competition in the capital and/or labour market is restricted. However, using a classical Marxist analysis of real capitalist competition, Botwinick shows that substantial patterns of wage disparity can persist despite high levels of competition. Going against mainstream proponents of labour-management cooperation, the author calls for militant union organisation that can once again take wages and working conditions out of capitalist competition.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460199, 375pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

KEY SELLING POINTS • Kinfolk is a slow lifestyle magazine that explores ways for readers to simplify their lives and cultivate connections.

• The leading independent lifestyle magazine for young creative professionals.

• Kinfolk’s 2016 rebrand was widely praised by Creative Review, It’s Nice That and many others.

• Features stylish, beautiful photography and original essays from creatives around the world.

ISBN 13: 9781941815342, 192pp p/b, £14.99 Published by KINFOLK Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe November 2018

Politics

Fiction

THE POPULAR FRONT NOVEL IN BRITAIN, 1934-1940 Taylor, Elinor

In The Popular Front Novel in Britain, 1934 1940, Elinor Taylor provides the first study of the relationship between the British novel and the anti-fascist Popular Front strategy endorsed by the Comintern in 1935. Through readings of novels by British Communists including, Taylor shows that the realist novel of the left was a key site in which the politics of anti-fascist alliance were rehearsed. This book at once illuminates the cultural formation of the Popular Front in Britain and proposes a new framework for reading British fiction of this period.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460465, 224pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East November 2018

Kinfolk is a slow lifestyle magazine that explores ways for readers to simplify their lives, cultivate community and spend more time with their friends and family. It is the place to discover new things to cook, make and do.

The growing international community is generous when it comes to sharing ideas for small gatherings and living a grounded, balanced lifestyle that is about connecting and making conversation.

DARWIN’S GHOSTS Dorfman, Ariel

The story of a man whose distant past comes to haunt him.

Is the sordid story behind human zoos that flourished in Europe in the nineteenth century connected somehow to a boy’s life a hundred years later? On Fitzroy Foster’s fourteenth birthday on September 11, 1981, he receives an unexpected and unwelcome gift: when his father snaps his picture with a Polaroid, another person’s image appears in the photo. Fitzroy and his childhood sweetheart, Cam, set out on a decade-long journey in search of this stranger’s identity - and to reinstate his own - across seas and continents, into the far past and the evil and good that glint in the eyes of the elusive visitor.

KEY SELLING POINTS • First novel in 17 years from one of the greatest living Latin American authors.

• Based on a real and ugly chapter in European and American history.

• Has received fantastic reviews in the Guardian, Times, New York Times and many others.

• Dorfman has been compared to Kafka, Auster, Hemingway, Marquez and Vargas Llosa.

• Dorfman is also prominent human rights activist.

ISBN 13: 9781609808242, 304pp h/b, £20.00 Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe November 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Architecture

BRUTAL BRITAIN

Build Your Own Brutalist Great Britain Zupagrafika

Brutal Britain by Zupagrafika celebrates Brutalist architecture of the British Isles, inviting readers to explore the Modern past of Great Britain and rebuild some of its most intriguing post-war edifices. Opening with a foreword by architecture historian Barnabas Calder, Brutal Britain explores the history of each building with informative text and beautiful full-page colour illustrations. The book also features 8 press-out paper models recreating the original facades in detail. All models are die-cut and pre-folded with easy-to-follow assembly instructions, so all that is required to recreate these striking buildings is glue.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Following the success of Brutal East and the Brutal London series, also by Zupagrafika.

• Features iconic examples of Brutalist architecture from across Britain, from the iconic slabs of Sheffield`s Park Hill a • Includes 8 press-out paper models, die-cut and pre-folded - all you need is glue!

• A beautifully-produced and packaged hardback, the perfect gift for anyone interested in history or architecture.

ISBN 13: 9788395057427, 48pp h/b, £20.00 Published by ZUPAGRAFIKA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland & Europe November 2018

Politics

ART HISTORY AS SOCIAL PRAXIS The Collected Writings of David Craven Craven, David & Winkenweder, Brian

Art History as Social Praxis: The Collected Writings of David Craven brings together more than thirty essays that chart the development of Craven s voice as an unorthodox Marxist who applied historical materialism to the study of modern art. This book demonstrates the range and versatility of David Craven’s praxis as a ‘democratic socialist’ art historian who assessed the essential role the visual arts play in imagining more just and equitable societies.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469949, 478pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Politics

BEYOND MARX AND OTHER ENTRIES

DECEMBER 2018

Gleicher, David

African Studies

AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORAS Rethinking Struggles for Recognition and Empowerment Mirzai, Behnaz A. & Ibhawoh, Bonny

Building on the UN proclamations on recognition and empowerment of people of African descent, and the renewed interest they have generated in African diaspora scholarship, this volume brings together the perspectives of experts from various disciplines on historical and contemporary challenges faced by peoples of African descendant, their survival strategies and cultural adaptations around the world.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Draws from a range of diverse, interdisciplinary sources.

• Good course adoption potential.

• Brings new insights to global studies of African diasporas.

• Edited by experts in the field.

ISBN 13: 9781569026137, 254pp p/b, £25.99 Published by AFRICA WORLD PRESS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle East December 2018

Beyond Marx and Other Entries explores deep areas of semiotics, joined with economics, anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy and political science, even Franz Kafka’s literary works. These are communicated by entries, based primarily on Gleicher s actual blog Looking through the crack from 2013 to 2017. One might equate it to impressionist art, or the ‘the one and the many’. Each entry is independent; nothing in one makes even an allusion to another. In reading, however, the reader will make connections and develop their own understandings of dystopian possibilities.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608461028, 214pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Politics

Photography

MY BRITISH ARCHIVE The Way We Were: 1968-1983 Sykes, Homer

The Way We Were 1968-1983 is a look at British society through the eyes of leading British photographer Homer Sykes - his personal view of ‘life’ as he encountered it as a young photographer setting out in the early years of his career. This was a time when British society was going through a period of enormous change. This is reflected by Sykes as he embraces everyday life, with a gentle and seeing eye; a knife throwing striptease tent booth at The Derby in Epsom, through to a kiteflying middle class family battling against the wind and rain on Brighton promenade.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Captures a period of time when British Society was going through enormous change.

• One of the UK’s most prominent photographers with a career stretching back 50 years.

• Author of more than 15 books. Regularly exhibits in the UK and abroad.

ISBN 13: 9781911306405, 168pp h/b, £30.00 Published by DEWI LEWIS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

BRITISH COMMUNISM AND THE POLITICS OF RACE Smith, Evan

British Communism and the Politics of Race explores the role that the Communist Party of Great Britain played within the anti-racism movement in Britain from the 1940s to the 1980s. As one of the first organisations to undertake serious anti-colonial and anti-racist activism within the British labour movement, the CPGB was a pioneering force that campaigned against racial discrimination, popular imperialism and fascist violence in British society.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469987, 275pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Politics

Politics

DEBORD, TIME AND SPECTACLE

RESPONSES TO MARX’S CAPITAL

In Debord, Time and Spectacle Tom Bunyard provides a detailed philosophical study of the theoretical work of Guy Debord and the Situationist International. Drawing on evidence from Debord’s books, films, letters and notes, Bunyard reconstructs the Hegelian and Marxian ideas that support Debord’s central concept of ‘spectacle’. This affords a reconsideration of Debord’s theoretical claims, and a reinterpretation of his broader work that foregrounds his concerns with history and lived time.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460793, 430pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Responses to Marx’s Capital: From Rudolf Hilferding to Isaak Illich Rubin is a collection of primary sources dealing with the reception of the economic works of Karl Marx from the First to the Third International. The documents, translated for the first time from German and Russian, range from the original reviews of the three volumes of Capital and the three volumes of Theories of Surplus Value to the debates between the Marxist economists and the bourgeois academic representatives of the theory of marginal utility and the German historical school.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608469994, 877pp p/b, £43.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Hegelian Marxism and Situationist Theory Bunyard, Tom

Politics

DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY: RELATIONS IN CONFLICT Sepulveda, Victor Manuel Figueroa

From Rudolf Hilferding to Isaak Illich Rubin Gaido, Daniel F. & Day, Richard B.

Graphic Novel

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOLUME 4: THE TEMPEST ISSUE #4

Technological progress in the 21st Century still remains monopolized by the developed countries, determining the direction and rhythm of growth in developing countries which must import their technological infrastructure.

This colonialised model of industrialisation leads to a perpetual outflow of resources abroad and to structured social exclusion that places narrow limits on democracy and the distribution of overall wellbeing. Development and Democracy examines the conflicting relations between technological development and democracy as they unfold in a challenging environment.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Part of the peer-reviewed Studies in Critical Social Science series from Haymarket Books.

• This series offers insights into the current reality of capitalism by publishing original manuscripts and edited volumes • It explores the consequence of power relationships by considering spaces of resistance that are defining our new age.

• The ascendance of capitalist social relations suggests a reorientation of the global political economy.

• A comprehensive exploration of modern capitalism, ideal for academics and economists alike.

ISBN 13: 9781608460885, 247pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Legendary swords clash atop the Paris Opera in 1913, while almost a century later a declining London witnesses assassination attempts, summit meetings in Haggerston Park, and the catastrophic return of a 1960s superadventurer. Elsewhere, in the four-dimensional territories adjacent to the North Pole, a lost Shakespeare play sees its first and last performance, while Queen Gloriana s conjuror finally reveals the nature of his five-hundred-year-old game. Topping off an already heady mixture, this issue’s classic Seven Stars reprint depicts our halcyon heroes as ‘Captives of the Creepyverse’, another reason not to miss the unfolding of Moore and O’Neill’s fulgurant finale in issue four of The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Volume IV, The Tempest.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of the best-selling comic series with sales of hundreds of thousands.

• This year sees the appearance of the second part of the 4th and last volume of The League.

• Alan Moore is the writer of From Hell, Watchmen, V For Vendetta and Jerusalem.

• Kevin O’Neill is the artist of The League, Marshall Law and Nemesis the Warlock.

ISBN 13: 9690000032746, 32pp p/b, £4.25 Published by KNOCKABOUT Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Politics

Graphic Novel

MARX’S THEORY OF THE GENESIS OF MONEY

How, Why, and Through What is Commodity Money?

Kuruma, Samezo

In this volume, the first of the author’s works to be translated into English, Samezo Kuruma examines the different angles from which Marx analyses the commodity and money in the first two chapters of Capital, Vol I. Kuruma carefully explains each of the theoretical questions raised

by Marx, particularly the theory of the value-form, which unravels the mystery surrounding money.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Historical Materialism series collects together definitive texts on critical Marxist theory.

• The capitalist crisis of the twenty-first century has been met by a resurgence of interest in critical Marxist theory.

• This series aims to provoke vigorous intellectual debate and exchange on the Left.

• It translates significant studies to illuminate Marxist thought from beyond the English-speaking world.

• Repackages seminal Marxist titles with covers of early Russian modernist art.

ISBN 13: 9781608460588, 204pp p/b, £24.99 Published by HAYMARKET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

Moore, Alan & O’Neill, Kevin

THOR VOL. 1: GOD OF THUNDER REBORN

Aaron, Jason; Mundo, Mike Del & Ward, Christian

Thor Odinson has regained his mantle - and with it, a wild new world of trouble on his mighty hands! The artefacts of Asgard have been scattered across the Earth, and to reclaim them, Thor will have to face some ugly truths. Like the production cost on hundreds of new hammers! And the Thunder God is going to need every last one of them if he’s going to stop the unstoppable Juggernaut. Plus, don’t miss the latest chapter of the King Thor saga, as the Thor of the far future encounters an old friend who’s undergone some startling changes. Collecting Thor (2018) 1-6.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Thor movies were box office hits and Thor built on his popularity in the worldwide Avengers blockbusters.

• Thor returns in Avengers 4 out 26th April 2019!

• Written by popular comic writer Jason Aaron - Thor, God of Thunder, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Punisher Max. • Illustrated by rising stars Mike Del Mundo Elektra and Christian Ward - Black Bolt ISBN 13: 9781846539473, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East December 2018

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CITY 4

Self-Help

I’VE BEEN THINKING: A JOURNAL

Arawi, Keiichi

Nagumo is in a bit of a bind. She’s a college student, and like many people in her situation, is struggling with money.

She is in debt and her landlord is trying to shake her down for rent. Asking her friends no longer works! They know her deal and they do not have the cash to prop her up, even temporarily. So what is she supposed to do under these circumstances? Well maybe bullying would help.

Maybe petty theft? Neither one is realistic. Maybe getting a job would settle things But that means working and not having fun in the big city.

That also means not spending all your earnings before paying your rent. Life in the city is an adventure. Thankfully its a fruitful and entertaining one at that!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Keiichi Arawi’s previous series Nichijou has been a bestseller in both Japan and the west.

• Nichijou was selected by Guillermo Del Toro as one of the Most Read Manga for the Asahi News SUGOI Japan Project.

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

• CITY has been long in demand for an English language release.

ISBN 13: 9781947194267, 160pp p/b, £10.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland December 2018

JANUARY 2019

Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life Shriver, Maria

As a prominent woman juggling many roles, Maria Shriver knows just how surprising, unpredictable, and stressful everyday life can be. That’s why she’s put together this journal just for you. Building on the success of her instant #1 New York Times bestselling book, I’ve Been Thinking , this journal will help readers turn inward to ask themselves what they have been thinking and to give their musings a home. With a new introduction and thought-provoking prompts, this journal includes many of the prayers and quotes that resonated with readers around the globe, and provides the space to jot down your own reflections in response.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Timed for New Year reinvention, this will be the go-to journal for putting resolutions to paper.

• Features a new introduction and all-new chapter prompts.

• Maria Shriver is a bestselling author whose major successes are in the inspirational category.

• The book will have a gift-sized trim and packaging, perfect for giving to friends and family.

ISBN 13: 9781984878021, 256pp h/b, £14.99 Published by PAMELA DORMAN BOOKS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland January 2019

Fiction

GOOD HOPE ROAD A Tending Roses Novel #2 Wingate, Lisa

Jenilee Lane’s dreams are as narrow as the sky is wide. She doesn’t imagine any good could come out of the tornado that has ripped across the Missouri farmland where she’s made her home. But some inner spark compels her to take action. To rescue her elderly neighbour, Eudora Gibson, from the cellar in which she’s been trapped. To collect from the devastated landscape fragments of life that lie strewn about in the tornado’s wake. Eudora Gibson didn’t think Jenilee had it in her. But the girl she’s hardly noticed for years is now surprising her - stepping forward with a bravery that inspires Eudora to face her own bitter past.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Wingate’s writing has been praised by USA Today and Booklist among numerous others.

• Author has won a National Civies Award, which celebrates US pubic figures whose work promotes kindess.

• Wingate’s most recent novel ‘Before We Were Yours’ (Ballantine, 2017) was a New York Times bestseller.

• Great for fans of Nicholas Sparks and Richard Paul Evans.

ISBN 13: 9780451208613, 304pp p/b, £13.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland January 2019

Politics

THE LABOUR PARTY: A MARXIST HISTORY Cliff, Tony & Gluckstein, Donny

Graphic Novel

DEADPOOL VOL. 1: MERCIN’ HARD FOR THE MONEY

Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party has given hope to millions of Labour supporters who were deeply disillusioned by Blair’s New Labour. Corbyn stands for opposition to war and neo-liberalism but the Labour Party itself is deeply divided, with many in its parliamentary leadership openly opposed to the hopes of its new mass membership. Can the Labour Party become the vehicle for socialism in Britain? This path breaking Marxist history of the British Labour Party was first published in 1988. This new and updated third edition contains additional chapters on New Labour and Labour Under Corbyn.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This updated third edition contains additional chapters on New Labour and Jeremy Corbyn.

• This is a particularly fraught time in British politics and for the Labour Party, giving this book a new relevance.

• Gives insight into the contradictions between Labour’s socialist claims and its capitalist actions.

ISBN 13: 9781910885918, 320pp p/b, £14.99 Published by BOOKMARKS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East January 2019

Young, Skottie & Klein, Nic

Deadpool is back to mercin’ for a living! It’s been a while since Wade Wilson has struggled to make ends meet, but things are tough all over. While Deadpool tries to get his humble mercenary-for-hire business back off the ground, a catastrophic threat so unfathomably huge - so mind-breakingly cataclysmic that it defies description - is heading toward Earth, and there’s only one person who can stop it! Oh no, wait... it’s not Deadpool, is it? Oh, %£@#. It’s Deadpool. Good thing he has a plan. Collecting DEADPOOL (2018) 1-6.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Both Deadpool movies have been hugely successful, cementing Deadpool as THE pop icon!

• Deadpool is one of Marvel’s most popular characters and his titles are bestsellers!

• Written by Skottie Young - Rocket Raccoon • Illustrated by Nic Klein - Captain America.

ISBN 13: 9781846539640, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East January 2019

Graphic Novel

X-MEN: EXTERMINATION Brisson, Ed & Larraz, Pepe

Cyclops. Iceman. Angel. Beast. Marvel Girl. The original team of teen mutants brought together by Professor Charles Xavier many years ago, had been shunted through time to the present day and in to a world they barely recognised, but were determined to help. Now, finding themselves targeted for death, the future of mutantkind lays squarely in the hands of its past. Can the fate of the X-Men be changed? Collecting: EXTERMINATION 1-5 KEY SELLING POINTS • The X-Men are one of Marvel’s most popular teams!

• X-Men: Dark Phoenix, released 5th Feb 2019, is set to be a winter box office smash!

• The all-star cast includes Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Jennifer Lawrence!

• Written by Ed Brisson (Old Man Logan, Cable).

• Illustrated by Pepe Larraz (Uncanny Avengers, Avengers: No Surrender).

ISBN 13: 9781846539657, 144pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East January 2019

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Children’s Fiction - KS3

A GRAIN OF RICE Tran-Davies, Nhung N.

Thirteen-year-old Yen and her family have survived a war, famine and persecution. When a powerful flood ruins their village in rural Vietnam, matters only get worse. With the help of neighbours and family, they decide to take the ultimate risk on a chance for a better life. This semi-autobiographical novel is a story of courage, faith, hope, and the meaning in a grain of rice.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Hugely topical in this era of mass-migration, exploring an important subject through a compelling story.

• Semi-autobiographical - the author’s family came to Canada as refugees from Vietnam when she was five.

• The author has spoken at the UN’s International Organisation for Migration conference in Geneva.

• She has also founded the Children of Vietnam Benevolent Foundation.

ISBN 13: 9781926890258, 224pp p/b, £7.95 Published by TRADEWIND Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East January 2019

Music

THE DEAD STRAIGHT POCKET GUIDE TO PUNK O’Shea, Mick

The punk movement created a revolution in the music industry with its anarchic approach and DIY ethos.

It was the antidote to a bloated record business that had become moribund and prog bands which had become hugely self-indulgent. Punk grew out of the politics of the Seventies in the UK and from bands like Dr Feelgood. With the Sex Pistols as torch bearers the movement provoked strong reactions amongst music fans and industry alike.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Hugely popular genre experiencing renewed interest.

• Release ties in with the 40th anniversary of classic punk albums.

• Mick O’Shea is a well-established music writer.

ISBN 13: 9781912733903, 352pp h/b, £9.99 Published by RED PLANET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East February 2019

Music

MICHAEL JACKSON: I WAS THERE

FEBRUARY 2019 Fiction

REPARATION Koppel, Gaby

1997: Elizabeth’s emigre parents approach retirement in straitened circumstances. Her mother decides to claim compensation from the Hungarian Government - hard enough for someone with a clear mind, but near impossible for an impulsive heavy drinker teetering towards dementia. TV journalist Elizabeth is pursuing a story of child abduction in the Hassidic community. In the wake of her father’s sudden death and her mother’s increasing obsession with wartime Hungary she struggles to keep her job and her relationship. Then she gets a phone call to say that her mother has been arrested in Budapest.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Fiction debut from TV producer Gaby Koppel (Crimewatch, Child of our Time, Rip Off Britain).

• Historical mystery meets contemporary crime with a dose of black humour.

• For readers of writers from Gail Honeyman and Joanna Cannon to Robert Galbraith and Robert Goddard.

• Character driven fiction with an intriguing plot.

ISBN 13: 9781909983847, 304pp p/b, £8.99 Published by HONNO Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East February 2019

Graphic Novel

DEADPOOL: SECRET AGENT DEADPOOL Hastings, Christopher & Espin, Salvador

It’s a Marvelous case of mistaken identity as Deadpool kills the wrong secret agent and has no choice but to take his place and finish his mission! Pitted against the deadly terrorist organisation called Gorgon, it’s up to Wade Wilson to stop them from getting an object of paradoxical power in their grasp! Collecting DEADPOOL: Secret Agent (2018) 1-6.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Both Deadpool movies have been hugely successful, cementing Deadpool as THE pop icon!

• Deadpool is one of Marvel’s most popular characters and his titles are bestsellers!

• Written by Christopher Hastings - I Am Groot.

• Illustrated by Salvador Espin - Deadpool Vs. Carnage.

ISBN 13: 9781846539664, 136pp p/b, £13.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East February 2019

Houghton, Richard

In the early Eighties, Michael Jackson became the dominant figure in popular music. His music videos, including those of ‘Beat It’, ‘Billie Jean’, and ‘Thriller’ from his 1982 album Thriller, are credited with breaking racial barriers and transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. The popularity of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame. Jackson s 1987 album Bad spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one singles ‘I Just Can t Stop Loving You’, ‘Bad’, ‘The Way You Make Me Fee’, and ‘Man in the Mirror’. He continued to dominate charts and headlines until his death in 2009 whilst preparing for shows at London’s O2 arena.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Michael Jackson is one of the most influential artists of all time.

• Release will coincide with the 10th anniversary of Jackson’s death.

• Features insights from artists and musicians closest to Jackson.

• Richard Houghton’s book The Beatles: I Was There (Red Planet, 2016) reached the Top 20 in Amazon’s music books chart.

ISBN 13: 9781912733026, 400pp p/b, £12.99 Published by RED PLANET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East February 2019

Music

SNAP MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Volume 1 Matthews, Neil MacKenzie

The first in our SNAP Music photography series.

Having started out shooting Spandau Ballet in the early Eighties, Neil s numerous commissions from record companies and the music press saw him work with most of the headline acts of the Eighties and Nineties. Amongst artists featured in the book are: Paul Weller, Wham!, Sinead O Connor, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Charlatans, Simon Le Bon, Bananarama, Heaven 17, The Housemartins, Duran Duran, Status Quo, Madness, Kim Wide, The Jam, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Orange Juice, The Bangles, The Cure, Go West, Level 42 and many more.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Features never-before-seen images.

• Limited numbered editions signed by the photographer.

• The photographer has had a 30 year career, with images published in The Face, LA Times, and the Sunday Times among other ISBN 13: 9781911346999, 256pp h/b, £35.00 Published by RED PLANET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East February 2019

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED TITLES Graphic Novel - Manga

CHI’S SWEET ADVENTURES, 3 Konami, Kanata & Natsume, Kinoko

Cat lovers and comic readers alike rejoice at the return of manga’s biggest name in feline cartoons - Chi! Manga’s most famous cat comic returns with a brand new series! Inspired by the new Amazon PrimeTV anime, Chi’s Sweet Adventures collects a number of new full-colour kitty tales made for readers of all ages!

KEY SELLING POINTS • The 180-episode Chi’s Sweet Home animation is currently available online for free at www.crunchyroll. com.

• Kanata Konami is a popular manga author who appeals to readers of all ages.

• Presented in full-colour and left-to-right format.

ISBN 13: 9781947194649, 180pp p/b, £9.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland February 2019

Graphic Novel - Manga

DEVILS’ LINE 12 Hanada, Ryo

Unbeknownst to the general public, vampires are rampant in Tokyo. To control and contain them, the government has developed a program to track and treat rogue vamps who decide to prey on the public.

But what happens when vampire and man come together in harmony and love? Will the public accept this, or will they try to tear such partnerships apart?

KEY SELLING POINTS • Vampire romance remains as popular as ever with audiences.

• The series debuted in popular manga magazine Morning, which also premiered Chi’s Sweet Home (Vertical, also available).

• An anime adaptation of the series is currently streaming on HIDIVE. ISBN 13: 9781947194724, 180pp p/b, £10.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland February 2019

MARCH 2019 Photographic Techniques

DIRECTION & QUALITY OF LIGHT 2ND EDITION

Your Key to Better Portrait Photography Anywhere van Niekerk, Neil

Neil Van Niekerk posits that it is the direction and the quality of light that makes or breaks a photo.

Recognising this fundamental truth of photography and lighting is what opens the door for you to be able to comfortably use any light source - flash, natural light, video lights, and more. This book explores problem-solving for difficult lighting scenarios, ways to improve a scenario that is perhaps a touch too bland, and will arm serious photographers with a skill-set that will translate to every scenario they encounter when photographing weddings, portraits, and more.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Deals with a fundamental and essential aspect of all photography: the quality and direction of light.

• Improve your photography using any light source - flash, natural, video lights, and more.

• Aims not to dazzle with a mastery of complicated lighting setups, but to nail fundamentals for serious photography.

• Contains advice for photography portraits, weddings, portraits, and more.

ISBN 13: 9781682033982, 128pp p/b, £21.99 Published by AMHERST MEDIA Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

Fiction - Historical

THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR Meissner, Susan

Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943 aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a legal U.S. resident for nearly two decades, is suddenly arrested on suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer.

The family is sent to an internment camp in Texas, where, behind the armed guards and barbed wire, Elise feels stripped of everything beloved and familiar, including her own identity. The only thing that makes the camp bearable is meeting fellow internee Mariko Inoue, a Japanese-American teen from Los Angeles, whose friendship empowers Elise to believe the life she knew before the war will again be hers. Together in the desert wilderness, Elise and Mariko hold tight the dream of being young American women with a future beyond the fences. But when the Sontag family is exchanged for American prisoners behind enemy lines in Germany, Elise will face head-on the person the war desires to make of her. In that devastating crucible she must discover if she has the KEY SELLING POINTS • Susan Meissner is much-loved and has a loyal fanbase across the globe.

• Her fiction has been successfully published in 13 countries.

• A sweeping historical novel with richly imagined characters and a WWII backdrop.

• Fiction set in WWII and dealing with wartime issues remains a popular genre in the UK. • Great for fans of Lisa Wingate, Pam Genoff, Karen Harper and Fiona Davis.

ISBN 13: 9780451492159, 400pp h/b, £18.99 Published by BERKLEY Rep Territories: UK & Ireland March 2019

Graphic Novel

3D SWEETIES Glander, Julian

In a digitally drawn, three-dimensional universe, characters grapple with interior decorating woes, amorous microbiology, and where to find the absolute most aspirational succulents. Readers will fall in love with ‘America’s favourite mug,’ Cuppy; hear the familial bickering of sentient purple slime moulds; and encounter Sarah Something and her musings about gaming culture and conceptual art.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A groundbreaking collection of mixed-media short stories that bridges the gap between digital art and comic books.

• Much like Joan Cornella and Simon Hanselmann’s collections, this is a best-of work that has appeared on Vice.

• Julian Glander is an established multimedia artist whose animation has been featured at SXSW. • For readers of Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Mox Nox. ISBN 13: 9781683961802, 168pp h/b, £26.00 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

Graphic Novel

CONS DE FEE: EROTIC ART OF WALLACE WOOD Wood, Wallace

This book collects Wood’s early gag cartoons for men’s magazines, including his wicked takes on Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz plus his raunchy version of Snow White. Wood, who garnered international fame as a premier parodist for Mad, also takes aim at comic-book icons in such stories as ‘Prince Violate’, ‘Stuporman Meets Blunder Woman’, and ‘Flasher Gordon’. Wood’s cartoon commentaries on sex and society are included too.

Other rarities include The Marquis de Sade Coloring Book, amongst other things.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Although Wood’s Disneyland Memorial Orgy poster still graces walls, many of these erotic comics are as yet unknown.

• Pin-up art is more popular than ever, as shown by the success of books like the 2015 Robert E. McGinnis art book.

• Wood is one of the greatest cartoonists of the last century, known for his signature sexy women.

• His acclaimed superhero, humour, and sci-fi work is still beloved by comic fans today.

ISBN 13: 9781683961857, 200pp h/b, £43.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

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THE PERINEUM TECHNIQUE Ruppert, Florent & Mulot, Jerome

JH and Sarah meet online regularly for virtual hookups.

Obsessed with the brevity and solitariness of their connections, JH tries to convince Sarah to meet him in person. A strange seduction ensues when Sarah challenges JH to abstinence. The Perineum Technique is a meditation on intimacy in the era of hyperconnectivity - the couple’s online encounters often begin with naked plunges off giant obelisks. Originally serialised in Le Monde, The Perineum Technique is one of France’s most internationally acclaimed graphic novels of recent years, by two of its most exciting creators.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A highly sophisticated and original graphic novel that was serialised in French newspaper Le Monde.

• The comic medium allows creators to put an interesting spin on sex, as seen in this comic and in Sex Criminals.

• Ruppert and Mulot are two of France’s most exciting comic creators and winners of the Revelation Prize at Angouleme.

• Narratives about online dating and dating apps are popular, as seen with Modern Romance and In Real Life.

ISBN 13: 9781683961833, 112pp h/b, £17.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

Literature and Memoirs

ZAPPED BY THE GOD OF ABSURDITY The Best of Paul Krassner Krassner, Paul

A collection of Krassner’s satirical writing and reporting that serves both as a look back on his career and as a memoir. One of his most infamous works, ‘The Parts That Were Left Out of the Kennedy Book,’ made outrageous claims that some people thought were true. He reports from a swingers’ event and a conspiracy convention and from the trial of Dan White for the murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. He also includes anecdotes about encountering celebrities such as, Charles Manson, and Robin Williams - and that time he took an acid trip with Groucho Marx.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Krassner was a well-known countercultural icon in the 60’s: a journalist, Yippie, and Merry Prankster.

• He worked in the vein of mid-century satire, like Mad magazine, which is still beloved today.

• Reads like a 1960’s-70’s who’s who, with stories about Lenny Bruce, Charles Manson & Larry Flynt, among others.

• Pointed political satire is more necessary than ever - this collection will strike a chord with US and UK readers alike.

ISBN 13: 9781683961840, 240pp h/b, £21.99 Published by FANTAGRAPHICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

Graphic Novel

BLACK PANTHER VOL. 4: AVENGERS OF THE NEW WORLD BOOK ONE Kibblesmith, Daniel & Lopez-Ortiz, Ricardo

When Deadpool’s attempt to steal some Vibranium leads to a startling new development in Wakandan technology, everything T’Challa thought he knew about being a ruler and everything Deadpool thought he knew about being a mercenary gets thrown out the window. But make no mistake: they still remember how to fight each other.

Collecting Black Panther Vs. Deadpool #1-5 (subject to change).

KEY SELLING POINTS • Black Panther made his cinematic debut in the blockbustert Captain America: Civil War and returned in his own solo box office hit.

• Both Deadpool movies have been hugely successful, cementing Deadpool as THE pop icon!

• Deadpool is one of Marvel’s most popular characters and his titles are bestsellers!

• Written by TV comedy writer and author Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Steven Colbert, Lockjaw: Who’s a Good boy?

• Illustrated by Ricardo Lopez-Ortiz (Weapon X, Hit-Girl).

ISBN 13: 9781846539671, 116pp p/b, £11.99 Published by PANINI COMICS Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

Music

BOB DYLAN ANTHOLOGY VOL. 3 Celebrating the 200th ISIS Edition Barker, Derek

Starting in 1985, Bob Dylan magazine contains a wealth of information on Bob Dylan by a range of authors - much of it not available anywhere else. This Anthology celebrates the 200th edition in the 34th year of continuous publication. Featuring a brand new selection of the latest and best articles, illustrations and photographs none of which have been available in book form before. This selection has been compiled by the magazine’s founding editor, Derek Barker. The book covers Dylan’s career that includes 36 studio albums, 13 live albums and 14 multi-disc collections in the bootleg series.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Comprises a ‘best of’ of modern Bob Dylan writing.

• Derek Barker is widely accepted as a premier Bob Dylan expert.

• Bob Dylan ISIS Magazine is the longest-running Dylan publication in the world.

• Magazine sells 2000 copies per issue.

ISBN 13: 9781912733941, 352pp h/b, £20.00 Published by RED PLANET Rep Territories: UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle & Far East March 2019

History

DAWN OF DETROIT, THE

A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits Miles, Tiya

In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest’s iconic city: Detroit. Miles has pieced together the experience of the unfree - both native and African American - in the frontier outpost of Detroit, a place wildly remote yet at the centre of national and international conflict. The result is fascinating history, little-explored and eloquently told, of the limits of freedom in early America, one that adds new layers of complexity that completely change our understanding of slavery’s American legacy.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This title won both the Merle Curti Prize and the James Rawley Prize, two top distinctions in American History.

• The hardcover edition attracted major media attention and stellar reviews from the likes of the Washington Post and Kirkus.

• Endorsements from top historians Ira Berlin, Edward Baptist, and Richard White.

• Author has written for The New York Times, CNN in America, and the Huffington Post.

ISBN 13: 9781620974810, 352pp p/b, £16.99 Published by THE NEW PRESS Rep Territories: UK & Ireland March 2019

Graphic Novel - Manga

CITY 5

Arawi, Keiichi

Nagumo is in a bit of a bind. She’s a college student, and like many people in her situation, is struggling with money. She is in debt and her landlord is trying to shake her down for rent. Asking her friends no longer works!

They know her deal and they do not have the cash to prop her up, even temporarily. So what is she supposed to do under these circumstances? Well maybe bullying would help. Maybe petty theft? Neither one is realistic.

Maybe getting a job would settle things But that means working and not having fun in the big city. That also means not spending all your earnings before paying your rent. Life in the city is an adventure. Thankfully its a fruitful and entertaining one at that!

KEY SELLING POINTS • Keiichi Arawi’s previous series Nichijou has been a bestseller in both Japan and the west.

• Nichijou was selected by Guillermo Del Toro as one of the Most Read Manga for the Asahi News SUGOI Japan Project.

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

• CITY has been long in demand for an English language release.

ISBN 13: 9781947194731, 160pp p/b, £10.99 Published by VERTICAL Rep Territories: UK & Ireland March 2019

COMING NOVEMBER 2018 FROM

WINDOWPANE

OUTDOORS

by Joe Kessler

by Yuichi Yokoyama

The first collection of Windowpane, Joe Kessler’s critically-acclaimed series of progressive narrative comics, is a showcase of the cartoonist’s mastery of form and colour.

Yuichi Yokoyama is renowned for his kinetic gekiga comics and his work has been exhibited worldwide.

He pushes the boundaries of what comics can do with Outdoors – a clamorous fixation with the passage of time.

978-1-911081-05-0 * £19.99 * p/b (w/ jacket)

978-1-911081-04-3 * £16.99 * p/b (w/ jacket)

“Windowpane is likely to be the best looking book you will hold this year.” – The New Statesman “If you enjoy an exploration and mixture of fine art, printmaking, sequential narrative, philosophical thought, humor, drama, and poetry in your comics, I highly recommend checking out Joe Kessler’s Windowpane” – Leah Wishnia

“The most talented and exciting cartoonist working in any country today.” – Comics Alliance “No one on the globe is making comics like Yuichi Yokoyama.” – The Smart Set

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