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Pan Macmillan Translation Rights Guide
Frankfurt 2012
Contents
Fiction 3
Fantasy & Science Fiction 28
Non‐Fiction 35
Jon Mitchell Liz Johnson Tel: +44 20 7014 6151 Tel: +44 20 7014 6153 [email protected] [email protected] Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France, Nordic Countries, Greece Brazil, Portugal, Spain Eastern Europe, Far East and all
other territories All territories for co‐editions
fiction
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A thrilling YA trilogy for fans of The Hunger Games from Amazon UK Number 1. Bestselling Author
KINGDOM COME Silver Blackthorne Trilogy Book 1 Kerry Wilkinson In the village of Martindale, hundreds of miles north of the new English capital of Windsor, sixteen‐year‐old Silver Blackthorn must take a coming‐of‐age test. How she fares in the test not only decides her place in society’s strict hierarchy but it also determines that Silver is to become an Offering for King Victor.
But these are uncertain times and no‐one really knows what happens to the teenagers who disappear into the castle. Is being an Offering the privilege everyone assumes it to be, or do the walls of Windsor have something to hide?
Trapped in a maze of ancient corridors, Silver finds herself at the mercy of the mad King. In this warped world of suspicion it is difficult to know who to trust and who to fear. The one thing Silver does know is that she must find a way out . . .
Pan Kingdom Come: Oct 2013 Manuscript available Silver Blackthorne 2: Apr 2014 Silver Blackthorne 3: Oct 2014 Kerry Wilkinson’s self‐published debut crime novel, Locked In, became a number one bestseller in the UK, selling over 100,000 copies in just six months. Pan Macmillan acquired the entire six‐book series featuring DS Jessica Daniel with the fourth book, Think of the Children, to be released as a paperback in February 2013.
‘[Kerry Wilkinson] has beaten names including Lee Child, James Patterson and Stieg Larsson to become the bestselling ebook author on Amazon.co.uk for the last three months of 2011’
The Guardian ‘Publishers scrambled to sign Wilkinson after the phenomenal success of his foray into ebook publishing, and the backing of Macmillan could propel him into the same league as Lee Child and Martina Cole.’
The Telegraph
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The first book in an extraordinary new adventure series set in the world of the epic SEGA game Total War: Rome II
TOTAL WAR: ROME II David Gibbins How far will you go for Rome? Author David Gibbins will be collaborating with The Creative Assembly to create original stories set in the world of the epic game Total War: Rome II, a multi‐million‐copy‐selling and highly strategic war‐based game, published by SEGA. The first book follows the rise of Fabius Petronius Secundus, a fictional Roman legionary and centurion whose life closely shadows that of Scipio Africanus the Younger, conqueror of Carthage in 146 BC – from his first battle against the Macedonians, that seal the fate of Alexander’s the Great’s empire, to those in North Africa and the Seige of Carthage. Fabius’s success will bring admiration, but will also attract greed and jealousy – the closest allies can be turned into the bitterest of enemies. And Julia, of the Caesar family – a dark horse in love with both Fabius and his rival Paullus – will cause a bitter feud. Ultimately, it will all come down to one question: how much is Fabius ready to sacrifice for his vision of Rome?
Macmillan October 2013 Delivery spring 2013 David Gibbins is the author of seven previous historical adventure novels that have sold over two million copies and are published in twenty‐nine languages. He taught archaeology, ancient history and art history as a university lecturer, before turning to writing fiction full‐time. He’s a passionate diver and has led numerous expeditions, some of which uncovered extraordinary discoveries of ancient artefacts. David divides his time between England and Canada. www.davidgibbins.com
Publishers US: Thomas Dunne
‘What do you get if you cross Indiana Jones with Dan Brown? Answer: David Gibbins’
Daily Mirror
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A beautifully observed, offbeat, tender and touching debut for fans of Anne Tyler, Maggie O’Farrell and Sarah Winman
TEN THINGS I’VE LEARNT ABOUT LOVE Sarah Butler Told in their alternating voices, Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love is the story of Alice and Daniel: Alice has just returned to London from a long period of travelling – there was no way for her sisters to contact her in Mongolia, so she is late to hear the news that their father is dying and returns to the family home only just in time to say goodbye. Daniel hasn’t had a roof over his head for over thirty years, but to him the city feels like home in a way that no bricks and mortar ever did. He is looking for his daughter; the daughter he has never met. Until now. Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love is a moving, captivating and gorgeously evocative debut novel. It is a story of fathers and daughters, of rootlessness and homecoming, and the power of the ties that bind.
Picador January 2013 Book proofs available Sarah Butler is based in London, where she runs UrbanWords, a consultancy developing literature & arts projects that engage with urban regeneration. Sarah has been writer‐in‐residence for various commissions and her short stories are published widely. www.sarahbutler.org.uk
Publishers US: Penguin Press Chinese Complex: Linking Brazil: Novo Conceito Danish: L&R Dutch: Artemis German: Droemer Greek: Klidarithmos Hebrew: Kinneret Italian: Garzanti Norwegian: Cappelen
Damm Spanish: Duomo Swedish: Norstedts
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fiction
With shades of Bolaño and DeLillo, The Kills is a teasing study set in a shady world of conspiracy and danger, warfare and cultural terror, where nothing is ever quite what it seems
THE KILLS Richard House
The Kills quartet is a remarkable publishing event, consisting of four linked novels, to be published in digital and physical form. The first three novels – Sutler; The Massive; and The Hit ‐ are linked literary thrillers, all set in Southern Iraq and various locations in the Middle East, starting with its reconstruction post Gulf Wars.
The novels open in Camp Liberty in Amrah, where a mysterious camp is being constructed, both a new city and a series of waste disposal burn pits. Economic mercenaries are brought together, a disparate group of characters who do not know what they are really building, who they are working for, or who each other is. Three men tell three stories as they seek to piece together the truth.
In Sutler, The Massive and The Hit a scam to embezzle enormous amounts of reconstruction funds plays out through the lives of three men, John Ford, Rem Gunnersen, and Tomas Berens.
The fourth novel, The Kill, is set in Italy, and is a standalone crime novel, but it refers constantly to the three preceding novels, linked in oblique and surprising ways. It tells the story, through the accounts of five witnesses, of the murder of an American student by two violent and scheming brothers. It is a book and a story that appears mysteriously throughout the first three novels; and it is a story that can be read chronologically or by the individual accounts.
Picador Material available The Kills will be launched as E‐books starting with Sutler (Jan 13), The Massive (Feb 13), The Hit (Mar 13), and The Kill (Apr 13). An omnibus hardcover edition of the four books will be released in June 2013. Richard House is a writer, artist, film‐maker and teacher. He is also the editor of the digital magazine ‘Fatboy Review’: www.fatboyreview.net
Publishers Japanese: Hayakawa
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crime fiction
'[David Hewson] has taken what was television gold and turned it into literary gold' Telegraph
THE KILLING II David Hewson & Søren Sveistrup It is two years since the notorious Nanna Birk Larsen case. Two years since Detective Sarah Lund left Copenhagen in disgrace for a remote outpost in northern Denmark. When the body of a female lawyer is found in macabre circumstances in a military graveyard, there are elements of the crime scene that take Head of Homicide, Lennart Brix, back to an occupied wartime Denmark – a time its countrymen would wish to forget. Brix knows that Lund is the one person he can rely on to discover the truth. Reluctantly she returns to Copenhagen and becomes intrigued with the facts surrounding the case. As more bodies are found, Lund comes to see a pattern and she realises that the identity of the killer will be known once the truth behind a more recent wartime mission is finally revealed . . . Novelised from the scripts of the award‐winning Danish TV series, The Killing II is powerful, gripping and utterly compelling. Sarah Lund is the detective crime fiction has been waiting for.
Macmillan January 2013 Proofs available David Hewson is the bestselling author of more than sixteen books published in over twenty languages. His popular Costa crime series is in development for a series of TV movies set in Rome. Søren Sveistrup is the Emmy award‐winning screenwriter of Denmark’s hit TV series; Forbrydelsen
Publishers Brazil: Record Danish: Lindhardt &
Ringhof Dutch: Meulenhoff French: J’ai lu German: Zsolnay Italian: Mondadori Japanese: Hayakawa Polish: Marginesy Portugal: Dom Quixote
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psychological thriller / horror
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A gripping psychological horror from international bestselling author Frank Tallis
THE SLEEP ROOM F. R. Tallis When promising young psychiatrist Dr James Richardson is offered the opportunity of a lifetime by Dr Hugh Maitland, a highly respected clinical psychiatrist, he is thrilled. Setting off to become head doctor at Wyldehope Hall, Richardson doesn't look back. One of his tasks is to maintain Maitland's pet project – a pioneering therapy where extremely disturbed patients are sent to sleep, for months on end, to try to cure them. If The Sleep Room's radical efforts are successful, it could mean professional glory for both doctors. However, miles out on the bleak heath, Wyldehope proves a lonely place. As he tries to settle into his new life, Richardson begins to sense something uncanny about the sleepers. What do these six women, who society has forsaken, have in common? Why are the nurses often on edge, and unwilling to talk? And what can it mean when, one night, the sleepers begin to dream in unison? In this ghost story like no other, Richardson finds himself questioning not only his training but his senses themselves, as he tries to discover the true secrets of The Sleep Room . . .
Macmillan May 2013 Manuscript available Frank Tallis is a writer, lecturer and clinical psychologist. He has received or been shortlisted for numerous awards and his Dr Liebermann series has been translated into fourteen languages and has been optioned for TV adaptation by the BBC. The Forbidden was his first gothic horror story set in Paris and he is currently writing a third Hidden Voices for 2014
Publishers The Forbidden Czech: Baronet French: 10/18 * German: BTB * Russian:Centrepolygraph Spanish: Espasa * also The Sleep Room
'. . .a proper scare‐your‐socks‐off horror tale, featuring gore, demons, possession and exorcism. Tallis weaves real historical figures into the narrative and conjures up fin‐de‐siècle France beautifully, but his main intention, excellently achieved, is to jolt even the hardiest of hearts'
Financial Times 'a darkly joyful ride with creepy and thrilling moments in abundance'
The Independent on Sunday
psychological thriller
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‘Millar is a genius at capturing the complicated emotions of parenthood, and her taut, suspenseful plot makes this an unputdownable read.’
Marie Claire
ACCIDENT’S HAPPEN Louise Millar
What if the one in a million is you?
How many times, when things go wrong, have you said to yourself ‘Why me’? Some people seem to have more than their fair share of bad luck, and Kate Parker is one of them.
So when Kate and her ten‐year‐old son Jack move to Oxford to start a new life, Kate is determined that events of the past will not come back to haunt them. Despite the suffocating support she receives from her overbearing in‐laws, she begins to feel threatened. Somehow her comfortable family home doesn’t feel quite safe – it’s almost as though someone is watching them.
But then a chance meeting with a charming Oxford professor helps to convince her that she can overcome her fears, and that she and Jack can start to live a normal life once again. But just when she feels happier than she’s felt in years, a shocking revelation blows all of their lives apart.
Pan April 2013 Manuscript available Louise Millar started her career as a freelance sub‐editor for many leading music and entertainment magazines, and most recently has worked as a senior commissioning editor at Marie Claire, as well as writing pieces for The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella Magazine, Eve, Psychologies, Stylist, and the Guardian travel section. She lives in London.
Publishers US: Atria (S&S) Brazil: Novo Conceito Chinese simplified: Beijing HepingYahua Dutch: De Kern French: Presses de la Cite German: Kruger Norwegian : Cappelen
Damm Spanish: Ediciones B
'I started reading and couldn't stop . . . a must‐read that will tap into every mother's primal fears'
Sophie Hannah ‘a disturbing psychological thriller that probes the insular lives of social misfits in a London suburb’
The New York Times
psychological thriller
Hilary Bonner returns to fiction with a terrifying tale of deadly deceit and murder
THE CRUELLEST GAME Hilary Bonner The lie was just the beginning. . . Marion Anderton lives the perfect life. She has a beautiful home, a handsome and loving husband, and an intelligent and caring son. But as easily as perfect lives are built, they can also be demolished. When a shocking tragedy suddenly strikes at the heart of her family, Marion finds herself in the middle of a horrific nightmare, with no sign of waking‐up. The life she treasured is fast disintegrating before her very eyes, but it is just the beginning of something much worse and altogether more deadly. . .
Macmillan May 2013 Delivery November 2012 Hilary Bonner is a crime writer and former journalist. She has chaired the Crime Writers' Association and been Show‐business Editor of both The Mail on Sunday and The Daily Mirror. She is the author of many novels including The Cruelty of Morning, For Death Comes Softly, No Reason to Die, and Cry Darkness.
‘Bonner is adroit at turning clichés inside out…a grasp of character that would not be out of place in a more literary novel’ The Sunday Express
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The deepest family secrets lead to the darkest deeds in Lulu Taylor's haunting new novel
THE WINTER FOLLY Lulu Taylor Fort Stirling: house of mystery, keeper of secrets. Many scenes have played out within its seductive walls. But none as shocking as that uncovered by Delilah Stirling, wife of Fort Stirling’s inheritor, John. When she married, Delilah knew that her husband’s family had suffered tragedies in the past. Within the walls of the magnificent house owned by the Stirling family, many scenes had been played out: love, anger, loss and despair. But Delilah could not guess that she was about to uncover long‐buried family secrets, and that the past would begin to force its way back into the present... As Delilah begins to piece together the mystery of the past, she realises that not everything is as it seems. There are people who were lost who may yet be found – but will their reappearances lead to joy, or more despair? From the green fields of Dorset, to the glamour of London, the danger of Colombia and the seductiveness of Italy, The Winter Folly takes the reader on a dangerous journey to discover the truth of what really happened at Fort Stirling, and how two women’s lives are inextricably linked.
Pan November 2013 Delivery March 2013 Lulu Taylor travelled the world as a child before settling in the Oxfordshire countryside. She studied English at Oxford University and had a successful career in publishing before she became a writer. Her first novel, Heiresses, was published in 2007 and nominated for the RNA Readers’ Choice award. It was followed by Midnight Girls, Beautiful Creatures and Outrageous Fortune, all set against the backdrop of glamorous high society. She is married and lives in London.
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TIME’S ECHO Pamela Hartshorne Sometimes the past just won’t let go… York, 1575: Hawise Aske smiles at a stranger in the market, and sets in train a story of obsession and sibling jealousy, of love and hate and warped desire. Drowned as a witch, Hawise pays a high price for that smile, but for a girl like her in Elizabethan York, there is nowhere to go and nowhere to hide. Four and a half centuries later, Grace Trewe, who has travelled the world, is trying to outrun the memories of being caught up in the Boxing Day tsunami. Her stay in York is meant to be a brief one. But in York Grace discovers that time can twist and turn in ways she never imagined. Drawn inexorably into Hawise’s life, Grace finds that this time she cannot move on. Will she too be engulfed in the grip of the past? Time’s Echo is a novel of superb power that will appeal to all those entranced by the works of Barbara Erskine and Kate Mosse.
Pan August 2012 Pamela Hartshorne has a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of York. Over the past 15 years she has managed to combine her historical research with a successful career as a novelist, winning a number of prestigious awards, including a coveted RITA from the Romance Writers of America. She lives in York.
Philippa Gregory meets Barbara Erskine and Kate Mosse. A mighty tale that bursts with stunning historical detail and unsettling prose
Publishers French: l’Archipel German: Goldmann Italian: Editrice Nord NL: Van Holkerna &
Warendorf
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The devastating new novel from the author of double‐Orange‐Prize nominated The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
THE PROMISE Ann Weisgarber 1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In desperation she agrees to marry him. But when Catherine travels to Oscar's ranch on an island outside Galveston, Texas ‐ a thousand miles from home ‐ she finds she is little prepared for the life that awaits her. The island is remote, the weather sweltering, and Oscar's little boy is grieving hard for his lost mother.
Though Oscar tries hard to please his new wife, the secrets of the past sit uncomfortably between them. And when the worst storm in a generation descends, Catherine will find herself tested as never before .
Mantle March 2013 Proofs available Ann Weisgarber was born and raised in Kettering, Ohio. She now splits her time between Sugarland and Galveston, Texas.
Film rights in The Personal History of Rachel DuPree have been optioned to the production company of Viola Davis, star of The Help
Publishers The Personal History of Rachel Dupree US: Viking Penguin French: Belfond
‘beautifully done, rendered in spare, un‐showy prose as denuded as the Dakota earth’
The Guardian
‘The Promise is a riveting tale, told in lean luminous prose, of the power of love and the frailty of the human condition...Her characters will live in your imagination long after you’ve turned the last deeply moving page’
Ellen Feldman, author of Next to Love
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New babies. . .New problems. . .New friends. . .
THE ANTENATAL GROUP Amy Bratley When Mel’s boyfriend Leo flees and leaves her stranded on the steps of her first pregnancy class, the expectant mother believes she is about to face parenthood alone. Instead, Mel finds herself introduced to the world of pain relief and labour positions with a diverse group of women who quickly become valuable friends in the terrifying new world of motherhood. Katy, a rich and successful professional woman with the dream husband, has her birth designed to perfection but soon realises that nature doesn’t always follow plans.
Rebecca, the youngest of the group and still a student, is an independent and strong‐minded woman who is determined to hold onto her dreams. Lexie is loud and brash in every way, although it soon becomes apparent that there is a lot going on behind her colourful exterior. And Erin already seems an expert on babies, but her over‐protective attitude to her bump is hiding a sad story from her past. Each of these women has a different kind of complicated life, but as mums‐to‐be the five discover together that preparing for the birth of a baby is one time when every woman needs four brand new good friends.
Pan April 2013 Manuscript available Amy Bratley is the author of the chick‐lit renaissance novels The Girls’ Guide to Homemaking and The Saturday Supper Club. She works as a freelance journalist and lives in Dorset.
Praise for The Girls’ Guide to Homemaking: 'Superior chick lit'
Grazia
'This of‐the‐moment debut novel by this brilliant writer features rotten men, good men, hand‐made aprons and family secrets. It’s a fresh new style of chick lit which everyone will find utterly unputdownable.'
People Take it Easy magazine
Publishers Italy: Newton Compton
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contemporary horror
THE HOUSE OF LITTLE SHADOWS Adam Nevill Little shadows will watch you as you rest. . . Catherine’s last job ended badly. Corporate bullying at a top antiques publication saw her fired and forced to leave London, but she was determined to get her life back. A new job and a few therapists later, things look much brighter. Especially when a challenging new project presents itself – to catalogue the late M H Mason’s wildly eccentric cache of antique dolls and puppets. Rarest of all, she’ll get to examine his elaborate displays of posed, costumed and preserved animals, depicting bloody scenes from World War II. Catherine can’t believe her luck when Mason’s elderly niece invites her to stay at Red House itself, where she maintains the collection. Until his niece exposes her to the dark message behind her uncle’s ‘Art’ and though Catherine tries to concentrate on the job, Mason’s damaged visions begin to raise dark shadows from her own past. Shadows she’d hoped therapy had finally erased. Soon the barriers between reality, sanity and memory start to merge and some truths seem too terrible to be real. . .
‘Horrifyingly scary . . . Nevill sinuously ramps up the tension’ Sunday Times
Pan May 2013 Delivery October 2012 Adam Nevill is author of four highly acclaimed horror novels, The Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, The Ritual, and most recently, Last Days.
Publishers US: St Martin’s Press Chinese simplified : Shanghai Translation Chinese complex : Faces French: Bragelonne German: Heyne Polish: Ksiaznica Russian: EXMO Spanish: Minotauro Thai: Tawansong Turkish: Pegasus
‘Some of the tensest, scariest horror this reviewer has read in years’
SFX Magazine
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contemporary horror
APARTMENT 16 (2010) ‘Adam Nevill has wrought something genuinely creepy in his tale . . . first‐rate’
SFX ‘Not since reading Stephen King’s It has a book managed to instill such a feeling of fear and disquiet in me. . .Apartment 16 is an excellent horror book from a talented author. Highly recommended.’
Fantasy Book Review: Book of the Month
THE RITUAL (2011) ‘grabs from the very first page, refuses to be laid aside, and carries the hapless reader, exhausted and wrung out, to the very last sentence. . .’
The Guardian Film rights in The Ritual have been option by Stillking Films, whose credits include Casino Royale, The Ring, and The Bourne Identity
LAST DAYS (2012) ‘His previous novel was the superb The Ritual, but with Last Days he's gone one better. This is riveting, and Nevill is fast becoming Britain's answer to Stephen King.’
The Guardian
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Ryan David Jahn
THE LAST TOMORROW Ryan David Jahn A thirteen‐year‐old boy shoots his stepfather.
A corrupt accountant stabs a cheating card dealer. Two unrelated murders that have nothing to do with milkman Eugene Dahl. But someone decides he’s going to be the connection between them, and suddenly Dahl is drawn into a frenzied vortex of accusations, false evidence and betrayal. His only hope for survival is to carry out an impossibly audacious plan – which will involve a painful betrayal of his own. Veteran LA homicide cop Carl Bachman is no stranger to pain but must put his personal life aside to see beyond what appears to be a clear‐cut scenario. And he knows only too well that every death has its price… Tense, atmospheric, fast‐paced, this is crime writing at its very best.
Macmillan July 2012 Ryan David Jahn is a novelist and screenwriter. He is author of Acts of Violence (published in the US as Good Neighbors), winner of the 2010 CWA Debut Dagger, Low Life and The Dispatcher. Down City is his fourth novel.
‘Dark, compelling and powerful. . .a book of real substance. Ryan David Jahn is a rare and fine talent’ R. J. Ellory
‘Reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s tales of vengeance, The Dispatcher is an impressively accomplished performance that never strains for mythic power but nevertheless acquires it’
Sunday Times
Publishers US: Penguin Chinese complex: Spring International Danish: H.R. Ferdinand Dutch: De Fontein French: Actes Sud German: Heyne Icelandic: Bjartur Verold Italian: Fanucci Japanese: Shinchosha Norwegian: Schibsted Spanish: Circulo de Lectores/RBA
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Ryan David Jahn
ACTS OF VIOLENCE (2009) Winner of 2010 ‘New Blood’ Dagger Award
'Acts of Violence us a wonderfully visual book ‐ the effect is of watching, unseen, through a dozen different windows as Jahn switches from one scenario to the next. Powerful, compassionate and authentic, it works both as a mystery and as a snapshot of America in the early 1960s.'
Guardian
LOW LIFE (2010) ‘Miserable loner Simon Johnson is attacked by a man who turns out to be his exact double; Johnson kills him and, in attempting to discover who the man was, finds himself assuming his doppelgänger's life…[a] funny, unputdownable chiller.’
The Telegraph ‘I walked into a tree reading it; no greater recommendation needed.'
Financial Times
THE DISPATCHER (2011) ‘I guarantee that if you pick this up, then everything else in your life will immediately be pushed to the margins, and when you’ve finished you’ll resurface … dazed, confused and with a thin layer of cold sweat on the back of your neck. I read The Dispatcher in six hours straight, from gun to tape.’
Dylan Jones, GQ & The Mail on Sunday
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Jeffrey Archer
The third novel in The Clifton Chronicles, a multi‐generational blockbuster from the master storyteller
BEST KEPT SECRET Jeffrey Archer
The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author. Harry Clifton's story continues in this, the third novel . . .
'Archer is on top form'
Daily Telegraph 'The ability to tell a story is a great – and unusual – gift . . . [it] is not something that can be taught or acquired. You have it or you don't . . . Jeffrey Archer is, first and foremost, a storyteller . . . You don't sell 250 million copies of your books (250 million!) if you can't keep an audience hooked – and that’s what Archer does, book after book. Archer's audience will stick with him to the last. They want to know what happens next'
Erica Wagner, Literary Editor, The Times
'This is a cracker of a read. And quite "unputdownable". The whole thing about Jeffrey is that he has always had the knack of producing page‐turners . . . This is a tale about love, treachery, deceit, decency and good triumphing over evil. It is quite captivating . . . and just as you sit on the end of your seat expecting all the loose ends to be tied into a neat little bow, Archer drops a bombshell in the last paragraph of the last chapter . . . If I was head of drama at the BBC I'd start planning th first season now' e
Jerry Hayes, Spectator
Macmillan March 2013 Manuscript available Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has sold over 135 million books worldwide. www.jeffreyarcher.com
Publishers US: St Martin’s Press Brazil: Bertrand Bulgarian: Bard French: les Escales Greek: Harlenic Hellas Gujarati: Navbharat
Sahitya Mandir Hebrew: Modan Hungarian: General Press Japanese: Shinchosha Marathi: Mehta Norwegian: Vigmostad &
Bjørke Polish: Rebis Romanian: Vivaldi Serbian: Laguna Spanish: Planeta Swedish: Damm Förlag Turkish: Altin Vietnamese: Phuong
Dong
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Jeffrey Archer
‘Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius’
Daily Telegraph
The consistent NUMBER 1 bestseller
Jeffrey Archer’s International Publishers: US: St Martin’s Press Gujarati: Navbharat Sahitya Mandir Polish: Rebis Arabic: Jarir Hebrew: Modan Portugal: Europa‐America Bengali: Westland Hungarian: General Press Kíado Romanian: Vivaldi Brazil: Bertrand Brasil Indonesian: PT Gramedia Serbian: Laguna Bulgarian: Bard Japanese: Shinchosha Slovakian: Ikar AS Chinese Complex: Marco Polo Kannada: Westland Spanish: RH Mondadori Chinese Simple: Hongwenguan Korean: Moonyedang Swedish: Damm Czech: Alpress Lithuanian: Media Incognito Tamil: Westland French: Editions les Escales Macedonian: Prosvetno Delo Thai: Siam Inter German: Scherz Marathi: Mehta Turkish: Altin Greek: Harlenic Malayalam: Westland Vietnamese: Phuong Dong Norwegian: Vigmostad & Bjørke
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thriller
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Knowledge is power and power can kill…
THE LOST LIBRARY A. M. Dean He was the keeper Arno Holmstrand is about to die, his life cut short by an organization intent on taking all of his secrets about the one thing he has spent a lifetime guarding: the whereabouts and vast knowledge of the Library of Alexandria. She will inherit his legacy Emily Wess is about to have her life change beyond all recognition. One minute she is a professor of history, the next she is flying around the world deciphering clues left by her mentor Arno Holmstrand. Is she being tested? They will kill for control They are the Council and crave power and position. Their corruption spreads from the highest points of government to the assassins they hire to commit their crimes. They will kill for the ancient knowledge contained in the Library. And Emily Wess has exactly what they want.
Pan August 2012 A. M. Dean was a Professor of Theology and Early Church History at the University of Oxford before moving to San Francisco where he is a Professor at Santa Clara University. He is also a practicing monastic priest in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Publishers Brazil: Prumo Bulgarian: Enthusiast Czech: Euromedia Danish: Punktum Dutch: De Fontein German: Lubbe Greek: Klidarithmos Italian: Nord/Longanesi Russian: AST Serbian: Alnari Slovakian: Ikar Spanish: Santillana Turkish: Art Dagitim & Pozitif
A. M. Dean’s second novel THE GNOSTIC KEY will be published in 2013
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When the Titanic sank it took a dangerous secret with it that has remained trapped beneath the ocean for a hundred years. . .until now
THE TITANIC ENIGMA Tom West 375 miles SE of Newfoundland, the crew of a ship film an extraordinary event. The surface of the ocean bubbles as though boiling, covered with thousands of dead fish. Then an enormous sperm whale roars through the water, before crashing down, dead, onto the surface. Within twenty‐four hours, the film has gone viral and become a global phenomenon. The precise coordinates of the event are where the wreck of the Titanic lies some 13,000 feet beneath, and scientists quickly ascertain that the marine life was killed by a powerful source of radiation. Engineer Kate Wetherall and her one‐time boyfriend, marine archaeologist Lou Bates have been working together for almost a year – specializing in the scientific investigation of shipwrecks at the Institute of Marine Studies. Three days after the incident off Newfoundland, Commander Jerry Derham, head of a team investigating what the military have designated 'Marine Phenomenon REZ375', arrives to see them. Derham plays them footage of a deep‐ocean probe that has been sent down to the wreck of the Titanic. The source of the radiation lies directly under the starboard stern section of the sunken ship. They need to get a team down there to investigate. But none of the team are prepared for what they find in the wreckage. Someone on the Titanic had been keeping a world changing secret. A secret that might have cost lives, and that has remained trapped beneath the ocean for a hundred years. But now, there are those who would kill again to get hold of what one man died for in 1912.
Pan June 2013 Delivery November 2012 Tom West is the pseudonym for an internationally bestselling author of action adventure novels. The Art of Murder, which he co‐wrote with James Patterson under the name Michael White. Tom West lives in Sydney, Australia.
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‘Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is the better writer’
The Guardian
MARKED David Jackson The third blistering Callum Doyle thriller Detective Callum Doyle is used to solving cases on his intuition. He knows this city and its reprobate scum, as well as the back of his hand. So when a young girl is brutally raped and murdered in the East Village, not long after getting a tattoo, Doyle is convinced he knows the killer. And he is determined to bring them to justice, at whatever the cost. But as fresh incidents raise doubts about Doyle’s conviction, Doyle begins to slide a slippery slope between what he knows to be right, and the evidence mounted against him. Is he going completely off the rails or is a sick and twisted person playing a very dangerous game?
Macmillan January 2013 Manuscript available David Jackson’s debut novel Pariah, first introduced Detective Callum Doyle to the crime scene and was Highly Commended in the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Awards. The second novel, The Helper, saw the welcome return of Detective Doyle.
Publishers Pariah German: Rowohlt
The writing is punchy and propulsive...' The Guardian on Pariah
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‘One of my favourite books of the year. A real winner.’ Tess Gerritsen
WEB OF DECEIT Katherine Howell The brilliant new Detective Ella Marconi thriller When paramedics Jane and Alex encounter a man refusing to get out of his crashed car with bystanders saying he deliberately drove into a pole, it looks like a desperate cry for help. His frantic claim that someone is out to get him adds to their assumption that he’s delusional. Later that day he is found dead under a train in what might be a suicide, but Jane is no longer so sure: she remembers the raw terror in his eyes. Detective Ella Marconi shares Jane’s doubts, which are only compounded as the case becomes increasingly tangled. The victim’s boss tries to commit suicide when being questioned, a witness flees their attempt to interview her, and then to confuse matters further, a woman is beaten unconscious in front of Jane’s house and Alex’s daughter goes missing. Ella is at a loss to know how all these clues add up, and feels the investigation is being held back by her budget‐focused boss. Then, just when she thinks she’s closing in on the right person, a shocking turn of events puts more people in danger and might just see the killer slip through her hands.
Macmillan Australia February 2013 Manuscript available Katherine Howell worked as a paramedic for fifteen years and draws on that experience in her best‐selling crime fiction. Web of Deceit is her sixth novel featuring Detective Ella Marconi.
‘. . .races along at a tearing pace – the author’s insights into a job fuelled by adrenaline are authentic. . . an original and exciting series of novels’
The Sunday Times
Publishers Frantic French: Presses de la Cité German: Blanvalet * Italian: Rizzoli Russian: Family Leisure
Club *also The Darkest Hour The Darkest Hour and Cold Justice Dutch: Unieboek
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‘Clive Cussler meets Matthew
Reilly. . .violent, visceral, and very, very good’ Australian South Coast Register
BLACK MOUNTAIN Greig Beck Alex Hunter, code named Arcadian, wakes up with no knowledge of who he is, in the care of a woman he doesn't recognise, in a country not his own. But there is a calling deep within him, to return home to Black Mountain. Formed a billion years ago, the Appalachian's Black Mountain hosts a terrible legend. Only one elder remains to guard its long‐forgotten, deadly secret and there is a fear that there is evil lurking again. Some hikers have gone missing, and the rescue team sent to search for them has not returned. Meanwhile, in nearby Ashville, Professor Matt Kearns is drawn into the mystery of an ancient artefact recovered from the mountainside, and an image too grotesque to be real. A survivor is then found half‐alive, covered in blood – blood revealed to be not quite human. Alex must confront an age‐old enemy of man and discover the truth about his past, and confront the horror that stalks the frozen mountain, and also the one haunting his very soul.
‘This book wanders through thriller, science fiction, horror and military adventure, with a touch of politics thrown in. It has all the right stuff: exotic location, deadly threats and a hero with special powers’
Western Australian
Publishers Beneath the Dark Ice US: St Martin’s Press* Bulgarian: Alex‐Soft Ltd German: Rowohlt Italian: Mondadori * also Dark Rising
Pan December 2012 Manuscript available Greig Beck is the author of three previous thrillers featuring Captain Alex Hunter, Beneath the Dark Ice, Dark Rising, and This Green Hell
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A master storyteller in the best tradition of Wilbur Smith, Ken Follett and Jeffery Archer
BEYOND THE HORIZON: The Duffy & Macintosh Frontier Series Peter Watt It is 1918, a year when War will end, but an even greater killer arises. On the bloody fields of the Western Front and the battle‐scarred desert plains of the Middle East, Tom and Matthew Duffy are battling the enemy in the final year of the Great War. Even as they are trapped on the front lines, they must also find the courage to fight for the women they love when all hope is lost. Back in Australia, George Macintosh is outraged by the stipulations of his father’s will that provide for his despised nephew, and is determined to eliminate any threats to his power. And in a sacred cave in the far Outback, old Wallarie foresees a tide of unspeakable death sweeping through his homeland. As all nations come to terms with the devastating consequences of the Great War, a new world will be born. But not everyone will live to see it.
Pan Macmillan Australia October 2012 Peter Watt has spent time as a soldier, prawn trawler deckhand, private investigator and police sergeant. He now lives at Maclean, on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales.
Publishers Frontier Series: Cry of the Curlew ‐ Bulgarian: Pleyada Shadow of the Osprey ‐ Bulgarian: Pleyada Flight of the Eagle ‐ Bulgarian: Pleyada To Chase the Storm ‐ Czech: Alpress; Bulgarian: Pleyada To Touch the Clouds ‐ Czech: Alpress To Ride the Wind ‐ Czech: Alpress Papua Trilogy: Eden ‐ Czech: Alpress; Dutch: Karakter Uitgeverij; Bulgarian: Pleyada Papua ‐ Czech: Alpress; Dutch: Karakter Uitgeverij; Bulgarian: Pleyada The Pacific The Stone Dragon ‐ Czech: Alpress; Bulgarian: Pleyada Silent Frontier ‐ Czech: Alpress The Frozen Circle
‘Australia’s answer to Wilbur Smith’ Herald Sun
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MALICE The Faithful & The Fallen: Book One John Gwynne With one foot in Celtic myth and the other straddling the imagined beginning of the Roman Empire, this is a captivating epic fantasy with immediate appeal to fans of George RR Martin and Robert Jordan Set on a continent called the Banished Lands, populated by men and giants, dark forests, dreadwolves and draigs; this stunning debut follows the story of Corban, a young man who just wants to become a warrior, but whose path will lead him to so much more. Populated with original and engaging characters, set in a primal, feral world, soon to become the battleground of angels and demons, Malice is a tale of love, betrayal, truth and courage. A coming‐of‐age tale filled with mystery, Machiavellian politics, adventure, joy and tragedy.
With wonderfully realised characters, dark magic, and a deeply engaging storyline, John Gwynne’s debut announces the arrival of a major new talent.
Tor December 2012 Page proofs available John Gwynne studied and lectured at Brighton University. He’s been in a rock ‘n’ roll band, playing the double bass, travelled the USA and lived in Canada for a time. Malice is his debut novel and he is currently working on the second.
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The eighth novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Shadows of the Apt series
THE AIR WAR Adrian Tchaikovsky
‘There is magic and engineering, epic fantasy story lines and steampunk ones, love stories, betrayals, and intrigue, mysterious and powerful artefacts and deadly mass produced weapons, flying people and flying machines. There are large scale battles with aerial bombings, rail invasions, mechanized attacks as well as sword duels, night attacks in forests, initiation rituals and knife fights in crowded streets or dark rooms. The books pack so much and develop so many characters and threads that they are starting to form one of the most complex series in recent SFF... Highly, highly recommended.’
Fantasy Book Critic
‘. . .brimming with imagination and execution… The Shadows of the Apt series is quite distinct, mainly due to the insect‐kinden and Tchaikovsky’s fertile imagination’
SciFiNow
Tor August 2012 Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the Shadows of the Apt series. He is currently writing the ninth book: Warmaster’s Gate to be published in August 2013.
Publishers: US: Prometheus, Bulgarian: Bard, Czech: Zoner, German: Heyne, Polish: Rebis, Russian: AST
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‘A dark epic which shows its debt to Gormenghast. . .with vast scope and ambition. . .a complex, eldritch vision’ The Guardian
THE BROKEN ISLES Mark Charan Newton The epic conclusion to the compelling adventure of The Legends of the Sun series. War spills into the Boreal Archipelago, as two rival cultures bring their eternal battle to one final conflict to decide their fates forever. Acclaim for Legends of the Red Sun ‘Newton combines strange and vivid creations with very real and pressing concerns with estimable commitment and passion’
China Miéville ‘Liquid prose with noir stylings evoke a brooding city in all its glory and despair’
Speculative Horizons ‘While the sun over Villjamur is dying, Mark Charan Newton's star as a writer is burning with a fierce talent.’ Stephen Hunt ‘A deft melding of murder mystery, gang warfare, corrupt politics & full‐blown war… a rewarding experience.’
SFX Magazine ‘This is such a pleasure to read…I really believe in years to come we will be talking about new authors, and asking, are they the new Mark Charan Newton?’
Fantasy Book Review ‘Newton handles his multilayered world and diverse cast of characters with the assurance of an experienced author and balances his fantasy tropes with elements of horror and political commentary in vividly descriptive, compelling prose.’
Publishers Weekly
Tor July 2012 Mark Charan Newton is author of The Nights of Villjamur, City of Ruin, and The Book of Transformations which form the Legends of the Red Sun series. August 2013 will see the publication of Drakenfeld, the first book in a brand new series.
Publishes Nights of Villjamur &
City of Ruin US: Del Rey German: Egmont VGS Italian: Gargoyle
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‘something special…The story grips from the astonishing opening sequence to the unexpected conclusion’ The Times
STANDS A SHADOW Col Buchanan Book Two of The Heart of The World, the epic story which began in Farlander. Still grieving the death of her son, the Holy Matriarch of Mann has ordered her troops to embark on a mission to the Mercian Free Ports. Riding at the head of her army she plans to finally conquer the city of Bar‐Khos, whose walls have kept them at bay for ten long years. . . Praise for Farlander: Book One of The Heart of The World ‘Bold, fearless in execution, exhilaratingly new and with a steely intensity. . .this is a series to be reckoned with. Everyone take note’
The Truth About Books ‘The quality of Buchanan’s writing is nearly peerless… If you are a fan of fantasy, then Farlander is a novel you should go out immediately and buy. . .Farlander is the beginning of something special. Highly recommended.’
Civilian Reader
‘Farlander pulled the rug from under my expectations . . . A solid A and a very enjoyable novel’
Fantasy Book Critic ‘A compelling read. . .Buchanan’s voice is distinct, his central character memorably rendered, and the setting for his fiction starkly convincing’
Speculative Scotsman
Tor J ly 2011 u Col Buchanan is the author of Farlander, the first novel in the Heart of the World series. He is currently working on the third book in The Heart of The World series, to be published September 2013. Manuscript due for delivery by the end of 2012.
Publishers US: Tor Dutch: Luitingh French: Bragelonne German: Heyne Italian: Rizzoli Polish: Amber Romania: Trei Russia: Centrepolygraph Spanish: Minotauro
science fiction
The second Alan Saul novel in The Owner Series from the master of space opera
ZERO POINT Neal Asher The billions of Zero Asset citizens of Earth are free from their sectors, free from the prospect of extermination from orbit, for Alan Saul has all but annihilated the Committee by dropping the Argus satellite laser network on it. The shepherds, spiderguns and razorbirds are somnolent, govnet is down and Inspectorate HQs are smoking craters. But power abhors a vacuum and, scrambling from the ruins, comes Serene Galahad. She must act before the remnants of Committee power are overrun by the masses, and she has the means. Var Delex knows that Earth will eventually reach out to Antares Base and, because of her position under Chairman Messina, knows that the warship the Alexander is still available. An even more immediate problem is Argus Station hurtling towards the red planet, with whomever, or whatever trashed Earth still aboard. Var must maintain her grip on power and find a way for them all to survive.
Tor August 2012 Neal Asher was born in Billericay, Essex, and is the author of more than 15 SF novels.
As he firmly establishes his rule, Alan Saul delves into the secrets of Argus Station: the results of ghastly experiments in Humanoid Unit Development, a madman who may hold the keys to interstellar flight and research that might unlock eternity. But the agents of Earth are still determined to exact their vengeance, and the killing is not over...
The Owner Series Publishers The Departure US: Night Shade Books Agent Cormac novels Tor (previous series) Gridlinked Czech: Polaris The Line of Polity French: Fleuve Noir Brass Man German: Lubbe Polity Agent Japanese: Hayakawa Line War Lithuanian: Eridanas Romanian: Nemira Spatterjay novels Russian: Eksmo The Skinner Spanish: Factoría de The Voyage of Sable Keech Ideas Orbus Stand‐alone novels & short story collections Cowl
‘One of the best writers of adventure SF presently working anywhere’
Hilldiggers The Gabble Shadow of the Scorpion Picture Magazine The Technician
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The new high‐octane space adventure from this master storyteller perfect for fans of Peter F Hamilton, Alistair Reynolds and Neal Asher
THE THOUSAND EMPERORS Gary Gibson Archivist Luc Gabion has achieved what he has been so determined to do – bring down Winchell Antonov and cut the head off the rebel cabal of the Black Lotus who have caused terror across the worlds of the Tian Di for countless years. But his encounter with Antonov has left him scarred in more ways than one. Forcibly implanted with a technology far in advance of anything he’s encountered before – before, Luc can now see things and hear things he’s not supposed to. But such technology could kill him. When he’s called to investigate a murder of one of the leading council members of the Tian Di – the Eighty‐Five – he knows that he’s in real trouble. Any of the councillors could have him put to death on a whim – and any of them could be the killer . . .
Tor June 2012
The victim had been working on the reunification of the two sides of the human race, separated for centuries by their disagreements about the Founder network and wormhole technology. But there’s someone out there who will do anything to make sure that the two races stay separate . . .
Gary Gibson is the author of three standalone SF novels, as well as the acclaimed Shoal Sequence, comprising Stealing Light; Nova War; and Empire of Light. The fourth book in the sequence, The Core, will be published in August 2013
Publishers Stealing Light: German: Heyne* Russian: AST Spanish: Via Magna * also Nova War
‘A violent, inventive, relentlessly gripping adventure’ The Times ‘Stealing Light is a gripping interplanetary saga close in tone to both Alistair Reynolds and Peter F . Hamilton, but with enough edge and imagination to give it its own unique flavour. . .a seriously entertaining sci‐fi page‐turner’
SFX
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A fascinating exploration into how the mind works and the nature of obsession
OBSESSED Dr. David Adam In Obsessed, Dr. David Adam looks at the latest scientific developments and thinking that seeks to explain the nature of obsession. But it is also his own personal story of living, and coping, with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The average person can have up to four thousand thoughts a day, not all of them useful or rational and some of which can be perplexing and disturbing. Mental flotsam comes in many forms. Some intrusive thoughts are harmless – irrelevant words, phrases, or images that flash unprompted into our minds and which exit our heads as quickly as they arrive. Others can be mildly distracting or irritating – the snippet of a tune or song that becomes temporarily wedged in our mind, repeating itself endlessly on a loop until finally leaving. But some thoughts are unwanted and troubling, and not the sort that ever get talked about: the kind that can make a straight‐laced teacher randomly wonder about sex with a dog, or a newly‐married and happy businesswoman feel a sudden unexplained urge to throw herself in front of a speeding train.
Macmillan TBC 2014 Proposal available Dr David Adam is an editor at Nature scientific journal. Previously he has been a correspondent at the Guardian and was named feature writer of the year by the Association of British Science Writers. He frequently talks at and chairs public events, and has contributed to the books How slow can you water ski? (Arrow, 2007) and One hundred ideas that changed the world (BBC Books, 2011).
Fortunately, as Dr. David Adam explains, these thoughts are perfectly normal and, although sometimes odd, are simply part of the way our minds function and process information. But for a minority of people, these unwanted and intrusive thoughts can lead to debilitating psychological problems and turn into a life‐long OCD. As David Adam explains how the mind works and the nature of obsession, examining evolutionary biology, psychology and neuroscience, we also learn about his own OCD that threatened to destroy his life and career.
Publishers US: FSG /Sarah Crichton Brazil: Objetiva
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A provocative and brilliant examination of what inspires great architecture and how buildings can change our lives
WHY WE BUILD Rowan Moore Architecture, good and bad, is driven by emotion. In Why We Build Rowan Moore shows how buildings are shaped by human emotions and desires – such as hope, power, money, sex, and the idea of home – and how buildings then shape our experiences. He explores the making of buildings from conception to inhabitation, and reveals the paradoxical power of architecture: it looks fixed and solid, but is always changing, in response to the lives around it. Moore takes us on a personal journey, moving freely across the globe and through history, through works of folly, beauty, spectacle, and subtlety. He uncovers the doomed mansion of an Atlanta multimillionaire, the phenomenally successful High Line in New York, and the remarkable Museu de Arte in São Paulo. He discusses baroque churches and Egyptian pyramids alongside works of the moment. We meet extraordinary characters: Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai, the lecherous Stanford White, and Lina Bo Bardi, the most underrated architect of the twentieth century.
Picador
August 2012 Rowan Moore is one of Britain’s leading writers on architecture. He writes a weekly column for The Observer, and was formerly Architecture Critic of the London Evening Standard. He was also editor of the groundbreaking architecture and design magazine Blueprint.
Refusing to bow to fashion or reputation, Moore gives a provocative and iconoclastic view of what makes architecture, why it matters, and why we find it fascinating.
Acclaim for Why We Build ‘Moore’s writing is lively and engaging, his language straightforward, his case studies unpredictable and instructive. Anyone with an interest in architecture will find good things here’
Evening Standard ‘brimming with knowledge and useful information. . .an enthralling account of how and why architects like to create their own little worlds, and impose certain ideals upon them’
Publishers Korea: Stairway Media Entertainment Focus
‘Moore decrypts the ideological narratives of buildings with the same fluency he brings to bear on materials, forms and spaces: today’s architectural criticism rarely seems so humane or intelligent.’
Daily Telegraph ‘Why we Build is actually a paean to the way we inhabit. . .Moore explains how our houses and buildings express our values and politics more clearly than anything we might say.
Financial Times
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A dramatic narrative history of the pivotal year that shaped the modern world
1946: MAKING THE MODERN WORLD Victor Sebestyen In 1946 Victor Sebestyen traces the aftermath and human consequences of World War Two as ordinary people around the world tried to reconstruct life from the post‐war ruins. 1946 was a pivotal year in the making of the modern world. It was the year the Cold War began and Europe was divided along ideological lines on two sides of an Iron Curtain. It was the momentous year that the state of Israel was born. It was the year an independent India was born as the world’s biggest democracy, and old Britain as a great imperial power began to die. It was the year the Chinese Communists launched their final push for victory in a civil war that led to the re‐emergence of China as a super power. This is not a book about the peace agreements that brought the war to an end or of elderly statesmen in smoke filled conference chambers deciding the fate of the world, although they do have a leading role to play. At its heart, 1946 offers a dramatic narrative of events and tells how the lives of generations of ordinary people across continents were shaped by that year.
Macmillan April 2014 Proposal available Delivery summer 2013 Victor Sebestyen was born in Budapest. As a journalist, Using vivid, panoramic storytelling, Sebestyen tells a fast‐moving
human story which shifts from Berlin, to London, Moscow, Washington, Paris – as well as Jerusalem, Shanghai, Tokyo, Delhi, and beyond. Piecing together a narrative that reveals how the world we live in today was built on foundations laid then ‐ from the creation of the European Union, the birth of the tiger economies of Asia, to the rise of globalisation – many big themes emerge that resonate powerfully in our contemporary world.
he reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed, and covered the war in former Yugoslavia. He is the author of Twelve Days: Revolution 1956 (Weidenfeld, 2006), an account of the 1956 Hungarian uprising; and Revolution 1989: Fall of the Soviet Empire (W&N, 2009)
Bringing the post‐war story together globally and chronologically, as an interlinking and exciting narrative, 1946 is the story of how the modern world was rebuilt.
Previous publishers Praise for Victor Sebestyen (n.b. no existing options) ‘Sebestyen’s strength is his sharp focus and racy prose . . . Here is history written like a Greek tragedy’
Twelve Days US: Pantheon
The Times Brazilian: Objetiva Danish: Borgens ‘Victor Sebestyen’s vivid, panoramic work is a fine account…The writing is taut, the scene‐setting dramatic, giving the book an almost cinematic feel’
Dutch: Balans French: Calmann‐Lévy Italian: Rizzoli
The Sunday Times Japanese: Hakusuisha Polish: Magnum ‘It’s a complex story spanning many countries, but this exciting yet Portuguese: Objetiva deeply researched work brings it impressively to life . . . Compelling’ Swedish: Prisma
Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Observer
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‘a rare combination of scholarship and flair for narrative. With this book, a powerful searchlight has been shone upon the shadow‐dimmed end of Rome's western empire.’ Tom Holland
THE RESTORATION OF ROME Peter Heather The dazzling sequel to Peter Heather's critically acclaimed international bestseller The Fall of The Roman Empire. In 476AD the last of Rome’s emperors was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun’s henchmen, and the imperial vestments were despatched to Constantinople. The curtain fell on the Roman Empire in Western Europe, its territories divided between successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But if the Roman Empire was dead, the dream of restoring it refused to die. In many parts of the old Empire, real Romans still lived, holding on to their lands and guarding the values of their civilisation. The barbarians were ready to reignite the imperial flame and to enjoy the benefits of Roman civilization, the three greatest contenders being Theoderic, Justinian and Charlemagne. But, ultimately, they would fail and it was not until the reinvention of the papacy in the eleventh century that Europe’s barbarians found the means to generate a new Roman Empire, an empire which has lasted a thousand years.
Macmillan July 2013 Delivery October 2012
Peter Heather is a Fellow of Medieval History at Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including the acclaimed bestsellers The Fall of the Roman Empire and Empires & Barbarians.
Publishers Fall of the Roman Empire US: OUP Brazil: Jorge Zahar German: Klett Cotta
'[The Fall of the Roman Empire] is a fearfully complicated narrative, which Heather handles with consummate skill and authority. . .Macaulay said popular historians should aim to replace the latest novel on a young lady's bedside table. For this you need good stories, an easy style and academic excellence. Heather is a master of all three.’
Greek: Analios Italian: Garzanti Korean: Puriwa Ipari Polish: Rebis Russian: AST Spanish: Critica Empires & Barbarians
The Guardian US: OUP German: Klett Cotta
Italian: Garzanti Korean: DD World Polish: Rebis Russian:Centrepolygraph Spanish: Critica
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The great untold story of the Russian Revolution, from our finest historian of Russia
SPIES & COMMISSARS Bolshevik Russia and the West Robert Service ‘Robert Service’s new book revels in the sheer exuberance of the first months of Russia’s 1917 upheavals…As befits the serial biographer of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, Service is well‐primed to draw sharp portraits of the leading actors…Service’s cast list of journalists, diplomats, agents and their lovers is a joy… a winning combination of scholarship, narrative drive and details to guide us through a constant shifting set of realities.’
The Observer
‘…his most vividly written book so far….at his best and most engaging when he describes the mindsets and idiosyncrasies of the Bolsheviks and their foreign admirers. He captures wonderfully the mood of the revolutionary émigrés when they heard the news of the February Revolution and the abdication of the tsar…There is much to enjoy in Spies and Commissars…’
Macmillan November 2011 Literary Review Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Antony’s College, Oxford. His next book, The End of The Cold War, will be published in September 2014 (delivery autumn 2013).
'a fascinating book, which recounts the fraught relationship between the young communist state and the West... Service has a wonderful eye for the telling detail…[he] makes his rich cast into human beings again and does so with great skill.’
The Independent ‘Crazy times throw up remarkable people, and much of the allure of the book lies in the colourful figures of the espionage world of the time…As in his superbly demystifying biography of Trotsky, once again Service tells it like it was
Publishers
US: Public Affairs
(Perseus) Sunday Telegraph Brazil: Editora Record Estonia: Varrak ‘Service has rendered a highly complicated entanglement of
personalities and institutions into an always readable and never boring account of the interstices of politics and diplomacy, not forgetting the colourful private lives of his characters…With its unexpected and highly original assembly of materials, Spies and Commissars greatly expands Service’s panorama of Russia’s 20th‐century history and enriches our knowledge of a time when personal venality and ruthless behaviours were barely redeemed by the all‐too‐human qualities exhibited here.’
Japanese: Hakusuisha Polish: Znak
Times Higher Education Supplement
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‘Delivers the grisly annals of Tudor persecutions with an eye for detailed pathos. . .superbly accessible and readable’ FT
TUDORS The History of England: Volume II Peter Ackroyd Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under 'Bloody Mary'. It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against the queen and even an invasion force, finally brought stability. Above all, however, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.
Macmillan September 2012 Peter Ackroyd is an award‐winning novelist, as well as a broadcaster, biographer, poet and historian. He is the author of more than 40 books, including the acclaimed non‐fiction bestsellers, Thames: Sacred River and London: The Biography. He holds a CBE for services to literature.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND Volume 1: Foundation ‐ from Neolithic times to the death of Henry VII
Volume 2: Tudors ‐ from Henry VIII. England breaks with Rome, burning Catholics under Edward VI and Protestants under Mary Tudor and establishes its church under Elizabeth I
Publishers US: St. Martin’s Press Volume 3: Rebellion ‐ from the accession of James VI and I to
the Restoration of Charles II, taking in the civil war between Charles I’s cavaliers and Oliver Cromwell’s roundheads (delivery 2014)
Volume 4: Revolution ‐ the Industrial Revolution, from a nation of farmers to a nation of factory builders and workers (delivery 2016)
Volume5: Dominion ‐ the Victorian era and England’s extraordinary empire (delivery 2018)
Volume6: Innovation ‐ The Twentieth Century. Two world wars, the Great Depression, the New Elizabethan Age, the death of Empire and the birth of the Commonwealth (delivery 2020)
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50 Years of Classic Songwriting as told by 25 of the Greatest Artists
ON SONGWRITING Daniel Rachel In conversations conducted exclusively for this book, 25 award‐winning musicians come together in a rare collection of interviews about what they love most: songwriting. These are the great songwriters who have created a songwriting tradition that has become part of our culture. It’s a line that takes in Ray Davies to Lily Allen, via the voices of heavy metal, glam rock, punk, ska, Britpop, and the contemporary music scene. At the heart of the book is a quest to understand songwriting and the creative process behind the craft. The combination of personal insights and collective contribution will provide a unique historical document of an amazing epoch and fascinating art form. Artists discuss the creative process and craft of songwriting, disclosing lyrical and melodic inspiration and considering how the writing process is enabled. Picador
September 2013 Delivery January 2013 Each chapter contains an introduction to the songwriter, their
work and an edited transcript of the interview. Daniel Rachel is a writer, singer/songwriter and theatre director. His passion has always been to understand the creative process and how artists write.
Artists interviewed include: Lily Allen Mick Jones ‐ The Clash Joan Armatrading John Lydon ‐ Sex Pistols/PIL Damon Albarn ‐ Blur/Gorillaz Johnny Marr ‐ The Smiths Billy Bragg Jimmy Page ‐ Led Zeppelin Ray Davies ‐ The Kinks Mike Barson & Suggs ‐ Madness Bryan Ferry ‐ Roxy Music Neil Tennant ‐ Pet Shop Boys Noel Gallagher ‐ Oasis Sting ‐ The Police Robin Gibb ‐ Bee Gees Yusuf ‐ formerly Cat Stevens Paul Weller ‐ The Jam Chaz Jankel ‐ Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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A smart, funny book about the rise and slow death of the art of handwriting; and why it still matters
THE MISSING INK The Lost Art of Handwriting and Why it Still Matters Philip Hensher The Missing Ink is the story of our relationship with handwriting from the golden age of the 19th century, when the skill was finally embraced by the masses, to its long, slow decline as computers began to make their way into every home, office and pocket. This is the story of the passionate Victorian evangelists of fine writing, such as Platt Rogers Spencer, who travelled to every corner of America preaching the moral worth of cursive penmanship; and the great modern reformers such as Marion Richardson, who had a deep understanding of how best children might be encouraged to learn to write. But this is also a book about ink and pens themselves, objects that are even now beginning to disappear from our homes and offices; and whether the style of our writing reveals something about our true selves.
Macmillan October 2012
Philip Hensher is the author of nine novels including Kitchen Venom, which won the Somerset Maugham Award, The Northern Clemency, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, King of the Badgers, and, in April 2012, Scenes from Early Life. He is a regular contributor to the Independent, the Mail on Sunday, and the Spectator
Many schools could soon make the move to drop the teaching of handwriting altogether in favour of keyboard skills and so as Hensher himself says: ‘Before handwriting goes altogether, we might look at what it has meant to us, and what we have put into it.’
‘As one of the last novelists in England to write his books by hand, I was delighted to be asked to discuss the history and state of handwriting. Writing by hand is something that has shaped and revealed our humanity. . . THE MISSING INK is going to be an investigation into the warmest of technologies, and the place it had in our lives.’
Publishers US: Farrar, Straus &
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‘I can’t imagine ever going back to a sex life where pain and submission don’t feature. I’m just lucky to have discovered kink quite young’
Alexa Rose
UNTIED Lisbeth Black & Alexa Rose A darkly erotic true story. Christian Grey was a lightweight… After yet another disastrous date, this time with a man who cried in bed, all Lisbeth wanted was a partner who was sure of himself, confident. Dominant, even. And that's what she found in the handsome, mysterious D. Their highly‐charged relationship opened up her world, teaching her about dominance and submission, and pleasure she could never have imagined. Her friend Alexa, restless after dating several high flyers who bored her with their lack of imagination, is on her own journey. With her bohemian outlook on life and hedonistic streak, she is finally ready to confront her true desires with the charismatic Jack ‐ the sexiest man she's ever seen. As the two women find themselves falling too deep, they also share their adventures on the scene ‐ its parties and dungeons, fetish and fantasy, described in all their colourful, kinky glory. Shockingly honest, sexy and funny,
Pan November 2012 Manuscript available Lisbeth Black & Alexa Rose are pseudonyms of two young woman who have been exploring the BDSM scene for several years. This is their true story.
Untied is an unforgettable story about two strong modern women, and the lengths they're prepared to go to find freedom.
‘We are bound in secrecy, hiding ourselves from family and work colleagues for fear of being caught. But around each other we can be ourselves, we can trust each other, and I now understand that that makes us a community. I would defend at the drop of a hat the right of any of them to be as kinky as they liked, and I would do it proudly.’
Lisbeth Black
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The definitive biography of Thierry Henry, the Arsenal, France and Barcelona legend
THIERRY HENRY Lonely at the Top Philippe Auclair Thierry Henry – gifted, charismatic and a genuinely world class footballer – has always been a prolific goalscorer of natural, apparently effortless brilliance. Impossibly good on his day, he has passed into footballing legend, winning a trophy room full of silverware and awards. Instrumental in France’s World Cup and European Cup glories in 1998 and 2000, he is France’s record goalscorer, and continued his incredibly successful career at Barcelona by winning the treble in his second season. But as he approached the autumn of his career, Thierry’s crown began to slip – from the infamous ‘Hand of Gaul’ incident to a dismal World Cup 2010 campaign. Suddenly, for the first time, a player who Arsène Wenger once dubbed ‘the greatest striker ever’ was not universally loved and admired. A man who had spent his career at the very top of the game, raised above his peers on a torrent of extraordinary statistics and trophies, began to learn how lonely such a position could be.
Macmillan November 2012 Manuscript available
Philippe Auclair has been France Football’s and RMC Radio’s UK correspondent for over a decade, and is a prolific freelance journalist on both sides of the Channel. In 2009 he wrote the critically acclaimed and prize‐winning Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King and a bestselling author in France. He lives in London.
So who is the real Thierry Henry? Drawing from numerous interviews and impeccable sources, as well as his own observations over the course of Henry’s entire career, award‐winning author Philippe Auclair has produced the most complete portrait of the Arsenal hero ever to be written. Clear‐eyed, lyrical and passionately argued, Thierry Henry: Lonely at the Top is a biographical essay, in the fullest sense of the word – and as raw, shocking and thought‐provoking as it is celebratory of Henry’s outstanding flair and talent.
Praise for Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King
Publishers ‘a book about an outstanding gifted footballer by an outstandingly accomplished journalist. A tour de force.’
Cantona: Brian Glanville French: Le Cherche Midi
Italian: Bradipolibri ‘A truly great book. . .Auclair announces himself as an outstandingly gifted biographer’
Thierry Henry: Italian: Bradipolibri GQ
‘A compelling narrative. . .Establishes this book as the likeliest text on which future historians of the game may base their judgment of this extraordinary man.’
Daily Telegraph
memoir
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The compelling memoir of one of the last surviving members of Churchill’s secret army
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD Noreen Riols They Shall Not Grow Old is Noreen Riols compelling memoir of her time as a member of Winston Churchill’s ‘secret army’, the Special Operations Executive, during World War II. It was 1941 and, just before her eighteenth birthday, that Noreen received her call up papers and was faced with either working in a munitions factory or joining the Women’s Royal Navy Service. Liking the look of the naval uniform, Noreen opted for that. But when one of her interviewers realized she spoke fluent French, she was directed to a government building on Baker Street.
Macmillan It was SOE headquarters, where she was immediately recruited into F‐Section (‘F’ standing for ‘France’), led by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster, For the next four years, Noreen worked with Buckmaster and her fellow operatives to support the French Resistance. Sworn to secrecy, Noreen told no one that she spent her days meeting agents returning from behind enemy lines, acting as a decoy, passing on messages in tea rooms and picking up codes in crossword puzzles.
September 2013 Delivery December 2012 Noreen Riols was born in Malta and educated at the French Lycée in London. During the Second World War, she was a member of SOE and when it disbanded after the war, she joined the BBC, where she met her husband, a journalist with the World Service. She is the author of ten books, published in Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, and the US. She has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles and contributed features from Paris to ‘Woman’s Hour’.
Vivid, witty, insightful and often moving They Shall Never Surrender is the story of one young woman’s secret war, offering readers an authentic and compelling insight into what really went on in Churchill’s ‘secret army’ from one of its last surviving members.
wine
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‘Love love love this book. It doesn’t just simplify wine, it simplifies life. Essential reading’
India Knight
THE KNACKERED MOTHER'S WINE CLUB Helen McGinn Everything you ever needed to know about wine ‐ and much, much more. . . A knackered mother‐friendly wine guide with insider tips on how to choose the right wine for every occasion. The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club explores the wonderful, but often daunting world of wine and delivers simple hints and tips to make the perfect selection for all occasions: From throwing a children’s party (because adults need something fizzy too), to planning a wedding or simply matching wine with food, this book will help even the busiest mother make the best wine choice every time.
Macmillan February 2013 Manuscript available McGinn looks beyond the discount deals and reveals the affordable
can’t‐go‐wrong crowd‐pleasers, she explains grape varieties, gives menu and seasonal recommendations, uncovers the best wine to drink with chocolate and even gives tips on how to host the perfect tasting.
Helen McGinn is the author of top wine blog The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club and an ex‐supermarket wine buyer. She is married with three children, aged 8, 4 and 3, and now works part time in the wine industry. She is also a senior wine judge for the annual International Wine Challenge.
This is the one wine guide that every woman should own. . .because life's simply too short to drink bad wine.
The School of Life
‘In an age of moral and practical confusions, the self‐help book is crying out to be redesigned and rehabilitated. We are proud to announce its rebirth’
Alain de Botton
THE SCHOOL OF LIFE
For two thousand years in the history of the west, the self‐help book stood as a pinnacle of literary achievement. The assumption behind this long tradition was that the words of others can benefit us not only by giving us a practical advice, but also by recasting our private confusions and grief into eloquent communal sentences. We feel at once less alone and less afraid.
A key catalyst for the decline of the serious, intelligent self‐help book has been the development of the modern university system, a system that in the mid 19th century became the main employer for philosophers and intellectuals and started to reward them not for being useful or consoling, but for being objective and rigorous. There began an obsession with accuracy and a corresponding neglect of utility. Alongside this came a growing secularisation of society, the citizens of the future weren’t supposed to need lectures in how to stay calm or free of anxiety.
www.theschooloflife.com
Pan May 2012 6 books 160pp The School of Life is dedicated to exploring life’s big questions and will direct you towards a variety of useful ideas ‐ from philosophy to literature, psychology to the visual arts ‐ that are guaranteed to stimulate, provoke, nourish and console.
And so the self‐help field was abandoned to the many curious types who thrive in it today, utterly cut off from the spirit of their more noble predecessors, who knew that realism could also have its therapeutic benefits.
We need self‐help books like never before, and that is why The School of Life, in conjunction with Pan Macmillan, have launched a ground‐breaking experiment: a series of intelligent, rigorous, well‐written self‐help books, put together by some of the leading minds in the field.
Publishers US: Picador
Brazil: Objetiva Chinese complex:
Prophet Press Chinese simplified:
Shanghai 99 Dutch: De Arbeiderspers How to Spend Time Alone by Naomi Alderman and
How to Connect with Nature by Tristan Gooley will be published in May 2013 with a further four ‘How To’ titles to follow.
French: Editions 10/18 German: Kailash Verlag Greek: Patakis Hebrew: Modan
Italian: Ugo Guanda Korean: Sam & Parkers In 2014, the ‘big thinker’ series will offer remedies to
modern life’s big anxieties, by exploring the work and ideas of a philosopher, a classic author or other leading cultural icon.
Portugesee: Lua de Papel Spanish: Ediciones B Turkish: Sel
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Bestselling author and psychologist Rob Yeung reveals how to make life improvements that last by following simple techniques
YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE Rob Yeung Proven techniques to bring about lasting change in your life Looking to make a positive change in your life? Maybe you’ve read a few self‐help books and think you know what you need to do – maybe some positive thinking, making a resolution or simply wishing for happiness? Well, here’s some news: none of this is going to help; you simply don’t get things in life just by wishing for them. In You Can Change Your Life top psychologist Rob Yeung investigates ways of making change stick. He offers the most up‐to‐date thinking on the skills, beliefs and methods that will help you to change your life. Rooted in evidence‐based research and based on proven strategies and treatments, Rob offers a new perspective and new techniques to enable you to transform your life, or simply work out what’s stopping you from achieving your goals.
Macmillan December 2012 Manuscript available You can lose weight, feel more positive, give up a bad habit, get
ahead at work or improve anything about yourself. Whatever you want to achieve, you will feel inspired by the practical advice in this fascination book and be able to tackle change with confidence.
Psychologist Rob Yeung, PhD, is a researcher and educator in the areas of human communication, influence and persuasion, and high achievement.
Publishers The Extra One Percent Chinese simplified: Questruth Press Marathi: Mehta Spanish: RBA Libros Thai: WeLearn Co. I is for Influence Marathi: Mehta Russian: Piter Press Thai: WeLearn Co.
business / leadership
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The groundbreaking new book from one of the world's foremost authorities on leadership
CONFUCIUS ON LEADERSHIP John Adair Few things are more important than the quality and credibility of leaders, as they play a vital role in every aspect of our modern lives. Yet strong leadership is a difficult skill to master. Good leaders must learn not only to manage, analyze and appraise, but also to encourage, improve and inspire. Here John Adair, the UK's foremost expert on leadership training, shows how lessons can be learned from the ancient wisdom of Confucian philosophy and applied to modern leadership techniques, enabling you to become a better leader. He demonstrates how, far from being merely interesting quotes from ancient lore, Confucius's sayings, or Analects, reveal how you can develop all aspects of your leadership ability ‐ from communication and creativity, to motivation and decision‐making.
Macmillan
March 2013 Whether you already lead a team or an organization, or you have
aspirations to do so, this unique combination of ancient and modern wisdom will help you to develop the confidence, characteristics and skills you need to be the best leader you can be.
Manuscript available John Adair is an international leadership consultant to a wide variety of organizations in business, government, the voluntary sector, education and health, and has been named as one of the forty people worldwide who have contributed most to the development of management thought and practice. He has written over forty books on leadership, management and history, which have been translated into many languages.
Publishers Effective Motivation Korean: Dahaemedia Effective Series 2009 Turkish: Babiali Kultur
health
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'For those struggling with fertility issues she's a rock. For those who get pregnant she's a goddess'
Red Magazine
EMMA CANNON'S TOTAL FERTILITY The A‐Z of getting pregnant Emma Cannon Fertility is one of the major health and wellbeing issues for modern women, and this book offers clear, warm and supportive advice to help and support anyone on the fertility journey. Emma Cannon's Total Fertility is the essential and easy guide aimed at any woman who is actively trying – or thinking about trying – to conceive, and will help her take charge of her health and her fertility. Emma Cannon answers the many nagging questions women have about fertility and conception; questions such as, How can I get a sense of my fertility? Can I preserve my fertility? When exactly should we be having sex? Does my diet really matter? Does stress lower my chances of conceiving? What exercise should I be doing?
Macmillan June 2013 Delivery January 2013 With her advice and guidance, readers can adjust their lifestyle
and then relax and encourage Nature to play her part. Written in Emma’s trademark optimistic, warm and non‐judgmental tone, this is set to become a classic in the genre.
Emma Cannon is one of the UK’s leading complementary fertility specialists, and author of The Baby‐Making Bible and You and Your Bump
‘Emma Cannon treats clients using a mind‐body approach, making the connection between the physical body and the emotions. She does a 360 degree diagnosis looking at the body, its environment ‐ food, lifestyle ‐ and its psychology’
Vogue ‘Her unique approach to health and fertility bridges the gap between Western and Eastern Medicine’
Dr Tim Evans ‘Emma Cannon is the UK's go‐to fertility guru’
Grazia Magazine
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Practical ways to treat and overcome IBS through diet and self‐management techniques
NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO IBS Simple steps to restore digestive health Dr. Marilyn Glenville One in five people is affected by IBS – irritable bowel syndrome ‐ and yet it is often dismissed by the medical profession as a condition they can do little to help with, plus there is a lot of confusing information out there. In this practical guide, women’s health expert Marilyn Glenville cuts through the confusion with clarity and compassion, empowering the reader with information and practical ways forward. She looks at the whole body in relation to IBS, from how your digestive system is working to the role that emotions and stress can play.
Macmillan February 2013 This brilliant book offers the vital support that anyone with IBS, or
general digestive problems, needs to gently heal and strengthen their digestive system back to normal function. With advice on tests, diet (including a 7‐day diet plan to soothe digestion), natural foods to consume as well as trigger foods to watch out for, this is a must‐have for anyone suffering from IBS.
Delivery November 2013 Marilyn Glenville, PhD, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, a nutritional therapist, psychologist, author and broadcaster. Dr Glenville has practised nutritional therapy for over tweny‐five years, specializing in the natural approach to female hormone problems. She appears regularly on radio and TV, and is the author of a number of bestselling books on women’s health including Natural Solutions to Menopause and Natural Solutions to PCOS
Publishers Natural Solutions to Menopause Dutch: ZNU
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‘Slinkachu reinvents pavement art with his miniature tales of life on the streets’ Arena
LITTLE PEOPLE: THE GLOBAL MODEL VILLAGE Slinkachu
The further adventures of the internationally bestselling street artist Slinkachu . . .
In 2008, acclaimed street artist Slinkachu's debut book, Little People in the City, outsold Banksy's Wall and Piece to become the bestselling art and photography book of its year. With a foreword by Will Self and a hundred witty, melancholy photographs of miniature model people lost in the big city, the book has become an instant classic, with over 200,000 copies now in print.
Boxtree September 2012 Now Slinkachu's tiny people have been let loose in the world.
Capturing the essence of what it feels like to be a small person in a big, bad, globalized modern world, Slinkachu brings his unique mix of humour, poignancy and political engagement to street installations in Germany, Italy, Holland, France, South Africa, Spain; and then foraging further afield ‐ to Thailand, Australia and the USA, and to Israel and even Iran . . .
Slinkachu is an artist whose creations can be found in doorways and cracks in the pavement. See more of his work at www.slinkachu.com Specifications: 196 x 164mm landscape ‘Oddly enough, even when you know they are just
hand‐painted figurines, you can’t help but feel that their plights convey something of our own fears about being lost and vulnerable in a big, bad city’
4/4 colour 120pp self‐ended, with centre gate‐folds £12.99
The Times
Publishers US: Blue Rider Press (Penguin) German: Cadeau (H&C) Japanese : Sogensha Little People in the City Dutch: Lebowski German: Cadeau (H&C) Japanese : Sogensha
humour
A dark gothic gift book, for pet lovers and anguished existentialists of all ages
THE DIARY OF EDWARD THE HAMSTER 1990 to 1990
Miriam Elia Wednesday, May 7th Two of them came today, dragged me out of my cage and put me in some kind of improvised maze made out of books and old toilet tubes. A labyrinth with no escape. They were treating it like some kind of game, laughing and squealing as I desperately scrabbled from blind alley to blind alley, but I knew it was no game. They're trying to crush my will, to grind me down. They can take my freedom, but they will never take my soul. My name is Edward, and I AM A HAMSTER.
Published in memory of Poet, Thinker and noted rodent Edward the Hamster (1990‐1990), this delightfully gothic hardback edition of his personal journals constitutes a celebration of his (very) short life. It's also very funny ('Eight months old today. Oh, the things I've seen. The Wheel. The Tray. The Ball. The Whe‐ no, I forget.'). Complete with illustrations of our hard‐smoking existential hero, this is both a book for anyone who has loved and lost a beloved pet ‐‐ and a moving essay on the nature of suffering and the hamster condition.
Boxtree August 2012 Miriam Elia is a Sony Award‐winning comedy writer and performer. A Series of Psychotic Episodes featured on BBC Radio 7 and Radio 4.
Publishers Chinese simplified:
Commercial Press French: Flammarion German: Fischer Romanian: Humanitas Swedish: Brombergs
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‘I’m a very naughty girl…’, she said, biting her lip, ‘I need to be punished...’ So I invited my mother to stay for the weekend’. FIFTY SHEDS OF GREY
C.T. Grey Erotica for the not‐too‐modern man 'Hurt me!' she begged, raising her skirt as she bent over the workbench. 'Very well,' I replied, 'You've got fat ankles and no dress sense.' Colin Grey's life was happy and simple until the day everything changed ‐ the day his wife read THAT book. Suddenly, he was thrust head‐first into a dark, illicit world of pleasure and pain. This is the story of one man's struggle against a tide of tempestuous, erotic desire and of the greatest love of all: the love between a man and his shed.
Boxtree September 2012
WARNING: This book contains graphic shed‐based images. Please don't look if you are easily offended.
Colin Trevor Grey is a passionate gardener and amateur shed owner.
Follow the phenomenon @50ShedsofGrey
Publishers US: St. Martin’s Press
‘My eyes watered as I howled with pain. I had learned my first lesson. Never again would I leave a gnome on the garden bench’ * ‘As we stood there naked in Ikea, we came to an important decision. Next time only one of us would wear a blindfold’ * ‘It was damp, uncomfortable and didn’t last very long but it’s true what they say – you never forget your first shed’
* ‘She knelt before me on the shed floor and tugged gently at first, then harder until finally it came. I moaned with pleasure. Now for the other boot…’ *
‘Happy birthday,’ she said, placing a riding crop in my hand and lowering her skirt, ‘Today’s your lucky day’. I couldn’t believe it – I was getting a pony!’
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Is it a murder mystery? Is it biting social satire? Who knows? Who cares? You're not my mother ‐ where am I?
THE VACANT CASUALTY: A PARODY Patty O'Furniture A brilliantly funny parody of the world's most hotly anticipated new book Nothing ever seems to happen in the sleepy English town of Mumford – unless you count the man with the axe in his back, staggering down the street getting blood everywhere and leaving a vacancy on the Parish Council . . . Into the fray steps Detective Inspector Bradley of the C.I.D. Although he appears to be a plodding buffoon, incapable of detecting his own backside, that is exactly what he is. But when he teams up with an alcoholic, drug‐addled writer researching a detective novel, together they will blunder towards the identity of the ‘vacant casualty’. They just hope to get there before everyone in the town is murdered.
Boxtree September 2012 In this potty‐mouthed, depraved, disrespectful parody, strewn with casual violence and sexual deviancy, you will discover aliens, farting tea‐ladies, car chases, serial killers and lashings and lashings of tortoise milk. But no immigrants. This is the countryside, after all.
Patty O’Furniture is the pseudonym of a Sunday Times bestselling humour writer
By no stretch of the imagination is The Vacant Casualty prepared, authorized, licensed, approved, or endorsed by the author or the publishers of The Casual Vacancy.
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