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‘It would be an impressive feat for, say, Penguin Random House to notch up consecutive
Booker wins; for an indie such as Oneworld, it is an astounding achievement.’
The Bookseller
‘To have won two Booker prizes on the trot speaks to a brave and remarkable editorial eye.’
Chris White,Waterstones Fiction Buyer
‘As the small indie imprint Oneworld was responsible for both James and Beatty’s Man Booker winners, its publisher has deservedly been receiving
plaudits for acquiring them when larger outfits showed no interest.’
Private Eye
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CONTENTS
WINNER OF THE
MARLON JAMES
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS
MAN BOOKER PRIZETHE SELLOUT
PAUL BEATTY
FICTION
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oneworld | new fiction
A wildly inventive, wickedly funny portrait of two rebellious sisters in 1940s Rio de Janeiro
For fans of Elena Ferrante and Maria Semple
Euridice is young, beautiful and ambitious. But she sacrifices her own aspirations to marry Antenor, and finds herself spending her days removing lumps of onion from his food and ironing his shirts. But as his professional success grows, so does Euridice’s feeling of restlessness. Casting duty aside, she embarks on various secret projects, only to have each dream crushed in turn by her tradition-loving husband. Antenor eventually restores order in his household – until the day Euridice’s long-lost sister Guida appears at the door with a young child and a terrible story.
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao is a darkly comic portrait of two sisters who assert their independence and courageously carve a path of their own. A truly unforgettable novel from one of the most exciting new voices in world literature.
SEPTEMBER
‘Extraordinary. You can’t put this book down.’ Vogue
Martha Batalha studied journalism and literature in Brazil, working first as a reporter before starting her own publishing company. The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao is her first book. Martha currently lives in Santa Monica, California, with her husband and two children.
FictionSeptember 2017
US: October 2017£12.99/$25.99
272ppDemy Paperback w/ flaps
US: Demy HardbackISBN: 9781786072986
US ISBN: 9781786071729eISBN: 9781786071736
Territories: World
Martha BatalhaTranslated by Eric M. B. Becker
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
‘Razor-sharp, dry, caustic and intelligent.’ Alberto Mussa, author of The Mystery of Rio
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‘Somehow this mixture of grief and solace, cherry blossoms and red beans is a recipe for happiness.’ Radio SRF 2 Kultur Kompakt
Now an internationally acclaimed film, Sweet Bean Paste is capturing hearts all over the world
A charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn’t managed to fulfil his dream of becoming a writer. Instead, he works in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a pancake filled with sweet bean paste. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days listlessly filling the pastries. Until one day an elderly, handicapped woman enters the shop.
Tokue makes the best bean paste imaginable, and begins to teach Sentaro her art. But as their friendship flourishes, societal prejudices become impossible to escape, in this quietly devastating novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship.
Durian Sukegawa studied oriental philosophy at Waseda University, before going on to work as a reporter in Berlin and Cambodia in the early 1990s. He has written a number of books and essays, as well as various TV programmes and films. He currently lives in Tokyo.
FictionOctober 2017US: November 2017£8.99/$16.99196ppB Format Paperback w/ flapsISBN: 9781786071958eISBN: 9781786071965Territories: World
Durian SukegawaTranslated by Alison Watts
Sweet Bean Paste
OCTOBER
‘An ode to cuisine and to life. Poignant, poetic, sensual: a treat.’ Lausanne Cités
new fiction | oneworld
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A darkly comic, heart-warming tale of a septuagenarian rediscovering love and life in Naples
For fans of Fredrik Backman and Juan Pablo Villalobos, The Temptation to Be Happy is an international bestseller from one of Italy’s most popular authors.
Cesare is a seventy-seven-year-old widower and cynical troublemaker, a man who has always struggled to care for others and has given up trying. Aside from an intermittent fling with a nurse called Rossana, he avoids contact with his neighbours and even his own children.
One day, the enigmatic Emma moves into the neigh-bouring flat with her strange and sinister husband. Suspecting there is more to their relationship than meets the eye, Cesare decides to investigate. This new sense of purpose awakens his appetite for life, and he soon finds himself risking everything for a future he had never thought possible.
OCTOBER
‘A book that touches your heart...wonderfully honest, witty, fast-paced and tragic.’ Siegener Zeitung
Lorenzo Marone was born in 1974. Originally trained as a lawyer, he gave up his career to follow his passion for writing. He lives in Naples with his wife and son.
FictionOctober 2017
US: November 2017£12.99/$26.99
288ppDemy Paperback w/ flaps
US: Demy HardbackISBN: 9781786072887
US ISBN: 9781786071873eISBN: 9781786071880
Territories: World
The Temptation to Be Happy Lorenzo Marone
Translated by Shaun Whiteside
‘Comical and cynical while remaining tender and dramatic.’ Corriere della Sera
oneworld | new fiction
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A heart-breaking philosophical tale of one little tiger’s journey to find her place in the world
For fans of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat, this inspiring story of courage and determination will resonate with readers all over the world.
Little Tiger is not like other tigers. She is curious about the world and questions everything, not content to simply follow in her mother’s footsteps and spend her days hunting around their home in the snow forests of Siberia. Instead, she embarks on a remarkable journey, intent on discovering the secrets of the Earth and eventually finding the creature she has heard most about: man.
This captivating story of a brave young tiger who refuses to give up on her dreams is a celebration of the power of nature and the beauty of innocence, and a testament to the courage it takes to be true to ourselves.
Susanna Tamaro began her career in film before publishing her first novel in 1989. She has written numerous books, including the best-selling Follow Your Heart, which has sold over 16 million copies in 40 countries. She works for various humanitarian causes and lives on a self-sufficient farm in the Umbrian countryside.
FictionNovember 2017US: February 2018£8.99/$16.99128ppB Format Paperback w/ flapsISBN: 9781786072825eISBN: 9781786072832Territories: World
Susanna TamaroTranslated by Nicoleugenia Prezzavento & Vicki Satlow
The Tiger and the Acrobat
new fiction | oneworld
NOVEMBER
‘Clear, razor-sharp prose.’ Corriere della Sera
‘Tamaro leads us by the hand to the center of the world, passing through hope and the essence of happiness.’ Eco di Bergamo
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‘A mind-blowing work. It illuminates modern life with a rare sense of perception.’ Professor Anne Brunila, Finlandia Prize Judge
Winner of the Finlandia Prize and one of the most talked-about novels in Finland for years
A young man’s decision to put career before family leads to chilling consequences
Joe Chayefski has got what he always wanted: a reputation as one of America’s top neuroscientists, a beautiful wife and two perfect daughters. But his carefully created idyll is threatened when his lab is targeted by animal rights activists. The attack is followed by an unexpected phone call from Joe’s ex-wife in Finland. Two decades have passed since he abandoned Alina and their young son, Samuel, returning to America to advance his career. Now Samuel is somewhere in the States, and Alina fears he is looking for revenge.
As Joe struggles to protect his new family from the increasing threat of violence – and to save his eldest daughter from the clutches of an unscrupulous tech company – he is forced to reconsider his priorities and take drastic action to save those he loves.
Jussi Valtonen is an author and psychologist from Helsinki, Finland. He studied neuropsychology in the United States and screenwriting in the UK. His previous works include two novels and a short story collection.
FictionNovember 2017
US: December 2017£16.99/$26.99
656ppRoyal Hardback
ISBN: 9781780749648eISBN: 9781780749655
Territories: World
Jussi ValtonenTranslated by Kristian London
They Know Not What They Do
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‘Contemporary fiction simply doesn’t get better than this. A stunning work.’ Helsingin Sanomat
oneworld | new fiction
NOVEMBER
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A blistering, timely satire about a young man’s isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court
‘I was banned from reading in bed because I was laughing so much.’ Olivia Williams, Man Booker Judge
‘Outrageous, hilarious and profound.’ Simon Schama, Financial Times
‘The longer you stare at Beatty’s pages, the smarter you’ll get.’ Guardian
‘The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I’ve read.’ New York Times
‘It will make you laugh, but most of all it will make you think.’ Sunday Times
‘Brilliant…Like demented angels wrote it.’ Sarah Silverman
‘One of the few books of recent years that has made me choke with laughter.’ Daily Mail
‘A hilarious, anger-fuelled cadenza that feels as if it were written in one manic burst.’ Mark Haddon, Observer
Paul Beatty is the author of the novels The White Boy Shuffle, Tuff, Slumberland and The Sellout, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016 (all available from Oneworld). He is also the author of two books of poetry, Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce, and is the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City with his wife.
FictionJune 2017£8.99304ppB Format PaperbackISBN: 9781786071460eISBN: 9781786070166Territories: UK/BC
JUNE
Paul BeattyWINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016The Sellout
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‘The Sellout is one of those rare books which is able to take satire and plunges it into the heart of contemporary American society with a savage wit of the kind I haven’t seen since Swift or Twain. It manages to eviscerate every social taboo and politically correct nuance, every sacred cow. While making us laugh, it also makes us wince. It is both funny and painful at the same time.’ Amanda Foreman, Chair of the Man Booker Prize judges
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Fiction | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 256pp | 9781786072214 eISBN: 9781786072221 | Territories: UK/BC
A disaffected Los Angeles DJ travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger
‘Furiously written...another bravura performance from the searingly talented Paul Beatty. A no-holds-barred comedic romp.’ Junot Diaz, author of This is How You Lose Her
Paul BeattySlumberland
Fiction | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 272pp | 9781786072238 eISBN: 9781786072245 | Territories: UK/BC
A jaded New York street kid finds himself running for City Council in a novel that is as fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays
‘An extravagant, satirical cri de coeur from the inner city...a funny book, and Beatty’s blunt, impious, streetwise eloquence has a...transfixing power.’ New York Times
Paul BeattyTuff
Fiction | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 288pp | 9781786072252 eISBN: 9781786072269 | Territories: UK/BC
Paul BeattyThe White Boy Shuffle
A teenage surf bum is forced to wise up when his mother moves from suburban Santa Monica to urban West LA
‘A dazzling satire of the African-American urban experience.’ Guardian
Fiction | September 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 192pp | 9781786072375eISBN: 9781786070852 | Territories: UK/BC
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FEBRUARY-APRIL
Fiction | July 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 752pp | 9781786071026 eISBN: 9781780748696 | Territories: UK/BC
Steven PriceBy Gaslight
The acclaimed New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author delivers her first adult novel
in twenty years
‘A sort of fever dream, containing both the hard truths of life and the gentle beauty of memory…I loved this book.’
Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder
Fiction | September 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 192pp | 9781786072375eISBN: 9781786070852 | Territories: UK/BC
Epic in scope, By Gaslight is a brilliantly written portrait of love, betrayal and murder that reaches from the slums of
Victorian London to the diamond mines of South Africa
‘An extraordinary historical novel…with a cast of truly powerful characters, half-mad and all dangerous.’ Alan Furst,
author of The Foreign Correspondent
Jacqueline WoodsonAnother Brooklyn
Here Comes the SunNicole Dennis-Benn
A remarkable debut about a group of women battling for independence as a maelstrom of change threatens their
Jamaican village
‘Stuns at every turn.’ Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
Fiction | September 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 352pp | 9781786072399 eISBN: 9781786071262 | Territories: UK/BC
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Blending fable and folklore, Silver conjures an electric, pitch-black allegory for fans of Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson
‘The novel twisted me up inside...I loved it.’ Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies
‘A beautifully realized riddle.’ Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers
Marisa Silver
Fiction | November 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 352pp | 9781786072368 eISBN: 9781786071286 | Territories: UK/BC
Little Nothing
A deeply unsettling and disorientating debut novel about obsession, identity and motherhood
‘Genius…the book feels as if it belongs to a new literary genre altogether.’ The New Yorker
‘Mesmerizing…an almost perfect short novel.’ Washington Post
‘Exquisite and disquieting.’ Frieze
Fever Dream
Fiction | October 2017 | Cut down B Format Paperback | £7.99 | 192pp | 9781786072382 eISBN: 9781786070913 | Territories: UK/BC
Samanta SchweblinTranslated by Megan McDowell
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER new in paperback | oneworld
@PtBlankBks
We are in the midst of a golden age of crime, thriller and suspense writing, and at Point Blank we are making it our
mission to publish a range of fantastic writers who are the very best at what they do.
Each year we aim to have something to suit all readers, and in 2017 we dare to say that we have delivered on that promise.
Enjoy!
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‘One of the most delightful…mysteries of recent years.’ Daily Mail
Steve Burrows has pursued his birdwatching hobby on five continents, and has written widely on birding. He lives in Ontario, Canada.
Crime & MysteryJuly 2017US: March 2018£7.99/$14.99368ppB Format PaperbackISBN: 9781786072337eISBN: 9781786072344Territories: World ex. CAN
The fourth in Steve Burrows’ brilliantly entertaining Norfolk-based Birder Murder series
Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune hopes an overseas birding trip will hold some clues to solving his fugitive brother’s manslaughter case. Meanwhile, in Jejeune’s absence his long-time nemesis has been drafted in as cover to investigate an accountant’s murder. And unfortunately Marvin Laraby proves just a bit too effective in showing how an investigation should be handled.
With the manslaughter case poised to claim another victim, Jejeune is faced with a dilemma. He can reveal a secret he has discovered to Laraby’s case, knowing it will cost his job on the north Norfolk coast he loves. Or he can stay silent, and let a killer escape justice. Turns out that sometimes the wrong choice is the only one there is.
Steve BurrowsA Shimmer of Hummingbirds
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‘A most entertaining read.’ The Times on A Siege of Bitterns
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A former MEP, Stanley Johnson has written widely in both fiction and non-fiction. Previous thrillers are The Doomsday Project, The Marburg Virus, Tunnel and The Commissioner, which was made into a film starring John Hurt. Based in London, he is the father of former London Mayor and current Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson.
Kompromat · noun · the Russian term for compromising materials about a politician or other public figure
Set against the backdrop of the UK referendum and the run-up to the US presidential election in 2016, Stanley Johnson’s political thriller Kompromat claims to recount the story of the most audacious geo-political coup since Genghis Khan and his hordes swept across Asia into Europe.
The referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU was a political showdown a British prime minister thought couldn’t be lost. But the next morning Britain woke up to a shock result. Kompromat explores the skullduggery that might just have gone on behind the scenes, with secret players from all over the world.
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SEPTEMBER
Stanley JohnsonKompromat
point blank | new
Crime & MysterySeptember 2017
US: October 2017£14.99/$25.99
304ppRoyal Hardback
ISBN: 9781786072467eISBN: 9781786072474
Territories: World
‘There are some novelists who, by instinct or study, understand perfectly the indispensible components of a thriller. Stanley Johnson is one of them.’ Daily Telegraph
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Syd Moore lives in Essex, where the Rosie Strange novels are set. Previously to writing, she was a lecturer and a presenter on Pulp, the Channel 4 books programme. She is the author of the mystery novels The Drowning Pool and Witch Hunt.
More supernatural, magic…and Essex Girls in a fabulous new cosy crime series
The La Fleur restaurant has a slew of unusual phenomena. Bonnet-clad apparitions pass through walls, blood leaks from ceilings and rats besiege the dining room. Experts from the Great Essex Witch Museum are called in to quell these strange sights. But before Rosie and Sam can do their thing events turn darker. For La Fleur’s chef has been strung up and slaughtered like a pig. More oddly, the only witness, the owner’s daughter Mary, swears a ghost did it.
Rosie and Sam must find out what’s happening before Mary takes the fall. But intuitions and tip-offs lead them stumbling into the dark waters of the past, exposing secrets of a wider conspiracy, as well as secrets all Rosie’s own.Crime & Mystery
October 2017US: November 2017£8.99/$14.99400ppB Format PaperbackISBN: 9781786072054eISBN: 9781786072061Territories: World
Syd MooreStrange Sight
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Tom Keneally won the 1982 Man Booker Prize with Schindler’s Ark, later made into the Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List. His daughter Meg Keneally has been a journalist and radio producer, and has spent more than ten years working in corporate affairs for listed financial services companies. They both live in Australia.
A fast-paced, witty and gripping historical crime opener to The Monsarrat Series from Man Booker Prize-winner Tom Keneally and his daughter Meg
In an Australian penal colony at the edge of the known world, prisoner Hugh Monsarrat has risen from convicted forger to trusted clerk of the settlement’s commandant. Not long after the commandant heads off in search of a rumoured river, his beautiful wife Honora falls ill with a sickness the doctor is unable to identify. And when Honora dies, it becomes clear she has been slowly poisoned.
Monsarrat and the perceptive housekeeper Mrs Mulrooney suspect the motives of Captain Diamond, the commandant’s second-in-command. In a trice Diamond has Mrs Mulrooney arrested for murder. To save his new friend from the hangman’s noose, Monsarrat must go all out to unmask the real killer.
Meg and Tom Keneally
NOVEMBER
Crime & MysteryNovember 2017
£14.99304pp
Demy HardbackISBN: 9781786071996
eISBN: 9781786072009Territories: UK/BC ex. AUS
The Soldier’s Curse
point blank | new
Murder is his business. An exhilarating new talent, Guy Bolton’s unforgettable 1930s Hollywood fixer moves within the dark recesses of the film business to electrifying effect
‘It’s one of those books which you pick up idly – and don’t put down. I read it in a couple of days and I’m still thinking about a couple of the characters. Definitely recommended.’ Bookbag
Crime & Mystery | November 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 400pp | 9781786072450 eISBN: 9781786070401 | Territories: World
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What if the great detective C. Auguste Dupin was not Edgar Allan Poe’s fictional creation, but his friend?
‘Delightfully entertaining…a fascinating portrayal of London [in 1840]…with strong characterisation, a well-crafted plot and engaging dialogue.’ New Books
‘Street’s impressive first novel cleverly pairs Poe with his fictional creation, the Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin…. Street maintains atmospheric suspense throughout.’ Publishers Weekly
Crime & Mystery | September 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 384pp | 9781786070302 eISBN: 9781780749310 | Territories: UK/BC
Karen Lee StreetEdgar Allan Poe and the London Monster
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER new in paperback | point blank
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Rock the Boat prides itself on publishing incredible novels from all over the world. From the thrilling streets of contemporary Kenya to the wilds of outer space, our books showcase a richly
diverse range of stories and voices for readers who want to explore and celebrate our ever-changing universe.
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Natalie C. Anderson is an international development professional living in Geneva, Switzerland. She has worked with NGOs and the UN on refugee relief and development, mainly in Africa. She was the 2014–2015 Associates of the Boston Public Library Children’s Writer in Residence.
A stunning revenge thriller set in Kenya, starring a girl thief
Street-thief Tina breaks into the luxurious house where her mother was killed to steal from Mr Greyhill and nail him for her mother’s murder. She is caught red-handed.
Saved by Mr Greyhill’s gorgeous son, Michael, the pair set in motion a cascade of dangerous events that lead them deeper into the mystery, and reveal dark and shocking secrets from Tina’s past.
Tina and her mother fled the Congo years ago as refugees, trading the uncertain danger of their besieged village for a new, safer life in the bustling Kenyan metropolis. The corruption and politics of the Congo, and the gangster world of Sangui City, are behind Tina’s mother’s downfall. Is Tina tough enough to find the truth and bring the killer to justice?
Young AdultJuly 2017£7.99432ppB Format PaperbackISBN: 9781786072290eISBN: 9781786072306Territories: UK/BC
Natalie C. AndersonCity of Saints & Thieves
JULY new | rock the boat
‘A perfect, perfect cocktail of suspense, action and heart.’ Tara Sullivan, author of Golden Boy and The Bitter Side of Sweet
‘A world-opener of a debut.’ Ashley Hope-Perez, Printz Honour-winning author of Out of Darkness
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Nikki Sheehan was nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Swan Boy (Rock the Boat, 2016). She is a story mentor with Little Green Pig (Ministry of Stories) and is also one of three organisers of Brighton Rocks Books. She lives in Brighton.
A stunning story of a dog and a boy and their journey to freedom – tragic, comic and full of hope
The kennel has been JC’s and his dog Boy’s home ever since his new adoptive father locked them inside. JC tells Boy about how he came to this country and his chaotic life before: his family; the orphanage; the Haitian earthquake that swept everything away, and how it changed everything. His adoptive mother Melanie brought a new light into his life and brought him to her home country.
But that was before JC and Boy did something bad, which led to their punishment locked in the kennel. With Melanie away from home and their adoptive father getting sicker, JC and Boy realize they have to try and escape.
Young AdultJuly 2017
US: August 2017£7.99/$11.99
256ppB Format Paperback
ISBN: 9781786072108eISBN: 9781786072115
Territories: World
Nikki SheehanGoodnight, Boy
JULY oneworld | new fiction
‘Wonderful, heartfelt and beautiful . . . utterly unpredictable.’ Piers Torday on Swan Boy
‘A moving story about grief, resilience and courage.’ Financial Times on Swan Boy
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Kief Hillsbery is a writer and Lambda Literary Award nominee. His previous books are War Boy and What We Do Is Secret. He teaches creative writing at Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn and Maine.
An exquisite tale, presenting a history of the Empire in India through the lens of a moving personal quest
In 1841, Nigel Halleck set out from Britain for Calcutta as a clerk in the East India Company. He served in the colonial administration for eight years before taking leave of his post and eventually disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal. Despite most traces of his life being destroyed in the bombing of his hometown during WWII, Nigel was never quite forgotten – the myth of the man who headed east entered family lore.
A century-and-a-half later Kief Hillsbery, Nigel’s nephew many times removed, embarked upon his own journey east, having promised his mother that he would search for the final resting place of their ancestor, Nigel. What follows is a remarkable tale, beautifully rendered, weaving together a clash of civilizations in history, the quest to discover one’s own identity and the moving tale of one man against an empire. It is a work of transportive power, which bestows upon us a very personal sense of a time and a place deep in the heart of British and Indian history.
HistoryJuly 2017
£18.99288pp
Royal HardbackISBN: 9781786071590
eISBN: 9781786071606Territories: UK/BC
Kief Hillsbery A Journey to the Other Side of British India
The Tiger and the Ruby
JULY oneworld | new non-fiction
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new non-fiction | oneworld
Anthony Warner is a professional chef and blogger. A regular con-tributor to New Scientist, he has also written for the Mail on Sunday, Telegraph and other publications. He lives in Nottinghamshire, blogs at angry-chef.com and you can follow him @One_Angry_Chef.
Tough on bullshit. Tough on the causes of bullshit.
Never before have we had so much information available to us about food and health. There’s GAPS, paleo, detox, gluten-free, alkaline, the sugar conspiracy, clean eating...Unfortunately, a lot of it is not only wrong but actually harmful.
So why do so many of us believe this bad science? Assembling a crack team of psychiatrists, behavioural economists, food scientists and dietitians, the Angry Chef unravels the mystery of why sensible, intelligent people are so easily taken in by the latest food fads, making brief detours for an expletive-laden rant. At the end of it all you’ll have the tools to spot pseudoscience for yourself and the Angry Chef will be off for a nice cup of tea. With two f*#!ing sugars in it.
Popular ScienceJuly 2017£12.99352ppDemy PaperbackISBN: 9781786072160eISBN: 9781786072177Territories: UK/BC
Anthony WarnerBad Science and the Truth About Healthy EatingThe Angry Chef
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‘A wonderfully bracing and funny tirade against the harm and nonsense done by food fads. If you’ve ever been tempted to go on “a detox” or try clean eating, you need this book.Yes, Angry Chef is angry, but he is also trying to get us back to the point beyond the crazy “superfoods” and guilt where eating is actually a joy.’ Bee Wilson, author of This Is Not A Diet Book and First Bite
The Angry Chef
The phrase ‘you are what you eat’ is a commonly held wisdom within the bullshit-nutrition community. Of course we are not
what we eat. Vegans are quite clearly made of meat. From the juice cleanse to the alkaline diet to the celebrity detox diets, you don’t
need to look far to know there’s a new food trend every week.
TIME TO EAT UP AND WISE UP
‘If it wasn’t for the fact that there is no God, I’d thank him for bringing us the Angry Chef. In this brilliant book he systematically
demolishes every single piece of food-related faddery, hack science, nutritional fakery
and clean-eating cobblers in a manner that should make every so-called “wellness” and “nutrition” guru hang their heads in shame.’
JAY RAYNER, JOURNALIST AND
BROADCASTER
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Mohammad Hashim Kamali is founding CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) at the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He lives in Kuala Lumpur.
An illuminating introductory volume on a system of law that has often been characterized as back-ward and brutal by opponents in the West
Shariah law is one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in the Islamic world. Typically regarded with suspicion if not outright disdain in the West, it is a complex subject poorly understood by many. In this volume, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, a world-renowned expert on the topic, adopts a question-and-answer format to provide a clear introduction to the most salient aspects of Shariah.
Extending from the sources of Shariah in the Qur’an, hadith and the legal maxims of Islamic law to the discussion of issues such as freedom of religion, gender equality and human rights, Shariah Law: Questions and Answers connects the theoretical aspects of the law with how it is applied in the world today. At once scholarly and accessible, it is sure to be a vital resource for students, teachers and general readers.
Religion/IslamJuly 2017US: August 2017£14.99/$19.99304ppShort Royal PaperbackISBN: 9781786071507eISBN: 9781786071514Territories: World
Mohammad Hashim KamaliQuestions and Answers
JULY
Shariah Law Oak and Ash and Thorn
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Shariah Law
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Peter Fiennes is the author of To War with God, a moving account of his grandfather’s service in the First World War. As a publisher for TimeOut, he published numerous books about Britain’s countryside and seashores. He lives in Wandsworth, London, where he is the publisher of Town magazine.
Dazzling, passionate nature writing from an important voice: a celebration of Britain’s woods and forests and a rousing call to fight for them
When the government announced plans to sell off up to 150,000 hectares of English forests and woodland in 2010, it ignited an immediate and impassioned fight against the proposal. Even today, the British people continue to hold a deep love for their woods, which have inspired countless myths, stories and poems throughout time.
Peter Fiennes celebrates the beauty and mystery of Britain’s woods, while also closely examining present issues of ownership, access, power and property. Fiennes visits Norwegian spruces in the Scottish Highlands, wild boars in Sussex, the small collection of trees in his childhood home’s garden and everything in between in his exhilarating journey to understand our relationship to the forests. Oak and Ash and Thorn presents a powerful message for readers everywhere: our woods are important; they are under threat; and they must be saved.
NatureSeptember 2017
US: October 2017£16.99/$25.99
304ppShort Royal Hardback
ISBN: 9781786071668eISBN: 9781786071675
Territories: World
Peter FiennesThe Ancient Woodlands and New Forests of Britain
Oak and Ash and Thorn
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Iain Sinclair
The Last London
Iain Sinclair is the award-winning writer of numerous critically acclaimed books on London, which include Lights Out for the Territory, London Orbital and London Overground. He won the Encore Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Downriver. He lives in Hackney, East London.
The critically acclaimed author returns to the streets of London one last time
In The Last London, Iain Sinclair makes a final reckoning with a capital stretched beyond recognition. Here is a mesmerising record of secret scholars and whispering ghosts. Of disturbing encounters. Night hospitals. Pits that become cameras. Mole Man labyrinths. And privileged swimming pools, up in clouds, patrolled by surveillance helicopters. Where now are the myths, the ultimate fictions of a many times revised city?
Travelling from the pinnacle of the Shard to the outer limits of the London Overground system at Croydon and Barking, from the Thames Estuary to the future ruins of Olympicopolis, Sinclair reflects on where London begins and where it ends. The Last London is a memoir, a critique, a love letter and a delirious conclusion to a truly epic project.
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LondonSeptember 2017US: January 2018£18.99/$28.99336ppRoyal HardbackISBN: 9781786071743eISBN: 9781786071750Territories: World
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‘A magnum opus, my book of the year. I urge you to read it. In fact, if you’re a Londoner and haven’t read it by the end of next year, I suggest you leave.’ Will Self, Evening Standard, on London Orbital
‘He is incapable of writing a dull paragraph.’ Scotland on Sunday
new non-fiction | oneworld
The Last London
Sinclair’s London books have dazzled readers and critics for forty years, garnering praise from the likes of Peter
Ackroyd, John Lanchester, Will Self, Angela Carter and J.G. Ballard. London, the one-of-a-kind-city, gets the Sinclair
treatment for the last time.
Unravelling riddles, treating street names and street furniture, marks on walls, aerosol revisions to hoardings,
found fragments, objects or lists or letters, sodden playing cards, as pages torn from a lost book, identifies London as a detective story. A story with unlimited chapters and no resolution. The point being to find the inspiration for the
next journey, a new beginning.
Comprehensive marketing campaign which includes videos of the author, POS for bookshops, digital and print advertising and extensive social media activity
Publicity reaching radio interviews, newspaper features, serial, bookshop events and festival panels
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‘Deserves to stand alongside Thomas Piketty’s Capital as an essential diagnosis of our contemporary ills, and a clear-eyed prescription of how to cure them.’ Steven Johnson, bestselling author of How We Got To Now
Our cities drive innovation and growth, but they also propel us into housing crises and give rise to ever-greater inequality, as the super-rich displace the well-off and the workers who run our essential services are ghettoised and pushed out to the suburbs. There is a new urban crisis, and it is undermining the foundations of our society.
In this bracingly original work of research and analysis, leading urbanist Richard Florida demonstrates how our cities are evolving in the twenty-first century, for good and for ill. From the world’s superstar metropolises to the urban slums of the developing world, he shows how the crisis touches all of us, and sets out how we can make our cities more inclusive, ensuring prosperity for all.
Richard Florida is director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and a global research professor at New York University. He is also the author of The Rise of the Creative Class, founder of the Creative Class Group and co-founder of The Atlantic’s CityLab.
Business/EconomicsSeptember 2017£20352ppRoyal HardbackISBN: 9781786072122eISBN: 9781786072139Territories: UK/BC
Richard FloridaGentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality, and What We Can Do About It
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‘Richard Florida is the great pioneer thinker who first explained how the influx of creative people was reviving cities…[he] takes a hard look at the problems and, as usual, comes up with some smart new policies.’ Walter Isaacson
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Heather Harpham is a writer, teacher and physical theater performer. Her writing includes six solo plays, two of which - Happiness and Burning - toured the US. She lives with her family along the Hudson River. www.heatherharpham.com
An enchanting true story about love, gratitude and the ever-changing nature of happiness
My girl was born just before 7pm on a Friday night, perfect. She smelled like sliced apple and salted pretzels, like the innocent, recent arrival from a saline world that she was. But the midwife was worried. “She’s small for gestational age,” she kept saying. “Any problems or issues during pregnancy?” I wanted to ask her if heartbreak counted. If sharing a bed with a good- hearted dog, rather than the baby’s father, might do it?
When Heather meets Brian in New York City, opposites immediately attract. She is an outgoing theater performer, he a studious writer with an unwavering routine. But when Heather falls pregnant, their young bond is tested and then broken. Gracie is born with a mysterious blood disease. As concerns for her health grow, Brian and Heather begin a cautious return to each other. Happiness distils life’s highs and lows into a lyrical meditation on love, hope and gratitude.
MemoirSeptember 2017
£14.99336pp
Demy HardbackISBN: 9781786071378
eISBN: 9781786071385Territories: UK/BC
SEPTEMBER
Heather HarphamThe Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
HappinessGentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality, and What We Can Do About It
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‘Extraordinary and bewitching...among the most beautiful and moving portraits of parenthood and partnership.’ Susan Cheever, bestselling author of Treetops and Home before Dark
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An urgent discussion of representative democracy and the challenges it faces today
Prompted by events in recent years in the UK and the USA, in Latin America, Russia and the Middle East, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to sustain themselves against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters. In each of five short chapters, he considers a moment in history in which the challenges we face today were first encountered, how they were overcome – or not – and with what consequences. With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place, yet it is this space that it must occupy, argues Grayling, if a civilized society, that looks after all its people, is to flourish.
Current Affairs/Politics/PhilosophySeptember 2017US: October 2017£14.99/$22.99192ppDemy HardbackISBN: 9781786072894eISBN: 9781786072900Territories: World
A.C. Grayling
A. C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy and Master of the New College of the Humanities, London. Among his many books are The God Argument and The Age of Genius. He has contributed regularly to The Times, the Independent, Prospect and the New European, and appears frequently on radio and TV, including Newsnight and CNN News.
Democracy and its Crisis
SEPTEMBERnew non-fiction | oneworld
‘An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity.’ Independent
‘Grayling is a natural educator.’ Ruth Scurr, Spectator
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Anthony McGowan worked as a nightclub bouncer, civil servant and Open University tutor before publishing his first novel for teenagers, Hellbent, in 2005. His other books include the critically acclaimed The Knife that Killed Me, the film of which was released in 2013. He lives in Camden, London, with his wife and two children.
A laugh-out-loud chronicle of one man’s daily failures and disappointments
Ever tried sneaking a banana into the British Library? Struggled with pedestrian etiquette? Been rubbish at life? While others parade tales of their success, Anthony McGowan recalls his failures, giving voice to thoughts and opinions that would otherwise go unheard.
The Art of Failing is a love poem to holed socks, unsatisfactory packed lunches, athlete’s foot powder, the eccentrics of the British Library, liver salts, Kierkegaard, Morrissey and the rainy streets of West Hampstead, where an unlucky Northerner finds himself at sea.
SEPTEMBER
HumourSeptember 2017
US: October 2017£12.99/$16.99
256ppDemy Paperback
ISBN: 9781786071828eISBN: 9781786071835
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Anthony McGowanThe Melancholy Roadkill
The Art of Failing
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‘The Art of Failing reads as if young Nicholson Baker had decided to write as Charles Pooter. It’s eccentric, charming, maddening, and very, very funny. It also comes much closer to describing the reality of the writing life than anything you’ll find in the Paris Review.’ Nick Hornby
‘Brilliant.’ Nick Lezard
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Peter Brannen is an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Wired, New York Times, Washington Post and Slate amongst other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is his first book.
The world has nearly ended five times – it has been incinerated, frozen, drained, flooded and smothered by poison gases. We’re very lucky to be alive...
Over the past decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of past apocalypses. Armed with new technology, scientists have been able to begin piecing together a picture of our planet’s past. The bad news is that it looks eerily like our future.
Join Peter Brannen on a wild ride from the glaciation of the Ordovician, where shallow seas became dry lands and almost all life was extinguished, to the death of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous. Meet the obsessive, off-kilter personalities using cutting-edge forensic tools to piece together what happened each time the world nearly ended and discover the geography of the past apocalypses hiding in plain sight all around us. The Ends of the World is a rip-roaring chronicle of the five worst things to ever happen to our planet.
Popular ScienceSeptember 2017£16.99304ppShort Royal HardbackISBN: 9781786070074eISBN: 9781786070081Territories: UK/BC
Peter Brannen
Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions
The Ends of the World Black Tudors
SEPTEMBERnew non-fiction | oneworld
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Miranda Kaufmann is a senior research fellow at the University of London’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies. She has appeared on Sky News, the BBC and Al Jazeera, and she’s written for The Times, Guardian and BBC History Magazine. She lives in Pontblyddyn in North Wales.
Think you know the Tudors? Think again.
A black porter publicly whips a white English gentleman in a Gloucestershire manor house. A heavily pregnant African woman is abandoned on an Indonesian island by Sir Francis Drake. A Mauritanian diver is despatched to salvage lost treasures from the Mary Rose… Miranda Kaufmann reveals the absorbing stories of some of the Africans who lived free in Tudor England.
From long-forgotten records, remarkable characters emerge. They were baptised, married and buried by the Church of England. They were paid wages like any other Tudors. Their stories, brought viscerally to life by Kaufmann, provide unprecedented insights into how Africans came to be in Tudor England, what they did there and how they were treated. A ground-breaking, seminal work, Black Tudors challenges the accepted narrative that racial slavery was all but inevitable and forces us to re-examine the seventeenth century to determine what caused perceptions to change so radically.
HistoryOctober 2017
US: November 2017£18.99/$25
352ppRoyal Hardback
ISBN: 9781786071842eISBN: 9781786071859
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Miranda KaufmannThe Untold Story
Black Tudors
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David Waller is a partner in a global consulting firm, who has been an adviser to companies and governments on reputational issues. Rupert Younger is founder director of the University of Oxford’s Centre for Corporate Reputation, where he researches how such reputations are created, sustained, destroyed and rebuilt.
When people talk about you, what do they tell each other?
You’re already playing the game, whether you like it or not. You can try to ignore what others say about you or you can learn the rules and discover that the potential benefits are unlimited.
Reputation can’t be owned or managed, it’s a gift of trust bestowed upon us by others. So how is it that Vladimir Putin is shunned on the international stage, but is hugely popular at home? How has Pope Francis begun to rebuild the name of the Catholic Church after a series of damaging scandals? Through pioneering research and interviews with a host of major figures ranging from Jay Z and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to Bernie Madoff, the authors reveal the key mechanisms that make and remake our reputations, providing the essential guide to the game that matters most in business and in life.
Business/EconomicsOctober 2017£18.99352ppRoyal HardbackISBN: 9781786070715eISBN: 9781786070722Territories: UK/BC
David Waller & Rupert Younger How Our Success is Determined by How People See UsThe Reputation Game
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A highly respected voice reveals the truth behind the myths in the Middle East’s crucible of conflict
Gaza was once a coastal civilization open to the world. However, for most of its recent history it has been seen only as a touchstone for the problems of the Middle East. Today the Gazans are a uniquely imprisoned people, most unable to travel to the West Bank, let alone Israel – where tens of thousands once worked – and unable to flee in wartime. The surprise is that so many remain courageous, outspoken and steadfast.
Donald Macintyre’s honest and revealing portrait of Gaza encompasses the tragedy but also the hope, albeit increasingly fragile, that a sense of normality might be found in everyday life. Through the stories of its people and interviews with policymakers, he shows us why, given the chance, Gaza has the creativity and the resilience to play a positive leading role in the Middle East.
Gaza
oneworld | new non-fiction
OCTOBER
Donald MacintyreA Country Preparing for Dawn
Donald Macintyre was the Independent’s Jerusalem bureau chief for eight years between 2004 and 2012. He won the Next Century Foundation’s Peace Through Media Prize in 2011 and has previously been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for journalism and for the Martha Gellhorn journalism award. He lives in Lambeth, London.
Middle East/HistoryOctober 2017
US: November 2017£18.99/$30
352ppRoyal Hardback
ISBN: 9781786071064eISBN: 9781786071071
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‘If not for the sensitive and perceptive reporting of a few individual journalists such as Amira Hass of the Israeli daily Haaretz and Donald Macintyre of the British Independent, the untold suffering of the Palestinian people would have gone completely unnoticed.’ Ramzy Baroud, editor of Palestine Chronicle
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Jeremy Scott became a full-time writer following a colourful career in advertising, as described in his acclaimed memoir Fast and Louche. He is the author of Dancing on Ice, Show Me a Hero, The Irresistible Mr Wrong and Coke: The Biography. He lives in London.
Lighting up the pages of history, these are the extraordinary stories of six women who defied the spirit of their age
For centuries few women ever found themselves in the position where they could break free from the manacles of patriarchal culture. And even when the opportunity arose surely no one in their right mind would dare to do so, such were the consequences.
From Victoria Woodhull, the psychic pariah who ran for the US presidency in 1870, to Coco Chanel, the archetypal self-made businesswoman, The Women Who Dared presents the extraordinary stories of six women who refused to live by a man’s idea of what was morally acceptable and flagged a path to liberty. With great verve, wit and reverence, Jeremy Scott pays tribute to them.
The Women Who Dared tells the tales of Victoria Woodhull, Mary Wollstonecraft, Aimee Semple McPherson, Edwina Mountbatten, Margaret Argyll and Coco Chanel.
HistoryNovember 2017US: January 2018£12.99/$19.99272ppDemy PaperbackISBN: 9781786071934eISBN: 9781786071941Territories: World
Jeremy ScottPioneers Who Broke All the RulesThe Women Who Dared
NOVEMBER
‘Mr Scott is a breath of shocking air in these dull times. Where has he been hiding?’ John Walsh, Independent, on Fast and Louche
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Islam | November 2017/US: December 2017 | Royal Paperback | £20/$30 | 384pp | 9781786072016 eISBN: 9781786072023 | Territories: World
A rich, engaging and approachable work on understanding Islamic virtue ethics through philosophical, mystical and literary texts
‘The Polished Mirror is an incredible, even paradigm-shifting work in Islamic Studies.’ Mohammed Rustom, associate professor of Islamic studies, Carleton University
Cyrus Ali ZargarStorytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism
The Polished Mirror
Islam | October 2017/US: November 2017 | Royal Paperback | £20/$30 | 336pp | 9781786072276 eISBN: 9781786072283 | Territories: World
A fascinating exploration, through the literary genres of epic and apocalypse, of the most widely read and recited book in the world
Todd Lawson explores how the timeless literary genres of epic and apocalypse bear religious meaning in the Qur’an, communicating the sense of divine presence, urgency and truth. Grounding his approach in the universal power of story and myth, he provides a unique appreciation of the unparalleled status and unique charisma of the Qur’an as a religious text and monument of world literature.
Todd LawsonEpic and Apocalypse
The Qur’an
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
The Women Who Dared
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Current Affairs | July 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 320pp | 9781786070661eISBN: 9781786072351 | Territories: World
A gripping investigation into the private companies that run Britain
‘[A] powerful account of the impact of the privatisation of public services…provides a timely and important analysis of this often overlooked feature of public life.’ Evening Standard
‘This is a must read…It punctures the myth that the private sector is better at delivering public service.’ Dame Margaret Hodge MP
Who Really Runs Britain?
History/Biography | July 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 496pp | 9781786071194 eISBN: 9781780743141 | Territories: UK/BC
As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, this is the remarkable story of the extraordinary woman who defied her times by living as a man
‘Thoroughly engaging.’ Sunday Times, Books of the Year
‘An astounding story – of obstinacy, ambition, genius, fearlessness and pioneering feminism.’ Daily Mail
‘Gripping, unusual, moving.’ The Times, Books of the Year
Michael du Preez & Jeremy DronfieldA Woman Ahead of Her TimeDr James Barry
The Private Companies Taking Control of Benefits, Prisons, Asylum, Deportation, Security, Social Care and the NHSAlan White
JULY
Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk, Minimize Memory Loss, and Keep Your Brain Young
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Join the ‘Mindspan Elite’ – an esteemed scientist outlines a revolutionary plan that will forever change how you think about diet and ageing
‘A fascinating guide to modifying your diet to prolong the longevity of your brain as well as your health.’ Professor Tim Spector, author of The Diet Myth
‘Eye-opening...fascinating, important...Estep includes plenty of practical info on improving one’s mindspan.’ Publishers Weekly, starred review
Health/Diet | August 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 304pp | 9781786071774 eISBN: 9781780749556 | Territories: UK/BC ex. ANZ
Preston W. Estep, PhDReduce Alzheimer’s Risk, Minimize Memory Loss, and Keep Your Brain Young
The Mindspan Diet
Emma Tarlo
Popular Culture/Fashion | August 2017/US: November 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99/$16.99 | 416pp 9781786071613 | eISBN: 9781780749938 | Territories: World
The Secret Lives of HairEntanglement
Hair – we all have it, but have you ever really thought about it?
‘Brilliant...Entanglement tracks its subject doggedly through an almost infinite number of twists and turns.’ Times Literary Supplement
‘By turns surprising, unsettling and disturbing but never anything less than absorbing…weaving in history, politics and science in an interlocking, mesmerising narrative that seems wholly appropriate to the subject.’ Literary Review
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The bestselling book from the much-loved presenter of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour
‘Ideal to press into the hands of young women studying politics and history.’ Independent
‘Celebrates the defiant spirit of Britain’s groundbreaking heroines…Entertaining.’ Daily Mail
‘A rare gift.’ Gloria Steinem
Jenni Murray
History | September 2017/US: October 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99/$14.99 | 288pp | 9781786071583 eISBN: 9781780749914 | Territories: World
A Personal Selection
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
A History of Britain in 21 Women
The most important assassination case in Cold War history
‘Remarkable…moves nimbly from midnight shenanigans in Berlin to the bigger picture of superpowers arguing over captive nations.’ The Times
‘Brims with skulduggery…balances its cloak-and-dagger element with historical insight.’ Telegraph
‘The most gripping opening to any book this month.’ GQ
History/Cold War | August 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 384pp | 9781786071767 eISBN: 9781786070449 | Territories: UK/BC
Serhii PlokhyA Cold War Spy StoryThe Man with the Poison Gun
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year and a charming, eloquent love letter to the stories we adore
‘A glorious patchwork of quotation and anecdote. It is a true commonplace book, the homage of a passionate reader to the writers who have provided his “main pastime”.’ Sunday Times
‘Welcome, wise and witty…Aspiring writers will glean excellent advice here.’ Literary Review
Literature | September 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 336pp | 9781786071651eISBN: 9781786070227 | Territories: UK/BC
Richard CohenA Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
How to Write Like Tolstoy
SEPTEMBER
The fantastic story, both tragic and filmic, of an aristocratic family desperate to prove that one of their own is insane
‘A well-informed, sympathetic portrayal of an extraordinary world.’ Guardian, Best History Books of 2016
‘Foyster has turned a great mound of papers lying neglected in the Lambeth Palace Library into a grippingly readable tale.’ Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books
‘Fascinating.’ Spectator
History | September 2017/US: October 2017| B Format Paperback | £9.99/$16.99 | 384pp | 9781786071781 eISBN: 9781780749617 | Territories: World
Elizabeth FoysterMadness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England
The Trials of the King of Hampshire
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A revised edition of this popular and brilliatly concise guide to Russia’s turbulent history - from Peter the Great to President Vladimir Putin
‘A brilliant balancing act. A comprehensive introduction for the general reader.’ Rusistika
‘A coherent account of Russia’s vibrant history, explaining the complex story of Russian development with great clarity.’ Peter Waldron, Professor of Modern History, University of East Anglia
Abraham AscherA Short HistoryRussia
History | September 2017/US: October 2017 | Demy Paperback | £12.99/$19.95 | 320pp | 9781786071422eISBN: 9781786071439 | Territories: World
SEPTEMBER
Not even the twentieth century can compare with the sixteenth century’s explosion of female rule
‘Engaging and highly readable.’ BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year
‘Gristwood handles multiple narrative strands with tremendous finesse... Densely packed with fascinating material, this immensely ambitious undertaking succeeds triumphantly.’ Literary Review
History | September 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 416pp | 9781786071002 eISBN: 9781780749952 | Territories: UK/BC
Sarah GristwoodThe Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century EuropeGame of Queens
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Love, poverty, and a 7,000-mile bike ride...like Slumdog Millionaire – but for real!
‘[This] is one of those genuinely illuminating stories that come along once in a while. At heart an against-all-odds love story, this wonderful book does so much to explain why Indian society is the way it is. The story of PK, growing up an “untouchable” at a time when such labels should have been abolished, is touching, harrowing and ultimately enlightening. The writing is humorous and tender, the cast of characters joyous, and best of all – it’s all true.’ Vaseem Khan, author of The Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series
Memoirs/India | October 2017/US: November 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99/$14.99 | 304pp | 9781786072085 eISBN: 9781786070340 | Territories: World
Per J AnderssonTranslated by Anna Holmwood
The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love
Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama – ‘Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings’
‘Eye-opening…What a Fish Knows is far more than a mass of would-you-believe-it facts, marvellously entertaining though they are...passionate and persuasive.’ Sunday Times
‘An extended exploration of the world from a piscine perspective...Balcombe makes a persuasive case that what fish know is quite a lot.’ Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Review of Books
Jonathan BalcombeThe Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Popular Science | October 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 304pp | 9781786072092 eISBN: 9781786071231 | Territories: UK/BC
What a Fish KnowsOCTOBER
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The true story of how a seemingly down-and-out company made Steve Jobs an overnight billionaire
‘[An] enchanting memoir…Mr Levy has quite a story to tell.’ New York Times
‘I love this book! I think it is brilliant. Of course I am biased, but even so, I think people will love this story – one they didn’t even know existed. And Lawrence has told it beautifully.’ Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar Animation, president of Disney Animation, bestselling author of Creativity, Inc.
Business & Film | October 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 272pp | 9781786071866eISBN: 9781786070821 | Territories: UK/BC
Lawrence LevyMy Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment HistoryTo Pixar and Beyond
The unimaginable success of a gambling and investment legend
‘An amazing book by a true icon; Thorp launched revolutions in Vegas and on Wall Street by turning math into magic, and here he weaves his own life lessons into a page turner as hot as a deck full of aces. Loved it!’ Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down The House and The Accidental Billionaires
Finance & Economics | October 2017 | Demy Paperback | £12.99 | 432pp | 9781786071972 eISBN: 9781786070296 | Territories: UK/BC
Edward O. ThorpBeating the Odds, from Las Vegas to Wall StreetA Man for All Markets
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A new, updated edition of this compelling insight into the history of this complex country, from ancient times to the post-Qadaffi era
‘An excellent account of Libya’s often contentious history: clear, concise, accurate and balanced. It will be the best general work on the country available for the foreseeable future, very useful to anyone interested in the country.’ Lisa Anderson, James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations, Columbia University
History | November 2017/US: December 2017 | B Format Paperback | £12.99/$19.99 | 352pp 9781786072405 | eISBN: 9781786072412 | Territories: World
Ronald Bruce St JohnFrom Colony to Revolution
Libya
Who is to blame for the failure of the Arab Spring and the rise of Islamic State? The answer lies far closer to home than you might dare imagine…
‘This is the best and most informative book yet on the struggle for power among the US and Europe, Arab autocratic regimes, and these countries’ impoverished masses.’ R. W. Olson, University of Kentucky, CHOICE Magazine
Christopher DavidsonThe Secret Struggle for the Middle East
Shadow Wars
Middle East | October 2017/US: November 2017 | Short Royal Paperback | £16.99/$21.99 | 688pp 9781786071927 | eISBN: 9781786070029 | Territories: World
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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
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Oneworld Beginner’s Guides combine a truly engaging approach with clear and comprehensive expert analysis of the most challenging issues facing modern society. Innovative and
affordable, Beginners Guides are perfect for anyone curious about the way the world works and the big ideas of our time.
‘Few readers can fail to come away armed with invaluable knowledge after dipping into Oneworld’s Beginner’s Guides series. Insightful and informative, they make mind-boggling
concepts simple and stimulate further inquiry.’
Christina Borg, Sunday Times
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Political Science | November 2017/US: December 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 /$14.99 | 224pp 9781786072863 | eISBN: 9781786072870 | Territories: World
In this fully revised and updated edition, international expert Vaclav Smil explains everything you need to know about the ‘black stuff ’ – from it’s discovery in the earth right through to its pivotal role in global politics today
‘Everything most people — including most economists and investment advisors — should know about the physics and economics of oil.’ National Post
Vaclav SmilA Beginner’s Guide, 2nd Edition
Oil
January 2017 B Format Paperback | 240pp £9.99 /$14.99 9781786071330 eISBN: 9781786071347 Territories: World
Vaclav Smil
Energy2nd Edition
recent releases
February 2017 B Format Paperback | 240pp £9.99 /$14.99 9781786071408 eISBN: 9781786071415 Territories: World
Paul Scotting
Cancer2nd Edition
February 2017 B Format Paperback | 288pp
£9.99 /$14.99 9781780749983
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Stuart Nicholson
Jazz
February 2017 B Format Paperback | 224pp
£9.99 /$14.99 9781786070456
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Raymond Wacks
Justice
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Winner of the Bancroft Prize 2015Shortlisted for the Samuel
Johnson Prize 2014
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
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Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2015
Winner of The Big Book PrizeWinner of the Yasnaya Polyana
Award
Winner of Le Prix François Mauriac 2014
Winner of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie
Winner of The Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the
Year 2015
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2016
Winner of the National Critics Circle Award 2016
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015
Winner of the Green Carnation Prize 2015
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Prize 2015
Winner of the Paris Review Plimpton Prize for Fiction 2015
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