Contents

page 2 New Fiction and Non-fiction

page 44 Harper Paperbacks

page 62 Harper Weekend

page 64 Young Adult & Children’s Titles

page 77 Key Contacts

page 78 Index

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onfident, original and humane, the stories in The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the cross- Croads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals. In the powerfully affecting opening story, “Tikkun,” a The universality of war, love, chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries heartbreak and hope them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. In “Casualties,” Tsabari takes us into the military—a world every Israeli knows all too well—with a brusque, sexy young female Ayelet Tsabari soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet. Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here The Best Place on Earth are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Stories Eastern and North African descent), whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose

FICTION • $24.99 CL identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, ISBN: 9781443411950 • SHIPPING IN MARCH The Best Place on Earth explores Israeli history as it illuminates FIC029000 • 224 pp • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • carton qty: 48 the tenuous connections—forged, frayed and occasionally rights acquired: world/all languages destroyed—between cultures, between generations and across editor: Jane Warren • publicist: Sonya Koson the gulf of transformation and loss.

AYELET TSABARI is an Israeli of Yemeni descent; she grew up in Israel, served in the army and moved to Canada in 1998. She is a two-time winner of the EVENT Creative Non-Fiction Contest and has been published in literary magazines such as PRISM, Grain and Room. Her unpublished non-fiction manuscript was shortlisted for the First Book Competition sponsored by Anvil Press and SFU’s Writer’s Studio. She is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Guelph and lives in Toronto, where she is at work on a novel. Learn more at www.ayelettsabari.com or follow her on Twitter @AyeletTsabari.

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aris, 1878. Following their father’s sudden death, the Van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages,P and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodg- Inspired by the real-life model ings seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dis- for Degas’ Little Dancer Aged 14, patched to the Paris Opera, where for a scant seventeen francs this gripping novel set in belle époque Paris a week, she will be trained to enter the famous Ballet. Her older “breathes heart and soul into a fascinating era sister, Antoinette, finds work as an extra in a stage adaptation of Émile Zola’s naturalist masterpiece L’Assommoir. of the City of Lights” (Heidi W. Durrow) Marie throws herself into dance and is soon modelling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be im- Cathy Marie Buchanan mortalized as Little Dancer Aged 14. Meanwhile, Antoinette, de- railed by her love for the dangerous Émile Abadie, must choose between honest labour and the more profitable avenues open The Painted Girls to a young woman of the Parisian demimonde. A Novel Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters ren- FICTION • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS ISBN: 9781443412346 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY dered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of “civilized FIC014000/FIC019000 • 336 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 44 society.” In the end, each will come to realize that her salva- rights acquired: Canada/English language tion—her survival, even—lies with the other. other rights: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Emma Ingram “History, coming of age, and the art of Degas’s beloved dancers are woven together in this enchanting novel. The Painted Girls is utterly captivating.” —Vincent Lam, author of The Headmaster’s Wager

“[This] meticulously researched page-turner brings to life nineteenth-century Paris with its girl dancers and artists who paint and exploit them. In a society that believes destiny is written into the human body, Marie and Antoi- nette refuse to give up on their lives, and their gripping stories leap off the pages with the grace of ballerinas.” —Eva Stachniak, author of The Winter Palace and Garden of Venus

CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN is the author of The Day the Falls Stood Still, which was a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Recommends selection and among the Can- ada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario, she now resides in To- ronto. Visit her online at www.cathymariebuchanan.com or her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter @CathyMBuchanan.

ALSO AVAILABLE BY CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN The Day the Falls Stood Still 9781554683284 • $17.99 TPB

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elen Humphreys’ younger brother was gone before she could come to terms with the fact that he had terminal Hcancer. Diagnosed with stage 4B pancreatic cancer at the age A PHYLLIS BRUCE BOOK of forty-five, he died four months later, leaving behind a griev- ing family. Martin was an extraordinary pianist who debuted Helen Humphreys’ heartbreaking memoir of at the Royal Festival Hall in London at the age of twenty, later grief and the profound examination of the becoming a piano teacher and senior examiner at the Royal meaning of a life Conservatory of Music. The two siblings, though often living far apart, were bonded on many levels. Now Humphreys has written a deeply felt, haunting mem- Helen Humphreys oir both about and for her brother. Speaking directly to him, she lays bare their secrets, their disagreements, their early child- Nocturne hood together, their intense though unspoken love for each On the Life and Death of My Brother other. A memoir of grief, an honest self-examination in the face of profound pain, this poetic, candid and intimate book is an MEMOIR • $24.99 CL offering not only to the memory of Martin but to all those who ISBN: 9781443415453 • SHIPPING IN MARCH are living through the death of family and friends. BIO026000/FAM014000 • 224 pp • 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 • carton qty: 48 line art throughout PRAISE FOR THE REINVENTION OF LOVE rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Aitken Alexander Associates “The work is a triumph of lucid, vigorous, suspenseful editor: Phyllis Bruce • publicist: Emma Ingram narrative, a historical fiction that wears the author’s knowl- edge of the past lightly, a convincing study of character that could be set in almost any civilized era.” —T NA IONAL POST

“Love is finally reinvented, restored to its purity, in this haunting, moving and stylish study of hearts laid bare.” —THE TIMES (LONDON)

HELEN HUMPHREYS is an award-winning author whose work has been published around the world. Her last novel, The Reinvention of Love, was a national bestseller. Coventry, a #1 bestseller, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year and a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. Humphreys won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Afterimage and the City of Toronto Book Award for Leaving Earth; The Lost Garden was a Canada Reads selection. Her last non-fiction work, The Frozen Thames, was a #1 national bestseller. The recipi- ent of the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence, Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario. Visit her online at www.hhumphreys.com or on Facebook.

PLEASE SEE YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR OTHER TITLES BY HELEN HUMPHREYS

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n his bestselling business book Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life, Robert Herjavec, the former co-star Iof CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den and current co-star of ABC TV’s Shark Tank, urged his readers to take risks, take control of their lives, and stay true to their own visions. Now, in this in- The #1 bestselling author of Driven teaches spirational follow-up, Herjavec wants to push his readers even you why good enough is never good enough— further towards greatness. in life or in business Whether you are seeking to build the next big company in communications technology, to become the most respected teacher in your educational system, or to make a lasting impact Robert Herjavec as an artist in your field, the most important decision you can With John Lawrence Reynolds make, according to Herjavec, is to reject mediocrity. In the long run, “good enough” is never good enough, whether in our per- The Will to Win sonal lives or in our careers. Leading, Competing, Succeeding Drawing on anecdotes from his own life and from the lives of celebrity friends such as Oprah, Georges St-Pierre and BUSINESS • $32.99 CL Celine Dion, Herjavec delivers valuable life lessons that promise ISBN: 9781443409865 • SHIPPING IN APRIL to guide readers to greater happiness and success. BUS025000 • 272 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 36 rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Westwood Creative Artists Robert Herjavec launched one of the first companies editor: Jim Gifford • publicist: Colleen Simpson that provided corporations with Internet security systems, and later sold the business to AT&T for over $100 million. His other ventures include the sale of a Silicon Valley-based technology company to Nokia for $225 million and the creation of The Herjavec Group. He and his family live in a 50,000-square- foot mansion that he has lent to such celebrities as Mick Jag- ger, John Travolta and Michael Bublé. A co-star of ABC TV’s Shark Tank and formerly CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den, Herjavec supports several charities that fund cancer research. He di- vides his time between Toronto and Miami. Visit him online at www.robertherjavec.com or on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter @robertherjavec.

Also Available by Robert Herjavec Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life 9781554687091 • $19.99 TPB

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oe Fleming is an American attorney working with an NGO devoted to combatting child sexual assault in Lusaka, Zambia. When an adolescent girl is raped in the dark of night and delivered by strangers to the hospital, Zoe’s organization is A passionate and fast-paced tale of a young called in to help. American woman’s search for justice in the Working alongside Zambian police officer JosephK abuta, heart of sub-Saharan Africa Zoe learns that the girl’s assailant was not a street kid or a pe- dophile but the son of a powerful industrialist with deep ties to the Zambian government. As the prosecution against him corban addison grinds forward, hampered by systemic corruption and bureau- cratic inertia, Zoe and Joseph’s search for the truth takes them from Lusaka’s roughest neighborhoods to the wild waters of The Garden Victoria Falls, to the AIDS-ridden streets of Johannesburg and of Burning Sand the splendour of Cape Town. As the rape trial builds to a climax and sends shockwaves fiction • $19.99 Original TPB w/Flaps through Zambian society, Zoe must radically reshape her as- ISBN: 9781443419697 • SHIPPING IN MARCH sumptions about love, loyalty, family—and, especially, the FIC000000 • 448 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 32 rights acquired: Canada/English language meaning of justice. other rights: Baror International editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Maylene Loveland Praise for A Walk Across the sun

“A powerful first novel. . . . Searing and timely.” — The Toronto Sun

“A pulse-revving novel with a serious message.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

“[A] dazzling transcontinental story about the power of con- viction, the bonds of family, and the tenacity of love.” —Publishers Weekly

“Chilling, suspenseful, and powerful. . . . Readers will mourn the injustices depicted and celebrate the triumphs long after the last page is turned.” —Library Journal

Corban addison is the author of A Walk Across the Sun, and is also a litigation attorney, a member of the board of a grass- roots arts organization, and a supporter of human-rights and social-justice causes around the world. He holds degrees in law and engineering and lives with his wife and children in Virginia. Visit him online at www.corbanaddison.com or his Facebook page, or follow him on Twitter @CorbanAddison.

ALSO AVAILABLE BY CORBAN ADDISON A Walk Across the Sun 9781443408233 • $19.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/ FLAPS

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o escape a life of drugs, crime and prostitution, nineteen- year-old Maya Vidal flees California to a remote island Toff the west coast of Chile. There, in the company of a torture In this eagerly awaited new novel from the survivor, a lame dog and other unforgettable characters, Maya acclaimed South American author, an Ameri- writes her story, which includes pursuit by a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI and Interpol. In the process, she unveils a can girl of Chilean descent flees from her terrible family secret, she comes to understand the meaning of troubled life in California to the land of her love and loyalty, and she initiates the greatest adventure of her ancestors, where she uncovers a family secret life: the journey into her own soul.

Praise for Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende

“A seductive, intoxicating saga. . . . Sweeping, provocative, translated by Anne McLean and impossible to put down. —Lawrence Hill

“Gripping and unforgettable.” —The Globe and Mail Maya’s Notebook A Novel Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the Fiction • $29.99 CL author of nine novels, including Inés of My Soul, Daughter of ISBN: 9781443413299 • SHIPPING IN APRIL Fortune and Portrait in Sepia, all of which were New York Times FIC000000 • 384 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 36 bestsellers. She has also written a collection of stories, four rights acquired: Canada/English language memoirs and a trilogy of children’s novels. Her books have been other rights: HarperCollins U.S. translated into thirty-five languages and have become bestsell- editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Rob Firing ers across four continents, selling more than fifty-seven million copies. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Allende lives in California. Visit her online at www.isabelallende.com.

Also Available by Isabel Allende Forest of the Pygmies 9780061825101 • $18.99 TPB Inés of My Soul 9780061161544 • $16.99 TPB Island Beneath the Sea 9781554688104 • $17.99 TPB The Sum of Our Days 9780061551840 • $17.99 TPB Zorro 9780060779009 • $17.50 TPB

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he bestselling blockbuster Wheat Belly helped spawn a revolution: a revolution in thinking about wheat and the Tmisinformation of “healthy whole grains,” a new direction in The companion to the #1 bestseller serves up understanding appetite and weight control, and a revolution in improving or reversing a long list of common health con- 150 great-tasting wheat-free recipes ditions, including diabetes, celiac disease, osteoporosis and arthritis. William Davis, MD The Wheat Belly movement has led many readers to ask for more information on how to shift away from wheat and toward foods that are less harmful and more nutritious. Fully Wheat Belly Cookbook illustrated, Wheat Belly Cookbook features: 150 Recipes to Help You Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back • Over 150 wheat-free, healthy and tasty recipes, including to Health for baked goods • Easy-to-follow, handy daily menus HEALTH • $24.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS ISBN: 9781443416337 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY • Tips and practical advice for living a wheat-free life HEA017000/CKB039000 • 320 pp • 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 • carton qty: 16 • Success stories from readers around the world 16 pages of full-colour photographs • The latest research and more. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Rick Broadhead & Associates WILLIAM DAVIS, MD, is a preventative cardiologist and the sponsoring editor: Brad Wilson • publicist: Maylene Loveland author of the New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly. His unique wheat-free approach to diet allows him to advocate not just the prevention of heart disease, but its reversal. He is the medical director for Track Your Plaque, an online heart disease preven- tion program, and he writes frequently for national publications and health websites. He lives with his wife and three children in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where there are no bagels or muffins in his cupboards. Visit Dr. Davis at www.wheatbellyblog.com or follow him on Twitter @WilliamDavisMD.

ALSO AVAILABLE BY WILLIAM DAVIS Wheat Belly 9781443412735 • $17.99 TPB

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ail likes to say that money isn’t rocket science, it’s disci- pline. But even she acknowledges that there are tricks to Gher trade and that making money decisions often feels more complicated than it should. So, where to start? With Gail’s Money Rules, of course—her essential rules for making your Gail Vaz-Oxlade helps you turn your money work for you. common sense into money in the bank Covering every topic under the financial sun—from TFSAs to taxes, borrowing to breaking bad habits, relation- ships to RRSPs—Gail tells readers that many of the rules they Gail Vaz-Oxlade have been following might actually be working against their best interests. Some of her advice is, as she says, common sense (Rule #17: Needs Must Come Before Wants), some of it is sur- Money Rules Rule Your Money, prising (Rule #222: Don’t Borrow to Contribute to an RRSP), Or Your Money Will Rule You and some is even counterintuitive coming from Gail (Rule #261: Take Pleasure from Your Money). All of the rules are de- PERSONAL FINANCE • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS livered in digestible pieces that each give the reader a clear sense ISBN: 9781443408950 • SHIPPING IN DECEMBER of what works and what doesn’t. BUS050000 • 448 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 • carton qty: 24 For money-phobes, this book will be a kick in the pants; rights acquired: Canada/English language for money-minders, it will ease the worry that there might be other rights: P.S. Literary Agency a financial stone they’ve left unturned; for everyone else, Gail’s editor: Kate Cassaday • publicist: Colleen Simpson rules provide what it takes to build a strong financial founda- tion that will last a lifetime.

GAIL VAZ-OXLADE is one of Canada’s most successful and respected financial writers and has authored several bestsell- ing books, including the #1 bestseller Debt-Free Forever, Nev- er Too Late, Money-Smart Kids and It’s Your Money. She is currently doling out her no-nonsense approach to finance as host of the television shows Princess and Til Debt Do Us Part, and she is a radio host on Newstalk1010. Visit her online at www.gailvazoxlade.com or on Facebook, or follow her on Twit- ter @gailvazoxlade.

ALSO AVAILABLE BY GAIL VAZ-OXLADE Debt-Free Forever 9781554685912 • $21.99 TPB It’s Your Money 9781554688678 • $21.99 TPB Money-Smart Kids 9781443412292 • $6.99 TPB Never Too Late 9781554688685 • $21.99 TPB

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n a rainy afternoon in 1864, a gunman enters a Mexico City restaurant armed with an antiquated English flintlock Opistol. His purpose: to assassinate a conservative army officer named General Leonardo Márquez. Torn between competing allegiances, one man The plan goes hopelessly awry, and it is left to the gun- must make an irreversible choice—for himself man’s lifelong friend, a bookish young Mexican named Diego Serrano, to pick up the pieces—if he can. and for his country But Mexico is in turmoil, bankrupt and riven by war, with its liberal president, Benito Juárez, in northern exile and an Oakland Ross Austrian noble on a precarious throne. In these powder-keg circumstances, the bungled assassination sets off an explosive chain reaction: a drama of loyalty and deceit, honour and dis- The Empire of Yearning honour, that unfolds against a backdrop of imperial splendour A Novel and brutal conflict. Diego is eventually forced to make an irre- versible choice, and his decision has seismic consequences for FICTION • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS him and his nation. ISBN: 9780002255257 • SHIPPING IN APRIL FIC014000 • 324 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 40 Seamlessly blending history and invention, The Empire of rights acquired: world/all languages Yearning is an irresistible sequel to The Dark Virgin, and takes other rights: Westwood Creative Artists its readers on a breakneck ride toward a stunning finale. editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Maylene Loveland PRAISE FOR THE DARK VIRGIN

“A sweeping account . . . exciting and affecting: Ross is sensitive to the exigencies of fate and outraged by the injustices of history.” —NATIONAL POST

“Ross does for Cortés and the Aztecs what James Clavell did for Samurai in Shogun.” —HOT TYPE, CBC NEWSWORLD

“It’s about time somebody came along and wrote a great conquest-of-Mexico novel.” —TORONTO STAR

OAKLAND ROSS is the author of the novel The Dark Virgin, the travel memoir A Fire on the Mountains, and Guerrilla Beach, a collection of short stories that was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award. He is a features writer for the Toronto Star and spent several years as the Star’s Middle East correspondent. He previously lived in Zimbabwe and Mexico City as The Globe and Mail’s Africa and Latin America correspondent. Ross is the winner of two National Newspaper Awards, a National Maga- zine Award for fiction and the Roland Michener Award for Meri- torious Public Service in Journalism. He lives in Toronto.

ALSO AVAILABLE BY OAKLAND ROSS The Dark Virgin 9781443416443 • $14.99 DIGEST TPB (see p.62)

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his remarkable novel about mythmaking and survival opens in rural Nova Scotia, where two sisters witness the Tsuicide of their wild, beautiful mother. Their father, sick with grief, blindfolds the children to shield them from the misery of the world. Left that way for years, they are each scarred in their Hypnotic, haunting and compelling, own way: Mara is rendered fully blind, and Aileen partly so. a novel about the stories we tell ourselves, When a neighbour discovers their condition, they are imme- and others, in order to live diately separated for treatment, and it isn’t until decades later, after Aileen’s marriage has fallen apart, that she decides to seek out her lost sister. She heads to Dawson City, Yukon, where Rebecca Silver Slayter Mara is said to be living, but instead finds Mara’s angry young son, Jason. In the Land of Birdfishes Soon Aileen has insinuated her way into the hard- A Novel drinking, hard-living existence of Dawson City’s residents, from whom she hears various conflicting stories about her FICTION • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS sister. When the novel shifts to Jason’s perspective, the reader ISBN: 9781443407373 • SHIPPING IN April starts to understand the nature of these stories and the under- FIC019000 • 368 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 40 lying secrets that compel their creation. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Trident Media Group Engaging and deeply moving, In the Land of Birdfishes editors: Jennifer Lambert/Jane Warren builds inevitably to a shocking and heartbreaking conclusion. publicist: Maylene Loveland

When I had eyes, I saw my sister’s hair (yellow), my mother’s back, small rocks that the water took out and in from the shore with gasps of its deep ocean lungs. I remember my own hands, how tiny they were beside my father’s. One day he put my hands in his and showed me how they disappeared, like that, inside his fist. Both my hands: gone. I lost all this—lost everything—but slowly.

REBECCA SILVER SLAYTER’s fiction and non-fiction have appeared in such publications as The Antigonish Review, The Hart House Review, Brick, Rabble.ca, Quill & Quire and The Walrus. She has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the David McKeen Award for Best Creative Writing Thesis for In the Land of Birdfishes. She lives in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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rchaeologist Donald Gladstone knows there is no solid evidence that King Arthur ever existed. And yet medieval Atales of this legendary warrior must have found their inspira- tion somewhere, and Donald is determined to discover their A dramatic find at Stonehenge. A discovery in true source. the Bodleian Library. The quest to discover the After years of struggling to write a credible book about Arthur, Donald’s chance encounter with Julia, his long-ago truth about King Arthur. university crush, sets his quest—and his life—on a new and unexpected course. Julia, a gifted linguist for the Oxford English Sean Pidgeon Dictionary, is the daughter of a Welsh nationalist. An intriguing archaeological discovery made near Stonehenge lands King Ar- thur in the headlines, throwing Donald and Julia back into each Finding Camlann other’s paths as they follow the elusive clues embedded in an A Novel old Welsh battle poem. Their journey through the English and Welsh countryside, from Oxford’s hallowed Bodleian Library FICTION • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS to the magical sites of Tintagel and Glastonbury and beyond, ISBN: 9781443411028 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY FIC000000 • 256 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 40 will intersect in unforeseen ways with their own troubled lives rights acquired: Canada/English language and will lead them at last to a deeper understanding of the ori- other rights: Janklow & Nesbit Associates gins of Arthur. sponsoring editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Bridget Haines Sean Pidgeon’s debut novel offers a new interpretation of one of the most fascinating and enduringly mysterious figures in British history. It is at once a suspenseful literary and archae- ological treasure hunt and a poignant contemporary love story.

Sean Pidgeon was born in Reading, England, and studied physics and astrophysics at the University of Manchester. He subsequently began a career in science publishing as a book editor, working at Oxford University Press and Macmillan. He moved to the United States in 1990 and is currently vice- president and publisher at John Wiley & Sons in Hoboken, New Jersey. He lives in New Jersey with his family. Visit him online at www.seanpidgeon.com or on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter @pidgeonwriter.

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irginia, 1852. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Bell decides to run from the failing tobacco farm where she is a slave and nurseV to her ailing mistress, the aspiring artist Lu Anne Bell. New York City, 2004. Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in an elite law firm, is given a difficult, highly sensi- tive assignment that could make her career: she must find the Is it ever too late to right a wrong? “perfect plaintiff” to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves. Tara Conklin It is through her father, the renowned artist Oscar Sparrow, that Lina discovers Josephine Bell and a controversy roiling the The House Girl art world: are the iconic paintings long ascribed to Lu Anne Bell A Novel really the work of her house slave, Josephine? A descendant of

Josephine’s would be the perfect face for the reparations law- FICTION • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS suit—if Lina can find ne.o While following the runaway girl’s ISBN: 9781443413534 • SHIPPING IN january faint trail through old letters and plantation records, Lina finds FIC000000 • 336 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 40 herself questioning her own family history and the secrets that rights acquired: Canada/English language her father has never revealed: How did Lina’s mother die? And other rights: HarperCollins U.S. editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Sonya Koson why will he never speak about her? Moving between antebellum Virginia and modern-day New York, this searing, suspenseful and heartbreaking tale of art and history, love and secrets, explores what it means to re- pair a wrong and asks whether truth is sometimes more impor- tant than justice.

TARA CONKLIN has worked as a litigator in the New York and London offices of a major corporate law firm but now writes fic- tion full time. She received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University, a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law, and a master’s of law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University. Tara’s short fiction has ap- peared in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology and the Pan- gea International Anthology. Born in St. Croix, she grew up in Massachusetts and now lives with her family in Seattle.

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ince its beginnings in 1855, when its predecessor, The Bank of Toronto, was founded by a group of flour millers andS grain dealers, TD Bank has been one of the most proac- tive financial institutions on the planet. Today, it is an inter- How a Canadian bank is turning national colossus. The bank’s expansion into the U.S. has been America green arguably the most successful of its ventures, with the familiar stylized TD logo and its green background lighting up build- ings in Manhattan and other major American cities. Today, TD Howard Green Ameritrade does more daily trades than any discount broker- age in the world, and the bank itself now has 1,300 branches in the States—more than it has in Canada—even as other institu- Banking on America tions continue to close in the face of the financial crisis. How TD Bank Rose to the Top Howard Green, Canada’s best-known interviewer of busi- and Took on the U.S.A. ness notables, brings this Canadian bank to life through the people who have built it into the money-spinning machine that BUSINESS • $32.99 CL ISBN: 9781443407762 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY now spews out more than $16 million a day in profit. From the BUS004000 • 272 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 36 days of former executive Keith Gray, filling inkwells and pack- rights acquired: Canada/English and French languages ing a revolver in rural Ontario branches in the 1950s, to today’s other rights: Westwood Creative Artists CEO, Ed Clark, overseeing more than three-quarters of a tril- editor: Jim Gifford • publicist: Rob Firing lion dollars in assets, 85,000 employees and 22 million custom- ers, this iconic Canadian company has outshone its American counterparts and is now taking over their world.

HOWARD GREEN is the anchor of Headline, the flagship in- terview program on Business News Network (BNN), where he interviews top CEOs, decision makers and market players. Visit him online at www.howardgreen.com or follow him on Twitter @howardgreenBNN.

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he political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal ran this country for almost its entire history. BTut in the last few years, they have lost their power, and most of By one of this country’s most respected them still do not realize it’s gone. The Laurentian Consensus, a journalists and one of its most influential name John Ibbitson coined for the dusty Liberal elite, has been pollsters, a provocative look at the replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the west and sup- new Canadian political geography ported by immigrant voters in Ontario. So what happened? Great global migrations have washed over Canada. Most peo- ple aren’t aware that the keystone economic and political driver of Darrell Bricker this country is no longer Ontario, but rather, a Pacific province and John Ibbitson dominated by immigrants from China, India, and other Asian countries, who have settled there. Those in politics and business have greatly underestimated how conservative these newcomers The Big Shift are, and how conservative they are making our country. Canada, The Seismic Change in Canadian with an ever-evolving and growing economy and a constantly Politics, Business, and Culture changing demographic base, has become divorced from the tradi- and What It Means for Our Future tions of its past and is moving in an entirely new direction. In The Big Shift, John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker argue POLITICS • $27.99 CL that one of the world’s most consensual countries is polarizing, ISBN: 9781443416450 • SHIPPING IN MARCH POL000000/SOC006000 • 256 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 36 with the west versus the east, suburban versus urban, immi- rights acquired: world/all languages grants versus old school, coffee drinkers versus consumers of other rights: Westwood Creative Artists energy drinks. The winners—in politics, in business, in life— editor: Jim Gifford • publicist: Maylene Loveland will figure out where the people are and go there too.

DARRELL BRICKER is CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs. At the Ipsos-Reid Corporation since 1990, Bricker holds a PhD in political science from Carleton University and is the co-author (with Edward Greenspon) of Searching for Certainty: Inside the New Canadian Mindset. He is the co-author (with John Wright) of Canuckology: From Dollars to Donuts—Canada’s Premiere Pollsters Reveal What Canadians Think and Why. Follow him on Twitter @darrellbricker.

JOHN IBBITSON, chief political correspondent for The Globe and Mail, has served as the paper’s Queen’s Park columnist, Ottawa political affairs correspondent and bureau chief in both Washington and Ottawa. His numerous political books include Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama and Canada Has Stephen Harper and The Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream. His novel The Landing won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature. He lives and writes in Ottawa. Follow him on Twitter @JohnIbbitson.

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n this fascinating nuts-and-bolts account of the previously unexplored strategic factors that led to Allied victory in the SecondI World War, Paul Kennedy reveals how the leaders’ A master historian recalibrates our grand strategy was practically achieved by those responsible understanding of the true heroes and pivot for realizing their commanders’ visions of success: ordinary soldiers, scientists, engineers and businessmen. points of the Second World War In January 1943, FDR and Churchill established the Allied objectives for the war: to defeat the Nazi blitzkrieg; to control Paul Kennedy the Atlantic sea lanes and the air over Western and Central Europe; to take the fight to theE uropean mainland; and to end Japan’s imperialism. Astonishingly, a little over a year later, Engineers of Victory these ambitious goals had nearly all been accomplished. With The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide riveting tactical detail, Engineers of Victory tells us how. in the Second World War Revealing exactly how thousands of individual Allied planes and fighting ships were choreographed to collectively MILITARY HISTORY/HISTORY • $34.99 CL pull off the invasion of Normandy, Kennedy illuminates how ISBN: 9781554683055 • SHIPPING IN december HIS027100 • 528 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 24 crew chiefs perfected the high-flying and inaccessibleB -29 b&w photographs and maps throughout Superfortress that would drop atomic bombs on Japan. rights acquired: Canada/English language In Engineers of Victory, Kennedy uncovers the real heroes other rights: David Higham Associates of the war, highlighting for the first time the creative strategies, sponsoring editor: Kate Cassaday • publicist: Ashleigh Martin tactics and organizational decisions that made the lofty Allied objectives into a successful reality.

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“An artful study . . . that helps to set the record straight. . . . His assemblage of data is extraordinary.” —Thew e N York Times

“Kennedy traces this . . . story with concision, grace, and fairness. Nearly every page contains some delicious mor- sel . . . reflecting Kennedy’s intelligence and deep knowl- edge of world affairs.” —R SAN F ANCISCO CHRONICLE

PAUL KENNEDY is Dilworth Professor of History and di- rector of International Security Studies at Yale University. He is the author and editor of fourteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which has been trans- lated into more than twenty languages and was named by The Times Literary Supplement one of the 100 Most Influential Books Since the War. He helped draft “The United Nations in Its Second Half-Century,” a report for the fiftieth anniversary of the UN. Professor Kennedy lives in Connecticut.

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ntil 1994, the world knew Anne Perry as a writer of bestselling crime fiction at the peak of her career. But Ufollowing the release of Peter Jackson’s filmH eavenly Crea- tures about the sensational 1954 Parker–Hulme murder came the shocking revelation that Anne Perry started life as Ju- liet Hulme, the teenager jointly convicted of murdering her The hidden life of a bestselling crime writer friend’s mother. Life would never be the same for Anne. That a convicted murderer had gone on to become a celebrated crime writer Joanne Drayton with worldwide sales of over 25 million books is tantalizing enough. But careful analysis of her writing reveals more than simple crime stories; spiritual and philosophical complexities The Search for Anne Perry thread their way through Anne Perry’s works and the charac- BIOGRAPHY • $29.99 CL ters she creates. Was Anne, in fact, revealing aspects of herself ISBN: 9781443417822 • SHIPPING IN OCTOBER in the characters she was constructing? BIO007000 • 352 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 32 Acclaimed biographer Joanne Drayton explores Anne 8 pages of colour photographs, 16 pages of b&w photographs rights acquired: Canada/English language Perry’s life and literature to uncover her worldview and her other rights: HarperCollins Australia compulsion to write. The famously private Perry agreed to be sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Maylene Loveland comprehensively interviewed for the book and allowed Dray- ton unparalleled access to her friends, relatives, colleagues and archives. The result is a compelling read with revelations that illuminate a carefully constructed life to show us the woman beneath.

JOANNE DRAYTON is associate professor in the Department of Design at Unitec, Auckland. She is the author of five critically acclaimed biographies, including 2008’s Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime.

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t is the late thirteenth century, and King Edward of England marches on Scotland intent on conquest, his campaign to Iunite the British Isles under one crown inspired by an Arthuri- an prophecy. He has already crushed Wales; now he need only A Scottish knight. An English king. Blood, find the staff of St. Malachy, the symbol ofI rish nationhood, to battle, betrayal: Rebellion is the second book in achieve his heart’s desire. Robyn Young’s spectacular Insurrection Only one man can thwart Edward’s ambition. Leaving his trilogy about Robert the Bruce war-torn kingdom, Robert the Bruce sails to Ireland, deter- mined to find the staff and keep it out ofE dward’s hands. In his veins runs the blood of kings, and his destiny to realize his robyn young family’s claim to the throne of Scotland remains at the fore- front of his mind. Rebellion But fate conspires against him. On the run through the A Novel wild country, hunted by a relentless assassin, Robert’s aim could not be further from fruition. This is a game of conquest, FICTION • $24.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS power and treachery; to survive, he must abandon everything ISBN: 9781443408080 • SHIPPING IN MARCH he holds dear. He was always prepared to die on the battle- FIC014000 • 504 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 12 field—but what else must he sacrifice to keep his hopes alive? rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Writers House/Rupert Heath Literary Agency PRAISE FOR INSURRECTION sponsoring editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Ashleigh Martin “A thrilling, thoroughly engrossing historical novel by a first-class writer at the very top of her game.” —ANGUS DONALD, AUTHOR OF THE OUTLAW CHRONICLES

“Young’s fans will not be disappointed as she meticulously ploughs through the sweep of history and brings to life one of its most enigmatic characters.” —DAILY MAIL (LONDON)

ROBYN YOUNG was born in Oxford in 1975. She has worked as a festival organizer, a music promoter, an investment advisor and a teacher of creative writing, and she has a master’s de- gree in creative writing from the University of Sussex. She is the author of the Brethren trilogy about the Knights Templar, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Her books have been published in twenty countries. She lives in Brighton, where she now writes full time. Visit Robyn at www.robynyoung.com or on Facebook, or follow her on Twitter @RobynYoung36.

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acob is a Jewish peddler living in eighteenth-century France; Leslie and Deirdre Senzatimore are a settled Amer- icanJ couple; and Masha is an alluring young ultra-Orthodox Jew who is gravely ill. In Jacob’s Folly, these four individuals will find their fates intertwined and the courses of their lives Wildly inventive and ultimately moving, a irrevocably altered when Jacob is reincarnated as a house fly in novel about desire, faith, love, acting— contemporary Long Island. from the perspective of a house fly Through the unique lens of Jacob’s consciousness, Miller explores transformation in all its guises—personal, spiritual and literal. As she considers the hold of the past on the present, Rebecca Miller the power of private hopes and dreams, and the collision of fate and free will, Miller’s world—which is our own, transfig- ured by her startlingly clear gaze and by her sharp, surprising Jacob’s Folly wit—comes to vibrant life. Leslie’s desire to act as hero and res- A Novel cuer, Jacob’s disastrous marriage to the childlike Hodle and his FICTION • $29.99 CL intense obsession with Masha—Miller sketches her characters’ ISBN: 9781443418263 • SHIPPING IN MARCH interior lives with compassion, subtlety and an exceptionally FIC019000 • 352 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 32 light touch. Jacob’s Folly will leave the reader, no less than its rights acquired: Canada/English language characters, transformed. other rights: Farrar, Straus & Giroux sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Emma Ingram PRAISE FOR THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE

“Dreamy, elegant. . . . Miller’s astute, beautifully nuanced novel explores the unpredictable consequences of choos- ing to live a safe but emotionally compromised life.” —DAILY MAIL (LONDON)

“Like Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections without the bit- terness, mixed with Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Sui- cides minus the eccentricity . . . a thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing read.” —THE sunday TELEGRAPH (U.K.)

REBECCA MILLER worked as a painter and an actress before becoming a writer and director. She is the author of the short story collection Personal Velocity, her feature film adaptation of which won the Grand Jury Prize atSun- dance, and the writer-director of Angela, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and, most recently, the novel and film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, starring Robin Wright, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively and Winona Ryder. She lives in New York and Ireland with her family. Visit her online at www.rebecca-miller.com.

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reastfeeding is the natural and healthy way to nourish your baby, yet it’s not always easy. New mothers need Bpractical information about getting off to a good start and solv- Fully revised and updated: the #1 bestselling ing breastfeeding challenges. Health professionals need this in- guide to breastfeeding, from Canada’s world- formation too, because it is rarely taught in medical school. Dr. renowned expert Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding covers the most common problems and questions that mothers encounter: Dr. Jack Newman • How do I help my baby to get a good latch? and Teresa Pitman • How can I know if my baby is getting enough milk? • How can I help him get more? • Can I avoid sore nipples? Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide • Will my medication affect my baby? to Breastfeeding • How do I fit reastfeedingb into my life when I’m so busy? Revised Edition The answers are here. Dr. Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman PARENTING/HEALTH • $26.99 ORIGINAL TPB are two of the foremost lactation experts in Canada and have ISBN: 9781443410038 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY helped tens of thousands of new mothers find solutions that HEA044000 • 400 pp • 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 • carton qty: 16 work. In this comprehensive guide, they share the most current b&w photographs throughout information about breastfeeding and provide new, effective rights acquired: world/all languages excluding French and Spanish strategies and solutions to make breastfeeding work for you. editor: Kate Cassaday • publicist: Ashleigh Martin

“Everything you wanted to know about breastfeeding. . . . Filled with current research, it’s still an easy, fun read that makes breastfeeding seem absolutely doable.” —LAMAZE INTERNATIONAL

DR. JACK NEWMAN is a Toronto pediatrician who has prac- tised medicine since 1970. In 1984 he established the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada, at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, and today runs a breastfeeding clinic in Toronto. Jack has been a consultant with UNICEF’s Baby- Friendly Hospital Initiative and is a popular speaker at confer- ences across North America and beyond. He is the father of three children, all breast-fed.

TERESA PITMAN, former executive director of La Leche League Canada, has been helping mothers with breast- feeding for more than twenty-five years. Her articles on- par enting and other topics have appeared in Today’s Parent, Pregnancy, Baby and Toddler, Mothering, Chatelaine, More and other magazines. Teresa is the author or co-author of twelve other books on parenting topics, most recently the eighth edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. She is the mother of four breast- fed children. Follow her on Twitter @whattpwrites. HARPER COLLINS

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To be published in co-operation with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada From a Heart and Stroke Foundation National Spokesperson and Canada’s leading expert on very seven minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart heart health, the authoritative guide to under- disease or stroke. When we think of the typical heart pa- tient,E we imagine an older, grey-haired, overstressed man, but standing and recovering from heart disease— the face of heart disease has changed. Heart disease and stroke and preventing it in the first place are now equal-opportunity killers. Despite the fact that heart disease kills more Canadian women each year than all forms of Dr. Beth Abramson cancer combined, it’s not a problem that’s widely talked about. Dr. Beth Abramson is passionate about changing this by providing Canadian families with the knowledge to prevent, Heart Health for recognize and recover from heart disease. As a respected car- Canadians diologist and a national spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke The Definitive Guide Foundation of Canada, Dr. Abramson has spoken to doctors, patients and people across the country about the realities of HEALTH/HEART DISEASE • $26.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS heart health. Some of what she has to say is quite surprising, ISBN: 9781443405027 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY like the fact that there’s no real physical difference between a HEA039080 • 352 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 36 woman’s heart attack and a man’s, just a psychological differ- b&w photographs and illustrations throughout ence in how we view them. rights acquired: Canada/English and French languages other rights: Rick Broadhead & Associates Heart Health for Canadians is the definitive book on heart editor: Kate Cassaday • publicist: Bridget Haines disease for the thousands of Canadian women and men who are diagnosed each year. It takes a full-spectrum approach to heart disease, covering prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, recovery, new research and alternative therapies. It educates Canadians on how to be better advocates for themselves and for their loved ones by offering support and guidance through our complicated healthcare system. And it offers more com- plete information on women’s heart health. You never want a family member to be diagnosed with heart disease; but if it happens, you want Heart Health for Canadians by your side.

BETH ABRAMSON, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC, is associate professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, and director of the Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre & Wom- en’s Cardiovascular Health in the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. She holds fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both internal medicine and cardiology and is a fellow of the Ameri- can College of Cardiology. Considered a leader in her field, she spends much of her time educating the public on heart health and is a national spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foun- dation of Canada.

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ohn Catucci is on a quest to find Canada’s most delicious cuisine from coast to coast. He visits great joints, greasy Jspoons and legendary restaurants to meet the colourful charac- From the hit Food Network series, the most ters who made them institutions, and he discovers what makes delicious, mouthwatering and over-the-top each eatery and its signature food so popular. From Charlene’s Bayside Restaurant in Cape Breton to comfort food in Canada Schwartz’s Deli in Montreal to Floyd’s Diner in Victoria, You Gotta Eat Here! showcases amazing personalities, fascinating John Catucci stories and the best-tasting food from coast to coast. Packed and Michael Vlessides with full-colour photographs throughout, You Gotta Eat Here! also includes over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, so you can make You Gotta Eat Here! outrageously good food at home, too. Canada’s Favourite Hometown Restaurants JOHN CATUCCI is an actor, comedian and the host of and Hidden Gems You Gotta Eat Here! He may not be a chef, but he knows a great burger when he eats one. John has also been a mem- COOKING • $29.99 CL ber of The Second City Touring Company, where he honed ISBN: 9781443416153 • SHIPPING IN NOVEMBER CKB000000 • 304 pp • 7 1/4 × 9 1/4 • carton qty: 16 the improv skills he now displays in restaurant kitchens 150 full-colour photographs throughout across Canada. He lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter rights acquired: world/all languages @johncatucci. editor: Brad Wilson • publicist: Maylene Loveland MICHAEL VLESSIDES is the author of The Ice Pilots and a freelance writer whose work has been published in International Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, British Columbia, Reader’s Digest, Canadian Wildlife, Explore, L’Actualité and Avenue. A graduate of New York University’s school of journalism, Michael worked with Les Stroud on his bestselling books Survive! and Will to Live. He lives in Canmore, Alberta. Follow him on Twitter @MichaelTextman.

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es Stroud has logged more than a million miles across the globe—from the lush jungles of Papua New Guinea and Lthe sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the harsh cold of the Canadian Arctic—shooting his television series and specials. He has survived for weeks at a time in harsh situations and in Secrets of survival from the most isolated, challenging environments. Beyond Survivorman offers us a rare glimpse of some of these remote places and lets us remote corners of the planet meet fascinating groups of people like the Sea Gypsies in Ma- laysia and the San Bushmen in Africa, to learn how they live, Les Stroud how they survive and what lessons they can teach us. Photographs by Laura Bombier

LES STROUD is the author of Survive! and Will to Live. An ex- pert survivalist, Les is also a filmmaker, a singer-songwriter and Beyond Survivorman the creator of the television shows Survivorman and Beyond SPORTS/REFERENCE • $29.99 CL Survival. A member of the prestigious Explorers Club, he has ISBN: 9781443404815 • SHIPPING IN APRIL produced, hosted and appeared in many television specials, in- SPO030000 • 320 pp • 8 x 10 • carton qty: 12 cluding Shark Week, Surviving Alaska and Off the Grid with Les full-colour photographs throughout Stroud. Visit him online at www.lesstroud.ca or on Facebook, or rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Rick Broadhead & Associates follow him on Twitter @reallesstroud. editor: Brad Wilson • publicist: Julia Barrett

LAURA BOMBIER is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in magazines such as Canadian Geographic, Cottage Life and Canadian Living, and in the books Survive! and Will to Live. Laura travels extensively, shooting stills photography for the series Survivorman and Beyond Survival. Visit her online at www.laurabombier.com or follow her on Twitter @lbombier.

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ixteen-year-old Ofer left his home in the suburbs of Tel Aviv for school one morning and disappeared without a trace.S Police detective Abraham Abraham takes on the case, a seemingly routine investigation that soon spins out of control, taking over his life. It seems that the more he finds out about The first in a fresh new literary crime series, the boy and his background, the further he gets from the truth. already an international sensation Ofer’s neighbour, schoolteacher Zeev Avni, gradually becomes one of the main suspects. But will the neighbour’s strange story D.A. Mishani save the investigation before it’s too late? Told from the perspectives of both men, The Missing File is an adept and suspenseful mystery, and a rare Israeli crime novel. The Missing File D.A. Mishani paints an outstanding picture of suburban life and A Novel tensions in Israel, and he has created in Abraham Abraham an unforgettable character, extraordinary in his work but common FICTION • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS in his abilities. A true page-turner whose unexpected resolution ISBN: 9781443412407 • SHIPPING IN APRIL forces readers to question all they have taken for granted about FIC022000 • 320 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 36 innocence, guilt and the ways in which truth evades us. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: HarperCollins U.S. sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Ashleigh Martin “D.A. Mishani’s writing is precise and is endowed with rare excellence, unusual for a debut. . . . Abraham Abraham is a literary character with the potential of becoming mytho- logical in Hebrew crime literature, and this is true for its author too.” —ISRAEL TODAY

“Mishani’s book is above all a true literary oeuvre, told in a direct and convincing style, which draws the readers, in such a humane way, to identify with the damaged protago- nists, torn by doubts.” —HAARETZ

D.A. MISHANI is the editor of Israeli fiction and crime litera- ture at Keter Books in Israel and a literary scholar specializing in the history of detective literature. The Missing File is his first novel, and the first in a series featuring police inspector Abra- ham Abraham.

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he Isle of Wight, 1775. On a stormy January night, an American traveller makes an astonishing discovery on Tthe site of a long-abandoned monastery. Locals believe the site is cursed, but Benjamin Franklin is too curious about the apocryphal Library of Vectis to turn away . . . Florida, 2026. Will Piper, former FBI agent, is retired and The thrilling conclusion to Glenn living a life of leisure, his thoughts far from the notorious Cooper’s Library of the Dead trilogy Doomsday Killer case that vaulted him into minor celebrity status fifteen years earlier. But according to what that investi- Glenn Cooper gation uncovered at a secret government site in Nevada, the world will change irrevocably on February 9, 2027. Is it the End of Days? No one knows what the Horizon, as it’s been called, The Librarians will bring, and much of the world is suspended between pre- A Novel apocalyptic hedonism and despair. When a new Doomsday Killer emerges—inexplicably FICTION • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS targeting only Chinese people—and Will’s son, Phillip, ISBN: 9781443409261 • SHIPPING IN APRIL FIC031000 • 384 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 32 disappears, he is instantly drawn back into the case. The breath- rights acquired: Canada/English language less, high-stakes adventure that Will is pulled into spans cen- other rights: Westwood Creative Artists/Writers House turies and continents, and may at last reveal what the Library editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Julia Barrett cannot about the future of humankind—if there is to be one. . .

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“Both incandescent and explosive. A seamless blend of modern-day thriller and historical mystery with an ending that left me breathless. A debut not to be missed.” —JAMES ROLLINS, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DOOMSDAY KEY AND THE DEVIL COLONY

“Prepare to be enthralled by this epic thriller. Glenn Cooper’s debut novel is a masterpiece of suspense.” —PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH

GLENN COOPER is the author of four internationally bestsell- ing novels: Library of the Dead; its sequel, Book of Souls; The Tenth Chamber and The Devil Will Come. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in archaeology and received a medical degree from Tufts University. Film rights to the Library of the Dead trilogy have been sold to Evan Katz, producer of 24. Visit Glenn online at www.glenncooperbooks.com or follow him on Twitter @glenncooper.

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riginally written in Bahasa, The Rainbow Troops was first published in 2005 and sold a record-breaking five Omillion copies in Indonesia. The novel tells the inspiring and closely autobiographical tale of the trials and tribulations that A modern-day fairy tale bursting with the ten motley students (nicknamed the Rainbow Troops) and two teachers from Muhammadiyah Elementary School on charm, energy and humour Belitong Island, Indonesia, undergo to ensure the continua- tion of the children’s education. The poverty-stricken school Andrea Hirata suffers the constant threat of closure by government officials, greedy corporations, natural disasters and the students’ own lack of self-confidence. The story is written from the perspec- The Rainbow Troops tive of Ikal, who is six years old when the novel opens. Just as A Novel the author himself did as a young man, Ikal goes to college and eventually wins a scholarship to go abroad, beating incredible FICTION • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS ISBN: 9781443415750 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY odds to become a writer. FIC019000 • 400 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 • carton qty: 20 This delightful, inspiring book has a fable-like quality that rights acquired: Canada/English language reminds us why we love stories—heartwarming stories, funny other rights: Farrar, Straus & Giroux stories, stories that remind us of the precious things in life. Ikal editor: Jane Warren • publicist: Julia Barrett and his band of plucky cohorts face obstacles large and small, and the reader can’t help but root for them to beat the odds and get the education—and life—they deserve. The setting is as compelling and memorable as the characters, and a rare win- dow into a world we know little about. The Rainbow Troops is the first of a tetralogy of novels that have all become bestsellers in Indonesia. It was adapted for the screen and shown at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.

ANDREA HIRATA was born on the island of Belitong, Indonesia, in 1982. Most recently, he was a fellow of the In- ternational Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He graduated cum laude in economics from Universitas Indonesia and received a European Union scholarship to attend the Université Paris-Sorbonne and Sheffield Hallam Uni- versity in the U.K. He currently lives in Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. Follow him on Twitter @AndreaHirata.

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n 1923, seventeen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because “A vibrant and compassionate portrait Ishe can’t afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern remedies and sheer love. Saddled with a husband of a family hardened and scattered by circum- who brings her nothing but disappointment, she prepares her stance and yet deeply a family. Its language is children for a world she knows will not be kind to them. Their elegant in its purity and rigour. . . . This trials are the trials on which the history of America was forged, first novel is a work of rare maturity.” a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, and a force stron- ger than love or trouble: the determination to get by and get —Marilynne Robinson through. A searing portrait of an unforgettable family, an emo- tionally transfixing drama of human striving in the face of in- Ayana Mathis surmountable adversity and a ferocious vision of humanity at its most threadbare and elemental, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie introduces a writer of the very first order. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is beautiful and necessary A Novel from the very first sentence. The human lives it ren-

ders are on every page humble and glorious, fallen and FICTION • $27.99 CL redeemed, and all at the same time. They would be too ISBN: 9781443410762 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY heartbreaking to follow, in fact, were they not observed FIC019000 • 304 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 • carton qty: 28 in such a generous and artful spirit of hope, in a spirit of rights acquired: Canada/English language mercy, in the spirit of love. Ayana Mathis has written a other rights: Trident Media Group treasure of a novel.” sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Maylene Loveland —PAUL HARDING

AYANA MATHIS is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she studied under Paul Harding and Marilynne Robinson, and is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is her first novel.

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ockey Facts & Stats was the #1 hockey statistics annual in Canada for the sixth year in a row in 2011. With its best- Hselling two-colour look and more generous trim size, it’s poised to be #1 again in 2012. As always, Hockey Facts & Stats will be updated with all of the latest stats, but this year it includes even Canada’s #1 hockey stats annual— more interesting facts, from top-ten lists (like women who six years in a row should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame and the game’s ten best goalies) to profiles detailing the journeys of 2012’s MVP, Rookie andrew podnieks of the Year and Stanley Cup champs. It also includes team his- tories, the complete 2011–12 NHL season in review, interna- tional standings and more. The ultimate reference for hockey Hockey Facts & Stats pools and trivia leagues, and an ideal stocking stuffer for fans of 2012–13 every age, Hockey Facts & Stats is set for another winning year.

SPORTS/HOCKEY • $14.99 TPB This year’s bigger and better-than-ever Hockey Facts & Stats ISBN: 9781443417785 • SHIPPING IN OCTOBER includes: SPO020000/SPO019000 • 480 pp • 5 3/4 × 6 1/4 • carton qty: 36 rights acquired: Canada/English language; US export • fully updated international results and standings other rights: The Cooke Agency editor: Kate Cassaday • an A-to-Z directory of NHL players with comprehensive stats and biographical information • team histories, NHL standings and Stanley Cup finals results since 1917 • a complete list of players and personalities enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame • a summary of the 2011–12 NHL season, including shootout statistics and scoring leaders.

AN DREW PODNIEKS is the author of more than sixty-five books on hockey, including the IIHF Guide & Record Book 2012. Other recent titles include Sid vs. Ovi: Natural Born Ri- vals and Retired Numbers: A Celebration of NHL Excellence. He has created all previous editions of the bestselling Hockey Facts & Stats. Andrew lives in Toronto. Visit his website at www.andrewpodnieks.com.

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n those first heady days of a relationship, couples can barely keep their hands off each other. Any and every situation and Ilocation feels like a prelude to sex. But as relationships mature and responsibilities creep back into life (hey, remember that job? And the laundry that hasn’t been done in a month?), sex can get pushed further and further down the list of priorities. Our leading sexpert’s guide Suddenly, instead of a passionate date you can’t wait to keep, for time-starved couples sex might start to feel like one more nagging to-do. It doesn’t have to be that way. And it doesn’t require quit- ting a job or wearing dirty clothes to make enough time to re- Josey Vogels claim the spark. Couples just need a few moments of tender connection a day (and a few pointers from Canada’s leading Better Sex in No Time sexpert), and soon they’ll be looking for ways to devote even more time to amazingly hot sex. SEX & RELATIONSHIPS • $26.99 ORIGINAL TPB ISBN: 9780002006781 • SHIPPING IN DECEMBER Josey Vogels has created a fun and approachable guide HEA042000/SEL034000 • 320 pp • 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 • carton qty: 16 for couples that is packed with tips, tricks and time-guided b&w photos and illustrations throughout experiences to try. You’ll never think of five minutes alone the rights acquired: Canada/English language same way again! With this book on their bedside tables, readers other rights: Anne McDermid & Associates will be having better sex in no time. editor: Kate Cassaday • publicist: Julia Barrett

JOO SEY V GELS is one of Canada’s leading experts on sex and relationships. She pens two sex-and-relationships col- umns: My Messy Bedroom and Dating Girl. Josey is also a fea- tured blogger for Huffington Post Canada and BalanceMyLife. ca and a regularly featured expert on television and radio. She has written five books on sex and relationships—the most re- cent is Bedside Manners: Sex Etiquette Made Easy. Her fourth book, The Secret Language of Girls, has been published in sev- eral languages and was made into a documentary. Visit Josey online at www.joseyvogels.com or on Facebook, or follow her on Twitter @joseyvogels.

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ondon, 1955: Grace Monroe is a young newlywed, eager to make a success of her marriage. However, with her Lintellectual curiosity and her unladylike talent for advanced mathematics, she finds the routine of elegant luncheons and Three exquisite perfumes tell the story of two exclusive parties among post-war London’s social set more very different women in the latest novel from tiresome than exciting. When Grace receives an unexpected inheritance from a the bestselling author of Elegance woman she’s never met, she finds herself suddenly in Paris, embarking upon a journey to discover not only the identity kathleen tessaro of her mysterious benefactor but also the hidden secrets of her own past. In a story that takes us from New York in the 1920s to The Perfume Collector mid-century Monte Carlo, Paris and London, Grace discovers a A Novel world filled with the evocative, intoxicating power of perfume; an obsessive, desperate love between muse and artist; and a fiction • $15.99 original TPB trail of dark memories that may mean she isn’t the person she ISBN: 9781443406017 • SHIPPING IN april FIC000000 • 320 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 36 thinks she is at all. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Curtis Brown Group PRAISE FOR THE debutante sponsoring editor: Lorissia Sengara • publicist: Sonya Koson “This reigning queen of classy chick lit has produced an- other fabulous read.” —Marie Claire

“Tessaro gets her story-weaving wand out with a gloriously rich story of past and present love.”—InStyle

“An intriguing mystery.”—Winnipeg Free Press

Kathleen Tessaro studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in her hometown of Pittsburgh, and is a former ac- tress, drama teacher and voice coach. She is the author of the novels The Debutante, The Flirt, Innocence and Elegance, which was an international bestseller and was optioned for film. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and son.

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n a Glasgow post office one week before Christmas, Martin Pavel cowers on the floor, his eyes locked on those Iof a terrified child. Above them, a masked gunman wields an AK-47 while the boy’s grandfather calmly volunteers to help the robber gather the money. Then the old man stands pas- “The most exciting crime writer to sively, hands by his sides, as the gunman raises the barrel and have emerged in Britain for years.” shoots him to shreds. —Ian Rankin Recently returned to work after the birth of her twins, de- tective Alex Morrow is called in to head the investigation. Why did the grandfather offer his help? Was it a moment of mad- Denise Mina ness, a noble act of self-sacrifice, or did the old man and his killer share a dark past? Morrow’s enquiries bring her to the door of Kenny Gallagher, Gods and Beasts A Novel a politician fighting for his political life—and his marriage—after being publicly accused of having an affair with a young employee. FICTION/MYSTERY • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS And unknown to Morrow, a temptation too great to resist leads ISBN: 9781443416856 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY two of her detective colleagues to make a rash decision that will FIC022000 • 320 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 36 leave them at the mercy of a ruthless blackmailer. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Anne McDermid and Associates PRAISE FOR THE END OF THE WASP SEASON sponsoring editor: Lorissa Sengara • publicist: Bridget Haines

“Places Denise Mina alongside Ian Rankin and Val McDermid.”—Financial Times

“[A] deft, multi-layered murder thriller from one of Scot- land’s premier crime-fiction writers.”— THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Mina’s latest is a collection of brilliant character studies, all packaged up nicely in a first-class murder mystery. I can’t wait for more.” —THE VANCOUVER SUN

DENISE MINA was born in Glasgow. While teaching crimi- nology and criminal law at the University of Strathclyde in the 1990s and conducting PhD research on female crimi- nals and mental illness, she wrote her first novel, Garnethill, which won the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. She has since written eight novels, including, most recently, The End of the Wasp Season. Her novel The Field of Blood was made into a 2011 BBC drama series. Visit Denise online at www.denisemina.co.uk.

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evastated by the death of his son, an American man named Thomas barricades himself in his New York Dbedroom for three years, leaving his apartment only at night Vividly erotic, exquisitely told and highly to pick up food. This shutting away is known in Japan as hikikomori, and Thomas’s desperate wife, Silke, decides to hire original, a novel that reveals three a young Japanese woman, Megumi, who has been trained to human hearts in crisis lure such people back into society. But the “rental sister”— as such women are called in Japan—has had her own secret, Jeff Backhaus shattering experience. Her young brother, now dead, was also a hikikomori and Megumi has buried her pain and her anger in a fast life spent in nightclubs with anonymous men. What will Hikikomori and the happen when the lives of these three needy people triangulate? Rental Sister Strange, erotic, mesmerizing, this brilliant and tender novel A Novel mirrors both East and West in its search for healing.

FICTION • $17.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS “At the end of this stunning and elegant debut, you feel ISBN: 9781443418003 • SHIPPING IN DECEMBER both the certain knowledge that your heart is breaking FIC019000 • 256 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 • carton qty: 40 and that Jeff Backhaus, with his infinite gifts, has given rights acquired: Canada/English language your broken heart a new and timeless sense of joy and other rights: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill hope. . . . This is a small and brilliantly nuanced master- sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Colleen Simpson piece of a novel. To miss it would be to miss a story that will change the way you feel about your own life, one that will fill your every gesture with its graceful and loving inflections. Listen to the music of this novel closely. It is the sound of genius.” —Robert Goolrick

JEFF BACKHAUS has been a cook, an art director and a professional pilot. He has lived and worked in Korea and now lives in New York. This is his first novel. Visit him online at www.jeffbackhaus.com or follow him on Twitter @Jeff_Backhaus.

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une 1941: Nazi troops surround the city of Leningrad, planning to shell and starve its people into submission. JMost of the cultural elite escape, but the famous composer Shostakovich stays behind to defend his city. That winter, the “An extraordinary period of history bleakest in Russian history, the Party orders Karl Eliasberg, the shy, difficult conductor of a second-rate orchestra, to prepare for brought to life by a daring novelist. Superbly the task of a lifetime: he is to organize a performance of Shosta- imagined and brilliantly realized.” kovich’s Seventh Symphony, a haunting, defiant new piece that —Lloyd Jones, author of Mr. Pip will be relayed by loudspeakers to the front lines. Eliasberg’s musicians are starving and scarcely have the strength to carry their instruments, but for five freezing months, the conductor S arah Quigley stubbornly drives them on, depriving those who falter of their bread rations. Slowly the music begins to dissolve the nagging The Conductor hunger, the exploding streets, the slow deaths . . . but at what A Novel cost? Eliasberg’s relationships are strained, obsession takes hold and his orchestra grows weaker. Soon, they are struggling not FICTION • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS just to perform but to stay alive. ISBN: 9781443413091 • SHIPPING IN DECEMBER FIC019000 • 352 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 28 rights acquired: Canada/English language “Deserves to be mentioned alongside Jane Smiley, Andrea other rights: Westwood Creative Artists Levy and Rose Tremain.” —HERALD on sunday (NEW ZEALAND) sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Emma Ingram

“Sarah Quigley’s The Conductor is an astonishing achieve- ment, recreating the siege of Leningrad as a living, breath- ing survival, through real and imagined characters, and with Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony clearly audible on the page.” —STELLA DUFFY, AUTHOR OF STATE OF HAPPINESS AND THE ROOM OF LOST THINGS

“Extraordinary—a symphony on the power of love—the love of music, home, family, city. . . . A triumph on every level.” —THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD

SARAH QUIGLEY is a fiction writer, poet, non-fiction writer and reviewer. She has a DPhil in literature from the University of Ox- ford, and her work has been widely published in New Zealand, the U.K., the U.S. and Germany. She has received several high- profile awards for her fiction. Having been the inaugural recipient of the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency, she now lives in Berlin. Visit her online at www.sarahvquigley.com.

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rofessor of economics Marina Adshade needed to get her half-awake students to pay attention to her lectures, soP she decided to skip the guns and butter examples and start talking about the convergence of dollars and sex. Attention A Freakonomics-style approach to sex, was paid. She then launched a blog called Dollars and Sex on BigThink.com (recently named the #1 news and information love and marriage website by TIME) to expand on the subject. Dollars and Sex became one of Big Think’s most visited blogs, attracting an in- Marina Adshade ternational audience of over 50,000 visitors a month, with the total number of unique visitors numbering half a million. Dollars and Sex traffics in the mysteries of everyday life Dollars and Sex as they pertain to love, sex and marriage. By asking the right An Economist Puts a Price on Sex and Love questions and making surprising connections, Adshade holds a mirror up to our collective behaviour (in bed) and tells us POPULAR ECONOMICS • $31.99 CL ISBN: 9781443410557 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY stories about ourselves that we would never have expected. BUS000000 • 304 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 • carton qty: 24 Ultimately, she shows that every option, every decision and rights acquired: Canada/English language every outcome in matters of sex and love is better understood other rights: Levine Greenberg Literary Agency through economics. editor: Jane Warren • publicist: Emma Ingram

“Marina Adshade is one of the few economists I read for pleasure.” —PROFESSOR FRANCES WOOLLEY, CARLETON UNIVERSITY, GLOBE AND MAIL CONTRIBUTOR

Marina Adshade has a PhD from Queen’s University and has spent the last ten years teaching economics and engag- ing in original economic research. In the fall of 2012 she will move to Vancouver to teach in the Department of Econom- ics at the University of British Columbia. Marina writes regu- larly for The Globe and Mail and Canadian Business. She has made numerous appearances on CTV and CBC, as well as CBC Radio and National Public Radio. Marina has also been featured in international and domestic print media, includ- ing the London Daily Mail and Reuters. Follow her on Twitter @dollarsandsex.

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ind out what 2013 holds in store for you. Packed with insightful information to make 2013 a meaningful year, FPersonal Horoscopes includes:

• Week-by-week forecasts for every sign, covering love and relationships, family and friends, finance, health, career and The #1 Canadian annual: travel What does 2013 hold in store for you? • Astrology basics—zodiac signs; their qualities (cardinal, fixed and mutable signs) and how to interpret them; their elements (fire, air, water, earth) and what they represent; and Dan Liebman their planets and houses • Personality profiles of famous Canadian and international Personal Horoscopes figures born in every sign and on every day of the year • Compatibility guides for every combination of signs, detail- 2013 ing your best relationship matches and those that may chal- REFERENCE • $16.99 TPB lenge you. ISBN: 9781443416917 • AVAILABLE NOW OCC009000 • 576 pp • 5 5/16 × 7 3/4 • carton qty: 24 Featuring a special section on Chinese horoscopes, includ- rights acquired: world/all languages ing tips on how the Year of the Snake will play out, Personal editor: Brad Wilson Horoscopes 2013 is the complete, authoritative and Canadian guide to the year ahead.

DAN LIEBMAN, a Libra, wrote the monthly Star Gazing col- umn for Famous magazine for over ten years. Before that, he wrote StarScope, a popular syndicated column for U.S. com- munity newspapers. He was also the author of an astrology col- umn for Harlequin magazine and edited Harlequin’s series of astrology books. Dan lives in Toronto.

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usep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being “the last of the real men.” His wife, OMariamma, finds ways to feed her family despite their lack Part mystery, part philosophy and part of money, but in her spare time she fantasizes about Ousep’s unlikely love story—an unusual Catholic early death. One day, their seventeen-year-old son, Unni—a family creates havoc on a peaceful vegetarian boy obsessed with comics—does something terrible and in- lane in 1990s southern India explicable. Ousep and Mariamma separately try to solve the mystery of Unni’s action but find no answers. Three years later, Ousep receives a package that sends him back to the Manu Joseph search. He starts to hound his son’s friends and a famous neu- rosurgeon. Meanwhile, younger son Thoma—a twelve-year- old with below-sea-level self-esteem—falls desperately in love The Illicit Happiness with their haughty, beautiful teenage neighbour, who has her of Other People own secrets. The Illicit Happiness of Other People—a smart, A Novel wry and poignant novel—is part mystery, part philosophy and part unlikely love story. FICTION • $19.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS ISBN: 9781443416375 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY PRAISE FOR SERIOUS MEN FIC000000 • 320 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 36 rights acquired: Canada/English language “A smart and funny first novel. . . . Thoughtfully realized, other rights: Blake Friedmann interestingly conflicted and surprisingly sympathetic.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Julia Barrett

“A subtly wicked satire. . . . Sharp, au courant. . . . like a more mannered White Tiger.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“One of the year’s most auspicious debuts.” —TN HE I DEPENDENT

MANU JOSEPH is the editor of the Indian news maga- zine OPEN and a columnist with the International Herald Tri- bune. His first novel, Serious Men, won the PEN Open Book Award and The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010. It was short- listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Bollinger Ev- eryman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, and was picked by The Independent, The Huffington Post, and the California Chronicle, among others, as one of the best books of 2010. Manu is based in Mumbai and Delhi. Visit him online at www.manujoseph.com or on Facebook.

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Helen Macdowell gets hit in the face with a hock- ey ball. That’s how it starts. Yes. The beginning of the end. All downhill from there. Helen’s beauti- ful. She’s got this light brown wavy flowy hair that curls back from her forehead. Her face is round, and A young man in dire trouble, a family her nose is soft and slightly ski-slopey. Her lips are falling apart and a country whose sense browny pink, but shiny with lip gloss. And her eyes, of itself has started to crumble Jesus, her eyes are crystal blue, really clear blue, no dirty bits in the blue. She’s beautiful and she’s going to be a nurse, or an airhostess, or a private investi- Kevin Maher gator. At least that’s what my sister Fiona says, and she should know. The Fields outh Dublin, 1984. Meet Jim, thirteen: the runt of the A Novel litter at home and plankton in the school food chain. FICTION • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS OppositeS in every way is the dazzling Saidhbh Donohue— ISBN: 9781443413213 • SHIPPING IN APRIL older and sophisticated and the girlfriend of local thug Mozzo. FIC000000 • 400 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 32 Nonetheless, after a drunken but beautiful rendition of “The rights acquired: Canada/English language Fields of Athenry” at the Donohues, our hero captures the at- other rights: United Agents tention not just of Saidhbh but also that of the dangerous Fa- editor: Jane Warren • publicist: Rob Firing ther Luke O’Culigeen. Bounced between his nascent love for Saidhbh and the abuse he receives at the hands of O’Culigeen, his life starts to unravel, and he and Saidhbh make their way to London. Here the novel takes a wild turn as Jim becomes involved cover with the School of Astral Sciences, tapping into his heretofore art unrealized healing powers. When the pedophile O’Culigeen not final reappears on the scene and bad news arrives from home, the narrator finds his surprising new abilities put to the test. Funny, moving and unforgettable, The Fields is a compel- ling, hugely original novel of interrupted adolescence.

KEVIN MAHER was born and brought up in Dublin, and moved to London in 1994 to begin a career in journalism. He wrote for The Guardian, The Observer and Time Out and was film editor ofThe Face magazine before joining The Times (Lon- don), where he is a feature writer, critic and columnist. He lives in Hertfordshire with his family.

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n March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art today worth over O$500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gard- “A clever, twisty novel about art, authenticity, ner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about love and betrayal. Shapiro knows about art to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye. theft and forgery, and she also knows how to Making a living reproducing famous artworks for a pop- tell a gripping story.” ular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, —Tom Perrotta, author of Election and Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a Little Children powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that B.A. Shapiro very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery. The Art Forger Her desperate search for the truth leads Claire into a laby- A Novel rinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late 19th century may be the only evidence that can now save her life.

FICTION • $21.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS ISBN: 9781443418034 • SHIPPING IN october “B.A. Shapiro’s engaging journey into the world of art FIC022000/FIC030000 • 368 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 28 forgery will not only keep you as entertained as any thrill- rights acquired: Canada/English language er, but leave you with a new appreciation of how paintings other rights: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill are made, and evaluated, and understood—not to mention sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Julia Barrett how they’re copied.” —ARTHUR GOLDEN, AUTHOR OF MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

“Shapiro’s blazingly good novel does what the best books do—she drops you where you’ve never been before, into the whole, crackingly alive world of art galleries, art forger- ies, and the unexpected recesses of the human heart, where what we do for what we love can have terrifying consequences. As original as a real Degas, it’s also as unforgettable.” —CAROLINE LEAVITT, AUTHOR OF PICTURES OF YOU

B.A. SHAPIRO lives in Boston and teaches fiction writing at Northeastern University.

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et in the badlands of the North American west in the late 1800s, In Calamity’s Wake tells the story of orphaned Miette’sS quest to find her mother, the notorious Calamity Jane. In the tradition of Michael Ondaatje’s Miette is reluctant to meet the woman who abandoned her—whom she knows only as an infamous soldier, drinker The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, a and exhibition shooter—but she sets out nonetheless across powerful, strikingly original take a landscape peopled with madwomen, thieves, minstrels and on the story of Calamity Jane ghosts, many of whom add a thread to the story of her famous mother. Interspersed with Miette’s story are the stories of Jane Natalee Caple as told in legend, history books, dime store novels and by the woman herself. As Miette makes her way to Deadwood, South In Calamity’s Wake Dakota, history and myth collide to create a picture of a remark- A Novel able woman who shattered the expectations of her time, and a daughter who must confront the truth of her past. FICTION • $19.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS As in Billy the Kid or HBO’s Deadwood, In Calamity’s Wake ISBN: 9781443406703 • SHIPPING IN MARCH blends fiction with real conversations and events to transport FIC014000/FIC019000 • 240 pp • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • carton qty: 40 us, through vividly crafted atmosphere and seductive storytell- rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Westwood Creative Artists ing, to a side of the Wild West we’ve never seen before. editors: Jennifer Lambert/Jane Warren • publicist: Bridget Haines

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“Scintillating . . . hyper-erotic, beautiful, and hilariously funny. . . . This entire novel sparks with an erotic, breath- less tension that will pull you to the end and leave you wanting more.” —EDMONTON JOURNAL

NATALEE CAPLE is the author of four books of fiction and two books of poetry, including the novel The Plight of Happy People in an Ordinary World; the short story collection The Heart Is Its Own Reason, which has been optioned for film; the poetry collection A More Tender Ocean, which was nominated for a Gerald Lampert Award; and the novel Mackerel Sky. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

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A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest 2.5 Million Copies Sold Worldwide Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too fter a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only late to start over Aproblem is that he’s still in good health. A big celebration is in the works for his 100th birthday, but Allan really isn’t interest- jonas jonasson ed (and he’d like a bit more control over his alcohol consump- translated by rod bradbury tion), so he decides to escape. He climbs out the window in his slippers and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey. The 100-Year-Old Man It would be the adventure of a lifetime for anyone else, but Allan has a larger-than-life backstory: he has not only wit- Who Climbed Out the nessed some of the most important events of the 20th centu- Window and Disappeared ry, but actually played a key role in them. Quirky and utterly unique, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared has charmed readers across the world. fiction • $16.99 original tpb w/flaps ISBN: 9781443419109 • SHIPPING IN August FIC000000 • 400 pp • 5 5/16 x 8 • carton qty: 64 “Completely crazy, an incredibly funny story.” rights acquired: Canada/English language —Aftonbladet (Sweden) other rights: Hyperion sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Sonya Koson “First-rate.”—D p er S iegel (G e r ma n y )

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Jonas Jonasson is a former journalist and media consul- tant. He lives in Sweden. Visit him at www.jonasjonasson.com or on Facebook.

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hat happens on this planet over the next four decades has the potential to fundamentally alter life as we know Wit. The world population is expected to reach nine billion people by 2050—that’s nine billion hungry humans in need of food. The challenge of feeding this rapidly growing popula- The bestselling and award-winning author of tion has already been made greater by climate change, which Locavore’s frightening yet hopeful look at the will wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. Disruptions future of our food to industrial-scale agriculture, along with rising sea levels, will create millions of environmental refugees, fleeing their homes in search of nourishment and safety. We have also lost touch Sarah Elton with the soil—few of us grow our own food or even know where it comes from—and we are at the mercy of the multi- nationals that control the crops with little foresight about the Consumed damage their methods are inflicting on the planet. This puts Sustainable Food for a Finite Planet our very future at risk. FOOD/POLITICS • $29.99 CL In Consumed, award-winning writer Sarah Elton walks ISBN: 9781443406673 • SHIPPING IN APRIL fields and farms on four continents, investigating not only SOC055000 • 272 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 32 the potential—and very real—threats to our food, but also rights acquired: Canada/English language telling the stories of those who are working hard to preserve other rights: Transatlantic Literary Agency our future. From Bogotá to Beijing, Delhi to Rome, Nairobi to editor: Jim Gifford • publicist: Rob Firing Toronto, people from all walks of life are creating an alter- native to the industrial food we have grown accustomed to piling into our shopping carts, and in the process giving us hope not for a daunting future but for a future in which we can all sit at the table.

SARAH ELTON is the author of Locavore: From Farmers’ Fields to Rooftop Gardens—How Canadians Are Changing the Way We Eat, which was an instant national bestseller and won gold at the Canadian Culinary Book Awards. She is the food columnist for CBC Radio’s Here & Now and writes regu- larly about food for TheAtlantic.com, The Globe and Mail and Maclean’s. Sarah lives in Toronto. You can visit her online at www.sarahelton.net, on Facebook or Pinterest, or follow her on Twitter @thelocavore.

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ho said barbecues were just for meat lovers? Ross Dob- son turns traditional barbecue recipes on their head to Wcreate colourful and flavoursome dishes that every vegetarian or vegetable fan will love. Drawing on culinary influences from Veggies rejoice! And fire up the grill! around the globe, including Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and Europe, Fired Up Vegetarian Barbecue features eighty easy-to-cook recipes, with chapters devoted to starters and Ross Dobson dips, kebabs and burgers, salads and sides, and breads, as well as a handy section of marinades, sauces and relishes. Fired Up Vegetarian Fired Up Vegetarian Barbecue is a refreshing, versatile se- Barbecue lection for anyone who savours good food. No-Nonsense, No-Meat Barbecuing ROOSS D BSON’s love affair with all things food began at a young age under the influence of his neighbours from Italy and COOKING • $29.99 CL Hong Kong. After studying writing and communications, Ross ISBN: 9781443418652 • SHIPPING IN april found himself constantly drawn to food, and in the food-mad CKB0086000/CKB005000 • 192 pp • 7 1/2 × 9 • carton qty: 16 80 full-colour photographs throughout town of Sydney, Australia, he established a successful café and rights acquired: Canada/English language catering business before venturing into the world of food publish- other rights: Murdoch Books ing. Ross has several books under his belt, including the very editor: Kirsten Hanson • publicist: Rob Firing successful Fired Up and Grillhouse. He also writes for a number of magazines and newspapers, and runs both a café and a res- taurant in Sydney. Visit him online at www.rossdobson.com.

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hen not much remains in the fridge, when the aspara- gus is cheap or when we’re pressed for time, we all need Wsimple, healthy and great ideas for meals. Soup is a natural choice, and SoupeSoup delivers. Beautifully packaged, with gor- With 36,000+ copies of the French edition geous photography, the book presents sixty-five soup recipes that make the ordinary into the extraordinary: from classic sold, this cookbook from Montreal’s Clam Chowder and Gumbo to modern remixes such as Eggplant favourite lunchtime resto is already a Potage with Gremolata. Forty generous and creative salads, publishing phenomenon forty hearty sandwiches and some exceptional desserts round out this fabulously usable cookbook. Caroline Dumas photographs by dominique lafond “With recipes like Oriental Chick Pea Soup and Grilled Cheese with Gouda and Red Cabbage, followed by some cardamom brownies or perhaps her famous ‘pouding SoupeSoup chomeur,’ Dumas turns what could be an ordinary meal COOKING • $29.99 ORIGINAL TPB into a gourmet treat.” —LESLEY CHESTERMAN, THE montreal GAZETTE ISBN: 9781443417808 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY CKB079000/CKB000000 • 288 pp • 7 × 10 • carton qty: 16 full-colour photographs throughout “Caroline Dumas is Quebec’s very own Donna Hay. The rights acquired: Canada/English language founder of SoupeSoup restaurants purveys flavourful other rights: Flammarion Quebec fresh ingredients, prepared with taste and respect and editor: Kirsten Hanson • publicist: Maylene Loveland served without pretension.” —LIVING WITH STYLE

CAROLINE DUMAS opened the first SoupeSoup on Duluth Street in Montreal in 2001. Today she has six restaurants, one of which seats one hundred and is full to capacity every day. She has appeared for several seasons as one of the head chefs on Pour le plaisir. This is her first cookbook.

DOMINIQUE LAFOND has photographed food for numerous cookbooks, including Garde-Manger. She is a regular contribu- tor to Bon Appetit.

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en-year-old Judith McPherson is a believer. Her world “This extraordinary tale of one little is carefully constructed around her faith: nightly scrip- Tture reading with her father, weekly gatherings at the Meet- girl’s End Times grabbed me by the ing Hall and daily proselytizing to the lost. With no TV and throat. Social observation and crazy no books “of the world” to entertain her, she passes time by mysticism, held together by a brutally creating the Land of Decoration, a model in miniature of the real story of parent-child love.” Promised Land which she has made of discarded scraps— divine treasures that she squirrels away. —Emma Donoghue But Judith’s troubles are mounting. At school, Neil Lewis’s relentless terrorizing has reached a feverish, dangerous pitch, Grace McCleen and in town, a strike threatens the factory where her father works. One Sunday night, terrified of the violence that awaits her in the school halls on Monday, Judith conjures a snow- The Land of Decoration storm in the Land of Decoration made of shaving cream, cot- A Novel ton and cellophane. The next morning the ground outside her FICTION • $17.99 TPB window is a crisp, dazzling white. Judith can perform miracles. ISBN: 9781443408493 • SHIPPING IN MARCH In fact, she might just be God’s chosen instrument. But with FIC019000 • 320 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 64 power comes weighty consequences, and Judith must face rights acquired: Canada/English language them head-on to keep her faith—and her family—alive. other rights: Aitken Alexander Associates editor: Iris Tupholme “Grace McCleen’s writing is deep, fantastical and harperpaperbacks powerful. . . . This is a wonderful gem of a debut novel.” —THE INDEPENDENT

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GRACE MCCLEEN is an author and singer who lives in Lon- don. The Land of Decoration is her first novel. Visit her online at www.gracemccleen.com.

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an Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the Dwife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell. But are they? Can a man trained to fight adjust again to What happens when love and a vocation family and domestic life? And how will the family cope, if he collide, head-on? can’t? How much, indeed, can Alexa, Dan’s wife, sacrifice her own needs to serve his commitment to a way of life that de- Joanna Trollope mands everything not just of him but of her and the children as well? This novel takes a keen look at the lives of modern military The Soldier’s Wife families. With her trademark intelligence, empathy and clear- A Novel eyed insight, Joanna Trollope shows us a family striving to bal- ance duty and ambition with intimacy and understanding. FICTION • $17.99 TPB ISBN: 9781443413039 • SHIPPING IN APRIL “Written with all Trollope’s customary skill and panache, FIC019000 • 320 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 56 this is an absorbing look at the modern military wife who rights acquired: Canada/English language no longer automatically follows the drum.” other rights: United Agents —DAILY MAIL (LONDON) sponsoring editors: Iris Tupholme/Lorissa Sengara

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JOANNA TROLLOPE is the #1 bestselling author of seven- teen novels, including Daughters-in-Law, Friday Nights, The Other Family, Marrying the Mistress and The Rector’s Wife. She has been writing fiction for more than thirty years; her works have been translated into more than twenty-five lan- guages and several have been adapted for television. She was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 1996 for her services to literature, and she lives in London and Glouces- tershire. Visit Joanna online at www.joannatrollope.com or on Facebook.

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stracized as a kid, Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. A disgruntled New York corporate lawyer, he’sO more than ready to leave his lucrative career for the ex- citement and uncertainty of journalism. When he’s offered the What makes charismatic people so magnetic, post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater that has sprouted a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recog- while the rest of us inspire a shrug? What’s nizes the disappeared larger-than-life reporter he’s been sent to their secret? And in the end, who has the better replace, Barrington Saddler, as exactly the outsize character he life—the admired or the admirer? longs to emulate. Infuriatingly, all his fellow journalists cannot stop talking about their beloved “Bear,” who is no longer light- ing up their work lives. Lionel Shriver Yet all is not as it appears. Os Soldados Ousados de Barba— “The Daring Soldiers of Barba”—have been blowing up the The New Republic rest of the world for years in order to win independence for A Novel their dismal province. So why, with Barrington vanished, do terrorist incidents claimed by the “SOB” suddenly dry up? FICTION • $18.99 TPB A droll, playful novel, The New Republic addresses weighty ISBN: 9781443409551 • SHIPPING IN MARCH issues like terrorism with the tongue-in-cheek deftness that is FIC019000 • 400 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 52 vintage Shriver. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: HarperCollins U.S. editor: Iris Tupholme “A wondrously fanciful plot, vividly drawn characters, clever and cynical dialogue, and a comically brilliant and verisimilar imagined land. . . . The New Republic is simply terrific.”— BOokLIST (STARRED REVIEW)

“It’s a scenario rich with both comic and dramatic potential, and Shriver exploits it with élan.” —THE GAZETTE (MONTREAL)

“A delightfully dark romp.” —MACLEAN’S

LIONEL SHRIVER’s novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much For That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guard- ian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and many other publications. She lives in London and Brooklyn. For more information, visit her Facebook page.

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MS Titanic takes us behind the panelled doors of the Titanic’s elegant private suites to present compelling, Rmemorable portraits of her most notable passengers, including many prominent Canadians. The Globe and Mail bestseller, Canadian historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people now in paperback with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Em- ploying scrupulous research, he accurately depicts the ship’s Hugh Brewster brief life and tragic end, with the very latest thinking on ev- erything from when and how the lifeboats were loaded to the last tune played by the orchestra. Among the many Canadians RMS Titanic onboard were Harry Markland Molson, Lady Duff-Gordon, Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage Charles Hays and Arthur Peuchen. With them, we gather on the Titanic’s sloping deck on that cold, starlit night and observe HISTORY • $18.99 TPB ISBN: 9781443405317 • SHIPPING IN MARCH their all-too-human reactions as the disaster unfolds. More HIS037070/HIS037000 • 352 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 60 than ever, we ask ourselves, what would we have done? 100+ b&w photographs throughout rights acquired: Canada/English language “Brewster’s nuanced account introduces us to a plutoc- other rights: Westwood Creative Artists racy frolicking in the sunset of England’s Edwardian era editor: Brad Wilson and America’s Gilded Age. He pushes past stereotypes to vividly describe the elite realm on deck.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“This is one of those rare books on the subject that pro- vides information both new and relevant, in a scholarly but readable way.” —LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW)

“An impressive amount of information, often directly pull- ing from firsthand accounts. The author vividly renders the collision, the sinking, the chilling wail of unseen swimmers calling from the cold water and the shipwreck’s aftermath.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS

HUGH BREWSTER has twenty-five years of experience creating books about the Titanic as an editor, publisher and writer. He worked with Robert D. Ballard to produce the 1987 international bestseller The Discovery of the Titanic and oversaw the creation of Titanic: An Illustrated History, a book that provided inspiration for James Cameron’s epic movie. Brewster is also the author of Inside the Titanic, 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions about the Titanic and Deadly Voyage, and has written twelve award-winning books for young readers, including Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, a 2007 Governor General’s Award nominee. He lives in Toronto. Visit him online at www.hughbrewster.com or follow him on Twitter @hughbrewster. HARPER COLLINS

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aras Grescoe has written books that have changed the way we look at illicit substances, in The Devil’s Picnic, and how we thinkT about the world’s seafood, in Bottomfeeder. In Straphanger, Grescoe hits the commuter road in a global quest to understand and illuminate the challenges of the post-automobile age. The national bestselling book that will Straphanger is not just another attack on automobiles and change the way you look at the way suburban sprawl but the most entertaining and most thorough we move around our cities examination of global car culture yet written, and an empower- ing tool kit for anybody looking for alternatives to a car-based lifestyle. Ultimately, its subject is the city, and it offers a global Taras Grescoe tour of alternatives to car-based living told through encounters with bicycle commuters, subway engineers, professional boule- Straphanger vardiers, idealistic mayors and disillusioned trolley campaign- Saving Our Cities and Ourselves ers. Along the way, Grescoe meets libertarian apologists for the from the Automobile automobile, urban planners who defend sprawl, champions of hydrogen and biofuels, and traffic engineers fighting to reduce CULTURAL STUDIES • $19.99 TPB congestion. ISBN: 9781554686254 • SHIPPING IN MARCH In a world of skyrocketing gas prices and political unrest SOC026030/POL002000 • 352 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 60 rights acquired: Canada/English language in the oil-rich corners of the world, Straphanger is an essential other rights: Tessler Literary Agency book that addresses one of the most critical discussions of the editor: Jim Gifford near future.

“A marvellous investigation of urban transit. . . . Compre- hensive, insightful and well-written.” —THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Straphanger is a book by somebody who loves cities for people who love them.” —NATIONAL POST

TARAS GRESCOE is the author of four books, including the bestselling Bottomfeeder, which won the Writers’ Trust Non- fiction Prize, the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction and the In- ternational Association of Culinary Professionals Literary Food Writing Award, and was a finalist for the William Saroyan Inter- national Prize for Writing. Two of his other titles, Sacré Blues and The End of Elsewhere, were Writers’ Trust Award finalists. He lives in Montreal. Visit him online at www.tarasgrescoe.com or on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter @grescoe.

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ienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor in town seeking psychotherapy for a troubling ailment, becomes caughtV up in a feverish affair with a beautiful, enigmatic wom- an. When she presses rape charges, however, he is mystified. “With its adroit plot twists and themes of Only a carefully plotted escape—with the help of two mysteri- deception and betrayal, this is an absorbing ous British diplomats—saves him from trial. spy novel that raises provocative questions.” The frenzied getaway sets off a chain of events that dis- —Publishers Weekly (starred review) mantles Rief’s life. He returns to London, hoping to banish from memory his traumatic ordeals abroad, but soon the men who helped coordinate his escape recruit him to carry out the William Boyd murder of a complete stranger. His lover from Vienna arrives nonchalantly at a party, ready to resume their liaison, and be- Waiting for Sunrise fore he can stop to consider where these events are leading, Rief A Novel finds himself on the trail of a traitor—a man whose bizarre connection to his own family proves a cruel twist of fate. FICTION • $17.99 TPB Waiting for Sunrise is more than a page-turning thriller— ISBN: 9781443409810 • SHIPPING IN MARCH it’s a riveting investigation of the limits of loyalty, the power FIC031000/FIC019000 • 384 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 52 of deception and the unpredictable events that can change the rights acquired: Canada/English language course of a person’s life. other rights: International Creative Management editor: Iris Tupholme “It’s the sort of novel you finish, then begin again to revisit your favourite bits. . . . This is the literary event of the year.” —JOHN O’CONNELL, THE TIMES (LONDON)

“With this and previous works, [Boyd] has set himself firmly in that circle of top-flight British novelists—Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan—who are exploring the timeline of their parents’ and grandparents’ lives with curiosity and sympathy, and yet without a trace of senti- mentality.” —THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Few contemporary writers are able to evoke the ambiance and drama of our recent past as forcefully as Boyd.” —A THE W SHINGTON POST

WILLIAM BOYD is the author of A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, win- ner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel Award; and Ordinary Thunderstorms, among other books. He lives in London, England. Visit him online at www.williamboyd.co.uk.

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A national bestseller

young, enigmatic woman—Lily Azerov—arrives in post- “An intriguing tale of historical fiction that war Montreal expecting to meet her betrothed, Sol Kram- Aer. When Sol sees Lily at the train station, however, he turns her will transport you from Montreal to war-torn down. His brother, Nathan, sees Lily and instantly decides to Europe and back again for a satisfying resolu- marry her. tion of one family’s haunting secrets.” But Lily is not who she claims to be, and her attempt to —Shilpi Somaya Gowda, live a quiet life as Nathan Kramer’s wife shatters when she disappears, leaving her baby daughter with only a diary, an author of Secret Daughter uncut diamond and a need to discover the truth. Who is Lily and what happened to the young woman Nancy Richler whose identity she stole? Why did she leave and where did she go? It is up to the daughter Lily abandoned to find the answers to these questions as she searches for the mother she may never The Imposter Bride find or truly know. A Novel

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“With this latest work, Richler delivers an intensely satisfy- ing read, and cements her growing reputation as a fine contemporary Canadian novelist.” —THE GAZETTE (MONTREAL)

NANCY RICHLER’s short fiction has been published in various American and Canadian literary journals, includ- ing Room of One’s Own (now Room), The New Quarterly, Prairie Fire, Another Chicago Magazine, and The Journey Prize Anthology. Her first novel, Throwaway Angels, was shortlisted for the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. Her second novel, Your Mouth Is Lovely, won the 2003 Canadian Jewish Book Award for fiction and Italy’s 2004 Adei-Wizo Literary Prize. It has been translated into seven lan- guages. Born in Montreal, Nancy lived for many years in Vancou- ver and has recently returned to her hometown. Visit her online at www.nancyrichler.com.

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n the rollicking and award-nominated The Curse of the Labrador Duck, Glen Chilton travelled the world over more From the wallabies of Scotland to the lupines thanI three times to seek out every last stuffed specimen of the of Iceland to the infamous mynas of Vancouver, extinct Labrador duck in prose “that calls to mind James Her- riot and Bill Bryson” (A.J. Jacobs). Now he returns with yet noted obsessive Glen Chilton travels the world another quest, this time to seek out species ill-advisedly intro- in search of invasive species duced into foreign environments. Chilton visits Ireland to witness how the rhododendron, Glen Chilton an ornamental plant that escaped a private garden, now threat- ens to choke out the last of the great oak forests of the U.K. He escapes blood-thirsty midges and a murderous Hungarian The Attack of the architect while visiting a colony of forgotten Scottish walla- bies; finds out how termites, brought in on packing crates af- Killer Rhododendrons ter the Second World War, contributed to the devastation of My Obsessive Quest to Seek Out Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; and dodges crocodiles and Alien Species AK-47s in the eucalyptus forests of Ethiopia. And, in true Glen Chilton fashion, he never turns down the opportunity to share SCIENCE/NATURE • $17.99 TPB ISBN: 9781554683659 • SHIPPING IN APRIL a few ales with eccentric locals. SCI086000/NAT000000 • 304 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 60 The Attack of the Killer Rhododendrons is a hilarious, neu- rights acquired: Canada/English language; world/all other languages rotically charged romp through the world’s jungles, deserts and other rights: Rick Broadhead & Associates dumpsters in search of transplanted creatures trying to make a editor: Jim Gifford new home in an alien country.

“Chilton shows a deep knowledge of plant and animal species introduced into new surroundings accidentally or purposefully. . . . If wit and humour help raise awareness of the delicate balance that exists between an environment and its life forms, Chilton’s revelations will trump all those naysayers who believe environmentalists should just go away and silently hug a tree.” —WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

“Lays bare what can happen when species are introduced, either inadvertently or deliberately, into new homes. . . . When they’re moved around the world willy-nilly, much weirdness ensues.” —THE GLOBE AND MAIL

DR. GLEN CHILTON, professor emeritus at St. Mary’s Uni- versity College, Calgary, and adjunct professor at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, is an internationally recognized ornithologist and behavioural ecologist, and the world’s leading authority on the extinct Labrador duck. Chilton now resides in Australia. Visit him online at www.glenchilton.com.

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t the age of forty-one, Trevor Greene, a journalist and Aa reservist in the Canadian Forces, was deployed to Af- ghanistan, leaving behind his fiancée, Debbie, and his young The national bestseller that has been daughter, Grace. On March 4, 2006, while meeting with vil- lage elders in a remote village in Kandahar Province, Trevor called “powerful and poignant” removed his helmet, confident that a centuries-old pact would (The Chronicle Herald) protect him from harm. Without warning, a teenage boy under the influence of the Taliban walked up to him and landed a Trevor Greene rusty axe in his skull, nearly splitting his brain in two. Initially, Debbie was told that Trevor would not survive. and Debbie Greene When he did, she was told that he would never be able to com- Foreword by General Rick Hillier municate or move on his own. But after years of rehabilitation, setbacks and crises, Trevor not only learned how to talk and March Forth move again, but in July 2010, he stood up at his wedding, Deb- The Inspiring True Story of a Canadian bie at his side and Grace carrying their rings down the aisle as Soldier’s Journey of Love, Hope and Survival their flower girl. March Forth is a remarkable story of love told in two voices: MEMOIR • $18.99 TPB first in Trevor’s, up until the attack; then in Debbie’s, as she ISBN: 9781443405133 • SHIPPING IN MARCH works tirelessly to rehabilitate her fiancé. Together, Trevor and BIO026000 • 344 pp • 5 5/16 x 8 • carton qty: 28 Debbie have written the next chapter in their remarkable story. b&w photos throughout rights acquired: world/all languages editor: Jim Gifford “The moving story of two warriors, the one who removed his helmet that day in a pretty village called Shinkay, and the one who stayed behind in Canada with their little girl. To borrow from a section title from March Forth, the book is about ‘Precious, Fabulous Life’ and how these two re- markable Canadians fought so tenaciously for it.” —CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD

“Every Canadian would benefit from reading this life story.” —GENERAL RICK HILLIER

TRE VOR GREENE is an accomplished journalist and the au- thor of Bad Date: The Lost Girls of Vancouver’s Low Track. After a stint with the Royal Canadian Navy, he joined the army reserves and deployed to Afghanistan in 2006 with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

DEBBIE GREENE is a chartered accountant who continues to devote much of her time and energy to Trevor’s recovery. Trevor and Debbie’s story was made into the Gemini Award–winning W5 documentary Peace Warrior. The Greenes live with their daughter and son in Nanaimo, B.C. For more information, visit www.marchforth.ca.

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hen her widower father drowns at sea, ten-year-old Gemma Hardy, an only child, is taken from her na- “An inventive reimagining of Jane Eyre; the Wtive Iceland to Scotland, to live with her uncle’s family. But the feisty Gemma is a delightful character in her death of her doting guardian soon after leaves Gemma under own right, and it was a pleasure to follow her the resentful eye of her aunt. When she receives a scholarship to adventures.” a private school, Gemma believes she’s found the perfect solu- —Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time tion, and she eagerly sets out again to a new home. But at Clay- poole, she finds herself treated as an unpaid servant. Traveller’s Wife To Gemma’s delight, the school finally goes bankrupt in 1959 and she takes a job as an au pair on the Orkney Islands. Margot Livesey Remote Blackbird Hall belongs to Mr. Sinclair, a rich, single London businessman; his eight-year-old niece is Gemma’s charge. An unlikely pair, Gemma and Sinclair are nonetheless The Flight of drawn to each another, but their courtship is cut short by Gem- Gemma Hardy ma’s discovery of a secret that has shadowed her employer’s life. A Novel Set in Iceland and Scotland in the 1950s and ’60s, The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a captivating homage to Charlotte FICTION • $17.99 TPB Brontë’s Jane Eyre—a sweeping saga that resurrects the time- ISBN: 9781443406147 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY less themes of the original but is destined to become a classic FIC019000 • 464 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 40 all its own. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: HarperCollins U.S. “The real treasure is [Livesey’s] gift for exploring the unre- editor: Iris Tupholme duced human psyche with all its radiant contradictions, mercurial insights, and desperate generosities.” —DAVID WROBLEWSKI, AUTHOR OF THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE

MARGOT LIVESEY is the acclaimed author of the novels The House on Fortune Street, Banishing Verona, Eva Moves the Furniture, The Missing World, Criminals and Home- work. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vogue and The Atlantic, and she is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. The House on Fortune Street won the 2009 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Livesey was born in Scotland and now now lives in the Boston area. She is a distinguished writer-in-residence at Emerson College. Visit her online at www.margotlivesey.com or on her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter @MargotLivesey.

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ate Shaw, an acting beauty editor for a fashion maga- zine, has just been told that her services are no longer re- “Kate Shaw is the Bridget Jones for Kquired. Through no fault of her own, she finds herself single, homeless and in desperate need to help her family survive its our age. Unstoppable, unflappable, full of own financial and emotional crises. Known for her love of all charm and quick-witted manoeuvres, she things Jane Austen, Kate is given a freelance gig that changes trips, stumbles and soars her way into our everything: to research whether it is possible, in these modern hearts. This is a seriously funny book!” times—and at a certain age—to marry well. What starts as an article quickly turns into Kate’s real-life —Will Ferguson quest. From the polo fields of West PalmB each to the glamour of London’s social scene, Kate chases the man of her dreams, a Kim Izzo charming and elegant older financier. But she keeps running into a brooding Englishman who works at an impeccably Austenesque estate. Caught between Mr. Rich and maybe Mr. The Jane Austen Right, Kate must choose what she really wants out of life: to Marriage Manual marry for money or risk it all for love. A Novel

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KIM IZZO is a co-author of the international bestselling book The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum and The Fabulous Girl’s Code Red. She has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including Oprah, The Today Show, The O’Reilly Factor and Canada AM. Her advice and opinions have appeared in the pages of The New York Times Sunday Style section, InStyle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Redbook, Cosmopolitan and Vogue (U.K.). She is deputy editor/beauty director of Zoomer maga- zine. Visit her online at www.kimizzo.com or on Facebook, or follow her on Twitter @kimizzo.

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boy born of an adulterous affair, whose race and parent- age are unclear . . . an obsessive journalist who feels alive Aonly on the edge of danger . . . a beautiful but distracted young A PHYLLIS BRUCE BOOK woman who seems ill-equipped for life—when these three mis- matched people come together in London during the 1960s, “An elegant and compelling elegy on their lives are changed forever. loss and longing. A triumph.” Stray Love is the unforgettable story of Marcel, an or- —Helen Humphreys phan growing up in postwar England. When his guardian, Oliver, is promoted to foreign correspondent and posted to Vietnam, Marcel is left in the care of the free-spirited Pippa. Kcyo Ma lear But just when it seems they will never be reunited, Marcel is sent to join Oliver in Vietnam. As the war escalates, Oliver is Stray Love finally overwhelmed by emotions he can’t outrun—including A Novel his doomed love for Pippa. But Marcel, running through the streets of Saigon, or bonding with his Vietnamese nanny, Anh, FICTION • $17.99 TPB is finally starting to feel at home in the world. Is this why Oliver ISBN: 9781443408608 • SHIPPING IN MARCH suddenly decides to tell Marcel the truth about his life? And is FIC019000 • 336 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 56 it the “real” truth or simply Oliver’s version of it? 2 pieces of interior line art by Heather Frise rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Westwood Creative Artists “Maclear has created an emotionally challenging examina- editor: Phyllis Bruce tion of family, race and, above all, love. I was so moved while reading Stray Love that I went right back and read it again.” —QUILL & QUIRE (STARRED REVIEW)

“A touchingly beautiful second novel . . . a strong and natu- ral writer.” —THE WINNIPEG REVIEW

“A lovely second novel.” —WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

KYO MACLEAR was born in London and grew up in Toronto as the only child of a foreign correspondent. While Stray Love is entirely a work of fiction, it is informed by Kyo’s experi- ence of living with a father, who was quizzing her on the names of world capitals by the time she was seven. Her first novel, The Letter Opener, was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artists Award and nominated for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Evergreen Award. A dual British-Canadian citizen and resident of Toronto, Kyo is also an award-winning visual arts writer and the author of two acclaimed children’s books: Spork and Virginia Wolf (2012). Visit her online at www.kyomaclear.ca or on Facebook.

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Winner, Miles Franklin Literary Award Winner, ABIA Book of the Year and Literary Fic- tion Book of the Year Winner, Barbara Jefferis Award “A sweeping first novel that covers Winner, Independent Bookseller Award for love and war, friendship and betrayal, Best Debut Fiction and Indie Book of the Year shortlisted, Prime Minister’s literary award and the bonds that define a life.I t is for fiction a moving and ambitious work.” shortlisted, western australian premier’s —Ann Patchett award for fiction

Anna Funder uth Becker, defiant and cantankerous, is living out her days in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. She has made an Runeasy peace with the ghosts of her past—and a part of history All That I Am that has been all but forgotten. A Novel Another lifetime away, it’s 1939 and the world is going to war. Ernst Toller, self-doubting revolutionary and poet, sits in a FICTION • $17.99 TPB ISBN: 9781443406116 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY New York hotel room, settling up the account of his life. FIC000000 • 384 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 52 When Toller’s story arrives on Ruth’s doorstep, their rights acquired: Canada/English language shared past slips under her defences, and she’s right back other rights: The Wylie Agency (UK) among them—those friends who predicted the brutality of the editor: Iris Tupholme Nazis and gave everything they had to stop them. Those who were tested—and in some cases found wanting—in the face of hatred, of art, of love and of history. Based on real people and events, All That I Am is a master- ful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places.

“An intimate exploration of human connection and our responsibility to one another. Funder breathes life into Kundera’s apercu that the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” —COLUM MCCANN

ANNA FUNDER is the prize-winning author of Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the most prestigious non-fiction award in the U.K. All That I Am is her first novel. Born in Australia, Anna now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children. Visit her online at www.annafunder.com or on Facebook.

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or many people, prayer is an essential part of daily life, connecting them with God, a force or the universe, bring- Fing them, among other things, assistance and protection. Oth- ers cannot imagine being so dependent upon a concept they can neither justify nor comprehend. A new vision of how and why we pray, and In Amen, Gretta Vosper, United Church minister and au- how we might move beyond prayer thor of the controversial bestseller With or Without God, offers us her deeply felt examination of worship beyond conventional Gretta Vosper prayer, and a call to a new tradition that can survive beyond the beliefs that divide.

Amen “A very intelligent guide to prayer.” What Prayer Can Mean —THE GLOBE AND MAIL in a World Beyond Belief “Gretta Vosper’s book is fabulous. She accepts the chal- RELIGION • $19.99 TPB lenges presented by both science and a pluralistic world, ISBN: 9781554686483 • SHIPPING IN MARCH shrugs off the protective privilege her profession might REL087000/REL012080 • 368 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 56 demand, and serves up a menu of truths that will stand up rights acquired: world/all languages to the examination of the most exacting skeptic and will editor: Jim Gifford inspire the most spiritual and religious among us. A must- read book for those exploring the intersection between contemporary science and religion.” —MARK ROBERT WALDMAN, ADJUNCT FACULTY, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, AUTHOR OF HOW GOD CHANGES YOUR BRAIN

GRETTA VOSPER is pastor of West Hill United Church in Toronto and founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity, an organization that provides resources and sup- port to those exploring the boundaries of Christian thought both within and outside their congregations. She received her master of divinity from Queen’s Theological College and was ordained in 1992. Resources she creates for spiritual gatherings within or outside church are used internationally. Vosper is the author of the national bestseller With or Without God and is a highly sought speaker. Visit her online at www.grettavosper.ca or fol- low her on Twitter @grettavosper.

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A national bestseller

ver since the 1981 publication of her stunning debut, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputationE as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only “A pleasure to read.” as a major American novelist (her second novel, Gilead, was —Maclean’s awarded the Pulitzer Prize), but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. Her compelling and demanding collection The Death of Adam—in which she reflects upon her Presbyterian Marilynne Robinson upbringing, investigates the roots of Midwestern abolitionism and mounts a memorable defence of Calvinism—is respected as a classic of the genre, and praised by Doris Lessing as “a use- When I Was a Child ful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture I Read Books we inhabit.” In When I Was a Child I Read Books, Robinson Essays returns to and expands upon the themes that have preoccupied her work with renewed vigour. LITERATURE/ESSAYS • $16.99 TPB In “Austerity as Ideology,” she tackles the global debt cri- ISBN: 9781443410939 • SHIPPING IN january sis and the charged political and social climate in America that LCO010000/LIT007000 • 224 pp • 5 5/16 x 8 • carton qty: 88 rights acquired: Canada/English language makes finding a solution to the country’s financial troubles so other rights: Trident Media Group challenging. In “Open Thy Hand Wide,” she searches out the editor: Iris Tupholme deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in “When I Was a Child,” one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear- eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of North America’s essential writers.

“What a privilege it is to be invited to stay for a time in the author’s wondrous brain.” —LAUREN GROFF, AUTHOR OF ARCADIA, IN THE GLOBE AND MAIL

MARILYNNE ROBINSON is the author of the novels House- keeping; Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and Home, and of three books of non-fiction,Mother Country, The Death of Adam and Absence of Mind. She teaches at the Iowa Writers’ Work- shop. For more information, visit her Facebook page.

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n this explosive new book, acclaimed French author Elisa- beth Badinter attacks a most unlikely force undermining Iwomen’s equality: liberal motherhood, in thrall to all that is “[A] scathing, controversial and brilliant piece “natural.” Attachment parenting, co-sleeping and on-demand of writing. . . . An essential read, whether or breastfeeding—these hallmarks of contemporary motherhood not you plan to have a child.” have succeeded in tethering women to the home and family to an extent not seen since the 1950s. The taboos surround- —Edmonton Journal ing epidurals, formula and disposable diapers—anything that distracts a mother’s attention from her offspring—have turned Elisabeth Badinter child rearing into a singularly regressive force. In sharp, engag- ing prose, Badinter names a reactionary shift that has been in- tensely felt but never clearly articulated until now. A bestseller The Conflict in Europe, The Conflict is a scathing indictment of a stealthy How Modern Motherhood Undermines zealotry that cheats women of their full potential. the Status of Women

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“A sharp, engaging and iconoclastic writer, Badinter nimbly traces the forces that have combined to glorify maternal sacrifice.” —MACLEAN’S

“One of those rare books with the power to change the way we look at our world and change the choices we make.” —THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Provocative and rigorous. . . . Badinter’s impressive imperative to own one’s own life, to take rigorous and energetic responsibility, to cast off the silly or cowardly or frivolously domestic ways, seems very appealing, and refreshing and brisk.” — SLATE

ELISABETH BADINTER is the acclaimed author of four seminal works on feminism: Dead End Feminism; XY: On Mas- culine Identity; The Unopposite Sex: The End of the Gender Battle and Mother Love: Myth and Reality. Her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She teaches philosophy at the prestigious École Polytechnique in Paris, where she lives.

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his stunning debut novel is set in the 1980s in a small, God-fearing Ontario town, rife with poisonous secrets, Tgrudges passed through the generations and an undercurrent of danger. The carpenter, Lee King, is returning after a lengthy A PHYLLIS BRUCE BOOK stay in maximum-security prison to a community that still re- calls his horrendous crime. His mother is dying and he wants to The national bestseller—a stunning see her and his sister, Donna, after so many years. But things are debut novel of love and retribution, still not quite right in the town, as Stan, the retired cop, knows. now in paperback Not only does he vividly remember Lee’s unexplained violence from years before, but he is also caught up in a new, mysterious case. A young woman, Judy Lacroix, has just been found dead Matt Lennox in a car at the site of the old drive-in, and the cops are saying it is suicide. Stan just can’t help getting involved, though his policing days are long over. And what about Lee King—will The Carpenter A Novel Stan ever understand why he became a murderer? A taut and compelling story about family secrets, revenge, FICTION • $19.99 TPB retribution and forgiveness, The Carpenter received stunning ISBN: 9781443407359 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY critical response on first publication. FIC190000/FIC030000 • 336 pp • 5 5/16 × 8 • carton qty: 56 rights acquired: Canada/English language “A masterful novel about crime, our need for atonement, other rights: Anne McDermid and Associates the harsh price of loyalty and the search for family love, editor: Phyllis Bruce powerful and engrossing.” —DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS

“The Carpenter is utterly convincing and compelling—a novel with immense depth of place, peopled with char- acters trying to forgive those who seek redemption. Matt Lennox has made a moving, moral and true book.” —MICHAEL WINTER

“Remarkably eloquent . . . lives vividly on the page.” —WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Born in Orillia, Ontario, MATT LENNOX first pursued a mili- tary career, becoming a captain in the Canadian army. He was posted to Afghanistan between 2008 and 2009, during which time he wrote many of the stories in his first collection, Men of Salt, Men of Earth. It was published by Oberon Press in 2009 and was shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit Award (the title story had been previously published in Best Canadian Stories in 2006). He has completed an MFA at the University of Guelph and lives in Toronto. For more information, visit Matt’s Facebook page.

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Matthew Glass Trigger Point

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t’s 2018: thirty-two American aid workers are massacred in Uganda by a terrorist organization. Six weeks later, stock Iprices on Wall Street fall; are they being manipulated by the Chinese government in retaliation for U.S. intervention in Uganda? As the president takes drastic action, the confronta- tion shifts from Wall Street to the coast of East Africa, where the U.S. and Chinese navies stand eye to eye.

“This chilling, important novel should be read by all those in charge of our country’s politics and finances.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

MATTHEW GLASS remains anonymous—though many have Oakland Ross speculated that he might be an insider who cannot reveal his true name. The critically acclaimed Ultimatum, his first novel, was published in 2009. The Dark Virgin

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n sixteenth-century Mexico, Pitoque is a reluctant spy for the Aztec ruler Montezuma, who is desperate to discover theI truth about reports of strange, tall, odorous beings. Are these creatures the envoys of the man-god Quetzalcóatl? Pitoque can’t be sure—nor does he suspect how the arrival of Hernando Cortés, Spanish conquistador, will change the course of his country’s history forever.

“A triumph. . . . A fabulous first novel.”— OTTAWA CITIZEN

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Val McDermid The Retribution

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here is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill’s life, whose evil surpasses all others and Twho has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. Now Jacko is back and set on exacting revenge on Tony for the years he spent in prison. Tony doesn’t know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine.

“Another winner from a brilliant writer.” —THE TORONTO SUN

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hen the body of a beautiful, popular teenage girl is found on a canal towpath, detective Zoë Benedict is Wconvinced the investigation needs to look beyond the usual domestic motives. When Zoë’s investigation leads her toward the world of webcam porn, a crippling secret from her past seems determined to emerge.

“Superb. . . . Hayder uses her trademark violence to perfect sinister effect.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

Mo Hayder is the author of the internationally bestselling HARPER COLLINS novels Birdman, The Treatment, The Devil of Nanking, Pig

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o one needs a wizard and his old bag of tricks—until the day he meets a black cat with a spiffy hat and a lonely Nheart. Together they share a magical night in Toronto’s Casa Loma castle, enjoying a candlelight feast of tuna and wine and the company of new friends. Originally published in Lee’s 1974 collection, Nicholas Knock and Other People, The Cat and the The acclaimed collaboration between Dennis Wizard enjoyed a second life as a much-praised picture book Lee and Gillian Johnson, now back in print and is now available from HarperCollins. Dennis Lee “The rhymes and rhythms are lively, varied and confident, as we’d expect from Canada’s most celebrated children’s Illustrated by Gillian Johnson poet . . . Lee’s artful nonsense bubbles along, lightly bear- ing its theme—loneliness assuaged by finding a friend, and the pleasure of having a companion who enjoys the The Cat and the Wizard same kinds of fun that you do. The collaboration between PICTURE BOOK, AGES 3 to 7 • $19.99 CL Lee and Johnson is as successful as that between wizard ISBN: 9781443411752 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY —QUILL AND QUIRE (STARRED REVIEW) and cat.” JUV000000 • 32 pp • 9 3/4 x 9 1/4 • carton qty: 34 rights acquired: world/all languages “An artful simplicity of language masks the deep inventive- permissions: Westwood Creative Artists ness, wit, and poignancy of Lee’s poetry.” editor: Hadley Dyer • publicist: Melissa Zilberberg —THE HORN BOOK

DENNIS LEE is Toronto’s first Poet Laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada and the author of timeless children’s col- lections such as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious and The Ice Cream Store. He has re- ceived many honours, including the Vicky Metcalf Award, for his body of work, and he is also an eminent poet for adults. His poetry is anthologized and read around the world.

GILLIAN JOHNSON is a prominent children’s book illustrator and author. Her renowned work includes Saranohair, My Sister Gracie, and the Baby Bun Bun series (with Richard Scrimger). She is also the author of Thora: A Half-Mermaid Tale. Gillian lives with her husband, writer Nicholas Shakespeare, and their sons in Tasmania and England.

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The ground cracked into hundreds of fissures, spreading out like a spider’s web. In an instant, the earth around the donkey crumbled, and Elia threw herself at the nearest clothesline. As the squealing Jason Chabot’s brilliant debut, where fantasy animal fell away, swallowed by the mist below, the wind surged to send a sheet billowing within reach. and dystopian worlds collide—literally Swinging in the air from a fistful of fabric, Elia heard a snap above her head and looked up to see Jason Chabot the last clothespins spring off. For a second, she felt as though she was sus- pended in the fog. Below Then she fell. Broken Sky Chronicles Volume 1 he first of three volumes in this thrilling series opens on YA FICTION/FANTASY, AGES 12+ the barren plains of Below, where a teenage boy named $17.99 ORIGINAL TPB w/flaps T ISBN: 9781443407793 • SHIPPING IN APRIL Hokk lives in isolation amid the remnants of our modern age. JUV053000 • 304 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 • carton qty: 32 On the floating islands in the skies of Above,E lia and her rights acquired: Canada/English language family are enslaved in endless drudgery. To Elia, the island’s other rights: Writers House edges are borders no one dares cross until the ritual burial editor: Hadley Dyer • publicist: Melissa Zilberberg that sends their dead Below. But a natural disaster is rumbling through Above, bringing both worlds—and Hokk and Elia— ever closer, until the day the earth crumbles below Elia’s feet and she falls. When Hokk rescues the girl who miraculously survives cover plunging into the sea, he realizes she might be the key to fi- art nally ending his exile. Both teens are desperate to return to the not homes they’ve lost, and their journey together will propel them final across endless plains, shattered cities, mirrored palaces and a centuries-old battle for the very earth and sky around them.

JASON CHABOT grew up in the rural outskirts of Chilliwack, B.C., and now, with his CA designation, works as a financial controller in Vancouver.

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“Yes, Imre is undead,” the principal said. “And we all know the Z word. We hear it all the time. But it’s an unkind word. A bad word. I do not want you to use it. You are the oldest ones here at Westwood. I am counting on you to set an example for the rest of the school.” A creepy, funny story of friendship He stood behind Imre, his hands on the kid’s with (putrefying) heart shoulders. “Words can hurt,” he said. “So let’s keep our Richard Scrimger language friendly, okay? Imre is not like anything you see in movies and video games. He wants what you want—to make friends, to do well, to have fun. Zomboy He’s like any of you here. Except that his heart isn’t A Novel beating.” Evil-O was nodding intently at all this. “Yes,” MIDDLE GRADE FICTION, AGES 10 to 14 • $14.99 ORIGINAL TPB she whispered. ISBN: 9781443410687 • SHIPPING IN MARCH JUV019000/JUV018000 • 256 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 • carton qty: 36 I was trying to control my breathing. I had my rights acquired: Canada/English language hand on my wrist, taking my pulse. My heart was other rights: Scott Treimel beating 280 times a minute. That was 280 times editor: Hadley Dyer • publicist: Melissa Zilberberg more than Imre’s heart.

rom the imagination of one of Canada’s funniest writers for young readers comes the story of a creepy young zom- Fbie named Imre Lazar, who, in spite of a few special challenges, is integrated into a regular classroom at Dresden Public School in Ontario. No one is less sure about the school board’s deci- sion than narrator Bob, but his fearless best friend, Evil-O, is Imre’s greatest defender. Clashes and heroics ensue as the com- munity’s tolerance for difference—and Bob’s tolerance for an undead rival—are pushed to the limit in this hilarious, exciting and surprisingly touching novel.

RICHARD SCRIMGER is the award-winning author of many acclaimed novels and picture books for young readers and adults. His works have been translated into several lan- guages and have been critically acclaimed around the world. His first children’s novel, The Nose from Jupiter, won the tenth annual Mr. Christie’s Book Award. His young adult novels Into the Ravine and From Charlie’s Point of View were named Canadian Library Association Young Adult Honour Books, and his latest adult novel, Mystical Rose, was a Globe and Mail book of the year. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario. Visit Richard online at www.scrimger.ca or follow him on Twitter @richardscrimger.

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n the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven with- Iout filling in magic release formB 1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. From the imagination that brought you Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employ- Thursday Next comes a new fantasy adventure ment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic car- for young readers pets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it’s a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they Jasper Fforde predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragon- slayer, they also point to Jennifer and say something is coming. The Last Dragonslayer Big Magic . . . A Novel “Fforde’s first kids’ fantasy is spoof, comic mayhem, and sharp cultural criticism. And always lively. . . . Reminiscent of MIDDLE GRADE FICTION, AGES 10 TO 14 • $12.99 TPB Pratchett in tone, this is clever, suspenseful and engaging.” ISBN: 9781443407496 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY —TORONTO STAR JUV037000 • 352 pp • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • carton qty: 44 rights acquired: Canada/English language “Fforde’s classic structure satisfies in the way that all good other rights: Janklow & Nesbit (U.K.) fairy stories do. Jennifer is given Exhorbitus, a sword so sponsoring editor: Hadley Dyer sharp that it cuts carbide as if it was a paper bag, and the Dragonslayer’s bullet-proof Rolls-Royce. But it will be her inner resources that generate the brilliant twist that brings together all the strands of the tale into a magnificent climax.” —THE INDEPENDENT

JASPER FFORDE is the critically acclaimed author of Shades of Grey, the Thursday Next series and the Nursery Crime series. After giving up a varied career in the film world, he now lives and writes in Wales, and has a passion for aviation. Visit him online at www.jasperfforde.com or on his Facebook page, or follow him on Twitter @jasperfforde.

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“You’re going to spend some time on the power play, on penalty kill, and start right off as the second line centre,” he told me. I didn’t question why he was putting me on the second line. I’d show him the first line was the place I belonged. A tough young hockey player becomes “The important thing is that you’ve been draft- the victim of a terrible abuse of power ed,” he said. “You’ve going to play Junior A, and you’re going to be on my team. You’re my player.” eric Walters

his gripping new novel by bestselling children’s/YA author Eric Walters explores the complex and disturbing rela- Power Play Ttionship between a talented young hockey star and his preda- A Novel tory coach as it descends into sexual abuse. In one of his most moving and provocative stories to date, Walters combines a YA FICTION, AGES 12+ • $14.99 ORIGINAL TPB vivid portrayal of rink culture with a powerful and unflinching ISBN: 9781443407618 • sHIPPING IN JANUARY JUV039210/JUV032110 • 256 pp • 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 • carton qty: 36 cautionary tale. rights acquired: Canada/English and French languages other rights: Transatlantic Literary Agency PRAISE FOR ERIC WALTERS editor: Hadley Dyer • publicist: Melissa Zilberberg “Walters’ ability to weave together a compelling scenario without getting in the way of the tale . . . helps cement his status as one of this country’s master storytellers.” —QUILL & QUIRE

ERIC WALTERS’ books for children and teens have won numerous prizes, including the Blue Heron Award, the Snow Willow Award, the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, the Rocky Mountain Book Award, and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award. He is the only three-time winner of the Sil- ver Birch Award and the Red Maple Award, and has received honours in the UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young Peo- ple’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance. He lives in Mississ- auga, Ontario. Visit him at www.ericwalters.net or follow him on Twitter @EricRWalters.

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Darren Shan ZOM-B Underground ZOM-B, Book Two

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s the undead continue their rampage across the U.K., teenage hero B awakens in an underground bunker, held Aprisoner by scientists and soldiers and surrounded by zombies that are unlike those annihilating humans above ground. B is trapped but secure—until the complex is attacked by a pack of mutants and their sinister leader, Mr. Dowling. Is there any safe place left in the world? The second instalment in Darren Shan’s thrilling new series will leave readers trembling in terror and clamouring for more.

Darren Shan ZOM-B City Zom-B, Book Three

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xhausted from the terrible conflicts and carnage of Book Two, B staggers out of the darkness of the underground complexE and into a city overrun by zombies. But the battle is far from over, as the living, dead and an army of mutants con- tinue their fight in the streets of a transformedL ondon, and B battles moral dilemmas and a growing sense of hopelessness at every turn.

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ost in the Arctic waste, carrying a baby whose love he could never deserve, Larten faces the darkest time he has Lever known—and the blackness of an abyss both imagined . . . and real. But hope has a way of shining through even the small- est of cracks, and just as Larten reaches the end, a new begin- ning presents itself, as faces from the past join the blossoming Larten Crepsley finds out what it means to of a new romance. The trouble is, for Larten, the violence of his love. But is he also damned to lose? youth is never far from the surface . . . and those he loves are the ones he hurts the most. As Larten experiences heaven and Darren Shan hell, and he tries to save the soul of a child, the question is: can he save his own? Palace of the Damned DARREN SHAN is the author of the internationally bestsell- The Saga of Larten Crepsley, Book Three ing series Cirque du Freak (known as the Saga of Darren Shan in the U.K.), as well as the Demonata series and the Saga of YA fiction, Ages 12+ • $8.99 DIGEST TPB Larten Crepsley. His adventures have sold more than 25 million ISBN: 9781554686919 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY JUV018000 • 256 pp • 5 x 7 1/8 • carton qty: 48 copies around the world in over thirty languages, yet much of rights acquired: Canada/English language his life remains shrouded in mystery. He lives in seclusion in the other rights: The Christopher Little Agency depths of Ireland. And he never drinks blood. Or so he claims. sponsoring editor: Hadley Dyer Visit him online at www.darrenshan.com or follow him on Twitter @darrenshan.

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ll Sophie wants is to forget what happened last summer. But that’s not easy when people keep asking if she’s okay, andA her mother locks herself behind closed doors for hours at a Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for time. And now her best friend, Abigail, cares more about par- ties and boys than about hanging out with Sophie. Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book and nominated Lost in memories of the life she had before that terrible for a Snow Willow Award day, Sophie retreats into herself. But it’s only so long before she must confront the tragedy of her past so she can face the future. Alice Kuipers “With lyrical prose, Alice Kuipers takes us on a riveting journey.” —ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD JURY CITATION The Worst Thing She Ever Did “This novel is gorgeous, heart-ripping, important.” —VOYA A Novel “Kuipers nails the voice of a mature teen who has been forced to grow up fast but is still fundamentally inexperi- YA FICTION, AGES 12+ • $9.99 DIGEST TPB enced and open to the exuberance of youth. . . . Her ISBN: 9781554680214 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY dialogue is sharp and true to life and she understands JUV039030 • 224 pp • 5 × 7 1/8 • carton qty: 68 teens’ thoughts and heightened emotions.” —QUILL & rights acquired: Canada/English language QUIRE other rights: Westwood Creative Artists editor: Hadley Dyer ALICE KUIPERS is the award-winning author of Life on the Refrigerator Door and 40 Things I Want to Tell You. Her work has been published in twenty-nine countries. She lives in Sas- katoon, where she’s working on her next YA novel and her first picture book, The Best Ever Bookworm Book by Violet and Victor Small. Visit her at www.alicekuipers.com or follow her on Twitter @AliceKuipers.

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etsy’s life is officially over: Dumped by her boyfriend, be- trayed by her best friend. . . . How is she ever going to Bshow her face again? Determined to avoid everyone and everything from her Nominated for the Ann Connor previous life, Betsy stumbles into an unusual café and an even Brimer Award for Children’s Literature more unusual girl. Dolores Morris—a mouthy, green-haired outsider Betsy can’t quite remember from school—talks her and the Snow Willow Award into starting a cleaning service. Before she knows it, Betsy is down on her knees, dressed like a dust bunny, scrubbing Vicki Grant strangers’ toilets. It’s a long way for the most popular girl in school to have fallen. But Betsy finds comfort in the wine bottles and prescrip- Betsy Wickwire’s tions and other dirty secrets she finds hidden in her clients’ Dirty Secret homes. She also finds love with a client’s son, friendship with A Novel Dolores and a liberated sense of herself. Her new life soon falls apart, though, when valuables begin to go missing from some YA fiction, ages 12+ • $9.99 DIGEST TPB of the homes she and Dolores have been cleaning. Betsy dis- ISBN: 9781554681839 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY covers the hard way that not all dirty secrets can just be swept JUV000000 • 336 pp • 5 x 7 1/8 • carton qty: 40 under the rug. rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Transatlantic Literary Agency editor: Hadley Dyer “Vicki Grant has authored another wonderful young adult novel with lots of humour, interesting characters and twists and surprises in the plot.” —gaCM Ma zine (highly recommended)

“Vicki Grant’s characters jump off the page. She shows an uncanny understanding of young people’s worries and emotions, the depression they often face, the self-esteem that frequently eludes them, and the acceptance they need most. This is a novel at once humorous, captivating and realistic. A multi-layered novel, a striking read.” —Canadian Children’s Book News

VICKI GRANT has been called “one of the funniest writers working today” (The Vancouver Sun). Her comic legal thriller, Quid Pro Quo, was described as “John Grisham for the skate- board set.” Her most recent teen book, Not Suitable for Family Viewing, won the Red Maple Award and was shortlisted for the CLA Young Adult Book Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Snow Willow Award and the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. Visit her online at www.vickigrant.com or on Facebook.

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n this companion novel to the Ingo series, myth and reality collide when Morveren, a young girl from a Cornish island, discoversI a Mer boy, Malin, half-buried in the sand dunes. New conflicts erupt between the worlds of sea and air, and storm clouds of danger gather as Morveren and her twin sister, Jen- Return to the world of Ingo, as myth na, struggle to protect Malin. An enthralling battle of loyalties and reality collide once again begins when Morveren and Jenna learn that even your clos- est friends can betray you, and that a tragic reality lies beneath Helen Dunmore their island’s legends.

Praise for the Ingo series

Stormswept “Ingo has a haunting, dangerous beauty all of its own.” The Ingo Chronicles —The Guardian

Middle grade fiction, ages 10 to 14 • $9.99 DIGEST TPB “The electric thrill of swimming with dolphins, of racing ISBN: 9781443405713 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY along currents, and of leaving the world of reason and JUV037000 • 304 pp • 5 x 7 1/8 • carton qty: 48 caution behind are described with glorious intensity.” rights acquired: Canada and U.S./English language —The Times (London) other rights: A.P. Watt sponsoring editor: Hadley Dyer “Helen Dunmore may have a few drowned readers on her conscience, so enticing and believable is the underwater world she creates in Ingo.” —D The aily Telegraph

HELEN DUNMORE is a novelist, a short story writer, and a poet. She has written twenty-two children’s books, includ- ing Brother Brother, Sister Sister; The Lilac Tree; The Seal Cove; and the bestselling Ingo series. She has written nine adult books including A Spell of Winter, which won the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her poetry collections have won the Poetry Society’s Alice Hunt Bartlett Award and the Signal Poetry Award. Helen Dunmore was born in Yorkshire, England, and now lives in Bristol with her husband and children. Visit her online at www.helendunmore.com.

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ans doesn’t know who he is or where he came from. When he was a baby, he washed ashore in a wooden box and was Hadopted by the conniving grave robber Knobbe the Bent. Now fate has thrown him together with Angela von Schwanenberg, Inside a dark and dusty tomb, a ghoulishly a young countess fleeing for her life from the evil Archduke Arnulf and his dreaded Necromancer. Together, these friends delightful adventure awaits go on a daring quest to discover Hans’s true identity and save Angela’s parents from the archduke. Allan Stratton Join Hans and Angela on their grand adventure as they ride through the depths of the great forest, sled down a moun- tain in a coffin and sneak along the secret passageways of the The Grave Robber’s archduke’s palace. The Grave Robber’s Apprentice is a world of Apprentice highwaymen, hermits and dancing bears—and of a boy sepa- A Novel rated from his family by the sea.

In this world anything is possible with luck and imagina- MIDDLE GRADE FICTION, AGES 10 to 14 • $9.99 DIGEST TPB tion—even for a grave robber’s apprentice. ISBN: 9781554688265 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY JUV037000 • 296 pp • 5 × 7 1/8 • carton qty: 44 “Funny, imaginative, just thrilling enough, and doesn’t take b&w illustrations throughout itself too seriously. . . . Stratton handles the tropes and rights acquired: Canada/English language clichés of fairy-tale fantasy with a wink and a playful sense other rights: Barry Goldblatt Literary editor: Hadley Dyer of destruction.” —QUILL & QUIRE (STARRED REVIEW)

“Stratton tells it all in language as rollicking as a song, with almost as many amusing moments as there are heart- stopping ones. He also slips in some important mes- sages: the power of imagination; the redeeming quality of kindness; and no matter how dire the straits, the need to believe in happy endings.” — BOokLIST (STARRED REVIEW)

ALLAN STRATTON is the internationally acclaimed author of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Chanda’s Secrets. His novel Chanda’s Wars won the CLA Young Adult Book Award and was a Junior Library Guild selection, and his other novels, Border- line and Leslie’s Journal, were both ALA Best Book for Young Adults selections. All of his books have been nominated for the White Pine Award. Allan has been on safari in Africa, hiked the Great Wall of China, explored pyramids in Egypt and flown over Cappadocia in a hot-air balloon. He lives with his partner in Toronto with four cats and a whole lot of fish. Visit him online at www.allanstratton.com.

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olly Moon can play any instrument. The harmonica! The guitar! The drums! The piano! You name it! MMolly is back—and she’s a rock star. In this fun-filled conclusion to the Molly Moon series, Molly faces the music— Molly has developed even more amazing the hypnotic music—of a magical coin that has the power to powers—including the power of rock ’n’ roll! enslave its listeners . . . and turn them into monsters!

PRAISE FOR THE MOLLY MOON SERIES Georgia Byng “This bigger-than-life tale offers delightfully dastardly villains, a sympathetic heroine who lives out every child’s Molly Moon & the dream and plenty of fast-paced action.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW, FOR MOLLY MOON’S Monster Music INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM A Novel “A sort of Girl’s Own Adventure story that will have adults JUVENILE FICTION, ages 8 to 12 • $18.99 CL and children alike scrabbling for the second volume.” —VOGUE, FOR MOLLY MOON’S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM ISBN: 9780061661631 • SHIPPING IN FEBRUARY JUV037000 • 352 pp • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • carton qty: 36 rights acquired: Canada/English language “Molly Moon is back, and Byng has outdone herself. Molly other rights: HarperCollins U.S. is irresistible. More than just roaring good fun; it’s a feel- sponsoring editor: Hadley Dyer • publicist: Vikki VanSickle good story that will leave [kids] hungry for more about a winning kid who learns to be comfortable in her own skin.” —BOOKLIST, FOR MOLLY MOON STOPS THE WORLD

“An enjoyable over-the-top page turner.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS, FOR MOLLY MOON STOPS THE WORLD

GEORGIA BYNG is the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling Molly Moon series, which started with Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism. She has always enjoyed acting and performing and attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. Now a full-time writer, Byng lives with the postmodern artist Marc Quinn and her children Tiger, Lucas and Sky in Lon- don. Visit her website at www.meetmollymoon.com.

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Author Index

Abramson, Beth ...... 21 Lee, Dennis ...... 65 Addison, Corban ...... 6 Lennox, Matt ...... 61 Adshade, Marina ...... 34 Liebman, Dan ...... 35 Allende, Isabel ...... 7 Livesey, Margot ...... 54 Backhaus, Jeff ...... 32 Maclear, Kyo ...... 56 Badinter, Elisabeth ...... 60 Maher, Kevin ...... 37 Boyd, William ...... 50 Mathis, Ayana ...... 27 Brewster, Hugh ...... 48 McCleen, Grace ...... 45 Bricker, Darrell and Ibbitson, John ...... 15 McDermid, Val ...... 63 Buchanan, Cathy Marie ...... 3 Miller, Rebecca ...... 19 Byng, Georgia ...... 76 Mina, Denise ...... 31 Caple, Natalee ...... 39 Mishani, D.A...... 24 Catucci, John ...... 22 Newman, Jack and Pitman, Teresa ...... 20 Chabot, Jason ...... 66 Pidgeon, Sean ...... 12 Chilton, Glenn ...... 52 Podnieks, Andrew ...... 28 Conklin, Tara ...... 13 Quigley, Sarah ...... 33 Cooper, Glen ...... 25 Richler, Nancy ...... 51 Davis, William ...... 8 Robinson, Marilynne ...... 59 Dobson, Ross ...... 42 Ross, Oakland ...... 10, 62 Drayton, Joanne ...... 17 Scrimger, Richard ...... 67 Dumas, Caroline ...... 43 Shan, Darren ...... 70, 71 Dunmore, Helen ...... 74 Shapiro, B.A...... 38 Elton, Sarah ...... 41 Shriver, Lionel ...... 47 Fforde, Jasper ...... 68 Silver Slayter, Rebecca ...... 11 Funder, Anna ...... 57 Stratton, Allan ...... 75 Glass, Matthew ...... 62 Stroud, Les ...... 23 Grant, Vicki ...... 73 Tessaro, Kathleen ...... 30 Green, Howard ...... 14 Trollope, Joanna ...... 46 Greene, Trevor and Debbie ...... 53 Tsabari, Ayelet ...... 2 Grescoe, Taras ...... 49 Vaz-Oxlade, Gail ...... 9 Hayder, Mo ...... 63 Vogels, Josey ...... 29 Herjavec, Robert ...... 5 Vosper, Gretta ...... 58 Hirata, Andrea ...... 26 Walters, Eric ...... 69 Humphreys, Helen ...... 4 Young, Robyn ...... 18 Izzo, Kim ...... 55 Jonasson, Jonas ...... 40 Joseph, Manu ...... 36 Kennedy, Paul ...... 16 Kuipers, Alice ...... 72 winter 2013 79

Title Index

100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window Land of Decoration, The ...... 45 and Disappeared, The ...... 40 Last Dragonslayer, The ...... 68 All That I Am ...... 57 Librarians, The ...... 25 Amen ...... 58 March Forth ...... 53 Art Forger, The ...... 38 Maya’s Notebook ...... 7 Attack of the Killer Rhododendrons, The ...... 52 Missing File, The ...... 24 Banking on America ...... 14 Molly Moon and the Monster Music ...... 76 Below ...... 66 Money Rules ...... 9 Best Place on Earth, The ...... 2 New Republic, The ...... 47 Betsy Wickwire’s Dirty Secret ...... 73 Nocturne ...... 4 Better Sex in No Time ...... 29 Palace of the Damned ...... 71 Beyond Survivorman ...... 23 Painted Girls, The ...... 3 Big Shift, The ...... 15 Perfume Collector, The ...... 30 Carpenter, The ...... 61 Personal Horoscopes 2013 ...... 35 Cat and the Wizard, The ...... 65 Power Play ...... 69 Conductor, The ...... 33 Rainbow Troops, The ...... 26 Conflict, The ...... 60 Rebellion ...... 18 Consumed ...... 41 Retribution, The ...... 63 Dark Virgin, The ...... 62 RMS Titanic ...... 48 Dollars and Sex ...... 34 Search for Anne Perry, The ...... 17 Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding ...... 20 Soldier’s Wife, The ...... 46 Empire of Yearning, The ...... 10 SoupeSoup ...... 43 Engineers of Victory ...... 16 Stormswept ...... 74 Fields, The ...... 37 Straphanger ...... 49 Finding Camlann ...... 12 Stray Love ...... 56 Fired Up Vegetarian Barbeque ...... 42 Trigger Point ...... 62 Flight of Gemma Hardy, The ...... 54 Twelve Tribes of Hattie, The ...... 27 Garden of Burning Sand, The ...... 6 Waiting for Sunrise ...... 50 Gods and Beasts ...... 31 Wheat Belly Cookbook ...... 8 Grave Robber’s Apprentice, The ...... 75 When I Was a Child I Read Books ...... 59 Hanging Hill ...... 63 Will to Win, The ...... 5 Heart Health for Canadians ...... 21 Worst Thing She Ever Did, The ...... 72 Hikikomori and the Rental Sister ...... 32 You Gotta Eat Here! ...... 22 Hockey Facts & Stats 2012–13 ...... 28 ZOM-B City ...... 70 House Girl, The ...... 13 ZOM-B Underground ...... 70 Illicit Happiness of Other People, The ...... 36 Zomboy ...... 67 Imposter Bride, The ...... 51 In Calamity’s Wake ...... 39 In the Land of Birdfishes ...... 11 Jacob’s Folly ...... 19 Jane Austen Marriage Manual, The ...... 55 Notes