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Fiction 2 Point Blank - Crime 15 Rock the Boat - Young Adult 23 Non-Fiction 28 Bestsellers 57 Beginner’s Guides 68 Sales & Distribution 73 new fiction | oneworld FEBRUARY

Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2016

A poignant and haunting novel about female friendship and race in 1970s Brooklyn

A New York Times bestseller

They used to be inseparable. They used to be young, brave and brilliant – amazingly beautiful and

credit: Juna F. Nagle Juna F. credit: terrifyingly alone. August, Sylvia, Angela and Gigi shared everything: songs, secrets, fears and dreams. But 1970s Brooklyn was a dangerous place, a place where grown men reached for innocent girls, where mothers disappeared and futures vanished at the turn of a corner.

For fans of Jenny Offill and Siri Hustvedt comes Fiction this heartbreaking and exquisitely written novel February 2017 about an indelible yet fleeting friendship that united £10.99 four young lives. The first adult novel in twenty 192pp years from the National Book Award winner B Format Hardback ISBN: 9781786070838 Jacqueline Woodson, Another Brooklyn is a eISBN: 9781786070852 powerful and poetic work from one of America’s Export TPB: 9781786070845 | £8.99 most gifted novelists. Territories: UK/BC

‘A sort of fever dream…I loved this book.’ Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder

‘Gorgeous…a love letter to black girlhood.’ Roxanne Gay, author of Bad Feminist

Jacqueline Woodson is the author of numerous award-winning books, including the New York Times-bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, which won the National Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

2 oneworld | new fiction FEBRUARY

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Denis Thériault Translated by Liedewy Hawke For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young

Secretly steaming open envelopes and reading the letters inside, Bilodo has found an escape from his lonely and routine life as a postman. When one day he comes across a mysterious letter containing only a single haiku, he finds himself avidly caught up in the relationship between a long-distance couple who write to each other using only beautiful poetry. He feasts on their words, vicariously living a life for which he longs. But it will only be a matter of time before his world comes crashing down around him…

An instant hit on first publication when it was selected for Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Book Club, this beautifully packaged new edition is the Fiction ideal primer for Thériault’s much-anticipated February 2017 sequel, The Postman’s Fiancée, which will be US: March 2017 published by Oneworld in June. £8.99/$15.99 144pp B Format Paperback ISBN: 9781786070531 ‘A beguiling story about love, loneliness and the eISBN: 9781786070548 modern world.’ Independent Territories: World

‘Quirky and charming…brings to mind nothing less than a giddily-lovesick Kafka.’ Guardian credit: Doyon Martine

Denis Thériault is an award-winning author and screenwriter. The Postman’s Fiancée is the much-anticipated sequel to the runaway hit The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman (Oneworld, 2016). His debut novel, The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea, will be published by Oneworld in 2018.

3 new fiction | oneworld MARCH

Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin Translated by Megan McDowell A deeply unsettling and disorientating debut novel about obsession, identity and motherhood

A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He’s not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins and the power and desperation of family.

Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, taut novel.

Fiction ‘A wonderful nightmare of a book: tender and March 2017 frightening, disturbing but compassionate. Fever £12.99 Dream is a triumph of Schweblin’s outlandish 192pp imagination.’ Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of The B Format Hardback ISBN: 9781786070906 Sound of Things Falling eISBN: 9781786070913 Territories: UK/BC ‘Fever Dream is a small masterpiece, a beautiful and chillingly contemporary book. Every word throbs a kind of wisdom.’ Alejandro Zambra, author of Multiple Choice and My Documents

Samanta Schweblin is the author of three story collections that have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Juan Rulfo Story Prize, and been translated into 20 languages. Fever Dream is her first credit: Alejandra Lopez credit: novel. Originally from Buenos Aires, she lives in Berlin.

4 oneworld | new fiction MARCH

Little Nothing Marisa Silver

Blending fable and folklore, Silver conjures an electric, pitch-black allegory for fans of Angela Carter and Franz Kafka

A stunning, provocative new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver, Little Nothing is part allegory, part a subversive fairy tale of love in all its uncanny guises, which unfolds across a lifetime of unimaginable, magical transformation.

Born in an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, Pavla is scorned for her physical deformity. Her parents turn to the treatments of a local charlatan, but his terrifying cure opens the floodgates of persecution, and Pavla becomes a hunted woman whose ultimate survival depends on the most startling transfiguration of them all.

‘An emotionally suspenseful allegory...The novel Fiction twisted me up inside. I loved it.’ Lauren Groff, March 2017 £12.99 author of Fates and Furies 352pp Demy Hardback ISBN: 9781786071279 ‘This book is a beautifully realized riddle.’ eISBN: 9781786071286 Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers Export TPB: 9781786071521 | £12.99 Territories: UK/BC credit: Bader Howar

Marisa Silver is the author of the New York Times-bestselling novel Mary Coin, The God of War (a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist), No Direction Home and two story collections. She lives in Los Angeles.

5 new fiction | oneworld MARCH

Here Comes the Sun Nicole Dennis-Benn

A radiant, gorgeous novel that vibrates with power, heart and unflinching honesty

Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn’s superbly crafted novel offers a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister Thandi to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. When a maelstrom of change threatens their village, each woman – fighting to balance the burdens she shoulders with the freedom she craves – must confront long-hidden scars.

From a much-heralded new writer, Here Comes the Fiction Sun offers a haunting glimpse into a vibrant, March 2017 passionate world most outsiders see simply as £12.99 paradise. 352pp Demy Paperback w/ flaps ISBN: 9781786071248 ‘Stuns at every turn...Here Comes the Sun is about eISBN: 9781786071262 women pushed to the edge and Jamaica in all its Export TPB: 9781786071255 | £9.99 beauty and fury.’ Marlon James, Booker-winning Territories: UK/BC author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

‘Here Comes the Sun sheds much-needed light on the island’s disenfranchised...An important debut.’ The New York Times Book Review

Nicole Dennis-Benn was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She lives with her wife in Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches writing. credit: Jason Berger Jason credit: www.nicoledennisbenn.com

6 People are already talking about Here Comes the Sun

A Publishers Weekly Writer to Watch

A New York Times Cool Reads for Hot Days Pick

One of BBC’s Ten New Beach Reads to Devour

‘I read it the way I read a thriller, holding my breath, waiting for the next new revelation. It’s Shakespearean-level drama and compulsively readable.’ Jamie Canaves, Book Riot

‘Her prose is lyrical and vibrant, but Dennis-Benn has a deeper purpose, and she takes the reader on a trip that is impossible to forget.’ Brooklyn Magazine

‘Dennis-Benn’s writing is so assured, so gorgeous...Here Comes the Sun is tough, beautiful and necessary, and it feels like a miracle.’ Michael Shaub, NPR

‘Nicole Dennis-Benn’s scorching debut is both desperately sad and impossible to forget.’ The Boston Globe

7 new fiction | oneworld JUNE

The Postman’s Fiancée Denis Thériault Translated by John Cullen The much-anticipated sequel to the Radio 2 Book Club favourite The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

Tania moves from Bavaria to Montreal to fine-tune her French and fall in love. Finding work as a waitress in the working-class area of the city, she meets Bilodo, a shy postman who writes haiku and who is passionate about calligraphy. The two hit it off but then one stormy day their lives take a dramatic turn, and as their destinies become increasingly entwined the two are led into a world where nothing is as it seems.

The Postman’s Fiancée reunites readers with the touching and much-loved characters first found in The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, charming us once again with his deft touch and lyrical prose in Fiction a love story that will move readers, young and old June 2017 alike. US: July 2017 £8.99/$15.99 144pp ‘Enchanting, philosophically astute and deeply B Format Paperback w/ flaps ISBN: 9781786071132 poignant.’ John Burnside on The Peculiar Life of a eISBN: 9781786071149 Lonely Postman Territories: World

8 oneworld | new in paperback FEBRUARY

The Sellout Paul Beatty SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2016

Brand new in paperback supported by a nationwide marketing and publicity campaign

Named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal, The Sellout is a biting satire about race that showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.

Finding himself left with nothing on his father’s death but a bill for a drive-thru funeral, and fuelled by feelings of betrayal, the narrator sets out to put his backwater town of Dickens back on the map. His plan - the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school. With its uncanny ability to make readers want to both laugh and cry, The Sellout is an Fiction outrageous and outrageously entertaining indictment February 2017 of our time. £8.99 304pp B Format Paperback ‘There’s satire and then there’s satire, and without ISBN: 9781786071460 question Paul Beatty’s caustic third novel, The eISBN: 9781786070166 Territories: UK/BC Sellout, definitely falls into the latter category… brutally honest and very funny.’ Independent

‘Hilarious and profound.’ Simon Schama, Financial Times

Paul Beatty is the author of the novels Slumberland, Tuff, and The White Boy Shuffle. He is also the author of two books of poetry and is the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City.

9 new in paperback | oneworld FEBRUARY

Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the alluring, wild world of a famous New York restaurant

‘A book that’ll stay glued to your hands as you race through the pages in one sitting.’ Elle

‘Danler’s intense, psychedelic style makes you feel slightly drunk, and you won’t view eating out in the same way again.’ Daily Mail

Father’s Day Simon Van Booy

A breakthrough work exploring the nature of fatherhood from the award-winning author of The Illusion of Separateness

‘Van Booy writes with muted unsentimental elegance about the impulses that bind us together.’ The Times

‘Van Booy charms us with the struggles of this unlikely father-figure.’ Sunday Herald

10 oneworld | new in paperback FEBRUARY-APRIL

Masha Regina Vadim Levental Translated by Lisa Hayden A raw, startling, genre-defying novel about youth, sex, art and love in modern-day St Petersburg

The Sky Over Lima Juan Gómez Bárcena Translated by Andrea Rosenberg

‘A tale with the subtlest of stings in it, dark wit and telescopic perspective aplenty.’ Helen Oyeyemi, author of Boy, Snow, Bird

Umami Laia Jufresa Translated by Sophie Hughes

‘Reading Umami is like traveling through the minds of everyone we know, guided by a soft, reliable voice that tells us: stop, listen, observe.’ Valeria Luiselli, author of The Story of My Teeth

11 new in paperback | oneworld APRIL-JUNE

Who Will Catch Us As We Fall Iman Verjee

An epic story of love, loss and identity in contemporary Kenya

‘A vibrant picture of a country in turmoil. An unforgettable and ultimately hopeful tale.’ Booklist

‘A unique, powerful voice in African literature.’ Kirkus

‘An unusually gifted young writer.’ Margaux Fragoso, author of Tiger, Tiger

Private Citizens Tony Tulathimutte

From a brilliant new literary talent comes a sweeping comic portrait of privilege, ambition and friendship – dubbed ‘the first great millennial novel’ by New York Magazine

‘A brilliant novel – whip smart, hilarious and entirely engrossing.’ Emma Cline, author of The Girls

‘Tulathimutte is a big talent.’ Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom and Purity

‘An eloquent social novel bristling with logic.’ Nell Zink, Financial Times, Best Summer Books of 2016

12 oneworld | recent releases SEPTEMBER

The Return of the Young Prince A.G. Roemmers Translated by Oliver Brock A beautiful tribute to the international bestseller The Little Prince with a nationwide marketing campaign on bus, rail and underground and in libraries and bookshops

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. But even princes from faraway planets eventually grow up. No longer content with his tiny planet, the young prince sets off once again to explore the universe.

And so begins another remarkable journey into the secrets and joys of living a meaningful life. A charming fable for all ages, this wonderful sequel to the beloved classic overflows with love and wisdom, a true celebration of life as it should be lived in all its beauty and joy. A.G. Roemmers is an award-winning poet. He Fiction September 2016 lives in Argentina. £9.99 160pp B Format Hardback ISBN: 9781780749563 eISBN: 9781780749570 Territories: UK/BC

London underground Library displays POS for bookshops advertising campaign 13 Point Blank is now nearly a year old, and is fast establishing itself as the go-to place for brilliant literary crime, suspense and thrillers. This time last year we promised a range of novels from around the world, unified by excellent writing and wonderful characterisation, and we have been working hard to deliver on that promise.

To celebrate Point Blank’s first birthday, we have some treats in store that should appeal to all tastes, from the terrifyingly chilling to the cosier end of the market. Enjoy!

@PtBlankBks new | point blank MARCH

The Pictures Guy Bolton

In Hollywood, no one is innocent

Hollywood, 1939. The year that The Wizard of Oz was made. Detective Craine has spent his life working as a studio fixer, whitewashing the misdemeanours and crimes of the studio players and stars. But now he’s trying to turn his back on that life, following the recent death of his wife, as he’s determined to be a better parent to his young son.

But then Craine’s services are called upon one last time. MGM need him to smooth over the press coverage of the suicide of one of their producers. And soon, what should be a straightforward case proves anything but when connections are made between the suicide and a brutal murder across town. And that’s just the start of the story. Crime & Mystery March 2017 £14.99 400pp Royal Hardback ISBN: 9781786070395 eISBN: 9781786070401 Territories: UK/BC credit: Jodie Southgate

Guy Bolton lives in London and has worked in publishing, film and television. He currently works in drama at the BBC. The Pictures is his first novel. Last year it was shortlisted in the Telegraph Harvill Secker crime writing competition.

15 new | point blank APRIL

Three Envelopes Nir Hezroni Translated by Steven Cohen A thrilling debut, Three Envelopes delves into the twisted mind of a rogue agent in the Israeli intelligence agency

Agent 10483 carried out his missions perfectly. Too perfectly. When a top agent in the Israeli Organization receives a disturbing notebook written by the mysterious 10483, supposedly dead for years, he realises something went wrong.

Is 10483 a psychopath who outwitted his handlers for years? Or was he manipulated by his superiors to carry out the most monstrous assassinations in the history of the state of Israel? And why was 10483 the only agent to receive three envelopes with targeted killing assignments instead of one, as part of a top-secret operation?

Crime & Mystery Offering a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the April 2017 technology of high-level intelligence operations, £12.99 Nir Hezroni’s dark thriller is a terrifying exploration 304pp of the mind of a master killer. A fantastic start to Demy Paperback ISBN: 9781786070098 an exciting new series. eISBN: 9781786070104 Territories: UK/BC ‘An intelligent thriller in persuasive yet eloquent prose usually found in canonical works rather than in sophisticated thrillers.’ Ha’aretz

Nir Hezroni was born in Jerusalem. After years of military service in intelligence, Hezroni built a career in high tech. In 2014 he published his first thriller, Three Envelopes, in Israel. He lives with his family credit: Tommy Harpaz Tommy credit: near Tel Aviv.

16 point blank | new APRIL

Lola Melissa Scrivner Love

A tautly plotted L.A.-set thriller for fans of Orange is the New Black and The Wire

Lola stands next to Garcia while he mans the grill in their craggy square of backyard. The barbeque has just begun, and the women are gossiping, while the men hold sweating beers.

Business has been good lately in their tiny nugget of South Central Los Angeles, where a legit man has two choices: landscaping off-the-books for West Side white cash, or sweating through twelve- hour factory shifts. Garcia does not make his living either way. And if Lola were like the other women at her barbeque, she would spend her day perched on a stool behind a dollar-store cash register.

Suddenly: a sharp knock on the front door, probably a cop. Lola has never met the man Crime & Mystery standing there, but she knows his name. Everyone April 2017 in this neighbourhood knows his name. He’s The £12.99 Collector, and he won’t give them long. 336pp Demy Paperback ISBN: 9781786070869 ‘A raw, dark and claustrophobic tale.’ eISBN: 9781786070876 Gilly Macmillan, author of What She Knew Territories: UK/BC

‘A terrific first novel, one of the best I’ve come across in years.’ SJ Rozan, Edgar-winning author of Ghost Hero

Melissa Scrivner Love has written for several television shows, among them Life, CSI: Miami and Person of Interest. She lives with her husband, a comedy writer, in Los Angeles.

17 new | point blank MAY

Strange Magic Syd Moore

The only way is witchcraft

The first in a witty commercial trilogy with the winning combination of witches and magic... and Essex Girls. Rosie Strange doesn’t believe in witches. No, not at all. It’s no surprise therefore when she inherits the ramshackle Essex Witch Museum, her first thought is to take the money and run.

Still, the museum exerts a curious pull. There’s the eccentric academic who demands Rosie hunt for old bones, those of the notorious Ursula Cadence, a witch long since put to death. And there’s curator Sam Stone, a man Rosie can’t decide if he’s tiresomely annoying or extremely captivating. Her plans to sell the museum might need to be delayed, just for a while. Crime & Mystery May 2017 Finding herself and Sam embroiled in a centuries-old US: June 2017 mystery, Rosie is quickly expelled from her comfort £8.99/$12.99 zone, where to her horror, the secrets of the past 400pp B Format Paperback come with their own real and all too present danger, ISBN: 9781786070982 as a strange magic threatens to envelop them all. eISBN: 9781786070999 Territories: World

Syd Moore lives in Essex where the Rosie Strange novels are set. Prior to writing, she was a lecturer and a presenter on Pulp, the Channel 4 books programme. She is the author of the mystery novels credit: Daniel Newman credit: The Drowning Pool and Witch Hunt.

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Siracusa Delia Ephron

From the screenwriter of You’ve Got Mail comes an electrifying novel about marriage and deceit...a perfect holiday read

Michael and Lizzie travel to Italy with their friends Finn and Taylor, and their daughter Snow. As they stumble upon lies and infidelities past and present, Snow, ten years old and precociously drawn into a far more adult drama, becomes the catalyst for catastrophe. Set on the sun-drenched coast of the Ionian Sea, Siracusa unfolds with the pacing of a psychological thriller to deliver a spellbinding final act.

New York Times bestseller • Washington Post bestseller • USA Today bestseller • one of Vulture’s 100 Greatest Beach Books Ever • People Magazine Summer Reading pick • Elle, InStyle, and Marie Claire’s Best of July • Amazon Best Book of July Crime & Mystery 2016 May 2017 £12.99 304pp ‘A stunning portrait of two marriages coming Short Royal Paperback unraveled during the stress of travel abroad. Insightful ISBN: 9781786071545 and engaging. A must-read!’ Sue Grafton eISBN: 9781786071552 Territories: UK/BC

‘Siracusa is an Italian aria, a Greek tragedy and a modern American masterpiece written by Delia Ephron at the height of her powers…unforgettable.’

Adriana Trigiani credit: Elena Seibert

Delia Ephron is a journalist, playwright and screenwriter (including the smash hit You’ve Got Mail), as well as a bestselling author of both novels and non-fiction. She lives in New York.

19 newnew infiction paperback | oneworld | point blank JANUARY-MAY

Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster Karen Lee Street

What if the great detective C. Auguste Dupin was not Edgar Allan Poe’s fictional creation, but his friend?

‘Delightfully entertaining…a fascinating portrayal of London [in 1840]…with strong characterisation, a well-crafted plot and engaging dialogue.’ New Books

‘Deliciously morbid…The prose has a lush, sumptuous rhythm to it… This is a dark, highly satisfying mystery combining beautiful writing with suspense and unease.’ Ripperologist

By Gaslight Steven Price

In the vein of The Crimson Petal and the White and The Alienist comes a darkly atmosphereic Victorian literary tour-de-force

‘A dark tale of love, betrayal and murder that reaches from the slums of Victorian London to the diamond mines in South Africa…Superb storytelling.’ Kurt Palka, author of The Piano Maker

‘Completely absorbing – an epic, brilliantly written novel to rank with the world’s best.’ Jacqueline Baker, author of The Broken Hours

Crime & Mystery | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 752pp | 9781786071026 eISBN: 9781780748696 | Territories: UK/BC

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French Concession Xiao Bai Translated by Chenxin Jiang A richly atmospheric thriller set in 1929’s Shanghai, teeming with femme fatales, criminals and double agents

‘A convincing picture of a place and time unrivalled for excitement and intrigue, with protagonists of real substance.’ Crime Review

‘The translation by Chenxin Jiang is breathtakingly natural…But the story itself…is the high point here. There is, perhaps, a touch of Graham Greene’s espionage novels, lending the book a timeless feel…an intelligent, engaging and occasionally beautiful novel.’ Sunday Herald

Crime & Mystery | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £8.99 | 368pp | 9781786070005 eISBN: 9781780749037 | Territories: UK/BC

The Hermit Thomas Rydahl Translated by K.E. Semmel

Introducing an unforgettable new detective who could have walked off the pages of Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene

Winner of the Glass Key Award Winner of the Danish Debutant Award Winner of the Harald Mogensen Prize

‘One of the most distinctive detectives you will meet this year...nothing less than excellent.’ Politiken

21 Embarking upon its third year, Rock the Boat has already made a name for itself by publishing talented authors from around the world who bring diverse, enriching and unique stories to the UK market. From bestselling sci-fi trilogies to issue-driven novels with troubled but important characters, Rock the Boat is eager to expand its list to reach readers who want to connect with stories, characters and authors.

The Spring list is our strongest yet and has something for everyone. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

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@RocktheBoatUK rock the boat | new MARCH

Birdy Flynn Helen Donohoe

When the toughest fight is to be yourself

There is the secret of Birdy’s grandmother’s cat. How the boys tortured it and Birdy had to drown her in the river. There’s the secret of teacher Mrs Cope, who touched Birdy. The secret of the Gypsy Girl at school who Birdy likes, but she can’t tell anyone. Because Birdy’s other secret is that while she fights as well as the boys, she is a girl, and she doesn’t always feel like a girl is supposed to.

So Birdy tries to become what others want, even if it means losing herself.

In this luminescent, sad and funny portrayal, Helen Donohoe has created a nuanced and deeply felt novel. Whatever their own story, every reader will recognise in Birdy their own struggle to find their place in the world. Young Adult March 2017 US: May 2017 £7.99/$11.99 384pp B Format Paperback Original ISBN: 9781780749396 eISBN: 9781780749402 Territories: World

Helen Donohoe lives in Finsbury Park, London, with her partner and two daughters. She has dedicated her career to speaking up for the powerless and invisible as a campaigner, lobbyist, volunteer and writer. She completed the MA in Creative Writing at City University, London, winning the PFD Novel Writing Prize.

23 new | rock the boat APRIL

Room Empty Sarah Mussi

Love on the brink with a murder at its heart

Fletcher and Dani are fighting their own inner demons just to stay alive.

Dani is ravaged by anorexia and hasn’t eaten for days. Fletcher is fighting to stay off the streets and to stay off drugs. Will their attraction to each other save or destroy them?

Both patients at the Daisy Bank Rehab Centre, Fletcher wants to help Dani find out about the Room Empty at the heart of her pain: What happened to Dani in that room when she was four? Whose is the dead body that lies across the door? Why won’t her mind let her remember?

As Dani and Fletcher begin to learn how to love, Young Adult Sarah Mussi weaves an intoxicating story of pain, April 2017 fear and redemption. £7.99 336pp B Format Paperback Original ‘A fantastic piece of writing; powerful and ISBN: 9781780749747 compelling.’ Carousel, on Siege eISBN: 9781780749754 Territories: UK/BC

Sarah Mussi lives in Brixton, London. She has won the Irish Writers Children’s Book Award and the BBUKYA Award for contemporary YA fiction. She has been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie medal and has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase award and Lewisham Book Award, amongst others.

24 rock the boat | new MAY

The Circus Olivia Levez

Colourful, funny and brave, The Circus is a magnificent follow-up to the acclaimed The Island

Why would a girl who has everything want to run away and never be found?

Willow has run away ever since she was a little girl. She has everything: a rich daddy, clothes, a pony and a place at a prestigious boarding school. But what she really wants is a father who cares enough to find her.

This time, Willow escapes again, to become a circus performer like her missing mother. When her last bit of money is stolen by Suze, Willow becomes homeless. Then Suze comes tumbling back into her life...

So begins their exhilarating odyssey through Young Adult hunger, performance, desperation and dreams. Will May 2017 they both survive and will Willow make it to the £7.99 circus of her imagining? 336pp B Format Paperback Original ISBN: 9781786070944 ‘The narrative has a powerful immediacy. It will not eISBN: 9781786070951 be easy to forget Fran, and Olivia Levez is a talent Territories: World to watch.’ Books for Keeps on The Island

9781780748597 Olivia Levez divides her time between teaching English and binge-writing in her caravan by the sea. Olivia likes hula-hooping, yoga and real ale, but not at the same time. She lives in Worcester- shire with her husband, two sons and her dog, Basil.

25 new | rock the boat JUNE

Mindstormer A. J. Steiger

What if your past had been erased by the state?

When Lain Fisher wakes up in a hospital bed she can’t remember anything of the last few months. As a mindwalker, she knows about erasing memories. She just never thought that it would happen to her.

She is rescued by two young men, one of whom she remembers and one of whom is a stranger to her. With them she reconnects to her lost memories, and realises that the stranger is someone with whom she has a long and complicated history.

Soon the battle for survival becomes personal and Lain and Stuart and the rebels are fighting to make big changes to the world as they know it.

‘A vivid future world...balance[s] plot with Young Adult thought-provoking contemplation about what June 2017 £7.99 makes personalities complete.’ Kirkus 320pp B Format Paperback Original ISBN: 9781780749266 eISBN: 9781780749273 Territories: UK/BC

9781780747248 A. J. Steiger majored in fiction writing at Columbia College, Chicago, and her lifelong interest in psychology and social justice issues led her to write Mindwalker and Mindstormer. She lives in Illinois, USA.

26 rock the boat | recent releases RECENT RELEASES

Tell Us Something True Dana Reinhardt For fans of John Green & Sarah Dessen, a delightful story about loves lost and found

‘I promise you’ll fall in love with River Dean...he’s funny and he’s true.’ E. Lockhart, New York Times-bestselling author of We Were Liars

Girl in Pieces Kathleen Glasgow A heartbreaking, triumphant, funny and hopeful story of one girl’s battle with self harm

‘A haunting, beautiful and necessary book.’ Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything

Gemina Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

The most exciting new YA trilogy since Sarah Maas’ Throne of Glass series

‘A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form.’Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen

27 new non-fiction | oneworld JANUARY

Our Israeli Diary Of that time, Of That Place, 8 May – 22 May 1978 Antonia Fraser Found at the back of a cupboard – the long-lost diary charting Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter’s trip to Israel

‘I think we both believe we shall tramp through a great deal of history.’

In May 1978 Lady Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter made their first trip to Israel. During their two-week stay they visit the country’s most significant sites, break bread and debate art and politics with some of the key political, religious and artistic figures of the day, and experience the tensions at the heart of the state of Israel. Fraser’s writing also provides intriguing hints as to Pinter’s true feelings about his Jewish roots.

Charmingly narrated, embroidered by effervescent Memoir flourishes and leavened with wonderful humour, January 2017 Our Israeli Diary is a unique picture of a time £9.99 and place, and a revealing, open and uncensored 176pp account of the relationship between two of Britain’s B Format Hardback ISBN: 9781786071538 most cherished literary figures. Territories: UK/BC ‘Combining disarming emotional frankness with restrained elegance, Antonia Fraser weaves her diary entries and memories into a compelling and moving history of a long, passionate relationship.’ Katie Owen, Sunday Times, on Must You Go?

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed and interna- tionally bestselling works of historical non-fiction. She has received many awards throughout her career and in 2011 she was made a credit: Sue Greenhill credit: DBE for services to literature. She lives in London.

28 oneworld | new non-fiction JANUARY

Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy Edited by Dalia Fahmy & Daanish Faruqi A nuanced investigation into the state of liberalism in Egypt

In a paradoxical turn of events, the military coup which ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president was aided by the same influential group of intellectuals and activists who’d led civic protests during Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship. Bringing together experts from a range of fields, this holistic study is a thorough and thought-provoking insight into the condition of liberalism in modern Egypt.

‘A fiercely radical constellation of critical thinking indispensable for our understanding not just of Egypt...but in fact the very legacy of liberalism in the 21st century.’ Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Egypt / Politics & Government January 2017 ‘An extraordinary and wide-ranging exploration US: January 2017 £25/$35 of the Arab Spring’s excitement and reversal in 400pp Egypt.’ Ebrahim Moosa, Professor of Islamic Short Royal Paperback Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, ISBN: 9781780748825 University of Notre Dame eISBN: 9781780748832 Territories: World

Dalia Fahmy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Long Island University. She lives in New Jersey.

Daanish Faruqi is a PhD candidate in History at Duke University, North Carolina.

29 new non-fiction | oneworld FEBRUARY

A Man for All Markets Beating the Odds, from Las Vegas to Wall Street Edward O Thorp The unimaginable success of a gambling and investment legend

Mathematics professor. Professional gambler. Tech inventor. Hedge fund heavyweight. Bestselling author. One of a kind.

Edward O Thorp worked his way up from nothing to become a professor at MIT. Using one of their early computers for his calculations, he invented card counting, making huge winnings at blackjack, roulette and baccarat in Las Vegas and brushing shoulders with mobsters along the way.

Thorp then moved on to Wall Street, where he began a hugely successful career in the stock market, attracting the attention of global investors such as Warren Buffett. He used statistical techniques to Business & Management find and exploit pricing anomalies in the securities February 2017 markets and built a significant fortune, earning £25 himself the nickname ‘The Godfather of Quants’. 416pp Royal Hardback ISBN: 9781786070289 For the first time, Thorp shares his incredible life eISBN: 9781786070296 story, explaining how he made his money and Territories: UK/BC giving advice to the next generation of investors.

Edward O Thorp is the New York Times-bestselling author of Beat the Dealer and a former professor of mathematics at MIT, UCLA and the University of California, Irvine. He lives in Orange County, California.

30 oneworld | new non-fiction FEBRUARY

A Man for All Markets Who Lost Russia? How the World Entered a New Cold War Peter Conradi The Cold War ended twenty-five years ago, but tensions between Russia and the West are as bad as ever. What happened?

When the Soviet Union collapsed on 26 December 1991, it looked like the start of a remarkable new era of peace and co-operation with the West. Some even dared to declare the end of history, assuming all countries would converge on enlightenment values and liberal democracy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Russia emerged from the 1990s battered and humiliated – the parallels with Weimar Germany are striking. Goaded on by a triumphalist West, a new Russia has emerged, with a large arsenal of upgraded weapons, determined to reassert its national interests in Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine, as well as fighting a proxy war in the Russia Middle East. Meanwhile, NATO is pushing ever February 2017 closer to Russia’s border. In this provocative new US: April 2017 work, Peter Conradi argues that we have consistently £18.99/$27.99 400pp failed to understand Russia and its motives and, in Royal Hardback doing so, have made a powerful enemy. ISBN: 9781786070418 eISBN: 9781786070425 Territories: World

Peter Conradi is foreign editor of The Sunday Times. Over six years in Moscow, he witnessed the USSR’s collapse first-hand. His previous books include The King’s Speech, which inspired the Oscar-winning film. He lives in London.

31 new non-fiction | oneworld FEBRUARY

The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love Per J Andersson Translated by Anna Holmwood Slumdog Millonanaire meets The Hundred-Year- Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared – but for real!

The palm leaf bore a prophecy: ‘You will marry a girl who is not from the village, she will own a jungle and be born under the sign of the ox.’ Incredibly, for Pradyumna Kumar, who was born into a poor, untouchable family in a small Indian village, it was a prophecy that would come true – but only after the most remarkable journey. Armed with only a handful of paintbrushes and a second-hand bicycle, he travelled through Afghan- istan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Germany, Austria and Denmark before finally reaching the forests of Sweden, all in the hope of being reunited with his beloved.

Memoir Blending reportage, travel and memoir, The February 2017 Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to US: March 2017 Europe for Love is the extraordinary, life-affirming £12.99/$19.99 true story that has captured imaginations around 272pp Demy Hardback the world. ISBN: 9781786070333 eISBN: 9781786070340 Territories: World ‘Read this, because you won’t find another love story as beautiful, touching and – above all – true.’ Grazia

‘This ultimate journey of love… has captured the hearts of thousands around the world.’ Daily Mail

Per J Andersson is a writer and journalist. He is the co-founder of Sweden’s most well-known traveller’s magazine Vagabond, and has been visiting India for the last 30 years.

32 The story hascaptured hearts and imaginations around the world, having gone viral on social media and been picked up by major international news organisations

A remarkable adventure tale that takes readers from the jungles of eastern India and the slums of New Delhi to the mountains of Afghanistan and forests of Sweden

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Dictator Literature A History of Despots Through Their Writing Daniel Kalder Some books really do change the world...

A history of the crimes of the twentieth century’s most notorious dictators would fill libraries. Countless authors have dedicated decades of their lives to minutely detailing the murders, famines, wars and other atrocities perpetrated by great beasts of political horror such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao. And yet one area of dictatorial infamy has been shockingly neglected: the crimes of tyrants against literature.

Almost every dictator has been a prolific author and their books occupied the space in their societies that is usually allotted to sacred texts. To understand history’s demons and the millions of souls they delighted in torturing, we must engage with their books. A journey to the end of the literary night, History combining mind-bending explorations of the March 2017 avant-garde of boredom with history, politics and £16.99 biography – and leavened with a darkly humorous 352pp wit – Dictator Literature is the true story of the Short Royal Hardback ISBN: 9781786070586 most fascinating (and sometimes bizarre) books in eISBN: 9781786070593 the world. Territories: UK/BC

Daniel Kalder is the author of Lost Cosmonaut and Strange Telescopes. As a journalist, he has contributed to Esquire, the Guardian, The Times, the Dallas Morning News and many other publications. credit: Sandy Carson credit: Originally from Fife, Scotland, he now lives in Central Texas.

34 oneworld | new non-fiction MARCH

Dictator Literature Breaking Sudan The Search for Peace Jok Madut Jok

A moving insight into the region’s struggle to end decades of violence

In 2005 the Comprehensive Peace Agreement brought an end to civil war in Sudan. Since then, however, South Sudan has seceeded from the north and political tensions have spilled over into conflict in both countries. Now the threat of war between them only grows. In Breaking Sudan Jok Madut Jok analyses how violence has once more come to dominate the region.

‘A valuable and unique contribution to the literature on Sudan.’ Peter Woodward, professor of Politics, Univeristy of Reading, on Sudan - Race, Religion and Violence

Sudan March 2017 US: April 2017 £20/$30 400pp Royal Hardback ISBN: 9781786070036 eISBN: 9781786070043 Territories: World

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Jok Madut Jok is a professor of anthropology at the University of Juba, South Sudan, and executive director of the Sudd Institute, a public policy research centre. After South Sudan became independent, Jok served as undersecretary in the newly formed government’s ministry of culture and heritage for two years.

35 new non-fiction | oneworld MARCH

The Health of Nations Towards a World Without Contagious Disease Karen Bartlett A thrilling account of the world war against contagion and how we can win the battles still to come

What would a world without disease look like? With the victory against smallpox behind us, polio, malaria and measles each provide their own set of roadblocks as we fight for a world free of epidemic diseases. This might seem a utopian pipe-dream, but that brand new world is a lot closer than you might think.

Writing with the pace of a thriller, Karen Bartlett takes us to the frontlines in the war against contagious disease. She reveals why politics will prove to be the final enemy in the fight for global health, how victory in this battle will have profound consequences for the balance of world Science/Current Affairs power and how it will embolden scientists to make March 2017 other, even more momentous breakthroughs. The US: April 2016 Health of Nations is thought-provoking and full of £16.99/$24.99 reasons to be hopeful for the future. 336pp Short Royal Hardback ISBN: 9781786070685 eISBN: 9781786070692 Territories: World

Karen Bartlett is a Sunday Times-bestselling author whose writing has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Times, Newsweek and New Statesman. When Nelson Mandela was president of United World Colleges she helped to write his speeches. She lives in London.

36 oneworld | new non-fiction MARCH

The Health of Nations Common Ground A Political Life Justin Trudeau The triumphs and tragedies of Canada’s most charismatic politician

Justin Trudeau’s candid memoir reveals for the first time the experiences that have shaped him over the course of his life, showing how his passion for politics took root. From his childhood at the prime ministerial residence of 24 Sussex up to his role as leader of the Liberal party, Trudeau captures the formative moments of his upbringing, including the influence of his father, Pierre, who was prime minister before him, and the tragic death of his brother, Michel.

Filled with anecdotes, personal reflections and never-before-seen photographs from his own collection, Common Ground reveals an intimate portrait of the man who has thrust Canada back onto the world stage. Autobiography March 2017 The author’s proceeds will be donated to the £16.99 Canadian Red Cross Society. 352pp Royal Hardback ISBN: 9781786070791 eISBN: 9781786070807 ‘[A] superior example of the genre, both deepening Territories: UK/BC our sense of the politician and also the larger political landscape he inhabits.’ The Globe and Mail credit: Adam Scotti

Justin Trudeau is the prime minister of Canada. Prior to his career in politics, he was a teacher in British Columbia. He is married to Sophie Gregoire, with whom he has three children.

37 new non-fiction | oneworld MARCH

To Pixar and Beyond My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History Lawrence Levy The true story of how a seemingly down-and-out company made Steve Jobs an overnight billionaire

One day in November 1994, Lawrence Levy received a phone call out of the blue from Steve Jobs offering him a job running Pixar, a little-known company that had already lost Jobs $50 million.

However, after taking the post he found that the situation was far worse than he’d realised – the advertising division just about broke even, the graphics software had few customers, it didn’t look like the films were going to make any money and on top of all that Jobs was pushing to take the company public. Everything was riding on their first feature film release, codenamed Toy Story, and even then it would have to be one of the most Business & Management successful animated features of all time… March 2017 £18.99 272pp Short Royal Hardback ‘I love this book! I think it is brilliant. And ISBN: 9781786070814 Lawrence has told it beautifully.’ Ed Catmull, eISBN: 9781786070821 Territories: UK/BC co-founder and president of Pixar Animation, president of Disney Animation, bestselling author of Creativity Inc.

Lawrence Levy guided Pixar’s transformation from a money-losing graphics company into a multibillion-dollar entertainment studio. Originally from London, he now lives with his wife in Palo Alto, credit: credit: Cristina Taccome California.

38 oneworld | new non-fiction MARCH

To Pixar and Beyond The Other Hundred Educators Compiled by the Global Institute for Tomorrow Edited by Chandran Nair

A compilation of stunning images and compelling stories by talented photographers from all over the world

On the mountains and beneath the waves, beside railway tracks and aboard buses, in prisons and in the tents of nomads, here are the world’s most extraordinary classrooms.

Selected from nearly 1,000 submissions sent in from more than 130 countries, The Other Hundred Educators’ 100 photo-stories travel the globe in search of our greatest unsung teachers.

Photography/Education March 2017 US: April 2017 £25/$40 240pp 300 x 240mm Hardback ISBN: 9781786070784 Territories: World

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The Other Hundred is an initiative of the Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent social venture thinktank based in Hong Kong, dedicated to advancing an understanding of the reshaping of the rules of global capitalism and the evolving social contracts that exist between business, government and civil sectors.

39 new non-fiction | oneworld APRIL

How Money Got Free Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance Brian Patrick Eha From niche technology to the global stage, where rival factions scrap over the spoils – the new money has arrived

After ignoring the phenomenon for the first few years of its existence, major investors – venture- capital firms, Goldman Sachs, the New York Stock Exchange, and billionaires like Richard Branson and Peter Thiel – have now decided to risk more than $1 billion of investment capital on digital- currency businesses. How did an invention that, a few years ago, wasn’t taken seriously by anyone, come to be praised by Bill Gates as ‘better than currency’?

More importantly will its early advocates let it go? Bitcoin was founded on a renegade ideology by a bunch of outlaws: cryptographers, hackers, Free Economics Staters, ex-cons and drug dealers, teenage futurists April 2017 and entrepreneurs, those with a grudge against US: May 2017 government and big banks. For some of the early £20/$25 adopters, now millionaires themselves, the world of 384pp Short Royal Hardback global finance goes against everything they stand ISBN: 9781780746586 for, and they are not going down without a fight. eISBN: 9781780746593 Territories: World

Brian Patrick Eha is a freelance journalist. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, CNNMoney, Entrepreneur, Outside Magazine and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. He lives in New York City.

40 oneworld | new non-fiction MAY

How Money Got Free The Biggest Prison on Earth A History of the Occupied Territories Ilan Pappe

A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of the most influential Israeli historians

In this comprehensive survey of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe exposes the history of one of the world’s most prolonged and tragic conflicts. Locating the occupation within a wider historical context that stretches back to 1948, Pappe dismisses the conventional view that the 1967 war emerged out of the blue, ‘forcing’ Israel to occupy the contentious territories.

Using recently declassified archival material, Pappe analyses the establishment of legal and security infrastructures that were put in place to control the population, revealing harsh oppression that was never advertised in international headlines, and Middle Eastern History which passed without any substantial Palestinian May 2017 resistance for the first twenty years of its existence. US: June 2017 Then turning to the years that have passed since £20/$30 288pp the resistance began in 1987, Pappe offers hopeful Royal Hardback visions of a future of reconciliation and peace. ISBN: 9781851685875 eISBN: 9781780744339 ‘Ilan Pappe is Israel’s bravest, most principled, most Territories: World incisive historian.’ John Pilger

9781851685554 Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor of history at the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, and the author of the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

41 new non-fiction | oneworld MAY

The Forgotten Flight Terrorism, Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Justice Stuart H. Newberger How do you bring leaders of sovereign nations to account for their crimes?

On 19 September 1989, 170 people were killed when French Airlines UTA Flight 772 was destroyed by a suitcase bomb en route from Chad to Paris. Despite being one of the deadliest terror attacks in history, it remained overshadowed by the Lockerbie bombing that had taken place ten months earlier. Both attacks were carried out at the instruction of Libyan dictator Qaddafi, but while ‘Lockerbie’ became synonymous with international terrorism, UTA 772 became the ‘forgotten flight’.

As a lawyer, Stuart H. Newberger represented the families of the seven Americans killed in the UTA 772 attack. Now, for the first time, he pieces together the events leading up to the crime, reveals History/Law how French investigators cracked the case, details the May 2017 courtroom litigation against Libya and its lawyers, US: June 2017 which he was intimately involved in, and takes us £20/$30 inside the behind-the-scenes diplomatic talks with 320pp Royal Hardback the Libyan government. A real-life legal thriller, ISBN: 9781786070920 The Forgotten Flight has important implications for eISBN: 9781786070937 how we seek justice for international crimes in an Territories: World increasingly globalised world.

Stuart H. Newberger is a senior partner at international law firm Crowell & Moring. His practice handles complex international disputes, many involving the actions of governments. He lives in credit: Joe Shymanski credit: McLean, Virginia.

42 oneworld | new non-fiction JUNE

Gaza A State of Siege Donald Macintyre A moving proposal for how Gaza could spearhead a more hopeful future for the Middle East

The Gazans are a uniquely imprisoned people, most of them unable to travel to the West Bank, let alone Israel, and unable to flee in times of war. Despite the devastation that has been wrought, they remain courageous, outspoken and extraordinarily resilient.

From crowded refugee camps to factories still operating in the face of economic siege and bombardments, and from busy universities to hospitals low on equipment but high on skilled and dedicated staff, Donald Macintyre provides us with the most hopeful picture of Gaza yet. An end to the perpetual cycle of poverty and redevelopment punctuated by devastating violence can be found. Gaza as a vibrant, prosperous maritime enclave isn’t Middle East just an idea, it’s a future within reach. June 2017 US: June 2017 £18.99/$30 ‘If not for the sensitive and perceptive reporting of 352pp Royal Hardback a few individual journalists such as Amira Haas of ISBN: 9781786071064 the Israeli daily Haaretz and Donald Macintyre of eISBN: 9781786071071 the British Independent, the untold suffering of the Territories: World Palestinian people would have gone completely unnoticed.’ Ramzy Baroud, editor of Palestine Chronicle credit: George Azar

Donald Macintyre spent eight years as the Independent’s Jerusalem bureau chief. In 2011 he won the Next Century Foundation’s Peace Through Media Prize. He lives in London.

43 new non-fiction | oneworld JUNE

War and the Death of News Reflections of a Grade B Reporter Martin Bell A moving, personal account of war and an impassioned take on what we’ve lost in twenty-first century reporting

Martin Bell has kept the company of soldiers, warlords, mercenaries and militias. He’s been embedded with British forces, gone on missions with Americans and crossed the Suez Canal with the Israelis. From Vietnam to Yemen, Bell has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how wars are fought and how they’re reported.

Today, international terrorism is an unprecedented threat and TV news, no longer being an eyewitness, censors real world violence and peers across frontiers with the help of unverifiable videos. War and the Death of News is a compelling account, mixing autobiography, reportage and a ‘state of the Journalism/Current Affairs nation’ survey of wartime reporting, from one of June 2017 the outstanding TV journalists of our time. US: July 2017 £16.99/$25.99 304pp ‘A mosaic of reflections, heartfelt, radical and Short Royal Hardback original, written in the language of moral clarity.’ ISBN: 9781786071088 eISBN: 9781786071095 Guardian on Through the Gates of Fire Territories: World ‘[Bell] is a good travelling companion: compassionate, wise, serious but not stuffy, with an insight into every hot spot in the world for the last 30 years.’ Herald on Through the Gates of Fire

Martin Bell is both a former BBC war correspondent and a former MP. His previous books include Through the Gates of Fire and An Accidental MP. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He lives in London.

44 war and the death of news dps new non-fiction | oneworld JUNE

Pilgrimage in Islam Traditional and Modern Practices Sophia Rose Arjana A concise and accessible study of the traditions, rituals and practices associated with the religious journeys Muslims undertake over the course of their lives

Muslim pilgrims travel to a wide variety of places, not only the holy cities of Mecca and Karbala. In Pilgrimage in Islam, Dr Sophia Rose Arjana challenges the simplistic presentations often encountered in existing books and articles as she explores the diverse traditions practised by Muslims across the world. Lucidly written, informative and accessible, Pilgrimage in Islam offers an excellent survey of this critical element of Islam.

Islam June 2017 US: July 2017 £17.99/$24.99 288pp Short Royal Paperback ISBN: 9781786071163 eISBN: 9781786071170 Territories: World

Sophia Rose Arjana is an independent scholar who was formerly an assistant professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Denver’s Iliff School of Theology. She has travelled extensively in Muslim-majority countries, visiting pilgrimage sites in Iran, Turkey, Syria and elsewhere. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

46 oneworld | new in paperback JANUARY & FEBRUARY

The Wisest One in the Room Think Clearly. Make Better Decisions. Influence People. Thomas Gilovich & Lee Ross Two esteemed psychologists reveal the real science behind decision-making and influence

‘A powerful book that brings the best of psychology to bear on the way we live our lives.’ Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and Outliers

‘Gilovich and Ross weave social science, history and anecdotes in a compelling way to help us understand human nature.’ Dan Ariely, bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog

Fluke The Maths and Myths of Coincidences Joseph Mazur

Every day, the odds of strange things occurring are much better than you’d think

‘Mazur uses probability to strip chance events of some of their mystery.’ Guardian

‘Always entertaining and frequently insightful, Fluke is never less than thought-provoking.’ Amir Alexander, Wall Street Journal

‘A terrific read.’ Ian Stewart, author of Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers

47 new in paperback | oneworld FEBRUARY One Child The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment Mei Fong An extraordinary, evocative investigation into the legacy of the controversial one-child policy across all of Chinese society

‘A deeply moving account of a policy that looks set to haunt China (and the world) for decades.’ Independent

‘Vivid and thoroughly researched...a moving and at times harrowing account of the significance of decisions taken by a small coterie of men with too much faith in science and ideology, and too little in humanity.’ Observer

Switched On My Journey from Asperger’s to Emotional Awareness John Elder Robison A moving account of a major breakthrough in the understanding and treatment of autistic conditions

‘An eye-opening book with a radical message…The transformations [Robison] undergoes throughout the book are astonishing.’ New York Times

‘Astonishing, brave…Switched On reads like a medical thriller…[Robison] takes readers for a ride through the thorny thickets of neuroscience and leaves us wanting more.’ Washington Post

48 oneworld | new in paperback MARCH How Women Decide What’s True, What’s Not, and Why It Matters Therese Huston Decision-making is different for women: here’s how it works, and why

‘Amounts to far more than a quick-fix plan for climbing the corporate ladder. It may indeed be women in management roles who gravitate towards How Women Decide, but there is much here of broader interest, not least for those still sifting the pieces of Brexit Britain.’ Times Literary Supplement

The Panama Papers Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer A new, updated edition of the inside story from the journalists who set the investigation in motion

‘A tale of fearless and careful reporting.’ Financial Times

‘Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier, the authors of this powerful, lucid book, show us how the very rich hide their money…They should make journalists proud – and may even help to make the world a better place.’ Peter Oborne, New Statesman

49 new in paperback | oneworld MARCH & APRIL Five Ideas to Fight For How Our Freedom is Under Threat and Why it Matters Anthony Lester Britain’s leading human rights lawyer examines the laws essential to our freedom and confronts the escalation of government power

‘Illuminating and accessible…[Lester] speaks with enormous authority…Five Ideas to Fight For summarises what we have gained, and the dangers we still face from political hostility, ignorance and apathy.’ David Pannick QC, The Times

‘A powerful rallying cry for the creation of a civilised world.’ Helena Kennedy QC

Sounds and Sweet Airs The Forgotten Women of Classical Music Anna Beer The hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man’s world

‘Beer’s writing is lucid, engaging and exuberant, strongly evoking the cultures and atmospheres that surrounded her subjects…the book in general is terrifically enjoyable and accessible, and leaves one hankering for a second volume.’ Sunday Times

‘A meticulously researched, engrossing read, vividly bringing its eight subjects to life.’ Financial Times

50 oneworld | new in paperback APRIL The Seven The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic Ruth Dudley Edwards A captivating re-examination of the Easter Rising, addressing the fundamental questions and myths surrounding Ireland’s founding fathers

‘Ruth Dudley Edwards has written a fascinating, balanced and highly readable book based on thorough research.’ The Times

‘Fascinating and penetrating…innovative and engaging… can be welcomed as an important contribution to the discussion.’ Irish Independent

Progress Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future Johan Norberg In the time that it takes you to read the first chapter, over 2,000 people will have escaped from poverty

‘An exhilarating book...Progress will change your understanding about where we’ve come from and where we may be heading.’ Steven Pinker

‘Johan Norberg chronicles the still largely unknown fact that humanity is now healthier, happier, cleaner, cleverer, freer and more peaceful than ever before. He also explains why in this superb book.’ Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything

51 new in paperback | oneworld MAY Game of Queens The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe Sarah Gristwood Not even the twentieth century can compare with the sixteenth century’s explosion of female rule

‘A masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period.’ Alison Weir

‘Sarah Gristwood’s study of the brilliant, beleaguered and often bloody difficult women who kept Europe going in the sixteenth century is compelling, clear-eyed, beautifully rendered and never-more-timely.’ Jessie Childs

History | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 416pp | 9781786071002 eISBN: 9781780749952 | Territories: UK/BC

The Tetris Effect The Cold War Battle for the World’s Most Addictive Game Dan Ackerman In the dying days of the USSR, battlelines have shifted from spycraft to cut-throat capitalism and it’s intellectual property, not state secrets, that are to be bought, sold, stolen and fought over

‘A page-turning, block-stacking, globe-trotting thriller/ history book, covering the epic creation saga of one of the greatest video games ever made.’ Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One

‘A great read on a game that has hypnotized my brain and probably yours too.’ Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple

Business/Technology | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 272pp | 9781786071019 eISBN: 9781780749594 | Territories: UK/BC

52 oneworld | new in paperback MAY The Fight for Beauty Our Path to a Better Future Fiona Reynolds A powerful voice speaks about the things that really make life worth living – a vision for our environment, our society and our future

‘A remarkable book: passionate, persuasive and brave.’ Robert Macfarlane

‘A fascinating story told by someone who has lived and worked at the heart of the struggle for more than 30 years... This deeply inspiring book needs to transform the government of Britain.’ Adam Nicolson, author of Sea Room

Walking with Plato A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles Gary Hayden A self-confessed malcontent takes to the road and discovers the joy to be found in the simplest of pursuits

‘Hayden’s trains of thought are fascinating, informative and often surprising.’ The Great Outdoors

‘A warm, engaging page-turner that still delivers on the profundity promised in the title.’ Countryfile Magazine

‘[A] wonderful new book…pondering the philosophical truths of walking.’ Country Walking

53 new in paperback | oneworld MAY & JUNE The Big Picture On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself Sean Carroll Set to put Carroll alongside our greatest humanist thinkers

‘The Big Picture reveals how the universe works and our place in it. Carroll, a philosophically sophisticated physicist, discusses consciousness without gimmicks, and deftly shows how current physics is so solid that it rules out ESP for ever.’ Observer

‘A highly enjoyable and lucid tour through a wide range of topics.’ Wall Street Journal

Popular Science | May 2017 | B Format Paperback | £12.99 | 480pp | 9781786071033 eISBN: 9781780746074 | Territories: UK/BC

Head in the Cloud The Power of Knowledge in the Age of Google William Poundstone A witty, practical guide to succeeding in a culturally illiterate age

‘True fact: people who read Poundstone’s extraordinary books are smarter (and happier) than people who don’t.’ Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception

‘Poundstone is a smart thinker, a deft writer and a spinner of engaging tales.’ Tim Harford, Financial Times’ Undercover Economist and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s More or Less

54 oneworld | new in paperback JUNE Voices in the Ocean A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins Susan Casey A devastating chronicle of the damage wrought when human and dolphin worlds meet

‘Uncovered things that had me gasping.’ Daily Telegraph

‘Seems to be pitching for a TV series with its show- stopping opening...A brilliantly written and passionate book...timely and urgent.’ Guardian

Grunt The Curious Science of Humans at War Mary Roach In this New York Times bestseller the inimitable Mary Roach explores the military’s odd and obscure adversaries and meets the scientists who seek to conquer them

‘Sometimes you simply have to marvel at her ability to get behind the press release and into the laboratory…Com- pletely fascinating.’ Daily Mail

‘Roach unpacks subjects that on their surface might seem boring, disgusting, outrageous, emotionally charged, or morally suspect and infuses them with insight, humour, and humanity.’ Boston Globe

55 recent releases | oneworld RECENT RELEASES PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY & GENERAL

Girls & Sex Navigating the Complicated New Landscape Peggy Orenstein

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Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Alain de Botton, Malcolm Gladwell

In a world driven by technology and globalisation is humanity approaching a Golden Age, or is the notion of progress an illusion born in the West? Four of the world’s most renowned thinkers take on one of the biggest debates of the modern era.

What a Fish Knows The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins Jonathan Balcombe

‘An extended exploration of the world from a piscine perspective... Balcombe makes a persuasive case that what fish know is quite a lot.’ Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction

Glory and B*llocks - New Edition The Truth Behind Ten Defining Events in British History – And the Half-truths, Lies, Mistakes and What We Really Just Don’t Know About Brexit Colin Brown Discover the watershed events of British history, plus a new chapter on the defining event of twenty-first-century Britain – Brexit! History | November 2016 | B Format Paperback | £9.99 | 352pp 9781851689927 | eISBN: 9781780744438 | Territories: UK/BC 56 oneworld | non-fiction bestsellers PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY & GENERAL

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66 Oneworld Beginner’s Guides combine a truly engaging approach with clear and comprehensive expert analysis of the most challenging issues facing modern society. Innovative and affordable, Beginners Guides are perfect for anyone curious about the way the world works and the big ideas of our time.

‘Few readers can fail to come away armed with invaluable knowledge after dipping into Oneworld’s Beginner’s Guides series. Insightful and informative, they make mind-boggling concepts simple and stimulate further inquiry.’ Christina Borg, Sunday Times

wwww.oneworld-publications.com/beginners-guides new beginner’s guides | oneworld JANUARY & FEBRUARY Energy A Beginner’s Guide Vaclav Smil In this second edition of a perennial bestseller, international expert Vaclav Smil reveals how energy is one of the most important concepts in our universe

‘There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.’ Bill Gates

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Cancer A Beginner’s Guide Paul Scotting Fully revised and updated in time to mark World Cancer Day, 4th February

‘An inspiring compilation for anyone struggling with cancer. Readers will find comfort and even a few laughs in the pages.’ Library Journal

‘This book is for those just wanting to learn a bit about cancer, but also for cancer researchers and clinicians who want to make sure their cancer knowledge is filled with depth and breadth.’ Melinda Irwin - Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Director of Yale Cancer Center

68 oneworld | new beginner’s guides FEBRUARYFEBRUARY Jazz A Beginner’s Guide Stuart Nicholson This definitive guide includes a playlist for the reader to hear the evolution of jazz from its earliest years to the present day

Acclaimed music journalist and jazz critic Stuart Nicholson takes us on an entertaining journey from the early origins of jazz to its evolution through the decades. Accompanied by a host of famous musicians past and present, such as Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, Jazz: A Beginner’s Guide is a lively and highly- accessible introduction to this global musical phenomenon.

Justice A Beginner’s Guide Raymond Wacks

An engaging and highly topical look at justice, from its founding theories to everyday realities

Distinguished law professor and author Raymond Wacks demystifies the founding principles of justice systems around the world and the ideas that shape our own beliefs in fairness, equality, freedom and retribution. This highly topical Beginner’s Guide illustrates how present-day challenges, like terrorism, corruption and migration affect those fundamental notions – and how far we still have to go before we achieve social justice.

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