JUNE 2018 The House on Half Moon Street Alex Reeve

The start of an enticing new historical series set in Victorian London; introducing Leo Stanhope: a transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own future

Description The start of an enticing new historical series set in Victorian London; introducing Leo Stanhope: a transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own future

Leo Stanhope. Avid chess player; assistant to a London coroner; in love with Maria; and hiding a very big secret. For Leo was born Charlotte, the daughter of a respectable reverend. But knowing he was meant to be a man despite the evidence of his body and unable to cope with living a lie any longer, he fled his family home at just fifteen and has been living as a man ever since: his secret known to only a few trusted people. But when Maria is found dead, Leo is accused of her murder and stands to lose not just the woman he loves, but his freedom and ultimately, his life. A wonderfully atmospheric debut, rich in character and setting, in The House on Half Moon Street Alex Reeve has created a world that crime readers will want to return to again and again.

About the Author Alex Reeve lives in Buckinghamshire and is a university lecturer, working on a PhD. The House on Half Moon Street is his debut, and the first in a series of books featuring Leo Stanhope. @storyjoy

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781408892701 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The House on Half Moon Street 8 Copy Pack

Contains 8 copies of The House on Half Moon Street, plus free reading copy

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Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Where the Line Bleeds Jesmyn Ward

The first novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict

Description The first novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict.

Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippi 's Gulf Coast. Over the course of a single, life-changing summer, as they struggle to find work and contend with the reappearance of their parents Cille, who left town for a better job, and Sandman, a dangerous addict the brothers are forced into a series of decisions that will ultimately damn or save them. A delicate and closely observed portrait of fraternal love and strife and the bonds that can sustain and torment us, Where the Line Bleeds marks the beginning of Jesmyn Ward 's extraordinary career in fiction.

About the Author Jesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and is currently an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University. She is the author of the novels Where the Line Bleeds and Salvage the Bones, which won the 2011 National Book Award, and Sing, Unburied, Sing, which won the 2017 National Book Award. She is also the editor of the anthology The Fire This Time and the author of the memoir Men We Reaped, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2016, the American Academy of Arts and Letters selected Ward for the Strauss Living Award, and in 2017 she was awarded a MacArthur 'Genius' Award. She lives in Mississippi with her family.

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Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408899823 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Where the Line Bleeds 6 Copy Pack

Contains 6 copies of Where the Line Bleeds, plus free reading copy

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Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Happy Little Bluebirds Louise Levene

For fans of Muriel Spark, a dazzling novel about a young woman thrust into in the opulent world of 1940s Hollywood, where dirty dealings, undercover agents and off-camera romances abound

Description For fans of Muriel Spark, a dazzling novel about a young woman thrust into in the opulent world of 1940s Hollywood, where dirty dealings, undercover agents and off-camera romances abound

It is September 1940, and recently widowed Evelyn has been plucked from her humdrum civil service job in Woking and transported to the opulent world of wartime Hollywood. Young, bright and fluent in nine languages, she is to assist the British Colonel Peyton, who has secretly been trying to persuade an Anglo-Hungarian producer to create war propaganda. However, when Evelyn arrives, Peyton has been called to Bermuda and she finds herself isolated and adrift in new world which is dazzling and baffling in equal measure. Kitted out with an expensive new wardrobe and given a chic hairdo, Evelyn is free to reinvent herself far from the war-ravaged shores of England. But Hollywood, for all its luxury, is a dangerous place for an outsider, and potential threats both international and personal lurk around every corner. Happy Little Bluebirds has all the allure, glamour and intrigue of a golden age Hollywood film. Packed with meticulous historical research which is handled with a light, deft touch, Louise Levene brings her acerbic, whip-smart wit to a glittering period in recent history.

About the Author Louise Levene is the author of A Vision of Loveliness, a BBC Book at Bedtime, which was also longlisted for the Desmond Elliott first novel prize, Ghastly Business and The Following Girls. She is the dance critic of the Financial Times and writes for the Spectator. She has also been an advertising copywriter, a window dresser, a radio presenter, an office cleaner, a crossword editor, a university tutor, a college professor and a saleslady. Louise Levene lives in London with her husband and their two children.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781408896471 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Happiness Aminatta Forna

A breathtaking novel of loves lost and new, of man and nature, and of the hidden side of a multicultural metropolis, from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers ' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna

Description A breathtaking novel of loves lost and new, of man and nature, and of the hidden side of a multicultural metropolis, from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers ' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna

London. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide - Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech. From this chance encounter, Aminatta Forna 's unerring powers of observation show how in the midst of the rush of a great city lie numerous moments of connection. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma, one he has delivered many times before; and to make contact with the daughter of friends, his niece who hasn 't called home in a while. Ama has been swept up in an immigration crackdown, and now her young son Tano is missing. When, by chance, Attila runs into Jean again, she mobilizes the network of rubbish men she uses as volunteer fox spotters. Security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens mainly West African immigrants who work the myriad streets of London come together to help. As the search for Tano continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds. Meanwhile a consulting case causes Attila to question the impact of his own ideas on trauma, the values of the society he finds himself in, and a grief of his own. In this delicate tale of love and loss, of cruelty and kindness, Forna asks us to consider the interconnectedness of lives, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures, and the true nature of happiness.

About the Author Aminatta Forna won the Windham Campbell Literature Prize and has been a judge for the Bailey 's Women 's Prize for Fiction, the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Caine Prize and the International Man Booker. Forna 's last book, The Hired Man, was selected for several best of the year lists: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle and Boston Globe. Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781408893319 Forna 's The Memory of Love won the Commonwealth Writers ' Prize for Best Book; was shortlisted for the Orange Prize Format: Paperback for Fiction, the International Dublin IMPAC Award, and the Warwick Prize for Writing; and was selected as an Indie Next Dimensions: mm List Notable selection and an Essence Book Club Pick. Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items aminattaforna.com / @aminattaforna Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Match Russell Ayto

A funny footballing tale seen through the eyes of a man and his dog. It 's ALL about THE MATCH! Published to coincide with World Cup 2018, this is the perfect gift for football fanatics the world over

Description The perfect gift for all those whose lives revolve around The Beautiful Game ... The man works all week in the factory. The dog waits at home. On the weekend, they both watch THE MATCH on television together. Results aren 't good so the dog decides to do something about it ... With a knowing, dry humour perfect for fans of Wallace & Gromit, and a simple domestic setting, THE MATCH is the ideal gift for all football fans. Because if you aren 't watching football, then reading about it is the next best thing!

About the Author Russell Ayto is best known for his anarchic and stylish artwork. He graduated from Exeter College of Art with a degree in Graphic Design and has since been delighting children all over the world. He won the Gold Smarties Award in 2003 for The Witch 's Children,and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2008 for The Witch 's Children Go to School. He has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. Before illustrating children 's books, he worked for various magazines including Time Out and the Sunday Observer. The Match is Russell 's second book with Bloomsbury, following the brilliant Henry and the Yeti. Russell lives in Cornwall with his family.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408893456 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Football (Soccer, Association football) Bic2: Gift books Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Night Ferry Lotte Hammer and Soren Hammer

The chilling new instalment in the Konrad Simonsen series, perfect for fans of Johan Theorin and Yrsa SigurA ardottir

Description The chilling new instalment in the Konrad Simonsen series, perfect for fans of Johan Theorin and Yrsa SigurA ardottir

Sixteen children and four adults are killed in a devastating boat crash in Copenhagen. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called in, only to discover that this was no accident and that one of the passengers has a very personal connection to the homicide team. Reeling from this revelation and not knowing who to trust, Simonsen follows a trail that eventually leads him to Bosnia and a legacy of criminal misconduct. All evidence points towards one shady figure: a high-ranking army specialist with a suspicious past. But the more Simonsen digs, the further the truth slips from his grasp.

About the Author Lotte and SA¸ren Hammer are a sister and brother from Denmark. Younger sister Lotte worked as a nurse after finishing her training in 1977 and her brother SA¸ren was a trained teacher and a lecturer at the Copenhagen University College of Engineering. After SA¸ren moved into the house where Lotte lived with her family in 2004 they began writing crime novels together. To date, they have written five books in this series. The Night Ferry is the fifth.

Translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund. Charlotte translates Scandinavian novels and plays; recent work includes The Son by Jo Nesbo, The Wildwitch series by Lene KaaberbA¸l, I 'm Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjork, A Fairy Tale by Jonas T. Bengtsson, The Arc of the Swallow and The Dinosaur Feather by Sissel-Jo Gazan, Retribution, Trophy and When the Dead Awaken by Steffen Jacobsen, Machine and The Brummstein by Peter Adolphsen, and Pierced, Bu

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408860359 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Coming David Osborne

A sweeping historical novel of the American West that follows the dramatic life of Daytime Smoke, Nez Perce son of explorer William Clark.

Description A sweeping historical novel of the American West that follows the dramatic life of Daytime Smoke, Nez Perce son of explorer William Clark.

The Coming is an epic novel of native-white relations in North America, intimately told through the life of Daytime Smoke-- the real-life red-haired son of William Clark and a Nez Perce woman. In 1805, Lewis and Clark stumble out of the Rockies on the edge of starvation. The Nez Perce help the explorers build canoes and navigate the rapids of the Columbia, then spend two months hosting them the following spring before leading them back across the snowbound mountains. Daytime Smoke is born not long after, and the tribe of his youth continues a deep friendship with white Americans, from fur trappers to missionaries, even aiding the United States government in wars with neighboring tribes. But when gold is discovered on Nez Perce land in 1860, it sets an inevitable tragedy in motion.

Daytime Smoke 's life spanned the seven decades between first contact and the last great Indian war. Capturing the trajectory experienced by so many native peoples--from friendship and cooperation to betrayal, war, and genocide--this sweeping novel, with its large cast of characters and vast geography, braids historical events with the drama of one man 's remarkable life. Rigorously researched and cinematically rendered, The Coming is a page-turning, heart-stopping American novel in a classic mode.

About the Author David Osborne is the author or co-author of five nonfiction books: Laboratories of Democracy; Reinventing Government, a New York Times bestseller; Banishing Bureaucracy; The Reinventor 's Fieldbook; and The Price of Government. He has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, Harper 's, and many other publications. Osborne is currently a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, directing the Reinventing America 's Schools Project. He lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781632863874 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 528 pages Bic1: Historical fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Walworth Beauty Michele Roberts

From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous, evocative novel exploring the lives of women in Victorian London, for fans of Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue and Kate Atkinson

Description From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous, evocative novel exploring the lives of women in Victorian London, for fans of Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue and Kate Atkinson 2011: When Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer, she decides to leave her riverside flat in cobbled Stew Lane, where history never feels far away, and move to Apricot Place. Yet here too, in this quiet Walworth cul-de-sac, she senses the past encroaching: a shifting in the atmosphere, a current of unseen life. 1851: and Joseph Benson has been employed by Henry Mayhew to help research his articles on the working classes. A family man with mouths to feed, Joseph is tasked with coaxing testimony from prostitutes. Roaming the Southwark streets, he is tempted by brothels ' promises of pleasure and as he struggles with his assignment, he seeks answers in Apricot Place, where the enigmatic Mrs Dulcimer runs a boarding house. As these entwined stories unfold, alive with the sensations of London past and present, the two eras brush against each other a breath at Madeleine 's neck, a voice in her head the murmurs of ghosts echoing through time. Rendered in immediate, intoxicating prose, The Walworth Beauty is a haunting tale of desire and exploitation, isolation and loss, and the faltering search for human connection; this is Michele Roberts at her masterful best.

About the Author Michele Roberts is the author of thirteen highly acclaimed novels, including The Looking Glass and Daughters of the House, which won the WHSmith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her most recent novel Ignorance was longlisted for the Women 's Prize for Fiction in 2013 and her memoir Paper Houses was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. She has also published poetry and short stories, most recently collected in Mud- stories of sex and love (2010). Half-English and half-French, Michele Roberts lives in South-East London. She is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. micheleroberts.co.uk

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408883426 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Silent Companions Laura Purcell

Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling gothic ghost story to send a shiver down the spine...

Description Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling gothic ghost story to send a shiver down the spine...

Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband 's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband 's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. For inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year- old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure a Silent Companion that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself...

About the Author Laura Purcell is a former bookseller, she lives in Colchester with her husband and pet guinea pigs. Her second novel for Bloomsbury, gothic chiller The Corset, will be published in 2018. laurapurcell.com @spookypurcell

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408888032 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Horror & ghost stories Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb JUNE 2018 Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love James Runcie

The sixth book in the James Runcie's much-loved series, adapted for ITV 's Grantchester starring James Norton, sees full-time priest, part-time detective Sidney Chambers plunged back into sleuthing when he discovers a body in a bluebell wood. Perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton.

Description The sixth book in the James Runcie's much-loved series, adapted for ITV 's Grantchester which stars James Norton as Sidney Chambers. Perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton. It is May 1971 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in a bluebell wood with his daughter Anna and their ageing Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body. Plunged into another murder investigation, Sidney discovers a world of hippies and psychedelic plants, where permissive behaviour seems to hide something darker. This is the first of many disturbing secrets that Sidney unearths beneath the tranquil surface of the diocese: a celebrated photographer is accused of rape; a priceless religious text vanishes from a Cambridge college; the authentication of a lost masterpiece proves a slippery business; and Sidney 's own nephew goes missing. Endeavouring to fit in his clerical duties around sleuthing, Sidney continues to reflect on the divine mysteries of love, life and faith, while wrestling with the earthly problems of parish scandals, a progressive new secretary, the challenges of parenthood, and a great loss.

About the Author James Runcie is an award-winning film-maker and the author of nine previous novels. Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love is the sixth book in The Grantchester Mysteries ' series, which began in 2012 with Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death. In October 2014, ITV launched Grantchester, a prime-time series starring James Norton as Sidney Chambers. The second season aired in spring 2016 and the third in spring 2017. James Runcie is Commissioning Editor for Arts at BBC Radio 4. He lives in London and Edinburgh.

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Price: $19.99 www.grantchestermysteries.com ISBN: 9781408879047 @james_runcie Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Forensic Records Society Magnus Mills

The award-winning, Booker and Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Magnus Mills is back with his best novel yet, a hilarious and surreal exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good records

Description The award-winning, Booker and Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Magnus Mills is back with his best novel yet, a hilarious and surreal exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good records

Within a few months we 'd witnessed bickering, desertion, subterfuge and rivalry. I was rapidly coming to the conclusion that only a miracle could save us now.

Two men with a passion for vinyl create a society for the appreciation of records. Their aim is simple: to elevate the art of listening by doing so in forensic detail. The society enjoys moderate success in the back room of their local pub, The Half Moon, with other enthusiasts drawn to the initial promise of the weekly gathering. However, as the club gains popularity, its founder 's uncompromising dogma results in a schism within the movement and soon a counter group forms. Then the arrival of a young woman called Alice further fractures the unity of the vulnerable society. As rifts are forged and gulfs widen, Magnus Mills examines the surreal nature of ordinary lives. The master of the comic deadpan returns for his ninth novel, a spectacularly disingenuous exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good records.

About the Author Magnus Mills is the author of nine novels, including The Restraint of Beasts, which won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread (now the Costa) First Novel Award in 1999. His most recent novel, The Field of the Cloth of Gold was published to great critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2015. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in London.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408878408 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Parentations Kate Mayfield

In the absence of death, true darkness emerges.

Description Eighteenth-century London and the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, become entwined with the nearby Fowler household. For Clovis Fowler,whose unearthly Nordic beauty belies a ruthless thirst for power, and husband Finn, a Limehouse thief, have agreed to provide safe harbour to a mysterious baby. The puzzling phenomenon binding them close arose unexpectedly from deep within the savage but beautiful landscape of Iceland, where a hidden pool of water grants those who drink from it endless life. But those who sip from the waterfall discover all too quickly that immortality is no gift. To preserve the life of this strange baby from those who wish him harm means that all concerned must remain undiscovered for more than two hundred years. And, as the centuries creep thither, one in their enclave proves more menacing than those who pursue them. Worse, the life-giving pool that sustains them all, runs dry -

About the Author After KATE MAYFIELD was born she was taken directly to a funeral home. Her father, an undertaker, set up shop in a small town in southern Kentucky where the family resided in his funeral home for thirteen years. This is the setting of her third book, a memoir, The Undertaker's Daughter. She is the co-author of Ten Steps To Fashion Freedom and Ellie Hart Goes To Work. After living in New York and Los Angeles, she now makes London her home. www.katemayfield.com Twitter: @KateMayfield Facebook: Kate Mayfield Author

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781786072436 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 496 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Parentations 8 Copy Pack

Comprising 8 copies of The Parentations, plus a free reading copy.

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Oneworld JUNE 2018 The Baghdad Clock Shahad Al Rawi

A heart-rending yet uplifting tale of a young girl growing up in war-torn Baghdad

Description Baghdad, 1991. A young Iraqi girl and her best friend find themselves living in war-torn Baghdad during the first Gulf War. Populated by a host of colourful characters, we share the two girls ' dreams, music, school life and first loves as they grow up in a city torn apart by civil war. And as the bombs fall, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, the city services collapse while abandoned dogs roam the streets and fortune-tellers thrive amidst the fear and uncertainty. This poignant debut novel will spirit readers away to a world they know only from the television, revealing just what it is like to grow up in a city that is slowly disappearing in front of your eyes, and showing how in the toughest times, children can build up the greatest resilience.

About the Author Shahad al Rawi was born in Baghdad in 1986. She describes herself as a writer and novelist (this is her first attempt). She is currently completing a PhD in Anthropology in Dubai. Her novel went through three printings in the first months of publication. She appeared in a literary festival in Baghdad where she was described as the best new talent of her generation. Luke Leafgren received his PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University in 2012, after taking BA degrees in English and theology from Columbia University and the University of Oxford. He has translated several Arabic novels into English and teaches Arabic at the University of Harvard.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781786073228 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Fiction in translation Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 The Unit Ninni Holmqvis

In paradise, nobody can hear you scream

Description Single, childless, fifty and deemed economically worthless, Dorrit leaves behind her married lover, her beloved dog and her ramshackle house and joins the residents of the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material, resigned to making her contribution to society by giving herself, organ by organ, to the 'necessary' population outside the Unit. Despite constant surveillance and the regular disappearance of inmates making their 'final donation', Dorrit and her new friends eat well, sleep well, keep fit, play hard and even make love, their fears deadened by the luxury of their surroundings, their new-found companionship, the atmosphere of calm, their freedom from financial worries. Is it possible that against all the odds, real happiness can exist in the Unit' When something truly extraordinary happens to Dorrit, highlighting the grotesque reality of her situation, she faces the hardest decision of her life. Will she exchange one nightmare for another'

About the Author Ninni Holmqvist lives in Skane, Sweden. She is the author of three short-story collections, including Kostym (Suit), and two novels. She also works as a translator.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781780747217 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 The Aviator Eugene Vodolazkin

From award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin comes this poignant story of memory, love and loss spanning twentieth-century Russia

Description A man wakes up in a hospital bed. He has no idea who he is, where he is, or how he came to be there. The only information that the doctor shares with his patient before urging him to write down every thought and feeling that comes to mind is the young man 's name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov. As Innokenty starts to write, out pours a kaleidoscope of images, faces and events, weaving the story of a young man in Russia in the early twentieth century, through the turbulence of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. From childhood memories of summers in the family dacha playing aviators with his cousin to the family 's compulsory move to a communal flat in the city and beyond, Innokenty gradually builds up a vivid picture of his former life. There is just one question remaining: how is he able to remember the start of the twentieth century, when the pills by his bedside were made in 1999'

About the Author Eugene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev and has worked in the department of Old Russian Literature at Pushkin House since 1990. He is an expert in medieval Russian history and folklore. Laurus, his first novel to be translated into English, was published to great critical acclaim. He lives in St Petersburg, Russia. Lisa Hayden is a freelance translator and editor. Her translation of Eugene Vodolazkin's Laurus (Oneworld, 2015) was shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize in 2016. She lives in Maine, USA.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781786074195 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Fiction in translation Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Lola Melissa Scrivner Love

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

Description 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 clustered gossiping, while the men hold sweating beers. Lola prefers the periphery. 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 shifts at a factory in Vernon. Garcia does not make his living either way. If Lola were like the other women at her barbeque, she would spend her work day perched on a padded stool behind a dollar store cash register. But Lola is not like the other women in Huntington Park. Suddenly: a sharp knock on the front door, probably a cop. Lola goes to answer it. The man standing there is Mexican, not Mexican-American, like everybody else here. Lola searches his face for a bead of sweat but comes up empty. She has never met him, but she knows his name. Everyone in this neighborhood knows his name. They call him The Collector, and he won 't give them long.

About the Author Melissa Scrivner Love was born to a police officer father and a court stenographer mother. When she was six, a neighbour her father had arrested for possession killed her dog and her cat, opening Melissa 's eyes to the concept of retribution. Melissa has lived in Los Angeles for over a decade. During that time, she 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.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786073327 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome 's classic novel of humorous misadventures and comedic authorial digressions is a paean to the banalities of everyday life and has entertained readers for more than a century.

Description I did not intend to write a funny book, at first, Jerome K. Jerome What could be better during the golden age of boating on the Thames than a relaxing row up the river' So think J., George and Harris not forgetting Montmorency the dog but little do they suspect the mishaps, the scrapes and the japes that lie along the way. From becoming impossibly lost in the maze at Hampton Court to battles with tins of pineapple chunks, all the while attempting to limit the destruction wrought by the mischievous Montmorency, Jerome K. Jerome 's classic novel of humorous misadventures and comedic authorial digressions is a paean to the banalities of everyday life and has entertained readers for more than a century.

About the Author A English writer and humorist, Jerome K. Jerome (1859 1927) wrote a range of plays, essays and novels during his lifetime and is best known for the classic comic work Three Men in a Boat. He began writing Three Men in a Boat in 1888. Though attacked by contemporary critics, the book was an extraordinary success since its publication in 1889 it has never been out of print and remains one of the most popular comic novels in the English language.

Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781847496539 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics JUNE 2018 The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov

A daring analysis of the nature of good and evil, innocence and guilt, The Master and Margarita is the crowning achievement of one of the greatest Russian writers of the twentieth century.

Description Russia 's literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman a professor of black magic arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a bizarre retinue of servants. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of a disbelieving capital. But the Devil 's mission quickly becomes entangled with the fate of the Master a man who has turned his back on his former life and taken refuge in a lunatic asylum and his past lover, Margarita. Both a satirical romp and a daring analysis of the nature of good and evil, innocence and guilt, The Master and Margarita is the crowning achievement of one of the greatest Russian writers of the twentieth century.

About the Author Born in Kiev in 1891 to Russian parents, Mikhail Bulgakov trained as a doctor and volunteered for the Red Cross on the outbreak of the First World War. He later enlisted as a doctor for the anti-Bolshevik White Army, before eventually giving up medicine to concentrate on literature. The Master and Margarita is his most famous work, and has been hailed as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.

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Alma Classics JUNE 2018 Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment.

Description While holidaying at a villa on the French Riviera, Dick and Nicole Diver, a wealthy American couple, meet the young film star Rosemary Hoyt. Her arrival causes a stir in their social circle and exposes the cracks in their fragile marriage. As their relationship unravels, glimpses of their troubled past emerge, and a series of disturbing events unfolds. Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment.

About the Author Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.

Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781847497383 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics JUNE 2018 Napoleon Philip Dwyer

The final volume of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking trilogy chronicling the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most complex and charismatic leaders

Description The final volume of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking trilogy chronicling the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most complex and charismatic leaders

This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner in a dressing-gown just off the English coast. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon, international celebrity of his age, still held immense attraction and glamour. Every day, huge crowds would gather on the far shore in the hope of catching a glimpse of him. Exile on St Helena was decided upon by his captors as the only solution for containing the troublesome potential of this once most powerful of leaders.

Philip Dwyer closes his ambitious trilogy exploring Napoleon 's life, legacy and myth by moving from those first months of imprisonment, through the years of exile, up to death and then beyond, examining how the foundations of legend that had been laid by Napoleon during his lifetime continued to be built upon by his followers.

Napoleon III: The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815-1840 is a considered and illuminating exploration of one of the most charismatic and able leaders of history in the closing chapters of his life. It is a fitting and authoritative end to a definitive work.

About the Author Philip Dwyer studied in Perth (Australia), Berlin and Paris, where he was a student of France 's pre-eminent Napoleonic scholar, Jean Tulard. He has published widely on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, and is Director of the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781408891759 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 448 pages Bic1: General & world history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Napoleon 8 Copy Pack

Contains 8 copies of Napoleon, plus free reading copy.

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Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The List Amy Siskind

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About the Author Amy Siskind is a national spokesperson, writer and expert on helping women and girls advance and succeed. A former Wall Street executive, she 's President and Co-founder of The New Agenda, a national organization working on issues including economic independence and advancement, gender representation and bias, and campus sexual assault. Sheis a frequent source for the national press, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

Price: $35.00 ISBN: 9781635572711 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 528 pages Bic1: Politics & government Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury USA JUNE 2018 The Change Germaine Greer

The seminal, ground-breaking and controversial feminist text on the menopause, revised and updated

Description The seminal, ground-breaking and controversial feminist text on the menopause, revised and updated

When The Change was published in 1994, menopause ' was a word of fear. Then, as now, expensive magazines advertised even more expensive anti-ageing preparations, none of which worked. Big pharma was pushing replacement hormones, but doctors were dragging their feet. Some women told horror stories of their experiences with replacement hormones; others called them lifesavers.

Nobody knew why some women went through this change of life without difficulty. What was working for them, when other women were tormented almost to madness'

It seemed that we were close to an answer to that question, but that was before large-scale studies revealed that the protective effects of hormone replacement had been vastly exaggerated; given the perceived increase in the risk of life- threatening disease, the studies had to be called off.

Now more than ever, amid the clamour of online chatrooms and promotions for a vast array of alternative therapies, the individual woman has to manage her passage through menopause for herself. In The Change, Germaine Greer provides a commonsense guide to a very interesting and important stage of women 's lives.

About the Author Germaine Greer is an Australian academic and journalist, and a major feminist voice of the mid-twentieth century. She gained her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1967. She is Professor Emerita of English Literature and Comparative Studies at the University of Warwick. Greer's ideas have created controversy ever since The Female Eunuch became an international bestseller in 1970. She is the author of many other books including Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility (1984); Shakespeare's Wife (2007); The Whole Woman (1999) and White Beech (2014). Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781408886380 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Prose: non-fiction Bic2: Gender studies: women Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Behold America Sarah Churchwell

Searing and insightful, Behold America tells the unknown history of two key American phrases, 'America First' and the 'American Dream', and the role they play in the struggle in modern America

Description Searing and insightful, Behold America tells the unknown history of two key American phrases, 'America First' and the 'American Dream', and the role they play in the struggle in modern America

About the Author Sarah Churchwell is Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby and The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. Her literary journalism has appeared widely in newspapers including the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement and New York Times Book Review, and she comments regularly on arts, culture, and politics for television and radio, where appearances include Question Time, Newsnight and The Review Show. She has judged many literary prizes, including the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and she was a co-winner of the 2015 Eccles British Library Writer 's Award. Her new book, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, will be published by Bloomsbury in

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781526601131 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Apostles of Revolution John Ferling

From acclaimed historian John Ferling, the story of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe 's championing of the most radical ideas of the American and French Revolutions.

Description From acclaimed historian John Ferling, the story of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe 's championing of the most radical ideas of the American and French Revolutions.

Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe were in the vanguard of revolutionary ideas in the 18th century. As founding fathers, they risked their lives for American independence, but they also wanted more. Each wished for profound changes in the political and social fabric of pre-1776 America, and hoped that the American Revolution would spark republican and egalitarian revolutions throughout Europe, sweeping away the old aristocratic order. Ultimately, each rejoiced at the opportunity to be a part of the French Revolution, a cause that became increasingly untenable as idealism gave way to the bloody Terror.

Apostles of the Revolution, spans crucial time in Western Civilization. The era ranged from the American insurgency against Great Britain to the Declaration of Independence, from desperate engagements on American battlefields to the threat posed to the young democracy by the Federalist 's Tory leanings. With the French Revolution devolving into anarchy in the background, the story culminates with the tumultuous election of 1800, the outcome of which, Jefferson claimed, saved the American Revolution and assured that its most radical ideals would carry into the future.

Written as a sweeping narrative of a pivotal era, Apostles of the Revolution captures the turbulent spirit of the times and reminds us that the liberty we take for granted is ours only because we, both champions and common citizens, have fought for it.

About the Author John Ferling is professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of many books on American Revolutionary history, including The Ascent of George Washington; Almost a Miracle, an acclaimed military Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781632862099 history of the War of Independence; and the award-winning A Leap in the Dark. His most recent book on American history Format: Hard Cover is Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War that Won It. He and his wife, Carol, live near Atlanta, Georgia. Dimensions: mm Extent: 496 pages Bic1: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury USA JUNE 2018 River Cottage Baby and Toddler Cookbook Nikki Duffy

Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, River Cottage Baby and Toddler Cookbook has wholesome, seasonal food the whole family can enjoy

Description This is a book about feeding children, but these recipes are for adults too. I don't think there should be any sharp distinctions between baby food', children's food' and grown-up food'. It's a spectrum the whole family can be on, the food each person eats becoming a little more sophisticated and seasoned as they mature.' Nikki Duffy brings the River Cottage ethos to feeding children, and shows that it's never too early to involve the youngest family members in mealtimes. Her delicious seasonal purees and simple, wholesome recipes put the needs and wants of babies and toddlers first, whilst offering up dishes that will delight adults too. With clear advice on nutrition and weaning, The River Cottage Baby & Toddler Cookbook is the perfect starting point for your child's great food adventure. Start the day with breakfasts like blueberry pancakes, apple muesli or eggy bread, followed by simple and delicious meals like fishcakes, meatballs, shepherd's pie, home-made pizza, falafel, mackerel pA te, pea risotto or roasted fish with tomato sauce. Nice little puddings include baby baked apples with chocolate, rhubarb crumble and a classic rice pudding. With an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, this book will put real food on the table for the whole family to share.

About the Author Formerly Deputy Editor of the award-winning magazine Waitrose Food Illustrated, Nikki Duffy also wrote a weekly food column in the Guardian. Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781408896006 She worked for three years as the River Cottage Food Editor and is now Format: Hard Cover a freelance food writer. She lives in Essex with her husband and two Dimensions: mm daughters. Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Cooking for/with children Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 River Cottage Baby and Toddler Cookbook 10 Copy Pack

Contains 10 copies of River Cottage Baby and Toddler Cookbook plus free reading copy.

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Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Fear Free Food: How to ditch dieting and fall back in love with food Nicola Jane Hobbs

Food doesn 't need to be fat free, sugar free or gluten free. It needs to be fear free and guilt free. Fear Free Food is a revolutionary diet and recipe book that inspires people to eat for health and enjoyment without fear or guilt

Description Imagine having a peaceful relationship with food. One which leaves you feeling healthy, happy and full of life. No anxiety or guilt. No calorie counting or cutting out food groups. No wasting energy worrying about what to eat or striving for a perfect diet that doesn 't exist.

In Fear-Free Food, nutritionist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor Nicola Jane Hobbs shows you how to break free from the toxic messages of diet culture, make peace with food and discover how to truly nourish yourself.

Filled with compassionate advice, mindset techniques and practical steps to help you trust your body and find food freedom, as well as science-backed information dispelling widespread nutrition myths, Fear-Free Food shows you how to replace dieting and deprivation with nutrition and nourishment.

With over 80 nutritious and delicious recipes to reignite your passion for eating, ranging from Italian Baked Eggs, Sweet Moroccan Falafel and Pan-fried Salmon Tikka, to Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, Honey Oat Banana Bread and Carrot Cake Cookies. Each recipe embraces the Fear-Free Food philosophy of balanced, fun, fear-free eating to inspire you to get creative in the kitchen and fall in love with food, your body and your life!

About the Author Nicola 's passion is helping people eat, move and live with less fear and more freedom. She has a Master 's degree in psychology, specialising in Eating and Exercise Psychology and is a qualified nutritionist and certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. Nicola also teaches yoga internationally and is the author of Thrive Through Yoga and Yoga Gym, both published by Bloomsbury.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472950178 www.NicolaJaneHobbs.com Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Zoos & wildlife parks Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Green Tree JUNE 2018 Detox Kitchen Vegetables Lily Simpson

150 delicious feel-good recipes (all free from wheat, dairy and refined sugar) that celebrate the versatility of tasty, nutritious and abundant vegetables

Description Detox Kitchen Vegetables removes the fear of cooking with veg fear that they will be plain and boring, that they will be overcooked and instead shows you how truly delicious they can be. Inside this book are 150 exquisite recipes for 35 different varieties of vegetables that are packed full of flavour. All wheat-, dairy- and refined-sugar-free, you'll find inventive and exciting dishes such as Spiced aubergine fritters with coconut tzatziki, Roast butternut squash with tahini dressing and tamari seeds, and Cauliflower pizza with lemon infused tomatoes.

With a sleek, contemporary design and glorious photography throughout, this bright new book is packed with everything you need to maximize the benefits of vegetables and refresh your everyday cooking.

About the Author Chef Lily Simpson takes her ideas from travels in France, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Morocco and India. She founded The Detox Kitchen, a unique detox food delivery service, in 2012. Having launched with dazzling success and a loyal following of celebrity clients, they now serve a range of delicious, healthy dishes from delis across London. detoxkitchen.co.uk / @TheDetoxKitchen

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781408884461 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Cookery / food & drink etc Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Made in London Leah Hyslop

Food and drink flows through London 's history like the Thames and Leah Hyslop explores recipes most associated with the city

Description From Tudor oyster peddlers and Victorian pie and mash shops, to the supper clubs and street food scene flourishing today, Britain's capital has always been a tantalising draw for those who live to eat. In Made in London, born-and-bred Londoner Leah Hyslop offers a joyful celebration of the city and its food, past and present. The book features recipes invented in the city; such as the 18th century treat Chelsea buns (a favourite of King George II) and Omelette Arnold Bennett, created for the famous writer while staying at the Savoy Hotel. Alongside these are new, exciting dishes, inspired by the Leah 's eating adventures around the capital: such as a mouthwatering Pimm 's and lemon curd trifle, an unusual goat 's cheese and cherry tart and an easy twist on Indian restaurant Dishoom 's iconic bacon naan, one of the best brunches in London. Interspersed with the recipes are short, entertaining histories and profiles about London 's food scene, including the tale of the 18th century 'gin craze'; a profile of the East End 's most beloved greasy spoon; and why Scotch eggs might have actually been invented in a London department store! Short shopping guides, lifting the lid on such pressing gastronomic questions as where to buy cheese, the city's most delicious chocolate shops, or the best cocktail bars for a nightcap (or two -) are also featured. Beautifully illustrated with contemporary photographs of London, alongside vintage images sourced from historic archives, this is a book for anyone who has ever lived in, visited or simply dreamt of sipping a cocktail while watching red buses trundle by in the world's greatest city.

About the Author Leah Hyslop is a food journalist and editor. She was born in London and educated at Oxford University, where she studied English literature. After seven years at The Telegraph, where she wrote the weekly Saturday column Readers ' Recipes, she joined Sainsbury 's Magazine as Food Director in 2016. She lives in East London, where she is the proud mother of a vast collection of cake tins. Price: $45.00 ISBN: 9781472949059 @LeahHyslop Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Cookery / food & drink etc Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Absolute Press JUNE 2018 Boqueria Marc Vidal and Yann de Rochefort with Zack Bezunartea

The definitive cookbook of the celebrated Boqueria restaurants, inspired by the best of Barcelona tapas.

Description The definitive cookbook of the celebrated Boqueria restaurants, inspired by the best of Barcelona tapas.

The essence of Barcelona tapas is that single, savory, lip-smacking bite that pairs best with a glass of wine and a group of friends. For Boqueria: A Barcelona Cookbook, chef Marc Vidal captures the definitive experience of New York City 's famed Boqueria restaurants, celebrated for the traditional, mouth-watering tapas like patatas bravas, Iberian ham croquettes, blistered green peppers, and bacon-wrapped dates, all of which appear in these pages, along with the restaurant 's signature authentic, seasonal dishes like garlicky sauteed shrimp, Spanish meatballs, and classic, saffrony seafood paella. Detailed insights into the history and the day-to-day life of the restaurant complete this sumptuous cookbook, while the recipes take center stage, each accompanied by a stunning photograph. Specially commissioned shots of Barcelona-- including the legendary Boqueria fresh market and the best of Barcelona 's tapas bars--capture the inspiration for chef Vidal 's recipes and the heart of Spanish cooking.

About the Author Marc Vidal 's experience at his family 's Barcelona restaurant inspired him to attend the Escola de Restauracion at age 16. He joined Boqueria in 2010 as Executive Chef.

Yann de Rochefort, a former marketing executive, created Boqueria to pay homage to Barcelona 's dining scene after having studied and lived in Spain.

Genevieve Ko is a food writer, recipe developer, and culinary consultant. She lives in New York City.

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Price: $45.00 ISBN: 9781632864949 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: National & regional cuisine Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Absolute Press JUNE 2018 Masala: Indian Cooking for Modern Living Mallika Basu

Wholesome recipes, bold flavours and easy cheats to create a true taste of India in a modern kitchen

Description Masala is a seminal Indian cookbook for a modern generation that reflects the way we live, cook, entertain and eat today.

Food writer Mallika Basu grew up enjoying exotic flavours from across India in an unconventional, bustling home in Kolkata and then spent years recreating them in a London kitchen. Now she shares those recipes, techniques and shortcuts so you too can cook with real Indian flavours without compromising on taste or texture.

Embrace weekday dinners with mustard coconut and chilli-slathered baked fish, wok-friendly Goan chilli beef fry or silken kofta curry made with packs of ready-rolled meatballs. For leisurely weekends, tuck into a feast of Vindaloo pulled pork; give your Sunday roast a sumptuous twist with spicy marinades or enjoy a whole roasted cauliflower encrusted with nut butter. Brunch as Indians do with dosas and whole moong crepes; entertain with crowd pleasing do-it-yourself Calcutta kati rolls, easy-to-assemble platters of baby aubergines drenched in peanut, sesame and coconut, and much, much more.

Mallika 's recipes respect the past and embrace the future in an easy and informal way that will broaden your understanding of Indian cooking, and inspire you to return to these recipes time and time again.

About the Author Born and brought up in Kolkata, India, Mallika Basu is a home cook and author who is passionate about fabulous and authentic Indian food. She is a spokesperson for the Great British Food Campaign, has featured on Jamie Oliver 's FoodTube and writes a regular column for the Evening Standard.

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Price: $45.00 ISBN: 9781408886885 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Cookery / food & drink etc Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Absolute Press JUNE 2018 Men We Reaped Jesmyn Ward

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'...And then we heard the rain falling, and that was the drops of blood falling; and when we came to get the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.' Harriet Tubman Jesmyn Ward 's acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from, in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young men dear to her, including her beloved brother to accidents, murder and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected, by identity and place, and as Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: These young men died because of who they were and the place they were from, because racism and economic struggle breed a certain kind of bad luck. The agonising reality brought Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own.

Men We Reaped opens up a parallel universe, yet it points to problems whose roots are woven into the soil under all our feet. This indispensable American memoir is destined to become a classic.

About the Author Jesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and is currently an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University. She is the author of the novels Where the Line Bleeds, Salvage the Bones, which won the 2011 National Book Award, and Sing, Unburied, Sing, which won the 2017 National Book Award. She is also the editor of the anthology The Fire This Time and the author of the memoirMen We Reaped, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2016, the American Academy of Arts and Letters selected Ward for the Strauss Living Award, and in 2017 she was awarded a MacArthur 'Genius' Award. She lives in Mississippi with her family. @jesmimi

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408898727 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Autobiography: general Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Letters to a Young Writer Colum McCann

From the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin and Transatlantic comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King 's On Writing

Description I hope there is something here for any young writer or any older writer, for that matter who happens to be looking for a teacher to come along, a teacher who, in the end, can really teach nothing at all but fire.

From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author. Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews, through to the more joyous and celebratory, as McCann elucidates the pleasures to be found in truthful writing, for: the best writing makes us glad that we are however briefly alive. ' Emphatic and empathetic, pragmatic and profound, this is an essential companion to any author 's journey and a deeply personal work from one of our greatest literary voices.

About the Author Colum McCann is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. His most recent novel, TransAtlantic, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013, and his previous novel, Let the Great World Spin, won the National Book Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a New York Times bestseller. His most recent short story collection, Thirteen Ways of Looking, includes the story What Time is it Now, Where You Are' ' which was shortlisted for the 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. His work has been published in forty languages and has received many international honours, including a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, election to the Irish arts academy and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China and an Oscar nomination. He is the co-

Price: $19.99 founder of the non-profit global story exchange organisation, Narrative 4, and he teaches at the MFA program in Hunter ISBN: 9781526600943 College. He lives in New Y Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 146x222mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Literature & literary studies Bic2: Literary studies: general Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb JUNE 2018 Chief Engineer Erica Wagner

'A classic, as lovingly and meticulously constructed as the bridge itself. It is a triumph of a book' Simon Winchester

Description A New Statesman Book of the Year for 2017 His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but it was Washington Roebling who built this iconic feat of human engineering after his father's tragic death. It has stood for more than 130 years and is now as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognisable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten.

The Chief Engineer is a brilliant examination of the life of one of America's most distinguished engineers. Roebling's experience as an engineer building bridges in the Union Army during the civil War has never before been documented, and played a central role in the bridge that links Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Brooklyn Bridge took fourteen dramatic years to complete, and the personal story that lay behind that construction is told here for the first time.

The Chief Engineer is an engaging portrait of a brilliant and driven man, and of the era in which he lived. Meticulously researched, and written with revealing archival material only recently uncovered, including Washington Roebling's own memoir that was previously thought to be lost to history, in The Chief Engineer Erica Wagner relates the fascinating history of the bridge and its maker.

About the Author Erica Wagner is the author of Gravity: Stories; Ariel 's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and the Story of Birthday Letters and Seizure: A Novel. Pas de Deux/A Concert of Stories, co-written with storyteller Abbi Patrix and musician and composer Linda Edsju, tours around the world. Twice a judge of the Man Booker Prize, she was literary editor of The Times for for seventeen years, and she is now a contributing writer for The New Statesman and consulting literary editor for Harper 's Bazaar, as well as writing for many publications in Britain and the United States. She is the editor of First Light: A Celebration of Alan Garner, which has just been published by Unbound. ericawagner.co.uk @EricaWgnr Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408837788 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Biography: science, technology & medicine Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury USA JUNE 2018 Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety Anna Williamson

Breaking Mum and Dad is a helpful, often humorous, and always honest guide to help all new mums and dads cope with and conquer anxiety, stress and low mood in those overwhelming fledgling parent days.

Description With more than 1 in 10 new parents experiencing post-natal depression and anxiety, and after suffering the traumatic birth of her son, and herself being diagnosed with post-natal anxiety and birth trauma, Anna Williamson uncovers the real thoughts, feelings and behaviours that many of us experience in those first few weeks and months after becoming a parent. From I 'm struggling to love my baby ' to I miss my old life ' and Will I ever feel like me again' ' to I 'm anxious about having sex ' this book will help new parents cope with the often taboo topics that we ALL encounter. A therapist in your pocket, meaning you don 't have to face one of life 's most momentous experiences alone, or fear being judged of the weird and often worrying irrational thoughts that plague our frazzled minds. Mental health for new mums (and dads) is a thing e-- a big thing - and it 's time we all stopped suffering in silence. It takes time to adjust to this new identity and role - whether it 's making new friends, coping with changing relationships, breast and bottle feeding anxiety, going back to work worries, or the whole shift being a new parent poses mentally. Breaking Mum and Dad is a little pocket guide of empathy, sympathy and above all, hope.

About the Author Anna Williamson is a television presenter, radio broadcaster, life coach, counsellor and Master NLP practitioner. She lives in rural Hertfordshire with her husband and baby. Anna is also an Ambassador for Mind, The Princes Trust, The Young Variety Club and Childline. Her goal is to continue to de-stigmatise mental health, giving young people a platform to be listened to. Dr Reetta Newell is a Clinical Psychologist, and runs a private practice specialising in working with children and families. She provides psychological assessment, consultation, formulation and therapy to individuals and families. She works with lots of clients with anxiety. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two children.

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BLM Green Tree JUNE 2018 Breaking Mum and Dad Mix Pack

Contains 6 copies of Breaking Mum and Dad, 2 copies of Breaking Mad, plus a free reading copy of Breaking Mum and Dad

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BLM Green Tree JUNE 2018 Breaking Mad: The Insider's Guide to Conquering Anxiety Anna Williamson

A kick-ass guide to getting one over on anxiety, stress and other conditions that are holding you back. Written by someone who has been there and got through to the other side.

Description Welcome to the therapist in your pocket full of anxiety-busting advice, read this book to learn how to live better and restore your confidence when panic attacks. Drawing on her own personal experiences with anxiety, therapist Anna Williamson offers easy to follow, expert guidance, alongside clinical psychologist, Dr Reetta Newell. Breaking Mad is packed with coping methods and solutions for those everyday moments where you need a helping hand. From recognising the first warning signs of anxiety, to coping with a panic attack or social anxiety, Anna and Reetta will be with you every step of the way, offering practical strategies and straightforward guidance whenever and wherever you might need it. Whether at home, on the bus, at college, just before a meeting, or even having a meltdown in the work toilet cubicle, Breaking Mad is here for you. So welcome to the club it's time to tackle anxiety head on!

About the Author Anna Williamson is a television presenter, radio broadcaster, life coach, counsellor and Master NLP practitioner. She lives in rural Hertfordshire with her husband and new baby. Anna is also an Ambassador for Mind, The Princes Trust, The Young Variety Club and Childline. Her goal is to continue to de-stigmatise mental health, giving young people a platform to be listened to. Dr Reetta Newell is a Clinical Psychologist, and runs a private practice specialising in working with children and families. She provides psychological assessment, consultation, formulation and therapy to individuals and families. She works with lots of clients with anxiety. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two children.

Price: $18.99 ISBN: 9781472937704 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Self-help & personal development Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Green Tree JUNE 2018 Get Well Soon: Adventures in Alternative Healthcare Nick Duerden

Following a prolonged period of illness with no sign of recovery, Nick Duerden is forced to take his health into his own hands by delving into the world of alternative therapies in a bid to cure himself.

Description 'An intelligent, incisive exploration of the cures trotted out to treat the 21st century 's most insidious malaise. And no, it 's not all in your head.' - Meg Rosoff When Nick Duerden became ill with an all-too-common, if routinely misunderstood, viral condition, his doctor didn 't know what to suggest. And so he was forced to plunge into the often bewildering, but increasingly blossoming, world of alternative therapy in pursuit of a cure. He visited energy practitioners and spiritual gurus, and learned yoga, meditation and how to manage the new anxieties his poor health had brought rushing to the surface. Get Well Soon is a memoir that focuses on the journey all of us at some point will have to make: the abrupt obligation to start living better, wiser, healthier, and to be kinder to our minds and bodies. Honest, funny and ultimately optimistic, it 's also about successfully negotiating long-term illness while still leading a hectic modern life, because hectic modern lives rarely pause for breath. But we can.

About the Author Nick Duerden is a writer and freelance journalist. He is the author of two novels and a memoir on fatherhood and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and 5 and Sky News. He has written widely on the arts, travel and health. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472950482 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Medical diagnosis Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Green Tree JUNE 2018 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018 Wisden

The 155th edition of the most famous sports book in the world published every year since 1864 contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers every first-class game in every cricket nation, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Description *Standard hardback edition* The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden has been published every year since 1864. Wisden 2018, the 155th edition, contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports on all Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals. Trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records make it the cricketers ' bible worldwide. In an age of snap judgments, Wisden 's authority, independence and integrity are more important than ever. A perennial bestseller in the UK. ""There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: it's obviously Wisden"" Andrew Baker in the Daily Telegraph @WisdenAlmanack

About the Author This is Lawrence Booth's seventh year as Editor of Wisden, although he has contributed for many years. He is also cricket writer for the Daily Mail and author of several critically acclaimed cricket books. He is one of the most respected and well liked authorities in the modern game. @the_topspin

Price: $99.99 ISBN: 9781472953544 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 1536 pages Bic1: Cricket Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Wisden JUNE 2018 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018 Wisden

The 155th edition of the most famous sports book in the world published every year since 1864 contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers every first-class game in every cricket nation, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Description *Paperback edition* The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden has been published every year since 1864. Wisden 2018, the 155th edition, contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports on all Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals. Trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records make it the cricketers ' bible worldwide. In an age of snap judgments, Wisden 's authority, independence and integrity are more important than ever. A perennial bestseller in the UK. ""There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: it's obviously Wisden"" Andrew Baker in the Daily Telegraph @WisdenAlmanack

About the Author This is Lawrence Booth's seventh year as Editor of Wisden, although he has contributed for many years. He is also cricket writer for the Daily Mail and author of several critically acclaimed cricket books. He is one of the most respected and well liked authorities in the modern game. @the_topspin

Price: $99.99 ISBN: 9781472953575 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 1536 pages Bic1: Cricket Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Wisden JUNE 2018 Monsieur X: The incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history Jamie Reid

Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy.

Description *William Hill Sports Book of the Year award winning author* Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy. Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well-educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie. Between the late 1950s and the early 1970s, Des Moutis made a daring attempt to beat the French state-run betting system. His success so alarmed the authorities that they repeatedly changed the rules of betting in an effort to stop him. And so a battle of wills began, all played out on the front pages of the daily newspapers as the general public willed Des Moutis on to ever greater triumphs. He remained one step ahead of the law until finally the government criminalised his activities, driving him into the arms of the underworld. Eventually the net began to close, high-profile characters found themselves the target of the state 's investigation, and people began turning up dead.

About the Author Jamie Reid is the author of the non-fiction books A Licence to Print Money, Blown and Doped, the winner of the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. A life-long betting and racing enthusiast, he has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times supplement How To Spend It, and has also written for the Guardian and the Independent on Sunday, as well as a wide range of magazines.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472942289 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Biography: sport Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport JUNE 2018 Running Up That Hill: The highs and lows of going that little bit further Vassos Alexander

This is a celebration of endurance running. Of running ridiculous distances e-e-e- and the astonishing highs that it provides.

Description Running Up That Hill is a celebration of endurance running. Of running ridiculous distances, through cities, over mountains and across countries. Distances that most people can 't imagine running. But sports presenter and radio host Vassos Alexander is hooked. Why else would he run an ultra-race in Paris, backwards, having missed the start' Why attempt the world 's hardest mountain race with a badly sprained ankle' And why try to follow in some legendary, 2,500- year-old footsteps in the most unforgiving event on the planet, the 153-mile Spartathlon in Greece'

There's joy to be found in running ridiculous distances. Really there is. There 's the astonishing highs that it provides. The joy that comes from pushing your limits and exceeding your own expectations. The confidence and peace that it brings when you challenge yourself and succeed. It 's having belief in yourself and your capabilities.

Vassos recalls his own attempts at these gruelling races, along with several ultra-running legends, including Scott Jurek, Jasmin Paris, Kilian Jornet, Dean Karnazes and Mimi Anderson, who testify to the transformative power of ultra-distance running.

Together it 's a cracking tale of what keeps ultra-distance runners running, mile after mile after mile.

About the Author Vassos Alexander is one of the best-known sports reporters in the UK. He just loves running, and hopes more and more people give it a try. He is the author of the best-selling Don 't Stop Me Now, 26.2 Tales of a Runner 's Obsession, also published by Bloomsbury.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472947963 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Marathon & cross-country running Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport JUNE 2018 International Football Kits (True Colours): The Illustrated Guide John Devlin

Written and illustrated by renowned football shirt expert and bestselling author John Devlin, this is the definitive guide to international football kit design.

Description Written and illustrated by renowned football shirt expert and bestselling author John Devlin, this is the definitive guide to international football kit design. Published to coincide with the 2018 FIFA World Cup, International Football Kits chartsthe evolving kit designs of each of the world 's leading national football teams, from 1966 up to the present day.

As well as analysing and evaluating every major home, away and third kit design, the book details when the kit was worn, who wore it and the important matches in which it featured.

Illustrated with more than 1,200 never-before-published artworks and featuring a number of essays related to football kit development, history and culture, this carefully curated collection is the expert guide to the changing styles of football fashion.

About the Author John Devlin is a celebrated designer and illustrator. He is regarded as one of the world 's leading football shirt design experts and is the author of the bestselling True Colours: Football Kits from 1980 to the Present Day. He has made it his life 's work to document the changing kit fashions of the world 's major teams. @TrueColoursKits

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472956293 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Football (Soccer, Association football) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport JUNE 2018 Do You Speak Football?: A Glossary of Football Words and Phrases from Around the World Tom Williams

An expertly compiled and utterly delightful compendium of the weird and wonderful words and phrases used to describe football around the world.

Description To speak football is to speak a language of a thousand tongues - In this ground-breaking global glossary of football words and phrases, you 'll discover the rich, quirky and joyously creative language used by fans, commentators and players across the world. From placing a shot where the owl sleeps ' in Brazil, to what it means to use your chocolate leg ' in the Netherlands, via Wembley-Tor a phrase adopted by Germans to describe a dubious goal this comprehensively researched book will entertain and inform in equal measure. Discover the unfortunate Finnish term for a holding midfielder, what it means when South Korean fans get nostalgic about a Leeds season ' and why Dundee United supporters should keep their heads down in Nigeria. With over 700 terms from 89 countries (including 29 ways to describe a nutmeg), this is the definitive guide to the global language of football.

About the Author Tom Williams lives in London and covers football for the Agence France-Presse international news agency. His writing has also appeared in The Blizzard,The Guardian and Bleacher Report. He has featured on BBC Radio 5 Live, BT Sport, CNN, BBC News 24, the BBC World Service, talkSPORT and the Totally Football Show. @tomwfootball #doyouspeakfootball

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472947215 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Football (Soccer, Association football) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport JUNE 2018 The Business of Sleep: How Sleeping Better Can Transform Your Career Vicki Culpin

Vicki Culpin explores the science of sleep and the impact that poor sleep can have on business and careers.

Description Margaret Thatcher may famously have been able to make do with five hours a night, but for many people that little amount of sleep can even in the short term have serious and damaging side-effects. Major disasters have occurred as a result of poor sleep (from the destruction of the Challenger space shuttle to nuclear meltdowns such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island), but more prevalent effects can include health disorders, the rise of depression and poorer memory retention. For businesses and their employees, the impact can be extremely detrimental from the negative impact on decision- making and communication skills, to way in which the lack of sleep can stifle creativity and innovation. The Business of Sleep provides practical ways of mitigating against or reducing the impact of compromised sleep in organisational environments.

Drawing on both seminal and cutting-edge research, alongside interviews with notable CEOs and business influencers, The Business of Sleep explains to readers, in an accessible and conversational way, what the research tells us about how sleep works and the impact that lack of sleep can have on your work and career.

About the Author Vicki Culpin is Global Dean of Research (with Hult International Business School, Ashridge Executive Education) and a member of the Ashridge Leadership Team. She works with a range of clients, nationally and internationally, from the public, private and cultural sectors, and delivers guest lectures around the world on a variety of psychological topics.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472936578 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Business & management Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Business JUNE 2018 Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System Natalie Starkey

Takes us up close and personal with comets, and explains how we can use these ancient voyagers to understand our place in the Solar System.

Description Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious comets and asteroids are among the Solar System 's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded secrets. This offers us the chance to answer some fundamental questions about our planet and its inhabitants. Exploring comets and asteroids also allows us to shape the story of Earth 's future, enabling us to protect our precious planet from the threat of a catastrophic impact from space, and maybe to even recover valuable raw materials from them. This cosmic bounty could be as useful in space as it is on Earth, providing the necessary fuel and supplies for humans as they voyage into deep space to explore more distant locations within the Solar System. Catching Stardust tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it.

About the Author Natalie Starkey is a geologist and cosmochemist. Following a PhD at Edinburgh University studying the geochemistry of Arctic volcanoes, Natalie 's post-doctoral work at The Open University shifted her research focus to comet and asteroid samples. It was at this time she got the chance to analyse samples returned by the NASA Stardust and JAXA Hayabusa space missions. Natalie 's passion for her research makes her a keen science communicator. She received a British Science Association Media Fellowship in 2013, and regularly appears on television and radio internationally, as well as being a science host on Neil deGrasse Tyson 's popular StarTalk Radio. Her writing includes numerous articles for the Guardian, and she is a regular contributor to The Conversation website. Price: $24.99 @starkeystardust / nataliestarkey.com ISBN: 9781472955012 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma JUNE 2018 My European Family: The First 54,000 Years Karin Bojs

The story of Europe and its people, told through its genetic legacy.

Description Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family. At her mother's funeral she felt this more keenly than ever. So as part of the healing process, she decided to use DNA research to learn more about herself, her family and the interconnectedness of society. After all, we're all related. And in a sense, we are all family. My European Family tells the story of Europe and its people through its genetic legacy, weaving in the latest archaeological findings. Karin goes deep in search of her genealogy; by having her DNA sequenced and tested and effectively becoming an experimental subject, she was able to trace the path of her ancestors back, through the Viking age, through the Bronze age to the Neolithic and beyond into prehistory, back even further to a time when Neanderthals ran the European show. This book looks at genetics from a uniquely pan-European perspective, with the author meeting dozens of geneticists, historians and archaeologists in the course of her research. The genes of this seemingly ordinary modern European woman have a truly fascinating story to tell.

About the Author Karin Bojs is a Swedish author and journalist, and the former science editor of Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. She lives in Gothenburg. @KarinBojs

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781472941459 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Genetics (non-medical) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma JUNE 2018 BBC Proms 2018: Festival Guide BBC Proms Publications

The BBC Proms Guide is the official companion to the world 's greatest classical music festival.

Description The BBC Proms is the world 's biggest and longest e-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. It is one of the strongest brand names in the music world and attracts a glittering array of artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world in over 150 concerts, talks, workshops and family events around London every summer. Whether you 're a firste- time visitor or an experienced Prommer, watching at home or listening on radio or online, the BBC Proms Guide will help you to plan your summer of music and discover in depth what lies behind the Proms from the composers to the performers to how the events are broadcast. The Proms Guide contains brande- new articles on featured composers and insights on performers, new music and accompanying events.

About the Author The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, originally founded in 1895.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781912114016 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 194 pages Bic1: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BBC Proms JUNE 2018 What It's Like To Be A Dog Gregory Berns

A leading scientist applies the tools of neuroscience to understand how animals think

Description What is it like to be a dog' A bat' Or a dolphin' To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner-completely awake. They discovered what makes dogs individuals with varying capacities for self-control, different value systems, and a complex understanding of human speech. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It 's Like to Be a Dog, Berns explores the fascinating inner lives of wild animals from dolphins and sea lions to the extinct Tasmanian tiger. The new way of understanding animals that he is opening up will revolutionize how we communicate and treat our furry, and not-so-furry, friends. Groundbreaking and deeply humane, this is essential reading for animal lovers of all stripes.

About the Author Gregory Berns is a distinguished professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, where he directs the Center for Neuropolicy and Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller How Dogs Love Us. He lives in Atlanta.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781786074652 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Animal behaviour Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 What It's Like To Be A Dog 8 Copy Pack

Comprises 8 copies of What It's Like to Be A Dog, plus a free reading copy

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Oneworld JUNE 2018 Nine Lives Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister

Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker... Spy

Description As one of Al Qaeda's most respected scholars and bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and met Osama Bin Laden himself. His job was already one of the most dangerous in the world. But what the others didn't know was that he was working undercover for MI6.

About the Author Aimen Dean will be assisted in writing Nine Lives by Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, who wrote the international bestseller Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA with Morten Storm. Paul Cruickshank is a British and a New York based investigative reporter specializing in al Qaeda, a CNN Terrorism Analyst, and an Alumni Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University 's School of Law. Tim Lister, also British, has covered international news for 25 years as a producer and reporter for the BBC and CNN. In 2004, he produced the award-winning documentary Between Hope and Fear: Journeys in the New Iraq for CNN.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781786074645 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Espionage & secret services Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Nine Lives 8 Copy Pack

Contains 8 copies of Nine Lives, plus a free reading copy

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Price: $224.00 ISBN: 9781472995704 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Miscellaneous items Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Dictator Literature Daniel Kalder

Some books really do change the world...

Description Few may realise that the leader of Turkmenistan a man who once renamed bread after his own mother wrote his own holy book, which is required reading before taking a driving test. It is a book of such time-quaking importance that the month of September was renamed in its honour. Countless historians have dedicated decades of their lives to minutely detailing the atrocities perpetrated by the twentieth century 's most notorious dictators. And yet one area of tyrannical infamy has been shockingly neglected these men 's crimes against literature. Between them, they produced theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry collections, memoirs and even the occasional romance novel, establishing a literary tradition of soul-crushing tedium that continues to this day.What do these books reveal about the dictatorial soul' How did the production of literature become central to the running of their regimes' A journey to the end of the literary night, combining mind-bending explorations of the avant-garde of boredom with history, politics and biography and leavened with a darkly humorous wit Dictator Literature is the true story of the worst books in the world.

About the Author Daniel Kalder is the author of Lost Cosmonaut and Strange Telescopes. He is also a journalist who has contributed to Esquire, the Guardian, The Times, the Dallas Morning News and many other publications. Originally from Fife, Scotland, he lived in Moscow for ten years and currently resides in Central Texas.

Price: $34.99 ISBN: 9781786070586 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Khalil Maleki Homa Katouzian

The first biography of one of Iran 's most original socialist thinkers and activists

Description Khalil Maleki (1901 1969) was a unique phenomenon in twentieth-century Iran. A selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare, he adopted a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detrimental to his country 's development over the pursuit of power itself. He was also an acute political theorist who at every stage from the 1940s to the 1960s put forward ideas, virtually all of which have proven prescient. Homa Katouzian not only knew Maleki personally, but has studied his life and ideas for half a century. In this work he provides a fascinating portrait of an inspiring figure who was involved in some of the major turning points in the twentieth-century Iranian history, from the split of communist Tudeh party to the 1953 coup and its aftermath. In an age of political intolerance and uncompromising confrontation, Maleki remained an indefatigable advocate for open political discussion and peaceful reform a stance that saw him jailed several times. In Khalil Maleki we see his political life in full for the very first time.

About the Author Dr Homa Katouzian is the editor of Iranian Studies and Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford University. He is author of numerous books on Iranian Literature, History and Society.

Price: $60.00 ISBN: 9781786072931 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Biography: historical, political & military Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 The Last London: True Fictions from an Unreal City Ian Sinclair

The final chapter in Sinclair 's life-long odyssey through the streets of the Big Smoke

Description Iain Sinclair has been documenting the peculiar magic of the river-city that absorbs and obsesses him for most of his adult life. In The Last London, he strikes out on a series of solitary walks and collaborative expeditions to make a final reckoning with a capital stretched beyond recognition. Here is a mesmerising record of secret scholars and whispering ghosts. Of disturbing encounters. Night hospitals. Pits that become cameras. Mole Man labyrinths. And privileged swimming pools, up in clouds, patrolled by surveillance helicopters. Where now are the myths, the ultimate fictions of a many times revised city' Travelling from the pinnacle of the Shard to the outer limits of the London Overground system at Croydon and Barking, from the Thames Estuary to the future ruins of Olympicopolis, Sinclair reflects on where London begins and where it ends. A memoir, a critique, a love letter, The Last London is a delirious conclusion to a truly epic project.

About the Author Iain Sinclair is the award-winning writer of numerous critically acclaimed books on London, including Lights Out for the Territory, London Orbital and London Overground. He won the Encore Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Downriver. He lives in Hackney, East London.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786073303 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Oak and Ash and Thorn Peter Fiennes

Dazzling, passionate nature writing a celebration of Britain 's woods and forests and a rousing call to fight for them

Description The magic and mystery of the woods and trees are embedded in our culture, from ancient folklore to modern literature. They offer us refuge, a place to play and a place to think. They are the generous providers of fuel, timber, energy and life. They let us dream of other ways of living. Yet we now face a future where taking a walk in the woods is consigned to the tales we tell our children. Threatened by development, neglect, climate chaos and ignorance, they are emptier of flora and fauna, but also of people than they have ever been. Immersing himself in the beauty of Britain 's woodlands and the art and writing they have inspired, Peter Fiennes explores our long relationship with the woods and the sad and violent story of how so many have been lost. Just as we need them, perhaps for once our woods need us too. But who, if anyone, is looking out for them'

About the Author Peter Fiennes is the author of To War with God, a moving account of his grandfather 's service in the First World War. As a publisher for Time Out, he published their city guides, as well as books about Britain 's countryside and seaside. He lives in Wandsworth, south-west London.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786073211 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: British & Irish history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom Thomas E. Ricks

Before Trump, two men from the right and the left fought to preserve our liberty

Description Today, as liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a long shadow across our culture and politics. In Churchill & Orwell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas E. Ricks masterfully argues that these extraordinary men are as important today as they ever were. Churchill and Orwell stood in political opposition to each other, but were both committed to the preservation of freedom. However, in the late 1930s they occupied a lonely position: democracy was much discredited, and authoritarian rulers, fascist and communist, were everywhere in the ascent. Unlike others, they had the wisdom to see that the most salient issue was human liberty and that any government that denies its people basic rights is a totalitarian menace to be resisted. Churchill and Orwell proved their age 's necessary men, and this book reveals how they rose from a precarious position to triumph over the enemies of freedom. Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler 's defeat, but Orwell 's reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 and Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War and continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it takes to stay true to it.

About the Author THOMAS E. RICKS is the bestselling and award winning author of The Gamble, The Generals, and the international bestseller Fiasco, the most authoritative account of how the Bush administration and the US Army created a disaster in Iraq ' (Max Hastings, Sunday Times). He is a former writer for The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, and has covered military operations across the globe. He now contributes to The New York Times and the New Yorker, and has appeared on the BBC, Sky News and in the Guardian and other UK press. He is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine, writing the prize-winning blog The Best Defense.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9780715652763 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Biography: historical, political & military Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Duckworth JUNE 2018 The Idealist Justin Peters

The life story of Aaron Swartz child prodigy, hacktivist, and criminal'

Description Online activist and cultural icon Aaron Swartz was just 26 when he committed suicide in 2013. In his timely, smart and fascinating book Justin Peters Slate correspondent and contributor to The New York Times, Washington Monthly and many others tells Swartz 's tragic story. Swartz was a zealous advocate for unrestricted access to information on the internet, and pivotal to the development of Creative Commons, Reddit, RSS, and the software platform SecureDrop used by the world 's media to facilitate secure communication with their sources. Fiercely opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act, he was indicted by the US government in 2011 for alleged computer crimes, after downloading millions of articles from a pay-walled database. The battle over the control and free exchange of information has never been more contentious, and The Idealist takes us through 200 years of murky data morality to explain what Swartz was fighting for. Peters explores the rise of open access and other ideologies that challenge an increasingly corporate internet, and asks what might be next for intellectual property. Can a universally accessible, comprehensive and free library of the future ' become a thing of the present'

About the Author JUSTIN PETERS is a correspondent for Slate and contributing editor at the Columbia Journalism Review. Since graduating from Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he has written for publications including The New York Times, Washington Monthly and Travel and Leisure, and is a frequent speaker at journalism conferences across the world. Find out more at: http://freejustinpeters.com/

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780715652695 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Political activism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Duckworth JUNE 2018 Modern Death Haider Warraich

The extraordinary investigation into our relationship with death from ancient burial grounds to dying in the modern medical-industrial complex

Description Nothing is more certain in life than death. Yet recent advances in medicine and technology have dramatically increased our life expectancy, and everything about when, where, how and why we die has changed. The result is that dying is today a more prolonged and harrowing experience than ever before. In Modern Death, the physician and clinical researcher Haider Warraich draws on his expert personal experience as well as on history, culture, theology and legal theory, to tackle important ethical questions that go right to the heart of what it is to be human. He reveals what dying really means in today 's medical industrial complex, discusses the ethics of patient proxies, living wills and the right to die, and argues in favour of giving terminally ill patients the right to physician-assisted death. Written by an insightful, new voice in the conversation about death and dying, Modern Death is a heartfelt and inspiring book offering an unabashedly honest perspective, exploring how we can and must do better by the ones we love.

About the Author HAIDER WARRAICH is an expert on healthcare and health policy and has contributed to the Guardian, BBC Radio, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and Atlantic among others. He completed his internal medicine training at Harvard Medical School and is now a Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine at Duke University. Find out more at scholar.harvard.edu/haiderwarraich

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9780715652794 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die Bic2: Sociology: death & dying Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Duckworth JUNE 2018 V&A Pattern Postcard Box Set V&A

These beautiful postcards have been selected from the bestselling V&A Pattern titles. Drawing on designs intended for textiles, wallpaper, fashion and furnishing, this richly varied collection is a resource for artists, designers and students, as well as a charming addition to the design fan's stationery collection.

Description Presented in a colourful presentation box, these beautifully printed patterns range from the intricate floral motifs of William Morris and C.F.A. Voysey to the wit and vibrancy of Pop era design; from the cool restraint of Fifties textile design to the iconic designs of Liberty & Co. A desirable gift and a surprising trove of design inspiration, this postcard collection is the perfect introduction to the V&A's design collections.

About the Author The V&A Museum in London is one of the leading fashion and design museums in the world.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781851778157 Format: Dimensions: 123x162mm Extent: 100 pages Bic1: Gift books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

V&A Publications JUNE 2018 A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature and the Future of the Planet Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore

A Guide to Capitalism, Nature and the Future of the Planet

Description Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analysing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding - and reclaiming - the planet in the twenty-first century.

About the Author Raj Patel is an award-winning writer, activist and academic. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and The Value of Nothing. Jason W. Moore teaches world history and world-ecology at Binghampton University. He is the author of several books, including Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital, and numerous award-winning essays in environmental history, political economy, and social theory.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781788732147 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Politics & government Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 The Dilemmas of Lenin: Terrorism, War, Empire, Love, Revolution Tariq Ali

Why was Lenin such a revolutionary leader'

Description Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In his own time, there were many, even among his enemies, who acknowledged the full magnitude of his intellectual and political achievements. But his legacy has been lost in misinterpretation; he is worshipped but rarely read. Tariq Ali explores the two major influences on Lenin 's thought the turbulent history of Tsarist Russia and the birth of the international labour movement and explains how Lenin confronted dilemmas that still cast a shadow over the present. Is terrorism ever a viable strategy' Is support for imperial wars ever justified' Can politics be made without a party' Was the seizure of power in 1917 morally justified' Should he have parted company from his wife and lived with his lover' In The Dilemmas of Lenin, Ali provides an insightful portrait of Lenin 's deepest preoccupations and underlines the clarity and vigour of his theoretical and political formulations. He concludes with an affecting account of Lenin 's last two years, when he realized that we knew nothing and insisted that the revolution had to be renewed lest it wither and die.

About the Author Tariq Ali has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics the most recent of which are The Obama Syndrome, The Extreme Centre and The Dilemmas of Lenin as well as the novels of his Islam Quintet and scripts for the stage and screen. He is a longstanding member of the editorial committee of New Left Review and lives in London.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786631114 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Biography: historical, political & military Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 Hara Hotel: A Tale of Syrian Refugees in Greece Teresa Thornhill

A first-hand account of a Greek refugee camp and the stories of the refugees staying there

Description Hara Hotel chronicles everyday life in a makeshift refugee camp on the forecourt of a petrol station in northern Greece. In the first two months of 2016, more than 100,000 refugees arrived in Greece. Half of them were fleeing war-torn Syria, seeking a safe haven in Europe. As the numbers seeking refuge soared, many were stranded in temporary camps, staffed by volunteers. Hara Hotel tells some of their stories. Teresa Thornhill arrived in Greece in April 2016 as a volunteer. She met one refugee, a young Syrian Kurd called Juwan, who left his home and family in November 2011 to avoid being summoned for military service by the Assad regime. Interweaving memoir with Juwan 's story, and with the recent history of the failed revolution in Syria, and the horror of the ensuing civil war, Hara Hotel paints a vivid picture of the lives of the people trapped between civil war and Europe 's borders.

About the Author Teresa Thornhill is a linguist, writer and child protection barrister with a special interest in the Middle East. Her previous publications include Sweet Tea with Cardamom and The Curtain Maker of Beirut.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786635198 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Refugees & political asylum Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che Max Elbaum

The first in-depth study of the long march of the US New Left after 1968

Description Revolution in the Air is the definitive study of how radicals from the sixties movements embraced twentieth-century Marxism, and what movements of dissent today can learn from the legacies of Lenin, Mao and Che.

About the Author Max Elbaum was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and a leader of one of the main new communist movement organisations. His writings have appeared in the Nation and the Guardian, among others.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781786634597 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 380 pages Bic1: Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 The End of the French Intellectual: From Zola to Houellebecq Shlomo Sand

Charting the decline of the French intellectual, from the Dreyfus Affair to Islamophobia

Description Internationally acclaimed Israeli historian Shlomo Sand made his mark with books such as The Invention of the Jewish People and The Invention of the Land of Israel. Returning here to an early fascination, he turns his attention to the figure of the French intellectual. From his student years in Paris, Sand has repeatedly come up against the """"great French thinkers."""" He has an intimate knowledge of the Parisian intellectual world and its little secrets, on which he draws to overturn certain myths attaching to the figure of the """"intellectual"""" that France prides itself on having invented. Mixing reminiscence and analysis, he revisits a history that, from the Dreyfus Affair through to Charlie Hebdo, seems to him that of a long decline. As a long-time admirer of Zola, Sartre and Camus, Sand is staggered to see what the French intellectual has become today, in such characters as Michel Houellebecq, Eric Zemmour and Alain Finkielkraut. In a work that gives no quarter, and focuses particularly on the Judeophobia and Islamophobia of the elites, he casts on the French intellectual scene a gaze that is both disabused and mordant.

About the Author Shlomo Sand studied History at the University of Tel Aviv and at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris. He currently teaches Contemporary History at the University of Tel Aviv. His books include The Invention of the Jewish People, On the Nation and the Jewish People, How I Stopped Being a Jew, The Invention of the Land of Israel, and Twilight of History.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781786635082 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 300 pages Bic1: European history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 The Production of Money: How to Break the Power of the Bankers Ann Pettifor

Why we misunderstand the nature of money, and what we can do about it

Description According to leading economist Ann Pettifor, one of the few people to predict the 2008 financial crisis, money is not a commodity but a promise. This radical reconsideration of the power of money means that we can reimagine the way the economy works. The Production of Money also examines popular alternative debates on, and innovations in, money, such as green QE and helicopter money. She sets out the possibility of linking the money in our pockets (or on our smartphones) to the improvements we want to see in the world around us.

About the Author Ann Pettifor is the Director of Prime (Policy Research in Macroeconomics) and a Fellow of the New Economics Foundation. She is known for her leadership of the Jubilee 2000 campaign. In 2015 she was invited onto the economic advisory board of the British Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn. She is the author of The Real World Economic Outlook and The Coming First World Debt Crisis and co-author of The Green New Deal.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786631350 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Monetary economics Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Social Housing John Boughton

A narrative history of council housing from slums to the Grenfell Tower

Description Municipal Dreams presents an alternative history of the United Kingdom. This history begins in the slum clearances of the late nineteenth century and the aspirations of those who would build anew. John Boughton looks at how and why the state 's duty to house its people decently became central to our politics. Traversing the nation, Boughton offers an architectural tour of some of the best and most remarkable of our housing estates, as well as many accounted ordinary; he asks us to understand better their complex story and to rethink our prejudices. His accounts include extraordinary planners and architects who wished to elevate working men and women through design and the politicians, high and low, who shaped their work, the competing ideologies which have promoted state housing and condemned it, the economics which has always constrained our housing ideals, the crisis wrought by Right to Buy, and the evolving controversies around regeneration. He shows how the loss of the dream of good housing for all is a danger for the whole of society as was seen in the fire in Grenfell Tower.

About the Author John Boughton has published in the Historian and Labor History and gives talks on housing to a range of audiences. He is involved in a number of housing campaigns and lives in London. His blog is municipaldreams.wordpress.com.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781784787394 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Social & cultural history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump Asad Haider

A powerful challenge to the way we understand class, identity, and the history of anti-racism

Description The phenomenon of ""identity politics"" represents one of the primary impasses of the left, and has occasioned the reignition of frustrating debates between the partisans of race and class ad infinitum. In Mistaken Identity, Asad Haider reaches for a different approach one rooted in the rich legacies of the black freedom struggle. Drawing from the words and deeds of black revolutionary theorists, he argues that identity politics is not synonymous with anti-racism, but instead amounts to the neutralisation of its movements. It marks a retreat from the crucial passage from identity to solidarity, and from individual recognition to collective struggle against an oppressive social structure. Mistaken Identity is a political and theoretical tour de force, an urgent call for alternative visions, languages, and practices against the white identity politics of right-wing populism. The idea of universal emancipation now seems old-fashioned and outmoded. But if we are attentive to the lines of struggle that lie outside the boundaries of the state, we will see that it has been placed on the agenda once again.

About the Author Asad Haider is a writer and activist in the San Francisco Bay Area, a PhD student in the History of Consciousness Department at UC Santa Cruz and the co-founder of Viewpoint Magazine.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781786637376 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Society & culture: general Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx Sven-Eric Liedman

Epic new biography of Karl Marx for the 200th anniversary of his birth

Description The globalised world of the twenty-first century has many parallels with that of the period running up to the cataclysm of 1914, namely the world predicted by Karl Marx. Communications go that much faster, but this is a difference of degree, not type. People, messages, and ideas are flung around the globe. Money circulates in a never-ceasing torrent, poverty lives side by side with wealth, and capital exercises its impersonal power over each and every one of us. In this world, Karl Marx blunt and straightforward enough to inspire criticism of the latest exploits of capitalism, the failings of politics, and the genuflection of those in power before fetishes like The Market ' lives on. Despite nearly 200 years having passed since his birth, his burning condemnation of capitalism remains of immediate interest today. The texts he left behind gave rise to what would come to be called Marxism, but that was a term he rejected. His approach enormous amounts of reading and writing, integrating new discoveries from the various sciences into his analyses of society was a far cry from how his theories would come to be used in states where only one, party-approved interpretation was allowed. Now, more than ever before, these texts can be read for what they truly are. In addition to providing a living picture of Marx the man, his life, and his family and friends as well as his lifelong collaboration with Friedrich Engels Sweden 's leading intellectual historian Sven-Eric Liedman, in this major new biography, shows what Karl Marx the thinker and researcher really wrote, demonstrating that this giant of the nineteenth century can still exert a powerful attraction for the inhabitants of the twenty-first.

About the Author Sven-Eric Liedman, Professor Emeritus of the history of ideas at the University of Gothenburg, has been reading and writing about Karl Marx for over fifty years. His textbook on political ideologies (originally titled From Plato to Lenin in 1972, rechristened From Plato to the War Against Terrorism in 2014) has been reprinted in fourteen editions.

Price: $59.99 ISBN: 9781786635044 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 832 pages Bic1: Biography: historical, political & military Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 What Goes Up: The Rights and Wrongs of the City Michael Sorkin

The rise and fall of New York - a radical architect 's view of the destruction of the city.

Description Michael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world. In What Goes Up he charts the dehumanising regimes of mayors Bloomberg and De Blasio that created a city of glittering towers and increasing inequality. He looks at what has happened to Ground Zero, as a place of memory has been reconstructed by ""staritects"" and turned into malls. The city, he suggests, has to be reimagined from the street up on a human scale, to develop new ways to revitalise neighbourhoods. Alongside these essays on New York, Sorkin also brings his lifetime 's experience as an architect to bear. He talks of the joy of observing a city in order to understand it. Why a young designer must learn to draw by hand rather than only use a computer. There are also personal encounters with some of the greatest names who have changed the city. Sorkin gets lost in Rio with Zaha Hadid; talks about the old Bronx with Marshall Berman; and gets on the wrong side of Daniel Libeskind.

About the Author Michael Sorkin is an award-winning architect and Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York. In 2010, he received the American Academy of Arts and Letters award in architecture. For ten years, Sorkin was architecture critic for the The Village Voice, and he has written for Architectural Record, The New York Times, The Architectural Review, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Review, and the Nation. His books include Exquisite Corpses, After the World Trade Center, Twenty Minutes in Manhattan and All Over the Map.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781786635150 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Architecture Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 The Sailing Bible: The Complete Guide for All Sailors from Novice to Experienced Skipper 2nd edition Jeremy Evans

The complete, user-friendly, hands-on manual packed with detailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, and helpful advice on getting the most out of your sailing at whatever level.

Description The Sailing Bible is the complete, hands-on manual packed with detailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, and helpful advice on getting the most out of your sailing at whatever level. Whether you are a dinghy or yacht sailor just learning the basics or wanting tips on sailing with the best, this is the book that will give you all the answers you are looking for. It's all in here!

-What type of dinghy or yacht' -Cruising and racing -Launching, helming and capsizing -Mastering the trapeze -Sailing with a spinnaker -Managing a crew -Reading the weather -Racing techniques and tactics -Buoyage, tides, charts and navigation -Anchoring and marina berthing -Knots, ropes and flags -Boat etiquette and seamanship -Rules of the road, safety and emergencies -Boat maintenance and repair and much more... Price: $49.99 This second edition has been revised throughout and brought completely up-to-date, including new techniques and new ISBN: 9781472949547 approaches to navigation, communication and first aid. Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm It's a beautifully designed book, with glossy photos, diagrams and clear text, and a great read whether you're just starting Extent: 400 pages out or looking to improve your skills ' Bic1: Sailing Practical Boat Owner Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Lavishly illustrated, sharp photography ... a first-class introductory text ' Author now living: Yachting Monthly

About the Author Adlard Coles Nautica JUNE 2018 Where the Magic Happens: How a Young Family Changed Their Lives and Sailed Around the World Caspar Craven

The Craven family's inspirational story of their momentous two-year round the world sailing trip, and how they did it - the planning, the saving, the vision, the highs and lows, the teamwork involved and the adventures they had

Description In June 2009, Caspar and Nichola created a plan to sail around the world with their young children. Most people thought they were crazy. But over the past seven years they 've embraced every moment of this momentous chapter of their lives. Five years of planning the vision, the values, the practicalities, the realities, the excitement, the highs, the lows and the seemingly adventure-stopping obstacles led to two wonderful years of living their dream the magical and the scary; enjoying life and learning as a family. This is Caspar 's story. It 's a story of a fabulous sailing adventure but it 's also so much more than that it 's an inspirational tale for all those wishing they could do the same; it 's a practical guide to show you just how you can make it happen; it 's a motivational story of leadership and teamwork within a family; and it 's a funny, heart-warming tale of slightly unconventional family life. The fascinating narrative of Caspar 's story is accompanied by useful text features such as tip boxes, sidebars and chapter summaries, so that the reader can easily extrapolate the necessary nuggets about how they can make the dream a reality.

About the Author Caspar Craven is an adventurer and entrepreneur, married with 3 young children. He has sailed twice around the world, once on a racing yacht and once with his young family. He has started countless ventures in different sectors and has had far more failures than successes, but noteworthy successes so far have included co-founding and growing Trovus, a data analytics managed service provider, which was acquired by DataTec in May 2015 whilst Caspar was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Since returning from his travels and while writing this book Caspar has been taking on more and more motivational Price: $34.99 speaking engagements around the world everywhere from sailing clubs in San Francisco to youth leadership events in ISBN: 9781472949912 Format: Hard Cover Hawaii to an internet marketing conference in London to business owners in Iceland. He talks on the subjects of Dimensions: mm leadership and teamwork. Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Sailing www.casparcraven.com; www.familysailing.co.uk. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Adlard Coles Nautica JUNE 2018 Over the Top: The First Lone Yachtsman to Sail Vertically Around the World Adrian Flanagan

Adrian Flanagan is the first and only person to sail vertically around the world. This is his story - from a dream he had as a child to glory 30 years later, having survived capsize, injury and pirates on the way.

Description Only one person has ever sailed vertically around the world - Adrian Flanagan. Sailing horizontally is difficult enough, crossing thousands of miles of ocean only to get near land at the Capes and battle treacherous currents. However, hundreds of sailors have still managed it. Adrian became obsessed with the idea of sailing vertically around the world as a boy, before he even knew whether it was possible. Thirty years later he managed it. This is his own account of his remarkable adventure. It was an epic challenge, sailing through the perilous waters around Cape Horn and across the remote, hostile stretch of the Russian Arctic. He survived being washed overboard, capsizing, a close encounter with pirates, and also managed to treat not one but two dislocated wrists - all of this alone, a thousand miles or more from anyone who could help him complete his quest. It wasn't all high drama, however. Adrian experienced moments of awe-inspiring beauty - being accompanied by a pod of whales, and swimming with dolphins. This is a timeless and unique story, pacily written with a sense of humour, but which captures the zeal and determination required to accomplish something nobody else has ever done before.

About the Author Adrian Flanagan was born in Nairobi, 1960, and spent his early life exploring Africa and the Far East. After studying medicine at King's College, and a military career ended by a shoulder injury, he worked as a freelance sports journalist, writing for the Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian and the Daily Mail. He completed his voyage vertically around the world in 2008. He is also the author of The Cape Horner's Club (Bloomsbury, March 2017).

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472944313 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Sailing Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Adlard Coles Nautica JUNE 2018 Notes from the Cevennes: Half a Lifetime in Provincial France Adam Thorpe

A charming look at the history, landscape and people of rural France, told through the eyes of a Parisian-born Englishman, writer and poet

Description Adam Thorpe 's home for the past 25 years has been an old house in the Cevennes, a wild range of mountains in southern France. Prior to this, in an ancient millhouse in the oxbow of a Cevenol river, he wrote the novel that would become the Booker Prize-nominated Ulverton, now a Vintage Classic. In more recent writing Thorpe has explored the Cevennes, drawing on the legends, history and above all the people of this part of France for his inspiration. In his charming journal, Notes from the Cevennes, Thorpe takes up these themes, writing about his surroundings, the village and his house at the heart of it, as well as the contrasts of city life in nearby NA mes. In particular he is interested in how the past leaves impressions marks on our landscape and on us. What do we find in the grass, earth and stone beneath our feet and in the objects around us' How do they tie us to our forebears' What traces have been left behind and what marks do we leave now' He finds a fossil imprinted in the single worked stone of his house 's front doorstep, explores the attic once used as a silk factory and contemplates the stamp of a chance paw in a fragment of Roman roof-tile. Elsewhere, he ponders mutilated fleur-de-lys (French royalist symbols) in his study door and unwittingly uses the tomb-rail of two sisters buried in the garden as a gazebo. Then there are the personal fragments that make up a life and a family history: memories dredged up by dusty toys, dried-up poster paints, a painted clay lump in the bottom of a box. ' Part celebration of both rustic and urban France, part memoir, Thorpe 's humorous and precise prose shows a wonderful stylist at work, recalling classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson 's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes.

About the Author Adam Thorpe is a bestselling novelist, non-fiction writer and poet. His recent book On Silbury Hill (2014) was Radio 4 's Book of the Week and received wide praise. He has published many novels, including Ulverton (1992), now a Vintage Classic, and numerous collections of poetry. Adam was born in France, brought up in India, Cameroon and England and now lives in southern France, between the Cevennes and NA mes.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781472951298 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Travel writing Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum JUNE 2018 The Long Spring: Tracking the Arrival of Spring Through Europe Laurence Rose

One man tracks the arrival of spring north through Europe from southern Spain to the Arctic Circle.

Description Exploring the wildlife, places, traditions, culture and personalities associated with spring throughout Europe, and introducing readers to cultural, scientific and historical research and his recollections of 30 years of continental travel, Laurence Rose paints a vivid picture of one of the world 's most significant and beautiful natural phenomena: spring. Laurence begins his journey in the first week of February, arriving in southern Spain with the storks that herald the beginning of Europe's spring on San Blas Day. Swallows, cranes and, later on, wild swans are his constant companions as he journeys his way north through Spain, France and the UK, eventually crossing over to Sweden, Finland and Norway before finally reaching the Arctic Circle four months later. While on the road, Laurence follows live data from satellites tracking birds as well as other indicators of spring. Throughout his travels, he meets people living closely with nature. He also encounters new behaviours, such as cranes wintering in France, and explores how they link to climate change. The further north he travels, the more unpredictable the events of spring become. At the end of his journey, Laurence reflects on what he has learned, as the long Arctic days stretch out into 24 hours of daylight.

About the Author Laurence Rose has worked as a wildlife conservation professional for over 30 years, working both at ground level and in the boardroom. He was the head of the RSPB 's European Programme for ten years.

Price: $34.99 ISBN: 9781472936677 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Natural history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Natural History JUNE 2018 Low-firing and burnishing Sumi von Dassow

This book covers techniques of firing and finishing at low temperature without using glazes. A step-by-step practical approach and beginner's guide, which includes burnishing, terra sigillata, smoke-firing, pit-firing, saggar firing and raku techniques.

Description This book covers techniques of firing and finishing at low temperature without using glazes. Many ancient cultures and contemporary potters use methods of low firing, adding slips and burnishing pieces to create a more natural finish. The advantages are that it can be done without a kiln using old dustbins, pits dug out of the earth, or bonfires, meaning that providing you have outdoor space, it can be done on a low budget. This book is a step-by-step practical approach and beginner's guide, which focuses on how to do low firing and natural finishes, with many illustrations of beautiful work by contemporary makers. Chapters include burnishing, terra sigillata, smoke-firing, pit-firing, saggar firing and raku techniques.

About the Author Sumi von Dassow makes burnished pottery, teaches at a centre for traditional arts, and runs occasional pit-firing workshops. She contributes articles for Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. The American Ceramic Society have previously published books by her; Barrel, Pit and Saggar Firing, in 2001, and Electric Kiln Pottery in 2003.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781912217588 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 112 pages Bic1: Ceramic arts, pottery, glass Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 Modelling and Sculpting the Figure Tanya Russell

A comprehensive guide for sculptors and artists on how to capture the human figure in their work, covering a whole spectrum of styles, from realistic to abstract, and using a range of materials.

Description The human figure in sculpture is a powerful form, capable of great expression and depth. Sculpting the figure in any medium is a rewarding practice, but one that presents special challenges for the maker. Tanya Russell, founder and principal of the Art Academy in London, details the whole creative process for sculpting the figure, from the fundamental conceptual and practical considerations through to the finished and presented work. She covers essential tools and equipment, methods for building armatures, and the processes for creating not only realistic, but also abstract and expressive figures, in a variety of styles and materials. Techniques are supported by practical exercises with step-by-step instructions and images. The book is filled with the inspiring works of contemporary sculptors, all of whom are tutors, students, or alumni of the Art Academy. Modelling and Sculpting the Figure is an essential companion for beginners and established artists alike.

About the Author Tanya Russell is the founder and principal of the Art Academy, an independent art school in London, and a professional sculptor with over 25 years' experience of creating public and private commissions. She is also an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (RBS).

Price: $44.99 ISBN: 9781912217625 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Ceramics: artworks Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 Throwing Richard Phethean

An concise, accessible introduction to this essential skill, with step-by-step instructions and tips on how to throw various types of pots on a wheel.

Description Throwing is an important skill for any potter to master, using only a few tools, the guidance of their hands, and the momentum of a wheel. Having spent his life making pots and teaching others to make them, Richard Phethean describes essential techniques for working on the wheel with an eye for the practical. He covers a range of forms, from simple domestic pots to more complex vessels, with the aim of building makers' confidence in throwing techniques. The book features clear instructions for creating each type of vessel, accompanied by illustrated step-by-step instructions, which demonstrate the techniques described. It also profiles the work of contemporary potters for whom throwing is a vital part of their practice. Throwing is an essential companion for anyone attempting to master the art of forming pots on the wheel.

About the Author A ceramics graduate of the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Richard Phethean is an established professional potter with more than thirty years' experience of teaching pottery. He is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association and is on the Crafts Council of Great Britain's Index of Selected Makers. For twelve years from 1996, Richard was a visiting staff member in the role of throwing tutor for the Workshop Ceramics degree course at the University of Westminster. In 2001 Richard was invited to establish a new ceramics facility as Resident Potter at Sibford, a Quaker school on the North Oxfordshire Cotswold borders, where today he continues to develop his work, exhibiting widely in galleries and fairs throughout the UK and Europe.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781912217618 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Ceramic arts, pottery, glass Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 Paperclay: Art and Practice Rosette Gault

Still a fairly new development in ceramics, paperclay is an extremely versatile material for the modern potter. In this book, ceramic artists will discover the world of possibilities offered by paperclay, along with examples of paperclay creations by contemporary potters.

Description Now firmly established in the ceramics world, paperclay is a vital part of the modern clay artist and potter's repertoire. The workability of this material allows expressive freedom and imagination at every stage in the creative process, from wet to dry. Paperclay, made with new or recycled paper, is remarkable for its flexibility, unfired strength, and the ease with which it can be repaired, and allows the creation of beautiful finished forms. Building on the immense success of her previous Ceramics Handbook Paper Clay, pioneering artist, researcher and teacher Rosette Gault (M.F.A.) explains how potters and clay sculptors can make, fire and use the material. In addition to the basics, she introduces more advanced techniques for building armatures, sculpting figures and making works for the wall. Packed throughout with photographs of inspiring works by a new generation of paperclay artists, Paperclay: Art and Practice is an essential introduction to the medium.

About the Author Rosette Gault, an American studio potter, is the acknowledged authority on paperclay. She has written a number of books and articles on the subject, and lectured and taught at universities and colleges around the world.

Price: $44.99 ISBN: 9781912217595 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Ceramic arts, pottery, glass Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 The Guide to Gemstone Settings: Styles and Techniques Anastasia Young

A complete and practical guide to using precious and semi-precious stones in any metal, from traditional settings to contemporary looks.

Description A complete and practical guide to setting precious and semi-precious stones in any metal, The Jewellery-Maker's Guide to Gemstone Settings is a detailed, technical guide to stone-setting for jewellers and jewellery students. It explores traditional, modern, and experimental approaches to stone-setting, from the purely functional to design-led solutions for securing stones. It takes the reader through the entire process of setting stones from choosing a suitable stone and designing and making the setting to seating and setting the stone. The extensive setting techniques are combined with step-by-step demonstrations, precise diagrams and images of contemporary work from international jewellers. A comprehensive reference section featuring an illustrated glossary makes this book the essential stone-setting resource for both students and professional jewellers. Demonstrations produced using 3D modelling software provide the most up-to-date reflection of current practice and technology and allow explanations of skills and techniques to be presented with expert accuracy. The perfect resource for jewellers of all levels.

About the Author Anastasia Young is a practising designer, jeweller and artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London and is the author of Jewellery Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Materials, Stones and Setting s and The Workbench Guide to Jewellery Techniques .

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781912217540 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Jewellery & beadcraft Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 ...isms: Understanding Art Stephen Little

A new edition of the bestselling introduction to the 'isms' of art, from the Renaissance to the present day, now with extra content.

Description This is an easy to use guide to a wide range of art 'isms'. From the isms of the Renaissance to the isms of the present day, it gives a practical introduction to all the significant isms that have shaped art history. For each ism, there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key artists, key words, and key works as well as suggestions of other isms that the reader might be interested in. This book should be a must for everyone who is interested in art - whether they be Sunday afternoon visitors to galleries, art students or the more knowledgeable art connoisseur. A new edition of the original bestselling title, Isms... Understanding Art now includes four brand new chapters covering Digitalism, Activism, Superflat and Internationalism.

About the Author This is an easy to use guide to a wide range of art 'isms'. From the isms of the Renaissance to the isms of the present day, it gives a practical introduction to all the significant isms that have shaped art history. For each ism, there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key artists, key words, and key works as well as suggestions of other isms that the reader might be interested in. This book should be a must for everyone who is interested in art - whether they be Sunday afternoon visitors to galleries, art students or the more knowledgeable art connoisseur. A new edition of the original bestselling title, Isms... Understanding Art now includes four brand new chapters covering Digitalism, Activism, Superflat and Internationalism.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781912217212 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 142x204mm Extent: 168 pages Bic1: The arts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 ...isms: Understanding Architecture Jeremy Melvin

A new edition of the bestselling introduction to design styles and movements in architecture, from classical times to the post-modern period, now with four new chapters.

Description This is an easy to use guide to a wide range of architectural styles, from classical times through to the post-modern era. For each style there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, a list of key architects, keywords, and key works as well as suggestions of other styles you might be interested in. Isms: Understanding Architecture is a must for anyone interested in architecture and wanting to know more - whether they be sightseers, visitors to historic buildings or more knowledgeable connoisseurs. A new edition of the original bestselling title, Isms: Understanding Architecture now includes four brand new chapters covering Performatism, Ornamentalism, Giganticism and Bioclimatism.

About the Author Jeremy Melvin is senior lecturer in the history of architecture at South Bank University, and guest lecturer at the University of Cambridge, the Architectural Association, ETH Zurich and many other schools. He has also written several books.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781912217236 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 142x204mm Extent: 168 pages Bic1: Theory of architecture Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 Collagraphs and Mixed-Media Printmaking Richard Clare and Brenda Hartill

An illustrated and highly practical guide to the technique of making collagraphs that will be useful to students and experienced printmakers. Highly illustrated with examples of artists work.

Description Collagraphs are prints made from collages, relief sculpture, carved, stripped or layered plates, or mixed media. Material can be added to prints at any stage, which means that this method of working allows for a much more fluid artistic approach than other types of printmaking. In this book, the authors describe a wide range of collagraph techniques, providing the user with practical help on the choice of materials and printing methods to achieve the best results. It is illustrated with images of the work of British and international collagraph artists, making it a practical and inspirational guide for both students and experienced printmakers. A large portion of the book is dedicated to information about a wide range of collagraph artists and their work.

About the Author Brenda Hartill is one of the most prominent collagraph artists working today, and her work is exhibited internationally. Richard Clarke is a printmaker whose work has appeared at several recent exhibitions in London.

Price: $42.99 ISBN: 9781912217243 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Prints & printmaking Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press JUNE 2018 Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV: Normandy 1944 David R. Higgins

Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs, this is the enthralling story of the clashes between Germany 's Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer and the Cromwell cruiser tank in British and Polish service during the 1944 Normandy campaign.

Description By 1944, the evolution of armoured doctrine had produced very different outcomes in Britain and Germany. Offering a good balance of speed, protection and firepower, the British Cromwell tank was much faster than its German opponent, but the Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer had a high-velocity main gun and a lower profile that made it formidable on the defensive, especially in ambush situations. The two types would fight in a series of bloody encounters, from the initial days of the struggle for Normandy through to its climax as the Allies sought to trap their opponents in the Falaise Pocket.

Using archive photographs, specially commissioned artwork and battle reports, this fascinating study expertly assesses the realities of tactical armoured combat during the desperate battles after D-Day.

About the Author David R. Higgins is the author of several military history books, including five previous titles for Osprey 's Duel series. He has also written nearly 50 articles for magazines such as Strategy & Tactics, Armchair General, World at War and Modern War, and has appeared on television's Greatest Tank Battles '. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani and Edouard Detaille.

Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland studied photography/film and architecture, and spent 18 years as the graphics editor of The Daily Telegraph. He now writes, illustrates and publishes fiction as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers. He lives in Lincolnshire, UK.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472825865 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 US Marine vs German Soldier: Belleau Wood 1918 Gregg Adams

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and careful analysis, this volume investigates the fighting between US Marines and their German opponents during the battle for Belleau Wood in June 1918.

Description After the US declaration of war on Germany, hundreds of thousands of American troops flooded into France and were thrust into the front line. Among them was the US Marine Corps ' 4th Marine Brigade whose first major action was the battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918, fighting elements of Germany 's 10th, 28th, and 237th Infantry divisions. Volunteers to a man, the newly arrived Marines faced experienced but war-weary German conscripts whose doctrine had been honed by nearly four years of conflict on the Western Front. During the fighting, the Germans are alleged to have given the nickname Devil Dogs to the Marines, and Belleau Wood has become enshrined in the Corps ' heritage.

Employing first-hand accounts and specially commissioned artwork, this book investigates three different actions that shaped the course of the bitter battle for Belleau Wood, revealing the interplay of doctrine, tactics, technology, leadership, and human endeavour on the brutal battlefields of World War I.

About the Author Gregg Adams earned a doctorate in physics in 1983 from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is the author of Osprey 's King 's African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier. He lives in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA.

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He 's had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist, illustrating over 30 books for Osprey. He lives in Cardiff, UK.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472825599 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Italian Cruisers of World War II Mark Stille

Packed with illustrations and technical detail, this is a rare insight into the design, capabilities and war record of Italy's World War II cruisers. It is a must-have for naval enthusiasts, wargamers, modellers, and all those interested in World War II at sea.

Description The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) operated one of largest cruiser forces of World War II. As a signatory to the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, the Regia Marina immediately attempted to reinforce its treaty-limited battleship force by building seven large 10,000-ton heavy cruisers. Italian light cruisers also possessed an interesting design history and were involved in every major fleet engagement in the Mediterranean, as well as several smaller encounters with units of the British Royal Navy. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this fascinating volume examines the history of the Regia Marina 's cruisers during World War II where they came up against the might of the British Royal Navy.

About the Author Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He has worked in the intelligence community for 35 years including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He is currently a senior analyst working in the Washington DC area. He is the author of numerous Osprey titles, focusing on naval history in the Pacific.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472825353 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 48 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Polish Legions 1914-19 Nigel Thomas

A fully illustrated history of the Polish forces that fought for both sides during World War I, which then came together to win their independence against Bolshevik Russia during the Russian Civil War.

Description Due to its partitions and dissolution in the late eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers enlisted in distinct units in the armies of many countries primarily those of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, but also that of the German Reich and the French Republic. All these forces were uniformed and equipped by the parent armies, though often with explicitly Polish features. The collapse of Tsarist Russia in 1917 and of the Central Powers in 1918 allowed these diverse forces to unite in a re-created Polish Army under the new-born Second Polish Republic in November 1918. With full colour illustrations of their unique and colourful uniforms as well as contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the Poles who fought on both sides of the trenches in World War I and then united to fight for their freedom in the Russian Civil War.

About the Author Dr Nigel Thomas is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly a Principal Lecturer at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military uniform consultant. His interests are 20th century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He was awarded a PhD on the Eastern enlargement of NATO. He lives in Tyne and Wear, UK. Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472825445 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 48 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 American Tanks & AFVs of World War II Michael Green

A comprehensive, highly illustrated study of US tanks and other armored vehicles used in World War II.

Description The entry of the US into World War II provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese forces across the world. Central to this was the focus of the American military industrial complex on the manufacture of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Between 1939 and 1945, 88,140 tanks and 18,620 other armored vehicles were built almost twice the number that Germany and Great Britain combined were able to supply. In this lavishly illustrated volume, armour expert Michael Green examines the dizzying array of machinery fielded by the US Army, from the famed M4 Sherman, M3 Stuart and M3 Lee through to the half-tracks, armored cars, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armored recovery vehicles and tracked landing vehicles that provided the armoured fist that the Allies needed to break Axis resistance in Europe and the Pacific. Publishing in paperback for the first time and packed with historical and contemporary colour photography, this encyclopedic new study details the design, development, and construction of these vehicles, their deployment in battle and the impact that they had on the outcome of the war.

About the Author Michael Green is a freelance writer, researcher, and photographer. He specializes in military subjects and has authored and co-authored more than 90 books. His books have been translated into a number of languages, including German, Japanese, and Georgian. In addition, Green has authored and co-authored numerous articles for a variety of national and international military-related magazines including Armor: The Magazine of Mobile Warfare, and Jane's Defense Weekly. Green is a lifetime member of the Marine Corps Tanker's Association and a tour guide at the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation. He lives in Daly City, California, USA.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472829788 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 376 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

A vivid narrative history of the final stages of the Pacific War, as the US Navy began to slowly approach the Japanese home islands against fearsome opposition, notably from the suicidal Japanese airmen: the kamikaze.

Description The United States Navy won such overwhelming victories in 1944 that, had the navy faced a different enemy, the war would have been over at the conclusion of the battle of Leyte Gulf. However, in the moment of victory on 25 October 1944, the US Navy found itself confronting an enemy that had been inconceivable until it appeared. The kamikaze, 'divine wind' in Japanese, was something Americans were totally unprepared for; a violation of every belief held in the West. The attacks were terrifying: regardless of the damage inflicted on an attacking airplane, there was no certainty of safety aboard the ship until that airplane was completely destroyed. Based on first-person accounts, Tidal Wave is the story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war, in which the US Navy would fight harder for survival than ever before.

About the Author Thomas McKelvey Cleaver is the author of the well-received and best-selling Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15, a history of the US Navy 's top-scoring carrier air group in World War II, published by Casemate. He is additionally the author of F4F and F6F Aces of VF-2 published by Osprey, and also the author of Pacific Thunder, a history of the first year of the fast carrier offensive in the Pacific War, which will be published by Osprey in 2017.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472825483 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 324 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion Victor Failmezger

An exhilarating combat history of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the very first pure Tank Destroyer force. Covering the formation of the unit, through to its deployment in the gauntlet of every major campaign against Germany in the West in World War II, this book draws on rare photographs, diary entries and letters to paint an incredibly intimate picture of the experiences of the men who tack

Description As the war began to swing in favour of the Allies, it became clear that no final defeat of the Third Reich would be possible until the armoured monsters of the Panzerwaffe were defeated. But who would, or even could, take on the mighty Tigers and Panthers, just a handful of which could stop entire formations in their tracks' The answer lay with the formation of a new type of unit, the Tank Destroyer Battalion. This is the story of the men and machines that made up the very first Tank Destroyer Battalion, the 601st, from their unique training and formation, to the final, desperate battles in the heart of Nazi Germany. Packed with rare material, letters, diaries and previously unpublished photographs, and now available in paperback, this is an intense and intimate chronicle of the men who fought the Panzers in an astonishing 10 campaigns and 546 days of lethal combat.

About the Author Victor 'Tory' Failmezger is a retired US Naval Officer and nephew of Lieutenant Thomas Peter Welch of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the discovery of whose wartime letters inspired this book. In the early 1970s Commander Failmezger was stationed at NATO in Naples, Italy and lived in an apartment overlooking the Bay of Pozzuoli where the 601st conducted practice landings for both the Anzio and Southern France landings. In the early 1980s he served as the Assistant Naval Attache in Rome, Italy and was a participant in the celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Rome. A later tour found him as the Director of the US Navy Science and Technology Group, Europe in Munich, Germany. He is a graduate of the US Foreign Service Institute (Italian) and the Defense Language Institute (German). After retirement he worked as a consultant in the private sector and for the US Department of Energy and NASA. His historical Price: $22.99 works include Roman Bronze Coins from Paga ISBN: 9781472824875 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 344 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 HMS Belfast Pocket Manual John Blake

Collates authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

Description A familiar sight on the Thames at London Bridge, HMS Belfast is a Royal Navy light cruiser, launched in March 1938. Belfast was part of the British naval blockade against Germany and from November 1942 escorted Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union and assisted in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944 Belfast supported the Normandy landings and in 1945 was redeployed to the British Pacific Fleet. After the war she saw action in the Korean War and a number of other overseas actions. She has been part of the Imperial War Museum since 1978, with 250,000 visitors annually.

This fascinating book comprises a series of documents that give information on the building of the ship, her wartime service history and life on board.

About the Author Lieutenant-Commander John Blake, FRIN, spent twelve years in the Royal Navy. He has worked extensively with the UK Hydrographic Office, the producers of Admiralty Charts, and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation. John is the author of the acclaimed Charts of War, The Sea Chart and Sea Charts of the British Isles as well as The Titanic Passenger 's Guide Pocket Book His research interests span the maritime world, from nautical charts and surveying to merchant shipping.

Price: $17.00 ISBN: 9781472827821 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Maritime history Bic2: Naval forces & warfare Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern Liesl Bradner

The combat photography and wartime experiences of Phil 'Snapdragon' Stern, an iconic photographer of JFK, Marilyn Monroe and James Deen, published for the first time and beautifully presented.

Description Prior to Stern 's death on December 13, 2014, his original, unfinished, tattered manuscript was discovered, stashed away in an old folio box in his cluttered Hollywood bungalow. Although best remembered for his iconic images of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and JFK 's inauguration, his remarkable service during World War II as a combat photographer has remained unknown. Until now. Stern 's catchy 1940s lingo, honest and intimate observations, and humour, transport the reader 70 years back in time to experience the key battles of the Mediterranean Theatre. With his lens and pen, Stern introduces readers to the hardscrabble Rangers, the desert oases of Morocco and Algeria, the muddied beaches of Mussolini 's Italy. Snapdragon is an artefact of that time, told not by a man reminiscing in his twilight years, but by a young soldier fresh from the battlefields.

About the Author Described by Vanity Fair editor David Friend as the Chronicler of Cool, American photographer Philip Stern is noted for his iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, as well as his war photography while serving as a U.S. Army Ranger in the much heralded fighting unit Darby's Rangers, in the North African and Italian campaigns during World War II. In 2014 Stern was inaugurated into the prestigious US Army Ranger Hall of Fame for his service as an original member of the 1st Ranger Battalion and for his lasting contribution to the photographic history of the Rangers in the European Theater during WWII.

An award-winning journalist with more than 15 years ' experience, Liesl Bradner 's work has appeared in respected national publications such as The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The Guardian, Truthdig, Variety and WWII Magazine. In addition to Phil Stern, with whom she forged a strong bond, Bradner has in

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472828507 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Warship 2018 Warship

Annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

Description Warship 2018 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This 40th edition features the usual range of diverse articles spanning the subject by an international array of expert authors.

About the Author John Jordan is a former language teacher. He is the author of two major books on the Soviet Navy, and more recently co- authored French Battleships 1922-56 (Seaforth, 2009) with Robert Dumas. He has been associated with Warship from its earliest beginnings and took over the editorship full time in 2004.

Price: $79.99 ISBN: 9781472829993 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Military & naval ships Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Tenochtitlan 1519-21: Clash of Civilizations Si Sheppard

A highly illustrated history of one of the greatest military campaigns of all time, the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilisations that saw the destruction of the Aztec Empire.

Description In 1519, the Conquistador HernAin Cortes landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory drove him into the heartland of what is now Mexico, where no European had ever set foot before. He marched towards to the majestic city of Tenochtitlan, floating like a jewel in the midst of Lake Texcoco. This encounter brought together cultures that had hitherto evolved in complete isolation from each other Catholic Spain and the Aztec Empire. What ensued was the swift escalation from a clash of civilizations to a war of the worlds. At the conclusion of the Conquistador campaign of 1519 21, Tenochtitlan lay in ruins, the last Aztec Emperor was in chains, and Spanish authority over the native peoples had been definitively asserted. With the colourful personalities Cortes, Malinche, Pedro Alvarez, CuitlAihuac, Cuauhtemoc driving the narrative, and the vivid differences in uniforms, weapons, and fighting styles between the rival armies (displayed using stunning specially commissioned artwork), this is the fascinating story of the collapse of the Aztec Empire.

About the Author London-born Si Sheppard completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in New Zealand before receiving his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He is currently an associate professor of political science and international relations at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, and has written several titles for Osprey focusing on the interrelationship between geography, technology, and strategy.

Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472820181 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 The Spy Toolkit The National Archives

A revealing, sometimes sinister and often hilarious look at the gadgets and devices devised to help spies in their profession.

Description Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex and imaginative tools have been created to help those working under the cloak of supreme secrecy. During the Second World War, British undercover agents were the heroes behind the scenes, playing a dangerous and sometimes deadly game risking all to gather intelligence about their enemies. What did these agents have in their toolkits' What ingenious spy gadgets did they have up their sleeves' What devious tricks did they deploy to avoid detection' From the ingenious to the amusing, this highly visual book delves into espionage files that were long held top secret, revealing spycraft in action.

About the Author The National Archives at Kew is the repository of documents that record the history of the UK. Events revealed through these papers are both large and small, ranging from momentous political events to day to day happenings in the lives of ordinary individuals.

Price: $18.99 ISBN: 9781472831484 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Espionage & secret services Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73 Peter E. Davies

Detailed study of one of the US's most famous post-war aircraft, the F-4 Phantom, which saw service in three branches of the US military during the Vietnam War.

Description Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a U.S. Navy design, and the carrier-borne squadron crews were its main operators in combat. The aircraft pioneered the use of long-range, radar-guided missiles in combat, although the majority of its Vietnam missions involved ground-attack with a variety of innovative ordnance. From 1968 to 1973 the Phantom II was the standard U.S. Navy fighter in Southeast Asia, having replaced several other types. Its performance and versatility enabled it to perform a variety of different missions, and switch roles as necessary, in the assault on some of the world 's most heavily defended territory. Including detailed colour profiles and first-person commentary from active participants in the F -4 's naval combat history, this is a detailed study of the U.S. armed services ' most famous post-war fighter.

About the Author Peter E Davies has published 27 books concentrating on modern combat aircraft and the Vietnam War. He has written 17 previous Osprey titles and co-authored two others. Four of these have concentrated on the U.S. Navy 's use of the F-4 Phantom II and another of his books, running to 250 pages on this topic for American publisher Schiffer, is still selling 14 years after publication. All of Peter's books on this topic have contained extensive input from interviews with more than 100 former US Navy Phantom II aircrew, maintainers and mission planners. He lives in Bristol, UK. Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000 and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes. He has specialised in aircraft of

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781472823601 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 A Seaman's Pocketbook: June 1943, by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty Brian Lavery

Faithfully reproduced, with a short introduction by Brian Lavery, A Seaman's Pocket-Book provides a real mixture of wartime nostalgia and historical authenticity.

Description At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal Navy. In straight period prose it outlines all the basic expressions and tasks a seaman needed to know to perform his duties efficiently. Chapters are broken down into: Sea Terms; Navigation; Steering the Ship; Rigging; Anchors and Cables; Boatwork; Miscellaneous (which includes details on uniform and folding a hammock, etc); and Ship Safety. Functional black line illustrations are used throughout, as well as a few pages of colour (used sparingly) for flag recognition. Faithfully reproduced, with a short introduction by Brian Lavery, which explains the importance of a book like this to a navy that had to take on vast numbers of civilians or Hostilities Only men to meet the manning needs of the war, this volume provides a real mixture of wartime nostalgia and historical authenticity. It makes a world now lost to us accessible again, explaining as it does the terms, skills and conventions of ship board life, a life that required a common language, and where failure to respond to orders instantly could mean the difference between life and death. The book is sure to appeal to those who served in the war as well as the current generation who are becoming increasingly interested in the role their grandparents, fathers and uncles played during that time.

About the Author Brian Lavery is one of Britain's leading naval historians and a prolific author. A Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy and the Royal Navy, in 2007 he won the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. His naval writing was further honoured in 2008 with the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal. His recent titles include Ship (2006), Royal Tars (2010), Conquest of the Ocean (2013), In Which They Served (2008), Churchill's Navy (2006), and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Seas (2010).

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781472834119 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Maritime history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805: Admiral Nelson's Flagship At Trafalgar Peter Goodwin

A history of life on board HMS Victory, the world's most famous warship, in an accessible pocket-book format.

Description This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson 's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy 's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. In the HMS Victory Pocket Manual, Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the workings of the only surviving line of battle ' ship of the Napoleonic Wars. And, as Victory was engaged in battle during only two per cent of her active service, the book also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. This volume presents answers to questions such as: What types of wood were used in building Victory' '; What was Victory 's longest voyage' '; How many shots were fired from her guns at Trafalgar' '; How many boats did Victory carry' '; What was prize money' '; What was grog' '; When did her career as a fighting ship end' ', and How many people visit Victory each year' '. It gives a full history of the world's most famous warship through a highly accessible pocket-book format. The book Includes a pertinent and varied selection of contemporary documents and records to explain the day-to-day running of a three-decker Georgian warship. The leading historian of the sailing man of war, Peter Goodwin was technical and historical advisor to HMS Victory in Portsmouth for more than 20 years, and is in a unique position to investigate and interpret not only the ship 's structure but also the essential aspects of shipboard life: victualling, organisation, discipline, domestic arrangements and medical care.

About the Author Peter Goodwin is widely acknowledged as one of the leading writers on the sailing warship. His published titles include the classic The Construction and Fitting of the Sailing Man of War (Conway, 1990), The Naval Cutter Alert (Conway 1992), Nelson's Ships (Conway 2002) and The Ships of Trafalgar (2005). Peter was Keeper and Curator of HMS Victory for some 20 years. Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781472834065 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Military & naval ships Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Hillman Cars James Taylor

The essential introduction to the Hillman motor manufacturer and its main models, from Wizards to Avengers.

Description William Hillman was an early maker of cars in Coventry, producing cars from 1907 before selling his company to the Rootes Brothers in 1928. Three years later came the Hillman Minx, the first of a line that would endure for nearly half a century. By the 1950s, the latest Minx came in multiple forms including a versatile and much-liked compact estate derivative called the Husky. The Minx remained the core Hillman product even after the remarkable Imp arrived in 1963 to claim a slice of the market opened by the BMC Mini. Rarely revolutionary, Hillman cars nevertheless carved out a special place in the hearts of the British people as well as its overseas customers. This beautifully illustrated introduction to a classic British marque traces its history from its first cars at the turn of the century until, weakened by industrial disputes, it disappeared in the mid-1970s.

About the Author James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for more than thirty years and is a respected author on many different automotive subjects. He has written more than one hundred books, including Rolls Royce, Land Rover and Family Cars of the 1970s for Shire. He lives in Oxfordshire, UK.

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781784422752 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 64 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey JUNE 2018 Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Lost Colossus Joseph A. McCullough

A campaign for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, featuring new scenarios, soldiers, monsters, and treasure.

Description Long ago, the great Colossus of Argantheon stood upon one of the outer islands, its vast, outstretched arm pointing the way to the Crystal Pool, or so the ancient texts claim. Then, during some forgotten war, the Colossus was shattered, and its parts flung across the Archipelago, to lie in forgotten ruin. In this expansion for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, players lead their warbands through a series of interlinked scenarios in a race to discover the secrets of the Colossus. Along the way, they will encounter new monsters, discover new treasures, and even recruit a few new specialist warriors to their cause. Perhaps, if they are successful, the knowledge they obtain will help point them towards the ultimate treasure!

About the Author Joseph A. McCullough is the author of several non-fiction books including A Pocket History of Ireland, Zombies: A Hunter 's Guide, and Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George. In addition, his fantasy short stories have appeared in various books and magazines such as Black Gate, Lords of Swords, and Adventure Mystery Tales. He is also the creator of the wargame, Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City, and co-wrote The Grey Mountains, a supplement for the Middle-Earth Role-Playing Game. His continued ramblings can be read at: therenaissancetroll.blogspot.co.uk

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781472824127 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 191x240mm Extent: 64 pages Bic1: Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey Games JUNE 2018 All of this is True Lygia Day Penaflor

A thrilling story of manipulation, deceit and consequences, All of This is True is a contemporary cross between We Were Liars and The Secret History

Description When four Long Island teens plot to meet Fatima Ro, the elusive author of their favorite novel, they' re stunned when she befriends them and invites them into her eccentric life. Suddenly their lives seem charmed, and as they grow closer to their idol, they find themselves revealing their darkest secrets to her.

But a year later, Miri, Soleil, Jonah and Penny are shocked to discover that Fatim' s newly released YA novel is based on those same secrets. The revelations are devastating, and they ca' t escape the spotlight. The friend' interview transcripts, emails, and journal entries reveal how willing they were to sacrifice everything to win Fatim' s approval - and how those sacrifices led to a tragedy from which one of them will never recover.

About the Author Lygia Day Penaflor is a graduate of Boston University and Columbia Teachers College and a private academic teacher for young Hollywood stars. Her students have included the young casts of Gossip Girl and Boardwalk Empire as well as Jay-Z's reboot of Annie. This is her second novel for young adults. She lives on Long Island, New York.

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781408890936 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 All of This is True 12 Copy Pack

Pack includes 12 Copies of All of this is True and a Free Reading Copy

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Ottoline meets Douglas Adams in the second book in this new funny young fiction series from the Carnegie- longlisted author of The Imaginary

Description Greta Zargo doesn' t know it, but once again she is about to unwittingly and unknowingly save the worl...... Intrepid young schoolgirl-turned-reporter Greta Zargo is always in such of a Big Scoop and for once there are plenty of strange goings-on in the usually quiet little town of Upper Lowerbridge. Not only has Aunt Tabitha, her aunt and the great inventor, gone missing, but weird wobbling blob-like monsters are appearing via a very deep hole in Gret' s garden - and they are slowing but surely devouring her neighbours one by one...... A laugh-out-loud funny new series from the author of the critically acclaimed The Imaginary, perfect for fans of Mr Gum, Chris Riddell, and Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyr' s Oliver and the Seawigs

About the Author A.F. Harrold is an English poet who writes and performs for adults and children. He spends his time showing off on stage, writing poems and books, and stroking his beard (it helps churn the ideas). He is the author of theFizzlebert Stuseries and the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal longlistThe Imaginary, illustrated by Emily Gravett. He lives in Reading with a stand-up comedian and two cats.

Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton and studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first class degree in Illustration. Joe has been commissioned to work for clients such as Oxford University Press, Usborne Publishing and Aquila magazine. He currently lives in London. For more information on Joe follow him on twitter @toddstanton1 or visit his website joetoddstanton.com

Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408881774 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Greta Zargo 10 Copy Mixed Pack

Pack includes 8 Copies of Greta Zargo and the Death Robots and 2 Copies of Greta Zargo, and a Free Reading Copy

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Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Greta Zargo and the Death Robots from Outer Space A.F. Harrold

Ottoline meets Douglas Adams in this brand new funny young fiction series from the Carnegie-longlisted author of The Imaginary

Description Nobody knew it at that moment, but only three things stood in the way of the complete destruction of the Earth: one elderly parrot; one eight-year-old spelling mistake; and an intrepid young schoolgirl-turned-reporter in search of a story ... Greta Zargo needs a big scoop if she 's going to win the Prilchard-Spritzer Medal, the quite famous award for great reporting. But big scoops are in short supply in the quiet little town of Upper Lowerbridge, and all Greta 's got to investigate is a couple of missing cakes. But then, with a whoosh of unknown energy, a mysterious silver robot descends from the sky ... A laugh-out-loud funny new series from the author of the critically acclaimed The Imaginary, perfect for fans of Mr Gum, Chris Riddell, and Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntryre 's Oliver and the Seawigs

About the Author A.F. Harrold is an English poet who writes and performs for adults and children. He spends his time showing off on stage, writing poems and books, and stroking his beard (it helps churn the ideas). He is the author of the Fizzlebert Stumpseries and the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal longlisted The Imaginary, illustrated by Emily Gravett. He lives in Reading with a stand-up comedian and two cats.

Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408869475 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 129x195mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Children's Bic2: Classic fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 We Wear Pants Katie Abey

A brilliantly funny book all about getting dressed! We Wear Pants from Katie Abey will have parents and children giggling together as they find their favourite animals wearing funny things such as pants, hats, socks and more, as they learn the importance of each clothing item.

Description A brilliantly funny book all about getting dressed! We Wear Pants from Katie Abey will have parents and children giggling together as they choose and find all their favourite animals wearing pants, hats, socks, glasses, shoes, coats, trousers and more across 12 fun-filled spreads as they learn the importance of each clothing item and why it's good to get dressed!

Illustrated by super talent Katie Abey, this is a brilliantly funny and fresh take on a spotting and pointing book, promoting independence to little ones as they are encouraged to get dressed by themselves after seeing their favourite animals do the same.

Interactivity adds to the fun as readers are invited to count up all the hats, spot the stripy socks and find the hidden animals, complete with silly speech bubbles and shoutouts such as 'What are pants for? Your bottom!', 'Why should you wear a hat? Because it keeps your head warm', 'Whose socks are too long?' Children will soon start to recognise animal names, colours and patterns as they laugh their way through this book.

35 main characters appear on every spread so children will learn to find their favourites, as well as looking out for hilarious guest animal appearances all wearing: hats, socks, pants, glasses, coats, scarves, wellies, shirts, shoes and finally pyjamas. But watch out for one cheeky character who is never quite wearing what he should be.

About the Author Price: $14.99 Katie Abey is an illustrator who lives in a teeny hobbit-like house in Derbyshire with a cat, a hedgehog and a husband. ISBN: 9781408893609 Her work often features animals, and she likes using a lot of colour: this love of colour is reflected in her brightly coloured Format: Paperback studio space and her hair, which frequently changes colour to match its surroundings. Katie' s ideas and strange sense of Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages humour perfectly suit the field of childre' s publishing. She has also produced stationary and greeting cards, and her Bic1: Humour & jokes (Children's / Teenage) illustrations have graced stores such as WHSmiths, Urban Outfitters, Paperchase and Scribbler. When Katie is not Bic2: drawing awkward cats and llamas she enjoys yoga, reading and referring to herself in the third person. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 We Wear Pants 10 Copy Pack

Pack includes 10 Copies of We Wear Pants and a Free Reading Copy

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Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things Carolyn Mackler

Carolyn Mackler's award-winning, heartbreaking, hilarious novel is updated for a new audience. Fans of Rainbow Rowell and Dumplin' will cheer for Virginia as she smashes the 'Fat Girl Code of Conduct'

Description Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a fat, awkward outsider in her perfect family, especially next to her golden-boy big brother Byron. She' s got a lot to deal with - her weight, her best friend moving away, the mean girls at school - not to mention a boy who seems to like her! To survive, she decides to follow the Fat Girl Code of Conduc' to make herself acceptable, unnoticed. Invisible

It seems to be working until something unthinkable happens and, before her eyes, Virgin' s flawless family begins to fall apart. As her world spins out of orbit, Virginia realises that breaking the Fat Girl Code might be the only way to create a life that belongs to her

Carolyn Mackl' s acclaimed book has been updated for a new audience and is as relevant, funny and full of heart as it was when it was first published fifteen years ago.

About the Author Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (a Michael L. Printz Honor Book), Infinite in Between, Tangled, Guyaholic, Vegan Virgin Valentine, and Love and Other Four-Letter Words, as well as The Future of Us, co-written with bestselling author Jay Asher, and the middle grade novel Best Friend Next Door. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two young sons.

carolynmackler.com @carolynmackler

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408897058 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Lady Mary Lucy Worsley

The captivating third novel for children and young adults from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the most famous divorce in history from the perspective of Princess Mary

Description The captivating third novel for children and young adults from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the most famous divorce in history from the perspective of Princess Mary. More than anything Mary just wants her family to stay together; for her mother and her father - and for her - to all be in the same place at once. But when her father announces that his marriage to her mother was void and by turns that Mary doesn't really count as his child, she realises things will never be as she hoped. Things only get worse when her father marries again. Separated from her mother and forced to work as a servant for her new sister, Mary must dig deep to find the strength to stand up against those who wish to bring her down. Despite what anyone says, she will always be a princess. She has the blood of a princess and she is ready to fight for what is rightfully hers. By turns thrilling, dramatic and touching, this is the story of Henry the Eighth and Catherine of Aragon's divorce as you 've never heard it before - from the eyes of their daughter, Princess Mary.

About the Author Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that runs the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and other sites, which attract more than four million visitors a year. Lucy also presents history programmes for the BBC on topics including royal palaces and the court, such as Henry VIII 's Six Wives, andBritain 's Tudor Treasure with David Starkey.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408869444 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Eliza Rose Lucy Worsley

The debut children's book from popular television historian, Lucy Worsley. Lively, witty and vibrantly told, it explores the story of Katherine Howard and life at Henry the Eighth's court. Perfect for fans of Hetty Feather

Description The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight' A duke' A stable boy' Of course the last was just a wicked fancy.

Eliza Rose Camperdowne is young and headstrong, but she knows her duty well. As the only daughter of a noble family, she must one day marry a man who is very grand and very rich. But Fate has other plans. When Eliza becomes a maid of honour, she 's drawn into the thrilling, treacherous court of Henry the Eighth ... Is her glamorous cousin Katherine Howard a friend or a rival' And can a girl choose her own destiny in a world ruled by men'

About the Author Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that runs the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and other sites, which attract more than four million visitors a year. Lucy also presents history programmes for the BBC on topics including royal palaces and the court, such as Britain 's Tudor Treasure with David Starkey. She has an exciting new project about Henry the Eighth and his court coming up on BBC One in 2016!

www.lucyworsley.com @Lucy_Worsley

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408898031 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 My Name Is Victoria Lucy Worsley

The captivating second novel for children and young adults from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, author of Eliza Rose, exploring the world of a young Queen Victoria in fascinating and charming detail

Description You are my sister now, ' Victoria said, quietly and solemnly. Never forget it. I love you like a sister, and you are my only friend in all the world. '

Miss V. Conroy is good at keeping secrets. She likes to sit as quiet as a mouse, neat and discreet. But when her father sends her to Kensington Palace to become the companion to Princess Victoria, Miss V soon finds that she can no longer remain in the shadows. Miss V 's father has devised a strict set of rules for the young princess, which he calls the Kensington System. It governs her behaviour and keeps her locked away from the world. He says it is for the princess 's safety, but Victoria herself is convinced that it is to keep her lonely, and unhappy. Torn between loyalty to her father and her growing friendship with the wilful and passionate Victoria, Miss V has a decision to make: to continue in silence, or to speak out. By turns thrilling, dramatic and touching, this is the story of Queen Victoria 's childhood as you 've never heard it before.

About the Author Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that runs the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and other sites, which attract more than four million visitors a year. Lucy also presents history programmes for the BBC on topics including royal palaces and the court, such as Britain 's Tudor Treasure with David Starkey. She has an exciting new project about the Tudors Henry VIII 's Six Wives coming up on BBC One in 2016.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408898048 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Butterfly Wishes 3: Blue Rain's Adventure Jennifer Castle

Perfect for the Princess Ponies audience comes the third book in a commercial chapter book series featuring magical butterflies with foil and glitter effects on the cover.

Description Sisters Addie and Clara have just moved to a new house in the country, where they discover that their backyard is a gateway to the enchanted realm of magical butterflies called Wishing Wings. These special butterflies have the power to make wishes come true!

Addie and Clara are finally settling into their new neighborhood when they meet a boy named Oliver, who seems to be having trouble making friends. Then, the butterflies that Addie and Clara helped -- Sky Dance and Shimmer Leaf -- tell them that a New Bloom butterfly named Blue Rain has just emerged and is acting grumpy and mean to everyone. Surely it's the dark enchantment that's been cast at work . . . but just who is responsible for this? It's up to Addie and Clara to not only help Oliver and Blue Rain unite, but to also find out who's been workiagainthe New Blooms.

About the Author Jennifer Castle is the author of many books for children and teens, including The Beginning of After, which was an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection, a Chicago Public Library's 2012 ""Best of the Best"" Book for teens list, and a 2011 ABC New Voices selection. She is also the creator and executive producer of It' s My Life, an award-winning PBS KIDS website for children aged 8 to 13. She lives with her family in Hudson Valley, NY.

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Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781681193755 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 Butterfly Wishes 4: Spring Shine Sparkles Jennifer Castle

Perfect for the Princess Ponies audience comes the fourth book in a commercial chapter book series featuring magical butterflies with foil and glitter effects on the cover.

Description Sisters Addie and Clara have just moved to a new house in the country, where they discover that their backyard is a gateway to the enchanted realm of magical butterflies called Wishing Wings. These special butterflies have the power to make wishes come true!

Addie is so excited when her best friend from her old hometown, Violet, visits for the weekend. She's prepared for a fun weekend, but something has Violet down and she's not feeling so great about herself. Meanwhile, a new butterfly, Spring Shine, has bloomed and is devastated that her wings have no pattern or color to them. She thinks she's already lost her magic. After Spring Shine disappears, Addie realizes that Violet needs to help Spring Shine so that both can be happy again.

About the Author Jennifer Castle is the author of many books for children and teens, including The Beginning of After, which was an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection, a Chicago Public Library's 2012 ""Best of the Best"" Book for teens list, and a 2011 ABC New Voices selection. She is also the creator and executive producer of It' s My Life, an award-winning PBS KIDS website for children aged 8 to 13. She lives with her family in Hudson Valley, NY. www.jennifercastle.com @jennifer_castle

Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781681193779 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 The Eagle's Quill: Secrets of the Seven Sarah L.Thomson

For middle grade fans of National Treasure and Indiana Jones, this smart, action-packed series continues with more enticing historical mystery and interactive puzzles, in an exciting National Park adventure.

Description Middle school geniuses Sam, Martina, and Theo head to Glacier National Park to find the second of seven artefacts--keys that unlock a secret weapon--left by the country' s Founding Fathers. The clues lead them to look for Thomas Jefferso' s Eagl' s Quill at a Montana ranch. But dangerous Gideon Arnold, descendant of the infamous Benedict Arnold, is hot on their trail. He takes their chaperone and the ranch owners hostage until the kids deliver the quill. Can Sam, Martina, and Theo, with the help of rancher girl Abby, find Jefferso' s artefact before it's too late? They enter the wilderness to solve riddles and escape traps that protect the quill . . . but if they find it, can they keep it away from Arnoldandsave everyone?

In this fast-paced adventure full of action and interactive puzzles, the kids and readersmust use their wits to save our nation by uncovering its greatest secrets.

About the Author Sarah L. Thomsonis an award-winning author who has published more than thirty books for young readers, including the Secrets of the Seven series, Deadly Flowers, and Dragon's Egg. Sarah lives in Portland, Maine, with her daughter and her two cats. Her daughter helps with inspiration, and her cats help by lying on the piece of paper she needs most.

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Price: $10.99 ISBN: 9781681190624 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 Enchantress from the Stars Sylvia Engdahl

A brand-new repackage and trim size for this Newbery Honor-winning sci-fi novel will attract an entirely new generation of young readers.

Description Originally published in 1970 and then again in 2001, this re-issue of a Newbery Honour-winning book has a new look to boost its profile.

Elana, a member of an interstellar civilization on a mission to a medieval planet, becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion. How can she help the Andrecians, who still believe in magic and superstition, without revealing her own alien powers? At the same time, Georyn, the son of an Andrecian woodcutter, knows only that there is a dragon in the enchanted forest, and he must defeat it. He sees Elana as the Enchantress from the Stars who has come to test him, to prove he is worthy.

With its sci-fi and fantasy themes, this Newbery Honour novel has crossover potential to not only engage middle-grade readers, but to enthral teenage and adult readers alike.

With a foreword by Lois Lowry.

About the Author Sylvia Engdahlis the author of ten science fiction novels. In addition, she has published a nonfiction book,The Planet- Girded Suns: The Long History of Belief in Exoplanets. She has also worked as a freelance editor of nonfiction anthologies for high schools (most of the nonfiction books that appear in Amazon's catalogue under her name are those

Price: $14.99 edited by her in this capacity). She is a strong advocate of space colonization, and besides a widely-read space section of ISBN: 9781681196138 her website she created the site www.spacequotes.com, which contains quotations about why humankind must expand Format: Paperback into space. Dimensions: mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) www.sylviaengdahl.com. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 Islandborn Junot Diaz

From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Daz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination.

Description From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Daaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places.

So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: 'just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.'

Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us to our families, to our past and to ourselves.

About the Author Junot Daaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. A graduate of Rutgers University, Daaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Leo Espinosa is an award-winning illustrator and designer from BogotAi, Colombia, whose work has been featured in The New Yorker, Wired, Esquire, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. Leo lives with his family in Salt Lake City, Utah. Price: $21.99 ISBN: 9781786074775 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 28 pages Bic1: Picture books Bic2: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Being a Princess is Very Hard Work Sarah KilBride

From the bestselling author of Princess Evie's Ponies comes a hilarious story about being a REAL princess (and how sometimes being a real girl is better by far . . . )

Description Being a princess is very hard work, there's so much to do it would drive you berserk! Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a REAL princess? How many thrones you need to sit on and how many hands you have to shake? Not to mention how many frogs you're supposed to kiss...?! BLEURGH. Perhaps being a real girl is better after all...

A hilarious feel-good story for all would-be princesses to help teach them they are perfect just as they are. From the author of the bestselling Princess Evie's Ponies series, and illustrator of the bestselling Royal Baby series.

About the Author Sarah KilBride is the author many children's books including bestselling Princess Evie's Ponies series (S&S). After a stint as an actress, Sarah become a primary school teacher and then started writing children's books. Sarah lives in the Welsh valleys with her husband and two little people, and her stripy cat.

Ada Grey spent several years working for design companies before deciding that she preferred doodling. She is the illustrator of the bestselling Royal Baby series for Bloomsbury. Ada lives in Brighton with her family.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408881941 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 I Love You Dino-Daddy Mark Sperring

The perfect book for fathers to read to their children

Description It' s not easy being a dino-daddy, but i' s definitely a lot of fun! And whether i' s a trip to the park or playing games at home, Dino-Daddy always has time for his two-roaring little dinos ...

The park would never be such fun without him standing by. No one can spin you faster - weeeeeeee! - or swing you quite so high! And though he has a list of jobs he has to dino-do, He always seems to have the time to play a game ... or two!

Morning, noon and night, Dino-Daddy is the best, and life in the dino family is just as fun (and chaotic) as ever.

About the Author Mark Sperring studied at Bath Academy of Art and Camberwell College of Art before working as a printer and a bookseller, and later becoming a children' s book author. Mark is the author of

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781408893449 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Let's Go ABC! Rhonda Gowler Greene

The alphabet comes to zooming, vrooming life with vehicles for every letter, A to Z!

Description The alphabet comes to zooming, vrooming life with vehicles for every letter, A to Z! A big, boxy bus drives up for letter B, a kayak floats by for letter K, and a rocket blasts off for letter R. A fun and thrilling range of planes, trains, automobiles, and more take readers on a ride through this charming early-learning book. Beloved picture book author Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrator Daniel Kirk join forces for another classic rhyming story for every fan of things that go!

About the Author Rhonda Gowler Greene is the author of more than twenty children's books. A former elementary school teacher, Rhonda holds a master's degree in educational media. Among other honors, her books have been named a School Library Journal Best Book, an International Literacy Association Children's Choice Book, and a Bank Street College Best Book. She lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. www.rhondagowlergreene.com.

Daniel Kirk has written and illustrated forty popular and bestselling books for children, including Library Mouse, which Booklist heralded in a starred review as ""fun, fun, fun."" He lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. www.danielkirk.com.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780802735096 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 40 pages Bic1: Early learning: ABC books / alphabet books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 A Good Day for Climbing Trees Jaco Jacobs

A funny, warm-hearted novel about a 13-year-old who becomes a local hero by saving a tree

Description It 's the summer holidays and 13-year-old Marnus feels invisible, sandwiched between a heart-breakingly handsome older brother, and his cute but crafty little brother. Then, one day, a girl called Leila shows up at the house with a petition to save a nearby tree. It is the start of an extraordinary adventure that changes his life: The two become local heroes and bring the community full of weird and wonderful characters closer together. For the first time, Marnus feels people are noticing him.

About the Author Jaco Jacobs is the most popular and prolific children's book author in Afrikaans. He has published more than 120 books and nearly a million copies of his books have been sold. Jaco is also a well-known columnist, blogger, freelance journalist and translator. He lives in Bloemfontein, South Africa | | Afrikaans translator of children's books

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781786073174 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 My Planes Activity and Sticker Book

Going on a plane is really exciting! Prepare to board with this brilliantly busy activity book, packed with fun activities and stickers.

Description What will you pack in your suitcase? Can you spot the pilots rushing through the airport? How many planes are zooming down the runway? And what will you see up high in the sky?

Filled with lots of different activities, from colouring to spot-the-difference, that are all about going on a plane journey. This book will keep you entertained for hours, so your journey will fly by.

Get ready for take off!

About the Author Samantha Meredith graduated from Loughborough University with a BA (Hons) degree in illustration. She began her career as a designer at Usborne Publishing. She now works as a full-time illustrator, drawing pictures all day, while drinking tea and wearing panda slippers. She is based in North London.

Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408895191 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 24 pages Bic1: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children Non Fiction JUNE 2018 My Dinosaur Activity and Sticker Book

Have a roaring good time with this fantastic dinosaur activity book, packed full of stickers!

Description Play spot the difference with the dinosaurs, complete the dinosaur skeleton, find out which egg belongs to which dinosaur and much more! Bursting with activities and hundreds of stickers, this amazing activity book will delight any young dinosaur fan! Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

About the Author

Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9781408847442 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 203x308mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Children's Bic2: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 My Trip to the Supermarket Activity and Sticker Book illustrated by Samantha Meredith

With this vibrant new activity book you can whiz through the supermarket aisles, collect all your shopping, and have fun along the way!

Description Work your way around the supermarket and discover all the amazing things you can buy! Find your way through the maze of aisles to the checkout counter, count how many loaves of bread are in the baker 's basket, help the shop assistant stack the empty shelves and much more. Packed with lots of different activities and colourful stickers, you can choose what shopping you take home! This book will make going to the supermarket a fun experience.

About the Author Samantha Meredith graduated from Loughborough university with a BA (Hons) degree in illustration. She began her career as a designer at Usborne Publishing. She now works as a full-time illustrator, drawing pictures all day, while drinking tea and wearing panda slippers. She specialises in children's publishing but has also produced work for greetings cards and gifts and company branding. She is based in North London.

Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781408883686 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 215x274mm Extent: 20 pages Bic1: Children's Bic2: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children Non Fiction JUNE 2018 Educating Outside Helen Porter

A bank of outdoor learning ideas to inspire primary school teachers to head outside with their pupils and enrich their learning experiences across the curriculum.

Description Although the benefits of learning outside are well documented, outdoor activities often decline as children progress through their education. There are many reasons for this: lack of time in the curriculum, lack of training, lack of teacher confidence, or simply lack of inspiration.Educating Outsicontains a bank of outdoor learning ideas that can be used to enhance and enrich your class' learning experiences across the curriculum; including in history, geography, science, maths and English

Each lesson idea is linked to a specific programme of study and outlines required resources, links to soft skills, cross- curricular opportunities, and a broad lesson plan with suggested outcomes and photos. All the ideas take place within the school grounds themselves, which means plenty of opportunities to try out new activities without lengthy risk assessments, extra time and additional expense.

About the Author Helen Porter is Outdoor Learning Teacher at Anstey Junior School and an Outdoor Learning Consultant. She runs training courses based on the work she does. These have been endorsed by Hampshire County Council and she is working with the authority to develop more courses for them, in addition to her independent work. She is a visiting lecturer at Winchester University, speaking to their B.Ed. students about the benefits of and approaches to outside learning. She also visits schools to advise them on how to develop their outside learning.

Price: $35.00 ISBN: 9781472946294 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Education Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Education JUNE 2018 Saint Joan Bernard Shaw

This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia, under the guidance of the advisor to the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly.

Description What other judgment can I judge by but my own''

Charting the meteoric rise and fall of Joan of Arc and her mission to drive the English from France, Shaw's Saint Joan draws directly on the medieval records to cut through the sentiment that characterized previous literary treatments of her story. A powerful example of a new kind of history play, its staging of dissent and social constraint, personal responsibility and female assertion, as well as fervent adherence to a cause, gave it a powerful modernity in its own day and continuing resonance in ours. Acclaimed internationally, this instant modern classic propelled Shaw to the Nobel Prize for 1925.

This new edition includes Shaw's definitive text and full Preface and provides the most comprehensive scholarly treatment of the play to date, featuring commentary on: * the historical and theatrical context * the development of the text and stage-worthiness of the play * correlation of the dialogue with the records of Jeanne D'Arc's trial * an international stage history * an appendix identifying the historical models for the characters

About the Author The Editor, Jean Chothia, is a Fellow of Selwyn College and Reader in Drama and Theatre in the University of Cambridge. Her books include Forging a Language: A Study of the Plays of Eugene O'Neill;English Drama of the Early

Price: $23.95 Modern Period, 1890-1940, and, as editor,The New Woman' and Other Emancipated Woman Plays. ISBN: 9780713679960 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 130x199mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Arden/Methuen JUNE 2018 National Theatre Connections 2018 Brad Birch; Chris Bush; In-Sook Chappell; Fiona Doyle et al.

The National Theatre Connections anthology offers nine plays specially commissioned for young performers and schools.

Description Drawing together the work of nine leading playwrights, the National Theatre Connections 2018 anthology features work by some of the most exciting and established contemporary playwrights. Gathered together in one volume, the plays collected offer young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of material to perform, read or study. Each play has been specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department with the young performer in mind. The anthology contains nine play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and exercises for drama groups. National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights, the festival exposes actors aged 13-19 to the world of professional theatre-making, giving them full control of a theatrical production - from costume and set design to stage management and marketing campaigns. NT Connections have published over 150 original plays and regularly works with 500 theatre companies and 10,000 young people each year.

About the Author This year's anthology includes plays by Brad Birch, Chris Bush, In-Sook Chappell, Fiona Doyle, Phoebe Eclair Powell, Natalie Mitchell, Barney Norris, Chinonyerem Odimba and Chris Thompson.

Price: $43.99 ISBN: 9781350066243 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 512 pages Bic1: Literature & literary studies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Methuen Drama JUNE 2018 The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography: Second Edition Arnold Aronson

A second edition of the seminal historical and critical study of the phenomenon known as environmental theatre ' from a scenographic perspective, now updated to survey site-specific and immersive theatre since the 1980s.

Description A classic work of theatre history and criticism when first published, Arnold Aronson's formative study surveyed the phenomenon known as environmental theatre. Now updated in this richly illustrated second edition to reflect developments and practice since the 1980s, it offers readers a comprehensive study of the theatre practice which has evolved to become the dominant mode of much contemporary innovative performance. For most audiences, particularly in the Western tradition, theatre means going to a building in which seats face a stage on which actors perform a play. But there has always been a vital alternative that came to be known as environmental theatre. Whether in folk performances, street theatre, avant-garde performance, utopian architecture, Happenings, mass spectacles, or contemporary immersive theatre, the relationship of the spectator to the performance has been one in which the audience is surrounded or immersed in a shared space, in which the multiple events may be happening simultaneously, and in which the experience of theatrical space is visceral and often kinetic. This book examines the history of this phenomenon and looks at a range of contemporary practice. New chapters examine how the 'transformed spaces' of earlier work have become the interactive and immersive productions that characterize the work of companies such as Punchdrunk, dreamthinkspeak, Teatro da Vertigem, En Garde Arts, and The Industry, among others. Updated to take account of the burgeoning scholarship on the subject, The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography remains the authoritative account that illuminates present day theatre practice and its antecedents.

About the Author Arnold Aronson is a theatre historian and professor of theatre at Columbia University in New York City, USA. His publications include Ming Cho Lee: A Life in Design; The Disappearing Stage: Reflections on the 2011 Prague Price: $49.99 Quadrennial; Looking into the Abyss: Essays in Scenography; American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History; The History and ISBN: 9781474283960 Format: Paperback Theory of Environmental Scenography; and American Set Design. Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Theatre direction & production Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Methuen Drama JUNE 2018 Dura-Europos J. A. Baird

A study of the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, with a thematic approach which integrates the history of the site within the history of the excavations.

Description Dura-Europos is one of Syria 's most important archaeological sites. Situated on the edge of the Euphrates river, it was the subject of extensive excavations in the 1920s and 30s by teams from Yale University and the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Controlled variously by Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman powers, the site was one of impressive religious and linguistic diversity: it was home to at least nineteen sanctuaries, amongst them a Synagogue and a Christian building, and many languages, including Greek, Latin, Persian, Palmyrene, and Hebrew which were excavated on inscriptions, parchments, and graffiti. Based on the author 's work excavating at the site with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d 'Europos-Doura and extensive archival research, this book provides an overview of the site and its history, and traces the story of its investigation from archaeological discovery to contemporary destruction.

About the Author J. A. Baird is Reader in Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Her publications include The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos (2014) and Ancient Graffiti in Context (co-edited with Claire Taylor, 2011).

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472530875 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Sustainable School Leadership: Portraits of Individuality Mike Bottery, Wong Ping-Man and George Ngai

Uses a novel methodological approach to investigate the challenges facing school leaders as they plan for the future.

Description We live in a complex age, with multiple challenges to the practice of educational leadership, and where there is widespread evidence of individuals wanting to retire early from leadership positions, and of fewer wishing to take up the role. This highly experienced team of cross-cultural researchers combine scholarly research with over a decade of extensive empirical research using an innovative portrait ' methodology to investigate the challenges that educational leaders on two continents currently face. The kinds of challenges described include: e the personal (e.g. being new to the job, coping with the role, approaching retirement) e the inter-personal (e.g. power relations, personal challenges with staff, parents and children) e the local (e.g. issues faced by the school in the community) e the national (e.g. government initiatives, inspection) e the global (e.g. the impact of economic forces on political and institutional management).

Sustainable School Leadership then contributes to the field of educational leadership in several ways. First, the authors bring scholarly enquiry to life by providing detailed descriptions of the challenges which individual educational leaders face in different cultures in a globalised world. Second, they show how the combined insights from individual portraits provide important and meaningful critiques of national policies and organizational functioning. Such critiques can then inform current and future leadership research by a better understanding of how links between the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of education promote or discourage school leaders ' sustainability. Finally, the authors present important cross-cultural comparisons of eastern and western approaches to educational leadership, suggesting that sustainability or a lack of it may have different roots in different cultures. Sustainable School Leadership is relevant to students on educational leadership and management courses, academics and researchers and school leaders.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781350005228 About the Author Format: Paperback Mike Bottery is Emeritus Professor of Educational Values at the University of Hull, UK. He has published eight books on Dimensions: mm issues of educational leadership, values and sustainability, including The Challenges of Educational Leadership (2004) Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Research methods: general and Educational Leadership for a More Sustainable World (2016). Bic2: Illustrations: Wong Ping Man is Professor of Education Administration at the University of Macau, China. He was director of leadership Previous Titles: Author now living: courses at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, China, and is currently Adjunct Professor of the Education University of Hong Kong, China. He has a long list of notable journal articles. George Ngai is Assistant Professor in educational leadership the Education University of Hong Kong, China. He is a qualified headteacher, a school manager and has written a variety of articles in this area. BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Building Research Design in Education: Theoretically Informed Advanced Methods Edited by Lorna Hamilton and John Ravenscroft

An advanced examination of the building of robust research designs informed by clear theoretical and conceptual frameworks for rigorous and successful research.

Description Building Research Design in Education provides insights into the ways in which foundational knowledge of research and research processes can be applied in order to build rigorous research designs. If your research is to have meaning and value, this text will enable you to make informed choices decisions about your design, bearing in mind the complex ideas and theoretical framing needed to underpin it. Drawing on the research expertise of the contributors, this text initially introduces the foundations for differing ideas around epistemology and ontology, then splits into four parts looking at quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research approaches as well as other possibilities for research, including newer or emerging forms of research. Throughout, good research design is shown as taking many shapes with its premise always be rooted in a clear understanding of what is known and what is knowable according to the researcher 's world view, in harmony with epistemological and ontological roots. Chapters include learning activities, case examples of international research, essential reading, as well as further advanced reading suggestions, and a companion website with additional exemplars and activity resources. This book is for the advanced student who already has an insight into the basics of research and is wanting to ensure a robust approach to research construction and reflection.

About the Author Lorna Hamilton is Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK. John Ravenscroft is Deputy Head and Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Price: $53.99 ISBN: 9781350019492 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Research methods: general Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era Edited by Yannis Tzioumakis and Peter Kramer

A fascinating examination of 13 key films from one of the most highly regarded and most widely debated periods in American film history.

Description In the year 1966, six films were released with the designation Suggested for Mature Audiences ', with Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' credited with ushering in more permissive and mature content. Almost a year later, the December 8, 1967 cover of Time featured a picture from Bonnie and Clyde with the somewhat sensationalist headline: The New Cinema: Violence - Sex - Art '. Two years later, the MPAA Ratings System were put into place acknowledging the success and generational change in the film industry with younger executives and directors adopting a new approach to mainstream filmmaking. Over fifty years on, Yannis Tzioumakis and Peter Kramer 's collection on one of the most explosive eras of Hollywood history examines 13 films from this period, situating each in its historical and political context with reference to important filmmakers, stars, production trends and organisations. The Hollywood Renaissance investigates these changes in the American film industry and American culture of the mid -1960s which made the Hollywood Renaissance possible. Concluding with a look at the legacy of the Hollywood Renaissance on contemporary American cinema, the volume explores both its aftermath in the late 1970s and the arguments about the emergence of the 'New New Hollywood' with its emphasis on the production of blockbuster by an increasingly conglomerated Hollywood majors and its impact on what became known as American independent or indie cinema.

About the Author Peter Kramer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Media and American Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is the author and editor of The Silent Cinema Reader (Routledge, 2003), Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (BFI, 2014), and The New Hollywood: From Bonnie and Clyde to Star Wars (Wallflower Press, 2006). Ioannis Tzioumakis is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of Price: $48.99 four books, most recently of American Independent Cinema: An Introduction, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2017) and co-editor ISBN: 9781501337888 of four collections of essays, most recently of The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (2017). Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Film theory & criticism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Acad US JUNE 2018 Food and Animal Welfare Henry Buller and Emma Roe

Featuring a range of innovative case studies, this book provides in-depth analysis of farm animal welfare and its implications for the food industry.

Description Drawing together the latest research and a range of case studies, Henry Buller and Emma Roe guide readers on a fascinating journey through animal welfare issues from farm to fork '. Animal welfare offers a vital lens through which to explore the economies, culture and politics of food. This is the first text to provide a much-needed overview of this strongly debated area of the food industry. Buller and Roe explore how animal welfare is defined, advocated, assessed and implemented by farmers, veterinarians, distributors, and consumers. From the practicalities and limitations of establishing a basic standard of care for livestock, to the ethics of selling welfare as a product in the supermarket, this indispensable book offers empirical insights into a key aspect of the global food system: the lives, deaths, and consumption of animals which are at the core of the food chain. It is a must-read for students and scholars of animal welfare, agro-food studies and human-animal relations in disciplines such as geography, politics, anthropology, and sociology as well as animal behaviour, psychology and veterinary science.

About the Author Henry Buller is Professor of Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. Emma Roe is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Southampton, UK.

Price: $56.99 ISBN: 9780857857071 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Sociology & anthropology Bic2: Sociology Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Women and Gender in International History: Theory and Practice Karen Garner

Surveys the impact of women, gender and feminism on international history in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Description Most governments and global political organizations have been dominated by male leaders and structures that institutionalize male privilege. As Women and Gender in International History reveals, however, women have participated in and influenced the traditional concerns of international history even as they have expanded those concerns in new directions. Karen Garner provides a timely synthesis of key scholarship and establishes the influential roles that women and gender power relations have wielded in determining the course of international history. From the early-20th century onward, women have participated in state-to-state relations and decisions about when to pursue diplomacy or when to go to war to settle international conflicts. Particular women, as well as masculine and feminine gender role constructs, have also influenced the establishment and evolution of intergovernmental organizations and their political, social and economic policy making regimes and agencies. Additionally, feminists have critiqued male-dominated diplomatic establishment and intergovernmental organizations and have proposed alternative theories and practices. This text integrates women, and gender and feminist analyses, into the study of international history in order to produce a broader understanding of processes of international change during the 20th and 21st centuries.

About the Author Karen Garner is Professor of Historical Studies at SUNY Empire State College, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar and author of Precious Fire: Maud Russell and the Chinese Revolution (2003), Shaping a Global Women's Agenda: Women's NGOs and Global Governance, 1925-85 (2010) and Gender and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration (2013).

Price: $47.99 ISBN: 9781472576118 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Insider's Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing Seth Abramson

The most complete available guide to choosing and applying to creative writing schools.

Description There are so many different graduate creative writing programs out there! How do I find the right one for me'

Bringing together data from both Master 's and doctoral creative writing programs and interviews with program applicants, students, and faculty, this is a complete practical guide to choosing a graduate creative writing program and putting together a successful application.

The Insider 's Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing answers frequently asked questions on such topics as:

e Application prerequisites e Program sizes and durations e Funding e Acceptance rates e Cost of living e Program curricula and demographics e Workshopping techniques e Student-faculty ratios e Residency options e Postgraduate fellowship placement e Postgraduate job placement e Programs ' reputations and histories The book also includes comprehensive and up-to-date hard data on the hundreds of terminal-degree graduate creative writing programs available throughout the US, UK, and internationally, making this an essential read for anyone planning to pursue a low- or full-residency graduate creative writing degree.

Price: $47.99 ISBN: 9781350000407 About the Author Format: Paperback Seth Abramson is Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at the University of New Hampshire, USA. He Dimensions: mm is a prize-winning poet, the author of seven books, and the founder and series editor of Best American Experimental Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Language: reference & general Writing. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Many Futures of a Decision Jay Lampert

An impressive philosophical work on decisions and decision making, the implications decisions have for the future, and the articulation of a theory of future time.

Description Combining two a central topics in philosophy in the 20th Century, this book considers the ethics and impact of decision- making alongside the philosophy of time. When we make simple decisions, like the decision to wake up at 8 a.m. tomorrow, we make use of a linear model of the future. But when we make open-ended decisions, like the decision to get fitter, or more involved in politics, we presuppose a much more complex model of the future. We project a variety of virtual futures. We can carry out a decision in many different ways at once, which may converge and diverge at different points in time. Using a phenomenological approach, The Many Futures of a Decisionexplores what we learn about the structure of the future specifically from decision-making. Most theories of decision concentrate on the rationality: the evidence and value assessments that build up grounds for a rational decision. Instead, this book innovatively engages with the nature of the future as a multi-layered decisions project. Through interpretations of the theories of decision in philosophers like Husserl and Heidegger, Schmitt and Habermas, Derrida and Deleuze, along with other decision theories, Lampert develops an original theory of multiple futures.

About the Author Jay Lampert is Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, USA. His previous books include Simultaneity and Delay: A Dialectical Theory of Staggered Time (Continuum, 2012) and Deleuze and Guattari 's Philosophy of History (Continuum, 2006).

Price: $47.99 ISBN: 9781350047792 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Phenomenology & Existentialism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ David Vincent Meconi

Interspersing Augustine 's own insights with modern accounts, this book traces the phenomena of self- destruction and self-loathing from Augustine to today.

Description The Reading Augustine series presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars.

On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ explores St. Augustine of Hippo 's understanding of the nature and root of sin, described as various forms of self-loathing and self-destruction, as well as sin 's antidote, a vulnerable relationship with God. Incorporating recent thinking on self-destruction and self-loathing into his reading of Augustine, David Vincent Meconi explores why we are not only allured by sin, but will actually destroy ourselves to attain it, even when that sin will bring us no true pleasure.

About the Author David Vincent Meconi, S.J., is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, USA. His recent publications include The One Christ: St. Augustine's Theology of Deification (2013) and, as editor, The Confessions: Saint Augustine of Hippo (2012) and (co-edited with Eleonore Stump) The Cambridge Companion to Augustine(2014). He is the Editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781501326219 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Ethics & moral philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Green Light: A Self-Critique of the Ecological Movement Bernard Charbonneau

The first English translation of Bernard Charbonneau's brilliant and provocative text on the ecological movement and the philosophies and ethical concerns therein.

Description The Green Light ( Le Feu Vert ') offers an original and profound exploration of the roots of environmental philosophy and the Anthropocene. Bernard Charbonneau situates the wellspring of the ecological movement in the dialectics of Nature and Freedom, and their needful but uneasy joining against the totalizing system of technological society that threatens them both. Using this paradoxical tension as a yardstick, he probes the ways in which concepts of Nature have developed as industrialization became second nature and jeopardized the original, taken for granted until its advent. This allows Charbonneau to explain how movements and policies claiming to deal with this issue have gone wrong. A spirited critique of how the environmental movement has taken shape in relation to philosophy, politics, theology and contemporary culture, this book written in 1980 is representative of an oft-overlooked strand of French environmentalist thought, as a look back on its first decade in the public eye by a man who had originated political ecology half a century earlier.

Charbonneau can be said to have prepared the way for many current concerns within environmental thought: the tension between liberalism and ecologism in green political theory; the wider question of the compatibility of ecological imperatives with supposedly foundational freedoms under capitalism; the discussions over how to balance existing democratic structures with environmental goals; the tensions between radical and reformist strategies within green movements; the controversy over the core values of ecological politics in a world transformed by climate change and peak everything; and the proper attitude of environmental movements to institutional science. This ground-breaking work should be front and centre of the debates that he anticipated, while giving a timely perspective on the interconnected questions of nature and human freedom.

This first English translation of a work by Bernard Charbonneau provides not only a vivid account of environmental philosophy, but an introduction to this important author 's thought.

About the Author Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781350027091 Bernard Charbonneau (1910-1996) was a French philosopher who specialised in political ecology and critiques of Format: Paperback technology. Today he is considered by a growing number of environmentalists as a visionary forerunner of political Dimensions: mm ecology. Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Social & political philosophy Christian Roy is a cultural historian (Ph.D. McGill 1993), an art and cinema critic, and a multilingual translator. He is an Bic2: expert on the lives and thought of both Bernard Charbonneau and Jacques Ellul. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Predestination: A Guide for the Perplexed Jesse Couenhoven

An introduction to one of Christianity's most controversial doctrines.

Description The concept of predestination has been an essential topic in theology and philosophy since at least the time of St. Augustine. It has also long been one of the most contentious of Christian doctrines. Many theologians and laypersons have found the doctrine a source of great comfort, but many others have found it deeply worrisome. Above all, those who reject predestination have been motivated by concerns about what the doctrine implies about human free will and divine responsibility for evil. Couenhoven addresses these issues by taking up two main questions: 'what does a doctrine of predestination actually imply'', and 'why has a version of this doctrine nonetheless proved appealing to so many great theologians'' In providing answers to these queries, Couenhoven leads the reader through the thorny issues connected with the Christian understanding of predestination. He analyzes what predestination meant to St. Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Barth, and explains the different ways in which they held together belief in predestination, free will, and God's goodness. Couenhoven concludes that belief in predestination is more defensible than is widely believed.

About the Author Jesse Couenhoven is Assistant Professor of Moral Theology in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University, USA.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9780567054715 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 176 pages Bic1: Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches Bic2: Christian theology Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

T&T Clark JUNE 2018 The Printed and the Built: Architecture, Print Culture, and Public Debate in the Nineteenth Century Edited by Mari Hvattum and Anne Hultzsch

From penny magazines to panoramas - exploring the relationship between architecture and the printed media in the nineteenth century.

Description The Printed and the Built explores the intricate relationship between architecture and printed media in the fast-changing nineteenth century.

Publication history is a rapidly expanding scholarly field which has profoundly influenced architectural history in recent years. Yet, while groundbreaking work has been done on architecture and printing in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth century, the nineteenth century has received little attention. This is the omission that The Printed and the Built seeks to address, thus filling a significant gap in the understanding of architecture 's cultural history.

Lavishly illustrated with colourful and eclectic visual material, from panoramas to printed ephemera, adverts, penny magazines, early photography, and even crime reportage, The Printed and the Built consists of five in-depth thematic essays accompanied by 25 short pieces, each examining a particular printed form. Altogether, they illustrate how new genres communicated architecture to a mass audience, setting the stage for the modern architectural era.

About the Author Mari Hvattum is professor of architectural history and theory at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and leader of the research project The Printed and the Built: Architecture and Public Debate in Modern Europe.

Anne Hultzsch is a postdoctoral research fellow at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and a teaching fellow at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Price: $53.99 ISBN: 9781350038400 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: History of architecture Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts JUNE 2018 From Object to Experience: The New Culture of Architectural Design Harry Francis Mallgrave

The potential for the biological sciences to revolutionize the culture of architecture.

Description Harry Francis Mallgrave combines a history of ideas about architectural experience with the latest insights from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science and evolutionary biology to make a powerful argument about the nature and future of architectural design. Today, the sciences have granted us the tools to help us understand better than ever before the precise ways in which the built environment can affect the building user's individual experience. Through an understanding of these tools, architects should be able to become better designers, prioritizing the experience of space - the emotional and aesthetic responses, and the sense of homeostatic well-being, of those who will occupy any designed environment. In From Object to Experience, Mallgrave goes further, arguing that it should also be possible to build an effective new cultural ethos for architectural practice. Drawing upon a range of humanistic and biological sources, and emphasizing the far-reaching implications of new neuroscientific discoveries and models, this book brings up-to-date insights and theoretical clarity to a position that was once considered revolutionary but is fast becoming accepted in architecture.

About the Author Harry Francis Mallgrave is an architect, scholar and editor and distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. He is the author of over 15 books, the recipient of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, and is an Honorable Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Price: $53.99 ISBN: 9781350059535 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Architecture Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 International Business Law: Emerging Fields of Regulation Mark Fenwick and Stefan Wrbka

Timely and accessible introduction to selected new issues in transnational law confronting businesses looking to operate across national borders, as well as policy makers seeking to introduce and enforce meaningful regulatory standards in an increasingly global society.

Description This textbook provides an accessible introduction to selected new issues in transnational law, and connects them to existing theoretical debates on transnational business regulation. More specifically, (i) it introduces the argument about the evolving character of contemporary transnational business regulation; (ii) provides an overview of some of the main fields of law that are currently important for firms that operate across borders; and (iii) sets out an interpretive framework for making sense of disparate developments occurring across a number of jurisdictions, among which are the form of regulation and style of enforcement, issues of legal certainty, and behavioural aspects of regulation. The selected topics are indicative of some key issues confronting businesses looking to operate across national borders, as well as policy makers seeking to introduce and enforce meaningful regulatory standards in an increasingly global society: innovation; corporate governance; consumer law; e-commerce; product liability; warranty law and obsolescence; collective redress and ADR. This elegantly constructed, timely work offers a novel perspective on transnational business law and examines a range of legal issues that pre-occupy companies operating transnationally. This book is intended not only for graduate students looking for an introduction, overview or commentary on the contemporary state of transnational business law, but also for anyone looking for an introduction to transnational law, international business law or the regulation of innovation in global markets.

About the Author Mark Fenwick is Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Kyushu University, Japan. Stefan Wrbka is Unit Head and Academic Coordinator, Business Law at the University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Vienna.

Price: $59.99 ISBN: 9781509918058 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Corporate governance Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Hart Publishing JUNE 2018 International Law: A European Perspective Jan Wouters, Cedric Ryngaert, Tom Ruys, Geert De Baere

This textbook offers for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the classic doctrines and main areas of international law from a European perspective, meeting the needs of the many European law schools teaching public international law in English.

Description This textbook offers for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the classic doctrines and main areas of international law from a European perspective, meeting the needs of the many European law schools teaching public international law in English. Special attention is devoted to the practice of the European Union, the Council of Europe and European States both civil law and common law countries - with regard to international law. In particular the book analyses the interplay between international law, EU law and national law in the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU, the European Court of Human Rights and national jurisdictions in Europe. It provides the reader with insights into how the international law practice of the EU and its Member States impacts the development of international law, both in terms of doctrines such as treaty-making and customary law, the exercise of (extraterritorial) jurisdiction, state responsibility and the settlement of disputes, as well as in particular sub-fields of international law, such as human rights law and international economic law. In addition the book also covers other important areas such as the use of force and collective security, the law of armed conflict and the law of international organizations. It provides European perspectives on all these issues and will be of great value to students, scholars and practitioners.

About the Author Jan Wouters is Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven Cedric Ryngaert is Professor of Public International Law and Director of the Master Programme Public International Law, Utrecht University Tom Ruys is Assistant Professor in International Law at the Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute (GRILI), Ghent University Geert De Baere is Judge at the General Court of the EU and Associate Professor of EU Law and International Law, KU

Price: $79.99 Leuven. ISBN: 9781849464161 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 736 pages Bic1: International law Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Hart Publishing JUNE 2018 Happy Little Bluebirds Louise Levene

For fans of Muriel Spark, a dazzling novel about a young woman thrust into in the opulent world of 1940s Hollywood, where dirty dealings, undercover agents and off-camera romances abound

Description For fans of Muriel Spark, a dazzling novel about a young woman thrust into in the opulent world of 1940s Hollywood, where dirty dealings, undercover agents and off-camera romances abound

It is September 1940, and recently widowed Evelyn has been plucked from her humdrum civil service job in Woking and transported to the opulent world of wartime Hollywood. Young, bright and fluent in nine languages, she is to assist the British Colonel Peyton, who has secretly been trying to persuade an Anglo-Hungarian producer to create war propaganda. However, when Evelyn arrives, Peyton has been called to Bermuda and she finds herself isolated and adrift in new world which is dazzling and baffling in equal measure. Kitted out with an expensive new wardrobe and given a chic hairdo, Evelyn is free to reinvent herself far from the war-ravaged shores of England. But Hollywood, for all its luxury, is a dangerous place for an outsider, and potential threats both international and personal lurk around every corner. Happy Little Bluebirds has all the allure, glamour and intrigue of a golden age Hollywood film. Packed with meticulous historical research which is handled with a light, deft touch, Louise Levene brings her acerbic, whip-smart wit to a glittering period in recent history.

About the Author Louise Levene is the author of A Vision of Loveliness, a BBC Book at Bedtime, which was also longlisted for the Desmond Elliott first novel prize, Ghastly Business and The Following Girls. She is the dance critic of the Financial Times and writes for the Spectator. She has also been an advertising copywriter, a window dresser, a radio presenter, an office cleaner, a crossword editor, a university tutor, a college professor and a saleslady. Louise Levene lives in London with her husband and their two children.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781408878774 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Happiness Aminatta Forna

A breathtaking novel from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers ' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna

Description A breathtaking novel from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers ' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna

Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and interweave, bringing disparate lives together. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma and to check up on the daughter of friends, his niece ', Ama, who hasn 't called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown and now her young son Tano is missing. When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilizing into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working London 's myriad streets, of volunteer fox- spotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help and as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds. In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost and new, of past griefs and of the hidden side of a multicultural metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures and the true nature of happiness.

About the Author Aminatta Forna is the author of the novels The Hired Man, The Memory of Love and Ancestor Stones, and the memoir The Devil that Danced on the Water. Her books have won multiple prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers ' Prize Book Award, and been shortlisted for many others, among them the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Neustadt Prize, the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Dublin International IMPAC Award. In 2014 Forna won the Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize, an award from Yale University in honour of an author 's body of work. Forna has acted as judge for a number of literary awards, including the International Man Booker. She is currently Lannan Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781408893326 Visiting Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University and Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. In 2017, she Format: Hard Cover was awarded an OBE. Dimensions: mm aminattaforna.com / @aminattaforna Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The House on Half Moon Street Alex Reeve

The start of an enticing new historical series set in Victorian London; introducing Leo Stanhope: a transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own future

Description The start of an enticing new historical series set in Victorian London; introducing Leo Stanhope: a transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own future

Leo Stanhope. Avid chess player; assistant to a London coroner; in love with Maria; and hiding a very big secret. For Leo was born Charlotte, the daughter of a respectable reverend. But knowing he was meant to be a man despite the evidence of his body and unable to cope with living a lie any longer, he fled his family home at just fifteen and has been living as Leo: his secret known to only a few trusted people. But then Maria is found dead and Leo is accused of her murder. Desperate to find her killer and under suspicion from all those around him, he stands to lose not just the woman he loves, but his freedom and, ultimately, his life. A wonderfully atmospheric debut, rich in character and setting, in The House on Half Moon Street Alex Reeve has created a world that crime readers will want to return to again and again.

About the Author Alex Reeve lives in Buckinghamshire and is a university lecturer, working on a PhD. The House on Half Moon Street is his debut, and the first in a series of books featuring Leo Stanhope. @storyjoy

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781408892695 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Behold, America Sarah Churchwell

Searing and insightful, Behold America tells the unknown history of two key American phrases, 'America First' and the 'American Dream', and the role they play in the struggle in modern America

Description Searing and insightful, Behold America tells the unknown history of two key American phrases, 'America First' and the 'American Dream', and the role they play in the struggle in modern America

About the Author Sarah Churchwell is Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby and The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. Her literary journalism has appeared widely in newspapers including the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement and New York Times Book Review, and she comments regularly on arts, culture, and politics for television and radio, where appearances include Question Time, Newsnight and The Review Show. She has judged many literary prizes, including the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and she was a co-winner of the 2015 Eccles British Library Writer 's Award. Her new book, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, will be published by Bloomsbury in

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781408894804 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 Napoleon Philip Dwyer

The final volume of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking trilogy chronicling the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most complex and charismatic leaders

Description The final volume of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking trilogy chronicling the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most complex and charismatic leaders

He owned our hearts because he was our Emperor, but also because he was for us the heart of France ' This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner in a dressing gown just off the English coast. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon, international celebrity of his age, still held such immense attraction and glamour that every day, huge crowds would gather on the far shore in the hope of catching a glimpse of him. Exile on St Helena was decided upon by his captors as the only possible solution for containing the potential for trouble of this once most-powerful of leaders. Philip Dwyer closes his ambitious trilogy exploring Napoleon 's life, legacy and myth by moving from those first months of imprisonment, through the years of exile, up to death and then beyond, taking his work into an examination of how the foundations of legend that had been laid by Napoleon during his lifetime continued to be built upon by his followers. Napoleon III: The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815-1840 is a considered and illuminating depiction and exploration of one of the most charismatic and able leaders of history in the closing chapters of his life, myth elegantly separated from the man. It is a fitting and authoritative end to a definitive work.

About the Author Philip Dwyer studied in Perth (Australia), Berlin and Paris, where he was a student of France 's pre-eminent Napoleonic scholar, Jean Tulard. He has published widely on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, and is Director of the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Price: $45.00 ISBN: 9781408891766 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 448 pages Bic1: General & world history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury JUNE 2018 The Parentations Kate Mayfield

In the absence of death, true darkness emerges.

Description Eighteenth-century London and the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, become entwined with the nearby Fowler household. For Clovis Fowler,whose unearthly Nordic beauty belies a ruthless thirst for power, and husband Finn, a Limehouse thief, have agreed to provide safe harbour to a mysterious baby. The puzzling phenomenon binding them close arose unexpectedly from deep within the savage but beautiful landscape of Iceland, where a hidden pool of water grants those who drink from it endless life. But those who sip from the waterfall discover all too quickly that immortality is no gift. To preserve the life of this strange baby from those who wish him harm means that all concerned must remain undiscovered for more than two hundred years. And, as the centuries creep thither, one in their enclave proves more menacing than those who pursue them. Worse, the life-giving pool that sustains them all, runs dry -

About the Author After KATE MAYFIELD was born she was taken directly to a funeral home. Her father, an undertaker, set up shop in a small town in southern Kentucky where the family resided in his funeral home for thirteen years. This is the setting of her third book, a memoir, The Undertaker's Daughter. She is the co-author of Ten Steps To Fashion Freedom and Ellie Hart Goes To Work. After living in New York and Los Angeles, she now makes London her home. www.katemayfield.com Twitter: @KateMayfield Facebook: Kate Mayfield Author

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781786072429 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 496 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 Nine Lives Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister

Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker... Spy

Description As one of Al Qaeda's most respected scholars and bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and met Osama Bin Laden himself. His job was already one of the most dangerous in the world. But what the others didn't know was that he was working undercover for MI6.

About the Author Aimen Dean will be assisted in writing Nine Lives by Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, who wrote the international bestseller Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA with Morten Storm. Paul Cruickshank is a British and a New York based investigative reporter specializing in al Qaeda, a CNN Terrorism Analyst, and an Alumni Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University 's School of Law. Tim Lister, also British, has covered international news for 25 years as a producer and reporter for the BBC and CNN. In 2004, he produced the award-winning documentary Between Hope and Fear: Journeys in the New Iraq for CNN.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781786073280 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Espionage & secret services Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 What It's Like to Be a Dog Gregory Berns

A leading scientist applies the tools of neuroscience to understand how animals think

Description What is it like to be a dog' A bat' Or a dolphin' To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner-completely awake. They discovered what makes dogs individuals with varying capacities for self-control, different value systems, and a complex understanding of human speech. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It 's Like to Be a Dog, Berns explores the fascinating inner lives of wild animals from dolphins and sea lions to the extinct Tasmanian tiger. The new way of understanding animals that he is opening up will revolutionize how we communicate and treat our furry, and not-so-furry, friends. Groundbreaking and deeply humane, this is essential reading for animal lovers of all stripes.

About the Author Gregory Berns is a distinguished professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, where he directs the Center for Neuropolicy and Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller How Dogs Love Us. He lives in Atlanta.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781786073617 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Animal behaviour Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 The Aviator Eugene Vodolazkin

From award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin comes this poignant story of memory, love and loss spanning twentieth-century Russia

Description A man wakes up in a hospital bed. He has no idea who he is, where he is, or how he came to be there. The only information that the doctor shares with his patient before urging him to write down every thought and feeling that comes to mind is the young man 's name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov. As Innokenty starts to write, out pours a kaleidoscope of images, faces and events, weaving the story of a young man in Russia in the early twentieth century, through the turbulence of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. From childhood memories of summers in the family dacha playing aviators with his cousin to the family 's compulsory move to a communal flat in the city and beyond, Innokenty gradually builds up a vivid picture of his former life. There is just one question remaining: how is he able to remember the start of the twentieth century, when the pills by his bedside were made in 1999'

About the Author Eugene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev and has worked in the department of Old Russian Literature at Pushkin House since 1990. He is an expert in medieval Russian history and folklore. Laurus, his first novel to be translated into English, was published to great critical acclaim. He lives in St Petersburg, Russia. Lisa Hayden is a freelance translator and editor. Her translation of Eugene Vodolazkin's Laurus (Oneworld, 2015) was shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize in 2016. She lives in Maine, USA.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786072719 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Fiction in translation Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld JUNE 2018 A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature and the Future of the Planet Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore

A Guide to Capitalism, Nature and the Future of the Planet

Description Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analysing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding - and reclaiming - the planet in the twenty-first century.

About the Author Raj Patel is an award-winning writer, activist and academic. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and The Value of Nothing. Jason W. Moore teaches world history and world-ecology at Binghampton University. He is the author of several books, including Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital, and numerous award-winning essays in environmental history, political economy, and social theory.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781788732130 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Politics & government Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade JUNE 2018 Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System Natalie Starkey

Takes us up close and personal with comets, and explains how we can use these ancient voyagers to understand our place in the Solar System.

Description Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious comets and asteroids are among the Solar System 's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded secrets. This offers us the chance to answer some fundamental questions about our planet and its inhabitants. Exploring comets and asteroids also allows us to shape the story of Earth 's future, enabling us to protect our precious planet from the threat of a catastrophic impact from space, and maybe to even recover valuable raw materials from them. This cosmic bounty could be as useful in space as it is on Earth, providing the necessary fuel and supplies for humans as they voyage into deep space to explore more distant locations within the Solar System. Catching Stardust tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it.

About the Author Natalie Starkey is a geologist and cosmochemist. Following a PhD at Edinburgh University studying the geochemistry of Arctic volcanoes, Natalie 's post-doctoral work at The Open University shifted her research focus to comet and asteroid samples. It was at this time she got the chance to analyse samples returned by the NASA Stardust and JAXA Hayabusa space missions. Natalie 's passion for her research makes her a keen science communicator. She received a British Science Association Media Fellowship in 2013, and regularly appears on television and radio internationally, as well as being a science host on Neil deGrasse Tyson 's popular StarTalk Radio. Her writing includes numerous articles for the Guardian, and she is a regular contributor to The Conversation website. Price: $32.99 @starkeystardust / nataliestarkey.com ISBN: 9781472944009 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma JUNE 2018 Monsieur X: The incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history Jamie Reid

Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy.

Description *William Hill Sports Book of the Year award winning author* Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy. Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well-educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie. Between the late 1950s and the early 1970s, Des Moutis made a daring attempt to beat the French state-run betting system. His success so alarmed the authorities that they repeatedly changed the rules of betting in an effort to stop him. And so a battle of wills began, all played out on the front pages of the daily newspapers as the general public willed Des Moutis on to ever greater triumphs. He remained one step ahead of the law until finally the government criminalised his activities, driving him into the arms of the underworld. Eventually the net began to close, high-profile characters found themselves the target of the state 's investigation, and people began turning up dead.

About the Author Jamie Reid is the author of the non-fiction books A Licence to Print Money, Blown and Doped, the winner of the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. A life-long betting and racing enthusiast, he has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times supplement How To Spend It, and has also written for the Guardian and the Independent on Sunday, as well as a wide range of magazines.

Price: $35.00 ISBN: 9781472942296 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Biography: sport Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport JUNE 2018 Birds of Italy Marianne Taylor, Daniele Occhiato

The perfect guide for nature-loving travellers and tourists visiting Italy.

Description This text is a compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide suitable for any birdwatcher visiting Italy. The book features descriptions of 256 species, thumbnail silhouettes for ease of use, up-to-date tips and information on bird biology and behaviour.

About the Author Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor, and author of many natural history books, including British Birds of Prey, Owls, RSPB Spotlight Robins and RSPB British Birdfinder. A passion for all wildlife, especially birds, has been a driving force in her life.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781472949820 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Natural History JUNE 2018 Take the Slow Road: Scotland: Inspirational Journeys Round the Highlands, Lowlands and Islands of Scotland by Camper Van and Motorhome Martin Dorey

The ultimate guide to the very best scenic and fun routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the highlands, lowlands and islands of beautiful Scotland

Description Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It 's about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It 's about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping. How are you going to do it' In a camper van or a motorhome, of course. In this book we define the best driving routes around Scotland for camper vans and motorhomes. We show you the coolest places to stay, what to see, what to do and explain why it 's special. We meander around the highlands, lowlands and islands of Scotland on the most breathtaking roads, chugging up mountain passes and pootling along the coast. We show you stuff that 's fun, often free. We include the best drives for different kinds of drivers; for surfers, wildlife watchers, climbers and walkers. We include the steepest, the bendiest, those with the most interesting bridges or views or obstacles, ferries and tidal causeways. And you don 't even have to own a camper van or motorhome we 'll tell you the many places you can rent one to take you on the journey. All of this is interspersed with beautiful photos, handy maps and quirky travel writing from the king of camper vans and motorhomes, Martin Dorey. So if all you want to do is flick through it on a cold day and plan your next outing, you 'll be transported (albeit slowly) to pastures, beaches, mountains and highways that make you want to turn the key and go, go, go! We 'll take you to see Scotland the slow way. The way it should be seen.

About the Author

Price: $39.99 Martin Dorey is a writer, surfer and serial camper van owner. In 2011 he presented the BBC2 television programme One ISBN: 9781844865383 Man and his Camper Van '. He is the author of The Camper Van Cookbook (2010) The Camper Van Coast (2012) and Format: Paperback The Camper Van Bible (2016) and he writes regular features for Coast magazine, Camping magazine, Motorhome and Dimensions: mm Motorcaravan magazine, and the Huffington Post. Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Twitter @campervanliving Bic2: www.martindorey.com Illustrations: campervanliving.blogspot.co.uk Previous Titles: Author now living: greatbritishadventures.blogspot.co.uk

Conway Publishing JUNE 2018 The Adventurer's Guide to Britain: 150 incredible experiences on land and water Jen and Sim Benson

The best guide with the best tips about the best adventures in Britain and the best places to experience them.

Description This exciting, inspiring and informative guide is perfect for anyone who loves a challenge and an adventure. There are soaring ridgelines to run, exciting river descents to swim, secret coves to explore by boat, and achievable interesting scrambles, all in stunning locations. Each of the 150 featured adventures, which are arranged by geographical region, has been carefully chosen for being exhilarating, achievable by any reasonably active person, and as safe as possible. You 'll be taken on a tour of the country and discovering where to do things you never thought possible in the UK exploring the caves and creeks of Cornwall by kayak, sleeping under the stars surrounded by the towering mountains of the Cuillin Ridge, or swimming in the faery pools at Glen Brittle on Skye.

The Adventurer 's Guide to Britain puts together some of the very best experiences from the different worlds of adventure sport, to create the ultimate outdoor bible for those who love getting outside, challenging themselves and exploring beautiful Britain.

About the Author Jen and Sim Benson 's books include Amazing Family Adventures and Wild Running. They are routes editors for and contributors to Trail Running magazine, columnists for Outdoor Fitness magazine and contributors to Trail and Country Walking magazines. As Ordnance Survey #GetOutside champions, they recently spent a year living under canvas with their two young children. Jen and Sim divide their time between Wiltshire and Dartmoor.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781844865192 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Adventure holidays Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Conway Publishing JUNE 2018 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018: Large Format Edition Wisden

The 155th edition of the most famous sports book in the world published every year since 1864 contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers every first-class game in every cricket nation, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Description *Large format edition* The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden has been published every year since 1864. Wisden 2018, the 155th edition, contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports on all Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals. Trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records make it the cricketers ' bible worldwide. In an age of snap judgments, Wisden 's authority, independence and integrity are more important than ever. A perennial bestseller in the UK. ""There can't really be any doubt about the cricket book of the year, any year: it's obviously Wisden"" Andrew Baker in the Daily Telegraph @WisdenAlmanack

About the Author This is Lawrence Booth's seventh year as Editor of Wisden, although he has contributed for many years. He is also cricket writer for the Daily Mail and author of several critically acclaimed cricket books. He is one of the most respected and well liked authorities in the modern game. @the_topspin

Price: $130.00 ISBN: 9781472953551 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 1536 pages Bic1: Cricket Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Wisden JUNE 2018 They Lost Their Heads!: What Happened to Washington's Teeth, Einstein's Brain, and Other Famous Body Parts Carlyn Beccia

A fascinating look at the dismembered misadventures of history's most famous body parts, fully illustrated in black and white and perfect for fans of Georgia Bragg's How They Croaked and How They Choked.

Description From the kidnapping of Einstein's brain to the horrifying end of Louis XIV's heart, the mysteries surrounding some of history's most famous body parts range from medical to macabre. Carlyn Beccia explores the misadventures of noteworthy body parts through history and springboards to exploring STEM topics such as forensics, DNA testing, brain science, organ donation, and cloning. The engaging tone, wonderfully creepy subject matter, and delightfully detailed art are sure to capture even the most reluctant readers. The famous people and their body parts include: Galileo Galilei / Fingers Louis XIV / Heart George Washington / Teeth Franz Joseph Hadyn / Head Beethoven / Hair Abraham Lincoln / Body Chang and Eng Bunker / Liver Phineas Gage / Skull John Wilkes Booth / Neck vertebrae Sarah Bernhardt / Leg Vincent Van Gogh / Ear Mata Hari / Head Albert Einstein / Brain Elvis Presley / Wart Thomas Edison / Last Breath Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9780802737458 About the Author Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Carlyn Beccia (pronounced Betcha) is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, and organ donor who (so far) has kept all Extent: 208 pages her body parts. Beccia's children 's books, including Who Put the B In the Ballyhoo', Raucous Royals, and I Feel Better Bic1: Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction with a Frog In My Throat, have won numerous awards including the Golden Kite Honor, the International Reading Bic2: Illustrations: Association's Children's and Young Adult Book Award, and the Cybil Award. Previous Titles: carlynbeccia.com Author now living: @carlynbeccia (Instagram)

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 Being a Princess is Very Hard Work Sarah KilBride

A bank of outdoor learning ideas to inspire primary school teachers to head outside with their pupils and enrich their learning experiences across the curriculum.

Description Although the benefits of learning outside are well documented, outdoor activities often decline as children progress through their education. There are many reasons for this: lack of time in the curriculum, lack of training, lack of teacher confidence, or simply lack of inspiration. Educating Outside contains a bank of outdoor learning ideas that can be used to enhance and enrich your classes' learning experiences across the curriculum; including in history, geography, science, maths and English.

Each lesson idea is linked to a specific programme of study and outlines required resources, links to soft skills, cross- curricular opportunities, and a broad lesson plan with suggested outcomes and photos. All the ideas take place within the school grounds themselves, which means plenty of opportunities to try out new activities without lengthy risk assessments, extra time and additional expense.

About the Author Helen Porter is Outdoor Learning Teacher at Anstey Junior School and an Outdoor Learning Consultant. She runs training courses based on the work she does. These have been endorsed by Hampshire County Council and she is working with the authority to develop more courses for them, in addition to her independent work. She is a visiting lecturer at Winchester University, speaking to their B.Ed. students about the benefits of and approaches to outside learning. She also visits schools to advise them on how to develop their outside learning.

Price: $21.99 ISBN: 9781408881934 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 We Wear Pants Katie Abey

A brilliantly funny book all about getting dressed! We Wear Pants from Katie Abey will have parents and children giggling together as they find their favourite animals wearing funny things such as pants, hats, socks and more, as they learn all about how to get dressed.

Description Pandas wearing pants? Surely not! And what about wombats wearing wellies, sloths in socks, or even giraffes wearing scarves? Whatever you do today...don't forget to get dressed! This absolutely hilarious book will have parents and children giggling together as they find their favourite animals wearing funny things. We Wear Pants invites children to choose their favourite things across 12 spreads, packed with animals wearing pants, socks, pyjamas, glasses, shoes, shirts, wellies and more. With interactive speech bubbles and hilarious shout outs. Splashing around in puddles, driving buses and even riding on roller coasters - What will you wear today?

About the Author Katie Abey is an illustrator who lives in a teeny hobbit-like house in Derbyshire with a cat, a hedgehog and a husband. Her work often features animals, and she likes using a lot of colour: this love of colour is reflected in her brightly coloured studio space and her hair, which frequently changes colour to match its surroundings. Katie' s ideas and strange sense of humour perfectly suit the field of childre' s publishing. She has also produced stationary and greeting cards, and her illustrations have graced stores such as WHSmiths, Urban Outfitters, Paperchase and Scribbler. When Katie is not drawing awkward cats and llamas she enjoys yoga, reading and referring to herself in the third person

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408898185 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Humour & jokes (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child JUNE 2018 Butterfly Wishes 3: Blue Rain's Adventure Jennifer Castle

Perfect for the Princess Ponies audience comes the third book in a commercial chapter book series featuring magical butterflies with foil and glitter effects on the cover.

Description Sisters Addie and Clara have just moved to a new house in the country, where they discover that their backyard is a gateway to the enchanted realm of magical butterflies called Wishing Wings. These special butterflies have the power to make wishes come true!

Addie and Clara are finally settling into their new neighbourhood when they meet a boy named Oliver, who seems to be having trouble making friends. Then, the butterflies that Addie and Clara helped -- Sky Dance and Shimmer Leaf -- tell them that a New Bloom butterfly named Blue Rain has just emerged and is acting grumpy and mean to everyone. Surely, it's the dark enchantment that's been cast at work . . . but just who is responsible for this? It's up to Addie and Clara to not only help Oliver and Blue Rain unite, but to also find out who's been working against the New Blooms.

About the Author Jennifer Castle is the author of many books for children and teens, including The Beginning of After, which was an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection, a Chicago Public Library's 2012 ""Best of the Best"" Book for teens list, and a 2011 ABC New Voices selection. She is also the creator and executive producer of It' s My Life, an award-winning PBS KIDS website for children aged 8 to 13. She lives with her family in Hudson Valley, NY. www.jennifercastle.com @jennifer_castle

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781681196916 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 Butterfly Wishes 4: Spring Shine Sparkles Jennifer Castle

Perfect for the Princess Ponies audience comes the fourth book in a commercial chapter book series featuring magical butterflies with foil and glitter effects on the cover

Description Sisters Addie and Clara have just moved to a new house in the country, where they discover that their backyard is a gateway to the enchanted realm of magical butterflies called Wishing Wings. These special butterflies have the power to make wishes come true! Addie is so excited when her best friend from her old hometown, Violet, visits for the weekend. She's prepared for a fun weekend, but something has Violet down and she's not feeling so great about herself. Meanwhile, a new butterfly, Spring Shine, has bloomed and is devastated that her wings have no pattern or color to them. She thinks she's already lost her magic. After Spring Shine disappears, Addie realizes that Violet needs to help Spring Shine so that both can be happy again.

About the Author Jennifer Castle is the author of many books for children and teens, including The Beginning of After, which was an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection, a Chicago Public Library's 2012 ""Best of the Best"" Book for teens list, and a 2011 ABC New Voices selection. She is also the creator and executive producer of It' s My Life, an awardwinning PBS KIDS website for children aged 8 to 13. She lives with her family in Hudson Valley, NY. www.jennifercastle.com @jennifer_castle

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781681196923 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things Carolyn Mackler

Celebrating its 15th year anniversary, Carolyn Mackler's Printz Honor book, following teen Virginia Shreves as she struggles with body image and being the ""imperfect"" member of a perfect family, returns in an updated new package

Description Fifteen-year-old ""larger-than-average"" Virginia Shreves feels like a misfit with no one to turn to. With her renowned psychologist mom, top executive dad, and overachieving older siblings to measure up to, she knows she can't compete. So she spends her days adhering to her own strict ""Fat Girl Code of Conduct,"" missing her recently moved best friend, and navigating an awkward new relationship with a boy. But then the unthinkable happens, and cracks appear in the family's seemingly perfect facade. Virginia starts to realize that maybe all this time, that instead of trying to meet others' expectations, she should just be herself. Fifteen years later, Carolyn Mackler's highly acclaimed, Printz Honor-winning story of celebrating imperfection and being who you are returns in a fresh package, with updates to make this story accessible to a brand new generation of readers.

About the Author Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (a Michael L. Printz Honor Book), Infinite in Between, Tangled, Guyaholic, Vegan Virgin Valentine, and Love and Other Four-Letter Words, as well as The Future of Us, co-written with bestselling author Jay Asher, and the middle grade novel Best Friend Next Door. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two young sons.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781681197999 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 The Rose Legacy Jessica Day George

Best-selling author Jessica Day George imagines a rich, classically-inspired new series about a girl who can communicate with horses.

Description Orphaned Anthea Cross-Thornley has been shuttled between family members her whole life. When she receives a letter from a long-lost uncle, she dares to dream that she will finally find a home. Upon her arrival she is shocked to learn that her uncle secretly breeds horses--animals that have been forbidden in their kingdom for centuries. MoalarmiAnth' stranabilisenthorsethoughand feelings, an ancient gift called The Way. Confused and terrified, Anthea is desperate to leave, but when dangers arise that put her family and her kingdom at risk, she has no choice but to embrace The Way and the exciting future adventures it will bring her. This sweeping, emotionally-resonant fantasy from beloved author Jessica Day George is perfect for fans of Princess Academy and Black Beauty

About the Author JESSICA DAY GEORGE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tuesdays at the Castle series, the Twelve Dancing Princesses series, and the Dragon Slippers trilogy. Originally from Idaho, she studied at Brigham Young University and worked as a librarian and bookseller before turning to writing full-time. She now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their three young children. www.jessicadaygeorge.com @jessdaygeorge

Price: $21.99 ISBN: 9781599906478 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 The Ring of Honor Sarah L. Thomson

For middle grade fans of National Treasure and Indiana Jones, this smart, actionpacked series continues with more enticing historical mystery and interactive puzzles. Like Alexander Hamilton, this one is non-stop!

Description Middle school geniuses Sam, Martina, and Theo arrive in New York City on a mission. They're after the third key left behind by the Founding Fathers. They've escaped the forests of Glacier National Park with the second key, but at great cost--Evangeline, their chaperone and friend, was captured by the nefarious and dangerous Gideon Arnold. Now they have to navigate New York City following clues related to Alexander Hamilton, solve (and survive) the puzzles and traps they encounter along the way, and find the third key before Gideon Arnold does. But the stakes have never been higher, and they might not all make it out alive . . . Another exciting adventure filled with clues, puzzles, and action that dives into the fascinating history behind the Founding Fathers and our country's natural wonders

About the Author Sarah L. Thomson is an award-winning author who has published more than thirty books for young readers, including the Secrets of the Seven series, Deadly Flowers, and Dragon's Egg. Sarah lives in Portland, Maine, with her daughter and her two cats. Her daughter helps with inspiration, and her cats help by lying on the piece of paper she needs most. sarahlthomson.com secretsoftheseven.com

Price: $21.99 ISBN: 9781619637351 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children's USA JUNE 2018 The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography: Second Edition Arnold Aronson

A second edition of the seminal historical and critical study of the phenomenon known as environmental theatre ' from a scenographic perspective, now updated to survey site-specific and immersive theatre since the 1980s.

Description A classic work of theatre history and criticism when first published, Arnold Aronson's formative study surveyed the phenomenon known as environmental theatre. Now updated in this richly illustrated second edition to reflect developments and practice since the 1980s, it offers readers a comprehensive study of the theatre practice which has evolved to become the dominant mode of much contemporary innovative performance. For most audiences, particularly in the Western tradition, theatre means going to a building in which seats face a stage on which actors perform a play. But there has always been a vital alternative that came to be known as environmental theatre. Whether in folk performances, street theatre, avant-garde performance, utopian architecture, Happenings, mass spectacles, or contemporary immersive theatre, the relationship of the spectator to the performance has been one in which the audience is surrounded or immersed in a shared space, in which the multiple events may be happening simultaneously, and in which the experience of theatrical space is visceral and often kinetic. This book examines the history of this phenomenon and looks at a range of contemporary practice. New chapters examine how the 'transformed spaces' of earlier work have become the interactive and immersive productions that characterize the work of companies such as Punchdrunk, dreamthinkspeak, Teatro da Vertigem, En Garde Arts, and The Industry, among others. Updated to take account of the burgeoning scholarship on the subject, The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography remains the authoritative account that illuminates present day theatre practice and its antecedents.

About the Author Arnold Aronson is a theatre historian and professor of theatre at Columbia University in New York City, USA. His publications include Ming Cho Lee: A Life in Design; The Disappearing Stage: Reflections on the 2011 Prague Price: $130.00 Quadrennial; Looking into the Abyss: Essays in Scenography; American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History; The History and ISBN: 9781474283977 Format: Hard Cover Theory of Environmental Scenography; and American Set Design. Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Theatre direction & production Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Methuen Drama JUNE 2018 Dura-Europos J. A. Baird

A study of the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, with a thematic approach which integrates the history of the site within the history of the excavations.

Description Dura-Europos is one of Syria 's most important archaeological sites. Situated on the edge of the Euphrates river, it was the subject of extensive excavations in the 1920s and 30s by teams from Yale University and the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Controlled variously by Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman powers, the site was one of impressive religious and linguistic diversity: it was home to at least nineteen sanctuaries, amongst them a Synagogue and a Christian building, and many languages, including Greek, Latin, Persian, Palmyrene, and Hebrew which were excavated on inscriptions, parchments, and graffiti. Based on the author 's work excavating at the site with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d 'Europos-Doura and extensive archival research, this book provides an overview of the site and its history, and traces the story of its investigation from archaeological discovery to contemporary destruction.

About the Author J. A. Baird is Reader in Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Her publications include The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos (2014) and Ancient Graffiti in Context (co-edited with Claire Taylor, 2011).

Price: $130.00 ISBN: 9781472522115 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Sustainable School Leadership: Portraits of Individuality Mike Bottery, Wong Ping-Man and George Ngai

Uses a novel methodological approach to investigate the challenges facing school leaders as they plan for the future.

Description We live in a complex age, with multiple challenges to the practice of educational leadership, and where there is widespread evidence of individuals wanting to retire early from leadership positions, and of fewer wishing to take up the role. This highly experienced team of cross-cultural researchers combine scholarly research with over a decade of extensive empirical research using an innovative portrait ' methodology to investigate the challenges that educational leaders on two continents currently face. The kinds of challenges described include: e the personal (e.g. being new to the job, coping with the role, approaching retirement) e the inter-personal (e.g. power relations, personal challenges with staff, parents and children) e the local (e.g. issues faced by the school in the community) e the national (e.g. government initiatives, inspection) e the global (e.g. the impact of economic forces on political and institutional management).

Sustainable School Leadership then contributes to the field of educational leadership in several ways. First, the authors bring scholarly enquiry to life by providing detailed descriptions of the challenges which individual educational leaders face in different cultures in a globalised world. Second, they show how the combined insights from individual portraits provide important and meaningful critiques of national policies and organizational functioning. Such critiques can then inform current and future leadership research by a better understanding of how links between the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of education promote or discourage school leaders ' sustainability. Finally, the authors present important cross-cultural comparisons of eastern and western approaches to educational leadership, suggesting that sustainability or a lack of it may have different roots in different cultures. Sustainable School Leadership is relevant to students on educational leadership and management courses, academics and researchers and school leaders.

Price: $150.00 ISBN: 9781350005242 About the Author Format: Hard Cover Mike Bottery is Emeritus Professor of Educational Values at the University of Hull, UK. He has published eight books on Dimensions: mm issues of educational leadership, values and sustainability, including The Challenges of Educational Leadership (2004) Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Research methods: general and Educational Leadership for a More Sustainable World (2016). Bic2: Illustrations: Wong Ping Man is Professor of Education Administration at the University of Macau, China. He was director of leadership Previous Titles: Author now living: courses at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, China, and is currently Adjunct Professor of the Education University of Hong Kong, China. He has a long list of notable journal articles. George Ngai is Assistant Professor in educational leadership the Education University of Hong Kong, China. He is a qualified headteacher, a school manager and has written a variety of articles in this area. BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Building Research Design in Education: Theoretically Informed Advanced Methods Edited by Lorna Hamilton and John Ravenscroft

An advanced examination of the building of robust research designs informed by clear theoretical and conceptual frameworks for rigorous and successful research.

Description Building Research Design in Education provides insights into the ways in which foundational knowledge of research and research processes can be applied in order to build rigorous research designs. If your research is to have meaning and value, this text will enable you to make informed choices decisions about your design, bearing in mind the complex ideas and theoretical framing needed to underpin it. Drawing on the research expertise of the contributors, this text initially introduces the foundations for differing ideas around epistemology and ontology, then splits into four parts looking at quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research approaches as well as other possibilities for research, including newer or emerging forms of research. Throughout, good research design is shown as taking many shapes with its premise always be rooted in a clear understanding of what is known and what is knowable according to the researcher 's world view, in harmony with epistemological and ontological roots. Chapters include learning activities, case examples of international research, essential reading, as well as further advanced reading suggestions, and a companion website with additional exemplars and activity resources. This book is for the advanced student who already has an insight into the basics of research and is wanting to ensure a robust approach to research construction and reflection.

About the Author Lorna Hamilton is Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK. John Ravenscroft is Deputy Head and Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Price: $160.00 ISBN: 9781350019508 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Research methods: general Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era Edited by Yannis Tzioumakis and Peter Kramer

A fascinating examination of 13 key films from one of the most highly regarded and most widely debated periods in American film history.

Description In the year 1966, six films were released with the designation Suggested for Mature Audiences ', with Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' credited with ushering in more permissive and mature content. Almost a year later, the December 8, 1967 cover of Time featured a picture from Bonnie and Clyde with the somewhat sensationalist headline: The New Cinema: Violence - Sex - Art '. Two years later, the MPAA Ratings System were put into place acknowledging the success and generational change in the film industry with younger executives and directors adopting a new approach to mainstream filmmaking. Over fifty years on, Yannis Tzioumakis and Peter Kramer 's collection on one of the most explosive eras of Hollywood history examines 13 films from this period, situating each in its historical and political context with reference to important filmmakers, stars, production trends and organisations. The Hollywood Renaissance investigates these changes in the American film industry and American culture of the mid -1960s which made the Hollywood Renaissance possible. Concluding with a look at the legacy of the Hollywood Renaissance on contemporary American cinema, the volume explores both its aftermath in the late 1970s and the arguments about the emergence of the 'New New Hollywood' with its emphasis on the production of blockbuster by an increasingly conglomerated Hollywood majors and its impact on what became known as American independent or indie cinema.

About the Author Peter Kramer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Media and American Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is the author and editor of The Silent Cinema Reader (Routledge, 2003), Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (BFI, 2014), and The New Hollywood: From Bonnie and Clyde to Star Wars (Wallflower Press, 2006). Ioannis Tzioumakis is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of Price: $195.00 four books, most recently of American Independent Cinema: An Introduction, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2017) and co-editor ISBN: 9781501337871 of four collections of essays, most recently of The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (2017). Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Film theory & criticism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Acad US JUNE 2018 Food and Animal Welfare Henry Buller and Emma Roe

Featuring a range of innovative case studies, this book provides in-depth analysis of farm animal welfare and its implications for the food industry.

Description Drawing together the latest research and a range of case studies, Henry Buller and Emma Roe guide readers on a fascinating journey through animal welfare issues from farm to fork '. Animal welfare offers a vital lens through which to explore the economies, culture and politics of food. This is the first text to provide a much-needed overview of this strongly debated area of the food industry. Buller and Roe explore how animal welfare is defined, advocated, assessed and implemented by farmers, veterinarians, distributors, and consumers. From the practicalities and limitations of establishing a basic standard of care for livestock, to the ethics of selling welfare as a product in the supermarket, this indispensable book offers empirical insights into a key aspect of the global food system: the lives, deaths, and consumption of animals which are at the core of the food chain. It is a must-read for students and scholars of animal welfare, agro-food studies and human-animal relations in disciplines such as geography, politics, anthropology, and sociology as well as animal behaviour, psychology and veterinary science.

About the Author Henry Buller is Professor of Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. Emma Roe is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Southampton, UK.

Price: $160.00 ISBN: 9780857855787 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Food & society Bic2: Sociology & anthropology Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Women and Gender in International History: Theory and Practice Karen Garner

Surveys the impact of women, gender and feminism on international history in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Description Most governments and global political organizations have been dominated by male leaders and structures that institutionalize male privilege. As Women and Gender in International History reveals, however, women have participated in and influenced the traditional concerns of international history even as they have expanded those concerns in new directions. Karen Garner provides a timely synthesis of key scholarship and establishes the influential roles that women and gender power relations have wielded in determining the course of international history. From the early-20th century onward, women have participated in state-to-state relations and decisions about when to pursue diplomacy or when to go to war to settle international conflicts. Particular women, as well as masculine and feminine gender role constructs, have also influenced the establishment and evolution of intergovernmental organizations and their political, social and economic policy making regimes and agencies. Additionally, feminists have critiqued male-dominated diplomatic establishment and intergovernmental organizations and have proposed alternative theories and practices. This text integrates women, and gender and feminist analyses, into the study of international history in order to produce a broader understanding of processes of international change during the 20th and 21st centuries.

About the Author Karen Garner is Professor of Historical Studies at SUNY Empire State College, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar and author of Precious Fire: Maud Russell and the Chinese Revolution (2003), Shaping a Global Women's Agenda: Women's NGOs and Global Governance, 1925-85 (2010) and Gender and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration (2013).

Price: $120.00 ISBN: 9781472576125 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Insider's Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing Seth Abramson

The most complete available guide to choosing and applying to creative writing schools.

Description There are so many different graduate creative writing programs out there! How do I find the right one for me'

Bringing together data from both Master 's and doctoral creative writing programs and interviews with program applicants, students, and faculty, this is a complete practical guide to choosing a graduate creative writing program and putting together a successful application.

The Insider 's Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing answers frequently asked questions on such topics as:

e Application prerequisites e Program sizes and durations e Funding e Acceptance rates e Cost of living e Program curricula and demographics e Workshopping techniques e Student-faculty ratios e Residency options e Postgraduate fellowship placement e Postgraduate job placement e Programs ' reputations and histories The book also includes comprehensive and up-to-date hard data on the hundreds of terminal-degree graduate creative writing programs available throughout the US, UK, and internationally, making this an essential read for anyone planning to pursue a low- or full-residency graduate creative writing degree.

Price: $140.00 ISBN: 9781350000414 About the Author Format: Hard Cover Seth Abramson is Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at the University of New Hampshire, USA. He Dimensions: mm is a prize-winning poet, the author of seven books, and the founder and series editor of Best American Experimental Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Language: reference & general Writing. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Many Futures of a Decision Jay Lampert

An impressive philosophical work on decisions and decision making, the implications decisions have for the future, and the articulation of a theory of future time.

Description Combining two a central topics in philosophy in the 20th Century, this book considers the ethics and impact of decision- making alongside the philosophy of time. When we make simple decisions, like the decision to wake up at 8 a.m. tomorrow, we make use of a linear model of the future. But when we make open-ended decisions, like the decision to get fitter, or more involved in politics, we presuppose a much more complex model of the future. We project a variety of virtual futures. We can carry out a decision in many different ways at once, which may converge and diverge at different points in time. Using a phenomenological approach, The Many Futures of a Decisionexplores what we learn about the structure of the future specifically from decision-making. Most theories of decision concentrate on the rationality: the evidence and value assessments that build up grounds for a rational decision. Instead, this book innovatively engages with the nature of the future as a multi-layered decisions project. Through interpretations of the theories of decision in philosophers like Husserl and Heidegger, Schmitt and Habermas, Derrida and Deleuze, along with other decision theories, Lampert develops an original theory of multiple futures.

About the Author Jay Lampert is Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, USA. His previous books include Simultaneity and Delay: A Dialectical Theory of Staggered Time (Continuum, 2012) and Deleuze and Guattari 's Philosophy of History (Continuum, 2006).

Price: $140.00 ISBN: 9781350047785 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Phenomenology & Existentialism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ David Vincent Meconi

Interspersing Augustine 's own insights with modern accounts, this book traces the phenomena of self- destruction and self-loathing from Augustine to today.

Description The Reading Augustine series presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars.

On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ explores St. Augustine of Hippo 's understanding of the nature and root of sin, described as various forms of self-loathing and self-destruction, as well as sin 's antidote, a vulnerable relationship with God. Incorporating recent thinking on self-destruction and self-loathing into his reading of Augustine, David Vincent Meconi explores why we are not only allured by sin, but will actually destroy ourselves to attain it, even when that sin will bring us no true pleasure.

About the Author David Vincent Meconi, S.J., is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, USA. His recent publications include The One Christ: St. Augustine's Theology of Deification (2013) and, as editor, The Confessions: Saint Augustine of Hippo (2012) and (co-edited with Eleonore Stump) The Cambridge Companion to Augustine(2014). He is the Editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review.

Price: $100.00 ISBN: 9781501326202 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Ethics & moral philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 The Green Light: A Self-Critique of the Ecological Movement Bernard Charbonneau

The first English translation of Bernard Charbonneau's brilliant and provocative text on the ecological movement and the philosophies and ethical concerns therein.

Description The Green Light ( Le Feu Vert ') offers an original and profound exploration of the roots of environmental philosophy and the Anthropocene. Bernard Charbonneau situates the wellspring of the ecological movement in the dialectics of Nature and Freedom, and their needful but uneasy joining against the totalizing system of technological society that threatens them both. Using this paradoxical tension as a yardstick, he probes the ways in which concepts of Nature have developed as industrialization became second nature and jeopardized the original, taken for granted until its advent. This allows Charbonneau to explain how movements and policies claiming to deal with this issue have gone wrong. A spirited critique of how the environmental movement has taken shape in relation to philosophy, politics, theology and contemporary culture, this book written in 1980 is representative of an oft-overlooked strand of French environmentalist thought, as a look back on its first decade in the public eye by a man who had originated political ecology half a century earlier.

Charbonneau can be said to have prepared the way for many current concerns within environmental thought: the tension between liberalism and ecologism in green political theory; the wider question of the compatibility of ecological imperatives with supposedly foundational freedoms under capitalism; the discussions over how to balance existing democratic structures with environmental goals; the tensions between radical and reformist strategies within green movements; the controversy over the core values of ecological politics in a world transformed by climate change and peak everything; and the proper attitude of environmental movements to institutional science. This ground-breaking work should be front and centre of the debates that he anticipated, while giving a timely perspective on the interconnected questions of nature and human freedom.

This first English translation of a work by Bernard Charbonneau provides not only a vivid account of environmental philosophy, but an introduction to this important author 's thought.

About the Author Price: $140.00 ISBN: 9781350027084 Bernard Charbonneau (1910-1996) was a French philosopher who specialised in political ecology and critiques of Format: Hard Cover technology. Today he is considered by a growing number of environmentalists as a visionary forerunner of political Dimensions: mm ecology. Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Social & political philosophy Christian Roy is a cultural historian (Ph.D. McGill 1993), an art and cinema critic, and a multilingual translator. He is an Bic2: expert on the lives and thought of both Bernard Charbonneau and Jacques Ellul. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK JUNE 2018 Predestination: A Guide for the Perplexed Jesse Couenhoven

An introduction to one of Christianity's most controversial doctrines.

Description The concept of predestination has been an essential topic in theology and philosophy since at least the time of St. Augustine. It has also long been one of the most contentious of Christian doctrines. Many theologians and laypersons have found the doctrine a source of great comfort, but many others have found it deeply worrisome. Above all, those who reject predestination have been motivated by concerns about what the doctrine implies about human free will and divine responsibility for evil. Couenhoven addresses these issues by taking up two main questions: 'what does a doctrine of predestination actually imply'', and 'why has a version of this doctrine nonetheless proved appealing to so many great theologians'' In providing answers to these queries, Couenhoven leads the reader through the thorny issues connected with the Christian understanding of predestination. He analyzes what predestination meant to St. Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Barth, and explains the different ways in which they held together belief in predestination, free will, and God's goodness. Couenhoven concludes that belief in predestination is more defensible than is widely believed.

About the Author Jesse Couenhoven is Assistant Professor of Moral Theology in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University, USA.

Price: $110.00 ISBN: 9780567629951 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 176 pages Bic1: Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches Bic2: Christian theology Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

T&T Clark JUNE 2018 The Printed and the Built: Architecture, Print Culture, and Public Debate in the Nineteenth Century Edited by Mari Hvattum and Anne Hultzsch

From penny magazines to panoramas - exploring the relationship between architecture and the printed media in the nineteenth century.

Description The Printed and the Built explores the intricate relationship between architecture and printed media in the fast-changing nineteenth century.

Publication history is a rapidly expanding scholarly field which has profoundly influenced architectural history in recent years. Yet, while groundbreaking work has been done on architecture and printing in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth century, the nineteenth century has received little attention. This is the omission that The Printed and the Built seeks to address, thus filling a significant gap in the understanding of architecture 's cultural history.

Lavishly illustrated with colourful and eclectic visual material, from panoramas to printed ephemera, adverts, penny magazines, early photography, and even crime reportage, The Printed and the Built consists of five in-depth thematic essays accompanied by 25 short pieces, each examining a particular printed form. Altogether, they illustrate how new genres communicated architecture to a mass audience, setting the stage for the modern architectural era.

About the Author Mari Hvattum is professor of architectural history and theory at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and leader of the research project The Printed and the Built: Architecture and Public Debate in Modern Europe.

Anne Hultzsch is a postdoctoral research fellow at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and a teaching fellow at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Price: $160.00 ISBN: 9781350038417 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: History of architecture Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts JUNE 2018 From Object to Experience: The New Culture of Architectural Design Harry Francis Mallgrave

The potential for the biological sciences to revolutionize the culture of architecture.

Description Harry Francis Mallgrave combines a history of ideas about architectural experience with the latest insights from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science and evolutionary biology to make a powerful argument about the nature and future of architectural design. Today, the sciences have granted us the tools to help us understand better than ever before the precise ways in which the built environment can affect the building user's individual experience. Through an understanding of these tools, architects should be able to become better designers, prioritizing the experience of space - the emotional and aesthetic responses, and the sense of homeostatic well-being, of those who will occupy any designed environment. In From Object to Experience, Mallgrave goes further, arguing that it should also be possible to build an effective new cultural ethos for architectural practice. Drawing upon a range of humanistic and biological sources, and emphasizing the far-reaching implications of new neuroscientific discoveries and models, this book brings up-to-date insights and theoretical clarity to a position that was once considered revolutionary but is fast becoming accepted in architecture.

About the Author Harry Francis Mallgrave is an architect, scholar and editor and distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. He is the author of over 15 books, the recipient of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, and is an Honorable Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Price: $160.00 ISBN: 9781350059528 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Architecture Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

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