FEBRUARY 2019 The Orchardist's Daughter Karen Viggers

A story of freedom, forgiveness and finding the strength to break free. International bestselling writer Karen Viggers returns to remote Tasmania, the setting of her most popular novel The Lightkeeper's Wife.

Description Sixteen-year-old Mikaela has grown up isolated and homeschooled on an apple orchard in southeastern Tasmania, until an unexpected event shatters her family. Eighteen months later, she and her older brother Kurt are running a small business in a timber town. Miki longs to make connections and spend more time in her beloved forest, but she is kept a virtual prisoner by Kurt, who leads a secret life of his own.

When Miki meets Leon, another outsider, things slowly begin to change. But the power to stand up for yourself must come from within. And Miki has to fight to uncover the truth of her past and discover her strength and spirit.

Set in the old-growth eucalypt forests and vast rugged mountains of southern Tasmania, The Orchardist's Daughter is an uplifting story about friendship, resilience and finding the courage to break free.

About the Author Born in Melbourne and raised in the Dandenong Ranges riding horses and writing stories, Karen went on to study veterinary science at Melbourne University before working in practice for several years. She completed a PhD in wildlife health, and since then she has worked on a wide range of Australian native animals, including kangaroos. Karen loves landscapes, wild places, people and animals. She is the author of three novels: The Stranding (2008) and the bestselling, The Lightkeeper's Wife (2011) and The Grass Castle. She lives in Canberra with her husband and two children.

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Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Small Blessings Emily Brewin

Through the unlikeliest of friendships comes a second chance.

Description 'Brewin reminds us we shouldn't take anything for granted, and that change is always possible.' KYD on Hello, Goodbye

At the thought of Petey, she looks up. Last time she saw him he was an aeroplane, arms stretched wide, head thrown back exposing his throat to the sun. But he's gone.

Rosie Larson doesn't trust people - and with good reason. Her violent ex-boyfriend, Joel, is out of jail and she's determined he won't find her or their ten-year-old son.

For Isobel Hutchins, the cost of success is beginning to prove too high. Her impressive career and comfortable lifestyle can't protect her from the news her mother is dying or the need to face her past.

When tragedy strikes, Rosie and Isobel are thrown together despite their differences. In this difficult space, they draw strength from each other and form an unlikely friendship that may just see them through.

Small Blessings is a poignant and uplifting novel of secrets, motherhood, innocence and heartache, and ultimately what we're willing to do for love.

'a powerful debut that will capture your heart...' samstillreading on Hello, Goodbye

About the Author Emily Brewin is a Melbourne-based writer and educator. Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781760632267 Format: Paperback - C format Small Blessings is her second novel. Hello, Goodbye, her first novel, was published by Allen & Unwin in June 2017. She Dimensions: 234x153mm has been awarded an Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writers' and Illustrators' Mentorship for her fiction writing, Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) and has been shortlisted for Hachette Australia's Manuscript Development Program and Varuna's Publisher Introduction Bic2: Program. Her short stories have been short listed for a number of literary awards, including the Alan Marshall Short Story Illustrations: Award, Overland's Fair Australia Prize and the Elyne Mitchell Writing Awards. Previous Titles: Author now living: East Brunswick She is currently completing an Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University. In a past life, she studied journalism and wrote for Shine, Metro and Screen Education magazines. She is currently working on her third novel. Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Small Blessings 8 copy pack Point of Sale

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Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Lawson's Bend Nicole Hurley-Moore

The stunning new romantic suspense novel from best-selling author Nicole Hurley-Moore.

Description In the hot summer of 2008, a tragic accident at the lake on the outskirts of Lawson's Bend forever scars the townsfolk. At an end-of-year celebratory campout, several students from the local high school drown and Henrietta Bolton loses her best friend, Georgie, to the murky waters. Unable to accept this as an accident, Henny runs from the small country town vowing never to come back.

Stephen Drake has never left. Instead, he's tried to settle down, working with his dad on their small farm. Stephen had dreams of a different life but after the night at the lake, nothing seemed important anymore.

Years later, Henny is forced to return to Lawson's Bend when her beloved mother dies. Henny's plan is to finalise her mother's estate, sell the house and get the hell out of town as quickly as possible. But there is Stephen...

Ever since they were kids Stephen has had a soft spot for Henny and it was he who saved her life that night amid the panic. Yet he never had the courage to tell her just how he felt. But now she's back in town, Stephen wonders if he has a second chance.

About the Author Nicole Hurley-Moore grew up in Melbourne and has travelled extensively, whilst living her life through the romance of books. Her first passion in life has always been her family, but since doing her BA Honours in Medieval Literature, she has devoted her time to writing historical romance. Nicole is a full time writer who lives in the Central Highlands of Victoria with her family, where they live in the peaceful surrounds of a semi-rural town. She is the author of the immensely popular novels McKellan's Run, Hartley's Grange, Country Roads and White Gum Creek.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781760631116 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Adult & contemporary romance Bic2: Thriller / suspense Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Castlemaine, VIC

Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 The Sisters' Song Louise Allan

Set in rural Tasmania from the 1920s to the 1990s, The Sisters' Song traces the lives of two very different sisters. One for whom giving and loving are her most natural qualities and the other who can never forgive and forget.

Description As small children, Ida loves looking after her younger sister, Nora, but when their beloved father dies in 1926, everything changes. The two young girls move in with their grandmother who is particularly encouraging of Nora's musical talent. Nora eventually follows her dream of a brilliant musical career, while Ida takes a job as a nanny and their lives become quite separate.

The two sisters are reunited when Nora's life takes an unwelcome direction and she finds herself, embittered and resentful, isolated in the Tasmanian bush with a husband and children.

Ida longs passionately for a family and when she marries Len, she hopes to soon become a mother. Over time, it becomes clear that this is never likely to happen. In Ida's eyes, it seems that Nora possesses everything in life that could possibly matter yet she values none of it.

Set in rural Tasmania over a span of seventy years, the strengths and flaws of motherhood are revealed through the mercurial relationship of these two very different sisters. The Sisters' Song speaks of dreams, children and family, all entwined with a musical thread that binds them together.

About the Author Louise Allan is a recipient of the Tina Kane Emergent Writer Award for 2018. The Sister's Song is her first novel and in manuscript it was awarded a Varuna residential fellowship in 2014 and shortlisted for the City of Fremantle-TAG Hungerford Award. When first published in 2017, The Sister's Song was acclaimed for its perception and evocation of the period and the sibling relationship.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781760529970 Louise is a former doctor with a passion for music who grew up in Tasmania but has since moved to Perth where she Format: Paperback - B format lives with her husband, four children and two dogs. Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Historical fiction Find out more about Louise at louisejallan.com Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Swanbourne, WA

Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 The Way Back Kylie Ladd

All she wanted was to escape. But why does she still feel trapped? A gripping psychological drama by the author of Mothers and Daughters and Into My Arms.

Description Charlie Johnson is 13 and in her first year of high school. She loves her family, netball and Liam, the cute guy who sits next to her in Science-but most of all she loves horses and horse-riding. Charlie's parents have leased her a horse, Tic Tac, from the local pony club, but one day they go out for a ride in the national park and only Tic Tac returns...

Four months later, long after the police and the SES have called off the search, Charlie is found wandering injured and filthy miles from where she was last seen. Her family rejoice in her return, but can anyone truly recover from what Charlie's been through? When a life has been shattered, how do you put the pieces back together?

A moving, haunting and all-too-real-novel that takes you beyond the headlines and explores a family's worst nightmare with compassion and insight.

About the Author Kylie Ladd is a novelist and freelance writer. She has published four novels: After the Fall, Last Summer, which was highly commended in the FAW Christina Stead Award for fiction, Into My Arms, chosen as one of Get Reading's '50 books you can't put down' for 2013, Mothers and Daughters and The Way Back. Kylie holds a PhD in neuropsychology and lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781760528881 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Ivanhoe, Melbourne VIC

Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Revenge: Widows 2 Lynda La Plante

Dolly, Linda, Shirley and Bella are back. And this time it's a fight to the finish. The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows.

Description Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives.

But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street.

Shocked by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead. He knows where the four women are and he wants them to pay. And he doesn't just mean getting his hands on the money.

The women can't keep running. They have to get Harry out of their lives for good. But can they outwit a criminal mastermind who won't hesitate to kill?

Especially when one of them has a plan of her own...to kill or be killed.

About the Author Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Her original script for the much- acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmy, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda has written and produced over 170 hours of international television. She is one of only three screenwriters to have been made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. www.bit.ly/LyndaLaPlanteClub or you can visit www.lyndalaplante.com for further information. You can also follow Lynda on Facebook and Twitter @LaPlanteLynda. Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781785768293 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Crime & mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

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Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 The Familiars Stacey Halls

'Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish' - Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist.

Description Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy.

Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong.

As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye?

Soon the two women's lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood's stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake.

Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other.

About the Author Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. She has always been fascinated by the Pendle witches. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and moved to London aged 21. She was media editor at the Bookseller and books editor at Stylist.co.uk, and has also written for Psychologies, the Independent and Fabulous magazine, where she now works as Deputy Chief Sub Editor. The Familiars is her first novel.

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Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 The Bad Daughter Joy Fielding

The new dark and twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author.

Description Robin Davis hasn't spoken to her family in six years. Not since it happened.

Then they're attacked; left fighting for their lives. And Robin is back.

All families have their secrets. And one of theirs may have put them all in terrible danger...

You can always trust your family...can't you?

PRAISE FOR JOY FIELDING

'Gripped me from the first to the very last page' - Tess Gerritsen

'A gripping, fast-paced psychological thriller reminiscent of Rear Window' - Booklist

'The characters pulsate with life...blows everyone else off the page' - Publishers Weekly

'A page-turning ride' - Kirkus Reviews

About the Author Joy Fielding is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Still Life, Charley's Web, Heartstopper, See Jane Run, and other acclaimed novels. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.

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Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 She's Not There Joy Fielding

A gripping novel from a queen of psychological suspense and New York Times bestselling author, Joy Fielding.

Description A gripping novel from a queen of psychological suspense and New York Times bestselling author, Joy Fielding.

'I think my real name is Samantha. I think I'm your daughter.'

When Caroline Shipley's two-year-old daughter disappeared, her whole world came crashing down.

Now, fifteen years later, Caroline receives a phone-call that could change everything.

But could this stranger really be her daughter? And what happened all those years ago to make her vanish without a trace? As Caroline pieces together the events of that ill-fated holiday, she begins to question whether the answers could lie dangerously close to home . . .

'Fielding at her finest. Readers will not be able to put it down' - Booklist

About the Author Joy Fielding is the New York Times bestselling author of Charley's Web, Heartstopper, Mad River Road, See Jane Run, and other acclaimed novels. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.

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Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 Someone is Watching Joy Fielding

Paranoia and revenge, voyeurism and obsession - The Girl on the Train meets Rear Window in this gripping novel from a queen of psychological suspense.

Description Bailey Carpenter is a smart and savvy private investigator, until a horrific attack leaves her trapped at home in her Miami high-rise apartment, crippled by paranoia. Everywhere she looks, she sees the face of her attacker. Including in the apartment directly opposite her. Where someone is watching.

A tour de force from a master of psychological suspense, Joy Fielding's devilish and gripping novel will have you holding your breath until the very end.

About the Author Joy Fielding is the New York Times bestselling author of Charley's Web, Heartstopper, Mad River Road, See Jane Run, and other acclaimed novels. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.

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Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 If We're Not Married by Thirty Anna Bell

The irresistible new romantic comedy for fans of Sophie Kinsella.

Description When Lydia breaks up with her long-term boyfriend, she flees to a villa in Spain. There she's surprised to bump into her old childhood friend, Dan. Years before the pair had made a pact: if they were still single when they turned thirty, they would get married.

Lydia and Dan's friendship now rekindled, it doesn't take long before they fall into a holiday romance. Giddily in love, the couple realise there is nothing stopping them from fulfilling their romantic pact. But how much do they really know about each other?

About the Author Anna lives in the South of France with her young family and energetic labrador. You can find our more about Anna on her website - www.annabellwrites.com or follow her on Twitter @annabell_writes.

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Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 The Wall John Lanchester

John Lanchester's long-awaited new novel - an hypnotic dystopian novel exploring the most compelling issues of our time.

Description Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this, 729 more nights.

The best thing that can happen is that he survives and gets off the Wall and never has to spend another day of his life anywhere near it. He longs for this to be over; longs to be somewhere else.

He will soon find out what Defenders do and who the Others are. Along with the rest of his squad, he will endure cold and fear day after day, night after night. But somewhere, in the dark cave of his mind, he thinks: wouldn't it be interesting if something did happen, if they came, if you had to fight for your life?

John Lanchester's thrilling, hypnotic new novel is about why the young are right to hate the old. It's about a broken world you will recognise as your own - and about what might be found when all is lost.

About the Author John Lanchester is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker. He has written four novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips, Fragrant Harbour and Capital, and three works of non-fiction: Family Romance, a memoir; and Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay, about the global financial crisis and How to Speak Money, a primer in popular economics. His books have won the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Prize, E.M Forster Award, and the Premi Llibreter, been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages.

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Faber Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 Capital John Lanchester

The bestselling, moving and hugely topical story of one street caught on the brink of the crash.

Description Pepys Road: an ordinary street in the Capital. Each house has seen its fair share of first steps and last breaths, and plenty of laughter in between. Today, through each letterbox along this ordinary street drops a card with a simple message: We Want What You Have.

At forty, Roger Yount is blessed with an expensively groomed wife, two small sons and a powerful job in the City. An annual bonus of a million might seem excessive, but with second homes and nannies to maintain, he's not sure he can get by without it. Elsewhere in the Capital, Zbigniew has come from Warsaw to indulge the super-rich in their interior decoration whims. Freddy Kano, teenage football sensation, has left a two-room shack in Senegal to follow his dream. Traffic warden Quentina has exchanged the violence of the police in Zimbabwe for the violence of the enraged middle classes. For them all, this city offers the chance of a different kind of life.

Capital is a post-crash state-of-the nation novel told with compassion and humour, featuring a cast of characters that you will be sad to leave behind.

About the Author John Lanchester is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker. He has written four novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips, Fragrant Harbour and Capital, and three works of non-fiction: Family Romance, a memoir; and Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay, about the global financial crisis and How to Speak Money, a primer in popular economics. His books have won the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Prize, E.M Forster Award, and the Premi Llibreter, been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages.

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Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 For The Good Times David Keenan

David Keenan's second novel plunges the reader into the dark night of Belfast in the 1970s: an era of military terror and sectarian violence, of occult visions and religious intensity.

Description Sammy and his three friends live in the Ardoyne, an impoverished, predominantly Catholic area of North Belfast that has become the epicentre of a country intent on cannibalising itself. They love sharp clothes, a good drink, and the songs of Perry Como - whose commitment to clean living holds up a dissonant mirror to their own attempts to rise above their circumstances. They dream of a Free State, and their methods for achieving this are uncompromising, even as they fully indulge in the spoils of war.

Keen to make a difference, the boys find themselves in the incongruous position of running a comic-book shop taken over by the IRA. Their clandestine activities belong in the x-rated pages of graphic fiction: burglary, blackmail, extortion, torture, and murder - and they become transfixed by the initiatory possibilities of free-reign criminality.

But when punk rock arrives and the hard edge of the decade starts to reveal its true paranoid colours, Sammy finds himself increasingly isolated, especially after bizarre and gruesome away days in Glasgow and London. Camaraderie and loyalty is the fuel of a terrorist cell. When those virtues prove faulty, the game is up - and Sammy's world starts to shrink as he is assaulted by terrifying visions.

For the Good Times shouts and sings with visionary depth and power. It is not just a book about the IRA, but an exploration of what it means to 'go rogue', of the heartbreak and devastation that commitment to 'the cause' can engender, of ideas of martyrdom, fatherhood, and self-sacrifice. It unpacks any dewy-eyed romance associated with the Troubles while re-visioning it as a time of psychological and spiritual intensity where the nature of day-to-day reality itself was up for grabs. And through a dizzying amalgam of modernist prose, roughhouse vernacular and hallucinatory Irish humour, it establishes David Keenan as one of our most fearless literary stylists.

About the Author Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9780571340514 David Keenan grew up in Airdrie in the late '70s and early 1980s. He is the author of England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret Format: Paperback History of the Esoteric Underworld and a senior critic on The Wire. This Is Memorial Device (2017) was his debut novel. Dimensions: 210x148mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 Run You Down Julia Dahl

The second title in Dahl's prize-winning crime series, Run You Down is a taut mystery and a brilliant exploration of the demons we inherit.

Description The second book in the Rebekah Roberts series - a taut mystery and a brilliant exploration of the demons we inherit...

Aviva Kagan was just a teenager when she left her Hasidic Jewish life in Brooklyn for a fling with a smiling college boy from Florida. A few months later she was pregnant, engaged to be married and trapped in a life she never imagined. So, shortly after the birth of her daughter she disappeared.

Twenty-three years later, the child she walked away from, NYC tabloid reporter Rebekah Roberts, wants nothing to do with her. But when a man from the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Roseville, NY contacts Rebekah about his young wife's mysterious death, she is drawn into Aviva's old world, and a hidden culture full of dangerous secrets and frustrations.

'The smart, twisty plot and suspenseful tone will grip mystery and thriller lovers until the final page.' - Library Journal

'A strong sequel ... Aviva emerges as a woman with the great strength to survive suffering on a biblical scale.' - New York Times Book Review

About the Author Julia Dahl is a journalist specializing in crime and criminal justice. Her first novel, Invisible City, was named one of the Boston Globe's Best Books of 2014, won the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards, and was a finalist for an Edgar Award and a Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her acclaimed second novel, Run You Down, was published in 2016. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 The Fountain in the Forest Tony White

Distant revolutions echo through time in this Oulipo-inspired novel about the moment when Thatcher's militia fatally wounded the British political counter-culture.

Description When a brutally murdered man is found hanging in a Covent Garden theatre, Detective Sergeant Rex King becomes obsessed with the case. But as Rex explores the crime scene further, he finds himself confronting his own secret history instead.

Moving from Holborn Police Station, to an abandoned village in rural, 1980s France, and the Battle of the Beanfield at Stonehenge, The Fountain in the Forest is both a thrilling crime mystery and a dizzyingly unique novel of unparalleled ambition.

About the Author Tony White is the author of five novels including Foxy-T and Shackleton's Man Goes South, as well as numerous short stories published in journals, exhibition catalogues, and anthologies. White was creative entrepreneur in residence in the French Department at King's College London, and has been writer in residence at London's Science Museum and the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He recently collaborated with artists Blast Theory on the libraries live-streaming project A Place Free Of Judgement, and currently chairs the board of London's award-winning arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm.

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Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 City Without Stars Tim Baker

Hundreds of murders. Multiple cover ups. One cop and one activist. Can they really bring down the narcos?

Description The epic second novel from the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger-shortlisted and Shamus-nominated author of Fever City.

Mexico - Ciudad Real is in crisis: the economy is in meltdown, a new war between rival cartels is erupting, and a serial killer is murdering hundreds of female workers.

Fuentes, the detective in charge of the investigation, suspects that most of his colleagues are on the payroll of his chief suspect, narco kingpin, El Santo. If he's going to stop the killings, he has to convince fiery union activist, Pilar, to ignore all her instincts and work with him. But in a city eclipsed by murder, madness and magic, can she really afford to trust him?

About the Author Born into a showbiz family in Sydney, Tim Baker lived in Rome and Madrid before moving to Paris, where he wrote about jazz. He later ran consular operations in France and North Africa for the Australian embassy, liaising with international authorities on cases involving murder, kidnap, terrorism and disappearances. He has worked on film projects in India, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and China and currently lives in the South of France with his wife, their son, and two rescue animals, a dog and a cat.

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Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 Freshwater Akwaeke Emezi

'Sheer perfection: sexy, sensual, spiritual, wise. One of the most dazzling debuts I've ever read.' - Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go

Description Announced September 2018: Akwaeke Emezi has been picked by the National Book Foundation as one of the five most important writers under 35 publishing in the US.

Ada was born with one foot on the other side. Having prayed her into existence, her parents Saul and Saachi struggle to deal with the volatile and contradictory spirits peopling their troubled girl.

When Ada comes of age and heads to college, the entities within her grow in power and agency. An assault leads to a crystallization of her selves: Asughara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves - now protective, now hedonistic - seize control of Ada, her life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction.

Narrated from the perspectives of the various selves within Ada, and based in the author's realities, Freshwater explores the metaphysics of identity and being. Feeling explodes through the language of this scalding novel, heralding the arrival of a fierce new literary voice.

About the Author Akwaeke Emezi is an Igbo and Tamil writer and artist based in liminal spaces. Born and raised in Nigeria, she received her MPA from New York University and was awarded a 2015 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship. She won the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Her work has been published in various literary magazines, including Granta. Freshwater is her debut novel.

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Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 February's Son Alan Parks

The second gripping Harry McCoy thriller from Alan Parks, the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir.

Description Bodies are piling up with grisly messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control of Glasgow's underworld and it seems that Cooper, McCoy's oldest gangster friend, is tangled up in it all.

Detective Harry McCoy's first day back at work couldn't have gone worse.

New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and they've brought a different kind of violence to the broken city. The law of the street is changing and now demons from McCoy's past are coming back to haunt him. But vengeance always carries a price, and it could cost McCoy more than he ever imagined.

The waters of Glasgow corruption are creeping higher, as the wealthy and dangerous play for power. And the city's killer continues his dark mission.

Can McCoy keep his head up for long enough to solve the case?

Bruised and battered from the events of Bloody January, McCoy returns for a breathless ride through the ruthless world of 1970s Glasgow.

About the Author Alan Parks has worked in the music industry for over twenty years. His debut novel Bloody January was one of the top crime debuts of 2018 and was shortlisted for the prestigious international crime prize the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. He lives and works in Glasgow.

February's Son is the second Harry McCoy thriller.

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Canongate Trade FEBRUARY 2019 February's Son 8 copy pack A&U Point of Sale

Includes 8 copies of February's Son plus free reading copy.

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Canongate Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Sal Mick Kitson

A rich, wild and heartwarming debut novel about the end of childhood, the strength of a sister's love and the power of nature to heal even the deepest wounds.

Description An Observer 'New Face of Fiction 2018'

This is a story of something like survival.

Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. And now Sal knows a lot of stuff. Like how to build a shelter and start a fire. How to estimate distances, snare rabbits and shoot an airgun. And how to protect her sister, Peppa. Because Peppa is ten, which is how old Sal was when Robert started on her.

Told in Sal's distinctive voice, and filled with the silent, dizzying beauty of rural Scotland, Sal is a disturbing, uplifting story of survival, of the kindness of strangers, and the irrepressible power of sisterly love; a love that can lead us to do extraordinary and unimaginable things.

About the Author Mick Kitson was born in South Wales, and studied English at university before launching the prolific 80s pop band The Senators with his brother Jim. He worked as a journalist for several years, then went on to become an English teacher.

Mick lives in Fife, Scotland with his wife Jill and bad-tempered dog Lucy. He has three grown-up children, and spends more time than is good for him fly-fishing for sea trout, reading, playing the banjo and growing strawberries. He also builds boats. Sal is his first novel.

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Canongate PBS FEBRUARY 2019 Suicide Blonde Darcey Steinke, introduction by Maggie Nelson

The intensely-erotic feminist cult classic. Introduced by Maggie Nelson.

Description Jesse is a twenty-nine-year-old adrift in San Francisco's demi-monde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend. She becomes caretaker and confidante to Madame Pig, a grotesque, besotted recluse. Jesse also meets Madison - Pig's daughter or lover or both - who uses others' desires for her own purposes, and who leads Jesse into a world beyond all boundaries.

As startling, original and vital as it was when first published, Suicide Blonde is an intensely erotic story of one young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey, and a modern cult classic.

About the Author Darcey Steinke is the author of five novels including Sister Golden Hair, Jesus Saves, Up Through the Water and Milk, and a memoir Easter Everywhere. Her books have been translated into ten languages.

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Canongate PBS FEBRUARY 2019 Jokes for the Gunmen Mazen Maarouf

An award-winning blast of literary brilliance from a major new voice in world literature.

Description A brilliant collection of fictions in the vein of Roald Dahl, Etgar Keret and Amy Hempel. These are stories of what the world looks like from a child's pure but sometimes vengeful or muddled perspective. These are stories of life in a war zone, life peppered by surreal mistakes, tragic accidents and painful encounters. These are stories of fantasist matadors, lost limbs and voyeuristic dwarfs. This is a collection about sex, death and the all-important skill of making life into a joke. These are unexpected stories by a very fresh voice. These stories are unforgettable.

About the Author Mazen Maarouf was born in Beirut in 1978. He is a Palestinian-Icelandic writer, poet, translator and journalist. He has published three poetry collections and two short story collections. He currently lives between Reykjavik and Beirut.

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Portobello Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Daphne Will Boast

A stunning modern myth about a woman literally under siege by her own emotions.

Description Daphne suffers from a rare medical condition; her body shuts down when she feels strong emotions. As a result she has built strong walls between herself and the world, avoiding passion, anger, disappointment and surprise. But when she meets Ollie, who seems to see through her armour, who seems to want to know the real Daphne, her carefully built defences begin to crumble.

In this gripping and tender modern myth, Will Boast explores the unexamined assumptions we make about our bodies and our relationships through the prism of a soulful contemporary love story.

About the Author Will Boast was born in England and grew up in Ireland and Wisconsin. His short story collection, Power Ballads, won the 2011 Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a finalist for a California Book Award. He is the author of Epilogue, a memoir (2014). His fiction and essays have appeared in Best New American Voices and the New York Times, among other publications. He has been a Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University and a Charles Pick Fellow at the University of East Anglia in the UK.

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Granta Paperbacks FEBRUARY 2019 Her Body And Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado

'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable.' - Roxane Gay - Demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism.

Description Shortlisted for the National Book Award Fiction Prize 2017

Shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2018

In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders between magical realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the mysterious green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague spreads across the earth. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery about a store's dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted house guest.

A dark, shimmering slice into womanhood, Her Body and Other Parties is wicked and exquisite.

'A writer of rare daring ... there's a ragged glory to the stories' formal experimentation and erotic fearlessness, and the gusto with which they reinvent horror, SF and fairytale tropes.' - Guardian

'A love letter to an obstinate genre that won't be gentrified. It's a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror ...' - New York Times

About the Author Carmen Maria Machado is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Guernica, Electric Literature, The Paris Review, AGNI, NPR, Gulf Coast, Los Angeles Review of Books, VICE, and elsewhere. Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781781259535 Format: Paperback - B format She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Dimensions: 198x129mm Michener-Copernicus Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the CINTAS Foundation, the Speculative Literature Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Short stories Foundation, the University of Iowa and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the Artist in Residence at the University of Bic2: Pennsylvania, and lives in Philadelphia with her partner. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Serpents Tail FEBRUARY 2019 Miracle Workers Simon Rich

TV tie-in to the major TV series starring Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi.

Description How can you help mankind, when they won't help themselves? Welcome to Heaven Inc, and Craig's life.

From the Sunsets Department and Geyser Regulation to the Department of Miracles, Heaven Inc has the earth covered. Unless someone is away from their desk. And these days, the CEO is kind of disillusioned.

God knows he should be keeping an eye on the bad things happening on Earth, but instead he finds himself watching the Church channels on satellite TV. His first priority is the team of angels he's asked to get Lynyrd Skynyrd back together.

Downstairs on the office floor, Eliza has been promoted from the Prayers Department to Miracles, and Craig, the only other workaholic in heaven, has to show her around. Eliza is shocked by the casual attitude of many of the angels in her new department. And she's furious when she discovers that God has never looked at, let alone answered, a single prayer.

So she storms into God's office and asks Him a question that no one has ever dared to ask before. And it might just be the end of the world.

About the Author Simon Rich is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was president of The Harvard Lampoon. Shortly after graduation he became a writer for Saturday Night Live. He worked on Inside Out for Pixar and is currently writing and producing the hit comedy Man Seeking Woman. He lives in New York City.

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Serpents Tail FEBRUARY 2019 Virtuoso Yelena Moskovich

Angela Carter meets David Lynch in an audacious novel by a writer of unique imagination.

Description For the first ten years of her life, Jana was a simple Czech girl, a watercolour. Her days were a clock run by the Czechoslovakian State Security, snapping hidden photos in their plainclothes. Much fervent artwork was created: Man Subverting Republic (Black and White), Woman Distributing (Tryptic). Man and Woman Organizing (Reprint).

Jana was a watercolour, until the raven-haired girl Zorka came. Jana, now an interpreter in Paris, hasn't seen Zorka in a decade.

Aimee is in Paris too, happily married and trying to get into her hotel room. On the other side of the door is her wife Dominique, face down on the hotel linen, one hand drooping off the side of the bed, fingers curled in, wedding ring white gold like an eye frozen mid-wink.

A body now, no longer a person.

As Aimee and Jana's stories slowly circle through time and place, they lead inexorably together...

Written with the dramatic tension of a Euripides tragedy, the dreamlike quality of a David Lynch film and the imagination of a unique talent, Yelena Moskovich's Virtuoso is an audacious, mesmerising novel of love, desire, identity and belonging.

About the Author Yelena Moskovich was born in 1984 in Ukraine (former USSR) and emigrated to the US with her family in 1991. After graduating with a degree in playwriting from Emerson College, Boston, she moved to Paris to study at the Lecoq School of Physical Theatre, and later for a Master's degree in Art, Philosophy and Aesthetics from Universite Paris 8. Her plays have been produced in the US, Vancouver, Paris, and Stockholm. She lives in Paris. Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781788160254 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Serpents Tail FEBRUARY 2019 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich

Beatrice, a solitary young jazz singer from a genteel Parisian suburb, meets a mysterious woman named Polina.

Description Beatrice, a solitary young jazz singer from a genteel Parisian suburb, meets a mysterious woman named Polina. Polina visits her at night and whispers in her ear: 'There are people who leave their bodies and their bodies go on living without them. These people are named Natasha.'

Cesar, a lonely Mexican actor working in a call centre, receives the opportunity of a lifetime: a role as a serial killer on a French TV series. But as he prepares for the audition, he starts falling in love with the psychopath he is to play.

Beatrice and Cesar are drawn deeper into a city populated with visions and warnings, taunted by the chorusing of a group of young women, trapped in a windowless room, who all share the same name ... Natasha.

A startlingly original novel that recalls the unsettling visual worlds of Cindy Sherman and David Lynch and the writing of Angela Carter and Haruki Murakami, The Natashas establishes Yelena Moskovich as one of the most exciting young writers of her generation.

About the Author Yelena Moskovich was born in 1984 in the Ukraine (former USSR) and emigrated to the US with her family in 1991. After graduating with a degree in playwriting from Emerson College, Boston, she moved to Paris to study at the Lecoq School of Physical Theatre, and later for a Masters degree in Art, Philosophy and Aesthetics from Universite Paris 8. Her plays have been produced in the US, Vancouver, Paris, and Stockholm. She lives in Paris. The Natashas is her first novel.

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Serpents Tail FEBRUARY 2019 The Lady in the Van Alan Bennett

The story of an eccentric - or perhaps two.

Description Alan Bennett is the author of Writing Home, The Madness of George III, Talking Heads, The Clothes They Stood Up In and much else besides.

Miss Shepherd lived in a Robin Reliant opposite Bennett's house in Camden Town. After a series of attacks on her van, he suggested she move, with her van, to his front drive. Initially reluctant, she agreed - and Bennett landed himself a tenancy that went on for fifteen years. The Lady in the Van is probably Alan Bennett's best-known work of non-fiction, and follows his other little blockbuster The Clothes They Stood Up In.

About the Author Alan Bennett has been one of Britain's leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van (together with the screenplay), A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George), and an adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. At the National Theatre, London, The History Boys (also a screenplay) won numerous awards including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play, an Olivier for Best New Play and the South Bank Award. On Broadway,The History Boys won five New York Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics' Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics' Award, a New York Drama League Award and six Tonys. The Habit of Art opened at the National in 2009; in 2012, People, as well as the two short plays Hymn and Cocktail Sticks, was also staged there.

His latest collection of prose, Keeping On Keeping On, was published in 2016. Of his two previous collections, Writing Home was a number one bestseller and Untold Stories won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography, 2006. Bennett's Six Poets, Hardy to Larkin, An Anthology, was published in 2014. His fiction includes The Uncommon Reader and Smut: Two Unseemly Stories.

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Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 The Lady In The Van (film tie-in) Alan Bennett

Film tie in edition of Alan Bennett's classic memoir

Description For fifteen years, the recalcitrant Miss Shepherd lived in her broken-down van on Alan Bennett's driveway in Camden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord, never under the illusion that his impulse was purely charitable.

This account of those years was first published in 1989 in the London Review of Books. The play premiered in 1999, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Dame Maggie Smith, who reprise those roles in this new film adaptation. Shot on location at Bennett's house, Alex Jennings plays the author, alongside household names including James Corden, Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent and Dominic Cooper.

About the Author Alan Bennett is the author of Untold Stories and numerous works of fiction including The Uncommon Reader. His play The History Boys was the National Theatre's most successful production ever.

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Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 The Uncommon Reader Alan Bennett

Join the Queen on her life-changing literary odyssey.

Description The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently.

Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny.

About the Author Alan Bennett's many stage and television plays and his prose collection, Writing Home, have made him one of Britain's best-loved authors. He has a huge international reputation for his plays and films which include: Habeus Corpus, Kafka's Dick, Private Function, The Madness of George III and many others - often multi-prize winning. But it is his fiction (The Clothes They Stood Up In, Father! Father! Burning Bright and The Laying on of Hands - all Profile), now translated into many languages, and appearing on bestseller lists in Europe and the US as well as in Britain, which have brought him to the widest international readership. He was Author of the Year at the 2006 British Book Awards.

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Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Quitting Plastic: Easy and practical ways to cut down the plastic in your life Clara Williams Roldan with Louise Williams

How to reduce plastic in your everyday life, starting with changes that are small and easy to make, and working up to bigger changes to your daily routine.

Description Where do you start if you want to reduce the plastic in your life? Especially when most of us are wearing it, eating and drinking from it, sitting on it, walking on it, and probably even ingesting it. Anywhere you go, plastic is within easy reach - even in Antarctica and the North Pole.

We didn't quit plastic overnight. In fact, it's still a work in progress. But along the way, we have learnt a lot - researching the issue from the grass roots up, speaking to people and finding out what works and what doesn't. We take on the tricky questions, like 'how will I wash my hair?', 'do I have to give up crackers?', 'what about my bin liner?' and 'is this going to be expensive?'

As we continue to remove throw-away plastics from our daily lives, we've discovered we're friendlier with our local communities, we're eating more healthy food, and de-cluttering happens by itself. It feels great!

About the Author CLARA WILLIAMS ROLDAN is a young policy and legislative advisor in NSW Parliament. Witnessing parliament at work has convinced Clara that lots of individual actions which may seem small at the time can drive important changes in our lives. Clara is writing with her mother, LOUISE WILLIAMS, a Walkley-award winning journalist and writer with a lifelong interest in environmental protection. Louise has served on the Waste and Recovery Strategic Reference Group of the Northern Beaches Council in Sydney and is co-founder of the Baringa Bush Community Garden. She is the author of A True Story of the Great Escape.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781760528713 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 178x138mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency Bic2: Lifestyle & personal style guides Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Quitting Plastic 10 copy pack Point of Sale

Includes 10 copies of Quitting Plastic plus free reading copy.

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Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 The Revolution of Man Phil Barker

Journalist Phil Barker unpacks the myth of the 'Man Box' and Australian masculinity.

Description BE A MAN - The big lie we tell little boys.

Most men live in 'Man Box', where they are expected to be tough, strong, stoic, silent, enduring, non-communicative - the list goes on. The Man Box and those learned qualities are the wellspring for suicide, domestic violence and will even bar men from the jobs of the future. Entertaining, moving and utterly crucial, The Revolution of Man urges men to jump out of the Man Box, reconnect with their emotions, and start living satisfying and happy lives.

About the Author With more than 25 years of experience in the media, Phil Barker has edited NW and Woman's Day magazines, and published such titles as Vogue, GQ, Delicious, InsideOut and Donna Hay. He is a consultant creative director and communications specialist and is a regular commentator on the life and style of Australian men.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781760528911 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 250 pages Bic1: Gender studies: men Bic2: Feminism & feminist theory Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Dulwich Hill, NSW

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Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Black Is the New White Nakkiah Lui

The smash-hit play, in print for the first time with a forward and notes from multitalented playwright, writer, commentator and actor Nakkiah Lui. Winner of the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting, NSW Premier's Awards

Description 'Nakkiah Lui's writing is, as always, on point: hold-your-belly funny; pumping with politics that prompts visible discomfort.' Maxine Beneba Clark, Saturday Paper

'Her writing, whether devastating or hilarious, has always shown a great deal of accessible humanity and relentless intelligence.' Guardian

'We needed a new David Williamson, someone who speaks to Australia and Australians now. We've found her in Nakkiah.' Alex Broun, playwright

'Mount Druitt's answer to Lena Dunham.' Belvoir Theatre

'If there is such a thing as a rockstar playwright, Nakkiah Lui is it.' Fran Kelly, RN

Love, politics and other things you shouldn't talk about at dinner

Charlotte Gibson is a lawyer with a brilliant career ahead of her. As her father Ray says, she could be the next female Indigenous Waleed Aly. But she has other ideas. First of all, it's Christmas. Second of all, she's in love.

The thing is, her fiance, Francis Smith, is not what her family expected - he's unemployed, he's an experimental composer... and he's white! Bringing him and his conservative parents to meet her family on their ancestral land is a bold move. Will he stand up to the scrutiny? Or will this romance descend into farce?

Love is never just black and white. It's complicated by class, politics, ambition, and too much wine over dinner. But for Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781760527341 Charlotte and Francis, it's mostly complicated by family. Secrets are revealed, prejudices outed and old rivalries get Format: Paperback - Demy format sorted through. What can't be solved through diplomacy can surely be solved by a good old-fashioned dance-off. They're Dimensions: 208x138mm just that kind of family. Extent: 200 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Performing arts: comedy Award-winning writer Nakkiah Lui shows why she is one of this country's most in-demand young voices, delivering cutting Illustrations: satire that is both seductively subversive and thoroughly delightful. Previous Titles: Author now living: About the Author Nakkiah Lui is the co-writer and star of Black Comedy, and co-host of the podcast Pretty for an Aboriginal. She has been a playwright-in-residence for Sydney's Belvoir Theatre and artist-in-residence for the Griffin Theatre. Most recently Nakkiah has appeared as a regular guest on Screen Time on ABC and her new six-part comedy series,Allen Kiki & &Kitty, Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Courage in the Skies: The untold story of Qantas, its brave men and women and their extraordinary role in World War II Jim Eames

This is the extraordinary and little known story of Qantas' significant role during World War II, particularly in its campaigns against the Japanese.

Description Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its involvement in Australia's war against the Japanese. Over sixty passengers and crew died as a result. Yet Qantas' exemplary contribution to Australia's war effort and the courage of its people in those difficult times has been forgotten.

Courage in the Skies is the remarkable story of Qantas at war and the truly heroic deeds of its crew and ground staff as the Japanese advanced towards Australia. Flying unarmed planes through war zones and at times under enemy fire, the airline supplied the front lines, evacuated the wounded and undertook surprising escapes, including carrying more than forty anxious civilians on the last aircraft to leave besieged Singapore.

Absorbing, spirited and fast-paced, above all this is a story of an extraordinary group of Australians who confronted the dark days of World War II with bravery, commitment and initiative. They just happened to be Qantas people.

'In this most readable book, Jim Eames captures the experiences of a small band of brave, professional and pioneering aircrew who confronted the dangers of war, the challenges of unforgiving oceanic and tropical weather and the uncertainty of navigation in unarmed flying boats and conventional aircraft.' - Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret'd)

About the Author Jim Eames has been involved in aviation since he began work as an aviation writer in the 1960s. He has been a ministerial press secretary and aviation adviser to governments and a senior executive with Qantas. He is the author of eight books including Taking to the Skies: Daredevils, heroes and hijackers, Australian flying stories from the Catalina to Price: $22.99 the Jumbo and The Flying Kangaroo: Great untold stories of Qantas...the heroic, the hilarious and the sometimes plain ISBN: 9781760529192 strange. Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Australasian & Pacific history Bic2: Australasian & Pacific history Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Gerringong NSW

Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 The Seventh Circle: A former Australian soldier's extraordinary story of surviving seven years in Afghanistan's most notorious prison Rob Langdon

In the tradition of Midnight Express, The Damage Done, Marching Powder and Hotel Kerobokan comes an extraordinary story of Australian resilience and survival in Afghanistan's notorious Pol-e-Charkhi prison, a place that's been described as 'the world's worst place to be a westerner'.

Description 'I was arrested on Thursday 9th July 2009. On Wednesday I'd quit my job, killed a man and set his body on fire. I was sentenced to death. I'm not a good man, but I am an honest one. This is my story.'

Rob Langdon served in the Australian Army for almost fifteen years, before becoming a security contractor working in Iraq and Afghanistan. In July 2009 Rob was protecting a convoy when he shot and killed an Afghan guard during a heated argument after the guard drew a pistol on him. Rob's claim of self-defence was dismissed by a court in Kabul that refused to hear any of his evidence or call any of his witnesses, and he was sentenced to death in a matter of minutes.

Rob's death sentence was later changed to 20 years in jail, to be served in Afghanistan's most notorious prison, Pol-e- Charkhi, described as the world's worst place to be a westerner. Rob was there for seven years, and every one of those two thousand five hundred days was an act of survival in a jail run from the inside by the Taliban and filled with some of Afghanistan's most dangerous extremists and criminals.

In 2016 Rob was pardoned and released. The Seventh Circle is his extraordinary account of what it took to stay alive and sane in almost unimaginable circumstances.

About the Author Robert Langdon grew up on Billa Kalina Station in the South Australian outback. In 1989 he joined the Australian Army where he served for 15 years before transferring to the Army Reserves. He served as a Section Commander on Operation Plumbob to the Solomon Islands in 1999 and Operation Lorosae in East Timor in 2000. Robert was awarded Price: $19.99 the Australian Active Service Medal with East Timor clasp, the Infantry Combat Badge and the United Nations Medal for ISBN: 9781760527433 Format: Paperback - B format his service overseas. Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 304 pages In 2004 he began work as a private security contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan and worked with the US Army, civilian Bic1: Autobiography: general contractors and in medical evacuations. In 2008, Robert was employed in Afghanistan by the U.S. company, The Four Bic2: Illustrations: Horsemen International. His job was to supervise security operations for the company on such tasks as guarding food Previous Titles: and supply convoys, and medical relief expeditions. Author now living: Port Augusta, SA Manly, NSW After serving seven years of a twenty year sentence in Kabul's infamous Pol-e-Charkhi prison, Rob was pardoned by the Afghan President in mid-2016 and returned to Australia. He has always maintained his innocence. Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 Growing Up Muslim in Australia: Coming of Age Edited by Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren

In this refreshing and fascinating collection, twelve Muslim-Australians - some well known, some not - reveal their candid, funny and touching stories of growing up with a dual identity.

Description Muslim people in Australia come from over seventy countries and represent a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and experiences. Yet we are constantly bombarded by media stories feeding one negative stereotype. What is it really like to grow up Muslim in Australia? In this book, famous and not-so-famous Muslim-Australians tell their stories in their own voices.

The beard, the hijab, the migrant - these are all familiar images associated with Muslim people. But delve deeper and there are many other stories: the young female boxer entering the ring for her first professional bout; a ten-year-old boy who renounces religion; a young woman struggling to reconcile her sexual identity with her faith. These honest and heartfelt stories will resonate with all readers, providing different snapshots of Muslim life in Australia, dispelling myths and stereotypes, and above all celebrating diversity, achievement, courage and determination.

With stories by Randa Abdel-Fattah, Arwa Abousamra, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Tanveer Ahmed, Ali Alizadeh, Amal Awad, Tasneem Chopra, Hazem El Masri, Bianca Elmir, Sabrina Houssami-Richardson, Alyena Mohummadally and Irfan Yusuf.

'The kind of book that will change how readers look at the world. Coloured with many shades of humour, warmth, sadness, anger, determination and honesty, it will resonate with readers from all backgrounds and beliefs.' Bookseller +Publisher

'It's hard to imagine a more varied group of young people, united only by the fact that they come from diverse Muslim backgrounds. Story after story explodes the stereotypes...' The Age

'[W]hat is particularly striking is the diversity of backgrounds among the contributions. Perhaps it is not really surprising, Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781760875077 given that Australian Muslims come from 70 different countries.' Thuy On, The Sydney Morning Herald Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 208x138mm About the Author Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction Amra Pajalic is a Melbourne-based author of Bosnian background. Her memoir Things Nobody Knows but Me will be Bic2: Memoirs published by Transit Lounge in May 2019. Memoir extracts have been published in Meet Me at the Intersection Illustrations: (Fremantle Press, 2018) and Rebellious Daughters (Venture Press, 2016). Her debut novel, The Good Daughter (Text Previous Titles: Author now living: Amra Pajalic lives in St Albans, Melbourne, VIC. Publishing, 2009), won the 2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature's Civic Choice Award, and she is also the author of a Demet Divaroren lives in Sanctuary Lakes, VIC. novel for children, Amir: Friend on Loan (Garratt Publishing, 2014). She works as a high school teacher and is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at La Trobe University. Her website is www.amrapajalic.com.

Demet Divaroren was born in Adana, Turkey, and migrated to Australia with her family when she wasA six & months U Children old. She FEBRUARY 2019 Economics in 100 Quotes Bill Price

The story of economics through 100 wonderful quotes.

Description In this world nothing can be certain, except death and taxes. -Benjamin Franklin (1789)

Benjamin Franklin's famous quip sums up how many people feel about taxes, but when it comes to economics there are various theories. A great introduction to this subject is to study and understand quotations from some of the greatest economic analysts in history, where even a short sentence can unlock a whole new viewpoint.

Economics in 100 Quotes is a compendium of thoughts from the past two millennia, brought together in the words of economists, politicians and philosophers. These are quotes that will inform, inspire and entertain. Accompanying commentary explores their meaning and reveals the life and work of the people who said them.

About the Author Bill Price is a freelance writer and seasoned traveller currently working and living in North London. As well as writing a large number of travel, history, and popular reference books, he is also a regular contributor to a wide range of international publications. His published works include Charles Darwin: Origins and Arguments, Tutankhamun: Egypt's Most Famous Pharaoh, Winston Churchill: War Leader, Landmarks of the World, Great Modern Buildings, Celtic Myths, History's Greatest Mysteries, and Unsolved Conspiracies.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781760528423 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 195x145mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Popular economics Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: UK

Crows Nest FEBRUARY 2019 The Beekeeper's Problem Solver James Tew

The Beekeeper's Problem Solver explains the causes of, and provides solutions for, 100 of the most common problems faced by bee owners.

Description Beekeeping is an enjoyable and diverse endeavour with the potential for a lifetime of growth and enjoyment for the avid beekeeper. However, as with any meaningful craft, problems can arise. The key to successful beekeeping is being equipped with the knowledge to recognise the signs of trouble and the confidence to act decisively to counteract them.

Whether you're a newcomer or an old hand, The Beekeeper's Problem Solver provides the information you need to nip problems in the bud - and, better still, avoid them in the first place. It contains 100 common problems faced by bee keepers, spelling out in clear and simple terms the underlying causes and offering practical solutions. From hive management to bee diseases and from beekeeping equipment to honey production, each key area is tackled in depth, with photographs, practical tips and useful insights.

About the Author James E. Tew has been keeping bees for over 40 years. He has a Ph.D. in entomology and is currently a consulting professor at Auburn University, where he conducts beekeeping educational programs and maintains social media systems that support the Alabama beekeeping industry. Recently retired from The Ohio State University, where he worked for 33 years as an associate professor focusing on pollination ecology and the use of honey bees and native bees as pollination agents, Jim still runs lectures and workshops for beekeepers in the US and UK, and runs the website One Tew Bee (www.onetew.com). Jim has also written numerous books, as well as articles for Bee Culture magazine.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781760111120 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders Bic2: Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Alabama, US

Crows Nest FEBRUARY 2019 Nutrition for Sport, Exercise and Performance: A practical guide for students, sports enthusiasts and professionals Edited by Regina Belski, Adrienne Forsyth and Evangeline Mantzioris

A comprehensive resource for nutrition and exercise science students which explores the fundamentals of sports nutrition.

Description Nutrition before, during and after training or a sporting event can improve the comfort, energy and performance of athletes of all levels, from elite to recreational, as well as providing long-term health benefits. Nutrition for Sport, Exercise and Performance offers a clear, practical and accessible guide to the fundamentals of sport and exercise nutrition.

The expert authors begin by explaining key principles, including understanding energy systems, exercise physiology and metabolism. They cover the basics of digestion, absorption and nutrition; examine the key macronutrients and micronutrients essential for performance; and discuss the process of dietary assessment. Part 2 goes on to explore in detail nutrition for pre- and post-training, hydration, the use of supplements and body composition, and provides guidance on developing plans for both individual athletes and teams. The final component examines specific nutrition issues and special needs, including working with elite athletes, strength-and-power athletes, young, older and disabled athletes, endurance sports, GI disturbances and rehabilitation issues. Cultural issues are also explored, including diets for vegan and vegetarian athletes, and religious perspectives and requirements.

Featuring contributions from a range of sport and exercise nutrition professionals and including practical diet plans, diagrams and the latest research and evidence throughout, this is a core reference for undergraduates, nutritionists and trainers.

About the Author Regina Belski is an Advanced Sports Dietitian and is Associate Professor of Dietetics and Course Director at Swinburne University of Technology. Adrienne Forsyth is an Advanced Sports Dietitian and Accredited Exercise Physiologist and is the Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Human Nutrition at La Trobe University. Evangeline Mantzioris is an Price: $84.99 Accredited Sports Dietitian and is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University ISBN: 9781760297497 of South Australia. They have all taught sports nutrition to nutrition and exercise students for many years. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 230x176mm Extent: 432 pages Bic1: Dietetics & nutrition Bic2: Dietetics & nutrition Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: All: Bundoora, VIC

A&U Academic FEBRUARY 2019 The Book of Knowing: Know how you think, change how you feel Gwendoline Smith

Learn to understand the way you think and you will create resilience and be able to deal with many of the unnecessary anxieties of life.

Description Written in an accessible and humorous style, this book teaches you to know what's going on in your mind and how to get your feelings under control. It'll help you adapt and feel better about your place in the world.

Psychologist Gwendoline Smith uses her broad scientific knowledge and experience to explain in clear and simple language what's going on when you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious and confused.

Originally aimed at young people, this book works for anyone because it helps you work out what is going on in your mind and how you can take control of your feelings. It's relevant whether you have a diagnosed condition or whether you are just experiencing life as too difficult right now.

Based on the school of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy this is scientific and logic-based, but also straight-forward and practical.

About the Author Gwendoline Smith B Soc Sci, M Soc Sci (hons), Dip Clin Psych is a clinical psychologist, speaker, blogger and the author of the books Depression Explained and Sharing the Load.

Price: $21.99 ISBN: 9781988547107 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Coping with anxiety & phobias Bic2: Self-help & personal development Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Freemans Bay, Auckland NZ

A&U New Zealand FEBRUARY 2019 Book of Knowing 12 copy pack Point of Sale

Includes 12 copies of The Book of Knowing plus free reading copy.

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Allen & Unwin FEBRUARY 2019 We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby

Outrageously hilarious essays from the blogger behind Bitches Gotta Eat.

Description 'The second book of essays from this frank and madly funny blogger ... A side-splitting polemicist for the most awful situations.' - Janet Maslin, The New York Times, Summer Reading Pick

'From the blogger behind Bitches Gotta Eat comes a seriocomic essay collection that will have you crying from laughter and then just crying. A boisterous medley of awkward sex, pop culture obsession and coming-of-age.' - Oprah.com

Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire.

With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., 'bitches gotta eat' blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making 'adult' budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette - she's '35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something' - detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes, sharing awkward sexual encounters, or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms - hang in there for the Costco loot - she's as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths.

About the Author Samantha Irby writes a blog called 'bitches gotta eat.'

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9780571349814 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Humour Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 We Are Never Meeting in Real Life 10 copy pack A&U Point of Sale

Includes 10 copies of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life plus free reading copy.

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Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 The Innocence of Memories Orhan Pamuk

A new and revelatory book from the bestselling author of The Museum of Innocence and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Description The Innocence of Memories is an important addition to the oeuvre of Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk. Comprised of the screenplay of the acclaimed film by Grant Gee from 2015 (by the same name), a transcript of the author and filmmaker in conversation, and captivating colour stills, it is an essential volume for understanding Pamuk's work.

Drawing on the themes from Pamuk's best-selling books, The Museum of Innocence, Istanbul and The Black Book, this book is both an accompaniment to the author's previous publications and a wonderfully revelatory exploration of Orhan Pamuk's key ideas about art, love, and memory.

About the Author Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006. He is the author of many best-selling works of fiction, including My Name is Red, which won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, A Strangeness in My Mind, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and The Red-Haired Woman, which was shortlisted for the inaugural EBRD Literature Prize. The Museum of Innocence (based on the best-selling 2008 novel of the same name) opened in Istanbul in 2012 and the documentary film, The Innocence of Memories, was released in 2015. Pamuk's work has been translated into more than sixty languages. He lives in Istanbul.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9780571338665 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 136 pages Bic1: Film theory & criticism Bic2: Films, cinema Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Film FEBRUARY 2019 Istanbul Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely

Samuel Johnson-shortlisted book about the author's love affair with his home city, Istanbul.

Description Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination.

About the Author Orhan Pamuk, is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul and Snow. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent novel, The Museum of Innocence, was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9780571218332 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 200x125mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Memoirs Bic2: Memoirs Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 Istanbul: Memories and the City - The Illustrated Edition Orhan Pamuk

A sumptuous photographic edition of Orhan Pamuk's bestselling memoir.

Description Since the publication of Istanbul: Memories of a City, Orhan Pamuk has continued to add to his collection of photographs of Istanbul. Now, he has selected a range of photographs for the illustrated edition of Istanbul, linking each new image to his memoir. This lavish selection of 450 photographs features contributions from the Turkish photographer Ara Guler, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Istanbul's characteristic photography collectors, and contains previously unpublished family photographs from the author's archives.

Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy - or huzun - that all Istanbullus share: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire. With cinematic fluidity, Pamuk moves from the lives of his glamorous, unhappy parents to the gorgeous, decrepit mansions overlooking the Bosphorus; from the dawning of his self-consciousness to the writers and painters - both Turkish and foreign - who would shape his consciousness of his city. Like Joyce's Dublin and Borges' Buenos Aires, Pamuk's Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.

About the Author Orhan Pamuk, is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul and Snow. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Museum of Innocence was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9780571330348 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 232x178mm Extent: 532 pages Bic1: Travel & holiday Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 The Hug Eoin McLaughlin, illustrated by Polly Dunbar

A picture book to fall in love with this Valentine's Day.

Description Hedgehog was feeling sad. As sad as a hedgehog can feel. So sad only one thing could help...

AND

Tortoise was feeling sad. As sad as a tortoise can feel. So sad only one thing could help...

In this clever flipbook, both a hedgehog and a tortoise are looking for a hug. They ask all the other animals they come across but for some reason no-one will hug them. Until a wise owl explains: Hedgehog is too spiky; Tortoise is too bony.

And that's when they find each other! A hug - at last!

A beautiful, heartwarming picture book with all the universal appeal of Guess How Much I Love You.

About the Author Polly Dunbar is one of the most well known illustrators working in the UK today. Polly's bestselling book, Penguin, has won numerous awards including the BookTrust Early Year's Award, the Nestle Silver Children's Book Prize, the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Polly was chosen as one of BookTrust's Ten Best illustrators. Polly is the illustrator of Shoe Baby, Pat-a-Cake Baby and two picture books written by David Almond. Polly created Tilly and Friends, a series which is now animated on CBeebies. She is also co-founder of an award-winning theatre company. Polly lives in the Waveny Valley, Suffolk with her partner and their two boys. Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9780571350605 Format: Hard Cover Eoin was born in Ireland and now lives in Peckham with his wife and their baby. When he's not hugging them, he's writing Dimensions: 125x125mm more stories. This is his debut picture book, with many more in the pipeline. Extent: 56 pages Bic1: Gift books Bic2: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Child Trade FEBRUARY 2019 'Twas the Nightcap Before Christmas Katie Blackburn

A favourite festive poem is given a brilliant tipsy twist. This is the perfect Christmas gift for harassed parents everywhere.

Description It is Christmas Eve and as usual mum and dad are knee-deep in presents that need to be wrapped. Dad suggests a sherry 'to keep us both going.' Then out comes the Baileys. And mum hits the rum. Hours of merriment and a stocking- clad tango later, they drift off to sleep - the living room in disarray, the presents unwrapped and their careful Christmas preparations in ruins. But come morning it seems a mysterious visitor has saved the day.

About the Author Katie Blackburn lives in London with her husband and young child. She is the author of Where the Wild Mums Are, Where the Wild Dads Went and Dozy Bear and the Secret of Sleep.

Sholto Walker trained and graduated as a painter in 1988 and since 1995 he has worked professionally as a full-time artist and illustrator.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780571336852 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 195x215mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Humour Bic2: Gift books Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 Where the Wild Mums Are Katie Blackburn

A charming and very funny tribute to the children's classic, to appeal to mums everywhere.

Description The day Mum didn't get dressed and went on strike, Dad called her 'a Wild Thing' and Mum said 'Cook your own dinner' and stomped off upstairs to have a bath . . .

In this hilarious, touching homage to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, a worn-out mum finds herself floating across time and space to the place where the Wild Mums are. Dazzled by her party tricks, they crown her Queen of the Wild Mums and try to entice her to join their conga . . . But Mum has just remembered who she loves best of all . . .

Lovingly illustrated by the award-winning Sholto Walker, this little book is the perfect gift for baby showers, new mums - or any mum who's ever wanted to go on strike.

About the Author Katie Blackburn lives in London with her husband and young son. This is her first book and is dedicated to all mothers, but most especially her own mum, with thanks and admiration.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780571321513 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 188x210mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Humour Bic2: Humour Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 Where the Wild Dads Went Katie Blackburn

The hilarious sequel to Where the Wild Mums Are.

Description The night Dad had a few cheeky ones after work, forgot the milk and tripped over the rubbish, Mum called him A Wild Thing and left him to it for the rest of the evening...In this hilarious, touching homage to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, a 'tired and emotional' dad finds himself drifting off to the place where the Wild Dads went. 'Now party like real men!' he said. And there was never a manliness like it.

In a riot of headbanging, air guitar and table football he finds himself at the centre of a great escape, but pretty soon he begins to miss the place he left behind...Lovingly illustrated by the award-winning Sholto Walker, this little book is the perfect gift for new dads - or any parent who's ever wanted to run away from it all.

About the Author Katie Blackburn is the author of Where the Wild Mums Are, a humorous homage to the children's bestseller Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Katie lives in London with her husband and young child. Katie has also written a picture book which helps children to fall asleep, Dozy Bear and the Secret of Sleep which has received rave reviews from C4's Three Day Nanny, Kathryn Mewes and a clinical hypnotherapist. This is her third book. Sholto Walker is based in a village near Bath. Sholto trained to be a painter, but his talent for drawing led him into illustration. He's happiest when he can take an idea and turn it into a picture. Cycling is one of Sholto's main passions and for a while he even thought of becoming a professional.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780571332113 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 195x220mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Humour Bic2: Humour Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts Chris McGreal

A devastating portrait of America's opioid painkiller epidemic - the deadliest drug crisis in US history.

Description One hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic, described by a former head of the Food and Drug Administration as 'one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine'. But as Chris McGreal reveals in American Overdose, it was an avoidable tragedy driven by bad science, corporate greed and a corrupted medical system.

In a narrative brimming with the guilty, the victims and the unlikely heroes, Chris McGreal travels from West Virginia pill mills to the corridors of Washington DC as he unravels the story of Big Pharma's hijacking of American healthcare and politics to push mass prescribing of 'heroin in a pill'.

He meets the police and FBI agents who struggled to get prosecutors to go after doctors they called 'drug dealers in white coats'; the families devastated by painkillers they thought would heal, not kill; and the physicians and scientists who took on the drug companies behind the epidemic. The result is an immensely powerful account of the terrible human cost of the crisis, and a stark warning of the consequences of a healthcare system run as a business, not a service.

About the Author Chris McGreal is a senior writer at the Guardian and former journalist for BBC. He has published several articles on the opioid epidemic in America. He has worked in Johannesburg and Jerusalem, as well as Central America, and now lives with his family in Portland, Oregon.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781783351688 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Illness & addiction: social aspects Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Guardian Books FEBRUARY 2019 The Fast Diet (The Original 5:2 Diet: Revised and Updated): New Research, New Recipes Michael Mosley & Mimi Spencer

Is it possible to eat well, most of the time and get slimmer and healthier as you do it? With The Fast Diet it is!

Description Two years on from first publication of The Fast Diet, which outlined a radical new approach to weight loss and started a worldwide health revolution, intermittent fasting and the 5:2 programme is still the diet everyone is talking about.

In this fully updated and expanded edition for 2015, Dr Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer revisit the health phenomenon of the decade. This bigger, better version of the original book will include:

New testimonials and case studies from Fast Dieters An update on new science and research presented by Dr Michael Mosley An update on Fast Diet lifestyle presented by Mimi Spencer - getting the best out of your Fast Days in practice Some new recipes plus some Fast Day Favourites - a 'best of' selection from across the Fast books New section on the psychology of dieting - mindfulness, willpower and good habits How to get the most out of incorporating HIT and exercise into your programme An all new Fast Diet planner An improved, user-friendly calorie counter

About the Author Dr Michael Mosley is a British journalist, scientist, producer and TV presenter.

Mimi Spencer is a feature writer and columnist for publications including the Mail and the Evening Standard.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781780722375 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Health & personal development Bic2: Health & personal development Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Short Books FEBRUARY 2019 The Fast Beach Diet: The Super-Fast 6-Week Programme to Get You in Shape for Summer Mimi Spencer, foreword by Dr Michael Mosley

From the author of the bestselling 5:2 Fast Diet and Fast Diet Recipe Book - Mimi Spencer presents the super- fast 6-week programme to kickstart your Fast Diet for summer.

Description Based on the original, bestselling Fast Diet, this modified approach will take you off cruise control and give your 5:2 lifestyle a summer-time turbo boost.

The Fast Beach Diet includes:

- A clear six-week plan to encourage fat loss of up to 1kg per week

- New tips and tricks to get you through your Fast Days

- Plateau-busting ideas to jumpstart the 5:2

- A brilliant new HIT exercise programme to maximise your fitness and fat loss - in just five minutes a day

- 25 new calorie-counted summer recipes, and plenty of healthy speed cooking ideas for busy days

With detailed meal plans and extra motivational support, this book will get you beach-fit for 2014. Think of it as a boot camp for the 5:2. For six weeks only.

About the Author Mimi Spencer is a journalist and author. A feature-writer and columnist for titles including the Mail, the Evening Standard, the Guardian, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Observer Food Monthly and Waitrose Food Illustrated. She is the author of Price: $17.99 101 Things To Do Before You Diet (Transworld 2010). ISBN: 9781780722245 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 176 pages Bic1: Diets & dieting Bic2: Diets & dieting Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Short Books FEBRUARY 2019 Fast Exercise: The simple secret of high intensity training-get fitter, stronger and better toned in just a few minutes a day Dr Michael Mosley with Peta Bee

From the author of the international bestselling The Fast Diet: The simple secret of High Intensity Training: how just 3 minutes a week can help you feel great and live longer.

Description Exercise is good for just about everything - you stay fitter, younger, stronger. But how should you exercise? And how much?

In this book, Michael Mosley and Peta Bee present the truth about exercise, based on cutting-edge research from the leading sports science team at Loughborough University and other studies from around the world which show that short bouts of high intensity training can be significantly more effective than prolonged periods of low-impact exercise.

It is now known that everyone responds differently to exercise. Depending on our DNA, we range from 'super- responders' (viz Olympic athletes) to 'non-responders' (ever felt that you will never get really fit, however much you try?)

In Fast Exercise, Dr Mosley (technically a 'non-responder') teams up with health journalist Peta Bee (a 'super-responder') to explain how to improve the way you exercise - whatever your fitness level. They offer practical, user-friendly advice to help you get better results in shorter time, and present a range of short workouts, so there is something which works for everyone.

About the Author Michael Mosley trained to be a doctor at the Royal Free Hospital in London, before joining the BBC, where he has been a science journalist, executive producer and, more recently, a well known television presenter. He has won numerous television awards, including an RTS (Royal Television Award) and being named Medical Journalist of the Year by the British Medical Association. He is married to a doctor and has four children.

Price: $19.99 Peta Bee is an award winning journalist who writes regularly for The Times, Daily Mail and Sunday Times. She has ISBN: 9781780721989 degrees in sports science and nutrition and is a qualified running coach. Peta won the Medical Journalists' Associations Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm freelance of the Year in 2008 and 2012 and appears regularly on television and radio. Peta has published several books Extent: 208 pages on health and fitness and lives with her family in Berkshire. Bic1: Health & personal development Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Short Books FEBRUARY 2019 Salt On Your Tongue: Women and the Sea Charlotte Runcie

A lyrical exploration of the sea, how it inspires art, music and literature and how it connects us.

Description Charlotte Runcie has always felt pulled to the sea, lured by its soothing, calming qualities but also enlivened and inspired by its salty wildness. When she loses her beloved grandmother, and becomes pregnant with her first child, she feels its pull even more intensely.

In Salt On Your Tongue Charlotte explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. This book is a walk on the beach with Turner, with Shakespeare, with the Romantic Poets and shanty- singers. It's an ode to our oceans - to the sailors who brave their treacherous waters, to the women who lost their loved ones to the waves, to the creatures that dwell in their depths, to beach trawlers, swimmers, seabirds and mermaids.

In mesmerising prose, Charlotte Runcie explores how the sea has inspired, fascinated and terrified us, and how she herself fell in love with the deep blue. Navigating through ancient Greek myths, poetry, shipwrecks and Scottish folktales, Salt On Your Tongue is about how the wild untameable waves can help us understand what it means to be human.

About the Author Charlotte Runcie is the Daily Telegraph's radio columnist and arts writer. For several years she lived and worked in Edinburgh, where she ran a folk music choir, and she now lives in the Scottish Borders. She has a secret past as a poet, having been a Foyle Young Poet of the Year with a pamphlet published by tall-lighthouse. Salt On Your Tongue is her first book.

@charlotteruncie | charlotteruncie.com

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781786891198 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 220x144mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Prose: non-fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Canongate Trade FEBRUARY 2019 A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living Luc Ferry, translated by Theo Cuffe

The international bestseller; a smart, accessible history of philosophy to inspire readers, young and old.

Description The International Bestseller

From the timeless wisdom of ancient Greece through to Christianity, the Enlightenment, existentialism and postmodernism, A Brief History of Thought brilliantly and accessibly explains the enduring teachings of philosophy - including its profound relevance in today's world as well as its essential role in achieving happiness and living a meaningful life.

This lively journey through the great thinkers challenges every one of us to learn to think for ourselves and asks us the most important question of all: how can we live better?

About the Author Luc Ferry is a philosopher, teacher and politician. His writing has been published in twenty-five countries and he has won the Prix Medicis for his essays, as well as the Prix Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was formerly the Minister for Youth and Education in France.

A Brief History of Thought has sold over 300,000 copies in France, and appeared on the bestseller list for thirty-two consecutive weeks.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781847672872 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Canongate PBS FEBRUARY 2019 Not Working: Why We Have to Stop Josh Cohen

How inactivity works - and how it can be a necessary and creative condition for a life worth living.

Description 'To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world.' Oscar Wilde

More than ever before, we live in a culture that excoriates inactivity and demonizes idleness. Work, connectivity and a constant flow of information are the cultural norms, and a permanent busyness pervades even our quietest moments. Little wonder so many of us are burning out.

In a culture that tacitly coerces us into blind activity, the art of doing nothing is disappearing. Inactivity can induce lethargy and indifference, but is also a condition of imaginative freedom and creativity. Psychoanalyst Josh Cohen explores the paradoxical pleasures of inactivity, and considers four faces of inertia - the burnout, the slob, the daydreamer and the slacker. Drawing on his personal experiences and on stories from his consulting room, while punctuating his discussions with portraits of figures associated with the different forms of inactivity - Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, Emily Dickinson and David Foster Wallace - Cohen gets to the heart of the apathy so many of us feel when faced with the demands of contemporary life, and asks how we might live a different and more fulfilled existence.

About the Author Josh Cohen is a psychoanalyst in private practice, and Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths University of London. He is the author of numerous books and articles on modern literature, psychoanalysis and cultural theory. His books include How to Read Freud (Granta, 2005) and The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark (Granta 2013). He is a regular contributor to Guardian, New Statesman and TLS.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781783782055 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x138mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Popular philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Granta FEBRUARY 2019 Granta 146 Sigrid Rausing

This issue of Granta looks at the ways we feel politically - and asks whether it's possible to feel any other way.

Description When people predicate their politics only on what they feel and can no longer be swayed by expertise, reason or facts, what results would seem the most unfeeling sort of politics. Rage, resentment, hysteria, guilt, shame, all figure highly in our conflicted times, as does the intemperate adoration of popular figures. A Pandora's box of furies has opened up. But if it's too late now to put those furies back, might anything else be done with them?

This issue of Granta looks at the ways we feel politically - and asks whether it's possible to feel any other way. Adam Phillips analyses politics in the consulting room, Roxane Gay considers 'unfeeling', Peter Pomerantsev unearths his data profile to conduct sentiment analysis, Margie Orford explores shame in South Africa, Joff Winterhart graphically imagines road rage, Pankaj Mishra reflects on bodily decadence, Josh Cohen inspects his own apathy, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor witnesses devastation, David Baddiel probes the outrage of life online. With new fiction from Olga Tokarczuk, Ben Markovits, Deborah Levy, Hanif Kureishi and new poetry from Nick Laird and Alissa Quart.

About the Author Sigrid Rausing is Editor and Publisher of Granta magazine and Publisher of Granta and Portobello Books. She is the author of History, Memory and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia: The End of a Collective Farm and Everything is Wonderful, which has been translated into four different languages.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781909889217 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 210x145mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Granta FEBRUARY 2019 Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet Yasha Levine

An explosive, revisionist history of the dark past, and darker present of the internet.

Description As the Cambridge Analytica scandal has shown, private corporations consider it their right to use our data (and by extension, us) which ever way they see fit.

Looking at the hidden origins of many internet corporations and platforms, Levine shows that this is a function, not a bug of the online experience.

Beginning as a surveillance tool developed by ARPA for the Vietnam War, the internet has become essential to our lives. Despite repeated revelations of hacks, malware, government surveillance and corporate corruption, however, few of us stop to consider that the internet was developed, from the outset, as a weapon.

Now, ever more famous Silicon Valley companies (which we are encouraged to view as neutral, even idealistic businesses) are entering into partnerships with the US government.

Clearly demonstrating how the same military objectives and control systems that drove the development of early internet technology are still at the heart of Silicon Valley (including as features of many so called 'safe' platforms like Tor or Signal) today, this revelatory and sweeping story will change the way you think about the most powerful, ubiquitous tool ever created.

About the Author Yasha Levine is a Russian-American investigative journalist and author who has written for Wired, the Baffler, and ALternet, among others. He has appeared on network television, including MSNBC, and has his work profiled by the New York Observer, Vanity Fair, and the Verge

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781785784781 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Privacy & data protection Bic2: History of engineering & technology Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do Graham Allcott

A completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling productivity guide.

Description World-leading productivity expert Graham Allcott's business bible is given a complete update for 2019.

Do you waste too much time on your phone? Scroll through Twitter or Instagram when you should be getting down to your real tasks? Is your attention easily distracted? We've got the solution: The Way of the Productivity Ninja.

In the age of information overload, traditional time management techniques simply don't cut it anymore. Using techniques including Ruthlessness, Mindfulness, Zen-like Calm and Stealth & Camouflage, this fully revised new edition of How to be a Productivity Ninja offers a fun and accessible guide to working smarter, getting more done and learning to love what you do again.

About the Author Graham Allcott is an entrepreneur, keynote business speaker and founder of Think Productive. Think Productive run public workshops throughout the UK and also run in-house workshops for staff at a diverse range of organizations, including eBay, Heineken, BT, and the Gates Foundation. He is the host of the popular business podcast, Beyond Busy. He is also the author of How to be a Study Ninja and A Practical Guide to Productivity.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781785784613 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Self-help & personal development Bic2: Time management Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 How to be a Study Ninja: Study smarter. Focus better. Achieve more. Graham Allcott

A fun, accessible and practical guide on how to get the most out of your studying and love the quest for knowledge again.

Description In the world of smartphones, instant internet access and on-demand documentaries, studying should be easier than ever. Yet all this background noise can make us unfocused and inefficient learners.

So how can you cut through the distractions and get back to productive, rewarding learning? Four little words: Think like a Ninja.

Paralysed by procrastination? Harness some Ninja Focus to get things started. Overwhelmed by exam nerves? You need some Zen-like Calm to turn those butterflies into steely focus. Surrounded by too many scrappy notes and unfinished to- do lists? Get Weapon-savvy with the latest organizational technology.

With nine Ninja techniques to learn, there is a solution here for everyone who wants to learn better- and they don't involve giving up the rest of your life.

Written by one of the world's foremost productivity experts, How to be a Study Ninja is a fun, accessible and practical guide on how to get the most out of your studying and love the quest for knowledge again.

About the Author Graham Allcott is the author of How to be a Productivity Ninja and the founder of Think Productive, one of the world's leading productivity training companies. Think Productive's diverse list of clients includes eBay, the British Library and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781785782374 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Law, citizenship & rights for the lay person Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 Messi vs Ronaldo- 2019 Updated Edition: The Greatest Rivalry Luca Caioli

A revised look at the rivalry between two of the greatest footballers of our time.

Description For years, the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona has defined top-level European football. At its heart: a personal battle - Messi vs Ronaldo.

Since they were first pitted against each other in 2007, the two men's domination of the record books has been unparalleled. Their styles, personalities and footballing allegiances continue to divide opinion but one thing is beyond doubt: this is football's greatest ever head-to-head.

In this new edition of Messi vs Ronaldo, updated to include all the action from 2017/18 and the World Cup, Luca Caioli draws on the exclusive testimonies of managers, teammates, friends and family to tell the inside story of this momentous rivalry.

About the Author Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Suarez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781785784439 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Biography: sport Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of our Most Elusive Sense Barney Shaw

An exploration of the hidden complexities of one of our most under-used and misunderstood senses.

Description Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why is it so little understood?

Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney Shaw goes in search of the hidden meanings of smells. Using plain words to describe what he finds, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, history and future of this under appreciated sense.

Journeying around boatyards, perfume shops and memories, Shaw opens your nose to the world, breaking down ""chords"" of smells into their component notes and through them revealing new ways of understanding the spaces through which we move.

An investigation into the biology, psychology and history of smell, and a search for effective ways to put into words scents that we instantly relate to, but find strangely ineffable, The Smell of Fresh Rain includes a 200-entry thesaurus of succinct descriptions of common smells.

About the Author Barney Shaw is an artist and former civil servant. He was Private Secretary to several Labour and Conservative Ministers, and went on to run government policy on, various aspects of work, unemployment and schools. This is his first book.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781785783418 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Biography: science, technology & medicine Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 More Than Happiness: Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Sceptical Age Antonia Macaro

An inspiring, critical and practical look at what we can learn from ancient wisdom.

Description Do you consider yourself stoical? Do a bit of meditation or mindfulness practice? Buddhism and Stoicism have a lot to offer modern readers seeking the good life, but they're also radical systems that ask much of their followers. In More than Happiness, Antonia Macaro delves into both philosophies, focusing on the elements that fit with our sceptical age, and those which have the potential to make the biggest impact on how we live. From accepting that some things are beyond our control, to monitoring our emotions for unhealthy reactions, to shedding attachment to material things, there is much, she argues, that we can take and much that we'd do better to leave behind.

In this synthesis of ancient wisdom, Macaro reframes the 'good life', and gets us to see the world as it really is and to question the value of the things we desire. The goal is more than happiness: living ethically and placing value on the right things in life.

About the Author Antonia Macaro is an existential psychotherapist, co-author of The Shrink and the Sage, and author of Reason, Virtue and Psychotherapy. She has many years' clinical experience in the field of addictive behaviours. Antonia has a degree in Oriental Studies and an MA in Philosophy, and was part of the UK's philosophical counselling movement from its early days.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781785784460 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Self-help & personal development Bic2: Popular philosophy Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore Peter Laws

A celebratory exploration of what our morbid tendencies can teach us about humanity, society and spirituality from the 'Sinister Minister'.

Description The Frighteners follows the quest of Peter Laws, a Baptist minister with a penchant for the macabre, to understand why so many people love things that are spooky, morbid and downright repellent. He meets vampires, hunts werewolves in Hull, talks to a man who has slept on a mortuary slab to help him deal with a diagnosis, and is chased by a chainsaw- wielding maniac through a farmhouse full of hanging bodies.

Staring into the darkness of a Transylvanian night, he asks: What is it that makes millions of people seek to be disgusted and freaked out? And, in a world that worships rationality and points an accusing finger at violent video games and gruesome films, can an interest in horror culture actually give us safe ways to confront our mortality? Might it even have power to re-enchant our jaded world?

Grab your crucifixes, pack the silver bullets, and join the Sinister Minister on his romp into our morbid curiosities.

About the Author Peter Laws is the author of crime fiction novels Purged and Unleashed (Allison & Busby, 2017) and is an ordained Baptist Minister. He writes a monthly horror movie column for the Fortean Times and hosts the popular podcast/YouTube show The Flicks That Church Forgot, exploring the deeper and sometimes spiritual themes of morbid culture. He is a regular public speaker and lives in Bedfordshire with his wife and two young children.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781785783968 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Psychology Bic2: Religion & beliefs Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Icon FEBRUARY 2019 Chasing the Sun: How the science of sunlight shapes our bodies and minds Linda Geddes

The full story of how our relationship with the sun shapes our health, productivity and mood.

Description Our ancestors constructed vast monuments like Stonehenge and Pyramids of Egypt and Central America to keep track of the sun and celebrate the annual cycle of death and rebirth.

The returning sun heralds new beginnings. Indeed, for most of mankind's history, the sun has dictated our daily patterns of eating, sleeping and activity. It has shaped our culture and belief systems. Without the sun, there would be no oxygen to breathe, no food to eat, and life on Earth never would have existed. The sun has also shaped human biology.

Bursting with original and cutting edge research, Chasing the Sun tells the full story of our long and complex relationship with the sun, from the emergence of life on earth, through to the modern day, and explores what it means to lose our connection with it. This book asks us to rethink the significance of the sun in our lives and to exploit our relationship to improve our health, sleep and productivity.

About the Author Linda Geddes is a science journalist who specialises in biology, medicine and technology. She has worked as both news editor and reporter for New Scientist magazine, and has received numerous awards for her journalism, including the Association of British Science Writers' award for Best Investigative Journalism. She is also the author of Bumpology: The Myth-Busting Pregnancy Book for Curious Parents-To-Be.

www.lindageddes.com/

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781781258323 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Biology, life sciences Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Mr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world's richest man Jonathan Conlin

Deal-maker, art collector, philanthropist - the definitive biography.

Description At his death in 1955, Calouste Gulbenkian was the richest man in the world, known as 'Mr Five Percent' for owning 5% of Middle East oil production. For half a century everyone from the Ottoman Sultans to Joseph Stalin sought his advice on oil policy, the latter rewarding him with Rembrandts from Russia's Hermitage Museum.

Today the companies that Gulbenkian created - including Shell and Total - are household names, while the international agreements he brokered still shape the fortunes of Iraq, Venezuela and other oil-producing countries across the globe. Yet Gulbenkian's secrecy has ensured that his remarkable story remained untold - until now.

Given unprecedented access to Gulbenkian's private papers, Jonathan Conlin pieces together the many lives of a powerful recluse: deal-maker and financier, but also diplomat, art collector and philanthropist, jealous husband and domineering father. This detailed account reveals the effects of Gulbenkian's restless life on those whose interests he sought to serve, as well as on the Foundation which remains his greatest legacy.

About the Author Jonathan Conlin was born in New York and studied history at Oxford University, followed by graduate work at the Courtauld Institute and Cambridge. He has taught modern British history at the University of Southampton since 2006. His books include The Nation's Mantelpiece: a history of the National Gallery, Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London and the Making of the Modern City, and a biography of Adam Smith.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781788160421 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 416 pages Bic1: Biography: business & industry Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation Rodric Braithwaite

How did we end up living in a terrifying reality of potential nuclear annihilation?

Description In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation and considers what this has done to the world.

There are few villains in this story: on both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres and politicians wrestled with potentially intolerable decisions. Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence. Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard. None of them wanted to start a nuclear war, but all of them were paranoid about what the other side might do. The danger of annihilation by accident or misjudgement has not been entirely absent since.

Rodric Braithwaite, author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy, paints a vivid and detailed portrait of this intense period in history. Its implications are terrifyingly relevant today, as ignorant and thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more.

About the Author Sir Rodric Braithwaite is a former British diplomat and author whose long Foreign Office career took him to Indonesia, Poland, Italy, America and Russia. He was British Ambassador in Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union, which he described in Across the Moscow River (2002, Yale). Rodric Braithwaite was subsequently foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister, John Major, and Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is author of Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan (Profile Books), and Moscow 1941 (Profile Books), a bestseller translated into nineteen languages.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781781257210 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 512 pages Bic1: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 Bic2: Nuclear weapons Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Nefertiti's Face: The Creation of an Icon Joyce Tyldesley

Exploring the story behind Ancient Egypt's most famous art work.

Description More than three thousand years ago a sculptor working in the royal city of Amarna carved a limestone bust of an Egyptian queen. The queen was Nefertiti, consort of the 'heretic pharaoh' Akhenaten. Plastered and painted, Nefertiti's bust depicted an extraordinarily beautiful woman. However, Akhenaten's reign was drawing to an end, and the royal family was soon to be written out of Egypt's official history. Not long after its creation the stone Nefertiti was locked in a storeroom and forgotten.

In 1912 the bust was re-discovered and transported to Germany. Initially hidden from the public view, the beautiful queen was eventually displayed in Berlin Museum. Instantly, she became an ancient world celebrity.

Egypt has yielded more than its fair share of artistic masterpieces, but no other sculpture has so successfully bridged the gap between the ancient and modern worlds. The timeless beauty of the Nefertiti bust both attracts us and sparks our imagination, but in so doing it obscures our view of the past, shifting attention not only from the other members of the Amarna court, but also from other, equally valid, representations of Nefertiti herself. In this book Joyce Tyldesley explores the creation of a cultural icon, from its ancient origins to its modern context: its discovery, its display, and its dual role as a political pawn and artistic inspiration.

About the Author Joyce Tyldesley is a Reader in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, and an Honorary Research Associate of the Manchester Museum. She is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week and Tutankhamen's Curse: The Developing History of an Egyptian King, which won the 2014 Felicia A. Holton Book Award given by the Archaeological Institute of America.

Find her on Twitter @JoyceTyldesley

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781781250518 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Scorn: The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History Matthew Parris

A totally up-to-date compendium of the sharpest, wittiest and downright rudest insults in human history.

Description 'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' - Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'You're as ugly as a salad.' - Bulgarian insult 'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' - Muhammed Ali

There's no pleasure like a perfectly-turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. Here are the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter.

Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Princess Anne, Winston Churchill, Nigel Farage, Mae West and Alastair Campbell - which form an exchange between voices down the ages - Scorn shows that abuse can be an art form. This collection includes extended literary invective as well as short verbal shin-kicks.

Encompassing literature, art, politics, showbiz, marriage, gender, nationality and religion, Matthew Parris's sublime collection is the perfect companion for the festive season, whether you're searching for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer.

About the Author Matthew Parris worked for the Foreign Office before serving as an MP. He now writes as a columnist for The Times and the Spectator, and in 2011 won the Best Columnist award at the British Press Awards. He is the author of several books, including his autobiography Chance Witness and the bestselling The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781781257302 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 420 pages Bic1: Humour Bic2: Humour Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Profile Trade FEBRUARY 2019 Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music Matthew Collin

The essential account of rave culture today.

Description Electronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after the acid house 'summer of love', it has gone from subculture to the global mainstream. Does it still have the same power to inspire?

From the pleasure palaces of Ibiza and Las Vegas to 'new frontiers' like Shanghai and Dubai, raving is now a multi- million-dollar business. But there are still hardcore believers upholding its DIY ethos - the techno idealists of Berlin and Detroit and the queer subcults of New York, the post-apartheid party people of South Africa and the outlaw techno travellers of France.

In Rave On, Matthew Collin travels the world to experience these unique scenes first-hand, talk to the key players and hear the story of how dance culture went global - and find out if its maverick spirit can survive its own success.

About the Author Matthew Collin is the author of Altered State, the definitive story of acid house and rave culture in Britain. He has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, Al Jazeera and Agence France-Presse, and as editor for i-D magazine, the Time Out website, the Big Issue and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. He has also written for many newspapers and magazines, including the Wire, Guardian, Observer, Mixmag and Mojo.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781781254233 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Rock & Pop music Bic2: Drug-induced states Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Serpents Tail FEBRUARY 2019 The Museum of Innocence Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely

Orhan Pamuk's gripping tale of forbidden love - now in paperback.

Description The Museum of Innocence - set in Istanbul between 1975 and today - tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique.

The novel depicts a panoramic view of life in Istanbul as it chronicles this long, obsessive, love affair between Kemal and Fusun; and Pamuk beautifully captures the identity crisis experienced by Istanbul's upper classes who find themselves caught between traditional and westernised ways of being.

About the Author Orhan Pamuk, is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul and Snow. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent novel, The Museum of Innocence, was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780571237029 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 199x127mm Extent: 752 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 The Black Book Orhan Pamuk

The Black Book is Orhan Pamuk's hugely acclaimed novel, published in a beautiful new paperback edition.

Description The Black Book is Orhan Pamuk's tour de force, a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirmed his reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, it is a labyrinthine novel suffused with the sights, sounds and scents of Istanbul, an unforgettable evocation of the city where East meets West, and a boldly unconventional mystery that plumbs the elusive nature of identity, fiction, interpretation and reality.

About the Author Orhan Pamuk, is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul and Snow. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent novel, The Museum of Innocence, was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780571326099 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 200x130mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 Revenge: Widows 2 Lynda La Plante

Dolly, Linda, Shirley and Bella are back. And this time it's a fight to the finish. The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows.

Description Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives.

But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street.

Shocked by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead. He knows where the four women are and he wants them to pay. And he doesn't just mean getting his hands on the money.

The women can't keep running. They have to get Harry out of their lives for good. But can they outwit a criminal mastermind who won't hesitate to kill?

Especially when one of them has a plan of her own...to kill or be killed.

About the Author Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Her original script for the much- acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmy, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda has written and produced over 170 hours of international television. She is one of only three screenwriters to have been made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. www.bit.ly/LyndaLaPlanteClub or you can visit www.lyndalaplante.com for further information. You can also follow Lynda on Facebook and Twitter @LaPlanteLynda. Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781785768286 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Thriller / suspense Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 The Familiars Stacey Halls

'Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish' - Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist.

Description Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy.

Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong.

As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye?

Soon the two women's lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood's stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake.

Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other.

About the Author Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. She has always been fascinated by the Pendle witches. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and moved to London aged 21. She was media editor at the Bookseller and books editor at Stylist.co.uk, and has also written for Psychologies, the Independent and Fabulous magazine, where she now works as Deputy Chief Sub Editor. The Familiars is her first novel.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781785766114 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 432 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Historical fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Zaffre FEBRUARY 2019 February's Son Alan Parks

The second gripping Harry McCoy thriller from Alan Parks, the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir.

Description Bodies are piling up with grisly messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control of Glasgow's underworld and it seems that Cooper, McCoy's oldest gangster friend, is tangled up in it all.

Detective Harry McCoy's first day back at work couldn't have gone worse.

New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and they've brought a different kind of violence to the broken city. The law of the street is changing and now demons from McCoy's past are coming back to haunt him. But vengeance always carries a price, and it could cost McCoy more than he ever imagined.

The waters of Glasgow corruption are creeping higher, as the wealthy and dangerous play for power. And the city's killer continues his dark mission.

Can McCoy keep his head up for long enough to solve the case?

Bruised and battered from the events of Bloody January, McCoy returns for a breathless ride through the ruthless world of 1970s Glasgow.

About the Author Alan Parks has worked in the music industry for over twenty years. His debut novel Bloody January was one of the top crime debuts of 2018 and was shortlisted for the prestigious international crime prize the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. He lives and works in Glasgow.

February's Son is the second Harry McCoy thriller.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781786891389 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Crime & mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Canongate Trade FEBRUARY 2019 The Wall John Lanchester

John Lanchester's long-awaited new novel - an hypnotic dystopian novel exploring the most compelling issues of our time.

Description Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this, 729 more nights.

The best thing that can happen is that he survives and gets off the Wall and never has to spend another day of his life anywhere near it. He longs for this to be over; longs to be somewhere else.

He will soon find out what Defenders do and who the Others are. Along with the rest of his squad, he will endure cold and fear day after day, night after night. But somewhere, in the dark cave of his mind, he thinks: wouldn't it be interesting if something did happen, if they came, if you had to fight for your life?

John Lanchester's thrilling, hypnotic new novel is about why the young are right to hate the old. It's about a broken world you will recognise as your own - and about what might be found when all is lost.

About the Author John Lanchester is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker. He has written four novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips, Fragrant Harbour and Capital, and three works of non-fiction: Family Romance, a memoir; and Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay, about the global financial crisis and How to Speak Money, a primer in popular economics. His books have won the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Prize, E.M Forster Award, and the Premi Llibreter, been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9780571298709 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 Mothers Chris Power

Mothers is a collection marked in equal measure by precision and profundity, and announces the debut of one of the most rousing voices in fiction today.

Description Mothers is peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or dead ends - characters who search without knowing what they seek.

From remote and wild Exmoor to ancient Swedish burial sites and hedonistic Mexican weddings, these stories lay bare the emotional and psychic damage of life and love in a stunning debut collection.

About the Author Chris Power lives and works in London. His 'Brief Survey of the Short Story' has appeared in the Guardian since 2007. His fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly, The Dublin Review and The White Review. Mothers is his first book.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9780571339693 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez

A generation after the height of the AIDS crisis, what is it like to be a young gay man in New York?

Description You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in your brain when you finally kiss someone you've wanted for years. Or for the intimacy and tenderness you feel as you hold the hand of a suffering friend.

A generation after the height of the AIDS crisis, what is it like to be a young gay man in New York? How many words are there now for the different kinds of pain, the different kinds of love?

Matthew Lopez's The Inheritance premiered in two parts at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in March 2018. The play transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre, London, in September 2018.

About the Author Matthew Lopez is the author of The Whipping Man (Luna Stage Company, Manhattan Theatre Club), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Manhattan Class Company, Geffen Playhouse), Somewhere (The Old Globe, Hartford Stage), Reverberation (Hartford Stage Company), and Zoey's Perfect Wedding (Denver Center for the Performing Arts). In London, he was represented in Headlong Theatre's 9/11 Decade anthology with his short play The Sentinels.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9780571352364 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Plays FEBRUARY 2019 Salt Selina Thompson

'Plain-talking and very funny, then poetic and spiritual. Salt is a rare thing, a show with conceptual heft and a big heart.' - Financial Times

Description Where our real home might be is tricky to say. In a way that is the point. Some people say that it is the body, but I think the body is more of a channel that leads us home. Ultimate reality is our home. It is here and now.

In 2016, two artists embarked a cargo ship and retraced a route of the Transatlantic Slave Triangle - Europe, Africa, the Caribbean - all the while contemplating the notion of home. Both real and imagined, it was a journey to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, propelled by questions and grief; a journey backwards in order to go forwards, a diaspora.

This show is what they brought back.

Selina Thompson's Salt premiered at Southbank Centre in July 2017, and went on to tour in the UK, Australia, Canada and Brazil.

Winner of The Stage Edinburgh Award, The Total Theatre Award for Experimentation, Innovation and Playing with Form, and The Filipa Bragança Award. Shortlisted for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.

About the Author Selina Thompson is an artist and performer based in Leeds. Her work is playful, participatory and intimate, focused on the politics of identity, and how this defines our bodies, lives and environments.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9780571352265 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Plays FEBRUARY 2019 To Have to Shoot Irishmen Lizzie Nunnery

Inspired by true events, this absorbing play weaves movement and folk song into a stirring tale of militarism, corruption and the power of rebellion.

Description Could peace come after? After what? Who will we be?

Easter morning, 1916. Gunshots ring out in the Dublin streets. In her suburban sitting-room Hanna prepares for revolution. Frank walks through the crowds calling for peace, while John recalls the trenches and sees a city soaked in blood. Eighteen-year-old William fearfully reports to the barracks for duty, determined to serve the British army with honour.

Inspired by true events, this absorbing play weaves movement and folk song into a stirring tale of militarism, corruption and the power of rebellion.

Lizzie Nunnery's To Have to Shoot Irishmen premiered at the Omnibus Theatre, London, in October 2018, the first date in an Almanac Arts UK tour.

About the Author Lizzie Nunnery is an English playwright and singer-songwriter. She has written extensively for BBC radio and is also a poet and prose writer. Her original feature film With Love is in development with Blue Horizon Productions.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9780571352289 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Plays FEBRUARY 2019 .819361938 T. S. Eliot

The eighth volume in the acclaimed series of selected letters from T. S. Eliot.

Description Eliot is called upon to become the completely public man. He gives talks, lectures, readings and broadcasts, and even school prize-day addresses. As editor and publisher, his work is unrelenting, commissioning works ranging from Michael Roberts's The Modern Mind to Elizabeth Bowen's anthology The Faber Book of Modern Stories. Other letters reveal Eliot's delight in close friends such as John Hayward, Virginia Woolf and Polly Tandy, and his colleagues Geoffrey Faber and Frank Morley, as well as his growing troupe of godchildren - to whom he despatches many of the verses that will ultimately be gathered up in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939).

The volume covers his separation from first wife Vivien, and tells the full story of the decision taken by her brother, following the best available medical advice, to commit her to an asylum - after she had been found wandering in the streets of London. All the while these numerous strands of correspondence are being played out, Eliot struggles to find the time to compose his second play, The Family Reunion (1939), which is finally completed in 1938.

About the Author Valerie Eliot edited T. S. Eliot: The Waste Land, a Facsimile & Transcript of the Original Drafts (1971) and The Letters of T. S. Eliot. She died in 2012.

John Haffenden is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. His publications include a biography of the American poet John Berryman; editions of the works of William Empson including the Complete Poems (2000); and an award-winning two-volume biography of Empson (2005, 2006).

Price: $110.00 ISBN: 9780571316380 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 1168 pages Bic1: Biography: literary Bic2: Diaries, letters & journals Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2019 Letter to Louis: A Celebration of a Different Life Alison White

This is a memoir about a mother's love for her son, Louis. It is addressed to him. It combines the spare prose of a Drabble novel with the emotional impact of The Last Act of Love.

Description This is a memoir about hope - hope in others, hope in systems, and hope for the future.

I've never quite known where to begin when someone asks me what I've been up to. I've never quite known how to explain what our daily life is like. I wanted to write how it is in order to give others a greater understanding of disability and caring. And to be totally honest, I wanted to write something that would make people consider being Louis's friend.

So here is me introducing you: Louis, this is your story. Readers, this is my son.

About the Author Alison White grew up in Sheffield, studied in Leeds and moved to Glasgow, where she set up her own landscape architecture business. In 1996 Alison's first child, Louis, was delivered by emergency caesarean section at thirty-two weeks' gestation. He suffered severe brain damage, and has cerebral palsy and learning difficulties.

In 2003 Alison left Scotland to live in remote South West Wales with her husband, Greg, and their three children, Louis, Natasha and Jack, where they still live today. There they built a house to meet Louis's needs and were able to allow their two younger children to run wild.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9780571335640 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Memoirs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Faber Paperback FEBRUARY 2019 Island on the Edge of the World: The Story of St Kilda Charles MacLean, Margaret Buchanan

A classic work of social history and a moving account of the destruction of a remote Scottish community.

Description For more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in the nineteenth century the islands were discovered by missionaries, do-gooders and tourists, who brought with them money, disease and despotism. In 1930, the few remaining islanders were evacuated, no longer able to support themselves.

An exploration of the life and death of the remote Hebridean society, Island on the Edge of the World is a moving account of human endeavour.

About the Author Charles Maclean was born in 1946 and has had a diverse and international writing career. He is the author of a number of award-wining books on Scotch whisky and has also written novels and non-fiction books on the culture and landscape of Scotland. He is a consultant to the whisky industry and sits on the judging panel of the International Wine & Spirit Competition. Island on the Edge of the World was Maclean's first book and has become recognised as a classic work of social history.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781786896100 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Social & cultural history Bic2: Natural history Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

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