Oneworld New Books Publications July–December 2013 Highlights

Fiction | 4 Fiction | 12 Fiction | 14

HIstory | 18 Popular Psychology | 20 Politics | 22

History | 24 Popular Psychology | 34 Popular Science | 42 Contents

Contents

Fiction New 2 Recently Published 9 Backlist 16

Non-fiction New 18 New in Paperback 46 Recently Published 49 Select Backlist 62

Beginner’s Guides New 57 Complete List 60

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The Illusion Of Separateness Simon Van Booy

A luminous story of the way one man’s brief act of mercy during World War II changes the lives of a group of strangers, and how they each eventually discover the astonishing truth of their connection

“So evocative and original your The Illusion of Separateness centres around one simple act breath literally catches in your of courage on the battlefield in the heart of France during World War II, the implications of which reverberate through chest.” Andre Dubus III, author of the future generations of two very different men. House of Sand and Fog “Van Booy is a writer whose work In this gripping and emotional story, inspired by true I will forever eagerly read.” events, characters discover that at their darkest moments they are not alone, as every human being is a link in a chain Robert Olen Butler, author of the we cannot see. The same world moves beneath each of Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good them, so that one by one, through seemingly random acts Scent from a Strange Mountain of selflessness and mercy, a veil is lifted to reveal the vital “The story snaps together parts they have played in each other’s lives, and thus the illusion of their separateness. beautifully... brilliant.” Library Journal

Simon Van Booy was born in London and grew UK 25 Jul 2013 up in rural Wales and Oxford. He has won the Frank Hardback O’Connor International Short Story Award and the £12.99 Demy (216mm×135mm) H.R. Hays Poetry Award, and his journalism has 224pp appeared in magazines and newspapers including ISBN: 978-1-78074-324-0 the New York Times, the Daily Telegraph, and the eISBN: 978-1-78074-325-7 Guardian. He currently lives in New York City. John Bray fell silently through the night sky, his body less than it ever was, his life a collage devoid of single meaning. The impact was so intense that John mistook his panic for death itself. Smoke and freezing air filled the cabin. The B-24 nosed into a dive. He formed a ladder with the syllables of his wife’s name. Each syllable a rung closer to her, but further from God. A moment before jumping, John realized his leg was on fire and then a sudden freeze and darkness meant he had made it. He tore at the harness, no time to count, he pulled at everything. The navigator lived long enough to release his parachute, then fell without moving, a ring of stars in each eye. The others were captured or died from their injuries soon after landing. As the canopy spread and swung wildly, John feared for an instant that he was still attached to the aircraft. Then he looked around and saw nothing. He gripped the straps until his hands went numb. Breathing was quick and his lungs bled with cold. One of his feet was badly injured. A dense throb, as though his heart had fallen into his boot. He was still saying the word Harriet long after he’d forgotten he was doing it. Shaken loose from the association of memory, it was an awkward sound with no meaning. He knew the enemy would find wings, the fuselage, bits of wire, a tail section, small fires. He might never see Harriet again. They were married but had not yet lived together as man and wife. He might never see the diner where he grew up, or the street upon which he had played baseball and ridden his bicycle. He might never see the dog, or pet it on his way upstairs. Isabel finds the postcard of Amsterdam on Thursday evening, at her favourite junk store, across from the food carts on Hawthorne. It is a photograph of tall houses on a canal, each painted a different colour, pressed together and tilted slightly, like a line of people, arm in arm, peering tentatively into the water. The picture has a Technicolor glow, the colours hovering over the scene rather than inhabiting it. She turns the postcard over, expecting nothing – an antique white space never utilized – like others on the rack, bought decades ago on long-forgotten vacations, and never mailed. But Amsterdam had been stamped; Amsterdam had been posted. The postmark is dated 14 Sept 1965 and there is a message, carefully inscribed:

Dear L— Fell asleep in a park. Started to rain. Woke up with my hat full of leaves. You are all I see when I open or close a book. Yours, M

Isabel stands before the rotating metal rack for a long time, holding the postcard, rereading the message, imagining the young man (it must have been a young man) whose small, precise handwriting stretches across the allotted space perfectly. She imagines the young woman (Miss L. Bertram, 2580 N. Ivanhoe St., Portland, Ore) who received the post- card, and how much she must have read between those few lines, how much she must have longed for him to say more. Isabel turns back to the image of Amsterdam, wondering if the houses on the canal still stand, or if they have suc- cumbed to time and damp. Amsterdam is one of those low-lying cities, she thinks, remembering a New Yorker article about melting icecaps. She searches the rack for more of Amsterdam and the correspondence between M and L, but finds none. She buys the postcard and leaves with it tucked deep in her coat pocket. New Fiction 7

Glaciers Alexis M. Smith

The beautifully told story of a day in the life of Isabel, a twenty-something from Portland, Oregon, that has all the hallmarks of a cult favourite

Isabel lives in Portland, Oregon and works in a library, “A delicate debut novel... that repairing damaged books. She longs to visit the reveals in short, memory-soaked destinations revealed in their pages. Her daydreams are postcards of prose a day in the peopled by memories from her Alaskan childhood, the glaciers that are being lost. Meanwhile, she’s just the tiniest life of twenty-something library bit lonely and lovelorn. The object of her affection, a soldier worker Isabel.” Elle recently returned from Afghanistan who also works in the “Glaciers, Alexis M. Smith’s basement of the library, seems equally quiet and so perhaps brilliant debut novel, is filled it’s no surprise that their contact has been limited to only snatched moments. with kaleidoscopic pleasures... Line by line, in and out of But today is the day that will all change. Isabel is determined time, this is a haunted, joyful, to finally open up to him, to find the perfect vintage dress beautiful book – a true gift.” for this evening’s party, and to invite him along. But, of Karen Russell, author of course, life rarely happens as we plan it. Swamplandia!

UK & ROW 4 Jul 2013 Alexis M. Smith grew up in Soldotna, Alaska. She Paperback attended Mount Holyoke College, Portland State £8.99 University, and Goddard College, where she earned B Format (184mm×125mm) an MFA in Creative Writing. Her writing has appeared 176pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-322-6 in Tarpaulin Sky and on Powells.com. She lives in eISBN: 978-1-78074-323-3 Portland, Oregon. 8 Fiction New

Revolution Street Amir Cheheltan

1980s Tehran. A young woman is loved by two men. Despite their differences, the two share one thing in common: they are both torturers in the city’s prisons

Fattah is a backstreet surgeon specializing in hymen repair – though it was working as an executioner in the notorious Evin prison that made him rich. When a beautiful young girl, Shahrzad, lands on his operating table, he becomes dangerously infatuated. Undeterred that she is already promised by her family to another man, he sets out to win her by any means. Robbed of his bride, the jilted and fanatical fiancé attempts to use the regime’s apparatus to win her back, a mission that takes him deep into Tehran’s underworld of criminals and provocateurs.

Uncensored and unflinching, Amir Cheheltan’s firebrand tale of power, corruption, and love, set against the roiling aftermath of the Islamic Revolution, opens an unforgettable trilogy of novels about everyday lives in contemporary Tehran.

Amir Cheheltan has published numerous UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 novels and volumes of short stories in Iran, which USA & CAN 10 Sep 2013 have all undergone a number of restrictions and Paperback £10.99/$14.95 re-publications due to censorship. He currently Demy (216mm×135mm) supervises the literature workshop of the Karnameh 192pp Culture Centre in Tehran. ISBN: 978-1-85168-984-2 eISBN: 978-1-78074-224-3 Recently Published Fiction 9

Beacons Stories for Our Not So Distant Future Edited by Gregory Norminton

An incredible collection of stories for our shared planet from the likes of Joanne Harris, Toby Litt, and Liz Jensen

A riveting and provocative collection of short fiction, Beacons throws down the gauntlet to award-winning writers, challenging them to devise original responses to the climate crisis. From Joanne Harris’ cautionary tale of a world where “outside” has become a thing of the past, to Nick Hayes’ graphic depiction of the primeval bond between man and nature, each story thrills the senses as it attempts to make sense of a world warping into something unfamiliar. Original, eclectic, and inventive, Beacons warns and inspires by offering stories that are as various as our possible futures.

All author royalties will go to the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.

UK & ROW 7 Mar 2013 Gregory Norminton is a novelist, actor, playwright, and USA & CAN 13 Aug 2013 environmental activist. His short stories and dramatizations have been Paperback broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and all four of his novels have been published £8.99/$14.95 by Sceptre. B Format (198mm×129mm) 256pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-969-9 eISBN: 978-1-78074-236-6 10 Fiction Recently Published

Magnificent Joe James Wheatley

One of the most exciting debuts of 2013, set in the North of England where childhood friendships last longer than they should, redemption comes at a high price, and a man called Joe is about to change everything

Selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program 2013

“Taut, tense, and tragic... Living in a former pit village in the North of England, Joe’s a triumphant debut.” learning difficulties have left him isolated, his only contact with the community playing the back-end of the horse in Ben Myers, author of Pig Iron the local panto. Until Jim, another of life’s outsiders for a “Strong and spare... witty and whole different set of reasons, comes home. So begins an utterly convincing.” unlikely friendship. Jim and Joe offer one another loyalty Jane Rogers, author of The and camaraderie, simple but magnificent qualities that give Jim that most elusive thing – hope – as he rebuilds his Testament of Jessie Lamb life. But when rumours of an unthinkable crime get out of control, Jim’s loyalty is put to the test, with heartbreaking consequences.

Funny, bittersweet, and unforgettable, Magnificent Joeis a tale of devastation, loss, and the redemptive power of one extraordinary friendship.

James Wheatley was born in the North of England UK & ROW 21 Mar 2013 and has worked as a roofer, a labourer, a financial USA & CAN 9 Apr 2013 and business risk analyst, and a market researcher. Paperback with flaps £12.99/$14.95 He currently lives in Yorkshire, England, where he Demy (216mm×135mm) divides his time between writing and playing guitar. 288pp Magnificent Joe is his first novel. ISBN: 978-1-85168-966-8 eISBN: 978-1-78074-119-2 Recently Published Fiction 11

Telling the Bees Peggy Hesketh

“A beautifully imagined novel of friendship and unspoken love, of the far-reaching consequences of words left unspoken, and the power of truth both to wound and to heal. A marvel.” Elizabeth George

Young Albert Honig spends much of his time in solitude, “An engrossing and his daily routine shaped by the almost mystical attention unputdownable read.” he quietly lavishes on his bees. Into his tightly repressed New Internationalist existence bursts a brash young neighbour, whose vivacity and boldness begin to transform his life. Yet years pass by, “Wonderful! The voice is so feelings are repressed, opportunities missed. masterfully done, the mysteries of life and death so compellingly Until one day – led by a trail of bees – Albert discovers her evoked.” Karen Joy Fowler, author body and is plunged back into his memories, where he must finally confront the lies and secrets that led to their of The Jane Austen Book Club estrangement. In doing so he unearths the truth of Claire’s “A thoughtful, compelling story murder – a question not so much of who but why. of loss and regret and the unforseeable consequences that come when the truth is finally revealed.” Gail Tsukiyama, author of The Samurai’s Garden

UK & ROW 4 Apr 2013 Peggy Hesketh is a journalist and author. Her Paperback with flaps short story A Madness of Two was selected by £12.99 Elizabeth George for inclusion in her anthology Two Demy (216mm×135mm) of the Deadliest. Peggy currently teaches writing and 320pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-987-3 rhetoric at the University of California. eISBN: 978-1-78074-218-2 The moment Mala comes inside, I worry about being seen in so much light. I worry she will notice at once a change too gradual for me or Abhi to detect. “Is everything ready upstairs?” Mala asks, pushing off her snowy sneakers, sole to heel. “It’s ready,” I whisper. The house, sensing the cold, starts up the heating system. White noise, I think. Good, this will help them sleep. I follow mother and daughter up the stairs, keeping my face close to Shivani’s lying on her mother’s shoulder, cheek pushed up until the eye is just lashes. Abhi, who has gotten into his boots and coat to help with the luggage, pauses at the door. He waits until I make it to the top. Sachin arrives in behind him, holding Vivek. Sachin greets Abhi in Gujarati. His voice is much too loud. He sits down on the stairs with Vivek still on his shoulder. He bites each glove’s fingertip to pull his hand free, then begins unlacing a boot. When he drops it next to Mala’s sneakers, the snow scatters over the floor and door- mat. Vivek shifts and mewls. He squints into the light, and my hand leaps to the switches, hoping to salvage his sleep. Sa- chin gets to work on the second boot. I hurry down the stairs, thinking I should maybe take Vivek myself. Abhi arrives at the door, a bag in each hand held off the ground, his frail shoulders sloping. He is just in time to see me fall. Recently Published Fiction 13

The Abundance Amit Majmudar

From the author of the critically acclaimed Partitions, a bittersweet novel that explores the heart of family life, the immigrant experience, and bridging gulfs between generations

From the author of Partitions

Mala and Ronak are adults now. They’ve married, begun “Beautifully written and deeply their own families, and moved away from the suffocating moving.” world of their first-generation parents. But when their Kirkus Reviews mother tells them she’s been diagnosed with terminal cancer, the focus of their world returns to her home, and in “Heartbreakingly lovely.” the case of Mala, her kitchen. Having never shown an interest Booklist in the lovingly-made food they eat at every gathering, she becomes determined to learn the recipes her mother learned “A moving story of motherhood at her own mother’s knee. As they cook together, passing the across cultural divides.” skills from one generation to the next, Mala and her mother Publishers Weekly are finally able to confront the great divisions of their lives, “Written with grace, compassion, the secrets, lies, and quiet failings. But when Ronak comes up with a plan to memorialise his mother, the hard-won peace and restraint.” Neel Mukherjee, between them all will be tested to its limits. author of A Life Apart

UK & ROW 2 May 2013 Amit Majmudar has been published in the New Paperback Yorker, the Atlantic, and Best American Poetry 2011. His £8.99 second collection of poetry was awarded the Donald B Format (198mm×129mm) Justice Prize for 2011 – and Partitions, his debut novel, 272pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-268-7 also published by Oneworld, received international eISBN: 978-1-78074-269-4 critical acclaim. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio. 14 Fiction Recently Published

Beneath the Darkening Sky Majok Tulba

When Majok Tulba was nine, rebel soldiers attacked his village, taking all children taller than an AK47 to become soldiers. Majok was an inch too short. This novel tells the story of a boy an inch taller

“It does what great literature On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by can, which is to make something the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older beautiful out of terror and truth.” brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the Anna Funder soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror – a “Majok Tulba’s powerful novel child soldier. Marched through minefields and forced resonates long after the into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence in camp, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save last page.” Alice Pung and which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down. “A brilliant novel that will not be easily forgotten.” Beneath the Darkening Sky is a terrifyingly powerful, The Weekend Australian brilliantly insightful portrait of how a human being copes when forced to become inhuman. Like all great fiction, it imagines the unimaginable, and announces the arrival of a searing new voice from the heart of Africa.

Majok Tulba fled war-torn South Sudan as a UK & ROW 6 JUn 2013 sixteen-year-old, and now lives in Sydney with his Paperback wife and children. He was awarded a NSW Premier’s £11.99 Demy (216mm×135mm) Literary Centre Fellowship, is CEO of the charity 256pp LifeCare Sudan, and has had a film as a finalist at ISBN: 978-1-78074-241-0 Tropfest. eISBN: 978-1-78074-242-7 Recently Published Fiction 15

What the River Washed Away Muriel Macleod

Inspired by real-life events, Muriel Macleod has penned the remarkable and uncompromising story of one child’s refusal to accept her fate

A missing child, a buried tin of coins, and a terrible secret – these lie at the heart of Muriel Macleod’s powerful first novel set deep in Louisiana’s back country, where lawlessness still reigns and the voodoo curses and charms of the old ways hold sway. Here eight-year-old Arletta lives with her family in an isolated shack in the woods. Sometimes she sees the white men walking down the track to her home, and knows to hide, but sometimes she sees them too late. Until one day she finds the strength to fight back, with instant ferocity. The men don’t return. But when years later she hears that another girl has been attacked, and past meets present, Arletta is compelled to act, plotting a terrible revenge that will make its mark on history.

UK & ROW 6 Jun 2013 Muriel Macleod was born and brought up in the USA & CAN 13 Aug 2013 Western Isles of Scotland. She graduated in Fine Art and Paperback with flaps is a distinguished artist and animation film producer. £11.99/$14.95 For nine years she was Director of the British Fulbright Demy (216mm×135mm) 288pp Scholars Association, has served as editor of the BFSA ISBN: 978-1-78074-234-2 magazine, and for over twenty years illustrated eISBN: 978-1-78074-235-9 articles for the Times Educational Supplement. 16 Fiction Backlist

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“A deeply moving, wonderfully written first novel.” The Times “A distinctive and talented new voice... A Cupboard Full of Coats is a debut to be celebrated and savoured.” Five stars. New Internationalist

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“Incredibly engaging, filled with vitality and passion… a truly impressive read.” Daily Mail “Truly fearless writing... culturally rich and completely engrossing.” Barbara Kingsolver

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“Provocative, emotional, and strangely comforting. Highly recommended.” Publishers Weekly “Brave, mesmerising and strangely beautiful.” New Internationalist “Engagingly beautiful.” Bookbag

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“Amit Majmudar’s exceptional debut brilliantly captures India at its most turbulent, in a dazzling narrative.” Daily Mail “Magnificent... written with piercing beauty, alive with moral passion and sorrowful insight – a rueful masterpiece.” Kirkus Reviews 978-1-85168-843-2 978-1-85168-728-2

“Writing in the spirit of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker but in a style all his own... an undeniable success.” New York Times “As lyrical as it is hypnotic.” The Independent

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“A rising star of Iranian literature, Zoya Pirzad transcends the everyday with her luminous writing.” Elle “A grand, panoramic family saga... Pirzad writes with wit and precision, deftly evoking the daily routines and rhythms of a city on the cusp of revolutionary changes.” New Internationalist 978-1-85168-967-5 18 Credit: Jason Wingrove “A read.” great “A taleoftheft, seduction, Thunderbolt andHisLady Thunderbolt Sydney MorningHerald onAn Marie Claire onCaptain non-Fiction | History/ style withafineeyeforthe and political intrigue… and politicalintrigue… The story Irresistible Temptation political andpersonal, ofthe is toldinapunchy, accessible incarceration, escape, corruption, characters... Compelling.” complex motivations, both Praise forCarol Baxter

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You Can Beat Your Brain David McRaney

A hilarious exploration of how we can overcome our irrationality

From the author of You Are Not So Smart: Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself

Praise for You Are Not So Smart Do you think that you are much smarter than average? Do you know why you fell for your partner? Do you think that, “Simply wonderful.” Richard as a member of a jury, you’d be impartial? You are probably Wiseman, author of :59 Seconds wrong. Every second, your brain is misevaluating and “Fascinating!” Alex Boese, author misjudging, responding to evolved rules that no longer of Elephants on Acid apply. And it’s time to fight back!

“Want to get smarter? Read this In the follow-up to the bestselling sensation You Are Not book.” David Eagleman, neuro- So Smart, David McRaney once again delves into the assorted scientist and author of Incognito ways we mislead ourselves, but more than that, he helps us to overcome our quirks and think more effectively. From con- “A much-needed field guide serving willpower to using money to buy happiness, You to the limits of our so-called Can Beat Your Brain is a pocket-sized primer informed by the consciousness.” William latest studies in psychology and packed with wry humour Poundstone, author of Are You and astonishing facts. You’ll discover why tall people earn Smart Enough to Work at Google? more money, why a rickety bridge is a good place for a first date, and how to avoid irrational beliefs and self-delusion.

David McRaney is a journalist, new media UK & ROW 3 OCT 2013 guru, and self-described psychology nerd. He is Paperback the author of the international bestseller, You £8.99 B Format (198mm×129mm) Are Not So Smart. Twice-recipient of the William 304pp Randolph Hearst Award, he runs the popular blog ISBN: 978-1-78074-315-8 youarenotsosmart.com. eISBN: 978-1-78074-316-5 You can beat your brain... but first you need to know your brain:

“Your brain lies to you. It is involved in a vast and far-reaching personal conspiracy to keep you from uncovering the facts about who you really are, how capable you tend to be, and how confident you deserve to feel. That undeserved confidence alters your behaviour and creates a giant, easily opened back door through which con-artists, magicians, public relations employees, advertising execs, pseudoscientists, and a whole array of others can waltz through. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can beat your brain.” – David McRaney They have cost billions of pounds of your money and damaged countless lives. Discover the truth behind the worst government blunders, including:

The personal pensions scandal The private pensions that were promoted by the Tories but frequently mis-sold, leaving their holders worse off. The result? Billions in compensation and pensioners in poverty. NHS Connecting for Health The much maligned national IT system that was eventually cancelled after years of delays and up to £50 billion of public money wasted. Private Finance Initiatives The New Labour invention that took debt off government books but led to unenforceable contracts, spiralling costs, and wasted billions in lawyers’ fees. The most blunder-prone government of all? Learn how the coalition government is making all the same mistakes again, from university finance to the NHS reforms. New Politics | non-Fiction 23

The Blunders of Our Governments Anthony King and Ivor Crewe

A ground-breaking look at three decades of outrageous government mishaps – the must-read politics book of 2013

Blunder, n. A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or care­ lessness. There are a handful that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome, but the list is longer than most of us realize – and it’s growing. With unrivalled po- litical savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished po­litical scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is particularly prone to cock-ups.

Groupthink, cultural disconnect, constantly rotating ministers and weak Parliament all contribute to wasted billions and illogical policy. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. Informed by decades of research and dozens of insider interviews with politicians and senior civil servants, this razor sharp diagnosis of flawed govern­ment and spirited prescription for more effective policy make this required (and entertaining) reading for every UK citizen.

UK & ROW 19 Sep 2013 Anthony King is Millennium Hardback Professor of Government at the £20.00 University of Essex. He has written Royal (234mm×156mm) for the Daily Telegraph, the Daily 416pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-266-3 Mail, the Observer and the Financial eISBN: 978-1-78074-267-0 Times. Sir Ivor Crewe is Master of University College, Oxford. It was a day of omens. On 9 November 1918, dawn broke over the Château Neubois with an air of foreboding. Within hours its inhabitant, Kaiser Wilhelm II, had abdicated, and would soon be staring out the window as his silver train jolted him into exile in the Netherlands. In less than forty-eight hours, the First World War would end in armistice. When he heard the news, a twenty-nine-year-old German soldier recovering from a mustard gas attack suffered a relapse of his temporary blindness. That night he encountered the supernatural, and brokered a deal with God: in return for his sight he vowed to dedicate his life to politics. Adolf Hitler kept his vow, and exactly twenty years later, on 9 November 1938, the sound of breaking glass announced the Nazi terror of Kristallnacht. But the young soldier was not the only one to experience visions of a new world. In New York City, a middle-aged spinster hurried to her gloomy basement office at Columbia University. Grey clouds scudded overhead and rain threatened. A spectacular future beckoned to the forty-nine- year old schoolteacher. She would dedicate the rest of her life to healing the wounds opened by the Kaiser’s global war. Within the hour she would invent one of history’s most startling and evocative symbols. New History | non-Fiction 25

The Poppy A History of Conflict, Loss, Remembrance, and Redemption Nicholas Saunders

A renowned archaeologist of the First World War’s trenches unravels the origins of an icon – and its meaning to us all

Where the earth is churned, poppies grow. In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of World War I, the poppy – sprouting across the killing fields of France and Belgium, then immortalized in John McCrae’s powerful poem – be- came a symbol of loss, remembrance, and redemption. Yet the poppy has been intricately entwined in human conflict, suffering, and spiritual cleansing for millennia. From ancient Egyptian contests over prized dream-potions to the morphine addicts of the American Civil War, to the British entanglements in the Opium Wars with China and the struggle today to quash Afghanistan’s tribal narcotics trade, there is the poppy.

Now, Nicholas Saunders shares the definitive history of this ever-enduring symbolic flower – a story that is at turns tragic, provocative, eye-opening, and, most essentially, uplifting.

UK & ROW 19 Sep 2013 Nicholas Saunders is the world’s leading authority Hardback on the anthropology and archaeology of the First World £20.00 War. His exhibition of trench art was the centrepiece Royal (234mm×156mm) of the “In Flanders Fields” Museum in Ypres, Belgium. 288pp; 16pp colour plates ISBN: 978-1-85168-705-3 The author of more than twenty books and dozens of eISBN: 978-1-78074-185-7 academic monographs, he has appeared in numerous documentaries for the BBC and National Geographic. 26 non-Fiction | Politics/Health New

NHS SOS How the NHS Was Betrayed – and How We Can Save It Edited by Raymond Tallis and Jacky Davis

Foreword by Ken Loach

An exposé of the back-door deals, deceit, and negligence that threaten to destroy the NHS – and a ten-step manifesto for saving it

Praise for Raymond Tallis In March 2012 the Coalition Government passed into law the most devastating assault on the NHS in its history. Doctors, “A brilliant man who puts his unions, the media, even politicians who claimed to be stal- literary talents at the service of wart defenders, failed to protect it from stealth privatization truth and humanity.” and dismemberment. This summer these reforms will begin Sunday Telegraph to be felt by patients – just as the NHS marks its sixty fifth anniversary. This explosive polemic reveals how the NHS is being butchered – and how we can save this beloved na- tional treasure while we still have the chance.

Contributors include Oliver Huitson (Open Democracy), Dr John Lister (London Health Emergency), Dr Clive Peedell (National Health Action party), Stewart Player (The Plot against the NHS), Allyson Pollock (Queen Mary, University of London), Dr David Price, Dr Charles West (Lib-Dem candidate), and Dr David Wrigley (BMA GP committee).

Acclaimed author of Hippocratic Oaths Dr Raymond Tallis was UK & ROW 5 JUl 2013 for many years Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Paperback Manchester. He frequently contributes to The Times. Dr Jacky Davis £8.99 B Format (198mm×129mm) is a consultant radiologist at Whittington Hospital, London and member 256pp of the British Medical Association council. She is also co-founder of ISBN: 978-1-78074-328-8 Keep Our NHS Public. Ken Loach’s new documentary The Spirit of ’45 eISBN: 978-1-78074-329-5 celebrates the creation of Britain’s welfare state. The inside story of how politicians, the medical establishment, and their protectors in the media butchered the NHS:

>> The doctors and other players who secretly negotiated with Andrew Lansley, then Shadow Health Secretary, over NHS reforms – and how some benefitted financially by jumping to support the bill and forming their own private companies >> The massive multinational health “management” organizations – most headquartered in the US – who lobbied hard, inviting Department of Health staff to attend seminars and junkets, with an eye at securing the UK health care market >> How thousands of members of the British Medical Association and other “democratic” bodies were ignored in favour of “working with” the reformers >> The betrayal of key Labour and Lib-Dem politicians – out of confusion, inattention, and sometimes opportunism, using the NHS as a “kitemark” for privatizing other sectors >> How the impending destruction of the NHS is good for big business but terrible for patients. Some will die, others will suffer unnecessarily, still others will suffer financial hardship

And a programme of actions that patients and doctors can take to save the NHS that they have come to depend on. Victories: the British won the majority of battles in America The British were never totally defeated: they conquered every American city during the conflict and still held key strongholds during the peace negotiations – and needn’t have conceded such favourable terms Protectors of the empire: the men who lost America were also the men who saved Canada, India, Gibraltar, and the British Caribbean

“Reveals the talents as well as the human foibles of a rich cast of intriguing characters. O’Shaughnessy gives the American revolutionaries exactly what their story has so long needed: worthy adversaries who fought hard and well.” Alan Taylor, Bancroft and Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of The Civil War of 1812 New History | non-Fiction 29

The Men Who Lost America British Command during the Revolutionary War and the Preservation of the Empire Andrew O’Shaughnessy

A leading British expert debunks the myth of British incompetence during the American Revolution, revealing a unique history of the Empire’s most stunning loss

In 1781 the British Empire suffered its most humiliating “A fresh and compelling view of defeat in a war they should have won. Blame has a critical aspect of the struggle traditionally been cast at the feet of incompetent British that changed the world. This military commanders and political leaders whose arrogant confidence and outdated tactics were no match for the is a great book.” Jon Meacham, innovative and determined Americans. But this is far from Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the truth. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men, including King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, “Scrupulously researched and and General Burgoyne, Andrew O’Shaughnessy demolishes superbly written.” Senator Gary the stubborn myths, emerging with a very different and Hart, author of Restoration of much richer account of the conflict – one driven by able, the Republic: The Jeffersonian even brilliant leadership. Ideal in 21st-Century America

UK & ROW 4 Jul 2013 British by birth, Andrew O’Shaughnessy is the Hardback Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International £25.00 Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, the leading Royal (234mm×156mm) centre of revolutionary studies in the US, and 576pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-246-5 Professor of History at the University of Virginia. eISBN: 978-1-78074-247-2 He is the author of An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean. 30 non-Fiction | Popular Psychology New

Freud on the Couch A Critical Introduction to the Father of Psychoanalysis Beverley Clack

A major new introduction to one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers

“Thoughtful, creative and well Freud’s status as one of the most pre-eminent thinkers of written. Clack has the ability the 20th century means we tend to assume we know what he said rather than truly engaging with his ideas. Here, to sum up complex ideas in a Beverley Clack reveals a more complex Freud – a Freud succinct and readable manner.” unencumbered by the mistranslations, clichés and miscon- Alistair Ross, Director of Studies ceptions that commonly surround his work today. in Psychodynamic Studies and Psychology, Oxford University Casting new light on a man often unfairly derided as ob- sessed with sex and rigid theory, Clack argues that Freud was as concerned with the “death drive” as the “sex drive” and that his fierce critique of religion masked a fascination with spiritual, existential, and philosophical questions. Ex- ploring how his life influenced his thought, along with the work of philosophers such as Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Clack explains all of Freud’s key ideas and case studies in the context of the time and highlights why his work is still so relevant today.

Beverley Clack is Professor in Philosophy of UK & ROW 1 AUG 2013 Religion at Oxford Brookes University. She is the USA & CAN 10 Sep 2013 author of Sex and Death: A Reappraisal of Human Paperback £12.99/$18.95 Mortality. Demy (216mm×135mm) 224pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-262-5 eISBN: 978-1-78074-263-2 New Biography/Current Affairs | non-Fiction 31

What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist who Tried to Kill Your Wife? A Memoir of Jerusalem David Harris-Gershon

In this unflinching, mesmerizing literary debut, a man seeks out the Hamas bomber who changed his family’s life

David Harris-Gershon and his wife, Jamie, moved to “Mohammed’s mother was Jerusalem full of hope. Then, in the midst of the historic standing before me, shaking, his cease-fire with the Palestinians, a bomb shrieked through brothers next to her, beckoning Hebrew University’s cafeteria. Jamie was hurled across the room, her body sliced with shrapnel; the friends to a couch. Porcelain cups of tea sitting next to her were killed. David was desperate for steaming on a platter. A clock’s answers: why now? why here? why my wife? But when a swinging pendulum marking doctor handed him some shrapnel removed from Jamie’s my breaths. Click, click, click. In body, he refused to accept that this piece of metal made my pocket, a Swiss Army knife, him “one of us” – a forever-traumatized victim. Instead, he concealed, the blade exposed. dug into government records to expose what triggered the attack, then returned to Israel to meet the Hamas terrorist Just in case.” and his family. David Harris-Gershon

Part memoir, part investigation, this fearless debut confronts the personal costs of the Israel-Palestinian conflict – and our capacity for recovery and reconciliation.

UK & ROW 22 AUG 2013 David Harris-Gershon is a popular online columnist on Israeli- USA & CAN 10 Sep 2013 Palestinian issues for Tikkun magazine, the Jersualem Post, and Daily Kos, Paperback the most-read progressive politics website in the world. He received his £12.99/$17.95 MFA from the University of North Carolina, and his essays and creative Royal (225mm×146mm) 288pp writing have been published in numerous venues. He and his wife live ISBN: 978-1-85168-996-5 in Pittsburgh. eISBN: 978-1-78074-222-9 32 Credit: Tom Green “A ofhow shockingaccount “A fireball of abook.” The Herald Sunday Times non-Fiction |Politics Scapegoat society’s most vulnerable society’s most arelet down… it must beread.” must down… it Praise forKatharine Quarmby’s Sunday Economist The in appeared has International Literature award. She lives in London. in lives She award. Literature International AMIA the won people, disabled against crimes hate on Newsnight BBC for documentaries produced and Prize Foot Paul Kat har

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Democracy Ltd How Money and Donations Have Corrupted British Politics Bobby Friedman

The agenda-setting book the politicians don’t want you to read

Welcome to the murky world of political donations. With­out Praise for Bercow, Mr Speaker public funding, our political parties rely on them. But their “Compelling.” Sunday Times effect on our democracy is pervasive and disturbing. Business leaders, eccentric loners, fraudsters, senior trade unionists, “A fascinating, well-researched and dodgy wheeler-deal­ers are all rubbing shoulders against study.” Michael Crick, Political some of the most senior politicians in the country – and they Editor, BBC Newsnight expect some­thing in return for their money.

From David Cameron’s “kitchen suppers” to Bernie Ecclestone’s controversial £1 million gift to New Labour, Bobby Friedman uncovers the toxic system that turns party treasurers and Cabinet ministers into shady courters of the rich. Explaining the tricks that party financiers use to circumvent electoral rules and informed by interviews with wealthy donors and key political figures, this book reveals the truth behind the next looming political scandal after Levinson and the expenses fiasco.

UK & ROW 5 Sep 2013 Bobby Friedman is an investigative journalist and Paperback a regular political commentator on radio and TV. He £12.99 is the author of a biography of John Bercow, which Royal (225mm×146mm) was published to widespread critical acclaim in 2011. 288pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-252-6 A qualified barrister, he lives in London. eISBN: 978-1-78074-253-3 34 non-Fiction | Popular Psychology New

Drunk Tank Pink And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave Adam Alter

A witty, weird, and wonderful tour around the bizarre reaches of our subconscious

“Reading Adam Alter’s book will Pink-painted walls that calm criminals; symbols that make change the way you look at our their viewer more aggressive; letters in product names that make you more likely to buy them; weather that has you world. Seemingly banal things falling in love. The world is full of hidden forces that shape will begin to mean more than our every thought, feeling, and behaviour – without us ever you ever realized.” Dan Ariely, realizing. author of Predictably Irrational In this brilliant study of the strange recesses of our minds, “A smart and delightful Adam Alter reveals the power that secret cues exert introduction to some of over our existence. The utterly ordinary makes for truly psychology’s most curious extraordinary effects. Learn how the height of your flat can phenomena and most colourful determine your child’s development and how unconscious characters.” Daniel Gilbert, attitudes on race skew the criminal justice system. This author of the international fascinating book unlocks these hidden forces, providing the key to smarter decision-making, more effective business bestseller Stumbling on strategy, and a more flourishing society. Happiness

Adam Alter is Marketing Professor at New York UK & ROW 5 Sep 2013 University. His research on decision making and Paperback social psychology has been published in leading £11.99 Demy (216mm×135mm) psychology journals and major newspapers on both 256pp sides of the Atlantic. ISBN: 978-1-78074-264-9 eISBN: 978-1-78074-265-6 Learn the weird effects of... Labels: Why we prefer words that are typed with a right hand on a qwerty keyboard Symbols: Why watching money burn makes us nauseous The effect of other people: How a poster of an eye makes us more honest Culture: How the symptoms of mental illness vary by continent Colours: How the colour of our biro affects what we write

“Adam Alter has collected the most wonderfully strange and surprising nuggets of recent psychological research in one book. I guarantee you’ll want to share the incredible anecdotes in Drunk Tank Pink with friends.” Joshua Foer, bestselling author of Moonwalking with Einstein 36 non-Fiction | Economics/Finance New

One Step Ahead Private Equity and Hedge Funds After the Global Financial Crisis Timothy Spangler

A jargon-free guide to how investment funds operate and have broken free of the financial crises to grow and prosper

Never has there been such an appetite and desire to understand the financial institutions that govern us. But despite dominating international headlines, alternative investment vehicles, including private equity and hedge funds remain elusive, with few able to explain their success.

In this accessible and timely study, award-winning commentator Timothy Spangler explains how funds are structured to function outside of the rules that restrict other financial organizations. Designed to adapt and react to new conditions, they have thrived since the financial downturn, despite new laws and robust regulations. From start-ups to complex venture capital firms, this is the essential, no-nonsense guide to how hedge funds drive growth and influence markets. Staying one step ahead of the lawmakers, they continue to be significant players in both public and private sectors the world over.

Timothy Spangler writes the award-winning blog Law of the Market UK & ROW 5 SEP 2013 for Forbes online. He spent two decades working on Wall Street and in USA & CAN 10 Sep 2013 the City of London, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at UCLA Hardback £20.00/$27.50 School of Law and a Visiting Lecturer at University College London’s Royal (234mm×156mm) Faculty of Law. He regularly appears as a financial commentator on CNN, 352pp CNBC, BBC, and Sky News. ISBN: 978-1-78074-295-3 eISBN: 978-1-78074-296-0 New Gift/Travel | non-Fiction 37

The Adventurer’s Handbook From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of a Desert Mick Conefrey

Grab your backpack and become the next Bear Grylls!

From the author of How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt: A Handbook for the Lady Adventurer

How do you survive a charging elephant? What’s “An amazing collection of epic the best way to serve up polar bear meat? How do adventures.” Peter Hillary, son of you find water in a desert? Learn the answers to Sir Edmund Hillary such quandaries from the best instructors possible: a cast of famous explorers, including Livingston, “Mick Conefrey is a shrink, a Shackleton, and John Hunt. raconteur, and a forensic analyst all wrapped into one. He gets In this irreverent yet inspiring look at the history right to the heart of what of adventure, Mick Conefrey delves into the diaries and logs of great expeditions to provide a winning makes explorers tick.” Stephen combination of intrepid stories of yester-year and Venables, author of Everest: hilarious retro tips. Discover which famous explorer Alone at the Summit, the first was cooked by Hawaiian natives and who was left Briton to climb Mount Everest on a ice floe in the Arctic. Fully illustrated and replete without oxygen with fascinating text boxes of trivia, The Adventurer’s Handbook is the perfect gift for both seasoned explorers and office workers dreaming of that next big trip abroad.

UK & ROW 3 Oct 2013 Mick Conefrey is the acclaimed author of Everest Hardback 1953 and How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt . He has £10.99 produced several BBC films on mountaineering and B Format (198mm×129mm) exploration, including The Race for Everest. He lives in 256pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-319-6 Oxford, England. eISBN: 978-1-78074-320-2 On this otherwise quiet dawn morning in the town of Atarra, in the back yard of the feared liquor don and state legislator Puroshottam Naresh Dwivedi, Achhe Lal Nishad was writhing over the licking tongues of a flame. Two beefy men dangled the wiry farmer over the fire; one holding him by the arms, another by the legs. A third man slapped him around the head and punched him sharply in the ribs. Achhe, an illiterate farmer, had not been there long – half an hour at most, though time was hard to measure when you feared being burned alive. It was around four o’clock in the morning when he received the phone call summoning him. The ringing had wrenched Achhe out of his fitful, uneasy sleep and caused him to bolt upright in his rope-bed. He knew that bad news awaited him at the other end of the line. “Wake up, bastard! Your daughter has stolen from the legislator and run away! You come here right now or we’ll drag you out of bed our- selves,” the voice on the other line growled. It was one of the politician’s men. The line went dead. It had only been five days since his daughter Sheelu had gone to live at Dwivedi’s house – officially the arrangement was that she would be his maid. A Tale of Women and Power in the Amana Fontanella-Khan Amana eISBN: 978-1-78074-313-4 eISBN: 978-1-78074-312-7ISBN: 288pp Demy (216mm×135mm) £12.99 Paperback their own hands – and winning back their lives. their back winning –and hands own their with fate grabbing women of portrait inspiring riveting, a delivers Fontanella-Khan Amana journalist oppression, and injustice facing others as well as Sheelu, for fight Gang’s Pink the and Pal Devi Sampat of story the narrating In up. things shake to decided Gang, “Pink” the a.k.a Gang, Gulabi 20,000-strong pink-baton-wielding, pink-sari-wearing, the of commander formidable the and charges, the of word heard Pal Devi Sampat then But household. politician’s the in aman by abused been had she that alleged had she because least not sentence, prison a accept to forced be would she that sure was she Pradesh, Uttar of region crooked notoriously the in politician apowerful from stealing for arrested was Sheelu When Badlands of India of Badlands P campaign to secure women’s rights: the Pink Gang Pink women’s the rights: secure to campaign illiterate. Today she leads a vibrant vigilante vigilante avibrant leads Today she illiterate. Sampat Devi Pal was married at twelve, essentially essentially at twelve, married was Pal Devi Sampat UK &ROW UK ink S ink 5 Sep 2013 ari Revolution ari Financial Times Financial first book. her is This Brussels. in lives now she Gang, Pink the of women the know to coming and Mumbai in living Daily Beast Daily Am ana F o , ntan Times of India of Times , FT WeekendFT , ell New a - K han , and others. After years years After others. , and Vogue

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The Rocket Man And Other Extraordinary Characters in the History of Flight David Darling

The perfect Christmas gift for all skyward dreamers!

Praise for Megacatastrophes! The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history – ranging from the “Curiously pleasurable.” first aircraft to astronauts and beyond – David Darling Independent tells the stories of the true-life adventurers whose wonder “Impressive.” has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent Wall Street Journal achievements, and sometimes startling folly.

“Accessible and entertaining.” Discover outrageous attempts to fly like a bird and secret Financial Times planes that never made it off the ground – including the “flying pancake” and the plane with thirty wings. Meet Napoleonic ballooniste Sophie Blanchard who planned an aerial invasion of England, stuntman Lincoln Beachey, looping-the-loop in a pinstripe suit, and, of course, the Rocket Man himself: Yves Rossy, who in 2006 was the first person to cross the Channel with a jet-pack. Eccentric and imaginative, reckless and resourceful, Darling’s daring cast of dreamers is guaranteed to entertain and inspire.

Science writer and astronomer David Darling is UK & ROW 3 Oct 2013 the author of the bestselling Equations of Eternity USA & CAN 1 Nov 2013 and the online Internet Encyclopedia of Science. Hardback £12.99/$18.00 With Dirk Schulze-Makuch he is the author of B Format (198mm×129mm) Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World 216pp Could End. ISBN: 978-1-78074-297-7 eISBN: 978-1-78074-298-4 Includes detailed technical drawings and specifications 42 non-Fiction | Popular Science New

The Neutrino Hunters The Chase for the Ghost Particle and the Secrets of the Universe Ray Jayawardhana

From the dawn of quantum physics to faster-than- light travel, the story of the maverick science sleuths who invented – and found – the neutrino

Praise for Ray Jayawardhana’s Strange Before the Higgs boson, there was a maddening search New Worlds for another particle – the ghostly neutrino. First “Dramatic… The combination of detected in 1956, it has teased the answers to many mysteries: How did the Big Bang happen? Why is the insider’s expert perspective antimatter so rare? What might “dark matter” be made and storyteller’s skill really of? And could faster-than-light travel be possible, shines through.” Lewis Dartnell, overturning Einstein’s theory of special relativity? Times Higher Education But the quest for the neutrino and its meaning has “The perfect person to write an also encompassed adventure, from Cold War defec- accessible guidebook to the new tions and extra dimensions to mile-deep holes in the worlds we’re discovering in our Antarctic ice and a troubled genius who disappeared galaxy.” BBC Focus without a trace. With The Neutrino Hunters, renowned astrophysicist and award-winning science writer Ray Jayawardhana delivers a thrilling detective story of revolutionary science from the dawn of the quantum age to today’s most inventive labs.

Ray Jayawardhana is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 Toronto. Originally from Sri Lanka, he holds a PhD from Harvard and in Paperback 2012 was awarded a coveted Radcliffe Fellowship. The author of Strange £11.99 Royal (225mm×146mm) New Worlds, he writes for New Scientist, Times Higher Education, and 288pp others, and his research has made headlines worldwide, including in The ISBN: 978-1-78074-326-4 Times, The Economist, Sydney Morning Herald, and BBC News. eISBN: 978-1-78074-327-1 New REligion | non-Fiction 43

The Wife of Jesus Ancient Texts and Modern Scandals Anthony Le Donne

A cutting-edge and scrupulously researched investigation into one of Christianity’s most controversial debates

Was Jesus married? The question has the power to inflame “Would that more in the guild opinion, split religions, start wars, and divide Christians were as self-conscious about and scholars alike. Whether stirred up by the phenomenal communicating and felt the success of Dan Brown’s novels or the “discovery” last year by Harvard Professor Karen King of the so-called Gospel of imperative to write so well.” Jesus’ Wife – an ancient piece of papyrus that made the ex- Dale C. Allison Jr, author of plosive suggestion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were The Historical Christ and the man and wife – the matter refuses to rest, and remains Theological Jesus unsolved.

Original research in the area has been undermined by a vigorous campaign to dismiss the possibility of Jesus’ marriage, a cause further strengthened by the popularity of conspiracy theories. Now, approaching the subject from a fresh, historical perspective, Le Donne places Jesus firmly within his socio-cultural context and provocatively argues that the evidence has only one conclusion: Jesus had a wife.

UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 Anthony Le Donne is a visiting lecturer at the University of the Pa- USA & CAN 12 Nov 2013 cific, California. He completed his PhD at Durham University, England, Hardback and his books include The Historiographical Jesus: Memory, Typology, and £14.99/$25.00 the Son of David and Historical Jesus: What Can We Know and How Can Royal (234mm×156mm) 208pp We Know It? ISBN: 978-1-78074-305-9 eISBN: 978-1-78074-306-6 44 non-Fiction | Philosophy/Religion New

Morality, Autonomy, and God Keith Ward

Can morality exist separately from a belief in God?

From Descartes to Dostoevsky, the debate concerning the relationship between religion and morality has raged for centuries. Can there be a solid foundation for ethics without God? Or would we be consigned to a relativist mo- rality, where the “good” is just a product of societal values or natural selection? In this landmark work, acclaimed philosopher and theologian Keith Ward presents a revolu- tionary new contribution to this discussion. Reflecting on the work of philosophers old and new – including Hume, Mill, Murdoch, and Moore – he argues that our conception of morality intrinsically depends on our model of reality. And if we want a meaningful, objective ethics, then only God can provide a solid metaphysical foundation.

Carefully structured and written in Ward’s famously lucid prose, this is both an invaluable primer for students and an important contribution to the philosophical debate.

Keith Ward is a Fellow of the British Academy, and UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, USA & CAN 12 Nov 2013 London. He was formerly Regius Professor of Divinity Paperback £14.99/$22.95 at the University of Oxford, and is one of Britain’s Royal (234mm×156mm) foremost writers on comparative theology and 256pp Christian issues. ISBN: 978-1-78074-317-2 eISBN: 978-1-78074-318-9 New REligion | non-Fiction 45

Religions of Iran From Prehistory to the Present Richard Foltz

A sweeping new work exploring Iran’s cultural import and influence on each of the world’s major religions

Today it is Iran’s association with Islam that commands discussion and debate. But this perception obscures a far more influential and complex relationship with religion. Iran has in fact played an unparalleled role in shaping all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideas into the Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim traditions.

This vivid and surprising work explores the manner in which Persian culture has interacted with and transformed each world faith, from the migration of the Israelites to Iran thousands of years ago, to the influence of Iranian notions on Mahayana Buddhism and Christianity. Travelling through thousands of years of history, Richard Foltz offers a vital and fresh account of our spiritual heritage in this fascinating region.

UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 Richard Foltz is Professor of Iranian Studies at Concordia University USA & CAN 12 Nov 2013 and is the founding director of Concordia’s Centre for Iranian Studies Royal (234mm×156mm) Programme. His books, Spirituality in the Land of the Noble and Religions Paperback: £20.00/$30.00 of the Silk Road, propose historical models for considering the emergence, ISBN: 978-1-78074-308-0 Hardback: £45.00/$60.00 development, and transmission of the world’s major religious traditions, ISBN: 978-1-78074-307-3 emphasizing the contributions of Iranian civilization to world history. eISBN: 978-1-78074-309-7 He lives in Montreal. 46 non-Fiction | Biography/History New in Paperback

Confessions from Correspondentland The Dangers and Delights of Life as a Foreign Correspondent Nick Bryant

The inside story of a treasured profession, in the footsteps of Confessions of a GP and Kitchen Confidential

Since making his journalistic debut breaking into Piers Morgan’s office, Nick reveals how he has rattled Donald Rumsfield, slept through 9/11, had tea with President Karzai, struggled into fireproof underwear, and got a free lunch out of the Tamil Tigers. He shares an entertaining and eye- UK & ROW 4 Jul 2013 opening sideways glance at a profession that is at once glamourous and USA & CAN 9 Jul 2013 controversial. Paperback £8.99/$16.00 B Format (198mm×129mm) “Bryant is good.” Christopher Hitchens 424pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-976-7 “Joyous and wise. A lovely read.” James Naughtie, presenter, eISBN: 978-1-78074-101-7 BBC Today Programme

Orwell’s Cough Diagnosing the Medical Maladies and Last Gasps of the Great Writers John Ross

The celebrated “collection of fireside medical detective stories” picked as a best stocking-filler book by theGuardian – now in mass market paperback

“Superb… One’s prurient reading pleasure is elevated by Ross’s clarity, his wit, his authority.” Sebastian Faulks, Spectator UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 “Engrossing, witty, and deeply humane... This is a book to Paperback which I shall return again and again.” £8.99 B Format (198mm×129mm) Raymond Tallis, Wall Street Journal 288pp; 11 b&w illustrations ISBN: 978-1-78074-225-0 “A gripping medical detective book… entertaining.” Telegraph eISBN: 978-1-78074-113-0 “Strange and beguiling… It’s a little like reading a literary version of the TV show House.” Daily Mail New in Paperback History/REligion | non-Fiction 47

Real Britannia Our Ten Proudest Years – The Glory and the Spin Colin Brown

From the Magna Carta to the Falklands, the years that have made Britain, for better and for worse

Was the longbow behind the victory at Agincourt, or is it just that the English are better in the mud? Where did Wellington meet his Waterloo? Was the Falklands proof of Thatcher’s steel or a grasping, imperial folly? Political reporter Colin Brown – an expert in spin – travels to the places where history was made to unearth the real story of what makes Britain great.

UK & ROW 5 Sep 2013 Paperback £9.99 B Format (198mm×129mm) 352pp; 26 b&w photos ISBN: 978-1-85168-992-7 eISBN: 978-1-78074-112-3

The Bhagavad Gita A Verse Translation Geoffrey Parrinder

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most widely read Hindu scriptures in the Western world. Taking the form of a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and the divine Krishna on the eve of battle, it is concerned with the most profound aspects of social and religious duty, and the relationship of hu- man beings to God. In its eighteen short chapters it explores the spiritual struggle of the human soul and the search for both the true self and eternal life, culminating in an unparalleled vision of God the omnipotent.

“As with so many of his books, Parrinder’s translation (and brief commentary) on the Gita has stood the test of time... UK & ROW 4 Jul 2013 USA & CAN 13 Aug 2013 The beginner will find this book the best translation, and Paperback even adepts cannot help but benefit from Parrinder’s £6.99/$9.95 work.” Martin Forward, Epworth Review B Format (198mm×129mm) 144pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-988-0 eISBN: 978-1-78074-335-6 48 non-Fiction | History New in Paperback

Japan A Short History Mikiso Hane

An accessible introduction to an enigmatic country, covering all the key topics from the times of the legendary samurai to Japan’s position as an industrialized post-war nation

From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and its history surveys nearly 10,000 years of society, culture, economics, and politics. Well-rounded and enlightening, this informative account of Japan and its people is an ideal introduction for students, travellers, and all UK & ROW 5 SEP 2013 those with an interest in this diverse and enigmatic country. USA & CAN 8 OCT 2013 Paperback £12.99/$19.95 Demy (216mm×135mm) 256pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-256-4 eISBN: 978-1-78074-333-2

India and South Asia A Short History David Ludden

A completely revised edition offering insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole

Combining factual information with a critical approach which probes the nature of culture and identity, this concise yet authoritative account paints a graphic picture of an area stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayan mountains. This new edition surveys nearly 5,000 years, from UK & ROW 7 Nov 2013 the early settlers of prehistory to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the USA & CAN 10 Dec 2013 Tamil Tiger conflicts. Particular emphasis is placed on the last 200 years, Paperback while the key theme of shifting regional identities underpins its insights £12.99/$19.95 Demy (216mm×135mm) into the social, economic, and spiritual past. 384pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-936-1 eISBN: 978-1-78074-108-6 The Economics of Sex and Love eISBN: 978-1-78074-259-5 eISBN: 978-1-78074-258-8 ISBN: 288pp B Format (198mm×129mm) £8.99 Paperback > up: breaking even marriage, love, courtship, dating, sex, – decisions economic intimate most our to comes it when works market the how showing of favour in butter and guns for demand and supply the on lectures boring usual, the skip to decided Adshade Marina Economics of Professor > the same way again. way same the Money Dirty read you Once > > Marina Adshade Marina D science of “sexonomics” Pull the covers off economics and reveal the sexy sexy the reveal and economics off covers the Pull UK &ROW UK > > > > attract as many women via online dating as a hot man? ahot as dating online via women many as attract to have to need guy ugly an does money much How of risky sex? risky of rate the increase actually beer of price the raising Does promiscuous one? promiscuous a or nation prosperous a first: comes Which coming? is economy perkier a suggests surgeries lift breast more while recession, a predicts toys sex of sale the in aspike that true it Is irty Money irty 2 May2013 , you’ll never look at your money money at your look never , you’ll and Mail and Globe the for regularly writes She globe. the around outlets media other numerous and Radio, Public Mail Daily the in featured been –has ics” – “sexonom love and sex for markets the on work Her Columbia. British of University Economics, of School r Ma R ina ecently Publis and lives in Vancouver. Ads had e hed is Assistant Professor at the at the Professor Assistant is “Marina Adshadeistheone “A delightfulbook…Adshade shows that forces ofsupplyand shows that Carleton University Professor ofEconomics, pleasure.” H.Robert Frank,York Times New the implicit market forromance.” market the implicit economist Ireadpurelyfor economist demand indeedloomlargein E conomics/Psyc , US National National , US Frances Woolley, hology |non-Fiction -

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Making Habits, Breaking Habits How to Make Changes that Stick Jeremy Dean

The founder of the hugely popular PsyBlog demonstrates how to bend habits to your will

“Have you ever tried to change a habit and failed? You should read this book... highly readable.” BBC Focus “For you if you want [this] to be the year you keep your resolutions.” UK & ROW 3 Jan 2013 Guardian Paperback £8.99 “Witty and informative. This is the book if you want to learn B Format (198mm×129mm) how to make your resolutions stick.” 288pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-989-7 Manchester Evening News eISBN: 978-1-78074-217-5

The Last Refuge Yemen, al-Qaeda, and the Battle for Arabia Gregory D. Johnsen

A fast-paced, revelatory account of how and why al-Qaeda is rebuilding in the unforgiving deserts of Yemen

“Gregory Johnsen has written the best new book on al Qaeda in 2012 and the best book on Yemen in years… A great read; Johnsen is a very good storyteller.” Daily Beast “A breakthrough book... Penned in gripping prose and with UK & ROW 7 Feb 2013 incredible attention to detail, The Last Refuge unfolds with Paperback £14.99 the pace of an action novel, but this story is all too true. If Royal (234mm×156mm) we ignore the widening covert war in Yemen and fail to 368pp learn from its complicated history, we do so at our own ISBN: 978-1-85168-940-8 eISBN: 978-1-78074-118-5 peril.” Jeremy Scahill, bestselling author of Blackwater Recently Published Finance/Current Affairs | non-Fiction 51

The Great Tax Robbery How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business Richard Brooks

A leading journalist and former tax-inspector shows how Britain’s richest companies and most famous celebrities rob us of billions

“Richard Brooks exposes the very British scandal in which WE are inflicted with austerity whilst corporations and wealthy individuals are permitted to cart their tax obligations to havens over which the UK government has far more influence than it pretends.” Jon Snow, Channel UK & ROW 7 Mar 2013 4 News Paperback £12.99 “Richard Brooks is a digger and a troublemaker who niggles Royal (225mm×146mm) away at difficult subjects in a meticulous, punchy and 304pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-935-4 highly effective way.” Alan Rusbridger, Editor, Guardian eISBN: 978-1-78074-102-4

The Trouble with Billionaires How the Super-Rich Hijacked the World (and How We Can Take it Back) Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks

The internationally bestselling attack on the mega-wealthy comes to the UK

In this blistering attack on the super-rich in the UK and US, McQuaig and Brooks combine satirical bite with impeccable research to explain that ever- increasing income inequality is the product of a global legal and economic system that has been rigged by the wealthiest, with disastrous consequenc- es for the rest of us. This incisive but lively polemic maintains that it is time for society to fight back with a simple solution: tax the rich, they deserve it! UK & ROW 2 May 2013 Paperback “A devastating exposé… from two of our most rigorous, £12.99 Royal (225mm×146mm) knowledgeable, and humourous chroniclers of corporate 288pp excess.” Naomi Klein, bestselling author of The Shock ISBN: 978-1-85168-994-1 Doctrine eISBN: 978-1-78074-220-5 52 non-Fiction | Popular Science Recently Published

The Genius of Dogs Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man’s Best Friend Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods

The award-winning scientist who started a revolution in the understanding of dog intelligence offers amazing new insights into the interior lives of our cleverest animal friends – an international bestseller

“You would be hard-pressed to find a more cheerful, optimistic, and warm-hearted read. Difficult, too, to find

UK & ROW 21 Feb 2013 another book about dogs touching not only on Darwin Hardback and Skinner, but also on Stalin. Even Justin Bieber gets a £20.00 mention… fascinating.” Spectator Royal (234mm×156mm) 384pp; b&w illustrations, “Every dog-lover will enjoy this book; and those who, colour plates strangely, do not love dogs might come to see them in a ISBN: 978-1-85168-985-9 eISBN: 978-1-78074-136-9 new and more favourable light.” Mail on Sunday

Frankenstein's Cat Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts Emily Anthes

Dolly the sheep was just the start. Meet the high-tech menagerie of the near future, as scientists reinvent the animal kingdom

“Charming... the science is accessible and so, mercifully, is the ethics... a breezy introduction to a complex and controversial issue.” BBC Focus “A page turner of a popular science book with a surprise awaiting around every corner.” Brian Clegg, author of UK & ROW 7 Mar 2013 Inflight Science Paperback £8.99 “Emily Anthes’ creatures are far stranger (and, at times, B Format (198mm×129mm) scarier) than Frankenstein’s monster... A fascinating read.” 272pp ISBN: 978-1-85168-968-2 Alex Boese, bestselling author of Elephants on Acid eISBN: 978-1-78074-216-8 Recently Published Popular Science | non-Fiction 53

GULP Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Mary Roach

The bestselling author of Stiff takes on the curious, hilarious intersection of delight and disgust that is eating (and what comes after)

“Insightful, sharp science writing that will have you snorting with laughter is Mary Roach’s specialty.” New Scientist “Fabulous, illuminating and nauseously graphic.” The Bookseller UK & ROW 4 Apr 2013 Praise for Packing for Mars Paperback £11.99 “Like a sassier – i.e. ruder – Bill Bryson... Fascinating.” Demy (216mm×135mm) Daily Mail 352pp; 18 b&w illustrations ISBN: 978-1-85168-993-4 “Roach is seriously funny.” The Times eISBN: 978-1-78074-219-9 “Informative and eye-openingly hilarious.” Time Out

The Particle at the End of the Universe The Hunt for the Higgs and the Discovery of a New World Sean Carroll

The definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the greatest science story of our time – named a Best Science Book of the Year by the Guardian, Financial Times, and New Scientist – from the author of From Eternity to Here

“Delightful… for anyone excited by the particle at the end of the Universe, start here.” BBC Focus “Compelling.” Independent UK & ROW 2 May 2013 Paperback “This book is so hard to put down. That’s testament to £9.99 Carroll, a practising scientist, also being a gifted writer.” B Format (198mm×129mm) 352pp; 50 b&w illustrations New Scientist ISBN: 978-1-78074-245-8 eISBN: 978-1-78074-233-5 “An authoritative account of science’s discovery of the year. Remarkable.” Financial Times 54 non-Fiction | Philosophy/Gift Recently Published

Travels with Epicurus Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age Daniel Klein

A profound new vision of old age from the bestselling author of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar

Journeying to the Greek island of Hydra to discover the secrets of ageing happily, Daniel Klein draws on the lives of octogenarian locals, as well as philosophers ranging from Epicurus to Sartre, to uncover the unique pleasures that are only available late in life. A travel book, a witty and accessible meditation, and an optimistic guide to living well, this is UK & ROW 2 May 2013 a delightful jaunt through the terrain of old age, led by an astute and Hardback £11.99 humorous modern sage. B Format (198mm×129mm) 176pp “A truly benign and valuable short book, that is rare in ISBN: 978-1-85168-995-8 conveying the spirit as well as the thought of the ancient eISBN: 978-1-78074-221-2 Greek philosophers.” Mark Vernon, author of 42

THe World’s Favourite Love Poems Edited by Suheil Bushrui

The only truly global collection of love poetry

In this delightful volume, renowned literature professor Suheil Bushrui presents nearly two hundred cherished works from around the world and down through the ages.

Here, traditional classics from Shakespeare to Rossetti are thrown into new light beside the poetry of Eastern writers such as Ibn Arabi and Rumi, while little-known poems from the indigenous peoples of Africa, Australasia, and the Americas reminds us of the bonds we all share UK & ROW 17 Jan 2013 through the universal experience of love. Hardback £9.99 B Format (198mm×129mm) Beautifully packaged in hardback, this delightful collection of English and 192pp translated verse is perfect for any lover of poetry, and will make a unique ISBN: 978-1-85168-982-8 gift for someone special. eISBN: 978-1-78074-069-0 REcently Published Popular Science/Self-help | non-Fiction 55

How to Make a Zombie The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control Frank Swain

Do zombies actually walk the earth? Join a science punk as he investigates!

Pop science phenomenon Frank Swain digs up the fascinating reality of zombies:

>> dog heads brought back to life without their bodies >> secret agents dosing targets with zombie drugs >> bulls commanded by remote control

>> the elixir of life hidden in an eighteenth-century painting UK & ROW 6 Jun 2013 USA & CAN 9 Jul 2013 Packed full of untold stories, How to Make a Zombie is a mind-bending and Paperback entertaining excavation of incredible science unlike anything you’ve read. £8.99/$15.95 B Format (198mm×129mm) “Like a non-fiction version of a Stephen King novel – you’ll 256pp; 7 b&w photos stay up all night reading it.” Michael Shermer, bestselling ISBN: 978-1-85168-944-6 eISBN: 978-1-78074-099-7 author of Why People Believe Weird Things

Happy Money The New Science of Smarter Spending Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton

Groundbreaking new research reveals money can buy happiness – if you spend it right

“Cutting edge. Like stand-up comedians of science, Dunn and Norton take ordinary observations that everybody experiences and craftily distil them with a clarity that makes us laugh, and then makes us think.” Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational “Lively and engaging. Happy Money isn’t a purchase; it’s UK & ROW 7 Jun 2013 Paperback an investment – and a shrewd one at that.” Dan Gilbert, £10.99 author of Stumbling on Happiness Demy (216mm×135mm) 224p ISBN: 978-1-85168-998-9 eISBN: 978-1-78074-223-6 56 non-Fiction | Religion/Philosophy Recently Published

Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian Paul F. Knitter

An honest, unflinching tale of re-finding one’s faith, from one of the world’s most distinguished theologians

Without Buddha I Could not be a Christian narrates how esteemed theolo- gian, Paul F. Knitter, overcame a crisis of faith by looking to Buddhism for inspiration. From prayer to how Christianity views life after death, Knitter argues that a Buddhist standpoint can encourage a more person-centred conception of Christianity where individual religious experience comes first, and liturgy and tradition second. Moving and revolutionary, this edi- UK & ROW 3 Jan 2013 tion comes with a new conclusion – “Jesus and Buddha Both Come First!” USA & CAN 12 Feb 2013 Paperback “A compelling example of religious inquiry.” £9.99/$16.95 New York Times B Format (198mm×129mm) 272pp “One of the finest contemporary books on the encounter ISBN: 978-1-85168-963-7 between religions in the heart and soul of a single eISBN: 978-1-78074-248-9 thoughtful person.” Library Journal

European Aesthetics A Critical Introduction from Kant to Derrida Robert L. Wicks

The only book to cover the evolution of one of the most important areas of continental philosophy

“A masterful survey. Succinct, lucid and replete with illuminating illustrations and comparisons, the book makes complex theories accessible for non-experts. Bold and compelling.” Kathleen Higgins, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin UK & ROW 7 Mar 2013 “Wicks has performed a real service by making the ideas of USA & CAN 9 Apr 2013 Royal (234mm×156mm) these formidable thinkers so approachable.” 352pp Thomas Wartenberg, Professor of Philosophy, Mount Paperback: £20.00/$30.00 Holyoke College ISBN: 978-1-85168-819-7 Hardback: £45.00/$60.00 ISBN: 978-1-85168-818-0 eISBN: 978-1-78074-077-5 New Beginner’s Guides 57 Oneworld Beginner’s Guides The Perfect Introductions Oneworld Beginner’s Guides feature accessible, expert analysis on a vast range of topics. With 100 titles available, these affordable and fascinating guides feature the most in-depth introductions for anyone curious about the way the world works and the big ideas of our time. All Beginner’s Guides are B Format (198mm × 129mm) paperback and £9.99/$14.95.

Iran A Beginner’s Guide Homa Katouzian

The first comprehensive introduction to one of the world’s most controversial and misunderstood countries

As the Western-Iranian impasse continues to dominate in- ternational affairs, politicians and the media confidently proclaim Iran the greatest threat to the Western World. But this villainous mask obscures a far more complex identity formed by a vibrant and tumultuous history.

Revealing the true face of this troubled country, acclaimed expert Homa Katouzian delves deep into Iran’s past, exploring how an ancient civilization at a cross-road of diverse dynasties and religions grew to become an ethnically, linguistically, and culturally rich nation still Praise for The Persians: bound by the Persian tradition. Major political events and key figures are brought to life as centuries of authoritarian “Maybe the broadest and best and arbitrary rule, chaos, and revolution are unravelled overview available in English... and analysed, shedding new light on modern Iran and It should be required holiday making this an indispensable resource for understanding reading in the Foreign Office.” the current tensions in the Middle East. The Independent

UK & ROW 6 Jun 2013 Homa Katouzian is Research Fellow at the Iran Heritage Foundation USA & CAN 9 Jul 2013 at St Antony’s College, and the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. Paperback He is the author of The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Iran £9.99/$14.95 and Iran: Politics, History, and Literature, and editor of the journal B Format (198mm×129mm) 240pp Iranian Studies. ISBN: 978-1-78074-272-4 eISBN: 978-1-78074-273-1 58 Beginner’s Guides New

Nutrition A Beginner’s Guide Sarah Brewer

A no-nonsense guide to the science of what we eat and how it affects our health

Shocking obesity rates, the rise of eating disorders, killer food allergies, super foods that cure cancer: as the head- lines shout every week, we have never been more engaged, or struggled so hard, with what we put in our mouths.

Separating fact from fiction, award-winning health journalist and nutritionist Dr Sarah Brewer combines the latest science with practical advice on what really matters to explain exactly how food influences our health and well- being. From the mechanics of digestion and the chemical composition of macro and micronutrients to methods of healthy weight loss and treatment of medical conditions with various foods, all the key issues and debates are covered. This is essential reading for medics and trainee nutritionists as well as anyone interested in making informed decisions about their diet.

Dr Sarah Brewer is a licensed medical doctor and registered nu- UK & ROW 4 Jul 2013 tritionist and nutritional therapist. She has authored over 50 popular USA & CAN 13 AUG 2013 health books, and is a former Health Journalist of the Year, having Paperback £9.99/$14.95 worked as a columnist for a number of UK newspapers and magazines, B Format (198mm×129mm) including, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror, and Prima. She currently 192pp lives in Guernsey. ISBN: 978-1-85168-924-8 eISBN: 978-1-78074-081-2

“Few readers can fail to come away armed with invaluable knowledge after dipping into Oneworld’s Beginner’s Guides series.Insightful and informative, they make mind-boggling concepts simple and stimulate further inquiry.” Christina Borg, Sunday Times New Beginner’s Guides 59

Animal Behavior A Beginner’s Guide John A. Byers

Investigating a whole host of species from around the globe, the first short and affordable introduction to this growing field of study

Drawing together evolutionary theory, ecology, population biology, genet- ics, physiology, and anatomy to demonstrate the diversity involved when studying animals, John A. Byers explains the mechanisms and motivations behind a range of animal movements. Readers are equipped with the core knowledge and skills to further their own studies and better understand the natural world that surrounds us.

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Reductionism A Beginner’s Guide Alastair Rae

An unparalleled introduction to how the science of the small explains the biggest phenomena of life

Ever since the ancient Greeks conceived of the atom, humans have sought the smallest ingredients of existence. In the past century, the use of reduc- tionism to understand behaviour has gained momentum as the quantum universe and the workings of the human mind have been uncovered in par- ticle colliders and fMRI scanners.

Acclaimed physicist Alastair Rae, author of the bestselling Quantum Physics: UK & ROW 5 Sep 2013 A Beginner’s Guide, spells out how the powerful tool of reductionism works, USA & CAN 8 Oct 2013 from the level of subatomic particles, up through molecular chemistry, and Paperback beyond to our neural networks. How does physics explain consciousness? £9.99/$14.95 Can quantum mechanics be applied to the human mind? Rae’s exploration B Format (198mm×129mm) is an indispensable guide to one of the most fundamental ideas of science. 320pp ISBN: 978-1-78074-254-0 eISBN: 978-1-78074-255-7 60 Beginner’s Guides Complete List

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