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TRANSLATION RIGHTS LIST NON-FICTION SPRING 2021 O U R I M P R I N T S 2 T H E R I G H T S T E A M Kate Hibbert RightsDirector US, worldwide Spanish and Catalan, Portugal, Far East, the Netherlands, Flemish Belgium, and the Indian Subcontinent [email protected] Andy Hine RightsDirector Brazil, Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia and the Baltic States [email protected] Sarah Birdsey Rights Manager France, Greece, Turkey, Hebrew and Arabic rights, and all of Eastern Europe except Poland. [email protected] Ruth Case-Green Rights Executive [email protected] Jessica Callaghan Rights Assistant [email protected] 3 C O N T E N T S General 5 Highlights HUMAN FRONTIERS (page 5) A LIFE IN NATURE (page 7) History 9 Music 12 Memoir & Biography 14 Health, Self-Help & PopularPsychology 18 Highlights FRIENDS (page 18) Parenting 23 Highlights THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY (page 24) A Brief HistoryOf… 25 Overcoming series 26 Workbooks 27 Titles in CAPITALS are published by Little, Brown, titles in Italics are not. 4 G e n e r a l n o n - f i c t i o n A provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to HUMAN FRONTIERS: today. THE FUTURE OF We're at a curious juncture of history. New inventions, a digital BIG IDEAS IN A revolution, a colossal output of cultural production, and a sophisticated global economy catering to our every need have WORLD OF SMALL changed our lives in an incredibly short space of time. THINKING From quantum biology, nanotechnology and pictures of black holes, to nudge unit governance, blockchain and virtual worlds, the sheer scale of progress over the last three hundred years is mind- Michael Bhaskar boggling. Surely this is a uniquely fecund moment for humanity? September 2021 And yet a growing body of evidence suggests that big ideas have, The Bridge Street Press over the last forty or fifty years, become much harder. After half a century we have not been back to the Moon; we haven't cured Social forecasting cancer; life expectancy has stalled in some countries; we're still Rights Sold: addicted to carbon-based energy. Korean (Publion) 368pp US (MIT Press) In HUMAN FRONTIERS, Michael Bhaskar makes sense of this mixed picture to offer a sketch of what comes next. Drawing on the latest MICHAEL BHASKAR is a writer, researcher and digital publisher. cutting-edge research from economics, business analysis, cultural He is Co-Founder of Canelo, a new publishing company. He has theory and the history of science and technology, Bhaskar shows written and talked extensively about the future of media, the how important new ideas are getting much harder to find, and how creative industries and the economics of technology for the nature of world- changing ideas - however we might find them - newspapers, magazines and blogs. He has been featured in and will shape humanity's next steps. written for the Guardian, Financial Times, Wired and Daily Telegraph, and on BBC 2, BBC Radio 4, NPR and Bloomberg TV Click here to listen to Michael Bhaskar talking about among others. HUMAN FRONTIERS! Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das diagnoses, treats and rehabilitates mentally ill offenders - or the 'criminally insane' - in IN TWO prisons and secure hospitals, many of whom have committed Cover serious violence, some even murder. He is also an expert witness, MINDS and advises on insanity or diminished responsibility pleas - to coming either steer the incapacitated, the vulnerable and voiceless away from a lifetime of incarceration towards recovery, or literally let soon them get away with murder. Dr Sohom Das In this book, Dr Das tells the untold story of forensic psychiatry during his fifteen years as a psychiatric doctor, and what happens March 2022 when an underfunded institution like this breaks - and how he's Sphere learned to live with his mistakes when the worse happens. He also Forensic Psychology writes very personally and movingly about the abundant tragedy he has encountered in real-life cases, and the human cost of 304pp violence caused by mental illness. DR SOHOM DAS is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, working in prisons, secure hospitals and criminal courts, assessing and rehabilitating mentally ill offenders. He works as an expert witness in criminal and civil court cases. In between work and parenting his two young sons, he occasionally dabbles in stand-up comedy and battle-rapping on TV. 5 G e n e r a l n o n - f i c t i o n We are the first generation of women who will live twice as long as our original biological purpose. Our grandmothers were INVISIBLE TO only expected to live till they were seventy. We're expected to work till then. But we're not working. The pre-Covid world INVALUABLE wasn't designed for a highly educated, resourceful and healthy cohort of wisewomen. In eighteen short episodes, INVISIBLE TO INVALUABLE charts Jane Evans and the bare-faced facts of the predicament of midlife women, but also showcases their power and their potential. It offers Carol Russell practical advice and suggestions for how we can solve problems, take advantage of opportunities and change the May 2021 narrative for all of us. Piatkus JANE EVANS worked in advertising for thirty years before she Entrepreneurship founded the Uninvisibility Project, a movement and rallying 208pp cry to wake up the world to the plight and potential of midlife women - and to create opportunities for them. Jane has given keynotes at The Future Strategy Club, and Women In Media Australia, has been on panels at She Says and Funny Women and took centre stage at Forbes Magazine's TBD Conference in December 2019. CAROL RUSSELL is a writer and actor whose work includes the screenplay House Of Usher, principle scriptwriter of Comin' Atcha, and the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-nominated drama series Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, celebrating the seventieth anniversary of The Windrush, broadcast on BBC Four in 2019. Her monologue, Horns Of A Dilemma, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Evie Meg is a TikTok sensation (twelve million followers and MY counting) who uses her platform to educate others on what it's like living with Tourette's syndrome, amongst other health NONIDENTICAL complications. This book will explore her condition with honesty, detailing the challenges she has faced through giving up her TWIN dream job, and navigating sudden internet fame. MY NONIDENTICAL TWIN is also a positive and inspirational story, giving readers perspective and resilience to deal with their own problems with the same amount of optimism Evie Meg employs. Evie Meg Field October 2021 Sphere Autobiography 240pp 6 G e n e r a l n o n - f i c t i o n GUARDED BY DRAGONS follows rare book dealer Rick Gekoski as he uncovers the mysteries behind the most unusual manuscripts GUARDED BY and archives he has handled, where stories are weaved within stories. Cover DRAGONS: IN coming From the original memoir of Dr Watson and his discovery of DNA SEARCH OF to how Jeff Bezos improbably paid £2 million for a manuscript of Soon J. K. Rowling's Beadle the Bard, Gekoski explores a world full of LITERARY TREASURE legacy and billionaires where priceless copies of Ulysses can vanish without a trace. In the world of literary dealership, a manuscript can tell a thousand stories. Rick Gekoski RICK GEKOSKI came from his native America to do a Ph.D at Oxford, and went on to teach English at the University of July 2021 Warwick. In 1982, sick of lecturing, he decided to become a full- time rare book dealer, specialising in important twentieth- Constable century first editions and manuscripts. He lives in London and History spends time each year in Paris and New Zealand. 304pp The CEO'S guide to achieving your career goals by finding - and STYLE AND embracing - your authentic personal style. Cover In a world where everything is in a state of flux and where SUBSTANCE working from home has become the 'new normal', old career coming rules no longer apply. There will be new terms of doing business, soon new ways of interacting with friends, colleagues and neighbours, and different career patterns. This is an opportunity for women Helena Morrissey to develop their own style in everything - from communication, presence, networking and leadership, to personal brand, dressing and aesthetic. October 2021 Piatkus Dame Helena Morrissey has run companies and campaigns and Fashion learned through both her own experiences and observing other 256pp successful women that confident and authentic style and presence is career-enhancing. Many women feel it's all a minefield, that they should just copy men or 'blend in' but STYLE AND SUBSTANCE explains why that's unlikely to be a recipe for success and shows how you can achieve that next career goal by developing your personal brand, building confidence and letting DAME HELENA MORRISSEY is a financier, campaigner, author and your personality shine through. mother of nine. She is an inspirational leader who achieves results - in business, diversity, family life and encouraging others We're on the cusp of a new world, one in which women will not to succeed. In 2010 Helen launched the 30% Club to improve the only be shaping, but also leading - STYLE AND SUBSTANCE will be gender balance on UK corporate boards, championed by the the blueprint for success within it. chairmen of those boards. Nine years later women represent over 30% FTSE350 directors, up from less than 10%.