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NORTON Including Liveright Books Norton Young Readers Countryman Press Norton Professional Books Fall 2020 FALL 2020 FALL Norton WWcat_F20_cvr.indd 1 1/31/20 2:13 PM CONTENTS 3 Norton New Titles 41 Norton Paperbacks 71 Liveright 93 Norton Young Readers 105 Countryman Press 119 Norton Professional Books 131 Norton Critical Editions 132 International Sales Representatives 133 Territory Codes 135 Subsidiary Rights 139 Index WWNcat_F20_final.indd 1 2/5/20 6:11 PM n W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10110 212-354-5500 Fax: 212-869-0856 Orders: [email protected] Phone: 800-233-4830 Fax: 800-458-6515 Customer Service: [email protected] Library Sales and Marketing: [email protected] Marketing and Advertising: [email protected] Publicity, Norton: [email protected] Publicity, Liveright: [email protected] Sales, International: [email protected] Sales, Special and Premium: [email protected] Subsidiary Rights: [email protected] Norton Young Readers: [email protected] The Countryman Press: [email protected] Norton website: www.wwnorton.com Follow Norton on ISBN: 978-0-393-54074-1 This catalog describes books to be published from September to December 2020 Prices given are subject to change A copy of this catalog can be found at wwnorton.com/seasonal-catalogs Copyright © 2020 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Cover design by Sarah Bibel Cover illustrations: oxygen / Getty Images Interior design: Steve Attardo and Yang Kim Composition: Joe Lops WWNcat_F20_final.indd 2 2/5/20 6:11 PM NORTON NEW TITLES WWNcat_F20_final.indd 3 2/5/20 6:11 PM Norton A World Beneath the Sands The Golden Age of Egyptology Toby Wilkinson $30.00 hardcover (Can. $40.00) • CQ 16 Territory C • ISBN 978- 1- 324- 00689- 3 • 6″ × 9″ 16 pages of color illustrations; 23 black- and- white illustrations 512 pages • HISTORY A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for • Major review attention the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost • National media • Op- eds timed to publication Egyptologist of our time. • Early outreach and giveaways on Goodreads rom the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of • Social media promotion FTutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hun- • Library marketing dred years later, the uncovering of Egypt’s ancient past took place in an • Buzz mailings to history and archaeology professors atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry. • Outreach to author In A World Beneath the Sands, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkin- community: son chronicles the ruthless race between the British, French, Germans twilkinson.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk and Americans to lay claim to its mysteries and treasures. He tells rivet- ing stories of the men and women whose obsession with Egypt’s ancient civilization helped to enrich and transform our understanding of the Nile Valley and its people, and left a lasting impression on Egypt, too. Travelers and treasure- hunters, ethnographers and archaeologists: whatever their motives, whatever their methods, a century of adventure and scholarship revealed a lost world, buried for centuries beneath the sands. TOBY WILKINSON is the author of the New York Times best- selling The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, which won the Hessell- Tiltman Prize for History. He is the deputy vice chancellor of the University of Lincoln in England. Michael Baily 4 SEPTEMBEr NEW TITLES WWNcat_F20_final.indd 4 2/5/20 6:11 PM Norton PAPERBACK ORIGINAL The Selected Works of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay $16.95 original paperback (Can. $22.95) • CQ 24 Territory M • ISBN 978-1- 324- 00461- 5 5.5″ × 8.25″ • 352 pages • POETRY A definitive selection of prose and poetry • Major review attention • National media from the self- described “black, lesbian, • Early outreach and mother, warrior, poet,” for a new generation giveaways on Goodreads of readers. • Social media promotion • Academic marketing • Library marketing udre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth- century literature, • Buzz mailings to social- and A one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. Her racial- justice organizations incisive essays and passionate poetry— alive with sensuality, vulnerabil- • Outreach to introduction ity, and rage— remain indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, author’s community: RoxaneGay .com | t: @rgay | queer theory, and critical race studies. ig: @roxanegay74 | This essential reader showcases twelve landmark essays and more fb: Roxane Gay than sixty poems, selected and introduced by one of our most powerful ALSO AVAILABLE contemporary voices on race and gender, Roxane Gay. The essays include The Collected Poems “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House,” “I Am of Audre Lorde Your Sister,” and excerpts from the National Book Award– winning A 978- 0- 393- 31972- 9 $21.95 Burst of Light. The poems are drawn from Lorde’s nine volumes, includ- Black Unicorn ing National Book Award nominee The Land Where Other People Live. As 978- 0- 393- 31237- 9 Gay writes in her astute introduction, The Selected Works of Audre Lorde $15.95 celebrates “an exemplar of public intellectualism who is as relevant in this century as she was in the last.” AUDRE LORDE (1934– 1992) published nine volumes of poetry and five of prose. Her constellation of honors includes honorary doctorates from Hunter, Oberlin, and Haverford Colleges. ROXANE GAY is the author of five books, including the best- selling Bad Feminist. She lives in Los Angeles, California. NEW TITLES SEPTEMBER 5 WWNcat_F20_final.indd 5 2/5/20 6:11 PM Norton SECOND EDITION Dealmaking The New Strategy of Negotiauctions Guhan Subramanian $30.00 hardcover (Can. $40.00) • CQ 24 Territory W • ISBN 978- 0-393- 35839- 1 6.125″ × 9.25″ • 256 pages • BUSINESS “ Packed with transformative insights, • National media Dealmaking will help a new generation of • Tie- in with author lectures • Op- eds timed to publication business leaders get to yes.”—William Ury, • Online advertising coauthor of Getting to Yes pdated and enhanced in this new second edition, Dealmaking brings Utogether negotiation and auction strategies to provide the jargon- free, empirically sound advice professionals need to close the deal. Har- vard Program on Negotiation chair Guhan Subramanian provides a lively tour of both negotiation and auction theory, then takes an in- depth look at a hybrid theory, outlining three specific strategies readers can use in complex dealmaking situations. Along the way, he examines case studies as diverse as buying a house, haggling over the rights to a TV show, and participating in the auction of a multimillion- dollar company. Informed by meticulous research, field experience, and classroom- tested strategies, Dealmaking offers essential insights for anyone involved in buying or sell- ing everything from cars to corporations. “This brilliant book exposes the connections between negotiations and auctions, and will be indispensable for every professional involved in dealmaking.”— Robert Mnookin, author of Beyond Winning GUHAN SUBRAMANIAN is the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and the Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School. He is the faculty chair for the JD/MBA program at Harvard University and the Harvard Program on Negotiation. 6 AUGUSt NEW TITLES WWNcat_F20_final.indd 6 2/5/20 6:11 PM Norton Sid Meier’s Memoir! A Series of Interesting Decisions Sid Meier $27.95 hardcover (Can. $36.95) • CQ 24 Territory W • ISBN 978-1- 324- 00587- 2 6″ × 9″ • 21 illustrations • 320 pages • MEMOIR T he life and career of the legendary • Major review attention developer celebrated as the “godfather • National media • Author tour: New York, of computer gaming,” and creator of Boston, Washington DC, Los Civilization. Angeles, San Francisco • Tie- in to author lectures • Op- eds timed to publication ver his four- decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the • Online advertising Oworld’s most popular video games, including Sid Meier’s Civilization, • Early outreach and which has sold more than 51 million units worldwide and accumulated promotion on Goodreads more than one billion hours of play. Sid Meier’s Memoir! is the story of an • Library marketing obsessive young computer enthusiast who helped launch a multibillion- • Extensive outreach and promotion by creators and dollar industry. Writing with warmth and ironic humor, Meier describes distributors of Sid Meier the genesis of his influential studio, MicroProse, founded in 1982 after games a trip to a Las Vegas arcade, and recounts the development of landmark • Buzz mailings to video game, computer science, business, games, from vintage classics like Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon, to Civiliza- and design communities tion and beyond. Articulating his philosophy that a videogame should be “a series of interesting decisions,” Meier also shares his perspective on the history of the industry, the psychology of gamers, and fascinating insights into the creative process, including his ten rules of good game design. SID MEIER, creator of Civilization, has been honored with virtually every award in the videogame industry. A member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame and founder of Firaxis Games, Meier lives in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Photo by Tom Bass / 2K Bass Tom by Photo NEW TITLES SEPTEMBER 7 WWNcat_F20_final.indd 7 2/5/20 6:11 PM Norton The Great Secret The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer Jennet Conant n the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed • National media a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen • Major review attention • Tie- in with author lectures ships and killing over a thousand servicemen and hun- O • Early outreach and giveaways on dreds of civilians. Caught in the surprise air raid was the John Goodreads Harvey, an American Liberty ship carrying a top- secret cargo • Library marketing • Buzz mailings to top oncologists of 2,000 mustard bombs to be used in retaliation if the Germans and WWII historians resorted to gas warfare.