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EBURY PUBLISHING A U T U M N C A T A L O G U E 1 Artemis Andy Weir The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Martian returns with a new adventure - a twisty, smart, high concept thriller about a heist set on the moon. Ever had a bad day? Try having one on the moon... 'Fascinating' TIM PEAKE, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ask an Astronaut WINNER OF THE 2017 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR SCIENCE FICTION ***** WELCOME TO ARTEMIS. The first city on the moon. Population 2,000. Mostly tourists. Some criminals. Jazz Bashara is one of the criminals. She lives in a poor area of Artemis and subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. But it’s not enough. So when she’s offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it. But though planning a crime in 1/6th gravity may be more fun, it’s a lot more dangerous… ANDY WEIR built a two-decade career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing full-time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned July 2018 spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. 9781785030253 £7.99 : Paperback He lives in California. 320 pages 2 Good As You From Prejudice to Pride – 30 Years of Gay Britain Paul Flynn From 'Smalltown Boy' to same-sex marriage, this is the definitive pop-cultural history of British gay men ‘One of the most important books about gay culture in recent times’ The Quietus In 1984 the pulsing electronics and soft vocals of Smalltown Boy would become an anthem uniting gay men. A month later, an aggressive virus, HIV, would be identified and a climate of panic and fear would spread across the nation, marginalising an already ostracised community. Yet, out of this terror would come tenderness and 30 years later, the long road to gay equality would climax with the passing of same sex marriage. Paul Flynn charts this astonishing pop cultural and societal U-turn via the cultural milestones that effected change—from Manchester’s self- selection as Britain’s gay capital to the real-time romance of Elton John and David Furnish’s eventual marriage. Including candid interviews from major protagonists, such as Kylie, Russell T Davies, Will Young, Holly Johnson and Lord Chris Smith, as well as the relative unknowns crucial to the gay community, we see how an unlikely group of bedfellows fought for equality both front of stage and in the wings. This is the story of Britain’s brothers, cousins and sons. Sometimes it is the story of their fathers and husbands. It is one of public outrage and personal loss, the (not always legal) highs and the desperate lows, and the final collective victory as gay men were final recognised, July 2018 as Good As You. 9781785032936 £8.99 : Paperback Paul Flynn has worked as a journalist for the last 24 years. He began 320 pages writing at City Life magazine in Manchester and is currently the Senior Contributing Editor at Love and a columnist for Attitude and Grazia. He has previously been a contributing editor and writer at i-D, Pop, Dazed, Fantastic Man, The Gentlewoman and GQ Style and has written for the Guardian and Observer, Sunday Express and the Sunday Times newspapers. He lives in London. 3 How to Be an Overnight Success Maria Hatzistefanis The hugely successful entrepreneur and founder of the Rodial skincare range gives practical and hard-won advice on how to kick start your career and help you be the best you can be in business "You are not born an entrepreneur. It's a skill that you learn along the way." When the skincare company Rodial launched its cult 'snake' serum, the press quickly called the business an 'overnight success'. However, Rodial's founder Maria Hatzistefanis had been toiling for 18 years, building the company from scratch in her bedroom. Now, the beauty boss sets out to demonstrate in this very accessible book that its success stemmed from sheer hard work, tireless efforts and a lot of patience. Fashion-loving Maria set out with a dream to build a beauty business and - despite not excelling at school, and being fired from her first job - she has achieved it. She did it by dreaming big, working hard, surrounding herself with the best, taking risks, creating buzz and building her own personal brand, which is now a favourite with high- profile models and media personalities including Poppy Delevingne, Daisy Lowe and Kylie Jenner. Crucially, she believes anyone can do this and her book, brimming with good sense, great advice, tips and secrets - all presented in an easy, friendly style - shows how. London-based beauty entrepreneur, Maria Hatzistefanis started her career as a beauty writer before moving to New York where she received an MBA from Columbia Business School. She founded her ground-breaking skincare group, Rodial, in 1999 by identifying a niche for treatments targeted to specific skin concerns, with evocative tongue-in-cheek names such as Snake Serum and Dragon’s Blood. July 2018 Maria now runs two brands – Rodial and Nip + Fab – with products 9781529102666 £8.99 : Paperback selling through 20,000 doors across 35 countries worldwide. Today, the cutting-edge products are available in the most prestigious stores 224 pages around the world, with support and praise from high profile names in the fashion and beauty industries. 4 The Man and His Bike Wilfried de Jong An award-winning collection of cycling tales that get to the poetic core of the sport like no other book. ‘One of the most entertaining sports books I have ever read’ Joe Short, The Daily Express In this award-winning collection of cycling tales, Wilfried de Jong uncovers the true soul of cycling – why we do it, why we watch it, why we hate it, why we love it – stripped bare. With his distinctly comic and melancholic charm Wilfried ponders life, love and death on his trusted bike, chasing the essence of our existence against the backdrop of major cycling events or while roaming alone in nature. Whether he is describing being ejected from Paris-Roubaix, a terminal incident with a bird while out riding, or explaining why he is standing stark naked on Belgian cobbles with a tyre in his hand, Wilfried unlocks a sport that involves so much pain, punishment, and a high probability of failure, but that will always liberate and inspire us. Wilfried de Jong is a well-known and highly regarded broadcaster, journalist and writer in his native Holland. A familiar face on Dutch TV, he has made a number of award-winning sports documentaries. In 2012 he won the Nico Scheepmaker Award for the best sports book of the year for Head in the Wind, which went on to be a bestseller in Holland. In 2015 his collection of cycling columns Solo was nominated for the Dutch Sports Book of the Year. The Man and his Bike combines the very best of De Jong’s stories on cycling in one unique collection. Introduced by Bert Wagendorp, author of Ventoux July 2018 9781785034015 £8.99 : Paperback 256 pages 5 The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man How America really took over the world John Perkins A breathtaking expose of who really holds the power in America, and how their henchmen have infiltrated every system of government, economics and society today False economics. Threats, bribes, extortion. Debt, deception, coups, assassinations and unbridled military power. These are the tools used by the ‘corporatocracy’ – a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments and rich and powerful individuals – to ensure that they retain and expand their wealth and influence, growing richer and richer as the poor become poorer. In his original, post 9/11 book, John Perkins revealed how he was recruited as an economic hit man in the 1970s, and exposed the corrupt methods American corporations use to spread their influence in the developing world, cheating countries out of trillions of dollars. In this new, extensively updated edition he lays bare the latest, terrifying evolution of the economic hit man, and how the system has become even more entrenched and powerful than ever before. In New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins provides fresh and chilling evidence of how the corporatocracy has grown its influence to every corner of the globe, making us all unwitting slaves to their regime. But he also provides advice on how we can end our unconscious support of the system and its self-serving, lethal economy. John Perkins was formerly Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm where he advised the World Bank, United Nations, the July 2018 IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and 9781785033858 governments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Since £8.99 : Paperback then, his books on economics, geo-politics, and indigenous cultures 384 pages have sold more than 1 million copies. He is a founder and board member of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance, nonprofits devoted to establishing a world our children will want to inherit. www.johnperkins.org 6 Westonbirt Arboretum’s Plant and Flower Spotter’s Guide Dan Crowley and Matt Parratt A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized guide to 100 popular wild plants and flowers, perfect for a ramble in Britain’s green spaces Get back to nature with this easy to use guide to Britain's greenery.