DECEMBER 2015 Old Timers: Stories about the good old days David Darcy
Author-photographer David Darcy presents a stunning collection of portraits depicting war, childhood, love and life in the in the lucky country.
Description In his years of travelling the length and breadth of Australia, David Darcy has met many an old timer with a story to share - childhood memories of a very different Australia, and stories from a lifestyle that is fast disappearing as Australia changes and takes its place in the modern world.
Here David Darcy is on the road again, traversing the continent in search of a good yarn and an interesting face. Through candid portraits and poignant, intimate conversations with men and women from all walks of Australian life, he captures recollections of childhood memories, a life lived on the land, in the cities, on the shores of this great dry continent - stories from a disappearing world.
About the Author David Darcy has become one of Australia's leading author-photographers, with a succession of best-selling photographic books to his credit, which include Australian Mongrel, Every Man and His Dog, A Girl's Best Friend and four other photographic titles. He has been capturing unique portraits of dogs in Australia and abroad for the past 15 years. His latest collection of animal photography, Kiwi Dogs, will be published in September 2015. Born in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, David developed a keen interest in photography from an early age.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781743365748 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 260x210mm Extent: 160 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 Every Man and His Dog David Darcy
Every Man and His Dog is a glorious documentation of the relationship between Aussie blokes and their canine besties.
Description Since Indigenous Australians first shared their lives with dingoes thousands of years ago, dogs have been part of the fabric of everyday life in Australia. In Every Man and His Dog David Darcy explores this timeless bond between man and dog. Travelling around Australia, from the coast to the Outback, David photographed blokes from all walks of life as they talked about their dogs-from tough working dogs to pampered family pets.
The result is a funny, moving and unforgettable tribute to man's best friend.
About the Author David Darcy, one of Australia's leading author-photographers, has been capturing environmental portraits of dogs in Australia and abroad for over a decade.
Born in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, David developed a keen interest in photography from an early age. Today he combines his talent for photography and his passion for dogs with a desire to travel, capturing unique and iconic images of Australian dogs.
David is the best-selling author-photographer of Australian Mongrel and five other books, and a keen supporter of Vets Beyond Borders, the RSPCA and AMRRIC. He is also an Ambassador for Bayer Animal Health Australia.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781743317013 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 260x190mm Extent: 156 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 A Girl's Best Friend David Darcy
A Girl's Best Friend is a glorious documentation of the relationship between Aussie women and their canine besties.
Description From Tassie to the Top End, through the outback towns of Coober Pedy and Tennant Creek, to the coastal retreats of Fremantle, Cairns and Byron Bay and taking in the capital cities along the way, author- photographer David Darcy has traversed the length and breadth of the continent in search of women who have doggy tales to share.
A Girl's Best Friend showcases a cross-section of women and their dogs, from all over the country and from all walks of life. Whether it's Nancy sitting in her humpy in the desert with her beloved Blacky, or Beccy taking time out to stroll the beach with Stevie or Margrit with Diamond amid the hustle of Melbourne's Chapel Street, all these women have one thing in common: a loving, compassionate bond with their dogs - who are not simply dogs, but members of the family, of course!
The result is a series of wonderfully spontaneous and candid portraits of women and their canine companions - rescue dogs, family pets, working dogs or faithful guardians. Their stories are funny, powerful and heart-rending by turns and show us how strong are the ties that bind a girl to her best friend.
About the Author David Darcy has been capturing unique portraits of dogs in Australia and abroad for the past fifteen years. He has become one of Australia's leading author- photographers, with a succession of best selling photographic books to his credit, which include Every Man and His Dog, Australian Mongrel, and five other photographic titles.
Born in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, David developed a keen interest in photography from an early age. Over the years he has worked on numerous photography assignments that combine his dedication to his art, his eye for detail, with his passion for capturing iconic images of Australian dogs.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781743363799 David acknowledges his own aging and beloved dogs as his biggest inspiration. He is a keen advocate for animal rights Format: Hard Cover issues and has worked with many Australian animal welfare organisations. Dimensions: 260x190mm Extent: 156 pages www.mongrel.com.au Main Category: WZG Gift Books
Sub Category: WZG Gift Books Illustrations: 100 David would like to express his Gratitude to L&P photographic, Sydney for their support and Phase One camera Previous Titles: Australian Mongrel, Every Man and His Dog manufacturer for the use of equipment to shoot this project. Author now living: Springwood, NSW
Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 The Australian Native Garden: A practical guide Angus Stewart and AB Bishop
A highly illustrated, authoritative and practical book focused on all aspects of using native plants in the home garden, from design through to plant choice and cultivation.
Description This authoritative and practical book--written in an approachable and accessible style--focuses on growing and using native plants in the home garden. It provides expert information on the fundamentals--soils, cultivation techniques, pruning, fertilising and maintenance--and looks at different styles of garden design, using Australian plants not only for aesthetic reasons but for creating droughtproof gardens, fire resistant gardens, and environments attractive to native fauna as well. Growing your own bush foods is also covered. Highly illustrated and information-packed, The Australian Native Garden showcases some of the best designed Australian gardens and explores rural areas around Australia where indigenous species thrive in the wild, representing a fascinating source of inspiration and information.
About the Author Angus Stewart's groundbreaking work with native plants and his appearances on ABC Radio's Weekends with Simon Marnie and ABC TV's Gardening Australia have seen him emerge as Australia's leading expert when it comes to native plants and their untapped possibilities. Creating an Australian Garden (Allen and Unwin 2010) won Book Laurel for best general gardening book at the Horticultural Media Association of Australia in 2011. Angus's other books include 500 Plants (CSIRO Publishing November 2012) and Let's Propagate (A&U February 2012).
AB Bishop is a qualified writer and horticulturalist. She operated her own landscaping business before landing a dream job as an ABC TV's Gardening Australia Researcher (2008-2012). In this position she was responsible for finding, researching and writing briefs for stories Australia wide. AB also offers professional gardening advice to home gardeners. She writes for The Age and for magazines including Gardening Australia, blogs about her home garden experiences at kggarden.com and is also a monthly guest on the 3CR gardening program. AB worked with Angus Stewart as researcher on Creating an Australian Garden.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$55.00) ISBN: 9781743365434 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 280x215mm Extent: 288 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 The Maker: Beyond decorating: crafting a unique space Tamara Maynes
The Maker provides inspiration and information for mastering your chosen craft and using these skills to create individual interiors in a home.
Description 'What can I craft with my own hands that will make my space special?' In this book filled with inspiration, advice and projects, Tamara Maynes shows you how to achieve an intimate connection with your home by mastering your craft, bringing raw materials to life and creating an original space that bears your unique fingerprint.
Drawing on her own practice and the work and musings of many she admires, Tamara hopes to stir 'the maker' in every reader; to encourage them to connect deeply and bring comfort, beauty and individuality to their home. The Maker celebrates those who are already 'good with their hands', while offering membership to those who want to join the club. It shows how to craft a space and 'make' a home, in the most perfect sense.
A pioneer of Australia's modern craft movement, Tamara Maynes lives in Melbourne and is creative director of The Establishment Studios. Her clever DIY projects feature in the pages of interiors magazines such as Inside Out and Real Living. Tamara also crafts custom commissions, influences aspiring makers through workshops at Megan Morton's The School and runs online store The Six Week Boutique for craft enthusiasts.
About the Author A pioneer of Australia's modern craft movement, Tamara Maynes works diligently to advocate the value of craftsmanship, good design and considered raw materials. A dedicated maker and authentic designer, Tamara's making practise began as a small child and is inspired by nostalgia, colour, shape and modernity. Inspiring readers with clever DIY projects in the pages of interior magazines such as Inside Out and Real Living, crafting custom commissions for an array of creative industries, and influencing aspiring makers through workshops at Megan Morton's The School, modern craft enthusiasts also visit Tamara's online store The Six Week Boutique to indulge in her handcrafted pieces. In recent years, Tamara's work has been exhibited by invitation at both London and Milan Design Week alongside international sustainable design collective Supercyclers. Tamara lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she is also a stylist and the creative director of The Price: $59.99 (NZ$69.99) ISBN: 9781743365205 Establishment Studios. Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 260x200mm Extent: 272 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 Tokyo Cult Recipes Maori Murota
Over 100 recipes for authentic Japanese food demystified and made easy
Description A celebration of food, culture and place, here are 100 dishes from Tokyo, the gastronomic megacity. There are recipes for miso, sushi, soba noodles, bentos, sushi, fried rice, Japanese tapas, desserts, cakes and sweets; plus features on the key essential cooking techniques and key ingredients, making it truly Japanese food made simple. Author Maori Murota grew up in Tokyo and was inspired to write this book by her mother's cooking and memories of growing up in Tokyo, cooking at home, eating out. Her mission is to demystify Japanese food, to make it accessible and understood by anyone and everyone interested in learning about a food culture and eating well.
About the Author Author Maori Murota grew up in Tokyo and was inspired to write this book by her mother’s cooking and memories of growing up in Tokyo, cooking at home, eating out. Her mission is to demystify Japanese food, to make it accessible and understood by anyone and everyone interested in learning about a food culture and eating well. Maori left Japan when she was 17 to live in New York, and also spent time in Indonesia. In 2003 she settled in Paris, where she worked as a stylist, before exchanging the world of fashion for food in 2009. Completely self-taught, Maori became chef at Parisian restaurants D\o and Bento at La Conserverie. Now an event caterer and private chef, she also gives classes in authentic Japanese home cooking.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$55.00) ISBN: 9781743365946 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 262x208mm Extent: 272 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 New York Cult Recipes Marc Grossman
New York Cult Recipes lets the reader into the secrets of New York's legendary dining scene.
Description Discover 130 recipes that unlock the secrets of New York's cult food establishments. Learn the secret to creating the perfect BLT, make the ultimate cheeseburger or for something a little sweeter, indulge in a cinnamon roll, smoothie or famous New York cheesecake. Brimming with delicious food and gorgeous photography of the city that never sleeps, you'll feel like a local.
About the Author Marc Grossman grew up in Manhattan but now resides in Paris with his wife and children. He is the author of several books; Smoothies, Muffins and Bagels, and the creator of French organic food establishments, Bob's Juice Bar and Bob' s Kitchen.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$59.99) ISBN: 9781743369852 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 260x205mm Extent: 272 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 Venice Cult Recipes Laura Zavan
Capturing the essence of Venice and its food with over 100 recipes so you can experience Venice in your own home.
Description Capturing the essence of Venice and its food, this is a book to dream over as well as to cook from. Black cuttlefish risotto, grilled squid, fancy antipasti, delicious Venetian sweets and ice creams-here are 100 recipes that conjure up the real Venice. There are recipes for fish, chicken, antipasti, ravioli, gnocchi, risotto, soups, snacks, polenta and desserts. There are also recipes for Venetian drinks, including the internationally renowned bellini, the perfect blend of white peach juice with sparkling prosecco, invented by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1930 at Harry's Bar in Venice, and synonymous with the sparkling city. Author Laura Zavan shares her knowledge of Venetian food and its history generously, and includes commentary and maps for five guided walks around Venice that stop off at cafes, restaurants, food markets and wine cellars. So if you're lucky enough to find yourself in Venice, you can experience authentic Venetian food and wine first- hand.
About the Author Food writer Laura Zavan was born in Treviso, near Venice, and her earliest childhood food memories originate there. She has written several books including Little Italy (published by Murdoch Books). She has a food blog (of course!), runs cooking classes and writes for a variety of magazines and newspapers.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$59.99) ISBN: 9781743363096 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 260x205mm Extent: 272 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 Love, Aimee x: 50 beautiful sweet gifts for friends and family Aimee Twigger
Recipes for stunning baked gifts in a very gifty format
Description Love, Aimee x features 50 original, creative and sweet recipes from Aimee Twigger’s kitchen, as featured on her popular blog, Twigg Studios. Each treat has easy-to-follow instructions and is paired with stunning photographs shot by Aimee herself. Aimee also gives crafty tips for beautifully wrapping and presenting her luscious creations so that they are perfect edible gifts for any occasion.
From violet and lemon eclairs, chocolate quail's eggs to breathtaking rose cake pops and banana chocolate doughnuts, Love, Aimee x equips you with the skills to make stunning gifts inexpensively. A collector of secondhand cookware and kitchenalia, Aimee’s creations are all homespun and homecrafted with love. Very beautiful, very sweet, very Aimee.
About the Author Aimee Twigger is a 28-year-old crafter and blogger. She lives in Torquay, Devon, with her partner, Howard, and her Dalmatian puppy, Archie. Aimee started her food blog, Twigg Studios, in 2011 to share recipes and her passion for baking and food photography.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$45.00) ISBN: 9781743365922 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 241x190mm Extent: 192 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 Whole Food Energy Elise Museles
200 whole food recipes specifically targeted at sports nutrition.
Description Whole Food Energy is an essential health food recipe book, featuring over 200 recipes made exclusively with whole foods, designed to ensure your body and mind are at the very peak of health before, during, and after exercise.
What we put in our body has a direct impact on how well our body performs. Anyone leading an active lifestyle will be a ware of this, but it is all to easy to take the lazy route of consuming store-bought energy bars and protein shakes thinking they will help you achieve your training goals. Yet, all too often, these contain hidden 'nasties'. Consuming whole foods as part of your everyday diet will ensure you know exactly what you are putting into your body and help you target your specific nutritional needs. Whole foods are the purest form of nutrition- unrefined, unprocessed, high in vitamins and low in salt, carbohydrate, and fat. Packed full of natural nutritional properties that will get you through that half marathon, improve your performance on the treadmill, and help you recover from a long workout.
Featuring 200 innovative and easy-to-make whole foods recipes from fit, fun foodies, Jayne and Bibi Rodgers, the book is organized into three chapters-Fuel: what to eat before you exercise, Refuel: what to eat during your workout, and Recover: what to eat after you train- for easy reference, so that you know exactly what to consume relative to when and how you are working out. As well as being a one-stop-shop of delicious, quick recipes that will keep you going for longer without all the nasties, Whole Food Energy also includes a rundown on basic food science, so that you know exactly how and why the food you put in your body can maintain and improve a healthy training regime.
From breakfast smoothies to granola balls and quinoa cakes, plus so many other delectable options to choose from, this book will ensure you are fueled, refueled and recovered as you go about your active life. Beautifully designed with healthy yet tasty recipes, this is the perfect companion for anyone looking to boost their diet and supplement a new or existing exercise regime with the powerful goodness that whole foods provide.
About the Author Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781743367612 Elise Museles is the voice behind the insightful blog Kale & Chocolate. She is a qualified nutritionist who counts many Format: athletes among her clients. Elise's advice has been featured in publications such as The Daily Love, Washingtonian Well Dimensions: 246x190mm +Being, and WTOP Radio and her recipes are part of the 10-day program in Dr. Chutkan's New York Times bestselling Extent: 176 pages book, Gutbliss. Elise holds degrees and certifications from UC Berkeley, George Washington University School of Law, Main Category: WB Food And Drink
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 Greens 24/7: Over 100 quick, easy and delicious recipes for eating leafy greens and other green veggies at ... Jessica Nadel
Over 100 quick, easy, and delicious recipes for eating leafy greens and other green veggies at every meal, every day.
Description From cinnamon zucchini waffles and chocolate superfood smoothies to crispy kale chips and even spinach brownies, discover more than 100 recipes that use green vegetables in ways you never would have imagined. Each of these irresistible vegan dishes has been lovingly created by dedicated blogger and baker Jessica Nadel to demonstrate the incredible versatility of kale, zucchini, broccoli, spinach, chard, cabbage and lots of other green vegetables. Many of the recipes are gluten-free and each one comes with a nutritional information box so you can keep track of exactly what you're eating. Green vegetables are essential in a balanced diet and the more you eat, the better you'll feel. Greens are brimming with lovely healthy things like vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals that help our bodies to naturally detox. They have even been shown to decrease the risk of obesity, diabetes and other health issues. Whether you want to sneak some extra greens into your kids' diets with chocolate avocado popsicles or start your day with a tropical green smoothie or delicious spinach pancakes, this book has you covered.
About the Author Jessica Nadel is a freelance writer and blogger at cupcakesandkale. blogspot.com. She has a passion for healthy, plant- based eating and thinks that a diet of vibrant, nourishing meals can always make room for a cupcake or two as well. When she's not dreaming up recipes, Jessica fills her days as the owner and baker at Oh My Bakeshop, a natural and organic bakery. She lives in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781743365359 Format: Dimensions: 246x190mm Extent: 176 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 The Little Thai Cookbook
Featuring more than 80 recipes, this book is a source of inspiration for the cook and an evocation of a place.
Description The Little Thai Cookbook explores the ways in which geography, climate, culture and tradition have shaped one of the world's most popular cuisines. It takes a look at the behind-the-scenes world of growers, artisans, chefs and home cooks, whose passion for produce is reflected in the regional styles and flavours of Thailand's rich and varied food. More than 80 recipes including street food, seafood specialities, stir-fries, vegetable dishes and curries.
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 The Little Chinese Cookbook
Featuring more than 80 recipes, this book is a source of inspiration for the cook and an evocation of a place.
Description The Little Chinese Cookbook explores the ways in which geography, climate, culture and tradition have shaped oone of the world's most popular cuisines. It takes a look at the behind-the-scenes world of growers, artisans, chefs and home cooks, whose passion for produce is reflected in the regional styles and flavours of China's rich and varied food. More than 80 recipes including street food, seafood, dim sum recipes, hotpots and desserts.
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Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781743366561 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 200x160mm Extent: 192 pages
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Murdoch Books DECEMBER 2015 The Age Good Food Guide 2016 Roslyn Grundy
Exciting news for Victoria's lovers of great food as the gourmet bible publishes its 36th edition.
Description The Age Good Food Guide 2016 showcase the best places to eat in Melbourne, and throughout regional Victoria.
For 36 years the release of Australia's most prestigious restaurant bible has been the biggest event on the local food calendar. We scour Victoria to find great places to eat. Only the very best restaurants are featured in the Guide. To be listed, a restaurant must score a minimum of 12 points out of 20. The very best restaurants are awarded the coveted chef's hats - a sign of consistency and excellence. We make some tough calls and some bold ones, without fear or favour, tackling local legends and up-and-comers alike. Some don't make the cut. Our reviewers dine anonymously and pay for their meals to deliver independent advice you can trust.
About the Author Roslyn Grundy is a former editor of The Age Good Food Guide, Epicure, The Age Cheap Eats and The Age Good Food Shopping Guide. A journalist for more than two decades, she has specialised in food writing for 15 years.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781921486876 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 304 pages
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Fairfax (Dist) DECEMBER 2015 The Age Good Food Guide 2016 10 copy counter pack Point of Sale
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Fairfax (Dist) DECEMBER 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2016 Myffy Rigby
Exciting news for NSW's lovers of great food with the gourmet bible.
Description Edited by Myffy Rigby, The SMH Good Food Guide 2016 showcases the best places to eat in Sydney, and throughout regional NSW.
For over 30 years the release of Australia's most prestigious restaurant bible has been the biggest event on the local food calendar. We scour NSW to find great places to eat. Only the very best restaurants are featured in the Guide. To be listed, a restaurant must score a minimum of 12 points out of 20. The very best restaurants are awarded the coveted chef's hats - a sign of consistency and excellence. We make some tough calls and some bold ones, without fear or favour, tackling local legends and up-and-comers alike. Some don't make the cut. Our reviewers dine anonymously and pay for their meals to deliver independent advice you can trust.
About the Author Myffy Rigby is the Good Food Guides Editor and Food and Drink Events Creative Director for Fairfax Media. With 15 years in the restaurant industry from her days as a short order cook, terrible waitress, fish wrangler and much later, restaurant critic for Sydney's Time Out, she is one of the city's most prominent voices in the Food and Drink scene. Last year she co-authored the cookbook Recipes for a Good Time (Murdoch Books). No cheese is too stinky, sandwich too enormous, no drink too full of whiskey. And if you can set fire to it, all the better.
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Fairfax (Dist) DECEMBER 2015 50 Strategies That Changed History Daniel Smith
The greatest strategies ever developed for war, business, and politics.
Description How did David, the future king of Israel, plot his assault against the seemingly invincible Philistine warrior Goliath? What strategic thinking lay behind the military triumphs of Alexander the Great or Napoleon Bonaparte? When revolutionaries organized to bring about the downfall of the autocratic Russian tsar, what keen intelligence laid the groundwork for their achievement? Study the social media, as well as political, strategy that lay behind Barack Obama's historic election as US President in 2008-and his re-election four years later. Investigate the bold moves, the cunning, and the hard-hitting plans of action that brought triumph to economic giants such as Henry Ford or Bill Gates. Consider how the great strategists of each age learnt from their forerunners as this most practically focused field of thought developed and changed.
In this thoroughly researched, superbly illustrated, and expertly written book the history of strategic thought comes vividly and immediately to life through stories of 19 military, 14 political, and 17 business geniuses, exploring how strategy has changed our world for better and for worse, and influenced every part of our daily lives.
About the Author Daniel Smith is a writer, editor, and researcher of non-fiction. His previous books include How to Think Like Steve Jobs, Go Figure, How to Think Like Sherlock, Is Their Alot Wrong With This Centence?, The Language of London, and Think You Know it All? Daniel is also a long-time contributor to The Statesman's Yearbook, an annual geopolitical guide to the countries of the world.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781743366035 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 222x170mm Extent: 224 pages
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Pier 9 DECEMBER 2015 50 Leaders Who Changed History Charles Phillips
The greatest leaders in politics, religion, business, art and sciences.
Description What qualities enabled George Washington-celebrated as the 'father of his country'-to lead a sometimes ramshackle army to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then serve with distinction as the first US President in 1789-97? How did Winston Churchill succeed in inspiring the British people in the darkest days of World War II, when the struggle against the power of Nazi Germany might have seemed hopeless? What made Queen Elizabeth I-hailed as 'Gloriana' by her people-such a triumphantly successful leader, who oversaw the defeat of the mighty Spanish Armada and the flowering of literary geniuses such as William Shakespeare?
In the modern era, natural authority and honed leadership skills drove Martin Luther King Jr, Fidel Castro, Margaret Thatcher, and Nelson Mandela to make history. The sports teams of British soccer manager Sir Alex Ferguson, baseball coach John McGraw, and Vince Lombardi in American Football, galvanized by brilliant leadership, played on to unprecedented success. While creative powerhouses such as William Morris and Pablo Picasso harnessed their huge talents to change the way people saw the world.
Have the qualities needed by great leaders changed across centuries? How have the image of the leader and the concept of leadership evolved? This gripping book combines the stories of great leaders' achievements with insightful analysis of what inspired them to lead, and how they pursued and found success. Categorized into stories of 8 religious figureheads, 9 cultural visionaries, 15 military geniuses and 18 political leaders and social visionaries, here is history at its most powerful- and most relevant.
About the Author Charles Phillips is a graduate of Oxford University and the author of more than 35 books. He was a key writer on Time Life's Myth and Mankind series, 1001 Battles that Changed the Course of History and The Military History Book. His successful histories include An Illustrated History of the Crusades, The Crusader Knights and Royal Britain, and The Lost History of the Aztec and Maya. Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781743366042 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 222x170mm Extent: 224 pages
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Pier 9 DECEMBER 2015 1001 Guitars to Dream of Playing Before You Die Terry Burrows General Editor
A visually stunning reference guide that traces the evolution of the most inflentual instrument of the last century.
Description Since the late nineteenth century, acoustic and electric guitars have graced every musical sphere. 1001 Guitars to dream of Playing Before You Die celebrates the diversity and popularity of this much loved instrument. All the classic names are here - Fender, Roland, Martin, Gretsch, and Rickenbacker - as well as important Japanese brands such as Ibanez, Yamaha, and Yeisco; European classics of the 1960s, including Burns, Hagstrom, Eko, and Hofner; obscure models from behind the 'Iron Curtain', such as Defil, Aelita, Resonet, and Musima; and present-day oil-can guitars built in South Africa. Dip into its pages and enjoy.
About the Author Writer, musician and university lecturer, Terry Burrows, is among the world's best-selling authors on the subject of guitar and music tuition. Author of Guitars Illustrated (2011), he has sold in excess of four million books in at least a dozen different languages - not only in music but also on subjects as diverse as history, technology, and popular psychology. As a musician he has recorded more than forty albums under a variety of pseudonyms. Recent performances have included the prestigious Aldesburgh classical festival.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$0.00) ISBN: 9781743366172 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 208x138mm Extent: 960 pages
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Sub Category: AV Music Illustrations: Previous Titles: General Editor Terry Burrows is the author of Guitars Illustrated (2011). Author now living: UK
Pier 9 DECEMBER 2015 1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think Robert Arp
1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think is a comprehensive guide to the most interesting and imaginative thoughts from the finest minds in history.
Description Ranging from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Plato to today's cutting-edge thinkers, 1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think offers a wealth of stimulation and amusement for everyone with a curious mind.
Within the pages of this book you will find a wide variety of answers to the great, eternal questions: how was the universe created and what is the place of humans within it? How should a person live? And how can we build a just society? 1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think also includes a host of hypotheses that are remarkable for their sheer weirdness-from the concept of the transmigration of souls to parallel universes and the theoretical paradoxes of time travel (what happens if you travel back in time and kill your own grandfather?). Discover how the Greek philosopher Zeno 'proved' a flying arrow never moves; how modern science has shown that a butterfly's wing can stir up an Atlantic storm; and the mathematical proof of the existence of life in other galaxies. The inspirational ideas explored here range from Gandhi's theory of civil disobedience to Henry David Thoreau's praise of the simple life and Mary Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking advocacy of women's rights. The book also covers a wide variety of lifestyle concepts, such as 'rational dress' and naturism, and cultural movements including Neoclassicism, Surrealism and Postmodernism.
Supported by a wealth of striking illustrations and illuminating quotations, 1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think is both an in-depth history of ideas and a delightfully browsable source of entertainment.
About the Author General Editor Robert Arp is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Maple Woods College and Johnson County Community College, both in the Kansas City area. Having attained a Ph.D in Philosophy from Saint Louise University, he has specialised in the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of mind, and modern philosophy. A member of The American Philosophical Association and The Philosophy of Science Association, Robert Arp has written numerous articles and is the editor of South Park and Philosophy (Blackwell Publishing, 2006), the co-editor of Contemporary Debates in Price: $39.99 (NZ$0.00) ISBN: 9781743367285 Philosophy of Biology (Blackwell Publishing, 2009), and the author of Scenario Visualisation: An Evolutionary Account of Format: Paperback - Demy format Creatuive Problem Solving (MIT Press, 2008) and An Integrated Approach to the Philosophy of Mind (Cambridge Dimensions: 208x138mm University Press, 2010). Extent: 960 pages
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Pier 9 DECEMBER 2015 Florence: The Paintings and Frescoes in the City that Invented Art, 1250-1743 Ross King and Anja Grebe
The most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence.
Description With more than 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches. Every painted work that is on display in the Uffizi Gallery, The Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo is included, plus many or most of the works from 28 of the city's other magnificent museums and churches. The research and text are by Ross King (best- selling author), Anja Grebe (author or The Louvre and The Vatican), Cristina Acidini (former Superintendent of the public museums of Florence) and Msgr. Timothy Verdon (Director of the artworks for the Archdiocese of Florence).
About the Author Ross King is the author of the bestselling Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, as well as the novels Ex-Libris and Domino. He lives in England.
Anja Grebe teaches art history at University of Frieburg. She has published extensively on medieval and modern art history and is one of the authors of The Louvre: All the Paintings and The Vatican: All the Paintings. She lives in Germany.
Price: $89.99 (NZ$110.00) ISBN: 9781631910012 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 266x266mm Extent: 704 pages
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Black Dog & Leventhal DECEMBER 2015 Florence 8 copy pack
Contains 8 copies of Florence, custom header and free display copy.
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Black Dog & Leventhal DECEMBER 2015 Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke
A stunning, visual exploration of the power and behavior of light, across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and how it affects life on earth and everything in the Universe.
Description A visual exploration of the power and behavior of light, across the electromagnetic spectrum, and how it affects life on earth and everything in the Universe.
Light allows us to see everything around us, but humans can only see a sliver of all light, known as the electromagnetic spectrum. Here, Kim Arcand and Megan Watzke present the subject of light as never before. Organised along the order of the electromagnetic spectrum, each chapter focuses on a different type of light. From radio waves, harnessed for telecommunications, to X- rays, which let us peer inside the human body and view areas around black holes in deep space, Arcand and Watzke show us all the important ways light impacts us.
An introductory chapter describes what light is and how it behaves, while hundreds of full-colour photographs and illustrations demonstrate concepts and make for a stunning book that's a joy to read and browse.
About the Author Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke are award-winning directors, producers, and authors who have spent their careers in science and technology. Arcand is the visualisation lead for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, specialising in image and meaning research, and data representation. She lives near Providence, Rhode Island. Watzke is the press officer for NASA's Chandra X- ray Observatory, specialising in communicating astronomy with the public. She lives in Seattle, WA. They are co-authors of Your Ticket to the Universe and have written dozens of articles in print and online.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781631910067 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 254x254mm Extent: 224 pages
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Black Dog & Leventhal DECEMBER 2015 Bob Dylan: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track Philippe Margotin
This is the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's work yet published with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his remarkable and illustrious 53-year career.
Description This is the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's work yet published with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his remarkable and illustrious 53-year career.
Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind all the 525 songs he released. Organised chronologically by album, Margotin and Guesdon recount the details that led to the composition of Dylan's recorded songs, what went on in the recording studio, what instruments he used, and behind-the-scenes account of the great artists that Dylan worked with.
About the Author Philippe Margotin has written numerous books on music, including biographies of U2, Radiohead, and the Rolling Stones. Jean-Michel Guesdon is a producer and musician. His talents as a musician, composer, and sound engineer allow him to have a unique perspective on Dylan's work. Together they wrote All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release. They live in Paris.
Price: $60.00 (NZ$75.00) ISBN: 9781579129859 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 209x209mm Extent: 704 pages
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Black Dog & Leventhal DECEMBER 2015 Where Are They Buried?: How did they die? Fitting ends and final resting places of the famous, infamous and noteworthy Tod Benoit
The bestselling guide to the lives, deaths, and final resting places of our most enduring cultural icons, now revised and completely updated.
Description The bestselling guide to the lives, deaths, and final resting places of our most enduring cultural icons, now revised and completely updated for 2015.
Where Are They Buried? has directed legions of fervent fans and multitudes of the morbidly curious to the graves, monuments, memorials, and tombstones of the nearly 500 celebrities and antiheroes included in the book. By far the most complete and well-organized guide on the subject, every entry features an entertaining capsule biography full of little-known facts, a detailed description of the death, WC and step-by-step directions to the grave, including not only the name of the cemetery but the exact location of the gravesite and how to reach it. The book also provides a handy index of grave locations organized by state, province, and country to make planning a grave-hopping road trip easy and efficient.
About the Author Tod Benoit is an entrepreneur who has logged more than 10,000 miles driving around the country in search of notable graves. He previously spent 10 years incarcerated in Corporate America, but redirected his efforts and has since spent his days on assorted far-flung adventures, from mountain biking the Continental Divide to hitchhiking the wilds of South America, while alternately mooring in New Zealand and carousing in China and Europe. He lives in Massachussetts.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781631910111 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 234x133mm Extent: 640 pages
Main Category: BTC True Crime
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Black Dog & Leventhal DECEMBER 2015 Kovel's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2016: America's Most Authoritative Antiques Annual Kim Kovel and Terry Kovel
The 48th edition of Kovels' the leading antiques price guide.
Description The 48th edition of Kovels', the leading antiques price guide, includes 35,000 listings and more than 2,500 full-color photographs.
Kovels' is the most complete and best-illustrated price guide available, from the most trusted name in the industry. It features exceptionally well-organized, wide-ranging, up-to-the-minute information, and includes more tips, marks, logos, and photographs than any other competitive title. Kovels' is the only guide with prices based on actual sales from the previous calendar year, never estimates. Unlike other guides, which focus almost exclusively on English or high-priced items, Kovels' covers all American and international items. The book is organized by categories most sought-after by collectors, including Depression Glass, Dolls, Jewelry, Furniture, Porcelain, and Sports Memorabilia. Indexes, cross- references, and expert commentary throughout empower readers to collect with confidence and price their own antiques.
About the Author Terry Kovel is a lifelong collector and expert. She has written more than 100 books on antiques and collectibles. She writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column, a subscriber newsletter, and an e-newsletter. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Kim Kovel, daughter of Terry Kovel and Ralph Kovel, runs and contributes to the Kovels' website and has spent the past 10 years working on the Kovels' price guides and other Kovels WC projects. She lives in Miami, Florida.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781631910050 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 254x177mm Extent: 652 pages
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Black Dog & Leventhal DECEMBER 2015 Simply Glamorous: Make-up looks, pro tricks and techniques Gary Cockerill
Gary takes us step-by-step through 14 breathtaking makeovers on real women of all ages, demonstrating the transformative power of make-up and explaining how to create looks to suit different face shapes, features, skin tones and ages.
Description Leading celebrity make-up artist Gary Cockerill is best known for his glamorous, sexy make-up style and is much in demand by his loyal clientele for his ability to make them look and feel fabulous. In Glamorous Transformations he shares his professional expertise to show how, with a little knowledge and skill, everyone can gain the confidence to use make- up to look radiant and feel confident. With his down-to-earth approach, he reveals the best products and techniques to make anyone red-carpet ready.
In The Art of Illusion, Gary reveals what he loves most about make-up: its ability to transform, whether by enhancing the features you like or by drawing the eye away from those you don't. Gary then takes us step-by-step through 16 breathtaking makeovers on real women of all ages, demonstrating the transformative power of make-up and explaining how to create looks to suit different face shapes, features, skin tones and ages. Both inspiring and packed with techniques and tips, the looks range from natural to high-octane glamour, including the ever-popular smoky eye and red lip. Divided into three sections, Face, Eyes and Lips, and interspersed with 26 tutorials that address key topics in greater detail, the makeovers illustrate every aspect of make-up, from contouring, to false eyelashes, to wearing colour.
About the Author GARY COCKERILL is one of the UK's most successful celebrity make-up artists with a repertoire of work spanning stage and screen, editorial, events and advertising. Much in demand for his super-sexy, glamorous make-up style, Gary's extensive client list includes male and female stars of all ages - Pixie Lott, Leona Lewis, Jerry Hall, Honor Blackman, Angelica Houston, Sheridan Smith, Ewan McGregor and Rupert Everett, to name a few. Known for his versatility and creativity, Gary's attention to detail and drive for perfection result in some of the most exquisite imagery.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$55.00) ISBN: 9781910254011 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 270x210mm Extent: 224 pages
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Jacqui Small DECEMBER 2015 James Bond Cars Frederic Brun
This book pays tribute to the legendary cars and vehicles that have starred alsongside James Bond in so many unforgettable stunts and races.
Description From the iconic Aston Martin with it's ejector seat, the BMW Z3 Roadster and the Rolls- Royce Phantom, to Russian military tanks, James Bond Cars is unqiue in that it also looks at the cars belonging to the Bond girls and Bond's opponents. Packed with beautiful photographs and techinical information on the cars and the stunts as well as the more uncoventional modes of transport such as jet packs, jet skis, motorised gondolars and aeroplanes, this book is a must- have edition that will get every Bond lover's heart racing!
About the Author Political attache in the French Parliament, FREDERIC BRUN is above all a movie lover, and a true James Bond fan. A sought-after commentator, he contributes to a number of magazines and is the author of Steve McQueen & Speed and Frank Sinatra: a Life in Pictures.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$55.00) ISBN: 9781781315385 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 280x240mm Extent: 192 pages
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Aurum Press DECEMBER 2015 A Season in the Red: Managing Man UTD in the shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson Jamie Jackson
A dramatic behind-the-scenes look at what it is like to manage Manchester United, one of the biggest football clubs and international brands in the world.
Description What does it feel like to follow in the footsteps of one of the most successful managers of all time and take control of one of the most popular football teams and international brands in the world?
Starting with the arrival of David Moyes and his subsequent dismissal, and into the current era of Louis Van Gaal, as he desperately tries to stamp his authority on the club, A Season in the Red is a unique, behind-the-scenes account of what it's really like to be a top-level manager in the twenty-first century: how to cope with the demands of players, fans and shareholders alike, how to adjust to having your every word, every choice, every move, analysed in the papers, online and debated worldwide on social media. How, above all, to deal with the towering legacy of Sir Alex Ferguson, whose presence is still felt in every corner of the stadium.
A Season in the Red is an utterly gripping and revelatory account of life at Old Trafford after Sir Alex, written by a journalist with unrivalled access to his subject. It will appeal to Manchester United fans worldwide, and anyone who wants to know what really happens behind football's closed doors.
About the Author JAMIE JACKSON is the Guardian and Observer's Manchester football correspondent, and has been reporting for the papers since 2002. Jamie has a BA in Film and Theatre and an MA in Journalism, he lives in Manchester.
Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781781315309 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 272 pages
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Aurum Press DECEMBER 2015 The Debs of Bletchley Park Michael Smith
The Debs of Bletchley Park will tell the stories of the women who worked at Bletchley, how they came to be there, the lives they gave up to do 'their bit' for the war effort, and the part they played in the vital work of 'Station X'.
Description For Winston Churchill the men and women at Bletchley Park were 'the geese the laid the golden eggs', providing important intelligence that led to the Allied victory in the Second World War.
At the peak of Bletchley's success, a total of twelve thousand people worked there of whom more than eight thousand were women. These included a former ballerina who helped to crack the Enigma Code; a debutante working for the Admiralty with a direct line to Churchill; the convent girl who operated the Bombes, the top secret machines that tested Enigma settings; and the German literature student whose codebreaking saved countless lives at D-Day.
All these women were essential cogs in a very large machine, yet their stories have been kept secret. In The Debs of Bletchley Park author Michael Smith, trustee of Bletchley Park and chair of the Trust's Historical Advisory Committee, tells their tale. Through interviews with the women themselves and unique access to the Bletchley Park archives, Smith reveals how they came to be there, the lives they gave up to do 'their bit' for the war effort, and the part they played in the vital work of 'Station X'.
They are an incredible set of women, and this is their story.
About the Author MICHAEL SMITH is an award-winning journalist and the author of a number of bestselling books on spies, special forces and codebreaking including: The Sunday Times number one bestseller Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park; Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews; The Spying Game and Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team. He is also the co-editor, with Ralph Erskine, of The Bletchley Park Codebreakers. Smith was a member of the British Army's Intelligence Corps before joining the BBC. He was a reporter and defence correspondent for Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781781313886 both the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times covering the wars in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. Smith is a Format: Paperback - B format trustee of Bletchley Park and chair of the Trust's Historical Advisory Committee. He lives near Henley-on-Thames. Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 304 pages
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Aurum Press DECEMBER 2015 Tractor Superstars: The Greatest Tractors of All Time Tharran E Gaines
This book includes technical information such as the engine, horsepower, rpm, top speed, and weight of some of the most innovative and popular tractors ever made.
Description Dive into a wide collection of classic tractors!
Many companies have built hundreds of farm tractors over the years, from the 1910 Case 110 steam tractor to the latest- model John Deere 8320R. The most innovative models changed farming for years afterwards and influenced the designs of other tractors. The most wildly popular tractors have sold in the hundreds of thousands.
Tractor Superstars focuses on these remarkable tractors, including technical information such as the engine, horsepower, rpm, top speed, and weight. A wide collection of detailed photographs makes this one book that no one interested in tractors, tractor collectors, or anyone nostalgic for farm life will want to miss.
About the Author Tharran E. Gaines is the author of How to Restore Classic John Deere Tractors (2003), How to Restore Classic Farmall Tractors (2005), How to Restore Ford Tractors (2008), and How to Restore Your Farm Tractor (2013), all published by Voyageur Press. In addition, he has written numerous repair manuals, owner's manuals, and assembly instructions for companies for farming-related companies, and has crafted and produced everything from newsletter and feature articles to radio and TV commercials to video scripts and advertising copy for farming-related companies. In 1991, he started his own business as a freelance writer, and today continues to operate Gaines Communications with his wife, Barb, out of their home office in Savannah, Missouri.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9780760349311 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 280x216mm Extent: 160 pages
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Voyageur Press DECEMBER 2015 Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places Rebecca Rego Barry
Precious old books found in unlikely places, from the family that avoided foreclosure through a book in their attic to a copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle in a local fundraiser.
Description Feed your inner bibliophile with this volume on unearthed rare and antiquarian books.
Few collectors are as passionate or as dogged in the pursuit of their quarry as collectors of rare books. In Rare Books Uncovered, expert on rare and antiquarian books Rebecca Rego Barry recounts the stories of remarkable discoveries from the world of book collecting.Read about the family whose discovery in their attic of a copy of Action Comics No. 1-- the first appearance of Superman-saved their home from foreclosure. Or the Salt Lake City bookseller who volunteered for a local fundraiser--and came across a 500-year-old copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle. Or the collector who, while browsing his local thrift shop, found a collectible copy of Calvary in China--inscribed by the author to the collector's grandfather. These tales and many others will entertain and inspire casual collectors and hardcore bibliomaniacs alike.
About the Author Rebecca Rego Barry is the editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine. She has written about books for Preservation, the Barnes & Noble Review, The Awl, the Daily News/Page Views, American Libraries, Publishers Weekly, and many other periodicals, as well as WAMC Northeast Public Radio. She is Victoria magazine's 2014 Writer-in-Residence. Rebecca has been in the book business for over 15 years. After graduating from Syracuse University with degrees in English and Journalism, she joined the venerable publishing house of Simon & Schuster in New York. She moved on to Drew University, completing a masters degree in book history and serving as the preservation and archives associate in charge of the university's archives. She later completed postgraduate courses in archives and special collections at Drew University, the American Antiquarian Society, and the University of Virginia's Rare Book School. After relocating to the Hudson Valley, she spent a year as a reference librarian at Marist College before joining Fine Books & Collections.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780760348611 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 235x159mm Extent: 256 pages
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Voyageur Press DECEMBER 2015 Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide to Tasting, Matching, and Enjoying Beer and Food Julia Herz and Gwen Conley
Play with interactions, taste elements, and learn all about pairing specific foods with 25 different styles of beer. You'll never look at beer--or food--the same way again.
Description Pair beer and food like a pro.
Beer has re-claimed its place at the dinner table. Yet unlike wine, there just aren't many in-depth resources to guide both beginners and beer geeks for pairing beer with food. Julia Herz and Gwen Conley are here to change that.As you start your journey, you'll learn all about the effects aroma, taste, preference, and personal experience can have on flavor. Just as important, you'll become a tasting Anarchist--throw out the conventional advice and figure out what works for you! Then, on to the pairing. Begin with beer styles, start with your favorite foods, or join the authors on a series of wild palate trips. From classics like barbecue ribs with American Brown Ale to unusual matches like pineapple upside-down cake with Double India Pale Ale, you'll learn why some pairings stand the test of time and you'll find plenty of new ideas as well. With complete information for planning beer dinners and cooking with beer, tips from pro brewers, and geek-out science features, Julia and Gwen will make sure you never look at beer--or food--the same way again!
About the Author Julia Herz is the Craft Beer Program Director at the Brewers Association and Publisher of CraftBeer.com. She has been featured by Splendid Table, The Food Network's Unwrapped, CNBC's Closing Bell, Good Morning America Live and numerous other national media outlets. She also is a BJCP beer judge, Certified Cicerone(R), and homebrewer. She tweets about beer as @HerzMuses.Gwen Conley is the Director of Brewery Production and Quality at Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, one of the most highly regarded and award-winning breweries in the United States. Previously, she has worked as Quality Assurance and Sensory Director at Flying Dog Brewery and as a Flavor Panel Leader for Ball Packaging Corporation. In a previous life, she was a microbiologist, environmental chemist, and biology teacher. She is a veteran judge at the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival and an instructor for the Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) American Brewer's Guild and the University of California, San Diego, Brewer's Certificate Program. She tweets about ISBN: 9780760348437 beer as @SensoryGoddess. Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 211x261mm Extent: 216 pages
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Voyageur Press DECEMBER 2015 The Social Brain: How Diversity Made The Modern Mind Richard Crisp
The Social Brain will show how, when our social environments and social relations take us beyond our comfort zone, when they challenge norms, expectations, ideologies and beliefs, they can awaken our creative potential.
Description Is conflict caused by an inherently hostile human nature? Are efforts to promote peaceful co-existence fated to fail? Is the story of human history destined to play out a clash of civilizations, as tensions erupt and escalate around differences in race, religion, culture and ethnicity? These are the questions framing contemporary debate over diversity, immigration, and multiculturalism. The origins, progress and future of human evolution have been a focal point for scientists and scholars seeking solutions to the world's most pervasive problems. Biologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have developed theories to help us to understand, and address, the inherent hostility of human nature. But there has been one noticeable absence in these scientific endeavours: a psychological analysis. This book provides a uniquely psychological perspective on the origins of human nature, the evolution of conflict, and the possible futures for our culture and society. It shows how neuroscience and evolution can help us guide political, cultural and social progress. The Social Brain provides an entirely new perspective on the diversity debate: the idea that it is not simply a matter of what is right or wrong, but that diversity is critical to our very survival as a civilization, and as a species. Diversity doesn't damage our economy: it is the essential element that fuels creativity, innovation and growth. It was what triggered our intellectual evolution and technological progress, and it will be integral to helping us tackle the most pressing social and economic concerns of our time. The good news is that creativity is not some genetic quirk of nature or a God-given gift, bestowed on the lucky few. Scientific studies have begun to reveal the anatomy of this ethereal skill. We now know a great deal about the psychological processes that drive creative cognition, and most importantly, the conditions that enable it to be captured, cultivated, developed and grown. This work provides a tantalizing insight in to the conditions that - if harnessed - could help us all become a Hawking, Da Vinci, Branson or Jobs. This is a book inspired by the basic building blocks of human cognition and one that promises wide-ranging impacts for science and society. It's a book about the scientific studies that reveal a hitherto unappreciated, unexplored but absolutely critical component of the creativity puzzle - our social relationships. All of this evidence suggests that to maximize individual and creative potential we must embrace diversity both in our social and cultural relations and in our personal and professional lives. Price: $21.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472120236 Format: Paperback - B format About the Author Dimensions: 198x126mm With over 125 academic papers and the discipline's highest accolades and awards, Richard Crisp is established as one of Extent: 256 pages Main Category: JM Psychology the UK's most dynamic, distinctive, and distinguished behavioural scientists. He is the past winner of both the British Sub Category: JM Psychology Psychological Society Social Psychology Spearman Medal and mid-career prize, and was one of the youngest ever Illustrations: academics to be appointed a Full Professor. Richard's scientific contributions provide new insights into how society Previous Titles: Author now living: shapes our behaviour, beliefs, attitudes, and values. Richard is the author of several books, including the introductory textbook Essential Social Psychology. He has also blogged for the New York-based popular magazine Psychology Today and is Chief Editor of the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Richard is a young, dynamic leader in his field who relishes the opportunity to break new ground, both in his interdisciplinary scholarship and his passion for big ideas. He Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Ten Physicists who Transformed our Understanding of Reality Rhodri Evans and Brian Clegg
The intriguing lives and key works of the ten physicists who most profoundly transformed our understanding of the physical world in which we live.
Description Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists themselves. The Top Ten are Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, Galileo Galilei, Albert Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Faraday, Marie Curie, Richard Feynman, Ernest Rutherford, Paul Dirac. Each of these figures has made a huge contribution to physics. Some are household names, others more of a mystery, but in each case there is an opportunity to combine a better understanding of the way that each of them has advanced our knowledge of the universe with an exploration of their often unusual, always interesting lives. Whether we are with Curie, patiently sorting through tons of pitchblende to isolate radium or feeling Bohr's frustration as once again Einstein attempts to undermine quantum theory, the combination of science and biography humanizes these great figures of history and makes the Physics itself more accessible.In exploring the way the list has been built the authors also put physics in its place amongst the sciences and show how it combines an exploration of the deepest and most profound questions about life and the universe with practical applications that have transformed our lives. The book is structured chronologically, allowing readers to follow the development of scientific knowledge over more than 400 years, showing clearly how this key group of individuals has fundamentally altered our understanding of the world around us.
About the Author Dr Rhodri Evans studied Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with First Class honours, before gaining his PhD in Astrophysics from Cardiff University. He has taught at the University of Toledo in the United States, at Swarthmore College and done post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory, 'the birthplace of modern astrophysics'. He is currently a research fellow at Cardiff University, with a particular interest in infrared astronomy. Rhodri is the author of numerous academic papers as well as popular-science articles, he speaks regularly at conferences and is a regular contributor to the BBC on Physics and Astronomy. Brian Clegg is one of the UK's leading science writers. His books have been selected as the Times's Book of the Week, won the IVCA Clarion Award, and been translated into many Price: $21.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472120373 languages. He read Natural Sciences, specializing in Experimental Physics, at Cambridge University. Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 384 pages Main Category: PDZ Popular Science Sub Category: PDZ Popular Science Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Texts from Jane Eyre: And other conversations with your favourite literary authors Mallory Ortberg
What if the greatest characters in literary history all carried around smartphones and typed out messages to each other? From the passive-aggressive to the clever, the strange, and the downright inappropriate, magnificent Mallory Ortberg gets to grips with the literary assholes we love to hate.
Description Mallory Ortberg presents.Texts from Jane Eyre is a whimsical collection of sharp, satirical and side-splittingly funny text message conversations from your favourite literary characters. Of course if Scarlett O'Hara had an unlimited data plan, she'd be sexting Ashley Wilkes at all hours; and if Mr Rochester could text Jane Eyre, his ARDENT MISSIVES would be in ALL-CAPS; and Daisy Buchanan would text you from behind the wheel - and then text you to come pick her up after the car crash. Texts from Jane Eyre is a witty, original and very clever kind of mashup that brings your favourite authors and literary characters right into the twenty-first century.Mallory Ortberg is a genius.
'I'm not sure what's more impressive - the ferocity of Mallory Ortberg's intelligence or the ferocity of her wit. Texts from Jane Eyre is uncanny in its sly humor and still, there is much in these pages that is familiar. Ortberg takes some of the greatest literary characters (and a few lesser ones), and offers us an entirely new and thrilling way of thinking about them and what they might be like in this dazzling digital age.' - Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist
About the Author Mallory Ortberg is the co-creator of The Toast, a general-interest website geared towards women. She has written for Gawker, New York Magazine, the Hairpin and the Atlantic.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781472150738 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 240 pages
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Corsair DECEMBER 2015 Fly Fishing For Salmon: Comprehensive Guidance for Beginners and the More Experienced Allan Sefton
This is the only book available that provides clear, up-to-date and comprehensive guidance for all whether they are an absolute beginner, an 'improver' or an old hand.
Description Taking up salmon fly fishing is surprisingly difficult if you have not got lots of help and encouragement even if you fish for other species. There are many barriers; wilderness locations, cost, jargon and all the technical problems involving tackle and technique. The purpose of this book is to break all those barriers down. It will explain clearly what the absolute beginner needs to know. It will help solve the technical problems and common faults faced by 'improvers' and those advancing from trout fly fishing and other disciplines. Many experienced anglers are confused by some modern techniques and this guidance will get them right up to date.
About the Author Allan Sefton has successfully chased many species of fish from the Falkland Islands via equatorial Pacific Islands to the Arctic Circle. But, his favourite fish are Atlantic salmon and his favoured destination is Scotland. He gets great pleasure from introducing others to the joys of fly fishing and has worked with others to coach and encourage the Angling Trust's Team England Youth Fly Fishing. Allan's first book Getting Started at Fly Fishing for Trout was published in 2013 because so many of his clients asked for a book that made sense to absolute beginners who had never held a fishing rod before.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472135629 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 224 pages
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Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Overcoming Hoarding: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques Satwant Singh, Margaret Hooper and Colin Jones
Fills an important gap for a dedicated book on hoarding disorder, and uses CBT tools to help people recover, and reclaim their space and their life.
Description Hoarding is a condition where a person has a tendency to collect and save things excessively and has difficulty in getting rid of items. This results in a cluttered living space and often causes distress and impairs the person from being able to fully function in their home. It's a common condition that affects 2-5% of the population and has far-reaching consequences for sufferers, family, friends and the wider community, together with potential health and safety implications, with increased risk of injury or vermin. There has been increasing interest in the media which has raised public awareness of this problem, but there has been very little literature aimed at helping hoarders until now.
There is no one reason why individuals hoard. For some, the hoarding behaviours are a way of coping with an emotional trauma. For others, there may be a strong attachment to certain objects, or a belief that certain materials have value - such as books, magazines and newspapers. Hoarding behaviour can also be a learnt behaviour from growing up in a cluttered environment. Sometimes unusual items or objects are hoarded including faeces and urine.
Hoarding is a common condition but little is known about it. Almost everyone has some hoarding traits but these may not manifest themselves to the extent that it causes disruption to a person's life and space. The true prevalence of hoarding is not clear however it appears to be a growing problem. With the increased attention that hoarding is getting more people are beginning to recognize that they may have a problem.
About the Author Satwant Singh is a Nurse Consultant, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Mental Health and Clinical Lead. He has been Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) facilitating the UK's only treatment group - The London Hoarding Treatment Group - since 2005. Satwant is regarded as a ISBN: 9781472120052 leading expert in hoarding in the UK and is frequently contacted by the media, statutory organisations, universities and Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm conferences both in UK and internationally. Margaret Hooper is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Counselling Extent: 384 pages Psychologist. Margaret has been involved in co-facilitating the London Hoarding Treatment Group alongside Satwant Main Category: VS Self-help/personal Development since 2005. She is currently working as a CBT therapist in the NHS with a specialist CBT service treating individuals with Sub Category: VSP Popular Psychology Illustrations: long term health conditions. Colin Jones is a senior lecturer and researcher in advanced clinical practice at a large UK Previous Titles: university. Colin has been involved in numerous research projects in Japan, South East Asia, Europe and the UK, most Author now living: recently within the area of hoarding. Together with Satwant Singh, he is developing photo-elicitation methods designed specifically for hoarding research.
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 I'll Tell You What Robbie Savage
The autobiography of Robbie Savage, one of British football's most recognisable figures.
Description Robbie Savage is one of Britain's most recognisable football pundits. Incisive, forthright and bold, Savage never holds back where the beautiful game is concerned. No Premier League footballer has ever divided opinion quite like Robbie Savage. Mr Marmite, as he w as often know n (among other things), rampaged his way through almost 350 games in the Premier League and along the way picked up more yellow cards than Gary Lineker has crisps and more enemies than Joey Barton and Neil Warnock put together.
In his explosive new book, I'll Tell You What, Savage lifts the lid on all aspects of the modern game. Managers, players, the Premiership, the European game, the FA Cup, kids' football, and pushy football parents are just a few of the topics that Savage takes on in his inimitable provocative style. Robbie Savage's straight-talking common sense is only the start of it. I'll Tell You What is a modern-day guide to life, and should be read by anyone who has an interest in anything at all, especially football. Few may actually agree with him, but everyone listens.
About the Author Dubbed Mr Marmite, Robbie Savage is one of British football's most recognisable figures, following a high-profile 18- season career. After his retirement in 2011, Robbie has carved a successful media career across radio, TV and new spapers, gaining further respect for his forthright opinions on the issues that matter in today's footballing world.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781472123176 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 254x153mm Extent: 320 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Dog Diet Answer Book Greg Martinez
Includes tips for pet owners to diagnose common dog health problems and adjust diets accordingly. Contains home remedies for common ailments and recipes for homecooked meals and treats.
Description Avoid the vet by learning how to treat your pup's symptoms, and know that a better diet means a healthier, happier dog.
Is your Fido fighting to feel better? Your dog's skin problems, ear infections, bowel issues, obesity, seizures, and bladder issues can often be treated by changing the type of ingredients, calories, or moisture in your dog's diet.
The Dog Diet Answer Book helps dog owners better understand their dog' dietary needs and what ingredients to feed them. Featuring recipes for homecooked meals and treats as well as home remedies for common ailments, this book helps you diagnose common health problems in your pup and adjust your dog's diets accordingly. Learn when to purchase high-quality commercial dog food and when to simply add healthy human food, oils, raw food, or home cooking to your pet's diet.
Veteranarian Greg Martinez explains common allergens in food and guides you through identifying ingredients to feed or avoid in all food.commercial, home cooked, or raw.
Learn to spot your dog's symptoms and know that a better diet means a healthier, happier dog.
About the Author Greg Martinez has been a partner/owner of Gilroy Veterinary Hospital (Gilroy, CA) for more than 30 years. He found that many chronic problems were not helped by medication, like skin, ear, and bowel issues. He began to see more and more success when incorporating better feeding practices in his treatment. Greg's self-published books, Dog Dish Diet and Feed Your Pet to Avoid the Vet teach pet owners how to choose commercial food, avoid grains, feed healthy oils, add human food, or feed homecooked meals to avoid allergies or medical problems.
Price: $27.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781592337026 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 178x229mm Extent: 192 pages
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Fair Winds Press DECEMBER 2015 The Great Vegan Grains Book: Celebrate Whole Grains with More than 100 Delicious Plant-Based Recipes * Includes Soy-Free and Gluten- Free Recipes! Celine Steen and Tamasin Noyes
Over 100 vegan, whole grain-focused recipes including step-by-step instructions for cooking each protein-rich grain, along with wholesome, plant-based recipes.
Description Enjoy over 100 whole-grain vegan recipes that everyone can enjoy.
Whole grains are a great source of protein and other nutrients that are typically found in meat and eggs, making them a valuable part of any plant-based diet. While naturally vegan by nature, however, grains are often paired with non-vegan ingredients, making many recipes off-limits to vegans.
That's where The Great Vegan Grains Book comes to the rescue, taking you step-by-step through the myriad grains available today, and providing you with more than 100 delicious and easy plant-based, whole-grain recipes (many of them low-fat, soy free, and even gluten-free!). Each recipe uses whole-food ingredients that can be easily found at most grocery stores, so you can say yes to grains and eating better with The Great Vegan Grains Book!
Cook delicious meals with ancient grains like amaranth, farro, millet, quinoa, and more and try recipes that will quickly become favourites, such as: - Couscous Breakfast Cake - Slow Cooker Risotto - Barley Taco Crumbles - Bulghur Koftas - Roasted Vegetable Einkorn Salad - Freekeh Sausage Patties - Cowboy Spelt Salad - Griddle Cakes - Spelt Falafel - 4- Grain Paella (spelt, rye, kamut, farro)
Also enjoy gluten-free vegan recipes, such as: - Buckwheat Breakfast Crisp - Chili Millet Waffles - 3-Popped-Grain Granola (millet, quinoa, corn) - Apricot Oat Porridge - Amaranth Crusted Tempeh - Quinoa Bean Sliders - Pilaf with Burst Tomatoes - Wild Rice Pilaf with Mushrooms - Moroccan Wild Rice Stuffed Squash - Brown Rice Farina Sriracha Fries - Chorizo Sorghum Crumbles Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781592336999 Format: Paperback About the Author Dimensions: 235x191mm Celine Steen is the co-author of 500 Vegan Recipes, The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions, Hearty Vegan Extent: 176 pages Meals, Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day!, Whole Grain Vegan Baking, and Vegan Finger Foods. She is the founder of Main Category: WB Food And Drink Sub Category: WBH Healthy Recipes the award-winning blog Have Cake, Will Travel (www.havecakewilltravel.com) which brings in an average of 15,000 hits a Illustrations: week.Tamasin Noyes is the author of American Vegan Kitchen, Grills Gone Vegan, Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day!, Previous Titles: Author now living: Whole Grain Vegan Baking, and the upcoming The Great Vegan Protein Book. She is the founder of www.veganappetite. com and has worked as a committed cookbook tester for many well-known vegan cookbook authors (such as Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero, Robin Robertson, Dynise Balcavage, and Kelly Peloza) and has cooked in several restaurants. Fair Winds Press DECEMBER 2015 The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating Autumn Carpenter
This book is a comprehensive how-to book about all of the most popular cake decorating techniques, including piped frosting, fondant, and hand modelled figures.
Description For each technique, there is an overview of the tools and materials used and complete instructions with photos. The organization provides easy access to information with step-by-step directions and 600 full-colour photos for clear understanding. Easy projects allow the reader to try the techniques in each section. Galleries of decorated cakes by various artists offer the reader examples and inspiration to pursue the hobby for themselves.
About the Author Autumn Carpenter is a nationally known confectionary artist, author, and demonstrator. She has published several books, including The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating, The Complete Photo Guide to Cookie Decorating, and Decorating Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies with Kids. Autumn's book Let's Bake Angry Birds Cakes will be publishedin October 2014. She demonstrates annually at the I.C.E.S. (International Cake ExplorationSociete) and travels across the United States, sharing the craft of cake decorating and otherconfectionary arts.Autumn is co-owner of Country Kitchen SweetArt, a retail cake and candy supply store that hasbeen in her family for over 45 years. The business caters to walk- in store sales, catalog sales, andan online store, shopcountrykitchen.com.Autumn has developed her own line of useful tools and equipment for cake decorating and cookiedecorating, and sells them online and in many cake and candy supply stores throughout theUnited States and in several other countries. Her cakes and products have been featured innumerous publications and magazines including American Cake Decorating and Cake Central.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781589236691 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 210x275mm Extent: 328 pages
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Creative Publishing DECEMBER 2015 10 Granny Squares 30 Blankets: Color schemes, layouts, and edge finishes for 30 unique looks Margaret Hubert
Using only 10 granny squares selected from The Granny Square Book and Granny Square Flowers, Margaret Hubert shows how you can crochet 30 completely different blankets.
Description Crochet up to 30 creative blankets that start from just 10 granny squares!
The granny square is the perfect foundation for countless projects and is unparalleled for its portability, versatility, and endless variety. Each square is used three times with different yarns, colour schemes, motif arrangements, and edge finishes. You'll be amazed at the versatility of these squares! You can crochet blankets that are perfect for babies, boys, girls, college kids, and grownups. Some are crazy, colourful, and fun; others are serene, classic, and sophisticated. Crochet them for bedrooms, family rooms, or dorms. 10 Granny Squares 30 Blankets provides enough designs to keep you crocheting blankets for everyone and every reason for years to come!
About the Author Margaret Hubert is the author of more than 20 crochet and knitting books, including Plus Size Crochet, Knits for Men, Knit or Crochet--Have It Your Way, The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet, The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting, The Granny Square Book, Lacework for Adventurous Crocheters, and Runway Crochet. She has enjoyed a lifelong career designing both crochet and knit patterns for yarn companies and book and magazine publishers.
Hubert also teaches at yarn shops, retreats, and national gatherings, and rarely misses a national conference in the needle arts field. A world traveler, Hubert pays close attention to the fashions in Europe and spots trends as they hit New York. In 2012, in fitting tribute to Hubert's lifelong work as a needle art designer, the Crochet Guild of America inducted her into their Jean Leinhauser Crochet Hall of Fame. Her websites include: margaretshooksandneedles.blogspot.com
Price: $24.99 (NZ$29.99) ISBN: 9781589238930 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 216x216mm Extent: 128 pages
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Creative Publishing DECEMBER 2015 Pretty Birds: 18 Simple Projects to Sew and Love Virginia Lindsay
Simple and inspiring step-by-step sewing projects, perfect for your fabric scraps and cut-offs.
Description Do you have a 'stash' of lovingly collected fabric scraps and cut-offs waiting for the perfect project but just can't seem to find the right inspiration? Do you find your stash ever-growing but don't know what to make? Providing the perfect answer for your stash is Fabric Stash Cuties - Pretty Birds!
Offering creative inspiration and easy-to-follow tutorials suitable for sewers of all levels, you're bound to fall in love with Pretty Birds. Each step-by-step project features charming illustrations and cute photos of each bird that will have you diving straight into your fabric stash. Also included with each project are useful ideas and advice on how to turn your cuties into pretty household items - like a doorstopper or a handy cable-tidy pouch - as well as QR codes for downloadable pattern templates.
About the Author Pattern-designer and expert sewer VIRGINIA LINDSAY is the creator of Gingercake Patterns and author of the blog Gingergcake. She creates and sells her own patterns for a whole range of items, from cute plushies and pillows to bags and notebook covers. She currently lives with her family in Freeport, Philadelphia.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$29.99) ISBN: 9780711236370 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 220x170mm Extent: 128 pages Main Category: WF Handicrafts Sub Category: WF Handicrafts Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Frances Lincoln (Adult) DECEMBER 2015 100 Things to Draw With a Triangle: Start with a Shape, Doodle what you See Sarah Walsh
Sarah Walsh illustrates 112 pages of art prompts and inspiration based on one simple geometric shape, a triangle.
Description What comes to mind when you think of a triangle? Depending on its size, it could be a pyramid, a clown's hat, a slice of pie, a bird's beak. What if there are lots of triangles on a page? Depending on how they're placed, they might suggest a mountain range or a tent encampment, a pine tree farm, or a schooner's sails. It all depends on who is doing the looking.
100 Ways to Draw a Triangle is a doodling book that loosens the imagination, and inspires creative thought. Triangles and other basic geometric shapes are at the core of art, they're the structures where form and drawing begin.
In this book, illustrator Sarah Walsh provides you with triangles that appear as prompts on every page: one or many, large and small, colourful or not, sprouting from the bottom or tumbling from the top -- you fill in the rest. If one triangle suggests the roof of a house, you might add just the doors and windows, or draw the entire town. If a row of triangles looks like waves, you might draw a fantasy seascape or simply add a lonely seagull or a swimmer in mid-crawl. Abstract or realistic, minimal or over-the-top, there are no wrong choices in this book -- and you don't have to be a master at drawing. Pick up your pencil, see what the shapes suggest and where your imagination leads you.
About the Author Sarah Walsh is a Kansas City based artist and illustrator. She's inspired by animals, magical creatures, coffee, music, a good story, her friends and family, bravery, vintage children's books, folk art and mid century anything. She is the author/illustrator of three Just Add Color titles from Rockport: Circus, Carnival, and Day of the Dead.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781631591006 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 254x216mm Extent: 112 pages
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Rockport Publishers DECEMBER 2015 Tangle Art Pack: A Meditative Drawing Book and Sketchpad Beckah Krahula
The Tangle Art Pack is a combination of the beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles and a useful sketchpad filled with prompts.
Description Grab a pen and get tangled up in hours of relaxation anywhere!
Now in an all-new format, Beckah Krahula's best-selling book One Zentangle a Day is reconfigured into this beautiful gift package, including an informational book and companion sketchpad featuring prompts and drawings to get your started.
Find everything you need to experiment with the playful and inspiring world of tangle art, an incredibly soothing and relaxting way to create beautiful works of art. Each mark is called a tangle and you combine various tangles into patterns to create tiles or small square drawings. With meditation and focus on small strokes, your simple marks combine to create beautiful, detailed drawings in no time.
So grab a pen and get tangled up in hours of relaxation anywhere!
About the Author Beckah Krahula is an artist, writer, consultant, product designer, and industry expert. She began her career with the first graphic rubber stamp company in the U.S., and has worked as a full-time mixed media artist ever since. She has worked for publishers, toy designers, and product manufacturers. In February of 2011 she became a certified Zentangle teacher. She lives in Houston, TX. She is the author of One Zentangle a Day (Quarry Books, 2012) and 500 Tangles, (Quarry Books, 2015).
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781631590962 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x176mm Extent: 224 pages
Main Category: VX Mind, Body, Spirit
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Quarry Books DECEMBER 2015 Drawing Cute Animals in Colored Pencil Ai Akikusa
Drawing Cute Animals in Colored Pencil offers simple step-by-step drawing instructions that help you to learn how to draw your favourite animals.
Description Adorable animals like rabbits, squirrels, deer, and pigs come alive with vibrant colour and beautiful detail. Using coloured pencils learn tips and techniques to easily draw an elephant, polar bear, lion, alpaca, hippopotamus, and more adorable creatures.
The instructions are simple to follow, but detailed enough so anyone can easily achieve great success in replicating each figure. Author Ai Akikusa loves animals and she shares interesting details about each animal in each section. Enjoy Drawing Cute Animals in Colored Pencil as a guidebook to animals and drawing in colour!
About the Author Ai Akikusa is a Japanese artist, illustrator, and picture books author based in Tokyo. She graduated from the Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University. After working at the Nakamori Design Office she is now working as a freelance artist. Some of her publications to date are as follows: Easy-to-use Coloring Pencils, Cute Animals with Coloring Pencils, Let's Go To the Zoo, Buk's Baby, Me and My Little Popofu, The Hairy One, Asahiyama Zoo, Parudemar the Bear, and Little Puddle.
Price: $21.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781592539369 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 211x199mm Extent: 112 pages
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Quarry Books DECEMBER 2015 Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen Alex Lewin
Preserve your favourite foods through every season with Real Food Fermentation.
Description Control your own ingredients, techniques, and additives. Learn a practical food-preparation skill you'll use again and again. And express yourself by making something unique and whole.
About the Author Alex Lewin, a graduate of the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, seeks to create a healthier and tastier world by spreading the word about fermentation and real food. He teaches fermentation classes and workshops and serves on the board of the Boston Public Market Association, working to create a year-round indoor market selling local food. He lives in Boston and San Francisco. Visit his blog at http://www.FeedMeLikeYouMeanIt.com. To learn more about this book, visit http://www.RealFoodFermentation.com.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781592537846 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 204x254mm Extent: 176 pages
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Quarry Books DECEMBER 2015 Homemade Sausage: Recipes and Techniques to Grind, Stuff, and Twist Artisanal Sausage at Home James Peisker and Chris Carter
An ideal hands-on guidebook with step-by-step instructions on sourcing, grinding, seasoning, casing, preserving, and cooking sausage.
Description The secret's out! Get cooking the very best homemade sausage with techniques from Nashville's Porter Road Butcher.
Homemade Sausage is an extremely accessible guide for making sausage right in your own kitchen. James Peisker and Chris Carter of Nashville's Porter Road Butcher will guide you through all the necessary steps to create the very best sausage - just like they do.
Learn important information on sourcing your meat from local farms for the highest quality and top flavour. From there, you'll discover techniques and trade secrets for grinding. You'll even find a list of the best tools for the job and how to use them successfully.
Now comes the fun part, seasoning your sausage to create deep flavour profiles is one of the greatest benefits of making sausage at home. You control the spices, sodium, and more!
Stuff and smoke your sausage - or don't- and create classic links, patties, brats, keilbasas, chorizos, andouilles, and more!
Finally, enjoy your locally sourced, perfectly flavoured sausage in mouth-watering recipes.
About the Author James Peisker initially embarked on his culinary career when he was just 14 years old, working as a busboy in the diner that sat just across the street from his St. Louis home. He ultimately did a stage at The Butcher and Larder in Chicago Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) and now teaches our Porter Road Butchers everything he knows. ISBN: 9781631590733 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 254x204mm Chris Carter, a Nashville native who was born and raised in Hendersonville, made his entree into the restaurant industry Extent: 160 pages when he was in high school working as a busboy. In 2009 he moved back to Nashville and took a job at the Capital Grille Main Category: WB Food And Drink where he met James and jump- started their business partnership. Sub Category: WBT Ingredients Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Quarry Books DECEMBER 2015 Kids Cook Italian Anna Prandoni
This is a cookbook designed for parents and children to use together. Thirty simple, classic Italian recipes that appear in both English and Italian, offering an immersive cultural experience through language, cuisine, and ritual.
Description 'A tavola non si invecchia.' Or, 'At the table with good friends and family you do not become old.'
Kids Cook Italian, by executive director of La Cucina Italiana Anna Prandoni, is a fun, interactive cookbook for kids that introduces them to the art and joy of cooking. It gets them interested in making their own meals and better eating habits, while also teaching them the importance of culture. Featuring classic, simple dishes inspired by Italian cuisine, each recipe is shown in both Italian and English and accompanied by charming illustrations. With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation with family activities, dishes include traditional starters, main courses, and desserts. Your child's creativity will be sparked, as will your deeper connection with them - so, get them in that kitchen and start playing chef. Who knows - you might have the next great Italian cuisine Chef standing next to you!
About the Author Anna Prandoni is the Executive Director of La Cucina Italiana. She was previously the Director of the Cooking School of La Cucina. She regularly contributes to Corriere della Sera and has edited for De Vecchi publishing house books on the Healthy Kitchen, ethnic cooking and Italian regional cooking. Since May 2014 she has served as Italian Ambassador in the network We Women for Expo. She has taught children at the Cooking School of La Cucina Italiana and adores cooking at home, especially with her numerous nieces.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781631590634 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 224x262mm Extent: 96 pages
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Quarry Books DECEMBER 2015 Kids Cook French: Les enfants cuisinent a la francaise Claudine Pepin, illustrated by Jacques Pepin
Introduce your children to the art of cooking classic, simple dishes inspired by French cuisine. Each recipe is shown in both French and English and accompanied by charming illustrations.
Description According to Jacques Pepin, the moment for a child to be in the kitchen is from the moment they are born. Kids Cook French, written by his daughter Claudine Pepin, is a fun, interactive cookbook for kids that introduces them to the art and joy of cooking. It gets them interested in making their own meals and better eating habits, while also teaching them the importance of culture. Featuring classic, simple dishes inspired by French cuisine, each recipe is shown in both French and English and accompanied by charming illustrations.
With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation, dishes include traditional starters, main courses, and desserts. Your child's creativity will be sparked, as will your deeper connection with them--so, get them in that kitchen and start playing chef. Who knows - you might have the next great French cuisine Chef standing next to you!
About the Author Many of you have watched Claudine Pepin in partnership with her father, world-renown chef, Jacques Pepin, preparing delicious meals and sharing cooking techniques on Public Television. All three of their series have received the notable James Beard Award. In addition, Claudine has had numerous television appearances including Cooking Live with Sara Moulton,Good Morning America, and Multo-Mario. Claudine and Jacques Pepin appear together for a final cooking series Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul.With an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Philosophy, and graduate work in International Relations from Boston University, Claudine spent a great deal of time in the wine industry. She spent two years as the 'Brand Ambassador' for Moet & Chandon and Dom Perignon Champagne in New York while also teaching food and wine pairing for both the French Culinary Institute and the Sommelier Society in New York.
In 2002, Claudine was named Woman of the Year by the Academie Culinaire de France - Filiale des Etas Unis. She continues to do television as well as events including The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show, and the Aspen, Newport, Kohler and Pebble Beach Food & Wine Magazine weekends and is a guest instructor and host for Food Price: $24.99 (NZ$29.99) ISBN: 9781592539536 University which tours nationally. Claudine, her husband Rollie, a Faculty Member at Johnson and Wales University in Format: Hard Cover Providence, along with their daughter Shorey, and two mischievous cats, have relocated from Colorado to Rhode Island. Dimensions: 216x254mm Extent: 96 pages
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Quarry Books DECEMBER 2015 Paradise And Plenty Gregory Long, Mary Keen and Tom Hatton
A stunning exploration of the Rothschild's private garden and best kept secret, a world beyond most gardeners' dreams!
Description The productive garden at Lord Rothschild's private house, Eythrope in Buckinghamshire, is legendary in the gaden world for the excellence of the gardening and as a haven for traditional techniques that might otherwise be lost. Under the leadership of the renowned head gardener Sue Dickinson, this garden works on a scale that is now unique, producing, year-round, all the fruit, vegetables and flowers for a country house where entertaining still happens on a grand sale and where everything is done to the highest standards.
Paradise and Plenty, an in-depth exploration of the garden, will open a window on a garden that has always, until now, been kept intensely private, and a world beyond most gardeners' dreams. But in this book everything shown is useful as well as beautiful. Gregory Long of the New York Botanic Garden points out in his introduction to the book that as more and more people turn to growing their own, books are needed that show the techniques of dedicated cultivation, as well as the results. Many of the techniques used at Eythrope are old and tried, but have fallen out of use almost everywhere else. In the words of the author, 'This book has to be how as well as wow.'
About the Author Lady Mary Keen is an internationally known designer who has worked on gardens in France, Corfu and America as well as for many high-profile clients in England. She has made several gardens for Lord Rothschild and she also designed the gardens around the new opera house at Glyndebourne. She has lectured in New York, Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver and South Africa as well as in England. For twenty years, she was a member of the National Trust Garden panel which advises on the care of important and historic gardens. She has monthly columns in the Daily Telegraph and Garden magazine and is a regular contributor to Gardens Illustrated and the Spectator. The author of five books, she writes from the heart rather than to order and this book will be her first after a gap of twenty years.
Price: $100.00 (NZ$130.00) ISBN: 9781910258125 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 210x270mm Extent: 304 pages
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Pimpernel DECEMBER 2015 Calvin Harris - The $100 Million DJ Douglas Wight
He's worth $100 million, is the richest DJ in the world and has worked with all of the top names in pop. But just who is Calvin Harris?
Description Fiercely private and suspicious of press intrusion, Calvin Harris has come a long way since the days when he was simply humble Adam Wiles, stacking shelves in a supermarket in his native Dumfries. Since bursting onto the music scene with 'Acceptable in the 80s' in 2007, he has broken Michael Jackson's record for most hits from one album, become the first British artist to to have one billion plays on Spotify and turned hit-maker for stars like Kylie Minogue, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole and Dizzie Rascal.
In 2014, Forbes listed Calvin Harris as the world's highest paid DJ for the second year running and he has just scored his fifth number one hit - and his third this year. But what makes this Scot with the Midas touch tick? From where does he draw his inspiration and what makes him the globe's most desirable DJ? Calvin Harris: The $100 Million DJ is the first definitive biography of the chart-topping sensation, charting Harris's astonishing journey from struggling musician to international superstar. Probing deep into the singer's background and following his remarkable rise to fame, it promises to reveal a side to the star never seen before.
About the Author Douglas Wight has been a journalist for 20 years covering news, features, politics and investigations. He has reported on world news events including the death of Michael Jackson from Los Angeles and covered the aftermath of the World Trade Centre terrorist attacks for the New York Post. He was also books editor and a celebrity interviewer for the News of the World.
He is the author, ghost or co-writer of seven books, including Leonardo DiCaprio: The Biography and Unforgivable by Collette Elliott, which became a Sunday Times top ten bestseller in May this year. He was also the co-writer with actress Emily Lloyd on her memoir Wish I Was There, which the Mail on Sunday called the celebrity autobiography of the year.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781845029678 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 235x20mm Extent: 256 pages
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Black & White DECEMBER 2015 One Hundred Years Of Protest: Everything You Need To Know Christopher Catherwood
Third in new series of introductory books covering key facts of popular topics.
Description A bite size, easily accessible history of protest from the 20th to beginning of the 21st century, covering everything from the Suffragettes to poll tax. Comprehensive and easy to digest.
About the Author Dr Christopher Catherwood is Emeritus Archives By-Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a supervisor at Homerton College, Cambridge. He has written many books and articles including Winston's Folly and A Brief History of the Middle East.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780749015176 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 288 pages
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Allison & Busby DECEMBER 2015 Fallen Glory James Crawford
The lives and deaths of twenty lost buildings from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers.
Description Buildings are just like us. They can be born into wealth or poverty; enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents gods, kings, emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen and friends and enemies. They have jobs, duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed and fail. They can live. And they can die.
Moving from the very beginnings of civilisation, right up to the digital horizons of cyberspace, Jamie Crawford pieces together the biographies of twenty of the world's most fascinating lost and ruined structures. The lives of these buildings are packed with drama and intrigue, soap operas combining war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. They are also the stage for a startling array of characters including Gilgamesh, the Cretan Minotaur, Agamemnon, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Adolf Hitler and even Bruce Springsteen.
Travelling from the deserts of Iraq, the banks of the Nile, the grasslands of the Mongolian steppes and the cloud forests of Peru, to the great cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London and New York, Fallen Glory is a unique, globetrotting guide to a world of vanished architecture. And, by picking through the fragments of our past, it asks what history's scattered ruins can tell us about our own future.
About the Author James Crawford is the Communications and Publications Manager for Scotland's National Collection of architecture and archaeology. Born in the Shetlands in 1978, he studied History and Philosophy of Law at the University of Edinburgh, winning the Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize. He has previously written a number of photographic books, including Above Scotland: The National Collection of Aerial Photography, Victorian Scotland, Scotland's Landscapes and Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above. In 2013, he wrote and acted as design consultant on Telling Scotland's Story, a short, graphic novel-style guide to Scottish Archaeology published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Price: $49.99 (NZ$55.00) ISBN: 9781908699930 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 600 pages Main Category: HD Archaeology Sub Category: HBG World History Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Old Street DECEMBER 2015 Build Your Own Sandwich: More than 60,000 sandwich combos Vicki Smallwood
For those who can't get no sandwich satisfaction, this innovative flip book provides endless inspiration for custom sandwich combos. With pages divided into recipes for the bread, topping, filling, and sauce, every detail is covered.
Description Want to take your sandwich making to a new and exciting level? Let Build Your Own Sandwich show you how. This fun and practical guide to creating delicious and original sandwiches has literally thousands of combinations.
Split into four - the bread, the sauces, the fillings, and the toppings - cooks can mix and match elements by flipping the four-cut pages to create their ideal sandwich. Filled with sandwich ideas for any occasion and every palate, this really is the only sandwich book you'll ever need. An introductory section covers top tips for creating the best sandwiches to get you started before the fun really begins. With easy-to-follow methods and a photograph for every recipe, even a beginner can start creating stunning sandwiches from scratch in no time at all. Flip to the back of the book for the trusted basic recipes and the clever combo suggestions.
The beautiful photography and clever format will inspire cooks to create unique and mouth-watering flavour combinations. The possibilities are endless, and include classic sandwich combos such as the Reuben, the Elvis, and the Ultimate Thanksgiving Sandwich as well as tasty vegetarian, vegan, skinny, paleo, gluten-free, and dairy-free options to suit everyone.
About the Author VICKI SMALLWOOD is a food stylist, recipe developer, home economist and cookbook author. She has written cookbooks on a variety of subjects including ice cream, vegetarian cooking, healthy cooking and bread machine baking. She lives in London, UK.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781845436322 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 210x260mm Extent: 96 pages
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Apple Press DECEMBER 2015 The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair, 2nd Edition Dennis Parks
Step-by-step projects cover the latest information on panel adhesives, improved repair strategies, unibody vehicles, media blasting, panel overhaul and replacement, and tools and techniques for water-based paint products.
Description Everything you need to know about auto body repair--updated and revised to cover water-based paints, the latest panel adhesives, and other body repair technologies.
The only thing more reliable than rising petrol prices is the wear and tear your car endures over its lifetime. Knowing how to repair your car without taking it to the body shop is a valuable skill for any car lover. If you want to restore, modify, or just fix up any car, from collector to custom, this is the book for you.
In this updated and revised edition, author Dennis Parks covers new tools and techniques for dealing with ever-changing vehicular guidelines and technologies. New photography and updated step-by-step projects cover the latest information on panel adhesives, improved repair strategies, unibody vehicles, media blasting, panel overhaul and replacement, and tools and techniques for water-based paint products.
The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair provides all the information you'll need to deal with any bumps, bangs, and bruises your car encounters, as well as the many repairs required during a car restoration project. From tools to materials to techniques, this book takes you all the way through the process. Learn how to disassemble, repair, and reassemble bodywork, as well as how to prepare surfaces for paint. The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair equips you with all the information needed to return your car to its former glory and avoid paying a body shop for work you can do yourself.
About the Author Dennis W. Parks has written several best-selling how-to books for the Motorbooks Workshop series, including How to Paint Your Car, How to Build a Cheap Hot Rod, Hot Rod Body and Chassis Builder's Guide, and The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair. Parks' personal projects currently include a complete buildup of a 1955 Chevy pickup truck. He lives in Price: $39.99 (NZ$45.00) ISBN: 9780760349458 Cedar Hill, Missouri. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 270x210mm Extent: 208 pages
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Motorbooks DECEMBER 2015 Little Miss and Mr Men 20 copy counter pack
Contains 5 copies of each - Little Miss Overshare, Little Miss Basic, Mr Selfie and Mr Humblebrag.
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Mr. Selfie Dan Zevin
Mr. Selfie is part of the Mr. Me Me Me series, a much-deserved overhaul of Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Men books.
Description For Mr. Selfie, every op is a photo op-as long as he is the one in front of the lens. And also behind it! He risks his job taking selfies at work. He risks his life taking selfies at the zoo. And whenever he feels romantic, he whips out his selfie stick and sexts that special someone: himself. Do you know someone with no selfie-control? Then you'll love Mr. Selfie as much as Mr. Selfie does!
About the Author DAN ZEVIN is a Thurber Prize-winning humourist. Two of his books, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad and The Day I Turned Uncool, were optioned by Adam Sandler, and the latter is now being developed as a sitcom by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith. is an award-winning humour columnist for the New York Times, a comic commentator for NPR, and a contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Details, Salon, the L.A. Times, Real Simple, and Parents, among others.
Price: $9.99 (NZ$12.99) ISBN: 9781472123251 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 120x120mm Extent: 32 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Mr Humblebrag Dan Zevin
Mr. Humblebrag is part of the Mr. Me Me Me series, a much-deserved overhaul of Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Men books.
Description Silly Mr. Humblebrag. He has fame, fortune, and a hot fiance, and he can't wait to tell everyone how darn #lucky he is. But what if they hate his guts instead of revel in his success? In this inspiring tribute to false modesty, Mr. Humblebrag learns the most important lesson of all: Everyone loves a winner as long as he acts like a loser.
About the Author DAN ZEVIN is a Thurber Prize-winning humourist. Two of his books, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad and The Day I Turned Uncool, were optioned by Adam Sandler, and the latter is now being developed as a sitcom by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith. He has also been an award-winning humour columnist for the New York Times, a comic commentator for NPR, and a contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Details, Salon, the L.A. Times, Real Simple, and Parents, among others.
Price: $9.99 (NZ$12.99) ISBN: 9781472123312 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 120x120mm Extent: 32 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Little Miss Basic Dan Zevin
Miss Basic is part of the Mr. Me Me Me series, a much-deserved overhaul of Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Men books.
Description Miss Basic loves her Uggs, her pumpkin spice lattes, and texting her totes amaze Basic B*tches. But when she gets dumped by her BAE, Mr. Douchebag, she feels sad and ratchet inside. How can a Basic bounce back?
About the Author DAN ZEVIN is a Thurber Prize-winning humourist. Two of his books, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad and The Day I Turned Uncool, were optioned by Adam Sandler, and the latter is now being developed as a sitcom by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith. He is an award-winning humour columnist for the New York Times, a comic commentator for NPR, and a contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Details, Salon, the L.A. Times, Real Simple, and Parents, among others.
Price: $9.99 (NZ$12.99) ISBN: 9781472123299 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 120x120mm Extent: 32 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Little Miss Overshare Dan Zevin
Miss Overshare is part of the Mr. Me Me Me series, a much-deserved overhaul of Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Men books.
Description Miss Overshare is so very generous, she sometimes gives too much. Too much information! In this heartwarming tell-all tale, she informs a senior citizen about her sex life, discusses her digestive system with her roommate, and chit-chats about her lady problems at the office water cooler. Do you know a silly someone who shares more than her fair share? Then you'll want to share Miss Overshare!
You can also meet her friends from the Mr. Me Me Me series: Mr. Selfie, Mr. Humblebrag and Miss Basic!
About the Author DAN ZEVIN is a Thurber Prize-winning humourist. Two of his books, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad and The Day I Turned Uncool, were optioned by Adam Sandler, and the latter is now being developed as a sitcom by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith. He is also an award- winning humour columnist for the New York Times, a comic commentator for NPR, and a contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Details, Salon, the L.A. Times, Real Simple, and Parents, among others.
Price: $9.99 (NZ$12.99) ISBN: 9781472123282 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 120x120mm Extent: 32 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Teenager Who Came to Tea Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd illustrated by Gillian Johnson
Another hilarious parody of a much-loved children's book from the bestselling authors of We're Going on a Bar Hunt and The Very Hungover Caterpillar.
Description But the teenager didn't take just one Pringle. He took a selfie of himself pouring a whole tube of them into his mouth, before sending it to his best mate, along with the letters LOL!
When the doorbell rings, just as Sophie and her Dad are sitting down for their tea, they're half-expecting a visit from a tiger, but what slouches in through their doorway is even more curious than that. a teenager.
A perfect read for anyone who remembers the original, or has ever been a teenager or is the parent of a teenager today.
About the Author Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees are the bestselling authors of Switch It Off!, Come Together, A Twist of Fate, Hunted and many more. They're married and live in Brighton with their three children.
Gillian Johnson has illustrated over 35 books for children and adults. She lives in Wiltshire with her husband, Nicholas Shakespeare, and their two sons.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472121769 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 210x170mm Extent: 32 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories: 40 dark new tales edited by Maxim Jakubowski
An extraordinary collection of fictional explorations, all original, of Jack the Ripper by a truly diverse array of leading writers.
Description In this wonderful collection of brand-new stories, Jakubowski has compiled an extraordinary array of explorations into the identity of Jack the Ripper - this time unabashedly fictional, unrestrained by history and the known facts.
Contributors include Carol Anne Davis, Martin Edwards, Richard Godwin, Michael Gregorio, Peter Guttridge, Rhys Hughes, Barbara Nadel and Sally Spedding.
'Jack the Ripper' has appeared in a number of novels, as the lead character in some, beginning with Marie Belloc Lowndes's The Lodger (1913), filmed by Hitchcock. Authors as diverse as Michael Dibdin, Lindsay Faye, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Alan Moore, Fredric Brown, Ramsey Campbell and Colin Wilson have all used poetic licence to 'revive' the notorious killer.
The varied stories in this fantastic new collection continue this tradition with many possible identities put forward, some already suggested by historians, others more speculative, including famous names from history and fiction. Even Sherlock Holmes is on the case!
About the Author Maxim Jakubowski is a London-based novelist and editor. He was born in the UK and educated in France. Following a career in book publishing, he opened the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London. He now writes full-time. He has edited many acclaimed crime collections, and over twenty bestselling erotic anthologies and books on erotic photography. In recent years, he has authored under a pen-name a series of Sunday Times bestselling erotic romance novels which have sold over two million copies and been sold to 22 countries, and translated the acclaimed French novel Monsieur by Emma Becker.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472135841 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 512 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FF Crime & Mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Moriarty Maxim Jakubowski
The secret life of Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Moriarty .
Description We think of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but far more seductive is the pairing of Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, 'the Napoleon of crime' - a rivalry unparalleled in the world of crime fiction. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Moriarty is the super-villain as megastar.
This wonderfully diverse collection by writers such as Martin Edwards, Jurgen Ehlers, Barbara Nadel, L. C. Tyler, Michael Gregorio, Alison Joseph and Peter Guttridge reveals not just the evil side of Moriarty's personality, but his humanity, his motivations and his human failings. Some of the stories are humorous, some scary, but all are hugely entertaining.
About the Author Maxim Jakubowski is a London-based novelist and editor. He was born in the UK and educated in France. Following a career in book publishing, he opened the world- famous Murder One bookshop in London in 1988. He compiles two acclaimed annual series for the Mammoth list: Best New Erotica and Best British Crime. He is a winner of the Anthony and the Karel Awards, a frequent TV and radio broadcaster, crime columnist for the Guardian newspaper and Literary Director of London's Crime Scene Festival.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472135773 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 592 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FF Crime & Mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Radiance Catherynne M. Valente
Cat Valente's first adult novel in more than three years - a decopunk pulp SF alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood, and solar system, very different from our own .
Description Severin Unck is the headstrong young daughter of a world famous film director. She has inherited her father's love of the big screen but not his exuberant gothic style of filmmaking. Instead, Severin makes documentaries, artful and passionate and even rather brave - for she is a realist in a fantastic alternate universe, in which Hollywood occupies the moon, Mars is rife with lawless saloons, and the solar system contains all manner of creatures, cults and colonies.
For Severin's latest project she leads her crew to the watery planet of Venus to investigate the disappearance of a diving colony there. But something goes wrong during the course of their investigations; and her crew limp home without her.
All that remains of Severin are fragments. Can these snippets of scenes and shots, voices and memories, pages and recordings be collected and pieced together to tell the story of her life - and shed light on the mystery of her vanishing?
Clever, dreamy, strange and beautifully written - Radiance is a novel about how stories give form to worlds.
About the Author Catherynne Valent'es first major novel, The Orphan's Tales, won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. Her next, Palimpsest, was nominated for the Hugo Award, and her recent YA phenomenon The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is a New York Times bestseller that earned starred reviews from all three major review outlets. Valente lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her partner, two dogs, and a cat.
Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781472115140 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 352 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FL Science Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Corsair DECEMBER 2015 A Cold Death in Amsterdam Anja de Jager
A smart and engaging police procedural about a Dutch detective struggling to come to terms with her past.
Description Set in Amsterdam, the novel introduces Lotte Meerman, a Cold Case detective still recovering from the emotional devastation of her previous investigation. A tip-off leads Lotte to an unresolved ten-year-old murder case in which her father was the lead detective. When she discovers irregularities surrounding the original investigation that make him a suspect, she decides to cover for him. She doesn't tell her boss about the family connection and jeopardises her career by hiding evidence. Now she has to find the real murderer before her acts are discovered, otherwise her father will go to jail and she will lose her job, the one thing in life she still takes pride in .
About the Author Anja de Jager is a London-based native Dutch speaker who writes in English. She draws inspiration from cases that her father, a retired police detective, worked on in the Netherlands. She has written a number of short stories, some of which have been shortlisted for Mslexia.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781472120601 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 352 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Redeemers Ace Atkins
The electrifying new novel in New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins's acclaimed series about the real Deep South.
Description He is only in his early thirties, but now Quinn Colson is jobless - voted out of office as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, thanks to the machinations of county kingpin Johnny Stagg. He has offers, in bigger and better places, but before he goes, he's got one more job to do - bring down Stagg's criminal operations for good.
At least that's the plan. But in the middle of the long, hot summer, a trio of criminals stage a bold, wall-smashing break-in at the home of a local lumber mill owner, making off with a million dollars in cash from his safe, which is curious, because the mill owner is wealthy - but not that wealthy. None of this has anything to do with Colson, but during the investigation, two men are killed, one of them the new sheriff. His friend, acting sheriff Lillie Virgil, and a dangerous former flame, Anna Lee Stevens, both ask him to step in, and reluctantly he does, only to discover that that safe contained more than just money - it held secrets.
Secrets that could either save Colson - or destroy him once and for all.
About the Author Ace Atkins is a former Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist who cut his teeth as a crime reporter in the new sroom of the Tampa Tribune. He published his first novel at the age of 27 and became a full-time novelist at 30. Ace lives on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781472151629 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x154mm Extent: 384 pages
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Corsair DECEMBER 2015 Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall Hannah Dennison
'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M.C. Beaton
Description When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on the Honeychurch Hall estate, suspicion as to his unusual demise naturally falls on the residents. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line and rolling stock depot built in their front yard? News of the murder soon reaches local resident Kat Stanford's nemesis Trudy Wynne. A ruthless tabloid journalist and the ex-wife of Kat's discarded lover, Trudy is out for revenge. She is also interested in exposing - and humiliating - Kat's mother Iris, who is secretly the international bestselling romance writer Krystalle Storm. As the body count begins to build, Kat becomes inextricably embroiled in the ensuing scandal. Is the minister's death the result of a local vendetta, or could it be connected to her mother's unusual past?
About the Author Hannah Dennison was born and raised in Hampshire but on leaving school landed a job as an obituary writer/amateur dramatic reviewer for a Devon newspaper. The urge to travel was too strong, however, and she became an air stewardess, first with British Caledonian and then on private planes. Many adventures later she ended up in Los Angeles, where she met her future husband - but now they've moved to more rainy Oregon, which reminds her of home.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472114709 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FF Crime & Mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Silver Witch Paula Brackston
Two women's lives are interwoven, revealing mystical connections between Tilda Fordwells and a tenth- century shaman named Seren.
Description My mind is like the willow; it flexes and springs. My heart is a knot of oak. Let them try to wound me. Let them try.
One year after artist Tilda Forwells loses her husband, she is finally ready to move into the secluded Welsh cottage they were meant to be sharing together. In the valley below her mountain home is a mystical lake which inspires a strange energy in her. She starts to experience potent dreams, visions, presentiments which all lead her to Seren, the witch and shaman who legend has it lived on this lakeshore in Celtic times. As Tilda explores the lake's powers and her own, her connection to Seren grows stronger. And when she comes under grave threat, she must rely on Seren and this ancient magic to save her.
About the Author Paula Brackston lives with her family in a wild, mountainous part of Wales and much of the inspiration for her writing comes from stomping about on the mountains beings serenaded by skylarks and buzzards.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472150653 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 352 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FA Popular Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Corsair DECEMBER 2015 The Town in Bloom Dodie Smith
A delightful re-issue from the author of I Capture the Castle.
Description A determined young Lancashire girl arrives in London intent on a stage career - this tale from the author of I Capture the Castle is told with the candour and authenticity that derives from Dodie Smith's own experience of the theatre world.
Mouse never did fully suit her nickname. Tiny she may have been, but timid never. After less than twenty-four hours in London she had bluffed her way into an audition at a famous theatre, infuriated its forceful young stage director, and amused its kind if quite amoral actor-manager. She had finally landed not a part but a toehold as a junior secretary. During her involvement in the engrossing affairs of the Crossway Theatre she met her friends Molly, a baby-faced six- footer; and elegant, ambitious Lilian, who was fated to clash disastrously with Mouse. Later, there was also Zelle, rich, generous, enigmatic, and responsible for an outing to Suffolk village pageant which proved a turning point for them all.
Life was always surprising the fearless Mouse: when she unexpectedly got to a chance to act she made an unforgettable impression, though not the one she had intended. However, nothing prepared her for the assault of first love, highly unsuitable, but welcomed by her in a way which was to have far-reaching consequences.
Only when she looks back after a reunion luncheon does she realise the full effects of that shared summer on her friends and herself. A startlingly frank yet nostalgic read, this is a charming novel about coming of age and the healing effects of time.
About the Author Born near Manchester, Dodie Smith was already smitten by the theatrical bug by the time she entered St Paul's Girls School in London. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she went on to become a remarkably unsuccessful actress. Later she became a playwright and this time achieved considerable acclaim. She achieved enduring success with her first novel, I Capture the Castle, which was recently voted into 'the nation's 100 best-loved novels' as part of the BBC's Big Read. Her children's book The Hundred and One Dalmatians was made into a cartoon Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472151179 film by Walt Disney. Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 320 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FC Literary Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Corsair DECEMBER 2015 Quicksilver Princess Michael of Kent
The eagerly-anticipated third novel in HRH Princess Michael of Kent's Anjou Trilogy.
Description From HRH Princess Michael of Kent, bestselling author of The Queen of Four Kingdoms, comes the eagerly-anticipated third volume in the Anjou trilogy.
The final volume of the Anjou trilogy focuses on merchant Jacques Coeur, a man of humble beginnings but fiercely ambitious, who became one of the richest and most powerful men in fifteenth century France. HRH Princess Michael of Kent vividly re-enacts the life of Jacques Coeur as he becomes trusted confidante and champion of the Anjou royal family, particularly of his beloved patroness Yolande, Queen of the Four Kingdoms, and, of course, the beautiful and captivating Agnes Sorel who Jacques comes to know and understand as a friend. As Jacques's star shines brighter and brighter, his story runs parallel to that of Yolande and Agnes Sorel until the three interlink in devastating fashion and Jacques's ambition and generosity become his downfall. Meticulously researched and powerfully evoked, HRH Princess Michael of Kent unveils a seldom told story, enriched by her own insider's perspective of royal life.
About the Author Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent is the author of three previous books: The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours. For more than twenty five years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$45.00) ISBN: 9781472123053 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 320 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Toxic Jamie Doward
A thrilling debut crime thriller.
Description The mutilated body of a senior banker is found on a remote Kent beach. Could the man's death be linked to the scandal engulfing his employer, a global investment bank created by the CIA to help it track terrorism financing? Kate Pendragon, a financial analyst seconded to MI5, discovers that the bank is close to collapse, something that threatens to bring down the CIA. Elsewhere, intelligence is gathered on an Islamic terrorist cell intent on triggering a nuclear catastrophe to rig the world's financial markets - rigged, it would appear, by the Americans. But will rogue agents in the CIA really allow the disaster to happen in order save their bank? Pendragon believes the intelligence community on both sides of the Atlantic could be falling for a sophisticated hoax. Only, no one is listening to her. And the clock is ticking.
About the Author Jamie Doward has been a journalist on the Observer for 16 years. In his career, he has worked as a business reporter, the Home Affairs editor, the Religious Affairs correspondent, the Social Affairs Editor, the diarist and, currently, its Senior Reporter.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472120014 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 352 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FH Thriller / Suspense Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Preserve The Dead Brian McGilloway
The new Lucy Black thriller from the bestselling author of Little Girl Lost.
Description Detective Sergeant Lucy Black is visiting her father, a patient in a secure unit in Gransha Hospital on the banks of the River Foyle. He's been hurt badly in an altercation with another patient, and Lucy is shocked to discover him chained to the bed for safety. But she barely has time to take it all in, before an orderly raises the alarm - a body has been spotted floating in the river below.The body of an elderly man in a grey suit is hauled ashore: he is cold dead. He has been dead for several days. In fact a closer examination reveals that he has already been embalmed. A full scale investigation is launched - could this really be the suicide they at first assumed, or is this some kind of sick joke? Troubled and exhausted, Lucy goes back to her father's shell of a house to get some sleep; but there'll be no rest for her tonight. She's barely in the front door when a neighbour knocks, in total distress - his wife's sister has turned up badly beaten. Can she help? In Preserve The Dead, Brian McGilloway weaves a pacy, intricate plot, full of tension to the very last page. DS Lucy Black's third outing since the bestselling Little Girl Lost, confirms her as one of the decade's most original female detectives: strong, sensitive and ever determined.
About the Author Brian McGilloway was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1974, and teaches English at St Columb's College, Derry. He lives near the Irish borderlands with his wife and their four children. He is the author of seven previous crime novels: Hurt, Little Girl Lost, The Rising, Bleed A River Deep, Gallows Lane, Borderlands and The Nameless Dead.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472113160 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 197x130mm Extent: 400 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FF Crime & Mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Corsair DECEMBER 2015 Death in the Floating City Tasha Alexander
A New York Times bestselling author.
Description The past does not give its secrets up easily . Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalised society when she eloped with an Italian count. Now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has fled, making him the prime suspect. Alone in her empty palazzo, Emma realises there's no one she can turn to for help but Emily, who leaves at once for Venice, with her husband. When a fifteenth-century ring is found in the hand of the slain man, the mysteries of past and present become entwined, and in order to find the murderer, Emily must first unravel the secret of a centuries- old love affair.
About the Author Tasha Alexander attended the University of Notre Dame, where she majored in English and Medieval Studies. She and her husband, the novelist Andrew Grant, divide their time between Chicago and the UK.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472108586 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 336 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Behind the Shattered Glass Tasha Alexander
A Lady Emily mystery
Description Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead in front of the shocked gathering. But who has a motive for murdering the young aristocrat? The lovely cousin who was threatened by his engagement, the Oxford friend he falsely accused of cheating, the scheming vicar's daughter he shamelessly seduced or the relative no one knew existed who appears to claim the Montagu title? Who is the mysterious woman seen walking with him moments before he was brutally attacked? The trail takes readers into the gilded world of a British manor house and below stairs to the servants who know all the secrets. One family's hidden past and a forbidden passion are the clues to a puzzle only Lady Emily can solve.
About the Author Tasha Alexander is the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Emily series and the novel Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She attended the University of Notre Dame, where she studied English and Medieval History. Her work has been nominated for numerous awards and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, divide their time between Chicago and the UK.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472108593 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 336 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Counterfeit Heiress Tasha Alexander
A Lady Emily mystery
Description Paris - the city of romance - where Lady Emily struggles to unmask a murderer amid a case of assumed identities and shadowy figures.
After an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world traveller Estella Lamar. Each small discovery, however, leads to more questions. Was the intended victim Miss Lamar or the imposter? And who would want either of them dead?
As Emily and her husband try to make sense of all this, a larger puzzle begins to emerge: No one has actually seen Estella Lamar in years, since her only contact has been through letters and the occasional blurry news photograph. Is she even alive? Emily's investigation of this double mystery takes her from London to Paris, where, along with their friend Cecile, she must scour the darkest corners of the city in search of the truth.
About the Author Tasha Alexander is the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Emily series and the novel Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She attended the University of Notre Dame, where she studied English and Medieval History. Her work has been nominated for numerous awards and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, divide their time between Chicago and the UK.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472108616 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 336 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Preserve The Dead Brian McGilloway
In Preserve The Dead, Brian McGilloway weaves a pacy, intricate plot, full of tension to the very last page. DS Lucy Black's third outing since the bestselling Little Girl Lost, confirms her as one of the decade's most original female detectives: strong, sensitive and ever determined.
Description Detective Sergeant Lucy Black is visiting her father, a patient in a secure unit in Gransha Hospital on the banks of the River Foyle. He's been hurt badly in an altercation with another patient, and Lucy is shocked to discover him chained to the bed for safety. But she barely has time to take it all in, before an orderly raises the alarm - a body has been spotted floating in the river below.
The body of an elderly man in a grey suit is hauled ashore: he is cold dead. He has been dead for several days. In fact a closer examination reveals that he has already been embalmed. A full scale investigation is launched - could this really be the suicide they at first assumed, or is this some kind of sick joke?
Troubled and exhausted, Lucy goes back to her father's shell of a house to get some sleep; but there'll be no rest for her tonight. She's barely in the front door when a neighbour knocks, in total distress - his wife's sister has turned up badly beaten. Can she help?
In Preserve The Dead, Brian McGilloway weaves a pacy, intricate plot, full of tension to the very last page. DS Lucy Black's third outing since the bestselling Little Girl Lost, confirms her as one of the decade's most original female detectives: strong, sensitive and ever determined.
About the Author Brian McGilloway was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1974, and teaches English at St Columb's College, Derry. He lives near the Irish borderlands with his wife and their four children. He is the author of seven previous crime novels: Hurt, Little Girl Lost, The Rising, Bleed A River Deep, Gallows Lane, Borderlands and The Nameless Dead.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781472120397 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 400 pages
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Corsair DECEMBER 2015 Superman: The War Years 1938-1946 Roy Thomas
New compilation of comic books from the early years of Superman detailing his involvement in WW2. First time ever look at Superman in this view of war.
Description Superman was not like any previous comic book character. He was the first costumed man with two identities, who possessed extraordinary strength and powers. He would protect the public when ordinary measures would not do. He was not the first super hero, but the Man of Steel would become the prototype for all super heroes thereafter.
About the Author Having co-founded the super-hero comics fanzine Alter Ego in 1961, Roy Thomas (b. 1940) became writer/assistant editor for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1965 after a very brief stint as assistant editor of DC's Superman titles.For the German publisher Taschen he has written the humongous book 75 Years of Marvel: From Golden Age to Silver Screen, (released in late 2014) and is also writing an equally huge book about Marvel's Stan Lee. Besides winning numerous other fan and pro awards in the comics field over the years, he was elected to comics' Eisner Hall of Fame at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780785832829 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 209x311mm Extent: 304 pages
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Book Sales DECEMBER 2015 Batman: The War Years 1939-1946 Roy Thomas
New compilation of comic books from the early years of Batman detailing his involvement in WW2.
Description First time ever look at Batman in this view of war. Batman, created in 1939, the caped crusader, lone mysterious vigilante, brooding anti hero. He was a great detective and solved crime in Gotham City. Here we see him battling Hitler and fighting the war.
About the Author Having co-founded the super-hero comics fanzine Alter Ego in 1961, Roy Thomas (b. 1940) became writer/assistant editor for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1965 after a very brief stint as assistant editor of DC's Superman titles.For the German publisher Taschen he has written the humongous book 75 Years of Marvel: From Golden Age to Silver Screen, (released in late 2014) and is also writing an equally huge book about Marvel's Stan Lee. Besides winning numerous other fan and pro awards in the comics field over the years, he was elected to comics' Eisner Hall of Fame at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780785832836 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 209x292mm Extent: 304 pages
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Book Sales DECEMBER 2015 Wonder Woman: The War years 1941-1946 Roy Thomas
New compilation of comic books from the early years of Wonder Woman detailing her involvement in WW2. First time ever look at Wonder Woman in this view of war.
Description Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded such a passionate following.
About the Author Having co-founded the super-hero comics fanzine Alter Ego in 1961, Roy Thomas (b. 1940) became writer/assistant editor for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1965 after a very brief stint as assistant editor of DC's Superman titles.For the German publisher Taschen he has written the humongous book 75 Years of Marvel: From Golden Age to Silver Screen, (released in late 2014) and is also writing an equally huge book about Marvel's Stan Lee. Besides winning numerous other fan and pro awards in the comics field over the years, he was elected to comics' Eisner Hall of Fame at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780785832843 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 209x311mm Extent: 304 pages
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Book Sales DECEMBER 2015 The House At The End Of Hope Street Menna van Praag
A beautifully romantic debut novel.
Description After Alba Ashby suffers the Worst Events of Her Life, she finds herself at the door of 11 Hope Street, Cambridge. There, a beautiful older woman named Peggy invites Alba to stay, on the house's usual conditions: she'll have 99 nights, and no more, to turn her life around.
Once inside, Alba sees that 11 Hope Street is no ordinary place. Past residents include Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, and Agatha Christie, who all stayed there when they, too, had lost hope. With the house's help, Alba decides to risk everything and embarks on a journey that may even save her life.
About the Author Menna van Praag was born in Cambridge and studied Modern History at Oxford University. She lives in Cambridge and sets her novels among the colleges, cafes and bookshops of the city.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780749018627 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 320 pages
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Allison & Busby DECEMBER 2015 Dreaming Spies Laurie R King
The ever-popular series featuring Sherlock Holmes and his wife, Mary Russell returns in a brand new adventure.
Description 1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes arrive home to find a stone. The stone is inscribed with the same name that they last saw in the Tokyo garden of the future emperor of Japan. It is the first indication that the investigation they did for him a year ago might not be as complete as they had thought. In Japan there were spies; in Oxford there are dreams. In both places, there is a small, dark-haired woman, and danger.
About the Author Laurie R. King has has been writing crime fiction since 1987 and won many awards for her fiction including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards. She lives in North California.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780749018214 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 416 pages
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Allison & Busby DECEMBER 2015 The Third Sin Aline Templeton
The latest instalment in the gripping, DI Marjory Fleming police procedural series.
Description Pleasure, not happiness, is the highest good: the group who called themselves the Cyrenaics practised the principle until the death of one from an overdose and the apparent suicide of another. Sobered, the group went their several ways. One heads to Canada, another disappears and a third is believed to have committed suicide, at least until his body turns up two years later in the wreck of a car swept up on to the Solway mud flats. The murky relationships among the Cyrenaics, revived when they start returning for a party celebrating the Scottish Year of Homecoming, bring more pain and death. DI Marjory Fleming, called in to help another force with its murder enquiry, finds this, and the murder which follows on her own patch, obstructed by the unpleasant and resentful inspector she has been asked to direct, and DC Hepburn and DS Macdonald, still at loggerheads, don't make it any easier. Fleming's daughter has a new boyfriend to whom police are an anathema and though Cammie at last achieves his Scotland cap, he too is in trouble with the affairs of the heart.
About the Author Aline Templeton lives in Edinburgh with her husband and their Dalmatian dog. She has been Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland and has been nominated for the Crime Writers' Association committee.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780749018344 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 480 pages
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Allison & Busby DECEMBER 2015 Deeds Of Darkness Edward Marston
The fourth Home Front Detective novel from the ever popular author of The Railway Detective series.
Description In June 1916, a young woman named Charlotte Reid is found murdered in a cinema. Harvery Marmion and Joe Keedy are assigned the task of finding the killer who so elusively fled in the dark. Before long, two more victims, of striking similarity but differing backgrounds, are found dead around the city. Meanwhile, miles from home, Marmion's son Paul prepares for life on the front line as he marches towards the Battle of the Somme.
About the Author Edward Marston was born and brought up in South Wales. A full-time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre, and is a former chairman of the Crime Writer's Association.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780749015299 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 352 pages
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Allison & Busby DECEMBER 2015 A Southwold Mystery Suzette A Hill
A delightful 1950s romp of a mystery from the author of the Francis Oughterard series.
Description Rosy Gildchrist has been asked to accompany Lady Fawcett to visit Delia Dovedale, an old school friend in Suffolk and whom she hasn't seen for years. Rather reluctantly Rosy agrees to be her companion on this reunion jaunt. But on arrival at their hostess's house Lady Fawcett is informed that her old school chum is dead, recently murdered.
About the Author Suzette A. Hill is a graduate of Nottingham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Universities, and for many years she taught English. She lives in Ledbury.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$45.00) ISBN: 9780749017446 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 216x134mm Extent: 350 pages
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Allison & Busby DECEMBER 2015 The Tourists Julianne Pachico
He doesn't see us, but we're watching. An eerily atmospheric short story set in a Columbian country house.
Description A local dignitary is hosting a lavish party at his country house on the outskirts of Cali, Colombia. He observes from afar as his staff prepare the grounds to his liking - the maids carefully arrange the lawn furniture, the chefs plate the oysters and caviar with precision, and the security guards stand poised. Everything is ready when his guests begin to arrive. But, as the sun begins to go down, a sense of unease hangs over the cheerful revelry. His daughter is missing, the resident spider monkey is threatening chaos, and, unbeknownst to our host, a group of nefarious uninvited guests closely watch his every move.
About the Author Julianne Pachico grew up in Colombia and now lives in Norwich, where she is completing her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA. Her stories have been published by New Writing.net and Lighthouse Literary Journal. She is currently completing her first collection of linked stories.
Price: $10.99 (NZ$13.99) ISBN: 9781907970672 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 178x4mm Extent: 48 pages
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Daunt Books DECEMBER 2015 The Inland Sea KJ Orr
Early one morning, two boys set out across a frozen lake. This beautifully told story is a small and finely- wrought epic set in a remote part of Russia. A deeply touching tale of brotherhood, bravery, and the wild dreams of childhood.
Description On the far side the lake is divided from the hills by a slash of soft pink that arrived with the dawn.
They set out, stepping over a yawning crack where the ice has buckled. All along the shore line the lake has twisted, churning the ice into contortions which it has thrown up and aside, forming banks of frozen rubble softened only by fresh snowfall. Ahead of them the ice smoothes out, leaving its fretted edges behind, coursing towards the other side.
They would normally carry their father's bore, or fishing rods, or both, but their hands are empty. Having made their decision they had wrapped themselves up with every layer they could find. Yet still they are lung-punched, speechless for now with the cold.
It is so early that the last of the stars are still out. The morning is clear. Pyotr imagines them seen from the hillside up above the village behind two dark figures against all that white. He had once climbed up there with his father and they had looked out from maybe a thousand metres up, and he had seen the tiny, matchbox houses below and the people, splinter-small. The lake had looked narrow like a river, like something you could just step across.
About the Author K. J. Orr was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2011. Her writing has been broadcast on BBC Radio Four, and published by Comma Press, The Sunday Times Magazine online, The White Review, and #NewWriting, among others.
Price: $9.99 (NZ$12.99) ISBN: 9781907970269 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 178x111mm Extent: 48 pages
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Daunt Books DECEMBER 2015 She Who Was No More Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
A murdered spouse returns from the dead in this classic thriller.
Description Every Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne, an ambitious doctor, and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan. Drugging Mireille, the pair drown her in a bathtub, but in the morning, before the accidental death can be discovered, the corpse is gone. So begins the unraveling of Ferdinand's plot, and his sanity.This classic of French noir fiction was adapted for the screen by Henri-Georges Clouzot as Les Diaboliques (The Devils), starring Simone Signoret and Vera Clouzot, the film which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'. A second movie version, 'Diabolique', followed in 1996, starring Sharon Stone.
About the Author Boileau-Narcejac is the nom-de-plume of Pierre Boileau (1906-89) and Thomas Narcejac (1908-98), one of France's most successful writing duos. Boileau and Narcejac both individually received the prestigious Prix du roman d'aventures before beginning a partnership that spanned four decades, from the Fifties to the Eighties, and produced more than fifty thrillers. Their works inspired numerous films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques, based on their 1952 debut novel She Who Was No More.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781782270812 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x14mm Extent: 176 pages
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Puskin Vertigo DECEMBER 2015 Before The Feast Sasa Stanisic
A dazzling, award-winning new novel by the 'offensively gifted' author of, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramaphone.
Description It's the night before the feast in the village of Frstenfelde (population: an odd number). The village is asleep. Except for the ferryman - he's dead. And Mrs Kranz, the night-blind painter, who wants to depict her village for the first time at night. A bell-ringer and his apprentice want to ring the bells - the only problem is that the bells have gone. A vixen is looking for eggs for her young, and Mr Schramm is discovering more reasons to quit life than smoking. Someone has opened the doors to the Village Archive, but what drives the sleepless out of their houses is not that which was stolen, but that which has escaped. Old stories, myths and fairy tales are wandering about the streets with the people. They come together in a novel about a long night, a mosaic of village life, in which the long-established and newcomers, the dead and the living, craftsmen, pensioners and noble robbers in football shirts bump into each other. They all want to bring something to a close, in this night before the feast.
About the Author The award-winning novelist Sasa Stanisic was born in Visegrad, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1978 and has lived in Germany since 1992. His debut novel, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone was acclaimed by readers and critics alike, and has been translated into 30 languages so far. Before the Feast, his second novel, won the 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize, was longlisted for the German Book Prize, and won the Alfred-Doblin and Hohenemser literary prizes.
Price: $27.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781782271291 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 216x135mm Extent: 320 pages
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Pushkin DECEMBER 2015 How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone Sasa Stanisic
The tale of a boy who experiences the war in Bosnia and finds the secret to survival in language and stories.
Description Aleksandar is Comrade-in-Chief of fishing, the best magician in the non-aligned States and painter of unfinished things. He knows the first chapter of Marx's Das Kapital by heart but spends most of his time playing football in the Bosnian town of Visegrad on the banks of the river Drina. When his grandfather, a master storyteller, dies of the fastest heart attack in the world while watching Carl Lewis's record, Aleksandar promises to carry on the tradition. However when the shadow of war spreads to Visegrad, the world as he knows it stops. Suddenly it is not important how heavy a spider's life weighs, or why Marko's horse is related to Superman. Suddenly it is important to have the right name and to pretend that the little Muslim girl Asija is his sister. Then Aleksandar's parents decide to flee to Germany and he must leave his new friend behind.
About the Author The award-winning novelist Sasa Stanisic was born in Visegrad, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1978 and has lived in Germany since 1992. His debut novel How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone was acclaimed by readers and critics alike, and has been translated into 30 languages so far. Before the Feast, his second novel, won the 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize, was longlisted for the German Book Prize, and won the Alfred-Doblin and Hohenemser literary prizes.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781782271765 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 304 pages
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Pushkin DECEMBER 2015 I Was Jack Mortimer Alexander Lernet-Holenia
"One doesn't step into anyone's life, not even a dead man's without having to live it to the end."
A taxi driver in 1930s Vienna impersonates a murder victim, and is caught into a dangerous spiral.
Description A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer's cab, gives the name of a hotel, and before he reaches it has been murdered: shot through the throat. And though Sponer has so far committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer's life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it is too late.Twice filmed, I Was Jack Mortimer is a tale of misappropriated identity as darkly captivating and twisting as the books of Patricia Highsmith.
About the Author Alexander Lernet Holenia was born in Vienna in 1897. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and became a protege of Rainer Maria Rilke. During his life he wrote poetry, novels, plays and was a successful screenwriter. His uneasy relationship with the National Socialist Party resulted in his removal from prominence in 1944, but after the end of the Second World War, he again became a vital figure in Austrian cultural life. He died in 1976.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781782271154 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x14mm Extent: 160 pages
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Pushkin DECEMBER 2015 One Man's Flag David Downing
Second in stunning WW1 spy series.
Description Spring 1915. Eight months after foiling a plot to delay the embarkation of France-bound British troops, and reluctantly arresting his lover's brother for being involved, Jack McColl is stationed in India, charged with defending the Empire against Bengali terrorists and their German allies. Belgium, he finds, is not the only country seeking to expel an invader. In England, meanwhile, Colm Hanley is executed, and his sister Caitlin begins the business of rebuilding her life. The war is changing everything, and giving fresh impulse to those causes - feminism, socialism and Irish independence - which she as a journalist has long supported. The threat of a rising in Dublin alarms McColl's bosses as much as it dazzles Caitlin. It was one Irish plot which came between Jack and Caitlin in 1914, and it will take another to bring them back together, both as enemies and lovers.
About the Author David Downing is the author of the bestselling Station series of WWII spy novels. He lives in Guildford.
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Old Street DECEMBER 2015 Pacific Tom Drury
Tom Drury revisits the community of Grouse County, the setting of his landmark debut, The End of Vandalism with this original narrative both tragic and comic.
Description In Pacific, Tom Drury revisits the community of Grouse County, the setting of his landmark debut, The End of Vandalism. When fourteen-year-old Micah Darling travels to Los Angeles to reunite with the mother who abandoned him seven years ago, he finds himself out of his league in a land of magical freedom. Back in the Midwest, an ethereal young woman comes to Stone City on a mission that will unsettle the lives of everyone she meets including Micah's half-sister, Lyris, and his father, Tiny, a petty thief. An investigation into the stranger's identity uncovers a darkly disturbed life, as parallel narratives of the comic and tragic, the mysterious and quotidian, unfold in both the country and the city.
About the Author Tom Drury is, according to the New York Times, 'a major figure in American literature, author of a string of novels without a dud in the bunch'. He lives in Iowa.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781910400098 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 204x140mm Extent: 320 pages
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Old Street DECEMBER 2015 His Bloody Project Graeme Macrae Burnet
A brutal triple murder in a remote northwestern crofting community in 1869 leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae.
Description There's no question that Macrae is guilty, but the police and courts must uncover what drove him to murder the local village constable. And who were the other two victims? Ultimately, Macrae's fate hinges on one key question: is he insane? A story ingeniously recounted through the accused's memoir, trial transcripts and newspaper reports, His Bloody Project is a riveting literary thriller that will appeal to fans of Hannah Kent's, Burial Rites.
About the Author Graeme was born and brought up in Kilmarnock and now lives in Glasgow. In between, he has lived in Prague, Bordeaux, Porto and London. 'The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau', published by Saraband in July 2014, is his first novel.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781910192146 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 288 pages
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Sandstone DECEMBER 2015 A Petrol Scented Spring Ajay Close
A Petrol Scented Spring is told by the wife, Donella Watson, and is a riveting novel of repression, and eventually liberation, in the spring of universal suffrage and women’s rights.
Description Donella and Hugh Ferguson Watson are locked in an unhappy marriage, and she thinks she knows why. Before she met him, her ambitious prison doctor husband force fed several hunger-striking suffragettes. He kept the redoubtable Arabella Scott in isolation for five weeks, visiting her every day, talking with her, touching her. What really happened between Hugh and his prisoner patient? Did he succumb to her idealism, or her looks? Or was it her resistance he found intoxicating? Did she return his love? Cupid's itch can afflict anyone. The only thing Donella knows for certain is it cannot be ignored. Based on real people and events, A Petrol Scented Spring is a riveting portrait of the women who dared to claim equality with men, and a fascinating exploration of passion, repression, jealousy and love.
About the Author Ajay Close is a journalist and author. Born and educated in Sheffield she took her degree from Clare College, Cambridge. As a journalist she covered the miners' strike and Handsworth Riots. She freelanced on Woman's Own and New Statesman, later working on Chat Magazine, Today and the North West Times. In 1988 she moved to Scotland where she has remained. A Petrol Scented Spring is her fifth novel.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781910124611 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 350 pages
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Sandstone DECEMBER 2015 The Fast Men Tom McNab
An engrossing look at theatrical life and the foot-racing phenomenon in the American West during the 1870s.
Description Butch Cassidy and Sundance make way, here come Buck Miller and Billy Joe Speed, the fastest men in the West – but not with their guns. With their coach and mentor, the Honorable Professor Moriarty, they con their way from Kansas City to Mexico in 1870s America. They don't play by the rules and sometimes only their vaunted speed gets them out of town ahead of the lynch mob. Packed with characters and incident, and no small amount of historical detail The Fast Men is Tom McNab's follow up novel to the brilliant Flanagan’s Run, published by Sandstone Press in 2014.
About the Author Tom McNab has experienced success as Olympic coach, prize winning novelist and Technical Director of the Oscar- winning film Chariots of Fire. One of the world's leaders in sport, he has coached international athletes, the British Olympic Bobsleigh team and England's silver medal-winning squad in Rugby's 1992 World Cup. In the same year, he was awarded the British Coach of the Year. Tom has written several best-selling novels, including Flanagan's Run which reached number 1 on the world's best seller lists, with film rights taken by Disney. In 1982 he won the Scottish Novelist of the Year award and his repertoire of sporting films includes his work as script consultant and technical advisor for Chariots of Fire. He has been a commentator for ITV and Channel 4, a freelance journalist for the The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times and The Independent.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781910124635 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 350 pages
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Sandstone DECEMBER 2015 Broken Arrow Matthew Pritchard
A deadly corporate cover-up puts Danny Sanchez on the trail of greed, murder and corruption in southern Spain.
Description The discovery of a disinterred corpse at one of Andalusia's Spaghetti Western theme parks begins Danny Sanchez on an investigation that will put all that he holds dearest on the line, as he brings to light an act of unimaginable selfishness that will have ramifications for thousands . . .
Danny begins the story on the trail on a brutal killer who burns his first victim alive, but as the plot unfolds, he begins to realise the true motives behind the killer's actions and to question whether the man he is tracking is the true villain. The story draws on Pritchard's own journalistic experience to present a vivid and realistic portrayal of the way in which Danny draws together the documents and interviews he needs to prove his story. Meanwhile, Danny's obsessive quest to uncover the truth causes him to place not only his own life at risk, but also those of Marsha, his girlfriend, and his photographer friend, Paco Pino. This leads to a breakdown in all the relationships which Danny most values.
Broken Arrow is Pritchard's third novel and combines his fastpaced prose style and subtle characterisation with a meticulously researched plot. The book is based around a real life accident in 1966, in which the American air force dropped three H-bombs onto southern Spain and contaminated hundreds of acres of arable land with plutonium dust. The narrative moves with a Chandleresque efficiency and there are many twists to the plot, but all are credible. Matthew Pritchard keeps his readers guessing until the end.
About the Author Matthew Pritchard worked as a journalist in Spain for ten years, mainly for the ex-pat press, but also for UK nationals (at which he has some good connections). He grew up in a house filled with gas masks, military helmets, swords and rifles and has possessed a lifelong interest in WWII ever since. Together with his father and uncle, he has amassed a sizeable collection of memoirs and memorabilia contemporary to the period.
Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781784630409 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 320 pages
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SALT DECEMBER 2015 The Crossing Christina James
In the wreckage, everything goes to hell.
Description It is a foggy day. Ruby Grummett, a railway crossing keeper, opens the gates for a council lorry, thinking that the Skegness train has been cancelled, but it comes looming through the mists and hits the lorry, which is flung into the air. The train is derailed, one man is killed and another seriously injured, and Ruby's house is destroyed.
Is Ruby to blame for the accident, or was it caused by the railway company's failure to warn that the train was late? Di Yates visits Ruby in hospital in an attempt to find out. There he meets her husband Bob and daughters Kayleigh and Philippa. Kayleigh, short and squat like her mother, works in a local factory. Philippa, tall and very blonde, attends Boston Grammar School. Bob is shifty and seems to be hiding something from the police. Both his brother Ivan and Councillor Start, a prominent local man, are helping him.
Meanwhile, the head teacher at Spalding High School is strangely unconcerned when a prowler is reported loitering outside the school; Andy Carstairs' new girlfriend tells him about an obscure all-male club that is allowed to meet at the school at weekends; and Juliet Armstrong, who has renewed her friendship with Dr Louise Butler, reopens the case of a Finnish au pair who disappeared twenty years before.
These miscellaneous events appear to be unconnected until the remains of a child are discovered. Then all hell breaks loose.
About the Author C.A. James was born in Spalding and sets her novels in the evocative Fenland countryside of South Lincolnshire. She works as a bookseller, researcher and teacher. She has a lifelong fascination with crime fiction and its history. She is also a well-established non-fiction writer, under a separate name.
Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781784630416 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 320 pages
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SALT DECEMBER 2015 Silver Linings Millie Gray
Set in the darkest days of the Second World War, Silver Linings is based in the shipyards of Leith and follows the ups and downs of the Anderson family as they struggle to survive through war, hunger and loss.
Description As the war begins to gather pace in 1940, the unexpected death of Sandra Anderson dramatically and ruthlessly changes forever the lives of the family she leaves behind. Kitty, her spoiled and pampered fifteen-year-old daughter, has to give up her dreams of a career, as she becomes the family drudge. Sandra's heartbroken husband, Johnny, finds solace for his grief by becoming the main mouthpiece for his Trade Union in the shipyards, leaving little time for new-born Rosebud, whose birth caused her mother's death. And to add to what seems insurmountable problems, Kitty and Johnny must try to fulfil the death bed promises they made to Sandra, which makes a nearly impossible situation even worse. With the help of Johnny's spinster sister Kate and Jenny, his matriarchial mother, they must find a way to survive. When victory in Europe finally arrives, Kitty can see an end to her menial life and Johnny an end to his self-denial. And they also realise that the only way they can free themselves from the lives they hate is to break the solemn promises they made to Sandra on her death bed. But can they really live with the guilt of broken promises?
About the Author Millie Gray is a writer and professional storyteller. Her humorous plays attract audiences from all over Scotland and she is much in demand to do workshops and talks about her work. Millie Gray was born and raised in Leith and lives in Edinburgh.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781845029975 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 224 pages
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Black & White DECEMBER 2015 Drawn to Nature: A Sketchbook for the Naturalist Holly Ward Bimba
A sketchbook and journal peppered with gorgeous artwork and prompts to inspire readers to notice, record, and draw the natural world around them.
Description A bird lands softly on a tree and begins to sing. Butterflies dance through the air. A sturdy oak sways gently with the breeze.
Artist and illustrator Holly Ward Bimba inspires you to notice the natural world all around with this gorgeous guided journal. Broken into 8 segments, Drawing to Nature calls attention to leaves, flowers, insects, forests, animals, seasons, plants, and living with nature. Each section includes a 150 word introduction and is filled with beautiful, unique artwork to help sketch artists tap into their creative side and enjoy the naturally breathtaking surroundings.
Includes an illustrated sketchbook, pencil, 20 wax envelopes, and a keepsake envelope to store your nature treasures.
About the Author HOLLY WARD BIMBA is an artist/illustrator from the rural village of Upperville, Virginia. She specializes in watercolors, prints, and fabrics of things in the natural world. She has been featured in Southern Living, Apartment Therapy, A Bloomsbury Life, Western Living, Vain, Style at Home, RealSimple.com, Decor8, MarthaStewart.com, and more.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781631060823 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 166x229mm Extent: 128 pages
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Rock Point Gift & Stationery DECEMBER 2015 Girl Talk In The Pink Kathy Lette
Girl Talk - In The Pink takes a humorous look at the many stages of womanhood through cartoons from Kathy Lette, the well-known queen of one line quips.
Description Women are each other's human wonder bras - uplifting, supportive and making each other look bigger and better. The wit and wisdom of Girl Talk will not only offer some pun-in-cheek female solidarity but will also help readers achieve a black belt in tongue fu. Girl Talk In The Pink takes a humorous look at the many stages of womanhood through cartoons from Kathy Lette, the well-known queen of one line quips.
About the Author KATHY LETTE first achieved success de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, which was made into a major film and a TV mini-series. After several years as a newspaper columnist and television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in America, she wrote numerous international bestsellers including Mad Cows (which was made into a film starring Joanna Lumley and Anna Friel), How to Kill Your Husband and Other Handy Household Hints (recently staged by the Victorian Opera, Australia), To Love, Honour and Betray and The Boy Who Fell To Earth (soon to be filmed by Emily Mortimer). Her novels have been published in seventeen languages around the world. Kathy appears regularly as a guest on the BBC and Sky News. She is also an ambassador for Women and Children First, Plan International and the White Ribbon Alliance. In 2004 she was the London Savoy Hotel's Writer in Residence where a cocktail named after her can still be ordered.
Price: $14.99 (NZ$16.99) ISBN: 9780711237209 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 145x110mm Extent: 80 pages
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Frances Lincoln Stationery DECEMBER 2015 The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club Joan Collins
From living legend Joan Collins comes a fabulously witty romp in the ultimate playground of the rich and the famous, St. Tropez - full of sun, sin, sex and scandal with Joan's trademark humour.
Description Contessa Carlotta di Ponti, stunningly beautiful and filthy rich, has finally escaped her abusive marriage and is looking to find true love in St. Tropez.
The party season kicks off with a spectacular bash at billionaire Harry Silver's palatial mansion, but tragedy soon strikes. Could seemingly innocuous events - a bad oyster, a fatal wasp sting, a faulty funicular - mean something more sinister for the bejewelled citizens of St. Tropez?
It is up to glamorous detective Gabrielle Poulpe to save the day and find the murderer in their midst or life on St. Tropez as its residents know it could be over forever. Can Gabrielle find the culprit before it's too late?
Join the wealthy and the fabulous in the ultimate playground of the rich and the famous, for sun, sin, sex and scandal as they battle a threat from within.
About the Author Witty, clever and beautiful, Dame Joan Collins possesses a singular star quality that has come to define what it means to be a living legend. As an actress, author and producer she has built a career that places her in the unrivalled ranks of an international icon. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films, dozens of plays, both in the West End and in the US, and many television series, including creating the role of Alexis Carrington on Dynasty, one of the most highly rated television dramas of all time. Her novels and memoirs have been bestsellers worldwide. She is a regular diarist for the Spectator and a contributor to the Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, and Harper's Bazaar.
Price: $35.99 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781472122933 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 272 pages
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Corsair DECEMBER 2015 A Cold Death in Amsterdam Anja de Jager
A Cold Death in Amsterdam is a smart and engaging police procedural about a Dutch detective struggling to come to terms with her past.
Description Set in Amsterdam, the novel introduces Lotte Meerman, a Cold Case detective still recovering from the emotional devastation of her previous investigation. A tip-off leads Lotte to an unresolved ten-year-old murder case in which her father was the lead detective. When she discovers irregularities surrounding the original investigation that make him a suspect, she decides to cover for him. She doesn't tell her boss about the family connection and jeopardises her career by hiding evidence. Now she has to find the real murderer before her acts are discovered, otherwise her father will go to jail and she will lose her job, the one thing in life she still takes pride in . . .
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Dilly's Lass Rosie Goodwin
A mother must fight to re-unite her family in the aftermath of the first world war.
Description A daughter's shame, a mother's secret - a family united by love A mother's secret One thing unites the wealthy Farthing family and hardworking Dilly Carey - Olivia, the daughter Dilly gave to the Farthings years before. Olivia is now grown-up, beautiful and happy, but Dilly is still grieved by the choice she was forced to make to give her beloved child a future. A daughter's shame When unmarried Olivia arrives on Dilly's doorstep, her own baby girl in her arms, begging for help, Dilly can only say yes. Olivia's secret will be safe with her. Dilly will find a way for Olivia to keep her daughter without revealing the true circumstances of her birth. A father's hope Dilly can't tell Max Farthing, the man Olivia calls Father. For Max has problems of his own: he's married to Camilla, who has lost her senses. With so many lies between Dilly and Max, is there any chance that they could come together? Dilly's hard work has lifted her family out of poverty and hardship. But now the Great War is over, her children have new challenges to face - and Dilly will protect them with everything she has. Even if it means sacrificing her own happiness.
About the Author Rosie Goodwin's first book, The Bad Apple, was published in 2004. Since then she has gone on to write many more classic and contemporary sagas. She is also the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own sequels. Before becoming a published author, Rosie worked in Social Services. Rosie has children and lives in Warwickshire with her husband and her four Shihtzu's.
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Corsair DECEMBER 2015 I'll Tell You What Robbie Savage
The autobiography of Robbie Savage, one of British football's most recognisable figures.
Description Robbie Savage is one of Britain's most recognisable football pundits. Incisive, forthright and bold, Savage never holds back where the beautiful game is concerned. No Premier League footballer has ever divided opinion quite like Robbie Savage. Mr Marmite, as he was often known (among other things), rampaged his way through almost 350 games in the Premier League and along the way picked up more yellow cards than Gary Lineker has crisps and more enemies than Joey Barton and Neil Warnock put together. In his explosive new book, I'll Tell You What.. Savage lifts the lid on all aspects of the modern game. Managers, players, the Premiership, the European game, the FA Cup, kids' football, and pushy football parents are just a few of the topics that Savage takes on in his inimitable provocative style.
About the Author Dubbed Mr Marmite, Robbie Savage is one of British football's most recognisable figures, follow ing a high-profile 18- season career. After his retirement in 2011, Robbie has carved a successful media career across radio, TV and new spapers, gaining further respect for his forthright opinions on the issues that matter in today's footballing world.
Price: $45.00 (NZ$49.99) ISBN: 9781472123169 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 420 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Old Man and the Sea: A True Story of Crossing the Atlantic by Raft Anthony Smith
An Atlantic Pipe Dream.
Description Octogenarian Anthony Smith's journey was originally inspired by both the Kontiki Expedition of Thor Heyerdahl (who he knew) and the incredible story of the survivors of a 1940 boat disaster, who spent 70 days adrift in the Atlantic, eventually reaching land emaciated and close to death.
While this might sound like a voyage no-one would wish to emulate, to octogenarian Anthony Smith it sounded like an adventure, and he placed a typically straightforward advertisement in the Telegraph that read 'Fancy rafting across the Atlantic? Famous traveller requires 3 crew. Must be OAP. Serious adventurers only.'
In his inimitable style, Smith details their voyage and the hardships they endured with a matter-of-fact air that makes his story seem all the more impressive. His advanced age allows him a wider perspective not only on the journey but on life itself, and his never-say-die attitude to the difficulty of the journey is inspirational.
'Old men ought to be explorers' said T.S. Eliot, and this book certainly gives a compelling argument in his favour. It is both a great story (a huge storm on the final night of the voyage almost wrecked them on a reef) and a call to action for the older generation - do not go quietly, says Anthony Smith, but seek out adventure as long as you are able.
About the Author Anthony Smith was a writer, explorer, journalist and former tv presenter, who has written numerous books about his incredible travel experiences, including Blind White Fish in Persia and Throw Out Two Hands, which details his flight in a hot air balloon from Zanzibar to East Africa, and across the Ngorongoro crater. His bestselling work The Body (later titled The Human Body) sold over 800,000 copies worldwide and was tied into a BBC TV series which aired across the world. He died in 2014. Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472121134 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: FC Literary Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Dogs of Courage: When Britain's Pets Went to War 1939-45 Clare Campbell
What did the nation's dogs do for the war effort? How did man's best friend prove his loyalty in his master's struggle against the Axis threat?
Description In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war. This time, she follows the incredible journey of the dogs who conscripted to fight for their country, with some even returning with medals for their bravery. During the most dangerous days of the Second W orld War, the British government set out to recruit an army of canines - a 'Guard Dog Unit'. This experimental team of brave hounds would later use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out the anti-personnel mines that barred the way to reclaiming Europe. Dog owners countrywide shed tears as they bid farewell to their beloved 'Rover', 'Rex', or 'Molly' (who in turn bravely fought back tears to spare their owners more upset) - and packed them off to the War Dogs Training School to learn the skills they'd need to 'do their bit for Britain' on the very frontiers of the Third Reich. The soldiers waiting out in the field to greet their canine counterparts were under strict instructions: do not get too attached to your new four-legged companion. That bit proved disastrously impossible.
Based on original documents, first-hand accounts and interviews, Dogs of Courage tells a story of human determination, heartbreak and uncompromising canine courage that has never been told before.
About the Author Clare Campbell is an author and journalist. She is the author of Out of It (2007) and Tokyo Hostess (2009) and she ghosted Bringing Down the Krays (2012), by Bobby Teale. Clare's husband and co-author Christy Campbell is the former defence correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of The Maharajah's Box, Fenian Fire, Phylloxera, Band of Brigands and Target London (2012). Together, they are the authors of Bonzo's War: Animals Under Fire 1939-45 (2013).
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781472115669 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 400 pages Main Category: HB History Sub Category: HBG World History Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Corsair DECEMBER 2015 Crap Kitchen: Boiled gannet, calf-brain custard and other 'acquired tastes' Geoff Tibballs
The worst cookbook ever, packed with truly bizarre and utterly disgusting recipes from all over the world.
Description Ever since humankind produced its first foodie, the culinary world has dished up some staggering confections which could best be described as 'acquired tastes': dishes such as Virgin Boy Eggs (eggs soaked in the urine of prepubescent boys); live octopus, which clutches at the diner's tongue and throat as it is swallowed; and Beard Beer, made from the yeast found in facial hair.
In northern Greenland, the Inuit are fond of cramming as many as 500 dead auks (small sea birds) into an old seal skin which they place under a large rock until the birds have fermented into what has rightly been described as a 'sticky, pungent, toxic, cheesy gloop'. Kiviak, as it is called, is eaten by biting off the birds' heads and sucking out the juices.
The mighty Roman Empire was built on such delicacies as larks' tongues, stuffed thrush, boiled flamingo and grilled cow's womb, while the Tudors loved nothing more than a roast cockenthrice: the head and upper body of a pig carefully stitched onto the lower body and legs of a turkey.
Today, for those with an adventurous mindset and a robust life insurance policy, there is no shortage of nauseating local delicacies to enjoy. In China, not only is tuna eyeball on the menu, but also yak penis (served whole). In Vietnam, one can enjoy the still-beating heart of a freshly-killed snake; in Iceland, raw puffin heart. In the Philippines, there is duck embryo to be had - like a Kinder Surprise . only containing a dead foetus instead of a toy. In Sardinia, they like nothing more than a nice bit of maggot-infested cheese; and the favourite tipple of Korean foodies is Ttongsul, a wine made from the fermented faeces of a child.
Bon appetit!
Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472136817 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 178x126mm About the Author Extent: 208 pages Geoff Tibballs has worked as a journalist and press officer, but is now a full-time writer and editor. He lists his hobbies as Main Category: WB Food And Drink sport, eating, drinking, and avoiding housework, and lives in Nottingham with his wife and daughters. He is the author of a Sub Category: WB Food And Drink number of bestselling books, including The Mammoth Book of Jokes and Crazy Sh*t Old People Say. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Everyday Family Recipes For Your Combination Microwave: Healthy, nutritious family meals that will save you money and time Carolyn Humphries
Discover how to get the best from your combination microwave and revolutionize the way you cook.
Description This book will give you the knowledge and confidence to creat complete meals for every time of day and occasion - quickly. It will also teach you how to bake great cakes and breads, and make simple snacks and side dishes. Many meals are complete in their own right or have different elements that can be cooked one after the other (food needs to 'rest' before serving so this is quite possible and still keeep it all hot.). But it can be used alongside your conventional hob. You may, for instance, want to quickly boil some rice or pasta to accompany a delicious meat, fish, chicken or vegetable main course in the combi. You can also use ti as a conventional microwave, grill or convection oven.
About the Author Carolyn Humphries has been a food writer and editor for many years. She started her career as a chef, but quickly realised she preferred to create food for people to cook at home. Having trained as a journalist, she became a food writer for Woman magazine. She has since written for numerous journals, is the author of over 60 books and has been a consultant, co-writer and editor on many more projects. She is a member both of The Guild of Food Writers and the Institute of Health Promotion and Education. As a busy, working mum she has always needed to feed a hungry family fast and finds the combination microwave a great asset in her kitchen.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781472135605 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 192 pages Main Category: WB Food And Drink Sub Category: WB Food And Drink Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Wake Up and Sell More Coffee: Fresh Ways to Make Money from Your Coffee Business John Richardson
This book is designed to show the best advice, for aspiring or existing coffee shops, from a selection of some of the best coffee shops and industry experts in the world.
Description These experts and coffee shop owners seek to answer two main questions: 1. What is the one thing they wish they'd known before they started 2. What is the secret to success of their business and of great coffee shops and caf.s in general. Some of these owners have just one site and some have multiple sites and worldwide success but all are acknowledged as being exceptional.
About the Author John Richardson is an author, coach and consultant to the hospitality industry where he specialises in helping coffee shop owners increase profits and make their businesses run more efficiently. He has worked with everything from single site operators to chains with multiple sites and turnovers in the hundreds of millions. Before becoming an advisor to the industry John built and sold a wide range of hospitality businesses on his own behalf - including sandwich bars, coffee shops, restaurants, bars and garden centres. His first job, at the age of 14, was cleaning tables at Morelli's famous ice cream caf. in Portstewart. So it's fair to say that the industry is in his blood.
Price: $23.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781472135964 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 128 pages Main Category: KJ Business/managemnt Sub Category: KJH Entrepreneurship Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Only Book You Will Ever Need on Branding: to start, run and grow your business Liisa Puolakka and Michiel Maandag
This no-nonsense book is for anyone who wants to create a winning brand without drowning in theory.
Description A great product is not enough. You cannot sell or promote anything without an original and distinctive brand. But how do you create a good name, a memorable logo and a recognizable category so that everyone understands what you are selling?
In The Only Book You Will Ever Need on Branding you'll find out everything you need to know - fast.Using quirky illustrations to make its point you'll discover how to fast forward the success of your brand in a couple of hours. You'll Grasp the key concepts of branding, learn how to improve your existing brand and find out what other start-up books don't tell you.
About the Author Liisa Puolakka is a director of research and strategy at ChauhanStudio, a boutique industrial design practise. She is former head of Nokia's global brand identity. When Michiel Maandag, a colleague during her time at Nokia, got in touch to suggest writing a book together, she jumped at the opportunity. She is allergic to marketing jargon and complex models, always driven to find a different, unique angle to things - like this no-nonsense brand book for businesses. A fashion designer by degree, she illustrates for fun. Liisa is Finnish and lives in London with her husband and two daughters.
Michiel Maandag is a brand advisor, coach and partner of Business Openers. While coaching & training businesses, he realized that creating brands that people love is not talked about enough. His ambition is to change that. Based on his experience working with global brands and international marketing, Michiel has invented unique and highly effective methods to help create & maintain winning brands. This, and his passion to make the complex simple, has directly led to the ideas in The Only Book You Will Ever Need On Branding. Michiel is Dutch and lives in the Netherlands with his Finnish wife and daughter. Price: $23.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781472136077 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 160 pages
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Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Start and Run a Gardening Business, 4th Edition: Practical advice and information on how to manage a profitable business Paul Power
You don't need pots of money to start your own gardening business. With this book and a willingness to learn, you could soon be enjoying a profitable and enormously satisfying career doing something you love.
Description Whether your aspirations are simply to sell a selection of home grown plants from the boot of your car or to establish a succesful all-year-round gardening business, this book will show you how. It covers: preparing your business plan; getting kitted out; how to find work - and keep it; what services to offer; book-keeping for gardeners; planning the gardening year; how to get commercial contracts; providing estimates; the top ten most profitable gardening jobs.
About the Author When Paul Power left school he joined the civil service, but grew to hate the bureaucracy, commuting and the office politics. He finally decided to turn his love of gardening into a profession and made it a huge success, far exceeding his expectations. Now retired from active gardening Paul advises and helps others looking to start their own gardening businesses.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781472119964 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 288 pages Main Category: KJ Business/managemnt Sub Category: KJVS Small Businesses & Self-employed Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Robinson DECEMBER 2015 The Speaker's Wife Quentin Letts
Quentin Letts at his waspish best in his first novel: Westminster intrigue, laugh-aloud satire, moving passages about the human condition and a fairytale love story.
Description The Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to be shattered.
Pastor Petroc Stone of a central London, evangelical church gives sanctuary to a young man being chased by the police for making an anti-Islamic protest. Politicians rage about the Church of England giving a safe haven to a dangerous criminal and Islamists surround the church building, furious at the boy's insult.
Meanwhile, the charismatic, white-maned Don of Doubt, Augustus Dymock, and his secular campaign, the Thought Foundation, are pressuring the Church to sell hundreds of its under-used places of worship.
As the stories twist and flow together, Ross finds himself caught up in a world of bribes, violence and political spin and, at high personal cost, he must confront his demons. The Speaker's Wife mixes Westminster intrigue with searching depictions of an England which has neglected its beliefs. Laugh-aloud satire is mixed with moving passages about the human condition and even a fairytale love story.
About the Author Quentin Letts is parliamentary sketch writer and theatre critic for the Daily Mail. A regular broadcaster on radio and television, he was formerly New York correspondent for The Times and gossip columnist for the Daily Telegraph.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$39.99) ISBN: 9781472122001 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 304 pages
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Constable & Robinson DECEMBER 2015 Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Landscape Projects, 2nd Edition: Stonework, Plantings, Water Features, Carpentry, Fences Editors of Cool Springs Press
In this updated, new edition you will find a hardworking, comprehensive manual for renovating, building, and greening up your landscape and special section just for small yards and urban settings.
Description Complete step-by-step instructions help you achieve a sustainable, efficient, and attractive yard.
The Black & Decker Complete Guide to Landscape Projects is a hardworking, comprehensive manual for renovating, building, and greening up your landscape. Inside, you'll find complete directions for time-tested landscape building projects as well as new environmentally sustainable projects. From designing your landscape to putting the finishing touches on an arbor or custom gate, everything you need for landscaping success is right here.
Learn how to make and install: compost bins, garden walls, dry beds, rain gardens, water features and irrigation, patios and walkways, all the most popular styles of fencing, and more. You can build a sustainable, low-cost yard with the most efficient, cost-effective methods and products with the help of this book. Just because you live in the city and don't own a half-acre plot doesn't mean you can't have a spectacular landscape. In this updated, new edition you will find a special section just for small yards and urban settings. Jump right in and build the landscape of your dreams!
About the Author The editors and publishers at Cool Springs Press have combined their decades of experience to create more than 30 best-selling classics on gardening, landscaping, home repair, and remodeling. With the added expertise of the United States' most knowledgeable Do It Yourself writers and photographers, our state and local gardening books are tailored to specific regional environments across the country, while our renowned series of foolproof home improvement books have long been trusted on both the bookshelf and the job site. View our full catalog at CoolSpringsPress.com or connect with us on Facebook (facebook.com/CoolSpringsPress), Twitter (@CoolSpringsDIY), or Pinterest (pinterest. com/CoolSpringsDIY). Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781591866381 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 275x210mm Extent: 240 pages
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Cool Springs Press DECEMBER 2015 David Kirsch's Ultimate Family Wellness: The No Excuses Program for Diet, Exercise and Lifelong Health David Kirsch
Following David Kirsch's method of fitness, nutrition, and mindful living, you can keep your whole family fit and healthy
Description Fitness and nutrition are vital to your family's health. Your family is constantly on the move, juggling busy routines, and it's not always easy for everyone to stay fit, eat well, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. David Kirsch's Ultimate Family Wellness Plan provides your whole family with the information you need to improve nutrition, maintain physical fitness, and live healthier.
This program, created by wellness expert David Kirsch, is more than just a step-by-step plan. It's a guide to help you, and your family, make simple changes to your daily routine that will provide valuable lessons toward an all-around healthy lifestyle.Fully customizable for adults of any body type, David Kirsch offers his no-excuses 5-5-5 exercise and diet program (five moves, five days, five pounds), to help you improve your fitness level, shed unhealthy weight and at the same time, instill in your family a true passion for fitness and health. Losing the first five pounds in five days is just the jumpstart to feeling and incorporating a new nutritional and fitness philosophy into your day-to-day life. The 5-5-5 plan is so much more than a weight loss plan; it is a lifestyle plan and philosophy that will forever transform how you and your family look at diet and exercise! By combining enjoyable activities such as family time in the gym, scooter rides, swimming, running and hop scotch, to name a few, your family will discover and embrace the joy and benefits of an active life that goes beyond just pumping at the gym. In David Kirsch's Ultimate Family Wellness Plan, you'll also discover ways to keep your body fueled and burning fat. Reduce the time in your kitchen with nutritious and delicious recipes that your whole family can make.Finally, make it last with David Kirsch;s approach to staying mindful, living well, and staying happy and healthy. If it's time for you and your family to make a change, or you simply want tips to improve the overall health profile for you and your family, David Kirsch's Ultimate Family Wellness Plan is exactly what you need.
About the Author Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) With over two decades of experience uncovering and harnessing the powerful connection between mind, body and spirit, ISBN: 9781592337095 David Kirsch has become a leading authority on achieving optimal health and wellbeing at any age or fitness level. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 198x241mm Throughout his years as a sought- after trainer, David has transformed the bodies--and lives--of countless devotees Extent: 224 pages through his signature combination of mind-body conditioning, multi-tasking workouts and smart nutrition. His website, Main Category: V Health/fitness DavidKirschWellness.com, represents a passport to the complete David Kirsch lifestyle. Sub Category: V Health/fitness Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Fair Winds Press DECEMBER 2015 Mercedes-Benz W123-series: All models 1976 to 1986 Brian Long
The definitive history of the entire Mercedes-Benz W123 series. From the saloons/sedans, coupes, and estates/wagons, to LWB and chassis only vehicles, this book contains an overview of all the models sold in each of the world's major markets.
Description At last, the definitive history of the hugely-successful Mercedes-Benz W123 series, written in English and by renowned motoring writer Brian Long. Produced in saloon/sedan, coupe, estate/wagon, LWB and chassis only form, around 2,700,000 examples of the W123 series were sold between 1976 and 1986, and, thanks to the full co-operation of the factory in Stuttgart, this book covers each and every variant from a worldwide sales perspective. Packed full of information and contemporary color photography, it is the perfect resource for W123 enthusiasts and followers of Mercedes lore.
About the Author Born in Coventry, once the heart of the British motor industry, Brian Long is a professional writer with a passion for vintage and sporting machinery. A trained mechanical engineer and a long-term owner of both the MX-5 and rotary Mazdas, he has had a strong connection with Mazda products for well over a decade.Married to Miho, and with two children (Louis and Sophie-Mercedes), Brian now lives just outside Tokyo, and spends much of his free time with Thoroughbred horses. He has had over 60 books published, including many works on Japanese marques.
Price: $105.00 (NZ$130.00) ISBN: 9781845847920 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 249x249mm Extent: 192 pages
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Veloce Publishing DECEMBER 2015 The Book of Ducati Overhead Camshaft Singles: 1955-1974 Ian Falloon
The overhead camshaft single provided the DNA for Ducati motorcycles but with little accurate documentation and information available before now they can be difficult to restore and authenticate. This is the first book to provide an authoritative description of the complete range of Ducati OHC singles.
Description When Fabio Taglioni designed his 100cc Gran Sport Marianna back in 1954, it was unlikely he expected this engine to have such a long and lingering influence on Ducati design. Over the next 20 years, the single was developed into a myriad of different types, in capacities up to 436cc, and was the first production engine to utilise desmodromic valves. Incorporating features that continue to this day, the overhead camshaft single would become one of the most important designs in Ducati history. Years of research have resulted in this, the first book to document in detail all the types of Ducati overhead valve singles, making this book an invaluable resource to the collector, restorer, and enthusiasts of these magnificent motorcycles.
About the Author One of the world's foremost motorcycle historians, Ian Falloon is the author of more than twenty books on motorcycles including the The Ducati 750 Bible, Ducati 900 Bible, Ducati Story, Moto Guzzi Story, Honda Story, Kawasaki Story, BMW Story, Moto Guzzi Sport Bible and Laverda Twin and Triple Bible. He has a small collection of classic sporting motorcycles, including a 1974 Ducati 750 Super Sport that he has owned since 1976. A freelance contributor to a number of motorcycle magazines around the world, Ian Falloon was born in New Zealand but currently lives in Australia with his wife Miriam, and sons Ben and Tim.
Price: $230.00 (NZ$290.00) ISBN: 9781845845667 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 249x249mm Extent: 384 pages
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Veloce Publishing DECEMBER 2015 Tatra - The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka: Updated & Enlarged Collector's Edition of 1500 copies Ivan Margolius and John G. Henry
Hans Ledwinka's innovative Tatra cars were models of design excellence, and, prior to the Second World War, were highly influential in shaping what was to become modern car design concepts and the development of Volkswagen. This book at long last places Ledwinka in his well-deserved place amongst the great car designers.
Description The story of the Tatra company, which originates in the Central European country of Czechoslovakia, is one of great innovation and avant-garde design in automobile engineering. It is also the story of one man - Hans Ledwinka - and his visionary concepts which have become highly influential, although often undervalued contributions, in the development of car technology. Until now, Hans Ledwinka's talent has hardly been recognized; in retrospect, he can be judged equal to car designers such as Benz, Daimler and Porsche, whose endeavors have been fully recorded many times over. With his revolutionary Tatra cars Ledwinka consistently pushed back the frontiers of automobile construction, and it's certain that without his inspiration, the Volkswagen in its air-cooled rear-engined form would perhaps never have been conceived. This book suggests that Ledwinka played a greater part in this development than has previously been appreciated. The authors have covered the full history of the Tatra company, which is one of the oldest factories in continuous automobile manufacture, dating back to the 19th century. By doing this, they have placed both Ledwinka and the Czechoslovak Tatra company back in their rightful places in the history of car design, and provided a fully comprehensive assessment of the influence of Tatra car designs and their inspired creator. The text of this larger format 2nd edition has been fully revised and updated since the 1990 edition. This new edition also contains many additional illustrations.
About the Author Ivan Margolius is an author of memoirs and a number of books and articles on art, architecture, engineering, design and automobile history. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he studied architecture there. Following his arrival in London in 1966, he practised at Foster and Partners, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Yorke Rosenberg Mardall. His interest in Czech politics, history, technology and design spurred-on his publishing ventures. Since 2000, Ivan is the owner of 1949 Price: $125.00 (NZ$160.00) Tatra T600 Tatraplan. John G. Henry was born in Northern Ireland and studied in England. He is a projects manager ISBN: 9781845847999 Format: Hard Cover involved in several important building designs in the United Kingdom and in the Middle East. Since his studies, he has Dimensions: 249x249mm been researching innovative achievements in automobile history. Extent: 192 pages
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Veloce Publishing DECEMBER 2015 Jaguar Cars James Mann
Jaguar Cars features 50 of Jaguar's most iconic models through James Mann's stunning photography, from the original SS Jaguar to today's F-Type sports cars and the C-X75 supercar concept.
Description Explore the complete history of Jaguar--maker of cars that practically purr with life--through James Mann's stunning photography.
In 1935, a small company in Coventry, England, built a sporting saloon called the Jaguar SS and set in motion an inexorable process that would lead to Britain's most beloved line of high-performance automobiles. Originally begun by a couple of motorcycle enthusiasts--William Lyons and William Walmsley--the firm originally called the Swallow Sidecar Company quickly expanded into automobile production, and with its new Jaguar model, it had exactly what the market wanted.In England's bleak postwar years, Jaguar became a shining star, beginning with its XK120 (the first production car ever to achieve 120 miles per hour), followed by the XK140 and XK150. Sporting sedans (saloons in British parlance) such as the Mark 2 and Mark X set the bar for luxury four-door transport in the 50s and 60s. Then Jaguar stunned the world with the achingly beautiful E-Type in 1961, a genuine 150-miles-per-hour super sports car. Along the way, the company competed on road courses around the world, going head to head with greats such as Ferrari and Aston Martin. Though Jaguar lost its way periodically in the modern era, it has bounded back stronger than ever in the 21st century with a lineup including the all-new F-Type sports car.Jaguar Cars features 50 of Jaguar's most iconic models, from the original SS Jaguar to today's F-Type sports cars as well as the C-X75 supercar concept.
About the Author James Mann is one of the world's leading car and motorcycle photographers, with more than 20 years of experience shooting for enthusiast publications, the motor industry, and businesses around the world. His work has appeared within and on the covers of more than 50 books and has provided stunning visuals for numerous magazines, including Classic and Sports Car, CAR magazine, Forza, The Sunday Times, and Automobile magazine as well as being chosen to photograph the British Auto Legends stamps for the Royal Mail. His advertising clients include Aston Martin, BMW, and Toyota, among others. James is the photographer of the Motorbooks titles Art of the Formula 1 Race Car, Form follows Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9780760348420 function: Art of the Super Car, Art of the Le Mans Race Car and The Art of Ducati. Visit his website at www.jamesmann. Format: Paperback com Dimensions: 210x166mm Extent: 224 pages
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Motorbooks DECEMBER 2015 International Harvester Trucks: The Complete History Patrick Foster
International Harvester Trucks: The Complete History tells the complete story of the light, medium, and heavy- duty trucks, vans, and station wagons built by International Harvester during over a century of production.
Description Get the entire history of the best trucks on the road.
The International Truck and Engine Corporation has built the trucks that have been a staple of both agricultural and industrial trucking for nearly 100 years. International Harvester Trucks: The Complete History tells the complete story of the light, medium, and heavy- duty trucks, vans, and station wagons built by International Harvester during over a century of history, starting from the company's early days, through its first truck model in 1907, and right up to the present.
The focus is firmly on the trucks themselves including collectible machines such as the Travelall and Scout. Author Patrick R. Foster is one of the world's premier transportation historians. His accessible writing style, illustrated with hundreds of never-before-seen archival photographs, makes this book the best examination of one of the world's most prolific truck manufacturers.
About the Author Patrick R. Foster is a well-known and respected automotive writer and historian. Foster is an authority on AMC and its various sub-brands and has written a number of books on that automaker, as well as many others, including Jeep and Studebaker. His most recent books for Motorbooks are Jeep: A History of America's Greatest Vehicle and American Motors Corporation: The Rise and Fall of America's Last Independent Automaker.
Price: $65.00 (NZ$75.00) ISBN: 9780760348604 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 283x242mm Extent: 208 pages
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Motorbooks DECEMBER 2015 Lancia Hyena Zagato: Una Delta all'ennesima potenza/The Ultimate Delta Maurizio Grasso
This book, written by an enthusiastic collector, examines the difficult genesis of the Hyena, from the first steps with the publication of the very first (previously unpublished) sketches and numerous photos and then follows its development, engineering and production through to its presentation at the car shows and in brochures.
Description "We have to recreate the enthusiasm that surrounded the SPORT models, ever a synonym for the Lancia Zagatos": in 1991 this was the brief the recent graduate Andrea Zagato gave to Marco Pedracini, a young designer who had not long been hired by prestigious coachbuilder. It was out of this fortuitous and fortunate coming together of this far-sighted idea and the enthusiasm of Paul Koot, a Dutch fan and a businessman in the automotive sector, that an icon was born, the HYENA. A beautiful car, but one practically unknown to the general public. A car that could have repeated and even surpassed the commercial and sporting success of the Lancia Delta Integrale from which it was derived. Unfortunatley just 24 examples were produced due to the debateable decision taken by the Fiat/Lancia directors of the time. The book is completed by a comprehensive technical section, with the project list and the spare parts catalogue as well as an extensive photographic portrait of one particular example, N. 20. Lastly, all 24 Lancia Hyenas are examined, with the intention of reconstructing their specifications, their destination and the country in which they are jealously conserved by the enthusiast and collectors who possess a precious example.
About the Author Born in 1961, Maurizio Grasso has always been a classic car enthusiast and collector and since starting his own collection he has focused on unusual cars produced in restricted numbers like the Hyena. He regularly uses his cars for rallies and historic revivals, both in Italy and abroad.
Price: $69.99 (NZ$79.99) ISBN: 9788879116244 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 270x244mm Extent: 200 pages
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Giorgio Nada Editore DECEMBER 2015 The Monza 1000KM: 1965-2008 Aldo Zana
The story of the endurance race '1000 Km of Monza'.
Description Between 1965 and the Nineties, the 1000 Km of Monza-Filippo Caracciolo Trophy, was one of the most classical endurance races - a sort of 24 hours of Le Mans - and for many seasons was, rightfully, a round in the world championships for sports cars and prototypes. Top drivers and cars challenged each other on that historic Italian track and banking, the car makers including Porsche, Ferrari and Ford, bringing to life many unforgettable pages in the history of motor sport. Aldo Zana, prominent motor racing historian, tells this fabulous story, year after year, included the competitions held between 1995 and 2008. Every edition is enriched with starting grids and final placings. A huge work, never attempted since now, illustrated with outstanding pictures, many of them never before published.
About the Author Aldo Zana is a prominent Italian motor racing historian. He has been writing for years for the most important motorsport magazines in Italy, UK and US.
Price: $175.00 (NZ$225.00) ISBN: 9788879116268 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 285x265mm Extent: 408 pages
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Giorgio Nada Editore DECEMBER 2015 The 5-Gallon Bucket Book: Useful DIY Hacks and Upcycles for Homeowners, Small-Scale Farmers, and Preppers Chris Peterson
More than sixty ideas give buckets another life around the home, farmyard, and kids. Perfect for homeowners, small-scale farmers, and preppers, projects range from chicken feeders to a small room air conditioner.
Description Why just reuse a bucket when you can reinvent it?
Five-gallon buckets are ubiquitous and cheap (indeed, they are often free). But did you know they can also be hacked, hot-rodded, reengineered, and upcycled to create dozens of useful DIY projects for homeowners, gardeners, small-scale farmers, and preppers? The 5-Gallon Bucket Book contains 60+ ideas that put these humble and hard-working mainstays to work past their prime and keep them out of landfills. Simple step-by-step instructions, as well as parts lists and images of the completed projects, make sure you will have fun and love the results of your work.
Projects include perfect additions to your yard and garden, tools to care for your animals, useful innovations, handy home helpers, and even family-oriented designs! They range from simple things such as chicken feeders to much more complex projects (small room air conditioner, anyone?). For anyone who doesn't already have fifteen of them cluttering up the garage, The 5-Gallon Bucket Book also offers advice on where to get cheap and free buckets and how to tell if a bucket is safe to use for food.
About the Author Chris Peterson is a veteran home improvement and design author living in Ashland, Oregon. Among the many books he has written for Cool Springs Press and other publishers are Building with Secondhand Stuff, Manskills, four books in the Ideas You Can Use series, and many Black & Decker Complete Guides. He has also authored several books in the food and cooking area and he has co-authored numerous home design books with noted media celebrities.
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780760347898 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 254x204mm Extent: 144 pages
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Voyageur Press DECEMBER 2015 The Complete Book of Jerky: How to Process, Prepare, and Dry Beef, Venison, Turkey, Fish, and More Philip Hasheider
Recipes and tips on turning meat, fish, and soy-based foods into jerky and using a food dehydrator, the oven, or even an open fire to make it.
Description Sink your teeth into the ultimate homemade treat!
High in protein, low in fat, and tasty -- it's no surprise that jerky has been a popular snack for decades. While commercially made jerky is easy to find in stores, it has a few downsides: it's expensive, often high in sodium, and the flavors are limited. When you make your own jerky, hunters can make use of their own game, fishers can use their fresh catch, and conscious consumers can use locally sourced meat. Of course, the flavor options go far beyond cracked black pepper as well! From classics such as smoked salmon and teriyaki beef to more creative options such as spicy turkey, savory tofu, and soy and brown sugar venison, the choice is yours!
Author Philip Hasheider, a butchery expert, will walk you through basic butchery for larger cuts of meat, how different muscles (and fish) translate into jerky, and a variety of ways to prepare jerky using a food dehydrator or a smoker. Marinated, flavored, or plain and simple, learn how to make the jerky you crave!
About the Author Philip Hasheider is a fifth-generation farmer raising pasture-grazed livestock with his wife and two children near Sauk City, Wisconsin. A former cheesemaker's assistant, his interests in agriculture and history have led him to write eleven books, including Voyageur Press' The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making and The Hunter's Guide to Butchering, Smoking, and Curing Wild Game and Fish. He has also penned how-to books for raising livestock, which include How to Raise Pigs and How to Raise Cattle. Hasheider has written numerous articles for national and international dairy breed publications, and his diverse work has appeared in the Wisconsin Academy Review, the Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal, Sickle & Sheaf, and Old Sauk Trails. Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780760349144 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 185x236mm Extent: 144 pages
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Voyageur Press DECEMBER 2015 Alice In Wonderland Keepsake Journal: Keepsake Journal and 10 Illustrated Quote Cards Moiz Martinez
The Alice in Wonderland Keepsake Journal is a 128-page, personal hardcover journal which pays homage to the classic Lewis Carroll tale.
Description Alice in Wonderland Keepsake Journal, Lewis Carroll's fantastic and zany world of nonsense and impossibilities, now adorns a beautifully unique illustrated journal!
Fans of Alice in Wonderland, both old and new, will delight in this beautiful keepsake journal, which pays homage to the ever popular and whimsical Lewis Carroll tale. Each of this journal's 128 pages is lushly designed and features well- known quotes from the classic story. Enjoy a short biography of the author and ten unique card stock prints of zany quotes from memorable characters such as the Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, or the Catipillar. An ideal gift idea for any lover of literature or aspiring writer, it evokes an appreciation for words as well as inspirational ideas.
About the Author Moiz Martinez is a Colombian graphic designer and illustrator with main focus on character design and corporate identity with a high level of detail and colour. Member of Hiedra Street art collective and owner of Straight House Clothing.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9781631061202 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 185x241mm Extent: 128 pages
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Rock Point Gift & Stationery