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W. W. Norton Summer 2018 NORTON SUMMER 2018 B NORTON SUMMER 2018 WWNORTON.COM INCLUDING LIVERIGHT BOOKS WWNcat_cvr_final.indd 1 9/22/17 2:58 PM CONTENTS 3 Norton New Titles 45 Norton Paperback Titles 73 Liveright 99 Norton Professional Books 105 International Representatives and Territory Codes 107 Subsidiary Rights Information 111 Index B W. W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC . WWNcat_S18_final.indd 1 9/27/17 5:51 PM W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10110 212-354-5500 Fax: 212-869-0856 Orders: [email protected] Phone: 800-233-4830 Fax: 800-458-6515 Customer Service: [email protected] Library Sales and Marketing: [email protected] Marketing and Advertising: [email protected] Publicity, Norton: [email protected] Publicity, Liveright: [email protected] Sales, International: [email protected] Sales, Special and Premium: [email protected] Subsidiary Rights: [email protected] Norton website: www.wwnorton.com Follow Norton on This catalog describes books to be published from May to August 2018 Prices given are subject to change A copy of this catalog can be found at books.wwnorton.com/books/summer2018 Copyright © 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Cover design by Eleen Cheung Cover illustrations: Miloje/Shutterstock, LOMUD/Shutterstock Interior design: Anna Reich Composition: Joe Lops WWNcat_S18_final.indd 2 9/27/17 5:51 PM Summer 2018 NEW TITLES WWNcat_S18_final.indd 3 9/27/17 5:51 PM Tyrant Stephen Greenblatt s an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a A talented playwright probed the social and psycho- logical roots and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In making pointed use of historical figures from Henry VI to Richard III and painting his unforgettable portraits of failing leaders— a mad Lear, a treacherous Macbeth, a vengeful Coriolanus— William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the darkest aspects of its execution. Cherished institutions seem fragile, political classes are in disarray, economic misery fuels populist anger, people knowingly accept being lied to, partisan rancor dominates, spectacular indecency rules— these aspects of the human condition fascinated Shakespeare and shaped some of his most memorable plays. With uncanny insight, he shone a spotlight on the infantile psychology and unquench- able narcissistic appetites of demagogues and imagined how they might be stopped. By violence, with even-more- destructive outcomes? Or through the patient work of grubby politics? On all of these subjects, Shakespeare’s work speaks to us today. Stephen Greenblatt is John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award– winning author of The Swerve, Will in the World, and The Rise and Fall of Adam Stephanie Mitchell / Harvard University Harvard / Mitchell Stephanie and Eve, and editor of the The Norton Shakespeare. 4 WWNcat_S18_final.indd 4 9/27/17 6:17 PM The Pulitzer Prize– winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World explores Shakespeare’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. • National advertising • Major review attention • National media interviews • Op-eds timed to publication • Author tour: New York, Washington DC, Boston • Early outreach and giveaways on Goodreads and Shelf Awareness • Outreach to author community at stephengreenblatt.com • Library marketing • Advance reading copies • Newsletter co-op available Also Available The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve 978-0-393-24080-1 $27.95 The Swerve 978-0-393-34340-3 $16.95 Will in the World 978-0-393-35260-3 $16.95 $21.95 hardcover (Can. $28.95) CQ 24 • Territory M ISBN 978-0-393-63575-1 5.5̋ × 8.25̋ • 208 pages LITERATURE/CRITICISM MAY5 WWNcat_S18_final.indd 5 9/27/17 5:51 PM RAF The Birth of the World’s First Air Force Richard Overy A masterful history of how the Royal Air Force emerged from the deadly trench warfare of World War I. • Major review attention he birth of the Royal Air Force marked a pivotal moment in military history. • National radio interviews TWorld War I was frozen in the bloody stalemate of trench warfare, which • Targeted outreach to history gave strategic urgency to any means of directly attacking enemy resources and and military media morale. The new technologies of air power held promise, and by 1917 German • Google search campaign bombers had begun attacking British cities. Amid political debates led by Prime • Mailings to top navy and Minister David Lloyd George and Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill, the air force contacts RAF was created as an independent force in spring 1918. After halting first steps, the RAF by the end of the war was launching effective bombing campaigns on industrial and military targets in western Germany. The RAF influenced its later allies and enemies in the development of air power, which in World War II would deliver massive destruction to the cities of Europe and Japan. This compact book shows a master historian at work. $26.95 hardcover • CQ 24 Richard Overy is the author of Why the Allies Won and The Dictators, winner of Territory N the Wolfson Prize for History. He is professor of history at the University of Exeter ISBN 978-0-393-65229-1 in England. 5.5̋ × 8.25̋ 15 black-and-white photographs 224 pages • HISTORY 6MAY WWNcat_S18_final.indd 6 9/27/17 5:51 PM The Last Cowboys A Pioneer Family in the New West John Branch A Pulitzer Prize– winning reporter’s gripping portrait of one Western family struggling to hold on to age- old American ways. ew York Times reporter and best- selling author John Branch takes read- • Major review attention Ners to the magnificent red soil and rocky arroyos of southern Utah, • National media interviews where the Wright family of Smith Mesa have for generations raised cattle and • National advertising world-champion saddle-bronc riders—some call them the most successful rodeo • Regional southwest media and family in history. Filled with vivid scenes of cattle ranching and the high drama events of rodeo, The Last Cowboys follows three generations of Wrights through the • Early outreach and giveaways seasons as they are battered by drought, the falling price of beef, battles over on Goodreads and Shelf land- use and federal regulation, and rodeo’s ever-present risks of serious injury. Awareness This is an epic but intimate story of real-life cowboys squeezed by social change • Father’s Day promotions in the twenty- first century, their soiled boots planted firmly in the past while • Buzz mailings they optimistically build a future. Also Available Boy on Ice 978-0-393-35191-0 $15.95 $26.95 hardcover (Can. $35.95) John Branch is a Pulitzer Prize– winning reporter for the New CQ 24 • Territory M York Times. His first book, Boy on Ice, was a New York Times ISBN 978-0-393-29234-3 bestseller and the winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary 6.125̋ × 9.25̋ • 304 pages Sportswriting. He lives near San Francisco, California. SOCIOLOGY Catherine Branch Catherine MAY7 WWNcat_S18_final.indd 7 9/27/17 5:51 PM Happy Brain Where Happiness Comes From, and Why Dean Burnett Neuroscientist Dean Burnett dives into the squishy science and bubbly feelings of what happiness means. • National media interviews he pursuit of happiness is one of the most common and enduring quests • Op-eds timed to publication Tof human life. It’s what drives us to get a job, fall in love, watch stand-up • Early outreach and giveaways comedy, have questionable obsessions, and come home at the end of the day. on Goodreads But where does happiness come from, and why do we need it so much? Is last- • Social media campaign ing, permanent happiness possible—or should it be? And what does any of this • Outreach to science, have to do with the brain? technology, health, and self- In his delightful sequel to Idiot Brain, Dean Burnett combines cutting- edge help publications and websites theories of the science of emotions with interviews of dozens of people on the • Outreach to author happiness scale, from relationship coaches to celebrity millionaires, in an attempt community at to unveil what makes our happy-dometer tick. Witty and perceptive, humorous deanburnett.com; @garwboy; and enlightening, Happy Brain explores a fascinating aspect of modern neurosci- fb.com/DeanBurnettAuthor ence, and in the process discovers something about what it means to be human. Also Available Idiot Brain 978-0-393-35411-9 $16.95 $26.95 hardcover • CQ 24 Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist who lectures and tutors at the Territory U Centre for Medical Education at Cardiff University. He writes ISBN 978-0-393-65134-8 the Guardian’s popular science blog, Brain Flapping, and dab- 6.125̋ × 9.25̋ • 336 pages bles in stand- up comedy. He lives in Cardiff, Wales. SCIENCE Sarah Breese Sarah 8MAY WWNcat_S18_final.indd 8 9/27/17 5:51 PM Come West and See Stories Maxim Loskutoff This searing debut reimagines the American West through linked stories describing a violent rural separatist movement. ome West and See is a work both timely and timeless. Set in the Redoubt, • Major review attention C an isolated triangle of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming where an armed • Author readings and occupation of a wildlife refuge escalates into a separatist uprising, these stories appearances explore the loneliness, insecurity, and frustration inherent to love and heartbreak. • National media interviews A lakeside wedding drunkenly devolves into a cruel charade; an unemployed • Print and online features carpenter joins a militia after his wife leaves him; and a former soldier raises the • Early outreach and promotion daughter of a dead comrade in a bunker beneath an abandoned farm. Come on Goodreads and Shelf West and See explores divisions both personal and political, offering startling Awareness insights into the wounds of the American people and a powerful new vision of • Promotion and advertising on the West.
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