FEBRUARY 2018 This Is How It Ends Eva Dolan
Elegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She 's top drawer ' Ian Rankin
Description Elegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She 's top drawer ' Ian Rankin This is how it begins. With a near-empty building, the inhabitants forced out of their homes by property developers. With two women: idealistic, impassioned blogger Ella and seasoned campaigner, Molly. With a body hidden in a lift shaft. But how will it end'
About the Author Eva Dolan is an Essex-based copywriter and intermittently successful poker player. Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger for unpublished authors when she was just a teenager, the first four novels in the Zigic and Ferreira series, set in the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit, have been published to widespread critical acclaim. Tell No Tales was shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award and the third in the series, After You Die, was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. @eva_dolan
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Peach Emma Glass
'An immensely talented young writer' George Saunders
Description 'An immensely talented young writer' George Saunders
Slip the pin through the skin. Start stitching. It doesn 't sting. It does bleed. White thread turns red. Red string. Going in. Going out. I pull. Tug. Tug the pin. In. Out. Out. Out. Blackout.
Something has happened to Peach. It hurts to walk but she staggers home to parents that don't seem to notice. They can 't keep their hands off each other and, besides, they have a new infant, sweet and wobbly as a jelly baby.
Peach must patch herself up alone so she can go to college and see her boyfriend, Green. But sleeping is hard when she is haunted by the gaping memory of a mouth, and working is hard when burning sausage fat fills her nostrils, and eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum.
In this dazzling debut, Emma Glass articulates the unspeakable with breath-taking clarity and verve. Intensely physical, with rhythmic, visceral prose, Peach marks the arrival of a visionary new voice.
About the Author Emma Glass was born in Swansea. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Kent, then decided to become a nurse and studied Children's Nursing at Swansea University. She lives in North London and is a research nurse specialist at Evelina London Children 's Hospital. Peach is her first book.
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 A Matter of Oaths Helen S. Wright
Diverse space opera with heart, intergalactic intrigue and epic space battle.
Description 'A compelling, mind-bending future that's finally come home to the present' - Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet When Commander Rallya of the patrol ship Bhattya hires Rafe as their new Web officer, she knows she is taking a risk. As an oath breaker, Rafe has suffered the ultimate punishment identity wipe but luckily for him, there 's no one else around qualified for the job. Shunned by his previous shipmates, Rafe is ready to keep his head down and do his job, but his competence quickly earns him respect, admiration, and, in one particular case, love. It 's difficult to maintain the glow of acceptance however, when his past is chasing him across the galaxy in the shape of an assassin, intent on dealing once and for all with Rafe, whatever the cost. Originally published in 1988, A Matter of Oaths is a space opera with heart, intergalactic intrigue and epic space battle. With a new introduction by Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Fast paced and inventive ... it held my attention to the end ' - C. J. Cherryh
About the Author Helen S. Wright is a British author, born in Birmingham in 1958. She attended King Edward VI High School for Girls and then studied physics at Imperial College, London before going on to work over a thirty-year period in a wide variety of Information Technology roles in the electricity generation and supply industry. Her first novel, A Matter of Oaths, originally published in 1988, has been revived by Bloomsbury Caravel for a whole new generation of readers. She never married, and currently lives on the Gloucester/Wiltshire border.
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Based on a True Story Delphine de Vigan
What would you do if your closest friend tried to steal your life' 'Combining the allure of Gone Girl with the sophistication of literary fiction, Based on a True Story is a creepy but unapologetically clever psychological thriller' Independent
Description What would you do if your closest friend tried to steal your life' 'Combining the allure of Gone Girl with the sophistication of literary fiction, Based on a True Story is a creepy but unapologetically clever psychological thriller' Independent
Today I know that L. is the sole reason for my powerlessness. And that the two years that we were friends almost made me stop writing for ever. Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest novel, exhausted and unable to begin writing her next book, Delphine meets L. L. is the kind of impeccable, sophisticated woman who fascinates Delphine; a woman with smooth hair and perfectly filed nails, and a gift for saying the right thing. Delphine finds herself irresistibly drawn to her, their friendship growing as their meetings, notes and texts increase. But as L. begins to dress like Delphine, and, in the face of Delphine 's crippling inability to write, L. even offers to answer her emails, and their relationship rapidly intensifies. L. becomes more and more involved in Delphine 's life until she patiently takes control and turns it upside down: slowly, surely, insidiously. Based on a True Story is a chilling novel of suspense that will leave you questioning the truth and its significance long after you have turned the final page.
About the Author Delphine de Vigan is the author of bestselling No and Me, it was awarded the Prix des Libraires in France, in Britain it was a Richard & Judy selection. Her other novels include Nothing Holds Back the Night which won the Prix FNAC and the Grand Prix des lectrices de ELLE, Underground Time was shortlisted for the Goncourt Prize in 2009. D 'apres une histoire vraie is a French bestseller and has won both Le Prix Renaudot and Le Prix Goncord des Lyceens 2015. It is currently
Price: $19.99 (NZ$21.99) being adapted for a screenplay by Roman Polanski and Olivier Assayas. She lives in Paris. ISBN: 9781408878842 Format: Paperback George Miller is the translator of Nothing Holds Back the Night,No and Me and Underground Time. He is also a regular Dimensions: mm translator for Le Monde diplomatique 's English-language edition, and the translator of Conversations with my Gardener Extent: 384 pages Main Category: F Fiction by Henri Cueco and Disordered World by Amin Maalouf. Sub Category: FYT Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Pb FEBRUARY 2018 Dark Pines W.R. Dean
Five villagers. Six hundred square kilometres of Swedish forest. One reporter. Two bodies...
Description An isolated Swedish town. A deaf reporter terrified of nature. A dense spruce forest overdue for harvest. A pair of eyeless hunters found murdered in the woods. It's week one of the Swedish elk hunt and the sound of gunfire is everywhere. When Tuva Moodyson investigates the story that could make her career she stumbles on a web of secrets that knit Gavrik town together. Are the latest murders connected to the Medusa killings twenty years ago? Is someone following her? Why take the eyes? Tuva must face her demons and venture deep into the woods to stop the killer and write the story. And then get the hell out of Gavrik.
About the Author W R Dean grew up in the East Midlands, living in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying law at the LSE, and working many varied jobs in London, he settled in rural Sweden with his wife. He built a wooden house in a boggy forest clearing and it 's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes.
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Oneworld FEBRUARY 2018 The Plays Anton Chekhov
Four of Chekhov's most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - are collected together in this beautiful edition.
Description The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. Collected in this volume are Chekhov 's four most celebrated plays The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin. In these personal stories of unfulfilled love, failed ambition and existential ennui, set against a background of unsettling social and economical change, the reader can appreciate the groundbreaking qualities of Chekhov 's theatrical genius.
About the Author Anton Chekhov (1860 1904) is one of the giants of modern literature, exerting a strong influence on many present-day novelists and dramatists. As a playwright, he ranks in popularity second only to Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. As a prose writer, he was one of the first to use the stream-of- consciousness technique, and his anti-heroic realism, full of ambiguity and allusion, provides no easy moral conclusions and results in a new kind of narrative approaching real life in a way no writer had achieved before him.
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Alma Classics FEBRUARY 2018 To The Lighthouse Virginia Woolf
A beautiful new edition of this classic from Virginia Woolf
Description When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the following day, little does she know that this trip will only be completed ten years later by her husband, and that a gulf of war, grief and loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery and fulfilment for them. Rich in symbolism, daring in style, elegiac in tone and encapsulating Virginia Woolf 's ideas on life, art and human relationships, To the Lighthouse is a landmark of twentieth-century literature and one of the high points of early Modernism.
About the Author The most famous member of the Bloomsbury Group, Virginia Woolf (1882 1941) was a novelist, essayist and critic. Her writing established her as one of Modernism 's leading exponents, as well as a pioneering feminist. Her most famous works include To the Lighthouse, Orlando and Mrs Dalloway.
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Alma Classics FEBRUARY 2018 Lost Connections Johann Hari
From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.
Description From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.
Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager. He was told like his entire generation that his problem was caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate this question and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.
Across the world, Hari discovered social scientists who were uncovering their real causes and they are mostly not in our brains, but in the way we live today. Harie s journey took him from a life-threatening experience in Vietnam, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin all showing in vivid and dramatic detail these new insights. They lead to radically different solutions to the ones we have been offered up to now.
Just as Chasing The Scream transformed the global debate about addiction, The Lost Connections will lead us to a very different debate about depression and anxiety one that shows how, together, we can end this epidemic.
About the Author Johann Hari is the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream. He was a columnist for the Independent in London for nine years and was twice named Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International UK. He has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Slate, the New Republic and the Nation. He has been awarded the Comment Award for Cultural Commentator of the Year by Editorial Intelligence, and has been named Journalist of the Year by Stonewall. Hari lives in London.
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Videocracy Kevin Allocca
From YouTube's head of culture and trends, an intriguing examination of internet video--the world's largest collection of cultural data--and what it reveals about us.
Description From YouTube's head of culture and trends, an intriguing examination of internet video--the world's largest collection of cultural data--and what it reveals about us.
Think about it: for the first time in the history of storytelling, human beings have the ability to freely disseminate, with absurd ease, their ideas and passions to the majority of the world. YouTube is the first centralized example of nearly uninhibited creative expression and distribution since the beginning of recorded communication. It is the largest collection of cultural data--of taste, of creativity, of emotion--in the history of our species. More than 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. And the videos we share have had a huge impact on the world. Viral videos of politicians have changed the course of elections. Clips from Iran, Egypt, Tunisia, Myanmar, and the Ukraine have inspired outpourings of aid and support from both local and international communities. Footage of the tragic deaths of black men fueled an entire social movement that put a spotlight on relations between the black community and law enforcement. And it 's not just the serious videos that have an impact. The massive popularity of oddly satisfying videos indicates our desire for order in an otherwise chaotic world. Videos that highlight the features in elevators are very soothing for people on the autism spectrum. Children love unboxing videos almost as much as they enjoy opening new toys themselves. These videos tell us about ourselves, and they 're all on YouTube. As Allocca says, if aliens wanted to understand our planet, he'd give them Google, but if they wanted to understand us, he'd give them YouTube. This book is about a new era of creativity, in which the small ways we react and interact every day have unprecedented power to affect the world. It 's about art that we 'd never call art. It 's about creativity that often doesn 't seem creative. But what we watch, as a society, deeply matters, and these videos can tell us everything we need to know about the evolution of modern communication and our cultural landscape.
About the Author Kevin Allocca is YouTube's Head of Culture & Trends and the originator of YouTube 's official Trends blog. He is one of Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781408880272 the world 's leading experts on viral video. Allocca has given conference keynotes around the world on web video culture, Format: Paperback including a TED Talk that has been viewed two million times. Most important, he has watched A LOT of videos--more Dimensions: mm than every teenager and serial workplace procrastinator you 've ever met. He lives in New York City. Extent: 352 pages Main Category: JFCA Sub Category: JFD Media Studies Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 The Growth Delusion David Pilling
A revelatory and entertaining book about the pitfalls of how we measure our economy and how to correct them, by an award-winning editor of The Financial Times
Description A revelatory and entertaining book about the pitfalls of how we measure our economy and how to correct them, by an award-winning editor of The Financial Times
According to GDP, the economy is in a golden era: economic growth has risen steadily over the past seventy years and shows no sign of stopping. But if this is the case, why are we living in such fractured times, with global populism on the rise and wealth inequality as stark as ever' In this book, author and prize-winning journalist David Pilling demystifies Gross Domestic Product, a tool that measures the goods and services a country produces in a set period. Revered by economists, GDP is considered evidence of a country 's success and wellbeing. Yet GDP is actually, at best, a numbers game, unequipped to deal with the nuances of the digital economy and developing nations. It also lacks moral judgement: such is the drive for growth that heroin consumption is valued more than volunteer work. By fixating on GDP, experts are ignoring alternative models that better reflect reality, and ushering in policies that could even harm us. In characteristically clear and lively prose, Pilling draws on a quarter century of reporting to argue that our steadfast loyalty to GDP is informing misguided policies and contributing to a growing mistrust of experts that is shaking the foundations of our democracy.
About the Author David Pilling has been a prize-winning reporter and editor for the Financial Times for twenty-five years. Currently the Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781408893715 Africa editor and one of their featured columnists, he was previously the Asia editor, running coverage across the Format: Paperback continent. His first book, Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival (Allen Lane, 2014), received outstanding Dimensions: mm reviews. He lives in London but travels frequently to Africa. Extent: 368 pages Main Category: DN @davidpilling Sub Category: JP Politics Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Here Is Real Magic Nate Stainforth
A wondrous memoir about astonishment and its importance in everyday life from magician Nate Staniforth, former host of the Discovery Channel's hit TV show, ""Breaking Magic.""
Description A wondrous memoir about astonishment and its importance in everyday life from magician Nate Staniforth, former host of the Discovery Channel's hit TV show, ""Breaking Magic."" Nate Staniforth has spent most of his life and all of his professional career trying to understand wonder--what it is, where to find it, and how to share it with others. He became a magician because he learned at a young age that magic tricks don 't have to be frivolous. Magic doesn't have to be about Lycra, sequins, and smoke machines--rather, it can create a moment of genuine astonishment. The paradox, though, is that the better you get at creating wonder for other people with magic, the harder and harder it gets to experience yourself. A magic trick isn 't amazing when you know the secret, and after years on the road as a young professional magician, crisscrossing the country and performing four or five nights a week, every week, Nate knew most of the secrets. He was disillusioned, burned out, and ready to quit. Instead, he went to India to search for magic. Here Is Real Magic follows Nate Staniforth's evolution from an obsessed young magician to a disillusioned wanderer, and tells the story of his rediscovery of astonishment--and the importance of wonder in everyday life--during his trip to the slums of India, where he infiltrated a 3,000-year-old clan of street magicians and regained his ability to experience wonder in the world. Here Is Real Magic is a call to all of us--to welcome astonishment back into our lives, to seek wonder in the everyday, and to find magic (yes, real magic) all around us.
About the Author Nate Staniforth is a magician, performer, writer, traveler, and former host of the Discovery Channel 's international hit TV show Breaking Magic. For over a decade, Nate has toured the US college circuit as one of the busiest working magicians in the country and shared the philosophical underpinnings of his work through both a TEDx Talk and a lecture at the world-famous Oxford Union. He lives in Iowa City.
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Bloomsbury USA FEBRUARY 2018 Insomniac City Bill Hayes
A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls ""the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected"" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks.
Description A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls ""the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected"" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks.
""A beautifully written once-in-a-lifetime book, about love, about life, soul, and the wonderful loving genius Oliver Sacks, and New York, and laughter and all of creation.""--Anne Lamott Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But, at forty-eight years old, having spent decades in San Francisco, he craved change. Grieving over the death of his partner, he quickly discovered the profound consolations of the city 's incessant rhythms, the sight of the Empire State Building against the night sky, and New Yorkers themselves, kindred souls that Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, encountered on late- night strolls with his camera.
And he unexpectedly fell in love again, with his friend and neighbor, the writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose exuberance--""I don 't so much fear death as I do wasting life,"" he tells Hayes early on--is captured in funny and touching vignettes throughout. What emerges is a portrait of Sacks at his most personal and endearing, from falling in love for the first time at age seventy-five to facing illness and death (Sacks died of cancer in August 2015). Insomniac City is both a meditation on grief and a celebration of life. Filled with Hayes 's distinctive street photos of everyday New Yorkers, the book is a love song to the city and to all who have felt the particular magic and solace it offers.
About the Author Bill Hayesis the author of The Anatomist, Five Quarts, and Sleep Demons. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction and was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, and his writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books and Salon, among other publications. His photographs have been featured in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and the New Yorker. He lives in New York. Visit his Price: $19.99 (NZ$21.99) ISBN: 9781620404942 website at billhayes.com Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: AJ Sub Category: BM Memoirs Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury USA FEBRUARY 2018 The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan Sebastian Mallaby
WINNER OF THE 2016 FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, this is the definitive biography of one of the most important figures in global finance
Description WINNER OF THE 2016 FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, this is the biography of one of the titans of financial history over the last fifty years. Born in 1926, Alan Greenspan was raised in Manhattan by a single mother and immigrant grandparents during the Great Depression but by quiet force of intellect, rose to become a global financial maestro '. Appointed by Ronald Reagan to Chairman of the Federal Reserve, a post he held for eighteen years, he presided over an unprecedented period of stability and low inflation, was revered by economists, adored by investors and consulted by leaders from Beijing to Frankfurt. Both data-hound and eligible society bachelor, Greenspan was a man of contradictions. His great success was to prove the very idea he, an advocate of the Gold standard, doubted: that the discretionary judgements of a money-printing central bank could stabilise an economy. He resigned in 2006, having overseen tumultuous changes in the world 's most powerful economy. Yet when the great crash happened only two years later many blamed him, even though he had warned early on of irrational exuberance in the market place. Sebastian Mallaby brilliantly shows the subtlety and complexity of Alan Greenspan 's legacy. Full of beautifully rendered high-octane political infighting, hard hitting dialogue and stories, The Man Who Knew is superbly researched, enormously gripping and the story of the making of modern finance.
About the Author Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Washington Post columnist. He spent thirteen years on the Economist, covering international finance in London and serving as bureau chief in southern Africa, Japan and Washington. From 1999 to 2007 he was a member of the editorial board of the Washington Post, focusing on globalisation and political economy. He lives in Washington with his wife, Zanny Minton Beddoes, the economics editor of the Economist.
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Bloomsbury Pb FEBRUARY 2018 Into the Arms of Strangers Deborah Oppenheimer
With a preface by Lord Richard Attenborough, a collection of accounts from some of the 10,000 children rescued from the Nazi Regime and brought to the UK by the Kinderstransport scheme
Description In November 1938, international public opinion was shocked by the news of Kristallnacht - the anti-Jewish pogrom that led to the burning of synagogues and the first mass arrests of Jewish men. Twelve days later, the British government implemented the Kindertransport plan, which allowed many children to leave the horrors of the Nazi regime and find temporary refuge within British families and hostels. By the time war was declared in September 1939, this brave undertaking had saved 10,000 lives.This book, based on the Academy Award-winning feature documentary of the same name, reveals what it was like to grow up in the shadow of the Nazi threat, to escape danger and fear, but also to leave family and friends, perhaps for ever. It is poignantly told in the words of those directly involved. It is both an astonishing insight into a remarkable moment of history and a timely reminder of how welcoming our country has been in the past to those who need welcome, shelter and hope.
About the Author Mark Jonathan Harris is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and novelist. Throughout his career he has alternated between filmmaking, journalism, and fiction. Among the many documentaries he has written, directed, and produced are three which have won Oscars: The Redwoods, The Long Way Home, and Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport. He is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.
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Bloomsbury Pb FEBRUARY 2018 The Little Book of Tea Tips Andrew Langley
This gift book, suitable for tea drinkers of the world, is infused with 50 snippets of practicality and wisdom.
Description Marvel at the amazing health-giving properties of a dozen different herbal teas. And learn why tea from the pot tastes so much better. A rich brew of information and advice for all lovers of the leaf.
About the Author Andrew Langley is the author of more than a hundred different books, many of them on food and drink.
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Absolute Press FEBRUARY 2018 The Little Book of Whisky Tips Andrew Langly
The perfect little book for all who love a dram or two.
Description There are notes on how to nose, taste and savour and which glassware to use for optimum appreciation. There's also a variety of food tips which recommend the addition of a wee drop to soups, casseroles and desserts, and a cache of fantastic cocktail tips too. This is a great little gift book which celebrates `the water of life' in all its forms and functions.
About the Author Andrew Langley is the author of more than a hundred different books, many of them dedicated to drink and whisky.
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Absolute Press FEBRUARY 2018 The Little Book of Cheese Tips Andrew Langley
A pocket book of tips for cooking with and enjoying cheese in all its forms.
Description This foodie gift book, compiled by a lifelong bon viveur, offers a useful collection of tips on how to buy, store, slice, serve, and cook with cheese--from precision-cutting your truckles to ideas for the perfect fondue. The Little Books of Tips series is a collection of books, each 50 tips in size, delivering wisdom and advice on a whole range of popular subjects covering food, gardening, craft, sports and hobbies. Over quarter of a million copies sold across the series.
About the Author Andrew Langley has written more than a hundred books on food and drink including many of the Little Books of TIps series.
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Absolute Press FEBRUARY 2018 The Little Book of Aga Tips Richard Maggs
Fifty invaluable tips for the Aga owner, from 'reinvigorating stale bread' to 'warming winter woollies'.
Description Richard Maggs has assembled a half-century of pointers, shortcuts and recipe suggestions that will further endear Agas to their owners. A rewarding impulse buy or stocking-filler, full of invaluable nuggets of Aga information.
About the Author Richard Maggs is the 'Aga Doctor' on the Aga website and is also regional manager for Aga shops in the South of England. He owns a blue Aga. A dynamic and accomplished chef, he has featured on TV and radio, and written for several food magazines including the official Aga Magazine.
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Absolute Press FEBRUARY 2018 The Little Book of Wine Tips Andrew Langley
A desirable gift book, compiled for aspiring bacchants everywhere; this is the perfect present for wine lovers, at a price that will be hard to resist.
Description You'll find a vat of information, from the first few rudimentary principles of what to choose and when to drink, through to specialist advice on cellar storage and food-and-wine matching. Learn how to spot tainted corks, find out how to get the most out of your sommelier, and understand why you should sniff the empty glassware at your table all in this tasty tome. Imbibe 50 fantastic measures of advice concerning an appreciation of the red, white, and fizz in your life.
About the Author Andrew Langley is the author of more than a hundred different books, many of them dedicated to food and drink.
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Absolute Press FEBRUARY 2018 Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese Frances & Bronwen Percival
An in-depth and fascinating look into the world of cheese and its creators
Description Wine and Spirits Book of the Year 2017 In little more than a century, the drive towards industrial and intensive farming has altered every aspect of the cheesemaking process, from the bodies of the animals that provide the milk to the science behind the microbial strains that ferment it. Reinventing the Wheel explores what has been lost as expressive, artisanal cheeses that convey a sense of place have given way to the juggernaut of homogeneous factory production. While Bronwen and Francis Percival lament the decline of farmhouse cheese and reject the consequences of industrialisation, this book 's message is one of optimism. Scientists have only recently begun to reveal the significance of the healthy microbial communities that contribute to the flavour and safety of cheese, while local producers are returning to the cheese-making methods of their parents and grandparents. This smart, engaging book sheds light on the surprising truths and science behind the dairy industry. Discover how, one experiment at a time, these dynamic communities of researchers and cheesemakers are reinventing the wheel.
About the Author Bronwen Percival is the cheese buyer for Neal's Yard Dairy in London. In addition to working with cheesemakers and the company's maturation team to select and optimise the quality of the cheese they sell, she works to mobilise collaboration between cheesemakers and the scientific community. Bronwen served as an editor for the Oxford Companion to Cheese, winner of the 2017 James Beard Award for Reference & Scholarship. Francis Percival is a food writer and columnist for The World of Fine Wine. His writing won Louis Roederer Best International Wine Columnist in 2013 and Pio Cesare Food & Wine Writer of the Year in 2015. Along with Bronwen, he is a co-founder of the London Gastronomy Seminars.
Price: $32.99 (NZ$34.99) ISBN: 9781472955517 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: JFCV Sub Category: KNDF Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Sigma FEBRUARY 2018 Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA Amy Shira Teitel
The incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.
Description NASA 's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America 's space agency wasn 't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. In the 1930s, rockets were all the rage in Germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the German armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. One of the key figures in this period was Wernher von Braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating V-2. As the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von Braun escaped from the ruins of Nazi Germany, and was taken to America where he began developing missiles for the US Army. Meanwhile, the US Air Force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like Neil Armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere.
Breaking the Chains of Gravity tells the story of America 's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the US military. At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, otherwise known as NASA.
About the Author Amy Shira Teitel is a lifelong space-history nerd who has turned her schoolgirl fascination with the Apollo missions into a career researching the minutiae of spaceflight 's history.
Amy started writing for the public with her blog, Vintage Space. She has also written for a number of other online and print publications including Discovery News Space, Al-Jazeera, The Guardian and Universe Today. She runs a thriving YouTube channel (also called Vintage Space), and has appeared on the Discovery channel, the Military channel, SyFy, and the Science channel, and she is a host on DNews, Discovery Channel 's online daily news show. Amy was also an embedded journalist on the New Horizons team, bringing the excitement of humanity 's first mission to Pluto to the space- Price: $19.99 (NZ$21.99) ISBN: 9781472911247 loving public. Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm @astVintageSpace Extent: 288 pages Main Category: HB History Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Sigma FEBRUARY 2018 Mindful Running: How Meditative Running can Improve Performance and Make you a Happier, More Fulfilled Person Mackenzie L. Havey
Written by a highly respected fitness journalist, Mindful Running offers an engaging and highly practical guide to how mindfulness can both optimise sporting performance and improve overall health and well-being
Description Tap into a powerful mind-body connection to optimize performance and boost happiness on and off the running trails.
What if the key to improving your running, shaping your body, and boosting your happiness was all in your mind' In Mindful Running, lifelong runner, coach, and fitness journalist Mackenzie L. Havey recounts her personal practice of meditative running and the influence it has had on her life. She taps a wide range of sources--from weekend warriors to Olympic runners, from coaches and sports psychologists to neuroscientists and meditation experts--to examine how training mental fitness through mindfulness can enhance your running practice and lead to a more contented existence.
The research is clear: Mindfulness changes the very structure of the brain. Paired with physical training, mindful running has the potential to give you an edge when you 're out logging miles, as well as help you hone the ability to exist in the present, endure challenges and hardship with ease and find greater happiness in all things big and small. Mindful running is a total body and mind fitness regimen with serious benefits that continue even when the race is over. Regardless of your fitness level, the Mindful Running process is the same: We focus in on the body, mind and surroundings and begin to notice what thoughts, feelings and sensations exist in that moment; we fathom that information, consider how it all fits together from a holistic standpoint, and decide if we need to make adjustments; and by following these steps we enter flow, a state that embodies present moment awareness, concentration, confidence, optimal performance and joy.
About the Author Mackenzie L. Havey writes about endurance sports, mind/body health and wellness and adventure travel. Her work has appeared in Runner 's World, SELF, Triathlete, TheAtlantic.com, ESPN.com, OutsideOnline.com and elsewhere. In Price: $16.99 (NZ$19.99) addition to completing 14 marathons and an Ironman triathlon, she is a USA Track & Field-certified coach, an instructor in ISBN: 9781472944863 the Physical Activity Program in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota and has completed training in Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. She studied English at the College of St. Benedict and has a master 's in Extent: 192 pages kinesiology with an emphasis in sport and exercise psychology from the University of Minnesota. She lives with her Main Category: WS Sport husband, daughter and vizsla pup in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sub Category: WSK Track & Field Sports, Athletics Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Sport FEBRUARY 2018 Disenchantment: Managing Motivation and Demotivation at Work Adrian Furnham and Luke Treglown
Discusses the behaviours that lead to workplace disenchantment and how organisations can boost motivation in ways that are sustainable
Description Workplace disenchantment can cause major issues for organisations productivity decreases, employees can turn actively destructive and individual health and well-being can deteriorate. Most people start a job happy enough and determined to do a good job if they are lucky, they have found a job which suits their skills and values. They may be eager, hopeful and willing to be engaged. So when and why do they become disenchanted and demotivated' In this new book, Adrian Furnham and Luke Treglown look at several theories into job satisfaction and workplace motivation. They explore how much of a motivator money really is, and which personality profiles are more likely to lead to a disruptive, disenchanted employee. Disenchantment discusses the related and identifiable behaviours that very clearly lead to disenchantment, and how individuals and organisations can work to prevent this and boost motivation and engagement in a way that is practicable and sustainable. Keeping employees motivated takes more than just ensuring they 're not unhappy, and Disenchantment outlines some of the ways that organisations can manage this.
About the Author Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He has written over 1000 scientific papers and 70 books, and is among the most well-known and productive psychologists in the world, noted for his motivational speaking. Adrian is a newspaper columnist, previously at the Financial Times and now at the Sunday Times. He wrote regularly for the Daily Telegraph and is a regular contributor to national and international radio and television stations including the BBC, CNN, and ITV.
Luke Treglown is a postgraduate student at UCL and working on this topic for his PhD. Luke also works at JTIP analyzing and promoting CultureMetrics a tool that identifies the root causes of disenchantment within organisations.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$52.99) ISBN: 9781472949721 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Main Category: KJ Business/managemnt Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Business FEBRUARY 2018 The Nordic Theory of Everything Anu Partanen
How the Nordic countries can teach us how to live better
Description At a 2012 conference on social mobility, Ed Miliband said: If you want the American dream, go to Finland. ' For decades, the country best known for opportunity had been the United States, but that crown has now been taken by our Nordic neighbours. When journalist Anu Partanen moved from her Scandinavian home to the US in 2008, she quickly went from being a confident, successful professional to a wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday life buying a mobile, filing taxes, education and childcare were more complicated and stressful than anything she had encountered before. As Partanen got to know Americans better, she discovered that they shared her deep apprehension, and to learn why she looked closely at the differences between life in her Nordic home country and the US. In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen focuses on four key relationships: between parents and children, men and women, employees and employers, and the government and its citizens. She debunks the criticism that the Nordics are socialist nanny states, revealing instead that it is we who are far more enmeshed in unhealthy dependencies than we realise. Her conclusion: the Nordic approach allows citizens to enjoy more individual freedom and independence. Filled with fascinating insights, advice and practical solutions, The Nordic Theory of Everything makes a convincing argument that we can rebuild society, rekindle optimism and restore true freedom to our lives, while pursuing the American ' dream by following the Nordic way of life.
About the Author Anu Partanen is a Finnish journalist and visiting reporter at Stanford University. She regularly features on the BBC World Service, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Fortune and Helsingin Sanomat. She has debated current affairs on the Finnish television show Pressiklubi.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$42.99) ISBN: 9780715652039 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 432 pages Main Category: JF Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Duckworth FEBRUARY 2018 Citizen Science Caren Cooper
Rethink what it takes to be a scientist - discover how everyday people are advancing science and conservation efforts
Description Do you think you need a degree in science to contribute to important scientific discoveries' Think again. All around the world, from Britain to Australia, in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, millions of ordinary people take part in the scientific process. Working in conjunction with scientists in pursuit of information, innovation and discovery, these volunteers are following protocols, collecting and reviewing data, and sharing their observations. They are our neighbours, our in-laws, our office colleagues, our friends. The story of the social good that can result from citizen science has largely been untold - until now. Citizen scientists are challenging old notions about who can conduct research, where knowledge can be acquired, and even how solutions to some of our biggest social problems might emerge. Cooper reveals the crucial role that they play in gaining scientific understanding and putting that understanding to use as stewards of our world. Their stories will inspire readers to join other amateur scientists in making their own scientific discoveries.
About the Author Caren Cooper is an associate professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University and assistant head of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. She studies bird ecology, conservation, and management through the use of citizen science. She served as an advisor to the documentary mini-series The Crowd & The Cloud. She is a blogger at the Public Library of Science and Discover, and guest blogger at Scientific American. She is the director of partnerships at SciStarter.com. http://www.carencooper.com
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9780715652336 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: PDZ Popular Science Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Duckworth FEBRUARY 2018 The Cryptic Pub Quiz Frank Paul
The mind-bending quiz book, conceived and illustrated by the son of Lucien Freud and Celia Paul
Description What do Lady Godiva, an ape, Betty Boop, Jessica Rabbit and the Hindu goddess Kali have in common' Which 1959 film is known in Russia as In Jazz There Are Only Girls' What is the smallest four-digit prime number, as well as the largest number to make a valid English word when written in Roman numerals' Which Wiltshire-based team is the only one in the English Football League not to contain any of the letters of the word mackerel ' The name of which priestess in Greek mythology is also the title of songs by Mariah Carey and Enrique Iglesias' So begins the most challenging and amusing puzzle book you 're going to read this year, perhaps ever. Since 2016, The Mill in Cambridge has hosted an unusually fiendish pub quiz: questions might take the form of poems hiding anagrams, 11+ exam-style analogies (but a lot more fun), or a round may allow contestants to use each letter of the alphabet only once. The artist Frank Paul has selected the best of them, which will entertain and perplex your friends. This highly original book is for anyone who loves a brainteasing challenge. Combining the warmth of the pub quiz tradition with the logic and wordplay of the cryptic crossword, it is the perfect gift for the puzzle whizz or University Challenge fan in your life, and great fun at dinner parties. Combined with beautiful and strange illustrations throughout by Paul himself, this is a quiz book like no other.
About the Author The Cryptic Pub Quiz is the work of the young artist Frank Paul, who has gathered the best of more than 100 rounds of pub quizzes into this book. Alongside the questions and often forming part of the questions are his drawings, which are as intricate as the puzzles. His work has been shown at Marlborough Fine Art exhibition and at solo exhibitions in York and London. Paul lives in Cambridge with his partner and their daughter.
Price: $34.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9780715652077 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: WDK Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Duckworth FEBRUARY 2018 The Senecans Peter Stothard
The acclaimed memoir on the Thatcher era by the former editor of The Times
Description A year after the death of Margaret Thatcher, a young woman arrives to ask Peter Stothard, former Editor of The Times, some sharp questions about his memories of the Thatcher era. During her interview the offices from where he has long observed British politics are being flattened by wrecking balls. Forgotten stories return. From the destruction of a collapsing newspaper plant emerge portraits of the Senecans ': a Hollywood screenwriter who wrote Thatcher 's speeches, a socialite former socialist who comforted her with flattery, a comic political columnist whom she admired but rarely read and a multi-millionaire film-producer whom she consulted but never acknowledged. The Senecans took their name from their taste for the work of Seneca, a philosopher, courtier and acquirer of massive wealth during the age of Emperor Nero. Blending memoir with ancient and modern politics in the manner of his acclaimed diaries On the Spartacus Road and Alexandria, Stothard sheds a sideways light on recent history. In finally identifying his interviewer he answers questions about his own literary and political journey.
About the Author Peter Stothard was Editor of The Times from 1992 to 2002, the period of its greatest commercial success for a century, and until recently was the Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He was knighted for his services to newspapers in 2003. He has written extensively on politics and literature.
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780715652251 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: BM Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Duckworth FEBRUARY 2018 Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World Jonathan A.C. Brown
An updated edition of the leading introduction to hadith
Description Contrary to popular opinion, the bulk of Islamic law does not come from the Qur 'an but rather from hadith, first-hand reports of the prophet Muhammad 's words and deeds, passed from generation to generation. However, with varying accounts often only committed to paper a century after the death of Muhammad, Islamic scholars, past and present, have been faced with complex questions of historical authenticity. Informative and accessible, this wide-ranging introduction provides a detailed exploration of the collection and criticism of hadith and examines the controversy surrounding its role in modern Islam. Complete with a glossary, extensive bibliography, and helpful diagrams, Hadith: An Introduction is perfectly suited to students, scholars, and the general reader interested in this critical element of Islam.
About the Author Jonathan A. C. Brown is Associate Professor and Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University. He is the author of Misquoting Muhammad, which is also published by Oneworld. He lives in Washington, DC.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$52.99) ISBN: 9781786073075 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: HRH Sub Category: HRHP Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Oneworld FEBRUARY 2018 Indian Temple Sculpture John Guy
A reissue of John Guy 's classic work on Indian Temple Sculpture which explores the principal iconographic forms on Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
Description This beautiful reprint illustrates the V&A 's unrivalled collection of South Asian sculpture, putting Indian temple sculpture in its context as an instrument of worship intended to embody powerful religious experience. Author John Guy considers the origin, cosmological meaning and role of sculpture within the temple setting, and reveals the vivid rituals and traditions still in practice today. The book is also an absorbing introduction to the principal iconographic forms in the three traditional religions of the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, with the principal deities presented through their myths and manifestations.
About the Author John Guy is the curator of the Arts of South and South East Asia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Price: $69.99 (NZ$72.99) ISBN: 9781851779192 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Main Category: A The Arts Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
V&A Publications FEBRUARY 2018 The Great Cowboy Strike: Bullets, Ballots and Class Conflicts in the American West Mark Lause
When cowboys were workers and battled their bosses
Description Although later made an icon of rugged individualism, the American cowboy was a grossly exploited and underpaid seasonal worker, who waged a series of militant strikes in the generally isolated and neglected corners of the Old West. Mark Lause examines those neglected labour conflicts, couching them in the context of the bitter and violent range wars that broke out periodically across the region, and locating both among the political insurgencies endemic to the American West in the so-called Gilded Age.
About the Author Mark A. Lause is a professor of history at the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. Most of his work explores and documents the economic, social, and political possibilities that came clearly into focus roughly around the time of the American Civil War, often approaching the subject from neglected directions the contemporary working-class movements, land reform, secret societies, and third-party efforts, as well as bohemianism and spiritualism.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$42.99) ISBN: 9781786631961 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: HB History Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade FEBRUARY 2018 Supercommunity: Diabolical Togetherness Beyond Contemporary Art E-flux
Leading artists, theorists, and writers exhume the dystopian and utopian futures contained within the present
Description I am the supercommunity, and you are only starting to recognize me. I grew out of something that used to be humanity. Some have compared me to angry crowds in public squares; others compare me to wind and atmosphere, or to software.
Invited to exhibit at the 56th Venice Biennale, e-flux journal produced a single issue over a four-month span, publishing an article a day both online and on-site at Venice.
In essays, poems, short stories, and plays, artists and theorists trace the negative collective that is the subject of contemporary life, in which art, the internet, and globalization have shed their utopian guises but persist as naked power, in the face of apocalyptic ecological disaster and against the claims of the social commons.
I convert care to cruelty, and cruelty back to care. I convert political desires to economic flows and data, and then I convert them back again. I convert revolutions to revelations. I don 't want, I want to leave, and then disperse myself everywhere and all the time.
About the Author e-flux is a publishing platform and archive, artist project, curatorial platform, and enterprise which was founded in 1998. Its news digest, events, exhibitions, schools, journal, books, and the art projects produced and/or disseminated by e-flux describe strains of critical discourse surrounding contemporary art, culture, and theory internationally. Its monthly publication e-flux journal has produced essays commissioned since 2008 about cultural, political, and structural paradigms that inform contemporary artistic production.
Price: $34.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781786633590 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: JP Politics Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade FEBRUARY 2018 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them J.K. Rowling
Stunning new paperback edition of this essential companion to the Harry Potter novels, with the fully updated 2017 text, featuring a gorgeous foil effect jacket
Description An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts the Niffler, the Thunderbird, the Hippogriff ... This new paperback edition features the recently revised 2017 text, which includes six curious new creatures that inhabit the North American continent, and a new foreword from Newt Scamander that sheds fascinating light on the events surrounding a serious breach in the International Statute of Secrecy which took place in New York in the 1920s. This new paperback edition features gorgeously shimmery snakeskin detail on the foil effect jacket and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. Newt Scamander 's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Witches, wizards and Muggles of all ages will delight in discovering the extraordinary habits and habitats of magical beasts from across five continents.
About the Author J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into 8 blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos) and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a screenplay inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, which opened in London 's West end in the summer of 2016. In 2012, J.K. Rowling 's digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy news, features and articles, as well as original content from J.K. Rowling. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE for services to children 's literature, Fran
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408896945 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 144 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Quidditch Through the Ages J.K. Rowling
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! Brand new edition of the most famous sports book in the wizarding world an irresistible read for all Harry Potter fans. J.K. Rowling 's original text, with gorgeous jacket art by Jonny Duddle and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic.
Description Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! A perennial bestseller in the wizarding world and one of the most popular books in the Hogwarts School library, Quidditch Through the Ages contains all you will ever need to know about the history, the rules and the breaking of the rules of the noble sport of Quidditch. Packed with fascinating facts, this definitive guide by the esteemed Quidditch writer Kennilworthy Whisp charts the game 's history from its early origins in the medieval mists on Queerditch Marsh, through to the modern-day sport loved by so many wizard and Muggle families around the world. With comprehensive coverage of famous Quidditch teams, the commonest fouls, the development of racing brooms, and much more, this is a must-have sporting bible for all Harry Potter fans, Quidditch lovers and players, whether the weekend amateur or the seasoned Chudley Cannons season-ticket holder. This brand new edition of the most famous sports book in the wizarding world pairs J.K. Rowling 's original text, with gorgeous jacket art by Jonny Duddle and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. A contribution from the sale of each book will go to Comic Relief.
About the Author J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a film script inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling is currently collaborating on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, which will open in London 's West End in the summer of 2016. In 2012, J.K. Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) Rowling 's digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves ISBN: 9781408883082 deeper in the wizarding world. J.K. Rowling has written a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, and also writes Format: Paperback crime novels und Dimensions: 130x198mm Extent: 144 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFA Classic Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 The Tales of Beedle the Bard J.K. Rowling
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! Brand new edition of this collection of classic fairy tales from the Wizarding World an irresistible read for all Harry Potter fans. J.K. Rowling 's original text, with gorgeous jacket art by Jonny Duddle and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. Published in aid of Lumos (www.wearelumos.org), an international children 's chari
Description Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: 'The Tale of the Three Brothers' Harry Potter fans will know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune', 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart', 'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot' and 'Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump ' complete the collection. These narrative gems are accompanied by explanatory notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore (included by kind permission of the Hogwarts Headmaster 's archive). His illuminating thoughts reveal the stories to be much more than just simple moral tales, and are sure to make Babbitty Rabbitty and the slug-belching Hopping Pot as familiar to Muggles as Snow White and Cinderella. This brand new edition of these much loved fairy tales from the wizarding world pairs J.K. Rowling 's original text with gorgeous jacket art by Jonny Duddle and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is published in aid of the Lumos (link to wearelumos.org), an international children's charity (registered charity number 1112575) founded in 2005 by J.K Rowling. Lumos is dedicated ending the institutionalisation of children, a harmful practice that affects the lives of up to eight million disadvantaged children around the world who live in institutions and orphanages, many placed there as a result of poverty, disability, disease, discrimination and conflict; very few are orphans. Lumos works to reunite children with their families, promote family-based care alternatives and help authorities to reform their systems and close down institutions and orphanages. Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408883099 About the Author Format: Paperback J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the Dimensions: 131x197mm Extent: 144 pages world, the series has sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into eight blockbuster Main Category: Y Children's films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Sub Category: YFA Classic Fiction Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a film script Illustrations: Previous Titles: inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling is currently collaborating on a stage play, Harry Author now living: Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, which will open in London 's West End in the summer of 2016. In 2012, J.K. Rowling 's digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves deeper in the wizarding world. J.K. Rowling has written a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, and also writes crime novels und BLM Potter FEBRUARY 2018 Girl on Pointe: Chloe's Guide to Taking on the World Chloe Lukasiak
A full colour memoir from former Dance Moms cast member and YouTube star Chloe Lukasiak that gives readers an insight into what it is really like to be thrown into the spotlight at a young age and tackles topical teen issues such as bullying, self-esteem and finding your passion.
Description Chloe Lukasiak believes that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things. From her status as fan favourite on the US hit reality television show Dance Moms to her current life as a social media star with millions of fans, Chloe has found that self-acceptance and kindness are the key to getting over the rough spots in life and realising your passions. This full-colour, heavily designed book, featuring never-before-seen photos, inspirational quotes, and Chloe 's own doodles and poetry offers exclusive insight into Chloe 's world as well as a message that will inspire all readers to pursue their dreams and be true to their selves.
About the Author Chloe Lukasiak is a former cast member from the hit reality TV show Dance Moms, a teen social media star, dancer, actor, and clothing designer. Her YouTube channel has more than 1.2 million subscribers, and she has over 5.4 million followers on Instagram, over 1.3 million fans on Facebook, and over 730,000 followers on Twitter. She is the star of the upcoming independent movie Loophole and has also acted in the Lifetime movie Center Stage as well as the film Cowgirl's Story. She lives with her parents and sister in Pennsylvania. Visit her website at www.chloe-lukasiak.com, her YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/33troijka, and her Instagram feed at www.instagram.com/chloelukasiak. www.chloe-lukasiak.com/ Twitter: @ChloeLukasiak Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chloelukasiak YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/33troijka
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BLM Children Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2018 Girl on Pointe 10 Copy Pack
Includes 10 copies of Girl on Pointe, a poster and a free reading copy.
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Reign the Earth A.C. Gaughen
With powerful magic that manipulates the natural world, dangerously cunning royalty, and heart-stopping romance, this new sweeping fantasy series is perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir.
Description Shalia is a proud daughter of the desert, but after years of devastating war with the adjoining kingdom, her people are desperate for an end to the violence that has claimed so many of their loved ones. Willing to trade her freedom to ensure the safety of her family, Shalia becomes Queen of the Bone Lands, a country where magic is outlawed and the Elementae--those that can control earth, air, fire and water--are traitors, subject to torture . . . or worse. Before she is even crowned, Shalia discovers that she can bend the earth to her will. Trapped between her husband's irrational hatred of the Elementae and a dangerous rebellion led by her own brother, Shalia must harness her power and make an impossible choice: save her family, save the Elementae, or save herself.
About the Author A.C. Gaughen is the author of Scarlet, Lady Thief, and Lion Heart. She serves on the board of directors for the non-profit Boston GLOW to make sure young women have the support they need to become powerful leaders in their communities. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from St. Andrews University in Scotland and a Masters in Education from Harvard University. www.acgaughen.com @acgaughen
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BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Reign the Earth 8 Copy Pack
Includes 8 copies of Reign the Earth, a free reading copy and poster.
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BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 I Swapped My Brother On The Internet Jo Simmons
A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency
Description I can get a new brother' On the internet' ' Jonny muttered. Oh sweet mangoes of heaven! ' Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality with SiblingSwap.com! What could be better than someone awesome to replace Ted, Jonny's obnoxious older brother. But finding the perfect brother isn't easy, as Jonny discovers when Sibling Swap sends him a line of increasingly bizarre replacements: first a merboy, then a brother raised by meerkats, and then the ghost of Henry the Eighth! What's coming next'! Suddenly old Ted isn't looking so bad. But can Jonny ever get him back' A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency.
About the Author Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids ' love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sambooks followed. In addition to children 's fiction, she co-wrote a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now': The Aargh To Zzzzzz Of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog. I Swapped My Brother on the Internet is her first book for Bloomsbury. Nathan Reed has been a professional illustrator since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 2000. He has illustrated Christopher Edge's How to Write Your Best Story Ever and the Elen Caldecott's Marsh Road Mysteries Series. His most recent picture book is Samson the Mighty Flea by Angela McAllister. He was shortlisted for the Serco Prize for Illustration in 2014. When he 's not illustrating he can be found with his t
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 I Swapped My Brother On The Internet 8 Copy Pack
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Lola Dutch Kenneth Wright
Meet the unstoppable, inimitable Lola Dutch a delightful new character sure to be loved by fans of Emma Chichester Clark, Eloise and Olivia
Description It 's the beginning of a new day, and Lola Dutch is bursting with creative ideas! She cooks up a fantastic feast for breakfast, devours great books at the library, paints a masterpiece for every wall and builds a majestic bedtime fort before she finally goes to bed. And when Bear says she is just too much, this energetic little girl is still bursting with imagination and delight, which even Bear will agree is amazing. Inspired by their own four gorgeously feisty children, Kenneth and Sarah Jane Wright are thrilled to introduce the unstoppable Lola Dutch and her fresh, fun, commercial, character-driven series. Perfect for fans of Emma Chichester Clark, Eloise and Olivia.
About the Author Kenneth and Sarah Jane Wright live in Utah, USA, with their four children. This is their first children 's book collaboration. Kenneth is a former professional dancer and full-time teacher. Sarah Jane has illustrated Eileen Beha 's The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea, Laura Godwin 's A Christmas Goodnight and Meg Fleming 's upcoming I Heart You. In 2008, Sarah Jane opened an Etsy shop that has exploded into a business with art prints, fabrics, books, wallpaper, puppets and illustrated children 's books. Her clients include Ralph Lauren, Pop & Lolli and Michael Miller Fabrics. sarahjanestudios.com @sarahjanestudios (Twitter and Instagram) @loladutch (Instagram)
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BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Lola Dutch 10 Copy Pack
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BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Graevale Lynette Noni
In her third year at Akarnae Academy for the gifted, Alexandra Jennings knows now more than ever that there is danger looming. This is the fourth book in the best-selling Medoran Chronicles series.
Description In her third year at Akarnae Academy for the gifted, Alexandra Jennings knows now more than ever that there is danger looming over the school campus and beyond.
To save her newfound home, she must embark on a journey with her friends to unite the races of Medora against the rising threat of rebel Prince Aven Dalmarta. From the humans of Tryllin, to the Jarnocks of the treetop city Maroo and the Flips of the Undersea Islands, Alex appeals to foreign leaders for help in saving the whole of Medora. Because if the prince follows through on his promise to purge the land of mortals, everyone 's days are numbered.
Proving the most difficult to convince, however, are the Shadow Walkers, a mysterious and dark-cloaked people with grey skin who travel via shadows. They reside in Graevale, a monochromatic city that is both day and night, stormy and pleasant. In an effort to warn them of the wars to come, Alex undergoes a dangerous testing that risks not only her life, but also all of those in Medora.
In the novel 's climax, armies collide in Graevale as Aven mounts his attack on Alex and the city. Alex learns confronting truths about life, love, trust and sacrifice. Described as a game changer to young adult fiction ', Lynette Noni 's Medoran Chronicles continue to impress new and existing fans with Book Four.
In this instalment,Lynette explores trust and fidelity within the bounds of good versus evil. As the series turns darker, Lynette tests the limits of her protagonist Alexandra Jennings, as an impending menace divides the races of Medora.
The Sydney Arts Guide describes the series as elements of the Harry Potter saga, the Narnia Chronicles and the X-Men franchise. When it comes to sheer inventiveness, the book would satisfy any fantasy devotee. ' Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781921997945 Format: Paperback - Demy format Graevale, like its predecessors in the series, is an unforgettable read. At the heart of these books is Alexandra Jennings, Dimensions: mm a realistic and self-actualised character who inspires and resonates with fans. Alex is a twist on the traditional kick-arse Extent: 320 pages Main Category: YFH heroine she trains hard to develop her skills, and while she has a natural ability to overcome adversity, she fights to be Sub Category: her best. Alex reminds us that we are allowed to fail, so long as we learn from our past and continue to move forward with Illustrations: grace and conviction. Previous Titles: Author now living: About the Author Best-selling author Lynette Noni grew up on a farm in outback Australia until she moved to the beautiful Sunshine Coast and swapped her mud-stained boots for sand-splashed flip-flops. She has always been an avid reader and most of her childhood was spent lost in daydreams of far-off places and magical worlds. She was devastated when BLMher Hogwarts Pantera FEBRUARY 2018 Medoran Chronicles Mixed 10 Copy Pack
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BLM Pantera FEBRUARY 2018 I Love You, Stick Insect Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
A stylish and laugh-out-loud tale of one stick insect's quest to find true love, from the creator of I'm Going to Eat this Ant.
Description Stick Insect is IN LOVE! Just think of all the fun and laughter he will have with his perfect partner - surfing the ocean waves, racing on speeding motorcycles with the wind in his feelers, dancing the hula - whoop-di-whoop! But . . . there's something not quite right about Stick Insect's new sweetheart, and Butterfly seems to have spotted the problem . . . ""IT'S A STICK!"" Oh dear, the course of true love never did run smooth and poor stick insect is about to find this out the hard way.
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 I Love You, Stick Insect 8 Copy Pack
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 I Love You Dino-Mummy Mark Sperring
The perfect book for all dino-mums this Mother's Day!
Description It's not easy being a Dino-Mummy - especially when you have two roaring little dinos to take care of. But somehow Dino- Mummy makes everything look so easy . . . Do you know a secret' I'm sure you dino-do! It's something rather special about a certain 'you know who'! From the moment that you wake up, she's a sing-song superstar, Singing out ""Good morning!"" with a dino ""Tra la la!"" Dino-Mummy is AMAZING, and whether it's morning, noon or night, she's always on hand. After all, life in the dino family is just as fun (and chaotic) as ever. Tell your Dino-Mummy just how much you love her with his special gift edition, perfect for Mother's Day!
About the Author Mark Sperring studied at Bath Academy of Art and Camberwell College of Art before working as a printer and a bookseller, and later becoming a children's book author. Mark is the author of The Shape of My Heart (Bloomsbury), Captain Buckleboots on the Naughty Step (Puffin) and The Sunflower Sword (Andersen). He lives in Bristol.
Sam Lloyd is the bestselling illustrator of books such as Calm Down, Boris and You're Not So Scary, Sid (Templar) as well as the Mr Pusskins series and the Whoops-a-Daisy World series (Orchard). She lives in Brighton.
Price: $13.99 (NZ$15.99) ISBN: 9781408893432 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Main Category: YBC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Crane Calamity: Dino Diggers Rose Impey
Meet the Dino Diggers the best in Dino Town! The second in the series for fans of dinosaurs and diggers, with a fantastic slot-together novelty included in every book. Collect the whole series for hours of dino fun!
Description Today the Dino Diggers are building a house for Mr and Mrs Triceratops, and new recruit Ricky Raptor is very keen to help out. What could possibly go wrong' Good job Bruno Brachiosaurus and his crane are on-site to help! The second in a new series for fans of dinosaurs and diggers, with a fantastic free slot-together novelty included in every book! Collect the whole series for hours of dino fun! For fans of Amazing Machines and Dylan 's Amazing Dinosaurs.
About the Author ROSE IMPEY is the author of in excess of 110 children 's books, including the bestselling Sleepover Club series, which has sold over 1 million copies and has also become a major television series. She has been shortlisted for the Smarties Children 's Book Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and her books have been published in over eight countries. Rose lives in Birstall, Leicestershire. CHRIS CHATTERTON is an illustrator and animator who has a background in graphic design and commercial animation. Dino Diggers his first series with Bloomsbury. Chris lives in County Durham.
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Digger Disaster Rose Impey
Meet the Dino Diggers the best in Dino Town! The first in a new series for fans of dinosaurs and diggers, with a fantastic free slot-together novelty included with every book. Collect the whole series for hours of dino fun!
Description Meet Tyrone T. rex, Stacey Stegosaurs and the rest of the Dino Diggers the best builders in Dino Town, who will never let you down! The perfect book for dinosaur and digger fans EVERYWHERE! Today the Dino Diggers are building a car factory, but disaster strikes when Tyrone T. rex hits a water pipe. OH NO! Time for the Dino Diggers to do what they do best! The first in a new series for fans of dinosaurs and diggers, with a fantastic free slot-together novelty included in every book. Collect the whole series for hours of dino fun. For fans of Amazing Machines,Dylan 's Amazing Dinosaurs and Bob the Builder.
About the Author Rose Impey is the author of over 110 children 's books, including the bestselling Sleepover Club series, which has sold more than 1 million copies and has also become a television series. She has been shortlisted for the Smarties Children's Book Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and her books have been published in over eight countries. Rose lives in Birstall, Leicestershire. Chris Chatterton is an illustrator and animator who has a background in graphic design and commercial animation. Dino Diggers is his first series with Bloomsbury. Chris lives in County Durham.
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408872444 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 250x249mm Extent: 24 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YB Picture Books, Activity Books & Early Learning Material Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Little Baby Books: Bedtime Mel Four
A stylish, monochrome board book with bright foil decoration on every page.
Description Enjoy reading first words to your baby, with beautiful illustrations of the evening bedtime routine. Black and white board books are perfect for helping your baby to identify first objects and their very first words. The eye catching foil design will ensure these books will continue to be well loved throughout their first few formative years. Words included: Bottle Toothbrush Book Bed Goodnight Your baby will love the shiny coloured foil on every page, as they learn the words for this daily routine.
About the Author Melissa is a hugely versatile book cover designer and illustrator. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. As well as loving drawing and reading (of course!), Melissa enjoys family camping trips and all crafts, especially knitting and crochet.
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408889831 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: 10 pages Main Category: YB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2018 Little Baby Books: Bathtime Mel Four
A stylish, monochrome board book with bright foil decoration on every page.
Description Enjoy reading first words to your baby, with beautiful illustrations of the daily bathtime routine. Black and white board books are perfect for helping your baby to identify first objects and their very first words. The eye catching foil design will ensure these books will continue to be well loved throughout their first few formative years. Words included: Duck Soap Bubbles Towel Pyjamas Your baby will love the shiny coloured foil on every page, as they learn the words for this daily routine.
About the Author Melissa is a hugely versatile book cover designer and illustrator. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. As well as loving drawing and reading (of course!), Melissa enjoys family camping trips and all crafts, especially knitting and crochet.
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408889848 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: 10 pages Main Category: YB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2018 Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali Jim Haskins
A freshly updated version of an acclaimed and moving biography about the most famous boxer of all time
Description ""I am the greatest! I am the king!"" Muhammad Ali was one of the most electrifying, inspiring, and confrontational athletes of his generation. At the height of his boxing career, Ali was as despised as he was adored. Loud and aggressive as well as confident and dedicated, he was the quintessential showman, the undeniable champion of his sport, and one of the most recognizable faces in the world. He was challenged at every turn: faced with racial discrimination in his everyday life, mocked by the sports media as his career began, ridiculed for adopting a new religion, and stripped by the U.S. government of his very livelihood for refusing to go to war. Muhammad Ali faced the obstacles in his life the way he faced his opponents in the ring, brashly and with all the force at his command. In his private life, he was also deeply spiritual, committed to standing up against social injustice, and steadfast in his beliefs. Featuring stunning illustrations and covering his entire life from childhood through his professional career to his end of life battle with Parkinson's Syndrome, this is a moving tribute to the legacy of this impressive figure.
About the Author Jim Haskins (1941-2005) was the author of over one hundred books and had an unrivaled background in writing African- American nonfiction for young readers. Among his many awards were the Coretta Scott King Medal, which he received in 1977 for The Story of Stevie Wonder and six Honor citations. Eric Velasquez won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for his illustrations in The Piano Man. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and now lives in Hartsdale, New York. Visit him online at www.ericvelasquez. com.
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BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 What Do You Love About You? Karen Lechelt
This fresh, stylish picture book with unique graphic art encourages everyone to be true to yourself and embrace what makes you different.
Description There is a lot to love about each one of us . . . Chipmunk loves his cheeks . . . They help him blow kisses. Giraffe loves his neck . . . It helps him touch the stars. Octopus loves his tentacles . . . They help him give the best hugs. Everyone has something that makes them unique, and there is a lot to love about each one of us! Debut creator Karen Lechelt 's unique art style brings these charming animals to life. We are all special in our own way. What do you love about you'
About the Author Karen Lechelt was born in Seoul, raised in New Jersey, and now lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and Mr. Jones (a French bulldog everyone loves). For over a decade she was a graphic designer, a web builder, and a T-shirt illustrator. She believes in the power of words, the magic of pictures, and that all creatures need pants. Currently, she is sitting at her desk eating chocolate. www.moongirl.com
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BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Build Your Own Body Isabel Thomas
Warning: this book will self-destruct as you tear, fold, experiment and scribble for hours of human body science fun!
Description Warning: this book will self-destruct! Packed full of fun and exciting projects which use its pages in different ways, this book will have you tearing, folding, cutting, experimenting and scribbling as you find out how our bodies work. Discover the secret to life, make your own dancing skeleton, and make an ear trumpet to listen in on conversations! Can you become a fingerprint detective' Can you paint with food' Can you make a moving robot hand' Put your skills to the test!
About the Author Isabel Thomas is the author of over 80 books and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. She is also the author of What You Need To Know Now, shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. When she's not writing, you'll find her experimenting, inventing, drawing, exploring and wearing out her library card. Isabel read Human Sciences at Oxford University, before working in journalism and children's publishing. She lives in Cambridge, where she's zookeeper to three young sons and a primary school governor. Nikalas Catlow gained an MA in illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. He has lectured and taught workshops in art, design and illustration, and now works as a writer, illustrator and TV development producer.
Price: $13.99 (NZ$15.99) ISBN: 9781408870044 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFY True Stories Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: U.K.
BLM Children Non Fiction FEBRUARY 2018 Animal Activity: Cut, fold and make your own wild things Isabel Thomas
Warning: this book will destruct as you tear, fold, experiment and scribble for hours of hands-on fun!
Description Warning: this book will destruct! Packed full of fun and exciting projects which use its pages in different ways, this book will have you tearing, folding, cutting, experimenting and scribbling as you find out all about amazing animals and plants. Make your own hopping bugs, create and decorate an inflatable fish, and play an animal trumpet as loudly as you can! Can you piece together your very own dinosaur' Can you turn a piece of paper into a hanging mobile of sea creatures' Put your skills to the test!
About the Author Isabel Thomas is the author of over 80 books and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. She is also the author of What You Need To Know Now, shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. When she's not writing, you'll find her experimenting, inventing, drawing, exploring and wearing out her library card. Isabel read Human Sciences at Oxford University, before working in journalism and children's publishing. She lives in Cambridge, where she's zookeeper to three young sons and a primary school governor. Nikalas Catlow gained an MA in illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. He has lectured and taught workshops in art, design and illustration, and now works as a writer, illustrator and TV development producer.
Price: $14.99 (NZ$16.99) ISBN: 9781408870068 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 238x303mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFY True Stories Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Self-Destructing Science: Space Isabel Thomas, illustrated by Nikalas Catlow
Shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2017. Warning: this book will self destruct as you tear, fold, experiment and scribble for hours of hands-on space science fun!
Description Shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2017. Warning: this book will self-destruct! Packed full of fun and exciting projects which use its pages in different ways, this book will have you tearing, folding, cutting, experimenting and scribbling as you find out all about the wonders of space. As each page is destroyed, you'll make everything from a Martian bug to a pocket rocket, using nothing more than the pages of the book and a few simple household items. The easy-to-follow instructions and amazing illustrations mean that science has never been so fun!
About the Author Isabel Thomas is the author of over 80 books and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. She is also the author of What You Need To Know Now, shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. When she's not writing, you'll find her experimenting, inventing, drawing, exploring and wearing out her library card. Isabel read Human Sciences at Oxford University, before working in journalism and children's publishing. She lives in Cambridge, where she's zookeeper to three young sons and a primary school governor. Nikalas Catlow gained an MA in illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. He has lectured and taught workshops in art, design and illustration, and now works as a writer, illustrator and TV development producer.
Price: $14.99 (NZ$16.99) ISBN: 9781408869499 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 238x304mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFY True Stories Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: U.K.
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match Elizabeth Eulberg
The game is afoot in this humorous sequel to Elizabeth Eulberg's fresh twist on Sherlock Holmes, pairing the feisty Shelby Holmes with her adventuresome sidekick Watson
Description Being friends with a super sleuth isn't easy, especially when she's nine years old and four feet tall. But for eleven-year-old aspiring writer John Watson, being friends with Shelby Holmes is just the adventure he's looking for. In the few weeks since moving into Harlem with his mum, Shelby has been training John in the art of observation a skill that comes in handy on the very first day of school. John's new teacher, Mr Cobb, is acting suspiciously, and Shelby knows this is a mystery worth investigating. Something important has gone missing, but as Shelby and John dig deeper into the mystery of the Cobb caper, they discover that there may be someone unexpected involved. Could Shelby Holmes have finally met her match'
About the Author ELIZABETH EULBERG is not a detective (or so she claims). She is, however, the internationally bestselling author of The Lonely Hearts Club, Prom & Prejudice, Take a Bow, Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, Better Off Friends and We Can Work it Out. Elizabeth lives outside Manhattan, where she spends her free time stalking English bulldogs in her neighborhood and filling her brain attic with random pop-culture facts. The Great Shelby Holmes is her first middle- grade novel. www.elizabetheulberg.com @ElizEulberg
Price: $12.99 (NZ$13.84) ISBN: 9781408871492 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: YF Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Spy Toys: Undercover Mark Powers
The third book in this incredible action-packed series that is Toy Story meets James Bond!
Description Toy Story meets James Bond in the third book in this incredible action-packed series! Can Dan the teddy bear who is too strong, Arabella the rag doll with the bad temper and Flax the tech genuis robot rabbit save the day once more' When the world 's most famous chocolate factory disappears, it is up to the Spy Toys to find out the truth and fast! If the chocolate runs out, there could be riots from children everywhere! The Spy Toys are sent undercover into a school where they need to disguise themselves as regular pupils. Could this be their toughest challenge yet' They'll need all their wits about them to defeat this baddie - and one thing for sure is these kids don't play nice! Featuring hilarious illustrations from Tim Wesson throughout, this series is perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Solomons ' My Brother is a Superhero.
About the Author Mark Powers has been making up ridiculous stories since primary school and is slightly shocked to find people now pay him to do it. As a child he always daydreamed that his teddy bear went off on top secret missions when he was at school, so a team of toys recruited as spies seemed a great idea for a story. He grew up in north Wales and now lives in Manchester. His favourite animals are the binturong, the aye-aye and the dodo. Tim Wesson was born somewhere in England. As a young boy he enjoyed climbing trees and drawing pictures of dogs in cars. Eventually he became an illustrator who creates children 's books. Tim doodles and paints whenever he can and likes to draw the first thing that pops into his head. He lives by the sea in Suffolk with his family.
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Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Spy Toys Mark Powers, illustrated by Tim Wesson
Toy Story meets James Bond in this incredibly action-packed new series. Spy Toys are going to take the world by storm!
Description Toy Story meets James Bond in this incredibly action-packed new series. Spy Toys are going to take the world by storm! The world's leading toy manufacturer makes playthings for the rich and famous, and every toy they create contains a tiny computerised brain and a unique personality. These toys are seriously awesome! But every so often there 's a faulty toy ... Dan is a Snugaliffic Cuddlestar bear he should be perfect for hugging. But because of a faulty chip, Dan is so strong he could crush a car! Thrown on to the rejects pile, he meets Arabella, a Loadsasmiles Sunshine Doll, who has a very short temper and is absolutely NOT good with children. Soon Dan, Arabella and Flax (a custom-made police robot rabbit gone AWOL) are recruited by the mysterious Auntie Roz, and together they make up THE SPY TOYS. Their first mission: to protect the prime minister's son from being kidnapped ...! Featuring hilarious, action-packed illustrations by Tim Wesson throughout, this series is perfect for fans of Pam Butchart and David Solomons' My Brother is a Superhero.
About the Author Author Mark Powers has been making up ridiculous stories since primary school and is slightly shocked to find that people now pay him to do it. As a child he always daydreamed that his teddy bear went off on top secret missions when he was at school, so a team of toys recruited as spies seemed a great idea for a story. He grew up in north Wales and now lives in Manchester. His favourite animals are the binturong, the aye-aye and the dodo. Illustrator Tim Wesson was born somewhere in England. As a young boy he enjoyed climbing trees and drawing pictures of dogs in cars. Eventually he became an illustrator who creates children 's books. Tim doodles and paints whenever he can and likes to draw the first thing that pops into his head. He lives by the sea in Suffolk with his family.
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408870860 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 128x197mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFA Classic Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: U.K.
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Spy Toys: Out of Control! Mark Powers, illustrated by Tim Wesson
The second book in this incredible new action-packed new series that is Toy Story meets James Bond!
Description The second book in this incredible new action-packed new series that is Toy Story meets James Bond! Following their successful first mission, where our heroes - Dan the Snugliffic Cuddlestar bear, Arabella the Loadsasmiles Sunshine Doll and Flax the custom-made police robot rabbit - saved the prime minister's son from an evil elephant, the Spy Toys are ready for their next task. This time, the secret code that controls every Snaztacular Ultrafun toy has been stolen and all over the world toys are revolting and turning against their child owners.
Can Arabella disguise herself as a sweet dolly in order to find out more from the daughter of Snaztacular's top scientist' Can Dan and Flax apprehend a suspicious jigsaw named Jessie' And will they succeed before every child in the world forgets what it means to play nicely'
About the Author Mark Powers has been making up ridiculous stories since primary school and is slightly shocked to find people now pay him to do it. As a child he always daydreamed that his teddy bear went off on top secret missions when he was at school, so a team of toys recruited as spies seemed a great idea for a story. He grew up in north Wales and now lives in Manchester. His favourite animals are the binturong, the aye-aye and the dodo.
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408870884 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 130x196mm Extent: 240 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: U.K.
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Skate Monkey: Kidnap Paul Mason
Monkey and his friends must prove they are heroes. Time for adventure! Ideal for struggling and reluctant readers, those with EAL and those with dyslexia. Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp.
Description Monkey and his friends, Zu and Sandy, lived in the Emperor's Cloud Palace. But they played all sorts of tricks on people, so, as a punishment, the Jade Emperor sent them down to Earth. They can only return if they prove that they can use their magical powers for good. Adventure is never far away! Kidnap sees the friends caught up in a frightening plot to capture a girl. Using their magic powers and some friends at the zoo, will they defeat the evil villains' Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font, Skate Monkey is aimed at readers aged 8+ and has a manageable length (64 pages) and reading age (7+). This collection of stories can be read in any order. Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
About the Author Inspired by his own family and from his time as a teacher, Paul likes to write stories that grab young readers and gets them turning pages! He is lucky enough to have lived all over the world, and some of those places, and the people he's met along the way, pop up in his books from time to time. Paul has over 100 published titles to date, across a range of genres. He is the author of the children 's novels The Twins, the Ghost and the Castle, The Twins and the Wild Ghost Chase, Factor Four: the Awakening, and Factor Four: Tiger, Tiger.
Price: $9.99 (NZ$11.99) ISBN: 9781472933478 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 72 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
A&C Black Children's FEBRUARY 2018 Skate Monkey: Demon Attack Paul Mason
Monkey and his friends must prove they are heroes. Time for adventure! Ideal for struggling and reluctant readers, those with EAL and those with dyslexia. Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp.
Description Monkey and his friends, Zu and Sandy, lived in the Emperor's Cloud Palace. But they played all sorts of tricks on people, so, as a punishment, the Jade Emperor sent them down to Earth. They can only return if they prove that they can use their magical powers for good. Adventure is never far away!
In Demon Attack, the friends are called on to investigate when a headteacher is acting strangely. There are some very creepy goings-on behind the scenes. Will they uncover what is happening and defeat the mystery villain'
Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font,Skate Monkey is aimed at readers aged 8+ and has a manageable length (64 pages)and reading age (7+). This collection of stories can be read in any order.
Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
About the Author Inspired by his own family and from his time as a teacher, Paul Mason likes to write stories that grab young readers and gets them turning pages! He is lucky enough to have lived all over the world, and some of those places, and the people he's met along the way, pop up in his books from time to time. Paul has over 100 published titles to date, across a range of genres. He is the author of the children' s novels The Twins, the Ghost and the Castle, The Twins and the Wild Ghost Chase, Factor Four: the Awakening, and Factor Four: Tiger, Tiger. Robin Boyden is an illustrator, writer and designer, based in Bristol, UK - but it if was' t for the pirate risk factor, h' d quite Price: $9.99 (NZ$11.99) ISBN: 9781472933515 like do his work from a hammock in the Caribbean in the 18th Century. Format: Paperback Along with working on Skate Monkey, his other projects include creating new artwork for The Demon Headmaster series Dimensions: mm and designing cardboard cut outs for Kew Gardens. Robin enjoys history podcasts, comedy films and using Extent: 72 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
A&C Black Children's FEBRUARY 2018 Long Live the Queen Gerry Swallow
In this rollicking and humorous sequel complete with spot-on funny black and white illustrations, Elspeth Pule is back to rescue her newfound friends and family from the clutches of an unexpected villain.
Description For Elspeth Pule, life is dull and lonely in the real world, where she misses her good friends, Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, and Rodney, a giant talking wheel of cheese.
So when she gets a surprise visit and a desperate plea for help from Georgie Porgie and Gene the blabbermouth stick, Elspeth agrees immediately. After holding her breath until she is blue in the face, Elspeth opens her eyes and finds herself back in a land where storybook characters are real.
Here she learns that a horrible witch named Mary Mary Quite Contrary has kidnapped King William the Umpteenth 's wife and taken her into a dark forest. To free her, Elspeth and her ragtag crew will have to pay the witch 's ransom . . . or else. Can Elspeth use her bravery, smarts, and just a little bit of ill temper to thwart the evil witch and rescue her friend'
Told with a hilarious irreverent voice, this rambunctious tale is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch.
About the Author Gerry Swallow is the author of Blue in the Face and its sequel Long Live the Queen,along with, A Whole Nother Story-- which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was an Al Roker Today Show pick--and its sequels Another Whole Nother Story and No Other Story, all written under the pseudonym Dr. Cuthbert Soup. He began his career as a stand-up comic, making numerous appearances on NBC 's Tonight Show. He then turned his attention to writing movies, including the blockbuster hit, Ice Age: The Meltdown. He lives in Victoria, Canada. www.awholenotherbook.com Valerio Fabbretti is the author and illustrator of children 's books and comic books in both the USA and Italy. He was born in Rome and currently lives in San Francisco. Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781619634923 www.valeriofabbretti.com Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFA Classic Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Blue in the Face Gerry Swallow, illustrated by Valerio Fabbretti
A rollicking and humorous tale from the author of A Whole Nother Story--with black and white illustrations-- about a reluctant hero saving a world you only thought you knew.
Description When Elspeth Pule, an eleven-year-old brat, wakes up one day in a strange forest, she finds some familiar faces around her--those of the nursery rhyme characters she grew up reading about. But as she soon learns from Humpty Dumpy, a suave, tuxedo-wearing egg, what she knows is a twisted version of the truth concocted by the evil Old King Krool--and none of the characters are who she thinks. Elspeth couldn't care less, but she soon gets pulled into the fight against Krool's tyranny. And if she wants to get home, she'll need to learn some compassion--and teach the characters that sometimes a good old-fashioned tantrum is exactly what's necessary. Told in a hilarious voice and with black and white illustrations throughout, this ""revolutionary"" tale is perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and Lemony Snicket.
About the Author Gerry Swallow is the author of Blue in the Face and its sequel Long Live the Queen,along with, A Whole Nother Story-- which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was an Al Roker Today Show pick--and its sequels Another Whole Nother Story and No Other Story, all written under the pseudonym Dr. Cuthbert Soup. He began his career as a stand-up comic, making numerous appearances on NBC 's Tonight Show. He then turned his attention to writing movies, including the blockbuster hit, Ice Age: The Meltdown. He lives in Victoria, Canada. www.awholenotherbook.com Valerio Fabbretti is the author and illustrator of children 's books and comic books in both the USA and Italy. He was born in Rome and currently lives in San Francisco. www.valeriofabbretti.com
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781619634893 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 142x207mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFA Classic Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Heidi: Her Early Lessons and Travels Johanna Spyri
A gorgeous new edition of this children's classic, featuring new illustrations throughout
Description Orphaned at an early age, Heidi has been brought up by her mother 's sister Dete in Switzerland. Having been offered a job in Frankfurt, however, her aunt is forced to entrust her young charge into the care of her grandfather, the reclusive Alp-Uncle who lives in the mountains without any interaction with the villagers beneath. The curmudgeonly old man is initially reluctant to accept the new arrangement, but his grand-daughter 's warmth, cleverness and exuberance soon win him over, while Heidi learns to love her new surroundings and makes a new friend, Peter the goatherd. But as Heidi gets settled in her new life, little does she suspect that a major upheaval is just around the corner. A timeless classic of Swiss literature that has inspired many adaptations and has captured the imaginations of children the world over, Heidi 's Early Lessons and Travels is here presented in a brand-new, unabridged translation by James Bowman, with charming illustrations by Susan Hellard.
About the Author Johanna Spyri (1827 1901) was a Swiss German writer famous for her Heidi books, which earned her great fame and success in her lifetime. She wrote several other books for both children and adults and devoted herself to many charitable causes.
Price: $15.99 (NZ$17.99) ISBN: 9781847496652 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Main Category: YFA Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Alma Classics FEBRUARY 2018 Bloomsbury CPD Library: Using Technology in the Classroom Jose Picardo
A new title to the CPD Library providing readers with the knowledge and skills required to design, plan and implement an effective, technology-focused CPD programme with a positive and lasting impact on practice. Throughout this process, you will be encouraged to reflect on and evaluate the impact of these strategies, choosing the best to use as the basis of a school-wide professional development
Description Designing a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme can be daunting. Whether you are looking to better your own practice or coach your colleagues, it can be hard to know where to start. But don 't worry, the Bloomsbury CPD Library is here to help! Divided into two unique sections, Teach Yourself and Train Others, this book is perfect for individual teachers, middle leaders and those looking to introduce whole-school CPD training programmes. The provision of technology focused CPD is often based on the whizz and bang ' approach, promoting the use of eye- catching digital tools and equipment in classrooms without due consideration to pedagogical factors and, crucially, the individual school 's context. Jose Picardo 's new book will consider how technology is used in schools and provide research-informed strategies to help improve teaching and learning by using technology effectively. It focuses on the need to train staff in the skills required to choose the right technology to have lasting impact and combines not only information about how technology can best work in the classroom, but also what makes great teaching and how technology can complement this. The goal of the book is to help teachers integrate technology seamlessly into daily practice so that technology is used almost reflexively, effectively and without fuss. It also provides guidance on how to integrate this methodology and way of thinking across your school as well as training other teachers to successfully choose and use the best technology for their subject and their students.
About the Author Jose Picardo is Deputy Head at Hampshire Collegiate School. His main interests are pedagogy, technology and how they combine to produce great teaching and learning. He is a regular and well-regarded speaker at conferences and INSET events. Most notably, he has been a guest speaker at the HMC Annual Conference, The Sunday Times Festival of Price: $45.00 (NZ$50.00) Education, ResearchED, BETT and the Education Show. In addition, he is a regular contributor to TES and his work has ISBN: 9781472943354 also featured in the Guardian. He was the recipient of a Pearson teacher award in 2015 for the use of technology. Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 160 pages Main Category: JN Education Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Education FEBRUARY 2018 Narrowing the Attainment Gap: A handbook for schools Daniel Sobel
Narrowing the attainment gap remains a top Ofsted and DfE agenda item. The UK is one of the largest 'attainment gap' countries in the world and this issue is not going away. Despite this, there is little leadership or guidance in this field, but this book from inclusion expert Daniel Sobel fills this gap.
Description Daniel Sobel's Narrowing the Attainment Gap examines the real issues behind the attainment gap. Most school leaders do not actually know how spending money in schools can impact sociological and broader community issues. The focus is on key leadership skills and practices that will enable the school to identify specific problems, come up with their own home-grown solutions that meet the needs of their own community and strategically drive change on a whole- school, cohort and individual level. It teaches leaders how to capture, track and demonstrate impact and takes them through how to make this a whole- school issue with guidance for leading teachers.
About the Author Daniel Sobel MA Ed (Psych) FCMI FCIC FRSA is the CEO and founder of Inclusion Expert, a leading educational consultancy offering training and resources to professionals working in inclusion. With a background in educational psychology and psychotherapy, and as a former assistant headteacher, he has experience from a broad spectrum of in- school and consultancy work. He has consulted with the Department for Education, the European Union and various international governments, the Institute of Education and the Cass School of Education at the University of East London. In 2012, Daniel was highly commended at the Educational Business Awards for his outstanding insights and strategic thinking in education and Inclusion Expert won a Grand Prix at the Education Investor Awards in 2015. Daniel is the author of a number of books, including The Pupil Premium Handbook, and is a featured columnist for The Guardian. He has also written for the Times Educational Supplement, and is a regular contri
Price: $42.99 (NZ$44.99) ISBN: 9781472946379 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: JNFN Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Education FEBRUARY 2018 How to Survive in Teaching Emma Kell
Drawing on years of research and first-hand experience, How to Survive in Teaching offers support, advice and practical suggestions to help you and your colleagues stay flourishing, positive and most importantly, stay teaching!
Description Drawing on years of research and first-hand experience, How to Survive in Teaching offers support, advice and practical suggestions to help you and your colleagues stay flourishing, positive and most importantly, stay teaching! Recent statistics show that not enough teachers are entering the profession and that too many are leaving. Teaching is facing a genuine crisis. But why is this' In this thought-provoking book, experienced teacher and leader Dr Emma Kell examines workplace stress and anxiety, conflict and toxic politics ', and the other factors which lead teachers to ultimately decide to walk away. Emma firmly believes there are ways to survive the increasing pressure teachers are under. This book offers a realistic, unflinching and positive perspective on the challenges and rewards of teaching. It includes successful models and strategies where a combination of support and challenge, accountability, and a sense of being valued have encouraged teachers to enter and remain in the profession.
About the Author Dr Emma Kell has 20 years experience as a teacher and a middle and senior leader and is Head of English at Alperton Community School. She has written several articles and blog posts on school leadership and the pressures of teaching, and has recently completed a doctorate on teacher well-being and work-life balance at Middlesex University. She lives in Chipperfield in Hertfordshire.
Price: $35.00 (NZ$37.00) ISBN: 9781472941688 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 176 pages Main Category: JN Education Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Education FEBRUARY 2018 Early Years Assessment: Communication and Language Trudi Fitzhenry; Karen Murphy
An essential planning and assessment tool for mastering the Communication and Language aspects of the EYFS. This book will enable practitioners to be innovative and exciting whilst meeting their targets.
Description With the revision of the EYFS, Communication and Language became one of the three Prime Areas of learning. This book seeks to provide valuable guidance for practitioners across the entire Early Years provision. This is a practical tool that will enable practitioners to be innovative and exciting whilst meeting their targets. It includes suggestions for parents to try out at home, and a variety of ideas to inspire adult-led learning.
About the Author Trudi Fitzhenry is Head of a successful primary school near York and has a passion for the early years of education. Karen Murphy is an Early Years Education Consultant and Area Special Needs Coordinator with a background in dance and physical development.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781472954596 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 144 pages Main Category: JN Education Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Featherstone Education FEBRUARY 2018 Ceramics with Mixed Media Joy Bosworth
Showing how to combine other materials with ceramics, this illustrated handbook examines the best methods of combining and fitting these materials together - including some inside the kiln. Covering the practicalities and specific problems that occur when trying to put different materials together, it uses many contemporary artists' work.
Description This practical handbook shows how to combine other materials with ceramics. Once a ceramic piece is finished it can be embellished or added to with a wooden or metal handle, glass stopper, or plastic or resin knob. Extra pieces can be glued on such as feathers, recycled materials (old tins etc.) or other bits of ceramic. Ceramics and Mixed Media examines the best methods of combining and fitting these materials together - including some inside the kiln. It covers the practicalities and specific problems that occur when trying to put different materials together and its informative text is supported by many helpful illustrations. The book uses many contemporary artists work for both information and inspiration.
About the Author oy Bosworth is a well-known British potter whose work has appeared in a number of publications. She also teaches Ceramics at Birmingham University and the University of Central England. She is a fellow of the Craft Potters Association and she has written articles for a number of ceramic journals.
Price: $36.99 (NZ$38.99) ISBN: 9781912217175 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: mm Extent: 112 pages Main Category: AFP Sub Category: AFPC Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Herbert Press FEBRUARY 2018 Roman Standards & Standard Bearers (1): 112 BC-AD 192 Raffaele D'Amato
A fully illustrated study of the colourful standards employed by the Roman army, and the iconic standard bearers who led the legionaries into battle.
Description Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the armies of the late Roman Republic and early Empire continually engaged on the frontiers, the soldiers selected for the dangerous honour of carrying them were figures of particular renown and splendour. Standard-bearers wore special armour, with the heads and pelts of animals such as bears, wolves, or even lions draped over their helmets and shoulders. The standards themselves varied greatly, from the legion's Eagle and imperial portrait image to various cohort signa, flags (vexilla) and even dragon 'windsocks' (dracones) copied from barbarian enemies and allies. This first volume of a two-part series by Roman army expert, Rafaele D 'Amato uses detailed colour plates and the latest research to examine these vital cogs in the Roman army machine that drove its soldiers to conquer the known world.
About the Author Dr Raffaele D 'Amato is an experienced researcher of the ancient and medieval military worlds. After achieving his first PhD in Romano-Byzantine Law, and having collaborated with the University of Athens, he gained a second doctorate in Roman military archaeology. He currently works in Istanbul at the Fatih University as visiting Professor for the TUBITAK (Turkish Government Research Institution) on a project linked to the arms and armour of Rome and Byzantium.
Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781472821805 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: HBW Sub Category: JW Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey FEBRUARY 2018 Battle of Britain 1940: The Luftwaffe's 'Eagle Attack' Doug Dildy
A new analysis of the Battle of Britain, told unusually from the perspective of the Luftwaffe, detailing its plans to crush Fighter Command and win the war with air power.
Description The Battle of Britain was one of the most iconic campaigns of World War II, where the Few ' of the Royal Air Force took on the might of the German Luftwaffe. At stake was not just air superiority over the British Isles a German victory would enable Hitler 's plan to invade and conquer the last Allied country left fighting. While most narratives of the battle focus on the brave pilots of Fighter Command, this book tells it from the perspective of the German strategists as they attempted the clear the skies over Britain. Explaining Hermann Guring 's plans, the Luftwaffe 's capabilities in 1940, the RAF 's defences, and how the fierce aerial battles over south-east England were fought, this fully illustrated fresh study is based on original documents and new analysis by an expert on the campaign.
About the Author Doug Dildy is a USAF Academy graduate and former USAF colonel with a degree in history. He attended the US Armed Forces Staff College and USAF Air War College and holds a Master 's Degree in Political Science. Doug has written campaign studies of the Battle of Britain for both the RAF Salute magazine and the USAF's Air Power History journal. He has also authored several articles covering the Dutch, Danish and Norwegian air arms' defence against the German invasions of 1940 for notable US aviation history magazines. He is a regular contributor to the amateur modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer.
Price: $27.99 (NZ$29.99) ISBN: 9781472820570 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 96 pages Main Category: HB History Sub Category: HBW Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey FEBRUARY 2018 Sagger Anti-Tank Missile vs M60 Main Battle Tank: Yom Kippur War 1973 Chris McNab
Featuring first-hand accounts and drawing upon the latest research, this engaging study explores the clashes between Israeli M60 main battle tanks and the AT-3 Sagger anti-tank missiles used by their Arab opponents during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
Description The 1973 Yom Kippur War rewrote the textbook on the tactics of modern armored warfare. Unlike the previous major Arab-Israeli war of 1967, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) faced an enemy that had invested heavily in modern Soviet weapon systems and tactics. Using detailed colour artwork and insightful analysis, this book explains how the effective use of the Soviet-supplied AT-3 Sagger (9M14 Malyutka) anti-tank missile allowed small Arab tank-killing teams to destroy Israeli armor at an astonishing rate. It also analyses the tank that opposed it, the US-built M60A1, which had to fight for survival against the Arab Saggers, and shows how in both the Sinai and the Golan Heights, the IDF quickly learned that firepower and infantry/artillery cooperation were the keys to their survival.
About the Author Chris McNab is an author and editor specializing in military history and military technology. To date he has published more than 40 books, including A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011), Deadly Force (2009) and Tools of Violence (2008). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopaedia series, magazines and newspapers, and he lives in South Wales, UK.
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille. He lives in Tennessee Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland studied photography/film and architecture, and spent 18 years as the graphics editor of The Daily Telegraph. He now writes, illustrates, and publishes fiction as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers. Price: $24.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781472825773 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 80 pages Main Category: HBW Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey FEBRUARY 2018 Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress Mark Lardas
The story of how Allied air power took the great Japanese base of Rabaul out of the Pacific War with an innovative strategy of aerial siege, backed by the courage and capability of the pilots who flew against the heavily fortified island. It will appeal to aviation enthusiasts and those interested in the Pacific War.
Description In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies ' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard- fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to bypass the island completely. The struggle decided more than the fate of Rabaul. If successful, the Allies would demonstrate a new form of warfare, where air power, with a judicious use of naval and land forces, would eliminate the need to occupy a ground objective in order to control it. As it turned out, the Siege of Rabaul proved to be more just than a successful demonstration of air power it provided the roadmap for the rest of World War II in the Pacific.
About the Author Mark Lardas has been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky his entire life. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, his maritime interest led him to study Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program. Over the next 30 years he worked as a navigation engineer on the Shuttle program. Currently he works developing commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written extensively about aircraft and warships and is the author of 25 books, all related to military, naval or maritime history.
Price: $23.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781472822444 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 96 pages Main Category: JW Military Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey FEBRUARY 2018 Kobolds & Cobblestones: Fantasy Gang Rumbles Robert Burman
A set of wargaming rules for rumbles between rival gangs in the underworld of a fantasy metropolis.
Description Kobolds & Cobblestones is a skirmish wargame for rumbles between gangs in the city of Ordinsport's seedy underbelly. Players hire gangs of criminals, thugs and enforcers from a number of classic Fantasy races, and attempt to take control of the underworld and establish themselves as the city's kingpins. Playing card-based mechanics and a cunning bribery element keep players on their toes, as a one-sided battle can turn around in a flash.
About the Author Robert Burman has been hooked on wargaming and board gaming since opening a copy of Heroquest at the age of 11. Over the years he 's dabbled in all manner of games, tried to improve his painting skills, written his own stories and created numerous scenarios. In 2015 he launched Tabletop Gaming Magazine to celebrate the many titles currently available. Ralph Horsley is an award-winning artist who has worked in the print games industry for more than two decades. In that time, he has worked for leading games and game publishers, including Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, World of Warcraft, and Warhammer.
Price: $24.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781472823922 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: WDHW Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey Games FEBRUARY 2018 Dracula's America: Shadows of the West: Hunting Grounds Jonathan Haythornthwaite
A Supplement for Dracula's America: Shadows of the West, bringing new factions, skills, gear and rules to the game.
Description This supplement for Dracula's America: Shadows of the West contains a host of new rules and material and offers something for every player. - Two New Factions: The Forsaken, ragged survivors of the 7th Cavalry tormented by a bestial curse, and the Shadow Dragon Tong, crimelords with an agenda as mysterious as the powers wielded by their enforcers. - The Hunting Grounds: Scenarios and encounters that focus on this mythical realm and the power and threats found within it. - Territory: Build and develop your headquarters, and exploit the benefits it offers, but beware your enemies taking the fight to your home turf. - Outlaws, Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters: New campaign options, allowing you to turn to a life of crime, bring in wanted fugitives, or sell your gun to the highest bidder. - New Monsters: The denizens of the Hunting Grounds, in all their terrifying glory. - New Hired Guns: There's all kinds of folk willing to sell their skills, and these new Hired Guns offer a range of tactical options... if you can afford them. - New Gear: Bring a Gatling Gun to a knife fight, or find out why you were always warned about misusing brimstone chalk and vials of ectoplasm. - New Skills: Riding and Leadership skills give you new combat options and help your posse stay in the fight.
About the Author Jonathan Haythornthwaite has been an enthusiastic gamer for 26 years, inflicting countless 'home-brewed' games and scenarios on his long-suffering gaming friends in that time. He currently live, works, and occasionally sings Classic Rock in the North Yorkshire Dales. aRU-MOR was born in Tarragona, Spain. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville, specializing and working on artwork restoration. She began her professional career in 2000, sculpting historical, fantasy and science-fiction Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781472826534 miniatures. These days she combines her work as a miniaturist with her work as a freelance illustrator. She has provided Format: Paperback - C format illustrations for various Spanish RPGs, books and card games since 2009, as well as for historical themed publications. Dimensions: mm Extent: 96 pages Main Category: WDHW Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey Games FEBRUARY 2018 Whitaker's 2018 Whitaker
Whitaker's 2018 is the definitive resource - the perfect book for anyone interested in current affairs and general knowledge.
Description First published in 1868, Whitaker 's is the ultimate single-volume reference source - packed with thousands of facts, figures, overviews and statistics relating to the UK and the world. Whitaker 's 2018 contains a comprehensive explanation of every aspect of national and local government infrastructure in the UK, astronomical and tidal data for 2018, guides to UK law, education and taxation, overviews of the water, energy and transport industries, essential calendar information, chapters on royalty and peerage, complete General Election 2017 results and a full list of MPs, government departments and public bodies, directory listings of societies and institutions, sports results and records, reviews of the year 2016 17 covering the arts, science and politics and monthly summaries of the year 's news. Whitaker 's is also an excellent introduction to world politics with in-depth profiles of international organisations, the European Union and every country of the world. Our dedicated team of both in-house editors and specialist contributors spend a total of around 6,000 hours updating Whitaker 's annually this includes contacting thousands of individuals to update their own organisation 's details, researching information from official annual reports, and gathering statistics and facts from the most up-to-date authoritative sources available. Updated continually throughout the year around 2,000 hours of editorial time is dedicated to verifying every piece of information to ensure that, unlike collaborative online sources such as Wikipedia, all the material in Whitaker 's is neutral and reliable. Now in its 150th edition, the book is completely revised and updated every year with at least 60% of the contents - including maps, diagrams and colour infographics - newly compiled specifically for this edition. A totally unique combination of every aspect of UK infrastructure, current affairs, world politics, history, finance, astronomical data and reviews of the year, 'Whitaker 's remains the most comprehensive compendium of information in the English language' (Jon Snow) and will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources.
About the Author
Price: $180.00 (NZ$190.00) ISBN: 9781472935021 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 1184 pages Main Category: GBCY Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Yearbooks FEBRUARY 2018 Reeds Maritime Distance Tables: 15th edition Miranda Delmar-Morgan
Reeds Marine Distance Tables give quick and accurate distance references between 500 regularly used ports around the world including major turning points and a Transatlantic distance table. Chartlets show at-a-glance the location of the port in question.
Description Reeds Marine Distance Tables are the perfect ready-reckoner for captains, navigators and owners of merchant and cruise ships large and small wanting a quick and accurate distance reference between all the regularly used commercial ports around the world. They are also of increasing value to the superyacht fleet. The book is divided into key 'market areas', and includes a pull-out map for area identification and easy see-at-a-glance port reference. Traffic Separation Schemes are calculated into the tables whilst the distance to any port not included can easily be determined by making an approximation from the next closest port. Useful tables of major 'turning points' around the world (such as Cape Finisterre, Cape Horn and the Dover Straits), Transatlantic distances, world time zones, and time and speed conversion tables are also included. This edition has been improved and expanded. Emerging ports around the world have also been added to reflect modern trends and developments in shipping movements and expansions.
Reeds Marine Distance Tables are an invaluable reference for ship owners, operators, brokers, navigators and superyacht skippers. Using this one reference, anyone can calculate the shortest or most economical distances between all the major ports in the world. 'A first class reference' Nautical Magazine 'Clear and simple support for anyone wanting to calculate the shortest or most economical distance between major ports' Telegraph
About the Author Miranda Delmar-Morgan has sailed for most of her life, and professionally for over ten years. She currently sails in European waters both in a professional capacity, and cruising on her own boat. She is also a regular contributor to
Price: $59.99 (NZ$62.99) Yachting Monthly. ISBN: 9781472948977 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Main Category: TRLN Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Adlard Coles Nautica FEBRUARY 2018 Jesus Christ: The Unanswered Questions Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams discusses the nature of Jesus
Description Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, now divested of Episcopal responsibilities, has demonstrated in a few years an exceptional new lease of intellectual energy, no doubt prompted further by the pressing questions of his students in Cambridge. In this new book, Williams answers the question Jesus put to his disciples Who do you say that I am' '. The discussion centres on what Jesus was, what was his nature, his make-up. In a world heavily influenced by Greek philosophical tradition, there were at the start two key words, logos and ousia word and substance. If Jesus was a man with a soul, how did his inner human life relate to his inner divine life' All his life, Rowan Williams has been deeply influenced by thinkers of the Orthodox tradition (for example the idea of Godmanhood) and has published books on Orthodox theologians as well as a critically acclaimed book on Dostoevsky. The present book concerns fundamental issues for Christian belief and Williams tackles them head on he writes with pellucid clarity and shows his real gift for putting across what are inevitably complex ideas to a wide audience.
About the Author The Rt Reverend Lord Williams of Oystermouth is the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. The author of many important books from The Wound of Knowledge (DLT) to On Augustine (Bloomsbury), he is also a published poet. Dr Williams is now the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Price: $42.99 (NZ$45.00) ISBN: 9781472945549 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Main Category: HR Religion Sub Category: HRE Buddhism Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Continuum Trade FEBRUARY 2018 Top Girls
At a restaurant party thrown by Marlene of the Top Girls Employment Agency are Isabella Bird, the 19th- century traveller, Lady Nijo, courtesan to a 13th-century Japanese Emperor, Brueghel's Dull Gret, Pope Joan and Patient Griselda, wife of Chaucer's Clerk.
Description 'Marlene hosts a dinner part in a London restaurant to celebrate her promotion to managing director of ''Top Girls'' employment agency. Her guests are five women from the past: Isabella Bird (1831- 1904) - the adventurous traveller; Lady Nijo (b1258) - the mediaeval courtesan who became a Buddhist nun and travelled on foot through Japan; Dull Gret, who as Dulle Griet in a Bruegel painting, led a crowd of women on a charge through hell; Pope Joan - the transvestite early female pope and last but not least Patient Griselda, an obedient wife out of Chaucer''s Canterbury Tales. As the evening continues we are involved with the stories of all five women and the impending crisis in Marlen''s own life. A classic of contemporary theatre, Churchill''s play is seen as a landmark for a new generation of playwrights. It was premiered by the Royal Court in 1982.
''Top Girls has a combination of directness and complexity which keeps you both emotionally and intellectually alert. You can smell life, and at the same time feel locked in an argument with an agile and passionate mind.'' (John Peter, Sunday Times)'
About the Author Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television and radio. Her acclaimed body of work also includes Three More Sleepless Nights (1980); Top Girls (1982); Fen (1983); Mouthful of Birds (1986); Serious Money (1989); The Skriker (1984); Blue/Heart (1998) and Far Away in Autumn (2000) which transferred to the West End.
Price: $21.99 (NZ$27.99) ISBN: 9780413554802 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: FEBRUARY 2018 Training the Actor's Body Dick McCaw
A practical book that draws on recent research into neurophysiology to illuminate key principles in the movement training of actors.
Description A practical guide to the principles of teaching and learning movement, this book instructs the actor on how to train the body to become a medium of expression. Starting with a break-down of the principles of actor training through exercises and theatre games, Dick McCaw teaches the actor about their own body and its possibilities including: the different ways it can move, the space it occupies and finally its rhythm, timing and pacing. With 64 exercises supported by diagrams and online video, Dick McCaw draws on his 20 years of teaching experience to coach the reader in the dynamics of movement education to achieve a responsive and articulate body.
About the Author Dick McCaw is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Widely published, he is author of Bakhtin and Theatre: Dialogues with Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Grotowski and editor of With an Eye for Movement and TheLaban Sourcebook. In addition, he is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner, a Tai Chi instructor and was Director of the International Workshop Festival (1992 2001). He has taught in Britain, Europe and North America.
Price: $45.99 (NZ$50.99) ISBN: 9781472587794 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: APB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama FEBRUARY 2018 Comedy Acting for Theatre Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart
A textbook for actors and acting students seeking to learn how to be funny onstage.
Description Analysing why we laugh and what we laugh at, and describing how performers can elicit this response from their audience, this book enables actors to create memorable and hilarious performances. Rooted in performance and performance criticism,Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart provide a detailed explanation of how comedy works, along with advice on how to communicate comedy from the point of view of both the performer and the audience. Combining theory and performance, the authors analyse a variety of plays, both modern and classic. Playwrights featured include Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Christopher Durang, and Michael Frayn. Acting in Shakespeare's comedies is also covered in depth.
About the Author Sidney Homan is Professor of English at the University of Florida, USA, a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars and an actor and director in traditional and non-traditional theatres. The author of eleven books on Shakespeare and the modern theatre, his most recent books are The Audience As Player: Interactive Theatre Over the Years and Hitler in the Movies: Finding Der Fohrer on Film.
Brian Rhinehart is an actor, director and Lecturer of Directing and Theatre History at The Actors Studio Drama School, Pace University, USA. He is Artistic Director of a theatre collective, Dog 's Breakfast, and was awarded a 2012 13 Fulbright Grant to develop Dispersal: A Gentrification Story.He directed the award-winning Butoh Medea on Theatre Row in Manhattan, which also had productions in Warsaw and Edinburgh. He has performed in over fifty productions in New York City, Germany, and Florida.
Price: $37.99 (NZ$41.99) ISBN: 9781350012776 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: ANC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama FEBRUARY 2018 The Need for Words: Voice and the Text Patsy Rodenburg
A revised edition of her seminal work on words, from groundbreaking voice coach Patsy Rodenburg.
Description Patsy Rodenburg explores how we speak, what we speak and the impact of the spoken word. As one of the world's leading voice coaches, she describes practical ways to approach language, and uses Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose and a range of other texts to help each of us discover our own unique need for words.
In Part One the author attacks the myth that there is only one correct way to speak by clearing away the blocks that can make language inaccessible. Part Two, a series of language and text exercises, connects the voice to the shape and quality of individual words and phrases.
Drawing on the author 's time spent coaching in the worlds of business and politics, this new edition reflects on how the way we use words has changed since the book was first published. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors which will give readers an insight into the potency of clear, direct communication. Finally, new language exercises provide readers with unmediated access to this new research, allowing them to practice and master the language and words that drive the modern world.
About the Author Patsy Rodenburg is Professor of Text and Poetry at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and was formerly at the Royal National Theatre where she created the voice department. Patsy has worked with many prestigious theatre companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her artistic home in New York is at the Michael Howard Studios. Patsy has worked regularly with some of the best-known actors and biggest names in theatre, film and television including: Daniel Craig, Orlando Bloom, Paapa Essiedu, Nicole Kidman, Rachel Weisz, Emily Watson, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cate Blanchett, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen
Price: $39.99 (NZ$43.99) ISBN: 9781474273558 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: ANB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama FEBRUARY 2018 King John: Third Series William Shapespeare
A major new edition of one of Shakespeare's most intriging history plays
Description King John tells the story of John's struggle to retain the crown in the face of alternative claims to the throne from France and is one of the earlier history plays. The new Arden Third Series edition offers students a comprehensive introduction exploring the play's relationship to its source and to later plays in the history cycle, as well as giving a full account of its critical and performance history, including key productions in 2015 which marked the anniversary of Magna Carta. As such this is the most detailed, informative and up-to-date student edition available.
About the Author John Tobin is Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA Jesse Lander, is Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Notre Dame, USA
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781904271390 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 129x198mm Extent: 408 pages Main Category: DD Plays, Playscripts Sub Category: DDS Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Arden Shakespeare FEBRUARY 2018 Periclean Athens P.J. Rhodes
A world-renowned historian writes a student introduction to a key period of Greek history.
Description In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in the Greek world, Pericles was the leading figure in the city's public life. At this time Athens developed an empire of a kind which no Greek city had had before, and its politics were reshaped by the new institution of democracy. These changes inspired religious developments, while the sophists revolutionised philosophy, analysed human affairs in human terms, and Athenian tragedy became the principal Greek poetic form. This volume's illustrations further show the numerous artistic and sculptural developments in Pericles ' time, as the building programmes attracted architects, builders and sculptors to Athens, and Athenian red-figure pottery reached new heights of skill in the scenes painted on it. This concise and accessible introduction guides students through the key aspects of this most-studied period of ancient Greek history, focusing on the major developments, political and cultural, that took place in Pericles' time.
About the Author P. J. Rhodes is Honorary Professor and Emeritus Professor at the University of Durham, UK. His many publications include Thucydides (Bloomsbury, 2015), Ancient Democracy and Modern Ideology (2003),A History of the Classical Greek World, 478-323 BC (2nd edition, 2010) and Alcibiades (2011).
Price: $29.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781350014954 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 128 pages Main Category: 1QDAG Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Teaching and Learning the English Language Richard Badger
Comprehensive, research-grounded student guide to the practice of English language teaching.
Description Teaching and Learning theEnglish Language is a practical guide for anyone seeking to improve their teaching, whether through formal study or on their own. Richard Badger explores teaching English as a problem-solving activity in which teachers must address three fundamental questions: e what aspect of language do students need to learn; e how might they learn this particular aspect of language; e and how can teachers support their learning. Offering a solid, research-based approach along with sound practical advice, this book equips teachers with skills needed to analyse their own contexts and develop their practice. It covers: e Fundamentals of English language e Psychological and social learning processes e TESOL teaching methods and approaches e Lesson planning and classroom management e Language evaluation and assessment e Teaching pronunciation, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and discourse e Teaching listening, reading, writing and speaking e English teacher professional development Pedagogical features include chapter summaries, activities for students and key readings recommendations, and the book is also supported by online resources: video case studies, additional exercises and multiple choice quizzes. Including numerous international lesson examples and case studies, Teaching and Learning English Language is suitable for both trainee and practising teachers who speak English as a first, second or foreign language.
About the Author Richard Badger is Senior Lecturer and Head of Taught Postgraduate Programmes at the University of Leeds, UK.
Price: $59.99 (NZ$65.99) ISBN: 9781474290425 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: E English Language Teaching Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 The Publishing Business Kelvin Smith and Melanie Ramdarshan Bold
Featuring real-world examples and interviews with publishing professionals, this title explores the publishing process from writer to reader; examining the key roles and activities performed in the editorial, design, production, sales and marketing departments.
Description The Publishing Business, is an invaluable guide to understanding what book publishing is and what it might become. Using popular and current examples, this second edition demonstrates that, to succeed, publishers must prove their commitment to producing accurate, attractive and well edited content, their ability to innovate pioneering digital technologies and their dedication to promoting their titles to new audiences. This book explains the responsibilities at each stage of the publishing process, describes current roles and practices, and provides much food for thought on how publishers can ensure their skills remain relevant in the digital age. Fully updated to take into account recent developments in the publishing world, this new edition also includes additional real-world examples from a variety of publishing sectors, insightful interviews with industry experts and new and updated activities throughout. Beautifully designed, thoroughly illustrated and packed with examples of publishing practice, The Publishing Business is an essential introduction to a dynamic industry.
About the Author Kelvin Smith has an extensive experience of developing innovative postgraduate publishing programmes in higher education institutions in the UK, Africa and Europe. He also provides consultancy on publishing education, including course and materials development, advice on funding applications, and related monitoring and evaluation activities. Melanie Ramdarshan Bold is a lecturer on the MA Publishing programme at University College London.
Price: $62.99 (NZ$69.99) ISBN: 9781474249515 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: KNT Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Visual Arts FEBRUARY 2018 Sound Design for Moving Image Kahra Scott-James
A hands-on guide to integrating sound into moving image productions (both animated and live-action), using real-world examples to provide practical and theoretical insights into the art of sound design from script to screen.
Description Sound Design for Moving Image offers a clear introduction to sound design theory and practice to help you integrate sound ideas into your productions. Contemporary soundtracks are often made up of hundreds of separate tracks, and thousands of individual sounds, including elements of dialogue, music and sound effects. As a result, many budding filmmakers find them a daunting prospect, and are tempted to leave sound to the last stages of post-production. This book, from award-winning Sound Designer Kahra Scott-James, encourages you to incorporate sound into your pre- production planning, to make the most of this powerful narrative tool. Adopting a specific framework in order to help demystify sound design for moving image, the book isn't designed as a sound engineering handbook, but as a guide for moving image content creators wanting to explore sound and collaborate with sound designers. Regardless of medium, the same, or similar concepts can be adopted, adapted, and applied to any project employing sound. Includes detailed and insightful interviews with leading sound designers, including Randy Thom, Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound, and Glenn Kiser, Director of the Dolby Institute, as well as practical projects to help you hone your skills using video and sound files available from the companion website -www.bloomsbury.com/scott-james-sound-design - making this is a complete sound course to take you from novice skills to confident practitioner.
About the Author Kahra Scott-James is an Audio Producer/Sound Designer at Entirely Sound Ltd, New Zealand and she has lectured across New Zealand, Australia and Ireland in sound for film, animation, digital media and games for the last 14 years. Her screen credits range from short films to features, interactive movies, television series, animation, documentary, and PC/iPod games and her work has been screened in a number of international festivals, with film and television awards from Denmark, Singapore, Korea, NZ, Canada, USA, and Germany.
Price: $51.99 (NZ$57.99) ISBN: 9781474235112 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: APFX Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US FEBRUARY 2018 Experimental Research Methods in Sociolinguistics Katie Drager
A guide for students interested in employing experimental methods in their research design to answer sociolinguistic questions about variation.
Description Research Methods in Experimental Sociolinguistics is an accessible, user-friendly guide to the variety of different experimental methods used in sociolinguistics. The text steps through the how-to of experimental methods used to investigate variation in both speech production and perception. All throughout it is aimed at practice and application. Experimental methods are used to explain and map out causation: these methods are growing in popularity with linguistics and a book mapping these is much needed. Drager's textbook takes the reader from defining the research question through to finding an appropriate research framework through to completing the project. Advice is given on ethics, how to measure production and perception and on how to construct and use corpora in this type of research. Both paid for and free tools are covered as well as statistics in experimental linguistics. The book includes a companion website with information on experiment-friendly software, sample experiments and suggestions for work to undertake.
About the Author Katie Drageris Associate Professor at University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$54.99) ISBN: 9781474251785 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: CFB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology Amorak Huey and W.Todd Kaneko
A practical guide to the art and craft of writing poetry including an anthology of contemporary poetry.
Description Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthologyis a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. The authors map out more than 25 key elements of poetry including image, lyric, point of view, metaphor, and movement and use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides the reader through a range of poetic modes including:
- Elegy - Found poems - Nocturne - Ode - Protest poems - Ars Poetica - Lyric - Narrative
Poetry also offers inspiring examples of contemporary poetry covering all the modes and elements discussed by the book, including poems by: Billy Collins, Sherman Alexie, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Natalie Diaz, Traci Brimhall, Terrance Hayes, Richard Blanco, Danez Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Mark Halliday, Eileen Myles, Mary Jo Bang, Tracy K. Smith, Ocean Vuong, and many others.
About the Author Amorak Huey teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. W. Todd Kaneko teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA.
Price: $47.99 (NZ$52.99) ISBN: 9781350020153 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 296 pages Main Category: CBV Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Kerouac on Record Simon Warner with Jim Sampas
A survey of the recordings of Jack Kerouac, the album homages paid to the writer and the soundtracks which have accompanied his filmed novels.
Description He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of New York City, the development of which he witnessed first-hand during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk to the fore. The novelist, most famous for his 1957 book On the Road, admired the sounds of bebop and attempted to bring something of their original energy to his own writing, a torrent of semi-autobiographical stories he published between 1950 and his early death in 1969. Yet he was also drawn to American popular music of all kinds from the blues to Broadway ballads and when he came to record albums under his own name, he married his unique spoken word style with some of the most talented musicians on the scene. Kerouac 's musical legacy goes well beyond the studio recordings he made himself: his influence infused generations of music makers who followed in his work from singer-songwriters to rock bands. Some of the greatest transatlantic names Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison and David Bowie, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, Sonic Youth and Death Cab for Cutie, and many more credited Kerouac's impact on their output. In Kerouac on Record, we consider how the writer brought his passion for jazz to his prose and poetry, his own record releases, the ways his legacy has been sustained by numerous more recent talents, those rock tributes that have kept his memory alive and some of the scores that have featured in Hollywood adaptations of the adventures he brought to the printed page.
About the Author Simon Warner is a lecturer, writer and broadcaster. Visiting Research Fellow in Popular Music at the University of Leeds in the UK, he is the author of Text and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture (2013).
Jim Sampas is a music and film producer whose work often focuses on major cultural figures such as Jack Kerouac, the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the Smiths, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. In 2017, he was appointed Literary Executor of the Jack Kerouac Estate. Price: $55.00 (NZ$61.00) ISBN: 9781501323348 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 400 pages Main Category: AVC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US FEBRUARY 2018 Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed: Second Edition Chad Meister
Explores challenges to religious belief raised by evil and suffering in the world as well as responses to them from both theistic and non-theistic perspectives.
Description Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed is a lively examination of the philosophical and theological problems raised by the existence of widespread evil. It explores classic debates around this problem and also engages with more recent ones, from new challenges posed by scientific advances in evolutionary theory, neuroscience, and cosmology, to concerns of climate change and environmental degradation, to questions raised by increasing religious and secular violence. This second edition is fully revised and updated and contains three new chapters covering topics such as Jewish, Christian, and Islamic responses to evil and skeptical theism. The result is an even-handed guide to both traditional and contemporary issues raised by the reality and ubiquity of evil.
About the Author Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, Indiana, USA. He is the author or editor of 20 books, many of them on evil, including The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil (co-edited with Paul Moser), God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views (co-edited with James Dew), and the six-volume The History of Evil (co-edited with Charles Taliaferro). He is also general co-editor of the series Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society.
Price: $39.99 (NZ$43.99) ISBN: 9781501324277 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 192 pages Main Category: HPQ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US FEBRUARY 2018 Getting Science Wrong Paul Dicken
A lively introduction to popular scientific myths and how they shape the world, from Galileo in 1612 to climate change today.
Description When Galileo dropped cannon-balls from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he did more than overturn centuries of scientific orthodoxy. At a stroke, he established a new conception of the scientific method based upon careful experimentation and rigorous observation and also laid the groundwork for an ongoing conflict between the critical open- mindedness of science and the recalcitrant dogmatism of religion that would continue to the modern day. The problem is that Galileo never performed his most celebrated experiment in Pisa. In fact, he rarely conducted any experiments at all. The Church publicly celebrated his work, and Galileo enjoyed patronage from the great and the powerful; his ecclesiastical difficulties only began when disgruntled colleagues launched a campaign to discredit their academic rival. But what does this tell us about modern science if its own foundation myth turns out to be nothing more than political propaganda? Getting Science Wrong discusses some of the most popular misconceptions about science, and their continuing role in the public imagination. Drawing upon the history and philosophy of science it challenges wide-spread assumptions and misunderstandings, from creationism and climate change to the use of statistics and computer modelling. The result is an engaging introduction to contentious issues in the philosophy of science and a new way of looking at the role of science in society.
About the Author Paul Dicken received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, and has held academic positions at universities in the UK, Germany and Australia.
Price: $33.99 (NZ$37.99) ISBN: 9781350007284 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: HP Philosophy Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Judged Ziyad Marar
Everyone judges and is judged. This is our world. Why is this so? And can we find true understanding amidst all the confusions, misfires and insecurities? A refreshingly honest exploration of the paradox of judgement.
Description Everyone fears being judged. One foolish tweet can destroy a career, one careless image can damage a life. Yet judgement is inescapable; we cannot be social beings without judging and being judged. We need judgement - we want to be considered worthy of consideration, respect and love but this act of judging can cause us pain. We want to be understood but will anyone ever truly understand us' And can we even truly understand ourselves' This provocative exploration of our contemporary world responds to the fragility of reputation and relationships with refreshing directness. We may never be truly understood by anyone, we may never be judged entirely fairly but we have moments of connection and of meaning in spite of this; moments when the light comes in.
About the Author Ziyad Marar is the author of Intimacy (2014), Deception (The Art of Living) (2008) and The Happiness Paradox (2003) and is President of Global Publishing at Sage Publications.
Price: $40.00 (NZ$44.00) ISBN: 9781474298339 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: HPQ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 What Did Jesus Look Like? Joan E. Taylor
Did the Jesus of history visually resemble the Jesus of art and iconography? Joan E. Taylor considers the evidence and presents a new vision of this most famous of men.
Description Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image adorns countless churches, icons, and paintings. He is the subject of millions of statues, sculptures, devotional objects and works of art. Everyone can conjure an image of Jesus: usually as a handsome, white man with flowing locks and pristine linen robes. But what did Jesus really look like? Is our popular image of Jesus overly westernized and untrue to historical reality? This question continues to fascinate. Leading Christian Origins scholar Joan E. Taylor surveys the historical evidence, and the prevalent image of Jesus in art and culture, to suggest an entirely different vision of this most famous of men. He may even have had short hair.
About the Author Joan E. Taylor is Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London, UK.
Price: $38.99 (NZ$42.99) ISBN: 9780567671509 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 288 pages Main Category: HRCG Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
T&T Clark FEBRUARY 2018 An Introduction to Christian Theology Anthony Towey
An introductory, single authored textbook in theology, introducing the reader to biblical, doctrinal and historical dimensions of Christianity.
Description There has long been a need for a comprehensive but truly introductory single-authored textbook in theology. By introducing the reader to the biblical, doctrinal and contemporary dimensions of Christianity with the help of illustrated examples from selected primary texts, the book provides an excellent grounding in theology for both students of the discipline and the general reader. The work explores key 'tools' for the scientific study of theology, endeavoring both to affirm the rationale behind Christian thinking, and also to familiarize the reader with significant contrary positions. The solid foundations in biblical theology and hermeneutics given in the book will enable students to read Judeo-Christian scripture intelligently. Key testimonies regarding Jesus Christ are scrutinized and the nature of the New Testament discussed. As well as the emergence of doctrinal orthodoxy and the later disagreements which have shaped contemporary Christianity, the reader will become familiar with the dimensions of current Christian thinking in its dialogue with post-modernity. This new edition will include an additional chapter examining Spirituality, and a series of podcasts for each chapter.
About the Author Anthony Towey has spent over 20 years teaching and lecturing in theology at every level. He is a former Academic Tutor of the English College, Rome, and currently Head of the School of Theology, Philosophy and History at St Mary's University College, London.
Price: $62.99 (NZ$69.99) ISBN: 9780567678195 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 608 pages Main Category: HRCM Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
T&T Clark FEBRUARY 2018 T&T Clark Reader in Kierkegaard as Theologian edited by Lee Barrett
An anthology of the most significant and influential passages from Kierkegaard's works that deal with the characteristic issues and methods of theology.
Description Lee Barrett discusses the uniqueness and challenges of Kierkegaard's approach to theology. He examines Kierkegaard's explicit reflections on the appropriate way to engage in the theological task, as well as shows how the theme of God's otherness is held in dialectical tension with the theme of God's intimate love. Barrett discusses Kierkegaard's key reflections of the nature and purpose of human life as a paradoxical journey toward self-fulfilment through a self-emptying in which the self more intensively reflects God's self-giving love. He examines the works that describe sin as both a condition in which the individual is trapped and as a culpable act for which the individual must assume responsibility. Barrett explores Kierkegaard's thoughts on sin, his descriptions of Jesus Christ as the enactment in time of God's eternal self-giving compassion, his view of faith and his critique of culturally established Christianity as a form of fatal religious anaesthesia. This volume includes the following pedagogical features: - Each chapter contains its own introduction, explanatory notes, discussion questions and recommendation for further reading in both the primary and secondary literature - Includes links to Kierkegaardian texts provided by the Kierkegaard Research Center of the University of Copenhagen, the Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library of St Olaf College, as well as the resources of the Soren Kierkegaard Society
About the Author Lee Barrett is the Stager Professor of Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary, USA.
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T&T Clark FEBRUARY 2018 3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers Stephen Hoskins
The second edition of this best-selling book explains how the creative industries are directly interfacing with new technology to change art and design practice across the globe. An in-depth survey profiling leading practitioners describes this process in action.
Description Fully revised and with a new chapter and international case studies, this second edition of the best-selling booktraces how artists and designers continue to adapt and incorporate 3D printing technology into their work and explains how the creative industries are directly interfacing with this new technology. Covering a broad range of applied art practice from fine art and furniture-design to film-making Stephen Hoskins introduces some of his groundbreaking research from the Centre for Fine Print Research along with an updated history of 3D print technology, a new chapter on fashion and animation, and new case studies featuring artists working with metal, plastic, ceramic and other materials. A fascinating investigation into how the applied arts continue to adapt to new technologies and a forecast of what developments we might expect in the future, this book is essential reading for students, researchers studying contemporary art and design and professionals involved in the creative industries.
About the Author Stephen Hoskins is the Hewlett Packard Professor of Fine Print and Director of the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. He is the chair of the IMPACT International conference for Printmaking and the Association of European Printing Museums. A practising printmaker, his work has been exhibited worldwide and is held in major collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Gallery in London, UK.
Price: $69.99 (NZ$76.99) ISBN: 9781474248679 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 168 pages Main Category: AKP Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Visual Arts FEBRUARY 2018 Introduction to Graphic Design: A Guide to Thinking, Process & Style Aaris Sherin
This book introduces first year graphic design students to the fundamental elements of design and provides a solid foundation that will prepare them for the future.
Description For a great foundation as a graphic design student, look no further than Aaris Sherin's Introduction to Graphic Design. Sherin will introduce you to the formal structure of graphic design, so you can understand and utilise the main techniques of your chosen profession, and learn how they apply to print and screen-based projects. Whether you need to conceptualise a new poster, develop an exciting advertisement, structure an app or create eye-catching signage, chapters can be read in any order you choose, depending on which area you wish to concentrate. Whatever your approach, you'll be encouraged to use critical thinking, visual exploration and understand the special relationship graphic designers have to creative problem solving. There are also chapters devoted to imagery, color, and typography, using a thematic approach to creative problem-solving. With over 500 images showing examples from international designers, helpful diagrams, highlighted key terms and concepts, Design in Action case studies, exercises and chapter-by-chapter Dos and Don'ts, Introduction to Graphic Design will give newcomers to graphic design the confidence to give visual form to concepts and ideas.
About the Author Aaris Sherin is an educator, writer and designer. She is a Professor of Graphic Design at St John's University, Queens, New York. Sherin is a frequent lecturer and speaker at both national and international design conferences. Her writing has been featured in publications such as PRINT Magazine, STEP Inside Design, Form, Leonardo, and Design and Culture.
Price: $75.99 (NZ$83.99) ISBN: 9781472589293 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 240 pages Main Category: AKC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Visual Arts FEBRUARY 2018 Design Anthropology: Object Cultures in Transition edited by Alison Clarke
A thoroughly revised new edition of a key text which considers the wide range of connections between design and anthropology.
Description Design Anthropology brings together leading international design theorists, consultants and anthropologists to explore the changing object culture of the 21st century. Decades ago, product designers used basic market research to fine-tune their designs for consumer success. Today the design process has been radically transformed, with the user center-stage in the design process. From design ethnography to culture probing, innovative designers are employing anthropological methods to elicit the meanings rather than the mere form and function of objects. This important volume provides a fascinating exploration of the issues facing the shapers of our increasingly complex material world. The text features case studies and investigations covering a diverse range of academic disciplines. From IKEA and anti- design to erotic twenty-first-century needlework and online interior decoration, the bookpositions itself at the intersections of design, anthropology, material culture, architecture, and sociology.
About the Author Alison J. Clarke is professor of design history and theory, and director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria.
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Pop Art and Design edited by Anne Massey and Alex Seago
A critical reappraisal of the origins and international flourishing of pop art, one of the most important art movements of the 20th century, focusing on the relationship between fine art and design in the movement's incredible development.
Description This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the relationship between art and design, which led to the creation of 'pop'. Challenging accepted boundaries and definitions, the authors seek out various commonalities and points of connection between these two exciting areas. Confronting the all-pervasive high art / low culture ' divide, Pop Art and Design brings a fresh understanding of visual culture during the vibrant 1950s and 60s. This was an era when commercial art became graphic design, illustration was superseded by photography and high fashion became street fashion, all against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving economic and political landscape, a glamorous youth scene and an effervescent popular culture. The book's central argument is that pop art relied on and drew inspiration from pop design, and vice versa. Massey and Seago assert that this relationship was articulated through the artwork, design, publications and exhibitions of a network of key practitioners. Pop Art and Design provides a case study in the broader inter-relationship between art and design, and constitutes the first interdisciplinary publication on the subject.
About the Author Anne Massey is Professor of Design and Culture at LCC, University of the Arts London, UK. Alex Seago is Dean of the School of Communications, Arts and Social Sciences at Richmond, The American International University in London, UK. Previously he lectured in Cultural History at the Royal College of Art, UK.
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Design Roots edited by Stuart Walker et al.
A timely, comprehensive survey of culturally significant designs, products and practices and their positive role in the future of material cultures drawing on a wide range of case studies from around the world.
Description Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to particular communities through making tradition and a sense of place. Many rich traditional practices associated with community, tacit knowledge and culture are being rapidly lost due to globalisation and urbanisation. Yet they have much to offer for the future in terms of sustainability, identity, wellbeing and new opportunities in design. This book considers the creative roots, the place-based ecologies, and deep understandings of cultural significance, not only in terms of history and tradition but also in terms of locale, social interactions, innovation, and change for the sustainment of culturally significant material productions. Importantly, these are not locked in time by sentimentality and nostalgia but are evolving, innovative, and adaptive to new technologies and changing circumstances. Contributing authors explore the historical roots of culturally significant designs, products and practices, emerging directions, amateur endeavours, enterprise models, business opportunities and the changing role and contribution of design in the creation of material cultures of significance, meaning and value. An international perspective is provided through case studies and research from North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia, with examples including Aran jumper production in Northern Ireland, weaving in Thailand, Iranian housing design, Brazilian street design and digital crafting in the United Kingdom.
About the Author Stuart Walker is Professor of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University, UK. Martyn Evans is Professor of Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Tom Cassidy is Chair of Design at the University of Leeds, UK. Jeyon Jung is Research Associate at Lancaster University, UK. Amy Twigger Holroyd is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Designing Disability Elizabeth Guffey
This compelling study provides a design history of disability, exploring how designers have responded to the needs of disabled people through designed products and symbols.
Description Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal physical access for the disabled through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on design history, material culture and recent critical disability studies to examine not only the development of a design icon, but also the cultural history surrounding it. Infirmity and illness may be seen as part of human experience, but disability ' is a social construct, a way of thinking about and responding to a natural human condition. Elizabeth Guffey 's highly original and wide-ranging study considers the period both before and after the introduction of the ISA, tracing the design history of the wheelchair, a product which revolutionised the mobility needs of many disabled people from the 1930s onwards. She also examines the rise of barrier- free architecture ' in the reception of the ISA, and explores how the symbol became widely adopted and even a mark of identity for some, especially within the Disability Rights Movement. Yet despite the social progress which is inextricably linked to the ISA, a growing debate has unfurled around the symbol and its meanings. The most vigorous critiques today have involved guerrilla art, graffiti and studio practice, reflecting new challenges to the relationship between design and disability in the twenty-first century.
About the Author Elizabeth Guffey is Professor of Art and Design History and directs the MA in Modern and Contemporary Art, Criticism and Theory at the State University of New York, Purchase, USA. She was a founding editor of the journal Design and Culture, and is the author of books including Retro: The Culture of Revival (2013) and Posters: A Global History (2015).
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Modern Asian Design D.J. Huppatz
An innovative and richly-illustrated introduction to design in Asia, focusing on the period from the late 19th to mid 20th century, addressing design and cultural exchanges across Asia and between Asia and the West.
Description Modern Asian Design provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Asian design in the modern period, both tracing historical threads and offering a theoretical framework within which to chart the history of design in Asia. Rather than a singular Asian history , this book presents a series of studies centred on trade routes, colonial relationships, regional networks and cross-cultural exchanges. Modern Asian Design builds on existing resources beyond design history in an effort to map the field, focusing particularly on relations between Asia and the West and also across Asian design cultures. Opening with a brief overview of trade and exchange networks in the 17th and 18th centuries, the bulk of this study comprises analysis of the development of modern design in Asia during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid modernisation. The book 's final two chapters bring these central ideas into a contemporary and highly relevant context.
About the Author D.J. Huppatz is Deputy Department Chair of Interior and Industrial Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He has edited the four volume Design: Critical and Primary Sources (2016), and has contributed chapters and articles to a number of journals and edited volumes, including the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design (2015).
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Reportage Illustration Gary Embury and Mario Minichiello
Reportage Illustration is a practical and inspirational book for those interested in the field of observational drawing or visual journalism.
Description The power of reportage drawing is in the immediacy of the images that are created and the feeling of the illustrator's presence on location. Comparable in some ways to photojournalism, reportage illustrators are acting as visual journalists, proactively creating narrative work about issues and subjects, translating what they witness into handmade imagery. There is evidence that illustrations connect to people in powerful ways whether they are drawings created while embedded with troops in Afghanistan, documenting during a courtroom trial or recreating the energy of the crowd at a rock concert. This area of applied illustration also provides career opportunities for students and takes them out of the classroom and into different environments and situations. With practical information about tools, techniques and coping in various situations as well as inspirational interviews and advice from reportage artists working in the field, this book will fill a gap in this growing market.
About the Author Gary Embury is a senior lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol and an illustrator with over 20 years of experience. Mario Minichiello is a Professor at the School of Design Communication and IT at Newcastle University, Australia. He is also Head of the Hunter Centre for Creative Industries and Technology as well as the author of The Art of Conflict, which contains his reportage drawings during his assignment in the Afghanistan war.
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BLM Visual Arts FEBRUARY 2018 Fashion History: A Global View Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun
Explores the under-researched fashion histories of non-western cultures in one complete volume to offer a global understanding of dress and culture.
Description Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout history, this groundbreaking book explores the geographic places and historical spaces that have been largely neglected by contemporary fashion studies, bringing them together for the first time. Reversing the dominant narrative that privileges Western Europe in the history of dress, Welters and Lillethun adopt a cross-cultural approach to explore a vast array of cultures around the globe. They explore key issues affecting fashion systems, ranging from innovation, production and consumption to identity formation and the effects of colonization. Case studies include the cross-cultural trade of silk textiles in Central Asia, the indigenous dress of the Americas and of Hawai'i, the cosmetics of the Tang Dynasty in China, and stylistic innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. Examining the new lessons that can be deciphered from archaeological findings and theoretical advancements, the book shows that fashion history should be understood as a global phenomenon, originating well before and beyond the fourteenth century European court, which is continually, and erroneously, cited as fashion's birthplace.
Providing a fresh framework for fashion history scholarship, Fashion History: A Global View will inspire inclusive dress narratives for students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and cultural studies.
About the Author Linda Welters is Professor of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design and Director of the Graduate Program at the University of Rhode Island, USA. Abby Lillethun is Associate Professor of Fashion Studies in the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University, USA.
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Understanding Photojournalism Jennifer Good and Paul Lowe, contributions by Robert Hariman
A introductory textbook designed to guide students through the rich historical and theoretical debates surrounding photojournalism.
Description Understanding Photojournalism explores the interface between theory and practice at the heart of photojournalism, mapping out the critical questions that photojournalists and picture editors consider in their daily practice and placing these in context.
Outlining the history and theory of photojournalism, this textbook explains its historical and contemporary development; who creates, selects and circulates images; and the ethics, aesthetics and politics of the practice. Carefully chosen, international case studies represent a cross section of key photographers, practices and periods within photojournalism, enabling students to understand the central questions and critical concepts. Illustrated with a range of photographs and case material, including interviews with contemporary photojournalists, this book is essential reading for students taking university and college courses on photography within a wide range of disciplines and includes an annotated guide to further reading and a glossary of terms to further expand your studies.
About the Author Jennifer Good is Senior Lecturer in the History & Theory of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. University of the Arts, London, UK.
Paul Lowe is Course Leader of the Masters programme in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, UK.
Price: $49.99 (NZ$54.99) ISBN: 9781472594907 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: AJ Sub Category: ACX Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: London, UK
BLM Acad US FEBRUARY 2018 The Erotic Cloth edited by Lesley Millar and Alice Kettle
Unravelling the erotic relationship between textiles and the body through case studies in film, painting, sculpture and design, this book shows how cloth has the potency to seduce, excite and disturb.
Description Through their metaphorical and material qualities, textiles can be seductive, exciting, intimate and, at times, shocking and disquieting. This book is the first critical examination of the erotically charged relationship between the surface of the skin and the touch of cloth, exploring the ways in which textiles can seduce, conceal and reveal through their interactions with the body. From the beautiful cloth which is quietly suggestive, to bold expressions of deviant sexuality, cloth is a message carrier for both desiring and being desired. The drape, fold, touch and feel, the sound and look of cloth in motion, allow for the exploration of identity as a sensual, gendered or political experience. The book features contributions on the sensory rustle and drape of silk taffeta and the secret pleasures of embroidery, on fetishistic punk street-style and homoerotic intimacy in men 's shirts on screen, and a new perspective on the role of cloth and skin in the classic film Blade Runner. In doing so, it interrogates experiences of cloth within social, historical, psychological and cultural contexts. Divided into four sections on representation, design, otherness and performance, The Erotic Cloth showcases a variety of debates that are at the heart of contemporary textile research, drawing on the fields of art, design, film, performance, culture and politics. Playful, provocative and beautifully illustrated with over 50 color images, it will appeal to students and scholars of textiles, fashion, gender, art and anthropology.
About the Author Lesley Millar is Professor of Textile Culture and Director of The International Textile Research Center at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. Alice Kettle is Professor of Textile Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Visiting Professor at the Center for Real World Learning, University of Winchester, UK.
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 The Age of Glass Stephen Eskilson
Exploring the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture.
Description Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today 's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era. The Age of Glass explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing cultural concerns as it is by developments in technology and style, it traces the richly interwoven material, symbolic, and ideological histories of glass to show how it has produced and dispersed meaning in architecture over the past two centuries. The book 's chapters focus on key moments within the modern history of architecture, moments when glass came to the forefront of architectural thought, and which illustrate how glass has been used at different times to project different cultural ideas. A wide range of topics are explored from the tension between expressionism and functionalism, to the persistent theme of glass and social class, to how glass has reflected political ideas from Nazism through to today's global consumer capitalism. The book also grapples with current arguments about sustainability, while, taking into account the advent of digital LED screens and smart glass ', offering new cultural perspectives on the future and asking what glass architecture will signify in the digital age. Combining close readings of buildings with insights drawn from research, plus good storytelling and strong contemporary relevance, The Age of Glass offers a fascinating new perspective on modern architecture and culture.
About the Author Stephen Eskilson is Professor of Art History at Eastern Illinois University. He is coauthor of Frames of Reference: Art History and the World (2003) and author of Graphic Design a New History (2007 & 2012).
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BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 This Is How It Ends Eva Dolan
Elegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She' s top draw - Ian Rankin
Description This is how it begins. With a near-empty building, the inhabitants forced out of their homes by property developers. With two women: idealistic, impassioned blogger Ella and seasoned campaigner, Molly. With a body hidden in a lift shaft. But how will it end?
About the Author Eva Dolan is an Essex-based copywriter and intermittently successful poker player. Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger for unpublished authors when she was just a teenager, the first four novels in the Zigic and Ferreira series, set in the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit, have been published to widespread critical acclaim. Tell No Tales was shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award and the third in the series, After You Die, was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Videocracy Kevin Allocca
From YouTube's head of culture and trends, an intriguing examination of internet video--the world's largest collection of cultural data--and what it reveals about us.
Description From YouTube's head of culture and trends, an intriguing examination of internet video--the world's largest collection of cultural data--and what it reveals about us.
Think about it: for the first time in the history of storytelling, human beings have the ability to freely disseminate, with absurd ease, their ideas and passions to the majority of the world. YouTube is the first centralized example of nearly uninhibited creative expression and distribution since the beginning of recorded communication. It is the largest collection of cultural data--of taste, of creativity, of emotion--in the history of our species. More than 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. And the videos we share have had a huge impact on the world. Viral videos of politicians have changed the course of elections. Clips from Iran, Egypt, Tunisia, Myanmar, and the Ukraine have inspired outpourings of aid and support from both local and international communities. Footage of the tragic deaths of black men fueled an entire social movement that put a spotlight on relations between the black community and law enforcement. And it 's not just the serious videos that have an impact. The massive popularity of oddly satisfying videos indicates our desire for order in an otherwise chaotic world. Videos that highlight the features in elevators are very soothing for people on the autism spectrum. Children love unboxing videos almost as much as they enjoy opening new toys themselves. These videos tell us about ourselves, and they 're all on YouTube. As Allocca says, if aliens wanted to understand our planet, he'd give them Google, but if they wanted to understand us, he'd give them YouTube. This book is about a new era of creativity, in which the small ways we react and interact every day have unprecedented power to affect the world. It 's about art that we 'd never call art. It 's about creativity that often doesn 't seem creative. But what we watch, as a society, deeply matters, and these videos can tell us everything we need to know about the evolution of modern communication and our cultural landscape.
About the Author Kevin Allocca is YouTube's Head of Culture & Trends and the originator of YouTube 's official Trends blog. He is one of Price: $32.99 (NZ$34.99) ISBN: 9781632866745 the world 's leading experts on viral video. Allocca has given conference keynotes around the world on web video culture, Format: Hard Cover including a TED Talk that has been viewed two million times. Most important, he has watched A LOT of videos--more Dimensions: mm than every teenager and serial workplace procrastinator you 've ever met. He lives in New York City. Extent: 352 pages Main Category: JFCA Sub Category: JFD Media Studies Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury USA FEBRUARY 2018 The Growth Delusion David Pilling
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Lost Connections Johann Hari
From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.
Description What really causes depression and anxiety - and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate whether this was true - and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong. Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a chemical imbalance in our brains. In fact, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Hars journey took him from a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin. Once he had uncovered nine real causes of depression and anxiety, they led him to scientists who are discovering seven very different solutions - ones that work. It is an epic journey that will change how we think about one of the biggest crises in our culture today.
About the Author Johann Hari is the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream. He was a columnist for the Independent in London for nine years and was twice named Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International UK. He has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Slate, the New Republic and the Nation. He has been awarded the Comment Award for Cultural Commentator of the Year by Editorial Intelligence, and has been named Journalist of the Year by Stonewall. His TED Talk Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wron' and animated video on the same subject has been viewed over 16 million times. Hari lives in London. chasingthescream.com / @johannhari101
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Bloomsbury FEBRUARY 2018 Supercommunity: Diabolical Togetherness Beyond Contemporary Art E-flux
Leading artists, theorists, and writers exhume the dystopian and utopian futures contained within the present
Description I am the supercommunity, and you are only starting to recognize me. I grew out of something that used to be humanity. Some have compared me to angry crowds in public squares; others compare me to wind and atmosphere, or to software. Invited to exhibit at the 56th Venice Biennale, e-flux journal produced a single issue over a four-month span, publishing an article a day both online and on site from Venice. In essays, poems, short stories, and plays, artists and theorists trace the negative collective that is the subject of contemporary life, in which art, the internet, and globalization have shed their utopian guises but persist as naked power, in the face of apocalyptic ecological disaster and against the claims of the social commons. I convert care to cruelty, and cruelty back to care. I convert political desires to economic flows and data, and then I convert them back again. I convert revolutions to revelations. I don 't want, I want to leave, and then disperse myself everywhere and all the time.
About the Author e-flux is a publishing platform and archive, artist project, curatorial platform, and enterprise which was founded in 1998. Its news digest, events, exhibitions, schools, journal, books, and the art projects produced and/or disseminated by e-flux describe strains of critical discourse surrounding contemporary art, culture, and theory internationally. Its monthly publication e-flux journal has produced essays commissioned since 2008 about cultural, political, and structural paradigms that inform contemporary artistic production.
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Verso Trade FEBRUARY 2018 The Everyday Guide to British Birds Charlie Elder
Helping birdwatching beginners know what they 're looking at and why it 's worth seeing.
Description The Everyday Guide to British Birds is the perfect companion for nature enthusiasts and birdwatching beginners. It describes the common and widespread species we're most likely to come across in Britain, and what makes each of them unique. Clearly illustrated, packed with fascinating facts and written in a friendly style, it provides the perfect no-nonsense guide for those wanting to identify and learn more about the birds they encounter, whether in their back garden or the wider countryside. The book focuses on 80 of our commonest species, cutting down the typical field guide species list from a plethora of 'possibles' to a list of manageable 'probables'. The birds are ordered into broad and straightforward groups, not taxonomically, and the writing is chatty and informative and concentrates on the kind of facts non-birders want to share. The book also gives readers a sense of each species' significance, congratulating them on less frequent sightings and, unlike dispassionate field guides, it lets you know when you've seen something out of the ordinary.
About the Author Charlie Elder has been a journalist for twenty-five years, working for local, regional and national newspapers in the UK and overseas, and is currently head of production on The Herald in Plymouth. He has written about wildlife for national newspapers and magazines such as The Independent, The Times, RSPB's Nature's Home and BBC Wildlife. He is the author of While Flocks Last, which followed his journey in search of threatened birds of the UK's 'red list', and Few and Far Between, in which he tracked down Britain's rarest animals. @charlieelderTH
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BLM Natural History FEBRUARY 2018 Girl on Pointe Chloe Lukasiak
A full-color memoir that tackles bullying, self-esteem, and finding passion from the star with over 8.6 million social media fans
Description Chloe Lukasiak is a big believer that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things. From her status as fan favorite on the hit reality television show Dance Moms through her life as a social media star with millions of fans, Chloe has found that self-acceptance and kindness are the key to getting over the rough spots in life and realizing your passions. This full-color, heavily designed book featuring never-before-seen photos, inspirational quotes, and Chloe 's own doodles and poetry offers exclusive insight into Chloe 's world as well as a message that will inspire all readers to be their very best selves.
About the Author Chloe Lukasiak is a former cast member from the hit reality TV show Dance Moms, a teen social media star, dancer, actor, and clothing designer. Her YouTube channel has more than 1.2 million subscribers, and she has over 5.4 million followers on Instagram, over 1.3 million fans on Facebook, and over 730,000 followers on Twitter. She is the star of the upcoming independent movie Loophole and has also acted in the Lifetime movie Center Stage as well as the film Cowgirl's Story. She lives with her parents and sister in Pennsylvania. Visit her website at www.chloe-lukasiak.com, her YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/33troijka, and her Instagram feed at www.instagram.com/chloelukasiak. www.chloe-lukasiak.com/ Twitter: @ChloeLukasiak Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chloelukasiak YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/33troijka
Price: $24.99 (NZ$26.99) ISBN: 9781681197371 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: YNDB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 I Love You, Stick Insect Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
A stylish and laugh-out-loud tale of one stick insect's quest to find true love, from the creator of I'm Going to Eat this Ant.
Description Stick Insect is IN LOVE! Just think of all the fun and laughter he will have with his perfect partner - surfing the ocean waves, racing on speeding motorcycles with the wind in his feelers, dancing the hula - whoop-di-whoop! But . . . there's something not quite right about Stick Insect's new sweetheart, and Butterfly seems to have spotted the problem . . . ""IT'S A STICK!"" Oh dear, the course of true love never did run smooth and poor stick insect is about to find this out the hard way.
About the Author
Price: $21.99 (NZ$23.99) ISBN: 9781408869918 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Main Category: YBC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Lola Dutch Is A Little Bit Much Kenneth Wright
Meet Lola Dutch! It's the beginning of a new day, and Lola Dutch is bursting with creative ideas - this delightful character is perfect for fans of Eloise, Fancy Nancy, and Olivia.
Description It's the beginning of a new day, and Lola Dutch is bursting with creative ideas! Even if her enthusiasm is a 'bit much' for some, with the help of her animal friends she is inspired to make every day amazing! She cooks up a fantastic feast for breakfast, devours great books at the library, paints a masterpiece for every wall (and the ceiling too) and builds a majestic bedtime fort before she's able to rest. And when Bear says she is just too much, this energetic little girl is still bursting with imagination and delight, which even Bear will agree is amazing. Inspired by their own four gorgeously feisty children, Sarah Jane and Kenneth Wright are thrilled to introduce the unstoppable Lola Dutch and her fresh, fun, commercial, character-driven series.
About the Author Sarah Jane and Kenneth Wright live in Utah, USA with their four children. This is their first children 's book collaboration. Kenneth is a former professional dancer and full-time teacher. Sarah Jane has illustrated Eileen Beha 's The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea, Laura Godwin 's A Christmas Goodnight and Meg Fleming 's upcoming I Heart You. In 2008, Sarah Jane opened an Etsy shop that has exploded into a business with art prints, fabrics, books, wallpaper, puppets and illustrated children 's books. Her clients include Ralph Lauren, Pop & Lolli and Michael Miller Fabrics. www.sarahjanestudios.com @sarahjanestudios (Twitter and Instagram) @loladutch (Instagram)
Price: $12.99 (NZ$14.99) ISBN: 9781408886250 Format: Paperback Dimensions: mm Extent: 32 pages Main Category: YFP Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child FEBRUARY 2018 Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You Carole Boston Weatherford
Everyone can ""Be a King"" . . . readers will learn how by reliving the most famous actions of Martin Luther King, Jr. in this powerful picture book from award-winning creators Carole Boston Weatherford and James E. Ransome.
Description You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience.
Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherford's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and learn to follow his example, as he dealt with adversity and never lost hope that a future of equality and justice would soon be a reality. As times change, Dr. King's example remains, encouraging a new generation of children to take charge and change the world . . . to be a King.
About the Author Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of many children's books, including Caldecott Honor winner Moses; Coretta Scott King Honor winner Becoming Billie Holiday; NAACP Image Award winner Gordon Parks; Carter G. Woodson Award winner The Sound That Jazz Makes;Caldecott Honor and Robert F. Sibert Honor winner Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer; I, Matthew Henson;and Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive. She is also the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature. Carole lives in North Carolina and teaches at Fayetteville State University. www.CBWeatherford.com James E. Ransome has illustrated many picture books including the Coretta Scott King Award-winner The Creation, the Coretta Scott King Honor-winner Uncle Jed's Barbershop and This is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson. James was also one of the collaborators on Our Children Can Soar, which won the NCAAP Image Award. He
Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9780802723680 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 40 pages Main Category: YBC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Reign the Earth A.C.Gaughen
With powerful magic that manipulates the natural world, dangerously cunning royalty, and heart-stopping romance, this new sweeping fantasy series is perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir.
Description Shalia is a proud daughter of the desert, but after years of devastating war with the adjoining kingdom, her people are desperate for an end to the violence that has claimed so many of their loved ones. Willing to trade her freedom to ensure the safety of her family, Shalia becomes Queen of the Bone Lands, a country where magic is outlawed and the Elementae--those that can control earth, air, fire and water--are traitors, subject to torture . . . or worse. Before she is even crowned, Shalia discovers that she can bend the earth to her will. Trapped between her husband's irrational hatred of the Elementae and a dangerous rebellion led by her own brother, Shalia must harness her power and make an impossible choice: save her family, save the Elementae, or save herself.
About the Author A.C. Gaughen is the author of Scarlet, Lady Thief, and Lion Heart. She serves on the board of directors for the non-profit Boston GLOW to make sure young women have the support they need to become powerful leaders in their communities. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from St. Andrews University in Scotland and a Masters in Education from Harvard University. www.acgaughen.com @acgaughen
Price: $23.99 (NZ$25.99) ISBN: 9781681191119 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 448 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFB General Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Children's USA FEBRUARY 2018 Training the Actor's Body Dick McCaw
A practical book that draws on recent research into neurophysiology to illuminate key principles in the movement training of actors.
Description A practical guide to the principles of teaching and learning movement, this book instructs the actor on how to train the body to become a medium of expression. Starting with a break-down of the principles of actor training through exercises and theatre games, Dick McCaw teaches the actor about their own body and its possibilities including: the different ways it can move, the space it occupies and finally its rhythm, timing and pacing. With 64 exercises supported by diagrams and online video, Dick McCaw draws on his 20 years of teaching experience to coach the reader in the dynamics of movement education to achieve a responsive and articulate body.
About the Author Dick McCaw is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Widely published, he is author of Bakhtin and Theatre: Dialogues with Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Grotowski and editor of With an Eye for Movement and TheLaban Sourcebook. In addition, he is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner, a Tai Chi instructor and was Director of the International Workshop Festival (1992 2001). He has taught in Britain, Europe and North America.
Price: $140.00 (NZ$154.00) ISBN: 9781472587787 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: APB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama FEBRUARY 2018 Comedy Acting for Theatre Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart
A textbook for actors and acting students seeking to learn how to be funny onstage.
Description Analysing why we laugh and what we laugh at, and describing how performers can elicit this response from their audience, this book enables actors to create memorable and hilarious performances. Rooted in performance and performance criticism,Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart provide a detailed explanation of how comedy works, along with advice on how to communicate comedy from the point of view of both the performer and the audience. Combining theory and performance, the authors analyse a variety of plays, both modern and classic. Playwrights featured include Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Christopher Durang, and Michael Frayn. Acting in Shakespeare's comedies is also covered in depth.
About the Author Sidney Homan is Professor of English at the University of Florida, USA, a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars and an actor and director in traditional and non-traditional theatres. The author of eleven books on Shakespeare and the modern theatre, his most recent books are The Audience As Player: Interactive Theatre Over the Years and Hitler in the Movies: Finding Der Fohrer on Film.
Brian Rhinehart is an actor, director and Lecturer of Directing and Theatre History at The Actors Studio Drama School, Pace University, USA. He is Artistic Director of a theatre collective, Dog 's Breakfast, and was awarded a 2012 13 Fulbright Grant to develop Dispersal: A Gentrification Story.He directed the award-winning Butoh Medea on Theatre Row in Manhattan, which also had productions in Warsaw and Edinburgh. He has performed in over fifty productions in New York City, Germany, and Florida.
Price: $120.00 (NZ$132.00) ISBN: 9781350012769 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: ANC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama FEBRUARY 2018 The Need for Words: Voice and the Text Patsy Rodenburg
A revised edition of her seminal work on words, from groundbreaking voice coach Patsy Rodenburg.
Description Patsy Rodenburg explores howwe speak, what we speak and the impact of the spoken word. As one of the world's leading voice coaches, she describes practical ways to approach language, and uses Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose and a range of other texts to help each of us discover our own unique need for words.
In Part One the author attacks the myth that there is only one correct way to speak by clearing away the blocks that can make language inaccessible. Part Two, a series of language and text exercises, connects the voice to the shape and quality of individual words and phrases.
Drawing on the author 's time spent coaching in the worlds of business and politics, this new edition reflects on how the way we use words has changed since the book was first published. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors which will give readers an insight into the potency of clear, direct communication. Finally, new language exercises provide readers with unmediated access to this new research, allowing them to practice and master the language and words that drive the modern world.
About the Author Patsy Rodenburg is Professor of Text and Poetry at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and was formerly at the Royal National Theatre where she created the voice department. Patsy has worked with many prestigious theatre companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her artistic home in New York is at the Michael Howard Studios. Patsy has worked regularly with some of the best-known actors and biggest names in theatre, film and television including: Daniel Craig, Orlando Bloom, Paapa Essiedu, Nicole Kidman, Rachel Weisz, Emily Watson, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cate Blanchett, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen
Price: $130.00 (NZ$143.00) ISBN: 9781474273541 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: ANB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama FEBRUARY 2018 King John: Third Series William Shakespeare
A major new edition of one of Shakespeare's most intriging history plays
Description King John tells the story of John's struggle to retain the crown in the face of alternative claims to the throne from France and is one of the earlier history plays. The new Arden Third Series edition offers students a comprehensive introduction exploring the play's relationship to its source and to later plays in the history cycle, as well as giving a full account of its critical and performance history, including key productions in 2015 which marked the anniversary of Magna Carta. As such this is the most detailed, informative and up-to-date student edition available.
About the Author John Tobin is Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA Jesse Lander, is Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Notre Dame, USA
Price: $150.00 (NZ$165.00) ISBN: 9781904271383 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 129x198mm Extent: 408 pages Main Category: DD Plays, Playscripts Sub Category: DDS Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Oxford, UK
Arden Shakespeare FEBRUARY 2018 Teaching and Learning the English Language Richard Badger
Comprehensive, research-grounded student guide to the practice of English language teaching.
Description Teaching and Learning theEnglish Language is a practical guide for anyone seeking to improve their teaching, whether through formal study or on their own. Richard Badger explores teaching English as a problem-solving activity in which teachers must address three fundamental questions: e what aspect of language do students need to learn; e how might they learn this particular aspect of language; e and how can teachers support their learning. Offering a solid, research-based approach along with sound practical advice, this book equips teachers with skills needed to analyse their own contexts and develop their practice. It covers: e Fundamentals of English language e Psychological and social learning processes e TESOL teaching methods and approaches e Lesson planning and classroom management e Language evaluation and assessment e Teaching pronunciation, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and discourse e Teaching listening, reading, writing and speaking e English teacher professional development Pedagogical features include chapter summaries, activities for students and key readings recommendations, and the book is also supported by online resources: video case studies, additional exercises and multiple choice quizzes. Including numerous international lesson examples and case studies, Teaching and Learning English Language is suitable for both trainee and practising teachers who speak English as a first, second or foreign language.
About the Author Richard Badger is Senior Lecturer and Head of Taught Postgraduate Programmes at the University of Leeds, UK.
Price: $190.00 (NZ$209.00) ISBN: 9781474290432 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: E English Language Teaching Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Experimental Research Methods in Sociolinguistics Katie Drager
A guide for students interested in employing experimental methods in their research design to answer sociolinguistic questions about variation.
Description Research Methods in Experimental Sociolinguistics is an accessible, user-friendly guide to the variety of different experimental methods used in sociolinguistics. The text steps through the how-to of experimental methods used to investigate variation in both speech production and perception. All throughout it is aimed at practice and application. Experimental methods are used to explain and map out causation: these methods are growing in popularity with linguistics and a book mapping these is much needed. Drager's textbook takes the reader from defining the research question through to finding an appropriate research framework through to completing the project. Advice is given on ethics, how to measure production and perception and on how to construct and use corpora in this type of research. Both paid for and free tools are covered as well as statistics in experimental linguistics. The book includes a companion website with information on experiment-friendly software, sample experiments and suggestions for work to undertake.
About the Author Katie Drageris Associate Professor at University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA.
Price: $150.00 (NZ$165.00) ISBN: 9781474251778 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: CFB Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology Amorak Huey and W. Todd Kaneko
A practical guide to the art and craft of writing poetry including an anthology of contemporary poetry.
Description Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthologyis a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. The authors map out more than 25 key elements of poetry including image, lyric, point of view, metaphor, and movement and use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides the reader through a range of poetic modes including:
- Elegy - Found poems - Nocturne - Ode - Protest poems - Ars Poetica - Lyric - Narrative
Poetry also offers inspiring examples of contemporary poetry covering all the modes and elements discussed by the book, including poems by: Billy Collins, Sherman Alexie, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Natalie Diaz, Traci Brimhall, Terrance Hayes, Richard Blanco, Danez Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Mark Halliday, Eileen Myles, Mary Jo Bang, Tracy K. Smith, Ocean Vuong, and many others.
About the Author Amorak Huey teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. W. Todd Kaneko teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA.
Price: $140.00 (NZ$154.00) ISBN: 9781350020160 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 296 pages Main Category: CBV Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed: Second Edition Chad Meister
Explores challenges to religious belief raised by evil and suffering in the world as well as responses to them from both theistic and non-theistic perspectives.
Description Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed is a lively examination of the philosophical and theological problems raised by the existence of widespread evil. It explores classic debates around this problem and also engages with more recent ones, from new challenges posed by scientific advances in evolutionary theory, neuroscience, and cosmology, to concerns of climate change and environmental degradation, to questions raised by increasing religious and secular violence. This second edition is fully revised and updated and contains three new chapters covering topics such as Jewish, Christian, and Islamic responses to evil and skeptical theism. The result is an even-handed guide to both traditional and contemporary issues raised by the reality and ubiquity of evil.
About the Author Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, Indiana, USA. He is the author or editor of 20 books, many of them on evil, including The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil (co-edited with Paul Moser), God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views (co-edited with James Dew), and the six-volume The History of Evil (co-edited with Charles Taliaferro). He is also general co-editor of the series Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society.
Price: $130.00 (NZ$143.00) ISBN: 9781501324284 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Main Category: HPQ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US FEBRUARY 2018 Getting Science Wrong Paul Dicken
A lively introduction to popular scientific myths and how they shape the world, from Galileo in 1612 to climate change today.
Description When Galileo dropped cannon-balls from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he did more than overturn centuries of scientific orthodoxy. At a stroke, he established a new conception of the scientific method based upon careful experimentation and rigorous observation and also laid the groundwork for an ongoing conflict between the critical open- mindedness of science and the recalcitrant dogmatism of religion that would continue to the modern day. The problem is that Galileo never performed his most celebrated experiment in Pisa. In fact, he rarely conducted any experiments at all. The Church publicly celebrated his work, and Galileo enjoyed patronage from the great and the powerful; his ecclesiastical difficulties only began when disgruntled colleagues launched a campaign to discredit their academic rival. But what does this tell us about modern science if its own foundation myth turns out to be nothing more than political propaganda? Getting Science Wrong discusses some of the most popular misconceptions about science, and their continuing role in the public imagination. Drawing upon the history and philosophy of science it challenges wide-spread assumptions and misunderstandings, from creationism and climate change to the use of statistics and computer modelling. The result is an engaging introduction to contentious issues in the philosophy of science and a new way of looking at the role of science in society.
About the Author Paul Dicken received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, and has held academic positions at universities in the UK, Germany and Australia.
Price: $100.00 (NZ$110.00) ISBN: 9781350007277 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: HP Philosophy Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 T&T Clark Reader in Kierkegaard as Theologian edited by Lee Barrett
An anthology of the most significant and influential passages from Kierkegaard's works that deal with the characteristic issues and methods of theology.
Description Lee Barrett discusses the uniqueness and challenges of Kierkegaard's approach to theology. He examines Kierkegaard's explicit reflections on the appropriate way to engage in the theological task, as well as shows how the theme of God's otherness is held in dialectical tension with the theme of God's intimate love. Barrett discusses Kierkegaard's key reflections of the nature and purpose of human life as a paradoxical journey toward self-fulfilment through a self-emptying in which the self more intensively reflects God's self-giving love. He examines the works that describe sin as both a condition in which the individual is trapped and as a culpable act for which the individual must assume responsibility. Barrett explores Kierkegaard's thoughts on sin, his descriptions of Jesus Christ as the enactment in time of God's eternal self-giving compassion, his view of faith and his critique of culturally established Christianity as a form of fatal religious anaesthesia. This volume includes the following pedagogical features: - Each chapter contains its own introduction, explanatory notes, discussion questions and recommendation for further reading in both the primary and secondary literature - Includes links to Kierkegaardian texts provided by the Kierkegaard Research Center of the University of Copenhagen, the Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library of St Olaf College, as well as the resources of the Soren Kierkegaard Society
About the Author Lee Barrett is the Stager Professor of Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary, USA.
Price: $210.00 (NZ$231.00) ISBN: 9780567670373 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 512 pages Main Category: HRCM Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
T&T Clark FEBRUARY 2018 The Age of Glass Stephen Eskilson
Exploring the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture.
Description Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today 's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era. The Age of Glass explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing cultural concerns as it is by developments in technology and style, it traces the richly interwoven material, symbolic, and ideological histories of glass to show how it has produced and dispersed meaning in architecture over the past two centuries. The book 's chapters focus on key moments within the modern history of architecture, moments when glass came to the forefront of architectural thought, and which illustrate how glass has been used at different times to project different cultural ideas. A wide range of topics are explored from the tension between expressionism and functionalism, to the persistent theme of glass and social class, to how glass has reflected political ideas from Nazism through to today's global consumer capitalism. The book also grapples with current arguments about sustainability, while, taking into account the advent of digital LED screens and smart glass ', offering new cultural perspectives on the future and asking what glass architecture will signify in the digital age. Combining close readings of buildings with insights drawn from research, plus good storytelling and strong contemporary relevance, The Age of Glass offers a fascinating new perspective on modern architecture and culture.
About the Author Stephen Eskilson is Professor of Art History at Eastern Illinois University. He is coauthor of Frames of Reference: Art History and the World (2003) and author of Graphic Design a New History (2007 & 2012).
Price: $130.00 (NZ$143.00) ISBN: 9781474278362 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: AM Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Design Roots edited by Stuart Walker et al.
A timely, comprehensive survey of culturally significant designs, products and practices and their positive role in the future of material cultures drawing on a wide range of case studies from around the world.
Description Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to particular communities through making tradition and a sense of place. Many rich traditional practices associated with community, tacit knowledge and culture are being rapidly lost due to globalisation and urbanisation. Yet they have much to offer for the future in terms of sustainability, identity, wellbeing and new opportunities in design. This book considers the creative roots, the place-based ecologies, and deep understandings of cultural significance, not only in terms of history and tradition but also in terms of locale, social interactions, innovation, and change for the sustainment of culturally significant material productions. Importantly, these are not locked in time by sentimentality and nostalgia but are evolving, innovative, and adaptive to new technologies and changing circumstances. Contributing authors explore the historical roots of culturally significant designs, products and practices, emerging directions, amateur endeavours, enterprise models, business opportunities and the changing role and contribution of design in the creation of material cultures of significance, meaning and value. An international perspective is provided through case studies and research from North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia, with examples including Aran jumper production in Northern Ireland, weaving in Thailand, Iranian housing design, Brazilian street design and digital crafting in the United Kingdom.
About the Author Stuart Walker is Professor of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University, UK. Martyn Evans is Professor of Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Tom Cassidy is Chair of Design at the University of Leeds, UK. Jeyon Jung is Research Associate at Lancaster University, UK. Amy Twigger Holroyd is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Price: $150.00 (NZ$165.00) ISBN: 9781474241793 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 416 pages Main Category: AKP Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Modern Asian Design D.J. Huppatz
An innovative and richly-illustrated introduction to design in Asia, focusing on the period from the late 19th to mid 20th century, addressing design and cultural exchanges across Asia and between Asia and the West.
Description Modern Asian Design provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Asian design in the modern period, both tracing historical threads and offering a theoretical framework within which to chart the history of design in Asia. Rather than a singular Asian history , this book presents a series of studies centred on trade routes, colonial relationships, regional networks and cross-cultural exchanges. Modern Asian Design builds on existing resources beyond design history in an effort to map the field, focusing particularly on relations between Asia and the West and also across Asian design cultures. Opening with a brief overview of trade and exchange networks in the 17th and 18th centuries, the bulk of this study comprises analysis of the development of modern design in Asia during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid modernisation. The book 's final two chapters bring these central ideas into a contemporary and highly relevant context.
About the Author D.J. Huppatz is Deputy Department Chair of Interior and Industrial Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He has edited the four volume Design: Critical and Primary Sources (2016), and has contributed chapters and articles to a number of journals and edited volumes, including the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design (2015).
Price: $190.00 (NZ$209.00) ISBN: 9781474296786 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 272 pages Main Category: 1F Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Pop Art and Design edited by Anne Massey and Alex Seago
A critical reappraisal of the origins and international flourishing of pop art, one of the most important art movements of the 20th century, focusing on the relationship between fine art and design in the movement's incredible development.
Description This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the relationship between art and design, which led to the creation of 'pop'. Challenging accepted boundaries and definitions, the authors seek out various commonalities and points of connection between these two exciting areas. Confronting the all-pervasive high art / low culture ' divide, Pop Art and Design brings a fresh understanding of visual culture during the vibrant 1950s and 60s. This was an era when commercial art became graphic design, illustration was superseded by photography and high fashion became street fashion, all against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving economic and political landscape, a glamorous youth scene and an effervescent popular culture. The book's central argument is that pop art relied on and drew inspiration from pop design, and vice versa. Massey and Seago assert that this relationship was articulated through the artwork, design, publications and exhibitions of a network of key practitioners. Pop Art and Design provides a case study in the broader inter-relationship between art and design, and constitutes the first interdisciplinary publication on the subject.
About the Author Anne Massey is Professor of Design and Culture at LCC, University of the Arts London, UK. Alex Seago is Dean of the School of Communications, Arts and Social Sciences at Richmond, The American International University in London, UK. Previously he lectured in Cultural History at the Royal College of Art, UK.
Price: $140.00 (NZ$154.00) ISBN: 9781474226196 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: AC Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Design Anthropology: Object Cultures in Transition edited by Alison Clarke
A thoroughly revised new edition of a key text which considers the wide range of connections between design and anthropology.
Description Design Anthropology brings together leading international design theorists, consultants and anthropologists to explore the changing object culture of the 21st century. Decades ago, product designers used basic market research to fine-tune their designs for consumer success. Today the design process has been radically transformed, with the user center-stage in the design process. From design ethnography to culture probing, innovative designers are employing anthropological methods to elicit the meanings rather than the mere form and function of objects. This important volume provides a fascinating exploration of the issues facing the shapers of our increasingly complex material world. The text features case studies and investigations covering a diverse range of academic disciplines. From IKEA and anti- design to erotic twenty-first-century needlework and online interior decoration, the bookpositions itself at the intersections of design, anthropology, material culture, architecture, and sociology.
About the Author Alison J. Clarke is professor of design history and theory, and director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria.
Price: $140.00 (NZ$154.00) ISBN: 9781474259040 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 256 pages Main Category: AKP Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Fashion History: A Global View Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun
Explores the under-researched fashion histories of non-western cultures in one complete volume to offer a global understanding of dress and culture.
Description Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout history, this groundbreaking book explores the geographic places and historical spaces that have been largely neglected by contemporary fashion studies, bringing them together for the first time. Reversing the dominant narrative that privileges Western Europe in the history of dress, Welters and Lillethun adopt a cross-cultural approach to explore a vast array of cultures around the globe. They explore key issues affecting fashion systems, ranging from innovation, production and consumption to identity formation and the effects of colonization. Case studies include the cross-cultural trade of silk textiles in Central Asia, the indigenous dress of the Americas and of Hawai'i, the cosmetics of the Tang Dynasty in China, and stylistic innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. Examining the new lessons that can be deciphered from archaeological findings and theoretical advancements, the book shows that fashion history should be understood as a global phenomenon, originating well before and beyond the fourteenth century European court, which is continually, and erroneously, cited as fashion's birthplace.
Providing a fresh framework for fashion history scholarship, Fashion History: A Global View will inspire inclusive dress narratives for students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and cultural studies.
About the Author Linda Welters is Professor of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design and Director of the Graduate Program at the University of Rhode Island, USA. Abby Lillethun is Associate Professor of Fashion Studies in the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University, USA.
Price: $150.00 (NZ$165.00) ISBN: 9781474253635 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 224 pages Main Category: AKTH Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK FEBRUARY 2018 Understanding Photojournalism Jennifer Good and Paul Lowe, contributions by Robert Hariman
A introductory textbook designed to guide students through the rich historical and theoretical debates surrounding photojournalism.
Description Understanding Photojournalism explores the interface between theory and practice at the heart of photojournalism, mapping out the critical questions that photojournalists and picture editors consider in their daily practice and placing these in context.
Outlining the history and theory of photojournalism, this textbook explains its historical and contemporary development; who creates, selects and circulates images; and the ethics, aesthetics and politics of the practice. Carefully chosen, international case studies represent a cross section of key photographers, practices and periods within photojournalism, enabling students to understand the central questions and critical concepts. Illustrated with a range of photographs and case material, including interviews with contemporary photojournalists, this book is essential reading for students taking university and college courses on photography within a wide range of disciplines and includes an annotated guide to further reading and a glossary of terms to further expand your studies.
About the Author Jennifer Good is Senior Lecturer in the History & Theory of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. University of the Arts, London, UK.
Paul Lowe is Course Leader of the Masters programme in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, UK.
Price: $150.00 (NZ$165.00) ISBN: 9781472594891 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: mm Extent: 208 pages Main Category: AJ Sub Category: ACX Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: London, UK
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