AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert

The blazingly brilliant new novel from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the international bestseller Eat Pray Love: a glittering coming-of-age epic stitched across the fabric of a lost New York

Description It is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York with her suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although her quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect hair roll have been deemed insufficient for her to pass into her sophomore year of Vassar, she soon finds gainful employment as the self-appointed seamstress at the Lily Playhouse, her unconventional Aunt Peg's charmingly disreputable Manhattan revue theatre. There, Vivian quickly becomes the toast of the showgirls, transforming the trash and tinsel only fit for the cheap seats into creations for goddesses.

Exile in New York is no exile at all: here in this strange wartime city of girls, Vivian and her girlfriends mean to drink the heady highball of life itself to the last drop. And when the legendary English actress Edna Watson comes to the Lily to star in the company's most ambitious show ever, Vivian is entranced by the magic that follows in her wake. But there are hard lessons to be learned, and bitterly regrettable mistakes to be made. Vivian learns that to live the life she wants, she must live many lives, ceaselessly and ingeniously making them new. 'At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is,' she confides. And so Vivian sets forth her story, and that of the women around her women who have lived as they truly are, out of step with a century that could never quite keep up with them.

About the Author Elizabeth Gilbert is the number one bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and been translated into over 46 languages, and several other international bestselling books of fiction and non-fiction. Her story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; The Last American Man was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her follow-up memoir to Eat Pray Love, Committed, became an instant number one New York Times bestseller. She has published two novels, Stern Men and The Signature of All Things, which was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781526610423 She lives in New Jersey. www.elizabethgilbert.com / @GilbertLiz Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 City of Girls 16 Copy Pack + Posters

Comprising 16 copies of City of Girls, plus a free reading copy, plus poster pack

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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 City of Girls 10 Copy Pack

Comprising10 copies of City of Girls, plus a free reading copy

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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 You Will Be Safe Here Damian Barr

The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me. Set in South Africa You Will Be Safe Here explores legacies of abuse, redemption and the strength of the human spirit

Description An Observer, Financial Times and Guardian Pick for 2019

The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me. Set in South Africa You Will Be Safe Here explores legacies of abuse, redemption and the strength of the human spirit

South Africa, 1901, the height of the second Boer War. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe. Johannesburg, 2010. Sixteen-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he's not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they 'make men out of boys'. Guaranteed. You Will Be Safe Here is a deeply moving novel of connected parts. Inspired by real events, it uncovers a hidden colonial history and present-day darkness while exploring our capacity for cruelty and kindness.

About the Author Damian Barr is an award-winning writer and columnist. Maggie & Me, his memoir about coming of age and coming out in Thatcher's Britain, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and Sunday Times Memoir of the Year, and won the Paddy Power Political Books 'Satire' Award and Stonewall Writer of the Year Award. Damian writes columns for the Big Issue and High Life and often appears on BBC Radio 4. He is creator and host of his own Literary Salon that premieres work from established and emerging writers. You Will Be Safe Here is his debut novel. Damian Barr lives in Brighton. @Damian_Barr

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781408886090 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 You Will Be Safe Here 8 Copy Pack

Comprising 8 copies of You Will Be Safe Here, plus a free reading copy.

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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Road to James Runcie

The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves and losses of a young Sidney Chambers in post-war London

Description The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves and losses of a young Sidney Chambers in post-war London

It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert's birthday party at the Caledonia Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war.

Returning to London from the war seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross, and lost his best friend on the battlefields of Italy. The carefree youth that he and his friends were promised has been blown apart, just like the rest of the world and Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life. But Sidney has heard a call: constant, though quiet, and growing ever more persistent. To the incredulity of his family and the derision of his friends the irrepressible actor Freddie, and the beautiful, spiky Amanda Sidney must now negotiate his path to God: the course of which, much like true love, never runs smooth.

The touching, engaging and surprising origin story of the Grantchester Mysteries's beloved Archdeacon Sidney Chambers, The Road to Grantchester will delight new and old fans alike.

About the Author James Runcie is an award-winning film-maker and the author of ten novels that have been translated into twelve languages Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death, the first in 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series, was published in 2012, soon followed by Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night, Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil, Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins, Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation and Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love. In October 2014, ITV launched Grantchester, a prime-time series starring as Sidney Chambers, with the second season airing in March 2016, and a third in May 2017. Future series are planned. James Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781408886823 Runcie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commissioning Editor for Arts at BBC Radio 4. He lives in Format: Paperback London and Edinburgh. Dimensions: 0x0mm www.jamesruncie.com Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) www.grantchestermysteries.com Bic2: @james_runcie Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Show Them a Good Time Nicole Flattery

'I truly love and admire Nicole Flattery's writing. Show Them a Good Time is a masterclass in the short story bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny and it does full justice to its author's immense talent' SALLY ROONEY

Description 'I truly love and admire Nicole Flattery's writing. Show Them a Good Time is a masterclass in the short story bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny and it does full justice to its author's immense talent' SALLY ROONEY

'Demands repeated reading. These stories are very funny, and very sad, usually at the same time. Which, as Flattery shows us brilliantly, is the best time' JON MCGREGOR An urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types - men and women, their assigned roles and meanings - in modern society.

A young, broke Irish woman narrates her relationship with a successful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their autonomy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead- end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.

The characters in these magnificently accomplished stories are haunted as much by the future as they are by their pasts. Exuberant, irreverent and loaded with dark humour, Show Them a Good Time marks the arrival of a strikingly original new Irish voice in fiction.

About the Author Nicole Flattery's work has been published in the Stinging Fly, the White Review, the Dublin Review, BBC Radio 4, the Irish Times, Winter Papers and the forthcoming 2019 Faber anthology of new Irish writing. Her story 'Track' won the 2017 White Review Short Story Prize. She is twenty-nine years old and lives in Galway.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781526611925 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Drop City T. C. Boyle

'One of the funniest, most subtle novels we've had about the hippy era's slow fade to black ... this may be his most affecting emotionally complex novel' (New York Times Book Review)

Description 'One of the funniest, most subtle novels we've had about the hippy era's slow fade to black ... this may be his most affecting emotionally complex novel' (New York Times Book Review) Star has travelled to Drop City - forty-seven sun-washed acres of commune in California - to be free from her home, from society's constraints, and to feel part of something important. But she starts to suspect that free love was invented by some spotty dude who couldn't get laid any other way, and that chilled out means lazy. And as for peace-living, there seems to be an ugly undercurrent of violence. Then, when rape charges are brought and the police threaten to close down Drop City, the hippies decamp to the wilds of Alaska where they intend to live off the land. But instead the community runs into trouble, unexpected friendships are made and dangerous enemies are born.

About the Author T. C. Boyle is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels including The Tortilla Curtain, Drop City, San Miguel and The Terranauts, and ten collections of stories, most recently T. C. Boyle Stories II. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and has won both the PEN/Malamud and Rea Awards in recognition of his short fiction. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in California.

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Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781526608895 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 464 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Inner Circle T. C. Boyle

A dazzlingly written and wickedly sexy read from one of the giants of American contemporary fictions; 'Boyle just gets better and better' (Daily Mail)

Description A dazzlingly written and wickedly sexy read from one of the giants of American contemporary fictions; 'Boyle just gets better and better' (Daily Mail) In 1939, on the campus of Indiana University, a revolution has begun. The stir is caused by Alfred Kinsey, a zoologist who is determined to take sex out of the bedroom. John Milk, a freshman, is enthralled by the professor's daring lectures and over the next two decades becomes Kinsey's right hand man. But Kinsey teaches Milk more than the art of objective enquiry. Behind closed doors, he is a sexual enthusiast of the highest order and as a member of his 'inner circle' of researchers, Milk is called on to participate in experiments that become increasingly uninhibited ...

About the Author T. C. Boyle is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels including The Tortilla Curtain, Drop City, San Miguel and The Terranauts, and ten collections of stories, most recently T. C. Boyle Stories II. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and has won both the PEN/Malamud and Rea Awards in recognition of his short fiction. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in California.

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Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781526608888 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 432 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle

Winner of the Prix Medicis Etranger; 'examines America's guerilla war between the haves and have-notes with a zing unequalled since The Bonfire of the Vanities'(Observer)

Description Winner of the Prix Medicis Etranger; 'examines America's guerilla war between the haves and have-notes with a zing unequalled since The Bonfire of the Vanities'(Observer) When Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife, leaving Delaney to return to his privileged life in California. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants who he thinks are turning his state park into a ghetto, and a boiling pot of racism and prejudice threatens to spill over.

About the Author T. C. Boyle is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels including The Tortilla Curtain, Drop City, San Miguel and The Terranauts, and ten collections of stories, most recently T. C. Boyle Stories II. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and has won both the PEN/Malamud and Rea Awards in recognition of his short fiction. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in California.

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Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781526608871 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Putney Sofka Zinovieff

A bold, thought-provoking novel that will compel and disquiet in equal measure, about the moral lines we tread, the stories we tell ourselves and the secrets we bury; 'the best novel of 2018, by far' (Cressida Connolly, Spectator)

Description A bold, thought-provoking novel that will compel and disquiet in equal measure, about the moral lines we tread, the stories we tell ourselves and the secrets we bury; 'the best novel of 2018, by far' (Cressida Connolly, Spectator)

A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 - CHOSEN BY THE OBSERVER, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR 1970s London. Ralph, an up-and-coming composer, has gone to visit Edmund Greenslay in his riverside home. At the heart of the house's wild bliss he finds Edmund's nine-year-old daughter Daphne, flitting, sprite-like, through the house's colourful rooms and unruly garden. From the moment their lives collide Ralph is consumed by an obsession to make Daphne his.

Decades later, Daphne watches her own daughter come of age and is confronted with the truth of her own childhood and a devastating act of violence that has lain hidden for decades.

About the Author Sofka Zinovieff was born in London. She studied social anthropology at , then lived in Greece and Moscow. She is the acclaimed author of three works of non-fiction, Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens, Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life and The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me, a New York Times Editors' Choice 2015, and one previous novel, The House on Paradise Street. Her writing has appeared in publications including , the Financial Times, Literary Supplement, the Spectator and the Independent. She divides her time between Athens and England. sofkazinovieff.com

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408895740 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Corset: The new gothic chiller from the author of The Silent Companions Laura Purcell

The new Victorian chiller from the author of Radio 2 and Zoe Ball ITV Book Club pick, The Silent Companions.

Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain?

Description The new Victorian chiller from the author of Radio 2 and Zoe Ball ITV Book Club pick, The Silent Companions.

Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain?

Dorothea and Ruth.

Prison visitor and prisoner. Powerful and powerless.

Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder.

When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted with the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology and test her hypothesis that the shape of a person's skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes. But when she meets teenage seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another theory: that it is possible to kill with a needle and thread. For Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches.

The story Ruth has to tell of her deadly creations of bitterness and betrayal, of death and dresses will shake Dorothea's belief in rationality, and the power of redemption.

Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer?

Price: $19.99 About the Author ISBN: 9781408889527 Format: Paperback Laura Purcell is a former bookseller and lives in Colchester with her husband and pet guinea pigs. Her first novel for Dimensions: 0x0mm Bloomsbury, The Silent Companions, was a Radio 2 and Zoe Ball ITV Book Club pick and was the winner of the Extent: 416 pages Thumping Good Read Award. Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: laurapurcell.com Previous Titles: @spookypurcell Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Otherhood William Sutcliffe

First published as Whatever Makes You Happy, the hilarious and moving novel about mothers and their adult sons will soon be a Netflix original movie starring Felicity Huffman, Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette

Description First published as Whatever Makes You Happy, the hilarious and moving novel about mothers and their adult sons will soon be a Netflix original movie starring Felicity Huffman, Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette Three sons. Three mums. One week. Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their thirties, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. On the same day, they turn up on their sons' doorsteps, uninvited and unannounced. Their plan is to reestablish the mother-son bond by moving in for one week. Just a week. Surely that's not a lot to ask...

About the Author William Sutcliffe is the author of the international bestseller Are You Experienced?, The Love Hexagon, New Boy, Bad Influence and Whatever Makes You Happy, which has been filmed by Netflix under the title Otherhood. He has also written the Circus of Thieves series of books for children and four YA/adult crossover novels: The Wall, shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2014; Concentr8, shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2016; We See Everything and The Gifted, The Talented and Me, published in 2019. His work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. He lives in Edinburgh. @Wille-_Sutcliffe8

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Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Brother David Chariandy

An essential novel from a powerful new voice, Brother is a gripping and emotional story about family, race and love

Description 'A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life' Marlon James, Winner of the Man Booker Prize

WINNER OF THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE WINNER OF THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE

Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants. Coming of age in the outskirts of a sprawling city, the brothers battle against careless prejudices and low expectations.

While Francis aspires to a future in music, Michael dreams of Aisha, the smartest girl in their school, whose eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. But one sweltering summer night the hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably cut short.

In this timely and essential novel, David Chariandy builds a quietly devastating story about the love between a mother and her sons, the impact of race, masculinity and the senseless loss of young lives.

About the Author David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. He is the author of the novels Soucouyant, which received nominations from eleven literary awards juries, and Brother, which won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Toronto Book Award, was longlisted for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize and nominated for the 2019 Dublin Literary Award.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408897287 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Pisces Melissa Broder

Profoundly modern and darkly comic, The Pisces is about a heartbroken PhD student who over one summer falls in dangerous, ecstatic love with a merman

Description 'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' DOLLY ALDERTON, THE HIGH LOW

'Frank, provocative and brilliant' INDEPENDENT

'One of the must reads of the season' ELLE

'Witty, sharp and painfully insightful' THE POOL

'Bizarrely brilliant ... Literary erotica has never been so odd, or so oddly satisfying' THE TIMES

'Simultaneously hilarious, sinister and utterly mesmerising' TATLER

CHOSEN AS A 2018 SUMMER READ BY TATLER, THE TIMES, ELLE AND YOU MAGAZINE

Lucy has been writing her dissertation for nine years when she and her boyfriend have a dramatic break up. After she hits rock bottom, her sister in Los Angeles insists that Lucy dog-sit for the summer. Staying in a gorgeous house on Venice Beach, Lucy can find little relief from her anxiety not in the Greek chorus of women in her love addiction therapy group, not in her frequent Tinder excursions, not even in Dominic the dog's easy affection. Everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer while sitting alone on the beach rocks one night. But when Lucy learns the truth about his identity, their relationship, and Lucy's understanding of what love should look like, take a very unexpected turn.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781408890950 About the Author Format: Paperback Melissa Broder is the author of the essay collection So Sad Today and four poetry collections, including Last Sext. The Dimensions: 0x0mm recipient of a Pushcart Prize for poetry, she also writes the 'So Sad Today' column at Vice, the astrology column for Lena Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Dunham's Lenny Letter and the 'Beauty and Death' column on Elle.com. She lives in Los Angeles. Bic2: melissabroder.com / @melissabroder / @sosadtoday Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Happy Little Bluebirds Louise Levene

For fans of Muriel Spark, a dazzling novel about a young woman thrust into in the opulent world of 1940s Hollywood, where dirty dealings, undercover agents and off-camera romances abound

Description For fans of Muriel Spark, a dazzling novel about a young woman thrust into in the opulent world of 1940s Hollywood, where dirty dealings, undercover agents and off-camera romances abound

It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home in wartime Woking and transferred to Hollywood. She is to assist a mysterious British agent in his attempts to outwit the Los Angeles German delegation and boost the British propaganda war effort. The unhappy young widow is supplied with a new Californian wardrobe, a Bel Air bungalow and her own desk in the writers' block of Miracle Studios. At first bewildered by the glamorous excesses of this strange new world, she is gradually seduced by the sunlight, orange groves and clever, fast-talking men. But, just as she begins to blossom, her new technicolor ending threatens to slip from her grasp.

About the Author Louise Levene is the author of A Vision of Loveliness, a BBC Book at Bedtime, which was also longlisted for the Desmond Elliott first novel prize, Ghastly Business and The Following Girls. She is the dance critic of the Financial Times and writes for the Spectator. She has also been an advertising copywriter, a window dresser, a radio presenter, an office cleaner, a crossword editor, a university tutor, a college professor and a saleslady. Louise Levene lives in London with her husband and their two children.

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Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Vacuum in the Dark Jen Beagin

From Whiting Award-winning author Jen Beagin comes this breathtaking sequel to the edgy and hilarious Pretend I'm Dead, continuing the story of Mona's battle to put her ghosts to rest and carve out her own corner of happiness

Description From Whiting Award-winning author Jen Beagin comes this breathtaking sequel to the edgy and hilarious Pretend I'm Dead, continuing the story of Mona's battle to put her ghosts to rest and carve out her own corner of happiness Mona is twenty-six and cleans houses for a living in Taos, New Mexico. She moved there mostly because of a bad boyfriend a junkie named Mr Disgusting, long story and her efforts to restart her life since haven't exactly gone as planned. For one thing, she's got another bad boyfriend. This one she calls Dark, and he happens to be married to one of Mona's clients. Dark and his wife aren't the only complicated clients on Mona's roster, either. There's also the Hungarian artist couple who with her addiction to painkillers and his lingering stares bring back painful memories of Mona's childhood. As she tries to get over the heartache of her affair and the stirring currents of her traumatic past, Mona ends up on an eccentric, moving journey of self-discovery that takes her back to her roots, finally offering a glimpse of a future that could one day be hers. With Vacuum in the Dark, Jen Beagin has created another gem of a novel, constantly surprising, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly relatable. Following on from the highly acclaimed Pretend I'm Dead 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine on acid', according to one Goodreads reviewer this is an unforgettable, astonishing read from one of the freshest voices in fiction today.

About the Author Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and has published stories in Juked and Faultline, among other journals and literary magazines. She lives in New York.

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Vacuum in the Dark 8 Copy Pack

Comprising 8 copies of Vacuum in the Dark, plus a free reading copy

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Pretend I'm Dead Jen Beagin

Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman's quest for self-acceptance and belonging

Description This book is Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine on acid!' Sara Wingfield, Goodreads Jen Beagin's brilliant, off-beat and deeply moving novel introduces an unforgettable character, Mona almost twenty-four, emotionally adrift and cleaning houses to get by. Volunteering for a needle-exchange programme, she falls for a regular she calls Mr Disgusting, who proceeds to break her heart in unimaginable ways. In search of healing, Mona decamps to Taos, New Mexico, for a fresh start, where she finds a community of seekers and cast-offs, all of whom have one or two things to teach her the pyjama-wearing, blissed-out New Agers, the slightly creepy client with peculiar tastes in controlled substances, the psychic who might really be psychic. But always lurking just beneath the surface are her memories of growing up in a chaotic, destructive family from which she's trying to disentangle herself, and the crushing legacy of the past she left behind. The story of Mona's journey to find her place in the world is at once fearless and wonderfully strange, true to life and boldly human, and introduces a stunning, one-of-a-kind new voice in American fiction.

About the Author Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and has published stories in Juked and Faultline, among other journals and literary magazines. She lives in New York.

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Things that Fall from the Sky Selja Ahava

A poignant meditation on love and loss and how twists of fate can take life in the most unexpected directions

Description A young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky. A woman wins the lottery jackpot twice in a row. A man is struck by lightning five times. They are all searching for an explanation for these random events, for a way to come to terms with the unexpected turns their lives have taken. After her mother's death, Saara and her father move in with her Auntie Annu. While Saara dwells on all the things that are left unfinished when someone dies from gardening and house renovations to bedtime stories her dad is overwhelmed with anger. Annu keeps the family going, until she wins her second lottery jackpot, and falls into a deep sleep. Things that Fall from the Sky is a story of everyday life, a meditation on the passing of time, the endurance of love and the inevitability of change. This prize-winning novel by one of Finland's best-loved writers is touching readers' hearts all over the world.

About the Author Selja Ahava is a novelist and a scriptwriter. Her acclaimed debut novel The Day the Whale Swam through London (2010) was nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literary Prize, and won the Laura Hirvisaari Prize (the Bookseller's Literary Prize) in 2010. Her second novel, Things that Fall from the Sky (2015) won the EU Prize for Literature in 2016, and was nominated for the Finlandia Prize and the Tulenkantajat Prize. Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah are the translators of Aki Ollikainen's White Hunger (Pereine Press, 2015), which was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. Their other co-translations include Asko Sahlberg's The Brothers (Peirene Press, 2012).

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786075413 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Chemical Detective Fiona Erskine

Dr Jaqueline Silver blows things up to keep people safe.

Description Dr Jaqueline Silver blows things up to keep people safe.

Working on avalanche control in Slovenia, she stumbles across a delivery problem with a consignment of explosives. After raising a complaint with the supplier, Zagrovyl, a multinational chemical company and her ex-employer, her evidence disappears. She is warned, threatened, accused of professional incompetence and suspended. Taking her complaint to Zagrovyl head office, she narrowly escapes death only to be framed for murder. Escaping from police custody, she sets out to find the key to the mystery. From the snowy slopes of Slovenia, to the wreckage of Chernobyl, Jaq attempts to expose the trade in deadly chemical weapons, while fighting for her life.

About the Author Fiona Erskine is a professional engineer based in Teesside, although she travels often to Brazil, Russia, India and China. As a female engineer, she is often the lone representative of her sex in board meetings, cargo ships, night-time factories and offshore oil rigs, her fiction offers a fascinating insight into a traditionally male world.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781786074928 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Mrs Mohr Goes Missing Maryla Szymiczkowa

The thrilling opener to a new Agatha Christie-style mystery series set in Poland

Description It is the year 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia Turbotynska has assured her husband's rise through the ranks to university professor and is now looking for something to fill her long days at home. To stave off the boredom and improve her social standing, she decides to organise a charity raffle. To recruit the requisite patronage of elderly aristocratic ladies, she visits Helcel House, a retirement home run by nuns. When two of the residents are found dead, Zofia discovers by chance that her real talents lie in solving crimes. The examining magistrate's refusal to take seriously her insistence that foul play is involved spurs her on to start her own investigation, recruiting her quick-witted servant Franciszka as her assistant. With her husband blissfully unaware of her secret activities, Zofia ruthlessly follows the clues and gradually closes in on the truth. Drawing on Agatha Christie and filled with period character and charm, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing vividly recreates life in turn-of-the-century Poland, confronting a range of issues from class prejudice to women's rights, and proving that everyone is capable of finding their passion in life, however unlikely it may seem.

About the Author Jacek Dehnel is a writer, poet and translator. He has written several novels, among them Lala (Oneworld, 2018). He writes crime fiction under the pseudonym Maryla Szymiczkowa together with partner Piotr Tarczynski, a translator and historian. They live in Warsaw. Antonia Lloyd-Jones is a prize-winning translator of Polish literature. She has translated works by many of Poland's leading contemporary novelists and authors of reportage, as well as crime fiction, poetry, screenplays, essays, and children's books. She is a mentor for the WCN Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme, and from 2015-17 was co-chair of the Translators Association. Her previous translations of work by Jacek Dehnel include the novels Lala (Oneworld Publications, 2018) and Saturn (Dedalus Books, 2012).

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786075437 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Crime & mystery Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Oneiron Laura Lindstedt

The international bestseller from Finlandia Prize winner Laura Lindstedt

Description WINNER OF THE FINLANDIA PRIZE Seven women meet in a white, undefined space seconds after their deaths Time, as we understand it, has ceased to exist, and all bodily sensations seem to have disappeared. None of the women can remember what happened to her, or how she got there. They don't know each other. In turn they try to remember, to piece together the fragments of their lives, their identities, their lost loves, and to pinpoint the moment they left their former lives behind. Playing with genres from essay to poetry, Oneiron is an astonishing work that explores the question of what follows death and delves deep into the lives and experiences of seven unforgettable women.

About the Author Laura Lindstedt (b. 1976) burst onto the Finnish literary scene in 2007 with her debut novel Scissors, which earned her a nomination for the Finlandia Prize, the country's most prestigious literary honour. Lindstedt's second novel Oneiron has continued Lindstedt's critical success, earning her the 2015 Finlandia Prize. She lives in Helsinki. Owen Witesman holds a BA in Linguistics, an MA in Central Eurasian Studies (Finnish and Estonian) and a PhD in public management. He now works full-time as a literary translator and has translated a number of novels from Finnish into English. He lives in Utah, USA.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786075116 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Waters and the Wild DeSales Harrison

A bewitching literary suspense debut, rich in atmosphere and Gothic overtones

Description The death of Jessica Burke was easy to explain: a history of depression, a heroin habit, a girl alone in her bathtub. But when her psychoanalyst, Daniel Abend, receives an ominous, handwritten poem, he quickly realizes that this was not just an overdose. As a second and third missive arrive from the same mysterious source, and his daughter abruptly disappears, Daniel finds himself the subject of an elaborate and calculated torment, one that reaches back decades, crosses oceans, and begins with a chance encounter with a beguiling girl in a Paris stairwell. With richly layered, masterful prose, DeSales Harrison has constructed a brilliantly choreographed and spellbinding tale of desperate fathers, stolen daughters, and the distance we travel for revenge and absolution.

About the Author DeSales Harrison earned his BA at Yale University, MA at Johns Hopkins University, and PhD at Harvard University, where he was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer of English. Harrison is a professor of Lyric Poetry at Oberlin College, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781786075390 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf

A seminal, widely studied feminist polemic that touches on both literature and politics, A Room of One's Own is essential reading for those wishing to understand the progress that has been made in women's rights and the struggles that still lie ahead

Description Based on two lectures given at Cambridge colleges and first published by the Hogarth Press in 1929, A Room of One's Own is an extended essay about the predicament of female writers and a stirring call for autonomy and recognition. As well as settling scores with reactionary critics and laying the foundations of a history of women's literature, the text is also a triumph of imagination, with a celebrated passage envisaging the fate of a fictional sister of Shakespeare's. A seminal, widely studied feminist polemic that touches on both literature and politics, A Room of One's Own is essential reading for those wishing to understand the progress that has been made in women's rights and the struggles that still lie ahead. This edition also includes the 1938 essay Three Guineas, which reprises similar ideas in the context of the looming threat of war.

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.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781847497888 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Literary essays Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Grey Parrot and Other Stories W.W. Jacobs

Contains a careful selection of the very best stories from Jacobs's 150-strong repertory, showcasing a unique assortment of stories spanning his writing career

Description W.W. Jacobs delighted in finding unlikely humour in everyday situations and observations, and these tales succeed in raising a laugh from the most mundane of scenarios. In 'The Grey Parrot', a sailor buys a parrot for his wife, whom he suspects isn't faithful in his absence, hoping that the bird will inadvertently repeat anything untoward it hears. Unfortunately for him, the parrot exceeds his expectations, and it's not only his wife who is left blushing. This volume contains a careful selection of the very best stories from Jacobs's 150-strong repertory, and includes well- known standalone pieces such as 'The Monkey's Paw', as well as accounts of raucous dockside dalliances and tightly woven tales of poacher Bob Petty's crimes against the unlikely cast of an Essex village. Showcasing a unique assortment of stories spanning his writing career, this edition hopes to shine a light on a hugely talented writer who inspired many of the literary giants we now consider masters of the genre.

About the Author William Wymark Jacobs (1863 1943) was a prolific short-story writer. Known for his trademark wit even in the horror story 'The Monkey's Paw', for which he is best known Jacobs set most of his stories in the docks of East London, where he lived from a young age, as well as in Essex, where he moved in his middle age.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781847497895 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Apology for a Murder Lorenzino de' Medici

Lorenzino de' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature

Description Famed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, but also for writing accomplished literary works, including a comedy and several poems, Lorenzino de' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature. In his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act, portraying himself as a hero to be numbered alongside the great tyrannicides of ancient Rome and Greece. Lorenzino himself, in 1548, was murdered by two soldiers hired by Cosimo, Alessandro's successor as Duke, and this volume includes the dramatic account of his killing by Francesco da Bibbona, one of the assassins, as well as a selection of Lorenzino's poems, giving a fully rounded image of the antihero of Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio.

About the Author Born into a cadet branch of the powerful Medici family, Lorenzino de' Medici (1514 48) was a politician and a writer, who is today remembered as the man who killed the Duke of Florence in 1537.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781847497925 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Prose: non-fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Pantagruel and Gargantua Francois Rabelais

These bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as Francois Rabelais, one of the foremost humanists of the sixteenth century, parodies medieval learning, lambasts the established church authority and develops his own ideal visions for the ordering of society.

Description With his birth itself a monumental exploit in itself, it is clear that the giant Pantagruel is destined to great things, and the novel that bears his name chronicles his the remarkable life of the exuberant youth: from his voracious reading habits to his escapades with the knave Panurge and his prowess in battle. The second work in this volume deals with the history of his father Gargantua, whose biography is equally if not more outlandish and larger than life. But these bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as Francois Rabelais, one of the foremost humanists of the sixteenth century, parodies medieval learning, lambasts the established church authority and develops his own ideal visions for the ordering of society.

About the Author The monk and French Renaissance polymath Francois Rabelais (c.1494 1553), best known for his novels Pantagruel and Gargantua, is considered one of the greatest writers of early-modern European literature.

Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781847497406 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman

Considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and a pioneer of free verse, Walt Whitman (1819 92) was also a prolific writer of essays and articles. Controversial in its time, his sprawling collection Leaves of Grass is regarded as his magnum opus.

Description First published in 1855 and extended by the author over the course of more than three decades, Leaves of Grass embodies Walt Whitman's lifetime ambition to create a new voice that could capture the spirit and vibrancy of the young American nation, while celebrating at the same time 'Nature without check with original energy'. Famously written in free verse and brimming with sensuous imagery and an unbridled love of nature and life in all its forms, and containing celebrated poems such as the ebullient 'Song of Myself' described by Jay Parini as the greatest American poem ever written and the elegiac 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd', Leaves of Grass is not only the finest achievement of a highly unique poet, but a founding text for American literature and modern poetry. Considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and a pioneer of free verse, Walt Whitman (1819 92) was also a prolific writer of essays and articles. Controversial in its time, his sprawling collection Leaves of Grass is regarded as his magnum opus.

About the Author Considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and a pioneer of free verse, Walt Whitman (1819 92) was also a prolific writer of essays and articles. Controversial in its time, his sprawling collection Leaves of Grass is regarded as his magnum opus.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781847497550 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Poetry by individual poets Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 A Perfect Hoax Italo Svevo

In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.

Description Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing litterateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at his own expense forty years ago. This leads the old man to reach new heights of self-delusion, spurred on by Gaia's succession of ruses. In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.

About the Author Born in Trieste in 1861, Italo Svevo worked for a family paint business for most of his life and was unknown as a writer until the 1923 publication thanks in part to the efforts of James Joyce of Zeno's Conscience, which is now considered a classic of Italian fiction.

Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781847497758 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 114 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Prelude and Other Poems William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth's verse was the embodiment of the Romantic age, with its evocation of a unifying spirit running through all things. This collection brings together a rich and diverse selection of his works, from the epic autobiographical masterpiece The Prelude to much-loved shorter poems such as I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' and She Was a Phantom of Delight'.

Description Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me, As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of towns in cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart William Wordsworth's verse was the embodiment of the Romantic age, with its evocation of a unifying spirit running through all things. This collection brings together a rich and diverse selection of his works, from the epic autobiographical masterpiece The Prelude to much-loved shorter poems such as I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' and She Was a Phantom of Delight'. Alongside his more personal and introspective compositions, poems such as Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey', She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' and The Idiot Boy' demonstrate, in an era of political and social ferment, the manner in which Wordsworth, together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, forged a revolutionary new poetic style through the publication of Lyrical Ballads one that embraced the vernacular and subjects previously deemed unworthy of poetry and thus changed the literary landscape of England for ever.

About the Author Perhaps the most enduringly popular figure of the Romantic age, William Wordsworth (1770 1850) continues to be considered one of the world's great poets, with a career spanning more than half a century that saw him rising from the Price: $16.99 radical young wanderer, experiencing the French Revolution at first hand, to the august Poet Laureate. ISBN: 9781847497505 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Poetry by individual poets Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter David Chariandy

In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me, acclaimed novelist David Chariandy's latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race today

Description In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me, acclaimed novelist David Chariandy's latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race today When a moment of quietly ignored bigotry prompted his three-year-old daughter to ask 'what happened?', David Chariandy began wondering how to discuss with his children the politics of race. Today, in a newly heated era of struggle and divisions, he has completed a letter to his now thirteen-year-old daughter. The son of Black and South Asian migrants from Trinidad, David draws upon his personal and ancestral past, including his experiences growing up as a 'visible minority' within the land of his birth, as well as the legacies of slavery, indenture and immigration. In sharing with his daughter his own story of 'race', he hopes to cultivate within her a sense of identity that balances the painful truths of the past and present with hopeful possibilities for a better future. With intimacy, sensitivity and beauty, Chariandy shares the questions he is addressing to his daughter questions of immense importance and resonance for us all.

About the Author David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. His debut novel, Soucouyant, was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada. It was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, won a Gold Independent Publisher Award for Best Novel and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Brother, his second novel, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Toronto Book Award. Film and television rights have been acquired by production companies Conquering Lion and Hawkeye Pictures. This is his first work of non-fiction.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781526602879 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Prose: non-fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me Charlotte Bingham

The wickedly funny sequel to the MI5 and Me, described by Tatler as 'a stone cold comic classic', following the irrepressible Lottie's adventures in 1950s London

Description The wickedly funny sequel to the MI5 and Me, described by Tatler as 'a stone cold comic classic', following the irrepressible Lottie's adventures in 1950s London London in the 1950s. Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she has had the bad luck to fall in love with Harry, a handsome if frustrated young actor, who has also been press-ganged into the family business, acting as one of her father's undercover agents in the Communist hotbed of British theatre. Together the two young lovers embark on a star-studded adventure through the glittering world of theatre - but, between missing files, disapproving parents, and their own burgeoning creative endeavours, life is about to become very complicated indeed...

About the Author Charlotte Bingham wrote her first book, Coronet Among the Weeds, a memoir of her life as a debutante, at the age of 19. It was published in 1963 and became an instant bestseller. Her father, John Bingham, the 7th Baron Clanmorris, was a member of M15 where Charlotte Bingham worked as a secretary. He was an inspiration for John le Carre's character George Smiley. Charlotte Bingham went on to write thirty-three internationally bestselling novels and, in partnership with her late husband Terence Brady, a number of successful, plays, films and TV series including Upstairs Downstairsand Take Three Girls. She lives in Somerset. charlottebingham.com

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781526608819 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Autobiography: arts & entertainment Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps Ursula Buchan

'John Buchan was a writer of considerable significance but he was also a man who led a remarkable public life. This magnificent biography leads us through that life with great style and understanding' Alexander McCall Smith

Description John Buchan's name is known across the world for The Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past one hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock. Yet there was vastly more to 'JB'. He wrote more than a hundred books, fiction and non-fiction and about a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines. He was a scholar, antiquarian, barrister, colonial administrator, journal editor, literary critic, publisher, war correspondent, director of wartime propaganda, member of parliament and imperial proconsul given a state funeral when he died, a deeply admired and loved Governor-General of Canada. His teenage years in Glasgow's Gorbals, where his father was the Free Church minister, contributed to his ease with shepherds and ambassadors, fur-trappers and prime ministers. His improbable marriage to a member of the aristocratic Grosvenor family means that this account of his life contains, at its heart, an enduring love story. Ursula Buchan, his granddaughter, has drawn on recently discovered family documents to write this comprehensive and illuminating biography. With perception, style, wit, and a penetratingly clear eye, she brings vividly to life this remarkable man and his times.

About the Author Ursula Buchan studied modern history at New Hall, Cambridge, and horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She is an award-winning journalist and author, having written eighteen books and contributed regularly to the Spectator, Observer, Independent, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Telegraph and The Garden. She is a daughter of John Buchan's second son, William.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781408870815 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 496 pages Bic1: Films, cinema Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions Briallen Hopper

A sharp and entertaining essay collection about the importance of multiple forms of love and friendship in a world designed for couples, from a laser-precise new voice.

Description A sharp and entertaining essay collection about the importance of multiple forms of love and friendship in a world designed for couples, from a laser-precise new voice. Sometimes it seems like there are two American creeds, self-reliance and marriage, and neither of them is mine. I experience myself as someone formed and sustained by others' love and patience, by student loans and stipends, by the kindness of strangers. Briallen Hopper's Hard to Love honors the categories of loves and relationships beyond marriage, the ones that are often treated as invisible or seen as secondary--friendships, kinship with adult siblings, care teams that form in times of illness, or various alternative family formations. She also values difficult and amorphous loves like loving a challenging job or inanimate objects that can't love you back. She draws from personal experience, sharing stories about her loving but combative family, the fiercely independent Emerson scholar who pushed her away, and the friends who have become her invented or found family; pop culture touchstones like the Women's March, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, and the timeless series Cheers; and the work of writers like Joan Didion, Gwendolyn Brooks, Flannery O'Connor, and Herman Melville (Moby-Dick like you've never seen it!). Hard to Love pays homage and attention to unlikely friends and lovers both real and fictional. It is a series of love letters to the meaningful, if underappreciated, forms of intimacy and community that are tricky, tangled, and tough, but ultimately sustaining.

About the Author Briallen Hopper writes about pop culture, religion, politics, friends, family, and herself for New York Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, the New Inquiry, Avidly, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Killing the Buddha, among many others. Her essays have been cited or recommended by sources like the New York Times, the Rumpus, Flavorwire, Longreads.com, and Slate. She has a PhD in American literature from Princeton and teaches writing at Yale. Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781632868800 www.briallenhopper.com Format: Hard Cover @briallenhopper Dimensions: 0x0mm briallenhopper.tumblr.com Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Literary essays Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care and How to Fix It Martin Makary

From the New York Times bestselling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system--and the people who are saving it.

Description 'A must-read for every American and business leader.' --Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, FORBES

From the New York Times bestselling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system--and the people who are saving it.

One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr. Makary, one of the nation's leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of price-gouging, middlemen, and a series of elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr. Makary shows how so much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr. Makary challenges the medical establishment to remember medicine's noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable.

The Price We Pay offers a roadmap for everyday Americans and business leaders to get a better deal on their health care, and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission, Makary argues, is alive and well--a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save our country from the crushing cost of health care.

About the Author Marty Makary, MD, MPH, is a surgeon and Professor of Health Policy at Johns Hopkins University and the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unaccountable. A leading voice for physicians in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, he was the lead author of the articles introducing a surgical checklist, later adapted by the W.H.O. and has published extensively on health care costs, vulnerable populations, and quality science. He served in leadership at the W.H.O. Safe Price: $42.99 ISBN: 9781635574111 Surgery Saves Lives project and has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. He lives in the Washington DC Format: Hard Cover area. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Health economics Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Gentle Art of Tramping Stephen Graham

A short, uplifting guide for the aspiring vagabond, with an introduction by Alastair Humphreys

Description 'Know how to tramp and you know how to live - Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of Nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour' The tramp is a friend of society; a seeker, they pay their way if they can. One includes in the category 'tramp' all true Bohemians, pilgrims, explorers afoot, walking tourists, and the like. Tramping is a way of approach, to Nature, to your fellow-man, to a nation, to beauty, to life itself. It is a gentle art and there is much to learn; illusions to overcome, prejudices and habits to be shaken off. Originally published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is a guide for anyone who has dreamed of taking to the road with nothing more than a bag full of essentials and big ideas. It gives guidance on walking, being open to discovery and being kind - advice as relevant now as it was then.

About the Author Stephen Graham (1884 - 1975) was a British journalist, travel-writer, essayist and novelist. His best-known books recount his travels around pre-revolutionary Russia and his journey to Jerusalem with a group of Russian Christian pilgrims. Most of his works express sympathy for the poor, for agricultural labourers and for tramps, and his distaste for industrialisation. He was the son of the editor of Country Life.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781448217243 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Nature & existence of God Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Reader AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Bella Figura: How to Live, Love and Eat the Italian Way Kamin Mohammadi

'A beautiful meditation on the writer's relocation from bustling London to bucolic Florence. It reminded me why I cherish slow living in southern Europe' (Taiye Selasi, Guardian)

Description 'A beautiful meditation on the writer's relocation from bustling London to bucolic Florence. It reminded me why I cherish slow living in southern Europe' (Taiye Selasi, Guardian)

Chosen as Book of the Year by Random Jottings

Made redundant from her job, Kamin Mohammadi flees the bleak streets of London for a friend's sun-dappled apartment in Florence. There, among the cobbled streets, the bustling, vibrant markets and the majestic palazzos, she finds a new lease of life, and a new way to live it. At once lyrical and practical, Bella Figura shows us how to make every aspect of life as beautiful as it can be. From how to choose the perfectly ripe tomato to how to walk down the street in style, Kamin Mohammadi explores the intricate nuances of Italian culture, and sets down a simple guide to a better, more elegant and ultimately more satisfying life.

About the Author Kamin Mohammadi was born in Iran in 1969 and exiled to the UK in 1979. She is an experienced journalist, writer and broadcaster who has written for The Times, the Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and . She has appeared as a commentator on various BBC, Channel Four and American radio stations. Her first book, The Cypress Tree was published in 2011. Kamin Mohammadi currently lives in Italy. www.kamin.co.uk

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781408856284 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race Jesmyn Ward

Edited by two-time National Book Award winner and Women's Prize shortlisted-author Jesmyn Ward, a timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America

Description THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Edited by two-time National Book Award winner and Women's Prize shortlisted-author Jesmyn Ward, a timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America

In this bestselling collection of essays and poems, Jesmyn Ward gathers a new generation of writers and thinkers to speak on race. From Claudia Rankine to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Kiese Laymon to Carol Anderson, these voices shine a light on the darkest corners of American history, wrestle with the struggles the country faces today and imagine a better future.

Envisioned as a response to The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin's groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, The Fire This Time considers the black experience in modern America. Significant progress has been made in the fifty years since Baldwin's essays were published, but America is a long distance away from a post-racial society a truth that must be confronted if the country is to continue to work towards change. Baldwin's 'fire next time' is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about. Sage, urgent and impassioned, this is an essential collection edited by one of America's greatest writers.

About the Author Jesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and has received the MacArthur 'Genius' Grant, a Stegner Fellowship, a John and Renee Grisham Writers Residency and the Strauss Living Prize. She is the first female author to win two National Book Awards for Fiction, for Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) which was also shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction (2018) and Salvage the Bones (2011). She is also the editor of the anthology The Fire This Time, the author of the memoir Men We Reaped and the author of the novel Where the Line Bleeds. She is currently an Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781408892589 associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University and lives in Mississippi. Format: Paperback @jesmimi Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Literary essays Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Clearing the Air: The Beginning and the End of Air Pollution Tim Smedley

This book tells the story of what's happened to the air we breathe, the impact it has had on our health and what we can do to fight back.

Description 'Read this book and join the effort to terminate air pollution.' Arnold Schwarzenegger Air pollution has become the world's greatest environmental health risk, and science is only beginning to reveal its wide- ranging effects. Globally, 19,000 people die each day from air pollution, killing more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and car accidents combined. What happened to the air we breathe? Sustainability journalist Tim Smedley has travelled the world to try and find the answer, visiting cities at the forefront of the fight against air pollution, including Delhi, Beijing, London and Paris. With insights from the scientists and politicians leading the battle against it, and people whose lives have been affected by it, Clearing the Air tells the full story of air pollution for the first time: what it is, which pollutants are harmful, where they come from and most importantly what we can do about them. Air pollution is a problem that can be solved. The stories uncovered on this journey show us how. Clearing the Air is essential reading for anyone who cares about the air they breathe. And this much becomes clear: in the fight against air pollution, we all have a part to play. The fightback has begun. 'Compulsory reading' Chris Boardman

About the Author Tim Smedley is an award-winning sustainability journalist. After ten years in London first as a business journalist, latterly as a freelancer writer covering the environment he left in 2014, fleeing the polluted streets for Oxfordshire where he is now based. At first, air pollution was just another environmental story to file. But air pollution seemed to get under his skin and into his veins literally, as it turned out and the more he researched, the more concerned he became. Never before had an environmental story come as close to home as this. Tim has written for the Financial Times, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, New Scientist, and most recently the BBC. Clearing the Air is his first book. Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472953322 Format: Paperback - Demy format www.timsmedleywriter.com / @TimSmedley Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Wonders Beyond Numbers: A Brief History of All Things Mathematical Johnny Ball

An all-encompassing history of maths from household name Johnny Ball

Description Johnny Ball has been a well-loved name in mathematics for many years. Wonders Beyond Numbers is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as an enthusiast for mathematics'. It will help spark (or re-spark) the reader's love of maths in its many facets. The scope of the book is breathtaking. Running in something approaching chronological order, it shows that every breakthrough in maths represents a single step forward, resting on the work of others, and it brings to life the importance of numbers, shapes and patterns in the world around us. As an indication of coverage, early chapters in the book will be looking at Egyptian binary maths, Thales's angular measurements, Sumer and base 60, Pythagoras and the maths of music, Plato and Euclid, Archimedes and hydrostatics, Pi and circular maths, areas and volumes, Diophantus and algebra, measuring the Earth, Quipo maths in Peru, Mayan maths and base 20, the discovery of zero, Chinese maths, negative numbers, Pascal's triangle and Al Khwarizmi's algebra. That takes us up to the early Middle Ages. It's all-encompassing, yet written in a light and reader-friendly fashion, and filled with diagrams to help explain the maths. Dotted throughout will be anecdotes and stories from Johnny's life and mathematical adventures, both in front of the camera and in the real world, too. This book's a gem.

About the Author A life-long maths obsessive, Johnny Ball started out as a Butlin's redcoat and stand-up comic before appearing on BBC TV's Play School from 1967. His real break, though, came in 1977, with the first series of Think of a Number, a tea-time popular maths show. A smash hit, this spawned various other shows (such as Johnny Ball Reveals All), as Johnny quickly became one of the most famous faces on British television. Johnny remains a regular fixture on TV and radio, and is comfortably Britain's most famous mathematician.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472939975 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese Bronwen Percival, Francis 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 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: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472955531 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth Elizabeth Tasker

Forget about rockets to Mars the future of space science lies with the search for exoplanets

Description Forget about rockets to Mars the future of space science lies with the search for exoplanets. Fifteen years ago, the search for planets and life outside the Solar System was a job restricted to science-fiction writers. Now it's one of the fastest-growing fields in astronomy; more than 4,600 of these 'exoplanets' have been discovered to date. There have been some truly stunning recent discoveries, predominantly through the findings of the Kepler Space Telescope, not least the fact that there seem to be planetary systems around pretty much every star. So what are these worlds like? Some of them are mind-boggling planets that orbit binary stars, giant 'hot' jupiters that orbit closer to their stars than Mercury is to the sun, earth-like planets that orbit dying, purple-coloured stars, shrinking planets with tails like a giant comet. The diversity is incredible, and growing. And then of course, there's the ultimate prize an earth-sized planet in what's known as the 'goldilocks' zone, the right distance from its star for water to be liquid and, perhaps, for life to occur. Such a planet hasn't been found so far, but it is probably a matter of time.

The Planet Factory tells the story of exoplanets and exoplanetary research. It discusses their way planets form, what their structure is and what features they exhibit, and describes in detail the detection techniques used to find them, before looking at what we can learn about surface environments and planetary atmospheres, and whether this hints at the tantalising possibility of life.

About the Author Elizabeth Tasker is an astrophysicist specialising in computational simulations of star formation in galaxies. After a degree in theoretical physics, she went on to complete her doctorate at Oxford before post-doctoral research at Columbia University and the University of Florida in the United States, and McMaster University in Canada. In 2011 she became an assistant professor at Hokkaido University, Japan. Elizabeth has been a keen science communicator for many years, dating back to winning the Daily Telegraph Young Science Writers Award in 1999. Since then she has written blogs for Scientific American and Physics Focus, and currently Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472917744 writes Hokkaido University's research blog. Format: Paperback - B format @girlandkat Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Mind Games: The Psychology of Elite Sport Annie Vernon

A fascinating insight into the psychology behind sport at elite level

Description Throughout her career as one of the world's top athletes, Annie Vernon struggled with an existential question about the purpose of sport in our comfortable, first-world society: why do we do it? What is it about our psyche that makes pushing the mind and body to their limits in order to win a foot race, a swimming race or a rowing race such a basic human desire? Having retired from competition, Annie decided to look for answers to these questions in the world of mind games. What is the psychology behind sport at an elite level? With Team GB recording its best ever performances at the Rio Olympic Games, having come second in the medal table in consecutive games, the public is aware of elite sport and the techniques used by our sporting heroes more than ever. Whether it be performing under pressure, coping with nerves, teamwork, or building self-belief in the face of adversity, the methods that elite sports-people use are also relevant to everyday life. But sports psychology is still regarded as something of a mystery. How exactly do elite sports performers harness the power of their mind in pursuit of physical perfection? Mind Games discusses concepts used in sports psychology in a way that is understandable to the watching public, sports fans and sports-haters alike, with Annie walking them through each area of the field, bringing in expert exponents to add their input. The narrative is broadly based in three main sources; the author's own experiences, interviews with a wide range of people from other sports, and a review of academic research in the field. She speaks to athletes from a broad spectrum of sports in the UK and the US, including rugby's Brian Moore, Jonny Wilkinson and Clive Woodward, tennis's Judy Murray, rowers Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent and Katherine Grainger, polar explorer Ben Saunders, triathlete Chrissie Wellington, swimmer Rebecca Adlington, skeleton-bob star Lizzy Yarnold, runner Jo Pavey and sailor Ben Ainslie, along with coaches and sports psychologists from both Olympic sports and their professional equivalents in football cycling. US sports personalities interviewed include basketball's Shane Battier and John Starks, NFL stars Ryan Fitzpatrick, fencer Tim Morehouse, and baseball's Craig Breslow and Tino Martinez. After looking closely at areas such as motivation, competitiveness, gender, and teamwork, Olympic medallist Annie Vernon steps away from the rowing boat to uncover the underlying psychological principles behind the sports that Price: $34.99 ISBN: 9781472949110 everyone enjoys. Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm About the Author Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Sports psychology For eight years, Annie Vernon was a full-time, Lottery-funded professional athlete on the British Rowing Team, the most Bic2: successful in the world, and Britain's most successful Olympic sport. She represented Team GB at the 2008 Beijing and Illustrations: 2012 London Games, winning silver in Beijing, and became a two-time World Champion along the way. Previous Titles: Author now living: Since retiring, Annie has moved into sports journalism, and has written for The Times, the Guardian, and the BBC. She has worked on major events such as the Rugby World Cup and Henley Royal Regatta, and appears regularly on BBC radio. BLM Sport AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Monsieur X: The incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history Jamie Reid

Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy.

Description *William Hill Sports Book of the Year award winning author* Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy. Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well-educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie. Between the late 1950s and the early 1970s, Des Moutis made a daring attempt to beat the French state-run betting system. His success so alarmed the authorities that they repeatedly changed the rules of betting in an effort to stop him. And so a battle of wills began, all played out on the front pages of the daily newspapers as the general public willed Des Moutis on to ever greater triumphs. He remained one step ahead of the law until finally the government criminalised his activities, driving him into the arms of the underworld. Eventually the net began to close, high-profile characters found themselves the target of the state's investigation, and people began turning up dead.

About the Author Jamie Reid is the author of the non-fiction books A Licence to Print Money, Blown and Doped, the winner of the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. A life-long betting and racing enthusiast, he has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times supplement How To Spend It, and has also written for the Guardian and the Independent on Sunday, as well as a wide range of magazines.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472942302 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Biography: sport Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 401401401 Ben Smith

The inspiring story of Ben Smith who ran 401 marathons in 401 days with minimal support, to raise money for Stonewall and Kidscape.

Description The story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, until they heard his story, then they began to understand. Having endured years of bullying as a child, Ben tried to take his own life. In adulthood, Ben struggled to feel content with the life that was mapped out for him. But having found his passion in running, Ben sold his possessions, escaped his old life and set off on what seemed like an impossible mission The 401 Challenge. During his 10,506.2-mile odyssey criss-crossing the UK, Ben ran in 309 different locations, accompanied by more than 13,500 people. He visited 101 schools, burned an estimated 2.4 million calories, wrecked his back and braved every extreme of the British weather, while raising eE330,000 for charity, touching the lives of millions. This is the inspiring journey of a previously lost and broken man who discovered that anything is possible, if only you choose to search for what makes you truly happy.

About the Author Ben Smith ran 401 marathons in 401 days to raise money for the charities Stonewall and Kidscape. He has since launched The 401 Foundation, which provides grants to small grassroot organisations and individuals which help people build confidence, improve self-esteem and tackle mental health and self-development issues. @the401challenge

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781472963864 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Marathon & cross-country running Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 101 Youth Rugby Drills Chris Sheryn, Anna Sheryn

Designed specifically for young players, this manual contains progressive practical drills to help players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills.

Description Designed specifically for younger players, 101 Youth Rugby Drills is the practice bible for youth rugby coaches. It contains a range of progressive practice drills to help young players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills required to introduce rugby, including: - warming up and cooling down - handling the ball - running with the ball - attacking and defensive patterns. As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the players.

About the Author Anna and Chris Sheryn are experienced coaches and work with all ages from primary school to adults in a range of sports including rugby, netball and speed and strength development. Chris works with the Lilleshall Sports Injury and Human Performance Centre, which is at the forefront of elite sport support services, sports science and injury rehabilitation, and enjoys a range of sporting activities having retired from a successful amateur rugby career. Anna currently works with teams in primary and secondary schools and a college academy. Having played at netball at county level, she still enjoys netball, playing and coaching, and is keen to continue to develop all sporting opportunities for 8 - 16 year olds.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472970398 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Sports training & coaching Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rugby But Were too Afraid to Ask Iain Macintosh

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rugby But Were Afraid to Ask explains the laws of modern sport in a light-hearted and accessible way. This is a witty guide to the rules, tactics and etiquette of the sport for all new fans or 'rugby widows'.

Description Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rugby But Were too Afraid to Ask explains the often-baffling laws of modern sport in a light-hearted and easy-to-understand way to the new fan/spectator or the 'sport widow'.

This is a witty, off-the-wall guide to the rules of the modern game, as if written by a very patient but understanding friend. Writer Iain Macintosh explains how rugby works and why is it so popular, and reveals the history of the sport. He guides the novice through the basic rules of the game in a bouncy, easy-to-fathom style, but also explains the fast-changing pace of the modern game that has made it even more compelling. If you've ever been terrified by phrases like 'ruck and maul', or never quite understood the legalised 'bundle' that is a scrum, this book will remove the mystery and explain all you ever needed to know about rugby, but were too afraid to ask.

About the Author Iain Macintosh is the UK Sports Correspondent for The New Paper (Singapore). He is also the author of Football Fables (2008).

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472970473 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Rugby Union Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Hockey England Hockey

Contains all you need to know about the sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips. Providing information on how to find a club and meet new people to participate with, this book also includes colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts.

Description The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports. For 50 years they have been the first step into a new sport for many people, children and adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format with a modern design - making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible, and they are now packed with colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips. There's even information on how to find a club and meet new people to play the sport with. And having been written and endorsed by the sport's professional body, you can be sure that you are getting the best information available.

About the Author Each book is written and endorsed by the professional associations.

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781472970527 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 64 pages Bic1: Hockey Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Sport AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 BBC Proms 2019: Festival Guide BBC Proms Publications

The BBC Proms Guide is the official companion to the world's greatest classical music festival.

Description The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. It is one of the strongest brand names in the music world and attracts a glittering array of artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world in over 150 concerts, talks, workshops and family events around London every summer. Whether you're a first-time visitor or an experienced Prommer, watching at home or listening on radio or online, the BBC Proms Guide will help you to plan your summer of music and discover in depth what lies behind the Proms from the composers to the performers to how the events are broadcast. The Proms Guide contains brand-new articles on featured composers and insights on performers, new music and accompanying events.

About the Author The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, originally founded in 1895.

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781912114030 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 184 pages Bic1: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BBC Proms AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Giving Up Without Giving Up: Meditation and Depressions Jim Green

A simple, intelligent guide which can be read, studied and used by anyone with an interest in this subject as a patient, counsellor, priest or therapist

Description Jim Green has done pioneering work in the area of meditation and mindfulness as an antidote to mental illness, depression and anxiety. 'The real thing' he writes, needs to try and speak to the 'via negativa', the desert experience and the realisation of poverty of spirit in connection with the event we call depression. While the language of Buddhism has much to say in this territory, Jim Green emphasizes that there is great scope to let the Christian Word speak alongside this and other ways of being with our silences. The book opens with a quote from the Evening Standard website from a reader: 'There are all kinds of Buddhism books which go near the real thing or address what mediation really is or can be. I guess the real thing is a bit too scary'. Like other Bloomsbury Continuum bestsellers Waterbugs and Dragonflies, The Death of a Child and The Art of Dying this will be a welcome comfort and instructive guide for those dealing with mental health issues, bereavement and other social problems.

About the Author Jim Green was educated at Clare College Cambridge (English) and UEA (Modern Literature with Bradbury and Ishiguro). He wrote the BBC study guide to accompany Jonathan Miller's TV series 'Madness' and two booklets: Meditation and Mental Health and Meditation and Addiction. He is a manager with Norwich Mind which delivers local mental health services for the NHS. Previously he has worked in homelessness and mental health projects in Camden and Islington in both statutory and voluntary organizations (including MIND).

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781472957450 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Where We Are: The State of Britain Now Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton seeks to define the basis of our national sentiment and loyalty, at a time when Britain must reimagine its position in the world.

Description Addressing one of the most politically turbulent periods in modern British history, philosopher Roger Scruton asks how, in these circumstances, we can come to define our identity, and what in the coming years will hold us together. To what are our duties owed and why? How do we respond to the pull of globalisation and mass migration, to the rise of Islam and to the decline of Christian belief? Do we accept these as inevitable or do we resist them? If we resist them on what basis do we build? This book sets out to answer these questions, and to understand the volatile moment in which we live. Roger Scruton slices characteristically through the fog of debate with this sensible and profound account of our collective identity; essential reading for anyone interested in what it means to be British, what that might come to mean in future, and who wonders how we can define our place in a rapidly changing world.

About the Author Sir Roger Scruton is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and University Professor at Boston University. He is currently visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC. He has published a large number of books, including some works of fiction, and has written and composed two operas. He writes regularly for the Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and was for many years wine critic of the New Statesman.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472965141 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Cultural studies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Fools, Frauds and Firebrands Roger Scruton

What does the Left look like today and how has it evolved? Is there any foundation for resistance to its agenda without religious faith?

Description The thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left are examined in this study by one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization. Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. He conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as: E. P. Thompson, Ronald Dworkin, R. D. Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Zizek, Ralph Milliband and Eric Hobsbawm. In addition to assessments of these thinkers' philosophical and political contributions, the book contains a biographical and bibliographical section summarizing their careers and most important writings. In Thinkers of the New Left Scruton asks, what does the Left look like today and as it has evolved since 1989? He charts the transfer of grievances from the working class to women, gays and immigrants, asks what can we put in the place of radical egalitarianism, and what explains the continued dominance of antinomian attitudes in the intellectual world? Can there be any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith? Scruton's exploration of these important issues is written with skill, perception and at all times with pellucid clarity. The result is a devastating critique of modern left-wing thinking.

About the Author Professor Roger Scruton is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and University Professor at Boston University. He is currently visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC. He has published a large number of books, including some works of fiction, and has written and composed two operas. He writes regularly for the Times, the Telegraph, the Spectator and was for many years wine critic of the New Statesman.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472965219 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 A Political Philosophy Roger Scruton

Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture: this is that theory.

Description Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. The tone of this book is positive and the arguments are recommendations with the aim of convincing the reader that rumours of the death of Western civilisation are greatly exaggerated. Much of our present self doubt, argues Scruton, is brought about by the Darwinian theory of evolution. Darwin encourages us to see human emotion as a reproductive strategy. This is a perspective which Scruton attacks vehemently especially in its modern proponents- Desmond Morris and Richard Dawkins. This the author believes undermines the belief in freedom and the moral imperatives that stem from it.

About the Author Sir Roger Scruton is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and University Professor at Boston University. He is currently visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC. He has published a large number of books, including some works of fiction, and has written and composed two operas. He writes regularly for the Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and was for many years wine critic of the New Statesman.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472965226 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Social & political philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 How to be a conservative Roger Scruton

Renowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a sceptical age.

Description What does it mean to be a conservative in an age so sceptical of conservatism? How can we live in the presence of our 'canonized forefathers' at a time when their cultural, religious and political bequest is so routinely rejected? With soft left- liberalism as the dominant force in Western politics, what can conservatives now contribute to public debate that will not be dismissed as pure nostalgia? In this highly personal and witty book, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explains how to live as a conservative in spite of the pressures to exist otherwise. Drawing on his own experience as a counter- cultural presence in public life, Scruton argues that while humanity might survive in the absence of the conservative outlook, it certainly won't flourish. How to be a Conservative is not only a blueprint for modern conservatism. It is a heartfelt appeal on behalf of old fashioned decencies and values, which are the bedrock of our weakened, but still enduring civilization.

About the Author Professor Roger Scruton is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and University Professor at Boston University. He is currently visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC. He has published a large number of books, including some works of fiction, and has written and composed two operas. He writes regularly for The Times, the Telegraph, the Spectator and was for many years wine critic of the New Statesman.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472965233 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Philosophy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Rage Against God Peter Hitchens

In a fascinating account, Peter Hitchens describes his autobiographical and spiritual journey from atheism to faith in God through the power of reasoning.

Description Peter Hitchens lost faith as a teenager. But eventually finding atheism barren, he came by a logical process to his current affiliation to an unmodernised belief in Christianity.Hitchens describes his return from the far political left. Familiar with British left-wing politics, it was travelling in the Communist bloc that first undermined and replaced his leftism, a process virtually completed when he became a newspaper's resident Moscow correspondent in 1990, just before the collapse of the Communist Party.He became convinced of certain propositions. That modern western social democratic politics is a form of false religion in which people try to substitute a social conscience for an individual one. That utopianism is actively dangerous. That liberty and law are attainable human objectives which are also the good by-products of Christian faith. Faith is the best antidote to utopianism, dismissing the dangerous idea of earthly perfection, discouraging people from acting as if they were God, encouraging people to act in the belief that there is a God and an ordered, purposeful universe, governed by an unalterable law.

About the Author Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. He witnessed most of the final scenes of the Cold War, and was a resident correspondent in the Soviet capital and in Washington, DC. He frequently revisits both Russia and the USA. He currently writes for the Mail on Sunday, where he is a columnist and occasional foreign correspondent, reporting most recently from Iran, North Korea, Burma, The Congo and China. He won the journalism category in the 2010 George Orwell Prize for this correspondence.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472970534 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 184 pages Bic1: Religion & politics Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World Amanda Little

Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

Description We need to produce more food. With water and food shortages already being felt in some parts of the world, this might sound like an insurmountable challenge, but all is far from lost. You may not have heard about it, but the sustainable food revolution is already under way. Amanda Little unveils startling innovations from the front lines around the world: farmscrapers, cloned cattle, meatless burgers, edible insects, superbananas and microchipped cows. She meets the most creative and controversial minds changing the face of modern food production, and tackles fears over genetic modification with hard facts. The Fate of Food is a fascinating look at the threats and opportunities that lie ahead as we struggle to feed ever more people in a changing world.

About the Author Amanda Little is the author of Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells Our Ride to the Renewable Future. An award- winning environmental journalist, she has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone , Wired and the Washington Post, among others. She teaches investigative journalism at Vanderbilt University and lives with her husband and children in Nashville, Tennessee.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786076533 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Cookery / food & drink etc Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Fate of Food 8 Copy Pack

Comprising 8 copies of The Fate of Food, plus a free reading copy

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 China's Invisible Crisis: The Growing Urban-Rural Divide and What It Means Natalie Johnson, Scott Rozelle

This is not a story about skyscrapers being thrown up in days, or one about luxury shopping or high-speed rail networks. This is the story everyone has been missing, out in the countryside where more than half the country lives.

Description China's economy has been built on the back of unskilled labour and now that wages are rising, factories are moving elsewhere and taking jobs with them. The problem is that, in single-mindedly pursuing growth, China basically forgot to educate its people. Now a middle-income country, but with 500 million uneducated rural poor, China has a looming development trap. Without better skills and education, the country risks corruption, organised crime and economic stagnation. And as unskilled workers lose their jobs and are unable to find new ones, China may come to rely far more on militaristic nationalism in order to stave off social unrest. Stanford economist Scott Rozelle argues that, even as China has experienced unprecedented growth and deeply embedded itself in the world economy, it has missed a vital component in securing its future. The implications should worry all of us.

About the Author Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP) at Stanford University. He received his BS from Berkeley and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non- Chinese by the Premier. Natalie Johnson manages the Keeping Kids in School projects at REAP. She joined the REAP team full time in 2013 after graduating from Williams College with a BA in Chinese Language and Political Science.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786075543 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Development studies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 China's Invisible Crisis 8 Copy Pack

Comprising 8 copies of China's Invisible Crisis, plus a free reading copy.

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology Mark Boyle

It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.

Description No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.

About the Author Mark Boyle is the author of three previous books, which have been translated into over twenty languages. A former business graduate, he has lived entirely without money for three years. He has written columns for the Guardian and has irregularly contributed to international press, radio and television. He lives on a smallholding in Co. Galway, Ireland.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781786076021 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Natural history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Way Home 8 Copy Pack

Comprising 8 copies of The Way Home, plus a free reading copy.

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Moneyless Man Mark Boyle

Offers some tips for economical (and environmentally friendly) living.

Description Imagine a year without spending even a dime. Former businessman Mark Boyle did just that. Following his own strict rules, Mark learned ingenious ways to eliminate his bills and flourish for free. Encountering seasonal foods, solar panels, skill-swapping schemes, cuttlefish toothpaste, and a cash-free Christmas, Boyle puts the fun into frugality and offers some great tips for economical (and environmentally friendly) living. This is a compelling story, you'll never look at money in the same way again.

About the Author Mark Boyle has founded the worldwide 'freeconomic' movement. An economics graduate and former business director, he is Irish and lives in Bristol in the UK. His website (justfortheloveofit.org) receives up to 30,000 hits a day and has become a hub for community sharing with over 17,000 members worldwide (many in the US). His story has been reported worldwide and he is an excellent self-publicist. He has been covered in media including: Wall Street Journal, CNN, Huffington Post, New York Metro, BBC World Service, Guardian of London, Sky News, The Times of London, The Star of Canada, La Presse of Canada.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781786075994 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 On the Other Side of Freedom: Race and Justice in a Divided America DeRay Mckesson

Our work needs no more martyrs. You can fight these fights and live.

Description Five years ago, DeRay Mckesson quit his job as a school teacher, moved to Ferguson, Missouri, and spent the next 400 days on the streets as an activist, helping to bring the movement into being. Even when the police made it illegal to stand still, they refused to back down. Now, in his first book, Mckesson lays down the intellectual, pragmatic, and political framework for a new liberation movement. Honest, courageous, and imaginative, On the Other Side of Freedom is a work brimming with hope. Drawing on his own experiences - of growing up without his mother, with a father in recovery, of having a house burn down and a bully chase him home from school, of pacifying a traffic cop at gunpoint, of determined activism on the streets and in the White House - Mckesson asks us to imagine the best of what is possible. Honouring the voices of a new generation of activists, On the Other Side of Freedom is a visionary's call to take responsibility for imagining, and then building, the world we want to live in.

About the Author DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist. Born and raised in , he graduated from Bowdoin College and holds honorary doctorates from The New School and the Institute College of Art. A leading voice in the Black Lives Matter Movement and a co-founder of , DeRay has been praised by for his work as a community organizer, and has advised officials at all levels of US government and internationally. He has been named among the World's Greatest Leaders in Fortune magazine, one of the 30 Most Important People On The Internet by Time and listed as one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Global Thinkers.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781786076519 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Political activism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Contested Modernity: Sectarianism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Bahrain Omar H. AlShehabi

An innovative reading of the rise of sectarianism across the Middle East, including the part played by British colonialism

Description Today, discussions of the Arab world, especially the Gulf States, are increasingly defined by the use of ethnosectarian terms. Such divisions are often assumed to be directly related to Islamism and oil, but their roots can be traced back much further to the early twentieth century and Bahrain under British colonial rule. Drawing on a wealth of local literature unexamined in previous English-language studies, Omar H. AlShehabi analyses how colonialism and modernization contributed to Bahraini society's division along ethnic and sectarian lines. He assesses, too, the impact of emergent political movements of the time, in particular the nationalist al-Nahda renaissance which swept the Arab world in the nineteenth century. A groundbreaking work, Contested Modernity challenges us to reconsider how we see not only the Gulf but the wider Middle East as it was drawn by Britain and France in the aftermath of World War I.

About the Author Omar AlShehabi is director of the Gulf Centre for Development Policies and an assistant professor in economics at the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. He is the author of several scholarly books and articles and has contributed to numerous international publications, including the Guardian, Al-Monitor and Jadaliyya.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781786072917 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Dictator Literature Daniel Kalder

A tour of the merciless leaders who inflicted their books upon society, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao and many more

Description Literacy, long upheld as a standard bearer for progress, is not always a force for good. Had Stalin's mother never sent him to the seminary he never would have learned to read and so never discovered the works of Marx or Lenin. Instead he probably would have ended up like his father a cobbler by trade and a drunk by vocation. Throughout the twentieth century dictators subjected captive audiences to soul-killing prose on a massive scale. They published theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry collections, memoirs and even romance novels. Armed with nothing but a darkly humorous wit, Daniel Kalder journeys long into the literary night to discover what their tomes reveal about the dictatorial soul. From the staggeringly vile and incompetent Mein Kampf, and the 'miracles' wrought by former librarian Mao's Little Red Book, up to the ongoing exploits of North Korea's Kim dynasty, Dictator Literature is an unforgettable look at the power of the pen.

About the Author Daniel Kalder is the author of Lost Cosmonaut and Strange Telescopes. He is also a journalist who has contributed to Esquire, the Guardian, The Times, the Dallas Morning News and many other publications. Originally from Fife, Scotland, he lived in Moscow for ten years and currently resides in Central Texas.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781786075383 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Literature & literary studies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Nine Lives Paul Cruickshank, Aimen Dean

Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker - Spy

Description As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons programme, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives. This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighting on the wrong side and his fateful decision to work undercover for his sworn enemy. From the killing fields of Bosnia to the training camps of Afghanistan, from running money and equipment in Britain to dodging barrel bombs in Syria, we discover what life is like inside the global jihad, and what it will take to stop it once and for all.

About the Author Aimen Dean will be assisted in writing Nine Lives by Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, who wrote the international bestseller Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA with Morten Storm. Paul Cruickshank is a British and a New York based investigative reporter specializing in al Qaeda, a CNN Terrorism Analyst, and an Alumni Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University's School of Law. Tim Lister, also British, has covered international news for 25 years as a producer and reporter for the BBC and CNN. In 2004, he produced the award-winning documentary 'Between Hope and Fear: Journeys in the New Iraq' for CNN.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781786075406 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 432 pages Bic1: Autobiography: historical, political & military Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Spinning Magnet Alanna Mitchell

The fascinating history of electromagnetism and how, in the not-so-distant future, the Earth's poles will switch places with potentially catastrophic results

Description North is north and south is south. Or is it? Every once in a long while, the Earth's magnetic poles switch places. It's happened many times in deep history, but never since humans walked the planet. After the next big switch, our compasses will point the wrong way and we will no longer be able to see the aurora borealis in Iceland. But that's not all. It might just push us back into the Stone Age. Beginning with the first investigations into electromagnetism, The Spinning Magnet charts a fascinating history of one of the most powerful forces in the universe. Award-winning science journalist Alanna Mitchell reveals how the Victorians made their pivotal discoveries, delves into unseen and unforeseen natural forces that threaten our planet, and warns of a possible future where solar radiation storms wipe out power grids and electronic communication across the globe.

About the Author Alanna Mitchell is an award-winning science journalist and author of Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis, which won the Grantham Prize for environmental journalism. She's written for the New York Times, National Geographic and the Guardian. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781786075505 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb Clare Mulley

Presents the adventures and tribulations of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children.

Description Save the Children's original founder was a remarkable spinster in a brown cardigan whose most famous line, 'I don't care for children' makes hers a most unconventional story. Clare Mulley's sensitive, entertaining, and beautifully written biography reveals a life full of humour and tragedy, passion and pain, and casts an enlightening insight into the development of the charity we know today.

About the Author Clare Mulley joined Save the Children as a corporate fundraiser in the 1990s. She is the mother of three daughters and currently lives in Essex, UK. While working as a fundraiser at Save the Children Clare Mulley came across a note written eighty years earlier by the organisation's founder: 'the world is not ungenerous, but unimaginative, and very busy'. She has since been fascinated by Eglantyne, sleeping in her childhood nursery, rifling through her journals, and even buying her signature on eBay.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781786076472 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 416 pages Bic1: Biography: historical, political & military Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Mary Quant Jenny Lister

Mary Quant is a fashion icon and this is the first focused study of her career, with a foreword by Suzy Menkes.

Description Mary Quant is a fashion icon. The first focused study of her career, this book shows how she revolutionised fashion, harnessing youth, streetstyle and mass production to create a new look for everyone. The book surveys the development of her business in the context of British, European and American fashion in the post war period, and explores how her innovative marketing created a powerful global brand. Featuring new photography of Quant garments, alongside previously unpublished fashion photographs and designs, this book forms a dynamic and authoritative account of Mary Quant and her legacy.

About the Author Jenny Lister is Curator of Fashion at the V&A. Suzy Menkes is a British journalist and fashion critic, formerly fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune (now known as the New York Times), she is currently Editor, Vogue International, for 25 worldwide editions of Vogue online.

Price: $59.99 ISBN: 9781851779956 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Autobiography: general Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

V&A Publications AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Cutting Edge Leslie Cavendish

Leslie's story honest, always entertaining and inspiring parallels the meteoric rise of the Beatles themselves, and is no less astounding

Description The Beatles' hair changed the world. As their increasingly wild, untamed manes grew, to the horror of parents everywhere, they set off a cultural revolution as the most tangible symbol of the Sixties' psychedelic dream of peace, love and playful rebellion. In the midst of this epochal change was Leslie Cavendish, hairdresser to the Beatles and some of the greatest stars of the music and entertainment industry. But just how did a fifteen-year-old Jewish school dropout from an undistinguished North London suburb, with no particular artistic talent or showe-business connections, end up literally at the cutting edge of Sixties' fashion in just four years? His story honest, always entertaining and inspiring parallels the meteoric rise of the Beatles themselves, and is no less astounding.

About the Author Leslie Cavendish was born in East London and grew up in a large Jewish family in Burnt Oak, North London. He was apprenticed to Vidal Sassoon in 1962, becoming a stylist in his own right three years later. He became Paul McCartney's private haire-dresser in 1966, and soon began to work on the image of all four Beatles, at the Apple offices and in their recording studios, and was even invited along as a friend and participant on the Magical Mystery Tour. In 1967, he opened his own salon, backed by Apple and the Beatles, at 161 King's Road, Chelsea. After the official breakup of the Beatles, Leslie closed his salon and ran a clothing boutique in South London, while remaining a freelance hairdresser. In 1978, he entered the family footwear business and remained there until 1998 before moving to Spain. He now works for a major charity but also conducts occasional 'VIP Beatles Tours' of London, lectures on the Beatles and Sixties culture, and consults with the Beatles Fan Club. Leslie has two sons and divides his time between Britain and Spain. This is his first book.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781846884542 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Biography: general Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Books AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueledthe Rise of Al Qaeda, Isis and Donald Trump Max Blumenthal

How America's national security state fueled the rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump.

Description THE MANAGEMENT OF SAVAGERY tells the story of the parallel rise of international jihadism and Western ultra- nationalism. Since Washington's secret funding of the Mujahideen following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 1970s, America has supported extremists with money and hardware, including enemies such as Bin Laden. The Pentagon's willingness to make alliances abroad have seen the war coming home with inevitable consequences: by funding, training, and arming jihadist elements in Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya since the Cold War and waging wars of regime change and interventions that gave birth to the Islamic State. Meanwhile, Trump's dealings In the Middle East are likely only to exacerbate the situation further. Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America's dealing with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America's imperial designs of a national security state. And shows how this has ended with the rise of the Trump presidency.

About the Author Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in New York Times, Daily Beast, Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. He is currently senior editor of AlterNet's Grayzone Project and the author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, which won the 2014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Notable Book Award, the New York Times best selling Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered the Party and The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. His documentaries and on the ground reports have been seen by millions.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781788737432 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Terrorism, armed struggle Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Municipal Dreams John Boughton

A narrative history of council housing from slums to the Grenfell Tower

Description Traversing the nation, Municipal Dreams offers an architectural tour of some of the best and most remarkable of our housing estates, and in doing so offers an engrossing social history of housing in Britain. John Broughton asks us to understand better their complex story and to rethink our prejudices. His accounts include extraordinary planners and architects who wished to elevate working men and women through design and the politicians, high and low, who shaped their work, the competing ideologies which have promoted state housing and condemned it, the economics which has always constrained our housing ideals, the crisis wrought by Right to Buy, and the evolving controversies around regeneration. He shows how the loss of the dream of good housing for all is a danger for the whole of society as was seen in the fire in Grenfell Tower.

About the Author John Boughton has published in the Historian and Labor History and gives talks on housing to a range of audiences. He is involved in a number of housing campaigns and lives in London. His blog is municipaldreams.wordpress.com.

Price: $22.99 ISBN: 9781784787400 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Politics & government Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Never Ending Nightmare: The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy Pierre Dardot, Christian Laval

Neoliberalism's war against democracy and how to resist it

Description How do we explain the strange survival of the forcesresponsible for the 2008 economic crisis, one of the worst since 1929? How do we explain the fact that neoliberalism has emerged from the crisis strengthened? When it broke, a number of the most prominent economists hastened to announce the 'death' of neoliberalism. They regarded the pursuit of neoliberal policy as the fruit of dogmatism. For Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval, neoliberalism is no mere dogma. Supported by powerful oligarchies, it is a veritable politico-institutional system that obeys a logic of self-reinforcement. Far from representing a break, crisis has become a formidably effective mode of government. In showing how this system crystallized and solidified, the book explains that the neoliberal straitjacket has succeeded in preventing any course correction by progressively deactivating democracy. Increasing the disarray and demobilization, the so-called 'governmental' Left has actively helped strengthen this oligarchical logic. The latter could lead to a definitive exit from democracy in favour of expertocratic governance, free of any control. However, nothing has been decided yet. The revival of democratic activity, which we see emerging in the political movements and experiments of recent years, is a sign that the political confrontation with the neoliberal system and the oligarchical bloc has already begun.

About the Author Pierre Dardot is a philosopher and specialist of Hegel and Marx. His previous books include The New Way of the World (with Christian Laval). Christian Laval is Professor of Sociology at the Universite de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense.

Price: $34.99 ISBN: 9781786634740 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Political economy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump - and Beyond Nancy Fraser

Neoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake?

Description Across the globe politics as usual are being rejected and faith in neoliberalism is fracturing beyond repair. Leading political theorist Nancy Fraser, in conversation with Jacobin publisher Bhaskar Sunkara, dissects neoliberalism's current crisis and argues that we might wrest new futures from its ruins. The global political, ecological, economic, and social breakdown symbolized, but not caused, by Trump's election has destroyed faith that neoliberal capitalism is beneficial to the majority. Fraser explores how this faith was built through the late twentieth century by balancing two central tenets: recognition (who deserves rights) and distribution (who deserves income). When these began to fray, new forms of outsider populist politics emerged on the left and the right. These, Fraser argues, are symptoms of the larger crisis of hegemony for neoliberalism, a moment when, as Gramsci had it, 'the old is dying and the new cannot be born.' Explored further in an accompanying interview with Jacobin publisher Bhaskar Sunkara, Fraser argues that we now have the opportunity to build progressive populism into an emancipatory social force, one that can claim a new hegemony.

About the Author Nancy Fraser is Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research, Einstein Fellow of the city of Berlin, and holder of the 'Global Justice' Chair at the College d'etudes mondiales in Paris. Her books include Redistribution or Recognition; Adding Insult to Injury; Scales of Justice; Justice Interruptus; and Unruly Practices. Bhaskar Sunkara is the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine.

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781788732727 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Political ideologies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Intent to Deceive Linda Melvern

A shocking expose of genocide denial.

Description The 1994 genocide of the Tutsi, an attempt to exterminate a minority people, was unprecedented in speed and scale, comparable to the genocide of the Armenians by Turkey and the Nazi Holocaust. But the violence continues today as supporters of the racist ideology of Hutu power continue to undermine the established version of events, through systematic denial, propaganda and fake news. This campaign seeks to minimize what occurred and blame the victims for their fate. The genocide denial continues to spread and is promoted by media, academics, lawyers and politicians. In this searing account of the aftermath of the genocide, investigative journalist Linda Melvern exposes systematic attempts to falsify the historical record. This includes a campaign by French military officers, implicated in events, to lay the blame on volunteer peacekeepers in the UN military operation. It includes true story behind the owner of Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, and his links with the killers. It reveals the number of genocidaires at large, and the priest killers protected by the Vatican. The excessive secrecy and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts by Western governments serves Hutu Power in its campaign of new spin. Intent to Deceive is a chilling, thoroughly investigated expose of how politicians continue to use the crime for their own ends, long after the killing has ceased

About the Author Linda Melvern is a widely published investigative journalist. She is a former Honorary Professor in the Department of International Politics at the of the University of Aberystwyth and was a consultant to the Military One prosecution team at the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda. Her previous books on the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi of Rwanda include Conspiracy to Murder and A People Betrayed.

Price: $34.99 ISBN: 9781788733281 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Political control & freedoms Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Legislature by Lot John Gastil, Erik Olin Wright

An ancient answer to the timeless question of how best to choose our lawmakers

Description Democracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class. The gap between the public and its public officials might seem unbridgeable in the modern world, but Legislature by Lot presents a close examination of an inspiring solution: a legislature chosen through 'sortition' the random selection of lay citizens. It's a concept that has come to the attention of democratic reformers across the globe. Proposals for such bodies are being debated in Australia, Belgium, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. Sortition promises to reduce corruption and create a truly representative legislature in one fell swoop. In Legislature by Lot, John Gastil and Erik Olin Wright make the case for pairing a sortition body with an elected chamber within a bicameral legislature. Gastil is a leading deliberative democracy scholar, and Wright a distinguished sociologist and series editor of the Real Utopias books, of which this is a part. In this volume, they bring together critics and advocates of sortition who studied ancient Athens, deliberative polling, political theory, social movements, and civic innovation. The constellation of voices in this book lays out a wide variety of ideas for how to implement sortition, without obscuring its limitations, and examine its potential for reshaping modern politics.

Legislature by Lot includes sixteen essays that respond to Gastil and Wright's detailed proposal. Essays comparing it to contemporary reforms see it as a dramatic extension of deliberative 'minipublics,' which gather random samples of citizens to weight public policy dilemmas without being empowered to enact legislation. Another set of essays explores the democratic principles underlying sortition and elections and considers, for example, how a sortition body holds itself accountable to a public that did not elect it. The third set of essays consider alternative paths to democratic reform, which limit the powers of a sortition chamber or more quickly establish a pure sortition body.

About the Author John Gastil holds a joint appointment as Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Penn State University. He is the author of Democracy in Small Groups and By Popular Demand.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781788736084 Erik Olin Wright is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of many Format: Paperback books, including Class Counts and Envisioning Real Utopias. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Political control & freedoms Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 You're Crushing It lex Croucher

This is THE survival guide for teens who are nailing it online but don't quite know how to live in the real world! YouTuber Lex Croucher has all the answers for CRUSHING your actual real life.

Description Sometimes life can be pretty amazing. But other times it feels like:

A. Your heart and stomach have been steamrolled into a grisly organ pancake B. You are being put through an emotional spiralizer that creates human courgetti C. Both of the above. You're a courgetti pancake

No, filters won't make it look any better. And, yes, we all feel this way. An honest, thoughtful and hilarious survival guide for young people by sensation, Lex Croucher. Learn that you can face whatever today throws at you, because it has terrible aim anyway. And realise that only you scrutinise your flaws seriously, no one else is paying attention, there's far too much interesting stuff on Netflix. A must-read for anyone who wants to embrace their actual, real, unedited life. Just always remember - YOU'RE CRUSHING IT.

Lex Croucher's frank and candid text is THE survival guide to help you make it through the crazy, topsy-turvy, whirlwind ride we call life. Brace yourself!

Topics include: family and friends, body confidence, technology and social media, relationships, mental health, success and more.

About the Author Lex Croucher is a vlogger and podcast host who covers topics from beauty and books to feminism and animal rights. Her YouTube videos have reached over 15 million people and she has over 100,000 followers. She co-hosts the podcast Make Out With Him, which covers relationships, sex and friendships, with a focus on empowerment, consent and education. Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781408892473 She co-founded the Women on YouTube panel at VidCon and uses her platform to help empower women and girls. In Format: Paperback recent years, Lex has become passionate about the power of YouTube and social media to publicise causes and achieve Dimensions: 0x0mm positive change in the world. In particular, Lex is passionate about the importance of intersectional feminism and Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Personal & social issues: body & health protecting women from sexism and abuse. (Children's / Teenage) Follow Lex: Bic2: LexCroucher (YouTube) Illustrations: Previous Titles: @lexcanroar (Instagram/Twitter) Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 You're Crushing It 6 Copy Pack

Contains 6 copies of You're Crushing It, plus free reading copy.

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About the Author

Price: $101.94 ISBN: 9781472996367 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Toffee Sarah Crossan

The outstanding new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning and Laureate Sarah Crossan; poignant, thought-provoking and incredibly moving, it explores mental health and friendship while asking what it means to be a family.

Description Allison is in danger at home. Her stepmother has run away and her father is getting worse. So she runs away too and with no where to live finds herself hiding out, miles from home, in an elderly woman s shed. But this woman, Marla, has dementia and does t recognise her as Allison, believing she is an old friend from her past called Toffee. So this is who Allison becomes, morphing into a person Marla usually knows and trusts but sometimes fears and fights. Eventually Alliso s stepmother shows up, armed with a new baby girl, a new sibling. Marla then finds herself, once lonely and vulnerable, the saviour to three desperate women. But Marl’s son is frustrated with his mother, and can be angry and violent. Is there a way for this new family to stay together?From one-time winner and two-time Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this new novel is poignant, stirring and huge-hearted.

About the Author Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a degree in Philosophy and Literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the . The Weight of Water and Apple and Rain were both shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. In 2016, Sarah won the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as the YA Book Prize, the CBI Book of the Year award and the CLiPPA Poetry Award for her novel, One. Sarah is the current Laureate (Ireland s Childre’s Literature Laureate).

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781526608147 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan

A stunning new package and branding for the incomparable, multi-award-winning, and Laureate na nA g, Sarah Crossan. The Weight of Water was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2013 and was the winner of the Eilas Dillon Award for a first children's book.

Description Now available in a gorgeous new package, Sarah Crossan's exquisite debut novel explores first love, friendship and quiet courage. It will leave you sad, happy and wanting more. Sometimes I want to tear off my clothes And show them I'm the same Underneath Maybe better. Life is lonely for Kasienka. She misses her old home in Poland, her mother's heart is breaking, and at her new English school friends are scarce. But when someone new swims into her life, Kasienka learns that there is more than one way to stay afloat. This stunning novel from multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan explores how to pick up the pieces when everything you know is turned on its head and you have to start all over again.

About the Author Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. Sarah Crossan won the 2016 CILIP Medal, the YA Book Prize, the CBI Book of the Year Award and many other prizes for her novel One. Sarah is the current Laureate na nA g. sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781526606907 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Apple and Rain Sarah Crossan

A stunning new package and branding for the incomparable, multi-award-winning, and Laureate na nA g, Sarah Crossan. Apple and Rain was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2015.

Description Now available in a gorgeous new package, this exquisite novel explores the bond between daughters and mothers, forgiveness, and the healing power of words.

All the time Mum was away, Eleven long years, I saved up my hopes Like little pennies in a jar.

Apple's mother disappeared years ago, leaving Apple with her nana and a lot of unanswered questions. But when she unexpectedly explodes back into Apple's life like a comet, homecoming is bittersweet. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is that she begins to see things as they really are. This beautiful novel from multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan explores family, friendship and reconciliation. It is a story about how messy, complicated and surprising love can be.

About the Author Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. Sarah Crossan won the 2016 CILIP Medal, the YA Book Prize, the CBI Book of the Year Award and many other prizes for her novel One. Sarah is the current Laureate na nA g.

sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781526606761 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Wickerlight Mary Watson

Mary Watson's sequel to The Wren Hunt is an eerie, magical thriller about a dead girl, her sister and the boy who can unlock the truth of what happened the night she died. Perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Emily Bain Murphy's The Disappearances

Description It's been two months since Laila was found lifeless on Kilshamble village green, not a mark on her. Rumour says she died of an overdose. Or maybe it was suicide? The autopsy found nothing, but somebody must know what happened. Now Laila's sister Zara is ready to pick up the trail. But retracing her sister's footsteps takes her to David, a Judge at the dangerous heart of an ancient magical feud. All too unwittingly, she begins to tread the same path that led her sister to the village green - Mary Watson's sequel to The Wren Hunt is an eerie, magical thriller about a dead girl, her sister and the boy who can unlock the truth of what happened the night she died. Perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Emily Bain Murphy's The Disappearances

About the Author Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and three children. Highlights of her adult writing career include being awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in Oxford in 2006, and being included on the Hay Festival's 2014 Africa39 list of influential writers from sub-Saharan Africa. The Wickerlight is her second book for young adults, following The Wren Hunt.

Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408884911 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 432 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Wren Hunt Mary Watson

Part thriller, part love story, this captivating debut novel about a girl caught in a battle between two ancient magics will appeal to readers of Frances Hardinge and Alice Broadway

Description NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018

'Beautiful, eerie, dark and dreamy' MELINDA SALISBURY 'Watson's writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE 'Thrilling and otherworldly' SUNDAY TIMES Every winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. The boys who haunt her are judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy, the game would turn deadly. But Wren is on the hunt, too. Sent undercover as an intern to the Harkness Foundation enemy headquarters her family's survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. As the enmity between two ancient magics reaches breaking point, Wren is torn between old loyalties and new lies. And trapped in the most dangerous game of her life. Part thriller, part love story, this captivating debut novel will leave readers spellbound.

About the Author Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and three young children. Highlights of her adult writing career include being awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in Oxford in 2006, and being included on the Hay Festival's 2014 Africa39 list of influential writers from sub-Saharan Africa. marywatsonbooks.com

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408884935 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 196x128mm Extent: 416 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Gifted, the Talented and Me William Sutcliffe

Whip-smart, warm and hilariously well observed comedy from internationally bestselling author William Sutcliffe this is Adrian Mole for the Snowflake Generation.

Description Laugh-out-loud funny and instantly recognisable - not since The Inbetweeners has a coming of age story been so irreverent and relatable. Fifteen-year-old Sam isn't special. He's not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. What he likes most is chatting to his friends and having a bit of a kick about. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam is being made to go to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where every student is too busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands or making clothes out of bathmats to give someone as normal as him the time of day. Can Sam navigate his way through the weirdness and find a way to be himself?

A brilliant modern satire about fitting in, falling out and staying true to your own averageness.

About the Author William Sutcliffe was born in London in 1971. He is the author of the international bestseller Are You Experienced?, The Love Hexagon, New Boy, Bad Influence and Whatever Makes You Happy. He is the author of three YA novels: The Wall, which was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2014, Concentr8, which was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2016, and We See Everything. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh.

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781408890219 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 3367 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Extraordinary Birds Sandy Stark-McGinnis

For fans of A Girl Called Owl and My Name is Mina, a heartbreaking and hopeful debut novel about a unique young girl on a journey to find home.

Description Eleven-year-old December knows everything about birds, and everything about getting kicked out of foster homes. All she has of her biological mum is the book she left behind, The Complete Guide to Birds, Volume One, and a photo with a message: 'In flight is where you'll find me.' December knows she's truly a bird, just waiting for the day she transforms and flies away to reunite with her mum. The scar on her back must be where her wings have started to blossom she just needs to practise and to find the right tree. She has no choice; it's the only story that makes sense.

When she's placed with Eleanor, a new foster mum who runs a taxidermy business and volunteers at a wildlife rescue, December begins to see herself and what home means in a new light. But the story she tells herself about her past is what's kept December going this long, and she doesn't know if she can let go of it ... even if changing her story might mean that she can finally find a place where she belongs.

About the Author Sandy Stark-McGinnis is a debut author and an award-winning poet whose poetry and short stories have appeared in Quercus Review, In the Grove and Penumbra. Sandy lives with her husband and children in California, where she works as a fifth grade teacher. sandystarkmcginnis.com @McGinnisSandy

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781526603159 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Kid Normal and the Shadow Machine Greg James and Chris Smith

The hugely anticipated third book in the bestselling, award-winning Kid Normal series from Greg James and Chris Smith

Description The third book in the bestselling, award-winning, laugh-out-loud funny KID NORMAL series by Greg James and Chris Smith

Praise for KID NORMAL: 'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT 'Outrageous capers' GUARDIAN YOU DON'T NEED SUPERPOWERS TO BE A HERO ... Or do you? Despite having no powers, Murph Cooper is part of the best team in the Heroes' Alliance. So when supervillain Magpie declares all-out war, Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes lead the charge. But Magpie believes that a powerless hero is no hero at all. And he's building a dastardly device to prove it. When Kid Normal enters the Shadow Machine, THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ...

About the Author Chris Smith is an award-winning author, broadcaster and parent (a mug saying 'World's Greatest Dad' counts as an award, right?). He grew up in leafy Northamptonshire and now lives in not-as-leafy north London with his wife, son and a cat called Mabel, who can talk. If you listen very carefully to the George Michael song 'Outside' you can hear a sample of Chris reading the news. He makes excellent tea. Greg James is also an award-winning author and broadcaster, best known for hosting the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, but he hasn't won any awards for being a parent, because he isn't one. He circumnavigated the M25 during his childhood and is now living with his wife, Bella, and their dog, Bonnie, in North London. Greg and Chris's houses are connected by a secret tunnel that they use for exchanging ideas via an elaborate pulley system. He makes terrible tea. Illustrator Erica Salcedo studied Fine Art at Castilla-La Mancha University, before going on to study for a masters in Graphic Design. She uses a mixture of techniques to create her illustrations from hand-drawing to digital manipulation Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408898901 and always remembers to add a pinch of humour. Wolfish Stew (Bloomsbury), written by Suzi Moore, was Erica's first Format: Paperback - B format picture book. She lives in Cuenca, Spain. Dimensions: 0x0mm KidNormal.com Extent: 400 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes Greg James; Chris Smith

The second huge, heroic and hilarious adventure starring Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes from Greg James and Chris Smith. Perfect for readers of David Baddiel, David Solomons and Danny Wallace

Description The second, epically funny adventure starring Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes from Greg James and Chris Smith Not all heroes have superpowers. Don't believe us? Well Murph Cooper is living proof. Since becoming Kid Normal, he and the Super Zeroes have been catching baddies all over the place. But being a hero is about to get a whole lot harder ... Far away in a top-secret prison, the world's most feared supervillain has broken a thirty year silence. His first words? 'Bring Kid Normal to me!'

Praise for Kid Normal:

'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT

'Outrageous capers' GUARDIAN

The first book in the Kid Normal series was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018

About the Author Greg James is a familiar voice and face on radio and TV. He's the host of BBC Radio 1's award-winning Drivetime show and presents the UK's Official Chart every Friday. On screen, Greg has hosted a variety of shows, most recently seen fronting BBC Children in Need. He is also the face of BT Sport's cricket coverage and in 2016 he raised over a million pounds for Sport Relief by completing five triathlons in five cities in five days. Greg has no superpowers. In his spare time he enjoys the idea of having hobbies. But in reality, he's made all of them into work. @gregjames Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408884553 Chris Smith is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster who delivers the news to millions of people every day as the Format: Paperback - B format presenter of Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1. Chris enjoyed a previous glittering literary career as the winner of the H.E. Bates Dimensions: 197x129mm Short Story Competition 1981 (under tens category) with his tale 'Where Are the Brandy Snaps?'. Chris has no Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) superpowers either, although he enjoys pretending his cat Mabel can fly by picking her up and running around. Bic2: @itschrissmith Illustrations: Greg and Chris first started coming up with ideas for ludicrous characters and stories together on their weekly podcast, Previous Titles: Author now living: and they haven't stopped since. kidnormal.com Illustrator Erica Salcedo studied Fine Art at Castilla-La Mancha University, before going on to study for a masters in Graphic Design. She uses a mixture of techniques to create her illustrations from hand-drawing to digital manipulation and always remembers to add a pinch of humour. Wolfish Stew (Bloomsbury), written by Suzi Moore,Bloomsbury was Erica's first Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Kid Normal Greg James and Chris Smith

The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith

Description The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith 'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT 'Outrageous capers' GUARDIAN SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE A TOM FLETCHER BOOK CLUB PICK

Murph Cooper has a problem.

His new school is top secret, and super weird. His classmates can all fly or control the weather or conjure tiny horses from thin air. And what's Murph's extraordinary skill? Um, oh yeah he hasn't got one. Just as well there are no revolting supervillains lurking nearby, their minds abuzz with evil plans. There are!? Right. Ok, then... It's time for Kid Normal to become a hero!

About the Author Greg James is a familiar voice and face on radio and TV. He's the host of BBC Radio 1's award-winning Drivetime show and presents the UK's Official Chart every Friday. On screen, Greg has hosted a variety of shows, most recently seen fronting BBC Children in Need. He is also the face of BT Sport's cricket coverage and in 2016 raised over a million pounds for Sport Relief by completing five triathlons in five cities in five days. Greg has no superpowers. In his spare time he enjoys the idea of having hobbies. But in reality, he's made all of them into work. Chris Smith is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster who delivers the news to millions of people every day as the presenter of Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1. Chris enjoyed a previous, glittering, literary career as the winner of the H.E. Bates Short Story Competition 1981 (under tens category) with his tale 'Where Are the Brandy Snaps?'. Chris has no Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9781408884539 superpowers either, although he enjoys pretending his cat Mabel can fly by picking her up and running around. Format: Paperback Illustrator Erica Salcedo studied Fine Art at Castilla-La Mancha University, before going on to study for a masters in Dimensions: 196x130mm Graphic Design. She uses a mixture of techniques to create her illustrations - from hand-drawing to digital manipulation - Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (Children’s/Teenage) and always remembers to add a pinch of humour. Wolfish Stew (Bloomsbury), written by Susie Moore, was Erica's first Bic2: Classic fiction (Children’s/Teenage) picture book. She lives in Cuenca, Spain. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Funny Life of Teachers James Campbell

Whether you love or loathe your teachers, want to become one when you grow up or don't give two figs about your teacher but simply love a HILARIOUS read, this book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot-inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Teachers.

Description Uncover the ridiculously funny life of teachers (and some things that have nothing to do with teachers but are still splendidly funny) according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire. Ever wondered what teachers do when they're not in the classroom? Are they undercover detectives, champion roller-blade dancers or do they spend their evenings playing with their 576 cats? This face-achingly funny book will also teach you why you should carry an emergency banana with you at all times, how to fart in class silently without anyone knowing it was you and how to catapult yourself to school by building a medieval style catapult in your back garden!

Whether you love or loathe your teachers, want to become one when you grow up or don't give two figs about your teacher but simply love a HILARIOUS read, this book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot- inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Teachers. But be warned this is NOT a normal book. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways and in approximately 861,000 different ways in between. Whichever way you read it, look no further for fantastic real-life teacher facts, incredibly funny illustrations, imaginary stories and an impossibly silly read!

About the Author James Campbell decided to be a writer when he was seven, once he had decided that he could not be a duck. James travels around primary schools, telling stories and encouraging children to write their own stuff. He spends lots of weekends around the country at literary festivals or in theatres, doing his one-man show (as a stand-up comedian). He even visit schools with his hilarious comedy and has sold out many events, including his show at the Royal Festival Hall. He talks about funny things in a funny way that children seem to like! James is the author behind the hilarious The Funny

Price: $12.99 Life of Pets. ISBN: 9781408898246 Rob Jones is an extremely funny young illustrator. In May 2015, his first book Bernard won The People's Book Prize. Format: Paperback When he's not drawing, he makes toys and puppets (mostly characters from his books). Rob is the brilliantly fun illustrator Dimensions: 0x0mm behind The Funny Life of Pets. Extent: 240 pages Bic1: School stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: School stories (Children's / Teenage) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children Non Fiction AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Cinnamon Neil Gaiman

The award-winning, bestselling Neil Gaiman is paired with up-and-coming illustration talent Divya Srinivasan in this beautiful, vibrantly illustrated fable about a princess and a tiger. Now out in paperback!

Description In a hot, hot country, ringed with mountains on one side and jungle on the other, lives a princess called Cinnamon. Her eyes are made of pearls, which means that she is blind. And, for reasons her parents the Rajah and Rani cannot fathom, she will not talk. So they offer a reward to anyone who can teach Cinnamon to speak. People travel from far and wide to attempt it, but nothing works. Until a mighty tiger, huge and fierce, prowls into their palace and announces that he is here to teach the girl-cub to talk ... A mighty fable from Neil Gaiman, winner of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, illustrated in vivid colour by up-and- coming talent Divya Srinivasan, and now out in paperback. Neil Gaiman's work has been widely adapted for film and TV, including films of Coraline and Stardust, and adaptations of American Gods, Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett) and How to Talk to Girls at Parties are in the works for 2017.

About the Author Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work The Graveyard Book. The L.A. Times has described his multimillion- selling graphic novel series Sandman as 'the greatest epic in the history of comic books'. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films; Neverwhere has been adapted for TV and radio; American Gods has been adapted for TV; and Good Omens is in development as major TV series. He has also written two amazing episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself. www.gaimanbooks.co.uk @neilhimself http://www.gaimanbooks.co.uk/ Divya Srinivasan is an illustrator and animator living in Austin, Texas. Her illustrations appear in The New Yorker magazine, and she has done work for This American Life, They Might Be Giants, Sundance Channel, Sufjan Stevens and Weird Al Yankovic, among others. Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408879221 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 40 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Ugly Little Swan: A Bloomsbury Young Reader James Riordan

The little swan is small, brown and ugly and no one in the farmyard wants to play with him. So he sets off alone into the big, wide world. Will he finally find a friend? Will he discover who he truly is? Bloomsbury Young Readers provide engaging, illustrated stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson, tailored to get children reading.

Description The little swan is not quite like his brothers and sisters. He's small and brown and just doesn't fit in. So he sets off alone into the big, wide world. Will the ugly little swan find a friend? Will he discover who he truly is? This heartwarming fairytale with a twist from well-known author James Riordan is perfect for children who are learning to read by themselves and for Key Stage 1. It features engaging illustrations from Brendan Kearney and quirky characters young readers will find hard to resist. Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson, packed with gorgeous colour illustrations. They also include inside cover notes to help adults reading with children and to give some ideas for activities related to the stories. Book Band: Purple Ideal for ages 6+

About the Author James Riordan is a well-known writer for all ages. He has written folk-tale collections, picture books and over 20 academic publications. His first novel for children, Sweet Clarinet, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Brendan Kearney is an illustrator specialising in children's books and artwork. He originally studied architecture at university before realising he didn't like rulers. Having thrown away his ruler and tape measure, Brendan started doodling and now brings his own chaotic style and ideas to any project.

Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781472959690 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 I Don't Want to be Small Laura Ellen Anderson

NO! I do NOT want to be small! A brilliantly inspiring picture book from the author/illustrator of the bestselling Amelia Fang series, about learning to love who we are, no matter how small or tall that is

Description NO! I do NOT want to be so small! I wish I'd keep growing so I can be tall. This little boy is fed up with being so little. He wants to be as tall as his friends and his big brother. But when he loses his teddy bear up a tree, not even his new tall friend can get it back for him. Maybe with a little bit of help they can reach the bear together - A fun and inspiring tale about learning to love who we are, no matter what size. A perfect picture book for little people who don't want to be so little! From the brilliant Laura Ellen Anderson the author/illustrator of the brilliantly fun I Don't Want Curly Hair and the bestselling Amelia Fang series

About the Author Laura Ellen Anderson is the illustrator of many children's books, including Snowflakes, written by CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell. She is also the creative tour de force behind the Evil Emperor Penguin comic series, and the Amelia Fang series, as well as the illustrator of Bloomsbury's very own Witch Wars fiction series, which has sold over 80,000 copies to date. Laura has also worked for Scholastic, Penguin Random House and Orchard Books. I Don't Want Curly Hair (Bloomsbury) was her first authored picture book. Laura lives and works in London. www.lauraellenanderson.co.uk @Lillustrator

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408894064 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Once & Future Amy Rose Capetta, Cori McCarthy

A modern take on the classic Arthurian legend

Description Ari Helix has been an illegal immigrant in the galaxies for as long as she can remember. But when her spaceship crashes on Old Earth and she pulls a magic sword from an ancient willow, her destiny becomes set in stone. As the forty-second reincarnation of King Arthur she must save humanity from tearing itself apart, with only the help of an adolescent wizard named Merlin. This female king must battle for her right to be herself, take down totalitarian governments and unite the world. How hard could that be?

About the Author Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy met while earning MFAs in Writing for Children & Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. In 2015 they co-founded Rainbow Boxes, which crowdsourced enough money to send inclusive fiction to shelters and community libraries in every US state. Every spring they host the only LGBTQIA #ownvoices YA & children's writers retreat in the US. They live in Vermont with their young son, Maverick.

Price: $16.99 ISBN: 9781786076540 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Once & Future 6 Copy Pack

Comprising 6 copies of Once Future, plus a free reading copy.

Description

About the Author

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Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Alexandra, Stewart

This is the story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay two unlikely heroes whose grit, determination and modesty captured the hearts and the imagination of the world, as they became the first people ever to set foot on the top of Everest.

Description In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever - Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds and death-defying ridges to reach the top of the world's highest mountain. Join these two unlikely heroes on the most amazing of adventures and discover the impact of hundreds of men and women that helped Hillary and Tenzing achieve their goal. But triumphs can be marred with tragedy as not everyone who climbs Everest survives ... With a beautiful foreword by the greatest living explorer of our time, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, this brilliant book combines fresh and contemporary illustrations by Joe Todd-Stanton with Alexandra Stewart's captivating writing and publishes in time to celebrate the centenary of Edmund Hillary's birth. This unique narrative tells the story of how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made their mark on the world from birth right up to their final days and the impact they've had on Nepal today.

About the Author Alexandra Stewart read Modern History at Oxford University before training to be a journalist. After working as a reporter on a number of newspapers, she crossed the floor to become a press officer for the Metropolitan Police and, later, Central Government. She subsequently worked as a speechwriter. Alex lives in London, UK with her husband and two children. Her debut children's non-fiction book, Everest: The Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, illustrated by award- winning artist Joe Todd-Stanton, publishes in June 2018. Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton and received a first-class degree in Illustration from UWE Bristol. He is the author

Price: $24.99 and illustrator of The Secret of Black Rock (Flying Eye Books), which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 ISBN: 9781526600769 (illustrated category) and was longlisted for the 2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 64 pages Bic1: True stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Sea: Exploring our blue planet Miranda Krestovnikoff and Jill Calder

Discover the amazing and mysterious world of our seas and oceans and how important it is to protect them with Bloomsbury's beautiful The Sea as told by the critically acclaimed TV and radio presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, hailed as the new David Attenborough by The Sunday Times, and beautifully illustrated by Jill Calder.

Description Explore an incredible collection of narratives, featuring fascinating facts and stories about the world's deepest seas and oceans. Written by the critically acclaimed TV and radio presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff and illustrated by the wonderful Jill Calder, this stunning book will have you diving into the deepest depths of the blue, exploring the astounding seas and oceans that cover our planet and discovering the amazing animals that populate our waters, including the largest living animal: the blue whale! An important message in the book is the effects of plastics on our planet and the ways in which scientists are making steps towards tackling this much-talked-about topic. We can all make steps in reducing our own plastic consumption and The Sea will fascinate and inspire families in their quest to understand why it has never been more important to protect our planet. Let The Sea take you on a watery journey through different marine habitats that we know about but who knows what is out there yet to be discovered? Featuring an eclectic mix of layout styles with incredible artwork throughout, this is a book that will amaze children and families alike with fantastic facts on the astounding seas and oceans that cover our planet.

About the Author For as long as Miranda Krestovnikoff can remember, she has always loved to be outdoors. Her passion for wildlife started early on by observing animals in the wild and keeping a veritable menagerie at home in the laundry room! Miranda studied Zoology at Bristol University and even before graduating, secured work at the BBC Natural History Unit. Miranda later became a presenter and this enabled her to travel and present conservation stories from around the globe. Today, Miranda is involved in several charities including the RSPB, National Trust and WDC and has been acclaimed as 'the new David Attenborough' (The Sunday Times) and 'the highest-profile Wreck diver in Britain'. Price: $24.99 Jill Calder has been working as an illustrator since 1993. She is also a calligrapher, digital artist and lecturer with a love of ISBN: 9781408889893 drawing, ideas, colour, ink, typography, book-binding, and sketchbooks. Jill relishes blending traditional and digital image- Format: Hard Cover making methods as seamlessly as possible to create her award-winning illustrations and lettering. She is the illustrator Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 64 pages behind Bloomsbury's stunning The Picture Atlas. Bic1: Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Picture Atlas Simon Holland, Jill Calder

Discover the world continent-by-continent with Bloomsbury's beautiful The Picture Atlas.

Description Explore the world by looking not only at borders, mountains, rivers, seas and oceans, but by discovering the natural wonders of the world, historical artefacts, amazing animals, fascinating cultures and much much more. With stunning illustrations from the incredible Jill Calder, The Picture Atlas is quite unlike anything you've seen before. From the freezing Arctic Circle with its powerful orca whales, to the amazing Sydney Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef, learn, explore and be amazed by the wonders of the world. Bursting full of beautiful artwork, informative maps and astounding facts, take a trip around the world like you've never seen it before.

About the Author Jill Calder has been working as an illustrator since 1993. She is also a calligrapher, digital artist and lecturer with a love of drawing, ideas, colour, ink, typography, book-binding, and sketchbooks. Jill relishes blending traditional and digital image- making methods as seamlessly as possible to create her award winning illustrations and lettering. Simon Holland has been writing and editing non-fiction books of all colours, shapes, subjects and sizes, for children and adults, for more than seventeen years. His background is in medieval literature and history, but he has become passionate about the communication of science, nature and technology-related subjects. As a writer, Simon has a penchant for anything fantastic, philosophical, puzzling, paranormal and peculiar. Simon has worked on countless books for Bloomsbury and is currently working on the beautiful A Miscellany of Magical Beasts.

Price: $26.99 ISBN: 9781408884867 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 313x246mm Extent: 64 pages Bic1: Children's Bic2: Children's Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children Non Fiction AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Vocabulary Ninja Andrew Jennings

From the creator of the Vocabulary Ninja website and app comes an essential toolkit of strategies and photocopiable activities to supercharge primary pupils and transform them into vocabulary ninjas! With a focus on English, the implications for reading and writing in this practical guide can be applied to any topic or National Curriculum area. If you're searching for an exciting and captivating approach to bring rich vocabulary into the primary classroom and see a significant impact on pupil confidence, oracy and academic outcomes, look no further than Vocabulary Ninja.

Description Vocabulary has to be the single most important aspect of a modern curriculum. Explicit and engaging vocabulary teaching has the power to promote independence in learners, ignite imaginations, deliver understanding and raise education standards in schools. From the creator of the Vocabulary Ninja website and app comes an essential toolkit of strategies and resources to supercharge primary pupils and transform them into vocabulary ninjas! With a focus on English and rich language banks associated with genres and topics, the ideas for reading and writing can be applied to any National Curriculum area and are perfect for modelling and scaffolding writing. This practical guide also features theory, teaching approaches and photocopiable activities, as well as vocabulary, etymology and phrases to bring the primary curriculum to life. If you're searching for an exciting and captivating approach to bring vocabulary into the primary classroom and see a significant impact on pupil confidence, oracy and academic outcomes, look no further than Vocabulary Ninja.

About the Author Andrew Jennings has been teaching in schools for seven years and is now an assistant headteacher. He has always been engaged in the design aspect of resources and systems and has developed high-impact arithmetic and reading systems for primary schools. Andrew launched Vocabulary Ninja in April 2017 to improve the levels of understanding and confidence of pupils as well as Key Stage 2 outcomes, and since then has gained thousands of fans. Follow Andrew on Twitter at: @VocabularyNinja.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472964434 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Teaching skills & techniques Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Edication: A Manifesto for Change Richard Gerver

This ground-breaking book is both a manifesto and a call to arms to inspire all those involved in education to consider new visions and values for the future of the school system. Renowned educationalist, speaker and author Richard Gerver offers an empowering vision for how education, both in the UK and internationally, can be transformed and made fit for purpose in the 21st century and beyond.

Description 'A manifesto for change in education with collaboration, openness and optimism at its core.' Steve Munby This ground-breaking book is both a manifesto and a call to arms to inspire all those involved in education to consider new visions and values for the future of the school system. Renowned educationalist, speaker and author Richard Gerver offers an empowering vision for how education, both in the UK and internationally, can be transformed and made fit for purpose in the 21st century and beyond. Education has never been more important than it is now but the current school system lacks the continuity and longevity required to ensure young people can survive and thrive as we continue to head into the unknown. Education: A Manifesto for Change argues that students must be prepared for the lives ahead of them; they must understand how important and valuable what they learn in school will be long after they have left formal education. To facilitate this, Richard encourages educators to walk outside the school gates themselves, learning from and with people and organisations beyond their normal experiences, so they can be the catalysts of a better, more connected and more coherent future for today's children tomorrow's adults. In this thought-provoking new book, Richard, bestselling author of Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today, shares his experiences of working with global businesses and talking education with Barack Obama, Steve Wozniak, senior managers at Google, and elite sports coaches working with Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic teams and the English Premier League. Taking an international perspective, the book includes examples from the US, China and Colombia.

About the Author Richard Gerver is a world-renowned speaker on education, leadership and change. He worked in education for 20 years Price: $39.99 and was the award-winning headteacher of Grange Primary School. Richard is now an international speaker who works ISBN: 9781472962362 regularly with schools and global businesses, including Google, Visa, Microsoft, and elite and professional sporting Format: Paperback organisations. He is the bestselling author of Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today and is a regular media commentator. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Follow Richard on Twitter: @richardgerver. Bic1: Educational strategies & policy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years Liz Spooner, Jacqui Woodcock

Specialist Speech and Language Therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present interventions to teach young children the rules of good listening and why they are important. Featuring photocopiable resources, assessments and teaching suggestions with clear and digestible explanations to improve listening skills, Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years is the perfect guide for practitioners and settings.

Description Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years contains a wealth of interventions to teach young children the rules of good listening and why they are important. It is perfect for Early Years practitioners and settings where poor listening is an increasing barrier to teaching and growing numbers of children find it a challenge to stay focused on a task and follow even simple instructions, especially as technology proliferates. This affects young children's learning in all curriculum areas and their resultant distractible behaviour can make it more difficult for the rest of the class to pay attention. Specialist Speech and Language Therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock offer clear ideas for differentiation along with ideas to help children apply their improved skills, whilst supporting target setting and evaluation of progress. They also make suggestions for adapting the Early Years learning environment to maximise listening and they consider how listening can be encouraged by analysing language and expression when addressing children in the classroom. This practical guide not only contains photocopiable resources, a full-colour plate section, assessments and teaching suggestions with clear and digestible explanations from professionals who work directly with children on a daily basis, but it also pinpoints the behaviours that children need to learn in order to become good listeners. Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years is an invaluable resource perfect for Early Years practitioners and settings. For activities aimed specifically at primary-age children, check out Teaching Children to Listen in Primary School.

About the Author Liz Spooner is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with 18 years' experience in working in education. She has a BSc (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy and is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council. Liz has previously had research published in Child Language Teaching and Therapy, the RCSLT Bulletin and Speech and Language Therapy in Practice. Price: $45.99 Jacqui Woodcock is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 15 years' experience of working in nurseries ISBN: 9781472959201 and schools in the UK. She has a BSc (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy and is a member of the Royal College of Format: Paperback Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Teaching skills & techniques Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock

Specialist Speech and Language Therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present interventions to teach pupils the rules of good listening and why they are important. Featuring photocopiable resources, assessments and teaching suggestions with clear and concise explanations, Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools is an invaluable resource for a whole-school approach to improving listening skills.

Description Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools contains a wealth of interventions to improve listening skills across the school. It is perfect for classrooms where poor listening is an increasing barrier to teaching as the resultant distractible behaviour can make it difficult for the rest of the class to pay attention. Specialist speech and language therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present activities to develop children's key listening skills, as well as a rating scale to assess pupils on each of the four rules of good listening looking at the person who is talking; sitting still; staying quiet; and listening to all the words. They offer advice on using these findings to inform individual education plans. Liz and Jacqui also look at why listening is important and offer 40 games to encourage children to become good listeners. This practical guide not only contains photocopiable resources, assessment and teaching suggestions with clear and concise explanations from professionals who directly work with children on a daily basis, but it also pinpoints the behaviours that children need to learn in order to be good listeners. Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools is an invaluable resource for practically developing children's listening skills. For activities aimed specifically at Early Years children, check out Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years.

About the Author Liz Spooner is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with 18 years' experience in working in education. She has a BSc (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy and is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council. Liz has previously had research published in Child Language Teaching and Therapy, the RCSLT Bulletin and Speech and Language Therapy in Practice. Jacqui Woodcock is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 15 years' experience of working in nurseries Price: $45.99 and schools in the UK. She has a BSc (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy and is a member of the Royal College of ISBN: 9781472965165 Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 120 pages Bic1: Teaching skills & techniques Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Evaluating EYFS Practice in Schools: A practical tool for reflective tea Ann Langston

Evaluating Early Years Practice in Schools focuses on raising Early Years teachers' confidence, with simple solutions on what to plan, what assessments are needed and how to approach teaching and learning, so that they worry less and achieve more. Linked to the teaching standards and Ofsted framework, this invaluable guide is ideal for all Early Years practitioners and leaders looking for ways to feel confident about their own judgements and the effectiveness of their practice.

Description Evaluating Early Years Practice in Schools focuses on raising Early Years practitioners' confidence so that they worry less and achieve more. Linked to the teaching standards and the Ofsted framework, this invaluable guide looks at ways that teachers can evaluate their own EYFS practice to reduce unnecessary workload and allow for more 'hands-on' teaching and learning.Should children in Reception classes attend school assemblies? Should young children be taught to write in nursery? Should practitioners' plans be based on young children's specific interests or should they look to meet the needs of individuals entering Early Years settings with speech and language delay or autism? Early Years specialist Ann Langston considers all of these questions and more to present simple solutions for teachers and leaders on what to plan, what assessments are needed and how to approach teaching and learning.With chapters on observation and assessment, continuous provision, outdoor learning, transition, and internal and external evaluation, this book is ideal for all Early Years practitioners and leaders looking at ways to reflect on their approach to teaching and feel confident about their own judgements and the effectiveness of their practice.

About the Author Ann Langston is an Early Years specialist, company director of Early Years Matters, conference speaker and trainer who has widely written on effective practice in the Early Years. She is passionate about improving outcomes for young children through working with adults whose decisions impact their lives. Ann has contributed significantly to both of the nationally devised framework for under-fives in England since 2002: the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the Birth to three matters framework. She has also written for Early Years publications such as Nursery World and the Early Years Educator and has contributed to journals and chapters in a number of Early Years books. Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472959164 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Educational strategies & policy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Social, Emotional Roy. Howarth

This fully updated edition of 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties presents practical ideas on whole-class management to alleviate pressure and disruption that may occur, while also ensuring that pupils with these difficulties can participate in lessons and develop an interest in learning.

Description Research has found that any one class might contain two to six children with profound social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Without effective intervention and response, this can have a profound impact on the progress of these children, as well as the delivery of the curriculum to all pupils. Roy Howarth uses his extensive experience and expertise in this field to present practical solutions for supporting pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, as well as alleviating pressures on whole-class teaching and management. Suitable for all mainstream and specialist teachers, 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties considers techniques for observation, intervention and differentiation, as well as preventing and dealing with significant difficulties. This fully updated edition will help teachers ensure all pupils can participate fully in lessons, learn more constructively and make better progress.

About the Author Roy Howarth started his teaching career in London working in comprehensive education, remand homes and a 50-bed school for profoundly disturbed adolescents. He was then Headteacher at Northern House Special School in Oxford for over 20 years. Roy now works in primary schools as a general advisor on both class management and behaviour management plans for individual pupils. He also delivers teacher training in child development and safeguarding.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781472961617 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 135 pages Bic1: Teaching skills & techniques Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Interventions O'Leary, Laura

100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Interventions presents ideas, techniques and activities for effective interventions that can be used at Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5 to raise attainment and improve the progress of every student. Exploring specific areas of intervention and research findings from the Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit, this practical guide is ideal for all secondary teachers who wish to plan effective interventions that will enable young people to succeed.

Description 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Interventions focuses on low-effort, high-impact interventions that can be used at Key Stages 3 to 5. It includes tips for improving academic performance, ways of raising standards of teaching and learning, and plans for promoting a rich culture for learning and high expectations. This dip-in-and-out guide also uses research findings from the Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit to share a wide range of practical and manageable solutions to improve interventions in the classroom. As a teacher you are pushed every year to improve the results of your learners but no one ever really tells you how to do it! Regrettably, there are no quick fixes or silver bullets to unlocking the potential of students and this can be challenging at the best of times. However, assistant headteacher Laura O'Leary presents 100 ideas, techniques and activities for effective interventions that can be used throughout the school year to raise attainment and improve the progress of every student. This invaluable resource focuses on specific areas for intervention including common barriers to achievement, such as behaviour, attendance and organisational skills, supporting key cohorts (pupil premium and students with SEND and EAL), and literacy and numeracy skills. There are even ideas for ensuring that students are revision and exam ready. 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Interventions is ideal for all secondary teachers, leaders, SENCOs and teaching assistants who wish to plan effective interventions that will enable young people to succeed.

About the Author Laura O'Leary is assistant headteacher at a secondary school in Nottingham where she is responsible for leading teaching and learning as well as professional development. Previously, she was a content advisor for the BBC, writing Price: $29.99 scripts for Key Stage 3 Bitesize video clips. Laura is a lover of new teaching and learning ideas and trialled an approach ISBN: 9781472963253 to Key Stage 4 revision and intervention in 2017 which she shared on Twitter using #differenceaday. Some of these ideas Format: Paperback have since been shared on education blogs including Teacher Toolkit and Try This Teaching. Follow Laura on Twitter: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 144 pages @Laura_oleary. Bic1: Teaching skills & techniques Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Autism Francine Brower

100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Autism presents practical, tried-and-tested ideas that will best support the learning and development of pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and special schools. This practical guide has been fully revised and updated for primary schools.

Description 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Autism is an essential resource filled with tried-and-tested ideas to best support the learning and development of pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and special schools. The reported incidence of autism has risen dramatically in recent decades and the agenda for 'inclusion' has necessitated a greater understanding of autism in primary schools. However, already stretched school budgets mean that staff are often unable to access courses for further training in this area. Francine Brower uses her extensive experience and expertise to present 100 practical ideas to enhance learning and development by focusing on the needs of the individual pupil. This dip-in-and-out book offers ways to enable teachers to better understand autism and how they can create a more supportive learning environment. There are also strategies to help children develop their communication and social skills, and become more confident and independent as individuals.

About the Author Francine Brower entered the field of autism following 24 years in mainstream education at both primary and secondary level. She has been a deputy headteacher and a headteacher at schools for children and young people on the autism spectrum. Francine has also been a regional co-ordinator for the National Autistic Society and an autism development officer for two different local education authorities, setting up resourced provision in mainstream schools, advising on best practice, leading training, and developing resources to support young people. Francine is currently a team co-ordinator for the National Autistic Society Accreditation Programme and has held this post for two decades.

Price: $27.99 ISBN: 9781472961570 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 136 pages Bic1: Teaching skills & techniques Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Knitty Gritty: Knitting for the Absolute Beginner Aneeta Patel

Teaches beginners how to knit in plain English, explaining how to read and follow patterns, so that knitters will feel confident about taking that next big step into the world of knitting patterns 'beyond the scarf'.

Description There's a new generation of knitters out there, turning the traditional image of granny-knitters on its head. Everyone has heard the mantra 'knitting is the new yoga' but not everyone is lucky enough to have someone to show them the ropes and get them started on their very first row. Unless they have a friend or relative to teach them how to start, often would- be knitters turn to the so-called 'beginners patterns' but these can be confusing, difficult to follow, and more often than not written in 'knit' rather than English. This book is a tried-and-tested guide for people at the very beginning of their knitting lives, looking for guidance and patterns for projects that they can use to make that first all-important step 'Beyond the Scarf'.

About the Author Aneeta Patel teaches knitting classes to all levels, including a variety of beginners' knitting classes at the fabulous Loop store in Islington, London. She also works with the British Hand Knitting Federation promoting knitting with a group called Relax and Knit and runs special events, knitting parties and takes group bookings. She has set up a free service offering emergency knitting advice to (often frantic) knitters which consists of a drop-in class at Loop once a month, and 24/7 help and advice via telephone or email. In addition, she is involved with the Working Well Trust, a charity for Bangladeshi women with mental health problems. Along with an art therapist, she also runs a workshop called 'Knitting for Quitting', helping smokers to give up.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781789940077 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Knitting & crochet Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 250 Tips, Techniques and Trade Secrets for Potters Jacqui Atkin

The indispensable compendium of essential knowledge and troubleshooting tips.

Description Just like having an expert on call 24 hours a day here are the answers to any ceramic questions or dilemmas you might have.Step-by-step photographs, diagrams and clear instructions will guide you through each stage of your work, or you can dip in for help with a particular problem.Discover how to improvise tools using kitchen implements, find a shortcut to rolling faultless coils, build the perfect spout and learn a foolproof method for removing a vessel from the wheel without it distorting.Every section features try i and fix i’ panels, suggesting ways of developing skills and avoiding common errors.

About the Author Jacqui Atkin is a professional studio ceramicist and teaches pottery and occupational therapy in various colleges. She now runs private courses in low-fire techniques, including smoke firing and raku, from her home in rural Shropshire. Jacqui Atkin has contributed to many books as a project maker and gallery artist and is the author of Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed, Pottery Basics and The Tile Artist s Motif Bible.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781789940039 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Ceramic arts, pottery, glass Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Mould Making for Glass Angela Thwaites

Nearly all glass makers (unless they are blowing glass) need moulds which can go in the kiln, as part of the process of creating their work. This book will introduce all the mould-making techniques for casting glass, with detailed information on materials, recipes for mould mixes, methods and applications.

Description Nearly all glass makers (unless they are blowing glass) need moulds which can go in the kiln, as part of the process of creating their work. Currently glass students and makers get their expertise and recipes from lots of different sources, picking out the relevant bits and pieces which they need from other glass and ceramic books. This book aims to introduce all the mould-making techniques for casting glass, with detailed information on materials, recipes for mould mixes, methods and applications. It helps the student to learn which methods are appropriate for different types of work, and covers all the basics of how to make your mould. It also includes practical information on sourcing, storing, using and recycling materials, and how to develop your own recipes and methods for particular projects. It also covers where to start with writing programmes for kiln firings including annealing and cooling. It also contains images from well-known artists working in cast glass throughout.

About the Author Angela Thwaites is an established glass artist who has been working in this field for 17 years. She is currently Senior Lecturer in glass at Price: $39.99 De Monfort University, Leicester, and has previously been the glass ISBN: 9781789940046 researcher at the Royal College of Art. Her work has been included in Format: Paperback - C format numerous exhibitions and she was also a juror for the British Glass Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 144 pages Biennale, 2008. Bic1: Ceramic arts, pottery, glass Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Drawing for Interior Designers Gillies Ronin

This is a practical guide aimed at helping budding interior designers learn how to draw professional looking interior designs.

Description This book is aimed at helping budding interior designers learn how to draw professional looking interior designs. It is accessible, beautifully illustrated and practical. Guidance is given on drawing perspective, floor plans, drawing furniture and renditions of rooms. Filled with sketches and drawings, this is the ideal guide to producing successful drawings of interior designs.

About the Author Gilles Ronin is an architect and lecturer at the School of Architecture at Paris Malaquis.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781789940053 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Interior design, decor & style guides Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Installations and Experimental Printmaking Alexia Tala

In this book, Alexia Tala explores and investigates the new experimental forms of printmaking, which are today pushing the traditional boundaries of this technique in contemporary art. These include the usage of photo-emulsion, glass and paper, Perspex and paint stripper, printing with sand and digital prints mounted on relief surfaces.

Description In this book, Alexia Tala explores and investigates the new experimental forms of printmaking, which are today pushing the traditional boundaries of this technique in contemporary art. These include the usage of photo-emulsion, glass and paper, Perspex and paint stripper, printing with sand and digital prints mounted on relief surfaces. This volume also considers the role of the moving image, encaustic (wax) techniques for printing, transferring, collaging and combining traditional prints with wax. In addition to an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of these individual approaches, the author also offers an insight into the experiences and concerns of contemporary artists displaying experimental printmaking objects and installations for exhibition. Work of over 30 British and International artists are illustrated giving the reader practical examples and inspiration to explore for themselves the experimental aspects of printmaking.

About the Author Alexia Tala is a visual artist and independent curator with an MA in Price: $39.99 Printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts. Her research on ISBN: 9781789940060 contemporary artists using experimental printmaking techniques in Format: Paperback - C format installations has uncovered a rapidly expanding movement in England and Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 112 pages beyond. She exhibits internationally and has recently curated several Bic1: Prints & printmaking major international events while maintaining a role as a visiting Bic2: lecturer in art institutions in both her home countries of the UK and Illustrations: Previous Titles: Chile. Author now living:

Herbert Press AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking Sarah Riley

An easy-to-use practical guide to mixed-media printmaking that includes instructions on all of the main printmaking techniques, as well as examples of inspirational works by the author and other contemporary printmakers.

Description Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking is an essential introduction to printmaking using a wide range of low-cost materials. This practical guide includes easy-to-follow instructions, hints and tips on all of the main printmaking techniques, as well as over 90 examples of works by contemporary printmakers and 19 profiles explaining the artists' methods and inspiration. Mixed-media printmaking allows vast freedom for experimentation and armed with the knowledge inside this book it is possible to adapt and refine the basic techniques to suit your own projects. This beautiful book will be an inspiration for printmakers at all levels.

About the Author Sarah Riley is Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at the Holland School of the Visual and Performing Arts, Southeast Missouri State University, and is a regular guest lecturer at other institutions. Her own work has been widely exhibited and has received numerous honours, grants and awards.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781789940084 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Prints & printmaking Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Herbert Press AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Superdocious!: Racing Insights and Revelations from Legendary Olympic Sailor Rodney Pattisson Rodney Pattison and Barry Pickthall

The previously untold life story from world-champion Olympic medallist and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor for three decades, Rodney Pattisson. With a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie CBE

Description Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medallist and winner of fourteen world and European champtionships, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A world champion in dinghies, multihulls and offshore, he has set race and speed records and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for the America's Cup in 1983. They were beaten in the finals by Alan Bond's eventual winner, Australia II.

A perfectionist when it comes to preparation, and passionate about speed on the water, Rodney's successes stem from a selfless focus on the end goal, a ruthless desire to win and an unquenchable thirst to succeed in everything he does. An intensely private individual, Rodney has always kept the media at arm's length, viewing press attention as an unwanted distraction from winning. His previously untold story not only charts his own trials and tribulations in becoming one of the best sailors in the world, but also reveals the double standards, deceit, political and sporting interference and outright cheating he faced along the way. Superdocious! is an explosive commentary, with a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie, on a lifetime of remarkable achievements in an international sport that Rodney made his own. His story will shock, amaze and inspire not just today's young sailors looking to realise their own dreams, but every sportsman and woman around the world.

About the Author Rodney Pattisson MBE is a three-time Olympic medallist and world champion in dinghies, multihull and offshore racing. He was Britain's most successful Olympic sailor for three decades.

Barry Pickthall is the former yachting correspondent to the Times newspaper, who covered many of Rodney's major successes across five decades of sailing. Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472935595 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Sailing Bic2: Olympic & Paralympic games Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Australian Bushrangers 1788-1880 Ian Knight

The frontier outlaws who defied the authorities on the wild Australian frontier in the Victorian era, and the Crown forces who eventually hunted them down.

Description The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness 'the bush' in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania. Initially, the only Crown forces available were redcoats from the small, scattered garrisons, but by 1825 the problem of outlawry led to the formation of the first Mounted Police from these soldiers.

The gold strikes of the 1860s attracted a new group of men who preferred to get rich by the gun rather than the shovel. The roads, and later railways, that linked the mines with the cities offered many tempting targets and were preyed upon by the bushrangers.

This 1860s generation boasted many famous outlaws who passed into legend for their boldness. The last outbreak came in Victoria in 1880, when the notorious Kelly Gang staged several hold-ups and deliberately ambushed the pursuing police. Their last stand at Glenrowan has become a legendary episode in Australian history. Fully illustrated with some rare period photographs, this is the fascinating story of Australia's most infamous outlaws and the men tasked with tracking them down.

About the Author Ian Knight is widely acknowledged as a leading authority on the colonial campaigns of the Victorian Empire. He has written over 30 books on the subject including Men-at-Arms, Campaign, Essential Histories, Elite and Fortress titles for Osprey, including the Queen Victoria's Enemies series. He has worked on a number of television documentaries and is a founder member of the Victorian Military Society. He has received awards for his work on campaigns in southern Africa during the 19th century, notably the Anglo-Zulu War. He lives in West Sussex, UK.

Mark Stacey was born in Manchester, UK, in 1964 and has been a freelance illustrator since 1987. He has a lifelong Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472831101 interest in all periods of history, particularly military history, and has specialized in this area throughout his career. He now Format: Paperback lives and works in Cornwall. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 48 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Spitfire VC vs A6M2 Zero-sen: Darwin 1943 Peter Ingman

The little-known yet fascinating story of when two of the most iconic aircraft of World War II duelled in the skies above Australia.

Description Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires.

A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a gruelling campaign between evenly matched foes, fought in isolation from the main South Pacific battlegrounds. Pilots on either side had significant combat experience, including a number of Battle of Britain veterans. The Spitfire had superior flight characteristics but was hampered by short range and material defects in the tropical conditions, while the Japanese employed better tactics and combat doctrine inflicting serious losses on the over-confident Commonwealth forces.

Fully illustrated with detailed full-colour artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia.

About the Author Peter Ingman is an author specialising in aviation and World War II Pacific war history. He has co-written two widely acclaimed Australian World War II history titles Zero Hour in Broome and Carrier Attack Darwin 1942. Through his publishing business Avonmore Books, Peter has also had extensive input into 20 further military history titles written by a variety of authors. An award-winning essayist, Peter is the Chairman of the History Group at the South Australian Aviation Museum. He lives in Adelaide with his two young children and is currently writing a novel set in wartime New Guinea.

Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974 78, and since graduating with Honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781472829603 display at the Pentagon. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Gareth Hector is a digital artist of international standing as well as an aviation history enthusiast. Gareth completed the Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history battlescene artwork and cover artwork. He lives in Perthshire, UK. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Warship 2019 John Jordan

Annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.

Description Warship 2019 is devoted to the design, development, and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more to maintain the impressive standards of scholarship and research from the field of warship history. This new edition features the usual range of diverse articles spanning the subject by an international array of expert authors.

About the Author John Jordan is a former language teacher. He is the author of two major books on the Soviet Navy, and more recently co- authored French Battleships 1922-56 (Seaforth, 2009) with Robert Dumas. He has been associated with Warship from its earliest beginnings and took over the editorship full time in 2004. He lives in the UK.

Price: $79.99 ISBN: 9781472835956 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Military & naval ships Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The G3 Battle Rifle Leroy Thompson

Since its introduction in the 1950s the innovative G3 battle rifle has seen widespread combat around the globe, from South America to Afghanistan. This absorbing study investigates the origins, development, combat record and legacy of this iconic rifle of the Cold War.

Description During the Cold War, the G3 was one of the world's pre-eminent battle rifles. Developed in France and Spain after 1945, the rifle was produced by the German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. Adopted by more than 40 countries and produced on licence by many more, it was widely employed during colonial wars in Africa, insurgencies in Latin America and conflicts in the Middle East, but perhaps its widest use was in the Iran Iraq War. Variants of the G3 have also seen substantial usage among Special Forces including Britain's Special Boat Service and the US Navy SEALs. Semi- automatic versions, especially the HK91 and HK93, remain popular in the United States, and the G3-derived HK11 and HK21 family of light machine guns have also been widely adopted by military and law-enforcement units across the world. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this study examines one of the iconic weapons of the Cold War era.

About the Author Leroy Thompson has trained and advised military and police special-operations units around the world, focusing especially on the tactical use of firearms. He has previously had more than 50 books published, and appeared as a weapons expert on documentaries for Discovery, National Geographic and the BBC. He lives in Missouri, USA.

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He's had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist, illustrating over 30 books for Osprey. He lives in South Wales, UK.

Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland spent 18 years as the graphics editor of the Daily Telegraph, winning 19 awards in that time. He now writes, illustrates and publishes fiction (www.ravensquill.com), as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.blogspot.com). He lives in Lincolnshire, UK.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781472828620 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Scapa 1919 Innes McCartney

Marine archaeologist Dr Innes McCartney solves the mysterious fate of the lost ships of Jutland and reveals for the first time the location and state of the wrecks of all 25 warships sunk in the battle

Description The German fleet which fought the battle of Jutland surrendered at the end of WW1 and was interned in Scapa Flow pending the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles. In July 1919 the entire fleet attempted to sink itself in the Flow to prevent it being broken up as war prizes. Of the 74 ships present, 52 sunk and 22 were prevented from doing so by circumstance and British intervention. This book examines the scuttling, subsequent salvage, by the RN, locals, Cox & Danks and Metal Industries, of much of the fleet and crucially the remains of the seven intact warships from the scuttling and the remains of the lifted ships, which are more extensive then previously imagined. This has been done in the most comprehensive way because of the survey taking place in January 2017 aboard MV Vina the vessel previously used to survey the Jutland site.

In this book, marine archaeologist and historian Dr Innes McCartney reveals for the first time what became of the warships that were scuttled, examining the circumstances behind the loss of each ship and reconciling what was known at the time to what the archaeology is revealing today. The knowledge of what was present was transformed in 2015 by a groundbreaking survey using the modern technology of multi-beam. .

This is the first book to identify the locations of many of the wrecks, and how many of these sites have been illegally plundered for salvage. A revealing study of a fleet lost for nearly a century beneath the waves and the secrets it has given up on further study.

About the Author Dr Innes McCartney is a nautical archaeologist, explorer, historian and author. Over the last 25 years he has specialised in the discovery of and investigation into twentieth century shipwrecks including the wrecks of the Battle of Jutland and many British and German submarines. He has appeared regularly on documentaries such as Time Team Special and is a popular speaker at conferences.

Price: $59.99 ISBN: 9781472828903 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: First World War Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 SU-76 Assault Gun Steven J. Zaloga

An expert history of the great Soviet armoured assault gun of World War II, the SU-76.

Description The SU-76 assault gun was the second most widely manufactured Soviet armoured fighting vehicle of World War II, out- numbered only by the legendary T-34. Inspired in part by the German Marder series of tank destroyers, Soviet designers realized that the chassis of the obsolete T-70 light tank could be adapted to a much more substantial gun if it was placed in a fixed casemate rather than in a turret. This led to the design of the SU-76, which saw its combat debut at Kursk in the summer of 1943. The SU-76 was deployed primarily as an infantry direct support weapon, becoming the infantry tank of the Red Infantry, much as the StuG III became the infantry tank of the German infantry.

Featuring full colour artwork and written by an expert on tank warfare during World War II, this fascinating study describes one of the Soviet Union's most important armoured vehicles during its struggle with Nazi Germany.

About the Author Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. He lives in Maryland, USA.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472831866 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 48 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior Murray Dahm

Alexander's phalangites clash with Persian foot-soldiers in three key battles of the Ancient World.

Description In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander's army were 10,000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed with a long pike and fighting in formations up to 16 ranks deep, these grizzled veterans were the mainstay of the Macedonian army.

Facing them were the myriad armies of the peoples that made up the Persian Empire. At the centre of these forces was the formation known as the Immortals: 10,000 elite infantry, armed with spears and bows.

In this study, a noted authority assesses the origins, combat role and battlefield performance of Alexander's phalangites and their Persian opponents in three key battles of the era the Granicus River, Issus and Gaugamela at the dawn of a new way of waging war.

About the Author Murray Dahm is a freelance historian and the author of Breaking the Spartans: Epaminondas, Pelopidas, and the Brief Glory of Thebes. He has written more than 50 articles for magazines such as Ancient Warfare, Medieval Warfare, and Ancient History. Murray lives in New South Wales, Australia.

Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and model maker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781472831873 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Mortain 1944 Steven J. Zaloga

A highly illustrated study of Operation Lottich, the German Panzer counter-offensive against the Normandy bridgehead in August 1944 that backfired, leading to a collapse of the German position in northern France.

Description Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Lottich.

The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army sector, cutting off its spearheads, and finally reach Avranches on the coast. Had this succeeded, it not only would have cut off the First US Army spearheads, but also Patton's newly deployed Third US Army operating in Brittany. However, thanks to an intercepted radio message, the Allies were well-prepared for the offensive and not only repelled the oncoming panzers, but went on a counter-attack that would lead to a whole German army becoming encircled in the Falaise Pocket.

Fully illustrated with stunning full-colour artwork, this book tells the story of Operation Lottich, the failed offensive which ended any prospect of Germany winning the battle of Normandy.

About the Author Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. He lives in Maryland, USA. Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He's had a life-long passion for illustration, and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. He has provided award-winning illustrations for the publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began. Steve has illustrated over 30 books for Osprey.

Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781472832528 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Strasbourg AD 357 Raffaele D'Amato, Andrea Frediani

A highly illustrated account of the battle of Strasbourg in AD 357, a decisive victory for the Romans under their Caesar Julian against the Alemanni and their leader Chnodomar.

Description Civil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350 53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German confederations along the Rhine the Franks and Alemanni took advantage of the situation to cross the river, destroy the Roman fortifications along it and occupy parts of Roman Gaul. In 355, the Emperor Constantius appointed his 23-year-old cousin Julian as his Caesar in the provinces of Gaul with command of all troops in the region. Having recaptured the city of Cologne, Julian planned to trap the Alemanni in a pincer movement, but when the larger half of his army was forced into retreat, he was left facing a much larger German force outside the walls of the city of Strasbourg. This new study relates the events of this epic battle as the experience and training of the Roman forces prevailed in the face of overwhelming German numbers.

About the Author Raffaele D'Amato is an experienced Osprey author having written more than 20 titles. He is the author of 40 books on the military history of the Roman Empire, Middle Ages and Byzantium, as well as numerous articles. Having obtained his doctorate in Byzantino-Roman Law and Roman Archaeology, he taught for two years at the Fatih University of Istanbul as visiting Professor and is now working as a lawyer and as external researcher for the Laboratory of the Danubian Provinces of the University of Ferrara.

Andrea Frediani was born in 1963 in Rome, where he still lives and works. After graduating in Medieval History, he started a long-standing contribution to the prestigious Italian magazines Storia e Dossier, Medioevo, Rivista storica, Focus Storia and Focus Wars. He has published numerous works of non-fiction on the subject of military history and in 2007 published his first work of fiction, which became a bestseller in Italy. Since then he has written a number of historical novels including the Invincible series and the Dictator trilogy. His works have been translated into five languages. Florent Vincent was born in 1973, and studied Applied Arts, History of Art and Archaeology. An illustrator specializing in historical and military subjects, he works with many French and Foreign publishers and museums (Museum of National Price: $32.99 ISBN: 9781472833983 Antiquities of St-Germain-en-Laye, Museum of the Army of Paris, Archaeological Museum of Frankfurt, etc.). He is also Format: Paperback the co-author of two books on the Gallic Wars. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway David Rigby

The story of the man who won the battle of Midway and avenged Pearl Harbor for the United States.

Description During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told until now.

It was Wade McClusky who remained calm when the Japanese fleet was not where it was expected to be. It was he who made the counterintuitive choice to then search to the north instead of to the south. It was also McClusky who took the calculated risk of continuing to search even though his bombers were low on fuel and may not have enough to make it back to the Enterprise. His ability to remain calm under enormous pressure played a huge role in the US Navy winning this decisive victory that turned the tide of war in the Pacific.

This book is the story of exactly the right man being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Wade McClusky was that man and this is his story.

About the Author David Rigby is a historian and the author of Allied Master Strategists: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II (Naval Institute Press, 2012), which was awarded the 2012 John Lyman Book Prize in U.S. Naval History and No Substitute for Victory: Successful American Military Strategies from the Revolutionary War to the Present Day (Carrel Books, 2014). He lives in Massachusetts, USA.

Price: $49.99 ISBN: 9781472834737 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Second World War Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Wildlands: Map Pack 1 Martin Wallace

A new double-sided board for Martin Wallace's Wildlands, bringing two new environments for players to explore in the fantasy skirmish game.

Description Players: 2-4 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 30-60 minutes Contents: Double-Sided Playing Board Travel into the further reaches of the Wildlands with this new set of maps. Introduce further wrinkles to your game via magical portals which help you rush around the map, or fissures which will slow your progress. Players will have to adapt to their new surroundings if they ever hope to get ahead. This map expansion for Wildlands adds a new double-sided board to the game, featuring new opportunities and obstacles, and can be used in conjunction with the faction expansions. This map pack requires a copy of Wildlands to play.

About the Author Martin Wallace was born in Hampshire in 1962, and started designing board games in 1990. He self-published his first game, Lords of Creation, in 1993 and has had over seventy games published since. Martin is best known for Steam, Brass, Discworld Ankh Morpork, and A Few Acres of Snow. Having spent most of his life in Manchester, he now resides in Queensland, Australia. Wietse Treurniet is a multidisciplinary artist with a wide range of interests. With experience in game design, he has worked on concept art for Nimbi, but his primary training has been in illustration, visual design, and 3D modelling. He lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472836182 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 1 pages Bic1: Board games Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey Games AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Railway Carriages Tim Bryan

A brief history of the design and use of railway carriages in the UK, ideal for those interested in railway and social history.

Description Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway passenger travelled in comfortable rolling stock of a design familiar to many until the 1960s. While modern trains look different from those built more than a century ago, even today the facilities are not so dissimilar from those enjoyed by our Victorian ancestors. This book describes the development of the railway carriage from those early days to the present, highlighting some of the key developments in the history, design and construction of carriages. It also looks at the innovations that made life easier for the passenger, such as the introduction of heating, lavatories and restaurant and buffet facilities, as well as the differences in comfort between the various classes of traveller.

About the Author Tim Bryan worked as curator at the GWR and STEAM museums in Swindon for more than twenty years and is now Head of Collections at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire. He is the author of seventeen books on railway and heritage topics and has written four titles for Shire. He lives in Swindon, UK.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781784423209 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales Richard Hayman

An engaging introduction to the workings of church buildings and churchyards, explaining the integral elements of a working church and how they have changed over time.

Description The parish church is a symbol of continuity, a cornerstone of the urban and rural landscape, and a treasure trove often as rich in cultural history as any museum. This compact and accessible guide explores all of these aspects of the parish church. It begins by examining why churches are built where they are, and then goes on to explain how both church buildings and churchyards have changed over time. It also describes the fixtures and furnishings in the parish church, including fonts, screens, stained glass and monuments, explaining their ritual and symbolic purpose and how their significance has shifted over time. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, this book will provide an indispensable introductory guide to anyone who is curious about the nation's parish churches and wants to explore them further.

About the Author Richard Hayman is a buildings historian and has been visiting and photographing churches for many years. He is author of several books, including Rood Screens, Church Misericords and Bench Ends and The Tudor Reformation for Shire, and A Concise Guide to the Parish Church.

Price: $26.99 ISBN: 9781784423551 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: History of religion Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Osprey AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 William Morris and his Palace of Art Tessa Wild

A previously unwritten chapter in the design history of William Morris.

Description William Morris and his Palace of Art is a comprehensive new study of Red House, Bexleyheath; the only house commissioned by William Morris and the first independent architectural work of his close friend, Philip Webb. Morris moved in to Red House as an ebullient young man of 26, with an independent income and a head brimming with ideas and the persistent question of 'how best to live? Red House, together with its Pre-Raphaelite garden, stands as the physical embodiment of his exuberant spirit, youthful ambition, passionate medievalism, creativity and great sense of possibility. For five intense years from 1860 5, it was a place of halcyon days happy family life, loyal friendship, good humoured competition, and the jovial campaign of decorating; furnishing the house and designing the garden. Drawing on a wealth of new physical evidence, this book argues that Red House constitutes an ambitious and critical chapter in his design history. It will re-consider the inspiration it provided for the founding of 'the Firm' of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (later Morris & Co.), in 1861, and the vital collaboration of Webb, Burne-Jones, Rossetti and their intimate circle in realising Morris's dream for his house.

About the Author Tessa Wild is a curator and writer specialising in the nineteenth century. Educated at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art, she worked as a curator with the National Trust from 1998 to 2015. She was curator of Red House from its acquisition by the National Trust in 2003 until 2015, during which time she led a major research programme on the house. She has lectured and published widely on the subject and was awarded a Paul Mellon Mid- Career Fellowship in 2016 to undertake further research on Morris and Red House.

Price: $70.00 ISBN: 9781781300558 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900 Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Philip Wilson AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Volpone: Revised Edition Ben Jonson, edited by Robert N. Watson

This revised edition will enable you to enjoy and interpret it afresh for yourself.

Description The sharpest, funniest comedy about money and morals in the 17th century is still the sharpest and funniest about those things in the 21st. The full, modernised play text is accompanied by incisive commentary notes which communicate the devastating comic energy of Volpone's satire. The introduction provides a firm grounding in the play's social and literary contexts, demonstrates how careful close-reading can expand your enjoyment of the comedy, shows the relevance of Jonson's critique to our modern economic systems, and provides a clear picture of how the main relationships in the play function on the page and stage. Supplemented by a plot summary and annotated bibliography, it is ideal for students of Jonson, city comedy and early modern drama.

About the Author Robert N. Watson is Distinguished Professor of English at UCLA, USA. He is the editor of Ben Jonson: Four Plays (Bloomsbury), Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson (New Mermaids series) and Critical Essays on Ben Jonson. He teaches Shakespeare, English Renaissance poetry and historical ecocriticism at UCLA.

Price: $19.99 ISBN: 9781350007796 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Methuen Drama AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 National Theatre Connections 2019 Dawn King et al.

The National Theatre Connections anthology offers nine plays specially commissioned for young performers and schools.

Description National Theatre Connectionsis an annual festival which brings new plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights, the festival exposes actors aged 13-19 to the world of professional theatre-making, giving them full control of a theatrical production - from costume and set design to stage management and marketing campaigns. NT Connections have published over 150 original plays and regularly works with 500 theatre companies and 10,000 young people each year.This anthology brings together 10 new plays by some of the UK's most prolific and current writers and artists alongside notes on each of the texts exploring performance for schools and youth groups. Plays included: Class by Lajaune Lincoln and Ben Baily Smith, The Sad Clubby Luke Barnes, Fleshby Rob Drummond, Variations by Katie Hims, Salt by Dawn King, Ageless by Benjamin Kuffour,terra/earth by Nell Leyshon, Chaos by Laura Lomas, The Small Hours by Katherine Soper, Stuffby Tom Wells

About the Author Multiple authors

Price: $44.99 ISBN: 9781350108370 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 640 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Methuen Drama AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Merchant of Venice: Language and Writing Douglas M. Lanier

An introductory guide for undergraduates giving critical insight and practical guidance on developing critical skills.

Description Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing volumes offer a new type of study aid that combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The books' core focus is on language: both understanding and enjoying Shakespeare's complex dramatic language, and expanding your own critical vocabulary, as you respond to his plays. Each guide in the series will empower you to read and write about Shakespeare with increased confidence and enthusiasm. A notoriously disturbing play, The Merchant of Venice explores how the discourses of racial and religious prejudice and of business intertwine and shape how characters understand themselves and their relationships with one another. The intersections between religious, racial and economic language in The Merchant of Venice can be challenging to grasp, but in this guide Douglas Lanier showcases a range of approaches to understanding its language, all based on close reading and attention to Shakespeare's style. The volume will equip you to analyze Shakespeare's troubling portrayal of anti-Semitism for yourself and to articulate your views on The Merchant of Venice with greater insight and confidence.

About the Author Douglas M Lanier teaches at the University of New Hampshire, USA

Price: $34.99 ISBN: 9781472571489 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Shakespeare studies & criticism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Arden Shakespeare AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Postcards from the Trenches: A German Soldier's Testimony of the Great War Irene Guenther

A German soldier's intimate view of the First World War, told through a series of hand-painted post-cards sent from the trenches by an important German artist to his sweetheart.

Description German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a series of postcards that he sent to his sweetheart, Irma. During the battles of Ypres and Verdun, Schubert filled dozens of military-issued 4' x 6' cards with vivid images depicting the daily realities and tragedies of war. Beautifully illustrated with full-color reproductions of his exquisite postcards, as well as his wartime sketches, woodcuts, and two lithograph portfolios, Postcards from the Trenches is Schubert's war diary, love journal, and life story. His powerful artworks illuminate and document in a visual language the truths of war.

Postcards from the Trenches offers the first full account of Otto Schubert, soldier-artist of the Great War, rising art star in the 1920s, prolific graphic artist and book illustrator, one of the 'degenerate' artists defamed by the Nazis, and a man shattered by the Second World War and the Cold War.

Created in the midst of enormous devastation, Schubert's haunting visual missives are as powerful and relevant today as they were a century ago. His postcards are both a young man's token of love and longing and a soldier's testimony of the Great War.

About the Author Irene Guenther is Instructional Professor of 20th-century European and American History at The Honors College, University of Houston, USA and recipient of the University of Houston's Provost Teaching Excellence Award and The Honors College Student Board's Distinguished Teaching Award. She is also the author of Nazi 'Chic'? Fashioning Women in the Third Reich.

Price: $50.00 ISBN: 9781350015753 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 260x258mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: The arts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Fashion Business Reader Edited by Joseph Hancock and Anne Peirson-Smith

With classic and contemporary writings covering every aspect of the global fashion business from sourcing and production to branding and consumption, The Fashion Business Reader is the first interdisciplinary anthology on the topic.

Description The Fashion Business Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic and cutting-edge writings on the global fashion business from production to consumption. Bringing together a rich interdisciplinary and international range of writings in one volume, this essential text encompasses creative, theoretical and practical approaches from scholarship spanning business, the social sciences, arts and humanities. As well as extracts from ground-breaking journal articles, book chapters and other key writings, the reader will include several newly commissioned articles on the very latest themes and methodological approaches. Each section of the volume contains an introduction by an expert scholar plus a guide to further reading, and every individual extract is introduced so that readers can place important writings in context. This is an essential course text for students on a wide range of fashion and business courses and a one-stop authoritative reference for scholars and professionals.

About the Author Joseph Hancock is Professor at Drexel University, USA, in the Department of Design. He has worked in management, branding, merchandising and leadership for such landmark companies as The Gap, The Limited Corporation and Target Corporation. He is the Principle for the journal Fashion, Style & Popular Culture. Anne Peirson-Smith is Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. She teaches and researches fashion communication, public relations, popular culture and the creative industries and has published widely on these topics. In addition to a global professional background in public relations and branding she is the co-author of Public Relations in Asia Pacific (John Wiley, 2009), Global Fashion Brands (Intellect, 2014) and Communicating Transcultural Fashion (Intellect, 2018). In addition, she is associate editor for the Journal of Fashion, Style and Popular Culture (Intellect).

Price: $61.99 ISBN: 9781474279543 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 512 pages Bic1: Fashion & society Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Fashion Installation: Body, Space, and Performance Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas

A concise critical examination of the new phenomenon of presenting fashion through installations, ranging from interactive performances and experimental runway shows to curated museum exhibitions

Description Gone are the days when fashion relied on a runway launch with coinciding press promotions to show a couturier's new range. Today, design houses are thinking beyond traditional methods of display to stimulate interest in their collections, such as to the internet, fashion film and, more recently, fashion installations. This book offers a critical evaluation of the changing ways in which fashion has been exhibited, focusing specifically on the recent turn toward installation, whether in the form of static presentations, interactive performances or the more conventional curated designer exhibition. Connecting viewers and consumers on an immersive level, the fashion world has begun to appropriate installation methods traditionally associated with displays of experimental art, transcending the runway system and its constraints. This book turns to the designers who have pioneered fashion installations, such as Aitor Throup, Muccia Prada, Walter Van Beirendonck and Hussein Chalayan among others, and also looks back to the early influential fashion displays by designers such as Worth and Poiret to provide historical context. Divided into three parts, and covering a variety of installations from Vivienne Westwood's fashioned 'concept' stores to Gareth Pugh's immersive films, this ground-breaking book positions the designer as the curator and exhibition-maker and offers the first focused study of the pertinent concept of fashion installation.

About the Author Adam Geczy is an artist and writer, and teaches at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney, Australia. Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, New Zealand.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781350032521 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Fashion design & theory Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Existentialism and Excess: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre Gary Cox

A lively yet substantial biography of the French Existentialist Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

Description Jean-Paul Sartre is an undisputed giant of twentieth-century philosophy. His intellectual writings popularizing existentialism combined with his creative and artistic flair have made him a legend of French thought. His tumultuous personal life - so inextricably bound up with his philosophical thinking - is a fascinating tale of love and lust, drug abuse, high profile fallings-out and political and cultural rebellion.This substantial and meticulously researched biography is accessible, fast-paced, often amusing and at times deeply moving. Existentialism and Excess covers all the main events of Sartre's remarkable seventy-five-year life from his early years as a precocious brat devouring his grandfather's library, through his time as a brilliant student in Paris, his wilderness years as a provincial teacher-writer experimenting with mescaline, his World War II adventures as a POW and member of the resistance, his post-war politicization, his immense amphetamine fueled feats of writing productivity, his harem of women, his many travels and his final decline into blindness and old age.Along the way there are countless intriguing anecdotes, some amusing, some tragic, some controversial: his loathing of crustaceans and his belief that he was being pursued by a giant lobster, his escape from a POW camp, the bombing of his apartment, his influence on the May 1968 uprising and his many love affairs. Cox deftly moves from these episodes to discussing his intellectual development, his famous feuds with Aron, Camus, and Merleau- Ponty, his encounters with other giant figures of his day: Roosevelt, Hemingway, Heidegger, John Huston, Mao, Castro, Che Guevara, Khrushchev and Tito, and, above all, his long, complex and creative relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. Existentialism and Excess also gives serious consideration to Sartre's ideas and many philosophical works, novels, stories, plays and biographies, revealing their intimate connection with his personal life. Cox has written an entertaining, thought-provoking and compulsive book, much like the man himself.

About the Author Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow. He is author of How to Be an Existentialist, The Existentialist's Guide, How to Be a Philosopher, The God Price: $28.99 Confusion, Deep Thought and Cricket Ball all published by Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781350066571 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Biography: literary Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Hominescence Michel Serres, translated by Randolph Burks

Michel Serres, one of France's greatest living intellectuals, introduces and explores his vision of the future of humanity.

Description According to Michel Serres, a process of 'hominescence' has taken place throughout human history. Hominescence can be described as a type of adolescence; humanity in a state of growing, a state of constant change, on the threshold of something unpredictable. We are destined never to be the same again but what does the future hold?

In this innovative and passionately original work of philosophy, Serres describes the future of man as an adolescence, transitioning from childhood to adulthood, or luminescence, when a dark body becomes light. After considering the radical changes that humanity has experienced over the last fifty years, Serres analyzes the new relationship of man has with diverse concepts, like the dead, his own body, agriculture, and new communication networks. He alerts us to the consequences of these changes, particularly on the danger of growing inequalities between rich and poor countries.

Should we rejoice in the future, ignore it, or even dread it? Unlike other philosophers who preach doom and gloom, Serres wants us to anticipate the uncertain light of the future.

About the Author Michel Serres is a Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA and a member of the Academie Francaise, France. A renowned and popular philosopher, he is a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses (2008), Genesis (1995), and Biogee (2013).

Price: $44.99 ISBN: 9781474247047 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Venice Saved Simone Weil, translated by Silvia Panizza and Philip Wilson

The first English translation of Venise Sauvee (Venice Saved) a tragedy by 20th century philosopher and mystic Simone Weil, with scholarly paratextual material.

Description Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Saved. Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weil's own thoughts on tragedy. A figure of affliction, a central theme in Weil's religious metaphysics, the central character offers a unique insight into Weil's broader philosophical interest in truth and justice, and provides a fresh perspective on the wider conception of tragedy itself. The play depicts the plot by a group of Spanish mercenaries to sack Venice in 1618 and how it fails when one conspirator, Jaffier, betrays them to the Venetian authorities, because he feels compassion for the city's beauty.

The edition includes notes on the play by the translators as well as introductory material on: the life of Weil; the genesis and purport of the play; Weil and the tragic; the issues raised by translating Venice Saved. With additional suggestions for further reading, the volume opens up an area of interest and research: the literary Weil.

About the Author Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic and activist.

Silvia Panizza is Lecturer in Ethics at the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK.

Philip Wilson is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Price: $28.99 ISBN: 9781350043909 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Theatre studies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Curating Pop: Exhibiting Popular Music in the Museum Sarah Baker, Lauren Istvandity and Raphael Nowak

The first book to focus on the timely and emergent area of popular music and museums.

Description Curating Pop speaks to the rapidly growing interest in the study of popular music exhibitions, which has occurred alongside the increasing number of popular music museums in operation across the world. Focusing on curatorial practices and processes, this book draws on interviews with museum workers and curators from 19 museums globally, including the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, the Experience Music Project in Seattle, and the PopMuseum in Prague. Through a consideration of the subjective experiences of curators involved in the exhibition of popular music in museums in a range of geographic locations, Curating Pop compares institutional practices internationally, illustrating the ways in which popular music history is presented to visitors in a wider sense.

About the Author Sarah Baker is Associate Professor in Cultural Sociology at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. She is the Reviews Editor of Journal of World Popular Music, having previously been an editor of the Journal of Sociology (2009-12). She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Community Custodians of Popular Music's Past: A DIY Approach to Heritage (2017) and Redefining Mainstream Popular Music (2013). Lauren Istvandity is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. She has published across popular music, heritage, and cultural studies platforms, and has two books forthcoming: The Lifetime Soundtrack: Music and Autobiographical Memory, and the co-edited collection Routledge Handbook to Popular Music History and Heritage.

Raphael Nowak is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research in Queensland, Australia. He is a cultural sociologist and has expertise on music consumption, digital technologies, popular music heritage practices, and systems of classifications in culture. He is the author of Consuming Music in the Digital Age: Technologies, Roles, and Everyday Life (2015) and co-editor of Networked Music Cultures: Contemporary Approaches, Emerging Issues (2016).

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781501343582 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Rock & Pop music Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Life Itself Is an Art: The Life and Work of Erich Fromm Rainer Funk

An authoritative introduction to the life and career of Erich Fromm.

Description Erich Fromm (1900-1980) is known to most readers as the author of the international bestseller The Art of Loving (1956). What may be less widely known is that Fromm was a social psychoanalyst whose psychoanalytic theories, developed around a humanistic concept of man and society, have had a profound impact on many fields and disciplines: on social life and societal organization, on politics, on religion, on psychotherapy and, last but not least, on the practice of mindfulness. Rainer Funk was Erich Fromm's last assistant. He wrote his dissertation about Fromm, was designated by Fromm's last will to be his sole literary executor, and is the editor of Fromm's writings. From his very intimate knowledge of Fromm's life and ideas, and his access to an archive that includes 6,000 letters, Funk introduces Fromm's central concepts and examines them in relation to Fromm's lived experiences and to his idea that life itself is an art. The question of 'the art of living' runs through all of the chapters, from the Introduction, in which Funk describes meeting Fromm for the first time in 1972, to the last chapter, in which Funk reflects on the impact of Fromm's social-psychoanalytic writings and his efforts to live well.

About the Author Rainer Funk is Director of the Erich Fromm Institute Tuebingen, Co-Director of the Erich Fromm Study Center at the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) in Berlin, and a practicing psychoanalyst based in Tuebingen, Germany. He is Erich Fromm's sole Literary Executor and among his publications are the 10-volume German edition of Erich Fromm Collected Works (1980 and 1981; expanded to 12-volumes in 1999).

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781501351440 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Literary theory Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 After the Genocide in Rwanda: Testimonies of Violence, Change and Reconciliation Edited by Hannah Grayson et al.

A collection of previously unpublished testimonies from individuals who lived through the Genocide against the Tutsi, including a foreword by survivor Esther Mujawayo.

Description Since the Genocide against the Tutsi, when up to one million Rwandan people were brutally killed, Rwanda has undergone a remarkable period of reconstruction. Driven by a governmental programme of unity and reconciliation, the last 25 years have seen significant changes at national, community, and individual levels. This book gathers previously unpublished testimonies from individuals who lived through the genocide. These are the voices of those who experienced one of the most horrific events of the 20th Century. Yet, their stories do not simply paint a picture of lives left destroyed and damaged; they also demonstrate healing relationships, personal growth, forgiveness and reconciliation. Through the lens of positive psychology, the book presents a range of perspectives on what happened in Rwanda in 1994, and shows how people have been changed by their experience of genocide.

About the Author Dr Hannah Grayson is Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK.Professor Nicki Hitchcott is based in the School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews, UK.Professor Stephen Joseph is based at the University of Nottingham,UKwhere he is convenor of the Human Flourishing Research Group in the School of Education.Dr Laura Blackie is Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781788318280 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert

The blazingly brilliant new novel from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the international bestseller Eat Pray Love: a glittering coming-of-age epic stitched across the fabric of a lost New York

Description It is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York with her suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although her quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect hair roll have been deemed insufficient for her to pass into her sophomore year of Vassar, she soon finds gainful employment as the self-appointed seamstress at the Lily Playhouse, her unconventional Aunt Peg's charmingly disreputable Manhattan revue theatre. There, Vivian quickly becomes the toast of the showgirls, transforming the trash and tinsel only fit for the cheap seats into creations for goddesses.

Exile in New York is no exile at all: here in this strange wartime city of girls, Vivian and her girlfriends mean to drink the heady highball of life itself to the last drop. And when the legendary English actress Edna Watson comes to the Lily to star in the company's most ambitious show ever, Vivian is entranced by the magic that follows in her wake. But there are hard lessons to be learned, and bitterly regrettable mistakes to be made. Vivian learns that to live the life she wants, she must live many lives, ceaselessly and ingeniously making them new. 'At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is,' she confides. And so Vivian sets forth her story, and that of the women around her women who have lived as they truly are, out of step with a century that could never quite keep up with them.

About the Author Elizabeth Gilbert is the number one bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and been translated into over 46 languages, and several other international bestselling books of fiction and non-fiction. Her story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; The Last American Man was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her follow-up memoir to Eat Pray Love, Committed, became an instant number one New York Times bestseller. She has published two novels, Stern Men and The Signature of All Things, which was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781408867044 She lives in New Jersey. www.elizabethgilbert.com / @GilbertLiz Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 You Will Be Safe Here Damian Barr

The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me. Set in South Africa You Will Be Safe Here explores legacies of abuse, redemption and the strength of the human spirit

Description An Observer, Financial Times and Guardian Pick for 2019

The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me. Set in South Africa You Will Be Safe Here explores legacies of abuse, redemption and the strength of the human spirit

South Africa, 1901, the height of the second Boer War. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe. Johannesburg, 2010. Sixteen-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he's not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they 'make men out of boys'. Guaranteed. You Will Be Safe Here is a deeply moving novel of connected parts. Inspired by real events, it uncovers a hidden colonial history and present-day darkness while exploring our capacity for cruelty and kindness.

About the Author Damian Barr is an award-winning writer and columnist. Maggie & Me, his memoir about coming of age and coming out in Thatcher's Britain, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and Sunday Times Memoir of the Year, and won the Paddy Power Political Books 'Satire' Award and Stonewall Writer of the Year Award. Damian writes columns for the Big Issue and High Life and often appears on BBC Radio 4. He is creator and host of his own Literary Salon that premieres work from established and emerging writers. You Will Be Safe Here is his debut novel. Damian Barr lives in Brighton. @Damian_Barr

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781408886083 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Road to Grantchester James Runcie

The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves and losses of a young Sidney Chambers in post-war London

Description The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves and losses of a young Sidney Chambers in post-war London

It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert's birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war.

Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross, and lost his best friend on the battlefields of Italy. The carefree youth that he and his friends were promised has been blown apart, just like the rest of the world and Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life. But he has heard a call: constant, though quiet, and growing ever more persistent. To the incredulity of his family and the derision of his friends the irrepressible actor Freddie, and the beautiful, spiky Amanda Sidney must now negotiate his path to God: the course of which, much like true love, never runs smooth.

The touching, engaging and surprising origin story of the Grantchester Mysteries's beloved Archdeacon, Sidney Chambers, The Road to Grantchester will delight new and old fans alike.

About the Author James Runcie is an award-winning film-maker and the author of ten novels that have been translated into twelve languages, including the six books in the Grantchester Mysteries series. In October 2014, ITV launched Grantchester, a prime-time series starring James Norton as Sidney Chambers, which aired its fourth season in spring 2019. James Runcie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commissioning Editor for Arts at BBC Radio 4. He lives in London and Edinburgh. www.jamesruncie.com Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781408886854 www.grantchestermysteries.com Format: Hard Cover @james_runcie Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Show Them a Good Time Nicole Flattery

'I truly love and admire Nicole Flattery's writing. Show Them a Good Time is a masterclass in the short story bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny and it does full justice to its author's immense talent' SALLY ROONEY

Description 'I truly love and admire Nicole Flattery's writing. Show Them a Good Time is a masterclass in the short story bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny and it does full justice to its author's immense talent' SALLY ROONEY

'Demands repeated reading. These stories are very funny, and very sad, usually at the same time. Which, as Flattery shows us brilliantly, is the best time' JON MCGREGOR An urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types - men and women, their assigned roles and meanings - in modern society.

A young, broke Irish woman narrates her relationship with a successful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their autonomy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead- end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.

The characters in these magnificently accomplished stories are haunted as much by the future as they are by their pasts. Exuberant, irreverent and loaded with dark humour, Show Them a Good Time marks the arrival of a strikingly original new Irish voice in fiction.

About the Author Nicole Flattery's work has been published in the Stinging Fly, the White Review, the Dublin Review, BBC Radio 4, the Irish Times, Winter Papers and the forthcoming 2019 Faber anthology of new Irish writing. Her story 'Track' won the 2017 White Review Short Story Prize. She is twenty-nine years old and lives in Galway.

Price: $37.99 ISBN: 9781526611901 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me Charlotte Bingham

The wickedly funny sequel to the MI5 and Me, described by Tatler as 'a stone cold comic classic', following the irrepressible Lottie's adventures in 1950s London

Description The wickedly funny sequel to the MI5 and Me, described by Tatler as 'a stone cold comic classic', following the irrepressible Lottie's adventures in 1950s London London in the 1950s. Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she has had the bad luck to fall in love with Harry, a handsome if frustrated young actor, who has also been press-ganged into the family business, acting as one of her father's undercover agents in the Communist hotbed of British theatre. Together the two young lovers embark on a star-studded adventure through the glittering world of theatre - but, between missing files, disapproving parents, and their own burgeoning creative endeavours, life is about to become very complicated indeed...

About the Author Charlotte Bingham wrote her first book, Coronet Among the Weeds, a memoir of her life as a debutante, at the age of 19. It was published in 1963 and became an instant bestseller. Her father, John Bingham, the 7th Baron Clanmorris, was a member of MI5 where Charlotte Bingham worked as a secretary. He was an inspiration for John le Carre's character George Smiley. Charlotte Bingham went on to write thirty-three internationally bestselling novels and the memoir MI5 and Me. In partnership with her late husband Terence Brady, she wrote a number of successful, plays, films and TV series including Upstairs Downstairs and Take Three Girls. She lives in Somerset. charlottebingham.com

Price: $37.99 ISBN: 9781526608680 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Autobiography: arts & entertainment Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Clearing the Air: The Beginning and the End of Air Pollution Tim Smedley

This book tells the story of what's happened to the air we breathe, the impact it has had on our health and what we can do to fight back.

Description 'Read this book and join the effort to terminate air pollution.' Arnold Schwarzenegger Air pollution has become the world's greatest environmental health risk, and science is only beginning to reveal its wide- ranging effects. Globally, 19,000 people die each day from air pollution, killing more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and car accidents combined. What happened to the air we breathe? Sustainability journalist Tim Smedley has travelled the world to try and find the answer, visiting cities at the forefront of the fight against air pollution, including Delhi, Beijing, London and Paris. With insights from the scientists and politicians leading the battle against it, and people whose lives have been affected by it, Clearing the Air tells the full story of air pollution for the first time: what it is, which pollutants are harmful, where they come from and most importantly what we can do about them. Air pollution is a problem that can be solved. The stories uncovered on this journey show us how. Clearing the Air is essential reading for anyone who cares about the air they breathe. And this much becomes clear: in the fight against air pollution, we all have a part to play. The fightback has begun. 'Compulsory reading' Chris Boardman

About the Author Tim Smedley is an award-winning sustainability journalist. After ten years in London first as a business journalist, latterly as a freelancer writer covering the environment he left in 2014, fleeing the polluted streets for Oxfordshire where he is now based. At first, air pollution was just another environmental story to file. But air pollution seemed to get under his skin and into his veins literally, as it turned out and the more he researched, the more concerned he became. Never before had an environmental story come as close to home as this. Tim has written for the Financial Times, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, New Scientist, and most recently the BBC. Clearing the Air is his first book. Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781472953315 Format: Hard Cover www.timsmedleywriter.com / @TimSmedley Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Popular science Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Sigma AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 China's Invisible Crisis: The Growing Urban-Rural Divide and What It Means Natalie Johnson, Scott Rozelle

This is not a story about skyscrapers being thrown up in days, or one about luxury shopping or high-speed rail networks. This is the story everyone has been missing, out in the countryside where more than half the country lives.

Description China's economy has been built on the back of unskilled labour and now that wages are rising, factories are moving elsewhere and taking jobs with them. The problem is that, in single-mindedly pursuing growth, China basically forgot to educate its people. Now a middle-income country, but with 500 million uneducated rural poor, China has a looming development trap. Without better skills and education, the country risks corruption, organised crime and economic stagnation. And as unskilled workers lose their jobs and are unable to find new ones, China may come to rely far more on militaristic nationalism in order to stave off social unrest. Stanford economist Scott Rozelle argues that, even as China has experienced unprecedented growth and deeply embedded itself in the world economy, it has missed a vital component in securing its future. The implications should worry all of us.

About the Author Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP) at Stanford University. He received his BS from Berkeley and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non- Chinese by the Premier. Natalie Johnson manages the Keeping Kids in School projects at REAP. She joined the REAP team full time in 2013 after graduating from Williams College with a BA in Chinese Language and Political Science.

Price: $36.99 ISBN: 9781786075529 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Development studies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology Mark Boyle

It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.

Description No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.

About the Author Mark Boyle is the author of three previous books, which have been translated into over twenty languages. A former business graduate, he has lived entirely without money for three years. He has written columns for the Guardian and has irregularly contributed to international press, radio and television. He lives on a smallholding in Co. Galway, Ireland.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781786076007 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Natural history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World Amanda Little

Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

Description We need to produce more food. With water and food shortages already being felt in some parts of the world, this might sound like an insurmountable challenge, but all is far from lost. You may not have heard about it, but the sustainable food revolution is already under way. Amanda Little unveils startling innovations from the front lines around the world: farmscrapers, cloned cattle, meatless burgers, edible insects, superbananas and microchipped cows. She meets the most creative and controversial minds changing the face of modern food production, and tackles fears over genetic modification with hard facts. The Fate of Food is a fascinating look at the threats and opportunities that lie ahead as we struggle to feed ever more people in a changing world.

About the Author Amanda Little is the author of Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells Our Ride to the Renewable Future. An award- winning environmental journalist, she has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone , Wired and the Washington Post, among others. She teaches investigative journalism at Vanderbilt University and lives with her husband and children in Nashville, Tennessee.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781786076458 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Cookery / food & drink etc Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Oneworld AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueledthe Rise of Al Qaeda, Isis and Donald Trump Max Blumenthal

How America's national security state fueled the rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump.

Description THE MANAGEMENT OF SAVAGERY tells the story of the parallel rise of international jihadism and Western ultra- nationalism. Since Washington's secret funding of the Mujahideen following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 1970s, America has supported extremists with money and hardware, including enemies such as Bin Laden. The Pentagon's willingness to make alliances abroad have seen the war coming home with inevitable consequences: by funding, training, and arming jihadist elements in Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya since the Cold War and waging wars of regime change and interventions that gave birth to the Islamic State. Meanwhile, Trump's dealings In the Middle East are likely only to exacerbate the situation further. Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America's dealing with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America's imperial designs of a national security state. And shows how this has ended with the rise of the Trump presidency.

About the Author Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in New York Times, Daily Beast, Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. He is currently senior editor of AlterNet's Grayzone Project and the author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, which won the 2014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Notable Book Award, the New York Times best selling Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered the Party and The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. His documentaries and on the ground reports have been seen by millions.

Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781788732291 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Terrorism, armed struggle Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Verso Trade AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Narrowboat Life Jim Batty

A revised edition of this fascinating and visually stunning insight into what it's like to live on a narrowboat, answering the common questions on the ins and outs of liveaboard life on the inland waterways, now with a focus on green living

Description 'A colourful and comprehensive guide to life on the waterways. Practical, pretty and accessible, it's charmingly designed while providing excellent advice.' BBC Countryfile Magazine Full-time life on a narrowboat is a novelty for so many of us, and is endlessly fascinating. How do people downsize their lives and belongings into what looks like a large, crayon-coloured floating toy-box? Narrowboat Life answers all the questions we've wanted to ask about the ins and outs of liveaboard life on the inland waterways. The book is filled with beautiful, enthralling photography of the waterways themselves, the narrowboats that occupy them and, most importantly, every nook and cranny of their insides. Should you become seduced, the author gives solid hands- on advice about how to make a narrowboat (or widebeam, cruiser or small Dutch barge) your home. Accompanying these absorbing images, the playful and always informative text satisfies our curiosity to know, among other things: e How do you fit all of your stuff into such a restricted space? e How much does a narrowboat cost? e How do you hold down a job if you're always on the move? e Does s/he (the cat, dog, parrot) live on the boat as well? e Is it cold in the winter? This revised edition of Narrowboat Life features new and expanded sections on ecological living on the waterways recycling, upcycling and living green and the costs of living aboard in cities and countryside versus living on-land, as well as new 'step-aboard' profiles of more beautiful boats.

About the Author

Price: $39.99 Jim Batty is a photographer, graphic designer and writer who has lived on, worked on and continuously cruised a 53-foot ISBN: 9781472963659 narrowboat with his partner and their cat for the past nine years. The book answers a distillation of all the queries he has Format: Paperback fielded on an almost daily basis since moving aboard through towpath and lockside conversations with young couples, Dimensions: 0x0mm those close to retirement, single men and women of all ages, young families, tourists, as well as talking with a host of Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Narrowboats & canals inquisitive (and initially uncomprehending) friends, relatives and colleagues. Everyone, it seems, wants to know exactly Bic2: what the live aboard life is like: inside and out. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Daily Office SSF: New Revised Edition Sister Joyce Yarrow

This revised edition of the Franciscan Daily Office SSF updates basic texts in line with Common Worship.

Description The opus dei is the prayer life of the Church. By the use of forms of prayer prescribed during the day, Christians of all traditions connect with the prayer life of the Universal Church. To members of religious orders, these daily 'offices' form the structure of the day. The patterns of this daily prayer embrace the three key elements of praise, intercession and engagement with Scripture. The Society of Saint Francis have been fervent advocates of the use of these forms of daily prayer for lay people, priests and religious people. Indeed the Church of England drew very heavily on the work pioneered by the Franciscans when they produced their own Daily Prayer part of the series of books following the publication of Common Worship (Church House, 2005). But this book has a lot of additional 'Franciscan' material and as such has long maintained a strong and devoted audience. Now this revised edition brings the basic texts into line with Common Worship by using more contemporary but dignified language and the Common Worship translation of the Psalms.

About the Author Sister Joyce Yarrow is the Minister General CSF of the sisters of the First Order of the Society of Saint Francis.

Price: $59.99 ISBN: 9781472970541 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 826 pages Bic1: Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Continuum AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 RSPB Guide to Birdsong Adrian Thomas

The first ever RSPB-endorsed audio and print guide to enjoying and understanding the birdsong of Britain's best known bird species.

Description Birdsong is one of the greatest and most accessible wildlife pleasures that people can experience, even in urban areas. This brand new book and accompanying CD will help people identify a range of common and charismatic British birds by sound

Birdsong is one of the most powerful means of connecting people with nature. Wild sounds in nature have the power to lift people's spirits; they have inspired poets and composers and can evoke time, place and season. Wild sounds can also carry powerful conservation messages - the reduction in birdsong in our countryside is a potent signal and a symbol of the loss of nature. The success of Radio 4's 'Tweet of the Day' series speaks to the popularity of and interest in birdsong.

The reality, however, is that many people don't understand or recognise what they are listening to in nature. This beautiful, full-colour book and narrated CD of brand new recordings will help people to learn about the sounds and calls of the commonest birds in Britain, and reveal when and why birds make these sounds.

About the Author Adrian Thomas is a lifelong birdwatcher and naturalist, and has worked at the RSPB for fifteen years in a wide variety of roles. After contributing for many years to BirdWatching magazine, his writing now regularly features in Nature's Home and Garden Answers, and has also appeared in the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of three books; RSPB Gardening for Wildlife (1st Edition) (Bloomsbury, 2010), winner of the national Garden Media Guild award; The Birds of Sussex (BTO, 2014); and Best Birdwatching Sites in Sussex (Buckingham Press, 2003).

Price: $29.99 ISBN: 9781472955876 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Wildlife: general interest Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Urban Birder David Lindo

This book is an inspirational look at the birdlife in our cities, or more accurately, the author's personal journey of discovery involving encounters with racism, air rifle-toting youths, girls, alcohol, music, finding urban wildlife oases and of course, birds.

Description Anyone can become an Urban Birder. You can do it anywhere and any time, whether you've got the day to spare, on your way to work, during your lunch break or just looking out of a window. Look up and you will see. The book is an inspirational look at the birdlife in our cities, or more accurately, the author's personal journey of discovery involving encounters with racism, air rifle-toting youths, girls, alcohol, music, finding urban wildlife oases and of course, birds. David Lindo's story is entertaining and sometimes controversial, but the one guarantee is that the reader will be left feeling inspired enough to pick up a pair of binoculars and head to the nearest park.

About the Author Self-styled 'The Urban Birder', David Lindo is a one-man ornithological phenomenon. He is a regular on TV and radio, has a flourishing website and blog, and writes for a host of magazines including BBC Wildlife, Bird Watching and the RSPB's Birds, the last of which has a readership in excess of 1 million people.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781472970435 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Take the Slow Road: England and Wales Martin Dorey

The ultimate guide to the very best scenic and fun routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the valleys, mountains and coastlines of wonderful England and Wales

Description Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It's about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It's about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping.

How are you going to do it? In a camper van or a motorhome, of course.

In this book we define the best driving routes around England and Wales for camper vans and motorhomes. We show you the coolest places to stay, what to see, what to do and explain why it's special. We meander around England and Wales on the most breathtaking roads, chugging up mountain passes and pootling along the coast. We show you stuff that's fun, often free. We include the best drives for different kinds of drivers; for surfers, wildlife watchers, climbers and walkers. We include the steepest, the bendiest, those with the most interesting bridges or views or obstacles, ferries and tidal causeways. And you don't even have to own a camper van or motorhome we'll tell you the many places you can rent one to take you on the journey.

All of this is interspersed with beautiful photos, handy maps and quirky travel writing from the king of camper vans and motorhomes, Martin Dorey. So if all you want to do is flick through it on a cold day and plan your next outing, you'll be transported (albeit slowly) to pastures, beaches, mountains and highways that make you want to turn the key and go, go, go!

About the Author Martin Dorey is a writer, surfer and serial camper van owner. In 2011 he presented the BBC2 television programme 'One Man and his Camper Van'. He is the author of The Camper Van Cookbook (2010), The Camper Van Coast (2012), The Price: $39.99 ISBN: 9781844865352 Camper Van Bible (2016), Take the Slow Road: Scotland (2018) and No. More. Plastic (2018) and he writes regular Format: Paperback features for Coast magazine, Camping magazine, Motorhome and Motorcaravan magazine, and the Huffington Post. Dimensions: 0x0mm @campervanliving; www.martindorey.com Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Conway Publishing AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia Craig Robson

A field guide to the birds of South-East Asia that covers all of the 1,327 species recorded in the region and each has been fully illustrated. Covering Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, it covers the identification, voice, breeding, status, habitat and distribution of various species and subspecies.

Description This is the first-time flexi-cover edition of this classic field guide, which is the definitive volume on the region's birdlife. This award-winning book, which was first published in 2000, was fully updated in 2009 to include 76 new species for the region that were recent new discoveries for science, taxonomic 'splits' or had been recorded there for the first time. This comprehensive field guide to the birds of South-East Asia covers all of the 1,327 species recorded in the region and each has been fully illustrated. This edition has many new artworks and 16 more colour plates than the original guide, and the text has been meticulously updated to take in all the most recent information. The vast diversity of South-East Asian birdlife attracts increasing numbers of birdwatchers each year. Covering Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, this unique and indispensable guide covers in detail the identification, voice, breeding, status, habitat and distribution of all the species and distinctive subspecies of the region.

About the Author Craig Robson has visited South-East Asia many times in the past 25 years and has studied more bird species in the region than anyone else from Europe. He helped to launch the thriving Oriental Bird Club and served on the Council of the OBC for five years, writing numerous papers in their journal during that time. Craig is based in Norfolk, England. A selection of leading artists, including Richard Allen, Hilary Burn, Clive Byers, Dan Cole, John Cox, Tony Disley, Martin Elliott, Mike Langman, Ian Lewington, Andrew Mackay, Stephen Message, Chris Schmidt, Jan Wilczur and Tim Worfolk, were specially commissioned to provide the artwork.

Price: $79.99 ISBN: 9781472970404 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 544 pages Bic1: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Helm Ornithonoly AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Die Zauberflote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Provides a perfect companion to opera-goers wishing to extend their understanding and increase their enjoyment of this much beloved work

Description Die Zauberflute had its premiere at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna on 30th September 1791, less than ten weeks before Mozart's death. It has proved to be one of the most enduringly popular of all his works and has enchanted generations of opera-goers of all ages. In a fairy-tale allegory imbued with serious philosophical concerns, the opera combines ethereal music with earthy comedy to convey a message of hope for a better world. In this guide, Nicholas Till writes about the background and genesis of the opera, locating it on the cusp of the Enlightenment and the beginnings of German Romanticism. Julian Rushton provides a detailed analysis of the score with numerous musical examples highlighting its many delights, and Hugo Shirley surveys the different and often bizarre permutations that the opera has undergone on stage since some of its very earliest performances through to the present day. The guide contains the complete German libretto with a new English translation by Kenneth Chalmers and incorporates all the dialogue so frequently cut in performances. There are sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, a discography, a bibliography and DVD and website guides. The guide provides a perfect companion to opera-goers wishing to extend their understanding and increase their enjoyment of this much beloved work.

About the Author Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 91) was born in Salzburg, and began composing at the age of five. His subsequent prolific output included the great operas of his maturity, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, CosAE fan tutte and Die Zauberflute.

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781847498052 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Musical scores, lyrics & libretti Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Alma Classics AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Reeds Vol 10: Instrumentation and Control Systems: Gordon Boyd, Leslie Jackson

Key text covering the application and operation of instruments and control systems in marine engineering.

Description This is a fully revised, new edition on the topic of instrumentation and control systems and their application to marine engineering for professional trainees studying Merchant Navy Marine Engineering Certificates of Competency (CoC) as well as Electrical/Marine Engineering undergraduate students. Providing generic technical and practical descriptions of the operation of instrumentation and control devices and systems, this book also contains mathematic analysis where appropriate. Addressing this subject area, the domain of Instrumentation Engineers/Technicians as well as Control Engineers, and covering established processes and protocols and extensive developing technology, this textbook is written with the marine engineer in mind, particularly those studying Engineering Knowledge. The content ranges from simple measurement devices, through signal conditioning and digitisation to highly sophisticated automated control and instrumentation systems. It also includes a brand new section on electrical equipment in hazardous areas detailing hazards, gas groups, temperature classifications and types of protection including increased and intrinsic safety and encapsulation, and up-to- date material on the new generation of Liquified Natural Gas carriers, SMART sensors and protocols, as well as computer based systems. This text is reinforced throughout with worked examples and self-study questions.

About the Author Gordon Boyd is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and Senior Lecturer at South Tyneside College, the largest Marine Engineering College in the UK and well recognised internationally as being a world leader in electrical aspects of Marine Engineering education and training. He is also a Consultant for Electric Works developing distance-learning packages and computer-based learning training for Marine Engineers and ETOs, and has extensive sea-going experience.

Price: $79.99 ISBN: 9781472970381 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 360 pages Bic1: Marine engineering Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Toffee Sarah Crossan

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Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781408868126 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Funny Life of Pets James Campbell

Ever wondered what your pet is thinking' Or what they are doing when you're not around' Whether you love pets, want a pet, own a pet, or you don't like pets at all but you enjoy laughing so much that you actually fall on the floor - THIS is the book for you!

Description Uncover the funny life of cats, dogs, horses, hamsters and everything else inbetween (and some things that have nothing to do with pets but are still funny) - according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire. You should know that this is NOT a normal book. 1) You read a normal book by starting on page one and reading to the end. This book isn't like that. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways, and in approximately 861,000 different ways inbetween. 2) This is not a fact book. Well, it is a bit. But it's also a story. This is a book with outrageous facts, hilarious jokes, and brilliant stories about pets, the author, and all sorts of other things - like how cats are afraid of cucumbers. 3) WARNING: Anything you think you might have learned from this book might not be very accurate so should not be used in a school project or as part of homework. Unless of course, you are made of stardust and are as brave as sunshine. This book answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages' Why has my cat done a poo-poo behind my wardrobe' And, how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet' For real-life pet facts, ridiculously funny illustrations, imaginary stories, and a hilarious read, read on!

About the Author James Campbell decided to be a writer when he was seven, once he had decided that he could not be a duck. James travels around primary schools, telling stories and encouraging children to write their own stuff. He spends lots of weekends at literary festivals, or in theatres, doing his one man show (as a stand up comedian). It's for children over six and their families. He talks about funny things in a funny way that children seem to like! Rob Jones is an extremely funny young illustrator. In May 2015, his first book 'Bernard' won The People's Book Prize. When he's not drawing, he makes toys and puppets (mostly characters from his books). He doesn't have a pet but he

Price: $12.99 could have an imaginary one. ISBN: 9781408889947 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 188x153mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Pets (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Children Non Fiction AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 I Don't Want to be Small Laura Ellen Anderson

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Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781408894071 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 I Don't Want Curly Hair! Laura Ellen Anderson

NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR! A hilarious picture book for bestselling author illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson

Description NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR! It's messy and silly and just plain unfair.

All Curlly Haired Girl has ever wanted is straight and luscious locks, but when she meets a little girl with the smoothest silkiest hair, who says all she's ever wanted is spirally squiggly hair - they are BOTH confused! A hilarious tale about loving the thing we have. And hair, lots and lots of hair

About the Author Laura Anderson is a hugely exciting new illustrator of picture books. In 2013, she illustrated CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell's Snowflakes and is the illustrator of Bloomsbury's very own Witch Wars series. I Don't Want Curly Hair is Laura's first written and illustrated book with Bloomsbury. www.lauraellenanderson.co.uk @Lillustrator

Price: $24.99 ISBN: 9781408868393 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 279x251mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Bic2: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 I Don't Want Curly Hair! Laura Ellen Anderson

NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR! A hilarious picture book for bestselling author illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson

Description NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR! It's messy and silly and just plain unfair.

All Curlly Haired Girl has ever wanted is straight and luscious locks, but when she meets a little girl with the smoothest silkiest hair, who says all she's ever wanted is spirally squiggly hair - they are BOTH confused! A hilarious tale about loving the thing we have. And hair, lots and lots of hair

About the Author Laura Anderson is a hugely exciting new illustrator of picture books. In 2013, she illustrated CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell's Snowflakes and is the illustrator of Bloomsbury's very own Witch Wars series. I Don't Want Curly Hair is Laura's first written and illustrated book with Bloomsbury. www.lauraellenanderson.co.uk @Lillustrator

Price: $14.99 ISBN: 9781408868409 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 273x246mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Bic2: Picture books, activity books & early learning material Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Merchant of Venice: Language and Writing Douglas M. Lanier

An introductory guide for undergraduates giving critical insight and practical guidance on developing critical skills.

Description Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing volumes offer a new type of study aid that combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The books' core focus is on language: both understanding and enjoying Shakespeare's complex dramatic language, and expanding your own critical vocabulary, as you respond to his plays. Each guide in the series will empower you to read and write about Shakespeare with increased confidence and enthusiasm. A notoriously disturbing play, The Merchant of Venice explores how the discourses of racial and religious prejudice and of business intertwine and shape how characters understand themselves and their relationships with one another. The intersections between religious, racial and economic language in The Merchant of Venice can be challenging to grasp, but in this guide Douglas Lanier showcases a range of approaches to understanding its language, all based on close reading and attention to Shakespeare's style. The volume will equip you to analyze Shakespeare's troubling portrayal of anti-Semitism for yourself and to articulate your views on The Merchant of Venice with greater insight and confidence.

About the Author Douglas M Lanier teaches at the University of New Hampshire, USA

Price: $100.00 ISBN: 9781472571496 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Shakespeare studies & criticism Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

Arden Shakespeare AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 The Fashion Business Reader Edited by Joseph Hancock and Anne Peirson-Smith

With classic and contemporary writings covering every aspect of the global fashion business from sourcing and production to branding and consumption, The Fashion Business Reader is the first interdisciplinary anthology on the topic.

Description The Fashion Business Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic and cutting-edge writings on the global fashion business from production to consumption. Bringing together a rich interdisciplinary and international range of writings in one volume, this essential text encompasses creative, theoretical and practical approaches from scholarship spanning business, the social sciences, arts and humanities. As well as extracts from ground-breaking journal articles, book chapters and other key writings, the reader will include several newly commissioned articles on the very latest themes and methodological approaches. Each section of the volume contains an introduction by an expert scholar plus a guide to further reading, and every individual extract is introduced so that readers can place important writings in context. This is an essential course text for students on a wide range of fashion and business courses and a one-stop authoritative reference for scholars and professionals.

About the Author Joseph Hancock is Professor at Drexel University, USA, in the Department of Design. He has worked in management, branding, merchandising and leadership for such landmark companies as The Gap, The Limited Corporation and Target Corporation. He is the Principle for the journal Fashion, Style & Popular Culture. Anne Peirson-Smith is Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. She teaches and researches fashion communication, public relations, popular culture and the creative industries and has published widely on these topics. In addition to a global professional background in public relations and branding she is the co-author of Public Relations in Asia Pacific (John Wiley, 2009), Global Fashion Brands (Intellect, 2014) and Communicating Transcultural Fashion (Intellect, 2018). In addition, she is associate editor for the Journal of Fashion, Style and Popular Culture (Intellect).

Price: $190.00 ISBN: 9781474279536 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 512 pages Bic1: Fashion & society Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Fashion Installation: Body, Space, and Performance Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas

A concise critical examination of the new phenomenon of presenting fashion through installations, ranging from interactive performances and experimental runway shows to curated museum exhibitions

Description Gone are the days when fashion relied on a runway launch with coinciding press promotions to show a couturier's new range. Today, design houses are thinking beyond traditional methods of display to stimulate interest in their collections, such as to the internet, fashion film and, more recently, fashion installations. This book offers a critical evaluation of the changing ways in which fashion has been exhibited, focusing specifically on the recent turn toward installation, whether in the form of static presentations, interactive performances or the more conventional curated designer exhibition. Connecting viewers and consumers on an immersive level, the fashion world has begun to appropriate installation methods traditionally associated with displays of experimental art, transcending the runway system and its constraints. This book turns to the designers who have pioneered fashion installations, such as Aitor Throup, Muccia Prada, Walter Van Beirendonck and Hussein Chalayan among others, and also looks back to the early influential fashion displays by designers such as Worth and Poiret to provide historical context. Divided into three parts, and covering a variety of installations from Vivienne Westwood's fashioned 'concept' stores to Gareth Pugh's immersive films, this ground-breaking book positions the designer as the curator and exhibition-maker and offers the first focused study of the pertinent concept of fashion installation.

About the Author Adam Geczy is an artist and writer, and teaches at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney, Australia. Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, New Zealand.

Price: $110.00 ISBN: 9781350032514 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Fashion design & theory Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Hominescence Michel Serres, translated by Randolph Burks

Michel Serres, one of France's greatest living intellectuals, introduces and explores his vision of the future of humanity.

Description According to Michel Serres, a process of 'hominescence' has taken place throughout human history. Hominescence can be described as a type of adolescence; humanity in a state of growing, a state of constant change, on the threshold of something unpredictable. We are destined never to be the same again but what does the future hold?

In this innovative and passionately original work of philosophy, Serres describes the future of man as an adolescence, transitioning from childhood to adulthood, or luminescence, when a dark body becomes light. After considering the radical changes that humanity has experienced over the last fifty years, Serres analyzes the new relationship of man has with diverse concepts, like the dead, his own body, agriculture, and new communication networks. He alerts us to the consequences of these changes, particularly on the danger of growing inequalities between rich and poor countries.

Should we rejoice in the future, ignore it, or even dread it? Unlike other philosophers who preach doom and gloom, Serres wants us to anticipate the uncertain light of the future.

About the Author Michel Serres is a Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA and a member of the Academie Francaise, France. A renowned and popular philosopher, he is a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses (2008), Genesis (1995), and Biogee (2013).

Price: $130.00 ISBN: 9781474247863 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:

BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Curating Pop: Exhibiting Popular Music in the Museum Sarah Baker, Lauren Istvandity and Raphael Nowak

The first book to focus on the timely and emergent area of popular music and museums.

Description Curating Pop speaks to the rapidly growing interest in the study of popular music exhibitions, which has occurred alongside the increasing number of popular music museums in operation across the world. Focusing on curatorial practices and processes, this book draws on interviews with museum workers and curators from 19 museums globally, including the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, the Experience Music Project in Seattle, and the PopMuseum in Prague. Through a consideration of the subjective experiences of curators involved in the exhibition of popular music in museums in a range of geographic locations, Curating Pop compares institutional practices internationally, illustrating the ways in which popular music history is presented to visitors in a wider sense.

About the Author Sarah Baker is Associate Professor in Cultural Sociology at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. She is the Reviews Editor of Journal of World Popular Music, having previously been an editor of the Journal of Sociology (2009-12). She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Community Custodians of Popular Music's Past: A DIY Approach to Heritage (2017) and Redefining Mainstream Popular Music (2013). Lauren Istvandity is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. She has published across popular music, heritage, and cultural studies platforms, and has two books forthcoming: The Lifetime Soundtrack: Music and Autobiographical Memory, and the co-edited collection Routledge Handbook to Popular Music History and Heritage.

Raphael Nowak is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research in Queensland, Australia. He is a cultural sociologist and has expertise on music consumption, digital technologies, popular music heritage practices, and systems of classifications in culture. He is the author of Consuming Music in the Digital Age: Technologies, Roles, and Everyday Life (2015) and co-editor of Networked Music Cultures: Contemporary Approaches, Emerging Issues (2016).

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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 Life Itself Is an Art: The Life and Work of Erich Fromm Rainer Funk

An authoritative introduction to the life and career of Erich Fromm.

Description Erich Fromm (1900-1980) is known to most readers as the author of the international bestseller The Art of Loving (1956). What may be less widely known is that Fromm was a social psychoanalyst whose psychoanalytic theories, developed around a humanistic concept of man and society, have had a profound impact on many fields and disciplines: on social life and societal organization, on politics, on religion, on psychotherapy and, last but not least, on the practice of mindfulness. Rainer Funk was Erich Fromm's last assistant. He wrote his dissertation about Fromm, was designated by Fromm's last will to be his sole literary executor, and is the editor of Fromm's writings. From his very intimate knowledge of Fromm's life and ideas, and his access to an archive that includes 6,000 letters, Funk introduces Fromm's central concepts and examines them in relation to Fromm's lived experiences and to his idea that life itself is an art. The question of 'the art of living' runs through all of the chapters, from the Introduction, in which Funk describes meeting Fromm for the first time in 1972, to the last chapter, in which Funk reflects on the impact of Fromm's social-psychoanalytic writings and his efforts to live well.

About the Author Rainer Funk is Director of the Erich Fromm Institute Tuebingen, Co-Director of the Erich Fromm Study Center at the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) in Berlin, and a practicing psychoanalyst based in Tuebingen, Germany. He is Erich Fromm's sole Literary Executor and among his publications are the 10-volume German edition of Erich Fromm Collected Works (1980 and 1981; expanded to 12-volumes in 1999).

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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA JUNE 2019 After the Genocide in Rwanda: Testimonies of Violence, Change and Reconciliation Edited by Hannah Grayson et al.

A collection of previously unpublished testimonies from individuals who lived through the Genocide against the Tutsi, including a foreword by survivor Esther Mujawayo.

Description Since the Genocide against the Tutsi, when up to one million Rwandan people were brutally killed, Rwanda has undergone a remarkable period of reconstruction. Driven by a governmental programme of unity and reconciliation, the last 25 years have seen significant changes at national, community, and individual levels. This book gathers previously unpublished testimonies from individuals who lived through the genocide. These are the voices of those who experienced one of the most horrific events of the 20th Century. Yet, their stories do not simply paint a picture of lives left destroyed and damaged; they also demonstrate healing relationships, personal growth, forgiveness and reconciliation. Through the lens of positive psychology, the book presents a range of perspectives on what happened in Rwanda in 1994, and shows how people have been changed by their experience of genocide.

About the Author Dr Hannah Grayson is Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK, Professor Nicki Hitchcott is based in the School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews, UK, Professor Stephen Joseph is based at the University of Nottingham, UK where he is convenor of the Human Flourishing Research Group in the School of Education. Dr Laura Blackie is Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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