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linsCanada erCol Harp WINTER 2011 Contents page 2 New Fiction and Non-fiction page 33 Cookbooks page 34 Harper Paperbacks page 57 ChildrenÕ s Books pages 72-73 Index page 74 Key Contacts Please note: Prices, dates and specifications listed in this catalogue are subject to change without notice. The suggested retail prices are in Canadian dollars and do not include GST/HST. All resellers are free to establish their own prices. Consumer prices are suggestions only and do not reflect the prices at which books and other products will be sold. 2 harpercollins nne Blythe is lucky. She’s got a brand new book contract, a great newspaper job and a steadfast best friend, and she canA land just about any man she sets her sights on—and the ones that appeal are typically tall, dark and handsome. If your romantic choices kept ending Problem is, the men she chooses never last. Shortly after yet in heartache, would you let someone another relationship goes down in flames, Anne comes across a card for what she believes is a dating service, and pockets it choose your husband for you? just in case. If she’s so unlucky in love, maybe she could use a little assistance. Then her best friend announces she’s engaged, catherine mckenzie and envy gets the better of Anne. Now’s the time, she decides, to give the service a try—and she is shocked to discover that what the company specializes in are exclusive, and pricey, arranged Arranged marriages. After learning of the company’s success rate, how- ANovel ever, she overcomes her reluctance and signs on. After all, ar- ranged marriages are the norm for millions of women around FICTION • $19.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/ FLAPS the world, and she’s not done so well selecting a mate on her ISBN: 978-1-55468-760-2 • SHIPPING IN DECEMBER FIC044000 • 352 pp • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • carton qty: 28 own. So why not use a professional service that claims it can rights acquired: Canada/English language produce the perfect match? other rights: Kimberly Cameron & Associates Some time later, Anne is travelling to a Mexican resort, editor: Jennifer Lambert • publicist: Lindsey Love where in one short weekend she will meet and marry Jack, the man they have chosen for her. And against all odds, it seems to be working out, until Anne learns that Jack and the company who arranged their marriage are not what they seem at all. praise for spin F ull of pop-culture allusions, some really funny ones. Spin is a compelling, fast-paced read. the globe and mail M cKenzie successfully portrays a group of young friends as they struggle to figure out who they are and what they want . [and] steers the novel to a satisfying conclusion.” the gazette (montreal) CATHERINEÊ McKENZIEÊ was born and raised in Montreal where she now works as a litigator. When not serving on many professional associations, she teaches part time at McGill Uni- versity’s faculty of law. Her bestselling first novel, Spin, was re- leased to critical acclaim in 2010. ArrangedÊ is her second book. also available by catherine mckenzie Spin 978-1-55468-758-9 $19.99 tpb available from harperweekend in december 2010 (see page 50) HARPER COLLINS HARPER PERENNIAL HARPER TROPHYCANADA C OLLINS HARPER WEEKEND HARPERPERENNIAL MODERNCLASSICS winter 2011 3 ummer, 1978. Brezhnev sits like a stone in the Kremlin, Israel and Egypt are inching toward peace, and in the bus- tling,S polyglot streets of Rome, strange new creatures have ap- peared: thousands of Soviet Jews who have escaped to freedom From the acclaimed author of through a crack in the Iron Curtain. Among the thousands who have landed in Italy to secure visas for new lives in the West are Natasha and Other Stories, an irresistible the members of the Krasnansky family—three generations of first novel about one large, fractious Russian Russian Jews. family and the layover of a lifetime There is Samuil, an old communist and Red Army veteran, who reluctantly leaves the country to which he has dedicated himself body and soul; Karl, his eldest son, a man eager to em- david bezmozgis brace the opportunities emigration affords; his younger son, Alec, a carefree playboy for whom life has always been a game; The Free World and Polina, Alec’s new wife, who has risked the most by break- ANovel ing with her old family to join this new one. Together, they will spend six months in Rome—their way station and purgatory. FICTION • $31.99 CL They will immerse themselves in the carnival of emigration, an ISBN: 978-1-4434-0399-3 • SHIPPING IN MARCH Italy rife with love affairs and ruthless hustles, with dislocation FIC019000 • 400 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 24 and nostalgia, with the promise and peril of a better life. In rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Farrar, Straus and Giroux the unforgettable Krasnansky family, Bezmozgis has created an editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Lindsey Love intimate portrait of a tumultuous era. Written in precise, musical prose, The Free World is a stun- ning debut novel, a heartfelt multigenerational saga of great his- torical scope and even greater human depth. Enlarging on the themes of aspiration and exile that infused his first collection, Natasha and Other Stories, The Free World establishes Bezmoz- gis as one of our most mature and accomplished storytellers. “Bezmozgis’ pointed, emotionally resonant tales are so elegant they seem destined, like [Isaac] Babel’s, for anthologies of classic fiction.” the globe and mail on natasha and other stories DAVIDÊ BEZMOZGIS, a writer and filmmaker, was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1973. His first book,Natasha andÊ OtherÊ Stories, won the Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize, was a New York TimesÊ Notable Book for 2004 and was nominated for a Governor General s Award. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library. Bezmozgis’ first feature film, Victoria Day, de- buted at the Sundance film festival. In 2010, he was named one of The New YorkerÕ s 20 Under 40. Ê Bezmozgis lives in Toronto. also available by david bezmozgis Natasha and Other Stories 978-0-00-639322-1 $16.95 tpb HARPER COLLINS HARPER PERENNIAL HARPER TROPHYCANADA C OLLINS HARPER WEEKEND HARPERPERENNIAL MODERNCLASSICS 4 harpercollins ave you ever looked enviously at a neighbour’s garden and wished you had a green thumb? Have you ever gone toH the garden centre full of enthusiasm, only to find yourself Over 1 million Canadians use Frankie’s confused and defeated? Have you ever wished that somehow advice to help their gardens thrive. Now gardening could just be, well, easy? If so, it’s time to Get Grow- his easy-to-follow techniques can transform ing with Frankie Flowers. In 352 pages packed with inspiring your outdoor space! yet instructional photos, Frankie coaches gardeners of all levels through the basics of getting a garden growing. Broken down into seasonal chapters that give the reader concise, clear in- frankie flowers structions on what you need to do now and why, it provides a photography by shannon j. ross solid foundation for building a beautiful ornamental garden, a healthy, natural lawn and a bountiful vegetable garden. With Get Growing tons of step-by-step detail—in words and photos—this book AnE verydayGu idet oHigh -impact, includes everything from planning and planting to pruning and Low-fussGar dens fine tuning. It’ll also help gardeners of all levels troubleshoot problems like weeds and slugs and rodents (oh my!). Garden- GARDENING • $28.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/ FLAPS ing shouldn’t be complicated or overwhelming—it should be ISBN: 978-1-55468-833-3 • SHIPPING IN MARCH fun. The secret is just to get outside and Get Growing! GAR000000 • 352 pp • 8 1/4 x 9 1/4 • carton qty: 24 full-colour photos throughout FRANKIEÊ FLOWERSÊ (aka FRANKÊ FERRAGINE) reaches rights acquired: world/all languages editor: Kate Cassaday • publicist: Carolyn Ovell over 1 million Canadians each week as the gardening expert for BT Toronto, CityLineÊ and CityNews, and also writes a column for CanadianÊ Living. His family business, Bradford Greenhous- es, is one of Canada s largest combined greenhouse/garden businesses. He lives with his family in Innisfil, Ontario. SHANNONÊ J.Ê ROSSÊ is a regular contributor to Canadian lifestyle magazines. After graduating from McGill University, he opened Shannon Ross Photography in 1999 and since then has photographed for a wide range of editorial, advertis- ing and corporate clients. Get Growing is his first book-length project. Shannon lives with his wife and their two cats in Toronto, Ontario. 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