AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Elliot Rook, QC: Book 1 Gary Bell
The start of a fantastic new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith, written by an acclaimed QC
Description The start of a fantastic new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith, written by an acclaimed QC Elliot Rook is the epitome of a highly successful, old Etonian QC. Or so everyone believes. In fact, he is an ex-petty criminal with a past that he has spent decades keeping secret. Until now -
An unidentified young woman of Middle Eastern origin has been found murdered on the outskirts of Rook's home town. Billy Barber a violent football hooligan and white supremacist who knows Rook from old is accused of her murder. Barber insists that Rook must defend him. If Rook refuses, Barber will expose him, bringing crashing to the ground the life and career that Rook has spent his life building.
The truth is there for the finding.
But at what cost?
About the Author Born into a coal mining family, Gary Bell was an apprentice mechanic, production line worker and door-to-door salesman before being arrested for fraud in his mid-twenties. After taking his exams at night school, he went on to study law as a mature student at Bristol University and has now spent over thirty years at the Bar, before becoming a QC specialising in criminal defence in 2012.
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Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Beyond Reasonable Doubt 8 Copy Pack
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Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Delayed Rays of a Star Amanda Lee Koe
The hotly anticipated first novel from the winner of the Henfield Prize and the Singapore Literary Prize.
Description When a photographer captures Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong and Leni Riefenstahl in one frame at a party in Berlin in 1928, no one realizes the extent to which their lives will reflect the tumultuous decades that follow. Marlene crosses the Atlantic to find fame in Hollywood, the town that eats out of the palm of her hand till her wrinkles begin to show. After establishing her position as a filmmaker, Leni watches her fame turn to notoriety following the defeat of Nazi Germany. Nine and a half times out of ten films, the side characters played by Anna May must die so the white male lead can be returned to his white paramour on the screen. In the murky world these women navigate, their choices will be held up to the test of time. And the real question is, how much has anything changed? This fierce and exquisite debut about womanhood, ambition, and art, played out against the shifting political tides of the twentieth century, introduces a mesmerizing new literary talent for our times.
About the Author Amanda Lee Koe was the fiction editor of Esquire Singapore, an honorary fellow of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, the recipient of Columbia University's Henfield Prize, and the youngest winner of the Singapore Literature Prize. Born in Singapore, she lives in New York. This is her first novel.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Moscow Sleepers: A Liz Carlyle Novel Stella Rimington
For fans of Spooks, Homeland and The Night Manager, the latest thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling espionage series sees Liz Carlyle investigating a sinister Russian plot tense, gripping and global in scope
Description For fans of Spooks, Homeland, McMafia and The Night Manager, the latest thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling espionage series sees Liz Carlyle investigating a sinister Russian plot tense, gripping and global in scope
A man lies dying in a hospital in upstate Vermont. The nurses know only that he is an academic at a nearby university but they have been instructed to call the FBI should anyone visit their patient.
News of this suspected Russian illegal soon reaches MI5 in London where Liz Carlyle has been contacted by a top secret source known as Mischa who is requesting a clandestine rendezvous in Berlin.
Meanwhile, in Brussels a Russian sleeper agent who has lived undercover for years is beginning to question his role, while suspicions have been roused about a boarding school in Suffolk that has recently changed hands in mysterious circumstances.
The latest expertly plotted thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling series, The Moscow Sleepers is a white-knuckle ride through the dark underbelly of international intelligence, simmering political animosities and global espionage.
About the Author Dame Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1968. During her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director General in 1992, the first woman to hold the post. She has written her autobiography and ten Liz Carlyle novels. She lives in London and Norfolk.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 All Among the Barley Melissa Harrison
The autumn of that year was the most beautiful I can remember. All Among the Barley is a classic novel of rural life with unsettling modern relevance. Set on a Suffolk farm between the wars, it features fourteen-year-old Edie and her family.
Description 'A masterpiece' JON MCGREGOR 'Impossible to forget' THE TIMES 'Astonishing' GUARDIAN 'Startling' FINANCIAL TIMES A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
The autumn of 1933 is the most beautiful Edie Mather can remember, though the Great War still casts a shadow over the cornfields of her beloved home, Wych Farm. When charismatic, outspoken Constance FitzAllen arrives from London to write about fading rural traditions, she takes an interest in fourteen-year-old Edie, showing her a kindness she has never known before. But the older woman isn't quite what she seems. As harvest time approaches and pressures mount on the whole community, Edie must find a way to trust her instincts and save herself from disaster.
About the Author Melissa Harrison is the author of the novels Clay and At Hawthorn Time, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize, and one work of non-fiction, Rain, which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. She is a nature writer, critic and columnist for The Times, the Financial Times and the Guardian, among others. melissaharrison.co.uk / @M_Z_Harrison
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Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Social Creature Tara Isabella Burton
A friendship to die for.
A Ripley story for the Instagram age set in contemporary New York; a world at once sophisticated and sordid, irresistible and irresponsible, unforgettable yet unattainable
Description A friendship to die for.
A Ripley story for the Instagram age set in contemporary New York; a world at once sophisticated and sordid, irresistible and irresponsible, unforgettable yet unattainable
Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being cat-called by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment -
Lavinia invites Louise into her charmed circle, takes her to underground speakeasies, the opera, shares her clothes, her drugs, her Uber account. Louise knows that this can't last for ever, but just how far is she prepared to go to have this life? Or rather, to have Lavinia's life?
About the Author Tara Isabella Burton is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. The winner of the Shiva Naipaul Award for Travel Writing, she has completed a Doctorate in Literature and Theology at the University of Oxford and is a prodigious travel writer, short story and scriptwriter and essayist. She currently works for Vox as their Faith and Religion Correspondent and lives in New York. taraisabellaburton.com @NotoriousTIB Price: $19.99 $21.99 ISBN: 9781408896075 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Invitation to a Bonfire Adrienne Celt
A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage
Description A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage
Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family, her home and her sense of purpose, Zoya struggles to belong, a task made more difficult by her new country's paranoia about Soviet spies. When she meets charismatic fellow Russian emigre Leo Orlov whose books Zoya has obsessed over for years everything seems to change. But she soon discovers that Leo is bound by the sinister orchestrations of his brilliant wife, Vera, and that their relationship is far more complex than Zoya could ever have imagined.
About the Author Adrienne Celt's debut novel, The Daughters, won the PEN Southwest Book Award for Fiction and was an NPR Best Book of the Year and an NYPL Favorite Book of the Year. Her story 'Temples' was included in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016. Her work has appeared in Epoch, Zyzzyva, Prairie Schooner, Esquire, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, The Millions, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in fiction from Arizona State University, draws weekly comics at loveamongthelampreys.com and lives in Tucson. adriennecelt.com @celtadri
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Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Day The Lies Began Kylie Kaden
Big Little Lies meets The Party. Kylie Kaden is the freshest, new voice in domestic noir.
Description 'It seemed simple at first folding one lie over the next. She had become expert at feathering over the cracks to ensure her life appeared the same. But inside, it didn't feel fixed.' It happened the day of the Moon Festival. It could have been left behind, they all could have moved on with their lives. But secrets have a habit of rising to the surface, especially in small towns.
Two couples, four ironclad friendships, the perfect coastal holiday town. With salt-stung houses perched like lifeguards overlooking the shore, Lago Point is the scene of postcards, not crime scenes. Wife and mother Abbi, town cop Blake, schoolteacher Hannah and local doctor Will are caught in their own tangled webs of deceit.
When the truth washes in to their beachside community, so do the judgements: victim, or vigilante, who will forgive, who will betray? Not all relationships survive. Nor do all residents.
About the Author Kylie Kaden was raised in Queensland and is the author of two previous novels: Losing Kate and Missing You. She holds an honours degree in Psychology and works as a freelance writer and columnist. Her new book, The Day the Lies Began is a domestic noir-thriller that explores one of her favourite themes: why good people do bad things.
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Day the Lies Began 8 Copy Pack
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 In the Shadow of Wolves Alvydas Slepikas
A powerful story of survival and resilience in a world devastated by the Second World War
Description Winner of the Georg Dehio Book Prize 2018 The Second World War is drawing to a close, but the world is far from safe. Left to fend for themselves, women and children are forced out of their homes in East Prussia to make way for the advancing victors. As the Russian soldiers arrive, the women know that they are still very much in danger, and that for them, the fight for survival is only just beginning. Facing critical food shortages and the onset of a bitter cold winter without heat, the women send their children into the nearby forests where they secretly cross the border into Lithuania, begging the local farmers for work or food to take back home to their waiting families. Along the way the children find cruelty, hardship and violence, but also kindness, hope, and the promise of a new and better future. Based on meticulous research, this stunning and powerful debut novel by Alvydas lepikas tells for the first time the story of the 'wolf children' and the measures many families were forced to take in order to survive.
About the Author Alvydas lepikas is one of the most multi-talented contemporary Lithuanian writers he is a poet, prose writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and director. His works include two books of poetry, a short story collection and a novel, Mano vardas Maryte (My Name is Maryte, 2012). He has frequently edited editions originating from the annual Spring Poetry Festival, edited the cultural weekly, Literatura ir menas, and currently oversees the fiction section of this journal. Translated by Romas Kinka.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Manchester Happened Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
A stunning new story collection from Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, acclaimed author of Kintu and winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 and the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018
Description Manchester Happened is a masterful collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, whose debut novel Kintu was published to great acclaim earlier this year. Set in Manchester and Kampala, the stories form a moving and powerful work about the experience of immigration and about how we treat each other as human beings, and makes an important contribution to one of the most pressing societal and political issues of the day. Following on from the huge success of Kintu, Manchester Happened whose eponymous story won the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an essential collection from an extraordinarily talented writer.
About the Author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a Ugandan novelist and short story writer, has a PhD from Lancaster University. Her first novel, Kintu, won the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013 and her story 'Let's Tell This Story Properly' won the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in Manchester with her husband and son.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Colours of Murder Ali Carter
If only death came with a warning -
Description If only death came with a warning - Flirtatious American blonde, Miss Hailey Duke, should never have accepted a summer weekend invitation to Fontaburn Hall. But when the Honourable Archibald Cooke Wellingham's gentrified house party are woken, in the early hours of Sunday morning, it's too late: Miss Duke's blood is on their hands. With the aid of well-mannered Detective Chief Inspector Reynolds, intelligent Sergeant Ayari and loyal friend Dr Toby Cropper, Susie Mahl, on a timely commission drawing six racehorses nearby, seizes the opportunity to play detective for a second time. Her inquisitive nature, tenacity for truth and artist's eye for detail make her ideally suited to the task in hand, but is she getting carried away by her previous triumph - even to the extent of endangering her reputation and her burgeoning relationship with Toby? Enriched with candid observations of the British social classes, insights into the artist's craft, and a strong dose of good humour, The Colours of Murder is a welcome return of Ali Carter's amateur sleuth.
About the Author Ali Carter was born in Scotland in 1983. She read art history at St Andrews, followed by an eclectic career before settling in for the long run as a fine artist. She specializes in oil paintings from life with an emphasis on colour. Writing, walking and cooking all accompany her painting. Ali lives in East Sussex with her husband Sam. A Brush with Death is her first novel.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Lala Jacek Dehnel
A lyrical and moving Polish family saga set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Europe
Description A lyrical and moving Polish family saga set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Europe Lala has lived a dazzling life. Born in Poland just after the First World War and brought up to be a perfect example of her class and generation tolerant, selfless and brave Lala is an independent woman who has survived some of the most turbulent events of her times. As she senses the first signs of dementia, she battles to keep her memories alive through her stories, telling her grandson tales of a life filled with love, faithlessness and extraordinary acts of courage. Sweeping from nineteenth-century Kiev to modern-day Poland, Lala is the enthralling celebration of a beautiful life.
About the Author Jacek Dehnel (born 1980 in Gdansk) is well established as a poet, and has won several awards. As well as translating many great poets from English into Polish, he has published four volumes of his own poetry, which has also appeared in several leading Polish periodicals and been translated into several European languages. He is also a painter, and presents an arts programme on mainstream Polish television. Lala is his first novel. He lives in Warsaw. Antonia Lloyd- Jones is an award-winning translator of Polish literature, ranging from literary fiction to non-fiction, children's literature, reportage and essays. She regularly mentors other translators, chairs literary events and is a co-chair of the UK Translators Association. Antonia lives in London.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Partisan Heart Gordon Kerr
An enthralling story of passion and betrayal in wartime Italy
Description An enthralling story of love and betrayal, weaving superbly between 1999 and 1944, between Britain and the Italian Alps. The death of his wife has left Michael Keats bereft, the subsequent discovery of her adultery devastates him. Michael resolves to discover the identity of her lover. That journey leads him to northern Italy where he becomes embroiled in a story of passion and treachery amongst the Partisans and villagers during the darkest days of World War II. As Michael gets closer to the truth he realizes that some secrets should never be told.
About the Author Gordon Kerr worked in bookselling and publishing before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of several titles including A Short History of Europe, A Short History of Africa, A Short History of China, A Short History of Brazil, A Short History of the First World War and A Short History of the Vietnam War. He divides his time between Dorset and Southwest France.
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Muswell Press AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Partisan Heart 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of The Partisan Heart, plus a free reading copy
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Muswell Press AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Sparkling with wit and mischief and brimming with imaginative vignettes and unconventional musings
Description After the death of her father, an exiled Iranian man of letters, the bookish twenty-two-year-old Zebra finds herself alone in New York and decides to retrace the steps of her traumatic flight with her family from their homeland in the 1990s, hoping that in the process she will be inspired to write a major manifesto on literature. Her first stop is Barcelona, where she meets the Italian Ludo, who becomes her lover, intellectual sparring partner and travelling companion in her picaresque meanderings around Catalonia. A natural-born raconteur, Zebra takes the reader on an irresistible journey through her thoughts, as she conceives elaborate theories about art and is increasingly convinced that her mother has been reincarnated as a cockatoo. Sparkling with wit and mischief and brimming with imaginative vignettes and unconventional musings, Call Me Zebra is a riotous, erudite, unpredictable novel about literature, lust and dislocation.
About the Author Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi is the author of the novels Fra Keeler and Call Me Zebra, and an Assistant Professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at the University of Notre Dame. She is the winner of a 2015 Whiting Writers' Award, a National Book Foundation '5 Under 35' honoree, and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, as well as residency fellowships from MacDowell and Ledig House. Her work has appeared in the Paris Review, Guernica, Granta, BOMB, and elsewhere. She has lived in New York, Los Angeles, Tehran, Dubai, Valencia, Barcelona, and currently splits her time between South Bend, Indiana and Florence, Italy.
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Alma Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Lyrics Volume 3 Alexander Pushkin
The founding father of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted a long-lasting influence well beyond the borders of his motherland. A slightly lesser-known aspect of his writing is his vast production of shorter verse, a genre at which he excelled and arguably still remains unsurpassed.
Description The founding father of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted through his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, his plays, his short stories and his narrative poetry a long-lasting influence well beyond the borders of his motherland. A slightly lesser-known, but by no mean less important aspect of his writing is his vast production of shorter verse, a genre at which he excelled and arguably still remains unsurpassed. This volume, part of Alma's series of the complete poetic works of Alexander Pushkin, collects the poems Pushkin wrote during his exile in Mikhaylovskoe and his subsequent return to St Petersburg, at a time when he was working on Eugene Onegin and many others of his most celebrated works, and includes some of his lyrical masterpieces, such as 'To ' arguably the most famous love poem in the Russian language 'A Flower', 'St Petersburg' and 'My Autograph', each presented in a verse translation opposite the original Russian text. Enriched with notes, pictures and an appendix on Pushkin's life and works, this will be essential reading for anyone wishing to delve deeper into the Russian bard's genius.
About the Author Alexander Pushkin (1799 1837) was a dramatist and poet, penning such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of modern Russian literature.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Fantasy of Dr Ox Jules Verne
From the acclaimed author of immortal tales of adventure and early science fiction
Description In the somnolent Flemish town of Quiquendone disagreements are unheard of, courtships might last a decade and not a ripple of activity can be seen at all. But when the mysterious Dr Ox and his assistant Ygene move into the neighbourhood, strange things begin to happen: animals become aggressive, fruits grow huge in size, plants climb more vigorously and tempers flare up, leading the once phlegmatic townsfolk to bitter confrontations and pushing them to the brink of all-out violence. Verne, the acclaimed author of immortal tales of adventure and early science fiction, can be seen here in a different light, regaling readers of all ages with a light-hearted satire that, in its warnings about the dangers of scientific experimentation, has a clear and troubling resonance with our times.
About the Author Jules Verne (1828 1905) was the author of Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and many other tales of adventure and science fiction, which are still extremely popular today.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray
An epic and sweeping satire and a landmark of English literature
Description Before taking up her new post as a governess, the artful and ambitious Becky Sharp spends a brief period at the family home of her friend Amelia Sedley. Passive, pampered and utterly reliant on others, Amelia is the opposite of her scheming and ruthless friend. While Becky tries to ensnare the wealthy and vain Jos Sedley, Amelia desires nothing more than to be betrothed to the self-obsessed and raffish soldier George Osborne. Meanwhile, Captain William Dobbin, with his constant and selfless love for Amelia, is the only one who steers clear of any calculated romantic manoeuvrings. Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair is an epic and sweeping satire, and a landmark of English literature.
About the Author William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 63) was an English novelist best known for Vanity Fair, a satirical portrait of English society that is considered one of the crowning achievements of Victorian literature.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Beowulf Anonymous
The most important Old English poem, and the first known major poem written in a European vernacular
Description Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has been devouring warriors in the hall of the Danish King in their sleep. The most important Old English poem, and the first known major poem written in a European vernacular, Beowulf is a unique and compelling mix of sixth-century historical events, Christian commentary, Germanic myth and Anglo-Saxon culture. The poem is presented here in a dual-text format with a new translation by multi-award-winning translator J.G. Nichols.
About the Author The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the 'Beowulf poet'.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Selected Plays Oscar Wilde
Also including the powerful Salome, this collection displays Wilde at his provocative and witty best
Description Between 1892 and 1895, Oscar Wilde's drawing-room comedies Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest made his name as a playwright who fearlessly mocked the hypocrisy and snobbery of Victorian society and took gleeful delight in appearing to trivialize its most sacred institutions. With its premiere on Valentine's Day 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest a hilarious comedy of mistaken identities and coruscating language was a phenomenal success, but its run was cut short prematurely by Wilde's court case and subsequent incarceration, and the play was not published until 1899, after Wilde had been released from prison. Also including the powerful Salome, originally written in French and banned by the British censor, this collection displays Wilde at his provocative and witty best, and demonstrates why he was a playwright who delighted audiences and infuriated critics in equal measure.
About the Author Famed for his brilliant wit, Oscar Wilde (1854 1900) was a prolific writer and one of the most successful playwrights of Victorian Britain, as well as a champion for the values of Aestheticism.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Holy Man and Other Stories Alexander Trocchi
Written when the author of Cain's Book was at the height of his creative powers and enjoying an increasing reputation in avant-garde literary circles
Description Above a disused bar, in a dilapidated Parisian hotel that houses an assortment of indigent, marginalized lost souls, one of the inhabitants, a mysterious, reclusive holy man, is the subject of much speculation from some of his fellow occupants and respectful reverence from others. As the tale unfolds, the dynamics of this precarious microcosm are laid bare, in a powerful portrayal of those society has forgotten. Written when the author of Cain's Book was at the height of his creative powers and enjoying an increasing reputation in avant-garde literary circles, 'The Holy Man' is here presented with 'A Being of Distances', 'Peter Pierce' and 'A Meeting', stories which similarly tackle themes of loneliness and disenfranchisement.
About the Author Mr Trocchi's ideas (or, rather, his gropings toward the distant glow of ideas) are set down in prose that is always clean and sharp and often ferociously alive with poetry.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Surf By Day, Jam By Night Ash Grunwald
Surf by Day, Jam by Night takes you inside the hearts and minds of some of the most iconic surfing musicians and musical surfers of our time including Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, Jack Johnson and Pete Murray.
Description Surf by Day, Jam by Night is Ash Grunwald's deep dive into the extraordinary.
From heavy wipe-outs to heaving crowds, soulful road trips to flow states, this book gives a rare insight into the lives and minds of the true legends who have mastered the artforms of surfing and music. Traditionally seen as pastimes of cultural outliers, these are the passions and obsessions of adventurers who dare to wander away from societal norms.
A gifted storyteller, Grunwald takes us on a personal journey of inspiration, in a series of candid, intimate conversations with the best surfer musicians in the world from Kelly Slater to Stephanie Gilmore, Jack Johnson to Dave Rastovich, Pete Murray to G. Love and many more. They discuss style, transcendence, fear, career longevity, growth mindset, jamming vs shredding, mindfulness and what it's really like to live your dreams.
Brimming with humorous tales and incredible insights, this is essential reading for anyone wondering if there's something more out there. Through stories of excessive achievement, adventure and overcoming, Grunwald encourages you to wake up, take your life into your hands and dare to follow your passions.
About the Author Ash Grunwald is one of Australia's most loved bluesmen. Loved for his crowd-frenzied shows and blistering guitar playing, he's had critics and fans raving about his unique blend of roots, beats and whole lotta groove for over a decade. Ash has built an enviable career around his lifestyle, touring with some of the world's best guitarists and surfers. But behind the talented musician is a man who came from humble beginnings, the son of South African migrants who sent their children to private schools while living out of a bus. Mushroom Records will release Ash's album to coincide with the release of the Surf by Day, Jam by Night on August 19.
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Surf By Day... 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of Surf By Day, Jam By Night, plus a free reading copy
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Woman Like Her: The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch Sanam Maher
When Pakistan's first social media celebrity is murdered, a journalist seeking to understand her life and death creates an intimate and unforgettable portrait of a woman who broke the rules, and the changing face of the Muslim world.
Description A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match. In another post, she pouts at the camera from a hot tub. She posts a selfie with a cleric, wearing his cap at a jaunty angle. Her posts are viewed millions of times and the comments beneath them are full of hate. As her notoriety grows, the comments made about her on national talk shows are just as vitriolic. They call her Pakistan's Kim Kardashian, they say she'll do anything for attention. When she's murdered, they're transfixed by the footage of her body. Drawing on interviews and in-depth research, Sanam Maher pieces together Qandeel's life from the village where she grew up in the backwaters of rural Pakistan, to her stint in a women's shelter after escaping her marriage, to her incarnation as a social media sensation and the Muslim world's most unlikely feminist icon.
About the Author Sanam Maher is a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. For more than a decade, she has covered stories on Pakistan's art and culture, business, politics, religious minorities and women. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Caravan, Roads and Kingdoms and Buzzfeed. A Woman Like Her is her first book.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781526607577 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Biography & True Stories Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Woman Like Her 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of A Woman Like Her, plus a free reading copy.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Make, Think, Imagine John Browne
An impassioned defence of progress and innovation and an argument for social responsibility from engineer, businessman and former CEO of BP Lord John Browne
Description Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are the decisions about our health, security and finances made by computer programs inexplicable and biased? Will these algorithms become so complex that we can no longer control them? Are robots going to take our jobs? Will better health care lead to an ageing population which cannot be cared for? Can we provide housing for our ever-growing urban populations? Will we all be terrorised by autonomous drones that can identify and kill us, one by one? And has our demand for energy driven the Earth's climate to the edge of catastrophe? John Browne argues that we need not and must not put the brakes on technological advance. Civilisation is founded on engineering innovation; all progress stems from the human urge to make things and to shape the world around us, resulting in greater freedom, health and wealth for all. Drawing on history, his own experiences and conversations with many of today's great innovators, he uncovers the basis for all progress and its consequences, both good and bad. He argues compellingly that the same spark that triggers each innovation can be used to counter its negative consequences. Make, Think, Imagine provides an eloquent blueprint for how we can keep moving towards a brighter future.
About the Author John Browne trained as an engineer and was CEO of BP from 1995 to 2007. He is Chairman of the Crick Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society, past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and former Chairman of Tate. He is a collector of antique books and art and the author of four previous titles, including The Glass Closet.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781526605702 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Prose: non-fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Make Think Imagine 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of Make, Think, Imagine, plus a free reading copy
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Blinded by the Light: Previously published as Greetings from Bury Park Sarfraz Manzoor
Now a major motion picture, directed by Gurinda Chadha and starring Hayley Atwell and Rob Brydon, a charming memoir of growing up during the eighties as both a Pakistani Muslim and Bruce Springsteen fan. Includes a new afterword by the author.
Description Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when his family emigrated from Pakistan to join his father in Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever. In this affectionate and timely memoir, Manzoor retraces his journey from the frustrations of his childhood to his reaction to the tragedies of 9/11 and 7/7. Original, darkly tender and wryly amusing, this is an inspiring tribute to the power of music to transcend race and religion and a moving account of a relationship between father and son
About the Author Sarfraz Manzoor is a writer and broadcaster. He writes for the Guardian and has also written for the Observer, Prospect, New Statesman, Uncut, the Daily Mail and Marie Claire. He has written and presented documentaries for BBC 2 and Radio 4, and he is a regular present on BBC Radio 5 Live. Prior to his broadcasting career, Sarfraz Manzoor was a deputy commissioning editor at Channel 4, and before that he spent five years as a journalist for Channel 4 News. He lives in London.
Price: $22.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781526612083 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Memoirs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Weil Conjectures: On Maths and the Pursuit of the Unknown Karen Olsson
A hybrid work of non-fiction mixing biography, memoir, history and philosophy to create a complete and total seduction into the art and science of mathematics
Description Simone Weil: famous French philosopher, writer, political activist, mystic and sister to Andre, one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. For Karen Olsson, who studied mathematics at Harvard only to turn to writing as a vocation, the lives and obsessions of these two extraordinary siblings returned her to the intellectual passions of her youth. When Olsson got hold of the 1940 letters between Simone and Andre, she discovered that Andre's pursuit of his studies became increasingly incomprehensible to his sister, leading to Simone directly questioning him about the value of such rarefied knowledge as it applied to the lived experience. Struck by this conflict, Olsson revisits her own time at university, how she came to be consumed by mathematics, and the unexpected similarities that can be found between two seemingly opposed subjects. At the core of the book lies her curiosity about the inception of creative thought that flash of insight experienced by writers and mathematicians alike. A rare work of non-fiction that intricately weaves together biography, memoir, history and philosophy, and written with prose of precision and poetic lucidity, The Weil Conjectures is nothing short of a complete seduction in the art of mathematics, and the mysterious nature of scientific and creative thought.
About the Author Karen Olsson is the author of the novels Waterloo and All the Houses. She has written about politics, science and popular culture for magazines including the New York Times Magazine and Texas Monthly, where she is a contributing editor, and has had work anthologized in Best American Science Writing and Best of the Best American Science Writing, among other places. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her family.
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Price: $37.99 $39.99 ISBN: 9781526607539 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Music Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Savage Dreamland David Eimer
David Eimer goes to the heart of Burma and out to its unexplored vistas, bringing to vivid life all its riches and complexities
Description David Eimer journeys to the heart of Burma, bringing to vivid life all of its riches and complexities
From 1962, the people of Burma were marooned in a paranoid military dictatorship, effectively cut off from the outside world. It was only in late 2015 that the National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won absolute majority and were able to take their seats in government. Yet the government and country are still far from stable. Nothing is straightforward in this captivating and enigmatic land. In a country where building a temple takes priority over installing traffic lights, golf courses are ploughed out alongside fields of opium poppies and fortune-tellers are consulted on a daily basis even by the government, any sepia-tinged and colonial idea of Burma is long out of date. A Vicious Wonderland reveals it in all its technicolour glory. To explore its magic and depths, David Eimer takes his narrative through history, class and geography, including areas still barred to foreigners. This is a story balanced by historical context but related by the people with whom Eimer shares his time, from granddaughters of former presidents to the squatters in Yangon's shacks, from former political exiles to jade miners digging for their fortune in the far north. Layers of history are unfurled and innumerable stories are woven together to create a sensitive and revelatory portrait of this most mysterious of countries. Authoritative and ground-breaking, A Vicious Wonderland: Travels in Burma is set to be a modern classic of travel-writing.
About the Author David Eimer is the author of the critically acclaimed The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China. He is a former China correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph and was subsequently the South-East Asia correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, as well as a columnist and feature writer for the South China Morning Post. Eimer is currently based in Yangon.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781408883884 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 416 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Little Tea Book Sebastian Beckwith, Caroline Paul
From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith and New York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea.
Description From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith and New York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea.
Tea, the most popular beverage in the world after water, has brought nations to war, defined cultures, bankrupted coffers, and toppled kings. And yet in many ways this fragrantly comforting and storied brew remains elusive, even to its devotees. As down-to-earth yet stylishly refined as the drink itself, A Little Tea Book submerges readers into tea, exploring its varieties, subtleties, and pleasures right down to the process of selecting and brewing the perfect cup.
From orange pekoe to pu-erh, tea expert Sebastian Beckwith provides surprising tips, fun facts, and flavorful recipes to launch dabblers and connoisseurs alike on a journey of taste and appreciation. Along with writer and fellow tea-enthusiast Caroline Paul, Beckwith walks us through the cultural and political history of the elixir that has touched every corner of the world. Featuring featuring charming, colorful charts, graphs, and illustrations by bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and Beckwith's sumptuous photographs, A Little Tea Book is a friendly, handsome, and illuminating primer with a dash of sass and sophistication. Cheers!
About the Author Sebastian Beckwith is a preeminent tea authority and co-founder of In Pursuit of Tea, a purveyor of fine teas from around the world to some of the finest restaurants in the country. He divides his time between New York City and Connecticut. Caroline Paul is the New York Times bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl and Lost Cat. She lives in San Francisco.
Wendy MacNaughton is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and The Gutsy Girl. She lives in San Francisco.
Price: $29.99 $31.99 ISBN: 9781632869029 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 187x147mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Beverages Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury USA AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Passionate Spirit Cate Haste
The life of an extraordinary artist and intellect: the composer, author and socialite Alma Mahler, whose life spanned one of the most captivating and dramatic periods in history
Description The life of an extraordinary artist and intellect: the composer, author and socialite Alma Mahler, whose life spanned one of the most captivating and dramatic periods in history
Born into the dying days of the Habsburg Empire, Alma Mahler was at the epicentre of fin de siecle Vienna's artistic and intellectual life. A talented composer in her own right, she was open, generous, remarkably creative, curious, challenging and zealous in her pursuit of love. Artists, architects, musicians and writers jostled to join her coterie. Gustav Mahler was her first husband; Gustav Klimt her first kiss. The great men who were drawn into Alma's wake would be indelibly touched by her power and brilliance: from her second husband Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and modernist architecture, to the Expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka and her last husband, writer Franz Werfel. But her life was inflected by tragedy, and the love, support and inspiration that Alma gave to the men she loved came at the heavy price of her own artistic fulfilment. As the turmoil of her century uprooted her from her homeland and she fled Austria first for occupied France and then America, it would be her love of music alone that sustained her through a series of great losses. Drawing extensively on hitherto unpublished diaries and letters, Cate Haste illuminates the passionate spirit of one of history's most complex and charismatic muses, a modern woman with an elemental vitality that could scarcely be contained by her century who will live forever in the art she created and inspired.
About the Author Cate Haste is a biographer, author and documentary film maker. Previous books include Craigie Aitchison, Nazi Women, Clarissa Eden and, with Cherie Blair, The Goldfish Bowl. She has directed documentary films for all major TV networks on political and historical subjects including Cold War, End of Empire, The Churchills.
Price: $44.99 $48.99 ISBN: 9781408878323 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 - Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The House of Islam: A Global History Ed Husain
'For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and the Islamic world, this is an important book' The Times
Description 'A powerful corrective' Guardian
'This should be compulsory reading' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
'For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and the Islamic world, this is an important book' The Times
The gulf between Islam and the West is widening. A faith rich with strong values and traditions, observed by nearly two billion people is seen by the West as something to be feared rather than understood. Sensational headlines and hard-line policies spark enmity, while ignoring the feelings, narratives and perceptions that preoccupy Muslims today. The House of Islam seeks to provide entry to the minds and hearts of Muslims the world over. It introduces us to the kindness of Mohammed; the beauty of Islamic art and the permeation of the divine in public spaces; and the tension between mysticism and literalism that still threatens the House of Islam. Ed Husain expertly and compassionately guides us through the nuances of Islam and its people, contending that the Muslim world need not be a stranger to the West, nor its enemy, but a peaceable ally.
About the Author Ed Husain is the author of The Islamist, a memoir of his time inside radical Islamism. Having rejected extremism, he now advises governments and political leaders on Islam. He is a senior fellow at Civitas, Institute for the Study of Civil Society in London and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre in Washington DC. He was a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York for five years and co-founded Quilliam, the world's first counter-extremism think-tank in Britain. He has written for the New York Times, the Telegraph, the Financial Times and appeared on CNN, BBC, and others. He lives in London. @Ed_Husain Price: $22.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781408872284 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Religion & beliefs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Lion and the Eagle Kathleen Burk
An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance
Description An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance
Throughout modern history, British and American rivalry has gone hand in hand with common interests. In this book Kathleen Burk brilliantly examines the different kinds of power the two empires have projected, and the means they have used to do it. What the two empires have shared is a mixture of pragmatism, ruthless commercial drive, a self-righteous foreign policy and plenty of naked aggression. These have been aimed against each other more than once; yet their underlying alliance against common enemies has been historically unique and a defining force throughout the twentieth century.
This is a global and epic history of the rise and fall of empires. It ranges from America's futile attempts to conquer Canada to her success in opening up Japan but rapid loss of leadership to Britain; from Britain's success in forcing open China to her loss of the Middle East to the US; and from the American conquest of the Philippines to her destruction of the British Empire. The Pax Americana replaced the Pax Britannica, but now the American world order is fading, threatening Britain's belief in her own world role.
About the Author Kathleen Burk is Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London, commentator and radio panellist. She is the author of several distinguished scholarly books on the US and its interventions in the rest of the world, and a definitive biography of A.J.P. Taylor. Kathleen's most recent book was Old World, New World, a history of England and America from 1600 to the present.
Price: $19.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781408856277 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Prose: non-fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The London Lover: My Weekend that Lasted Thirty Years Clancy Sigal
An exuberant, careening biography, a modern day Tom Jones, rich with the sights, sounds and people from a life led to the full in Britain and America in the 1950s, '60s and '70s
Description An exuberant, careening biography, a modern day Tom Jones, rich with the sights, sounds and people from a life led to the full in Britain and America in the 1950s, '60s and '70s Clancy Sigal first came to London 1957. He was homeless, illegal and, according to his FBI file, subversive. Over the next three decades, Sigal was to criss-cross around Britain and back home to the States, devouring as much as life could offer him. This is the story of that time. With a wonderful restless curiosity about his surroundings and the people, from all walks of life, that he meets, Clancy Sigal is an irrepressibly charming and exuberant companion and narrator. Political and cultural shifts and earthquakes are witnessed and fully experienced. From racial politics in Chicago to the birth of the CND in London and from a love affair with Doris Lessing, a relationship 'so open you can hear the wind howling through the cracks', to therapy with R.D.Laing, Sigal details it all to constantly illuminating effect. Underneath all his experiences is the character of Clancy himself. Warm, empathetic and laugh-out-loud funny, he is also riddled with sexual insecurities and deep anxieties. His voice and character are as vivid and captivating as the lost times and people he brings so beautifully to life, making The London Lover a biography to cherish.
About the Author Clancy Sigal is a screenwriter and novelist in Los Angeles. Chicago-born, he moved to the UK during what David Caute calls the 'Great Fear' and returned to America after the 1984 miners' strike. He is a reformed Fleet Street journalist.
Price: $22.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781408885819 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Memoirs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Unpunished Vice: A Life of Reading Edmund White
'I find it impossible to imagine anyone better read than White - Wisdom and a certain kind of tenderness are to be found on every page' Observer
Description 'I find it impossible to imagine anyone better read than White - Wisdom and a certain kind of tenderness are to be found on every page' Observer Edmund White made his name as a writer, but he remembers his life through the books he read. For White, each momentous occasion came with books to match: Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, which opened up the seemingly closed world of homosexuality; the Ezra Pound poems adored by a lover he followed to New York; the biography of Stephen Crane that inspired one of White's novels.
White's larger-than-life presence on the literary scene lends itself to fascinating, intimate insights into the lives of some of the world's best-loved cultural figures. Blending memoir and literary criticism, The Unpunished Vice is a sensitive, smart account of a life in literature.
About the Author Edmund White is the author of many novels, including A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, The Farewell Symphony, and, most recently, Our Young Man. His nonfiction includes City Boy, Inside a Pearl, and other memoirs; The FlA neur, about Paris; and literary biographies and essays. White lives in New York.
Price: $22.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781408870273 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Memoirs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury USA AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Facts and Fiction: A Book of Storytelling Michael Holroyd
A captivating collection of pieces about the art of narration by Britain's finest biographer, Michael Holroyd
Description A captivating collection of pieces about the art of narration by Britain's finest biographer, Michael Holroyd In Facts and Fiction, Michael Holroyd reflects on the eccentricities of the art of writing about others. With characteristic playfulness and guilefulness, he considers the ways in which lives can be written about (and painted), with all the subtle differences of design and intention that this entails. From Rudyard Kipling to forgetfulness, the glories of Mary Norton's Borrowers books to fellow biographers like Richard Holmes and Alexander Masters, Holroyd tackles an eclectic range of topics. He discusses his life at the mercy of subjects who have led him all over the world and often into other people's families uninvited. With wit, warmth and humour, he reflects on the unlikely ways he arrives at his subjects, and how the process of building their narratives is often a disturbing experience: so consuming that, when completed, he feels as if he has had a holiday from himself. Facts and Fiction questions what we can know about ourselves and each other, and most importantly, how we can know it. It is a unique insight into the mind of a master.
About the Author Michael Holroyd is one of our leading biographers. He has written the lives of Lytton Strachey, Bernard Shaw and Augustus John, as well as a group biography of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their families. He was awarded a knighthood in 2007 for services to literature. He lives in London.
Price: $22.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781408897386 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Literary essays Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start: Kick start your new year with all the recipes from Tom's BBC TV series and more
Tom Kerridge shows you how to be the boss in the kitchen and eat well every day, thanks to more than 100 brilliant recipes to give you and your family a fresh start
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Tom Kerridge shows you how to be the boss in the kitchen and eat well every day, thanks to more than 100 brilliant recipes to give you and your family a fresh start. What's for dinner tonight? Recycle that takeaway menu, step away from the microwave and make the most of the amazing British produce with some real home-cooked food from Tom's BBC TV series! Tuck into a quick peanut chicken stir-fry or flavour-packed butternut squash and chickpea curry. At the weekend, Tom's Greek-style roast lamb makes the perfect family feast, and why not get the kids involved in the cooking too? It's very easy to fall into the busy-life trap, especially when ready meals are so convenient. But Tom Kerridge has learnt from experience how important it is to take control over what you eat for the sake of your health and happiness. Now he wants to show you how easy it is to cook amazing meals at home, whether you're short on time or lack confidence in the kitchen. Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start is not a diet book, but it is about taking control. If you cook from scratch, you know exactly what is going into your food and can take responsibility for everything that you and your family eat. And with Tom's guidance, you know it will taste amazing too! Including more than 100 delicious recipes for breakfast, quick and easy meals, lighter dishes, veggie suppers, batch cooking, weekend feasts and sweet treats. 'Tom is the perfect person to kick us into a fresh start this new year' GQ
About the Author Tom Kerridge worked as a chef in restaurants across Britain before deciding to set out on his own and take over a rundown pub in the quiet Buckinghamshire town of Marlow. He opened The Hand & Flowers with his wife Beth in 2005, and it went on to become the first (and only) pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. In 2014 he opened a second pub in Marlow, The Coach. As well as hosting two of his own BBC television series, Tom has been at the helm of the Price: $45.00 $47.99 ISBN: 9781472962805 BBC's Food & Drink and Bake Off: Creme de la Creme. His previous books include Proper Pub Food, Tom Kerridge's Format: Hard Cover Best Ever Dishes, Tom's Table and the bestselling Tom Kerridge's Dopamine Diet and Lose Weight for Good. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Family & health @ChefTomKerridge / tomkerridge.com Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Absolute Press AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Outdoor Cooking: River Cottage Handbook No.17 Gill Meller
In the seventeenth River Cottage Handbook, Gill Meller fires up the barbecue, wood oven and spit roast, sharing the joy of cooking outdoors
Description In Outdoor Cooking, Gill Meller explains every aspect of cooking out in the open. He will take you back to basics with a guide to building the perfect fire, and reinvigorating your summer barbeque by cooking bread on it, grilling Indian-style kebabs, smoking fish or roasting succulent joints of meat. You can also find out how to make the most of a wood oven or Kamado-style clay barbeque and if you're feeling adventurous there are comprehensive instructions for spit roasting larger pieces of meat or making a smouldering earth oven. With an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and plenty of mouth-watering photographs, this book will rekindle your passion for the great outdoors and spark new ideas for creative cooking in the wild.
About the Author Gill Meller is Group Head Chef at River Cottage, where he creates the ever-changing menu and is involved in sourcing the canteen's ethically-produced and sustainable food. Gill is the author of two books in the River Cottage Handbook series, Pigs & Pork and Outdoor Cooking. He is also the author of the award-winning cookbook Gather. He lives in Dorset with his family.
Price: $35.00 $37.99 ISBN: 9781408873489 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Cookery / food & drink etc Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Restaurant Nathan Outlaw Nathan Outlaw
The King of Fish, Nathan Outlaw, presents his favourite seasonal recipes from his eponymous Port Isaac restaurant
Description The King of Fish, Nathan Outlaw, presents his favourite seasonal recipes from his eponymous Port Isaac restaurant. Crowned Britain's number 1 restaurant by The Good Food Guide in 2018 and 2019, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw is the only fish restaurant in the UK to hold 2 Michelin stars. In this cookbook, Nathan reveals the recipes behind his success and offers you a chance to cook his famous fish dishes at home. Built around the seasons in its Port Isaac home, the book celebrates a culinary year of the village, exploring the place, people and produce of a small but perfectly formed coastal landscape and their contribution to the culinary excellence of Restaurant Nathan Outlaw. Within these pages, Nathan has selected 80 of his favourite recipes that feature on the restaurant's menu. From early spring, recipes include crab and asparagus, cuttlefish fritters with a wild garlic soup, and plaice with mussels and samphire. From there, Nathan travels right through the seasonal offerings of the Cornish coastline through to late winter, when delights include turbot, champagne and caviar, and lemon sole with oysters, cucumber and dill. Photography from the legendary David Loftus brings Nathan's recipes to life, offering you a chance to experience Restaurant Nathan Outlaw at home.
About the Author Nathan Outlaw is one of the most exciting chefs in Britain today. Since 2011 he has held two Michelin stars for his Restaurant Nathan Outlaw in Port Isaac, Cornwall the only fish restaurant in the UK to have two stars crowned the best restaurant in Britain by The Good Food Guide in 2017. Brought up in landlocked Maidstone, Kent, Nathan trained under top chefs including Eric Chavot and Gary Rhodes before making the move to Cornwall as Rick Stein's culinary protege. In 2006 he became head-chef at the Marina Hotel in Fowey. This restaurant, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, later moved locations, but the rave reviews and accolades have followed including four AA rosettes and two Michelin stars. Nathan has four restaurants in the UK, including Outlaw's at The Capital in Knightsbridge, London, and he was awarded The AA's Chef's Chef of the Year Award in 2014. Price: $89.99 $94.99 ISBN: 9781472953186 @chefnathanoutlaw / @nathanoutlaw / nathan-outlaw.com Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Cooking with fish & seafood Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Absolute Press AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You Maisie Hill
Period Power is the handbook to periods and hormones that will leave you wondering why the hell nobody told you this sooner.
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'Maisie Hill has written a bloody brilliant book (pun intended). Everything you need to know about periods and how they affect you and your life is here. It's revolutionary' - Miranda Sawyer
'Thank GOODNESS for Maisie Hill! Flipping open the lid on a vital conversation. It's about time we claimed the power of our periods!' - Gemma Cairney, broadcaster & co-founder of Boom Shakalaka Productions
'This is such an important book. Maisie's insights and cycle strategy have changed my life and my cycle. Period Power is written with such intelligence, humour and a deep understanding of women's health. If you have a period you need to read this book.' - Anna Jones, author of The Modern Cook's Year
A profound and practical blueprint for aligning daily life with your menstrual cycle. Period Power is the handbook to periods and hormones that will leave you wondering why the hell nobody told you this sooner. The hormones of the menstrual cycle profoundly influence our energy, mood and behaviour, but all too often we're taught that our hormones make us unreliable, moody bitches, or that it's our lot in life to put up with 'women's problems'. Maisie Hill, a women's health practitioner, knows the power of working with the menstrual cycle and refuses to accept this theory. Instead, Maisie believes that our hormones are there to serve us and, if utilized correctly, can be used to help you get what you want out of life. Yes, we are hormonal, and that's a very good thing.
This revolutionary book reveals everything you need to know about taking control of your menstrual cycle and outlines Price: $29.99 $32.99 The Cycle Strategy to help us perform at our best, throughout our cycle. In Period Power you will discover how to: ISBN: 9781472963611 - maximise your natural superpowers each month while making adjustments for the darker days, and use Maisie's Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 0x0mm favourite tips to improve them Extent: 240 pages - identify your personal patterns, powers and pitfalls for each phase of the menstrual cycle Bic1: Women's health - plan your month to perform at your best in all aspects of your life Bic2: Illustrations: - figure out if you have a hormonal imbalance and what to do about it. Previous Titles: Author now living: Period Power is a no-nonsense guide with all the tools you need to improve your menstrual health.
About the Author Maisie Hill is a highly qualified and sought-after expert with over a decade of experience as a women's health practitioner BLM Green Tree AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Human Kind: A Doctor's Stories From The Heart Of Medicine Peter Dorward
The Human Kind is a compelling account of some of the hardest cases in one doctor's career.
Description Everyone gets to be a patient sooner or later. Almost everyone has some experience of being misunderstood by doctors; encounters with difficult doctors; of relationships burdened with mutual bafflement, hostility and pain.
Every doctor is haunted by memories of difficult relationships with patients, of the decisions made, and the outcomes that followed. People whom, despite all of their patience, persistence, the best communication, diagnostic and reasoning skills, they haven't helped. People for whose unique suffering it seems medicine has nothing to offer. Dr. Peter Dorward explores the many ethical dilemmas that GPs must face every day, to explain why it is that despite vast resources, time, skill and dedication, medicine is so often destined to fail. His recollections include his worst failures and biggest challenges, ranging from the everyday, the tragic, the grotesque, the villainous and the humorous. The Human Kind presents a fresh understanding of the difficult relationship between doctor and patient, and the challenges which both must face.
About the Author Dr. Peter Dorward grew up in St Andrews, Scotland. Having worked for a number of years as a doctor in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Belize and London, he is now a GP and medical teacher based in Edinburgh. He is an award-winning author of short stories and screenplays. His novel Nightingale was published in 2007 by Two Ravens Press.
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BLM Green Tree AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Invest for Good: Increasing your personal well-being Mark Mobius, Carlos von Hardenberg, Greg Konieczny
A captivating and instructive read, aimed at those who are interested in investing their money profitably while improving companies at the same time
Description Investors are placing increased emphasis on capital allocation methods to achieve their desired social, environmental and financial objectives, and are targeting investments that not only facilitate economic growth in countries around the world but also do good in terms of aiding human development - from cleaner environments to safer products and better employment practices. At the same time, there is considerable evidence that if companies adhere to ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) standards, they will outperform companies who do not. But how do individuals - rather than institutional investors - invest using ESG criteria? And just how complex are the procedures? This new book, written by investment guru Mark Mobius and his expert team, is full of entertaining and informative anecdotes from the authors' day-to-day experiences in the world of sustainable investment. Readers will gain a clearer understanding of what sustainable investment actually means, the positive effects it can have on businesses and societies, what to look for in order to identify sound and sustainable investment opportunities, and how to balance sustainable investing with good returns.
About the Author Mark Mobius was Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, and now heads Mobius Capital Partners. He has spent over 40 years working in emerging markets all over the world and in 2006 was named by AsiaMoney as one of its Top 100 most powerful and influential people. Carlos Hardenberg was senior vice president and Director of Frontier Markets Strategy for the Templeton Emerging Markets Group. He now holds a similar role at Mobius Capital Partners.
Greg Konieczny was an executive vice president and Director of Specialty Strategies for the Templeton Emerging Markets Group. Again, he now works with Mark Mobius and Carlos Hardenberg at Mobius Capital Partners.
Price: $34.99 $36.99 ISBN: 9781472962652 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Investment & securities Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Business AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals Liam Drew
A history of mammals and their ancestors, and of how science came to grasp mammalian evolution
Description Humans are mammals. Most of us appreciate that at some level. But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse and an elephant than we do with a parrot, snake or frog? After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching a uniquely mammalian part of his anatomy, he decided to find out more. Considering himself as a mammal first and a human second, Liam delves into ancient biological history to understand what it means to be mammalian. In his humorous and engaging style, Liam explores the different characteristics that distinguish mammals from other types of animals. He charts the evolution of milk, warm blood and burgeoning brains, and examines the emergence of sophisticated teeth, exquisite ears, and elaborate reproductive biology, plus a host of other mammalian innovations. Entwined are tales of zoological peculiarities and reflections on how being a mammal has shaped the author's life.
I, Mammal is a history of mammals and their ancestors and of how science came to grasp mammalian evolution. And in celebrating our mammalian-ness, Liam Drew binds us a little more tightly to the five and a half thousand other species of mammal on this planet and reveals the deep roots of many traits humans hold dear.
About the Author Liam Drew is a writer, former neurobiologist and mammal. He has a PhD in sensory biology from University College London, and spent twelve years researching the neural and genetic basis of schizophrenia, the biology of pain and the birth of new neurons in the adult mammalian brain at Columbia University, New York and at UCL. His writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, Slate and the Guardian. He is director of NeuWrite London, a London subsidiary of 'NeuWrite: a collaborative working group for scientists, writers, and those in between'. He lives in Kent with his wife and two daughters. @liamjdrew
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Sigma AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Adolescence: How to Survive It Tony Little, Herb Etkin
An indispensable book for parents, teenagers and anyone concerned with issues in adolescence, from former headteacher Tony Little and child psychiatrist Herb Etkin
Description There is a crisis emerging in the lives of 21st century young people, their parents, teachers and peers. The complex experiences of adolescents with permanent access to technology, growing psychological pressures, increasing competition for grades and eventually jobs mean this generation of teenagers are beset by a range of problems never encountered by their predecessors. In this book, former Head Master of Eton and bestselling author Tony Little and child and adolescent psychiatrist Herb Etkin tackle the problems faced by adolescents and set out how to combat them. Adolescence: How to Survive It covers a range of subjects from what adolescence actually is, to challenges such as drug use and discipline, character and wellbeing. The book sets adolescence in context before Little and Etkin engage in a series of question-and-answer dialogues to tackle key issues which are relevant and useful to anyone working or living with adolescents, and the teenagers themselves. Like Tony Little's bestselling An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education ('Little's 10 top tips for dealing with adolescents are alone worth the cover price' Sunday Times) this is a highly readable and indispensable book for parents, teachers and young people alike.
About the Author Tony Little was Head Master of Eton College from 2002 until 2015 and formerly head of Oakham and Chigwell schools. Before that he was a boarding school housemaster. Since 2015 he has worked extensively with schools around the world. He is the author of an Intelligent Person's Guide to Education (Bloomsbury Continuum). Herb Etkin M.B., B.Ch. FRCPsych.,DPM was in general practice before specialising in psychiatry. He was a clinical tutor and consultant psychiatrist in southern England and chair of the Association of Clinical Psychiatrists. He was also medical director of Ticehurst House Hospital, now part of the Priory group, and expert witness to child and family courts throughout the UK.
Price: $32.99 $34.99 ISBN: 9781472944702 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Educational psychology Bic2: Educational psychology Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Continuum AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Wandering Vine: Wine, the Romans and Me Nina Caplan
Nina Caplan goes in search of the founding myths of our wine-loving civilisation
Description I could and would forgo any other liquid forever as long as I might drink one humble wine with my daily bre MFK FisherEngland is a nation of wine lovers and wine drinker but how much do we know about the wine we drink, how it got here and where it came from? What are the stories behind each glass of Bordeaux, Rioja or G rztraminer that we find ourselves quaffing happily in the country's wine bars?Nina Caplan, award-winning wine and travel writer, goes in search of the founding myths of our oenophilic civilisation. Her journey takes her from a very personal case of her father s champagne arriving at her doorstep in Essex in 2003, through Northern France, Champagne, the Rhone, into Northern Spain, Andalucia and on into Sicily, and finally to Rome where it all bega when the Romans cultivated the first vines, eventually brought to England by their Celtic adversaries, the Gauls.Following the Roman Empire she sets out from England, one of the best places to buy wine in the world but only now beginning to make fine wines ourselve from there to Burgundy, home of the Aedui tribe; on to the French medieval monasteries where the mon’ need for wine for the Eucharist led to a profound knowledge of viticulture; through Avignon, home for many years to wine-loving popes in exile; Bordeaux, where English tastes were fed by French vines; Barcelona and Granada where one of the oldest parts of the Alhambra still contains the Puerta del Vino o‘Wine Ga’. Finally Nina arrives in Rome, seat of wine- loving Emperors and birthplace of an Empire that conquered half the known world. A heady blend of history, culture, food drin– this is narrative travel writing at its absolute best.
About the Author Nina Caplan is the 2014 Fortnum and Mason Drink Writer of the Year and Louis Roederer Wine Columnist of the Year. She was Directories Editor for the Guardian and Features and Arts Editor for Time Out before going freelance. She now writes regularly for the Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller, New Statesman and Decanter. Nina lives in London and Burgundy.
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Continuum AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Anne Frank: The Collected Works Anne Frank
The complete scholarly edition of Anne Frank's writings including her diary and new material never before brought to light
Description Here is the complete collection of Anne Frank's writings, and versions of her writings. It is well known that the first edition of her diary was sanitised to a certain extent and that this was rectified in subsequent editions. Even this year, some new writings were discovered. This major scholarly project has the backing of the Anne Frank Foundation, initiated after Anne s death by her father.
About the Author As the sole surviving member of his family and sole heir to his daughter Anne, Otto H. Frank established the ANNE FRANK FONDS (AFF) in Basle, Switzerland in 1963, appointing it as his legatee. Since Otto Frank s death in 1980, the AFF acts as his executor, with the aim of disseminating and protecting from wrongful exploitation his daughte s writings. Ann s diaries are registered under UNESC s Memory of the World programme.
Price: $99.99 $110.00 ISBN: 9781472964915 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 752 pages Bic1: European history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Continuum AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Notes from the Cévennes: Half a Lifetime in Provincial France Adam Thorpe
A charming look at the history, landscape and people of rural France, told through the eyes of a Parisian-born Englishman, writer and poet
Description Adam Thorpe's home for the past 25 years has been an old house in the Cevennes, a wild range of mountains in southern France. Prior to this, in an ancient millhouse in the oxbow of a Cevenol river, he wrote the novel that would become the Booker Prize-nominated Ulverton, now a Vintage Classic. In more recent writing Thorpe has explored the Cevennes, drawing on the legends, history and above all the people of this part of France for his inspiration. In his charming journal, Notes from the Cevennes, Thorpe takes up these themes, writing about his surroundings, the village and his house at the heart of it, as well as the contrasts of city life in nearby NA mes. In particular he is interested in how the past leaves impressions marks on our landscape and on us. What do we find in the grass, earth and stone beneath our feet and in the objects around us? How do they tie us to our forebears? What traces have been left behind and what marks do we leave now? He finds a fossil imprinted in the single worked stone of his house's front doorstep, explores the attic once used as a silk factory and contemplates the stamp of a chance paw in a fragment of Roman roof-tile. Elsewhere, he ponders mutilated fleur-de-lys (French royalist symbols) in his study door and unwittingly uses the tomb-rail of two sisters buried in the garden as a gazebo. Then there are the personal fragments that make up a life and a family history: memories dredged up by 'dusty toys, dried-up poster paints, a painted clay lump in the bottom of a box.' Part celebration of both rustic and urban France, part memoir, Thorpe's humorous and precise prose shows a wonderful stylist at work, recalling classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes.
About the Author Adam Thorpe is a bestselling novelist, non-fiction writer and poet. His recent book On Silbury Hill (2014) was Radio 4's Book of the Week and received wide praise. He has published many novels, including Ulverton (1992), now a Vintage Classic, and numerous collections of poetry. Adam was born in France, brought up in India, Cameroon and England and now lives in southern France, between the Cevennes and NA mes.
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Continuum AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Revolution Francaise: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation Sophie Pedder
The extraordinary story of how an outsider candidate an unknown technocrat and economics minister on the fringes of French politics made his way to the Elysee palace, with expert analysis of his first year in office.
Description He emerged from nowhere to seize the presidency, defeat populism and upend French party politics. Who is Emmanuel Macron? How far can he really change France?
In Revolution Francaise, Sophie Pedder examines the first year in office of France's youngest and most exciting president in modern times, with unique perspective from her time as head of The Economist's Paris bureau. President Emmanuel Macron's vision for France is far more radical than many realise. His remarkable ascent from obscurity to the presidency is both a dramatic story of personal ambition and the tale of a wounded once-proud country in deep need of renewal. What shaped this enigmatic character, the precociously bright student and talented networker from northern France; the philosophy graduate and Rothschild banker who married his school drama teacher? How did a political outsider manage to defy the unwritten rules of the Fifth Republic and secure the presidency at his first attempt? And what are the underlying ideas behind his vision? This book chronicles Macron's remarkable rise from independent outsider to the Elysee Palace, situating the achievement in a broader context: France's slide into self-doubt, political gridlock and a seeming reluctance to embrace change; the roots of populism and discontent; the fractures caused by globalisation and the Le Pen factor. Looking back on the young president's dramatic first year in power, with analysis of his key reforms and lofty ambitions, it asks how far it is possible for Macron to reinvent a conservative nation uneasy about embracing the future. Can the man nicknamed 'Jupiter' really return France to its former greatness, or will he, by the time his mandate expires, end up as just another side note in political history? Punctuated with first-hand conversations and reporting, this book takes on all of these questions, concluding with a fascinating and exclusive interview with Macron recorded in early 2018. Pedder's riveting, and essential, book will be one of the most captivating political books of this year.
Price: $24.99 $26.99 About the Author ISBN: 9781472966308 Sophie Pedder has been Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist since 2003. She has interviewed Emmanuel Macron on Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm numerous occasions since 2012, and followed him closely during the 2017 election campaign, securing notebooks of first- Extent: 320 pages hand material on which this book is based. An award-winning journalist, she appears regularly to comment on French Bic1: Biography: historical, political & military politics on CNN, the BBC and other media. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Continuum AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Pen in Hand: Reading, Rereading and other Mysteries Tim Parks
After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread
Description How can other people like the books we don't like? What benefit can we get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of stimulating and challenging literary essays that will be a perfect read for all book explorers and practitioners of the pen. After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks who is not only an acclaimed author and a translator, but also a celebrated literary essayist gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread.
About the Author Tim Parks is the author of fourteen novels, including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, Sex Is Forbidden and, most recently, Painting Death, all of which have been translated into many languages. As well as being a novelist and the author of several works of non-fiction, Tim is the acclaimed translator of books by Moravia, Calvino, Machiavelli and other Italian writers. He's a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.
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Alma Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Kingdom of Lies Kate Fazzini
Cybercrime: coming to your phone, computer or self-driving car
Description Would you say your phone is safe, or your computer? What about your car? Or your bank? There is a global war going on between hackers, security specialists, and law enforcement personnel. The next target could be anyone, from a global corporation to a randomly selected person. From Vladimir Putin's national hacking policy, to cybercrime villages like Ramnicu Valcea in Eastern Europe, to China's intellectual property theft campaigns, these are the true stories of the hackers behind some of the largest cyberattacks in history, and those committed to stopping them. Kate Fazzini has met the hackers that create new cyberweapons, develop ransomware that can stop global companies in their tracks, and produce digital campaigns that sway popular opinion around the world. With shades of Michael Crichton and Philip K. Dick, COMMAND/CONTROL is a fast-paced look at the technological innovations that were mere fantasy only a few years ago, but now make up an integral part of all our lives.
About the Author Kate Fazzini is professor of cybersecurity at the University of Maryland, and also teaches in the Cyber Intelligence program at Georgetown University. She is also the principle cybersecurity expert at the Wall Street Journal.
Price: $39.99 $42.99 ISBN: 9781786076373 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: True crime Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 How to Predict Everything William Poundstone
There's a useful calculation being used by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths professors all over the world, and it predicts that the human race has only 760 years left to live
Description There's a useful calculation being used by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths professors all over the world, and it predicts that the human race has only 760 years left to live. Using its formula, we can look at the world around us with new eyes. What is the chance that there are multiple universes? How long will Hamilton run? Will the US stock market continue to perform as well this century as it has for the last hundred years? And are we all doomed?
About the Author William Poundstone is the author of fourteen books, including the international bestseller Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? He lives in Los Angeles.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Heart Sandep Jauhar
A doctor's inspiring obsession with the heart, seamlessly combining history, gripping scenes from the operating theatre and a moving personal story
Description The spark of life, fount of emotion, house of the soul the heart lies at the centre of every facet of our existence. It's so bound up in our deepest feelings that it can even suffer such distress from emotional trauma as to physically change shape. Practising cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar beautifully weaves his own experiences with the defining discoveries of the past to tell the story of our most vital organ. We see Daniel Hale Williams perform the first open-heart surgery and Wilson Greatbatch invent the pacemaker by accident. Amid gripping scenes from the operating theatre, Jauhar tells the moving tale of his family's own history of heart problems and, looking to the future, he outlines why the way we choose to live will be more important than any device we invent.
About the Author Sandeep Jauhar is director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He is the New York Times bestselling author of two medical memoirs and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. He lives on Long Island with his wife and their son and daughter.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Democracy Hacked Martin Moore
Our democracies have already been undermined. We cannot let them be destroyed.
Description Democracies are being gamed. Authoritarian governments, moneyed elites and fringe hackers are exploiting our digital infrastructure and the vulnerabilities in our democratic system to influence our politics and elections. In just a few years, it has become a perpetual information war. Inherently unstable and prone to wild volatility, our digital ecosystem has at its heart a vacuum open to the influence of those with the motivation, money or expertise to exploit it. Played successfully it can lead to unprecedented swings of public opinion. Martin Moore explains how hackers interfere in our democratic processes, why they can do it and outlines what we need to do to save democracy for the digital age. This is a story about active measures, data mining, psy-ops, mercenaries, microtargeting, the alt-right, plutocrats, the collapse of local news, Silicon Valley, Trump, trolling, surveillance and you.
About the Author Dr Martin Moore is director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Policy Institute at King's College London. He was previously founding director of the Media Standards Trust (2006 2015) where he directed the Election Unspun project and wrote extensively on the news media and public policy.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Our Woman in Havana Sarah Rainsford
A BBC correspondent's insight into a nation on the brink of change
Description From inside this tightly controlled one-party state, Sarah Rainsford, the BBC's 'woman in Havana' for three years, reports on lives shaped by Fidel Castro's giant social experiment and how the nation feels as the six-decade rule of the Castros comes to an end. Seeking a window into pre-revolutionary Cuba, she searches for the ghosts of Graham Greene's Havana and the paths walked by other visiting writers hooked on a city where 'every vice was permissible'. Through all these stories and those still being told, Our Woman in Havana weaves an enthralling, atmospheric portrait of this enigmatic country as it teeters, once more, at a historic crossroads.
About the Author Sarah Rainsford has worked for the BBC for twenty years, beginning her reporting in Russia where her team's coverage of the Beslan school siege won a SONY Gold Award. She has since been posted to Istanbul and Madrid before heading for Havana in 2011. She is now the BBC Moscow correspondent. This is her first book.
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Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 King of Fashion Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret (1879 1944) led the fashion world in the first decade of the twentieth century and his autobiography tells the extraordinary story of his meteoric rise to fame.
Description Paul Poiret (1879 1944) led the fashion world in the first decade of the twentieth century and his autobiography tells the extraordinary story of his meteoric rise to fame. From his humble Parisian childhood to his debut as a couturier, to his experiences during the First World War, Poiret reveals all in this captivating tale, first published in 1931. An astute businessman, Poiret translated the spirit of Art Deco into revolutionary garments, and his memoir brings this astonishing period to life.
About the Author Paul Poiret (1879 1944) led the fashion world in the first decade of the twentieth century.
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V&A Publications AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Silver and Gold Norman Hartnell
Sir Norman Hartnell (1901 1979) dominated London couture during the inter-war years, gaining international fame as dressmaker to the British royal family.
Description Sir Norman Hartnell (1901 1979) dominated London couture during the inter-war years, gaining international fame as dressmaker to the British royal family, designing Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown in 1947, and her magnificent Coronation dress six years later. Best known for romantic eveningwear shimmering with beads and embroidery, he cemented London's position as an innovative fashion centre. Silver and Gold, first published in 1955, describes an extraordinary life with elegance and panache.
About the Author Sir Norman Hartnell (1901 1979) dominated London couture during the inter-war years.
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V&A Publications AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Fully Automated Luxury Communism Aaron Bastani
A different kind of politics for a new kind of society beyond work, scarcity and capitalism
Description The first decade of the twenty-first century marked the demise of the current world order. Despite widespread acknowledgement of these disruptive crises, the proposed response from the mainstream remains the same. Against the confines of this increasingly limited politics, a new paradigm has emerged. Fully Automated Luxury Communism claims that new technologies will liberate us from work, providing the opportunity to build a society beyond both capitalism and scarcity. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness. For everyone. In his first book, radical political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of nine billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society heralds the beginning of history. Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone.
About the Author Aaron Bastani is co-founder and senior editor at Novara Media. He holds a PhD from the New Political Communication Unit, University of London, examining social movements in the digital environment which fail to correspond to the traditional logic of collective action. His research interests include new media, social movements, asymmetric strategies and post-scarcity political economy. He has written for Vice, London Review of Books, Guardian and Open Democracy.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781788732468 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 New Dark Age James Bridle
How the Information Age destroys knowledge
Description We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer understand what is happening around us. Underlying all of these trends is a single idea: the belief that quantitative data can provide a coherent model of the world, and the efficacy of computable information to provide us with ways of acting within it. Yet the sheer volume of information available to us today reveals less than we hope. Rather, it heralds a new Dark Age: a world of ever-increasing incomprehension. In his brilliant new work, leading artist and writer James Bridle offers us a warning against the future in which the contemporary promise of a new technologically assisted Enlightenment may just deliver its opposite: an age of complex uncertainty, predictive algorithms, surveillance, and the hollowing out of empathy. Surveying the history of art, technology and information systems he reveals the dark clouds that gather over discussions of the digital sublime.
About the Author James Bridle is a literary editor, technologist, writer, journalist, and visual artist. He writes for Guardian, Observer, Wired, Frieze, Atlantic, and many other publications.
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Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Crippled Frances Ryan
The austerity crisis and threat to Disability rights
Description By the end of 2018 over eE28bn of benefit will be cut as a result of the government's policies on social security, housing, employment, and healthcare, specifically aimed at the disabled community. In the age of austerity, it's disabled people who are hardest hit, affecting over 3.7 million people. This is in addition to a situation in which half of those in poverty are either disabled or living with a disabled person. In Crippled, leading commentator Frances Ryan tells the story of those most affected by this devastating regime. This includes the tetraplegic living in a first floor flat forced to crawl down flights of stairs because the council doesn't provide accessible housing; the young girl forced to sleep in her wheelchair and admitted to hospital with malnutrition; or the Londoner with schizophrenia found 'fit for work', found dead at home three months later. Through these personal stories the book shows the scale of the crisis, while also showing how the disabled community is fighting back. It is a passionate demand for the recognition of disability rights and a call for an end to austerity policies that disproportionately affect those most in need.
About the Author Dr. Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist, writing both the weekly 'Hardworking Britain' and 'In Plain View' column (highlighting issues facing disabled people). Her work also appears in publications such as New Statesman and the Independent. She guests on television and radio, including BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and The World Tonight, BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show and BBC Radio 5Live Breakfast, BBC Sunday Politics, and Sky News.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781786637888 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Disability: social aspects Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Yemen in Crisis Helen Lackner
Expert analysis of Yemen's social and political crisis, with profound implications for the fate of the Arab World
Description The democratic promise of the 2011 Arab Spring has unraveled in Yemen, triggering a disastrous crisis of civil war, famine, militarization, and governmental collapse with serious implications for the future of the region. Fueled by Arab and Western intervention, the civil war has quickly escalated, resulting in thousands killed and millions close to starvation. Suffering from a collapsed economy, the people of Yemen face a desperate choice between the Huthi rebels allied with ex-President Saleh on the one side and the internationally recognized government propped up by the Saudi-led coalition and Western arms on the other. In this invaluable analysis, Helen Lackner uncovers the roots of the social and political conflicts that threaten the very survival of the state and its people. With a new preface exploring the U.S.'s central role in the crisis.
About the Author Helen Lackner has spent the past four decades researching Yemen, and has worked in the country for fifteen years. She is a Research Associate at the London Middle East Institute at SOAS, University of London, and is currently the editor of the Journal of the British-Yemeni Society and is a regular contributor to Oxford Analytica's briefs and openDemocracy. Her works include Why Yemen Matters: A Society in Transition and Yemen and the Gulf States: The Making of a Crisis.
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Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Stone Men Andrew Ross
The story of Palestine's stonemasons and the building of Israel
Description 'They demolish our houses while we build theirs.' This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian 'stone men', utilizing some of the best quality dolomitic limestone deposits in the world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have built almost every state in the Middle East except their own. Today the business of quarrying, cutting, fabrication, and dressing is Palestine's largest employer and generator of revenue, supplying the construction industry in Israel, along with other Middle East countries and even more overseas.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews in Palestine and Israel, Ross's engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story of this fascinating, ancient trade shows how the stones of Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used to build out the state of Israel in the process, constructing 'facts on the ground'--even while the industry is central to Palestinians' own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation. For decades, the hands that built Israel's houses, schools, offices, bridges, and even its separation barriers have been Palestinian. Looking at the Palestine-Israel conflict in a new light, this book asks how this record of achievement and labor can be recognized.
About the Author Andrew Ross is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and a social activist. A contributor to The Nation, the Village Voice, New York Times, and Artforum, he is the author of many books, including, most recently, Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City and Nice Work if You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times. He lives in New York.
Price: $34.99 $36.99 ISBN: 9781788730266 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 240x162mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Anthropology Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Insurgent Empire Priyamvada Gopal
Upsets received views to show how rebellious colonies changed British attitudes to empire
Description Much has been written on how colonial subjects took up British and European ideas and turned them against empire when making claims to freedom and self-determination. The possibility of reverse influence has been largely overlooked. Insurgent Empire shows how Britain's enslaved and colonial subjects were not merely victims of empire and subsequent beneficiaries of its crises of conscience but also agents whose resistance both contributed to their own liberation and shaped British ideas about freedom and who could be free. This book examines dissent over the question of empire in Britain and shows how it was influenced by rebellions and resistance in the colonies from the West Indies and East Africa to Egypt and India. It also shows how a pivotal role in fomenting dissent was played by anticolonial campaigners based in London, at the heart of the empire.
About the Author Priyamvada Gopal is University Reader in Anglophone and Related Literatures in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge and Fellow Churchill College. She is the author of Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence and The Indian English Novel: Nation, History and Narration.
Price: $49.99 $54.99 ISBN: 9781784784126 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Savage Messiah Laura Oldfield Ford
The acclaimed art fanzine's psychogeographic drifts through a ruined city.
Description Savage Messiah collects the entire set of Laura Oldfield Ford's fanzine to date. Part graphic novel, part artwork, the book is both an angry polemic against the marginalization of the city's working class and an exploration of the cracks that open up in urban space.
About the Author Laura Oldfield Ford, originally from Halifax, West Yorkshire, studied at the Royal College of Art and has become well known for her politically active and poetic engagement with London as a site of social antagonism. She exhibits and teaches across Europe and America.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781786637857 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 207x141mm Extent: 464 pages Bic1: Art & design styles: from c 1960 Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Monster Who Wasn't T.C Shelley
The first book in a deeply magical fantasy adventure trilogy for 9+ readers. Perfect for fans of The House with Chicken Legs, The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Uncommoners
Description A brilliantly rich and strange fantasy adventure that will make us all believe in monsters be they good, bad or somewhere in between.
It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby's first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being - This is the story of a creature who is both strange and unique. When he hatches down in the vast underground lair where monsters dwell, he looks just like a human boy much to the disgust of everyone watching. Even the grumpy gargoyles who adopt him and nickname him 'Imp' only want him to steal chocolate for them from the nearby shops. He's a child with feet in both worlds, and he doesn't know where he fits. But little does Imp realise that Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous destiny in mind for him, and he'll stop at nothing to see it come to pass -
About the Author T.C. Shelley studied Creative Writing and Literature at university. She has been teaching English for over twenty years and her first school was classified as the most remote in Australia. She loves an audience and long before she took up teaching was writing and performing her poetry and short stories. She began writing novels to entertain her daughter, who wisely suggested that she try to get them published. Shelley lives with her husband, her daughter and two dogs in Perth, Western Australia. The Monster Who Wasn't is her first novel.
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Monster Who Wasn't 6 Copy pack
Pack contains x6 copies of The Monster Who Wasn't + free reading copy
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Monster Who Wasn't 12 copy pack
Pack contains x 12 copies of The Monster Who Wasn't + free reading copy
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bad Mermaids: On Thin Ice Sibeal Pounder
A chilly welcome awaits the mermaids as they travel to Frostopia in the third book of the hilarious illustrated series from the bestselling author of Witch Wars
Description In the kingdom of Frostopia, mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda have come to the aid of Maritza Mist, a famous water witch who supplies magic spells to the underwater kingdoms. Two notoriously bad mermaids have escaped from Viper View prison and stolen Maritza's map that shows the locations of twelve magical objects. When brought together, these objects will create the most powerful water witch the world has ever known. Beattie, Mimi and Zelda set off to travel the underwater kingdoms to stop them. But they haven't counted on meeting a bunch of over-zealous spies, the oldest shark in the world or their faithful companion Steve the seahorse going rogue ... On Thin Ice is the third book in the hilarious Bad Mermaids series from the superbly witty and creative Sibeal Pounder, author of Witch Wars and a World Book Day author for 2019.
About the Author Sibeal Pounder is the author of two much-loved and seriously stylish children's fiction series, Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked for the Financial Times where she researched the How To Spend It section and wrote the For Goodness' Sake column. Her first book, Witch Wars, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and she is also a World Book Day author for 2019. Jason Cockcroft graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1994 and has been working as an illustrator of children's books ever since. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for his work on Geraldine McCaughrean's retelling of A Pilgrim's Progress and was the illustrator on the original covers of the final three Harry Potter novels.
Price: $12.99 $14.99 ISBN: 9781408877166 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bad Mermaids: On the Rocks Sibeal Pounder
Stylish mermaids, snappy crocodiles and a mysterious package are all part of the mayhem in the second book in the hilarious new illustrated series from the bestselling author of Witch Wars
Description Mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda, and Steve the talking seahorse, are trapped aboard the spooky ship The Merry Mary, heading for the presumed-mythical Crocodile Kingdom a vast, crocodile-filled metropolis where nothing is quite as it seems. It's time to swim on down to the bright green lights and explore the oldest and grandest mermaid kingdom of them all! Just don't let any mermaid know you're not from there. Or else. Featuring magical mysteries, fabulous fashion, and a snappier than average transport system, the second Bad Mermaids adventure brings a whole new twist to the underwater world of mermaids. If you enjoyed Witch Wars, The Little Mermaid, or Mabel Jones you'll love this!
About the Author Sibeal Pounder used to work for the Financial Times where she researched the How To Spend It section and wrote the For Goodness' Sake column. Now she writes about fabulous witches and bad mermaids in her two much loved and seriously stylish series for Bloomsbury. Sibeal's first book, Witch Wars, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award. Jason Cockcroft graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1994 and has been working as an illustrator of children's books ever since. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for his work on Geraldine McCaughrean's retelling of A Pilgrim's Progress and was the illustrator on the original covers of the final three Harry Potter novels.
Price: $12.99 $14.99 ISBN: 9781408877142 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 181x129mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bad Mermaids Sibeal Pounder, illustrated by Jason Cockroft
Stylish mermaids, evil piranha and a weird magic shell are all part of the mayhem in the first of a hilarious new series from the bestselling author of Witch Wars
Description Mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda are enjoying a summer on land with legs when they receive a strange CRABAGRAM ordering them to return home at once. Some seriously BAD MERMAIDS are on the loose and the girls are the only ones who can stop them. If they're going to save the day, they'll need answers. And a clam car. Definitely piranha-print nail polish. Possibly not the talking seahorse. CAN THEY DO IT? Filled with magical mysteries, fabulous fashion, and a serious piranha problem, Bad Mermaids brings a whole new twist to the underwater world of mermaids. If you enjoyed The Little Mermaid, you'll love this too!
About the Author Sibeal Pounder previously worked for the Financial Times, where she researched the How To Spend It section and wrote the For Goodness' Sake column interviewing everyone from Veronica Etro to Vivienne Westwood. As well as Bad Mermaids, she writes about fabulous witches and feisty fairies in Witch Wars, her first and much loved series for Bloomsbury, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award. Jason Cockcroft graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1994 and has been working as an illustrator of children's books ever since. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for his work on Geraldine McCaughrean's retelling of A Pilgrim's Progress and was the illustrator on the original covers of the final three Harry Potter novels.
Price: $11.99 $13.99 ISBN: 9781408877128 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 181x133mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Classic fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Classic fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bad Mermaids On Thin Ice 6 copy pack
Pack contains x 6 copies of Bad Mermaids On Thin Ice + free reading copy.
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Price: $77.94 $89.94 ISBN: 9781472996725 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bad Mermaids MIXED 12 copy pack (Books 1-3)
Contains x 4 copies of Bad Mermaids, x 4 copies of Bad Mermaids On The Rocks, x 4 copies of Bad Mermaids On Thin Ice + free reading copy
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Price: $155.88 $179.88 ISBN: 9781472996732 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bad Mermaids MIXED 8 copy pack (Books 1-3)
Contains x 2 copies of Bad Mermaids, x 2 copies of Bad Mermaids On The Rocks, x 4 copies of Bad Mermaids On Thin Ice + free reading copy
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Price: $103.92 $119.92 ISBN: 9781472996749 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Caterpillar Summer Gillian McDunn
A touching and hopeful debut about siblings, summer and family secrets perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and R.J. Palacio
Description Cat is the glue holding her family together. When her little brother Chicken has a meltdown, she knows just how to calm him, whether it's scratching his back or reading his favourite book. They've always had a special bond. But with their mum working extra hard after their dad's death, Cat is struggling to keep everything afloat. When Cat and Chicken unexpectedly end up spending the summer with the grandparents they've never met, Cat suddenly has the space to be a kid again. Gradually, she discovers that days on Gingerbread Island are full of fishing, fireflies and new friendships as well as a lifetime of family secrets. Could this summer be Cat's chance to bring her fractured family together again?
About the Author Gillian McDunn has lived in California, Missouri, and North Carolina, and is a fan of both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. Like Cat, Gillian grew up as the big sister to a younger brother with special needs. She lives near Raleigh, NC, with her family. This is her first book. gillianmcdunn.com
Price: $14.99 $16.99 ISBN: 9781526606266 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Personal & social issues: siblings (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Caterpillar Summer 6 copy pack
Pack contains x 6 copies of Caterpillar Summer + free reading copy
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein Jennifer Roy, Ali Fadhill
At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with thirty-four nations lead by the United States.
Description At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with thirty-four nations lead by the United States. Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war.
About the Author Jennifer Roy is the author of the highly acclaimed Yellow Star, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, was an ALA Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book, and a NYPL Top Book. She is also the author of Cordially Uninvited and Mindblind and the coauthor of the Trading Faces series. www. jenniferroy.com.
Price: $14.99 $16.99 ISBN: 9781786074669 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 196x128mm Extent: 176 pages Bic1: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition J.K Rowling
Discover Jim Kay's magical illustrations in this new paperback edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in a gorgeous smaller format with French flaps and selected full-colour illustrations from the bestselling illustrated hardback
Description Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world has won legions of fans since the first Illustrated Edition of the Harry Potter novels was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets perfectly pairs J.K. Rowling's storytelling genius with the enchantment of Jim Kay's illustrations, bringing the magic of Harry Potter to new readers with full-colour pictures and a handsome poster pull-out at the back of the book. This edition has been beautifully redesigned with selected illustration highlights the fully illustrated edition is still available in hardback. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired reimagining will captivate wizards and Muggles alike, as Harry and his friends, now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seek out a legendary chamber and the deadly secret that lies at its heart -
About the Author J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a screenplay inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which marked the start of a five-film series to be written by the author. She has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, which opened in London's West End in the summer of 2016 and on Broadway in early 2018. In 2012, J.K. Rowling's digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy news, features and articles, as well as original content from J.K. Rowling. She is also the author of The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adult readers, and the Strike crime series, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and
Price: $29.99 $32.99 Companion of Honour, France's Legion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. ISBN: 9781526609205 Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied Format: Paperback illustration at the University of Westminster, and worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and then as an assistant Dimensions: 0x0mm curator of botanical illustrations at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew before returning to producing art full-time. After a Extent: 272 pages Bic1: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance career began. Alongside his Bic2: illustration work, Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to the group exhibition Memory Illustrations: Palace at the V&A Museum in London. The Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published Previous Titles: Author now living: to international acclaim. Bloomsbury has commissioned Jim to illustrate all seven books in J.K. Rowling's classic series. Jim lives and works in Northamptonshire with his wife.
BLM Potter AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Snow Ondine Sherman
The second book in Voiceless Co-founder Ondine Sherman's Animal Allies Series, this is a moving story about family, friendship and having the strength to stand up for what you believe in.
Description Sometimes you have to leave everything behind to find yourself. Sky is travelling to Alaska to meet her father for the first time. Far away from her friends back in Australia, she navigates the new relationship with her father and meets Jaxon, a local boy struggling with his own problems. In a cold, vast and beautiful place, they are isolated except for the wild animals who live there. As Sky gets to know her father, she finally feels she has a chance of having a real family again. But her father has a secret that threatens everything Sky holds dear. Will she have to choose between family and her love of animals? This is a heart-warming story in the coldest of places.
About the Author Ondine is the co-founder and managing director of Voiceless, the animal protection institute. She is a life-long animal advocate, passionate about promoting respect and compassion for all creatures. Ondine holds a BA in Communications and MA in Environmental Studies. She is an ambassador for Action for Dolphins and director of conservation NGO This is My Earth (TiME), and writes regularly about animal protection in the media. Ondine grew up in Sydney and now lives in Tel Aviv with her husband and three children. Her mischievous street cats, loyal dogs and ex-battery chickens all keep her extraordinarily entertained.
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Snow 8 Copy Pack (incl. shelftalker)
Contains 8 copies of Snow, plus a free reading copy, plus a shelftalker for Sky and Snow
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Sky Ondine Sherman
An inspiring YA debut from Voiceless Co-founder Ondine Sherman about kindness, friendship and animals, perfect for young audiences with an interest in animal rights.
Description Friendship can be found in the unlikeliest of places.
After her mother's death, Sky leaves her city life to move in with her aunt and uncle in a small Australian town. Life in a new place isn't easy, and Sky finds comfort in the friendship of a stray dog she meets along the way.
But her new friends at school are another story, and as Sky struggles to fit in, she finds herself doing things that go against everything she believes in.
When Sky stumbles on a case of animal cruelty, she is forced to question what's really important to her and who she wants to be.
About the Author Ondine is the co-founder and managing director of Voiceless, the animal protection institute. She is a life-long animal advocate, passionate about promoting respect and compassion for all creatures. Ondine holds a BA in Communications and MA in Environmental Studies. She is an ambassador for Action for Dolphins and director of conservation NGO This is My Earth (TiME), and writes regularly about animal protection in the media. Ondine grew up in Sydney and now lives in Tel Aviv with her husband and three children. Her mischievous street cats, loyal dogs and ex-battery chickens all keep her extraordinarily entertained.
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BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Past Perfect Life Elizabeth Eulberg
An exciting new direction for acclaimed author Elizabeth Eulberg, Past Perfect Life is a tense and tender read about secrets and lies, reality and identity, and the ways we put ourselves back together when everything is broken.
Description Small-town Wisconsin high school senior Allison Smith loves her life the way it is--spending quality time with her widowed father and her tight-knit circle of friends, including best friend Marian and maybe-more-than-friends Neil. Sure she is stressed out about college applications . . . who wouldn t be? In a few short months, everythin s going to change, big time.But when Ally files her applications, they send up a red flag . . . because sh s not Allison Smith. And All s--make that Amand’s--ordinary life is suddenly blown apart. Was everything before a lie? Who will she be after? And what will she do as now comes crashing down around her?Perfect for fans of Far From the Tree, this is the story of one tee’s search for herself amid the confusion of a shattered past and a future far from all she planned.
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Price: $25.00 $27.00 ISBN: 9781547600922 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 I Hold Your Heart Karen Gregory
Tense, gripping and eye-opening Karen Gregory's third novel is a must-read look at gaslighting and the blurred lines between love and control. Perfect for fans of Louise O'Neill and Sara Barnard
Description The tense, tender must-read book of the summer perfect for fans of Louise O'Neill and Sara Barnard 'You make me feel like there's something good in the world I can hold on to,' Aaron says. He kisses me again, draws me so close it's almost hard to breathe. 'I love you, Gem. And I promise I'll hold your heart forever.' When Gemma meets Aaron, she feels truly seen for the first time. Their love story is the intense kind. The written-in-the- stars, excluding-all-others kind. The kind you write songs about. But little by little their relationship takes over Gemma's life. What happens when being seen becomes being watched, and care becomes control? Told in both Gemma's and Aaron's words, this is a raw, moving exploration of gaslighting in teenage relationships that skewers our ideas of what love looks like.
About the Author Karen Gregory has been a confirmed bookworm since early childhood. She wrote her first story about Bantra the mouse aged twelve, then put away the word processor until her first child was born, when she was overtaken by the urge to write. Her first novel, Countless, published in 2017, was shortlisted for the Leeds Book Award and longlisted for the Branford Boase. Her second novel, Skylarks, was published in 2018. Karen lives in Wiltshire with her family.
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Dark Blade Steve Feasey
WHEN GODS FAIL, WHO WILL KEEP THE DARKNESS OUT?
A sweeping epic fantasy perfect for fans of the Summoner trilogy by Taran Matharu and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Description A sweeping epic fantasy perfect for fans of the Summoner trilogy by Taran Matharu and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
WHEN GODS FAIL, WHO WILL KEEP THE DARKNESS OUT?
Lann knows nothing of his mysterious past, but by his fifteenth birthday he will come face to face with destiny. For Lann must wield the Dreadblade, an ancient sword forged to defeat terrible monsters. Across the mountains a King has been murdered. His daughter, Astrid, is a warrior with no desire to bear the crown. Only she can uncover her father's killer before her brother is framed for the crime. Evil is stirring. Lann and Astrid are the kingdom's last defence. Together, they must face the greatest darkness their world has ever known.
About the Author Steve Feasey lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and children. He says he didn't learn much at school, but he was always a voracious reader. He started writing fiction in his thirties, inspired by his own favourite writers: Stephen King, Elmore Leonard and Charles Dickens. His first book, Changeling, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and became a successful series. He is also the author of the acclaimed Mutant City series. This is his first novel set in the world of Stromgard. @stevefeasey
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Baby's First Jailbreak Jim Whalley
Baby Frank (Baby's First Bank Heist) is back in another first - join him as he faces his nemesis and stages an epic baby jail break. Hold on, this is going to be one great escape!
Description Queues at Baby Frank's famous zoo are dwindling and there's only one person responsible . . . Meet Baby Bruce. He's greedy, fame-hungry and he's opened up a rival zoo nearby. The problem is, all the animals at Baby Bruce's zoo are unhappy. What's Baby Frank to do? Face his nemesis and stage an epic baby jail break, of course. Hold on, this is going to be one great escape! The dangerously good follow-up to Baby's First Bank Heist from a major new and exciting partnership - Stephen Collins is cartoonist of The Guardian Weekend magazine and Jim Whalley is a fresh writing talent.
About the Author Jim Whalley went to UEA with the intention of writing daft stories but got sidetracked into student journalism and academia. He ended up with PhD in Film Studies and got back to writing stories in his spare time. He eventually quit academia because the stories were more fun, a move he justified by also renovating a house. He now lives in that house in Yorkshire with his wife and two children, Fletch and Charlie. Stephen Collins is an illustrator and cartoonist who lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two children, Frank and George. His work has appeared in many publications worldwide, and he has a weekly comic in Guardian Weekend magazine. In 2013 Jonathan Cape published his debut graphic novel The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Of The Year award and an Eisner Award. His collection of strips Some Comics was published by Jonathan Cape in October 2014. He is currently working on his second graphic novel, which will be published by Jonathan Cape in 2018.
Price: $14.99 $16.99 ISBN: 9781408891810 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Baby's First Jailbreak Jim Whalley
Baby Frank (Baby's First Bank Heist) is back in another first - join him as he faces his nemesis and stages an epic baby jail break. Hold on, this is going to be one great escape!
Description Queues at Baby Frank's famous zoo are dwindling and there's only one person responsible . . . Meet Baby Bruce. He's greedy, fame-hungry and he's opened up a rival zoo nearby. The problem is, all the animals at Baby Bruce's zoo are unhappy. What's Baby Frank to do? Face his nemesis and stage an epic baby jail break, of course. Hold on, this is going to be one great escape! The dangerously good follow-up to Baby's First Bank Heist from a major new and exciting partnership - Stephen Collins is cartoonist of The Guardian Weekend magazine and Jim Whalley is a fresh writing talent.
About the Author Jim Whalley went to UEA with the intention of writing daft stories but got sidetracked into student journalism and academia. He ended up with PhD in Film Studies and got back to writing stories in his spare time. He eventually quit academia because the stories were more fun, a move he justified by also renovating a house. He now lives in that house in Yorkshire with his wife and two children, Fletch and Charlie. Stephen Collins is an illustrator and cartoonist who lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two children, Frank and George. His work has appeared in many publications worldwide, and he has a weekly comic in Guardian Weekend magazine. In 2013 Jonathan Cape published his debut graphic novel The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Of The Year award and an Eisner Award. His collection of strips Some Comics was published by Jonathan Cape in October 2014. He is currently working on his second graphic novel, which will be published by Jonathan Cape in 2018.
Price: $22.99 $24.99 ISBN: 9781408891834 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Picture books Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The FurFins: TinyTail and the Lost Treasure Alison Ritchie
Deep down in the aquamarine ocean lies the magical land of Coralia, home to the FurFins, enchanting sea creatures with glittery tails and friendly, furry faces. TinyTail and StarTail are ready for their first adventure.
Description Beneath the silvery waves, nestled in a kaleidoscope of colourful coral, lies the magical Kingdom of Coralia. This is where the FurFins live: TinyTail, StarTail, CherryTail and a host of underwater creatures including clown fish, Giggle and Hee- hee, Cariad the octopus and the Travelling Turtles. When TinyTail loses her first scale, she can't wait for the Scale Fairy to come and replace it with a glittering new scale. But disaster strikes when she drops her old scale in the deep ocean - Luckily her best friend StarTail comes to the rescue. Packed with gorgeous colour illustrations, this charming underwater adventure is the first in an exciting new picture-book series featuring the endearing FurFins with their glittery tails and adorably furry faces!
About the Author Alison Ritchie works as a freelance editor and writer, and has published several children's books. She lives in an Oxfordshire village. Aless Baylis is an illustrator and print & pattern designer based in Brighton. She has collaborated with companies worldwide to create books, clothing and home decor for children. This is her first picture book.
Price: $12.99 $14.99 ISBN: 9781408897843 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 So Big! Mike Wohnoutka
Description A simple, clever text paired with utterly adorable animal characters makes school-day jitters seem not so big after all! Bear is so big, and he's ready to start school! But even if you're SO BIG, you might feel a little nervous at times. Can Bear brave his first day and find a way to make it feel just right? A clever and charming story, So Big! will help young readers through all the important first steps in life. Acclaim for Dad's First Day Bank Street Best Children's Books of 2016--outstanding merit title Acclaim for Moo! An ALA Notable book A BCCB Blue Ribbon selection
About the Author MIKE WOHNOUTKA is the author and illustrator of Dad's First Day and the illustrator of many books including Moo! which received two starred reviews and was chosen as an ALA Notable book and by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books as a Blue Ribbon selection, Can't Sleep Without Sheep, Just Like My Papa, and Stay Close to Mama. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Mike lives with his wife and two children in Minneapolis, Minnesota. www.mikewohnoutka.com
Price: $34.99 $36.99 ISBN: 9781547600793 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Spaced Out James Carter
Blast off into space with a constellation of star-poets in this space themed anthology, edited by Brian Moses and James Carter. This intergalactic anthology is the perfect way to get children interested in poetry.
Description Blast off into space and explore the galaxies with a constellation of illustrated poems about the sun, moon and stars, black holes and worm holes, asteroids and meteorites, and even weird alien life forms. From shape poems and free verse to rhymes, kennings and haikus, Spaced Out will take you on an intergalactic adventure. Join Brian Moses and James Carter and a wealth of new and established poets to discover your inner space cadet! This starry collection is the perfect way to get children interested in poetry.
About the Author Brian Moses was a teacher for 13 years and has been a professional writer in schools, libraries, theatres and festivals since 1988. As one of Britain's favourite children's poets, he was commissioned by CBBC to write a poem for the Queen's 80th birthday which was then performed live on air. Brian is Reading Champion for the National Literacy Trust and Co- director of the Able Writers' Scheme he founded in 2002. James Carter is a prize-winning poet and educational writer. He travels all over the cosmos (well, Britain) with his guitar to give lively poetry performances and workshops with the express intention of motivating, inspiring and giving confidence to young writers. As a lifelong space cadet, James has discovered that poems are the best place to gather all of his daydreamy thoughts.
Price: $12.99 $14.99 ISBN: 9781472961150 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Wellbeing Toolkit Andrew Cowley
From the co-founder of Healthy Toolkit (@HealthyToolkit) comes a practical guide offering effective strategies for addressing primary and secondary school staff wellbeing from a whole-school perspective. With particular reference to workload, stress and supporting colleagues at times of crisis, The Wellbeing Toolkit is an invaluable resource for promoting wellbeing among all school staff, thereby improving staff attendance and retention, and helping all teachers fall back in love with teaching.
Description The Wellbeing Toolkit is an invaluable resource for promoting wellbeing among all school staff, thereby improving staff attendance and retention, and helping all teachers fall back in love with teaching. In this thought-provoking book, Andrew Cowley, co-founder of Healthy Toolkit (@HealthyToolkit), draws on his own experiences as a school leader to unpick the myths around wellbeing and set out a practical, authentic and values-driven model that will enable leaders to foster a positive atmosphere for the benefit of the whole-school community. With a focus on developing a culture of positivity, effectively enabling all staff members to take ownership of the wellbeing strategy and supporting and promoting healthy lifestyles, this practical guide also considers scenarios arising from potentially more stressful incidents such as a bereavement. Staff wellbeing needs to be a strategic consideration for all primary and secondary school leaders, not something delivered on an ad hoc basis. Emphasis must be placed on really knowing staff, what motivates them and what may affect their confidence. The Wellbeing Toolkit offers effective strategies for addressing staff wellbeing from a whole-school perspective with particular reference to reducing workload, managing stress and supporting teachers in challenging circumstances.
About the Author Andrew Cowley is a deputy headteacher in London and is passionate about staff wellbeing in schools. He is the co- founder of Healthy Toolkit (@HealthyToolkit), an organisation dedicated to encouraging and advancing teacher wellbeing. Along with the Healthy Toolkit team, he promotes changing attitudes and outlooks, leads serious discussions on Price: $39.99 $42.99 mindfulness and wellbeing, and offers practical ways to support teachers with their physical and mental health. Follow ISBN: 9781472961655 Andrew on Twitter: @andrew_cowley23. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Educational strategies & policy Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Space on Earth Sheila Kanani
Full of amazing facts about everyday innovations inspired by space travel and sections on the people who brought them to us
Description Have you ever looked up into the sky and wondered about space, astronomy and the universe? Perhaps you have. But you've probably never looked around you at the water you drink, the sunglasses you wear or the selfies people take and thought about space. The truth is, there is more of space on earth than you realize - Full of amazing facts about everyday innovations inspired by space travel and sections on the people who brought them to us, Space on Earth is an entertaining and fascinating look at space and the untold relationship with the planet we live on, helping children not only to feel the awe and wonder of the universe, but also to understand the reasons why space is relevant to us here on Earth.
About the Author Dr Sheila Kanani is the Education, Outreach & Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society. She is a planetary physicist, science presenter, secondary-school physics teacher and space comedian.
Price: $19.99 $22.99 ISBN: 9781846884559 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage) Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Alma Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Nelson's Arctic Voyage: The Royal Navy's first polar expedition 1773 Peter Goodwin
A detailed account at the Royal Navy's expedition into the polar regions in 1773 with the young Horatio Nelson on board.
Description In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Nelson took part in an expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was to find a navigable northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, and was supported by the Royal Society and King George III. Two bomb vessels HMS Racehorse and Carcass were fitted out and strengthened under the command of Captain Hon. Constantine Phipps. It was an extremely cold Arctic summer and the ships became locked in ice far from Spitzbergen and were unable to cut their way out until days later when the wind changed and the ice broke up. The ships were extricated and returned home. On the trip, the young Nelson had command of one of the smaller boats of the ships, a four-oared cutter manned by twelve seamen. In this he helped to save the crew of a boat belonging to the Racehorse from an attack by a herd of enraged walruses. He also had a more famous encounter with a polar bear, while attempting to obtain a bearskin as a present for his father, an exploit that later became part of the Nelson legend. Drawing on the ship's journals and expedition commander Phipps' journal from the National Archives, the book creates a picture of the expedition and life on board. Using the ships' muster books it also details the ship's crews giving the different roles and ranks in the ships. The book is illustrated using some of the ship's drawings and charts and pictures of many objects used on the ship, while a navigational chart of the route taken has been created from the logbooks. The book also looks at the overall concept of naval exploration as set in train by Joseph Banks and the Royal Society. The fact that the expedition failed as a result of poor planning with potentially tragic results demonstrates the difficulties and uncertainties of such an expedition. It also looks at a great naval commander at the earliest stage of his career and considers how the experience might have shaped his later career and attitudes. Other great captains and voyages are discussed alongside Nelson, including Captain Cook and his exploration of the south seas and the later ill-fated northern journeys of Franklin and Shackleton.
About the Author Peter Goodwin is an authority on the sailing warship. His published titles include the The Construction and Fitting of the Price: $49.99 $52.99 ISBN: 9781472954176 Sailing Man of War (Conway, 1990), The Naval Cutter Alert (Conway 1992), Nelson's Ships (Conway 2002) and The Format: Hard Cover Ships of Trafalgar (2005) and HMS Victory Pocket Manual. Peter was Keeper and Curator of HMS Victory for some 20 Dimensions: 0x0mm years and is a passionate advocate of Admiral Nelson. Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Military & naval ships Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Boat Cookbook 2nd edition: Real Food for Hungry Sailors Fiona Sims
With 85 fuss free and fabulous recipes inspired by the sea and happy times on the water, this new edition of The Boat Cookbook serves up simple, mouth-watering galley grub prepared almost as quickly as it will be devoured by your hungry crew...
Description For anyone with a tiny galley kitchen and an appetite for fresh, gorgeous food, there's good news: it's all here! These fabulous and easy recipes, all made with minimum fuss and maximum flavour, will allow you to spoil yourself in harbour, keep things simple at sea, and make delicious meals and snacks in advance not to mention rustle up a mean rum punch. Taking no longer than 20 30 minutes and using a maximum of two pans, you'll find yourself cooking up a storm, with your hungry crew tucking into crab macaroni cheese, lamb with sumac and butter bean mash, cherry clafoutis, and chocolate fruitcake. With its handy ideas on setting up the galley, tips on hosting the perfect beach barbecue and fascinating nautical trivia scattered about, this is the must-have guide for sailors and seaside-lovers alike.
In this brand new edition, Fiona Sims shares her own tried-and-tested onboard classics, along with recipe contributions from top chefs (Chris Galvin, Angela Hartnett, Kevin Mangeolles, Ed Wilson and Judy Joo) and sailing legends (Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Mike Golding, Brian Thompson, Shirley Robertson and Dee Caffari). With a foreword by Chris Galvin, and accompanied by wonderful photography and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, this continues to be an invaluable addition to the food lover's kitchen or galley. Inspired by the sea and happy times on the water, The Boat Cookbook promises fresh, mouthwatering galley grub that can be prepared almost as quickly as it will be devoured by your eager crew.
About the Author Fiona Sims has written for The Times, Delicious, Decanter, Food & Travel, and more. The food, wine and travel writer has interviewed many of the world's top chefs, including Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay and Rene Redzepi, and travels the world regularly visiting wine regions and exploring local cuisines. The idea for this book came after much nagging from her sailing-mad Dad, who kept losing her scribbled-down recipes for on board cooking in his rather basic galley. She and
Price: $39.99 $42.99 her husband Mark split their time between London and Yarmouth, and she sails regularly from the south coast with her ISBN: 9781472965684 Dad on his 29ft Westerly, always cooking on board. She is also the author of The Boat Drinks Book, published by Format: Paperback Bloomsbury. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Boating Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Field Guide to the Mammals of South-east Asia Charles M. Francis
Revised and updated edition of the only comprehensive guide to this mammal-rich region, including text accounts for an additional 50 species.
Description This book is a fully revised and updated second edition of the only comprehensive guide to the mammals of South-east Asia, one of the world's richest regions in terms of mammal diversity, where species new to science are still being described regularly, though there is increasing pressure on all of its wild mammal populations. From large mammals such as the elephant, big cats, dolphins and whales through bears, monkeys and badgers to bats, civets, rats and shrews, more than 550 species are described in detail, including key identification characteristics, habitat, behaviour, distribution and status, accompanied by line drawings of footprints and details of anatomy, or other aspects of identification. Beautiful colour plates depict nearly all species and their variations, while accompanying range maps provide up-to-date information on distribution. This field guide is essential for any naturalist or traveller visiting this special corner of Asia.
About the Author Charles Francis has been studying mammals in South-east Asia since 1979 and is now one of the leading experts on mammals in the region. He has written numerous research papers on both mammals and birds in Asia and North America, including descriptions of more than 15 new bat species. He has also written books on birds and mammals of Borneo as well as a photographic guide to mammals of South-east Asia. He is currently responsible for managing bird population monitoring programmes for the Canadian Wildlife Service, based at the National Wildlife Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada.
Price: $70.00 $77.00 ISBN: 9781472934970 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 416 pages Bic1: Wildlife: mammals Bic2: Wildlife: mammals Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Mountain Man: 446 Mountains. Six months. One record-breaking adventure James Forrest
The story of James Forrest, who broke records when he climbed all 446 mountains in England and Wales in just six months
Description Nicknamed 'Mountain Man' by the Sunday Telegraph, James Forrest is the record-breaking adventurer who climbed every mountain in England and Wales in just six months the fastest ever time. Solo and unsupported, he walked over 1,000 miles and ascended five times the height of Everest during his 446-peak challenge. And he did it all on his days off from work, proving it is possible to integrate an epic adventure into your everyday life. From collapsing tents and horrific storms to near-fatal mountaineering mishaps, James endured his fair share of hardship out in the hills. But the good times far outweighed the bad. He slept wild under the stars, met eccentric locals, and exchanged the 21st century social media bubble for a simpler, more peaceful existence. What did he learn along the way? That life is more fulfilling when you switch off your phone and climb a mountain. Readers will be inspired and motivated by James's amazing adventure, and so the book concludes with a section on how YOU can achieve your next adventure whether it's something to get the kids involved in at half term, a fun challenge to tackle solo or with friends, or, like James's, a record-breaking attempt of epic proportions, James will guide you through everything you need to do to plan and execute your adventure, as well as give you some great ideas too.
About the Author James Forrest is a former newspaper reporter turned adventure travel writer. He has written for the Sunday Telegraph, the Guardian and a range of magazines including Adventure Travel, Country Walking, Outdoor Enthusiast, Trail, The Great Outdoors, Cumbria, Lakeland Walker and Sidetracked. He has won two 'Highly Commended' awards for his feature-writing from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild and is an Ordnance Survey #GetOutside Champion. He lives in Cumbria.
Price: $29.99 $32.99 ISBN: 9781844865635 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Walking, hiking, trekking Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Conway Publishing AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 British Airborne Soldier vs Waffen-SS Soldier: Arnhem 1944 David Greentree
Featuring first-hand accounts and full-colour artwork, this Combat-series title casts new light on the desperate fighting between British glider troops and their Waffen-SS opponents during the battle of Arnhem in September 1944.
Description Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical to this plan were the glider troops of Britain's 1st Airlanding Brigade. Short on heavy weapons and not trained in street fighting, the glider troops were meant to secure and defend the Allied perimeter around Arnhem as the parachute brigades fought their way into the city. Facing the airborne forces were understrength Waffen-SS units that were hastily formed into ad hoc battle groups, some supported by armour. The troops on both sides would have their tactical flexibility and powers of endurance tested to the limit in the bitter actions that ensued. Employing first-hand accounts and drawing upon the latest research, David Greentree tells the story of the glider troops' dogged defence of the Allied perimeter at Arnhem, and the Waffen-SS forces' efforts to overcome them.
About the Author David Greentree graduated in History at York before taking an MA in War Studies from King's College London and qualifying as a lecturer in Further Education. In 1995 he accepted a commission in the Royal Air Force and has served in a variety of locations, including Afghanistan and Oman. He lives in Hampshire, UK.
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 modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
Price: $32.99 $34.99 ISBN: 9781472825704 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Liberty or Death: Latin American Conflicts, 1900-70 Philip Jowett
A highly illustrated study of the wars of Central and South America from 1900 through to 1970, featuring many rare and never-before-seen images.
Description From the Banana Wars of the early 20th century through to the Football War of 1969, South and Central America has been a hotbed of revolutions, rebellions and conflicts as diverse as they are numerous. Some were small-scale affairs involving the poorly armed forces of Central American armies with rifles, machetes and a few aged machine guns. Others were full-scale conflicts involving sophisticated armies equipped with tanks, artillery and aircraft, and hundreds of thousands of troops. These wars often went largely unreported in the West, which was preoccupied with its own problems in fighting two world wars and dealing with Cold War tensions. Fully illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs, this fascinating story sheds light on seven decades of a continent in conflict that is rarely covered in English.
About the Author Philip Jowett was born in Leeds in 1961, and has been interested in military history for as long as he can remember. His first Osprey book was the ground-breaking Men-at-Arms 306: Chinese Civil War Armies 1911 49; he has since published the three-part sequence The Italian Army 1940 45 (Men-at-Arms 340, 349 and 353). He is married and lives in Lincolnshire, UK.
Price: $60.00 $70.00 ISBN: 9781472833525 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 RAF Fighters vs Luftwaffe Bombers: Battle of Britain Andy Saunders, illustrated by Gareth Hector, Jim Laurier
A fully illustrated analysis of the desperate aerial combats between defending RAF fighters and attacking Luftwaffe bombers during the Battle of Britain, ideal for any enthusiast of aerial warfare during World War II.
Description The Battle of Britain was a fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable foe. With the German army poised to invade, only the fighters of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the conquest of Britain. Losses were high on both sides, but the Spitfires, Hurricanes, Havocs and Defiants of the RAF began to take their toll on the overextended, under-protected Kampfgruppen of Heinkel He 111s, Junkers Ju 87s and 88s, and Dornier Do 17s. Both sides learned and adapted as the campaign went on. As the advantage began to shift from the Luftwaffe to the RAF, the Germans were forced to switch from round-the-clock bombing to only launching night-raids, often hitting civilian targets in the dreaded Blitz. This beautifully illustrated study dissects the tactics and technology of the duels in this new kind of war, bringing the reader into the cockpits of the RAF fighters and Luftwaffe bombers to show precisely where the Battle of Britain was won and lost.
About the Author A full-time writer and researcher, Andy Saunders lives and works in East Sussex, the very heart of 'Battle of Britain country'. He is the author of No 43 'Fighting Cocks' Squadron (Osprey Aviation Elite Units), and has had around 25 other books published to date. Additionally, he writes extensively for the Historic Aviation Press and is a frequent contributor and consultant to TV aviation documentaries.
Gareth Hector is a digital artist of international standing as well as an aviation history enthusiast. Gareth completed the battlescene artwork for this title. He lives in Perthshire, UK.
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 display at the Pentagon. Price: $32.99 $34.99 ISBN: 9781472808523 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (2): 3rd Century AD Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated study into the deployments and appearance of Roman legionary, auxiliary, and allied units in the Western half of the Empire in the turbulent decades between 200 and 300 AD.
Description The appearance of Roman soldiers in the 3rd century AD has long been a matter of debate and uncertainty, largely thanks to the collapse of central control and perpetual civil war between the assassination of Severus Alexander in 235 and the accession of the great Diocletian in 284.
During those years no fewer than 51 men were proclaimed as emperors, some lasting only a few days. Despite this apparent chaos, however, the garrisons of the Western Provinces held together, by means of localized organization and the recruitment of 'barbarians' to fill the ranks. They still constituted an army in being when Diocletian took over and began the widespread reforms that rebuilt the Empire though an Empire that their forefathers would hardly have recognized. Fully illustrated with specially chosen colour plates, this book reveals the uniforms, equipment and deployments of Roman soldiers in the most chaotic years of the Empire.
About the Author Dr Raffaele D'Amato is an experienced Turin-based researcher of the ancient and medieval military worlds. After achieving his first PhD in Romano-Byzantine Law, and having collaborated with the University of Athens, he gained a second doctorate in Roman military archaeology. He currently works in Istanbul at the Fatih University as visiting Professor for the TUBITAK (Turkish Government Research Institution) on a project linked to the arms and armour of Rome and Byzantium. Raffaele Ruggeri was born in Bologna where he works and lives with his wife. After studying at the Fine Arts Academy he worked in several areas of graphics and design before deciding to devote himself to illustration. He has long been interested in military history and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey, specializing in African subjects.
Price: $24.99 $26.99 ISBN: 9781472833471 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 48 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46: The betrayal of the Khalsa David Smith
A highly illustrated account of the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845 56, a dramatic, hard-fought and colourful conflict during Britain's rule of India.
Description The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out due to escalating tensions between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in the Punjab region of India in the mid-nineteenth century. Political machinations were at the heart of the conflict, with Sikh rulers fearing the growing power of their own army, while several prominent Sikh generals actively collaborated with the East India Company. The British faced a disciplined opponent, trained along European lines, which fielded armies numbering in the tens of thousands. The war featured a number of closely contested battles, with both sides taking heavy losses. This fully illustrated study of the First Anglo-Sikh War tells the story of one of the major colonial wars of the nineteenth century, as the East India Company attempted to wrest control of the Punjab region from a Sikh Empire riven by infighting.
About the Author David Smith is a visiting lecturer at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of Whispers Across the Atlantick (2017) for Osprey, as well as Sherman's March to the Sea 1864 (2007) and New York 1776 (2008). He is a graduate of the Military Studies Master's Degree programme at the University of Chester. 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 $34.99 ISBN: 9781472834478 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 -1.0517e+10 Peter E Davies
A comparative evaluation of the tactics and technology involved in the battles between the USAF's Republic F -105 Thunderchief fighter-bombers and their VPAF MiG-17 opponents during the Vietnam War.
Description The F-105D Thunderchief was originally designed as a low-altitude nuclear strike aircraft, but the outbreak of the Vietnam War led to it being used instead as the USAF's primary conventional striker against the exceptionally well-defended targets in North Vietnam and Laos. F-105 crews conducted long-distance missions from bases in Thailand, refuelling in flight several times and carrying heavy external bombloads. The MiG-17 was the lightweight, highly manoeuvrable defending fighter it encountered most often in 1965 68 during Operation Rolling Thunder. A development of the MiG-15, which shocked UN forces during the Korean War, its emphasis was on simplicity and ease of maintenance in potentially primitive conditions. Fully illustrated with stunning artwork, this book shows how these two aircraft, totally different in design and purpose, fought in a series of duels that cost both sides dearly.
About the Author Peter E. Davies is a full-time aviation author with more than 30 published books to his credit, including over 20 for Osprey Publishing. He specializes in modern combat aircraft, particularly those involved in the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, and has co-authored titles on the B-52. He lives in Bristol, UK.
Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes. He lives in New Hampshire, USA.
Gareth Hector is a digital artist of international standing as well as an aviation history enthusiast. Gareth completed the battlescene artwork and cover artwork for this book. He lives in Perthshire, UK.
Price: $32.99 $34.99 ISBN: 9781472830906 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Valley of the Shadow: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu Kevin Boylan, Luc Olivier
Using new material unearthed in French archives and Vietnamese-language publications, and the testimony of veterans, this book offers a new perspective on the climactic French defeat at Dien Bien Phu which took place during the First Indochina War the conflict that set the stage for the Vietnam War.
Description Struggling to reassert control over their Indochinese colonies after World War II, the French established a huge air-land base in the valley of Dien Bien Phu. But when the opposing Vietnamese People's Army (VPA) began massing its forces against the base in late 1953, French commanders seized the opportunity to draw their elusive enemy into a decisive set- piece battle. Defending a series of fortified positions which were reliant upon a single airstrip and later, risky and inaccurate airdrops for reinforcement and resupply, the French troops quickly discovered that they had underestimated their enemy. In 56 days of costly close-quarters fighting, the VPA slowly dislodged the French from one strongpoint after another by developing novel tactics and accomplishing incredible feats of engineering. Drawing upon Vietnamese-language sources never previously employed in Western accounts of the siege, Valley of the Shadow is a dramatic re-telling of the climactic battle of the First Indochina War, the conflict that saw the French expelled from their former colony and set the stage for the 'American War' in Vietnam.
About the Author Dr Kevin M. Boylan, PhD earned his bachelors in History from Rutgers University and his doctorate from Temple University. He was employed for a decade at the Pentagon as a defense analyst for the US Defense Department Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation and the US Army Staff War Plans Division before returning to academe. He won the Society for Military History's Moncado Prize in both 2010 and 2015, and authored Losing Binh Dinh: The Failure of Pacification and Vietnamization, 1969-1971 (University Press of Kansas, 2016). Dr Boylan currently teaches at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. Luc Olivier earned his Masters in Geography at the CESA in the University of Tours, and served in the French Army as a second lieutenant and platoon commander. He also has an extensive background in IT consulting and is presently the
Price: $22.99 $24.99 managing director of a French-Hungarian IT company. He has designed a dozen commercial wargames including two on ISBN: 9781472824417 Dien Bien Phu which have been published in magazines including Vae Victis and Battles Magazine. He also written and Format: Paperback - B format published many articles on historical military topics over the last 20 years. He lives in Paris, France. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 356 pages Bic1: Military history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Weapons of the US Special Operations Command Chris McNab
Since 1987 the US Special Operations Command has used a wide array of sophisticated weapons in action around the world. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this absorbing study explores the origins, development, and combat record of the distinctive weaponry carried by these elite forces, from pistols to assault rifles.
Description The units and formations of the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have privileged access to the finest weaponry in the world's arsenal. Whether Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines, the SOCOM troops select weapons that match their mission requirements, but which also sit at the cutting edge of combat technology.
This means that, while SOCOM troops frequently use standard-issue weaponry, they also adopt many specialist pieces of kit that are not so accessible to the broader armed services, including sniper rifles, battle rifles, and machine guns, as well as high-tech tactical accessories used to transform standard weaponry into something exceptional.
Assessing the technology and capabilities of these combat weapons, as well as how they have been used in modern combat, this fully illustrated study lifts the veil on some of the most distinctive hand-held weapon systems of US special operations forces since 1987.
About the Author Chris McNab is an author and editor specializing in military history and military technology. To date he has published more than 100 books, including A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011), Deadly Force (2009) and Tools of Violence (2008). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopaedia series, magazines and newspapers, and he lives in South Wales, UK.
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. Price: $32.99 $34.99 His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille. ISBN: 9781472833099 Format: Paperback Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland spent 18 years as the graphics editor of the UK's Daily Telegraph, winning 19 Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages awards in that time. He now writes, illustrates, and publishes fiction (www.ravensquill.com), as well as illustrating for a Bic1: Military history variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.blogspot.com). He lives in Lincolnshire, UK. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: Overlord Warlord Games
A supplement to the popular Bolt Action covering the D-Day landings, very popular topic for historical wargamers.
Description Normandy, 6 June 1944. The Allies undertake the largest and most ambitious amphibious landings in history to return the fight to Western Europe. This new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take command of both Allied forces assaulting the beaches and inland defences and those of the axis manning such fortifications. New, linked scenarios, rules, troop types, and Theatre Selectors provide plenty of options for novice and veteran players alike.
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Osprey Games AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Bolt Action: Korea Warlord Games
A new supplement bringing Bolt Action to a new period and conflict, the Korean War, with new rules, forces and scenarios to game this conflict.
Description Beginning in 1950, the Korean War was a defining moment for the UN and the entirety of the early Cold War, widening the already monumental gulf between the east and west, capitalist and communist. This supplement for Bolt Action expands the rules-set from its World War Two roots, to this, new, truly modern conflict. Bolt Action: Korea contains all the rules, Theatre Lists, scenarios, and new and exciting units, never seen in Bolt Action before, to wargame this turbulent period of world history.
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Osprey Games AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Migration Plays: Four large cast ensemble stories for teenagers Edited by Fin Kennedy
A collection of short plays based on work between secondary school children and professional playwrights focusing on the journeys of immigrants to and from Europe.
Description Featuring four new plays written and devised in collaboration with groups of secondary school children, this collection examines immigration to and emigration from the UK. A theatre-in-education project coordinated by Tamasha theatre company and The Migration Museum, children worked on exercises designed to develop their understanding of, and feelings about, migration. Their reactions were then incorporated into a piece of theatre by a professional playwright that the students then performed. This collection brings together these plays along with the unique exercises that inspired them. The plays include: Nothing to Declare by Sharmila Chauhan follows three precious keepsakes and the stories attached to them as their owners are stopped at a hostile border. Potato Moon by Satinder Chohan focuses on the potatoes buried in a share allotment. They become people's memories in a magical realist Southall and so when they start to go missing, schoolgirl Mira set out to find out why. Wilkommen by Asif Khan follows 11 year Ammar on the most dangerous journey of his life, from war-torn country, across sea and land, to take up the offer of a new life in Europe. Jigsaw by Sumerah Srivstav tells the story of how three angels, horrified by mankind's cruelty, prepare to wipe them out - until they find an unlikely friend who changes their mind. This is an invaluable collection that gives both teachers the resources to address the sometimes tricky issues surrounding migration and students the opportunity to create and in doing so counteract and humanize the narratives hear in the media and society as a whole.
About the Author Fin Kennedy is an award-winning UK playwright. He writes for adults and teenagers and his plays are regularly produced in the UK and around the world. He is also an acclaimed teacher of playwriting and community arts project manager, with a particular focus on young people's projects in London's East End. His second play How To Disappear Completely & Never Be Found won the 38th Arts Council John Whiting Playwrighting Award. It was subsequently commissioned by Price: $34.99 $38.99 ISBN: 9781350090415 Sam West for Sheffield Crucible and produced to critical acclaim in 2007. It has since been produced in London, Los Format: Paperback Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Melbourne, Auckland, and Portland, Oregon. Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Plays, playscripts Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Methuen Drama AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Documentary Photography Reconsidered: History, Theory and Practice Michelle Bogre
Exploration and explanation of the theory, history and practice of documentary photography - introducing students to key concepts, techniques and artists
Description Documentary photography is undergoing an unprecedented transformation as it adapts to the impact of digital technology, social media and new distribution methods. In this book, photographer and educator Michelle Bogre contextualizes these changes by offering a historical, theoretical and practical perspective on documentary photography from its inception to the present day.
Documentary Photography Reconsidered is structured around key concepts, such as the photograph as witness, as evidence, as memory, as narrative and as a vehicle for activism and social change.
Chapters include in-depth interviews with some of the world's leading contemporary practitioners, demonstrating the wide variety of different working styles, techniques and topics available to new photographers entering the field. Every key concept is illustrated with work from a range of innovative, influential and often under-represented photographers, giving a flavor of the depth and range of projects from the history of this global art form. There are also creative projects designed to spark ideas and build skills, to help you conceive, develop and produce your own meaningful documentary projects.
The companion website features videos with leading practitioners, additional assignments, further resources and instructor's materials.
About the Author Michelle Bogre, an Associate Professor of Photography at Parsons School of Design, is a documentary photographer, copyright lawyer and author of Photography As Activism: Images for Social Change, and Photography 4.0: A Teaching Guide for the 21st Century, both published by Focal Press. She regularly writes about photography and law for national Price: $59.99 $65.99 print and on line publications. She is working on a long-term documentary project on family farms in America. ISBN: 9781472586698 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Photography & photographs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Becoming Beauvoir: A Life Kate Kirkpatrick
The first biography of Simone de Beauvoir since publication of her letters and early diaries, and the newly published letters to her lover Claude Lanzmann, which sheds new light on her relationship with Jean Paul Sartre
Description 'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman', wrote Simone de Beauvoir. This is a woman who was also to become a philosopher, a novelist, an existentialist, and a feminist icon. Her novels won prestigious literary prizes and The Second Sex transformed the way we think about sex and gender. She was also the long-term lover of Jean-Paul Sartre, but it was to film-maker Claude Lanzmann that she wrote 'You are my destiny, my eternity, my life -' in letters which only came to light in 2018. Kate Kirkpatrick draws on previously unavailable diaries and letters, including those written to Lanzmann. The new personal details about her life revealed for the first time by the book can only deepen the mystery and our fascination with her. Why did this 'feminist icon' edit her image so much? Why did she lie about her relationship with Sartre so often, or claim not to be a philosopher? Perhaps with so much that's new here we'll get a little closer to understanding who Beauvoir really was.
About the Author Kate Kirkpatrick is Lecturer in Religion, Philosophy and Culture at King's College London. She has previously held posts at the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Oxford, where she taught the Philosophy and Feminism of Simone de Beauvoir. She is the author of several books and articles on Sartre, Beauvoir, and French existentialism.
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BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Luis Bunuel: A Life in Letters Edited by Jo Evans and Breixo Viejo
The first English language annotated selection of correspondence of Spanish/Mexican film director Luis Bunuel.
Description Luis Bunuel: A Life in Letters provides access for the first time to an annotated English-language version of around 250 of the most important and most widely relevant of these letters. Bunuel (1900-1983) came to international attention with his first films, Un Chien Andalou (with Dala, 1929) and L'A ge d'Or (1930): two surprisingly avant-garde productions that established his position as the undisputed master of Surrealist filmmaking. He went on to make 30 full-length features in France, the US and Mexico, and consolidated his international reputation with a Palme d'Or for Viridiana in 1961, and an Academy Award in 1973 for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. He corresponded with some of the most famous writers, directors, actors and artists of his generation and the list of these correspondents reads like a roll call of major twentieth-century cultural icons: Fellini, Truffaut, Vigo, Aragon, Dala, Unik - and yet none of this material has been accessible outside specialist archives and a very small number of publications in Spanish and French.
About the Author Jo Evans is Senior Lecturer in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, UK. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on Spanish film and Hispanic literature, and is the author of books on the Franco Regime poet A ngela Figuera Aymerich and on the Spanish director Julio Medem. Breixo Viejo is Senior Research Associate in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, UK. He has published numerous articles and books chapters on film and is the author of monographs on film music and Jim Jarmusch, and editions on Samuel Beckett and Francisco Aranda.
Price: $59.99 $65.99 ISBN: 9781501312588 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 592 pages Bic1: Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Sound Art Revisited Alan Licht
A fully updated version of the book that helped to define sound art as a field.
Description The first edition of Sound Art Revisited (published as Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories) served as groundbreaking work toward defining this emerging field, and this fully updated volume significantly expands the story to include current research since the book's initial release. Viewed through a lens of music and art histories rather than philosophy or theory, it covers dozens of artists and works not found in any other book on the subject.
Alan Licht, one of the country's leading annalists and practitioners of sonic experimentation, traces the history of this form of art, locating sound art's roots in the spatialized church music of the 16th century, the boundary-pushing work of early 20th-century art movements Italian Futurism and Dada, the pioneering efforts of the American composer John Cage and musique concrete innovator Pierre Schaeffer, as well as the technological developments of radio, sound recording, and the telephone. From there, Sound Art Revisited highlights parallels between early sound art and Land art, the role of sound in Conceptual art, the sound sculpture of Jean Tinguely and Harry Bertoia, the rise of sound art exhibitions and galleries, sound art's relationship to sound studies, and finally looks at the critical cross-pollination that has led to some of the most important and challenging art with and about sound being produced today, including that of Christian Marclay, Haroon Mirza, Susan Philipsz, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, and Janet Cardiff, among many others.
About the Author Alan Licht has lectured widely on sound art and served on faculty in the Music/Sound department at the Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, USA. He is the editor of Will Oldham on Bonnie Prince Billy (2012). He is a contributing music editor at BOMB magazine and writes frequently for Artforum, Art Review, Parkett, Organised Sound, and WIRE.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Political English: Language and the Decay of Politics Thomas Docherty
An important polemical study of the politics of the English language, from colonialism to contemporary debates about free speech, propaganda and 'post-truth' rhetoric.
Description From post-truth politics to 'no-platforming' on university campuses, the English language has been both a potent weapon and a crucial battlefield for our divided politics. In this important and wide-ranging intervention, Thomas Docherty explores the politics of the English language, its implication in the dynamics of political power and the spaces it offers for dissent and resistance. From the authorised English of the King James Bible to the colonial project of University English Studies, this book develops a powerful history for contemporary debates about propaganda, free speech and truth-telling in our politics. Taking examples from the US, UK and beyond - from debates about the Second Amendment and free-speech on campus, to the Iraq War and the Grenfell Tower fire - this book is a powerful and polemical return to Orwell's observation that a degraded political language is intimately connected to an equally degraded political culture.
About the Author Thomas Docherty is Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. He has published on most areas of English and comparative literature from the Renaissance to the present day. He specializes in the philosophy of literary criticism, in critical theory, and in cultural history in relation primarily to European philosophy and literatures. His previous publications include After Theory (1996), The English Question (2008) and Literature and Capital (Bloomsbury, 2018).
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BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Zhou Enlai: China's Good Communist Michael Dillon
A new political biography of China's 'power behind the throne' Zhou Enlai
Description Enigmatic, Eminence grise, the power behind the throne - these phrases sum up Zhou Enlai's long and varied, but always pivotal, political career in the Chinese Communist Party from the 1920s to 1970s.Born in 1898, Zhou witnessed several of the most important events in China's modern history and was a close associate of both the nationalist leader Chiang Kai- Shek and communist leader Mao Zedong, whom he served under as China's first premier from 1949 until 1976. Zhou was also a major ally of Deng Xiaoping - a source, for example, of major influence on his Four Modernizations in agriculture, industry, science and technology, and the military. He was thus the prime architect of China's drive towards superpower status and one of the key determinants of China's central role in the modern world.Zhou does not conform readily to any of the stereotypes of communist leaders, Chinese or otherwise. Cultivated and urbane, he was a sympathetic and intellectual character, who was well-liked by non-communists, foreigners and his staff. He was one of the most complex figures in the politics of contemporary China, and certainly one of the most interesting, although his influence was never all that obvious. In this book, Michael Dillon restores him to his rightful place in history and analyses the role of a man who was a genuine statesman rather than just a political operator.
About the Author Michael Dillon was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society and has been Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is the author of China: A Modern History and Deng Xiaoping: The Man Who Made Modern China (both I.B.Tauris).
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I.B. Tauris AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Elliot Rook, QC: Book 1 Gary Bell
The start of a fantastic new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith, written by an acclaimed QC
Description The start of a fantastic new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith, written by an acclaimed QC Elliot Rook is the epitome of a highly successful, old Etonian QC. Or so everyone believes. In fact, he is an ex-petty criminal with a past that he has spent decades keeping secret. Until now -
An unidentified young woman of Middle Eastern origin has been found murdered on the outskirts of Rook's home town. Billy Barber a violent football hooligan and white supremacist who knows Rook from old is accused of her murder. Barber insists that Rook must defend him. If Rook refuses, Barber will expose him, bringing crashing to the ground the life and career that Rook has spent his life building.
The truth is there for the finding.
But at what cost?
About the Author Born into a coal mining family, Gary Bell was an apprentice mechanic, production line worker and door-to-door salesman before being arrested for fraud in his mid-twenties. After taking his exams at night school, he went on to study law as a mature student at Bristol University and has now spent over thirty years at the Bar, before becoming a QC specialising in criminal defence in 2012.
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Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Woman Like Her: The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch Sanam Maher
When Pakistan's first social media celebrity is murdered, a journalist seeking to understand her life and death creates an intimate and unforgettable portrait of a woman who broke the rules, and the changing face of the Muslim world.
Description A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match. In another post, she pouts at the camera from a hot tub. She posts a selfie with a cleric, wearing his cap at a jaunty angle. Her posts are viewed millions of times and the comments beneath them are full of hate. As her notoriety grows, the comments made about her on national talk shows are just as vitriolic. They call her Pakistan's Kim Kardashian, they say she'll do anything for attention. When she's murdered, they're transfixed by the footage of her body. Drawing on interviews and in-depth research, Sanam Maher pieces together Qandeel's life from the village where she grew up in the backwaters of rural Pakistan, to her stint in a women's shelter after escaping her marriage, to her incarnation as a social media sensation and the Muslim world's most unlikely feminist icon.
About the Author Sanam Maher is a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. For more than a decade, she has covered stories on Pakistan's art and culture, business, politics, religious minorities and women. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Caravan, Roads and Kingdoms and Buzzfeed. A Woman Like Her is her first book.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Savage Dreamland David Eimer
David Eimer goes to the heart of Burma and out to its unexplored vistas, bringing to vivid life all its riches and complexities
Description David Eimer journeys to the heart of Burma, bringing to vivid life all of its riches and complexities
From 1962, the people of Burma were marooned in a paranoid military dictatorship, effectively cut off from the outside world. It was only in late 2015 that the National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won absolute majority and were able to take their seats in government. Yet the government and country are still far from stable. Nothing is straightforward in this captivating and enigmatic land. In a country where building a temple takes priority over installing traffic lights, golf courses are ploughed out alongside fields of opium poppies and fortune-tellers are consulted on a daily basis even by the government, any sepia-tinged and colonial idea of Burma is long out of date. A Vicious Wonderland reveals it in all its technicolour glory. To explore its magic and depths, David Eimer takes his narrative through history, class and geography, including areas still barred to foreigners. This is a story balanced by historical context but related by the people with whom Eimer shares his time, from granddaughters of former presidents to the squatters in Yangon's shacks, from former political exiles to jade miners digging for their fortune in the far north. Layers of history are unfurled and innumerable stories are woven together to create a sensitive and revelatory portrait of this most mysterious of countries. Authoritative and ground-breaking, A Vicious Wonderland: Travels in Burma is set to be a modern classic of travel-writing.
About the Author David Eimer is the author of the critically acclaimed The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China. He is a former China correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph and was subsequently the South-East Asia correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, as well as a columnist and feature writer for the South China Morning Post. Eimer is currently based in Yangon.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Make, Think, Imagine John Browne
An impassioned defence of progress and innovation and an argument for social responsibility from engineer, businessman and former CEO of BP Lord John Browne
Description Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are the decisions about our health, security and finances made by computer programs inexplicable and biased? Will these algorithms become so complex that we can no longer control them? Are robots going to take our jobs? Will better health care lead to an ageing population which cannot be cared for? Can we provide housing for our ever-growing urban populations? Will we all be terrorised by autonomous drones that can identify and kill us, one by one? And has our demand for energy driven the Earth's climate to the edge of catastrophe? John Browne argues that we need not and must not put the brakes on technological advance. Civilisation is founded on engineering innovation; all progress stems from the human urge to make things and to shape the world around us, resulting in greater freedom, health and wealth for all. Drawing on history, his own experiences and conversations with many of today's great innovators, he uncovers the basis for all progress and its consequences, both good and bad. He argues compellingly that the same spark that triggers each innovation can be used to counter its negative consequences. Make, Think, Imagine provides an eloquent blueprint for how we can keep moving towards a brighter future.
About the Author John Browne trained as an engineer and was CEO of BP from 1995 to 2007. He is Chairman of the Crick Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society, past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and former Chairman of Tate. He is a collector of antique books and art and the author of four previous titles, including The Glass Closet.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Fully Automated Luxury Communism Aaron Bastani
A different kind of politics for a new kind of society beyond work, scarcity and capitalism
Description The first decade of the twenty-first century marked the demise of the current world order. Despite widespread acknowledgement of these disruptive crises, the proposed response from the mainstream remains the same. Against the confines of this increasingly limited politics, a new paradigm has emerged. Fully Automated Luxury Communism claims that new technologies will liberate us from work, providing the opportunity to build a society beyond both capitalism and scarcity. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness. For everyone. In his first book, radical political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of nine billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society heralds the beginning of history. Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone.
About the Author Aaron Bastani is co-founder and senior editor at Novara Media. He holds a PhD from the New Political Communication Unit, University of London, examining social movements in the digital environment which fail to correspond to the traditional logic of collective action. His research interests include new media, social movements, asymmetric strategies and post-scarcity political economy. He has written for Vice, London Review of Books, Guardian and Open Democracy.
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Verso Trade AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Deer Camp: A Memoir of a Father Dean Kuipers
For readers of Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, a beautifully written and emotionally rewarding memoir about a father, his three sons, and a scrappy 100-acre piece of land in Upper Michigan.
Description For readers of Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, a beautifully written and emotionally rewarding memoir about a father, his three sons, and a scrappy 100-acre piece of land in Upper Michigan.
Bruce Kuipers had never been much of a father or husband. Distant, angry, and a serial cheater, he shoved away his three sons journalist Dean, forester Brett, and troubled Joe and alienated his wife. But Bruce did succeed in giving his sons his love of the outdoors and the fishing and hunting skills involved in that passion. In 1989, Bruce purchased a 100-acre property as a way to lure his sons back after a divorce that had done further damage to an already damaged family. The land was the perfect bait, but the moment the sons arrived, conflicts arose over whether the land which has been degraded and reduced to a few stand of pine and blowing sand should be left alone or should actively be restored. After an impasse of years, Bruce acquiesced and his sons proceed with their restoration plan. What happened next was a miracle of nature. Dean Kuipers weaves a beautiful and surprising story about the restorative power of land and of his own family, which so desperately needed healing. Heartwarming and profound, The Persistence Hunter is the perfect story of fathers, sons, and the beauty of the natural world.
About the Author Dean Kuipers has studied and written about the field of environmental politics and eco-psychology for decades. He is the author of Burning Rainbow Farm and Operation Bite Back. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Outside, Men's Journal, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. Dean lives in Los Angeles.
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Bloomsbury USA AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff Anthony McCann
An 'epic exploration' of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation 'an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment' (Maggie Nelson).
Description An 'epic exploration' of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation 'an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment' (Maggie Nelson). In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Encamped in the shadowlands of the republic, insisting that the Federal government had no right to own public land, the occupiers were seen by a divided country as either dangerous extremists dressed up as cowboys, or as heroes insisting on restoring the rule of the Constitution. From the Occupation's beginnings, to the trials of the occupiers in federal court in downtown Portland and their tumultuous aftermaths, Shadowlands is the resonant, multifaceted story of one of the most dramatic flashpoints in the year that gave us Donald Trump. Sharing the expansive stage with the occupiers are a host of others Native American tribal leaders, public-lands ranchers, militia members, environmentalists, federal defense attorneys, and Black Lives Matter activists each contending in their different ways with the meaning of the American promise of Liberty. Gathering into its vortex the realities of social media technology, history, religion, race, and the environment this piercing work by Anthony McCann offers us a combination of beautiful writing and high-stakes analysis of our current cultural and political moment. Shadowlands is a clarifying, exhilarating story of a nation facing an uncertain future and a murky past in a time of great collective reckoning.
About the Author Anthony McCann is the author of the poetry collections Thing Music, I Heart Your Fate and Moongarden. He currently teaches creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts and in the Low-Residency MFA program of the University of California, Riverside. Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, McCann now lives in the Mojave Desert.
Price: $34.99 $39.99 ISBN: 9781635571202 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 448 pages Bic1: 21st century history: from c 2000 - Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Bloomsbury USA AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Communities of the Qur'an Emran El-Badawi and Paula Sanders
An exploration of the rich diversity of communities reading the Qur'an around the world today
Description What is the nature of the Qur'an? It might seem a straightforward question, but there is no consensus among modern communities of the Qur'an, both Muslim and non-Muslim, upon the answer. And why should there be? On numerous occasions throughout history, Muslims from different legal schools or denominations, as well as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and others, have agreed to disagree. The Qur'anic interpreters, jurists and theologians of medieval Baghdad, Cairo and Cordoba coexisted peacefully in spite of their diverging beliefs. Seeking to revive this 'ethics of disagreement' of Classical Islam, this volume explores the different relationships societies around the world have with the Qur'an and how our understanding of the text can be shaped by studying the interpretations of others. From LGBT communities to urban African American societies, it represents the true diversity of communities of the Qur'an in the twenty-first century, and the dialogue and debate that can flow between them.
About the Author Paula Sanders is a professor of history and the director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University. Emran El-Badawi is an associate professor and program director for Middle Eastern studies at the University of Houston.
Price: $39.99 $42.99 ISBN: 9781786073921 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Islam Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Oneworld AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Liveaboard Guide: Living Afloat on the Inland Waterways Tony Jones
'For anyone considering living afloat on the inland waterways, this excellent book by a veteran liveaboard is a 'must have' guide.' (Towpath Talk)
Description The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the rat race, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But for tens of thousands of people it is not just a romantic dream but an actual lifestyle.
Tony Jones is one of those people. He has lived aboard his 50ft narrowboat for over 14 years and in this very practical book he documents what the liveaboard lifestyle is really like, focusing on the practical issues of day to day living for those who want to know what living on a boat actually entails, to see how to manage it for themselves.
Topics covered include: e the pros, cons and costs of a residential mooring e power usage and energy consumption (and how it differs from a house) e how to stay warm - the choice of coal, electric, gas or wood heating e boat loos - the pros and cons, and troubleshooting typical problems e entertainment - TV, radio, internet, DVDs e logistical problems - no postal address, GP access, vehicle access or use This second edition has been comprehensively revised to include updated or new information on costs (moorings, license, insurances etc), license fees for different types of craft, composting toilets and ecological living in general, living aboard in London and other cities (suddenly very popular), postal services, boat stretching, butty boats, and so on, as well as more anecdotes and profile stories about liveaboard life. The aim of this book is to feed people's dreams by showing that every possible problem that could arise when living on a boat has a tried and tested solution. The dream is perfectly possible, and this book is the complete practical guide to achieving it.
About the Author Price: $39.99 $42.99 ISBN: 9781472963673 Tony Jones has lived aboard his 50ft narrowboat for over 14 years, in which time he has traversed 500 miles of canals Format: Paperback - C format and rivers, navigated through 400 locks and moveable bridges, run aground 4 times, sunk once, and broken down more Dimensions: 0x0mm times than he can remember. He is a professional freelance writer, published regularly in Waterways World, Canals and Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Narrowboats & canals Rivers and Towpath Talk. Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Tracking The Highland Tiger: In Search of Scottish Wildcats Marianne Taylor
A mysterious and rarely seen beast, the Scottish Wildcat is Britain's rarest mammal, and one of the most endangered carnivores in the world.
Description Over the centuries, one by one, Britain's most formidable wild animals have fallen to the thoughtless march of humankind. A war on predators put paid to our lynxes, wolves and bears, each hunted relentlessly until the last of them was killed. Only our wildcats lived on. The Scottish wildcat's guile and ferocity are the stuff of legend. No docile pet cat, this, but a cunning and shadowy animal, elusive to the point of invisibility, but utterly fearless when forced to fight for its life. Those who saw one would always remember its beauty the cloak of dense fur marked with bold tiger stripes, the green-eyed stare and haughty sneer, and the broad, banded tail whisking away into the forest's gloom. Driven to the remnants of Scotland's wilderness, the last few wildcats now face the most insidious danger of all as their domesticated cousins threaten to dilute their genes into oblivion. However, the wildest of cats has friends and goodwill behind it. This book tells the story of how the wildcat of the wildwood became the endangered Scottish wildcat, of how it once lived and lives now, and of how we - its greatest enemy - are now striving to save it in its darkest hour.
About the Author Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor, and author of many natural history books, including Way of the Hare, Dragonflight, British Birds of Prey and RSPB British Naturefinder. A passion for all wildlife has been a driving force throughout her life.
Price: $32.99 $34.99 ISBN: 9781472900920 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Wildlife: mammals Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Ants of Britain and Europe Claude Lebas, Christophe Galkowski, Rumsais Blatrix, Philip
This photographic field guide covers every species of ant found in Britain and Europe.
Description This photographic field guide covers every species of ant found in Britain and Europe.More than 400 species of ant can be found in the region and Ants of Britain and Europe covers them all, describing 150 species in detail. The accounts include information on field characteristics, confusion species, habitat and biology, and distribution maps. The book also features a comprehensive introduction to ant ecology and guidance on where to look for ants, a glossary, an overview of families suitable for beginners to entomology, and a detailed, illustrated identification key. Nearly 600 photos are included, showing species close-up and in their natural habitats.
About the Author Rumsa s Blatrix is a researcher at CNRS (the National Centre for Scientific Research in France), where he studies the interactions between plants and ants in tropical areas. Christophe Galkowski from the Association AntArea is a professor of Biology. Claude Lebas is a teacher and has been a member of the OPIE (the Office for the Protection of Insects and their Environment) since 1977. Philippe Wegnez is a graduate of Forestry, and is president of the CEL (Circle Liege Entomologists).
Price: $69.99 $74.99 ISBN: 9781472954084 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 416 pages Bic1: Natural history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 A Sparrow's Life's as Sweet as Ours: In Praise of Birds and Seasons Carry Akroyd, John McEwen
Adapted from The Oldie magazine's Birds of the Month, this collection includes 64 beautiful bird prints by renowned wildlife artist Carry Akroyd accompanied by John McEwen's beautifully written text.
Description A Sparrow's Life's As Sweet As Ours is a collection of articles that began life as Bird of the Month columns in The Oldie magazine written by Oldie co-founder John McEwen and illustrated by renowned wildlife artist Carry Akroyd. In this beautifulnew book, Carry Akroyd presents a sequence of screenprints of birds full ofvariety and colour that illustrate British birds in all four seasons of theyear. These stunning prints give full rein to Akroyd's knowledge ofwildflowers, trees and the modern landscape of Britain. Her deft capturing ofeach bird's characteristics set beautifully in relation to its habitat shinesout from Akroyd's dynamic designs. John McEwen'saccompanying text is written with elegance and concision, and many of hisoriginal columns from The Oldie have been expanded and updated for thisnew collection. McEwen's light, eclectic approach connects snippets ofornithology, history, etymology and cookery, all expressed with wit andknowledge. His writing is spiced with poetry from Chaucer to the present aswell as facts and stories, while personal and other anecdotes are included toinform and, above all, entertain
About the Author Carry Akroyd is a painter and printmaker living in Northamptonshire. Landscape is her usual subject, and as a bird- noticer, they usually fly into the pictures. Accidentally becoming an illustrator, Carry has made both black and white and colour illustrations for poetry and natural history books, as well as many book jackets. John McEwen was born in Berwickshire, pink-footed goose country, in 1942. John has been art critic of The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph, author of artist monographs (currently Paula Rego), edited the ornithologist Henry Douglas- Home's The Birdman and was arts editor of The Field. He is a regular contributor to Country Life and a founder of The Oldie, to which he contributes Bird of the Month with Carry Akroyd.
Price: $39.99 $42.99 ISBN: 9781472967145 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 144 pages Bic1: Individual artists, art monographs Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Where to Watch Birds in Southern and Western Spain Ernest Garcia, Andrew Paterson
A revised and updated edition of the definitive site guide to this bird-rich region.
Description Southern Iberia is in the top rank of European birding hotspots, and the fourth edition of this popular book, first published in 1994, continues to ensure that visitors can make the most of the region's many attractions. The information on all sites has been brought right up-to-date, with revised maps and full updated site access details and species lists. Popular localities such as Donana, Monfragoe and the Strait of Gibraltar get prominent treatment, but the reader is encouraged to wander further afield to visit other, less well-known but equally rewarding sites, including a number of additional localities that are new to this edition. This new edition is indispensable for all birders visiting this remarkable corner of Spain.
About the Author Gibraltarian Ernest Garcia and Torremolinos-resident Andy Paterson have spent many years living and travelling in the region. Both authors have completed long periods as members of the Iberian Peninsula Rarities committee.
Price: $49.99 $52.99 ISBN: 9781472951847 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Helm Ornithonoly AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Digital Crafts: Industrial Technologies for Applied Artists and Designer Ann Marie Shillito
A cutting-edge survey of industrial techniques available for use by designer-makers, packed with case studies and examples of work by contemporary applied artists. Includes a downloadable design to modify and print and guidance on how to brief a bureau service.
Description This book showcases ground-breaking methods and techniques that have been adapted from industry and are now being applied by designer-makers. To the uninitiated, these technologies may seem complex, but this book explains simply and clearly how they have developed, how they work, and their application. Packed full with case studies of artists using these processes, this book demonstrates that outstanding work is possible with the right equipment and know-how, and argues that designer makers have the mindset, skills and knowledge to creatively engage with these industrial technologies.
The technologies covered include 2D and 3D digital designing and modelling (including CAD and processing), 3D printing (additive manufacture), reverse engineering (scanning and digitising), CNC machining, laser and waterjet cutting. Featuring a breathtaking selection of work by contemporary makers - many of them early adopters of these technologies this book illustrate the exciting potential of these tools to add value to the maker's practice, as well as inspiring and extending their range of work.
About the Author Ann Marie Shillito is a jeweller and the CEO of Anarkik3D Ltd, one of a group of specialist companies currently involved in bringing haptics (virtual touch) technology into the mainstream marketplace. Her work is specifically focused on developing software that will make these new technologies accessible and usable for designer-makers around the world. From 1999-2006 she was a Research Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art. She has received numerous awards and grants for various research projects and her jewellery has been widely exhibited.
Price: $65.99 $69.99 ISBN: 9781789940114 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Product design Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Herbert Press AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 British Goats Tiffany Francis
A lively, engaging introduction to the history of goats in Britain, and the recent renaissance of goat-related products.
Description Ever wondered why a goat's eyes have rectangular pupils? Or what happened to Thor's goats after they finished pulling his thunderous chariot? Is goat milk and meat a more ethical food choice, and if so, can these industries play an important role in the future of mankind? How about making your own goat's cheese or handspun mohair jumper? Whether you're an aspiring smallholder, cheese fanatic or simply want to know more about our caprine companions, this guide will take you through the fascinating history of goatkeeping in Britain and shed light on one of our most intelligent, curious and mischievous domestic animals. With an increasing demand for goat produce and around 16 different breeds in Britain, explore the cultural rise of goatkeeping from the Stone Age through to the modern day.
About the Author Tiffany is a nature writer and artist from the South Downs, Hampshire with a Masters in English Literature from University College London. Before going freelance, she worked as Creative Developer and goatkeeper at Butser Ancient Farm, an experimental archaeology site with rare breed animals and Stone Age to Saxon buildings, where she developed an interest in the history of goats, won rosettes at the Rare Breeds Show in Singleton, and learnt to milk by hand and make cheese and soap. She was also a committee member for the English Goat Breeders' Association, and in December 2017 she appeared with her goats on Kirstie's Handmade Christmas on Channel 4. Her first book Food You Can Forage was published by Bloomsbury in March 2018, and her next book Dark Skies is due in Autumn 2019, all about exploring the landscape at night. She has written for The Guardian, BBC Radio 4, Woodland Trust, Current Archaeology and a number of other publications, including two articles on goats for Countryfile magazine and The Countryman, both due to be published in the next few months. www.tiffanyimogen.com
Price: $19.99 $22.99 ISBN: 9781784423605 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 64 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 The Eagle Owl Vincenzo Penteriani, Maria del Mar Delgado
The definitive work on Europe's largest and most spectacular owl.
Description The Eagle Owl is one of the biggest owls in the world and is considered the most eclectic in terms of habitat, nest site and diet. An undisputed top predator, it can prey on a range of mammals up to the size of foxes, and almost every species of bird, reptile, amphibian and fish, as well as a large spectrum of invertebrates. Surprisingly, it can also breed almost anywhere, laying its eggs on a variety of natural and artificial structures over an array of altitudes. Yet, despite being so adaptable, it is still a vulnerable species and has suffered widely from persecution as well as other threats including electrocution on power lines, decreasing prey availability, the effects of pesticides and pollutants, and habitat alteration. Vincenzo Penteriani and Maraa del Mar Delgado have studied this fascinating bird extensively across its vast Eurasian range. In this book, they detail its remarkable ecology: distribution, breeding behaviour, foraging ecology, interspecific interactions, dispersal and conservation issues are all addressed, while the final two chapters provide a remarkable insight into vocal and visual communication. Scientists have long believed that owls and other crepuscular and nocturnal birds forgo the visual signals found in other avian species, but research on the Eagle Owl has indicated otherwise.
About the Author Vincenzo Penteriani and Maraa del Mar Delgado have studied the ecology and population dynamics of the Eagle Owl in Italy, France, Spain and southern Finland for more than 30 years. Vincenzo is a researcher with the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE) part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and is currently based at the Research Unit of Biodiversity (UMIB), where he is working on Brown Bears in the Cantabrian Mountains. Maraa del Mar did her PhD on the Eagle Owl at EBD and has since spent several years as a postdoc researcher at the University of Helsinki in Finland. She is currently based at the UMIB, where she is undertaking research projects on snowfinches.
Price: $115.00 $125.00 ISBN: 9781472900661 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Glyndebourne
A history of Glyndebourne - one of music's most respected institutions.
Description This custom-produced edition tells the story of Glyndebourne. Begun by John Christie in 1934, the Glyndebourne Festival saw professional performances of opera in a purpose-built opera house adjoining the historic house on the site, near Lewes in East Sussex. The Festival quickly became a magnet for music lovers across the south of England and beyond. This concise history of Glyndebourne tells the fascinating story of the opera house on the Downs, from the inauguration of the festival under the direction of three exiles from Nazi Germany, through the great post-war years to the grand reconstruction of the opera house in the 1990s, and beyond. With illustrations from Glyndebourne's archive, this is an affectionate portrait of one of the treasures of music in Britain.
About the Author
Price: $19.99 $22.99 ISBN: 9781784424244 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: History Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
Osprey AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Luis Bunuel: A Life in Letters Edited by Jo Evans and Breixo Viejo
The first English language annotated selection of correspondence of Spanish/Mexican film director Luis Bunuel.
Description Luis Bunuel: A Life in Letters provides access for the first time to an annotated English-language version of around 250 of the most important and most widely relevant of these letters. Bunuel (1900-1983) came to international attention with his first films, Un Chien Andalou (with Dala, 1929) and L'A ge d'Or (1930): two surprisingly avant-garde productions that established his position as the undisputed master of Surrealist filmmaking. He went on to make 30 full-length features in France, the US and Mexico, and consolidated his international reputation with a Palme d'Or for Viridiana in 1961, and an Academy Award in 1973 for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. He corresponded with some of the most famous writers, directors, actors and artists of his generation and the list of these correspondents reads like a roll call of major twentieth-century cultural icons: Fellini, Truffaut, Vigo, Aragon, Dala, Unik - and yet none of this material has been accessible outside specialist archives and a very small number of publications in Spanish and French.
About the Author Jo Evans is Senior Lecturer in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, UK. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on Spanish film and Hispanic literature, and is the author of books on the Franco Regime poet A ngela Figuera Aymerich and on the Spanish director Julio Medem. Breixo Viejo is Senior Research Associate in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, UK. He has published numerous articles and books chapters on film and is the author of monographs on film music and Jim Jarmusch, and editions on Samuel Beckett and Francisco Aranda.
Price: $190.00 $209.00 ISBN: 9781501312571 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 592 pages Bic1: Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Sound Art Revisited Alan Licht
A fully updated version of the book that helped to define sound art as a field.
Description The first edition of Sound Art Revisited (published as Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories) served as groundbreaking work toward defining this emerging field, and this fully updated volume significantly expands the story to include current research since the book's initial release. Viewed through a lens of music and art histories rather than philosophy or theory, it covers dozens of artists and works not found in any other book on the subject.
Alan Licht, one of the country's leading annalists and practitioners of sonic experimentation, traces the history of this form of art, locating sound art's roots in the spatialized church music of the 16th century, the boundary-pushing work of early 20th-century art movements Italian Futurism and Dada, the pioneering efforts of the American composer John Cage and musique concrete innovator Pierre Schaeffer, as well as the technological developments of radio, sound recording, and the telephone. From there, Sound Art Revisited highlights parallels between early sound art and Land art, the role of sound in Conceptual art, the sound sculpture of Jean Tinguely and Harry Bertoia, the rise of sound art exhibitions and galleries, sound art's relationship to sound studies, and finally looks at the critical cross-pollination that has led to some of the most important and challenging art with and about sound being produced today, including that of Christian Marclay, Haroon Mirza, Susan Philipsz, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, and Janet Cardiff, among many others.
About the Author Alan Licht has lectured widely on sound art and served on faculty in the Music/Sound department at the Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, USA. He is the editor of Will Oldham on Bonnie Prince Billy (2012). He is a contributing music editor at BOMB magazine and writes frequently for Artforum, Art Review, Parkett, Organised Sound, and WIRE.
Price: $160.00 $176.00 ISBN: 9781501333132 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Theory of music & musicology Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Political English: Language and the Decay of Politics Thomas Docherty
An important polemical study of the politics of the English language, from colonialism to contemporary debates about free speech, propaganda and 'post-truth' rhetoric.
Description From post-truth politics to 'no-platforming' on university campuses, the English language has been both a potent weapon and a crucial battlefield for our divided politics. In this important and wide-ranging intervention, Thomas Docherty explores the politics of the English language, its implication in the dynamics of political power and the spaces it offers for dissent and resistance. From the authorised English of the King James Bible to the colonial project of University English Studies, this book develops a powerful history for contemporary debates about propaganda, free speech and truth-telling in our politics. Taking examples from the US, UK and beyond - from debates about the Second Amendment and free-speech on campus, to the Iraq War and the Grenfell Tower fire - this book is a powerful and polemical return to Orwell's observation that a degraded political language is intimately connected to an equally degraded political culture.
About the Author Thomas Docherty is Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. He has published on most areas of English and comparative literature from the Renaissance to the present day. He specializes in the philosophy of literary criticism, in critical theory, and in cultural history in relation primarily to European philosophy and literatures. His previous publications include After Theory (1996), The English Question (2008) and Literature and Capital (Bloomsbury, 2018).
Price: $130.00 $143.00 ISBN: 9781350101395 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Literary theory Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2019 Zhou Enlai: China's Good Communist Michael Dillon
A new political biography of China's 'power behind the throne' Zhou Enlai
Description Enigmatic, Eminence grise, the 'power behind the throne' these phrases sum up Zhou Enlai's long and varied, but always pivotal, political career in the Chinese Communist Party from the 1920s to 1970s. Born in 1898, Zhou witnessed several of the most important events in China's modern history and was a close associate of both the nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek and communist leader Mao Zedong, whom he served under as China's first premier from 1949 until 1976. Zhou was also a major ally of Deng Xiaoping a source, for example, of major influence on his 'Four Modernizations' in agriculture, industry, science and technology, and the military. He was thus the prime architect of China's drive towards superpower status and one of the key determinants of China's central role in the modern world. Zhou does not conform readily to any of the stereotypes of communist leaders, Chinese or otherwise. Cultivated and urbane, he was a sympathetic and intellectual character, who was well-liked by non-communists, foreigners and his staff. He was one of the most complex figures in the politics of contemporary China, and certainly one of the most interesting, although his influence was never all that obvious. In this book, Michael Dillon restores him to his rightful place in history and analyses the role of a man who was 'a genuine statesman rather than just a political operator'.
About the Author Michael Dillon was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society and has been Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is the author of China: A Modern History and Deng Xiaoping: The Man Who Made Modern China (both I.B.Tauris)
Price: $150.00 $165.00 ISBN: 9781784536152 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Asian history Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living:
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