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NON FICTION……20-42

BACKLIST…………44-46

Fiction

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PERFECT LIARS Rebecca Reid

Publication: February 2019

Format/extent: Pbk, 352

Material: MS

A compulsively readable and scarily true-to-life thriller for fans of THE GIRLFRIEND, Liane Moriarty and Jane Corry.

They have it all. And they’ll do anything to keep it that way.

Sixteen years ago best friends Nancy, Georgia and Lila did something unspeakable. Their crime forged an unbreakable bond between them, a bond of silence. But now, one of them wants to talk.

It’s up to Georgia to call a crisis dinner; they’ve been through this before and they can do it again. But this time it’s different. Three women walk in to the dinner, but only two will leave.

Murder isn’t so difficult the second time around.

Told through two timelines, ‘then’ and ‘now’, PERFECT LIARS tells the story of a group of friends bound by their dark pasts and their desperate need to keep their secrets hidden from the world around them. How far would you go to protect the life you’ve built?

Rebecca Reid is a prolific freelance press and broadcast journalist. She writes regularly for Metro, Telegraph and Evening Standard and appears regularly on Sky News and ITV’s This Morning.

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MIND GAMES Leona Deakin

Publication: April 2019

Format/extent: Pbk, 320 pp

Material: MS

An addictive, twisting debut in the vein of M. J. Arlidge's EENY MEENY, that turns the missing person plot on its head

Four strangers are missing with no clues to their whereabouts. Except one. On the day they disappeared, they each received a little white birthday card with a message:

YOUR GIFT IS THE GAME DARE TO PLAY?

The police aren’t worried; it’s a game. But the families are frantic. The daughter of one of the victims persuades psychologist and private detective Dr Augusta Bloom to investigate. As she delves into the lives of the missing people – their behaviours, their motives, their personalities – she finds something that binds them all together.

And makes them very dangerous indeed.

As the game gathers players and more families lose their loved ones, Dr Bloom must race to find its organisers. But is she playing into their hands?

Leona Deakin began her career as a psychologist for the West Yorkshire Police and now works as an occupational psychologist. This is her debut thriller.

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SLOW MOTION GHOSTS Jeff Noon

Publication: August 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 384 pp

Material: May 2018

A dark and labyrinthine thriller from a bold new voice in crime fiction

It is 1981, London is bruised by austerity, social unrest and racial tension, and the police are at war. Anger has erupted in the Brixton Riots and is finding expression in protest, anarchy and punk. For Detective Inspector Hobbes, the battle lines are being redrawn within his own ranks as right and wrong are clouded by prejudice.

Into this mess comes a murder. A promising young singer has been maimed and killed and the artistry of the crime is disturbing. On the hunt for the killer, Hobbes begins an investigation that will lead him deep into a subculture hidden beneath the everyday. A cult of personality that hides from the problems of the city and escapes to a world of its own, a world that is at once seductive and devastating. How far will Hobbes have to go to learn the truth? And how many more must die before he does?

Bringing the trademark imagination of his acclaimed early novels, Jeff Noon has delivered a police procedural with a difference - an intricate, twisting crime novel that pulls you in and doesn’t let go.

Jeff Noon is the author of six acclaimed novels, Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove and Falling Out of Cars, as well as two collections of short fictions, and is also the crime fiction reviewer forThe Spectator. He lives in Brighton. 4

WHAT ALICE KNEW T.A. Cotterell

Publication: May 2017

Format/extent: Pbk, 384 pp

Rights sold: Euromedia (Czech); Goldmann (German); Amber (Polish)

An addictive debut for fans of tense, thought-provoking novels such as Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret and Clare Macintosh’s I Let You Go

Alice is a portrait painter, obsessed with capturing the ‘truth’ of her sitters. She has always trusted her instincts and knows that she married a good man.

Until her husband doesn’t come home one night, and ends up in a young woman’s flat. A young woman whose murder is now all over the news. Alice knows she isn’t married to a murderer, but the police will see it differently. The facts are stacked against him and every minute of delay is a sign of guilt. So she covers for him. And the lying begins. But one lie inevitably leads to another.

As the secret grows, Alice must choose between her family and her integrity. What would you do?

‘You’ll want to talk about it to anyone who will listen. An impressive debut’ - Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door

‘An intriguing, well-constructed and dramatic debut’ Times Literary Supplement

T.A. Cotterell read History of Art at Cambridge University. He worked in the City before leaving to become a freelance writer. He has written for The Telegraph, The Spectator and assorted magazines and is now a writer and editor at the research house, Redburn. He is married with three children and lives in Bristol. 5

THE REINVENTION OF MARTHA ROSS Charlene Allcott

Publication: July 2018

Format/extent: Pbk, 320 pp

Material: MS

A fizzingly fresh and exciting new voice in fiction: this is an addictive, sharp and hilarious debut about one single mother's attempts to start over after her marriage falls apart

Martha Ross is starting over. At thirty-five, she's separating from her husband, the father of her two-year-old son. She harbours dreams of becoming a singer, but in order to make ends meet, took a job in a call centre for six months. That was eighteen months ago. And now she and her son are moving back home to Mum and Dad.

In an attempt to help Martha get up and move on, her friends encourage her to write a list of all the things she’d look for in a new relationship. But starting over is more complicated than just finding new love. There’s a horrendous boss to contend with, a half-marathon she hasn’t trained for and a singing gig that goes disastrously wrong.

In looking for love, Martha discovers she needs to learn to love herself. The reinvention of Martha Ross is just beginning . . .

Charlene Alcott lives in Brighton and works part time in a residential care home for young people. She writes a parenting blog, Moderate Mum.

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Untitled Mahsuda Snaith

Publication: March 2019

Format/extent: Hbk, 304 pp

Options: Piper (German); Garzanti (Italian)

Material: MS May

A contemporary fairy-tale from one of our most exciting new voices

In this modern retelling of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, homeless girl Molly is swept up on an adventure across the country with her best friend, Jules, and new acquaintance, Luca.

Their unusual quest leads them on train rides through sunflower fields, to suburban manor houses and to beachside resorts at the very edge of their world. They come face-to-face with old adversaries and new challenges, but never waver in their pursuit of courage, love, safety and – most importantly – a place to call home.

Mahsuda Snaith promises another heart-warming, poignant, powerful novel about resilience, imagination and the power of never-ending hope.

Praise for The Things We Thought We Knew:

‘An original and affecting coming-of-age novel’ - The Observer ‘An original, heartfelt read by a new British talent’ Independent ‘A delightfully fresh voice’ Daily Mail

Mahsuda Snaith is a writer of novels, short stories and plays and the winner of the Leeds Literary Prize 2014, Bristol Short Story Prize 2014 as well as a finalist for the Mslexia Novel Competition 2013. Mahsuda was picked as one of The Observer’s New Faces of Fiction for 2017.

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FROM A LOW AND QUIET SEA Donal Ryan

Publication: March 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 224 pp

Rights sold: Jensen & Dalgaard (Danish); Yakin Kitabevi (Turkey); Penguin Books (US)

Option publishers: Kniha Zlin (Czech); Kopernik (Dutch); Albin Michel (French); Diogenes Verlag (German);

The eagerly anticipated new novel from award-winning literary sensation, Donal Ryan

Set across Syria and Ireland, From a Low and Quiet Sea is Donal’s most ambitious, sweeping story yet - a drama of the interwoven lives of three men, each searching for something they have lost.

Farouk has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war that has torn Syria apart. But if they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, all for an intangible dream of refuge in some faraway land across the sea.

For Lampy, that faraway land is home, but he wishes it wasn’t. He has the city girl for a bit of fun, but she’s not Chloe, and Chloe took his heart away when she left him.

John’s heart has always beaten to the thrill of manipulating people. But it was never enough. And now it’s cold - so very cold - and that heart is slowing down, and he’s not sure if God will listen to his pleas for forgiveness.

Three men, searching for some version of home, their lives moving inexorably towards a reckoning that will draw them all together.

Donal Ryan’s novels have all published to major acclaim. He has won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU Prize for Literature, and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize. 8

Praise for Donal Ryan

All We Shall Know *** Shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2016

‘An extraordinary portrait of adultery, loneliness and betrayal . . . One of the finest writers working in Ireland today . . . worthy of Greek drama ...... in the great tradition of tragic fiction, his lonely adulteress coming to grief in the same shadowy spaces as Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina’ - The Guardian

‘In a word, this book is stunning’ - The Bookseller

‘A consummate artist . . . The denouement offers a satisfying element of redemption . . . a great writer whose steady maturation proceeds apace’ - The Sunday Times

‘A gem of a novel. With a sure sense of place, and a convincing portrayal of life lived at the edgy margins, it vividly plots the landscape of the heart en route to a gripping and ultimately redemptive finale’ - Daily Mail

A Slanting of the Sun *** Winner of the Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2015

‘Donal Ryan is among the great contemporary chroniclers of grief, loss and bewilderment. . . those voices are brought to life with precision, resonance and particularity of cadence.’ - The Independent

‘Donal Ryan is a heartbreaker, his quicksilver prose laced with . . . wistful rhythms’ - Daily Mail

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UNTITLED Barney Norris

Publication: April 2019

Format/extent: Hbk, 288pp

Option publishers: Dumont (German); Le Seuil (French); Algoritam (Croat)

Material: MS July

Transworld is immensely proud to have launched a stunning new voice on to the literary stage. Lyrical and true to life, Norris's critically acclaimed debut Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards.

As a playwright he won the critic’s Circle and Off-West End Awards for Most Promising Playwright for his debut full-length play, Visitors.

We will publish Barney’s third novel in 2019.

‘Everything he writes about love, loss, grief, desolation and moments of hope and illumination rings absolutely true. It's the real stuff’ - Michael Frayn

‘Norris writes beautifully, unearthing extraordinary depths in the everyday...a memorable writer, mature beyond his years’ - Sunday Times

Barney Norris is an acclaimed playwright and novelist. His debut novel, Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain was shortlisted for Debut of the Year 2017 at the British Book Awards and the RSL Ondaatje Prize.

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Praise for

FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN

British Book Awards Debut of the Year 2017 shortlist *** RSL Ondaatje Prize shortlist *** Waterstones Book of the Month

‘Remember the name Barney Norris. He’s a new writer in his twenties, but already outstanding’ - The Times

‘deeply affecting…..a tolerant and insightful debut’ - The Guardian

‘Norris writes beautifully, unearthing extraordinary depths in the everyday...a memorable writer, mature beyond his years’ - The Sunday Times

‘Barney has the real novelist’s ability to inhabit different characters, and to make the texture of life tangible and compelling. It’s the real stuff’ Michael Frayn

‘Barney Norris is a rare and precious talent...a writer-chronicler to be cherished’ - The Evening Standard

‘Barney Norris’ first novel has the deep emotional power and accuracy of his admired plays, and more’ - David Hare

‘Outstanding...a moving, strangely uplifting novel that grapples with the coarse substance of everyday existence and poetically celebrates its passage. Superb.’ - The Mail on Sunday

‘Norris has a gift for tapping in to ordinary lives and finding the extraordinary in them...emotional, compelling and thought-provoking’ - The Daily Mail

‘Remarkable...makes you thrill to be alive’ - The Financial Times

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MIDHOPE Hilary Fannin

Publication: March 2019

Format/extent: Tpbk, 256pp

Manuscript due: April 2018

An intimate and moving story of love, compromise and the human capacity for change

London 1996. Ruth and Robin, two young Irish émigrés meet in a city energised by a mood of cultural optimism. Both are escapees: Robin, fleeing his mother’s ferocious affection; Ruth is attempting to outrun grief after the death of her father.

Robin, in love with Ruth himself, introduces her to his childhood friend, Joseph, and they begin a passionate affair, one ultimately destined for tragedy.

Dublin 2016. Ruth and Robin are married and living in Dublin. After eighteen years of marriage Robin, always cautious, ever the realist, has long since understood that it was Joseph who was the great love of Ruth’s life. Derailed by his own mother’s illness, Robin begins an affair with the mother of one of his pupils. Ruth, meanwhile, returns to London to confront her memories and reappraise a past that has haunted her present.

Hilary Fannin is a playwright and columnist. She has also written extensively for radio, both for BBC and RTÉ.

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NOTHING ON EARTH Conor O’Callaghan

Publication: May 2016

Format/extent: Tpbk, 176 pp

Rights sold: Jensen & Dalgaard (Danish); Sab- ine Wespieser Editeur (French)

‘This one will stay with you like your shadow, as hard to shake off and as impossible to pin down’ - The Guardian

‘As fine as it is frightening’ - John Banville

A haunting, enigmatic debut novel from an exciting new voice in Irish literary fiction

A frightened girl bangs on a door. A man answers. It is the hottest summer in living memory, in a country that sounds like Ireland: post-boom, in ruins, depopulated. The girl has words scrawled in blue on her burned flesh.

The girl tells the man about her mother, her mother’s identical twin, her father, and their strange shared life in the show-house of an unfinished development on the outskirts of a desolate town.

What does the town remember about the twins? Where has everybody gone? When nobody remains to tell the story of the girl's family, the man repeats it to a world that doubts his every word. Beautiful and terrifying, his disturbing testimony reaches toward those frayed edges of reality where we glimpse something nobody will ever explain.

Conor O’Callaghan is a critically acclaimed poet and has been shortlisted and won prizes for his writing. He currently works both as a senior lecturer and as a tutor on a Masters programme in creative writing. This is his first novel.

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FOR THE IMMORTAL Emily Hauser

Publication: June 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 384 pp

Rights sold: Goldmann (German)

For the Immortal is the final novel in the enthralling Golden Apple Trilogy. Here, two extraordinary women become entangled in one of the greatest heroic tales of all time, and must face how much they are willing to risk for immortality.

Desperate to save her dying brother, Admete persuades her father to let her join Hercules on one of his legendary twelve labours. Travelling to the fearsome female warrior Amazons in search of a cure, Admete soon discovers that both they and Hercules are not as they first seemed.

The Amazons greet the arrival of the Greeks with mixed feelings – and none more so than their queen, Hippolyta. For Hercules poses a threat to her way of life and stirs up painful memories that threaten to expose her deepest secret.

Both women soon learn the inevitable truth – in war, sacrifices must be made; especially if they are to protect the ones they love most . . .

Emily Hauser studied Classics at Cambridge and then went to Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar. She is currently at Yale doing a PhD in Classics. For the Most Beautiful - the first book in the Golden Apple trilogy - is her debut novel.

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HAMMER OF ROME Douglas Jackson

Publication: September 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp

Options: Pro Book (Bulgarian); Karakter (Dutch); New- ton & Compton (Italian); Artemis (Turkish)

For fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, Hammer of Rome is the ninth novel in the Roman series about the hero Gaius Valerius Verrens

AD 80. Valerius is back where he belongs, at the head of a legion: albeit one tainted by ill fortune, and regarded as expendable by Agricola, governor of Britannia. Yet all that can be swept aside by a moment of glory, and the invasion of the north provides the perfect opportunity. Valerius must forget the prizes on offer, concentrate on defeating the tribes who lie in his legion’s path, and ignore Agricola’s intrigues. But watching his every move is the greatest enemy he has ever faced: Calgacus, war chief of the Northern alliance.

Praise for Douglas Jackson:

‘Superb... I was gripped from start to finish’ - Ben Kane

‘Superbly written and packed with historical detail and action’ - Sunday Express

Douglas Jackson is a journalist by profession and the author of ten Roman historical novels.

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THE SPIN TRILOGY Andrew Bannister

Rights sold: Piper (German); Tor Books (US)

‘Fast-paced, intelligent SF, action-packed and im- mersive’ - Adrian Tchaikovsky

‘In Bannister’s hands space opera lives on, gaudy and brutal and glorious’ - Stephen Baxter

For readers of Peter F. Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds and Iain M. Banks, this is a blockbuster space-opera sequence set within an artificial planetary cluster with a turbulent past and an even more violent present . . .

CREATION MACHINE: For hundreds of millions of years, the bizarre planets and stars of The Spin have been the only testament to the god-like engineers that created it. Now, buried in the earth of a ruined planet, one of their machines has been found. And it’s in the wrong hands. . .

May 2016 | Hbk, 336pp

IRON GODS: A green star has appeared in the cosmos and with it, a grave warning for the future of the Spin. For Seldyan and her band of escaped slaves, this is their chance to explore the worlds that have been always beyond their reach, while the tides of power are beginning to change. May 2017 | Hbk, 320pp

STONE CLOCK: From a remote star system, a being has been observing the Spin for several lifetimes. He is Skarbo the Horologist and he is about to die for the very last time. His final destination lies across awar-torn galaxy. And there he will learn of the Spin’s past – and its surprising future . . . June 2018 | Hbk, 320pp

Andrew Banister studied Geology at Imperial College and went to work in the North Sea before becoming an Environmental Consultant.

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THE LONG COSMOS Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

Publication: June 2016

Format/extent: Hbk, 400 pp

Options: Arhont (Bulgarian); Talpress (Czech); Delta Vision (Hungarian); Bertrand (Brazil); Nemira (Romanian); Exmo (Russian);

Rights sold: Karisto (Finnish); L’atalante (French); Goldmann (German); Proszynski (Polish); Ithaki (Turkish); Varrak (Estonian); RH Mondadori (Spanish)

Completed by the authors some eighteen months before Terry Pratchett's untimely death, The Long Cosmos is the grand climax of the Long Earth series

2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve.

For Joshua Valienté it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. Its message is simple: JOIN US.

Bit by bit, byte by byte, the super-smart Next assemble a computer the size of a continent – a device that will alter the Long Earth’s place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message.

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series. He was the winner of multiple prizes. He died in March 2015.

Stephen Baxter is one of the UK's most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multi -award winner.

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STEVEN ERIKSON

Rights sold in over 20 territories

‘Malazan Book of the Fallen is epic in a way Game of Thrones only occasionally manages to be’ The Telegraph

‘This masterwork of the imagination may be the high watermark of epic fantasy’ Glen Cook

The international bestselling author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide and is published in over twenty languages

THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN Spanning ten books, from Gardens of the Moon (1999) to The Crippled God (2011), this is a landmark epic fantasy series read and loved by millions of fans the world over. Series launched in over 20 territories.

TALES OF BAUCHELAIN AND KORBAL BROACH Two collections of novellas set in the awe-inspiring world of the Malazan Empire and following the enigmatic and eccentric necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, who are firm fan-favourites.

Vol I, 2011 | Vol II, Sept 2018

THE KHARKANAS TRILOGY Erikson returns to the Malazan world with a dark and revelatory new epic fantasy trilogy that tells the tragic story of the downfall of an ancient realm.

Forge of Darkness, 2013 | Fall of Light, 2017

Steven Erikson's debut novel, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy readers to his epic sequence, ‘The Malazan Book of the Fallen’, which has been hailed as a masterpiece.

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IAN C ESSLEMONT

The co-creator of the Steven Erikson's ex- traordinary Malazan Empire revisits the world he and his friend imagined with his own epic series

THE MALAZAN EMPIRE An epic fantasy series of eight novels, from Night of Knives (2007) to Assail (2013), set in the world of the Malazan Empire that he co-created with Steven Erikson.

Series launched: Talpress (Czech); Tom Doherty Associates (US); Aeroplano Editora (Portuguese in Brazil); Studio Art Line (Bulgaria)

THE PATH TO ASCENDANCY A new prequel epic fantasy sequence, taking Malazan fans back to that troubled

continent's turbulent early history. Dancer’s Lament, Feb 2016 | Deadhouse Landing, Nov 2017 | Kellanved's Reach, Feb 2019 | Rights sold: Aeroplano Editora (Portuguese in Brazil ); Talpress (Czech); Tor (US)

Ian C Esslemont was born in 1962 in Winnipeg, Canada. He has a degree in Creative Writing, and is currently working on his PhD in English Literature.

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Non Fiction

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LEARNING TO FLY Richard Browning

Publication: April 2019

Format/extent: Hbk, 320

Material available: Proposal

An entertaining and inspiring guide to innovation from ‘Real-Life Iron Man’, Richard Browning, inventor of the world’s first jet-powered flying suit

Two years ago, former city trader and royal marine reservist Richard Browning left his job and began inventing the world’s first ‘Iron Man-like’ jet suit, the Daedalus mk1. What followed was a joy-fuelled exploration into something that until then wasn’t thought possible.

Since launching in March 2017, Richard’s company Gravity Industries has now reached over a billion people globally and become a $20m business, with investment from the backers of Tesla, a world record, a Hollywood TV project in development, fans including Tom Cruise, Richard Branson and James Dyson, and invitations to speak at hundreds of global events from TEDx to ComicCon.

By mastering human flight with the right combination of passion, ingenuity and technology, Richard has become an exhilarating example of how grass- roots innovation can push the boundaries of what was thought possible.

In Learning to Fly, Richard will distil from his inspirational story the principles of creativity and innovation that have made his achievement possible. From the importance of making an idea tangible, to the benefits of dreaming big, failing quickly and questioning conventional wisdom. Through his extraordinary experiences of pursuing the science-fiction dream of personal flight, Richard inspires us to pursue our own. We may not all be able to fly like a super hero, but with Richard’s insights, we can learn to think like one.

‘Richard Browning is a real-life Tony Stark’ Wired 21

THE MYSTERY OF THE EXPLODING TEETH Thomas Morris

Publication: Autumn 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 256

Material available: MS April 2018

Rights sold: Dutton (US)

A puzzling epidemic of dental explosions in the early nineteenth century is just one of many colourful tales of extraordinary medical happenings in this collection that have long lain undiscovered in the pages of old medical journals

Assembled thematically, you will witness Mysterious Illnesses (such as the Rhode Island woman who peed through her nose), Horrifying Operations (1635: a hungover Dutchman swallows a knife, which is then surgically removed from his stomach), Dubious Treatments (‘take twelve young swallows out of the nest...’), Unfortunate Predicaments (such as that of the boy who honked like a goose after inhaling a bird’s larynx), and many other marvels. However embarrassing the ailment, or ludicrous the treatment, every case tells us something about the beliefs and knowledge of an earlier age, and the astonishing resilience of human life, both in body and spirit.

Fun to dip in to, and with a wealth of medical history to explore, this book will be a compulsive and enlightening portrait of early medicine and the often haphazard evolution of medical expertise.

Thomas Morris is a writer and medical historian who was a producer for the BBC before leaving to write full time. He regularly writes for the Lancet, is the winner of the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for non-fiction in 2015 and the author of The Matter of the Heart, a history of heart surgery published by The Bodley Head in 2017.

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OUR PLANET Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey

Publication: April 2019

Format/extent: Hbk, 320

Material available: Sample spreads

Rights sold: Ten Speed Press (US); Dumont (Germany); GeoPlaneta (Spain)

Holding cover

From the producers of Planet Earth, Our Planet is the companion book to what will be the largest, most expensive, most ambitious and most important TV wildlife series ever made

With breath-taking photography and unparalleled insight, Our Planet focuses on the seven key habitats on Earth: Freshwater, Deserts & Grasslands, Forests, Jungles, Frozen Worlds, Coastal Seas and the Deep Oceans and shows the crucial part each must play in preserving the diversity of life.

Across this incredible scope of nature, we see that every habitat, every place and every species is part of one interconnected whole, an astonishing diversity that is vital in maintaining the health of our world. This is both the planet’s biggest strength and its greatest weakness.

With unrivalled production and marketing budgets, the Netflix series will be aiming to reach 1 billion viewers, double the audience of Planet Earth. It will be accompanied by an IMAX feature film and worldwide live events, as well as a soundtrack featuring globally bestselling artists.

Alastair Fothergill is the award-winning producer of BBC wildlife series Life in the Freezer, Planet Earth, Frozen Planet, The Blue Planet and The Hunt. He has also directed four feature films for Disney and is the author of four books.

Keith Scholey has a PhD in zoology from Bristol University and is co-founder of Silverback Films with Alastair Fothergill. He has had a long career working on factual television series with the BBC, Disney, Discovery and others. 23

THE SHOEMAKER AND HIS DAUGHTER Conor O’Clery

Publication: August 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp

Material available: MS

A remarkable family memoir about life in Soviet Russia

In the Soviet Union in 1962, shoemaker Stanislav Suvorov is imprisoned for five years. His crime? Selling a car for profit. Thirty years later, his daughter Zhanna helps unravel the very laws that sent her father to prison. In the new Russia, yesterday’s crime is today’s opportunity.

The Shoemaker and His Daughter takes in sixty years of Soviet and Russian history through the prism of one ordinary family. The Suvorovs – Stanislav, his wife Marietta, and their daughters Zhanna and Larisa – lived a relatively comfortable life in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, until the social shame of Stanislav’s prison term forced them to leave. Circumstances took them to the sub-zero city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, where there were so many prisons that, it was said, ‘it is better to live opposite a prison than opposite your own home’.

The Suvorovs were first-hand witnesses to the convulsive changes that saw the collapse of the Soviet empire in the late twentieth century and the rise of Putin’s Russia. Along the way they experienced murder, economic mayhem and KGB harassment.

Conor O’Clery holds a unique perspective on the last years of the Soviet Union, having opened the first foreign bureau in Moscow for The Irish Times in 1987. He was subsequently foreign correspondent in Washington, Beijing and New York and has twice won Irish Journalist of the Year. 24

CAGED BIRD Katy Morgan-Davies

Publication: May 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 288 pp

The extraordinary memoir of Katy Morgan-Davies, who was held in captivity for three decades by an abusive London cult

Born into an abusive cult in South London in 1983, Katy Morgan-Davies spent the first thirty years of her life in a cruel and distorting captivity, until in 2013 she bravely engineered her escape.

Raised as a ‘project’ by her Maoist father, the cult’s leader Aravinan Balakrishnan, Katy grew up in a suburban house where love and compassion were replaced with unquestioning devotion to the cult’s mission. She could not leave the house alone and was made to fear for her life and the lives of others if she rebelled.

Throughout Katy’s captivity it was her love of reading - snatched wherever possible - that gave her hope and helped her to learn the truth of her oppression. And in her own writing, she found a voice that was otherwise denied to her. Told in her own words for the first time, this is a unique and captivating story of the triumph of hope.

Katy Morgan-Davis now attends college, studying English and Maths. Every day, she relishes her freedom. Katy is working on her memoir with Kate Moore, an experienced and critically acclaimed ghostwriter.

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INTO THE FIRE Edric Kenney-Macfoy

Publication: August 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 272

Material available: Tbc

A gripping account of life as an urban fire-fighter

How does it feel to respond to an emergency call, to know that someone's life hangs in the balance and every second is critical?

What is it like to fight a fire, to battle through the heat and the smoke, to put your own life in danger to save others? How does it feel to rescue survivors, and what is it like to recover the bodies of those who don't make it?

And what is it like at the end of the day when you are alone with your thoughts, and your thoughts turn to those who you couldn't save? How do you cope with the trauma of a life spent facing death?

Into the Fire offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of the fire service. Ed Kennedy-Macfoy has spent over a decade serving in the London Fire Brigade, attending many of the capital's biggest incidents. This is his remarkable story.

Edric Kennedy-Macfoy was born and raised in West London and has been working in the London Fire Brigade for nearly 13 years

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THE SECRET FOOTBALLER: WHAT THE PHYSIO SAW

Publication: May 2017

Format/Extent: Tpbk, 352 pp

The Secret Footballer takes us into the changing rooms of Premier League and international football to reveal what the physio saw…

He’s back – and this time he’s got company. The Secret Footballer has teamed up with one of the most highly respected physios in the game to bring you the stories of a football season through the eyes of someone who has covered over 1000 games in his career and who knows the most intimate of details about every player he treats.

From the pre-season pressures of a new manager and players who have overindulged on their summer breaks, to some truly horrific (and sometimes career-ending) injuries; from star players who think nothing of using him as their personal family doctor to some of the more unconventional treatments players choose to experiment with, the physio truly has seen it all.

Alongside this privileged glimpse into the physio’s world, The Secret Footballer will be telling his own tales of injury, pain and perseverance with his trademark insight and wit.

The Secret Footballer is the author of I Am The Secret Footballer, Tales from The Secret Footballer, The Secret Footballer's Guide to the Modern Game, The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas and The Secret Footballer: How to Win.

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THE HAPPIEST KIDS IN THE WORLD Rina Mae Acosta & Michele Hutchison

Publication: January 2017

Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp

Rights sold: People’s Oriental (Simp. Chinese); Heliopolis (Complex Chinese); Nijgh & Van Ditmar (Dutch); Siltala (Finnish); Rizzoli (Italian); Nikkei (Japanese); Wisdom House (Korean); Swiat Zsiaski (Polish); Humanitas (Romanian); Sindbad (Russian); Evro (Serbian); Sandclock (Thai); The Experiment (US)

In the spirit of French Children Don’t Throw Food, this is a book to appeal to frazzled mothers and fathers who are keen to hear how child-rearing is done elsewhere

‘Clear and concise, with plenty of anecdotes from family life to illustrate the argument, this is one of the most convincing parenting books to come across my desk in the last year’ - Sunday Times

‘Considering 2016 was the year Brits embraced the cosy Danish concept of hygge, then 2017 may be the year in which we tire of candles and adopt the rougher and readier Dutch version: gezelligheid… Entertaining… I would say all parents should read this book’ - Daily Mail

In a recent UNICEF study of child well-being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all-round. Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison, both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in Holland, examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such contented, well- adjusted and healthy babies, children and teens.

Michele Hutchison is a freelance editor, translator and blogger based in Amsterdam. Rina Mae Acosta is an American freelance writer and blogger who lives near Utrecht in the Netherlands.

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HAPPY Derren Brown

Publication: September 2016

Format/extent: Hbk, 448 pp

Rights sold: Planeta (Spanish), Media Litera (Romanian)

A Sunday Times top ten bestselling guide to living a happier life

‘Brown takes philosophy back to its truest task: that of helping us to live and die well. His book is deeply informative, moving, wise and full of love. It sets out to change lives - and it will’ - Alain De Botton

‘Brilliant. Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself. I'm going to recommend it to everyone I know’ - Stephen Fry

Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness, and come up with a multitude of different definitions and ideas for how we might live a happier life. Here, Derren explores the history of happiness from classical times until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own. His aim is to reclaim happiness for us all, and enable us to appreciate the really good things in life for what they are.

Fascinating, entertaining and revelatory, this is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if there must be more to life.

Derren Brown began his UK television career in 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control and has since become synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. He is the author of three previous books: the bestselling Tricks of the Mind, Confessions of a Conjuror and a book of his caricatures, Portraits. 29

BLACK HOLES: The Reith Lectures Stephen Hawking

Publication: April 2016

Format/extent: Pbk, 64 pp

Rights sold: Bard (Bulgarian); Intrinseca (Brazil); Hunan Science (Chinese); Argo (Czech); Prometheus (Dutch); WSOY (Finnish); Flammarion (French); Akkord (Hungarian); Rowohlt (Germany); Katoptro (Greek); Rizzoli (Italian); Hayakawa (Japanese); East Asia (S Ko- rea); Zysk (Polish); Humanitas (Romanian); AST (Russia); Critica (Spanish); Alfa Basim (Turkish); Ballantine (US) Tre Publishing (Vietnamese);

Stephen Hawking's BBC Reith Lectures on black holes annotated by BBC Science Editor David Shukman and illustrated throughout

It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers.

In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that has fascinated him for decades – black holes.

In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argues that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.

Stephen Hawking held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663, for thirty years and is now director of Research for the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein. His books include the bestselling A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, and The Universe in a Nutshell.

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A SPACE TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM Mark Thompson

Publication: April 2015

Format/extent: Hbk, 272 pp

Rights sold: Chijin Shokan (Japan); Dogus Yayin Grubu (Turkey); Pegasus (US)

An enchanting and wildly entertaining tour of the Solar System

‘Your personal star trek. In this infectiously lively and informative book ... every aspect of this virtual journey is meticulously planned. Thompson is a natural communicator and one comes away with a profound sense of the wonders of space’ - Mail on Sunday

‘Mark is a wonderful promoter of Astronomy. He's tremendously knowledgeable about the geography of the night sky, guiding the experienced amateur and complete novice with equal skill and passion’ - Professor Brian Cox

Have you ever dreamt of being an astronaut, travelling through the universe on your very own space mission?

On this epic voyage of discovery, astronomer Mark Thompson takes you on that journey. From how to prepare for take-off and the experience of leaving Earth’s atmosphere, to the reality of living in the confines of a spaceship and the strange sensation of weightlessness, this is an adventure like no other.

Mark Thompson is one of the presenters on the BBC two award winning show Stargazing Live and the resident astronomer on ITV’s The Alan Titchmarsh Show.

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YOUNG HITLER Paul Ham

Publication: November 2017

Format/extent: Hbk, 320 pp

Rights sold: Penguin Random House Australia (ANZ); Objetiva (Brazil); Omega (Czech Republic); Dioptra (Greece); Zeplin (Turkey); Pegasus (US)

An insightful new biography of Hitler’s early life and how he was shaped by the First World War

Young Hitler was a nobody without any academic ambitions and few friends. He was stubborn and strong-willed, considered eccentric and lacking in social skills. No one would have marked him out as a future leader of Germany, conqueror of Europe and exterminator of the Jews.

So what social circumstances turned Hitler into what he became? How did Hitler use his war record to further his political career? How far did his war experience wrench an already disturbed mind in the direction of a violent programme of revenge, culminating in mass murder? In this biography Paul Ham provides some very compelling answers.

Reviews for previous work:

‘A vivid, comprehensive and quietly furious account’ - Ben Macintyre

‘Ham has written of these events with great power and assiduous research. Surely this is now the definitive account of the Sandakan death marches’ - Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Ham is a former Sunday Times correspondent, and has a Master’s degree in Economic History. He is the acclaimed author of 1914: The Year the World Ended, Sandakan and Hiroshima Nagasaki.

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AMAZONS John Man

Publication: June 2017

Format/Extent: Hbk, 320 pp

Rights sold: Pegasus (US); HowDo (Taiwan)

A ground-breaking history of the real warrior women of Central Asia

‘Tremendously entertaining’ - The Times

From Wonder Woman to Arya Stark, the legacy of Amazon women is as alive today as ever. The Amazons of ancient myth were fierce, hard-fighting, horse- riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legend depicts them as beautiful, deadly and the antithesis of the patriarchal world.

For centuries these powerful, sexually dominant barbarian women were believed to be the fantastical invention of Greek mythology. Until now.

Drawing on decades of research and a series of recent archaeological discoveries, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia, from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China, to discover the truth about the legendary women of the Eurasian steppes.

In this deeply researched, sweeping historical epic, John Man redefines our understanding of The Amazons and their culture and restores them to their rightful position as one of the most feared and revered armies the world has ever known.

‘One could not wish for a better story-teller or analyst’ - Simon Sebag Montifiore

John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. He is the author of the bestselling Genghis Khan and Attila and has been translated into 20 languages.

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URBAN OUTLAW Magnus Walker

Publication: June 2017

Format/extent: Hbk, 272 pp

Rights sold: Delius Klasing (German); Toyokan (Japan)

The inspirational memoir of an extraordinary self-made businessman

‘An underground hero’ - Top Gear

Magnus Walker is one of life’s originals. A true maverick. Serial entrepreneur, TV presenter, motivational speaker and one of the world’s most prolific Porsche collectors, the dreadlocked, tattooed hoarder of individual creativity is a very modern incarnation of success.

Walker left school with just two O levels. Now, 30 years and three successful businesses later, by following his instincts, rejecting convention and pursuing his passions Magnus has succeeded against all the odds.

Here, for the first time, is the full story of his journey from a Northern steel town to the bright lights of Hollywood, from a boy with little hope to an anti- establishment hero. Along the way we’ll witness his potent combination of creativity and hard graft, discover his motivations and ambitions, and come to understand his philosophy and the keys to his success.

Martin Roach is a number 1 best-selling ghost-writer and author with three Number 1 books and more than a dozen other bestsellers to his name, including the global smash hit autobiography of One Direction and Nigel Mansell’s Staying On Track, which was announced as one of the ‘Top 50 Sports Books of All-Time’.

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THE CURIOUS BIRD LOVER’S HANDBOOK Niall Edworthy

Publication: March 2017

Format/extent: Pbk, 224 pp

Rights sold: Perigee (US)

A delightful companion for anyone who has ever looked at the birds swooping above and wondered… ‘How?’ or ‘Why?’

You don't have to be a dedicated birdwatcher to be a bird lover. Millions of us love the sight and sound of them. And yet most of us know very little about their remarkable behaviour, incredible diversity and the story of their evolution.

How do migrating birds know where to go? Are birds really descended from dinosaurs? How do birds have sex?

This handbook sets about answering every interesting question there is to ask about birds. There are over 10,000 species in the world, including over 500 in Britain, some rare and endangered, some bizarre and beautiful, others common and familiar. As this captivating and often humorous handbook reveals, all of them are fascinating.

The hardback edition titled "Bald Coot and Screaming Loon" was published in 2009. This paperback edition has been updated and includes a new foreword from the author.

Niall Edworthy has written over a dozen books covering a wide range of subjects from military history, biography and outdoor survival to general humour and sport. Niall lives with his family in Sussex.

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SAM & CHESTER Jo Bailey

Publication: August 2016

Format/extent: Hbk, 336 pp

Rights sold: Goldmann (German); Zhongyue Media Technology (Chinese)

The heart-warming story of how a teacup-sized ginger pig helped to rescue a boy from his autism, and of a mother's fight to win back her son

‘Heartbreaking’ - The Telegraph ‘A real-life miracle’ - Daily Express

When Sam Bailey-Merritt was just two years old, almost overnight he lost the ability to communicate or function. His mother, Jo, was at a loss as to what to do as she saw her son grow increasingly isolated and begin to suffer from uncontrollable fits. Eventually, Sam was diagnosed with autism.

Sam's condition continued to worsen and, just when Jo had all but given up hope of being able to help him, the family went on a day trip to a nearby miniature pig farm. Sam immediately bonded with a tiny ginger piglet called Chester, who stood sad and alone, apart from the rest of the litter. The connection between the boy and the animal was immediate and their unusual friendship blossomed from the moment the family brought Chester home. For the first time in five years, Jo saw her son laugh.

While Sam's confidence grew, Chester grew in a different way: the micro pig that was supposed to become the size of a Cocker Spaniel in fact ballooned to three times that size - with hilarious consequences for the family! Chester has turned Sam's life around. He now has the ability to communicate his feelings, make friends and is caring and kind towards others.

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DOG PERSONALITIES Jono Yates

Publication: October 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 160 pp

Material: Manuscript due

Based on the Instagram account with hundreds of thousands of followers, Dog Personalities humanises our canine pals, creating imaginative, hilarious backstories for some of our favourite dogs

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UPSTART CROW Ben Elton

Publication: September 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 364 pp

The hilarious script book - with new introduction and annotations - to accompany Ben Elton's Upstart Crow, the BBC sitcom about the life of William Shakespeare

It’s the 1590s. William Shakespeare is at the start of his career. But no one is taking him seriously. In London, he is mercilessly mocked by his rivals and at home in Stratford he is belittled by his sullen teenage daughter.

Yet he is determined to find an ending for his newest creation Romeo and Juliet. Luckily, inspiration is forthcoming. The trials and tribulations of his closest friends and family reveal the plot twists he’d been missing. And not only for this famous tragedy but for many of his finest plays.

With sparkling wordplay, hilarious gags and his trademark wit, Ben Elton celebrates the great William Shakespeare and reveals the startling stories behind the playwright’s best-known plays.

Ben Elton has written some of television's most popular and incisive comedy, including The Young Ones and Blackadder and is the author of fourteen major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous and High Society. He is married with three children and lives in Western Australia.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY Romesh Ranganathan

Publication: September 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 364 pp

The autobiography of one of Britain’s brightest new comedy stars

At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's Holiday Camp talent competition, smashing the only other competitor, a young girl playing the kazoo.

The gig went so well that Romesh retired his comic genius for twenty two years, hiding behind the guise of a maths teacher, before finally revealing himself again (no, not like that) at the tender age of 31. In 2010, Ranganathan staged his epic comeback gig to an almost silent room, and has since gone on to earn his place as the most in-demand overweight vegan Sri Lankan comedian in Britain.

Now, for the first time, he tells the full story of how he got here. From the delights of Sri Lankan hospitality to the race riots of Crawley and the horrors of vegan cheese, this is Ranganathan's hilarious autobiography.

Romesh Ranganathan is a stand-up comedian and actor. A former maths teacher, he made his comedy circuit debut in 2010, won best newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and has quickly established himself as one of British comedy's brightest stars.

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THE SEEDLIP COCKTAIL BOOK Ben Branson

Publication: November 2018

Format/extent: Hbk, 192 pp

A beautiful guide to what to drink when you’re not drinking

In 2014, in his kitchen in the woods, Ben Branson founded Seedlip, the world’s first distilled non-alcoholic spirit. Picking up the centuries-old art of distillation, Seedlip has repurposed traditional techniques to produce spirits that are both entirely natural and entirely alcohol-free.

In this beautifully-shot cocktail book, Ben will show how to mix sophisticated, daring cocktails without a drop of the bad stuff, recipes from bar tenders around the world and short sections of theory on flavour, mixing techniques and the history of their method which was first used by apothecaries in the 1600s. Bursting with sharp, sophisticated flavours, his recipes are perfect for anyone who wants to drink well without the alcohol.

Ben Branson launched Seedlip in 2015, continuing his family's 300-year farming legacy. Seedlip’s two flavours, Garden 108 and Spice 94 – are now stocked in bars, Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotels worldwide.

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DRY Clare Liardet

Publication: October 2017

Format/extent: Hbk, 144 pp

Rights sold: The Experiment (US)

A beautiful non-alcoholic cocktail book for losing the alcohol, without losing the punch

Why should skipping alcohol mean boring drinks? This book is full of the very best cocktails – the most delicious flavours, the most distinctive combinations and the most adventurous recipes. And they are all made with non-alcoholic ingredients, from exciting new mixers to rich, fragrant syrups and spirits. Most can be created with ingredients found in your kitchen or garden, and all promise an exciting new way to drink dry.

These are imaginative, grown-up, non-alcoholic alternatives for the designated driver, teetotaller, or those who are pregnant, trying dry January, losing weight or just cutting back.

Whether you’re planning a Friday night in with friends, a lazy Sunday lunch or a barbecue in the summer sun, you can find your dry drinks here.

Clare Liardet has worked in the food world for many years, and now runs the The Talbot Inn in Somerset, which was voted best hotel in the UK by the Sunday Times.

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BRING THE OUTSIDE IN Val Bradley

Publication: October 2016

Format/extent: Hbk, 64 pp

An elegant, inspirational guide to indoor gardening full of stylish photography and essential step-by-step tips for adding greenery to your home

‘Everything you need to know about keeping plants in your house... lovely pictures, tips, tricks... I love it’ - Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella

‘Lots of ideas and sound advice’ - The Sunday Times

Love plants, but short on outdoor space? Or feeling inspired by striking terrariums and succulent gardens? Keen to create a unique home brimming with greenery? Then this is the book for you.

With stunning photography and expert step-by-step tips, Bring The Outside In reveals everything you need to know to help your plants thrive, from dramatic statement foliage and miniature citrus trees to table-top terrariums and hanging planters. With chapters on orchids, cacti, herb gardens and chilli plants, your home will be flourishing in no time.

Val Bradley is a trained horticulturist with a love of plants and a belief that everyone should grow more of them. She has published over fifty books and is the gardening correspondent at The Sun. She is on Twitter (@ValGardening) where her goal is to show that nurturing plants is simple and achievable.

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THE LIVING WELL WITH CANCER COOKBOOK Fran Warde and Catherine Zabilowicz

Publication: June 2016

Format/extent: Tpbk, 288 pp

Rights sold: Droemer (Germany)

A book of salubrious recipes and expert nutritional advice for those undergoing cancer treatment

Today many nutritionists believe that certain foods can help to boost or maintain a person’s strength during cancer treatment and enable a better, more positive recovery. This book aims to demonstrate how simple steps and following the right nutritional advice can make a difference to those undergoing treatment.

There are different recipes for different stages of treatment, information on the importance of good gut health, and advice to help remove anxieties about weight loss and weight gain, loss of appetite and the changes in how food tastes. There are also sections on cooking for one; cooking for children; cooking for the first time, and case studies focusing on the benefits of eating well.

Fran Warde's career has been fuelled by a passion for food. Trained as a chef, she worked at the Café Royal, on an Australian prawn trawler, ran her own cookery school and then moved into food styling and food writing.

Catherine Zabilowicz is a Senior Nutritional Therapist with experience from a range of nutrition advice roles from private consultancy to public health, and a special interest in cancer.

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