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It’s time to give your cat a pick me It is fair to say Steve McNeil likes video games. up, as we pit its wits against the President . When he took his Nintendo Wii on honeymoon (obviously), he played it so much he damaged You know Donald Trump, right? Wobbly orange an eye and had to wear an eye patch. The locals trumpet on legs? The answer to the question: ‘What nicknamed him ‘the pale pirate’. would the offspring of a Wotsit and a dolphin look like?’ Yeah, that guy. Well, he also happens to be Steve’s obsession with video games can be traced the 45th President of the United States of America. back to the golden period from the late 70s to the mid 90s. In this book he will delve into these games There are many questions to be asked of Trump – – from the appallingly bad to the breathtakingly did he collude with Russia? Is his hair made from Headline good. He will also take us through the nerdy Headline caramelised orangutan farts? More pressing than geniuses who created them, their fierce rivalries all of them, though, is this: Is he smarter than your UK Pub: April 2019 and risks often leading to some of the most farcical UK Pub: September 2018 cat?* moments in the history of entertainment. UK Editor: Richard Roper UK Editor: Richard Roper There’s only one way to find out . This is a story of obsession, full of tales of Space MS due December 2018 Invaders, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Mario, Sonic, Page Extent: 96pp To complete the Cat vs Trump test you will need: 3D Wolf, Lemmings and Worms. It will also answer important questions about the golden age. A cat Questions like: Why did Namco feel they had to change the name of Puck Man to Pac Man A pencil because they were worried about graffiti, when Nintendo were more than happy to bring out Duck The ability to forget that the world feels like it’s on Hunt? the brink of nuclear apocalypse for a bit Joysticks at the ready. Let’s Play! A reminder of POTUS’s biggest gaffes and a genuine cat IQ test all in one, this is the perfect About the Author: present for cat lovers and Donald detractors alike Steve McNeil is a stand-up comedian and creator of Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit, the most successful *SPOILER ALERT - NO videogaming TV show of the last 15 years. He has appeared on more video gaming shows than anyone else in the UK. He has written for Time Out, Shortlist, Den of Geek and more. His live show ‘WiFi Wars’ has a residency at the Royal Insititution in Mayfair. He is a Twitch streaming partner, and in 2018 was nominated for streamer of the year at the UK ESPORTS awards. 4 5 Entertainment & Popular Culture Entertainment & Popular Culture GET SMART: MATHS SECRET SERVICE BRAINTEASERS Julia Collins Sinclair Mackay Put your mathematical muscle to the test with this Pit your wits against the greatest minds of our time entertaining and essential guide to 50 of the world’s with brain bogglers, puzzles and hidden codes greatest problems. inspired by the secret services. Can you explain Fermat’s Last Theorem? What is the shape of the Universe? And how do you add up to The sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley infinity? Park Brainteasers and perfect for fans of The GCHQ Puzzle Book. Challenge yourself with Get Smart: Maths and learn to think and talk like the world’s greatest mathematical Whether you have linguistic flair, an instinct for Quercus geniuses. technology or good old common sense, pit your wits against some of the greatest minds of our Taking you on a journey through the mathematical ideas UK Pub: September 2018 time with ingenious brainteasers including secret that underpin our world – from imaginary numbers and Turing machines to chaos theory and mathematical languages, sabotage themed brain bogglers, UK Editor: Wayne Davies paradoxes; from the search for primes and game theory deadly countdowns and hidden codes. to relativity and the arithmetic of altruism – Get Smart: Headline Page Extent: 224pp Maths demystifies 50 key concepts and provides you with Weaving astonishing stories of the men and the tools to master the very biggest ideas. UK Pub: September 2018 women who operate from the shadows, the secret heroes and heroines of MI5 and MI6 who have UK Editor: Sarah Emsley faced extraordinary and terrifying challenges and a wide range of mind twisting puzzles, Secret GET SMART: PHILOSOPHY Page Extent: 288pp Service Brainteasers will test your mental agility to Marcus Weeks discover: Do YOU have what it takes to be a spy? Can you master the ideas of Plato, Kant, Nietzsche and About the Author: Sartre? Sinclair McKay is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley Park Brainteasers as well as the What does ‘I think, therefore I am’ really mean? Do you bestselling Secret Life of Bletchley Park. He writes know the arguments for and against the existence of for the Spectator and the Telegraph and spends god? And what do the great philosophers tell us about much of his life eyebrow-deep in dusty archives! knowledge and truth, good and evil? Take Get Smart: He lives in east London. Philosophy and learn to think and talk like history’s greatest philosophical minds. Quercus Packed with bite-sized briefings, shortcuts and bluffs, Get Smart: Philosophy demystifies 50 key philosophical UK Pub: September 2018 concepts and provides you with all you need to speak out about the very biggest ideas, including: UK Editor: Wayne Davies The nature of reality; Free will; Ethics; Philosophy of the mind; Justice and liberty; Relativism; Utilitarianism; Capitalism and democracy; Paradoxes and fallacies; Page Extent: 224pp The Social Contract; Existentialism; Metaphysics; Chinese philosophy; Beauty and art; Artificial intelligence; Human rights; Analytic, Linguistic and Continental philosophy . and many more. 6 7 Narrative Non-Fiction Narrative Non-Fiction THE LAST SANCTUARY IN ALEPPO BAILEY Alaa Aljaleel with Diana Darke Andy Hutchins A remarkable true story of bravery, resilience and The heart warming tale of how a street dog and a kindness by a Syrian ambulance driver, who built a homeless man saved each other from the streets cat sanctuary in war-torn Aleppo and found a reason to live. When the Syrian civil war forced the people of ‘He saves my life every day. I wake up, I think of Aleppo to flee their homes, thousands of the drugs, but I walk my dog and ten minutes later my city’s pets were abandoned. Heartbroken by mindset’s changed.’ the desperate situation, ambulance driver Alaa Headline Aljaleel vowed to stay behind, caring for the Bailey is the heart warming tale of Andy Hutchins, children and pets caught in the crossfire. He built a former drug addict and homeless man, and his UK Pub: March 2019 a cat sanctuary for Aleppo’s helpless creatures, life-saving relationship with his dog, Bailey. After and named it after his kitten Ernesto, who he had twenty years of living on the streets, addiction and UK Editor: Fiona Crosby rescued from the streets of rubble. being in and out of prison, Andy bought Bailey on the street as a four-week-old puppy, still blind, on MS Available / 288pp It became a place of escape and tranquillity for Headline the day in late 2011 when he left prison for the last children living through the bombardment, and time. Alaa’s extraordinary courage and compassion UK Pub: February 2019 touched the hearts of people all around the world. From this puppy Andy learned long forgotten Through the kindness of strangers who had heard UK Editor: Grace Paul life lessons, about giving and receiving love, about his story online, Alaa was able to feed responsibility, trust and companionship. Bailey thousands of local families and save hundreds of MS due October 2018 transformed his life and continues to do so. With animals. But when a bomb destroyed their little their story, they raise awareness about the realities refuge and Alaa narrowly escaped with his life, of being homeless as well as how a small gesture of he vowed not to give in on his dream, and later kindness can change someone’s life for the better. returned to Aleppo to rebuild his sanctuary, where it thrives to this day. About the Author: Andy Hutchins is amazed and grateful to have The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo is a unique modern reached the grand old age of fifty. Unwanted at day war story, providing both a shocking insider home, he was raised in a Hells Angels clubhouse.