Faber and Faber Rights Guide London 2013

Faber and Faber Rights Guide London 2013

Lizzie Bishop: Acting Head of Rights Email: [email protected] Direct line: 00 44 207 927 3821 Direct Territories: France, Greece, Portugal, US Sub-agented territories: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden Other Rights: Film, Serial Valeria Huerta: Rights Manager Email: [email protected] Direct line: 00 44 207 927 3826 Direct Territories: Germany, Holland, Italy Sub-agented territories: Brazil, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam Emma Jamison: Rights Executive Email: [email protected] Direct line: 00 44 207 927 3825 Direct Territories: Georgia, Indian languages Sub-agented territories: Arabic, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, all other languages. Other Rights: Book Club, Digest, Large Print, Unabridged Audio

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Arabic: Anatolialit; Abla ([email protected]) Baltic States: Andrew Nurnberg Baltics; Tatjana Zoldnere ([email protected]) Brazil: Tassy Barham Associates; Tassy Barham ([email protected]) Bulgaria: Andrew Nurnberg Sofia; Mira Droumeva ([email protected]) China (simplified and traditional); Malaysia; Indonesia: Big Apple Agency; Lily Chen ([email protected]) Croatia; Serbia; Slovenia: PLIMA; Vuk Perisic ([email protected]) Czech Republic; Slovakia: Kristin Olson Agency; Kristin Olson ([email protected]) Hungary: Katai & Bolza; Mikós Lekli ([email protected]) Israel: The Book Publishers Association of Israel; Dalia Ever Hadani ([email protected]) Japan: English Agency Japan; Hamish Macaskill ([email protected]) Japan: Japan Uni Agency, Inc.; Kenny Okuyama ([email protected]) Japan: Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc.; Asako Kawachi ([email protected]) Korea: Eric Yang Agency; Sue Yang ([email protected]) Poland: Graal Ltd; Dominika Bojanowska ([email protected]) Romania: Simona Kessler Agency; Simona Kessler ([email protected]) Russia: Andrew Nurnberg Moscow; Ludmilla Sushkova ([email protected]) Scandinavia: Lennart Sane Agency, Philip Sane ([email protected]) Spain: Casanovas & Lynch, Maria Lynch ([email protected]) Thailand; Vietnam: Tuttle-Mori Agency; Thananchai Pandey ([email protected]) Turkey: Anatolialit; Amy Spangler ([email protected]) 3

CONTENTS FICTION: APPLE TREE YARD by Louise Doughty RED OR DEAD by David Peace INTO THE TREES by Robert Williams THE VELVET GENTLEMAN/THE MIRROR by Richard Skinner KITTY PECK AND THE MUSIC HALL MURDERS by Kate Griffin THE CRY by Helen FitzGerald ALL THE BEGGARS RIDING by Lucy Caldwell SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER by Peter Murphy PETIT MAL by DBC Pierre GONE AGAIN by Doug Johnstone GRAVELAND by Alan Glynn UNDER THE RADAR by James Hamilton-Paterson THE BEAST IN THE RED FOREST and THE RED MOTH by Sam Eastland THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T STAND UP by Jacob M. Appel MEAT by Allan Wilson TALES FROM THE MALL by Ewan Morrison THE PATIENT ECSTASY OF FRAULEIN BRAUN by Lavonne Mueller THE DERVISH by Frances Kazan THE EX-FACTOR by Helena Frith Powell REHAB BLUES by Adrian Laing HISTORY: CHURCHILL’S BOMB by Graham Farmelo NAPOLEON VOLUME 1 by Michael Broers STALIN AND THE SCIENTISTS by Simon Ings FANNY AND STELLA by Neil McKenna STORMING THE EAGLE’S NEST by Jim Ring THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE AIR by James Hamilton Patterson CURRENT AFFAIRS: THE CONSOLATIONS OF ECONOMICS by Gerard Lyons HANGING MAN by Barnaby Martin THE ROTTEN HEART OF EUROPE by Bernard Connolly UNTANGLING THE WEB by Aleks Krotoski RACING HARD by William Fotheringham FACTS ARE SACRED by Simon Rogers NEVER SECONDS by Martha Payne and Dave Payne SUCCESSFUL ECONOMICS by Eamonn Butler THE REGULATORY WAVE by Mike Pullen and John Donald SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD by Marcus Chown WHY CAN’T A WOMAN BE MORE LIKE A MAN? by Lewis Wolpert A FEMALE GENIUS by James Essinger

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POPULAR CULTURE: AFTERLIFF by John Lloyd THE ANIMATOR’S SURVIVAL KIT by Richard Williams THE WORLD IS EVER CHANGING by Nicholas Roeg YEAH YEAH YEAH: A Complete History of Pop by Bob Stanley 1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson DANNY BOYLE by Amy Raphael FABER ARTS: RAMAYANA by Daljit Nagra THE LETTERS OF T.S. ELIOT VOLUME 4: 1928-1929 edited by John Haffenden SYLVIA PLATH DRAWINGS and SYLVIA PLATH JOURNALS edited by Frieda Hughes SYLVIA PLATH: POEMS CHOSEN BY CAROL ANN DUFFY and 50TH Anniversary Edition of THE BELL JAR CLASSICAL MUSIC: HILDEGARD OF BINGEN by Fiona Maddocks TIME BY THE SEA by Ronald Blythe THE CLASSICAL MUSIC YEAR by Darren Henley, Sam Jackson and Tim Lihoreau LIFESTYLE: THE SEX FILES by Nigel Cawthorne THE RELUCTANT YOGI by Carla McKay THE PHILOSOPHY OF CATS by Federica Sgarbi SECRETS OF A PET NANNY by Eileen Riley

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FICTION APPLE TREE YARD By Louise Doughty

Don’t tell them about Apple Tree Yard, don’t tell them about us. No one has any way of knowing. Nothing is written down anywhere. Yvonne Carmichael has worked hard to achieve the life she always wanted: a high-flying career in genetics, a beautiful home, a good relationship with her husband and their two grown-up children. Then one day she meets a stranger at the Houses of Parliament and, on impulse, begins a passionate affair with him – a decision that will put everything she values at risk. At first she believes she can keep the relationship separate from the rest of her life, but she can’t control what happens next. All of her careful plans spiral into greater deceit and, eventually, a life-changing act of violence. Apple Tree Yard is a psychological thriller about one woman’s adultery and an insightful examination of the values we live by and the choices we make, from an acclaimed writer at the height of her powers. Praise for Apple Tree Yard: ‘There can’t be a woman alive who hasn’t once realised, in a moment of panic, that she’s in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man. Louise Doughty, more sure-footed with each novel, leads her unnerved reader into dark territory. A compelling and bravelywritten book.’ Hilary Mantel ‘Once you start you can't stop reading. Terrific.’ Helen Dunmore Praise for Whatever You Love (Shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Prize): ‘A brilliant and brutal novel that continues to unsettle long after the final page.’ Observer ‘Unsentimental, unsparing and entirely compelling’ Financial Times Louise Doughty is the author of six novels Whatever You Love, Crazy Paving, Dance with Me, Honey-Dew, Fires in the Dark and Stone Cradle - and one book of non-fiction, A Novel in Year. Rights sales for Apple Tree Yard: Iceland (Bjartur), Italy (Bollati Boringhieri), France (Belfond), Germany (C Bertelsmann), Holland (Artemis), Spain (Random), US (FSG) Rights sales for Whatever You Love: Denmark (Aben Mahler), France (Belfond), Germany (C Bertelsmann), Holland (Artemis), US (HarperCollins) Publication date: June 2013 Extent: 368pp Material available: PDF proof

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RED OR DEAD By David Peace From the bestselling author of The Damned Utd comes the story of Bill Shankly, the first truly great football manager of the modern age. ‘Who cares about Dan Brown. There's a new David Peace! About Bill Shankly!’ The Bookseller In 1959, Liverpool Football Club were in the Second Division and had never won the FA Cup. Fifteen seasons later, they had won three League titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA Cup. Liverpool Football Club had become the most consistently successful team in England and the most passionately supported club. Their manager, Bill Shankly, was revered as a god. Destined for immortality. His job was his life. His life was football. His football a form of socialism. Bill Shankly inspired and transformed people. His legacy would reverberate through the ages. In 1974, Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly stood on the verge of even greater success. But in 1974, Bill Shankly shocked Liverpool and football. Bill Shankly retired. Red or Dead is the story of the rise of Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly. And the story of the retirement of Bill Shankly. Of one man and his work. And of the man after that work. A man in two halves. Home and away. Red or dead. Praise for The Damned Utd: ‘Probably the best novel ever written about sport’ The Times ‘If Euripides had ever tried ghosting football memoirs he could not have done it better.’ Guardian ‘Overwrought, overblown, sliding tackle of a book. I loved it.’ Daily Telegraph David Peace is the author of the Red Riding Quartet (Nineteen Seventy Four, Nineteen Seventy Seven, Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty Three); GB84, awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Award; The Damned Utd, the film version of which was released in Spring 2009; and the ongoing Tokyo Trilogy (Tokyo Year Zero and Occupied City). Rights sales for Red or Dead: Italy (Il Saggiatore), Norwary (Forlaget Press) Rights sales for the Tokyo Trilogy and The Damned Utd: Brazil (Planeta), France (Edition Rivages), Germany (Verlagbuchandlung Libeskind, Random House Germany), Greece (Motibo Publishing S. A.), Holland (De Bezige Bij), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Norway (Forlaget Press & Libretto Forlag), Portugal (Edições tinta-da-china), Romania (SC Leda Editserv SRL), Spain (Random House Mondadori), Sweden (Ersatz & Coltso), Turkey (Sel Yayincilik) Publication date: August 2013 Extent: 800pp Material available: Edited manuscript

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INTO THE TREES By Robert Williams Told with Williams's characteristic fine writing, humanity and insight, here comes a story about family, friendship, redemption, the healing powers of nature and how real relationships suffer, change and mature. Harriet Norton won’t stop crying. Ann and Thomas have tried everything but their infant daughter only calms when she is under the ancient trees of Bleasdale forest. Feeling close to insanity, yearning sleep, the family uproot themselves in the hope of finding peace among the trees. Raymond Farren, a local farm-hand, has headed to the forest in search of his own sanctuary. A clumsy, awkward man, a perpetual outsider, he is curious about the new family; he walks alone through the forest, watching the new house take shape under the trees. None of them know that the sinister presence of Keith Sullivan – aggrieved, angry, a man who expected more from life – will upend their lives and threaten everything they have built. In hugely evocative and lyrical writing, prize-winning author Robert Williams lays bare their emotional lives, set against the intense and mysterious backdrop of the forest. Compelling and haunting, Into the Trees is a novel about love and fear, about the demands of family life and the search for security in the middle of chaos. Praise for How the Trouble Started: ‘How the Trouble Started is an unnerving read which raises questions about innocence and culpability. Yet, for all its sadness, it vouchsafes a cautious optimism at its close. Williams is undoubtedly a gifted writer and it will be intriguing to see where his imagination and strong descriptive talent take him next.’ Guardian ‘Compelling ... an engrossing read that resonates and moves rather than scandalises.’ The List ‘Tender and touching.’ Time Out Robert Williams grew up in Clitheroe, Lancashire and currently lives in Manchester. His first novel, Luke and Jon, won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Premio Orbil in Italy, was translated into seven languages and called 'a hugely impressive debut' in the Daily Telegraph. He has worked in a secondary school library, as a bookseller for Waterstones, and has written and released music under the name The Library Trust. Rights sales for Luke and Jon: Czech Republic (Albatros), France (Robert Laffont), Germany (Berlin Verlag), Holland (Prometheus), Hungary (Scolar), Italy (RCS Libri), Korea (Random House) Rights sales for How The Trouble Started: Germany (Berlin Verlag), Russia (Exmo) Publication date: June 2014 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Edited manuscript May 2013 8

THE VELVET GENTLEMAN/THE MIRROR By Richard Skinner Two utterly original and compelling novellas about art and devotion, both master classes in voice and character.

The Velvet Gentleman Erik Satie – composer, dandy, eccentric – is dead. Told he must select a single memory to take with him into the afterlife, he finds himself in limbo with a community of the deceased, listening to ragtime, and looking back at his fifty-nine years on earth for its most precious moments. Evenings of absinthe at the Chat Noir? Friendships with his great contemporaries, Debussy and Ravel, Duchamp and Man Ray? Nights with Biqui, the trapeze artist, love of his life? And what of his great musical triumphs and disasters? HisGymnopédies, his Pieces in the Form of a Pear? How will he choose his own legacy before silent whiteness descends? The Mirror Venice, 1511. In the convent of Sant’ Alvise, a young novice, Oliva, is about to take the veil and become a bride of Christ. When her world is shaken – first, literally, by an earthquake, and then, spiritually, by forces that threaten to change the world of the convent for ever – she begins to ask questions about her faith and her future. When she agrees to sit for Signor Avílo, the renowned portrait painter with the sky-blue smock and the provocative manner, he brings with him a diabolical object: a mirror. And reflections can be dangerous… Told with playful elegance, these two stories contemplate the eternal in different ways – one examining a life only just beginning, tentatively; the other a life lived without compromise as it reaches its close.

Richard Skinner’s previous books include The Red Dancer and The Velvet Gentleman, originally published in French only, The Velvet Gentleman was shortlisted for the Prix Livres & Musiques. His other works include a writer’s handbook entitled Fiction Writing (Hale) and a poetry collection, the light user scheme (Smokestack, 2013). Richard is Director of the Fiction Programme at the Faber Academy, where he has overseen the work of many debut novelists including SJ Watson, Rachel Joyce and Colette McBeth. Rights sales for The Red Dancer: Greece (Empiria), Italy (Excelsior 1881), Spain (Maeva Ediciones), US (HarperCollins) Publication date: January 2014 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 320 pp Editor: Lee Brackstone Material available: edited manuscript available 9

KITTY PECK AND THE MUSIC HALL MURDERS By Kate Griffin A deliciously atmospheric and exciting Victorian mystery - and a major debut from the winner of the Faber/Stylist crime writing competition.

Limehouse, 1880: Dancing girls are going missing from 'Paradise' - the criminal manor with ruthless efficiency by the ferocious Lady Ginger. Seventeen-year-old music hall seamstress Kitty Peck finds herself reluctantly drawn into a web of blackmail, depravity and murder when The Lady devises a singular scheme to discover the truth. But as Kitty's scandalous and terrifying act becomes the talk of London, she finds herself facing someone even more deadly and horrifying than The Lady. Bold, impetuous and blessed with more brains than she cares to admit, it soon becomes apparent that it's up to the unlikely team of Kitty and her stagehand friend, Lucca, to unravel the truth and ensure that more girls do not meet with a similar fate. But are Kitty's courage and common sense and Lucca's book learning a match for the monster in the shadows? Their investigations take them from the gin-fuelled halls and doss houses of the East End to the champagne-fuelled galleries of the West End. Take nothing at face value: Kitty is about to step out on a path of discovery that changes everything…

Kate Griffin was born within the sound of Bow bells, making her a true-born cockney. She has worked as an assistant to an antiques dealer, a journalist for local newspapers and now works for The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, Kate's first book, won the Stylist/Faber crime writing competition. Kate's maternal family lived in Victorian Limehouse and her grandmother told her many stories of life around the docks. Kate lives in St Albans. Publication date: July 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 304 Editor: Hannah Griffiths Material available: Edited manuscript

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THE CRY By Helen FitzGerald

He’s gone. And telling the truth won’t bring him back…

When a baby goes missing on a lonely roadside in Australia, it sets off a police investigation that will become a media sensation and dinner-table talk across the world. Lies, rumours and guilt snowball, causing the parents, Joanna and Alistair, to slowly turn against each other. Finally Joanna starts thinking the unthinkable: could the truth be even more terrible than she suspected? And will it take another death to finally make things right? The Cry is a dark psychological thriller with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart and characters who will keep you guessing on every page. Praise for The Donor: ‘The fast pace and concise narration of Helen FitzGerald's The Donor makes this an easy, if intense, book to devour voraciously over a quiet weekend.’ Red ‘This book has one of the best first 100 pages of a novel I've ever read. Flat-out barnstormingly brilliant opening. [FitzGerald] writes almost poetically, not a wasted word amongst the pages … The Donor is what fiction should be all about. Real people, believable dialogue, thrilling, emotional and funny.’ guiltyconscienceblogspot.com ‘If you enjoyed the storyline at the core of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, then you'll like Helen FitzGerald's new novel.’ Image

Helen FitzGerald is one of thirteen children and grew up in Victoria, Australia. She now lives in Glasgow with her husband and two children. Helen has worked as a social worker for over ten years. She has published three previous novels with Faber: Dead Lovely (2007), My Last Confession (2009) and The Donor (2011). Previous rights sales for The Donor: Dutch (Ambo Anthos Uitgevers), French (Editions Belfond), German (Verlag Galiani Berlin), Greek (Minoas Sa), Turkish (Final Yayinlari) Publication date: September 2013 Extent: 320 pp Material available: PDF proofs

Rights: World All Languages Editor: Sarah Savitt

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ALL THE BEGGARS RIDING By Lucy Caldwell A powerful exploration of love, desire and family. Named One City One Book Belfast choice for 2013.

“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”

When Lara Moorhouse was twelve, her father was killed in a freak accident, a helicopter crash in bad weather. After his death, the secrets and lies of this eminent plastic surgeon who divided his time between Belfast and London at the height of the Troubles – were brutally exposed in the tabloids. Twenty-five years later, lonely, troubled Lara starts to write her memoirs, in a last, desperate attempt to understand the father she never really knew, the mother who would not leave him, and the devastation they left behind. Praise for All the Beggars Riding: ‘Powerful ... in the life of Lara Moorhouse, Caldwell has conjured up a story that begins as something dark and potentially depressing, and transmutes it into light.’ Sunday Times ‘The taut, finely crafted, percussive prose of Lara's narrative, her evocative descriptions and ability to wrench the heart recall Maggie O'Farrell at her finest.’ Daily Mail ‘Deliciously paced tale of a woman unravelling her chaotic family history.’ Vogue ‘An affecting account of the inevitability of our decisions.’ Sunday Business Post ‘A powerful story ... a writer of rare elegance and beauty, Caldwell doesn't just get inside her characters' minds. She perches in the precarious chambers of their hearts, telling their stories truthfully and tenderly.’ Independent Lucy Caldwell was born in Belfast in 1981. She read English at Queens' College, Cambridge, and is a graduate of Goldsmith's MA in Creative and Life Writing. An awardwinning playwright, she is currently under commission to write for the main stage of the Royal Court Theatre. Her last novel The Meeting Point won the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Rooney Prize for Literature 2011. Rights sales for All the Beggars Riding: France (Plon Perrin) Rights sales for The Meeting Point: France (Plon Perrin) Publication date: February 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 272pp Editor: Angus Cargill Material available: Final Files/Finished copy 12

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER By Peter Murphy

A small town, a river, a flood. Winter 1984. Over a period of twelve days, nine souls enter the water.... Shall We Gather at the River tells the story of Enoch O'Reilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town, and the rash of mysterious suicides that accompany it. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, O'Reilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his father's sinister radio set... a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river. A suicide mystery and a rich patchwork narrative of legend, myth, occult inheritance, ecoconspiracy, viral obsession, airwaves, water and death, Shall We Gather at the River is a spellbinding piece of work, marked by prose that is by turns haunting, poetic and blackly humorous. Shall We Gather at the River is a novel that will further cement Murphy's reputation as one of the most original and exciting novelists to emerge in recent years. Praise for Shall We Gather at the River: ‘An ambitious eco-fantasy by a talented stylist.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘[Murphy's] prose is as eerily hypnotic as the river of the book’s title.’ Metro ‘Evocative and slippery, characterised by a kind of evasive bombast.' Sunday Business Post ‘Wonderful portrayals of how we try to re-narrate ourselves and our lives.’ Spectator ‘Distinctly gothic rhythm and rhyme, a tautness of telling and ear for phrase ... a pummelling, relentless prose-track of fire, brimstone, black comedy and rock’n’roll.’ Caught by the River ‘Peter Murphy can write like an angel. … He has a showman’s zest for the flamboyant, the baroque, the subverted cliché and lyrical phrase. … he has a gift.’ Irish Times ‘We need more books like this, I thoroughly enjoyed this ... a triumph.’ Arena ‘Startling.’ Scotsman Peter Murphy is a senior writer for Dublin's Hot Press, and has contributed to Rolling Stone and Music week. He lives in Dublin. John the Revelator was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel, Award and the Kerry Group Prize for fiction, and nominated for the 2011 IMPAC Prize. Rights sales for Shall We Gather at the River: France (Calman Levy) Rights sales for John the Revelator: Czech Republic (Euromedia), France (Calman Levy), Germany (Suhrkamp), Holland (Atlas), Italy (Fazi) Publication date: January 2013 Rights: World All Languages, excl. US (Harcourt) Extent: 272pp Editor: Angus Cargill Material available: Final files/finished copies 13

PETIT MAL By DBC Pierre An impressionistic trip inside the mind of one of our most fearless literary innovators.

DBC Pierre is one of the most defiantly original and inventive literary voices of the 21st century. His End Times Trilogy - Vernon God Little, Ludmila's Broken English, Lights Out in Wonderland -- cast light and shade on a world fast turning to shit. Petit Mal offers up a sequence of three dozen and more allegorical appetisers which riff on the big themes Pierre has come to make his own; most notably art, death, sex, capitalism and hedonism. Containing tantalising hints of memoir and sui generis flights of decadent fancy, Petit Mal is illustrated throughout with the authors own distinctive photographic archive. It all adds up to a uniquely flavoured apocalyptic feast.

DBC Pierre lives in County Leitrim, Ireland. Vernon God Little, his debut novel, won the MAN Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award. Ludmila's Broken English, his second, was published in 2006. Previous rights sales for DBC Pierre: Brazil (Record); China (simplified) (Chu Chen Books); China (complex) (Taitien Electric Co. Ltd.), Czech Republic (Albatros Media); Denmark (Hr. Ferdinand); France (Payot & Rivages); Germany (Eichborn); Greece (Motibo); Holland (Podium); Iceland (Bjartur); Israel (Matar); Italy (Einaudi); Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC); Norway (J W Cappelens); Portugal (Gradiva); Russia (Rosman); Spain (Ediciones Destino); Sweden (Alfabeta); Turkey (Siren Yayincilik) Publication date: September 2013 Rights: World All Languages, excl. US Extent: 208pp Editor: Lee Brackstone Material available: Edited manuscript in April 2013

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GONE AGAIN By Doug Johnstone In the tradition of The Vanishing and Tell No One comes a brilliant, psychological thriller that keeps you guessing. ‘Fiercely gripping, Gone Again hurls you along with a series of whipsmart twists that leave you breathless.’ Megan Abbott As Mark Douglas photographs a pod of whales stranded in the waters off Edinburgh's coast, he is called by his son's school: his wife, Lauren, hasn't turned up to collect their son. Calm at first, Mark collects Nathan and takes him home but as the hours slowly crawl by he starts to worry. With brilliantly controlled reveals, we learn some of the painful secrets of the couple's shared past, not least that it isn't the first time Lauren has disappeared. And as Mark struggles to care for his son and shield him from the truth of what's going on, the police seem dangerously short of leads. That is, until a shocking discovery... Following Hit and Run (a #1 Kindle bestseller and a 2012 Fiction Uncovered pick) and Smokeheads (shortlisted for the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award), Gone Again is Doug Johnstone's darkest and most emotionally charged thriller yet. Praise for Gone Again: ‘Quietly excellent ... sharp and moving.’ The Times ‘Its appeal lies in a certain quietness... It's a very honest book about love and loss.’ Independent ‘The book's strength lies in its portrayal of the minutiae of life while grief unfolds around it.’ Scotland on Sunday ‘A psychological thriller that is harrowing yet touching. Intimate yet explosive’ Daily Record ‘A quite literally heart-pounding thriller. I was turning every page with an irresistible mixture of dread and compulsion.' Christopher Brookmyre ‘Johnstone's books go from strength to strength... His talent lies not only in his ability to write an excellent story extremely well, but also in the way he weaves it into your head.’ Eurocrime.co.uk Doug Johnstone is the acclaimed author of four novels. He is also a freelance journalist, a songwriter and musician, and has a PhD in nuclear physics. He lives in Edinburgh. Rights sales for Gone Again: Germany (BTB) Rights sales for Hit and Run: Germany (BTB) Publication date: March 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Angus Cargill Material available: Final files / Finished copies 15

GRAVELAND By Alan Glynn Set deep in the place where corrupt global business and radical politics clash, Alan Glynn’s Graveland is an explosive and hugely topical thriller.

A Wall Street investment banker is shot dead while jogging in Central Park. Later that night, one of the savviest hedge-fund managers in the city is gunned down outside a fancy Upper West Side restaurant. Are these killings part of a coordinated terrorist attack, or just coincidence? Investigative journalist Ellen Dorsey has a hunch that it's neither. Days later, when an attempt is made on the life of another CEO, the story blows wide open... Racing to stay ahead of the curve, Ellen encounters Frank Bishop, a recession-hit architect, whose daughter has gone missing. The search for Lizzie and her boyfriend takes Frank and Ellen from a quiet campus to the blazing spotlight of a national media storm - and into the devastating crucible of a personal and a public tragedy. Meanwhile, lurking in the shadows once again is James Vaughn, legendary CEO of private equity firm the Oberon Capital Group. Despite his failing health, Vaughan is refusing to give up control easily, and we soon see just how far-reaching and pervasive his influence really is. Praise for Bloodland: ‘Scarily plausible ... I've not read such a multi-layered, expertly plotted portrayal of arrogance, greed and hubris for a long time … Glynn’s talent is all his own, and his ability to ratchet up the tension is eye-popping.’ Guardian ‘Ripped from tomorrow’s headlines, Bloodland is irresistible. An exhilarating thriller from the dark heart of the global village.’ Val McDermid Alan Glynn is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and has worked in New York and Italy. His debut novel, Limitless, is a major motion picture, which debuted at #1 at the UK and US box office. Rights sales for Bloodland: Czech (Metafora), Holland (Karakter), Israel (Kinneret), US (St Martin’s) Rights sales for Winterland: Poland (Amber), Russia (Azbooka), Spain (Norma), US (St Martin’s) Rights sales for Limitless: Bulgaria (Intense), Germany (Econ), Holland (Karakter Uitgevers), Hungary (Partvonal), Italy (Rizzoli), Korea (Screenseller), Poland (Amber), Russia (Azbooka), Spain (Norma), Turkey (Butik), US (Picador) Publication date: June 2013 Extent: 400pp Material available: PDF Proofs

Rights: World All Languages, excluding US Editor: Angus Cargill

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UNDER THE RADAR By James Hamilton-Paterson From the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds comes a gripping novel of cold war pilots, espionage and secrets.

1961. A squadron of Vulcan aircraft, Britain's most lethal nuclear bomber, flies towards the east coast of the United States. Highly manoeuvrable, the great delta-winged machines are also equipped with state of the art electronic warfare devices that jam American radar systems. Evading the fighters scrambled to intercept them, the British aircraft target Washington and New York, reducing them to smoking ruins. They would have done, at least, if this were not an exercise. This is the story of Squadron-Leader Amos McKenna, a Vulcan pilot who is suffering from desires and frustrations that are tearing his marriage apart and making him question his loyalties. Relations with the American cousins are tense; the future of the RAF bomber fleet is in doubt. And there is a spy at RAF Wearsby, who is selling secrets to his Russian handlers in seedy East Anglian cafes. Praise for Cooking with Fernet Branca: ‘Skilful, highly original...the elegant language, witty asides and vivid-observation are memorable.’ Literary Review ‘This is a playful book, full of fun and games… There is so much pleasure to be had from Hamilton-Paterson's delight in language and wicked way with unreliable narrators.’ TLS ‘Wickedly witty … a hilarious farce’ Guardian ‘It is James Hamilton-Paterson's style that wins hearts ... I laughed out loud several times a chapter.’ The Times ‘I love his elegant and intensely evocative style: strangeness lifts off his pages like a rare perfume.’ JG Ballard James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of the bestselling (100,000+) Empire of the Clouds. He won a Whitbread Prize for his first novel, Gerontius, and among his many other celebrated books are Seven-Tenths, Amazing Disgrace, Rancid Pansies, Cooking with Fernet Branca and Playing With Water. Rights sales for Cooking With Fernet Branca: Croatia (Fractura), Czech Republic (Olympia), Finland (Basam Books), Germany (Klett Cotta), Greece (Minoas), Italy (Edizioni E/O), Poland (Wydawnictwo Bona), Romania (Humanitas), US (Europa) Publication date: May 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Neil Belton Material available: Final files / Finished copies 17

THE BEAST IN THE RED FOREST By Sam Eastland In the wake of the German invasion of Russia in 1941, Inspector Pekkala has vanished. Soon after Stalin’s most trusted detective was dispatched behind enemy lines to investigate the theft of the Amber Room, a Russian soldier emerges from the battlefield with news that Pekkala has been killed. As proof, he delivers to Pekkala’s assistant, Major Kirov, Pekkala’s famous Webley revolver, recovered from the charred remains of a body found at the site of an ambush, nor far from where the Amber Room was stolen. While Russia mourns the loss of the great Inspector, Major Kirov refuses to accept that Pekkala is actually dead. And he is not alone. Stalin, too, believes in the mysterious Finn’s almost supernatural powers of survival. On Stalin’s orders, Kirov travels deep into the forests of western Russia, following a trail of clues to a wilderness where partisans wage a brutal campaign of extinction, not only against the Nazi invaders, but also against each other. Unbeknownst to the Major, he is being led into a trap. A new enemy has emerged from the fog of war, more deadly than any Kirov or Pekkala has ever faced before. Pursuing the legend of a half-human creature, said to roam the maple-red forests of this war within a war, each step brings Kirov closer to the truth about Pekkala’s disappearance. Meanwhile, Pekkala’s nemesis is also closing in for the kill. Whoever finds Pekkala first will either save the great Inspector’s life or finish it, once and for all. Publication date: February 2014 Extent: 352 pp Material available: Edited manuscript autumn 2013

THE RED MOTH By Sam Eastland It is the summer of 1941 and Russia has been invaded. As Hitler's forces smash into Soviet territory, annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path, a lone German scout plane is forced down. Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential painting of a hyalophoria cecropia, otherwise known as a red moth. Stalin suspects a German plot and summons his old adversary, Inspector Pekkala to discover the real significance of this strange wartime cargo. As the storm gathers around them, Pekkala, together with his assistant Commissar Kirov, soon find themselves on the path of the most formidable art thieves in history. The real 18

target is a secret and prized possession of the Romanovs, once considered to be the eighth wonder of the world. But as the Soviet Union crumbles in the face of the advancing cataclysm and the chaos of war, Pekkala realizes that to protect the Tsar's treasure he must break through enemy lines. His desperate mission is to outfox the German invaders, or face the wrath of Stalin himself. Publication date: February 2013 Extent: 300 pp Material available: Final Files / Finished Copies SIBERIAN RED WWII has begun but as the fighting rages on, Stalin’s dream of recovering the missing treasure of Tsar Nicholas II is rekindled when he receives a clue from an informant in a Siberian Gulag. THE RED COFFIN Stalin hires Inspector Pekkala to investigate the mysterious death of the primary engineer on the top secret T34 tank, being built in preparation for impending war with Germany. Stalin is convinced that members of the shadowy 'White Guild' are responsible, but Pekkala remains suspicious. EYE OF THE RED TSAR Pekkala is a wild man, cast out to a Siberian gulag after the overthrow of the Romanovs, for whom he worked as a private investigator. When he is visited by an envoy from Comrade Stalin, he does not expect that the man will bring with him an offer of employment. Why has Pekkala been chosen? Sam Eastland is the pseudonym of a British writer who lives in the United States. Rights sales for The Beast in the Red Forest: France (Anne Carrière) Rights sales for The Red Moth: France (Anne Carrière) Rights sales for Siberian Red: France (Anne Carrière), Germany (Droemer Knaur), USA (Bantam) Rights sales for The Red Coffin: Brazil (Record), Czech Republic (XYZ), Finland (Schildts Kustannus Oy), France (Anne Carrière), Germany (Droemer Knaur), Holland (Ambo|Anthos), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Macedonia (AEA), Poland (Albatros), Serbia (Solaris), Simplified Chinese (Chong Qing University Press), USA (Bantam) Rights sales for Eye of the Red Tsar: Brazil (Record), Croatia (Lumen), Czech Republic (XYZ), Finland (Schildts Kustannus Oy), France (Anne Carrière), Georgia (Palitra), Germany (Droemer Knaur), Greece (Modern Times), Holland (Ambo|Anthos), Hungary (Alexandra Könyvesház), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Macedonia (AEA), Poland (Albatros), Portugal (Aletheia), Serbia (Solaris), Simplified Chinese (Chong Qing University Press), Turkey (Derin Kitap), USA (Bantam) Rights: World All Languages

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THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T STAND UP By Jacob M. Appel

The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up mixes the literary

sensibilities of Jonathan Franzen with the raucous humour of DBC Pierre. For those who love their literary fiction with a slice of satire.

“Arnold looked up. All eyes were glued to the video screen. That’s where he saw himself, enlarged for an audience, sitting through their fascistic song. The boy stood at his side, yanking on his fingers. He responded instinctively. He stuck out his tongue.” Arnold Brinkmann does not go to baseball games. He’s a timid, ultraliberal botanist living in New York; he loves his plants, not his country. But when he accidentally insults the whole of America at a baseball game, he is drawn into an absurdist nightmare of press, preachers and pushy patriots. And it’s only going to get worse when he won’t apologise... A hilarious bullet into the heart of modern America. It’s the debut novel of one of the most acclaimed and controversial authors to emerge from the USA in years; Jacob M. Appel adds the £10,000 Dundee International Book Prize to a list of prizes that includes the FaulknerWisdom Prize for Short Stories and The Boston Review Prize. The Huffington Post columnist has seen his ten acclaimed plays performed across North America, but his debut novel is bound to provoke even more debate, furore and most of all, laughter. Praise for The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up: ‘Engaging, funny, ingenious, even charming.’ Philip Pullman ‘A darkly comic satire, full of insight into American culture.’ Stephen Fry

Jacob M. Appel is the author of ten plays and a columnist for The Huffington Post and The New York Times. His work has won the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award and The Boston Review Prize in 1998. Publication date: October 2012 Extent: 290pp

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MEAT By Allan Wilson From one of the UK’s hottest young writers, Meat is a tour-de-force début novel.

Alex works in a supermarket’s meat and fish department and is starting to realise that time is running out. He spends his days gutting fish, wiping up blood and convincing himself that tomorrow he’ll quit and start a new life. His girlfriend Annie is a teacher trying hard to stay on top of her work and at the end of the day, they return to Alex’s parents where they live, love, fight and make-up. As time goes on Alex begins to think that maybe this is life; this is what is meant to be. But the more Alex spends toiling in a dead-end job, the more unhinged he starts to become. Life begins to spiral out of control and the only power Alex felt he had – power over his own actions – seems to be disappearing. In a world without hope, how can a couple ever be happy? But what if there is hope? What if the only hope is in each other? Can they ever escape this world and realise their dreams? Wilson is the voice of a generation-trapped in menial work, battered by recession and lost in a lives filled with ambition but with nowhere to go. Written in an engaging style and with a frenetic pace that takes its literary cues from Kelman, Joyce and Bukowski, Meat is one of the most electric literary works of our time. Praise for Wasted in Love: ‘A compelling selection of short stories. Powerful writing. The characters are vividly brought to life by Wilson’s powerful writing and terse dialogue.’ ****Daily Express ‘Assured…many moments of resonance and skill in a confident prose style.’**** The Big Issue ‘This is a writer who pays attention and writes with such vigilance and diligent compassion that you admire and hope for more.’ Scotsman ‘Quite frankly, it’s a brilliant book, well crafted, authentic and necessary.’ The Skinny

Allan Wilson is from Glasgow. His short story collection Wasted in Love was a finalist for the SMIT Scottish Book of the Year 2012. He was awarded a Dewar Arts Award in 2012 in order to work on his first novel Meat. Publication date: August 2013 Extent: 292pp

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TALES FROM THE MALL By Ewan Morrison Winner of the Guardian Not The Booker Prize 2012 No.1 English-language Bestseller Kindle Germany

Fashion. Food Courts. Lingerie. Fire Bombing. Suicide. Free Parking. Welcome to the Mall. Why would one woman threaten to kill another for a pair of discounted shoes? Why are cross-dressers drawn to mall car parks? What do impulse buys have to do with rioting? And why are market research companies hiding the truth from us? Tales From The Mall is a mash-up of fiction, essays and true stories, that tells the rise of the most iconic symbol of our modern age the shopping mall. From over a hundred interviews and confessions, Morrison re-tells the true-life tales of those who work, shop and even find love inside their walls. With wry wit, insight and compassion, Morrison uncovers the secrets of retail heaven and hell, to reveal how malls manipulate our emotions in cleverly calculated ways, how they are an ideal space to meet a new lover or to kill yourself and how they are taking over the world. A startling window on our time, to make you think, fear and laugh. Retail will never be therapy again. Praise for Tales from the Mall: ‘Morrison continues Ballard’s tradition of locating menace beneath the sleekness and shine of post-industrial life. … A truly interesting book.’ Douglas Coupland ‘One of the most innovative and ground-breaking books published in the last couple of decades. Mixing disciplines and drifting between fiction and fact, Ewan Morrison deconstructs the stultifying Venus fly-trap of the society and culture we’ve constructed under consumer capitalism. Truly zeitgeist writing.’ Irvine Welsh ‘Ewan Morrison captures beautifully the point at which anecdote becomes urban myth and reportage slides into fiction. A really important new form has emerged.’ Guardian ‘Staffing the tales from the mall are brilliant characters, this is a book for anyone who’s ever dated, waited, worked or berated in a mall. Which is all of us.’ Scotsman Ewan Morrison is the author of the novels Close Your Eyes, Menage, Distance and Swung (Jonathan Cape/Vintage) and the short story collection The Last Book you Read. He writes regularly for the Guardian and as a filmmaker is a BAFTA winner and twice-nominated Best Director. In 2012, he was nominated for Glenfiddich Scottish Author of The Year. Publication date: May 2012 Extent: 290pp

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THE PATIENT ECSTASY OF FRAULEIN BRAUN By Lavonne Mueller A disturbing, erotic novel about Hitler seen through the eyes of the woman who worshipped him.

At the heart of Mueller’s daring speculation, this haunting question reprises throughout: How does a woman love the most evil man in the world? Eva understands Hitler is married to Germany and must herself stand back unacknowledged as he enclasps the world in a passionate, python-like thrall … until the last days in the final chapter of the Third Reich (and the first chapter of the novel), when Adolf and Eva move into their first home together, the Führerbunker. There, deep underground, hidden from the light of day and the light of history, but laid fully bare to the author’s unblinking eye, Eva Braun’s patriotism and patience finally pay off—in a private wedding ceremony and a cyanide capsule. Mueller imagines the claustrophobic and morally twisted underground world of the Third Reich’s last gasp. All the Führer’s men and women, like rats in a trap, grow more and more desperate, more and more perverse, as they compete for the final crumbs of attention from their doomed leader. Only one soul remains calm amid the chaos: the ever-patient, ever pliant paramour of the vilest man who ever lived. As the world around them goes astoundingly mad, their devotion to each other remains unsullied. Trusting. Even innocent. Eminent biographer Lytton Strachey cautions us that “it is not by the direct method of a scrupulous narration that the explorer of the past can hope to depict that singular epoch. If the author is wise, he/she will…fall upon the flank, or the rear, will shoot a sudden, revealing searchlight into obscure recesses.” Taking Strachey’s advice, Mueller has exposed those “obscure recesses” through the lovesick eyes of Eva Braun.

Lavonne Mueller is the recipient of Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and NEA grants for her writing. As a Fulbright creative artist she worked in Argentina and Jordan; under an Asian Cultural Grant she investigated the culture of Calcutta. Her textbook on creative writing (Doubleday) has remained a classic in schools around the country. Publication date: April 2013 Extent: 304pp

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THE DERVISH By Frances Kazan

The Dervish will set readers’ heads whirling

with its powerful story of political and social power plays. Suspense grows, as do the parallels to the latest news flashes from our own times of Middle East turmoil. The first Arab Spring: revolution and passion seethe and erupt in this action-packed romance during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Kazan’s novel takes us intimately behind the veil, to see and experience the Ottoman world, to let us view, from the “other” side, how the cultural and political antagonisms between the Occident and the Orient of the past century look. There are no easy villains or heroes in this story. An American war widow seeks emotional asylum with her sister at the American Consulate in Constantinople during the Allied occupation in 1919. Through a cross-stitched pattern of synchronicity Kazan’s heroine becomes a vital thread in the fate of Mustafa Kemal (later Ataturk) and his battle for his country’s freedom. Based on first-hand accounts of the Turkish nationalist resistance, The Dervish details the extraordinary events that culminated in 1923 with the creation of the Republic of Turkey. The Dervish is the dramatic culmination of Kazan’s acclaimed novel Halide’s Gift, the story of two sisters bound by an extraordinary friendship, and torn apart by their love of radically different men. Praise for Halide’s Gift: ‘Carefully detailed and convincing.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Engrossing.’ The Washington Post ‘Kazan has written a politically intriguing and uniquely stylized novel with a subject matter that is refreshingly untrodden.’ Booklist ‘Halide’s Gift is a complex tale of intrigue, secrets, superstitions and veiled passions set at the end of nineteenth century Constantinople.’ Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue ‘I was gripped by Kazan’s evocation of the last days of the Ottoman empire. An impressive novel.’ Pankaj Mishra, author of The Romantics Frances Kazan is a writer, lecturer, producer and arts supporter. She holds a Masters in Turkish studies and is a member of the American Turkish Society. Rights sales for Halide’s Gift: Greece (Livanis), Italy (Corbaccio), Portugal (Editora Globo), Serbia (IK Draganic), Spain (Planeta) Publication date: April 2013 Extent: 256pp

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THE EX-FACTOR By Helena Frith Powell

Do you remember your first love? Have you ever wondered 'what if…'?

Marina has the life she always dreamed of. She is married to Mark, a gorgeous surgeon, writes a personal column for a leading tabloid and lives in the heart of Chelsea. But when writing a column about first love she stumbles on Tom, her one-that-got-away, and begins to feel that her life is not as complete as she had thought. They are brought together at a New Year's Eve reunion and she realises that he still has power to make her weak at the knees. Marina finds herself struggling to choose between safety with her surgeon or new passion with her teenage crush… London or Rome, husband or lover? Praise for Helena Frith Powell: ‘Best memoir of the year …You really must read… delightful.’ The Sunday Times on Ciao Bella ‘Smart and very funny.’ Daily Express on Two Lipsticks and a Lover ‘Frith Powell has managed to get as close as any outsider can to the riddle of what it really means to be French and female.’ Mail on Sunday on Two Lipsticks and a Lover ‘Offers an indispensable insight… You’ll wonder how anybody ever coped with crossing the channel without it.’ Good Book Guide on More More France Please ‘The book you need to read… Refreshing.’ Daily Mail on More More France Please ‘Will have you hooked from page one!’ Tatler on Love in a Warm Climate

Helena Frith Powell frequently writes for The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, Express, Sunday Times, The Times and many other publications. This is her second novel. Rights sales for Two Lipsticks and a Lover: Brazil (Puma), China (China Friendship, simplified), Taiwan (Trio, complex), Croatia (Mirakul), France (Leduc), Poland (Czarne na Bialym), Russia (AST), Thailand (Emmalute), USA (Penguin-Plume), UK paperback (Random House - Arrow) Publication date: April 2013 Extent: 288pp

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REHAB BLUES By Adrian Laing

When celebrities do rehab, they do it in style.

‘The Place’ provides a safe haven, away from flashing light bulbs, for planet celebrity’s weird and wonderful inhabitants – when they are feeling a little tired and emotional. There is Toni, the incontinent rock-star sex addict; Tracey, the shoplifting soap-star; and Huck, the cross dressing cage fighter. Holding together this band of troubled superstars is ‘the unholy trinity’, the management trio who get their guests back on their feet with alternative treatments such as laughter and paparazzi therapy. However, in the offices of the Sunday News, things are not so tranquil. Editor Simon Hall, using not-so-scrupulous means, has delved into the trio’s past; digging up skeletons that threaten to close The Place for good. Praise for R.D. Laing: A Life: ‘This book brought me to a real understanding of a man who was sensitive, decent and - like so many Scots - too clever for his own good.’ Literary Review ‘Remarkable.’ Luke Fowler, Turner Prize Nominee 2012 ‘Grippingly exposes and illuminates the most remarkable and controversial figure of postwar psychiatry.’ Professor Anthony Clare

Adrian Laing is the son of world renowned psychiatrist R.D. Laing and formerly worked at Harper Collins, Rehab Blues is his first novel. Rights sales for R.D. Laing: A Life: Taiwan (Psygarden), UK paperback (Harper Collins), US (Thunder Mouth Press) Publication date: March 2013 Extent: 288pp

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HISTORY CHURCHILL’S BOMB

By Graham Farmelo

A brilliant insight into Britain's atomic scientists during the war; this original and controversial book shows a new and fascinating side to the great war leader. Churchill's Bomb reveals a new aspect of the great Prime Minister's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Graham Farmelo, the author of the celebrated and prize-winning biography of Paul Dirac, argues that Churchill was far more interested in science that he appeared. He made brave efforts to understand the exciting and sinister new world opened up by quantum physics in the 1920s and 30s, and wrote repeatedly about the coming of unimaginably dangerous new explosives. Britain then was the world leader in nuclear research. But when the awful possibility of actually building an atomic bomb raised its head, Churchill made crucial errors that ensured Britain's exclusion from the American-led project to build the bomb. He neglected an offer by Roosevelt to give Britain equal footing on the project and marginalized the real elite of British science, relying instead on the counsel of Frederick Lindemann, a wayward Oxford physicist hungry for power and resentful of scientists more brilliant than he was. As a result, Britain lost its leadership of this cutting-edge science and was denied access to the latest research. Churchill allowed himself to be fobbed off with emollient words from the notoriously evasive American President. Praise for The Strangest Man: ‘Fascinating … [A] superb book.’ - John Gribbin, Literary Review ‘A wonderful book.’ Lord William Waldegrave, Daily Telegraph ‘A major achievement.’ Professor Peter Higgs, The Times Graham Farmelo is Senior Research Fellow at the Science Museum, London, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston, USA. He edited the best-selling It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science in 2002. His biography of Paul Dirac, The Strangest Man, won the 2009 Costa Biography Prize and the 2010 Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize. Rights sales for The Strangest Man: Greek (Travlos Publishers), Italian (Raffaello Cortina Editore), Japanese (Hayakawa Publishing), Turkish (Kultur Yayinlari Is Turk Ltd), US (Perseus), Vietnamese (Tre Publishing House) Publication date: October 2013 Extent: 512pp Material available: Edited Manuscript

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NAPOLEON VOLUME 1 By Michael Broers The first of a majestic two part biography of the great dictator told with energy, style and lots of new research.

This is the first life of Napoleon, in any language, that makes full use of the new version of his correspondence compiled by the Fondation Napoléon in Paris to replace the sanitized compilation made under the Second French Empire as a propaganda exercise by his nephew, Napoleon III. All previous lives of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words. Michael Broers's biography draws on the thoughts of Napoleon himself as his incomparable life unfolded. It reveals a man of intense emotion, but also of iron self-discipline; of acute intelligence and immeasurable energy. Tracing his life from its dangerous Corsican roots, through his rejection of his early identity, and the dangerous military encounters of his early career, it tells the story of the sheer determination, ruthlessness and careful calculation that won him the precarious mastery of Europe by 1807. After the epic battles of Austerlitz, Jena and Friedland, France was the dominant land power on the continent. Here is the first life in which Napoleon speaks in his own voice, but not always as he wanted the world to hear him.

Michael Broers is Professor of Western European History at Oxford University. He is the author of, among other books about revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796-1814, winner of the Grand Prix Napoléon prize, 2006, and of Napoleon's Other War: Bandits, Rebels and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions. Publication date: October 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 400pp Editor: Neil Belton Material available: Edited manuscript available May 2013 28

STALIN AND THE SCIENTISTS By Simon Ings As story that will transform our understanding of Russian history: the hugely gifted generation of Russian scientists who did their greatest work under the rule of the 20th century's first great dictator. From atomic physics to management theory, from radiation biology to neuroscience and psychology, these scientists made a profound contribution to humanity. Some were murdered, many of them suffered exile and imprisonment, and all of them were aware that their lives were lived on a knife edge. They led complex lives and were often charismatic and inspiring teachers. Together, they made up what was arguably the most articulate, romantic, well-informed and radically minded intellectual community since Plato’s Athens. The characters described here range from the biologist who took notes on the physiological effects of his own death sentence, to the botanist who delivered scientific lectures in a lightless underground cell while his wife was sending food parcels to the wrong side of Russia; from the biologist who resorted to theft, fraud and kidnap to support his work, to the poet-ergonomist who built a machine – an actual machine, with pulleys and ropes – to churn out new forms of human being. Without flinching at the human cost, Stalin and the Scientists reveals and celebrates what Soviet science managed to do for us. Like Simon Sebag Montefiore’s At the Court of the Red Tsar and Rachel Polonsky’s Molotov’s Magic Lantern, this book will be a compelling literary achievement that opens readers’ eyes to a hidden part of history. Praise for The Eye: A Natural History: ‘An elegant, entertaining and up-to-date … utterly compelling.’ Independent ‘The more complex his material, the clearer his prose becomes. … this far-ranging and wonderfully eclectic work is popular science at its best.’ The Times ‘A narrative as arresting and remarkable as any fiction, accessible but complete… An excellent guide to one of the world's true wonders.’ Telegraph Simon Ings is a novelist and science writer. He has published seven novels and one nonfiction title, The Eye: A Natural History. He regularly contributes to the publications including the Guardian, The Times, Telegraph, Independent, Nature and New Scientist. He lives and works in London. Rights sales for Stalin and the Scientists: Germany (Hoffman und Campe) Rights sales for The Eye: Germany (Hoffman und Campe), Italy (Einaudi), Japan (Hayakawa), Portugal (Aletheia), US (Norton) Publication date: September 2014 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 400pp Editor: Neil Belton Material available: Edited manuscript June 2013 29

FANNY AND STELLA The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England By Neil McKenna The gripping story of the trial that shook Victorian England, revealing the strange and erotic underworld of men who dressed as women. A tale of cross-dressing, cross-examinations and the invention of camp. 28th April 1870. The flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked and titillated Victorian England in equal measure. It turned out that the alluring Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton were no ordinary young women. Far from it. In fact, they were young men who liked to dress as women. When the Metropolitan Police launched a secret campaign to bring about their downfall, they were arrested and subjected to a sensational show trial in Westminster Hall. With a cast of peers, politicians, prostitutes, drag queens, doctors and detectives, Fanny and Stella is a Victorian peepshow, exposing the startling underbelly of nineteenth-century London. By turns tragic and comic, meticulously researched and dazzlingly written, Fanny and Stella is an enthralling tour-de-force. Praise for Fanny and Stella: ‘Rich and absorbing ... Fanny and Stella is a cracking read.’ The Sunday Times ‘Terrifically entertaining story … crisp, colourful and funny.’ Evening Standard ‘McKenna plunges us into a world of lush longing.’ Guardian ‘Uproarious ... McKenna relates their astonishing story with meticulously researched relish … It's a wonderful, gripping and moving story.’ The Times ‘Irresistible … complete with a big courtroom finish that I won't spoil.’ Daily Mail ‘Wonderful ... This is a great read. It will be made into a movie as sure as Neil McKenna is the greatest gay biographer of our era.’ QX Magazine Neil McKenna is an award-winning journalist for the Independent, Observer, Guardian and New Statesman. He is the author of On the Margins (1996), The Silent Epidemic (1998) and his début biography, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, published in 2003 to wide acclaim. Rights sales for Fanny and Stella: Film and TV (Bentley Productions) Publication date: February 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 416pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Finished copies / Final files 30

STORMING THE EAGLE’S NEST By Jim Ring ‘I have a close link to this mountain. Much was done there, came about and ended there; those were the best times of my life……My great plans were forged there.’ Hitler, 1942

From the Fall of France in June 1940 to Hitler’s suicide in April 1945, the Swastika flew from the peaks of the High Savoy in the western Alps to the passes above Ljubljana in the east - excepting only neutral Switzerland. The Alps, as much as Berlin, were the heart of the Third Reich. In 1940, skiing resorts all over the Alps were turned into training centres for mountain warfare, concentration camps were seeded in the alpine valleys, Gauleiters were installed in the resorts and secret rocket factories established. Later, in the southern alps of Switzerland, St Moritz and Zermatt welcomed escaping Allied PoWs, whilst further north Zurich grew fat on looted Nazi gold, and guards turned away Jewish refugees at the country's borders. Yet as the war progressed, the Occupied Alps became the cradle of resistance to totalitarian rule. A military, political and social history, Storming the Eagle’s Nest tells this story through the eyes of the British and their Allies, describing how Allied activity helped lift Hitler's shroud over the Alps. Jim Ring makes an intriguing case for the Alps as a neglected but pivotal theatre of the Second World War. Praise for Jim Ring: ‘A delightful and informative evocation of the Cote d’Azur at various epochs by its loving chronicler.’ Daily Mail on Riviera ‘A highly readable history.’ Guardian on Riviera ‘Jim Ring's book cannot be bettered … a shrewd analysis and potent metaphor for England's gradual abandonment of idealism and moral endeavour, resulting in our steep decline into decadence and materialism over the past 200 years.’ Daily Mail on How the English Made the Alps

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THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE AIR By James Hamilton Patterson

Empire of the Clouds revealed Hamilton-Paterson’s ability to

describe the sinister beauty of lethal aircraft, and the sheer excitement of flying them. His new book captures a kind of warfare that could be astonishingly romantic, and quite as hellish as combat in the trenches far below. Focusing on the iconic aircraft of the Great War and the men who flew them in unimaginably dangerous conditions, Hamilton-Paterson shows how developments in engine design, weapons and airframes changed the course of the war while profoundly influencing aircrews’ chances of success and survival. The words of the young fliers themselves bring us back to a time when a pilot would have to jump from a burning plane without a parachute, because parachutes were held to blunt fighting spirit, and men suffering the agonies of frostbite in open cockpits would have to deal with frozen guns by standing up and hammering at them. Praise for Empire of the Clouds: ‘A beautifully written re-creation of a vanished cultural and technological landscape.’ The Sunday Times ‘A magnificent account of British aviation, when a new Elizabethan age seemed to have dawned of supersonic derring-do … brimful of racy incident and exquisitely written.’ Evening Standard ‘A splendid, meticulous and stylish story of wonderful machines and the men who made them.’ Independent ‘A wonderful homage to what was – and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.’ Navy News ‘This is elegy with all its afterburners on, expert about the engineering of the planes, worshipful of the men who flew them, and furious at the disappearance of the technological Britain that brought them forth.’ Francis Spufford James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of the bestselling (100,000+) Empire of the Clouds. He won a Whitbread Prize for his first novel, Gerontius, and among his many other celebrated books are Seven-Tenths, Amazing Disgrace, Rancid Pansies, Cooking with Fernet Branca and Playing With Water. Born and educated in England, he has lived in the Philippines and Italy and now makes his home in Austria. Publication date: October 2015 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 304pp Editor: Neil Belton Material available: Edited manuscript autumn 2013

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CURRENT AFFAIRS THE CONSOLATIONS OF ECONOMICS How We Will All Benefit from the New World Order By Gerard Lyons A provocative and utterly positive book to explain what is happening in the world’s economy today, the shift in the balance of power and the best way to move forward: embracing the change and exploiting the opportunities presented by the growing global economic cake. In contrary to the prevailing opinion, Gerard Lyons argues that all is not stagnation and decline for the West, far from it. A shift in the balance of economic and financial power from the West to the East has already begun. Over the next twenty years the world economy is likely to enjoy one of its strongest periods of growth ever. ‘Embrace change’ is a clear message of this book as the world economy is likely to not only get bigger but get better as well. The global economic cake will get bigger, and even countries that see their slice get smaller will receive more cake than ever before. Life expectancy will rise. Income standards will rise. Educational standards will rise. But change can bring with it uncertainty and fear. There are risks: corruption, energy, water, environment, protectionism, population growth, strains on welfare systems in the West - but there are solutions to all of these. Vested interest groups, particularly in the West, will try to protect their domains. Thus it is important to have a sense of what is happening, and why. In The Consolations of Economics, Lyons takes an objective look at the changing global economy and the shift in the balance of power, what is happening and what it means, and the challenges and opportunities it must face.

Gerard Lyons is a British economist and currently Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London. He is regular commentator for Bloomberg and Sky News and has been awarded "top forecaster" accolades by the Sunday Times and Bloomberg. Publication date: October 2014 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Proposal/Edited manuscript June 2013

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HANGING MAN By Barnaby Martin An unconventional biography of China’s most famous living artist and leading dissident. This is a book about beliefs, artistic expression and a campaign for democracy and accountability in China. Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous living artist. He is also China's leading dissident: a ferocious critic of the state and system of government whose art and public statements are about the price that the Chinese people pay for the unique combination of the market and Maoism as exercised by the totalitarian state of modern China. Ai Weiwei’s art consistently subverts official imagery, and ever since the family was banished during the Cultural Revolution due to the activities of Ai’s father (a poet and revolutionary), his life has been an act of creative vengeance on the party. In April 2011 the regime’s patience snapped and Ai was arrested and held for over two months without charge. He was kept under house arrest in Beijing until early 2012, and is still prohibited from travelling outside China. His supporters are keeping up the campaign, and this year he has been awarded the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. Barnaby Martin has known Ai for several years and was working on a book about his life, art and politics when Ai was arrested. Since Ai was released, Martin has visited him - literally sneaking past sleeping policemen - and talked about his imprisonment and his intentions. Ai will not be silenced. This is not a conventional biography: it is about Ai's life, but also about the ferocious dangers of being an artist who believes in freedom and justice in a society where neither can be found. Praise for Hanging Man: ‘This heartfelt book gives us a snapshot of the artist under siege.’ The Sunday Times ‘Hanging Man is the most detailed, comprehensive and eloquent English-language account of what happens these days to Chinese political prisoners ... Invaluable.’ Literary Review ‘Fascinating ... Hanging Man is a compelling study of Ai's work and significance.’ Scotsman Barnaby Martin is a writer and journalist. He began his career at the Daily Telegraph and spent some years living and travelling in the Far East, mostly in China. He now lives in Oxfordshire. Rights sales for Hanging Man: Brazil (Companhia das Letras), Czech (65.pole), Holland (Ambo Anthos), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Turkey (Metis), USA (FSG) Publication date: March 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Neil Belton Material available: Final files / Finished copies 34

THE ROTTEN HEART OF EUROPE By Bernard Connolly A new edition of the classic whistle-blower's account that shook Europe, fully updated for the post financial crisis world.

When first published in 1995, The Rotten Heart of Europe caused outrage and delight - here was a Brussels insider, a senior EU economist, daring to talk openly about the likely pitfalls of European monetary union. Bernard Connolly lost his job at the Commission, but his book was greeted as a profound and persuasive expose of the would-be 'monetary masters of the world.' His brave act of defiance became headline news - and his book a major international bestseller. In a substantial new introduction, Connolly returns to his prophetic account of the doubletalk surrounding the efforts of politicians, bankers and bureaucrats to force Europe into a crippling monetary straitjacket. Hidden agendas are laid bare, skulduggery exposed and economic fallacies are skewered, producing a horrifying conclusion. No one who wants to understand the workings of the EU, past, present and future can afford to miss this enthralling and deeply disturbing book. Praise for The Rotten Heart of Europe: ‘The Brussels Commission has just suspended its senior economist, Bernard Connolly, for writing a book savaging the prospects for a common currency. There are many who now believe he should be lauded as a prophet.’ Observer, Editorial, 1 October 1995 ‘Mr. Connolly's longstanding proposition that the foisting of a common currency upon so many disparate nations would end in ruin is getting a much wider hearing...’ New York Times, 17 November 2011

Bernard Connolly was born in Manchester in 1949. He worked for many years in the European Commission, becoming head of the unit responsible for analysis of the European Monetary System. The Wall Street Journal Europe named him as one of its outstanding Europeans of the year, 1995. Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, identified him as one of only a handful of economists to have accurately predicted the crisis. Derek Scott, economic adviser to Tony Blair, said of him that he understood the macroeconomic issues facing the world "better than any economist on the planet". As CEO of Connolly Insight, LP, Bernard Connolly now lives in New York. Publication date: January 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 480pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Final files/Finished copies

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UNTANGLING THE WEB By Aleks Krotoski The World Wide Web is the most revolutionary innovation of our time. In the last decade, it has utterly transformed our lives. But what real effects is it having on our social world?

What does it mean to be a modern family when dinner table conversations take place over smartphones? What happens to privacy when we readily share our personal lives with friends and corporations? Are our Facebook updates and Twitterings inspiring revolution or are they just a symptom of our global narcissism? What counts as celebrity, when everyone can have a following or be a paparazzo? And what happens to relationships when love, sex and hate can be mediated by a computer? Social psychologist Aleks Krotoski has spent a decade untangling the effects of the Web on how we work, live and play. In this groundbreaking book, she uncovers how much humanity has - and hasn't - changed because of our increasingly co-dependent relationship with the computer. In Untangling the Web, she tells the story of how the network became woven in our lives, and what it means to be alive in the age of the Internet.

Aleks Krotoski is an academic and journalist who writes about and studies technology and interactivity. She is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Media and Communications Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute. Aleks writes for Guardian and Observer, and hosts Tech Weekly, their technology podcast. In 2010 she presented the Emmy- and Baftawinning BBC 2 series Virtual Revolution, about the social history of the World Wide Web. Her writing appears in Nature, BBC Technology, New Statesman, MIT Technology Review and Telegraph. She is also the New Media Sector Champion for UKTI, the government department that promotes British businesses around the world. Publication date: July 2013 Extent: 304pp Material available: PDF proof

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RACING HARD By William Fotheringham The leading cycling journalist and author of Merckx: Half-Man, Half-Bike and Bradley Wiggins - My Time looks back at a tumultuous time in the history of the sport.

Few schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read inside his books. He saw the Tour for the first time in 1984, avidly following that year's race on television in the Normandy village where he lived. Since joining the Guardian in 1989, William Fotheringham has been at the forefront of British cycling journalism. Here he reflects on the events of the last twenty-three years - the triumphs, the tragedies and the scandals that have engulfed the world's most demanding sport. Key articles from his career are annotated with notes and reflections. What would he have said if he'd known then what we all know now about Lance Armstrong? Which cyclists and teams were not all they seemed? And which victories still rank as the greatest of all time?

William Fotheringham began writing about bike racing in 1988 and was covering the Tour de France within two years, one of maybe half a dozen British journalists on the race. He spent much of the 1990s writing for Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport, combining that with work for Guardian, who talked him into covering the Tour for them in 1994. On the sports desk in Guardian he covered rugby as well as cycling, reported on the World Cup in 2003. His first full-length book, Put Me Back on My Bike, was published in 2002. Publication date: June 2013 Extent: 304pp Material available: Edited manuscript

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FACTS ARE SACRED By Simon Rogers A full-colour guide to the data that shapes our lives, looking behind the headlines and the soundbites to what's really going on, with amazing interactive and online-linked ebook elements.

What is the true human cost of the war in Afghanistan? How quickly are population levels rising? Which country has the most endangered species? What are the most frequently used words in US embassy cables? Where have the biggest Occupy protests been? Why did the housing crash hit ordinary Americans so hard? Facts are Sacred, the Guardian's award-winning datablog, publishes and analyses seemingly benign data - released under the auspices of transparency - to bring its readers astonishing revelations about the way we live now. It reveals how data has changed our world and what we can learn from it. Now, the most telling findings from the blog are brought together to give us the facts and figures behind the headlines, beautifully illustrated with extensive data visualisations. Ground-breaking and fascinating, it celebrates a resource that has pushed the boundaries of modern journalism and is a manifesto for a new way of seeing things.

Simon Rogers is the editor of guardian.co.uk/data and a news editor on the Guardian, working with the graphics team to bring figures to life on the page. He was closely involved with the Guardian's groundbreaking decision to crowdsource 450,000 MP expenses records, as well as the organisation's coverage of the Afghanistan and Iraq 'Wikileaks' war logs. In 2010, Simon received a special commendation from the Royal Statistical Society in its awards for journalistic excellence. In 2011, the datablog won the Newspaper Awards prize for Best Use of New Media, the Knight Batten award for innovation in journalism and the Online Media award for innovation in journalism. Publication date: April 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Final files / Finished copies 38

NEVER SECONDS: The Incredible Story of Martha Payne By Martha Payne & Dave Payne Winner of the Observer Food Blog of The Year 2012 TIME Magazine, Top 25 blogs of 2012 Nominated for RED Magazine Woman of the Year

A major news story in over 75 countries, Martha’s story has been featured in over 400 publications including WIRED Magazine, ZPT (Germany), New York Times, The New Republic and Taipei Daily. Her blog has been viewed by over 29 million people in eight months. Martha Payne is nine years old. She set up a simple blog NeverSeconds where she reviewed her school lunches and talked about healthy eating for children. She hoped to raise a few hundred pounds for her favourite charity, Mary s Meals. After 7 million blog hits, one council led banning, being the number 1 story on every news site worldwide and having raised over £115,000 for Mary’s Meals, Martha is one of the biggest news stories of the year. Endorsed by Jamie Oliver and with a foreword by Nick Nairn, her story is extraordinary - the little girl who changed lives in Africa, stood up to the government and won the hearts of people all over the world. Find out the real story of the blog, what happened behind the scenes, learn all about Martha’s trip to Malawi and how her work is changing the lives of children there. Every copy sold provides 25 school dinners for children in Malawi through a donation to Mary’s Meals. Find out about the most inspirational story of the year and help the fight to end hunger in Malawi. Praise for NeverSeconds: ‘Martha is such an inspiration to anyone who wants to make a difference. She’s a true hero.’ Jamie Oliver ‘Sweet, sensitive and will touch the hearts of parents everywhere.’ The Sunday Times

Martha Payne and Dave Payne are the authors of NeverSeconds: The Incredible Story of Martha Payne. They live in Scotland. Publication date: October 2012 Extent: 200pp

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SUCCESSFUL ECONOMICS: The 12 Things You Need to Know About Capitalism By Eamonn Butler

In this new, myth-busting book, the Director of the Adam Smith Institute, Eamonn Butler, describes how it is by looking to the markets, rather than to the politicians, that we will return to prosperity. Successful Economics illustrates how capitalism is the hero of its own story. Praise for The Rotten State of Britain: ‘Lucid.’ Sunday Telegraph, Book of the Week ‘A no-holds-barred critique of the achievements of New Labour.’ Evening Standard ‘Timely and worrying … a devastating report card.’ Sunday Express 'Most illuminating...so much packed into it that it's hard to know where to start.' Scotsman ‘Jaw-dropping.’ Catholic Herald ‘You need to read this.’ Lord Forsyth, former Scotland Secretary

Eamonn Butler is Director and co-founder of the free-market policy think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, and a leading author and broadcaster on economics and social issues. He has written on a wide range of subjects, from economics to psychology to politics, including introductions to the economists Milton Friedman, F A Hayek and Adam Smith. The Rotten State of Britain was published by Gibson Square in 2009. Publication date: October 2013 Extent: 288pp

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THE REGULATORY WAVE: How to Stress-proof Your Business Against Government Intervention By Mike Pullen and John Donald A timely look at government regulation of business by two of the leading experts in the field. The headlines are full of stories of corporate scandal, from the Libor fines to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Keen to be seen to be ‘doing something’, the typical response of governments is heavy-handed and unnecessary regulation. The Regulatory Wave is a guide for every CEO faced with the prospect of looming regulatory intervention. Donald and Pullen provide a strategic guide on how to handle this potential Armageddon. Looking at some of the biggest regulatory disasters of the last 15 years, this book spells out the lessons to be learnt from the mistakes of others and explains what steps to take to get through a regulatory intervention and come out the other side with both reputation and company intact. Outlining why dealing with a regulatory intervention is not just a matter for lawyers, they show why you need the full spectrum of PR, shareholders, stakeholders and government on your side. A must-read for executives in all industries.

Mike Pullen is the head of International Trade and a partner in competition at DLA Piper. He specialises in European Union competition law and regulation and has wide ranging experience in dealing with EU regulation of competition. He advised a number of Eastern European governments on their accession to the EU and his views have been sought by institutions around the world including the 10 Downing Street Policy Unit, the Department of Trade and Industry, the European Parliament, and the US Department of Commerce. John Donald grew up in Beijing in the middle of the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. After graduating in Engineering Science, he became an equities analyst in the City in the early 1980s where he covered the first technology boom driven by the invention of the PC. After many years running equity research departments in the Far East and Europe, he left the financial services industry to run his own Scotch whisky company. He now works as a commercial mediator and as an adviser with Partner Capital. Publication date: December 2013 Extent: 224pp

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SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD One Man's Attempt to Make Sense of Everything By Marcus Chown Beautifully accessible explanations of the complex forces that shape our world, from economics to physics, biology to philosophy, from the acclaimed science writer. Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic is widening by a thumbs' length each year, how money permits trade to time travel why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was sewing and why we are all living in a giant hologram. Praise for Marcus Chown: ‘Chown has the rare talent of making complex and difficult subjects such as cosmology genuinely accessible ... Awe-inspiring.’ Good Book Guide on We Need to Talk About Kelvin ‘Lay readers, delighted by Chown's vivid imagery and lively humour, will experience several happy Eureka moments.’ The Times on Quantam Theory Cannot Hurt You Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant at the New Scientist. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including The Solar System, the bestselling app for iPad, which won the Future Book Award 2011. Rights sales for Tweeting the Universe: Chinese (Shaanxi People’s Publishing), Czech (Kniha Zlin), Dutch (Fontaine Uitgevers), German (Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag), Greek (Katoptro Publications), Japanese (Bookman-Sha), Polish (Proszynski Media Sp. Z. O. O.) Russian (BKL), Thai (Matichon Publishing House), Turkish (Domingo) Rights sales for Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: Arabic (Arab Scientific Publishers), Chinese complex (Business Week Publications), Chinese simplified (Shandong Educational), Czech (Kniha Zlin), German (Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag), Japanese (Sogosha/Shueisha), Korean (Mati), Romanian (Editura Vellant), Spanish (Los Libros de Liebre de Marzo), Turkish (Alfa), US (Joseph Henry) Rights sales for We Need to Talk About Kelvin: Bulgaria (NSM Media), Chinese complex (Science Press), Croatian (Ljevak), Czech (Kniha Zlin), Finnish (Ursa), German (Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag), Russia (Lomonosov), Turkish (Alfa), US (Faber Inc)

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WHY CAN’T A WOMAN BE MORE LIKE A MAN? By Lewis Wolpert A lively and engaging contribution to the sex and gender debate, from Lewis Wolpert, acclaimed author and developmental biologist.

Why are there two sexes? How different are they and why? Why can't a woman be more like a man? Or should the question be: why can't a man be more like a woman? Controversy rages around sex and gender, but just what are the differences and how are they determined? Lewis Wolpert, distinguished scientist, broadcaster and author, has tackled depression, religion and old age from developmental biologist's perspective. Now he enters the gender debate, starting with his argument that men are fundamentally modified females if the genes present at fertilisation did not do their job properly, we would all be women and journeying through MRI techniques, the nature of sexual attraction, 'neurosexism' and whether men are just better at maths. With fresh and persuasive research and with his customary intelligence and curiosity, Lewis Wolpert sets out to make his mark on this subversive topic - and makes some surprising discoveries along the way. Praise for You’re Looking Very Well: ‘[An] engagingly written, thought-provoking book.’ Editor’s Pick, The Bookseller ‘Essential reading.’ Daily Mail, Book of the Week ‘Lewis Wolpert is an attractive writer, vigorous, knowledgeable, stylish and opinionated.’ TLS ‘Erudite, scholarly, sober and stylish.’ The Sunday Times Lewis Wolpert is a distinguished developmental biologist and Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at UCL. He is the author of, among others, The Unnatural Nature of Science and Malignant Sadness, which was described by Anthony Storr as 'the most objective short account of all the various approaches to depression'. You're Looking Very Well was published in 2011. Rights sales for You’re Looking Very Well: Korea (Sigongsa), Spain (Tusquets) Rights sales for How We Live and Why We Die: Germany (Beck Verlag), Indonesia (PT Bentang Pustaka), Italy (Elliot), Russia (Lomonosov), Spain (Tusquets), Turkey (Alfa), US (W.W. Norton) Publication date: May 2013 Extent: 224pp Material available: Final files

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A FEMALE GENIUS: HOW ADA LOVELACE STARTED THE COMPUTER AGE By James Essinger The first biography of Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and mother of modern computing

This new biography tells for the first time the story of the woman who, alongside Charles Babbage, invented the world's first computer. The daughter of Lord Byron, Ada was the visionary who recognised the true potential of Babbage's of cog-wheel computer, The Analytical Engine. She demonstrated to the world that computers wouldn't merely be adding machines, but that they would be able to think . Ada and Babbage may have been colleagues, but they were also the closest of friends. Though she was 20 years his junior, they developed a relationship that blossomed into romance. Babbage was a genius and Ada was a woman with a singular vision, unconstrained by her time. Here we learn of their friendship and extraordinary legacy. Praise for Jacquard's Web: 'Entertaining and illuminating.' TLS 'Essinger displays not only verve and affection... but also great scholarship.' Times Educational Supplement 'Essinger tells his story with passion and with a gracious willingness to help the lay reader grasp the intricacies of technology.' Wall Street Journal

James Essinger is a writer with a particular interest in the history of ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. His previous book, Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age (2004), was chosen as one of the top 5 popular science books of the year by the Economist. Publication Date: July 2013 Extent: 288pp

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POPULAR CULTURE AFTERLIFF By John Lloyd and Jon Canter The funniest book of the year, celebrating the publication of the funniest book of 1983: John Lloyd and Douglas Adams's The Meaning of Liff.

The iconic bestselling comedy classic The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd has been continuously in print for three decades. To mark its 30th anniversary Faber will publish a brand new volume of the hilarious dictionary of 'things that there should be words for but aren't'. Birtle n. To make something worse by trying to improve it. Hinton Waldrist n One who persistently returns to a subject no one else is interested in. Melcombe Horsey n. The collective noun for a group of Sloane Rangers skiing with no trousers on and bras over their sweaters. For more than ten years, John has been squirreling away new examples of this delightful genre and has now enlisted the help of Douglas's friends and relations to help him collate a new collection. Contributors will include Polly Adams (Douglas's daughter), novelist Jon Canter (one of Douglas's oldest friends and the unsung third man behind The Deeper Meaning of Liff), and numerous others too famous to mention.

John Lloyd has a broadcasting background. As a radio producer he devised The News Quiz and To the Manor Born before moving to television to start Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and, of course, QI. Publication Date: September 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 240pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Edited manuscript available July 2013

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THE ANIMATOR’S SURVIVAL KIT app By Richard Williams Faber is delighted to launch The Animator’s Survival Kit for iPad, providing the perfect new platform for this content by the leading international expert on animation - the functionality of the book, but with videos and over 100 animated examples to explain the process. This will be a required purchase for all animation students and professionals worldwide, to complement the physical edition. Key features of the app will include:  The entirety of The Animator’s Survival Kit Expanded Edition, optimized for the iPad.  Over 100 animated examples from The Animator’s Survival Kit Animated DVD box set.  Previously unreleased Circus Drawings animation from Richard Williams.  New video introductions by Richard Williams.  Break down and watch the animated examples frame-by-frame to see how they’re put together.  Onion skin some animated examples to see the preceding and following frames. Animation is one of the hottest and most creative areas of film-making today. During his more than 40 years in the business, Richard Williams has been one of the true innovators, and serves as the link between the golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation successes. In this app, based on The Animator’s Survival Kit, Williams provides the underlying principles of animation that very animator - from beginner to expert, classic animator to computer animation whiz - needs. Using hundreds of drawings, Williams distils the secrets of the masters into a working system in order to create a book that has become the standard work on all forms of animation for professionals, students and fans. Richard Williams is best known as the Director of Animation and designer of the new characters for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, for which he won two Academy Awards, including a Special Achievement Award. Canadian-born Williams has won three US Academy Awards, three British Academy Awards, and an Emmy among 246 international awards - starting with his first film The Little Island in 1958. Williams has also animated title sequences for Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, What's New Pussycat, Casino Royale and linking sequences for The Charge of the Light Brigade, as well as countless prize-winning commercials. In 1990 he was voted by his peers as 'The Animator's Animator', and in 1995 he started giving the Richard Williams Animation Masterclass for professionals and students worldwide. Rights sales for The Animator’s Survival Kit print edition: Chinese complex (Long Sea International), Chinese simplified (China Youth Press), France (Eyrolles), Japan (Graphic Sha), Korea (Hanul Publishing), US (Faber & Faber, Inc) Publication Date: April 2013 Editor: Henry Volans

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THE WORLD IS EVER CHANGING By Nicholas Roeg From the creator of Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell To Earth comes a new and exciting 'book with a difference' that will

also exist digitally as an enhanced ebook, including movie clips and a series of short films in which he demonstrates his unique approach to film-making Nicolas Roeg is one of the most distinctive and influential film-makers of his generation. The generation of film-makers who define contemporary movie-making - Danny Boyle, Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), James Marsh (Man on Wire), and Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth), all acknowledge their debt to the work of Nicolas Roeg. Roeg began as a cameraman, working for such masters as Francois Truffaut and David Lean. His explosive debut as a director with Performance, established an approach to filmmaking that was unconventional and ever-changing, creating works such as Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bad Timing, Insignificance, and, more recently, Puffball. Having now reached eighty years of age, Roeg has decided to pass on to the next generations, the wealth of wisdom and experience he has garnered over fifty years of filmmaking.

Nicolas Roeg has a career in film that has stretched across fifty years. Turning to directing, he has produced works of profound originality such as Performance, Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bad Timing, Eureka, and, most recently, Puffball. Publication Date: June 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 256pp Editor: Walter Donohue Material available: PDF Proofs/ Sample enhanced chapter

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YEAH YEAH YEAH: A Complete History of Pop By Bob Stanley A complete history of Western Pop from pre- rock ‘n’ roll to the present: the scale is staggering; Stanley’s breadth and depth of knowledge, breath-taking.

The complete story of the modern pop era: the era of vinyl, the Top 40, the NME, Smash Hits and Top of the Pops – when pop music defined pop culture. Modern pop began in 1952 when the first British chart was published and the first 7" singles were released. It ended (perhaps) in 1995 when Robson and Jerome reached the top of the charts with the first number one not to be available on vinyl since 1953. The internet age ushered in the death rites of over 40 years of pop. Yeah Yeah Yeah describes the journey that leads from 'Rock Around the Clock' to 'Crazy in Love'. Raw, thrilling, surprising and sometimes downright dangerous, the Pop moment almost always clocks in under 3:30 and is initially, immediately recognised by a teenage listener. Billy Fury. Chuck Berry. Sonny and Cher. The Troggs. Glen Campbell. Bee Gees. Roxy Music. Chic. Slade. Sex Pistols. Adam and the Ants. Pet Shop Boys. New Order. Madonna. Bob Stanley's Yeah Yeah Yeah documents the rich soundtrack of the last six decades as it has been heard on radios and jukeboxes across the land. There have been many books on pop but very few, if any, have attempted to bring the whole story to life from rock n roll to house and techno in all its various sub-permutations. Audacious and addictive, Yeah Yeah Yeah is a one-stop pop shop for the music lover everywhere.

Bob Stanley has been involved in the music industry from the early eighties to the present day; he has worked as a music journalist, record label owner, club night DJ, vinyl collector and is the long term co-founder and keyboard player for the band St Etienne. Publication date: October 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 800pp Editor: Lee Brackstone Material available: Edited manuscript available

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1,227 QI FACTS TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF By John Lloyd & John Mitchinson NEW UK BESTSELLER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE SERIES WORLDWIDE

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Cows moo in regional accents Kangaroos have three vaginas Harry Houdini could pick up pins with his eyelashes and thread a needle with his toes Tintin is called Tantan in Japanese because TinTin is pronounced 'Chin chin' and means penis Saddam's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body Potatoes have more chromosomes than human beings

John Lloyd devised The News Quiz and To the Manor Born as a radio producer before moving to television to start Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, and Blackadder. John Mitchinson is from the world of books. The original Marketing Director of Waterstones, he became Managing Director of Cassell, and now runs Unbound publishers. Rights sales for 1,227 QI FACTS: USA (W. W. Norton), Holland (De Boekerij), Russia (Phantom Press), Turkey (NTV) Rights sales for previous QI titles: (The Second Book of General Ignorance, The Book of General Ignorance, The Book of Animal Ignorance, Advanced Banter): Brazil (Editora Record), Bulgaria (Zhanua), China Simplified (Guangxi Science) , China Complex (Ping’s Publication), China Complex (Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House), Czech Republic (BB Art), Croatia (Naklada), Estonia (Tartu University Press), Finland (Otava), France (Dunod), Greece (Patakis), Germany (Piper), Holland (De Boekerij), Hungary (Partvonal), Israel (Kinneret), Italy (Einaudi), Japan (Hayakawa), Korea (Bookhouse), Latvia (Janis Roze), Norway (Font Forlag), Poland (Bertelsmann), Portugal (Porto Editora for Book of General Ignorance; Casa das Letras for Book of Animal Ignorance), Russia (Phantom Press), Romania (Editura Nemira), Serbia (Algoritam), Spain (Paidos), Thailand (WeLearn), Turkey (NTV/Dogus), US (Norton, Random House) Publication date: November 2012 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 336pp Editor: Julian Loose Material available: Finished copies 49

DANNY BOYLE By Amy Raphael How did the director of acclaimed cult British films become an Oscar-winner and the driving force behind the defining cultural moment of 2012, the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games? In this revelatory career-length biography, produced through many hours of interviews with Danny Boyle, he talks frankly about the secrets behind the opening ceremony as well as the struggles, joys and incredible perseverance needed to direct such well-loved films as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave. Throughout his career Danny Boyle has shown that he has an incredible knack of capturing the spirit of the times, be they the nineties drug scene, the aspirations of noughties Indian slum-dwellers or the things that make British people proud of their nation today, from the NHS to the internet. Starting out life in a Catholic working-class family in Lancashire in 1956, Boyle has proved himself a talented maverick who has fought to maintain his integrity against the odds. Praise for Danny Boyle : ‘Captures a mercurial, optimistic and driven individual in full career flight.’ Scotsman ‘It's Boyle's very absence of grandiosity that lends this volume its expansiveness and vigour, and ensures it value to fans, aspiring film makers and scholars of the vagaries of British film history ... Boyle proves a generous and informative guideto the nitty-gritty of filmmaking ... [Raphael] is an infomed and thoughtful interviewer.’ Sight and Sound ‘What the Paris Review did for great writers - throw questions at them and listen carefully while they explain themselves - Raphael should continue to do for film-makers.’ The Times ‘Amy Raphael has put the work in, scoring in-depth interviews with Boyle on each of his films ... It's in the moments where he shows the steel needed to become one of Britain's biggest directors that Raphael's book really fascinates.’ - **** Total Film Amy Raphael was born in London in 1967. She has worked on The Face, NME, Elle and Esquire and now freelances for Guardian, Observer and Daily Telegraph. Her first book, Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock, was published by Virago in 1995. She conducted the conversations and edited Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh, which was published in 2008. Rights sales for Danny Boyle: US (Faber & Faber Inc) Publication Date: June 2013 Extent: 528pp Material available: Final files

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FABER ARTS RAMAYANA By Daljit Nagra A lively, vibrant retelling of one of the great epics of the ancient world by the award-winning poet Daljit Nagra.

Attributed to Valmiki, thought to be India's first poet, the Ramayana's origins date back thousands of years when it was first committed to Sanskrit. Since then, generations of children the world over have grown up with its story of Rama's quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, the Lord of the Underworld. The tale has been celebrated in many languages and has spread to many other countries including Nepal, Tibet, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is used as a Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Islamic, Sikh as well as a secular text, and lives in in many art forms too: in drama and dance, in sculpture and painting, in prose and in poetry. Daljit Nagra was captivated by the versions his grandparents regaled him with as a child. Now an award-winning poet of dazzling gifts, he has chosen to bring the story to life in a vivid and enthralling version of his own. Accessible and engaging, and bursting with energy, Nagra's Ramayana is a distillation and an animation for readers of all ages, whether familiar with or entirely new to this remarkable tale.

Daljit Nagra was born and raised in West London, then Sheffield. He currently lives in Harrow with his wife and daughters and teaches in a secondary school. His first collection, Look We Have Coming to Dover!, won the 2007 Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award. In 2008 he won the South Bank Show/Arts Council Decibel Award. Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man Tiger Toy-Machine!!! was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2011. Publication date: October 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 240 pages Editor: Matthew Hollis Material Available: Edited manuscript May 2013 51

LETTERS OF T. S. ELIOT, Volume 4: 1928-1929 Edited by Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden A vivid and personal documentation of T. S. Eliot's most crucial years, both in his private and public life.

Volume 4: 1928-1929 of the letters of T. S. Eliot, which brings the poet, critic, editor and publisher into his forties, documents a period of anxious and fast-moving professional recovery and personal and spiritual consolidation. Following the withdrawal of financial support by his patron Lady Rothermere, Faber & Gwyer (subsequently Faber & Faber) eventually takes over the responsibility for Eliot's literary periodical The Criterion. His work as editor is internationalist above all else, and Eliot makes contact with a number of eminent and emergent writers and thinkers, as well as forging links with European reviews (‘all of which have endeavoured to keep the intellectual blood of Europe circulating throughout the whole of Europe’). Eliot’s responsibilities during this period extend to caring for Vivien, who returns home after months in a French psychiatric hospital and whom he looks after with anxious fortitude; and the personal correspondence with his mother closes with her death in September 1929. Praise for Letters of T.S. Eliot vols. 1-3: ‘These long-anticipated letters are shrewd, graceful and courteous.’ The Times ‘(An) essential book - and the prospect of Eliot's whole corpus being properly edited and made fully available over the next few years is one of the great publishing events of our time.’ Eastern Daily Press ‘Enthralling for anyone who cares for Eliot's poetry or is interested in the emergence of literary criticism as an austere and systematic discipline.’ Literary Review ‘A major literary event ... this is one of the truly essential books of the year.’ Evening Standard John Haffenden is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. His publications include a biography of John Berryman and editions of the works of William Empson. He was General Editor of Letters of T. S. Eliot volumes 1, 2 and 3. Rights sales for Letters of T. S. Eliot vols. 1-4: US (Yale University Press) Publication Date: January 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 1000pp Editor: Matthew Hollis Material available: Final files / Finished copies 52

SYLVIA PLATH: 2013 marks 50 years since the first edition of The Bell Jar and also sees the 50th anniversary of Plath's death. Faber will be producing a series of unique books, products and limited editions to celebrate her life and work, including a selection of drawings by Sylvia Plath, introduced by her daughter, Frieda Hughes. SYLVIA PLATH DRAWINGS Edited by Frieda Hughes Plath's drawings, collected for the first time in a beautiful edition. In 1956 Sylvia Plath wrote to her mother, Aurelia Plath: 'I feel I'm developing a kind of primitive style of my own which I am very fond of. Wait til you see. The Cambridge sketch was nothing compared to these.' Sylvia Plath cited art as her deepest source of inspiration but, while her poetry is celebrated around the world, her drawings are little known. This volume brings together drawings from 1955 to 1957, the period she spent on a Fulbright scholarship from the US at Newnham College, Cambridge. During this time she married Ted Hughes and travelled with him to Paris and Spain. First published as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Mayor Gallery, the tiny drawings in pen and ink are exquisitely observed. They include Parisian rooftops, trees and churches. Publication: September 2013 Extent: 128pp Material available: May 2013

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SYLVIA PLATH JOURNALS Edited by Frieda Hughes A beautifully repackaged edition of these intimate, compelling journals. The ultimate companion work to Plath's poetry and journals. 'Everything that passes before her eyes travels down from brain to pen with shattering clarity - 1950s New England, pre-co-ed Cambridge, pre-mass tourism Benidorm, where she and Hughes honeymooned, the birth of her son Nicholas in Devon in 1962. These and other passages are so graphic that you look up from the page surprised to find yourself back in the here and now . . . The struggle of self with self makes the Journals compelling and unique.' John Carey, Sunday Times 'So what does this new edition of the Journals offer, other than Karen Kukil's exemplary editing? Most importantly, it gives us Plath unmediated, as no biography or memoir can ... The poems tell the story as the poets [Hughes and Plath] wanted, with the composure of great art. But in their raw intimacy, these Journals are no less enthralling.' Blake Morrison, Independent on Sunday Publication: September 2013 Rights: World All Languages Excluding US Extent: 752pp Editor: Rachel Alexander Material available: Final files

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SYLVIA PLATH POEMS Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy offers a fresh selection of poems from one of the most iconic and enduring voices of post-war literature, Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath was one of the defining voices of twentieth-century poetry, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. Though she published just one collection in her lifetime, The Colossus, and a novel, The Bell Jar, it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved. The manuscript that she left behind, Ariel, was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband, Ted Hughes, as were two later volumes, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name. Hughes's careful curation of Plath's work extended to a Collected Poems and a Selected Poems in the 1980s, which remain in print today and stand testimony to the 'profound respect' that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mother's work. It was not until the publication of a 'restored' Ariel in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plath's own selection and arrangement of her work. Publication: November 2012 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 156pp Editor: Rachel Alexander Material available: Final files/Finished copies 50TH Anniversary Edition of THE BELL JAR I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirations seriously. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel, was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The novel is partially based on Plath's own life and has become a modern classic. The Bell Jar has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s society and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Rights sales for The Bell Jar: Arabic (Kalima), China (Yilin Press), Czech Republic (Argo), Denmark (Gyldendal), Finland (Otava), France (Denoel), Germany (Suhrkamp), Greece (Melani), Holland (De Bezige Bij), Hungary (Europa), Indonesia (Ufuk), Italy (Arnoldo Mondadori), Korea (Moonye Publishing), Malayalam (Mango Books), Poland (Literackie), Romania (Polirom), Serbia (Paideia), Slovenia (Mladinska Knjiga Zalozba), Spain (Edhasa), Sweden (Forum), Taiwan (Rye Field Publications), Turkey (Kirmizi Kedi), Publication: January 2013 Rights: World All Languages Extent: 240pp Editor: Rachel Alexander Material available: Final files/Finished copies

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CLASSICAL MUSIC HILDEGARD OF BINGEN By Fiona Maddocks Timely reissue of the biography of an extraordinary figure in the Middle Ages - recently made a Saint by Pope Benedict XVI.

Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her cloistered life she had strong, often controversial views on sex, love and marriage too - a woman astonishing in her own age, whose book of apocalyptic visions, Scivias, would alone have been enough to ensure her lasting fame. In this classic and highly praised biography - first published by Headline in 2001 distinguished writer and journalist, Fiona Maddocks, draws on Hildegard's prolific writings to paint a portrait of her extraordinary life against the turbulent medieval background of crusade and schism, scientific discovery and cultural revolution. The great intellectual gifts and forceful character that emerge make her as fascinating as any figure in the Middle Ages. More than 800 years after her death, Pope Benedict XVI has made Hildegard a Saint and a Doctor of the Church (one of only four women). Fiona Maddocks has provided a short new preface to cover these tributes to an extraordinary and exceptional woman.

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TIME BY THE SEA: Aldeburgh 1956-1958 By Ronald Blythe A wonderful memoir of the writer's time at Aldeburgh, as part of Benjamin Britten's circle - published in Britten's centenary year.

The Time by the Sea is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. Although befriended by Imogen Holst and by E M Forster, part of him remained essentially solitary, alone in the landscape while surrounded by a stormy cultural sea. But this memoir gathers up many early experiences, sights and sounds: with Britten he explored ancient churches; with the botanist Denis Garrett he took delight in the marvellous shingle beaches and marshland plants; he worked alongside the celebrated photo-journalist Kurt Hutton. His muse was Christine Nash, wife of the artist John Nash. Published to coincide with the centenary of Britten's birth, this is a tale of music and painting, unforgettable words and fears. It describes the first steps of an East Anglian journey, an intimate appraisal of a vivid and memorable time.

In a long and distinguished career Ronald Blythe’s work includes Akenfield, his classic study of English village life, poetry, fiction, essays, short stories, history and literary criticism. His work has been filmed, widely translated, awarded literary prizes and his 'voice' recognised as one of special originality. Blythe is President of the John Clare Society and has always taken part in the cultural life of his native countryside. He lives in the Stour Valley in the farmhouse which was once the home of his friend John Nash. Publication date: June 2013 Rights: World All Rights Extent: 224pp Editor: Belinda Matthews Material Available: Edited manuscript March 2013

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THE CLASSICAL MUSIC YEAR By Darren Henley, Sam Jackson and Tim Lihoreau

The Classical Music Year chronicles the year in classical music, beautifullyillustrated with a page dedicated to each day of the year, filled with musical milestones, recommended listening and more.

The Classical Music Year is a fully illustrated book detailing each day of the year in classical music – the perfect coffee table companion for any classical music lover. Entries contain original illustrations, landmark events taking place on that day from the history of classical music, profiles of the great composers, recommended listening, and much more. From the birth of Chopin on 22nd February, to the premiere of the Eroica Symphony on April 7th and the death of Mozart on December 5th, every day reveals a fascinating new musical milestone – the perfect excuse to sit back, relax, and listen to your favourite classical music. Each beautifully-illustrated entry pulls together facts, figures and noteworthy events – including biographies of the essential composers, suggesting listening for each day of the year, musical quotations and a host of other material. The perfect Christmas gift for classical music aficionados and a highly accessible introduction for anyone new to the genre, The Classical Chronicle is an indispensible guide to accompany you through the classical music year.

Darren Henley is Managing Director of Classic FM. He has written many books on music, including the Sunday Times-bestselling The Classic FM Hall of Fame and Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Classical Music... But Were Too Afraid To Ask. Sam Jackson is Managing Editor at Classic FM and is responsible for the station’s music policy. He is co-author of The Classic FM Hall of Fame and Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Classical Music... But Were Too Afraid To Ask. Publication date: October 2013 Extent: 416pp

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LIFESTYLE THE SEX FILES By Nigel Cawthorne From the author of the hugely popular Sex Lives series, comes an investigation into Victorian erotica, deemed too smutty for general consumption. Have you ever wondered where the denizens of Victorian polite society would go to get their kicks? In The Sex Files Nigel Cawthorne takes us on a stroll through the British Library’s ‘Private Case’, a collection of erotica that for many years was deemed too titillating for consumption by the average library goer. He guides us through the material that made Victorian prudes squirm, form the pornographic to the ridiculous, including:     

The Trial of Oscar Wilde Sexual manuals, including: On the Use of Nightcaps, or Seven Years’ Experience on the Practicability of Limiting the Number of the Family (1845) Books on flagellation such as, Letters from Lady Termagant Flaybum of Birch-Grove to Lady Harriet Tickletail of Bumfiddle-Hall (1872) Ecclesiastical erotica such as The Lascivious Abbot Eleven volumes of My Secret Life, by the man who may have been Jack the Ripper

Nigel Cawthorne has been a writer and editor for 25 years and has written, contributed to and edited more than 60 books on a wide range of subjects, including the Sex Lives series (Prion). He has contributed to the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and The New York Tribune among others. He lives in London. Rights sales for Sex Lives of the Popes: Brazil (Singular Editoria e Gráfica and Ediouro), Czech Republic (ETC), Germany (Taschen), Holland (Librero), Hungary (IN Books), Italy (Pan Libri), Mexico (Tomo), Poland (Jeden Świat), Portugal (Livros e Livros), Slovakia (Juraj Masâr – Ama) Publication date: October 2013 Extent: 288pp

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THE RELUCTANT YOGI By Carla McKay How a former sceptic became a yoga convert.

For many years Carla McKay was convinced that yoga was the preserve of aging hippies and preening celebrities. However, after separating from her husband, a friend persuaded her to put aside her prejudices and give it a go. In The Reluctant Yogi, an open and humorous memoir, she reveals how her scepticism was defeated. What she found was a lifestyle that offers benefits to everyone – whatever your age, sex, or level of fitness – helping to both tone your body and calm you mind. She also discovered that more people were at than she could have imagined. Learning her asanas from her pranayama, her downward dog from her downward frog, Carla discovers that you too can make yoga change your life. Praise for The Folly of French Kissing: ‘Sly humour… A wonderfully atmospheric story that demands to be read in a single long sitting.’ Daily Mail ‘A tale which begins as a sprightly Sapphic St Trinian’s ends with more than a dark hint of Lolita. Highly recommended.’ Spectator ‘A terrific novel’ The Lady ‘Page-turningly perfect’ Helena Frith Powell

Carla McKay is a novelist and former fiction editor at the Daily Mail. The Folly of French Kissing was published in 2012. She divides her time between Oxford and London. Publication date: February 2013 Estimated extent: 304pp

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CATS By Federica Sgarbi

What cats have to teach us about how to be good people.

Federica Sgarbi is a philosopher, and when teased that her profession has no practical use, she decided to prove her friends wrong. Applying her knowledge of philosophy and psychology, she delves into the minds of older hard-to-place cats in the kennel where she volunteers in order to successfully find the perfect match with a prospective owner. Placing ads in her local paper, the results were astonishing. This heart-warming and up-lifting book is a bestseller in Italy and will be sure to appeal to all cat-lovers – and with 86.4 million domestic cats in the US alone who is not, even if only just a little? Praise for The Philosophy of Cats: ‘Genuinely philosophical.’ Diogene (Philosophy Magazine) ‘Reflection on how each of us can, and must, make their essential contribution to improving the world in which we live.’ Petpassion.TV ‘Colourful and original.’ Mentelocale Magazine ‘A splendid little book, full of interesting stories.’ Lo Schermo

Frederica Sgarbi is currently working on a PhD in Philosophy and runs a volunteer kennel for rescue cats. The Philosophy of Cats (original title: Della filosofia e dei gatti) was originally published in Italian by Ugo Mursia Editore. Publication date: October 2013 Extent: 224pp

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SECRETS OF A PET NANNY: From the White House to the Dog House By Eileen Riley Laugh-out-loud stories of canine antics from an American diplomat turned dog-sitter Aged 28, Eileen Riley had an enviably glamorous life; her globe-trotting career as a diplomat took her from the corridors of power at the White House to postings in Cameroon and Papua New Guinea, and finally, London – where she decided to jack it all in to become a professional dog-sitter. As you do. In fact her diplomatic skills were to prove invaluable in her new career. From the Whitehouse to the Dog House is a fabulous collection of tales about the dogs she has looked after, from pedigree puppies to rare Tibetan terriers. Riley is a true dog devotee but that does not prevent her casting a caustic eye over her charges – and their devoted owners. Part dog memoir, part outsider’s perspective on the eternal relationship between the English and their dogs, this is sure to appeal to animal-lovers of all stripes.

Eileen Riley is a professional pet nanny and journalist, based in London. Born in America, she rose through the diplomatic service to take on postings in Cameroon, Papua New Guinea and Washington, before moving to London where she fell in love with a British man and promptly quit diplomacy in favour of looking after other people’s dogs. She lives in south-west London with her family, and regular canine guests. Publication date: August 2013 Extent: 224pp

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