SHORT BOOKS

Spring 2010

8 February

1 Publisher’s Introduction

2 January

CONTENTS

4 January 6 February

26 Backlist 28 Contact Details

There are several excellent books to highlight in our list for Spring 2010... The extraordinary photograph on the front of this catalogue is taken from the jacket of Emma Craigie’s debut novel, Chocolate Cake with Hitler, a harrowing tale based on the short life of Helga Goebbels, daughter of Nazi Germany’s First Family who ended up in Hitler’s bunker in Berlin – a crossover book with echoes of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Then in May we are publishing the paperback edition of Siân Busby’s brilliantly received historical novel, McNaughten, (‘intricacy and sentimentality worthy of Dickens and a satirical eye as sharp as Thackeray’s...’). Among our non-fiction titles, we are delighted to be publishing a new book by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, For Better For Worse – the perfect gift for every married couple whether they are celebrating their first or their fiftieth anniversary. Simon Barnes’s new cracker, My Natural History, is the book of his life: a wonderfully unusual autobiography, fizzing with Barnes’s infectious enthusiasm for the animal kingdom. And Douglas Rogers’s The Last Resort is a gripping, eye-opening and disarmingly funny book about his parents’ struggle to keep life going on their backpackers’ ranch in war-torn Zimbabwe – part travelogue, part adventure yarn, part political intrigue and tragedy. You will not be able to put this down.

Aurea Carpenter and Rebecca NicolsonPublishers

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JANUARY2 NEW TITLE 3

EMMA CRAIGIE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH HITLER

“My turn!” says Uncle Fuhrer, who has been watching us. He wants his photograph taken with me too. I know he wants to put his arm round me, like Papa, and I’m going to have to ignore him really hard to stop him.

“You, Helga Goebbels, are my favourite girl in the whole world,” he says. “If only you were 20 years older!” He leans over me, his smell like the furniture in the servants’ quarters. The photographer is laughing. Papa is laughing. But I don’t take any notice. I turn right away and stare at the camera.

Chocolate Cake with Hitler tells the remarkable story of Helga Goebbels,

daughter of the Nazi Party’s head of propaganda, who spent the last ten days

of her life cooped up in a bunker in Berlin with Adolf Hitler.

As defeat closes in on the Germans, life in the bunker becomes increasingly

fraught. There’s chocolate cake every day for tea with Uncle Fuhrer, but Helga

cannot help noticing that all is not well among the grown-ups. Her parents grow

more and more tense, the bunker grows daily more empty and, as even the

soldiers who have been guarding them take their leave, Helga is faced with a

terrible truth. Perhaps her perfect childhood has not been all that it seemed...

Emma Craigie is a writer and

teacher. She is also author of

Who Was… King Henry VIII (Short Books, 2006). She lives

in Somerset with her husband

and four children.

Fiction – Young Adult7th January192pp £6.99B format paperback978-1-906021-89-4World rights: Short Books

Praise for Emma Craigie’s Who Was… Henry VIII

‘An illuminating insight, creatively written. Its strength lies in the writing, which will captivate children…’ Junior Education

‘A tremendously well-paced read’ Times Educational Supplement

‘Emma Craigie stuffs this short book full of information... bringing the past vividly to life.’ Guardian

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Edited and Introduced by PETER J CONRADI

A WRITER AT WARLetters and Diaries of Iris Murdoch, 1939-1945

These collected writings, never published before, comprise

a diary which Iris Murdoch kept in her first summer at Oxford,

immediately before the outbreak of the Second World War, and

her wartime correspondence with two men: the poet Frank

Thompson, murdered in Bulgaria in 1944, and teacher for the

British Council David Hicks. They reveal the young writer at her

sprightly, original best – as gripped by her own affairs, and those

of her friends and peers, as by the great affairs of the world;

exuberant when in love, and yet remarkably philosophical even

when love goes painfully wrong.

A Writer at War is a treasury of unpublished writings by one

of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century – a

fascinating private memoir, which sheds new light on a brilliant

mind in development, but is also a remarkable historical document

of life behind the scenes during the Second World War.

Peter J Conradi is the author, among other books of Iris Murdoch: A Life, the critically lauded biography of Iris Murdoch

and more recently of Going Buddhist and At the Bright Hem of God: Radnorshire Pastoral.

Non-fiction7th January256pp £16.99Royal hardback978-1-906021-22-1World rights: Short Books

Praise for Peter J Conradi’sIris Murdoch: A Life

‘One of the literary biographies of the year.’ Scotsman

‘...moved me as biographies rarely do.’ TLS

‘Full of deliriously eccentric characters who might have stepped through the exit door of one of her novels.’ Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday

‘The book held me enthralled. The story is told so compellingly and with such sympathy and understanding... Conradi really gets to grips with Murdoch’s multiple selves in all their contradictions.’ Independent on Sunday

FEBRUARY

Actually being married seemed so crowded with unspoken rules and odd secrets and unfathomable responsibilities that it had no more occurred to her to imagine being married herself than it had to imagine driving a motorcycle or having a job. She had, however, thought about being a bride, which had more to do with being the centre of attention and looking inexplicably, temporarily beautiful than it did with sharing a double bed with someone with hairy legs and a drawer full of boxer shorts.Object Lessons Anna Quindlen (1991)

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JANE FEARNLEY–WHITTINGSTALL FOR BETTER FOR WORSEA marriage companion for life

Does he habitually leave his socks on the bathroom floor?

Does she insist on interrupting your favourite programme to

make you explain the plot (when she’s clearly not interested in

it anyway)?

Never fear. For, as Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall shows in

For Better, For Worse, a good marriage is all in the detail. This

charming, perceptive book takes a light-hearted look at marriage

from all angles – in the kitchen, in the garden, on holiday. Jane

combines stories and tips collected from couples of all ages with

quotes and extracts on the joys (and occasional pains) of married

life from voices as diverse as George Bernard Shaw and Jane

Austen, Winston Churchill and Nancy Mitford.

For Better, For Worse is a celebration of marriage in all

its comic frustration and gloriousness. Whether you are about

to be married, or you are on your paper, your brass or your

diamond wedding anniversary, it will keep you and your

other half entertained till death do you part.

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, bestselling author of the Good Granny Guide, The Good Granny Cookbook and The Good Granny Companion has written many other

books on plants and gardening,

including Gardening Made Easy and

The Imperial Flower. A grandmother

of five, and the mother of TV chef

Hugh, she lives with her husband

in Gloucestershire.

Non-fiction4th February356pp £20Royal hardback978-1-904977-76-6UK and Commonwealth ex Canada: Short BooksWorld Rights: Greene & Heaton

FEBRUARY

BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GOOD GRANNY GUIDE

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Non-fiction4th February240pp £12.99B format hardback978-1-906021-81-8UK & Commonwealth ex Canada: Short Books

Yesterday two swifts flew up and came to rest on the edge of the parapet. It was the final piece of happiness to be granted me, a greeting from the world, from life. When they flew off I watched them as long as I could, and thought that they must surely fly straight to my loved-ones to bring them news of my distress.

Am I really to be lost? My parents, brother and sister, friend, lover, can it be that no intuitive idea leads you to this spot? If one of you were to come to this place you would find me. My heart would guide you

– my poor heart which is choking with fear and pain, hunger, thirst and my own tears.

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Edited by GENEVIEVE HILL

THE DIARY OF MISS IDILIAA tragic tale of young love lost

One summer’s day in 1851, a seventeen-year-old Scottish

girl, on holiday with her family in the German Rhineland, set

off with her sketchbook, and disappeared – never to be

seen again.

Eleven years later, a ruined turret near to the inn where

the girl, Idilia, and her parents had been staying was

dismantled by local builders. Among the rubble, they came

across the bones of a young girl and then, when the coping

of the tower wall was removed, a small, gilt-edged diary,

wedged into a gap in the mortar. Its tattered pages finally

unravelled the mystery of Idilia’s disappearance – the story

of an illicit love affair which, through a cruel twist of fate,

had ended in tragedy.

Poignant and enchanting, The Diary of Miss Idilia is an

extraordinary true story which, published for the first time

here in its original form, is destined to become a classic.

The Diary of Miss Idilia was edited by Genevieve Hill, a friend of Idilia Dubb’s, and was passed down through

her estate to an anonymous foundation in Scotland. This

is the first time the book has been published in the

English language.

FEBRUARY

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FERDINAND MOUNT

MIND THE GAPThe New Class Divide in Britain

In this updated edition to his provocative and ruthlessly

frank book, Ferdinand Mount argues that there is a new

class divide in Britain which is just as vicious and hard to

get rid of as the old one.

Through acute observation and vivid illustration –

drawing on every aspect of life from soap operas, speech

patterns and gardening to education and the distribution

of wealth – he demolishes the illusion that we live in a

classless society and shows how the worst-off in Britain

today are more culturally deprived than their parents or

grandparents.

The author’s solutions, like his explanations of what

has gone wrong, are original, surprising and unsparing

to intellectuals and politicians of all parties.

Ferdinand Mount is a former

editor of the TLS and currently a

columnist for the Sunday Times.

He was head of the Number Ten

Policy Unit and director of the

Centre for Policy Studies. He

is the author of several books

including most recently his

memoir, Cold Cream.

FEBRUARY

Non-fiction4th February320pp £8.99B format paperback978-1-906021-95-5UK & Commonwealth ex Canada: Short BooksForeign Rights: Rogers, Coleridge & White

‘Beautifully written, deftly argued – and true.’ Matthew Paris

‘A brilliant book which analyses the ways the working class has been consistently denigrated and disempowered.’ London Review of Books

‘A book which offers the first real breath of fresh air in Conservative thinking since the Thatcher revolutionaries imposed their own intellectual orthodoxy.’

Polly Toynbee

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DOUGLAS ROGERS

THE LAST RESORTA memoir of Zimbabwe

In The Last Resort, journalist Douglas Rogers tells the eye-opening, harrowing

and, at times, surprisingly funny story of his parents’ struggle for survival in

war-torn Zimbabwe. For many years, Lyn and Ros Rogers were the owners of

Drifters, a famous game farm and backpacker lodge in the eastern mountains.

When President Robert Mugabe launched his violent land reclamation

programme, everything changed. The Rogers found their home under siege,

their friends and neighbours expelled, and their lives in danger. But instead of

leaving, as their son pleaded with them to do, they hauled out a shotgun

and stayed.

Soon afterwards, Douglas returns to find the country of his birth in chaos,

and his old home transformed into something between a Marx Brothers romp

and the Heart of Darkness: marijuana has supplanted maize in the fields;

hookers have replaced gap-year kids as guests; soldiers, spies and teenage

diamond dealers down beers at the bar. Beyond the farm gates, armed war

veterans loyal to Mugabe circle like hungry lions.

And yet, in spite of it all, the Rogers – with the help of friends and locals,

black political dissidents among them – hold on. And Douglas begins to see his

parents in a new light: unbowed, even heroic. In the process he learns that the

“big story” he had pursued throughout his adult life was actually happening in

his own backyard.

The Last Resort is an inspiring, edgy roller-coaster adventure, but also

a deeply moving testament to the love and loyalty inspired by Zimbabwe

and her people.

Douglas Rogers is an award-winning

journalist and travel writer. He was born

and raised in Zimbabwe and now lives

in Brooklyn, New York.

Memoir4th March288pp £9.99Demy paperback978-1-906021-91-7UK: Short BooksForeign rights: Curtis Brown

‘Pitch-perfect, undeniably real, and, most importantly, achingly funny, Rogers deftly reminds us that, after wiping away tears and even burying the dead, a good antidote to the violent, poignant and completely absurd place that Zimbabwe has become is to throw arms wide to the undaunted African sky and simply laugh.’ Wendy Kann, author of Casting with a Fragile Thread

MARCH

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SIMON BARNES

MY NATURAL HISTORYThe animal kingdom & how it shaped me

‘The animal kingdom came to my rescue. It always has done. I suspect it always will. It rescued me at Sunnyhill Primary School, it rescued me in my adolescence, it has rescued me over and over again throughout my adult life.’

In My Natural History Simon Barnes, like a modern-day Gerald

Durrell, weaves together the story of his life via the animals

and the natural encounters that have shaped it. From the

greater horseshoe bat that transported Barnes from the dull

classrooms of his youth, to the great whale which marked the

moment he knew he was going to be a writer, from Himalayan

kingfishers in India, to majestic lions in the Luangwa valley,

each animal represents a piece in the puzzle of Barnes’s life.

With its humour and poetry, every page fizzing with

Barnes’s infectious enthusiasm, My Natural History cannot fail

to delight and enthrall any lover of the wild world.

Simon Barnes is the multi-award-

winning chief sportswriter for The Times. He is also a novelist, nature

writer and horseman, and the author

of a dozen books, including the

bestselling How to be a Bad Birdwatcher and The Meaning of Sport (Short Books). He lives in

Suffolk with his family.

Non-fiction4th March304pp £12.99B format hardback978-1-906021-77-1UK and Commonwealth ex Canada: Short BooksUS & Foreign: Capel & Land

Praise for Simon Barnes

‘Barnes is a poet of the unexpected lifting of the heart.’ PJ Kavanagh

‘Barnes is a unique voice, always willing to challenge conventional wisdom and look for deeper meanings...’ Sunday Telegraph

MARCH

BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO BE A BAD BIRWATCHER

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DEBORAH FALLOWS

ANYONE FOR CHINESE?An insider’s guide to what makes a billion people tick

China is emerging as the next superpower and increasingly

dominates the world stage, but the country and its people

remain a mystery to us in the West. In Ni Hao China!, Harvard

linguist and Shanghai resident Deborah Fallows offers a

brilliant introduction to China’s culture and landscape.

Each of the book’s 15 chapters takes a linguistic or cultural

conundrum and uses it as a clue to unlock aspects of Chinese

life that might to outsiders seem bizarre. Incorporating many

of the author’s own experiences – from the mundane, like

riding city buses, to the positively infuriating, such as trying

to order a take-away without a decent working knowledge of

Mandarin’s “tone-system” – this is a book to appeal to just

about anyone who has China on their mind, be they first-time

tourists, seasoned business people, or even the idly curious.

Accessible, original and often very funny, Anyone for Chinese? will help you discover this extraordinary nation for

yourself.

Deborah Fallows has lived

and travelled in China for four

years, studying the language

and applying it to survive in

daily life. She has a PhD in

Linguistics from Harvard, and

is author of A Mother’s Work (Houghton Mifflin). She and

her husband, writer James

Fallows, have two sons.

Non-fiction1st April256pp £12.99B format hardback978-1-906021-55-9World Rights: Short Books

APRIL

For Chinese parents, there are many things to worry about when choosing a baby’s first name: the look of the characters, the sound of the name beside the family name, the meaning and implications of the words. Chinese names don’t come from a strict set of names per se. There are no Susans, Davids and Jennifers. If American babies are sometimes named after politicians or celebrities, Chinese babies are named after concepts or timely events. During the year of China’s first space launch, a lot of kids were named “satellite”. After the 2008 earthquake zhen sheng, meaning

“born during the earthquake”, became popular. You have to wonder what it is like to go through life named she bao (“social security”), or min yi, (“public opinion”).

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JOHN RAE

THE OLD BOYS’ NETWORKA Headmaster’s Diaries

John Rae was one of the most charismatic and controversial figures in

British education. His reputation as a great reformer was forged during

his 16 years as headmaster of Westminster School in the 1970s and early

1980s. And his candid account of that turbulent period – recorded at the

time in handwritten diaries – seems as fresh and relevant today as it

was back then.

The diaries, which he finished editing just before he died aged 75

in 2006, chart his struggle to keep out illegal drugs and the impact of

family breakdown on pupils. Devious, rank-pulling parents are humorously

dispatched. Dirty tricks by other schools are exposed – although Rae was

not above wheeler-dealering himself to preserve Westminster’s ranking

in the educational elite.

Outspoken and humane, Rae believed in the right of parents to educate

their children privately, but he was also a sharp critic of the public school

establishment. “Say what you believe and head up high” was his life-long

personal code – the spirit of which is captured in this often shocking and

unputdownable book.

John Malcolm Rae was headmaster

of Westminster School between 1970

and 1986. He was author of The Custard Boys (1960). He also wrote

books on education, including the

best-selling Letters from School (1987)

and five books for children. He died

in December 2006.

Non-fiction1st April352pp £9.99B format paperback978-1-906021-93-1World Rights: Short Books

‘Westminster’s boys and girls were

no angels,’ as John Rae puts it, ‘but

they were always good company.’

As we follow his campaign to turn a

single-sex establishment with a

reputation for arrogance, slackness

and drug-taking into the best school

in the country, the same holds true

of the author.’ The Telegraph

‘These diaries reveal beneath the

serious public persona of John Rae

a schoolmaster who got a lot of fun

from the antics and the wit of his

boys... this is an enjoyable read.’

The Spectator

‘Rae’s revelations have the fascination

to be found in an insider’s account of

the workings of an ancient and

peculiar institution.” Sunday Times

‘A remarkable expose of the dirty

dealings that have given public

school pupils an unfair advantage

in winning Oxbridge places is

mischievously offered from the

grave.’ Oxford Times

APRIL

AS READ ON RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

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TOM CARVER

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?Monty, Italy and one man’s incredible escape

In November 1942, two nights after the Battle of El Alamein, a young British army officer was captured. As the Nazis deliberated about what to do with him, Richard Carver had particular reason to be afraid: unknown to anyone, he was the stepson of Field Marshal Montgomery, the Allied Commander who had just inflicted the first serious defeat on the Third Reich...

This gripping story tells of Richard’s internment in a POW camp in northern Italy

and of his subsequent escape. Having decided to risk making his way back to

Allied HQ in the south, he embarked on a gruelling 500-mile journey through

German-occupied territory, evading capture again and again and ultimately being

saved by a family of brave Italian peasants who jeopardised not just their own

lives but those of an entire village to hide him.

In the winter of 1943, a year after he disappeared, he staggered back into

Army HQ, to be greeted by his now famous stepfather with the words, ‘Where the

hell have you been?’

This is a great adventure story – a reminder of a lost age when, in the face

of terrifying challenges, a generation rose to extraordinary feats of valour in the

service of a cause greater than themselves.

Tom Carver was a long-time

foreign correspondent with the

BBC. He was latterly the BBC’s

Washington Correspondent and

continues to live in Washington

working as a writer and consultant.

He is the step-grandson of Field

Marshal Montgomery.

Non-fiction1st April256pp £9.99B format paperback978-1-906021-92-4World Rights: Short Books

‘An utterly compelling account of how one POW kept his identity secret from the Nazis and evaded capture, relying on the bravery and kindness of strangers. A terrific read.’ Andy McNab

‘One man’s extraordinary odyssey of escape through wartime Italy: riveting and remarkable.’ Ben Macintyre

Tom Carver’s excellent book gives us a better understanding why our most well known World War II General was the complex man he was.” General the Lord Guthrie

‘An escape story in the finest English tradition. Beautifully written and poignant to the end – deserves to become an instant classic.’ David Loyn

‘This account is a gem. It reminds one of the gallantry and devotion to duty of a generation that has nearly left us.’ Patrick Cordingley, Commander of the Desert Rats, Iraq, 1991

APRIL

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SIMON BARNES

THE HORSEY LIFEA journey of discovery with a rather remarkable mare

‘All I can say is that there was something – right from the first. A stubby little mare, bright bay with remarkably large ears. A white star on her forehead shaped like Madagascar, and a huge arse...’

This is the story of an extraordinary relationship – and an extraordinary

horse. When Barnes buys Dolly Dolores VII, he knows he has got

something special. She is feisty, restless, mysterious – sometimes

crazily unpredictable. But she is also, to her owner’s delight, a jumper

of mesmerising poise and skill; she canters like a ballerina, gallops like

a wild thing.

Then, one day, Dolly does something so startling, so inexplicable

that she brings her owner to breaking point. Barnes is faced with

a terrible decision...

The Horsey Life is about a friendship pushed to its limits; but it

is also filled with larks and joy – a book which takes you right to the

heart of the world of horses and those that love them.

Simon Barnes is the multi-award-

winning chief sportswriter for the

Times. He is also a novelist, nature

writer and horseman, and the author

of a dozen books, including the

bestselling How to be a Bad Birdwatcher and The Meaning of Sport (Short Books). He lives in

Suffolk with his family.

Non-fiction6th May256pp £8.99B format paperback978-1-906021-94-8UK and Commonwealth ex. Canada: Short BooksUS & Foreign: Capel & Land

‘Truly illuminating... Simon Barnes understands what the horsey life is all about.’ Monty Roberts

‘The Horsey Life is humorous, life-affirming, touching and enlightening. One for lovers of horses and happy endings.’ Manchester Evening News

‘Barnes evokes the roller-coaster emotions of riding, the cocktail of fear and exhilaration, with poetic precision. The realisation that the partnership with the horse is not about domination or power but about trust has never been better described.’ The Spectator

MAY

BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO BE A BAD BIRDWATCHER

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SIÂN BUSBY McNAUGHTENThe winter of 1843 is one of bitter strife for England. The nation is on the

brink of ruin and revolution, the government struggling to stand firm against

the rising chaos.

Out of this apocalyptic landscape emerges a young Scotsman, Daniel

McNaughten. He has been on a journey, a descent into his own despair,

mirroring the tribulations of society at large. His journey will end in London,

with the death of an apparently innocent man. One freezing day in January,

he takes a shot at the Prime Minister’s Private Secretary, Edward Drummond,

as he makes his way to Downing Street. The incident rocks the nation.

Has the assassin perhaps mistaken Mr. Drummond for the Prime Minister,

Sir Robert Peel? And who is this McNaughten? A dangerous political

radical – possibly the agent of an entire network of revolutionaries – or a

religious fanatic? Is he a lunatic, or merely a victim of the collective madness

that surrounds him?

Sian Busby’s debut novel is a breathtaking feat of historical scholarship,

which takes you to the heart of the Victorian soul. As Daniel McNaughten

goes on trial, the dark forces lying beneath the surface of society threaten

to break loose and overturn the very order of things. Suddenly, the nation’s

sanity seems to be hanging on the destiny of one hapless individual.

The verdict against him will change English law forever.

SIån Busby is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and

film maker. She is married to the BBC Business Editor,

Robert Peston, and has two children. She lives in

North London.

Fiction6th May448pp £7.99B format paperback978-1-906021-88-7UK & Commonwealth ex Canada: Short BooksUS & Foreign Rights: ICM/Curtis Brown

‘McNaughten has an intricacy and sentimentality worthy of Dickens and a satirical eye as sharp as Thackeray’s...

A gripping thriller, rich, clever, absorbing and extremely hard to fault... with a plot that shocks with an extraordinary twist.’ The Times

‘Written with verve, Sian Busby infiltrates the heart and soul of the Victorian world, which uncannily parallels our own.’ Daily Telegraph

‘This ingenious fact-into-fiction novel makes a fine, marvellously readable, melodramatic meal of the case that established the

“McNaughten Rules”.’ Saga Magazine

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BACKLISTFICTIONA CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE Charles ChadwickB format hardback 978-1-906021-40-5

BENNY & SHRIMP Katarina MazettiB format paperback 978-1-906021-36-8

ICE LAND Betsy TobinB format paperback 978-1-906021-34-4

THE DAYS OF JUDY B Rose HeineyB format paperback 978-1-906021-35-1

NON-FICTIONAMO, AMAS, AMAT...and all that Harry MountB format paperback 978-1-906021-15-3

A RAGE FOR ROCK GARDENING Nicola ShulmanB format paperback 978-1-904095-47-7

A ROMANOV FANTASY Frances WelchDemy hdbk 978-1-904977-71-1

A SEASIDE PRACTICE Dr Tom SmithB format paperback 978-1-906021-23-8

ALONG CAME DYLAN Stephen FosterB format paperback 978-1-906021-41-2

...AND SHE LAUGHED NO MORE Stephen FosterB format paperback 978-1-906021-62-7

ASK YOUR FATHER Emma CookB format trade paperback 978-1-906021-61-0

A WONDERFUL LITTLE GIRL Siân BusbyB format ppbk 978-1-904095-70-5

BRITAIN”S ROTTENEST YEARS Derek WilsonB format hardback 978-1-906021-58-0

BROWN’S BRITAIN Robert PestonRoyal paperback 978-1-904977-36-0

CAMILLA Rebecca TyrrelA format ppbk 978-1-904095-73-6

CAN WE PLAY YOU EVERY WEEK? Max VelodyB format ppbk 978-1-906021-74-0

CHAMFORT Edited by Douglas ParméeB format hdbk 978-1-904095-62-0

CHANGE THE WORLD FOR A FIVER 210mm x 196mm paperback 978-1-904095-96-5

CHANGE THE WORLD 9-5 210mm x 196mm paperback 978-1-904977-48-3

COOKING FOR KINGS Ian KellyDemy paperback 978-1-904095-93-4

DEAR BLUE PETER Biddy Baxter 198x152mm hardback 978-1-904977-49-8

DOCTOR, HAVE YOU GOT A MINUTE? Dr Tom Smith B format hardback 978-1-904977-79-7

DON’T SWEAT THE AUBERGINE Nicholas CleeDemy paperback 978-1-904977-78-0

DUCKS IN A ROW Carl NewbrookB format paperback 978-1-904977-68-1

FROM WORKING CLASS HERO TO ABSOLUTE DISGRACE Stephen FosterDemy trade paperback 978-1-906021-21-4

GHOUL BRITANNIA Andrew MartinB format hardback 978-1-906021-85-6

GOING BUDDHIST Peter J. ConradiB format paperback 978-1-904977-01-8

GOING LOCO Dr Tom SmithB format hardback 978-1-906021-68-9

HAVE A NICE DAY Justin WebbB format paperback 978-1-906021-70-2

HAZLITT IN LOVE Jon CookB format hdbk 978-1-904977-40-7

HOW TO BE A BAD BIRDWATCHER Simon BarnesB format paperback 978-1-904977-05-6

HOW TO BE WILD Simon BarnesB format paperback 978-1-904977-97-1

HOW TO GET THINGS REALLY FLAT Andrew MartinB format paperback 978-1-906021-71-9

I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL John O’ConnellB format paperback 978-1-904977-44-5

I’M A TEACHER GET ME OUT OF HERE! Francis Gilbert B format paperback 978-1-904977-02-5

IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME Charlotte HigginsB format paperback 978-1-906021-59-7

KEEPER Andrea GilliesDemy trade paperback 978-1-906021-65-8

LATIN LOVE LESSONS Charlotte HigginsB format hardback 978-1-906021-13-9

MADCAP Tim Willis B format pbck 978-1-904095-50-7

MIND THE GAP Ferdinand MountB format paperback 978-1-904977-32-2

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING Rupert ChristiansenB format hardback 978-1-906021-16-0

ONE TO NINE Andrew HodgesB format paperback 978-1-906021-26-9

OUT OF THE WOODS Will CohuB format hardback 978-1-904977-83-4

SEASONAL SUICIDE NOTES Roger Lewis129x192mm hardback 978-1-96021-76-4

TEACHER ON THE RUN Francis GilbertB format paperback 978-1-904977-55-1

TEACH YOUR GRANNY TO TEXT 280 x 214 mm paperback 978-1-406320-71-8

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