MBA Books: Non-Fiction

IAIN AITCH
Iain Aitch writes on the arts, travel and eccentricity. He's written for The Independent, The Observer, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The London Evening Standard, Salon, The Idler and Bizarre. He is known for exposing new talent and putting into print what others think but are too polite or unsure to say. Iain's also interested in architecture and is London editor for Dwell, which is a people-friendly modern architecture magazine based in San Francisco. In addition, he's the inventor of World Phone-in Sick Day, and initiated the annual London Santacon: a gathering of Santas intent on festive mayhem. Guardian articles by Iain were chosen as some of the best of year in the last three years running by readers of the newspaper

NICK ANGEL
Nick Angel is a journalist and, occasionally, documentary filmmaker. After leaving university he researched and co-wrote a book with Matthew Parris, THE GREAT UNFROCKED, about two thousand years of scandal in the Church. While engaged in this he embarked on a passionate and enduring love affair with the British Library, where he can most reliably be found. He has written for various publications including the Times, Guardian and Evening Standard, and last year made a film for Channel 4, NAMESAKES: A VERY BRITISH ODYSSEY, described by the Guardian as "a real gem...both hilarious and oddly profound." It was the first time in broadcasting history that Maxine Carr, Genghis Khan and Donald Duck were interviewed in the same television programme

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DR MARK ATKINSON

Dr Mark Atkinson is holistic medical physician and one of the UK's leading authorities on holistic approaches to cancer, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome and self-development. His vision and life's purpose is to provide as many people as possible with the insights, tools and skills to live a healthy, authentic and fulfilled life.

ROB BAILEY AND ED HURST

Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst share an interest in double entendres, which has served them well in producing a series of books cataloguing the world's most smutty-sounding place and street names

CHRISTOPHER BIRD
Chris Bird was Caucasus correspondent for first Agency France-Presse and then the Associated Press from 1994-6 during which time he covered the Chechen war. He and his family lived in Tbilisi in Georgia, and both his young sons speak fluent Georgian. 1998 he became the Guardian's Balkan correspondent in Belgrade – from which he was expelled three times – covering the war in Kosovo. After working for the Press Association in Sarajevo for a year, he is now a medical student in London. This is his first book.

VIVIENNE BOLTON

With over a dozen titles to her name, Vivienne Bolton is a prolific writer of craft books, for both adults and children – her book 365 Things to Make and Do published in 2005 continues to sell in vast quantities in the US. She wrote and made all the projects for the definitively beautiful Dorling Kindersley title THE DOLL’S HOUSE DECORATOR. Amongst her card making books for New Holland she has also written gorgeous books such as MADE FROM MEMORIES and THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. When not writing Vivienne is a very accomplished cook and herbalist.

MARTIN BUCKLEY
Martin Buckley has lived in France, Italy, Turkey and India and has worked as journalist and broadcaster in over forty countries. He is married with one young son and currently divides his time between London and Corsica.

CHEAP DATE
Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett, 'stylists to the stars', are editors of Cheap Date magazine, which saucily celebrates 'style over fashion' and 'value over price'. Bay, as Contributing Fashion Editor at British Vogue, and Creative Director for designer Matthew Williamson, is seen as one of fashion's great gurus, and Kira is a writer and style consultant with a vast knowledge of fashion history, sub-cultures and trends.

THE CHEAP DATE BOOK OF STYLE

This is a highly visual book about the imagination you have to use, the confidence you have to have and practicalities you need to aware of, to look and be stylish. It's a friendly, inclusive, down-to-earth guide to the distinction between style and fashion. Without demanding the reader move the earth - we're all busy human beings after all - Kira and Bay guarantee that she'll feel more beautiful and excited, and be more stylish after reading this book - or they'll eat their Burberry trench coats. As clothes obsessives and expert thrift shoppers, they can make every source of togs accessible and the book contains massive of good old fashioned tips throughout, together with interviews with (amongst others) Karl Lagerfeld, Kelis, Vivienne Westwood and Chloe Sevigny.

World rights: Transworld March 2007

Praise for THE CHEAP DATE GUIDE TO STYLE:

"Kira and Bay are the real style gurus of fashion" Erin O'Connor

"Packed with practical tips, this book is totally inspiring. I love it!" Sophie Dahl

"Bay Garnett and Kira Jolliffe are the most genuinely stylish people I know, and their enthusiasm for fashion is infectious. They will encourage you to develop your own personal style and express yourself in an individual way, rather than following the herd and looking like everyone else. They make fashion fun and, in an age when expensive labels rule, they inspire you to rummage through the vintage stores and find that one-off piece that perfectly reflects your mood". Rachel Weisz

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VIC DARKWOOD

Victor Darkwood was born in a small hovel on the Wirral Peninsular and, despite his father's occupation as lowly cordwainer, showed early gentlemanly flair by choosing to buff up his ragamuffin bare feet with oxblood boot polish, so that they resembled brogues. After gaining a degree in Obfuscational Studies from the University of North Acton, he went on to a life of complete lassitude. If it weren't for a chance encounter with his future literary agent in a Limehouse bordello, things could have turned out very differently. Prone to leaning decoratively against classical architecture at an angle of 15 degrees to the perpendicular and strumming a lyre, Mr Darkwood is currently working on a guide to assist the modern traveller.

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THE LOST ART OF TRAVEL

A brief glance around the travel section of today's bookshops will convince the reader that there is a paucity of literature dealing with the true nitty-gritty of the voyager's art. It is quite plain that the majority of today's travellers are still not doing it right. Blundering off on a jaunt ill-prepared, and blithely pooh-poohing the lessons of precedent, a young buck is setting himself up for a fall. In all likelihood he will eventually find himself in a merry pickle, locked up in the slammer or attempting to survive solely on a diet of twigs. Older voyagers, with their luncheon boxes and tick lists, might just as profitably stay at home, and spend their final years playing bingo or watching the televisual exploits of Mr Michael Palin. Now, for the first time, a compendium of information drawn from the travel writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, is available for the enlightenment of the modern traveller. This illustrated guide will provide you with all you need to know about “Revolting food that may save the lives of starving men”; “Calculating the rush of an enraged animal”; and “Hunting elephants and hippos with a javelin” - as well as providing highly entertaining advice on how to deal with overseas hoteliers and the importance of packing two pairs of flannel pyjamas for travel in Central and Northern Japan.

UK Publisher: John Murray, November 2006

US Publisher: St Martin's Press Spring 2007

French Publisher: Scali

Previously Published (with Gustav Temple): THE CHAP MANIFESTO; THE CHAP ALMANAC; AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MARTINIS; THE BEST OF THE CHAP

Previous Foreign Sales in: Portugal

Praise for THE LOST ART OF TRAVEL:
"an essential companion" Jack Dee

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OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

ELLIOT CASTRO is unique in the history of British financial crime. Other than organised criminal gangs, often working with former bank employees, no-one has stolen so much money for so long from the UK banking system.

This is Elliot's remarkable story, how one young working-class kid from Glasgow was able to con his way into becoming the most successful and daring fraudster in Britain.

Quite simply, this was a young man from a modest background who wanted to see the world, to see it in style, and see it he does...

It has all the elements of a fantastic work of fiction and will read like a fast paced thriller with the added attraction that it is all completely true.

"A fascinating and illuminating story" Irvine Welsh

World rights: Macmillan, Spring 2007

Foreign rights sold: Chinese

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PAUL GASCOIGNE
GAZZA: MY STORY

Almost as soon as the young Geordie burst onto the scene at Newcastle United, Gazza was the centre of attention: Vinnie Jones's notorious ball-handling showed the lengths people would go to try to stop him. Then, with England on the verge of possibly reaching the World Cup final in 1990, came Gazza's tears - the moment that brought a whole new audience to the sport and helped set the football 1990s boom on its way. But then came a career-threatening injury, mental health problems, self-confessed alcoholism and family disputes, as life in the full glare of the media spotlight became too much. Now, at the end of his career in football, Gazza is finally ready to tell his own story in his own words for the first time - and it is even more amazing than you would have thought.

UK Publisher: Headline June 2004

Paul Gascoigne made his league debut for Newcastle in 1984-85, moving to Spurs in 1988 in a huge £2 million deal. He was one of England's key figures in the 1990 World Cup, and moved to Lazio in Italy in 1992. He then played for Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton, Burnley and briefly in China. He won 57 caps.

Previous foreign rights sold in: Japan, Germany

MICHELE HANSON

In her famous weekly Guardian column, Michele has created a comic masterpiece of family life. Over fourteen years she has chronicled the teenage years of her daughter, Treasure, and the final years of her mother. The Age of Dissent, Treasure: the Trials of a Teenage Terror, and its sequel, What Treasure did Next, based on the Guardian columns, were published by Virago, serialised on Radio 4 and made into a BBC cartoon series. Michele regularly appears on radio and TV, most recently as one of the Grumpy Old Women. She lives in north London, these days mostly on her own with her two Boxer dogs, as her daughter is in Australia, and her mother recently died. She is delighted with the solitude.

LIVING WITH MOTHER RIGHT TO THE VERY END
Winner of BT Mind Book of the Year Award 2007

In her new collection of Guardian columns, Michele focuses on the life and death of her mother A glamorous, much admired young woman, in old age Michele's mother still has power over everyone she meets. She alternately despairs of and adores her grand-daughter and treats her daughter, now sixty-three, as though she is twelve. Michele observes the very slow decline of her mother, as she changes from vibrant, bossy, hilarious fault-finder general and head chef to frail, bedridden, helpless, speechless, but still formidable and brave old lady, who is able, to the very end, to have a laugh. Rarely have the indignities of old age, and the trials for the loved ones who have to cope with that old age, been so brilliantly, poignantly and hilariously brought to life.

UK Publisher: Virago/Guardian Books, September 2006

"Inspired, deadpan reflections on life as the mother of a teenager ...her work is also, at a deeper level, about parental passion, family tolerance, forgiveness and love." Mail on Sunday

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BRYONY HILL

Bryony Hill first came to MBA when she was runner-up for the first Harry Bowling Prize in 2000. Her first novel, PENALTY CHICK, was published by The Book Guild in 2003. About a footballing-hating girl who falls in love with the manager of a struggling football club, Bryony swore that it was not based on any personal experience she might have had as the wife of Jimmy Hill, footballer, broadcaster and national treasure

"Buy two of these - one by the bed for inspiration, one in the shed for instruction. This book will convert even me into a green-fingered enthusiast!"
Tommy Walsh - Broadcaster, BBC's 'Groundforce'

"'Bryony Hill' - it has a poetic, romantic ring to it, a scent of hollyhocks, a flowering zephyr. Yet this fairy figure is a daughter of the soil, up to her shoulder pads in slurry. As Rambling Syd Rumpo put it so well, 'The answer lies in the soil...' It certainly does for Bryony, and she conveys her love of gardening, nature and life itself with charm and good sense. Like herself, a practical delight." Sir Terry Wogan, KBA - television and radio broadcaster

"Who can resist a woman who loves compost, adores flowers, is prepared to shoot at squirrels, gives you an amazing number of gardening hints and tips that other people don't tell you - and paints watercolours of her garden? This is an enchanting, funny, personal yet immensely practical book."
Marcelle d'Argy Smith - journalist and broadcaster

"Bryony Hill gives us an inspiring reminder of the joys that gardening can bring both to the spirit and to the stomach. Her enthusiasm is totally infectious, her gardening and cooking tips enlightening, and her easy recipes mouth-watering. Bryony's own lively illustrations are an added delight in this cheerful, life-enhancing book."
Josceline Dimbleby - cookery writer and broadcaster

UK publisher: The Book Guild, March 2007

SAM JORDISON
Sam Jordison is a hugely talented, bright, young writer. He was co-editor of the bestselling CRAP TOWNS (published by Boxtree for Christmas 2003) and the follow-up book, CRAP TOWNS 2.

BAD DATES
Love, as the poets have been telling us since the beginning of time, is never easy. And finding love is next to impossible. How can you locate that special someone when everyone out there is so awful? And what could be worse than finding Mr or Ms Right - and them finding you utterly wrong? Dating is generally a ritual of humiliation. And when dates go wrong, they go really wrong - with hilarious results.

Sam Jordison invited people to submit their tales of dating woe to his website www.whendatesgobad.co.uk, which went live on 3 February. Within ten days it was so popular it was reported in The Independent and featured on Wogan's Radio 2 breakfast show. Sam was also interviewed on Radio 5's lunchtime news, the World Service, RTE 2 in Ireland and so many local radio stations he could hardly speak by the end of Valentine's Day.

This Christmas a compilation of the best stories of ruptured stomachs, hideous faux-pas and so much more is now available in a side-splitting giftbook.

UK Publisher: John Murray, November 2006

PAULINE KIERNAN
Pauline is a Shakespeare scholar and screenwriter. She gained a First in English and a doctorate in Shakespeare at the University of Oxford, and an MA in Playwriting Studies at the University of Birmingham She has held research fellowships and lectureships at the Universities of Oxford and Reading, was appointed Leverhulme Research Fellow at Shakespeare's Globe in its first five years, and given lectures and papers worldwide on Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama. FILTHY SHAKESPEARE is her first humour book and was selected as one of the Observer Books of the Year.

FILTHY SHAKESPEARE
It is amazing how little attention has been given to Shakespeare's vulgar, lewd, downright filthy puns. His plays and poems are stuffed with the kind of double entendres and obscene wordplay that would make our most risqué stand-up comics blush. His more outrageous sexual puns have been all but invisible in editions of his plays and performances which has meant that in the four hundred years since they were written the world has been deprived of one of the most glorious and important aspects of his work. Until now.

This brilliant giftbook contains 100 of Shakespeare's most shocking, tantalisingly-coded sexual subtexts, ranging from Wanking to Dildos (with other sections too rude to pass the censor on this site), all of them accompanied by fascinating, little-known details about sex and sexuality in Shakespeare's day. Find out what he was REALLY saying to his audience. Read this book, and you will never see our major literary icon in quite the same light again!

Praise for FILTHY SHAKESPEARE:
"a beautifully presented guide to Elizabethan filth. As Bowdler expurgated the dirty bits, so Kiernan works her way diligently and shamelessly and hilariously through them" Stephen Bayley, The Observer

UK Publisher: Quercus, November 2006

US Publisher: Gotham, 2007

Already Published: SHAKESPEARE'S THEORY OF DRAMA; STAGING SHAKESPEARE AT THE NEW GLOBE

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GARY LEBOFF
Gary Leboff, a trained sports psychologist, was one of the stars of BBC2's THE CHALLENGE series in which he (along with a fitness expert), helped ordinary people mentally prepare to take on some of the world's toughest sporting events, such as an adventure race in Borneo or climbing Mt. Everest.

Gary is one of the UK's premier performance coaches. Working across the arenas of business and sport; his clients range from Managing Directors to creative talents, Premiership footballers, endurance athletes and golfers.
Although DARE will be his first book, Gary is no newcomer to professional writing having previously worked as a rock critic for The Daily Telegraph and a television critic for The Sun for two years.

DARE
A personal coach for over a decade, Gary's work provides individuals and business leaders with a clear sense of focus, bringing a new dimension to their lives. At the core of the process in DARE is the reconnection of individuals with their deep-rooted passions and the very reasons for doing what consumes them. Gary has created a new method for defining personal objectives (what do I really want for myself/my future?) Working from such a solid foundation, individuals generate lives built on integrity, discovering untapped resources of energy, fulfilment and dynamism.

A genuinely great communicator, Gary's unique blend of tough but positive Inner Game techniques and Life Coaching will be equally popular with both men and women.

UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton April 2006

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ADAM LEBOR
Adam LeBor was born in London and studied at Leeds University and also at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He worked for several national British newspapers before becoming a foreign correspondent in 1991. Since then he has travelled extensively in eastern and central Europe, covering the Yugoslav wars for the Independent and The Times. Currently Central Europe Correspondent for The Times he also contributes to Literary Review, the Jerusalem Report and Condé Nast Traveller. His books have been published in ten languages.

www.adamlebor.com

THE BELIEVERS: HOW AMERICA FELL FOR BERNARD MADOFF'S $65 BILLION INVESTMENT SCAM.

It was luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he had strived so hard to join, vaporising the assets of charities, foundations and individuals that had trusted him with their funds. It seems nothing was sacrosanct to Madoff, possibly the greatest con-man in history. Even Elie Wiesel's foundation has lost tens of millions. How could Madoff, a pillar of the Jewish community, do this to a Nobel Laureate and Auschwitz survivor? But Wiesel was hardly alone in trusting the rogue financier. How could some of the most sophisticated and worldly people in America fall victim to a collective delusion for year after year? THE BELIEVERS answers these unsettling questions. It opens up the clubbish world where Madoff operated, tracing the links from Palm Beach and The Hamptons to the salons and clubs of Manhattan society. It details the network of relationships across which flows hundreds of millions of dollars. 'The Believers' shows how despite material success and acclaim, some human impulses remain eternal. It reveals how an underlying sense of insecurity still shapes some of the richest and most successful individuals in America, making them crave ever more status and peer acclaim. By focusing on Madoff's connection to, and catastrophic impact on, the American Jewish community, THE BELIEVERS dramatically humanises a story that is part financial scandal and part Greek tragedy.

UK Publisher: Weidenfeld, September 2009

COMPLICITY WITH EVIL: THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE AGE OF MODERN GENOCIDE

From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur today, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide.This book is the first to examine in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide. Lebor draws on dozens of firsthand interviews with UN officials, current and former, and such international diplomats as Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Douglas Hurd, and David Owen. This book sets the terms for discussion as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan steps down to make room for a new head of the world body, and political observers assess Annan's legacy and look to the future of the world organisation.

"...a powerfully intelligent book". Fergal Keane

UK Publisher: Yale University Press, October 2007

Already published:

City of Oranges (1997) A Heart Turned East: The Muslims of Europe and America (1997)
Hitler's Secret Bankers (1999)
Surviving Hitler: Choice, Corruption and Compromise in the Third Reich (with Roger Boyes) (2000)
Milosevic: A Biography (2003)

Previous foreign rights sold in: US, Japan, Israel, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Spain

Praise for MILOSEVIC:
"I urge you to read this excellent new biography". Mail on Sunday

Praise for CITY OF ORANGES
"Outstanding ... a magnifying lens through which to explore the entire knotted history of Israel and Palestine." The Guardian

"The most significant recent contribution to the literature". Linda Grant, The Independent

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SEAN McCONVILLE
An internationally reknowned criminologist, Sean McConville has published major books on prisons and imprisonment. In addition to his academic work, he has written articles for The Observer, The Guardian and the NY Times and, during a period of residency in the US, he was the regular host of a phone-in/news programme in Chicago (WBEZ). He has worked as a consultant not only on several TV documentaries but also for the Council of Europe, the House of Commons and the Home Office.

ANNE NICHOLLS
Anne is a practitioner of the form of psychotherapy known as transactional analysis. She lives and works in Birmingham, and runs courses for the charity MIND, as well as treating individual patients and is also the Agony Aunt for the Internet Service Provider Tiscali. She writes science fiction novels and short stories under the name Anne Gay.

www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/agonyaunt

RAISING HAPPY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Formerly entitled SIBLING RIVALRY, SIBLING LOVE, this book offers unprecedented insight into the development of sibling relationships and what parents can do to help, from children’s earliest days together to adolescence and beyond. On first publication it was chosen by the Independent as #1book on parenting in their selection of 50 best books on childcare and parenting.

‘At last, a book for parents with more than one child! Warm, thought-provoking and packed with helpful ideas, I thoroughly recommend it.’
Belinda Phipps, Chief Executive of National Childbirth Trust.
‘The best advice available for these crucial formative relationships.’
Amazon.co.uk

Praise for SIBLING RIVALRY, SIBLING LOVE:

"Very accessible. Perfect for that one minute of reading time that parents have per day" The Times

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GERVASE PHINN
Gervase Phinn leads a very full and active life: a bestselling author and poet, teacher, freelance lecturer, educational consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and, last but by no means least, father of four. The majority of his time is spent in schools with teachers and children.

MEL STEIN

MEL STEIN is the most prominent lawyer and agent in the beautiful game, with 70 players on his books. He also wrote the official biographies of his clients Paul Gascoigne and Chris Waddle and a "How To" Guide to becoming a sports agent. Now, for Pennant Books, he has woven football’s best secrets into a new fiction.

FOOTBALL BABYLON

At last...the book that does for the beautiful game what Hotel Babylon did for the hospitality industry! In over 30 years of operating within the football game, Mel Stein has seen it all. In FOOTBALL BABYLON, he takes an unflinching look at the typical ups and downs of a newly arrived Premiership club, as it slides inexorably back to the championship the fictional Thamesmead City. Chairmen, managers, players, agents, officials, journalists, television pundits, marketing and public relations even the medical staff and the groundsmen all their deepest secrets are seen through the jaundiced eye of the Club Secretary, our narrator. Authentic glimpses are given into the macho locker-room world of the players, and their legal troubles off the pitch: drink-driving, rape allegations, failed drug tests even a shooting incident that results in serious injury. In FOOTBALL BABYLON, every event described has, at some time, taken place within an English football club. Only the names have been changed...to protect the guilty.

UK publisher: Pennant Books, September 2009.

THIS MERINGUE IS ELASTIC: How to Complain effectively.

You are sitting down with family and friends in a supposedly smart restaurant - and the food is disgusting. What do you do when the waiter asks if everything is ok? Like the majority of the population, you probably half-smile and mumble something acquiescent. Wrong! You should always complain and always explain! A complaint without explanation is worthless. Ranting and raving is bad; controlled complaining is good. Don't just walk away, let the people who caused that feeling know why. In all cases you stand to gain a lot more than ranting, or not saying anything at all.

This is not a legal textbook and it is more than a self-help publication. How To Complain it is a guide to help the consumer obtain satisfaction, not just for themselves, but for anybody else who may follow in their footsteps. Illustrated throughout with Mel's own humorous anecdotes of his successes at complaining, this book will show you how to avoid expensive solicitors and achieve success by your own efforts. Anyone who has ever felt dissatisfied with something for which they have paid good money - a meal, a car, an insurance policy, or even the services of a lawyer or an accountant should buy this book. So if you want to make the quality of your consumer life better, then follow the advice and precedents contained within this book - and if you are a company who are on the receiving end of complaints then you too, should buy this book.

UK Publisher: Southbank Publishing, April 05

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PAT THOMAS
An American psychotherapist living in London, who specialises in healthcare and environmental issues. Her journalism has been widely published in the national press and she is Health Editor at The Ecologist Magazine. She regularly appears on radio programmes as well as on BBC News, Sky News, Carlton Granada Talk TV, LBC, and The World Service.

Pat was appointed editor of The Ecologist magazine in early 2007.

MARK WALLINGTON
Mark Wallington was born in Swanage in Dorset in 1953. He worked for a while as a gardener in London before becoming a scriptwriter and travel journalist. In 1982 he walked the South West coastal path and his subsequent book, 500-Mile Walkies, became a bestseller. In 1992 his novel The Missing Postman was published and he wrote the script for the award-winning BBC television play starring James Bolam. He is much sought-after as a film and television writer. He works from his home in the High Peak in Derbyshire and is married with two children.

TIMOTHY WILSON-SMITH
Teacher at Eton College for 35 years specialising in French history. Previously a monk at Downside Abbey and also studied at Cambridge and London and in Rome. He also wrote regularly for the Folio Society, the Tablet, Catholic Herald & Literary Review in addition to regularly giving talks and lectures, including on the BBC World Service and at the National Portrait Gallery. Sadly, Tim died suddenly in July 2006.

FROM THE INSIDE
Ruth Wyner lives and works in Cambridge. Between December 1999 and July 2000 she was in prison. She describes the unbearable pain of being separated from her family, the appalling degradation and pettiness of life inside, the terrible conditions in Holloway, and not quite so bad ones in Highpoint where she lived on a wing dedicated to fundamentalist Christianity (Ruth is Jewish). We learn of the humour, friendship and resourcefulness of her fellow prisoners, the small victories as she learns to make the system work for her, the growing public concern, mainly as a result of a huge amount of media coverage, that she and her colleague were the victims of a gross miscarriage of justice. An extraordinary, groundbreaking book.

UK Publisher: Aurum May 2003

From the introduction to FROM THE INSIDE;
I have emerged from prison, a place I never expected to find myself in. I had been given a five-year sentence for allowing heroine to be traded at a day centre for the homeless. My co-defendant John Brock got four years. The case rocked Cambridge and led to a nationwide campaign. Together we became known as the Cambridge Two.

I was fifity, the mother of two children, and the director of a homelessness charity running five projects in and around Cambridge. I saw myself as a charity worker, a law-abiding citizen. The police and the prison service did not see me in the same way. This book is the story of my prison experience.

Praise for FROM THE INSIDE:

"She vividly chronicles her Kafkaesque journey from initial sentencing to her eventual release and aftermath. A cogent, haunting illustration of why prison reform is a burning human rights issue." Times Educational Supplement
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	BOOKS: NON-FICTION Agents' initials follow each client's entry

		JAD ADAMS Jad Adams is an independent historian working as an author and television producer. His books include THE DYNASTY, a composite biography of the Nehru family; TONY BENN, a full length biography of the leading radical; and KIPLING. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow of the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
		GANDHI: NAKED AMBITION Born in 1869, at the high noon of Britain’s imperial dominion over India, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi became the dominant political and spiritual leader of his country’s independence movement in the early decades of the twentieth century. His campaigns for complete Indian self-government, based on civil disobedience and non-violence, brought India to independence in 1947, and have since provided inspiration for civil rights and liberation movements the world over. As well as delineating Gandhi’s political career, Jad Adams explores the many contradictions of this most complex of men: a lifelong pacifist whose treatment of his wife and sons bordered on cruelty; a self-denying ascetic who preached the virtues of chastity in marriage yet experienced a high degree of intimate female contact; a political radical whose resistance to racism and appreciation of the value of all religions strike a thoroughly modern note, but whose vision of India was the almost medieval one of a village nation sustained by farming, spinning and weaving. A concise, elegant and masterly account of one of the seminal figures of twentieth-century history, GANDHI lays bare the achievements, philosophy and legacy – both political and spiritual – of a man whose life may truly be said to have changed the world. UK publisher: Quercus, March 2010 AGAINST NATURE: A WORLD HISTORY OF WOMEN AND THE VOTE AGAINST NATURE is the first accessible book on the world enfranchisement of women, taking the subject from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. The book will tell the story of how an aspiration for the idealistic in the early years became what it is now: a western principle imposed on defeated nations in the Middle East. On the way Against Nature paints vivid pictures of the dramatic lives of suffrage leaders and assesses the impact of women on the global political process. Already published: HIDEOUS ABSINTHE, MADDER MUSIC, STRONGER WINE The Life of Ernest Dowson, Victorian Decadent, DYNASTY: The Nehru-Gandhi Story; TONY BENN: a biography, DOUBLE INDEMNITY and AIDS: The HIV myth. DT
		IAIN AITCH Iain Aitch writes on the arts, travel and eccentricity. He's written for The Independent, The Observer, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The London Evening Standard, Salon, The Idler and Bizarre. He is known for exposing new talent and putting into print what others think but are too polite or unsure to say. Iain's also interested in architecture and is London editor for Dwell, which is a people-friendly modern architecture magazine based in San Francisco. In addition, he's the inventor of World Phone-in Sick Day, and initiated the annual London Santacon: a gathering of Santas intent on festive mayhem. Guardian articles by Iain were chosen as some of the best of year in the last three years running by readers of the newspaper
		WE'RE BRITISH INNIT: AN IRREVERENT A-Z OF ALL THINGS BRITISH Unlike the Government's Citizenship Test, this is the real measure of Britishness. Written in a snappy A-Z format, Iain Aitch takes you through all things British in a funny, evocative way. Whether it's fish and chips, James Bond, red telephone boxes or white dog poo, everything you've ever regarded as being uniquely British is within these pages and guaranteed to bring a smile of recognition to even the stiffest of upper lips. With more style than Jarvis Cocker's moves and more pomp than Elgar's masterpiece, Iain Aitch celebrates all that is truly glorious about good old Blighty. A book for the entire British population - Northerner, Southerner, and even tourist and immigrant alike - this is the perfect read for someone looking for the truly British experience. Aitch gives us the real Britain, not one filtered through the eyes of civil servants or politicians. This is the dictionary of the Britain that you affectionately know and love. From asbos to garden gnomes; Tennent's Super to tube maps; to socks and sandals; and spam and Smash potato, this is the most definitive list yet created that encapsulates the sights, sounds and even smells that make Britain what it is today. UK Publisher: HarperCollins, September 2008
		A FÊTE WORSE THAN DEATH …in which Iain Aitch spends the summer months travelling from Margate to Manchester and Colchester to Carlisle examining the bizarre array of hobbies, pastimes, fêtes, festivals and fights that occupy the English in their time off. Along the way he examines the strange world of re-enactments and finds out just why grown men would choose to pretend to be members of the Luftwaffe at the weekend; especially when they don’t own any aeroplanes. He also finds out what their counterparts in the RAF re-enactment societies think of these mock-Nazis. As he travels around the country, Iain uncovers further groups of hobbyists whose interests directly conflict, such as those who enjoy the summer pursuit of crop circle-making and those who believe these are an alien phenomenon. He also follows the modern hippie trail to Stonehenge to see what draws dreadlocked twenty-somethings to the Druid’s haunt and what the Druids make of it all. Like a very English Holidays in Hell, this book informs, amuses and leaves the reader with a strange compulsion to visit the sites Iain passes through. It also light-heartedly examines what it is to be English in the 21st century. UK: Headline, June 2003 Praise for FETE WORSE THAN DEATH: "a hilarious Bill Bryson-meets-Hunter S. Thomspon travelogue". Guardian SS
		NICK ANGEL Nick Angel is a journalist and, occasionally, documentary filmmaker. After leaving university he researched and co-wrote a book with Matthew Parris, THE GREAT UNFROCKED, about two thousand years of scandal in the Church. While engaged in this he embarked on a passionate and enduring love affair with the British Library, where he can most reliably be found. He has written for various publications including the Times, Guardian and Evening Standard, and last year made a film for Channel 4, NAMESAKES: A VERY BRITISH ODYSSEY, described by the Guardian as "a real gem...both hilarious and oddly profound." It was the first time in broadcasting history that Maxine Carr, Genghis Khan and Donald Duck were interviewed in the same television programme SS
		DR MARK ATKINSON Dr Mark Atkinson is holistic medical physician and one of the UK's leading authorities on holistic approaches to cancer, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome and self-development. His vision and life's purpose is to provide as many people as possible with the insights, tools and skills to live a healthy, authentic and fulfilled life. Dr Mark's time is now devoted to sharing his discoveries and approaches through his one-to-one consultations, his workshops, lectures, residential retreats and practitioner training courses and his numerous articles and alternative health columns, including his weekly feature in NOW magazine, for which he has been awarded the HFMA UK's Health Journalist of the Year Award for 2005.
		HOLISTIC HEALTH SECRETS FOR WOMEN In HOLISTIC HEALTH SECRETS FOR WOMEN Dr Mark Atkinson shares his highly effective and integrated medical approach for addressing the unique barriers that women today face. By answering his personalised questionnaires, Dr Mark will identify which of his five secrets you need to focus on, to help you find your own perfect plan for health and happiness UK Publisher: Piatkus/Little, Brown, January 2009 DR
		ANILA BAIG Anila Baig, now a columnist on Britain's biggest selling newspaper The Sun, was the winner of the Press Gazette Newspaper Columnist of the Year award for her original writing in the Yorkshire Post. Described by judges as "A breath of fresh air with real star quality. Her uncompromising approach as a Muslim woman and single mother is both brave and funny.... with echoes of Lenny Henry and the Kumars... she is a complete original". DR
		ROB BAILEY AND ED HURST Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst share an interest in double entendres, which has served them well in producing a series of books cataloguing the world's most smutty-sounding place and street names
		RUDE BRITAIN Britain has a history common to many islands: it is one of repeated invasion, occupation and assimilation. Each phase of this history has left its mark on our culture, architecture, language and place names. A rich mix of Celtic, Norse, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon, French and Latin have made the English language a gift to poets and writers. However, the nuances and double meanings so favoured by creative writers have also led to a number of very rude place names. Rude Britain is a compilation of 100 of the best and rudest place names, each one photographed and explained by the authors. From streets such as Fanny Avenue, Willey Lane, Titty Ho and Asshouse Lane to a village called Cocks; Great Britain throws up a wealth of odd names that have somehow been overlooked by the nation. Until now. Praise for RUDE BRITAIN: "downright hilarious". Daily Mail UK: Boxtree, September 2005 http://www.rudebritain.co.uk/ RUDE WORLD The fantastic follow-up to 2005's hit humour title RUDE BRITAIN, RUDE WORLD reveals 100 of the rudest place names in the world. From Fanny Bay in Australia to Dildo in Newfoundland via Wank in Bavaria, Windy Gap in Ireland and Condom in France, RUDE WORLD delves into the etymological and linguistic origins of each location's name to uncover the fascinating reasons behind such apparently lewd places. Also featuring excellent photographs of the road signs proving the existence of each place, this book is laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly interesting. Prepare yourself for the rudest world tour ever! World rights: Boxtree October 2006 RUDE UK: 100 NEWLY EXPOSED BRITISH BACK PASSAGES, STREETS AND TOWNS After a year touring round the 'Rude World', the authors have decided to return to dear old Blighty. The result is a triumphant homecoming tour that has uncovered 100 more delightfully rude British place names to treasure, from the hidden charms of Slack Bottom and Fanny Street to an unforgettable glimpse of Cocking. UK Publisher: Boxtree, November 2007 SS
		CHRISTOPHER BIRD Chris Bird was Caucasus correspondent for first Agency France-Presse and then the Associated Press from 1994-6 during which time he covered the Chechen war. He and his family lived in Tbilisi in Georgia, and both his young sons speak fluent Georgian. 1998 he became the Guardian's Balkan correspondent in Belgrade – from which he was expelled three times – covering the war in Kosovo. After working for the Press Association in Sarajevo for a year, he is now a medical student in London. This is his first book.
		TO CATCH A TARTAR: Notes from the Caucasus Chris Bird spent more time in Chechnya during the years of war in the 1990s than any other Western journalist, a remote, secretive country embroiled in a centuries-old struggle against the tsars and the Soviets. He witnessed firsthand, and often in considerable personal danger, Chechen fighters hold their own against a huge invading Russian army. He witnessed the resilience, the incomprehension, the suffering of ordinary people, many of them Russians, innocent victims of the war. TO CATCH A TARTAR is a personal journey through the violent decolonisation of the Soviet empire. It shows the human and moral costs of freedom and the courage of the Chechens, whose history burns within them in a brutal war still being fought in the valleys and mountains of the Caucasus. UK publisher: John Murray May, 2002. "Bird is a shrewd, sympathetic and very courageous observer of the recent Chechnya tragedy." Dervla Murphy LL
		VIVIENNE BOLTON With over a dozen titles to her name, Vivienne Bolton is a prolific writer of craft books, for both adults and children – her book 365 Things to Make and Do published in 2005 continues to sell in vast quantities in the US. She wrote and made all the projects for the definitively beautiful Dorling Kindersley title THE DOLL’S HOUSE DECORATOR. Amongst her card making books for New Holland she has also written gorgeous books such as MADE FROM MEMORIES and THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. When not writing Vivienne is a very accomplished cook and herbalist.
		FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER Traditional Housekeeping for the Modern Home Our modern world is infinitely more complex than the one previous generations inhabited, and the pace of life much quicker. Yet the way our grandmothers lived their lives - using knowledge passed from mother to daughter - is as relevant today as it's always been. Recalling this traditional wisdom, Vivienne Bolton celebrates the rites and rituals that for centuries have marked the seasons around the world. As the year unfolds, she offers advice collected from cultures around the globe on everything from natural spring cleaning to the planting of seeds. In summer, the home and garden can be enriched with floral and edible bounty, from rose petal pot pourri to fresh herb cheeses. The autumn harvest offers an abundance of preserving, pickling and drying, plus advice on storing. For winter there are remedies for sore throats, recipes for steamed puddings and instructions on how to make candles, tie faggots for the fire and clean your quilt with snow. UK Publisher: Kyle Cathie. 15 October 2009
		VINTAGE GIFTS This is a sumptuous book showing how to make everything from a Cath Kidston style crocheted brooch to a beautiful scented bath bag. With tips on creating your own vintage style it will give new edge to burrowing and browsing at second hand stalls and provide you with the skill to make gifts you won't want to part with! Beautifully produced with step by step instructions and lavish photographs, like its projects, it's a book to give and treasure. UK Publisher: New Holland 2007 Also BUMPER BOOK OF GREETINGS CARDS. A bumper book collection of Vivienne's two previously published card books. Previous books: BIG BOOK OF WEEKEND PAPERCRAFTS and PAPERCRAFTS FOR CHILDREN (both New Holland) THE DOLL'S HOUSE DECORATOR (Dorling Kindersley), GET CRAFTY series (8 books), 365 THINGS TO MAKE AND DO (both for Paragon),THE BIG BOOK OF GREETING CARDS and THE BIG BOOK OF HANDMADE CARDS AND GIFTWRAP (both New Holland). LL & SGB
		AUDREY AND SOPHIE BOSS French born sisters Audrey & Sophie Boss were serial dieters for many years, together they beat their body and weight demons by looking at the root of the problem. In 1999 they founded Beyond Chocolate as a workshop which provides ongoing follow up support for its participants, it has proven to be hugely successful
		BEYOND CHOCOLATE Beyond Chocolate is for women who are unhappy with their weight and their relationship with food. Chapter by chapter, BEYOND CHOCOLATE debunks the myths, the shoulds and the ought tos that women live by, trapping themselves in an endless cycle of failed diets. It proposes a new, liberating approach to establishing a healthy and satisfying relationship with food and body image. Beyond Chocolate not only provides you with the tools you need to break that diet/binge cycle, it shows you practical ways to put them into practice in your everyday life. Beyond Chocolate is a radically different approach to weight loss. This book confronts the diet industry, the gurus and the fads with a sustainable alternative to diets. Audrey and Sophie encourage women to consider their physical and emotional well-being from various angles including what they eat, why they eat, when they eat, how they eat, exercise, body image, self esteem and more. You won't just lose weight, you will enjoy eating the foods you like and never have to deprive yourself again! World rights: Piatkus, Sept 2006 Praise for BEYOND CHOCOLATE: "Wow! I feel like someone has just switched a light on in my head! I know I can become the me I've not even dare dream of! Thank you" Jayne Hall, workshop participant DR
		MARTIN BUCKLEY Martin Buckley has lived in France, Italy, Turkey and India and has worked as journalist and broadcaster in over forty countries. He is married with one young son and currently divides his time between London and Corsica.
		AN INDIAN ODYSSEY The Ramayana - the journey of Rama - is India's best-loved book, an inspiration to schoolchildren, monks and movie-makers. When Martin Buckley first encountered the Ramayana twenty-five years ago, it became a guide to the complexities of Indian life. Here, he fulfils a dream - to retrace the route of Rama from his birthplace in north India to the climax of his confrontation with evil in Sri Lanka. AN INDIAN ODYSSEY is the story of an adventurous and sometimes perilous passage through India by motorbike, microlight, bus and train. In the course of his own odyssey - physical and spiritual - Buckley witnesses death on the chaotic Great Trunk Road and passes through a war zone in Sri Lanka where bicycle bombs are the weapon of choice. A cast of mystics and Marxists, idealists and cynics - Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist - lays out the rich fabric of contemporary India and Sri Lanka, illuminated by the remarkable story of their past - and the quest of a man to rescue the woman he loves. UK Publisher: Hutchinson, 2008
		ABSOLUTE ALTITUDE In this age of sleek 500-seat trans-global airliners, what remains of the mystery and romance of flight? Martin Buckley circumnavigated the world in a whole series of mostly small aircraft, flying by some of the oldest and strangest planes still in use to some of the remotest places on earth – places where flying is almost the only transport option; and to meet some of the oldest surviving pilots, as well as contemporary pilots who still fly by the seat of their pants. Some years ago Martin discovered that with a qualified pilot’s license you can sometimes ‘hitch-hike’ in the co-pilot’s seat (pilots like it, plane owners and insurance companies like it, and customs officials are usually well-disposed). He decided that the subject of his next book would be to try and hitch hike around the world by plane. UK Publisher Hutchinson May 2003 Already published: GRAINS OF SAND (Hutchinson). Previous foreign sales in: Holland, Germany, Latvia Praise for GRAINS OF SAND: "Buckley is a born storyteller...Read this book, it is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself". The Observer DT
		PATRICK BURY Patrick Bury was born in Dublin in 1982. He left the army in August 2009 to pursue a career as an author and journalist. He has written for the Irish Times and The Times newspaper in London. Paddy recently wrote this article, Echoes of Vietnam in Afghanistan's crisis, for the Irish Times.
		CALLSIGN HADES Afghanistan. War at its worst. Men at their Best. There are many ways to die in Sangin. Assassinations, shoot and scoots from men on motorbikes, ambushes of bullets and RPGs, mortars and rockets. But it’s the IEDs that frighten us, the hidden traps that change our soldiers' love for the ground, this ground we've been taught to worship every curve of, every fold, every crevice, this ground that can save us from all the other deaths. But Improvised Explosive Devices have come between us, so now we don't love. We have been betrayed... In the Spring of 2008, Captain Patrick Bury was a Senior Platoon Commander in Ranger Company, a specially selected group of Royal Irish soldiers that was hand picked to serve alongside the Parachute regiment in Afghanistan. CALLSIGN HADES is an intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: a tour of duty in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Patrick, a Sandhurst graduate (Princes William and Harry were his contemporaries) gives a refreshingly honest account of his reasons for joining the army and his experiences whilst serving in uniform. He places the reader firmly in his shoes, you share his every thought, ache, smell and taste. He describes modern warfare in a way that no other contemporary war book has and in so doing connects with the reader and creates an understanding of the myriad complexities soldiers are faced with, the conditions in which they operate and the moral and emotional challenges they endure. An unforgettable book about combat and a brilliant character study. This is the only book on Afghanistan you will ever need to read. UK Publisher: Simon & Schuster, September 2010 DR
		EMILY CHRISTIE Now 31, Emily still has physical injuries from her childhood, and is unable to work, but she is happy to be a stay-at-home mum with her beautiful daughter, Sophie, 4, who she credits with turning her life around. She lives in Scotland.
		NO SAFE PLACE From a respectable family, surrounded by people whose job it was to protect, Emily Christie, silently suffered years of terrible abuse at the hands of her grandad – without her family knowing. Her ordeal began aged five when her grandad used bath times to start grooming her, calling her his 'special little girl'. But after her parents divorce, when she was seven, he took advantage of their separation to start sexually abusing her. Often bribing her with money and sweets, he convinced her he was the only person who really loved her. Frightened, confused and hurt, over time the abuse got worse and her grandfather revealed to her that he had abused countless young girls over the years. Knowing he was a respected paramedic, Emily was too scared to speak out. Her own father was a policeman but her grandad had warned that, if she told him, he would arrest her rather than help. Emily's bedroom was directly above the cell in the police station and she would lay awake at night terrified that she would be taken there if anyone found out her secret. After years of abuse - including being raped in the police station house as her family celebrated a birthday downstairs - things reached a head. In turmoil as a teenager, following a decade of sexual attacks, a family member finally guessed that something was seriously wrong. After Emily was confronted, the truth came tumbling out and her grandfather eventually imprisoned. After a dark period of drugs, depression and a suicide attempt, Emily has turned her life around. She has campaigned for justice for sexual abuse victims, gained the qualifications she was too traumatized to work for when she was at school, and she is fully at ease with who she is. UK Publisher: Penguin, April 2010 SS
		BARBARA CLARK Barbara Clark has two children and lives in Somerset. She was voted The Sun newspaper Mother of the Year for her work in campaigning on behalf of women who have breast cancer.
		THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE The inspiring story of a mother's fight against breast cancer. In 2005 Barbara Clark made headlines as the nurse and mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer and fought for the right to be prescribed the wonder drug Herceptin, which was not at that time available through the Health Services, for herself and, equally importantly, for thousands of other women. This book tells the story behind those headlines. It tells how she first found her cancer, how it affected her life and that of her children, and what gave her the will to battle, not just the disease but the authorities, for the chance of more time with the people she loves. Barbara has two boys of her own, one of whom has a serious life-limiting condition himself. These children, and the ones that she fosters and offers respite care to, are her greatest reasons for living. THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE is the story of an extraordinary woman and of great human courage in the face of despair. UK Publisher: Hodder, January 2007 LL
		CHEAP DATE Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett, 'stylists to the stars', are editors of Cheap Date magazine, which saucily celebrates 'style over fashion' and 'value over price'. Bay, as Contributing Fashion Editor at British Vogue, and Creative Director for designer Matthew Williamson, is seen as one of fashion's great gurus, and Kira is a writer and style consultant with a vast knowledge of fashion history, sub-cultures and trends.
		THE CHEAP DATE BOOK OF STYLE This is a highly visual book about the imagination you have to use, the confidence you have to have and practicalities you need to aware of, to look and be stylish. It's a friendly, inclusive, down-to-earth guide to the distinction between style and fashion. Without demanding the reader move the earth - we're all busy human beings after all - Kira and Bay guarantee that she'll feel more beautiful and excited, and be more stylish after reading this book - or they'll eat their Burberry trench coats. As clothes obsessives and expert thrift shoppers, they can make every source of togs accessible and the book contains massive of good old fashioned tips throughout, together with interviews with (amongst others) Karl Lagerfeld, Kelis, Vivienne Westwood and Chloe Sevigny. World rights: Transworld March 2007 Praise for THE CHEAP DATE GUIDE TO STYLE: "Kira and Bay are the real style gurus of fashion" Erin O'Connor "Packed with practical tips, this book is totally inspiring. I love it!" Sophie Dahl "Bay Garnett and Kira Jolliffe are the most genuinely stylish people I know, and their enthusiasm for fashion is infectious. They will encourage you to develop your own personal style and express yourself in an individual way, rather than following the herd and looking like everyone else. They make fashion fun and, in an age when expensive labels rule, they inspire you to rummage through the vintage stores and find that one-off piece that perfectly reflects your mood". Rachel Weisz SS
		LIAM CREED Liam Creed is a 15-year-old ADHD sufferer living in Sussex. At the age of eight, he was finally diagnosed with ADHD, and has been on medication ever since. Constantly berated at school for his disruptive behaviour, he has been singled out and excluded on countless occasions. When he embarked on a 'social experiment', as part of the BBC documentary In The Dog House, Liam found his true calling, realizing that he has a rapport with dogs generally and a special bond with one in particular. Liam is writing his memoirs with JOSHUA BURT Joshua Burt is an established journalist and lives in London. He has spent the last eight years working for a number of publications. Originally working in the world of lad's mags – writing for FHM – Josh moved into the women's market. For three years he worked as a writer on More magazine, before going freelance and writing for some of the UK's best-sellers, including New Woman, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, New, The Sun, and many many more. He has written on a million (roughly) topics, ranging from celebrities, to sport, to real life stories. At one point he was even the agony uncle for B and 19 magazines, offering useful relationship advice to concerned readers.
		A PUPPY CALLED AERO After years of suffering from ADHD, all it took was the love of an obedient puppy to put Liam's life on the right track. Liam has endured a torrid time – upsetting friends and family, and getting excluded from school more times than he cares to remember. All because he was born afflicted with an inability to sit still and concentrate. His outbursts have got him into fights, and to many around him, he was a lost cause. But then a 'social experiment' came knocking and his life was turned round, thanks to the BBC and a dog called Aero What started as a quest for notoriety – Liam had always wanted to be on TV – soon became a personal mission to better himself. It proved a truly life-changing journey. Working for a charity called Canine Partners, Liam found himself training Aero, a Labrador puppy, to help people with disabilities live an independent life. Yet, somehow, along the way, his relationship with the pup started working on his own affliction too. Liam thought his life was destined for failure - after all, that’s what had been drummed into him for years. But might the dog have given him a focus? An understanding of how to control his own behaviour? And most of all, a sense of hope for a better future? This is the story of Liam and his unlikely teacher, Aero. UK: John Murray, June 2009 SS
		ELIZABETH COOKE Under the name Elizabeth McGregor Elizabeth Cooke has been writing for over twenty years and has had ten novels published. Her first four novels were psychological thrillers – one of which, Little White Lies, was televised by the BBC. In her ‘breakthrough book’, The Ice Child, she used an historical theme for the first time. It was published in seventeen countries in 2000/2001 and film rights were optioned. Liz’s 10th book, Learning by Heart, a contemporary novel, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Book of the Year. With AN UNNATURAL AND UNTIMELY END, the author is moving from fiction to non fiction, to a genre that feels like a logical and exciting progression and which are using her accumulated skills and experience to splendid effect. She lives in Dorset with her husband.
		AN UNNATURAL AND UNTIMELY END: Seduction and Scandal in Georgian England In April 1781, John Donellan was hung for the poisoning of his 20-year-old brother-in-law, Theodosius Boughton – heir to a Baronetcy and vast Warwickshire and Northamptonshire estates. The young Theodosius was due to inherit his fortune within the year; if he died, his sister, Donellan’s wife, would take it all. This was held to be Donellan’s motive, but he protested his innocence to the very steps of the scaffold. Tried by the notorious Justice Buller, schemed against by an aristocratic elite, and the victim of a witch-hunt by the press before his trial, Donellan stood little chance. The fact that he was convicted on circumstantial evidence alone was a marker in English judicial history and, almost as soon as he was dead, the same newspapers that had condemned him rose up to protest his innocence. If Donellan was indeed innocent, who did murder Boughton? Several family members stood to gain from his death, others, from local worthies to doctors to servants, had reason to hope the man’s horrible death was not investigated too closely. Elizabeth Cooke unpicks contemporary evidence, court transcripts, local archives, Donellan’s own testimony and much more to reveal a fascinating story of treachery, incompetence and family cover-up. UK publisher: Profile Delivery: August 2010 LL
		VIC DARKWOOD Victor Darkwood was born in a small hovel on the Wirral Peninsular and, despite his father's occupation as lowly cordwainer, showed early gentlemanly flair by choosing to buff up his ragamuffin bare feet with oxblood boot polish, so that they resembled brogues. After gaining a degree in Obfuscational Studies from the University of North Acton, he went on to a life of complete lassitude. If it weren't for a chance encounter with his future literary agent in a Limehouse bordello, things could have turned out very differently. Prone to leaning decoratively against classical architecture at an angle of 15 degrees to the perpendicular and strumming a lyre, Mr Darkwood is currently working on a guide to assist the modern traveller. http://www.artfink.demon.co.uk/articles/articles1.html
		THE LOST ART OF TRAVEL A brief glance around the travel section of today's bookshops will convince the reader that there is a paucity of literature dealing with the true nitty-gritty of the voyager's art. It is quite plain that the majority of today's travellers are still not doing it right. Blundering off on a jaunt ill-prepared, and blithely pooh-poohing the lessons of precedent, a young buck is setting himself up for a fall. In all likelihood he will eventually find himself in a merry pickle, locked up in the slammer or attempting to survive solely on a diet of twigs. Older voyagers, with their luncheon boxes and tick lists, might just as profitably stay at home, and spend their final years playing bingo or watching the televisual exploits of Mr Michael Palin. Now, for the first time, a compendium of information drawn from the travel writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, is available for the enlightenment of the modern traveller. This illustrated guide will provide you with all you need to know about “Revolting food that may save the lives of starving men”; “Calculating the rush of an enraged animal”; and “Hunting elephants and hippos with a javelin” - as well as providing highly entertaining advice on how to deal with overseas hoteliers and the importance of packing two pairs of flannel pyjamas for travel in Central and Northern Japan. UK Publisher: John Murray, November 2006 US Publisher: St Martin's Press Spring 2007 French Publisher: Scali Previously Published (with Gustav Temple): THE CHAP MANIFESTO; THE CHAP ALMANAC; AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MARTINIS; THE BEST OF THE CHAP Previous Foreign Sales in: Portugal Praise for THE LOST ART OF TRAVEL: "an essential companion" Jack Dee SS
		NATASHA DESBOROUGH Natasha is the (appropriately) potty-mouthed mother of two young boys, and up until the end of last year, presented the weekend breakfast show on Radio 6. She is also a regular ‘entertainment’ pundit for Channel 4, BBC, Five etc, and a voice-over artist. www.natashadesborough.co.uk www.parentaladvisorymanual.co.uk
		PARENTAL ADVISORY MANUAL Forget baby sleep training techniques and methods of discipline, the PARENTAL ADVISORY MANUAL addresses the all important and overlooked issues of parenthood. This manual gives advice and support on topics such as: 10 things they didn't tell you in antenatal class, how to be a skinflint parent, alternative swear words to use in front of the kids, substitute penis names, the advantages of using a Parkinson's disease sufferer to get your baby to sleep and how to survive the day when you've been up all night, every night for 2 weeks doing 'controlled crying'. With the help of any army of 'real' parents, and a wealth of stories from the trenches, The Parental Advisory Manual proudly sticks two fingers up to those bossy and officious parental advice books that make mums and dads feel completely inadequate. "This woman is a prime example of the type of parenting that has led to the breakdown of family values. This handbook should be banned" *The Croydon Guardian* UK Publisher: Transworld, Autumn 2009 SS
		CELIA DODD Celia Dodd is a freelance journalist contributing mainly to The Independent and The Times. Her work focuses on family matters, health, education and celebrity interviews, including recently Juliet Stevenson, Gordon Ramsay, Lou Reed and Imelda Staunton. She has written one previous book, CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.
		THE EMPTY NEST: How to survive and stay close to your adult child "The empty nest isn't just about the pain I felt when the kids left. It's the end of an era, a turning point in your life when you have to make give decisions about the future and renegotiate your relationships." For most parents, for twenty odd years children have been the centre of life and getting used to being without them requires a massive emotional and practical adjustment. It is a time of nostalgia, perhaps regret, but also has the potential to be a positive time of change and personal growth. Surprisingly, given how much has changed for mothers - who a generation ago automatically gave up work when they had children, but now often have busy and fulfilled working lives alongside being a parent - many are still deeply affected by the Empty Nest, as are many fathers. Going back to a life without children - yet still being a parent - is something all members of the family need to prepare for. Celia Dodd, experienced journalist specializing in family issues and experiencing the Empty Nest herself, is the perfect guide to this exciting but daunting time. Some two million young people enter higher education every year, and many others leave home to find jobs, go travelling or have families of their own. Surprisingly this crucial era for the parent and their children has not been the subject of a book in the UK - until now. UK Publisher: Piatkus, Spring 2011 LL
		CHELSEA DUKE When Chelsea Duke took a year out to travel round the world alone, she had no idea what she was letting herself in for. Never having described herself as the outdoorsy type or stayed in a hostel before, life on the backpacker trail held some rather unpleasant surprises. However, by the end of the year she had amassed a range of survival techniques to rival Ray Mears, all of which she is generously passing on here. She is currently on a six-month trip to New Zealand.
		HIGH HEELS AND A HEAD TORCH There are plenty of books out there about travelling round a particular country or region; there's a fair few about motorcycling round the world; but there's not much that talks about the actual experience of being a backpacker. Most of those which exist are written by men - but this one isn't. It's written by a girl for girls, and as well as DOs and DON'Ts and hilarious anecdotes, it contains masses of brilliant advice, making it an essential travelling companion. Written by a seasoned traveller who learnt the hard way, this book tells you how to still feel glam when your backpack is smaller than your shoe cupboard; how to cope with sharing dorms with strangers (including how to avoid being the most unpopular girl in the dorm); how to keep yourself stylishly entertained whilst spending as little money as possible and; perhaps most importantly of all, it explains the indispensable nature of the sparkly flip-flop. UK Publisher: Macmillan, July 2009 SS
		CHARLIE ELDER Charlie is a journalist living in Devon with his wife and two children, who he is desperately trying to instil with his enthusiasm for birdwatching.
		WHILE FLOCKS LAST A worrying number of Britain's birds are in population freefall. We have lost a staggering 60 per cent of our familiar house sparrows and starlings over the last 25 years; songbirds haven't much to sing about these days; and many birds of woodlands, wetlands and uplands are now living on a wing and a prayer. Too many of our feathered friends are in real trouble, and the number of species on the critical list both at home and abroad keeps on increasing. The fact many birds are on the decline, along with other animals, is something worth losing sleep over as birds are key indicators of the health of our countryside, and when they are in trouble, we are all in trouble. Considering a pair of great tits can get through 8,000 caterpillars in three weeks, life without such pest control experts would become decidedly uncomfortable. Armed with a decent pair of binoculars and a biological safety suit (in case of a bird flu outbreak), Charlie Elder has travelled the length and breadth of the British Isles over the last year to see our 40 key species in decline – the national 'Red List' of birds of greatest conservation concern. This humorous travelogue will look at why their numbers have fallen and the efforts to encourage their recoveries, as Charlie meets with experts and enthusiasts working to make a difference. Along the way he will examine the benefits birds bring, the importance of looking after them, and the rise of the birdwatcher – one species that is certainly not in decline. "Joyous...totally compelling... a classic of its kind" *Sunday Telegraph* "Elder is a stylish writer and his ornithological travelogue takes him on an entertaining adventure" *The Guardian* UK publisher: Transworld, April 2009 SS
		BBC RADIO FIVE LIVE: 2005 The Sporting Year Introduction by Eamonn Holmes The Radio Five Live Sporting Yearbook is a tribute to 2005's most exciting sporting highlights. The BBC's Radio Five Live top sports broadcasters bring together a wide compilation of sport's most important moments From the FA Cup Final to the University Boat Race, from The Open to the Grand National, and from Wimbledon to the Ashes Test series, readers can now relive their favourite sporting event of the year thanks to some of the greatest voices in radio sports broadcasting. The Sporting Yearbook includes commentary, quotes, stories from the archives, statistics and records, colour photographs, and reviews key issues on the annual sporting calendar. It features interviews with some of the biggest names in radio sports broadcasting: among them John Motson, Alan Green, Jonathan Pearce, Eamonn Holmes and Gary Richardson. Packaged with a 30-minute audio of 2005's sporting highlights the Radio Five Live Sporting Year Book is a comprehensive and entertaining read for any sports fan. DR
		DUNCAN FAIRHURST Duncan Fairhurst is an English teacher. He currently lives in Hiroshima, Japan
		OUR LITTLE SECRET In September 2005, Duncan Fairhurst succeeded in getting his father jailed for the rape and sexual abuse he (and another unnamed victim) endured at his hand. This is the story of a young boy who was betrayed by the person he loved the most – his father. After years of sexual abuse which started when he was just four years old, Duncan made an escape, of sorts, into a world of drink and drugs, only conquering his demons after a girlfriend pushed him towards counselling. He went to university and later became a school teacher – in short he made a success of his life. Then in a chance encounter in 2004, he came upon his father in the street, clutching the hand of a little boy. This is both a shattering and an inspirational memoir in which Duncan reveals himself to the greatest degree possible. In so doing, Duncan has begun to rid himself of his nightmares as he has compiled this work however his real intention in recording his memories is to show others who have suffered like him that there is hope and that if they can only find the courage to speak out then they can finally stop the guilty from going free. Hodder & Stoughton, already a proven market leader with their powerful human stories, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, UGLY and THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE, are confident that OUR LITTLE SECRET will be the biggest selling memoir of 2007. UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2007 Foreign rights sold: Sweden, Italy, Estonia, Denmark and Bulgaria. DR
		NEIL FORSYTH Neil Forsyth works as a freelance journalist. His writing has appeared regularly in many of the UK's top men's and sports magazines, as well as a number of broadsheets. He is twenty-eight years old and lives in Edinburgh. www.neilforsyth.com
		OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY ELLIOT CASTRO is unique in the history of British financial crime. Other than organised criminal gangs, often working with former bank employees, no-one has stolen so much money for so long from the UK banking system. This is Elliot's remarkable story, how one young working-class kid from Glasgow was able to con his way into becoming the most successful and daring fraudster in Britain. Quite simply, this was a young man from a modest background who wanted to see the world, to see it in style, and see it he does... It has all the elements of a fantastic work of fiction and will read like a fast paced thriller with the added attraction that it is all completely true. "A fascinating and illuminating story" Irvine Welsh World rights: Macmillan, Spring 2007 Foreign rights sold: Chinese DR
		DANA FOWLEY Despite her appalling childhood, Dana Fowley has grown into a strong woman whose courage and determination to make a better life for her own family shine through on every page of her deeply disturbing, but ultimately triumphant, true story. Dana lives in Edinburgh with her partner, their children and her sister. HOW COULD SHE? is her first book.
		Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller HOW COULD SHE? The shocking true story of a mother's betrayal and a daughter's battle to survive the unthinkable... A frightened girl sits on the stairs. It's Christmas Day but she's gripped by fear. She can hear them downstairs, waiting for her. Laughing like they have nothing to be ashamed of. Afterwards, her mother will indulge her because it's Christmas. And for just one day the girl won't wonder, "How could she?" At just five years old, Dana Fowley learned that there was no one she could trust and nowhere she could escape to. She and her younger sister endured years of terrible abuse, subjected day after day to unimaginable attacks, and not only did their mother do nothing to protect them, she willingly helped. In a high-profile and traumatising court case Dana's lifelong suffering was at last revealed when she bravely faced her demons and testified against her own mother. Finally, Dana's nightmare is coming to an end. UK Publisher: Century, January 2010 Foreign Rights Sold: Sweden (Norstedts) SS
		PAUL GASCOIGNE GAZZA: MY STORY Almost as soon as the young Geordie burst onto the scene at Newcastle United, Gazza was the centre of attention: Vinnie Jones's notorious ball-handling showed the lengths people would go to try to stop him. Then, with England on the verge of possibly reaching the World Cup final in 1990, came Gazza's tears - the moment that brought a whole new audience to the sport and helped set the football 1990s boom on its way. But then came a career-threatening injury, mental health problems, self-confessed alcoholism and family disputes, as life in the full glare of the media spotlight became too much. Now, at the end of his career in football, Gazza is finally ready to tell his own story in his own words for the first time - and it is even more amazing than you would have thought. UK Publisher: Headline June 2004 Paul Gascoigne made his league debut for Newcastle in 1984-85, moving to Spurs in 1988 in a huge £2 million deal. He was one of England's key figures in the 1990 World Cup, and moved to Lazio in Italy in 1992. He then played for Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton, Burnley and briefly in China. He won 57 caps. Previous foreign rights sold in: Japan, Germany DT
		GOLDEN Golden Boy left his home on The Isle of Wight ten years ago to lead the life of a bohemian gigolo. A professional musician, he has recorded his own jazz album, played and toured the world with Wendy James' band Racine, and DJs worldwide at venues like Sketch. During his adventures, he has slept with everyone from A-list film stars, porn stars, and supermodels to waitresses and office girls. He wrote a successful column for New Woman on his sexual adventures, which got positive feedback from the readers – lots wrote in wanting to know if they could date him!
		GIGOLO It's all very well noughties women twirling their nipple tassels towards extreme sexual freedom – but what about the poor men doing hard labour underneath them? Golden Boy is a sexual entrepreneur poised to cash in on the loose g-strings of the nation's women – he's got the looks, the lines and the libido to go far. And like the Parisian Dandies of the past, who secured the patronage of wealthy women, there is a whole secret society of modern gigolos servicing the fantasies of a newly empowered and financially free generation of twenty- and thirty-something women. But having threesomes with liberated ladies, and enjoying £10,000 spending sprees courtesy of sex-crazed career women isn't all it's cracked up to be. There's the A-list celeb who proposes to him but treats him like her pet pooch; the Trust-Fundista who spends daddy's money on calling him Daddy; the stripper who spends her cash making him disrobe; and the estate agent who completes with him in the shop window. He's living every man's dream, and taking advantage of every woman’s fantasy – but are his accumulated orgasms adding up to happiness? UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2008 Rights sold: Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Netherlands SS
		MICHELE HANSON In her famous weekly Guardian column, Michele has created a comic masterpiece of family life. Over fourteen years she has chronicled the teenage years of her daughter, Treasure, and the final years of her mother. The Age of Dissent, Treasure: the Trials of a Teenage Terror, and its sequel, What Treasure did Next, based on the Guardian columns, were published by Virago, serialised on Radio 4 and made into a BBC cartoon series. Michele regularly appears on radio and TV, most recently as one of the Grumpy Old Women. She lives in north London, these days mostly on her own with her two Boxer dogs, as her daughter is in Australia, and her mother recently died. She is delighted with the solitude.
		LIVING WITH MOTHER RIGHT TO THE VERY END Winner of BT Mind Book of the Year Award 2007 In her new collection of Guardian columns, Michele focuses on the life and death of her mother A glamorous, much admired young woman, in old age Michele's mother still has power over everyone she meets. She alternately despairs of and adores her grand-daughter and treats her daughter, now sixty-three, as though she is twelve. Michele observes the very slow decline of her mother, as she changes from vibrant, bossy, hilarious fault-finder general and head chef to frail, bedridden, helpless, speechless, but still formidable and brave old lady, who is able, to the very end, to have a laugh. Rarely have the indignities of old age, and the trials for the loved ones who have to cope with that old age, been so brilliantly, poignantly and hilariously brought to life. UK Publisher: Virago/Guardian Books, September 2006 "Inspired, deadpan reflections on life as the mother of a teenager ...her work is also, at a deeper level, about parental passion, family tolerance, forgiveness and love." *Mail on Sunday* LL
		JOHN HEALY THE GRASS ARENA Originally published to great acclaim in 1988, John Healy’s autobiography won in the PEN/JR Ackerley Prize (for autobiography) and was subsequently made into a TV Drama. Born in London of poor Irish parents hardened on the streets by the age of seven, out of school at fourteen, John Healy casts himself neither as hero nor victim as he recalls the downward spiral of his teenage years, overwhelmed by alcoholism, isolated on the edge of society. Pressed into the army, bruised by military prison and the boxing ring, dependent on booze, he ends up in the grass arena – the terrifying world ruled by psychopaths and peopled by beggars, con-men, thieves, prostitutes and killers, where the law is enforced with the broken bottle, the boot and the knife. A sordid early death seems inevitable until, in prison, he learns to play chess. His single-minded devotion to the game combines with a remarkable natural ability: he becomes a tournament champion, he plays grandmasters; his games are reported in the national press. One addiction is abandoned for another and his life is transformed. Peace of mind, however, remains elusive – and the quest continues. UK Publisher: Penguin, Modern Classics, September 2008 DT
		BRYONY HILL Bryony Hill first came to MBA when she was runner-up for the first Harry Bowling Prize in 2000. Her first novel, PENALTY CHICK, was published by The Book Guild in 2003. About a footballing-hating girl who falls in love with the manager of a struggling football club, Bryony swore that it was not based on any personal experience she might have had as the wife of Jimmy Hill, footballer, broadcaster and national treasure
		ANGEL IN AN APRON Born not with a silver spoon in her mouth but a wooden spoon in her hand and wearing an apron, Bryony Hill has a passion for cooking that is as natural as breathing. From girlhood baking to conjuring up fabulous dinners at a moment's notice, her raison d'être has always been to feed those she loves. With the irrepressible enthusiasm that made her gardening book, A COMPOST KIND OF GIRL, such a winner, Bryony now shares the secrets of her kitchen so that you too can be an Angel in an Apron. Favourite recipes learned as a child, such as a classic kedgeree or foolproof fruit crumble, feature alongside the many magical dishes Bryony has created over the years. Clearly written, tantalising recipes for divine soups, heavenly puddings and angelic suppers are lightly seasoned with tales of Bryony’s foodie life: from cakes and the art of seduction to throwing together a perfect meal with whatever the garden has provided. Inspired by the recipes of her mother's generation, but brought bang up to date with modern shortcuts and variations, this is no-nonsense home cooking at its best. "Good cooking is created from a balance of good flavours, good textures and with that lots of passion. This book is full of all of those ingredients with the great addition of simplicity to finish." Gary Rhodes UK Publisher: The Book Guild, 27 May 2010
		A COMPOST KIND OF GIRL: Revelations of an Amateur Gardener Bryony has created the most beautiful garden at the Hills' house in West Sussex. She is passionate about it and conveys this in her writing. She has also painted some charming water-colour pictures of her garden, and pen and ink drawings which illustrate and decorate the text. Any aspiring, amateur or armchair, gardener can't help but be inspired by reading Bryony's book, and will also much enjoy her company as she recreates her garden in these pages: from wildly coloured and scented flower borders, to ornamental pond complete with statue and fish, to the beds of lettuce and tomatoes. And along the way providing accommodation for nesting birds, doing battle with snails and bindweed, and of course preparing the compost heap, the pride and joy of any proper gardener. Bryony encourages you to have them all too, and have a lot of fun (and win a few prizes for vegetables in the local village fete). Chosen as one of the top gardening books for spring 2007 by Publishing News "Buy two of these - one by the bed for inspiration, one in the shed for instruction. This book will convert even me into a green-fingered enthusiast!" Tommy Walsh - Broadcaster, BBC's 'Groundforce' "'Bryony Hill' - it has a poetic, romantic ring to it, a scent of hollyhocks, a flowering zephyr. Yet this fairy figure is a daughter of the soil, up to her shoulder pads in slurry. As Rambling Syd Rumpo put it so well, 'The answer lies in the soil...' It certainly does for Bryony, and she conveys her love of gardening, nature and life itself with charm and good sense. Like herself, a practical delight." Sir Terry Wogan, KBA - television and radio broadcaster "Who can resist a woman who loves compost, adores flowers, is prepared to shoot at squirrels, gives you an amazing number of gardening hints and tips that other people don't tell you - and paints watercolours of her garden? This is an enchanting, funny, personal yet immensely practical book." Marcelle d'Argy Smith - journalist and broadcaster "Bryony Hill gives us an inspiring reminder of the joys that gardening can bring both to the spirit and to the stomach. Her enthusiasm is totally infectious, her gardening and cooking tips enlightening, and her easy recipes mouth-watering. Bryony's own lively illustrations are an added delight in this cheerful, life-enhancing book." Josceline Dimbleby - cookery writer and broadcaster UK publisher: The Book Guild, March 2007 LL
		JO HILL Jo Hill is married with two children and lives in the country
		NAKED When she was ten, Jo Hill was taken to a nudist camp by her parents on the first of what would be hundreds of such visits over the next 6 years. Although her father had taken her with good intentions, he unwittingly introduced her to a number of predators, who made her a victim of sexual abuse and child pornography. Unable to confide in anyone, Jo carried inappropriate feelings of guilt about this for years, and retains an attitude towards her body which is ambivalent, at best. At home, Jo's father's moods dominated the household, and her mother’s decline into the alcoholism which eventually led to her death, is poignantly described here. NAKED is very much a coming-of-age story as Jo goes through various stages of rebellion against her parents, and comes out the other side of her childhood as a determined and successful adult. UK Publisher: Headline, August 2008
		RODNEY HINDS Rodney Hinds is the Sports Editor for The Voice Newspaper. In 1999 he was co-author of a book called "Black Pearls - An A-Z of Black Footballers in the English Game". As a respected sports journalist he has written numerous articles for various publications and interviewed many sporting personalities. He regularly acts as sports analyst for BBC television and radio. DR
		TONY JACKLIN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY From truck-driver's son to golfing all-time great and Ryder Cup legend: the life and times of Tony Jacklin is one of the most compelling stories in the history of British sport. In 1967, when he aced the 16th hole at Royal St George's at the Dunlop Masters, it was the first time a hole in one in Britain had ever been televised. A year later, his win at the Jacksonville Open was the first by a British player on the PGA Tour. In 1969, when he lifted the Claret Jug at Royal Lytham, it was the first time The Open had been won by an Englishman since Max Faulkner in 1951. And 34 years after his remarkable seven-shot victory at Hazeltine, he remains the last European golfer to win the US Open. In the early 1970s, that time when he was king, Jacklin was the biggest name in British sport and he succumbed to the usual trappings -the chauffeur-driven Rolls, the mansion in the country, the photo-shoot on the roof of the Savoy hitting balls into the Thames, and the inevitable studio album, Tony Jacklin Swings, with its very credible version of Come Fly with Me. Jacklin was the hero -the Henman, the Beckham of his time, and more. He knew how to win. But from such a height a fall was perhaps inevitable and after having a second British Open snatched from his hands, by the locquacious Lee Trevino, Tony was never the same player again. There is a lot more to Tony Jacklin the man, than most people realize and in this book he intends to be brutally honest about his public and private life, recounting the lows along with the glorious highs. Almost in another life, Jacklin re-emerged in 1983 and became a bigger hero than ever with his Ryder Cup exploits. For the first time ever Tony will give a full account of his years as the European Ryder Cup captain – before his captaincy of the European team the event’s reputation had substantially diminished in the public imagination. In 1983, Jacklin set the wheels in motion to end the U.S. domination and nearly pulled off an improbable upset. Losing did not diminish the European team's competitive spirit; rather it ignited an intense rivalry and was followed by European wins in 1985, 87 and 89. It was a staggering explosion of success. It created the "New Ryder Cup", the cup the Americans didn't know they had until they lost it. Every two years it is now the most popular and most talked about event in the golfing calendar. Tony Jacklin is the Godfather of modern British Golf - be prepared to rediscover a hero. UK Publisher: Simon & Schuster, lead title June 2006 DR
		VICKY JAGGERS Vicky lives in Essex with her husband and children.
		SILENCED Before the age of 12, Vicky Jaggers led a very normal life. But one night everything was turned upside down, when her brother changed from being her hero to being her rapist. Vicky left behind the innocent days of playing with her dolls, and spent her nights terrified of going to bed. Too scared to tell anyone, she kept the vile abuse a secret but then she discovered she was pregnant. Torn between lying to her parents and tearing the family apart, she decided to keep quiet - pretending she'd spent the night with a boy she'd met on holiday six months earlier. Unable to face the prospect of having an abortion and the resulting stillbirth, Vicky gave birth to her daughter Kirsty at the age of 13. She spent the next 18 years of her life trying to forget what her brother did but battling with constant fears - what else was David capable of? Would he rape again? Would he come after Kirsty? Vicky became a nervous wreck, drifting into destructive relationships and deep unhappiness. And all the time, David's behaviour became more erratic and dangerous. Then one day, in a twist of fate, Vicky was confronted with an agonising decision. Should she tell everyone what David did to her 18 years earlier and get him locked up? Or let him carry on hurting everyone he met? It was time for Vicky to finally face her nightmares, and tell her daughter and family the truth. UK publisher: Hodder, May 2009 SS
		RAY JENKINS
		A PACIFIST AT WAR : The Life of Francis Cammaerts One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE. Barely twenty-eight years of age he becomes a leader of French resistance – set up by Jean Moulin, whose horrific death features in the story – and heads a massive underground movement of some 20,000 men. The book has been compiled by Ray Jenkins, a distinguished TV, film and radio dramatist, from first-hand interviews, with the drama of raids, torture and sudden death ever present – at one point Francis Cammaerts is captured by the Gestapo. There is also an emotional theme as Francis is able to tell his wife nothing and with their relationship suffering, lives alongside the beautiful and legendary agent, Countess Krystina Skarbeck. A genuinely original contribution to the history of the resistance, Ray Jenkins's beautifully told story is both a tense, edge-of-the-seat account and telling portrait of remarkable man whose career before and after the war was extraordinary. Francis Cammaerts died in 2006 at the age of ninety after a distinguished career in education. UK Publisher: Hutchinson, August 2009 DT
		SAM JORDISON Sam Jordison is a hugely talented, bright, young writer. He was co-editor of the bestselling CRAP TOWNS (published by Boxtree for Christmas 2003) and the follow-up book, CRAP TOWNS 2.
		SOD THAT! 103 Things NOT To Do Before You Die For anyone who is fed up of being told what to do with their time, or made to feel inferior because they don't want to fly half way round the planet on the off chance that a dolphin might swim somewhere their vicinity, this is the perfect book. A slacker's bible, it is the anti-list book in a world where we are surrounded with too many lists - '101 Things to Buy', '50 Things to do in Keighley' - offering us all too many very avoidable treats. Who has the time to read all these lists, let alone follow up on the suggestions? Is it really such a good idea to touch a tiger? All these ludicrous suggestions should be treated with the contempt they deserve. In short, this is a very funny rallying call for common sense and dignified indolence rather than wasteful over-activity. Now comes the final and best list book of all time, easily trumping those books with 100 or 101 things to do, as Life's Too Short comes up with the top 103 things not to do. You know it makes sense. UK Publisher: Orion, September 2008
		ANNUS HORRIBILIS Mistakes, mishaps, cock-ups - they just aren't given the recognition they deserve. They make life interesting and human beings (some more than others) have a genuine flair for them. So why does history only record the world's dull and worthy achievements? "Annus Horribilis" sets the record straight by celebrating good old-fashioned failures. From the man whose spectacular escape from prison was spoiled when he was eaten by a crocodile, to the husband who choked to death on his own wife, via several exploding whales, numerous celebrity meltdowns and countless predictions that proved to be wholly inaccurate, "Annus Horribilis" proves once and for all, that there's no success like failure UK Publisher: John Murray, November 2007
		BAD DATES Love, as the poets have been telling us since the beginning of time, is never easy. And finding love is next to impossible. How can you locate that special someone when everyone out there is so awful? And what could be worse than finding Mr or Ms Right - and them finding you utterly wrong? Dating is generally a ritual of humiliation. And when dates go wrong, they go really wrong - with hilarious results. Sam Jordison invited people to submit their tales of dating woe to his website www.whendatesgobad.co.uk, which went live on 3 February. Within ten days it was so popular it was reported in The Independent and featured on Wogan's Radio 2 breakfast show. Sam was also interviewed on Radio 5's lunchtime news, the World Service, RTE 2 in Ireland and so many local radio stations he could hardly speak by the end of Valentine's Day. This Christmas a compilation of the best stories of ruptured stomachs, hideous faux-pas and so much more is now available in a side-splitting giftbook. UK Publisher: John Murray, November 2006
		THE JOY OF SECTS An A-Z of Cults, Cranks and Religious Eccentricity People will believe anything. And anyone is, at some time or other, likely to believe something pretty weird. From Father Christmas to eternal salvation and life after death (via a vague feeling that buying a product endorsed by David Beckham will make you feel and look better) we’re all prone to putting our trust in completely bogus superstitions. Which is why the more extreme forms of this behaviour are so fascinating. This accessible (not to mention funny) guide to the real goings on in the seamy and ludicrous world of religious extremism provides all the enlightenment that the uninitiated crave - and even replicate the actions of all the best cults by depriving the reader of a bit of cash. UK Publisher: Robson Books, Christmas 2005 SS
		SHY KEENAN & SARA PAYNE Shy Keenan founded Phoenix Survivors to campaign for justice for victims of sexual abuse and to rescue children at risk. Her work has been recognised by the British government as a crucial part of the battle to protect children. She lives with her family in the countryside. Sara Payne won the hearts of the country when she appealed for the return of her missing daughter Sarah. The whole nation grieved when Sarah's body was found. She works to prevent a similar tragedy occurring again and lives with her family. WHERE ANGELS FEAR Shy Keenan and Sara Payne met because their lives had been destroyed by the same evil. Shy had finally won justice in a court of law, where her stepfather was sentenced to more than a hundred years in jail for the appalling sexual abuse to which he had subjected Shy and her sisters. Sara was grieving for her daughter Sarah, killed by paedophile Roy Whiting. The two women discovered that not only were they kindred spirits but that together, they made a formidable team in the fight against paedophilia. Shy and Sara set up an organisation called Phoenix Survivors with the aim of advocating for and supporting victims and their families. Almost immediately, they were inundated by requests for their help. What they heard was heartbreaking, but Sara and Shy found the strength to fight for justice on others' behalf. WHERE ANGELS FEAR tells the stories of many of those people whose lives have been shattered and celebrates the achievements of the incredibly brave and determined women helping to piece those lives back together. UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, August 2009
		SHY KEENAN BROKEN "I was born and broken in Birkenhead. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed and ignored. But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim - that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix - a work in progress. This is my story." Shy wasn't meant to survive her childhood. Her mother beat her so severely that Shy was deaf by her first day in school. She would have boiling water poured over her in punishment for wetting the bed. And virtually every day, from the age of four, Shy was raped by her stepfather, Stan. When she was ten she was attacked so viciously by the gang of dockworkers Stan had sold her to that she was left for dead in a field, her skull fractured. Six years ago her testimony secured the imprisonment of Stan and his associates for a catalogue of crimes against children. But it was only after a journey fraught with horror - stealing to survive on the streets of London, prison and a suicide bid. Today, Shy is the internationally admired chief advocate for Phoenix Survivors, the campaigning group she founded with Sara Payne to fight for justice for victims of child sexual abuse. They have worked tirelessly with politicians, social services, the legal system and the media for justice for victims of child sex abuse. BROKEN is the most hard-hitting memoir of overcoming abuse you will ever read. It is both a challenge and an inspiration. Praise for BROKEN: "I found BROKEN very painful (in fact, I remain haunted by its contents). Shy is trying hard to make the world a safer place for my children." *The Observer* UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, February 2008
		PAULINE KIERNAN Pauline is a Shakespeare scholar and screenwriter. She gained a First in English and a doctorate in Shakespeare at the University of Oxford, and an MA in Playwriting Studies at the University of Birmingham She has held research fellowships and lectureships at the Universities of Oxford and Reading, was appointed Leverhulme Research Fellow at Shakespeare's Globe in its first five years, and given lectures and papers worldwide on Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama. FILTHY SHAKESPEARE is her first humour book and was selected as one of the Observer Books of the Year.
		FILTHY SHAKESPEARE It is amazing how little attention has been given to Shakespeare's vulgar, lewd, downright filthy puns. His plays and poems are stuffed with the kind of double entendres and obscene wordplay that would make our most risqué stand-up comics blush. His more outrageous sexual puns have been all but invisible in editions of his plays and performances which has meant that in the four hundred years since they were written the world has been deprived of one of the most glorious and important aspects of his work. Until now. This brilliant giftbook contains 100 of Shakespeare's most shocking, tantalisingly-coded sexual subtexts, ranging from Wanking to Dildos (with other sections too rude to pass the censor on this site), all of them accompanied by fascinating, little-known details about sex and sexuality in Shakespeare's day. Find out what he was REALLY saying to his audience. Read this book, and you will never see our major literary icon in quite the same light again! Praise for FILTHY SHAKESPEARE: "a beautifully presented guide to Elizabethan filth. As Bowdler expurgated the dirty bits, so Kiernan works her way diligently and shamelessly and hilariously through them" Stephen Bayley, The Observer UK Publisher: Quercus, November 2006 US Publisher: Gotham, 2007 Already Published: SHAKESPEARE'S THEORY OF DRAMA; STAGING SHAKESPEARE AT THE NEW GLOBE SS
		BEE LAVENDER Bee Lavender is the publisher of the online edition of the popular and critically acclaimed magazine Hip Mama, and created and publishes Girl-Mom, an advocacy website that has provided support and direction for thousands of young parents. The British Library and Women's Library selected her online journal Foment to become part of a permanent archive documenting life in the United Kingdom. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, two years ago Bee moved her family to England. She works on a narrowboat moored on the River Cam.
		LESSONS IN TAXIDERMY An uplifting tale of sickness and survival - this is Bee's riveting story of a childhood spent dealing with a host of life-threatening illnesses. It was shortlisted for a Quills award and selected as an American Library Association Best Book in 2005. Diagnosed with cancer at age twelve and perilously pregnant at eighteen, surviving surgeries and violent accidents: sometimes you can't believe Bee is still alive; sometimes you think nothing could kill her. Here she recounts her life spent in and out of hospitals and her subsequent dissociation from her own body and emotions. She struggles with health problems from birth, which are compounded by her surroundings, including frequent encounters with street fights, domestic violence and poverty. Her voice is as strong as the front she puts up for the multitude of doctors she sees, and it's hard not to be in awe of what one fragile human being can withstand in the course of such a short lifetime. Her strength and sheer determination to live make this striking book completely engrossing. Praise for LESSONS IN TAXIDERMY "it's hard not to be in awe of what one fragile human being can withstand in the course of such a short lifetime...witnessing her strength and sheer determination to live makes this striking book completely engrossing" – *Publishers Weekly* US Publisher: Punk Planet Books UK Publisher: Phoenix, March 2006 Previous Books: Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts and Breeder: Real Life Stories from a New Generation of Mothers www.foment.net SS
		GARY LEBOFF Gary Leboff, a trained sports psychologist, was one of the stars of BBC2's THE CHALLENGE series in which he (along with a fitness expert), helped ordinary people mentally prepare to take on some of the world's toughest sporting events, such as an adventure race in Borneo or climbing Mt. Everest. Gary is one of the UK's premier performance coaches. Working across the arenas of business and sport; his clients range from Managing Directors to creative talents, Premiership footballers, endurance athletes and golfers. Although DARE will be his first book, Gary is no newcomer to professional writing having previously worked as a rock critic for The Daily Telegraph and a television critic for The Sun for two years.
		DARE A personal coach for over a decade, Gary's work provides individuals and business leaders with a clear sense of focus, bringing a new dimension to their lives. At the core of the process in DARE is the reconnection of individuals with their deep-rooted passions and the very reasons for doing what consumes them. Gary has created a new method for defining personal objectives (what do I really want for myself/my future?) Working from such a solid foundation, individuals generate lives built on integrity, discovering untapped resources of energy, fulfilment and dynamism. A genuinely great communicator, Gary's unique blend of tough but positive Inner Game techniques and Life Coaching will be equally popular with both men and women. UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton April 2006 All other rights available. DR
	Photo by Chris Condon	ADAM LEBOR Adam LeBor was born in London and studied at Leeds University and also at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He worked for several national British newspapers before becoming a foreign correspondent in 1991. Since then he has travelled extensively in eastern and central Europe, covering the Yugoslav wars for the Independent and The Times. Currently Central Europe Correspondent for The Times he also contributes to Literary Review, the Jerusalem Report and Condé Nast Traveller. His books have been published in ten languages. www.adamlebor.com
	Photo by Chris Condon	THE BELIEVERS: HOW AMERICA FELL FOR BERNARD MADOFF'S $65 BILLION INVESTMENT SCAM. It was luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he had strived so hard to join, vaporising the assets of charities, foundations and individuals that had trusted him with their funds. It seems nothing was sacrosanct to Madoff, possibly the greatest con-man in history. Even Elie Wiesel's foundation has lost tens of millions. How could Madoff, a pillar of the Jewish community, do this to a Nobel Laureate and Auschwitz survivor? But Wiesel was hardly alone in trusting the rogue financier. How could some of the most sophisticated and worldly people in America fall victim to a collective delusion for year after year? THE BELIEVERS answers these unsettling questions. It opens up the clubbish world where Madoff operated, tracing the links from Palm Beach and The Hamptons to the salons and clubs of Manhattan society. It details the network of relationships across which flows hundreds of millions of dollars. 'The Believers' shows how despite material success and acclaim, some human impulses remain eternal. It reveals how an underlying sense of insecurity still shapes some of the richest and most successful individuals in America, making them crave ever more status and peer acclaim. By focusing on Madoff's connection to, and catastrophic impact on, the American Jewish community, THE BELIEVERS dramatically humanises a story that is part financial scandal and part Greek tragedy. UK Publisher: Weidenfeld, September 2009 COMPLICITY WITH EVIL: THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE AGE OF MODERN GENOCIDE From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur today, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide.This book is the first to examine in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide. Lebor draws on dozens of firsthand interviews with UN officials, current and former, and such international diplomats as Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Douglas Hurd, and David Owen. This book sets the terms for discussion as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan steps down to make room for a new head of the world body, and political observers assess Annan's legacy and look to the future of the world organisation. "...a powerfully intelligent book". Fergal Keane UK Publisher: Yale University Press, October 2007 Already published: City of Oranges (1997) A Heart Turned East: The Muslims of Europe and America (1997) Hitler's Secret Bankers (1999) Surviving Hitler: Choice, Corruption and Compromise in the Third Reich (with Roger Boyes) (2000) Milosevic: A Biography (2003) Previous foreign rights sold in: US, Japan, Israel, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Spain Praise for MILOSEVIC: "I urge you to read this excellent new biography". *Mail on Sunday* Praise for CITY OF ORANGES "Outstanding ... a magnifying lens through which to explore the entire knotted history of Israel and Palestine." The Guardian "The most significant recent contribution to the literature". Linda Grant, The Independent LL
		IZABELLA LITTLE Izabella Little is the author of the bestselling LIFE TALK FOR A DAUGHTER and LIFE TALK FOR A SON. Based on demand from readers, Izabella formed the Life Talk Forum for parents and teens. She now works in youth guidance and frequently appears as a guest on youth and parenting programmes on radio and TV.
		LIFE TALK FOR PARENTS An Essential Guide To Issues Faced By Parents And Teens (CO-AUTHORED BY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST THOMAS BURKHALTER) During their child's adolescence, parents are faced with unexpected challenges, caused by factors such as changing hormones, fragile self-esteem, peer pressure, bullying, alcohol, drugs and sexual experimentation, to name but a few. And parents also have their own challenges to contend with: the pressures of life, and marital, financial or health problems. This book serves as an essential communication tool with which to bridge the generation gap, providing the necessary emotional and practical assistance for all parents and teens who live in our stress-filled world. Publisher: Oshun Books, part of Struik Publishers in South Africa
		SEAN McCONVILLE An internationally reknowned criminologist, Sean McConville has published major books on prisons and imprisonment. In addition to his academic work, he has written articles for The Observer, The Guardian and the NY Times and, during a period of residency in the US, he was the regular host of a phone-in/news programme in Chicago (WBEZ). He has worked as a consultant not only on several TV documentaries but also for the Council of Europe, the House of Commons and the Home Office.
		Irish Political Prisoners 1920-2000 (working title) This book will bring Sean’s account of Irish political prisoners up to and slightly beyond the Good Friday Agreement. The starting date is the foundation of Northern Ireland as a state. The narrative will cover imprisonment in the Irish Free State/Irish Republic, Northern Ireland and Britain. Each chapter or pair of chapters will be accompanied by a contextual chapter setting out the political and organisational developments and the paramilitary campaigns that led to successive rounds of imprisonment. This aspect of the book is intended to deepen the analysis and to open it to a wider readership, unacquainted with Irish history and Anglo-Irish relations. The style of presentation will follow that of Irish Political Prisoners 1848-1922: Theatres of War and I shall continue to aim at the highest standards of scholarship and the clearest and most accessible language throughout. The intended readership will be library/academic and informed lay people – the latter mainly in the Irish, Irish-American and Irish-Australian communities. UK Publisher: Routledge 2007 Previous books: IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS VOL 1 - Routledge SS
		VIRGINIA MCKENNA Virginia McKenna is one of Britain's best loved actresses. Film classics such as THE CRUEL SEA, CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE, RING OF BRIGHT WATER and A TOWN LIKE ALICE for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, have been highlights in a career spanning over half a century. On the stage, Virginia has performed with the RSC, had a highly successful season with the Old Vic and later went on to win the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a British musical for her performance opposite Yul Brynner in The King and I. Over the years she has also been very active with television roles where she continues to make occasional appearances.
		MY LIFE IN YEARS Virginia is perhaps best loved and remembered for her role in the film BORN FREE, the adaptation of the international bestseller which told the true story of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the lioness. This immensely successful family film changed the attitudes of a generation towards the natural world and winning the part proved to be a life-changing experience for Virginia. After making the film she and her husband, Bill Travers, became increasingly fascinated by animals and the relationships which we can establish with them. In time the roles they had earlier played out on screen became real life when they founded Zoo Check (later renamed The Born Free Foundation) an organisation intended to prevent the abuse of captive wild animals and which aims to protect and conserve them in the wild. For her services to wildlife and the arts Virginia was awarded an OBE in 2004. In this beautifully written and emotionally honest book Virginia reflects upon her life, her family, her triumphs and tragedies. Insightful and inspiring - like the lady herself this book is a class act. UK Publisher: Oberon Books, September 09 DR
		GARETH MAY Born and bred in Devon, Gareth is a twenty-something freelance writer. In 2007, he set up the popular blog 21st-Century-Boy.co.uk, with the intention of giving young men an alternative voice from the lad mag generation, and his humorous but informative videos have had 100,000s of views on YouTube. Gareth likes listening to the cricket on the wireless, drinking ale and watching Midsomer Murders; and is well aware that all three make him an old git.
		150 THINGS EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW Do you know how to change a tyre? Choose a cigar? Or shave without leaving a nasty rash? How about ironing a shirt like your mum? How to avoid man-boobs? Or how you tell if you are falling in love? Neither did Gareth May until he started putting together this collection of male wisdom for the metrosexual generation. Stuck on the verge of a major motorway with a punctured tyre after swerving to avoid a low-flying pigeon, Gareth was confronted with the fact that he had no idea how to mend his puncture and get back on the road. Later, after the obligatory rant and accusations of uselessness from his father, he realised that it wasn't just practical, manly skills – shining shoes, wielding a power drill etc - that had passed him by. Sophisticated stuff, like how to hold a baby or how to end a relationship without being a complete git were also beyond him. While girls share magazines with dog-eared problem pages, the modern boy has no such manual, no instruction leaflet to ease their transition into manhood. Until now. Gareth May has written the essential manual for young men across the world. From stubborn spots to slow dancing dos and don'ts, the perfect fry-up to putting on a condom in less than ten seconds, it’s witty, brilliantly honest and down-to-earth. UK Publisher: Square Peg, November 2009 www.21st-century-boy.co.uk 150 Things Every Man Should Know Facebook Group SS
		MICHAEL MORAN Michael Moran is a nice enough chap of middling height who made a number of tolerable, but not remotely successful records in the Eighties and Nineties. Since he learned to spell around the turn of the Century he has been a regular contributor to Arena, The Word, and The Face. You may also have encountered his work in publications as diverse as Bizarre and New Woman. As if that were not enough, he is also Reviews Editor of TechDigest, the UK’s premier gadget blog. Michael is part of the world-beating team responsible for ROCK AND POP ELEVENS, and THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES. SOD ABROAD is his first solo project.
		SOD ABROAD: Why you'd be mad to leave the comfort of your own home Finally, the awful truth about holidays is out. This useful guide provides 101 reasons why you would be better off staying home than spending your precious fortnight's holiday in exotic locales. Sections on 'Things you can only do at home' explain why being parted from your Playstation and a decent cup of tea are things to be avoided at all costs, while other entries range from 'Where do I look? An Englishman's guide to the topless beach' to 'Recharging your iPod in Budapest, and seven other impossibilities.' Some book's strapline is 'Don't leave home without it!' This book's message is simply 'Don't leave home!' UK Publisher: John Murray, Summer 2008 Previous Books: ROCK AND POP ELEVENS (Michael O’Mara) and THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES (John Murray) SS
		ANNE NICHOLLS Anne is a practitioner of the form of psychotherapy known as transactional analysis. She lives and works in Birmingham, and runs courses for the charity MIND, as well as treating individual patients and is also the Agony Aunt for the Internet Service Provider Tiscali. She writes science fiction novels and short stories under the name Anne Gay. www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/agonyaunt
		IS YOUR FAMILY DRIVING YOU MAD? How to achieve happier relationships Family relationships are probably the most complex and far reaching you’ll ever experience. This book provides tried and tested strategies for making family life safer, warmer and more nurturing all round. It shows you practical ways to: minimise arguments and promote harmony build confidence in your children balance family demands with personal freedom Piatkus June 2004 Previous book by Anne Nicholls: MAKING LOVE WORK: A toolkit for finding happiness in your relationship (Piatkus) Praise for MAKING LOVE WORK: "A well crafted book… refreshingly free from therapeutic jargon. .. an immediately practical and useful tool for anyone wanting to repair or enhance their personal relationships." *Ian Stewart, author of Transactional Analysis Today.* LL
		DONALD NORFOLK Donald Norfolk was a practicing Osteopath in London for many years, and now lectures on a range of health and holistic subjects in Britain and Europe. He is a former president of the Osteopathic Association of Great Britain and in 1995, in recognition of his contribution to health promotion, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He lives in Gloucestershire. http://www.donaldnorfolk.co.uk/
		THE THERAPEUTIC GARDEN Creating Green Spaces for Inner Growth and Spiritual Renewal Gardening is one of today’s most popular leisure pursuits, yet rarely, if ever, is it seen as a holistic, therapeutic practice that can both enrich our lives and fulfill our spiritual needs. In this exquisitely crafted and illustrated book, Donald Norfolk attempts to redress this imbalance as he explores the history of horticulture and the ancient wisdom of poets and philosophers. Tracing the natural rhythms and beauty of the changing seasons, he also demonstrates how we can all discover the secrets of nature’s healing, restorative powers. Uniquely inspirational and illuminating, The Therapeutic Garden invites us to recapture the simple pleasures of the past and to create a new, enriched vision of the future. It is a vision that leads us to understand how, when we cultivate the soil, we can also cultivate the soul. Praise for The Therapeutic Garden: “A highly readable, wide-ranging exploration…Donald Norfolk presents a powerful case for the holistic benefit of gardens” Gay Search, Gardener’s World. “Charming….I heartily recommend this book, into which Norfolk has poured his heart and soul. It is a little book of calm in our frenzied, materialistic age and should be made compulsory reading for all those whose urban gardens are littered with abandoned motorbikes and old mattresses, and for everyone who has ever concreted over their front garden and turned it into a parking space.” *Val Hennessy, Daily Mail* (Critics Choice) UK Publisher: Transworld, 2000 CONQUERING BACK PAIN** For eight out of ten people in the world today back pain causes more lost work days, more spoiled leisure time and more sheer misery than almost any other complaint. There are over 100 different causes of back ache and after 30 years as a London osteopath Donald Norfolk has an answer for most of them. This book is a layman’s simple key to identifying, curing and avoiding your own particular brand of suffering. - Check your own back fitness rating - Identify the cause of your back ache - Proven remedies and old wives’ tales - Lifting, sitting, driving, sleeping – do it right! - Exercise, diet and occupational hazards - Professional treatment you can try. DT
		JAN PARKER Former deputy environment editor at the Guardian, Jan Parker is now a full-time writer and the mother of three children including twins. Together with colleague Jan Stimpson, leading Parentlink Counsellor and mother of two children, she has written two groundbreaking books on parenting.
		RAISING HAPPY CHILDREN: What Every Child Needs their Parents to Know - from 0 to 11 years. A different kind of parenting book - insightful, warm, funny, confidence-boosting and refreshingly honest. It will appeal to all parents keen to nurture happy strong relationships with their children from infancy through the primary school years. What parents say: "This book has helped me get closer to our children. I can't believe what a difference that's made to our lives". "Covers almost every subject a parent needs answers to - including some questions we are afraid to ask." Reissued by Hodder May 2004 ,
		RAISING HAPPY BROTHERS AND SISTERS Formerly entitled SIBLING RIVALRY, SIBLING LOVE, this book offers unprecedented insight into the development of sibling relationships and what parents can do to help, from children’s earliest days together to adolescence and beyond. On first publication it was chosen by the Independent as #1book on parenting in their selection of 50 best books on childcare and parenting. ‘At last, a book for parents with more than one child! Warm, thought-provoking and packed with helpful ideas, I thoroughly recommend it.’ Belinda Phipps, Chief Executive of National Childbirth Trust. ‘The best advice available for these crucial formative relationships.’ Amazon.co.uk Praise for SIBLING RIVALRY, SIBLING LOVE: "Very accessible. Perfect for that one minute of reading time that parents have per day" *The Times* LL
		GERVASE PHINN Gervase Phinn leads a very full and active life: a bestselling author and poet, teacher, freelance lecturer, educational consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and, last but by no means least, father of four. The majority of his time is spent in schools with teachers and children.
		UP AND DOWN IN THE DALES Gervase Phinn faces more challenges from the school children of the Yorkshire Dales and faces all of them with a sense of humour that is rarely far from the surface. As another school year passes with the changing seasons never failing to move him, Gervase and Christine Phinn settle down to blissful married life and the joy of parenthood. Wonderfully entertaining and wryly funny, Gervase Phinn’s new book about his time as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales is guaranteed to delight. Already published: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DALE, OVER HILL AND DALE, HEAD OVER HEELS IN THE DALE (all Penguin) and CLASSROOM CREATURES – an anthology of his own poems for children and other collections of poetry for children all published by Puffin. "Phinn writes warmly, and with great wit, about the children and adults he meets in Yorkshire's schools. An enchanting montage of experiences. Colourful, funny and honest." *Express on Sunday* DT
		BOB SERVANT Bob Servant is a 62-year-old, semi-retired citizen of Broughty Ferry, Dundee. He has previously worked as a merchant sailor and window cleaner. Servant is also widely believed to have enjoyed considerable financial rewards during Dundee's infamous Cheese Burger Wars of 1988, in which he operated several cheese burger vans. He now describes himself as an unemployed gigolo. This is his first book which has been edited by another MBA author, Neil Forsyth
		DELETE THIS AT YOUR PERIL! Spam is the plague of the electronic age. It infects 90% of all emails and £150m was conned from Britons in 2006 alone. Into this wave of corruption steps the brave figure of Bob Servant, a former window cleaner and cheese burger magnate with a love of wine, women and song and a keen sense of fair play. This wickedly funny and original humour book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants, who grow increasingly bamboozled as their offers of lost African millions, Russian brides and get-rich-quick scams soon tempt Bob into some outlandish schemes of his own. The spammers may have breached his firewall, but they have met their match as Bob Servant rises heroically to the challenge, and leaves confusion in his wake. Seriously funny, and satisfyingly merciless - this must be what happens if you combine the clever manipulation of Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat with Henry Root's letter writing. Christmas 07 has found its new star and his name is Servant! "Reminds me how good good comic writing can be" Scotland on Sunday "Genius! Highly entertaining and brilliantly deranged" – Maxim UK & Comm: Aurum, Oct 2007 US Publisher: Skyhorse Books DR
		JOHNNY SHARP Johnny is a freelance journalist who writes regularly for The Guardian, Q and Mojo, and was previously one of the NME's best known feature writers, working under his school nickname Johnny Cigarettes. He has also contributed to publications as diverse as The Daily Telegraph, Bizarre, Loaded, FourFourTwo, Minx, Xerox photocopiers customer magazine, Viz, and Militant. Career highlights include unwisely swallowing a green substance offered by noted bon viveur Shaun Ryder and ending up spending several hours licking a radiator; and once taking part in a 'naked protest' at Glastonbury festival. He only disrobed for around 30 seconds, but the resulting picture was printed in NME and his mother had to buy up all the copies in her local newsagents to avoid bringing shame on the family.
		CRAP LYRICS: A celebration of the very worst pop lyrics of all time ... ever! "Why do I find it hard to write the next line?" Spandau Ballet once asked. Even the greatest songwriters (and Spandau Ballet) have had the odd bad day at the office. Or more likely, a bad few minutes in the studio toilets scribbling the first words they can think of on the back of their tranquiliser prescription shortly before the vocal has to be recorded. Johnny Sharp has trawled half a century of lyrics to find the funniest examples of crippled couplets, outrageous innuendo, mixed metaphors, shameless self-delusion, nefarious nonsense and flagrant filth. Not to mention unforgivable over-use of alliteration. Crap Lyrics is a humorous celebration (and occasionally, condemnation) of over 120 of the most ridiculous hooks, lines and stinkers from pop poetry through the modern ages. Johnny is serious as cancer when he asks: Are we human, or are we dancer? And where do we go from here? Is it down to the lake, I fear? While moving like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis? Whether you're a diplomat, or even down the Laundromat, if you have ever heard a song and thought You what?, this is the book for you. UK Publisher: Portico, May 2009 SS
		MEL STEIN MEL STEIN is the most prominent lawyer and agent in the beautiful game, with 70 players on his books. He also wrote the official biographies of his clients Paul Gascoigne and Chris Waddle and a "How To" Guide to becoming a sports agent. Now, for Pennant Books, he has woven football’s best secrets into a new fiction. FOOTBALL BABYLON At last...the book that does for the beautiful game what Hotel Babylon did for the hospitality industry! In over 30 years of operating within the football game, Mel Stein has seen it all. In FOOTBALL BABYLON, he takes an unflinching look at the typical ups and downs of a newly arrived Premiership club, as it slides inexorably back to the championship the fictional Thamesmead City. Chairmen, managers, players, agents, officials, journalists, television pundits, marketing and public relations even the medical staff and the groundsmen all their deepest secrets are seen through the jaundiced eye of the Club Secretary, our narrator. Authentic glimpses are given into the macho locker-room world of the players, and their legal troubles off the pitch: drink-driving, rape allegations, failed drug tests even a shooting incident that results in serious injury. In FOOTBALL BABYLON, every event described has, at some time, taken place within an English football club. Only the names have been changed...to protect the guilty. UK publisher: Pennant Books, September 2009. THIS MERINGUE IS ELASTIC: How to Complain effectively. You are sitting down with family and friends in a supposedly smart restaurant - and the food is disgusting. What do you do when the waiter asks if everything is ok? Like the majority of the population, you probably half-smile and mumble something acquiescent. Wrong! You should always complain and always explain! A complaint without explanation is worthless. Ranting and raving is bad; controlled complaining is good. Don't just walk away, let the people who caused that feeling know why. In all cases you stand to gain a lot more than ranting, or not saying anything at all. This is not a legal textbook and it is more than a self-help publication. How To Complain it is a guide to help the consumer obtain satisfaction, not just for themselves, but for anybody else who may follow in their footsteps. Illustrated throughout with Mel's own humorous anecdotes of his successes at complaining, this book will show you how to avoid expensive solicitors and achieve success by your own efforts. Anyone who has ever felt dissatisfied with something for which they have paid good money - a meal, a car, an insurance policy, or even the services of a lawyer or an accountant should buy this book. So if you want to make the quality of your consumer life better, then follow the advice and precedents contained within this book - and if you are a company who are on the receiving end of complaints then you too, should buy this book. UK Publisher: Southbank Publishing, April 05 DR
		PAT THOMAS An American psychotherapist living in London, who specialises in healthcare and environmental issues. Her journalism has been widely published in the national press and she is Health Editor at The Ecologist Magazine. She regularly appears on radio programmes as well as on BBC News, Sky News, Carlton Granada Talk TV, LBC, and The World Service. Pat was appointed editor of The Ecologist magazine in early 2007.
		THE 21ST CENTURY IS MAKING YOU FAT Obesity is now officially at epidemic proportions throughout the Western world. New scientific evidence suggests that the time-honoured reasons for weight gain, namely too much food and too little exercise may not be the whole story. Environmental and social factors rife in the 21st century, such as insufficient sleep, overheating of homes and workplaces, and an overuse of prescription drugs may also be to blame. Furthermore, exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals, known as 'chemical calories', may be making all of us vulnerable to weight-gain. Featuring scientifically-reasoned advice, this book reveals the full story about the obesity crisis our society is facing, and what we can do to improve our own lifestyles and the health of the country on the whole. UK Publisher: Gaia Thinker, January 2008
		LIFTING THE LID SERIES HEALTHY, HAPPY BABY: The Essential Guide to Raising a Toxin-Free Baby Most parents know that the greatest gift they can give their child is good health. Yet the effects of exposure to a variety of potentially harmful toxins – both in the home and in our environment, while pregnant and once the baby is born – can be both lasting and damaging. Pat Thomas provides vital practical advice so that parents can reduce the risks to themselves and their child, in their bodies, their homes - especially the baby's own nursery – and be confident that their baby is getting the healthiest, safest possible start to life. SKIN DEEP: Essential Guide to What's Really in the Toiletries and Cosmetics You Use We all spend a lot of money on stuff to make us feel good, smell good and look good, but the reality is that many of the products we love to use contain a cocktail of potentially harmful chemicals. Pat Thomas encourages us to think twice about the products we use: She examines why products contain the chemicals they do, how easily they are absorbed into our bodies and the potentially damaging effects they can have on our health. She also suggests that it is possible to look good and stay gorgeous without chemicals, with simple recipes for toiletries and cosmetics you can make yourself. Pat Thomas is editor of The Ecologist Magazine and a well-respected author, journalist and broadcaster in the field of environmental and alternative health. Her most recent book, published by Gaia Thinking in January 2008 (contact Gaia for rights), is IS THE 21st CENTURY MAKING YOU FAT? Why Your Environment Makes You Put on Weight and What You Can Do About It. UK PUBLISHER: Rodale in September, 2008 Already published: EVERY WOMAN' S BIRTHRIGHTS; with extensive update by Woman’s Press 2001); EVERY BIRTH IS DIFFERENT (Headline); ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH (Element, to be republished by Chrysalis Books 2001); COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO PREGNANCY; THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO HEADACHES (Gill and Macmillan) CLEANING YOURSELF TO DEATH How Safe is Your Home? WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESN’T The Guide to Alternative Healthcare, LIVING DANGEROUSLY Are Everyday Toxins Making You Sick? (all Gill and Macmillan), UNDER THE WEATHER (Fusion Press, 2004), . Series of MY Bee children’s picture books for Hodder Wayland, including MY AMAZING JOURNEY; MY FAMILY'S CHANGING; MY BROTHER MY SISTER AND ME, DON’T CALL ME SPECIAL. All deal with particular childhood issues: for example birth, siblings, divorce, disability and friendship. Praise for LIVING DANGEROUSLY: "Compelling stuff... a great book". www.malehealth.co.uk Praise for WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESN'T: "a clear practical and well-referenced compendium... a useful guide". Prince of Wales Foundation newsletter "Pat Thomas' style is clear, very user focused and straightforward... An invaluable source." Health and Fitness LL
		HANNAH VELTEN Hannah Velten writes for Farmer's Weekly and also freelances for regional magazines and newspapers in the South West. Her first book, Cow, is published as part of their renowned Animal series by Reaktion Books in July 2007. She lives in East Sussex
		THE URBAN JUNGLE: Animals in London Horses, dogs, rats, sheep, pigs - even elephants and bears - until modern life introduced mechanized transport and different standards of hygiene, such animals would have filled every nook and cranny of London, with their smells, their noise and their waste. And it had been so for centuries. For instance: The Isle of Dogs was named because Henry II used it as a 'receptacle' for his greyhounds and spaniels which he kept for coursing and hunting in Waltham and other royal forests. Two mice eating a piece of cheese can be seen in Philpot Street, near Eastcheap. They commemorate a fatal accident where a workman quarrelled on the roof with one of his mates whom he suspected of having eaten part of his sandwich. During the ensuing fight, one of the men fell and was killed – it was later discovered that mice were responsible for the stolen lunch. Other 'animal' stories, connected to London, can be seen Hannah's blog, Round the Water Trough" http://watertrough.blogspot.com/2007/10/elephants-in-docks-london.html http://watertrough.blogspot.com/2007/08/sheep-on-london-bridge.html http://watertrough.blogspot.com/2007/08/commutor-blues.html http://watertrough.blogspot.com/2007/10/surprising-epitaph.html http://watertrough.blogspot.com/2007/09/scaring-pigeons.html THE URBAN JUNGLE will be the definitive story of London's unique relationship with its many animal inhabitants and the people they served, fed, transported and of course infected.
		THE ANIMAL SURGEONS: Revealing the Body's Secrets in the 17th Century Our relationship with animals has only recently become a legitimate and exciting area of historical writing. One of the reasons for this is the excellent Animal series published by Reaktion Books. One of their young authors, Hannah Velten, has come up with the idea for a book on Animal Surgeons: the men who dissected and experimented on animals to find out how they - and therefore we - really work. For far too long their work (and their perseverance in the face of social and religious hostility) has not had the recognition it deserves, and their stories are remarkable, often eccentric and rather gory. The circulation of the blood, of how reproduction really works and other important advances in medicine, which we take for granted today, would not have been discovered without the work of these remarkable men. Their story is told here, for the first time. LL
		MARK WALLINGTON Mark Wallington was born in Swanage in Dorset in 1953. He worked for a while as a gardener in London before becoming a scriptwriter and travel journalist. In 1982 he walked the South West coastal path and his subsequent book, 500-Mile Walkies, became a bestseller. In 1992 his novel The Missing Postman was published and he wrote the script for the award-winning BBC television play starring James Bolam. He is much sought-after as a film and television writer. He works from his home in the High Peak in Derbyshire and is married with two children.
		THE DAY JOB: ADVENTURES OF A JOBBING GARDENER The author’s incompetent early career as a gardener is hilariously revealed in this comic memoir. His bizarre experiences among the hellebores and overgrown rock roses of the middle classes are marvels of humour and eccentricity. UK Publisher: Hutchinson, May 2005 Previously published: 500 MILE WALKIES, PENNINE WALKIES, BOOGIE UP THE RIVER, DESTINATION LAPLAND, THE MISSING POSTMAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR SHAKESPEARE. DT
		DAVE WHELAN The archetypal self-made man and a modern day folk hero, Whelan rose from humble beginnings in Wigan to become one of the most respected figures in British business and English football.
		PLAYING TO WIN Heartfelt and honest, Dave's story begins with his family's desperate struggle to survive in World War II, culminating in the return from the army of the father he had never known. He recalls his early years as a player at Blackburn Rovers, his friendships with 'Busby Babes' Bobby Charlton and Duncan Edwards, and the FA Cup Final of 1960 that saw the end of his career as a top-flight player. He goes on to recount his transformation into a leading entrepreneur. From market trader to millionaire, Dave's drive to win saw him take on Boots single-handedly in the Appeal Court, turn a fishing tackle shop in Wigan into retail giant JJB Sports and amass the personal fortune that has enabled him to take Third Division Wigan all the way to the Premiership. Dave Whelan's story is irresistible. It's the story of a love affair with football, an inspirational business book and the life of a family man and true local hero all rolled into one. This is without doubt the most charismatic, frank and surprising memoir you'll read in 2009. UK Publisher: Aurum Press, Autumn 2009 DR
		PRECIOUS WILLIAMS Precious Williams is a former contributing editor to Cosmopolitan and her personal essays and celebrity interviews have also appeared in The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, Wallpaper, Elle, Marie Claire and the New York Post. She lives in London.
		PRECIOUS Where are you from?' is a question I always find hard to answer. 1971: an ad in Nursery World. Foster parents required for a three-month-old baby - me. The lucky applicants are a white middle aged woman and her daughter, who love babies, especially black babies. My mother arrives, a haughty Nigerian woman in a convertible with a moses basket on the seat beside her, setting the net curtains in this all-white council estate twitching. And though the whole place makes my privileged mother's skin crawl, she returns to London with an empty basket beside her, because, unusually for the area, my foster mother talks proper, and I'll need a posh white accent for the bright future I have ahead of me. I'll cling onto that idea - that I've a bright future ahead of me - even though there's nothing in my upbringing to warrant it. PRECIOUS is the story of growing up black in a white community, of struggling to find an identity that fits amid conflicting messages, of deciphering a childhood full of secrets and dysfunction. Painfully honest, swerving from farce to tragedy, PRECIOUS has a spirit that refuses to be crushed. “A beautiful, haunting new Dickensian tale of growing up between two mothers and two motherlands” Catherine McKinley, author of The Book of Sarahs UK, US & Germany Publisher: Bloomsbury, August 2010 DR
		TIMOTHY WILSON-SMITH Teacher at Eton College for 35 years specialising in French history. Previously a monk at Downside Abbey and also studied at Cambridge and London and in Rome. He also wrote regularly for the Folio Society, the Tablet, Catholic Herald & Literary Review in addition to regularly giving talks and lectures, including on the BBC World Service and at the National Portrait Gallery. Sadly, Tim died suddenly in July 2006.
		JOAN OF ARC Timothy Wilson-Smith’s new book takes a new and unique angle on Joan of Arc. He gives a fascinating and detailed account of a life cut short by brutal execution in 1431 on the orders of the French ecclesiastical court and carried out by the English invaders. He also focuses on Joan’s emergence from obscurity to become a muse for poets, playwrights and sculptors, and venerated by statesmen such as Napoleon, an iconic figure to French soldiers in wartime and five hundred years after her birth a saint. Timothy Wilson-Smith sets the events of Joan’s story in the context of Anglo-French and religious history and also builds a convincing portrait of a headstrong, determined young woman who was as loved by her close companions as she was feared by her enemies. Joan of Arc: Maid, Myth and History provides an engaging insight into both the life and afterlife of this most enigmatic of medieval women. UK Publisher: Sutton Publishers, July 2006 NAPOLEON Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) has been compared to Alexander the Great, with whom he shared the qualities of youth, daring and unbridled ambition, to Julius Caesar, another soldier-politician with a genius for propaganda, and to Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire. Like all these men Napoleon had grove faults; like all of them his achievements were on an heroic scale. This biography charts Napoleon's life from Corsican army cadet to Emperor of the French and master of Europe, to his death in exile on St Helena. It investigates his legend and acknowledges his lasting legacy, which reshaped France, her government and her laws, and indeed the whole of Europe. UK Publisher: Haus Publishing, April 2007 Already published: DELACROIX, Yorkshire Post Book of the Year; NAPOLEON AND HIS ARTISTS, CARAVAGGIO, NAPOLEON, MAN OF WAR MAN OF PEACE, JOHNSON. Praise for DELACROIX: "Warm and eloquent testimonial to the Great Romantic artist" LL
		FRANCES WOOD Frances Wood studied Chinese at the universities of Cambridge, London and Peking, and between 1972 and 1988 travelled extensively in China. She is Head of the Chinese Collections in the British Library and lives in London. Already published: HAND GRENADE PRACTICE IN PEKING My Influence on the Cultural Revolution, NO DOGS AND NOT MANY CHINESE: TREATY PORT LIFE IN CHINA, 1843-1943, DID MARCO POLO GO TO CHINA? which was made into a Channel 4 documentary, SILK ROAD, a lavishly illustrated large format book for the Folio Society/ paperbacked by British Library Press. To be published in May this year, THE FORBIDDEN CITY, part of the ‘Place in History’ series published by British Museum Press. Praise for NO DOGS AND NOT MANY CHINESE: "First rate, clever and highly entertaining…Wood is particularly adept at relating what day to day life was like." *The Times* Frances is at present working on a novel based on the life of Chairman Mao, and a book about the Chinese in Britain. The Lure of China - History and Literature from Marco Polo to J G Ballard For over 2,000 years, the West has been fascinated by China: from Roman tales of silk merchants to eyewitness accounts of war by Ernest Hemingway. Medieval travellers like Marco Polo created a romantic picture of a distant and exotic land while c16th Jesuit and c18th diplomatic missions like that of Lord Macartney sought to correct the more fantastic ideas of China with firsthand accounts. From the mid-c19th onwards China was opened to travellers, collectors and writers of all sorts. Explorers like Sven Hedin were drawn to the Silk Road and its buried treasures, writers like André Malraux, Vicki Baum and Somerset Maugham achieved fame with books set in Peking and Shanghai, while aesthetes like Harold Acton and Osbert Sitwell collected curios. So many visitors wrote accounts of what they saw that ‘it was as if China made writers of them all,’ observes Frances Wood, who has trawled a vast library of fiction, memoir and travelogue in the creation of this fascinating book. Publisher: Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? The First Emperor of China (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. Frances Wood examines the evidence and reveals the true nature of the man who had himself buried with an army of 7,000 lifesize terracotta warriors. The First Emperor gave us the name by which China is known in the West and, by his unification or elimination of six states, created imperial China. He stressed the rule of law but suppressed all opposition, burning books and burying scholars alive. His military achievements are reflected in the 'buried armies' that surround his tomb, and his Great Wall still fascinates the world. Despite his achievements, however, he has been vilified since his death. This book describes his life and times and reflects the historical arguments over the real founder of China and one of the most important men in Chinese history. UK: Profile, August 2007 Foreign sales: USA (St Martins Press) THE SILK ROAD The Silk Road was the ancient trade route stretching across Central Asia to Europe. Its name evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese silk, spices and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, Baltic amber and Mediterranean coral. Along this route silks were sent from China to ancient Rome; princesses were dispatched in marriage alliances; bandits and thieves launched attacks. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings, this book vividly recreates 5000 years of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. Foreign rights sold: USA, Germany, China, Vietnam LL
		RUTH WYNER Since her release from prison, Ruth has recovered from breast cancer and has set up the Dialogue Trust, working with prisoners and prison authorities. She is now writing her first novel, about a homeless woman.
		FROM THE INSIDE Ruth Wyner lives and works in Cambridge. Between December 1999 and July 2000 she was in prison. She describes the unbearable pain of being separated from her family, the appalling degradation and pettiness of life inside, the terrible conditions in Holloway, and not quite so bad ones in Highpoint where she lived on a wing dedicated to fundamentalist Christianity (Ruth is Jewish). We learn of the humour, friendship and resourcefulness of her fellow prisoners, the small victories as she learns to make the system work for her, the growing public concern, mainly as a result of a huge amount of media coverage, that she and her colleague were the victims of a gross miscarriage of justice. An extraordinary, groundbreaking book. UK Publisher: Aurum May 2003 From the introduction to FROM THE INSIDE; I have emerged from prison, a place I never expected to find myself in. I had been given a five-year sentence for allowing heroine to be traded at a day centre for the homeless. My co-defendant John Brock got four years. The case rocked Cambridge and led to a nationwide campaign. Together we became known as the Cambridge Two. I was fifity, the mother of two children, and the director of a homelessness charity running five projects in and around Cambridge. I saw myself as a charity worker, a law-abiding citizen. The police and the prison service did not see me in the same way. This book is the story of my prison experience. Praise for FROM THE INSIDE: "She vividly chronicles her Kafkaesque journey from initial sentencing to her eventual release and aftermath. A cogent, haunting illustration of why prison reform is a burning human rights issue." *Times Educational Supplement* LL