Bloomsbury Rights Catalogue

Bloomsbury Rights Catalogue

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Frankfurt 2014 Cookery . Adlard Coles Nautical . Sports & Fitness . Natural History

CONTENTS

COOKERY

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S por t & F i t n ess

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A DL ARD COLES NAUTIC AL

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NATUR AL HISTORY

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IN DEX

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COOKERY Mammissima Elisabetta Minervini

256pp 240mm x 170mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00

Apulia is the ‘heel’ of Italy. Bordering the iridescent Adriatic Sea, this is a region where the olive oil resembles pure gold, where the fish is cooked up fresh from the sea and where sun-dried tomatoes, peppers and aubergines are at the heart of the cuisine. The food here is light, nutritious and rustic, and firmly centred around family life.

Born in this charming region, vivacious and modern mother-of-two Elisabetta Minervini has brought the vitality of Apulian cooking to her home in London, and in Mammissima she shares the traditional recipes that her children have come to adore. These include orecchiette (‘little-ear’ pasta), focaccia, pasta al forno (oven-baked pasta), Salento rustic pie, and the ultimate pizza that will get everyone involved. This kind of cooking suits a hectic lifestyle and can be prepared quickly and easily, using inexpensive ingredients.

With enchanting food photography, illustrations and plenty of personality, this glorious book will allow you to add Italian panache and bring la dolce vita to your own everyday cooking.

Elisabetta Minervini was born in Molfetta near Bari, a medieval port in the beautiful region of Apulia in southern Italy, and she moved to England in 1997. She is the founder of award-winning publishing company Alma Books. She lives in Richmond, London, with her husband Alessandro and their two children, aged eleven and eight.

This is her first book.

June 2016 World rights available

The Detox Kitchen Bible Lily Simpson & Rob Hobson

416pp 265mm x 180mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 Feb-2015 World rights available

The Detox Kitchen philosophy is all about bright, inspiring and nutritious food that will make your skin glow, your hair shine, your stress levels fall and your energy increase. Using mouthwatering flavour combinations and an encyclopaedic knowledge of ingredients, chef Lily Simpson and nutritionist Rob Hobson bring you this ultimate bible of detox food. The 200 vibrant recipes are all wheat-, dairy- and refined- sugar-free, and include pad thai with brown rice noodles, turkey burgers with cabbage slaw, salmon and dill fishcakes and beetroot brownies. With exquisite photography, this is the definitive guide to eating your way to radiant health.

Lily Simpson and Rob Hobson are a chef-and-nutritionist team shaking up the healthy food industry. A unique detox food delivery service, The Detox Kitchen was founded by Lily and launched in 2012 to dazzling success and a loyal following of celebrity clients, and now serves a range of delicious, healthy dishes from a deli in Harvey Nichols. Lily Simpson is an inventive chef, taking ideas from her travels in France, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Morocco and Sri Lanka, and Rob Hobson is a qualified nutritionist who runs two consultancies in London and has worked with government agencies and the NHS. www.detoxkitchen.co.uk / @TheDetoxKitchen

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COOKERY ©©Laurie Fletcher

Spuntino Russell Norman

320pp 265mm x 180mm

After the success of Venetian-inspired restaurant POLPO, Russell Norman scoured the Big Apple’s scruffiest boroughs to find inspiration for an urban diner. The result, Spuntino, delivers big bold flavours with a dose of swagger to the crowds who flock to its pewter-topped bar. Spuntino will take you on a culinary adventure to New York and back as Russell maps out his walks through the city’s quirkiest neighbourhoods. The 120 recipes include truffled egg toast, zingy salads and prohibition-era cocktails. With radiant photography capturing New York’s visceral grittiness, Spuntino pays homage to the energy and dynamism inspired by the world’s greatest melting pot.

Russell Norman spent four years running some of London’s most venerated restaurants in the Caprice Holdings group, before turning his back on the high life, getting a tattoo of an octopus on his back and setting up POLPO in scruffy Soho. Polpetto, Spuntino, Mishkin’s and the Ape & Bird followed soon after. Russell Norman now gives advice to budding restaurateurs in the BBC2 series The Restaurant Man. He lives in London. @Spuntino / spuntino.co.uk

Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 June 2015 World rights available

Dabbous The Cookbook Ollie Dabbous

304pp 340mm x 255mm Hardback £50.00 World rights available

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Occupying an edgy urban space in London’s Fitzrovia, Dabbous is the restaurant that has stunned critics and diners since it opened in 2012. Ollie Dabbous creates light, modern dishes that are both sophisticated and deceptively delicate; jewel-like creations that are in stark contrast with the restaurant’s industrial décor. Recipes include ‘Mixed Alliums in a Chilled Pine Infusion’ and ‘Braised Halibut with Pink Purslane’, ‘Mash & Gravy’ and ‘Elderflower Sherbet’. With serene photography and timeless design, this is without doubt the most desirable cookery book of the year.

Ollie Dabbous knew he wanted to be a chef from the age of six, and started cooking as a kitchen hand in Florence when he was fifteen.

He worked at Kensington Place for Rowley Leigh, but it was his years spent working with Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons that most profoundly influenced his cooking. He went on to be head chef at the Scandinavian-influenced Texture on Portman Street, and has also spent time at Mugaritz, Noma, Hibiscus, L’Astrance, Pierre Gagnaire and WD50. In January 2012 he opened DABBOUS to rapturous reviews, and was awarded a Michelin star within months.

COOKERY River Cottage Light & Easy Healthy recipes for every day Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Ever lack the time or inspiration to cook a nourishing meal after a hectic day? Delicious, health-giving food doesn’t have to be timeconsuming and complicated. Here, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall delivers up wholesome delights with zero compromise on taste for all occasions, including brilliant breakfasts, goodness on the go, crunchy salads, simple roasts and hotpots, nutrient-packed fish dishes, and lighter breads and baking. Accompanied by striking photography from Simon Wheeler, these recipes are guaranteed to bring a fresh energy and vitality to your everyday cooking and eating.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His series for Channel 4 have earned him a huge popular following, while his River Cottage books have collected multiple awards including the Glenfiddich Trophy (twice), the André Simon Food Book of the Year (three times), the Michael Smith Award (twice) and, in the US, the James Beard Cookbook of the Year. Hugh lives in Devon with his family. @rivercottage / rivercottage.net

416pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 World rights available Rights sold: German, Dutch

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River Cottage Veg Every Day! Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall £25.00 Rights sold: 9 languages

Chicken & Eggs Mark Diacono £14.99

Three Good Things Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall £25.00 Rights sold: Danish, German, Italian, Dutch

Cakes Pam Corbin £14.99 Rights sold: Italian

River Cottage Fruit Every Day! Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall

River Cottage Baby and Toddler Cookbook Nikki Duffy Booze John Wright

£25.00

£14.99 Rights sold: German, Russian

Herbs Nikki Duffy

Hedgerow John Wright

Sea Fishing Nick Fisher

£14.99

£14.99

£14.99

£14.99

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COOKERY Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes Tom Kerridge

As the most down-to-earth but high-flying chef on the food scene, Tom Kerridge has become known for his big flavours and beautifully crafted yet accessible food. And with more than 100 of his favourite recipes, Best Ever Dishes brings this spectacular cooking to the home kitchen.

Tom starts with classics we all love such as tomato soup, chicken Kiev and rice pudding (plus a few new ideas of his own), then refines and elevates them to the best version that he has ever tasted. Give the Kerridge twist to a simple lasagne, and you’ll discover that every mouthful is a taste explosion. Put a special spin on a chocolate tart, and you’ll transform it into an exceptional, melt-in-the-mouth pud of the gods. With stunning photography by Cristian Barnett, this book really will change the way you cook.

288pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback £25.00

Tom Kerridge worked as a chef in restaurants across Britain, before deciding to set out on his own, and take over a rundown pub in the quiet town of Marlow. He opened The Hand and Flowers with his wife Beth in 2005, and it went on to become the first pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. As well as hosting his own BBC television series, Tom has recently been at the helm of Spring Kitchen, and appears regularly on major broadcasts such as Spring Kitchen, Great British Menu and MasterChef.

World rights available

Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food Tom Kerridge

256pp 254mm x 197mm Hardback More than 70 colour photographs £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch

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The king of beautiful pub food has collected all of his best ideas in this cookbook, ready to warm the world on a grey day and restore the nation’s good mood. Tom Kerridge’s idea of food heaven isn’t fussy gastronomy; it’s proper ‘man food’ with Michelin star magic, including breakfasts that keep you smiling for the whole day, indulgent long lunches, teatime temptations, seasonal snacks and heart-warming suppers. More than 100 recipes reveal his secrets for making real food truly amazing, including perfected dishes from his childhood and special treats he serves at his own one-of-a-kind pub: The Hand & Flowers.

Tom Kerridge worked as a chef in restaurants across Britain, before deciding to set out on his own, and take over a rundown pub in the quiet town of Marlow. He opened The Hand and Flowers with his wife Beth in 2005, and it went on to become the first pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. As well as hosting his own BBC television series, Tom has recently been at the helm of Spring Kitchen, and appears regularly on major broadcasts such as Spring Kitchen, Great British Menu and MasterChef.

COOKERY Paul Hollywood’s British Baking Paul Hollywood

Bakewells, Bannocks, Cornish Fairings, Dingle Pies, Welsh Cakes, Yorkshire Parkin … you don’t get better than a traditional British bake. Join Paul Hollywood for a personal tour around the regions of Britain and discover the charming history of their finest baked delights. Paul will show you the secrets behind the recipes and how to create them in your own kitchen – and, in his inimitable style, he’ll apply a signature twist. Rich with beautiful recipe photography, maps and illustrations, here is the ultimate collection of British bakes from the nation’s favourite artisan baker.

320pp

Paul Hollywood shot to fame with his role as a judge on the Great British Bake Off. He is the author of the bestselling How to Bake, Paul Hollywood’s Bread and Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds. He worked as Head Baker at exclusive hotels including Cliveden and the Dorchester and he went on to launch The Paul Hollywood Artisan Bread Company, which now supplies Harrods among others. @PaulHollywood / paulhollywood.com

246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 World rights available

Paul Hollywood’s Bread Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood – Britain’s favourite expert baker – teaches you exactly how to make a variety of breads, each with a spin-off recipe showing you how to make a fantastic meal of it. Try your hand at a basic white bloomer, which can become a savoury picnic loaf; fluffy crumpets, which become the base for eggs Benedict; flatbreads, which are a natural pairing with chickpea masala; ciabatta, which the Italians have traditionally used as a base for tomatoey panzanella; or white chocolate and raspberry bread, which makes for the best summer pudding you’ve ever tasted. Get baking bread!

224pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available

How to Bake Paul Hollywood

304pp

Paul Hollywood is passionate about busting the myths that surround baking, sharing his finely honed skills, and showing that with the right guidance, anybody can achieve success time after time. With this in mind, he has filled this book with easy-to-follow, clearly explained, utterly delicious recipes.

Having taken you through the basic techniques, Paul explains how to make an abundance of breads, pastries, cakes and biscuits including wholemeal loaf, soda bread, ciabatta, focaccia, chapatis, Cheddar and apple bread, fruit loaf, fresh croissants, scones, classic Victoria sponge, lemon drizzle cake, baklava, buttery shortbread and triple layer chocolate cake. Time to get baking ...

246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, German, Italian

Paul Hollywood’s Pies and Puds Paul Hollywood

There is nothing quite like the smell of a scrumptious steak and ale pie cooking in the oven, or the first taste of a caramel and coffee eclair. In this mouth-watering new book Paul Hollywood puts his signature twist on the traditional classics, with easy-to-follow and tantalising recipes for meat and potatoe pie, sausage plait, luxury fish pie, chicken and chorizo empanadas, chilli beef cornbread pie, savoury choux buns, Queen of puddings, mini fruit pies, and black forest trifle. Whether you’re a sweet or a savoury person, a keen novice or an expert baker: it’s time to bake pies and puds.

224pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch

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COOKERY A Year at Otter Farm Mark Diacono

384pp 234mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 World rights available

The Superfood Diet Low calorie | full flavour | recipes for life Gurpareet Bains 224pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Colour photographs £14.99

‘Otter Farm is all about flavour. It starts and ends with the question: What do I really want to eat?’

The taste of a ripe mulberry was Mark Diacono’s inspiration for creating Otter Farm, a unique smallholding in Devon. Here, Mark shares his colourful, beautiful recipes, all brimming with flavour and fresh ingredients – a warm salad of Padron peppers, cherries and halloumi; a chicken, pork and borlotti bean stew; cucumber ice cream; fennel toffee apples; and quince doughnuts. Charting the seasonal challenges and triumphs of rural living, he offers practical advice for cultivating both familiar and exotic produce in a vibrant celebration of growing, cooking and eating.

Mark Diacono is an award-winning writer and photographer. Known for his commitment to sustainable, ethically produced food, Mark was head of the Garden Team at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage for many years before setting up Otter Farm, Britain’s first and only climate change farm. @MarkDoc / @OtterFarmUK / otterfarm.co.uk

The Superfood Diet combines weight loss with the expectation of an extended lifespan by encouraging us all with a wonderfully tempting selection of fullflavour foods. Featuring three simple diet plans combined with a collection of favourite recipes, which are both reassuringly low in calories and fat, and healthily high in superfoods and antioxidants. Each dish comes with easy-toreference nutritional information. From the author of the acclaimed Indian Superfood and the creator of the ‘World’s Healthiest Meal’, Gurpareet Bains. With excellent photography by Lara Holmes.

Gurpareet Bains is a qualified nutritionist, TV personality, columnist and chef.

This book and his recipes have been followed by a lot of media interest and publicity, as he has strived to convert one and all to the impressive possibilities of his unique and delicious diet. www.gurpareetbains.co.uk / @GurpareetBains

World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, Italian

Social Suppers Jason Atherton

240pp 260mm x 215mm Hardback More than 70 colour photographs £25.00

©©John Carey

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Social Sweets Jason Atherton

256pp 260mm x 215mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 July 2015 World Rights available

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More than 100 recipes make up this stunning yet eminently approachable collection of suppers from Jason Atherton: perfect meals to share with friends and family. It is not only a showcase of Jason’s favourite things to cook, both savoury and sweet, but also a celebration of the flavours and techniques that have inspired him from all around the world. Every dish bears the hallmark of excellence on which he has built his reputation as one of the world’s truly great and most innovative chefs. Beautiful, inspiring photography by John Carey completes this collection of stunningly good suppers.

Having worked under Pierre Koffmann, Nico Ladenis, and Marco Pierre White, Jason Atherton ran Verre and Maze for Gordon Ramsay before opening his own fine-dining empire. Jason is not only a world-class culinary alchemist, he is also featured in national newspapers, magazines and TV series, most recently starring as the host of Great British Menu and soon to be co-hosting with Lorraine Pascale on My Kitchen Rules. www.jasonatherton.co.uk / @_JasonAtherton

More than 100 recipes make up this heavenly collection of desserts from Jason Atherton: perfect treats to share with friends and family. It is not only a showcase of Jason’s favourite sweet dishes, but also a celebration of the flavours and techniques that have inspired him from around the world.

Having worked under Pierre Koffmann, Nico Ladenis, and Marco Pierre White, Jason Atherton ran Verre and Maze for Gordon Ramsay before opening his own fine-dining empire. Jason is not only a world-class culinary alchemist, he is also featured in national newspapers, magazines and TV series, most recently starring as the host of Great British Menu and soon to be co-hosting with Lorraine Pascale on My Kitchen Rules. www.jasonatherton.co.uk / @_JasonAtherton

COOKERY Historic Heston Heston Blumenthal

432pp 272mm x 220mm Hardback £40.00 October 2014 World rights available

MasterChef the Masters

Taking thirty great forgotten British dishes, Heston creates his own culinary history of Britain. He tells the story of each one – originating from such sources as The Forme of Cury (1390), The Queen-like Closet (1672) and The Ice Book (1844). Then, starting from the original recipe text, he creates a sublime twenty-first-century take on delicacies that include meat fruit (1500), quaking pudding (1660) and mock-turtle soup (1892). With signature dishes from Dinner and The Fat Duck, the most extraordinary photography, and illustrations from the genius that is Dave McKean, this new, small format edition of Historic Heston is a book to treasure.

Entirely self-taught, Heston Blumenthal is the most progressive chef of his generation. In 2004 he won the coveted three Michelin stars in near-record time for his restaurant The Fat Duck. It has repeatedly been voted into the top ten of the World’s Best Restaurants by an international panel of 800 experts, as has his second restaurant, the double-Michelin-starred Dinner. In 2006 he was awarded an OBE. www.thefatduck.co.uk

also available Heston Blumenthal at Home Heston Blumenthal £30.00 World rights available Rights sold: French, Hungarian, Russian, Italian, Dutch

Have you ever wondered what chefs love to cook when they are in their own kitchen? Away from the intensity and heat of restaurant service, what food makes them happiest on a weekend off? More than 30 globally-renowned chefs have each shared three recipes for weekend treats in this special MasterChef anthology of food at home.

Wylie Dufresne, Curtis Stone, Gordon Ramsay, Andoni Aduriz, Elena Arzak, Massimo Bottura, Tom Kerridge, Neil Perry, Pascal Proyart, Claire Clark, Jason Atherton, Peter Gilmore, Tom Kitchin, David Thompson, Andrew Fairlie, Peter Gordon, Angela Hartnett, Atul Kochhar, Marco Pierre White, Mitch Tonks, Claude Bosi, Bill Granger, Pierre Koffmann, Michael Anthony, Tetsuya Wakuda, Joan and Jordi Roca, Eric Ripert, Graham Elliot, Ruth Rogers, Joe Bastianich, Lidia Bastianich, Ferran Adria. @masterchefuk

240pp 260mm x 215mm Hardback £25.00 March 2015 World rights available

Christie’s Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tom Stevenson and Essi Avellan

528pp 280mm x 216mm

A fully revised, updated and expanded edition of the book that won the World Gourmand Award for ‘Best Wine Book’. Authoritative and opinionated, this stylish and comprehensive book is genuinely global, with substantial coverage of sparkling wines from all around the world, including from the UK. Packed with suggestions on which Champagne to try, you will have great fun searching them out.

Anyone with an interest in wine should find their investment richly rewarded.

Tom Stevenson has long been regarded as the world’s leading authority on Champagne and sparkling wine and is one of the world’s leading and most respected wine writers. He is also the author of Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia. Essi Avellan MW is one of the world’s most exciting and talented young wine writers, and only the second Scandinavian to gain the coveted Master of Wine qualification. She is the editor of FINE Champagne Magazine.

Hardback More than 400 colour photographs £50.00 World rights available (excluding USA/ Canada) Rights sold: US

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COOKERY Spice At Home Vivek Singh

240pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback £25.00 October 2014 World rights available

The Boat Cookbook Real Food for Hungry Sailors Fiona Sims

160pp 220mm x 185mm Paperback Colour photographs £16.99 World rights available

80 Cakes From Around the World Claire Clark

192pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available

Ice Cream Ben Vear

288pp 228mm x 165mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available

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Here are easy, everyday spice dishes for the family from the author of The Cinnamon Club Cookbook, one of the UK’s top Indian chefs. Vivek Singh’s recipes for spice at home are a brilliant marriage between Indian spicing and Western culinary styles. Singh’s mantra is ‘evolve’ and this 110-strong collection includes both modern dishes from his home in India and his home in Britain, with many that twist the traditions – reflecting two cultures connected by spice.

Vivek Singh is one of Britain’s best-known Indian chefs. He was classically trained in India with the world-famous Oberoi Group and he has been executive chef of The Cinnamon Club since its launch in 2001. Vivek’s food is a perfect blend of authentic Indian flavours and modern Western styles and techniques. Vivek is not only an award-winning author, but also one of the most respected chefs in the UK, and one of the most recognisable faces of Indian cuisine on TV too. He has an impressive media profile and is often on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and MasterChef, and UKTV’s Market Kitchen. Restaurants in London: Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen, Cinnamon Soho www.cinnamonclub.com @chefviveksingh @CinnamonClub

For anyone with a tiny galley kitchen and an appetite for fresh, gorgeous food, there’s good news: no more tins or bland leftovers aboard. All using no more than two pots and taking no longer than 30 minutes, recipes include baked eggs with salmon, chorizo and chestnut sausage rolls, spicy lamb burgers with tzatziki, herb-stuffed trout, salted caramel and banana crunch and an amazing rum punch. With contributions from top chefs including Chris Galvin and Angela Hartnett, as well as such seasoned sailors as Sir Robin Knox-Johnson and Dee Caffari, this book promises simple, fresh ideas to revolutionise your on-board cooking.

Fiona Sims has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, Food & Travel, Delicious, Decanter, and more. The award-winning food and wine writer has interviewed many of the world’s top chefs, including Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay and René Redzepi, and accompanied Heston Blumenthal on his first trip to the legendary El Bulli. The idea for this book came after much nagging from her sailing-mad Dad, who kept losing her scribbled-down recipes for on board cooking in his rather basic galley. She and her husband Mark split their time between London and Yarmouth, and she sails regularly from the south coast with her Dad on his 29ft Westerly, always cooking on board.

Cake, in all its multifarious incarnations, is adored the world over. Top pastry chef Claire Clark explores six continents of cake culture in this treasury of baked delights. Discover the cakes most loved around the world and make the best versions of them in your own home. These favourites are finessed to perfection and each given the inimitable Claire Clark twist. An inspiring and diverse range of indulgent cakes for every home baker to enjoy, with beautiful photography by Jean Cazals.

Claire Clark, regarded as one of the top three pastry chefs in the world, learned her craft under the legendary Swiss patissiers Ernst Bachmann and John Huber. Her glittering career has taken her to some of the leading restaurants in London including the kitchens of Claridges Hotel in Mayfair and The Wolseley on Piccadilly. Claire Clark moved to California in 2005 to take up the position of Head Pastry Chef at The French Laundry, voted ‘The Best Restaurant in the World’ in 2003 and 2004, where she worked under the admiring eye of the inspirational double Michelin three-star chef Thomas Keller. Claire is now a freelance chef consultant based in London. Her huge range of clients includes Benares, The Square, Harvey Nichols, Morrisons and MasterChef. @Claire_Clark, claire-clark.com This mouth-watering book is brimming with delicious ice cream concoctions and iced wonders from the world of Ben Vear, expert on frozen delights. Over 100 recipes scale an impressive colourful rainbow of ice cream flavours and iced treats, including a fantasia of sorbets, gelatos, kulfis, lollies, frozen yoghurts, parfait and desserts. From chocolate and caramel, to citrus and berries, from botanical infusions, herbs and spices to alcoholic temptations; Ben has a recipe for every iced desire, including the best ways to transform the humble vanilla scoop into a show-stopper.

Twenty-three-year-old Ben Vear is a fourth generation, award winning ice cream maker at his historic family business Winstones Ice Cream. Under his stewardship, the company has flourished and built up a star-studded array of clients including Elizabeth Hurley, Lily Allen and Princess Anne. He was shortlisted as Young British Foodie of the Year in 2012. Ben is the founder of the Campaign for Real Ice Cream and the Pop-up Pudding Parlour.

COOKERY

The Flavour Thesaurus Niki Segnit £18.99 Rights sold: Russian, Japanese. French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish

Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook Sarah Raven £30.00 World rights available

Mince!

Mitzie Wilson £12.99 World rights available

The Breakfast Bible Seb Emina & Malcolm Eggs

Atul’s Curries of the World Atul Kochhar

£16.99 World rights available Rights sold: Estonia

World rights available Rights sold: German, Dutch

Every Grain of Rice Simple Chinese Home Cooking Fuchsia Dunlop

The Family Kitchen A cookbook for all occasions Rob Kirby

Soup!

100 sensational soup recipes Genevieve Taylor

£25.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, US

£18.99 World rights available

£12.99 World rights available

Everybody, Everyday Alex Mackay

Funky Lunch Mark Northeast

Pie! 100 Gorgeously Glorious Recipes Genevieve Taylor

£20.00 World rights available

Sarah Raven’s Food for Friends & Family Sarah Raven £30.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, US

£7.99 World rights available Rights sold: French

Funky Party Party Food for Happy Children Mark Northeast £7.99 World rights available Rights sold: French

Stew!

100 splendidly simple recipes Genevieve Taylor £12.99 World rights available

£12.99 World rights available

Noodle!

100 Amazing Authentic Recipes MiMi Aye £12.99 World rights available

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C ycl i n g Infographic Guide to Cycling RoadCyclingUK 128pp 196mm x 196mm Hardback £12.99

A fun illustrated guide to the world of cycling and all things bike-related. This beautifully designed book presents cycling in a way you’ve never seen before.

Mixing cycling facts with expert bike tech advice, this book features a unique and intriguing overview of the realm of the velocipede, from cycling greats and kings of the road, the Classics and the Grand Tours, track cycling stars and velodromes, to seasonal cycling tips, international pro teams, bike maintenance info and insights into the darker side of cycling – doping. Witty, informative and astounding, this book is a must-buy for any cycling fan!

RoadCyclingUK is the UK’s leading online road cycling magazine, giving expert road bike reviews and the latest gear, tech, sportive and racing news.

October 2014 World rights available

The Pain Free Cyclist The Pro Guide to Finding Cycling Nirvana Matt Rabin and Robert Hicks

224pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback £16.99 April 2015 World rights available

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It’s not (just) about the bike. Ride your bike long enough and you’re likely to get injured. It’s not what cyclists want to hear, but it’s the hard truth. Cycling is a rapidly growing sport, and as numbers increase, so do the amount of injuries.

What do you do if you get injured? Rest? Continue to ride? Read this book to avoid confusion, further complications and more harmful injuries. Learn about the common cycling injuries, why you get them and what you can do to do get rid of them and get back on your bike pain free. Foreword by Sir Bradley Wiggins and featuring interviews with pro-cyclists including Cadel Evans, Carlos Sastre, Dan Martin, Tyler Farrar and Andrew Talansky.

Robert Hicks is a journalist, writing across the IPC media cycling titles, most notably Cycling Weekly, the UK’s biggest cycling magazine. Matthew Rabin is Team Chiropractor and Lead Nutritional Strategist with professional cycling team Garmin-Sharp. Matt has worked with the Great Britain, American and Australian Cycling teams at the World Championships, as well as working with the Australian cycling team in the run up to the 2012 London Olympic Games.

C ycl i n g A History of Cycling in 100 Objects

Here, in chronological order are 100 objects that had a profound influence on the development of bicycles and the accompanying sport of cycling. The book will look at how we went from the ‘walking cycle’ or ‘Hobby Horse’ designed by Karl Drais in 1817 to Graham Obree’s extraordinary time trial bike ‘Old Faithful’ via a series of developments including the pneumatic tyre, the padded saddle, and the clipless pedal – as well as many quirkier cycling innovations, including races such as the Tour de France and the Giro, cycling attire and how, before the advent of padded shorts, saddle sore cyclists used a steak to soothe their aching rear ends.

224pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs & illustrations £20.00 August 2016 World rights available

Bike Fit Optimise Your Bike Position for High Performance and Injury Avoidance Phil Burt

192pp 230mm x 189mm

This practical guide takes you through the bike-fit process so you can maximise your cycling potential. Lower back pain after a long weekend ride? Shoes worn out on one side only? A numbness in your hands? Phil Burt has worked with hundreds of cyclists to help them solve these and many other classic cycling niggles. Here, he outlines his methods to analyse position and get the best from your bike.

The right bike fit gets your bike and body working in harmony, but a professional fit can cost more than you paid for your bike. Packed with useful diagrams, step by step diagnostics and case studies, you can become your own bike-fit expert.

Phil Burt was the lead physiotherapist for British Cycling as they dominated the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and his work there continues to change the cycling world’s thinking. He has been with Team Sky Pro Cycling from the beginning, which in four years went from scratch to winning the Tour de France twice.

Paperback Colour photographs & illustrations £18.99 World rights available Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified)

Complete Road Bike Maintenance Guy Andrews

208pp 230mm x 189mm

Complete Road Bike Maintenance provides road bike enthusiasts with step-by-step guidance to maintaining and repairing their bikes, combining an easy-to-use format and design with high quality photographs of the latest equipment. The book gives tips on how to spot the early warning signs of trouble so that you can fix the problem before you need to get involved with costly replacements.

It is the perfect reference manual to have in your shed or workshop and also contain lots of tips on how to conduct quick repairs if you get into trouble while out on the road.

Guy Andrews is the founder of Rouleur magazine and is an experienced photographer and author. He is the author of Mountain Bike Maintenance and The Cyclist’s Training Manual and is a competitive road biker.

Paperback 250 colour photographs £18.99 World rights available Rights sold: French, German

also available Complete Mountain Bike Maintenance Mike Davis & Guy Andrews £18.99 World rights available

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cycl i n g Bike Mechanic Tales from the Road and the Workshop Rohan Dubash & Guy Andrews

A behind the scenes look at how far professional road bike mechanics have to go to keep their riders fast and, more importantly, safe. Also included are tricks of the trade and set-up guides, with secrets and techniques from the professionals and interviews with leading mechanics and riders. The authors followed several key mechanics over a few years and have amassed a collection of wonderful images and experiences of life on the road. Includes: what to expect during a day at the Tour de France; what the best mechanics use to keep going; helpful hints from those in the know.

Rohan Dubash is a technical writer and specialist bike consultant.

Guy Andrews is the founder of Rouleur magazine and an experienced author, photographer and former bike mechanic.

272pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £30.00 October 2014 World rights available Rights sold: US

This Island Race Rouleur’s Year in the British Isles

A celebration of the best of UK cycle racing in this unique year, when both the Tour de France and Giro D’Italia started on these shores.

Rouleur toast the people who make UK cycling happen, and capture the events, big and small that make British cycling great.

Contributions from the best of cycling writers and photographers, edited by Ian Cleverley.

also available 272pp 250mm x 320mm Hardback £45.00 November 2014 World rights available

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Tour de France 100 Richard Moore £30.00 World rights available Rights sold: French, US

The Elite Bicycle Portraits of Great Marques, Makers and Designers £35.00 Rights sold: German

cycl i n g P is for Peloton The A-Z of Cycling Suze Clemitson & Mark Fairhurst

Ever wanted to know what it means when riders ‘bonk’ or the difference between a flamme rouge and a lanterne rouge? If so, this A-Z of cycling terminology is for you, or the bike obsessive in your life. Featuring illustrations by the renowned Mark Fairhurst, the book is pumped full of facts both amazing and bizarre, and stories about the giants of cycling for fans new or old. You’ll soon be climbing like a grimpeur, refuelling from your musette, tipping your chapeau to your domestiques and donning the maillot jaune.

Suze Clemitson is a cycling journalist and commentator @festinagirl.

Mark Fairhurst is an artist and illustrator. His recent work includes the endpapers for Chris Froome’s autobiography, The Climb @MrMarkFairhurst

160pp 200mm x 200mm Hardback £12.99 September 2015 World rights available

also available

The Cycling Bible The Complete Guide for all Cyclists from Novice to Expert Robin Barton

Get on Your Bike!

Stay Safe, Get Fit and be Happy Cycling

£24.99 Rights sold: Finnish, Simplified Chinese, US

The Cyclist’s Training Manual Fitness and Skills for Every Rider

£14.99

Fitter, Further, Faster Get Fit for Sportives and Road Riding

The Obree Way A Training Manual for Cyclists

£16.99 Rights sold: German, Danish, US, French

£16.99 Rights sold: German

Pocket Road Bike Maintenance £9.99 Rights sold: US

£18.99

Pocket Mountain Bike Maintenance Rights sold: US

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Running Nell McAndrew’s Guide to Running Everything you Need to Know to Train, Race and More Nell McAndrew & Lucy Waterlow 192pp 234mm x 153mm Paperback Colour photographs £12.99 April 2015 World rights available

Nell McAndrew is passionate about running. If you are too – or want to be – then this is the book for you! Whether you’re starting out, or looking to improve your performance, this insightful handbook is packed with tips, effective training plans and advice from fellow runners. Find out how to get the most from your training – with 5k, 10k and marathon training plans, along with helpful advice on nutrition, injuries and women’s running (including exercise and pregnancy). This tried and tested manual gives you the tools to keep on running, whatever your age or ability.

Nell McAndrew is a fitness expert, and practices what she preaches. She ran a sub 3 hour marathon at the London Marathon in 2012. Nell has been a cover model, TV presenter (Big Breakfast, MOBO awards), and in 1996-7 travelled the world as the real life Lara Croft to promote Tomb Raider III. She also appeared in the first I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here. Lucy Waterlow is a freelance journalist who has written for various national publications including the Daily Mail, the Sun, Sky News, OK and New. She has been a keen club runner from an early age and regularly competes in races from 5kms to marathons for her local club, St Albans Striders. She also runs a running website with her sister, an elite marathon runner.

also available Marathon and Half Marathon From Start to Finish 2nd Edition Sam Murphy

£14.99 World rights available Rights sold: Danish

Trail Running From Start to Finish Graeme Hilditch 224pp 235mm x 208mm

The popularity of running has never been greater and with thousands of everyday people taking in conventional 5k, 10k, half-marathon and marathon road running events, there seems to be a natural desire to seek other arguably more challenging forms of running. Trail Running helps advise runners how to make the transition from road running to off-road running, whether your intention is purely for fun or to take part in specialist off-road events.

Graeme Hilditch has been a personal trainer for over 12 years. He has written over 30 race-training guides for leading UK charities and is the author of 5K and 10K: From Start to Finish.

Paperback Colour photographs £16.99 World rights available

Strength Training for Runners Avoid Injury and Boost Performance John Shepherd 208pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback

Packed with photos illustrating clear, step-by-step exercises, Strength Training for Runners is ideal for any motivated runner. Chapters will guide you through constructing a programme of exercises to keep you running fit, show you how to improve and strengthen your running and other muscles in specific warm ups and provide you with some great conditioning advice that will make you a stronger and faster runner. With the right strength training approach behind you, one that is balanced and reflects your training and racing needs, your injury risk can be significantly reduced and your performance significantly increased.

John Shepherd is a well-respected author and editor-in-chief of Ultrafit magazine. He has written numerous titles for Bloomsbury including The Complete Guide to Sports Training, Shape Up!, 101 Fitness Drills and 101 Athletics Drills.

Colour photographs £16.99 World rights available Rights sold: Italian

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also available Marathon Running From Beginner to Elite, 4th edition Richard Nerurkar

5k and 10k From Start to Finish Graeme Hilditch

£16.99 World rights available Rights sold: Complex Chinese

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Tr i at hlo n Triathlon the Go Faster Guide How to Make Yourself a Quicker Triathlete Mark Barfield

Whether you’ve completed a single discipline, a few events or are already a seasoned triathlete, your goal is the same, to be better. Triathlon - the Go Faster Guide will smarten up your training, improve your technique and help you set out a plan to bring down your race times. Within these pages are the tools, insights and strategy to achieve your goals, faster.

Mark Barfield has coached all levels of triathletes - from beginners through to the World Championships and has been with the British Triathlon Federation since 2002, latterly as Director of Development. Mark has many of the highest coaching awards to his name including those awarded by British Cycling and UK Athletics.

160pp 234mm x 156mm Paperback £18.99 World rights available

Triathlon for Masters and Beyond Optimised Training For The Masters Athlete Ian Stokell

192pp 234mm x 156mm Paperback

Many more of us are taking on the challenge of triathlon in our 40s and 50s, and above. Masters athletes include any athlete over 40 years old. Irrespective of fitness levels the scientific impacts of ageing can affect your performance and need to be acknowledged to help you continue to get the most out of your training. Triathlon for Masters and Beyond looks at the physiological changes experienced by athletes over 40. Taking these variables into account it is packed with tailored information and advice, equipping you with the knowledge to train harder and stronger to reach your fitness goals.

Ian Stokell has been a professional writer and journalist for 30 years, he has authored many triathlon and fitness-related articles for a variety of publications worldwide, including Lava magazine and the ironman.com website. He is a long-time, dedicated triathlete who competed in his first half-Ironman distance triathlon more than a decade ago while studying for his master’s degree in physical education, with an emphasis on coaching, from California State University, Chico.

£19.99 World rights available

Ultimate Triathlon A Complete Training Guide For Long-Distance Triathletes Paul Moore & Richard Hoad 160pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback Colour photographs

This is a guide to training for and competing in long-distance/Ironman triathlons, one of the world’s toughest sporting events. Ultimate Triathlon takes a holistic approach to the sport. It covers everything from training plans to race entry, from preparing your equipment to nutrition. It is not guaranteed to get you over the finish line, but it will help ensure that you are as prepared as you can be when the gun goes off. Accessible, lively and authoritative, this book is the ideal guide to training for one of the most difficult sporting challenges in the world.

Paul Moore is Head of Digital at one of the UK’s largest triathlon magazines, Triathlete Europe. He is also a keen triathlete and competes in numerous multisports events around the world. Richard Hoad is a qualified triathlon coach, regular competitor in triathlons of all distances and a sub-10 hour long-distance triathlon finisher.

£19.99 World rights available

Strength and Conditioning for Triathlon The 4th Discipline Mark Jarvis 192pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: Italian

An indispensable practical guide on how to plan your strength and conditioning training and incorporate this work into your regular triathlon training. With specific chapters on injury prevention, the swim, the cycle and the run, this ideal triathlon companion gives detailed and practical examples of how each aspect of your programme can be enhanced. It provides a comprehensive resource of conditioning exercises, strength exercises and running drills, all of which are fully illustrated so you can guarantee great technique. This is the essential companion for anyone wishing to improve their triathlon results.

Mark Jarvis is an elite strength and conditioning coach. Through his work as Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach for English Institute of Sport, he has worked with an array of GB athletes, including medalists at the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games. He has also worked in both the Scottish also available and English Premier Leagues with the first team squads of Hearts FC and Triathlon West Bromwich Albion FC respectively.

Twenty Weeks To Success Mark also runs 4th Discipline Triathlon In Five Hours a Week training, a private venture which gives British Triathlon recreational triathletes of all standards Association & Mark the opportunity to experience the level Barfield of S & C coaching usually reserved for £15.99 Olympians.

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S por t s & F i t n ess Sports Training Principles An Introduction to Sports Science Dr. Frank W. Dick O.B.E.

448pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback £26.00 October 2014 World rights available

The sixth edition of this ultimate reference tool for all coaches responsible for training athletes to fulfill their performance potential. Written by worldrenowned coach and President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, Frank W. Dick, this comprehensively covers the core aspects of sports coaching which can be applied to all sports and disciplines. It has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest theory and practice in sports training and coaching, and covers the key sports science topics: Anatomy and physiology; Biomechanics, Psychology; Nutrition; Performance Analysis; Training; and Coaching Methods.

As one of the country’s best and most consistently inspiring motivational speakers, Frank W. Dick OBE is the current President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, Member of the IAAF Coaches Commission, as well as Chair (and architect) of the IAAF Academy. From 1979 to 1994 he was the British Athletics Federation’s Director of Coaching, where he was widely acknowledged as and remains one of the outstanding sports coaches and coach mentors in the world. With a history of sporting excellence through coaching some of the best talent, he has coached tennis star Boris Becker, German figure skater Katrina Witt, golfer Justin Rose and racing driver Gerhard Berger and is now a motivational speaker.

With contributions from: Dr Penny Werthner (University of Calgary, Canada), Scott Drawer (English Institute of Sport, UK), Vern Gambetta (USA Track & Field), and Dr Cliff Mallett and Dr David Jenkins (University of Queensland, Australia).

Strength Training for Women John Shepherd

208pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback £14.99

Afraid of training with weights? Worried of putting on muscles? Think again.

Strength training is for women.

This is the ultimate guide to tone up, burn fat and get the body you want. It shows you why weights and resistance training methods could be the single most important element in your fitness regime. Packed with full-colour photos and descriptions of over 30 exercises, the book gives you advice on how to put together a resistance training programme as well as how to interchange exercises. Motivational, it’ll also give workout programmes to achieve a stronger, fitter and firmer body.

Fitness expert John Shepherd is editor-in-chief of ultra-Fit magazine and author.

His previous books include The Complete Guide to Sports Training and Strength Training for Runners. He is also a former international athlete and coach.

January 2016 World rights available

Swim Better, Swim Faster Paul Mason

160pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback Photographs & line drawings

Author Paul Mason had worked with swimmers of most levels, ranging from national champions to untrained enthusiasts who couldn’t understand why they couldn’t go any faster. In Swim Better, Swim Faster he focuses on the seven simple things he has found that enable people to become better swimmers. These are: streamlining to reduce resistance in the water, when and how to breathe, the ideal body position, improving your flexibility, the correct position for arms and hands when taking a stroke, how to kick, and pulling it all together to develop a smooth, fast stroke.

Paul Mason is a former international swimmer, British champion and record holder. Today he combines a career as a writer with coaching swimmers and running the successful Swim Better Fast technique clinics.

£16.99 World rights available

The Indoor Climbing Manual John White

192pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback £16.99 World rights available

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Climbing on artificial walls was first introduced nearly 40 years ago and there are now indoor climbing walls and specialised indoor centres in most major UK cities while keen climbers can construct their own walls in their gardens or garages.

Climbing using artificial walls is a safe and controlled way for beginners to learn the techniques they need for climbing outdoors and a means for experienced outdoor climbers to train effectively away from outdoor sites or when conditions are dangerous.In this comprehensive guide, John White introduces the reader to a range of exercises and techniques that will improve both indoor and outdoor climbing skills.

John White has made over 100 first ascents and has spent the last 20 years passing on his experiences as a mountaineering Instructor.

S por t s & F i t n ess The World’s Most Extreme Challenges Richard Hoad and Paul Moore 288pp 255mm x 255mm Hardback £25.00 October 2015 World rights available

The World’s Toughest Endurance Challenges Richard Hoad & Paul Moore 288pp 250mm x 250mm Hardback Colour photographs & maps £25.00 World rights available Rights Sold: French, Russian, US

Ultra Performance The Psychology of Endurance Sports Paul Moore 176pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback Colour photographs £19.99 World rights available

Every now and again the world takes notice of someone who has done something truly extraordinary. Whether that involves leaping from the edge of the earth’s atmosphere, trekking through the depths of the Antarctic winter or sailing solo around the world, these exceptional feats of endurance and bravery stun the imagination. The World’s Most Extreme Challenges celebrates these pursuits, and the remarkable individuals who make the impossible a reality. With full-colour photography, in-depth analysis of the demands involved, and interviews with the athletes themselves, this is an insight into what human beings can achieve against incredible odds.

Richard Hoad is a qualified triathlon coach, regular competitor in triathlons of all distances and a sub-10 hour long-distance triathlon finisher. Paul Moore is Head of Digital at one of the UK’s largest triathlon magazines, Triathlete Europe. He is also a keen triathlete and competes in numerous multisports events around the world.

Across the world ordinary people are undertaking extraordinary challenges that will push their minds and bodies to achieve the impossible - by sea, bike, foot, or sled. Ultra-endurance events from the Badwater Ultramarathon in the unforgiving heat of Death Valley in California to the freezing wilderness of Alaska show the unbreakable drive in the tenacious competitors. This is a truly inspiring and beautiful collection of what one can achieve when racing to the limits.

With stunning imagery, and details of these physically and mentally demanding challenges, plus the views of competitors who have lived to tell the tale, this book is a wonderful testament to those who face Mother Nature and survive.

Richard Hoad is a qualified triathlon coach, regular competitor in triathlons of all distances and a sub-10 hour long-distance triathlon finisher. Paul Moore is Head of Digital at one of the UK’s largest triathlon magazines, Triathlete Europe. He is also a keen triathlete and competes in numerous multisports events around the world.

The world’s leading endurance athletes are not only some of the fittest people on the planet, they are also among the toughest mentally. Profiling twelve extraordinary ultra runners, Channel swimmers, long-distance cyclists, multievent competitors, mushers and sailors, the book examines the psychology of these athletes and explains how their mental strategies have helped them to realise exceptional goals. Ultra Performance not only gives an insight into the toughest moments these professional athletes have ever faced, but also offers advice to readers on how they can adapt these techniques for themselves to lead a better, more successful life.

Paul Moore is Head of Digital at one of the UK’s largest triathlon magazines, Triathlete Europe. He is also a keen triathlete and competes in numerous multisports events around the world. He is the author of Ultimate Triathlon and, with Richard Hoad, The World’s Toughest Endurance Challenges.

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S por t s & F i t n ess The Strength and Conditioning Bible How to Train Like an Athlete Nick Grantham

256pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback £19.99 Aug-2015

Professional athletes’ careers and livelihoods depend on results, so when they train they make sure they get the most from their training sessions. Experienced trainer Nick Grantham introduces you to performance based conditioning, explaining why athletic-based S&C training programmes are superior to all other training methods.

Providing you with detailed information in a highly accessible manner, the book ensures you can elevate your training programmes to a new level. Revealing the training S&C strategies and principles used by elite athletes, this book will show that, regardless of your current fitness and exercise experience, anyone can train like an athlete.

Through his work as a Performance Enhancement Specialist working in high performance sport, Nick Grantham has gained a reputation for excellence working with scores of Olympic athletes. He has over 15 years’ experience in the development of high performance fitness and sport science service delivery to Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic medallists. Nick has also written for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Maxim, Four Four Two, Fighting Fit, Peak Performance as well as a monthly column in Sports Injury Bulletin.

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The Pop-up Gym How to Keep Fit Wherever You Are Jon Denoris

176pp 234mm x 153mm Paperback More than 500 colour photographs £12.99 World rights available 18

Fitness trainer to a host of busy people including actors, TV presenters and politicians, Jon Denoris has created a series of exercises and routines which can be carried out almost anywhere: in the home, at work or outdoors. With minimal equipment needed, the exercises can even be done on holiday and adapted to work with stand-in equipment, making for a fitness programme you can take with you wherever you go. An easy-to-use, stylish package for people who want to be fit but have limited time, don’t want to go to a gym or spend a lot of money on equipment.

Jon Denoris is a Masters level exercise scientist, celebrity fitness trainer and owner of fitness studio Club 51. He has coached over 15,000 one-to-one fitness sessions globally, and trained several thousand personal trainers as part of his role as a Nike Master Trainer and Brand Ambassador. He is a widely sought after international fitness educator. Jon was the expert for the Channel 4 series Ten Years Younger and regularly appears on a wide variety of media as an industry expert. Fitness ambassador for Kinetica sports nutrition and fitness expert for askmen.com.

S por t s & F i t n ess Yoga Gym The Revolutionary 28 Day Bodyweight Programme - For Strength, Flexibility and Fat Loss Nicola Jane Hobbs

Yoga Gym is for you if you want to start a fitness plan that will get you strong and supple. This 28-day yoga training programme will build strength, improve mobility and burn fat. Whether you’re a yoga fanatic, regular exerciser or complete novice, Yoga Gym provides a totally new way to work out. By choosing from over 150 poses and exercises or picking one of the three 28 day training programmes and working out just four times per week, Yoga Gym gives you the training, nutrition and motivational tools to sculpt a strong body and build a strong mind.

192pp 235mm x 210mm Paperback £16.99 January 2016 World rights available

Yoga for Cyclists Lexie Williamson

192pp 234mm x 156mm Paperback Colour photographs £16.99 World rights available Rights sold: German, Complex Chinese

The Fat Burn Revolution Boost your metabolism and burn fat fast Julia Buckley

192pp 235mm x 208mm Paperback £16.99

Yoga is fast becoming an essential performance tool for road cyclists keen to improve flexibility, core strength, balance, breathing efficiency and mental focus.

Most cyclists want to ride harder for longer but the unnatural slouched posture and repetitive nature of riding takes its toll on the body. Yoga for Cyclist is the first title to address all of these areas by adapting yoga techniques specifically for cyclists of all levels, in clear, concise chapters. This is the ideal, no-nonsense resource, where every stretch, strengthening posture, breathing or recovery technique relates back to its impact on performance.

Lexie Williamson is a British Wheel of Yoga (2008) and Yoga Sports Science® (2010) qualified instructor specialising in yoga for runners and cyclists. She teaches a weekly also available Yoga for Runners and Cyclists class and Yoga for Runners, Cyclists and Triathletes Yoga for Runners workshops across Surrey. She writes for Lexie Williamson running and cycling magazines including £16.99 Runner’s World, Triathlete’s World, Cycling World rights available Active, Cycling Plus and Outdoor Fitness.

Rights sold: German, Complex Chinese, Spanish

Looking for a way to shed stubborn fat, or wondering why your current exercise programme isn’t helping you slim down? Having trouble breaking through a body fat or fitness plateau? The Fat Burn Revolution demystifies fat burning fitness, putting you on the right track for the lean body you have always wanted.

With insights into the latest fat-loss information used by top personal trainers combined with proven metabolism-boosting exercise programmes, the book gives you the tools to sculpt your body showing you the healthy way to condition your body for optimum fat burning - even when you’re not exercising.

Julia Buckley is a health and fitness journalist and blogger, personal trainer and keen runner. With over a decade’s journalistic experience, she has written for Runner’s World, Sport, Bodyfit, Trail Running, Fitness for Women and Running Free magazines. Julia has a large online following - find her on social media via her website: www.juliabuckley.co.uk.

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S por t s & F i t n ess Peak Physique Your Total Body Transformation Hollis Lance Liebman

A fool-proof gym plan that gives you everything you need to lose fat and sculpt your body in 12 weeks or less. Offering you multiple tools to achieve physical excellence, Peak Physique features a fully-illustrated, step-by-step exercise plan of cardio and resistance training, which works whether you are male or female, a novice or experienced gym-goer. The book also gives you advice on nutrition and how to fuel your body for peak performance. From your transformative beginnings in Week 1 to the extraordinary tested and proven Week 12 reveal, you can take steps toward achieving the body you’ve always wanted.

Hollis Lance Liebman is a personal trainer, former fitness magazine editor (Exercise for Men, Men’s Exercise, and Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness) and national bodybuilding champion. Author of Anatomy of Core Stability and Anatomy of Strength and Conditioning, he lives in Los Angeles and has worked with some of Hollywood’s elite, including Hugh Jackman, Jane Lynch (Glee), Chris Jericho (WWE Superstar), Pussycat Dolls Melody and Karmit, and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar), among others.

160pp 255mm x 205mm Paperback £14.99 December 2014 World rights available

Total Foam Rolling Techniques Trade Secrets of a Personal Trainer Steve Barrett

Practical and easily accessible, The Total Foam Rolling Workout is perfect for the fitness enthusiast or fitness professional who wants to lightly improve their knowledge and heavily improve the range of exercises they can use in their training. Tried and tested exercises are accompanied by clear photos and illustrations. This book is brimming with ideas for using foam rollers not just in the gym, but at home too.

Packed with clear and easy to use exercises, this how-to reference book also provides adaptations of basic and advanced workouts, making it ideal for anyone who wants to get the most out of their fitness gear.

Steve Barrett is a well respected personal trainer, industry presenter and leading fitness brand consultant. He has worked in the fitness industry for over 20 years.

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also available Twelve Week Fitness and Nutrition Programme for Women Real Results - No Gimmicks No Airbrushing Gavin Morey & Alison Morey

Twelve Week Fitness and Nutrition Programme for Men Real Results - No Gimmicks No Airbrushing Gavin Morey

£14.99 World rights available

£14.99 World rights available

A n i ta B ea n Anita Bean BSc, R.Nutr is a registered nutritionist, as well as a bestselling author and health writer. Her practical style has made her one of the UK’s most respected nutritionists. She has written 24 books on nutrition and fitness including The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, Sports Nutrition for Young Athletes, Sports Nutrition for Women and Food for Fitness. Winner of three major achievement awards in sports nutrition, she writes a regular column in Good Housekeeping and contributes to many health and fitness magazines. Anita is a member of the Association for Nutrition and the Guild of Health Writers. A former bodybuilding champion, now a yoga-devotee and mother of two daughters she is a strong advocate of an active lifestyle.

Food for Fitness How to Eat for Maximum Performance Anita Bean

The must have practical nutrition guide to help you get the most from your training. Friendly and accessible, this manual is packed with essential information, tips and healthy recipes.

Find out: what to eat before a training run, what snacks to take to the gym, what to eat to aid recovery after a hard training session, what to drink and how much, and lots more. This is a sports nutrition introduction and recipe book rolled into one for anyone into sport or fitness, with over 50 easy, healthy and effective recipes, including vegetarian ideas, each accompanied by helpful nutritional analysis.

272pp 235mm x 210mm Paperback Colour photographs £16.99 World rights available

Anita Bean’s Sports Nutrition for Women

Sports Supplements

A Practical Guide for Active Women

Which nutritional supplements really work

Anita Bean

Anita Bean

Women who exercise regularly have specific nutritional needs. Carefully researched and fully up to date, and written by an experienced sports nutritionist, Anita Bean’s book is written in a clear and accessible way to appeal directly to active women.

More and more people incorporate sports supplements into their training regime and diet, but there isn’t a lot of good information out there to help them make informed decisions. What should you take? What shouldn’t you take? What will actually benefit you? This fully updated 2nd edition of Sports Supplements is packed with clear, reliable and unbiased advice. Written by respected sports nutritionist Anita Bean.

144pp 234mm x 156mm Paperback Photographs, line drawings & tables £14.99 World rights available

160pp 200mm x 135mm Paperback Colour photographs £12.99

The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition Anita Bean The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition is THE definitive practical handbook for anyone wanting a performance advantage. This fully updated 7th edition incorporates the latest cutting-edge research. Written by one of the country’s most respected sports nutritionists, it provides the latest research and information to help you succeed.

336pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback Colour photographs £18.99 World rights available Rights sold: Polish

March 2015 World rights available

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S occer Strength and Conditioning for Football Mark Jarvis

This book provides the definitive guide to how strength and conditioning (S&C) can be effectively applied in football, up to professional level. S&C is well established as a cornerstone of sports science in elite sport and professional football now includes S&C as a key part in the preparation and training of players, with S&C specialists helping to make players more robust, more efficient and more explosive.

Mark Jarvis is a specialist S&C coach and has refined his skills in the English Premier League and Champions League as well as UK Athletics and the English Institute of Sport. He is the Performance Lead (Speed & Power and Technical Sports) at the England Institute of Sport.

224pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback £20.00 June 2015 World rights available

The Soccer Goalkeeping Handbook 3rd Edition Alex Welsh

176pp 230mm x 189mm

The Soccer Goalkeeping Handbook is the authoritative and comprehensive coaching guide to the most important position on the soccer field. It identifies the components that form the essential skills of any goalkeeper, and how these work within the five goalkeeping roles: shot stopping, dealing with crosses and with through balls, distribution and organisation. How the goalkeeper influences play with his presence is also vital. The handbook takes any keeper or coach through the physical, mental, technical and tactical attributes required. A fully illustrated set of training drills and exercises are provided along with a list of essential coaching points.

Alex Welsh is a first-class goalkeeping coach of vast experience. He has coached senior goalkeepers at a number of top London clubs as well as playing a key role in the development of elite young players at Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC Academies. A Lead Tutor for The Football Association, Alex has made a huge contribution to goalkeeping education in England. He is currently Chief Executive of the London Playing Fields Foundation.

Paperback £16.99 World rights available

You Are The Ref A Guide to Good Refereeing Paul Trevillion & Keith Hackett 208pp 138mm x 216mm Paperback Illustrations £14.99 World rights available

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Perfect for all referees, trainee referees and anyone looking to increase their knowledge of the beautiful game,You Are the Ref: A Guide to Good Refereeing is packed with information on every aspect of the game for football referees and assistants, all brought to life with illustrator Paul Trevillion’s legendary images and renowned ex-referee Keith Hackett’s incisive text. Fully comprehensive and immensely entertaining, You Are the Ref will help you stay one step ahead of the game.

Paul Trevillion is a world renowned sports artist - famous for the legendary comic strip character Roy of the Rovers and his cult classic ‘You are the Ref’ column in the Observer. Keith Hackett is a former international referee and now General Manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) - the referee’s governing body and, is the Referee Ambassador for the FA, Premier League and UEFA.

rugby The Rugby World Cup Brendan Gallagher 224pp 280mm x 280mm Hardback Colour photographs £30.00 June 2015 World rights available

Touch Rugby Everything You Need to Play and Coach David Woolley

192pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback

A visual history of rugby’s greatest sporting event, this beautiful photographic book is a fascinating chronological exploration of the matches, teams, heroes and surrounding stories of the tournament. Each chapter covers a Rugby World Cup, starting with the inaugural competition in 1987 - in which New Zealand confirmed their status as the world’s top rugby nation - to the historical 1995 RWC in South Africa after the end of apartheid through England’s fantastic win in 2003 breaking the southern hemisphere’s dominance, up to the 2015 qualifiers.

The book also looks ahead to RWC 2019.

Brendan Gallagher was a rugby union reporter, columnist and feature writer for the Daily Telegraph, specializing in rugby, cycling, athletics, basketball and cricket.

He co-authored the autobiography of Ireland and Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll and, most recently, the autobiography of three-time Olympic gold medal winner, Bradley Wiggins, In Pursuit of Glory. He is also the author of The Games: Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic Journey to London 2012 and Sporting Supermen.

The first book on this sport, this is the ultimate resource for players and coaches of Touch Rugby at all levels and stages of the game as well as rugby union and league players and coaches wishing to incorporate Touch principles into their training and approach. It is an illustrated resource of skills, drills and tactics for players and coaches, as well as giving illustrations of referee signals. The core fitness requirements of the sport (speed, dynamism and agility) are clearly described alongside advice on programmes that encourage the development of these abilities.

David Woolley has played for and coached the England Men’s Touch Rugby Team, and was previously Head of Elite Coaching for the England Touch Association.

£14.99 World rights available

Coaching Rugby Sevens 2nd Edition Marcus Blackburn

160pp 230mm x 189mm Paperback £16.99 World rights available

Tag Rugby Everything you need to know to play and coach 2nd Edition Jane Liddiard 176pp

This second edition offers clear direction on how to coach and play the game of rugby sevens, including all game situations in both attack and defence. Each chapter covers a different facet of the game with practical drills and activities linking theory and practice more closely. The new edition covers developments in the laws of the game and changes in play to match advancements in the modern game. The book also covers how rugby sevens principles and ideas can transfer to 15-a-side rugby.

Marcus Blackburn began his career with the Welsh Rugby Union before moving Singapore as Rugby Development Manager and national Sevens Coach. He is now Director of Rugby at The Scots College in Sydney, Australia, one of the leading rugby schools in the world, and a presenter on the Australian Rugby Union’s Sevens Coaching Accreditation Course. Marcus has established the premier Schoolboy Sevens Tournament in Australia, modelled on the IRB Sevens Circuit tournament.

Using clear language and diagrams, Tag Rugby will improve your understanding of skill development and focus your coaching. It also contains advice for adapting drills and games to account for varying abilities and enabling disabled children to participate in the sport. With its primary mission to make the game fun and accessible to all – players, coaches, parents and spectators alike – this is an essential handbook for anyone involved in tag rugby.

Jane Liddiard, an English and drama teacher for 23 years, is a keen rugby fan.

She is a season ticket holder at Harlequins Rugby Football Club and a longstanding member of the Harlequins and England supporters’ clubs.

230mm x 189mm Paperback £16.99 World rights available

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101 Multi-skill Sports Games Stuart Rook and Tony Charles

101 Youth Athletics Drills John Shepherd

101 Youth Cricket Drills Age 12-16 Luke Sellers

101 Youth Hockey Drills 2nd Edition Dennis Hay & Stuart Dempster

£16.99

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101 Youth Football Coaching Sessions Stuart Rook & Tony Charles

101 Youth Rugby Drills 2nd Edition Chris Sheryn & Anna Sheryn

101 Team Handball Felicia Lidia Radu & Beatrice Aurelia Abalasei

101 Youth Basketball Drills Mick Donovan

£14.99

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Gymnastics 2nd Edition British Gymnastics

Soccer 5th Edition Football Association

Trampolining British Gymnastics & Sue Freeman

Boxing Amateur Boxing Association & Kevin Hickey

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Hockey 4th Edition England Hockey

Swimming 4th Edition Amateur Swimming Association

Athletics UK Athletics

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Pool 3rd Edition British Association of Pool Table Operators

Tennis 6th Edition Lawn Tennis Association

£6.99 Rights sold: Dutch

Basketball English Basketball Association

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The Complete Guide to Aqua Exercise for Pregnancy and Postnatal Health Sarah Bolitho & Vicky Hatch

The Complete Guide to Bodyweight Training Kesh Patel

The Complete Guide to Exercise Therapy Christopher M. Norris

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The Complete Guide to Personal Training Morc Coulson

The Complete Guide to Stretching 4th edition Christopher M. Norris

The Complete Guide to Weight Loss Paul Waters

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Cycling British Cycling £6.99

Nau t i cal : H i ghl i gh t s A History of Sailing in 100 Objects Nic Compton

224pp 246mm x 189mm

A fascinating insight into the development of sailing explored through 100 objects that have been pivotal in the development of sailing and sailing boats. From the earliest water-borne craft, through magnificent Viking warships, to the technology that powers some of the most sophisticated modern yachts, the book also covers key developments such as keels, and navigational aids such as the astrolabe, sextant and compass. Other more apparently esoteric objects from all around the world are also explored including the importance of citrus fruit in the prevention of scurvy, scrimshaw made from whalebone and the meaning of sailors’ tattoos.

Nic Compton was brought up on boats until the age of 15. He worked as a shipwright, before becoming a full-time writer and photographer. He was Editor of Classic Boat magazine until 2000, and has written several books on nautical subjects, including most recently The Sea: A Photographic Celebration, Titanic on Trial and The Anatomy of Sail, all published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Hardback Photographs & illustrations £20.00 August 2016 World rights available

also available The Anatomy of Sail The Yacht Dissected and Explained

Nic Compton £30.00 World rights available

The Complete Ocean Skipper Tom Cunliffe

For any sailor planning or dreaming about an ocean or offshore passage, this book, with its highly practical hands-on emphasis, will be a godsend. Covering all aspects of planning, preparing for and setting off on a long distance passage, it is a thorough analysis of what to do and how to prepare for what is likely to be the longest voyage of their cruising lives for most sailors. Tom Cunliffe has been there, lived the life, made the mistakes and is able to convey the valuable lessons learned for the benefit of his many readers.

Tom Cunliffe has been sailing for most of his life and has sailed his own yachts from the Caribbean to Russia and from Brazil to the Arctic. He has worked in all branches of the sailing profession, both sailing and cruising, instructing and examining; is a regular columnist for leading sailing magazines in the UK & USA; and is the author of the bestselling Compete Day Skipper and Complete Yachmaster, in this series.

also available 272pp 246mm x 171mm Hardback £30.00 September 2015 World rights available

The Complete Yachtmaster £25.00

The Complete Day Skipper

Skippering with Confidence Right from the Start £25.00

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Nau t i cal : H i ghl i gh t s The SUP Book

Stand-up Paddling Boarding is the fastest-growing watersport in the world. There’s something for everyone: from exploring to surfing, and white water paddling to yoga, you can be as competitive or chilled out as you want. Perfect for new paddlers and enthusiasts, The SUP Book covers getting started, core technique, adapting to different water states, equipment and spotting the ideal locations.

It also has tips on surfing, racing, and setting up for a camping trip.

With profiles on top SUP spots worldwide, big events, and inspiring paddling stories, all illustrated with stunning photography and fun infographics, this book is the perfect mix of inspiration and practical advice.

A Paddler’s Guide Dom Moore

Dom Moore is the Editor of SUP International Magazine, and the owner of the Surf Sanctuary on Fistral Beach. He’s a surf and SUP coach, kitesurf and powerkite instructor, and the SUP and Kite Activities Provider at the Volvo Sailing Academy.

160pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Photographs & illustrations

also available

£14.99 May 2016 World rights available

50 Water Adventures To Do Before You Die The world’s ultimate experiences in, on and under water Lia Ditton £16.99 World rights available

The Kiteboarding Manual Andy Gratwick

208pp 244mm x 172mm Paperback Photographs & illustrations

A complete practical guide to kiteboarding for beginners and improvers, The Kiteboarding Manual will get you started with the kite and take you through to flying it on the water, jumping and racing.

Contents include: basic weather principles; tides, currents and waves; LEI rigging, assembly and launching; board skills; going upwind, turning and riding toeside; tacking and gybing; jumping; refining performance and competing. With photos and diagrams illustrating the theory and how it works in practice, this is an invaluable manual for all kiteboarders, whether starting out, looking to improve their skills, or start competing.

Andy Gratwick is the ISAF technical expert for kiteboarding, and director of the ISAF training scheme. He’s a BKSA kitesurf, landboard, powerkite and snowkite examiner, RYA Yachtmaster and powerboat instructor.

£20.00 April 2015 World rights available

also available

Kiteboarding Where it’s at...

Alex Hapgood £25.00 October 2014 Rights sold: German

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Nau t i cal : H i ghl i gh t s 50 Most Exciting Places to Sail

So you’ve done the usual round of sailing holidays – and now you’re ready for some real excitement. How about blasting across Sydney Harbour at 16 knots in an 18-foot Skiff? Or watching phosphorence in your wake while sailing across the Pacific? Or balancing on the end of a 12ft outrigger off the coast of East Africa? Or skimming across Santa Barbara Harbour under asymmetric spinnaker in an Open 5.7?

Visually spectacular and compelling to read, this exhilarating book is the ultimate dreamer’s guide to sailing on adrenalin.

192pp 240mm x 180mm Paperback £15.00 June 2016 World rights available

Stress-free Sailing Single and Short-handed Sailing Techniques Duncan Wells

The majority of sailing scenarios comprise a couple sailing the boat together, and needing to carry out all manoeuvres and activities themselves with no help from a back-up crew. But most sailing technique books assume a crew of 3 or 4, all willing to lend a hand.

Stress-free Sailing is the answer to single or short-handed crews’ prayers – a step by step handbook addressing the most common sailing scenarios that anyone cruising will have to deal with, and providing clever, original and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with the huge variety of operations needed on a boat.

Duncan Wells is the owner and Principal of Westview Sailing School and produces his own instructional videos. He is also a regular columnist for Yachting Monthly and Sailing Today.

160pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Colour photographs and diagrams £16.99 March 2015 World rights available

Safe Skipper Simon Jollands & Rupert Holmes

Whether out for an afternoon’s sail or embarking on a long offshore passage, there is always an element of chance and uncertainty about being at sea. Safe Skipper is a practical and thought provoking guide for yacht skippers of all levels of experience, full of invaluable advice and tips on how to reduce to the minimum the risks of mishaps and equipment failure at sea. There’s a wide range of information on seamanship, preparation, seaworthiness, gear, boat handling, leadership, teamwork, watch keeping, communications, navigation, weather and emergency procedures, all delivered in a highly practical, lively, non-preachy fashion.

Simon Jollands is a yachting journalist and broadcaster. He has published numerous books and articles for the yachting press and has contributed to Cowes TV.

192pp 246mm x 171mm

Rupert Holmes is a prolific and in-demand author and expert in dinghy sailing, yacht cruising and boat building as well as maintenance. He has contributed to the Sailing Bible, the Boat Maintenance Bible, the Boat Repair Bible and the Dinghy Bible, all published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

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Nau t i cal : H i ghl i gh t s An Illustrated History of Weather Forecasting Dag Pike

160pp 280mm x 280mm Paperback Photographs & illustrations £17.99

The weather controls so many of man’s activities, from farming to transport to sport. It has influenced the outcome of battles and it can be critical to life and limb. An Illustrated History of Weather Forecasting tells the story of man’s struggle to understand and interpret the weather, from the early days of folklore sayings and cloud interpretation, through to the developments in science, technology and understanding. The book concludes with a look at forecasting in the present day and the challenges for the future. An element of uncertainty still remains, and the quest goes on for even better forecasting.

Dag Pike began his career as a merchant captain, went on to test RNLI lifeboats, and took up fast boat navigation, winning a string of trophies for powerboat races around the world, including navigating Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger on the record-breaking fastest Atlantic crossing by powerboat. He is now a navigation and powerboat journalist in demand all round the world.

September 2016 World rights available

Maps their untold stories Rose Mitchell & Andrew Janes

256pp 280mm x 280mm Hardback More than 100 historical maps and colour images £30.00 World rights available

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A map is a snapshot of a place, a city, a nation or even the world at a given point in time - fascinating for what they tell us about the way that our ancestors saw themselves, their neighbours and their place in the world. This magnificent collection, looks at a variety of maps, from those found in 14th century manuscripts, through early estate maps, to sea charts, maps used in military campaigns, and maps from treaties. The text explores who the mapmakers were, the purposes for which the maps were made, and what it tells us about the politics of the time.

Rose Mitchell and Andrew Janes are specialist map archivists at the National Archives at Kew. They are the guardians of some of the UK’s most iconic national documents, including the Magna Carta, records of wartime propaganda and the UK’s own ‘X files’ on the possibility of alien invasions.

Nau t i cal : H i ghl i gh t s 50 Ways to Improve Your Safety at Sea Dag Pike

Whether sailing competitively or for pleasure, safety is paramount, and will enable you to enjoy your voyage in the knowledge that you are prepared for all eventualities at sea. Dag Pike’s practical advice gives you the benefit of a lifetime’s experience from an expert sailor. Packed with tips, this comprehensive book covers safety legislation, calling for help and personal equipment as well as rescue and recovery. Highly illustrated with detailed colour photos and diagrams, and hands-on advice throughout, this book on safety is for anyone – whether driving a powerboat or racing a yacht.

Dag Pike began his career as a merchant captain, went on to test RNLI lifeboats, and took up fast boat navigation, winning a string of trophies for powerboat races around the world, including navigating Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger on the record-breaking fastest Atlantic crossing by powerboat. He is now a navigation and powerboat journalist in demand all round the world.

96pp 216mm x 138mm

also available

Paperback Photographs & illustrations £9.99 May 2016 World rights available

50 Ways to Improve Your Sail Trim Dag Pike

50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation Dag Pike £9.99

Good sail trim enables all sailors to sail efficiently and get the most out of their boat. Although regarded as something of a difficult art, in this practical book Dag Pike clearly sets out good techniques, showing you how to develop and master the fundamentals of sail trimming. Highly illustrated, with superb photos and diagrams, and logical advice throughout, this guide is a must-have for every sailor – whether cruising a sailboat or racing a yacht. 50 Ways to Improve Your Sail Trim covers how sails work, balancing the boat, trimming the main, foresails and genoas, spinnakers and heavy weather sails.

Dag Pike began his career as a merchant captain, went on to test RNLI lifeboats, and took up fast boat navigation, winning a string of trophies for powerboat races around the world, including navigating Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger on the record-breaking fastest Atlantic crossing by powerboat. He is now a navigation and powerboat journalist in demand all round the world.

96pp 216mm x 138mm

also available

Paperback Photographs & illustrations £9.99 May 2016 World rights available

50 Ways to Improve Your Seamanship Dag Pike

50 ways to improve your Powerboat Driving Dag Pike £9.99

The pursuit of good seamanship is the ultimate goal for all sailors, whether racer or cruiser. In this practical book, with colour photographs and diagrams, Dag Pike draws on his 60 years of experience at sea and shows you how to refine your handling and navigating, and stay safe on the water. Packed full of invaluable tips this book covers: assessing condition, seeing and being seen, collision avoidance, fog and night tactics, anchoring and mooring, and coping with emergencies.

Dag Pike began his career as a merchant captain, went on to test RNLI lifeboats, and took up fast boat navigation, winning a string of trophies for powerboat races around the world, including navigating Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger on the record-breaking fastest Atlantic crossing by powerboat. He is now a navigation and powerboat journalist in demand all round the world.

96pp 216mm x 138mm

also available

Paperback Photographs & illustrations £9.99 May 2016 World rights available

50 Ways to Improve Your Weather Forecasting Dag Pike £9.99

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Nau t i cal : G e n eral Be Your Own Boat Surveyor A Hands-On Guide For All Owners and Buyers Dag Pike

192pp 244mm x 172mm

Boats are expensive and they’re complicated. For every owner or potential boat owner, it’s important to get to know your boat in a lot more detail, be able to quickly assess a potential purchase for signs of trouble, carry out a detailed check at the end of the season, and identify and deal with problems before they get serious. Highly illustrated, with anecdotes and hands-on advice throughout, and from an expert with over 20 years’ experience in marine surveying, Be Your Own Boat Surveyor is the essential tool to make sure you know your boat inside and out.

Dag Pike is a well-known nautical journalist and author with an international reach. He began his career as a merchant captain and went on to test RNLI lifeboats. He has over 20 years’ experience in marine surveying, covering vessels of all types. He is the author of several books for Adlard Coles Nautical, most recently The Complete RIB Manual.

Paperback £16.99 World rights available Rights sold: French

Bailey Boat Cat Adventures of a Feline Afloat Louise Kennedy 96pp 167mm x 167mm Hardback £8.99 World rights available

The Narrowboat Guide Tony Jones

224pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Colour photographs £18.99 March 2015 World rights available

The Yacht Owner’s Manual Everything you need to know to get the most out of your yacht Andy Du Port

Bailey is a boat cat. He loves nothing more than gazing wistfully out of portholes, lounging on the sun deck wearing his cat lifejacket, climbing the mast and generally fulfilling his important boat-cat duties – and blogging about them at baileyboatcat.com. This book captures Bailey’s charm with lovable photos and pearls of ‘whisker wisdom’ from a cat’s eye view. Chatty, inquisitive and boasting an undeniable cute factor, Bailey explains (for the benefit of us slow-witted humans) the five steps of marine navigation, the importance of cubby holes, and just why cats are so much cleverer than dogs…

Louise Kennedy began the Bailey Boat Cat blog in 2012, which continues to amass followers and fans on a weekly basis. She splits her time between a flat in Nice and her boat Nocturne, on which she, her partner and of course Bailey are planning to go full-time cruising from 2014.

The UK and Europe have many thousands of miles of navigable canals and rivers.

From those choosing to live on board a boat permanently, to constant cruisers, and weekend boaters to fair-weather cruisers, each will require a different type of boat if they are to fully enjoy their new vessel. This book discusses their choices, taking into consideration the various boating profiles. The book covers finding and buying a boat, the legalities of purchase, the different features and utilities, finding a mooring, boating health and safety, the cost of boating, boat maintenance, boating etiquette and many other frequently asked questions.

Tony Jones has lived aboard his narrowboat The Watchman for five years and has travelled the inland waterways network extensively, enjoying a wealth of experiences and a steep learning curve. In that time he has covered over 500 miles of canals and rivers, navigated around 400 locks and moveable bridges, sunk once, ran aground four times and broken down more often than he would like to remember. He thinks that it is unlikely that he will ever live on dry land again. He is the author of The Liveaboard Guide also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Owning a boat involves sailors developing a whole new skill set and taking on a raft of new responsibilities, but this essential handbook takes the stress out of what should be an enjoyable, rewarding next step, and shares a wealth of practical advice on what might initially seem daunting new challenges. Drawn from over 35 years of the author’s own experiences, The Yacht Owner’s Manual is packed with expert wisdom and hand-holding guidance on every aspect of owning, equipping, maintaining, sailing and - of course - enjoying your first boat.

Andy Du Port is a former editor of the Reeds Nautical Almanacs. He is an experienced yachtsman, having sailed with family and crew for many years.

160pp 246mm x171mm Paperback £16.99 March 2015 World rights available

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also available Go Dinghy Sailing Barry Pickthall £14.99 World rights available Rights sold: Finnish

Nau t i cal : ge n eral Knots in Use Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings and Splices 4th Edition Colin Jarman 96pp 216mm x 135mm Paperback Colour photographs

Knots in Use covers all the most useful and practical knots, bends, hitches, whippings and splices used everyday by anyone going to sea, and shows how they are used most effectively. As an added feature this new edition now includes QR codes that link to explanatory videos - a real boon for novices and experts alike. Colin Jarman’s straightforward text and excellent colour photographs coupled with online video demonstrations make this a very user-friendly book ideal for skippers, crew and the many evening class students who have relied on it over the years.

Colin Jarman has been a professional marine photojournalist for over 40 years and an avid sailor for well over 50 years. Colin’s interest in knots and ropework began when he started sailing and has resulted in a number of best-selling books on the subject. Colin sails his 21ft bilge keeled cruiser in the shallow, infinitely varied waters of England’s East Coast and Thames Estuary where he loves to explore small creeks and remote anchorages.

£9.99 World rights available (excluding USA/Canada) Rights sold: US

Des Pawson’s Rope Mat Book 27 Projects From Start to Finish Des Pawson 96pp 210mm x 210mm Paperback £14.99 October 2016

Nothing compares to the satisfaction of making a useful and attractive object or learning a new craft, and rope mats are especially enjoyable to make, whether they are small for a glass to sit on or big enough to go by the door. Whatever their size, they will enhance your home or boat. Des Pawson shares his wisdom in this inspiring book.

Des Pawson has over 50 years’ experience in the world of knotting and rope craft, and is one of the most respected and renowned authors on knots and knot craft in the world. He is the co-founder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers and curator of the Museum of Knots and Sailors’ Ropework. He teaches and demonstrates techniques at festivals, exhibitions and museums all over the world, and is the author of The Handbook of Knots and Des Pawson’s Knot Craft.

World rights available

Learning to Sail In Dinghies or Yachts: A No-Nonsense Guide for Beginners of All Ages 4th Edition Basil Mosenthal 80pp 240mm x 171mm Paperback Colour photographs & diagrams £9.99 World rights available Rights sold: Spanish, US & Canada, Finnish

For anyone learning to sail in either dinghies or yachts, this book is an easy to read, no-nonsense guide and is valuable as a back-up to sailing courses or for anyone learning to sail with a friend. It covers how to start sailing, the different kinds of boats you will sail in, various parts of a boat, rigging and launching a dinghy, getting going in a yacht, how a boat sails, handling ropes and tying knots, the effect of the tide, the weather, and what is on a chart, as well as steering the boat and GPS navigation.

For almost all his life, Basil Mosenthal had sailed all over the world. The author of several bestselling books for Adlard Coles Nautical, he had a talent for explaining, very simply, subjects that may at first seem rather complicated. Recent books include Young Sailor, Learn to Navigate, Learning the Rule of the Road, The Powerboater’s Guide, Learning to Crew, Getting Afloat, Test Yourself on the Rule of the Road.

also available Learn to Navigate The No-Nonsense Guide for Everyone 6th Edition Basil Mosenthal and Barry Pickthall £10.99

The Complete Yachtmaster Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper 8th Edition Tom Cunliffe 320pp 246mm x 171mm

The Complete Yachtmaster has been a bestseller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachtmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience. In this fully revised eighth edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume.

Subjects include an analysis of what makes a good skipper, the theory and practice of sailing, seamanship, navigation including chart plotters and PCs, meteorology, heavy weather, yacht stability and coping with emergencies.

Tom Cunliffe has been sailing for most of his life and has worked in all branches of the profession, both racing and cruising. He is an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner (Offshore and Ocean) and writes regularly for Yachting Monthly and Yachting World. He has sailed from the Caribbean to Russia and from Brazil to the Arctic.

Hardback Colour photographs & diagrams £25.00 World rights available

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Nau t i cal : b i bles The Boat Improvement Bible

The Boat Improvement Bible is the most up to date, user-friendly and hands-on practical manual for boat owners who wish to improve their yacht or motorboat.

It will enable any boat owner with average DIY skills to improve all aspects of their boat: safety, comfort, facilities, storage and performance on the water. Many of these projects will also help increase a boat’s value. Projects include: installing a heating system, installing hot water and a shower, increasing water tank size, making the heads electric, installing air conditioning or better ventilation, setting up solar or wind power charging, fitting a generator, adding a gas alarm, installing interior lighting, adding a bathing platform or boarding ladder, plus much, much more.

Practical Projects to Customise and Upgrade your Boat

304pp 244mm x 193mm Hardback

Packed with exploded diagrams’, helpful step-by-step photographs and detailed guidance The Boat Improvement Bible provides a wealth of DIY expertise and advice to enable anyone to improve their yacht or motorboat.

Colour photographs & diagrams £29.99 January 2015 World rights available

The Dinghy Bible The complete guide for novices and experts Rupert Holmes

The Dinghy Bible is the complete, user-friendly, hands-on manual packed with detailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, and helpful advice on getting the most out of dinghy sailing whatever your skill level. Whether just learning the basics or wanting tips on sailing with the best, this is the book that provides all the answers in an easily accessible visual presentation.

Rupert Holmes is Deputy Editor/Test Editor of Yachts & Yachting magazine and writes for other publications and websites worldwide. He has sailed a wide variety of single and double-handed dinghies, and has more than 60,000 miles of experience at sea in larger sailing boats.

192pp 244mm x 193mm Hardback Colour photographs & diagrams £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: German

The Boat Electrics Bible A Practical Guide to Repairs, Illustrations and Maintenance on Yachts and Motorboats 192pp 244mm x 193mm Hardback

A practical guide to repairs, installations and maintenance on yachts and motorboats.

Electrics are a notoriously tricky aspect of boat ownership and maintenance – critical to the operation of the yacht or motorboat but prone to breaking down in the damp atmosphere and bouncy conditions. This book examines all the likely problems and solutions including installing new equipment, rewiring an old boat, fitting solar panels, protection from lightning and correcting electrical faults. Equally useful for yacht or motorboat owners and illustrated with helpful photos, detailed close-up shots, step by step exploded diagrams and instructions, this is a book every owner should study and keep aboard.

Colour photographs & diagrams £29.99 September 2015 World rights available

also available

The Knot Bible The Complete Guide to Knots and Their Uses £19.99 Rights sold: Spanish, German, Polish, Italian, Swedish

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The Boat Repair Bible

£29.99 Rights sold: Swedish, Polish, German, Italian, Finnish, Dutch

The Sailing Bible The Complete Guide for All Sailors from Novice to Experienced Skipper £24.99 Rights sold: Finnish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, US& Canada

The Boat Maintenance Bible Refit, Improve and Repair with the Experts

£30.00 Rights sold: German, Norwegian, US&Canada, Italian, Swedish

Nau t i cal : S eama n sh i p The Weather Handbook An Essential Guide to How Weather is Formed and Develops Alan Watts

The ultimate weather reference for over 20 years, The Weather Handbook has been substantially updated for this third edition. A future bestseller for the new generation of seafarers, this edition now includes information on modern forecasting technology and how to use and interpret weather information accessible through the internet and apps. With this book readers will quickly understand how weather is formed, how to look at the sky and interpret its signs, and how to combine this knowledge with the information provided by weather forecasts to arrive at their own assessment of what the coming weather is likely to be.

Alan Watts, one-time professional meteorologist, has spent considerable time studying wind changes and short-term alterations in the weather. This, combined with his enthusiasm for sailing which began with the sea scouts, led to his first book. He is also the author of the bestselling Instant Weather Forecasting and Instant Wind Forecasting both published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

160pp 234mm x 156mm Paperback Colour photographs & diagrams £14.99 World rights available

First Aid At Sea

This highly popular guide to emergency first aid at sea has been updated throughout. Recommended by RORC, and a bestseller for many years, this new edition has fresh artwork and laminated pages to withstand the harsh marine environment. A wiro binding makes the pages easy to turn and enables the book to lie flat. There is a colour-coded thumb index to emergencies for quick reference, and a prioritised list of treatments. It has been a bestseller for many years.

6th Edition Colin Berry & Douglas Justins 26pp 170mm x 250mm

Douglas Justins is an anaesthetist at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Colin Berry, also an anaesthetist, is an accomplished yachtsman, having crewed and been the medic in a Whitbread Round the World Yacht; he has also cruised and raced, and served as a medical officer in the Royal Navy.

Paperback Colour illustrations £10.99 World rights available Rights sold: Polish

also available

Your First Atlantic Crossing A Planning Guide for Passagemakers 4th Edition Les Weatheritt

The Sea A Photographic Celebration of the First Wonder of the World Nic Compton

£18.99 World rights available Rights sold: Italian

£30.00

Heavy Weather Sailing 6th Edition Peter Bruce £35.00 World rights available Rights sold: US & Canada, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

The Crash Test Boat How Yachting Monthly Took a 40ft Boat Through 8 Disaster Scenarios £16.99 World rights available Rights sold: German

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Nau t i cal : C ru i s i n g / R ac i n g The Illustrated Boat Dictionary in 9 Languages

Centred around clear, full colour, annotated diagrams for each topic, this dictionary makes it easy and convenient to translate between nine languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese and Greek).

The diagrams can easily be used to show someone what is meant (or what is broken!) without having to worry about the language barrier. And this helpful visual reference also facilitates learning new words in each language.

160pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Colour diagrams £18.99 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, German, Italian, French

Dream Cruising Destinations 20 Classic Cruises Mapped and Explored 160pp

Most yachtsmen dream about cruising to an exotic destination; this is the book that will turn dreamers into planners. Twenty classic cruises are fully mapped, measured and costed, showing how they are perfectly possible whatever your skill level. From weekend cruises around the British Isles to a voyage to Antarctica, and from Greek island cruises to an escape to the Virgin Islands, this book explores where to go, how to get there and what to expect en route. Each cruise is broken down into important considerations, such as cost, type of boat, skills required, likely weather, and much more.

246mm x 189mm Flexiback

also available

Colour photographs & maps

The Dinghy Cruising Companion Tales and advice from sailing a small open boat Roger Barnes

£19.99 September 2015 World rights available Rights sold: German

£15.99 World rights available

Manoeuvring At Close Quarters Under Power Bill Johnson 128pp 148mm x 210mm

Manoeuvring a yacht under engine at close quarters in a marina close to other boats can be a daunting prospect for the inexperienced skipper - but it has to be done in order to take your boat off a pontoon to go sailing, and to berth her after a day on the water. Throw in fast flowing tides, and unpredictable wind which might blow from the bow or beam or stern, and the exercise becomes even more of a lottery. This well organised visual guide with one manoeuvre per page will help skippers cope in every possible combination of wind and tide situation.

A Cambridge-educated engineer, Bill Johnson swapped his career for long distance sailing. A sailing instructor for ten years, focusing on the RYA courses from beginner to Yachtmaster level, Bill’s strength is in explaining tricky subjects.

Paperback Colour photographs & diagrams £14.99 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, Russian, German

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Dag Pike’s Cruising Under Sail Dag Pike £20.00 World rights available

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Skipper’s Cockpit Racing Guide For dinghies, keelboats and yachts Tim Davison

On Course to Win Jim Saltonstall’s Racing Tips for Sailors Jim Saltonstall

£12.99 World rights available

£14.99 World rights available

Fast Handling Technique Frank Bethwaite £19.99 World rights available

Nau t i cal : P hotography Ultimate Classics 20 of the World’s Most Beautiful Classic Yachts

A collection of 20 of the most beautiful classic yachts afloat: from the exquisite 1895 Nicholson cutter which set a new standard for yacht restoration to a modern replica which shocked the classic yacht establishment, a sunken Norwegian rescue boat retrieved from 500m under the North Sea using the latest oil drilling technology, and a clinker yawl built by hand on a beach in Tasmania – these are all boats with stories to tell. Compiled from around the world by former Classic Boat editor Nic Compton, they represent the culmination of 20 years sailing and photographing classic boats.

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Savannah

in pretty good shape,’ says Johan. ‘If we were going to keep sailing her we would have changed more, but with Stavanger the perspective is the other way: we don’t want to change anything if we don’t absolutely have to.’

Below decks, the primus stove was removed and the woodburning stove in the galley returned to its cooking role, while the heads were replaced by a traditional ‘Little Siri’ – or wooden bucket. Even the paintwork was replicated exactly as original, thanks to a painstaking 15-page study conducted by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research.

The work received an official stamp of approval in 2003, when Norway’s National Directorate for Cultural Heritage declared Stavanger an historic

fAr riGHt: there’s no electricity on

Stavanger’s NOK 10,360 price tag looking like spare change compared to

board, so paraffin lamps provide the only lighting. No fridge either, so it’s dried cod for breakfast – now, as 100 years ago.

the NOK 30 million it cost to build Harald V. The NSSR crew have come to help with the filming before heading back to Rørvik, and I join them for the ride. Watching Stavanger bounding across the waves from the comfort of Harald V’s wheelhouse, it becomes

beLoW: Heading into Sør-Gjæslingan. the foot of the mainsail has been raised (i.e. ‘triced up’) to slow the boat down and give better visibility for the helmsman.

vessel, a status granted to less than 200 boats.

Since then, Johan and his crew of Colin Archer aficionados and/or NSSR employees have sailed the boat extensively around Norway, acting as a roaming ambassador for the NSSR much as the boats used to in the early years of the society. And he says he’s seen plenty of evidence to validate the NSSR’s claim that Stavanger was ‘perhaps the best [sailor] that Colin

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apparent that the fruit of 100 years of evolution is not just comfort, efficiency and speed, but also a deep respect for the sailors of the past. In the face of all this wind and sea, the little sailing ship with its crew of yellow

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men looks incredibly fragile and unlikely to survive the day – let alone the next 100 years.

Our time is up and, as Harald V storms off back to Rørvik at 24 knots,

Stavanger is reduced to a smaller and smaller speck on a vast ocean.

Then, all too soon, she is gone. The next time I see her will be on dry land, a long way away from this sea she has inhabited for more than 100 years.

It suddenly seems an immense, if necessary, sacrifice.

With thanks to Bjørn Foss whose book From Sail to Water-jet – The History of the Norwegian Lifeboats provided invaluable reference.

Archer ever built for us’. During racing at the Risør Wooden Boat Festival, she overtook several of her sisterships, despite having smaller sails, and Johan says she is noticeably more manoeuvrable and lighter on the helm than other redningskøyter he has sailed. Partly, he suggests, this must be because she is sailing under her original configuration, without the weight of an engine or the drag of a prop. And, because the rudder hasn’t got a hole chopped into it for the prop, it can be a bit smaller and therefore easier to handle.

Johan recalls the story of one fisherman who, after fitting an engine to his boat, reported that it was fine for going in a straight line but was useless for manoeuvring in confined spaces. It’s a view that runs contrary to our modern beliefs but, if you imagine the intuitive knowledge built up over a lifetime of manoeuvring under sail, then it’s not too hard to see that the almost endless possibilities afforded by the combination of four sails would be far more versatile than the linear trajectory of a single propeller.

Back in Sør-Gjæslingan, the promised westerly gale has set in and it becomes clear that Stavanger and her crew won’t be heading for Titran Time a recipe.

Take the classic aesthetics of yesteryear, any time soon. Instead, they decide to go out andfor film a few more add of a modern hull and a sprinkling of manoeuvres to record how the boat performs inthe foulaerodynamics weather. As an hardware, mix it allgear up and additional touch of authenticity, they foregonew modern foul weather andbake it in epoxy and carbon fibre, what domight you get? don the yellow oilskins and black wellies that theirand forebears haveAn ersatz boat that doesn’t know whetherby it'shaving old or sea new, say some. A modern classic, worn. No doubt there are valuable lessons to be learned water trickling down the back of your neck. say others. Apart from the controversial use of modern

for their mallet to thump you over the head. be more different. Stavanger’s wood, iron and steel caulking have been replaced The appeal the type entirely by aluminium, and her 110m2 of canvas has been of replaced byis very apparent, however. If the design in is right, should end up with the ‘look’ of a classic 4,000hp of engine, with a corresponding increase speedyou from 7 to 24.9 combined with the performance and ease of handling knots. The prices of the two vessels have a yacht similarly other-worldly feel, with of a modern boat and without the heavy maintenance schedule of a genuine old classic.

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materialincarnation: such as epoxy Soon, we are joined by Stavanger’s 21st century the and 2003carbon fibre, there’s little that boat fraternity more than the advent state-of-the-art ‘cruising lifeboat’ Harald V.has To divided see the the twoclassic craft side-byof the ‘modern It’s like showing a red flag to a bull side is to witness 100 years of evolution in boat design, andclassic’. it’s fascinating to some the merest mention of ‘modern’ and to see how much has changed. For, while both boatsafficionados; sport the NSSR’s ‘classic’ in the same sentence distinctive livery of a white hull and red rubbing strake, they could hardly is likely to have them reaching

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Above: Savannah’s sail plan is tall and narrow compared to older yachts, allowing her to sail closer to the wind.

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Pushing the Limits Trailblazers in the World of Sail and Power Barry Pickthall 208pp 260mm x 180mm Hardback Photographs £20.00 April 2016

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Left: Her exquisite sheer is based on the amalgam of a dozen classic yachts.

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A celebration of trailblazing sailors who have stood out above their peers, this fascinating reference shines the spotlight on 80 international sailing heroes from around the world. Starting with Joshua Slocum’s epic solo round the world voyage in 1895-8, it charts the stories of 80 sailing heroes from all around the world, from solo sailors such as Ellen MacArthur and Christophe Augin through to Olympic stars such as Paul Elvstrøm and Ben Ainslie, and many more from the world of power, sail and sailboarding. Illustrated in colour throughout, this book is a definitive reference and a gripping read.

Barry Pickthall was Yachting Correspondent to The Times for twenty years, and in 2008 won the Whyte & Mackay/YJA Journalist of the Year Award. A respected writer and photographer, he continues to write extensively for magazines across Europe, USA, South Africa and Australasia. Barry is the author of 18 books, including the Blue Water Sailing Manual and Eileen Ramsay: Queen of Yachting.

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Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail Races and Rivalries on the Nineteenth Century High Seas Sam Jefferson

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In the era of commercial sail, clipper ships were the ultimate expression of speed and grace. Racing out to the gold fields of America and Australia, and breaking speed records carrying tea back from China, the ships combined beauty with breathtaking performance. Featuring gorgeous paintings and illustrations, thrilling descriptions of the adventures and fascinating eyewitness accounts, this beautiful book celebrates the elegance of these racehorses of sea, and brings the era vividly to life.

Sam Jefferson is one of the foremost authorities on clipper ships in the world today. Previously Deputy Editor of Sailing Today, he now lives on a boat and writes for magazines such as Classic Boat, Sailing Today, and Traditional Boats and Tall Ships.

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Nau t i cal : P hotography Light Through a Lens An Illustrated Celebration of 500 Years of Trinity House Neil Jones & Paul Ridgway 160pp 250mm x 250mm Hardback £20.00 World rights available

The Anatomy of Sail The Yacht Dissected and Explained Nic Compton 192pp 300mm x 237mm Hardback Colour photographs

A beautiful photographic collection celebrating 500 years of Trinity House, whose lights, buoys and lighthouses protect the most exposed and dangerous parts of Britain’s coasts. This photographic account of these iconic structures dotted around the most vulnerable stretches of coastline is to be treasured by anyone who finds the haunting beam of a lighthouse at sea an immensely comforting sight, as well as walkers and families for whom a lighthouse on the landscape is a completely irresistible draw.

Neil Jones Records Manager for Trinity House is responsible for marshalling the Corporation’s history, archives and artefacts, he uses these often unique resources to create exhibitions and publications that highlight this fascinating.

Paul Ridgway’s association with Trinity House goes back four decades. During this time he contributed to, or edited, Trinity House publications including its celebrated journal Flash.

An encyclopaedic compendium of every detail that makes up a yacht, this book contains a wealth of information for the aficionado as well as the newcomer.

Gloriously illustrated with beautiful photography and explanatory diagrams, each page is packed with wonderfully satisfying detail. Steering wheels, blocks, sails, keels, binnacles, dorade vents, gaffs, bowsprits and spinnakers - all are examined in fabulous detail.

Nic Compton was brought up on boats until the age of 15. He worked as a shipwright, before becoming a full-time writer and photographer. He was Editor of Classic Boat magazine until 2000, and has written several books on nautical subjects, including most recently The Sea: A Photographic Celebration and Titanic on Trial, both published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

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Tall Ships Today Their Remarkable Story Nigel Rowe

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Tall ships epitomise the glamour, majesty and romance of the sea. This book – supported and endorsed by Sail Training International – is a celebration of tall ships today, shining the spotlight on the world’s most interesting and glamorous tall ships, the most spectacular regattas, races and adventurous passages, and the huge array of people who sail on them. With unique access to the very best photography and up to date information, this stunning book showcases just why tall ships continue to inspire and captivate people all over the world.

Nigel Rowe was the founding President and Chairman (2002–2012) of Sail Training International, and is now its Patron. He is also the author of Around the Big Blue Marble: 1994–1995 Single-Handed Race Around the World.

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Walking on Water The Daredevil Acrobatics of a Pioneering Photographer Kos Evans

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Kos Evans has blazed a trail through the photographic world with her unique style and daredevil antics, all in aid of a good shot. Some of her most well-known images were taken from the top of masts, hanging over the sides of boats, or in the water, capturing speeding boats from only inches away. This photographic showcase features her most amazing and beautiful pictures. With descriptive captions detailing the background of each shot, this collection shows just what it takes to capture a breathtaking image. Also included are technical details about shutter settings, speed, light and digital settings.

Kos Evans has been photographing boats and the sea since her teens. She has photographed many of the major marine events (America’s Cup, Whitbread Round the World Race, Sydney-Hobart Race, Fastnet Race and more) as well as undertaking assignments for the like of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Peter Blake and Sir Ben Ainslie. She has won numerous awards for her work, and has made enough of a name for herself that she is known worldwide simply as ‘Kos’.

Nau t i cal : R eeds H a n dbooks Reeds Weather Handbook Frank Singleton

Weather determines when we sail, where we sail to – and whether we arrive safely. Understanding how current and forthcoming weather will affect our sailing requires keen powers of observation, common sense and experience.

This essential pocket-sized guide contains all the necessary tools to predict the weather for both coastal day sailing and longer passages offshore. With a practical, no-nonsense approach, and packed full of clear diagrams and illustrative photographs, this is the ideal aide-memoire for all leisure sailors.

Frank Singleton spent his working life in the UK Meteorological Office as a senior forecaster in the Central Forecast Office where he was also involved in research. He and his wife raced Firefly dinghies for many years before becoming cruising sailors. He has logged over 41,000 miles, mostly as a skipper and nearly half in their current yacht, a Hallberg Rassy 34. He has sailed in the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay and for 10 years, the Mediterranean. Frank’s Weather Site for Sailors (http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather) is known worldwide as an extensive, informed and informative resource for all sea goers.

He has given many lectures to sailors especially for the Cruising Association and the Royal Yachting Association.

128pp 160mm x 100mm Paperback Colour diagrams & photographs £8.99 World rights available Rights sold: US

Reeds Knot Handbook A Pocket Guide to Knots, Hitches and Bends Jim Whippy

All boaters need to have a repertoire of reliable knots and splices they can call upon in many situations. This handy pocket guide, part of the bestselling Reeds Handbook series, is a quick aide memoire for experienced sailors, but also provides novice sailors with all they need to master the most useful knots and splices. Each knot gets a double page spread with a clear photograph showing what the finished knot should look like, and step-by-step diagrams accompanied by straightforward instructions about how to tie it.

Jim Whippy is a former magazine editor who now writes books, presents DVDs and helps select the English team for the sea angling world championships. He is the author of Sea Fishing, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

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Coming Soon: Reeds Ocean Handbook September 2015

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Reeds Skipper’s Handbook Malcolm Pearson

Reed’s Skipper’s Handbook, now in its 6th edition, has been a bestseller since first publication. A handy pocket size, it is an aide-memoire of everything a boater would need to know at sea. Packed with a wide range of information in a concise form it is an ideal quick reference guide. Topics are presented in short ‘bites’ for easy reference, and explanatory diagrams illustrate the text. Many thousands of skippers and crew have found the book invaluable as a memory jogger and refresher whether at sea or on land.

Malcolm Pearson had a lifelong love of boats and the sea, and messed about in boats - sail and power, large and small - for over sixty years, around the coasts of the UK, Northern Europe and America. He had also made several yacht delivery trips to the Mediterranean, some through the European Inland Waterways and others the long way round via the Bay of Biscay. Malcolm was also a Yachtmaster Instructor for over 20 years.

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Reeds Crew Handbook Bill Johnson £7.99 World rights available Rights sold: Spanish

Reeds Diesel Engine Troubleshooting Handbook Barry Pickthall

Reeds Outboard Motor Troubleshooting Handbook Barry Pickthall

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Reeds Maritime Flag Handbook Edited by Miranda Delmar-Morgan £7.99

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Nau t i cal : A dlard Coles B ook of The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation Tim Bartlett

176pp 246mm x 171mm Paperback

The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation is the perfect reference for anyone wanting to understand the elements of navigation. This highly practical book explains everything the reader needs to know to navigate a yacht or motorboat from one port to another safely and accurately. Using clear diagrams, worked examples and colour photographs throughout, Tim Bartlett explains each stage of navigation, including electronic navigation.

Tim Bartlett began sailing as a child on the Thames near his parents’ home.

After teaching sailing in commercial sailing schools he became a full time yacht skipper at the Island Cruising Club. After five years running his own engineering company he became technical editor of Motor Boat and Yachting. Tim Bartlett has written several nautical books including the bestselling Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines and Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors.

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The Adlard Coles Book of Radar Börje Wallin

96pp 246mm x 171mm Paperback

Radar is notoriously tricky to operate and ‘read’ correctly for collision avoidance either with the land or with other vessels. But used by an informed operator it is an immensely valuable navigation tool. Rather than taking a theoretical, academic approach, this book is highly practical and hands on - complementing the radar owner’s manual and explaining what the operator really needs to know when faced with actual situations at sea. Packed with illustrative photos, charts and radar screen shots, this book gives guidance from a real life, on-the-water perspective, and will enable readers to solve problems on the spot.

Börje Wallin got his first boat at the age of 12, spending summers sailing in the Stockholm archipelago. Having served as mate, chief mate and master of passenger vessels in a 40 year career on the water, he has used his experience to write several books on navigation and seamanship.

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The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines 4th Edition Tim Bartlett

96pp 246mm x 171mm Paperback Colour photographs & illustrations

The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines is aimed at boatowners rather than experienced mechanics. In clear, jargon-free English it explains how a diesel engine works, and how to look after it, and takes into account developments in engine technology. A bestseller since first publication, in this book Tim Bartlett explains how the engine uses simple processes to covert fuel to power, and then looks at the various sub-systems that allow those processes to take place. He also advises on tools, winterizing and provides hints, tips and helpful fault-finding tables.

Tim Bartlett began sailing as a child on the Thames. After teaching sailing in commercial sailing schools, he became a full time yacht skipper. After five years running his own engineering company he became technical editor of Motor Boat and Yachting. He has written several books, including The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation and The Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors.

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The Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors 3rd Edition Tim Bartlett

Aimed at boatowners rather than experienced mechanics, The Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors is perfect for anyone who puts to sea with an outboard engine. Covering both 2 and 4 stroke engines, the book explains how even the most sophisticated of modern outboards use simple processes to convert fuel to power, and then looks at each of the sub-systems that allow those processes to take place: fuel systems; ignition systems; cooling and lubrication; electrical systems; transmission and controls. The book includes sections on routine maintenance and fault finding.

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also available Replacing Your Boat’s Engine Mike Westin £20.00

Replacing Your Boat’s Electrical System Mike Westin £19.99

Upgrading Your Boat’s Interior Mike Westin £19.99 Rights sold: French

Nau t i cal : B u n ks i de R ead i n g Blood Ransom Stories from the Front Line in the War Against Somali Piracy John Boyle

224pp 234mm x 153mm Hardback Colour photographs £16.99 April 2015

For the first time in history, every superpower on the planet has united against a common enemy – a couple of thousand rag tag underfed men and boys.

Crammed together in tiny open boats and armed with ancient AK47s and rocket propelled grenades, they scour the western Indian Ocean. Many die at sea.

But occasionally these modern-day pirates hit the jackpot, seizing vessels and crews that will be ransomed for millions of dollars. Using interviews with pirates, hostages, skippers, security guards and politicians, John Boyle paints a vivid picture of a seemingly unwinnable war.

John Boyle studied PPE at Oxford, then went on to set up his own legal firm, selling it after 15 years to focus on documentary film production. Over the following 25 years he has filmed and produced over thirty documentaries, which have sold worldwide. National Geographic are his exclusive television sales agents. He writes all his own documentary scripts, and narrates and writes for other producers. Current projects include a film on rhino poaching in South Africa, a documentary for the BBC, and an underwater series in Mexico for National Geographic.

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Rescue Pilot Jerry Grayson

Whether saving desperate survivors from a sinking ship or flying into the teeth of a storm to search for drowning sailors, the work of a search and rescue pilot is vital, dangerous, thrilling and also on the edge. Jerry Grayson is the most decorated peacetime search and rescue pilot in history. This is his story.

Jerry Grayson served in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm for 8 years, in the course of which he was presented with the Air Force Cross by the Queen for outstanding gallantry in search and rescue.

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Sea Fever The True Adventures That Inspired Our Greatest Maritime Authors Sam Jefferson

304pp 234mm x 153mm Hardback

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson’s cruise to the cannibal-infested South Sea islands prove instrumental in his writing of Treasure Island? How did Masefield survive Cape Horn and a near-nervous breakdown to write Sea Fever? Behind many a great sea story is a real-life adventure that inspired it, and Sea Fever explores the dangerous, exciting and often eccentric escapades of literature’s sailing stars, giving us a fascinating insight into how fact fed into fiction.

Sam Jefferson is a journalist and maritime historian. He is a former Deputy Editor of Sailing Today, and writes regularly for Classic Boat, Sailing Today and Traditional Boats and Tall Ships. He is the author of Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail, published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

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Canvas Flying, Seagulls Crying From Scottish Lochs to Celtic Shores Justin Tyers

240pp

This sequel to the popular Phoenix from the Ashes follows Justin and Linda Tyers on their voyage from the Scottish Islands across to Ireland, down the Irish Sea to Cornwall and thence to Brittany, meeting interesting, curious and larger-than-life characters along the way. The book is peppered with amusingly told anecdotes of everyday cruising life and packed with the kind of inevitable dramatic incidents that happen when you have two inexperienced sailors trying to man a yacht that’s really too big for them: running aground, losing a guest overboard and almost being shipwrecked – more than once.

Justin Tyers is a professional artist, working to commission or selling original pieces via galleries. He and his wife live aboard the classic yacht that they built from wood, and often consider remote parts of the Hebrides their natural home.

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Nau t i cal : B u n ks i de R ead i n g Tales from the Captain’s Log

256pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Maps, drawings and facsimile documents

For centuries, ships’ commanders kept journals that recorded their missions including voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war at sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at the National Archives at Kew, and give a vivid picture of the situations that they encountered.

From Captain Cook’s discovery of the South Pacific and Australia, to great naval battles, such as Waterloo and Trafalgar to the ships that attempted to stop piracy in the Caribbean, to the surgeons who logged the health of the men they tended and naturalists who noted the exotic plants and animals they encountered, comes a fascinating picture of life at sea, richly illustrated with maps, drawings and facsimile documents.

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The Adlard Coles Nautical Puzzle Book Word Games, Brainteasers, Crosswords & More

The Adlard Coles Nautical Puzzle Book is the ideal shipmate for all you salty dogs out there, be you round-the-world racer, dinghy dabbler or armchair pirate. Small enough to stow away on the trimmest of decks, it’s packed with 200 nauticallythemed brain-teasers designed to shiver your mental timbers. Test your marine wits on a treasure chest full of verbal conundrums including crosswords, code breakers, anagrams, logic puzzles, word chains, riddles, rebuses, word searches, missing links, match the pair, opposites, word chains, what comes next, odd one out, word dials, definitions, and more.

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Do Whales Get the Bends?

Tony Rice

152mm x 101mm

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The Adlard Coles Nautical Quiz Book With 1,000 questions

The Adlard Coles Nautical Quiz Book is the ultimate quiz book for the seafaring quizzer. It’s divided into six nautically-flavoured categories, each containing twenty rounds of questions. Categories cover personalities; geography and weather; history; literature and the arts; technology; science and inventions; and trivia. Each round is graded as easy (able seaman), medium (midshipman easy) or tough (hard tack). A random sprinkling of nautical ‘did-you-knows’ adds a little salt to the mix.

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128pp

Why Sailors Can’t Swim and Other Marvellous Maritime Curiosities Nic Compton

152mm x 101mm Paperback £6.99

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Addicted to Adventure Between Rocks And Cold Places Bob Shepton

Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his 70s, but is known around the world as a climber, sailor and adventurer. In this fascinating journey through his extraordinary life, he recounts some of his most extreme and hair-raising escapades. We follow Bob as he sails round the world with a group of school children, is dismasted off the Falklands, sails through blizzards, is trapped in ice, and makes first ascents of mountains only accessible by boat.

Bob Shepton has been a Royal Marines officer, a Reverend in London’s East End, a school chaplain, and is an ordained minister in the Church of England. He has made 14 Atlantic crossings and carried out some 60 first ascents of mountains in Greenland and Arctic Canada. He won the Yachtsman of the Year Award in 2014, and his writing regularly appears in sailing and climbing magazines worldwide. He has also won the Royal Cruising Club’s Tilman Medal twice (the only person to do so), the Cruising Club of America’s Blue Water Medal and the Piolet d’Or (an annual mountaineering award given by the French magazine Montaigne).

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also available Left for Dead 30 Years On - The Race is Finally Over 2nd Edition Nick Ward with Sinead O’Brien £8.99 World English

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Team Spirit Life and Leadership on One of the World’s Toughest Yacht Races Brendan Hall £8.99

Final Voyage The World’s Worst Maritime Disasters Jonathan Eyers £8.99 Rights sold US

Dolphins Under My Bed Sandra Clayton £8.99 Rights sold: Australia

Nat ural H i s tory National Birds of the World

Over the years some of the most eye-catching, fascinating or threatened species of bird have been officially or unofficially adopted by countries as symbols of their national identity. There are now almost 100 national birds spanning every imaginable group. Both a comprehensive listing and guide book, National Birds of the World provides a range of information from species data to how these birds have been used and abused through the ages. It recounts tales of how they came to be adopted and presents a wide range of official and cultural contexts in which they appear.

Ron Toft

224pp

Ron Toft is a freelance journalist and photographer of nearly 50 years’ wideranging international experience specialising in aviculture and ornithology articles for specialist and general publications globally. He is editor of the It’s A Wild World nature pages on TheTravelEditor.com travel website.

254mm x 210mm Hardback 550 colour images £25.00 World rights available Rights sold: French

b e r M U Da Fruits and berries of various kinds, including bananas, are the staple diet of the Keel-billed Toucan, which is mainly a

b e r muda Pe t rel c aHoW

P te ro dro m a caho w

canopy-feeding bird in Belize.

enDangereD

a n t I g U a a n D b a r b U Da

IUcn: Extremely rare, long-lived seabird

M ag nif icent Fr ig atebird

related to albatrosses and shearwaters. size: Length 38 cm (15 in); wingspan

F re g a ta m a nif ice ns

1 m (3.3 ft).

Description: Long-winged, medium-

least concern

sized, fast-flying petrel. Mainly white

IUcn: It is thought that globally there are

underparts contrast sharply with

probably several hundred thousand

brownish-grey upperparts. Brownish-

birds. The population is believed to be

black cowl, black bill, and pink legs

increasing.

and feet.

size: Length 89–114 cm (2.11–3.09 in).

Diet: Squid, krill and anchovies. Adults

Description: Prehistoric-looking but

fly thousands of kilometres across the

Left: The Magnificent Frigatebird is not just

graceful seabird with a long, deeply

ocean during the breeding season to

the biggest of the five frigatebird species

forked tail, a large, pale, hooked bill and

catch food for their offspring.

but also the one with the longest bill.

long, narrow, strongly ‘kinked’ wings.

reproduction: A single egg is laid in

Above: Only one frigatebird chick is raised

Unlikely to be confused with any other

Januar y in a natural or artificial burrow.

at a time. Vulnerable to predation during

bird in flight, except perhaps for another frigatebird species. Males are largely black with an inflatable bright red throat

the first few weeks of its life, the youngster

range: An oceanic wanderer. Spends

is closely watched and protected by

most of its life well away from land in the North Atlantic. Nests only in Bermuda, to

its parents.

sac, or gular pouch, while the larger

which it returns in November for

females can be identified on the wing by

courtship, nest-building and breeding.

their prominent white breast band.

Frigatebirds and fishermen have long enjoyed a mutually beneficial

Diet: Mainly flying fish and squid, but

relationship. The birds follow fishing boats and congregate in fishing

also takes other fish, jellyfish, baby

Habitat: Pelagic outside the breeding season. Nonsuch Island and several rocky islets in Bermuda during the

turtles, seabird eggs/chicks and

ports ready to snap up offal and other fish scraps, and the fishermen

fish waste.

use the birds as aerial markers as to where shoals of fish are likely

The Cahow, as this bird is known in Bermuda, has been featured on

reproduction: A single egg is laid on a

to be found.

stamps, coins and banknotes, and is the logo of the Bermuda

stick platform, often in mangroves.

national bird in 2003.

range: Huge. One of five frigatebird species, the Magnificent Frigatebird is found from California to Ecuador on the

The Magnificent Frigatebird is the national bird of Antigua and Barbuda.

Pacific coast of North and South

where to see Cahows are nocturnal over the breeding islands, only

Cultural presence

visiting their nest burrows at night. It is possible to see them in Bermuda in late afternoon in November, and between Januar y and April as they

America, and Florida to southern Brazil

The male has a red gular sac (seen above), which can be inflated to

on the Atlantic coast of these continents.

Magnificent Frigatebirds are also

diets, according to the Handbook of

attract a female in courtship. These birds are excellent in flight, but

There is also a relict population in the

called man-o’-war birds, perhaps

the Birds of the World. They were

Cape Verde archipelago off the west

because the manner in which they

also used in traditional medicine

coast of Africa.

This 15c Magnificent Frigatebird stamp

attack and steal from other birds

and voodoo.

was one of a four-value marine life set

their enormous wingspan, short legs and small feet make walking on land appear awkward. The silhouette of a Magnificent Frigatebird is often described as prehistoric. where to see The best place to see this species is the aptly named

breeding season.

Government’s Department of Parks. It was officially declared Bermuda’s

Nests in colonies.

fly offshore. The best location is Cooper’s Point, on Cooper’s Island Nature Reser ve, where the birds can be viewed outside the reef line

Habitat: Marine – open tropical and

drew comparisons with the actions of

subtropical seas, coastlines and

Caribbean pirates in bygone ages,

adorned many of Antigua and

who used frigates or man-o’-war

Barbuda’s colourful stamps over the

warships to board and plunder

years, including five in 1994 alone.

one of several bird species featured on

merchant vessels.

It has also appeared on a highly

the logo used 32 for the Society for the

collectable, limited edition, 23-carat

Conservation and Study of Caribbean

small islands.

Frigate Bird Sanctuar y in Barbuda’s 3,600-hectare (90-acre) Codrington Lagoon National Park, where around 5,000 Magnificent Frigatebirds

Caribbean fishermen and hunters

breed – the biggest nesting colony in the Caribbean. The birds are ver y

once harvested frigatebird eggs and

approachable and are a major tourist attraction. Frigatebirds also

young to supplement their meagre

The Magnificent Frigatebird has

gold-foil 30-dollar banknote.

The Magnificent Frigatebird was

issued on Antigua & Barbuda in 1985.

using a telescope. However, to get close-up views of Cahows or to

A Bermuda Petrel over its breeding island.

photograph them, it is necessar y to go on one of the Bermuda Audubon

Strictly nocturnal on land, this species

Society’s pelagic birdwatching trips, mainly in November. Such trips are weather dependent.

locates its burrow in darkness by calling to its mate and landing nearby once a response has been received.

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Birds’ 17th regional meeting, held in 2009 in Antigua.

breed on the small uninhabited island of Redonda, 46 km (29 miles) from Antigua.

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects David Callahan Edited by Dominic Mitchell

224pp

An engrossing read for anyone interested in how we watch wildlife, this is a completely new take on how the watching and study of birds was influenced by technological and intellectual developments. The text looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world. Among the objects included are: an Egyptian ‘field guide’; the ‘first British bird guide’; the Dodo specimen at the Horniman museum; the shotgun; bird rings that enabled the recording of movement and longevity; and a host of modern innovations including walkie talkies, pagers, radio tags and apps.

David Callahan is an active birdwatcher and staff writer on Birdwatch magazine and writes regularly on all aspects of birding. Dominic Mitchell is managing editor of Birdwatch magazine.

246mm x 189mm Hardback More than 100 illlustrations £20.00 World rights available

Seabirds Marianne Taylor Photography by David Tipling

240pp 280mm x 215mm Hardback 300 colour photographs £25.00 World rights available

Seabirds showcases some of our most exciting and enigmatic bird species as vital and living components of one of our greatest natural assets: our coastline.

The author presents detailed biographies of all the seabird species that breed in and around the British Isles, and also looks at the many species that breed elsewhere but which, regularly or occasionally, visit British waters. Every page of this sumptuous book features beautiful photographs of wild seabirds engaged in their daily work of hunting, travelling, protecting themselves and their territories, courting and raising a family.

Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor. A passion for all wildlife, but especially birds and most especially seabirds, has been a driving force in her life ever since. Marianne worked in publishing for seven years before taking the plunge as a freelancer in 2007. Since then she has written 19 books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects. Renowned cameraman David Tipling has worked as a freelance wildlife photographer since 1992. David travels extensively photographing some of the world’s most iconic wildlife and one of his specialities is the birds of our seas and oceans.

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Nat ural H i s tory Horses

The lives of humans and horses have been intricately linked for thousands of years. Horses have been developed by humans for many purposes - for war, for working in the field and in industry, for competitive sports events such as the Olympic Games, and as pets. Horses covers more than 70 of the world’s most charismatic and iconic breeds, from the noble Arab and Akhal-Teke, to working breeds such as the mighty Percheron and diminutive Fell pony. Each entry showcases a unique equine breed in magnificent full-colour photographs, accompanied by an account of the breed’s origins and history.

Bob Langrish & Nicola Jane Swinney

160pp

Bob Langrish has established a firm reputation as one of the foremost international equestrian photographers in the world. He has completely illustrated and contributed to numerous books, works for top equestrian magazines in more than 20 countries around the world and has taken photographs at six Olympic Games. In 2011 he was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for equestrian photography and services to art the first time this award has been given to an equine photographer. Nicola Jane Swinney is a journalist who works for Britain’s only equestrian news weekly, Horse & Hound. She has written for several magazines, both in the UK and America. This is her eighth horse book.

260mm x 220mm Hardback Colour Photographs £20.00 World rights available

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Exmoor

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esolate and wild, south-west England’s moors

BEGINNINGS

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are unforgiving places to survive in. Despite

this, the Exmoor pony has adapted supremely to its challenging environment. Wild equines have existed in Britain for at least 100,000 years, after crossing the

Thoroughbred

marshy land that was later to become the English Channel. When the Channel formed around 7,000 years ago, the horses were trapped on the islands.

While other British ponies were subjected to outside influences as various breeds were brought to the mainland, the ponies on Exmoor were isolated and remained pure.

Exmoor itself was for centuries a royal hunting ground. When it was sold off in 1818, the last royal warden, Sir Thomas Acland, took 30 Exmoor ponies to enable him to breed his own herd, and other farmers did the same. Sir Thomas devoted his time to breeding true-to-type Exmoor ponies. These were to form the famous Anchor herd whose bloodlines continue in the modern breed.

The Exmoor suffered badly during the Second World War, when its eponymous home was used as a training ground for troops, who used the ponies for target practice. At one time there were just 30 ponies

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left on the moor. Today the breed remains listed as ‘critical’ by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, but efforts are being made by conservation societies to ensure that it lives on for generations to come.

Opposite The Exmoor has a thick thatch of

Above This charming foal already has the

mane and tail. These and its short stature –

typical ‘mealy’ muzzle of the Exmoor pony.

around 12.3hh – protect it from the wind.

ithout the Arab the celebrated English

Darley. The horse was the great-great-grandsire of

Thoroughbred – on whom a worldwide multi-

Eclipse, arguably the most famous racehorse ever.

billion dollar industry is based – would not exist.

The Godolphin Arabian was sometimes referred to

This equine colossus, whose ‘hot’ blood has been

as the Godolphin Barb due to the fact that he was

used to create the mighty warmblood, so desired

imported from North Africa, but early 18th-century

in equestrian competitions, had its origins in just

descriptions indicate that he was most likely an Arab.

three stallions – the Darley Arabian, Godolphin

The Byerly Turk, thought by some to be an Akhal-

Arabian and Byerly Turk. According to the custom

Teke, founded the line from which the first-ever

of the 17th–18th centuries, these three horses were

Derby winner, Diomed in 1780, was descended.

named after their owners, Thomas Darley, Lord

These three stallions were the foundation sires

Godolphin and Captain Robert Byerly, and were

on which the Thoroughbred was based. Crossed with

brought to Britain from the Middle East.

the larger British native stock, they produced an

The Darley Arabian was acquired in the Levant

equine of considerable beauty that was able to gallop

(now Syria) in 1704, by the British consul Thomas

for some distance at great speed.

Opposite The Arab influence is apparent in

Above The breed gets its endurance and

the Thoroughbred’s fine-boned head, neat

speed from its Arab ancestors, but it stands

ears and thin skin.

taller at 16hh or more and is more strongly muscled, particularly in its hindquarters.

Woodpeckers of the World The Complete Guide Gerard Gorman

528pp 240mm x 170mm Hardback

Covering 239 species, this book is the first definitive photographic guide to woodpeckers. Detailed text looks at the biology of the birds, with particular emphasis on field identification, along with voice, habitat, status, racial variation and distribution. The text is accompanied by a series of high-quality photographs – more than 750 images, carefully selected to highlight identification criteria.

Each species entry is completed by an accurate colour range map. A sister to Owls of the World in the Helm Photographic Guides series, Woodpeckers of the World is an informative, fact-filled and beautifully illustrated guide to a group beloved by all birders.

Gerard Gorman is a freelance birder and author based in Hungary. He is widely regarded as Eastern Europe’s most accomplished birding guide and is the author of seven books, including The Birds of Hungary (1996), Woodpeckers of Europe (2004) and Birding in Eastern Europe (2006).

More than 700 photographs £35.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, US

Penguins Close Encounters David Tipling 160pp 275mm x 240mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: US

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Penguins: Close Encounters showcases 140 amazing photographs of birds in the wild, and a short description accompanies each image. The book has coverage of all of the world’s 17 penguin species – including a comprehensive ‘penguin fact file’ section at the end – and chapters cover all aspects of their lives and behaviour.

This book is a celebration of these birds and a photographic study that is sure to captivate any bird lover or wildlife photography enthusiast.

David Tipling has worked as a freelance wildlife photographer since 1992 and one of his specialities is the birds of southern oceans. His work has featured in countless magazines and newspapers and he has been author or commissioned photographer for more than 40 books on birds and wildlife photography. He lives in Holt, Norfolk.

Nat ural H i s tory Metamorphosis Rupert Soskin

256pp

Why does something as beautiful as a butterfly start life as little more than a fancy maggot? Or the delicate lacewing hatch out looking like an escapee from a horror movie? Why do some animals transform from one body shape into another, a shape so different from the first that they appear to be completely unrelated organisms? This unique project illustrates some of the dramatic transformations insects undergo in their life cycles – from egg, to larva, to pupa and fully formed adult, and explores why evolution has arrived at these remarkable solutions to survival.

Rupert Soskin is a something of a Renaissance man. He is a photographer, writer, presenter, naturalist and explorer. Most recently, he has been involved a long term project exploring the extraordinary biodiversity of a field close to where he lives which has allowed him to explore his passion for photographing insects and entomology.

280mm x 215mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00 August 2015 World rights available

Tales of Remarkable Birds Dominic Couzens

Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound: the wooing of female Fairywrens by males that are not their mates, the legendarily dangerous Cassowary, the apparent ‘divorce’ of long-term Albatross couples? This new book takes a series of baffling situations from each continent to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour from throughout the world. Each story examines the truths and the mythology to shed light on why these birds do the things they do. An intriguing book from an author with a unique ability to engage with his audience.

Dominic Couzens has written many books on birds and other wildlife including RSPB The Secret Lives of British Birds, RSPB The Secret Lives of Garden Birds and RSPB The Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife, all published by Christopher Helm.

224pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £18.99 March 2015 World rights available

Migration Hotspots The World’s Best Bird Migration Sites Tim Harris

224pp 280mm x 215mm Hardback 170 colour photographs & 30 colour maps £25.00

Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds migrate. In a few places, a combination of geography, topography and climate combine to funnel migrant birds into migration hotspots where, for a few days each year, birds are everywhere – one of nature’s greatest wildlife spectacles. Migration Hotspots looks at 30 locations where the most dramatic bird migration can be seen, from raptor bottlenecks like Veracruz and the Strait of Messina, to Point Pelee and Beidaihe where spectacular falls of songbirds take place. Supported by breathtaking photography, the importance of each hotspot is explained, detailing all the birds that pass through and the best times of year to see them.

Tim Harris has been fascinated by bird migration since as a young boy he witnessed Swallows flying in off the sea at Selsey Bill, while terns streamed past and recently arrived warblers sang from scrub.

He has since been birding in more than 40 countries and has been inspired over and over again by the sights and sounds of migration on all the world’s major migration flyways. Tim was Deputy Editor of Birdwatch magazine between 1992 and 2000. He contributed to National Geographic’s Complete Birds of the World, and has written numerous articles and children’s books about birds.

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Nat ural H i s tory The Secret Lives of Puffins Mark Sisson & Dominic Couzens

176pp 254mm x 210mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00

Award-winning wildlife photographer Mark Sisson has spent several years photographing Puffins in a range of different places and situations. This new book combines images that beautifully encapsulate the birds’ immense charm and visual appeal with an accessible text by leading wildlife writer Dominic Couzens. The text and photographs cover the birds’ life cycle, behaviour, habitats and the current and future challenges that they face, along with many surprising facts and anecdotes.

Shropshire-based photographer Mark Sisson’s photographic work is regularly published in an array of books and journals including BBC Wildlife, Birds and The Countryman. Dominic Couzens has written many books on birds and other wildlife including RSPB The Secret Lives of British Birds, RSPB The Secret Lives of Garden Birds and RSPB The Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife, all published by Christopher Helm.

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Going, Going, Gone 100 Animals and Plants on the Verge Of Extinction

224pp 255mm x 205mm Hardback Colour photographs

In this important book, 100 conservation groups around the world give their answer to the question: ‘if you could pick one species that epitomises your work, which would it be?’ From the RSPB to WWF to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, their answers provide a synopsis of the threats faced by their selection, an outline of the work being done to save them, and the ways that the reader can help. With beautiful full-page photographs of each of the 100 species, this is a book that will fascinate and inspire and hopefully help to preserve the future of the species included.

Entries supplied by 100 conservation organisations. Contributors include: OceanCare, EarthWatch Institute, RSPB, WWF, Friends of Conservation, The Wildlife Trusts, The Woodland Trust, Charles Darwin Foundation, BTO, World Owl Trust, Orangutan Foundation, BirdLife International, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Shark Trust, International Crane Foundation and many more.

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Lost Animals Extinction and the Photographic Record Errol Fuller 256pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £25.00

The photographic record of extinction is the focus of this remarkable book, written by the world’s leading authority on vanished animals, Errol Fuller. Lost Animals features photographs dating from around 1870 to as recently as 2004, the year that saw the demise of the Hawaiian Po’ouli. From a mother Thylacine and her pups to now-extinct birds such as the Heath Hen and Carolina Parakeet, Fuller tells the tale of each animal, why it became extinct, and discusses the circumstances surrounding the photography itself, in a book rich with unique images.

Since 1987, when he published the first edition of his seminal Extinct Birds, Errol Fuller has been the world’s number one authority on extinct birds. An author and artist, Fuller’s many titles include a breathtaking monograph on The Great Auk (2000) and Dodo - From Extinction To Icon (2002). His last book was a stunning review of the Birds of Paradise, co-authored with Sir David Attenborough.

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In Search of Lost Frogs The Quest to Find the World’s Rarest Amphibians Robin Moore 256pp 246mm x 189mm Hardback Colour photographs £20.00 World rights available Rights sold: US & Canada

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On August 9, 2010, 33 teams from 21 countries were dispatched to search for a host of ‘Lost Frogs’ identified by Conservation International, many not seen for more than a century. This new book tells the story of the expedition - its highs and lows, discoveries and failures and the campaign’s ongoing work. Several were rediscovered; two totally new species were found. However, one third of the world’s amphibians remain threatened with extinction. In Search of Lost Frogs is a story of perseverance, disappointment, rediscovery, resilience, but ultimately of hope, written with passion and illustrated with the author’s superb photographs.

Robin Moore is an award winning conservation photographer whose pictures regularly appear on the pages of National Geographic and other publications. As Director of the Amphibian Program at Conservation International, he coordinated the search teams in the Campaign for Lost Frogs and led two of the searches.

Nat ural H i s tory Peregrine Falcon Patrick Stirling-Aird

128pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Colour photographs £12.99

Reaching speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour, the Peregrine Falcon is famous as the world’s fastest bird. However, its penchant for choosing inaccessible places to breed, feed and roost mean that few people are well acquainted with its habits and behaviour.

This book offers a window into that rarely seen world, thanks to a combination of high quality images and beautifully written text, with chapters on subjects such as hunting, raising young and how populations around the world have rallied against the threat of extinction and are now prospering once again.

Patrick Stirling-Aird has studied Peregrine Falcons for more than 25 years. He is Secretary of the Scottish Raptor Study Groups and is an advisor to the British and Scottish governments on the conservation of the species. He lives in Dunblane, Perthshire.

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Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals 2nd Edition Jonathan Kingdon

544pp 216mm x 140mm Paperback

Jonathan Kingdon, one of the world’s foremost authorities on African mammals, has both written and illustrated this landmark field guide. The unique combination of his extensive field experience and artistic talent has produced a stunning work that sets new standards. The concise text provides full information on identification, distribution, ecology, relationships and conservation status, with introductory profiles that summarise the characteristics of each mammal group.

Jonathan Kingdon was born in Tanganyika and has spent the better part of his life in Africa. He been acclaimed as both a leading academic and a prominent artist. He is an acknowledged authority on African mammals and is the author of numerous books on the subject. He is also the founding and senior editor of the award-winning, 6-volume Mammals of Africa (Bloomsbury 2013).

Colour illustrations £29.99 March 2015 World rights available (excluding USA/Canada)

African Raptors Bill Clark and Rob Davies

512pp 240mm x 170mm Hardback

Africa has the most diverse range of raptors of any continent, with almost a third of the world’s species occurring in the region. This comprehensive book treats all of these species in impressive detail, with an emphasis on their field identification. A full range of plumages is illustrated for each species, with each plate usually covering only two species. The specially commissioned artwork has been painted by raptor enthusiast Rob Davies. The authoritative text treats the identification of both perched and in-flight birds, and covers all major plumages and morphs.

Bill Clark is an acknowledged authority on raptors. He has published many papers about raptors and is the author of several books covering the raptors of Europe, North America and Central America. Rob Davies has lived for much of his life in southern Africa and has long had a special interest in raptors. A scientist by training and with a PhD under his belt, he is also an accomplished artist.

More than 300 colour photographs £50.00 June 2015 World rights available

The Complete Naturalist Nick Baker

320pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback More than 300 colour photographs

Nick Baker’s fascination with the natural world began at an early age, inspired

by Gerald and Lee Durrell’s classic book The Amateur Naturalist. His The Complete Naturalist is an up-to-date, practical introduction to observing, understanding and investigating the natural world around us. Whether you want to understand what makes an insect an insect, rear a family of frogs for your garden pond, or record bird songs and calls, Nick can give you all the advice and information you need. Fact-packed and brimming with practical tips, techniques and activities, this book is a rich source of ideas for beginners and experienced naturalists.

Nick Baker has presented a number of wildlife programmes including The Really Wild Show, Nick Baker’s Under the Skin, Weird Creatures with Nick Baker and more recently Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Nick lives in Devon with Dartmoor on his doorstep and is Vice President of Buglife.

£25.00 May 2015 World rights available

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Nat ural H i s tory Ranging from the largest — the Tiger, to the smallest species — the Rustyspotted Cat and Black-footed Cat, the world’s wild cats are some of the most beautiful and feared carnivores in the world. Wild Cats of the World provides a detailed account of each species, examining their importance throughout history and the future of some of the most endangered breeds. Using stunning photography and magnificent illustrations by top wildlife artist Priscilla Barrett to depict each cat in detail, Wild Cats of the World examines the characteristics of all 38 species, as well as their history, distribution and current IUCN status.

Wild Cats of the World Luke Hunter

Luke Hunter is an Australian biologist and one of the leading names in wild cat conservation. He has worked on the ecology and conservation of carnivores since 1992, and he is currently the President of Panthera, the New York cat conservation organisation he helped to create in 2006. He has written over 120 scientific papers and popular articles on cats and other carnivores including A Field Guide to the Carnivores of the World. Wild Cats of the World will be his seventh book.

224pp 254mm x 210mm Hardback Colour photographs and illustrations £25.00 September 2015 World rights available

Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe Jeroen Speybroek, Wouter Beukema, Bobby Bok & Jan Van Der Voort Illustrated by IIian Velikov 320pp 216mm x 140mm Paperback 500 colour illustrations £19.99 June 2015

The taxonomy and systematics of European reptiles and amphibians have changed a lot in recent years, yet there is no modern, up-to-date field guide available that covers all the species. This new book addresses this deficiency.

Every species will be covered in detail with a focus on identification and geographical variation; species texts also cover distribution, habitat and behaviour. A detailed up-to-date map is included for each species. Superb colour illustrations depict every species and all major variations. This groundbreaking new guide will become the definitive field reference for these two groups of animals.

Jeroen Speybroeck holds a PhD in biology and works at the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) in Belgium. Wouter Beukema is a Dutch herpetologist focusing on biogeography, evolutionary ecology and conservation.

Bobby Bok teaches biology to teenagers and dedicates his free time to travelling through Europe in search of amphibians and reptiles. Jan Van Der Voort is a Belgian civil servant whose quest for many years has been to photograph all the species of European amphibians and reptiles. Ilian Velikov is a Bulgarian-born artist living and working in London.

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Nick Baker’s Bug Book Discover the World of the Mini-beast!

Nick Baker

128pp 246mm x 189mm Paperback Colour photographs £12.99 February 2015 World rights available

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We are all fascinated by, and often wary of, the tiny creatures that creep and crawl in our gardens or lurk in the dark corners of our homes, but how much do we really know about insects and their relatives? For instance, could you identify the larvae of a ladybird, which each eat 50 aphids a day? And did you know that some species of snail are hairy? This book, by popular TV presenter Nick Baker, aims to encourage our understanding of all types of bugs that can be found in our back gardens.

Nick Baker is a popular TV presenter, with his recent series including Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures. He is also a regular columnist and contributor to BBC Wildlife magazine.

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RSPB Guide to Birdwatching A Step-by-Step Approach Mike Unwin £12.99 World rights available Rights sold: French, Dutch

RSPB Nature Tracker’s Handbook Nick Baker £14.99 World rights available Rights sold: Italian, German

RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography 2nd Edition David Tipling £19.99 World rights available Rights sold: US

RSPB Birds: their Hidden World Peter Holden Birds of Western Africa 2nd Edition Nik Borrow & Ron Demey

£14.99 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch

Extinct Boids Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy

£40.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, Norwegian, US

£35.00 World rights available

Gardens: their hidden life Unnoticed plants and unseen animals Sir Colin Spedding £25.00 World rights available

RSPB Children’s Guide to Birdwatching David Chandler & Mike Unwin

Owls of the World A Photographic Guide Second Edition Heimo Mikkola £40.00 World rights available (excluding USA/ Canada) Rights sold: French, Italian, German, US & Canada

£6.99 World rights available Rights sold: German

Digital Plant Photography For Beginners to Professionals Adrian Davies £19.99 World rights available

Rocks and Minerals A Photographic Field Guide Chris & Helen Pellant

The RSPB Children’s Guide To Nature Watching Mark Boyd £7.99 World rights available

£12.99 World rights available

Owls Marianne Taylor £25.00 World rights available Rights sold: US

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Nat ural H i s tory

RSPB Spotlight: Otters Nicola Chester World rights available

An Illustrated Country Year Nature Uncovered Month By Month Celia Lewis £20.00 World rights available

An Illustrated Coastal Year The Seashore Uncovered Season

By Season Celia Lewis £20.00 August 2015 World rights available

RSPB Spotlight: Puffins Euan Dunn £9.99 World rights available

The Illustrated Guide to Ducks and Geese and Other Domestic Fowl How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them Celia Lewis RSPB Spotlight: Foxes Mike Unwin

The Illustrated Guide to Cows How to Choose Them, How to Keep Them Celia Lewis £16.99 World rights available

£16.99 World rights available

£9.99 June 2015 World rights available

RSPB Spotlight: Robins Marianne Taylor £9.99 June 2015

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The Illustrated Guide to Chickens How to choose them - How to keep them Celia Lewis

The Illustrated Guide to Pigs How to choose them - How to keep them Celia Lewis

£16.99 World rights available Rights sold: US & Canada, French, Dutch

£16.99 Rights sold: French, US & Canada World rights available

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Concise Bird Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French

Concise Butterfly and Moth Guide

Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French

Concise Insect Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: Czech, French

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, Italian, Finnish, Polish, French

Concise Garden Bird Guide

Concise Mushroom Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French, Dutch

Concise Garden Wildlife Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French, Dutch, Swedish

Concise Tree Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French, Dutch

Concise Herb Guide

Concise Wild Flower Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: French, Polish

Concise Pond Wildlife Guide

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: US, French

£4.99 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, French, Swedish

Pocket Guide to Mushrooms John C. Harris £10.00 World rights available

Pocket Guide to Insects Bob Gibbons £10.00 World rights available Rights sold: Dutch, Russian, German

Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs Bob Gibbons £10.00 World rights available

Pocket Guide To Garden Birds Nigel Blake £10.00 World rights available Rights sold: Italian

Pocket Guide To Wild Flowers Bob Gibbons £10.00 World rights available

Pocket Guide To Tracks And Signs Gerard Gorman £10.00 World rights available

Pocket Guide to Butterflies Bob Gibbons £10.00 March 2015 World rights available

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Nat ural H i s tory A Message from Martha The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today Mark Avery

304pp 216mm x 135mm

September 1st, 2014 marked the centenary of one of the best-documented extinctions in history – the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. From being the commonest bird on the planet 50 years earlier, the species became extinct on that fateful day, with the death in Cincinnati Zoo of Martha – the last of her kind. This book tells the tale of the Passenger Pigeon, and of Martha, and of author Mark Avery’s journey in search of them. It looks at how the species was a cornerstone of the now much-diminished ecology of the eastern United States, and how the species went from a population that numbered in the billions to nil in a terrifyingly brief period of time.

Mark Avery is a scientist by training and a naturalist by inclination. He writes about and comments on environmental issues. Mark worked for the RSPB for 25 years before standing down in April 2011; he was the RSPB’s Conservation Director for nearly 13 years. Mark lives in rural Northamptonshire.

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House Guests, House Pests A Natural History of Animals in the Home Richard Jones

256pp 216mm x 135mm Hardback

We live in snug, well-furnished houses surrounded by the trappings of a civilised life. But we are not alone — we suffer a constant stream of unwanted visitors. Our houses are under constant attack from a host of invaders eager to take advantage of the shelter, food stores and tasty soft furnishings. This book is a modern version of the Mediaeval bestiary. It asks where these animals came from, can we live with them, can we get rid of them, and should we? Richard Jones’s engaging style and the funky-retro design makes House Guests, House Pests a book to treasure.

Richard Jones is one of the co-authors of Little Book of Nits. A fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and past president of the British Entomological Society, Richard now writes about insects, nature and the environment for BBC Wildlife, the Guardian, Gardeners’ World and Country Living.

Illustrations and Black & white photographs £16.99 February 2015 World rights available

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On a Wing and a Prayer Sarah Woods

288pp 216mm x 135mm Hardback £16.99 May 2015

When writer and intrepid traveller Sarah Woods set about discovering the jungles of Central and South America, her quest – to catch sight of one of the few last breeding pairs of Harpy Eagles – took her into some of the most remote tangles of vine-knotted jungles on the planet. In Panama’s rain-soaked Chiriquí highlands, she navigated seemingly impassable trails with a machete to reach Quetzals with resplendent jewel tone plumage. Sarah sought the native wisdom of the indigenous Embera deep in the Darien Jungle in order to encounter the world’s largest and most powerful birds of prey, the elusive Harpy Eagle.

For two decades Sarah Woods has travelled non-stop, circumnavigating the globe in several directions and clocking up over 1-million kilometers along the way. She has travelled all the continents and navigated many of the world’s most iconic landscapes. She is a veteran of jungle treks and wildlife conservation expeditions and an early pioneer of Giving Something Back and responsible travel. Now based in the UK again, Sarah is a regular travel expert/contributor to daytime TV and BBC radio, and she has written extensively for more than 70 magazines worldwide.

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Herring Bones The People and Patterns of the Herring Trade Donald S. Murray

288pp 216mm x 135mm Hardback £16.99 September 2015 World rights available 50

Salted, smoked or pickled, herring has been a staple food for humans since 3,000BC. Herring are also of massive importance to marine ecosystems providing an abundant food source to an enormous number of species. These small fish are hugely commercially important and, despite having been consumed in large numbers by humans for several millennia, they are still plentiful in our seas, and the modern herring industry is regarded as one of the most environmentally responsible fisheries. In this entertaining social and natural history of herring, Donald Murray celebrates the fish and a vibrant industry’s past and present, revealing the realities of life in the remote landscapes of traditional herring ports – from Shetland to Ireland and from Bremen to Norway – and disclosing Europe’s ongoing love affair with the herring.

Donald S. Murray was born in Ness in the Isle of Lewis. An author and journalist, his poetry, prose and verse has been shortlisted for both the Saltire Award and Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. Published widely, his work has also appeared in a number of national anthologies and on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. He lives and works in Shetland.

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