HarperCollins Independent Thinking Autumn 11

Recommended new books for independent booksellers

Autumn 2011

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Independent Thinking See inside for independent exclusive offers, signed books and author events

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Including TV-tie in, History, Biography, Cookery, Gift and Humour books

Fiction.......................................................... 20 Autumn Paperback Round-up...............24 Children’s Books........................................26 Book orders: To order any of the books featured in this brochure or to take advantage of our independent exclusive offers, please contact your local HarperCollins sales representative, email us at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk or call HarperCollins customer service on 0844 576 8120.

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Welcome to the autumn edition of Independent Thinking from HarperCollins, a seasonal selection of titles brought together specifically with independent bookshops in mind. There are many independent specific offers throughout this brochure – look out for the icons which illustrate the availability of extra discount, POS, signed copies, events and proofs.

To take advantage of these offers, contact your HarperCollins sales representative or email us at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk.

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History and Reference | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

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The World of Downton Abbey Jessica Fellowes Downton Abbey has captured the imagination of the nation. When the record-breaking series hit the screens last autumn, avid fans of UK drama sat down to watch the story of the Crawley family unfold.

September 2011 marks the publication of The World of Downton Abbey, coinciding with the broadcast of the much-anticipated second series. The book is a companion worthy of a broadcasting event, taking the reader behind the scenes to discover the meticulous planning and attention to detail that helped to create breathtaking drama. For the first time, the reader can delve deeper into the world created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes.

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POS packs available promoting a consumer competition to win an amazing visit to the set of Downton Abbey to watch filming. Packs include a poster, hanging family crest, bunting, bookmarks and postcards including the competition entry form.

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All Hell Let Loose

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Offer Price All Hell Let Loose is, I hope, a £23.00 distillation of all that I have learned about World War II in the course of more than thirty years writing about the subject. It is not ‘military history’ as that term used to be. I have deliberately left out almost all army and divisional numbers and detailed campaign accounts. I have written very little about the ‘big people’, the warlords, but instead focused on the strongest possible images of ordinary people, in uniform and out of it, in battle and otherwise. This is a global portrait, reflecting many years of research in Asia as well as Europe.

I would like to think that almost anyone who asks the question ‘what was war like?’ will get an answer, whether for an Asian peasant or US housewife or British pilot or Yugoslav partisan. This is probably my last shot at World War II, for a few years anyway, but it is my biggest and, I hope, my best.

Max Hastings ‘I thought you couldn’t possibly tell me anything I didn’t know about the war, but you have come up with an amazing number of surprises.’

Michael Howard, Historian and WWII veteran

£30 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-733809-2

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Max Hastings will be promoting All Hell Let Loose this autumn and has limited time for events. To discuss potential events, contact helen.ellis@harpercollins.co.uk.

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History and Reference | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

Tie-in to an 8-part BBC TV series Mayday! Mayday!

The History of Sea Rescue Around Britain’s Coastal Waters Karen Farrington and Nick Constable

£20 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-744338-3

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Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people’s hearts and there is tremendous affection for the RNLI throughout the whole of the British Isles. No matter if one is on holiday by the coast, or living inland, we are always aware of the work these brave crews do, often in extremely adverse conditions, to rescue others from the sea. Mayday! Mayday! showcases work that the RNLI crews have undertaken over many years, using the technology and training of their time. With archive material, first-person interviews with station commanders and rescuers, plus scientific illustrations and maps, this book is the first to bring together the history and technology, people and crews, triumphs and disasters of the RNLI in one book.

If you would like to arrange an event in conjunction with a local lifeboat station, we can supply a promotional pack, containing posters, flyers and a letter from the RNLI.

History and Reference | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

The Royal British Legion: 90 Years of Heroes Matt Croucher and The Royal British Legion

£20 HB 15th September 2011 978-0-00-744153-2

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2011 Poppy Appeal,

the biggest in the Legion’s history.

The Royal British Legion was founded in 1922 and is now the country’s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal, the highest profile charity appeal in Britain. This superbly illustrated book has the full support of the Royal British Legion and tells the complete story of its history through exclusive access to its archives. It is a celebration of their work over the past 90 years, charting activity with soldiers and ex-servicemen through the stories of its heroes during the highest profile military campaigns of the past 90 years.

If you would like to arrange an event in conjunction with a local branch of the British Legion, we can supply a promotional pack, containing posters, flyers and a letter from the British Legion.

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The Times Extreme Survivors: 60 of the World’s Most Extreme Survival Stories Foreword by Bear Grylls

£20 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-736845-7

Extreme Survivors tells the story of sixty of the world’s most daring escapes, famous shipwrecks, and ultimate tales of survival. Archive photographs, statistics, descriptions, and illustrative maps give a full understanding of extraordinary events, including how Joe Simpson crawled to safety in the South American Andean mountains, how Anthony Farrah-Hockley evaded capture after the Battle of Imjin River in the Korean War and how Shackleton’s men survived the incredible journey by boat to South Georgia.

Soldiers Richard Holmes

£25 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-722569-9

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Richard Holmes was one of this country’s best-loved military historians and, following his sudden death earlier this year, Soldiers is his final landmark work.

From battlefield to barrack-room, this book tells the story of a man as ancient as a redcoat in Charles II’s Tangier garrison and as modern as a gate-guard on Camp Bastion. Richard Holmes conveys how soldiers from as far back as the seventeenth century and soldiers today are united by their common experiences. This is the definitive history of the British soldier and a book that will no doubt be considered so for many years to come.

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Johnson’s Life of London Boris Johnson

£20 HB 27th October 2011 978-0-00-741893-0

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London is considered to be one of the leading cities in the world. Certain remarkable people – some wellknown, others lost to history – have helped the city earn this global status. In Johnson’s Life of London, Boris Johnson, the city’s most charismatic mayor, sifts through a motley crowd to bring us the great and the good of this expansive city. This is a book that tells the stories of the people who made the city which made the world.

Boris Johnson will be promoting on publication.

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The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World: 13th Edition

£150 HB with slipcase 15th September 2011 978-0-00-741913-5

Now in a 13th edition The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World continues to be a benchmark of cartographic excellence. The Atlas is relied on and trusted by governments around the world, international organizations including the UN, the European Commission and media companies.

All the maps and detailed thematic information are completely updated with the latest geographical and geopolitical changes.

‘ The Greatest Book on Earth’ Ranulph Fiennes

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Cookery | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

Made in Sicily Giorgio Locatelli In the follow-up to his acclaimed Made in Italy, Britain’s favourite Italian chef embarks on a gastronomic tour of Sicily, a beautiful, sun-drenched isle with a rich and unique culture. Made in Sicily explores the ingredients and history and introduces some of the cooks, fishermen and growers that make Sicily what it is. Publication is timed to coincide with Locatelli’s accompanying 3-part BBC TV series, which will significantly raise his profile this autumn.

£30 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-743369-8

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‘When people talk about Sicilian cooking they always speak about the influences from the Greeks, the Arabs, the Spanish…but I really believe the biggest influence is the land and the sea.’ Giorgio Locatelli The Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days Tarek Malouf The bestselling and hugely popular Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days is a fabulous gift for Christmas.

We received lots of amazingly creative entries for the spring window competition and to help promote the book again this autumn, we are offering independent booksellers exclusive Hummingbird Bakery Christmas recipe cards to give away to customers. The Hummingbird team are also available for further events this autumn.

£20 HB Out Now 978-0-00-737479-3

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From Season to Season Sophie Dahl In this wonderful gastronomic journey through the seasons, from the Victorian Beeton era to a recent sodden Parisian evening, Sophie Dahl’s food captures the smoke-filled days of autumn, the blooming warmth of an English garden in high summer and the burgeoning beginnings of spring. Bursting with moreish yet nutritious recipes for budding foodies and seasoned gourmets alike, stunning photography and Sophie’s delightfully quirky illustrations, this latest offering promises pleasure, indulgence and of course, simple, good food.

£20 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-734051-4

Fabulous Sophie Dahl recipe cards available to give away instore.

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Cake Angels: Amazing gluten-, wheat- and dairy-free cakes Julia Thomas Light and fluffy sponges, gorgeous cupcakes, rich fruit cakes and moreish traybakes – all without butter, flour or cream! Julia Thomas, the talented home cook behind the popular Cake Angels bakery, shares her secrets for a delicious range of well-loved cakes that everyone can enjoy, even if they have an intolerance or allergy.

£16.99 HB 15th September 2011 978-0-00-743929-4

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Short and Sweet Dan Lepard

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A letter to indie booksellers from baker and food writer Dan Lepard.

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In September my baking book Short & Sweet is published.

As a baker and food writer I encourage home cooks to seek out local independents: whether that be small flour wind or water mills, specialist ingredient suppliers that stock a rarer selection than any supermarket offers, and – in turn – those maverick entrepreneurs who make shopping a personal and human experience. Like many of you, I’m also an active presence in the online world. So I would like to help you, as independent and skilled booksellers, as much as possible to promote and sell copies of my book this autumn.

Though Short & Sweet is very easy to read and follow, with recipes that have been tested by readers of my Guardian newspaper column, and many times in my kitchen, it doesn’t shy away from explaining the more complex and arguably more interesting aspects of home baking. It’s full of advice and tips, aiming to guide the reader into making the best or appropriate choices when baking at home. You offer the same to your customers: a guide to book buying that isn’t simply a glossy frontage but a personal experience based on experience and knowledge. That fact needs to be the first thought when any potential reader is choosing whether to go online or local when they buy their books, and I want to help get that message across.

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Around publication I will be busy talking to the food media about the book, but I’d love to come and visit some of you.

So if you have the resources to put on a good event that’s right for your customers and for my baking experience, please pitch your ideas to my publicist by emailing rebecca.mcewan@ harpercollins.co.uk. I’m very open to more ideas from you, but first I just wanted to make contact ahead of publication to see how we can help you. Short & Sweet is a brilliant book that I’m very proud of and I hope it will be a favourite of yours too.

Best wishes, Dan Lepard

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Then Again Diane Keaton Best known for her role as Annie Hall in Woody Allen’s film of the same name, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, Diane Keaton has had a fascinating and highly successful career.

Diane’s mother suffered from Alzheimer’s, and during the fifteen-year-long battle with this heartbreaking and debilitating disease, she began to reflect on both of their lives – their commonalities and their differences, the dreams they each realized and the dreams they deferred. Soon after her mother passed away last September, Diane started to write. The result is a memoir that is as touching, funny, and iconic as its author.

£18.99 HB 15th November 2011 978-0-00-741797-1

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Diane Keaton will be in the UK this autumn.

Widespread publicity expected.

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Our Independent Book of the Month for

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The Genius in my Basement Alexander Masters By the author of Stuart: A Life Backwards Simon Philips Norton, the subject of The Genius in my Basement, is not mad – not by a long shot – but he is certainly mixed up. At one time he was considered one of the greatest prodigies of contemporary mathematics but these days he spends most of his time colouring in road atlases, tracing the paths of bus routes he has travelled upon all over the country, sheltering amongst a tower of unwashed pans and eating smoked kippers straight from a tin in his ‘messy’ (as Simon calls it) basement flat in Cambridge. In The Genius in my Basement, Alexander Masters offers a tender, humorous and intimate portrait of genius at its most ordinary and at its most blurred. He enters us into the extraordinary life of one of the would-be contenders – an everyday mastermind – and in doing so, reveals the cruel burdens, as well as the glorious rewards, of a life marked by brilliance.

£16.99 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-724338-9

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To discuss author events, contact michelle.kane@ harpercollins.co.uk.

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The Year of Magical Thinking has sold over 100,000 copies in the UK to date

Blue Nights Joan Didion

£14.99 HB 4th November 2011 978-0-00-743289-9

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Several days before Christmas 2003, Joan Didion’s only daughter, Quintana, fell seriously ill. In 2010, Didion marked the sixth anniversary of her daughter’s death. Recently widowed, and becoming increasingly frail, Blue Nights is Didion’s attempt to understand our deepest fears, and our inadequate adjustments to ageing. A profound, poetic and powerful book about motherhood and the fierce way in which we continue to exalt and nurture our children – even if they only live on in memory – Blue Nights is an intensely personal, and yet strangely universal account of how we love. It is both groundbreaking and a culmination of a stunning career. The publication of Blue Nights will be backed by a major publicity campaign.

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Biography | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan Alan Partridge Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, and vigorous all-rounder, Alan Gordon Partridge is the best, and best-loved, radio presenter in the region.

Alan’s big break came with his primetime BBC chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You but sadly, due to declining ratings and a single catastrophic hitch (the killing of a guest on air), Alan’s show was cancelled.

In this compelling memoir, written entirely in his own words, Alan speaks touchingly about the time he got locked in the boot of a Rover 800, and relives the painful moment when unsold copies of his first autobiography, Bouncing Back, were pulped like ‘word porridge’. A literary tour de force, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan charts the incredible journey of one of our greatest broadcasters.

£20 HB 13th October 2011 978-0-00-744917-0

Alan Partridge is back on TV to coincide with publication this autumn.

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You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother’s Eyes Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson knew Michael like only a brother can. In You Are Not Alone Jermaine brings light to the man behind the mask of superstardom, an identity that has lingered in the shadows for too long. You Are Not Alone is a celebration of the real Michael: the boy who shared a tiny bunk-bed with Jermaine at 2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Indiana; the brother with whom Jermaine shared laughter, tears and memories; the boy who would grow up to become a legend.

£20 HB 13th September 2011 978-0-00-743566-1 HarperNonFiction

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Becoming Johnny Vegas Johnny Vegas ‘I’ve been Johnny Vegas so long now. I just want to go back to where I came from and try to find out exactly where I got him.’ Johnny Vegas As Michael Pennington, a normal guy from St Helens, began to achieve success on the stand-up circuit, increasingly positive reviews and increasingly drunken binges spawned a stage persona, Johnny Vegas, and began to feed his insatiable appetite.

This is the story of how it happened – the heady mix of over-indulgence, alcohol, gluttony and comedy; the years spent as a 50/50 mix of blood and booze; the nationwide acclaim and millions of fans. £20 HB

To discuss events and signings contact laura.summers@harpercollins.co.uk.

29th September 2011 978-0-00-738272-9 HarperNonFiction

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Work! Consume! Die! Frankie Boyle Work! Consume! Die!, or in Frankie’s case: Work!

Swear (a lot)! Become comedy’s favourite pessimist!, is more outrageous and outspoken than ever before; tackling hard-hitting issues such as the Taliban, X-Factor and Charlie Sheen. Frankie’s new book promises to entertain with his witty mix of cynicism and social commentary, providing genuinely laughout-loud moments in this brilliantly inappropriate rant on life as Frankie Boyle knows it. £20 HB 13th October 2011 978-0-00-742678-2 HarperNonFiction

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A heart-warming testimony to the power of love

Les Très Riches Heures de Mrs Mole Ronald Searle Patrick Janson-Smith, Publisher at Blue Door, introduces Les Très Riches Heures de Mrs Mole This is a jewel of a book about which I feel totally and utterly passionate. Not only is 91-year-old Ronald Searle one of my all-time heroes (to understand why, you have only to read To the Kwai and Back, his astonishing, intensely moving account of life behind the wires of a Japanese POW Camp, still in print with Souvenir Press.

Then there’s Molesworth and St Trinian’s and the cats etc. etc..), but the story behind Les Très Riches Heures de Mrs Mole brings tears to my eyes every time I think about its provenance. As you will discover, it is a love story, of epic proportions.

Of all the books I have published at Blue Door over the past two years, this is, unquestionably, the one of which I am most proud.

£9.99 HB 13th October 2011 978-0-00-744910-1

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The Gap Yah Plannah Orlando

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The YouTube video Gap Yah has been viewed over 3.5 million times, and was the winner of the 2010 YouTube Homegrown Comedy Hit of the Year.

Orlando, its star, is finally releasing his diaries to inspire other travellers to follow in his chunder-filled footsteps. After reading this, you should know the best cocktails to have in South Americah, how to do traditional African dancing, and which frogs can or cannot be licked in South-East Asiah. This is the absolutely essential spiritual, political and cultural guide to making the most of your gap yah.

Orlando will be visiting university towns across the UK this autumn. If you are interested in linking up with an event in your area, contact rebecca.mcewan@harpercollins.co.uk.

One on One Craig Brown

£16.99 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-736062-8

Ingenious in its construction, witty in its narration, panoramic in its breadth, One on One is a wholly original book comprising 101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar. One on One examines the curious nature of different types of meeting, from the oddity of encounters with the Royal Family (who start giggling during a recital by TS Eliot) to those often perilous meetings between old and young (Mark Twain terrifying Rudyard Kipling). Each piece is 1,001 words long, with a time span stretching from the 19th century to the 21st.

Craig Brown is widely acknowledged as Britain’s funniest writer. The Lost Diaries was the Sunday Times’ Humour Book of 2010 and is available in paperback this autumn.

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The Tiny Wife Andrew Kaufman Scott Pack, Publisher at The Friday Project, introduces The Tiny Wife

£10 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-742925-7

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Like many of you I read Andrew Kaufman’s debut, All My Friends are Superheroes, and really loved it.

I raved about it on my blog and the publisher used a quote from my review on their reprint of the book.

When Andrew came over to the UK last year he was kind enough to be a guest at the Firestation Book Swap event I run each month in my hometown of Windsor. I thought we had got on well but I had no idea how well until I was contacted by his agent asking me if I would be interested in publishing his new book, The Tiny Wife. I jumped at the chance and couldn’t believe my luck when I read the manuscript.

It was every bit as good as Superheroes and my mind was racing with ideas of how best to publish it. It tells the story of an unusual bank robbery in Toronto. Instead of stealing money, the thief takes items of sentimental value from every person in the bank. After the robbery, strange things start to happen to the victims. One woman wakes up to find that her husband has turned into a snowman, another discovers that his baby has, well, begun to poo money, and the narrator’s wife starts to shrink.

It is weird and wonderful and scary and romantic and I really hope you like it, especially as booksellers have been responsible for so much of the success of Superheroes. My fingers are crossed that you will want to recommend this to your customers in the same way.

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The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides Mark Richards, Editor at Fourth Estate, introduces The Marriage Plot

£20 HB 13th October 2011 978-0-00-744129-7

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Every so often a novel comes along that, without even trying, makes everyone working on it determined to make that book be read by as many people as possible.

For us, two years ago that book was Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall; last year it was Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. With both of those books there was a feeling that everyone should read them; not just us in the publishing house, or those in the wider book trade, but everyone, and it was with that belief that those books were published. This year, that book is Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot. For fans of Eugenides – of whom there are many, after the huge success of his previous book, Middlesex, and his first book, The Virgin Suicides – it is everything they could have hoped for; very different from those first two, but still unmistakeably him. But it is also very much a book for those who haven’t read him, or even heard of him before: a novel that genuinely sweeps you up; makes you laugh and makes you cry; makes you feel deeply for these three characters – Madeleine and her two suitors, Leonard and Mitchell – as they stumble through college and their first year afterwards, making their choices and making their mistakes, but fundamentally, and finally, coming to realise who they are. It is a real joy of a book, and that is not something it’s often possible to say. I hope you will read it, and POS love it as much as we do.

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Death of Kings Bernard Cornwell It is winter. The Vikings talk peace but want war.

The Saxon lords’ loyalty is doubtful. The omens are bad –‘seven kings will die’ the sorceress had said, and King Alfred is dying, his heroic warrior, Uhtred, banished. That is the opening setting for master storyteller Bernard Cornwell’s magnificent novel, Death of Kings, which depicts the fight for survival of Alfred’s kingdom and indeed of the English nation.

Beautiful re-issues of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharp series are also available this autumn.

£18.99 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-733178-9 HarperFiction

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Conqueror Conn Iggulden Kublai who? You’ve heard of Napolean, Caesar and Alexander, but how much do you know about Kublai Khan? In his explosive new novel, Conn Iggulden reveals the greatest unsung conqueror of all times and how he changed the course of history forever.

Striking re-issues of Conn Iggulden’s bestselling Emperor series are also available this autumn

£18.99 HB 27th October 2011 978-0-00-727114-6 HarperFiction

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To discuss events and signings contact laura.mell@harpercollins.co.uk.

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The Time of My Life Cecelia Ahern You live in a grimy apartment that you’re too lazy to clean. You were dumped by your beloved boyfriend but refuse to admit to the world that he ended it.

Your family pity you. You continue to do a job you hate. This is Lucy Silchester’s life and up until now she’s accepted it. It is only when her Life starts to catch up with her in the most surreal of ways that she realises she needs to start making some changes, and fast. The queen of the modern fairytale is back with another unputdownable novel. As with all her books, Cecelia gives the reader exactly what they want: love, tears, hope and, above all, a sprinkle of magic.

£16.99 HB 13th October 2011

‘Utterly irresistible...

I devoured it in one sitting.’

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Christmas Magic Cathy Kelly

£12.99 HB 10th November 2011 978-0-00-743734-4 HarperFiction

Cathy Kelly’s first collection of heart-warming short stories is full of charming and witty tales of life, love and the everyday dilemmas that we all face, all told in Cathy’s unique voice. Cathy is one of the nation’s favourite storytellers and is writing tales that reflect the experiences of all women, across the generations.

The theme of this anthology is that Christmas has the power to act as a catalyst for change. Not only is Christmas Magic the perfect gift, it is just the right book for a self-purchasing treat. Every woman needs her Cathy Kelly time and that is never truer than during the Christmas season. So settle down in front of a roaring fire over a glass of mulled wine and let Christmas Magic envelop you in its warm embrace...

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Autumn Paperback Round-up | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

Freedom Jonathan Franzen Freedom received a record-breaking 32 ‘Book of the Year’ nominations in the UK press last year. £8.99 PB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-726976-1

Sanctus Simon Toyne Sanctus was a Sunday Times Top Ten hardback bestseller and one of the biggest thriller debuts of 2011. Part 2 of the gripping trilogy follows in April 2012. £7.99 PB 24th November 2011 978-0-00-739158-5 HarperFiction

The Trinity Six Charles Cumming ‘The best spy novel I’ve read since le Carré many years ago.’ Les Conroy, The Guisborough Bookshop. £7.99 PB 15th September 2011 978-0-00-733783-5 HarperFiction

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Yiyun Li ‘Comparisons to Chekhov and to William Trevor hold true … Li is an exceptional writer.’

Sunday Telegraph £7.99 PB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-730310-6

The Invention of Murder Judith Flanders ‘Compelling… remarkable… she has left no gravestone unturned.’

Sunday Telegraph £9.99 PB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-724889-6

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Storyteller Donald Sturrock Listen to This Alex Ross ‘One minute, you’re immersed in Mozart, and then suddenly you’re on tour with Radiohead…’

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‘A truly magnificent biography… a masterly account.’

A.N. Wilson £10.99 PB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-725477-4

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Faith Jennifer Haigh Jennifer Haigh explores the repercussions of one family’s history of silence in this timely, page-turning literary novel. Proof copies and bespoke reading guides are available for independent bookshops. £7.99 PB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-722509-5 HarperFiction

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Empire of Silver Conn Iggulden The life and adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty continue in this eagerly awaited new paperback bestseller. £7.99 PB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-720181-5 HarperFiction

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee The Emperor of All Maladies received amazing praise in hardback and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. £9.99 PB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-725092-9

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Children’s | HarperCollins Independent Thinking | Autumn 2011

Children’s

Stuck Oliver Jeffers £10.99 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-726386-8

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September RRP£10.99

In this hilarious, laugh-out-loud Offer Price £7.99 new story from the rising star of children’s picture books, delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree. When Floyd throws up his shoe to shift it, that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with… a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? You’ll find out in a wonderful surprise ending!

Lost and Found Pop-Up Oliver Jeffers £14.99 HB 27th October 2011 978-0-00-743004-8

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Also available: A fantastic new pop-up edition of the award-winning, bestselling picture book Lost and Found.

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Paddington’s Cookery Book

Michael Bond

£12.99 HB 27th October 2011

Get your paws sticky with Paddington in this fun-filled family cookbook! From bear-shaped cookies to marmalade sausages, with treats from Darkest Peru along the way, there is something for everyone in this unique collection of recipes.

The perfect gift for Paddington fans of all ages tie on your apron, and get stuck in!

978-0-00-742367-5

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Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story

Jill Barklem

Step into the exquisite miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book. Bad weather is on the way and the autumn stores are still not gathered in!

Quickly, all the mice of Brambly Hedge set to work to finish the harvesting before the rain begins. £6.99 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-183739-3

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£12.99 HB 27th October 2011 978-0-00-737144-0

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Behind the net curtains of homes across the country there are grandmas. At this very moment they could be drinking tea, munching on a chocolate digestive or, in some cases, even knitting. For Ben however, his impression of his granny as a scrabble playing-cabbage soup eating-most boringest grandma ever is going to change… because what Ben doesn’t know about his grandma is that she was once an international jewel thief with her eyes on the crown jewels. With him there to help her she just might succeed. This new book from David Walliams has all the hallmarks of his previous bestsellers. Filled with prejudice and acceptance, this hilarious novel provides a moving tale from a critically acclaimed author.

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Shadow Michael Morpurgo Shadow broke all Michael Morpurgo records in hardback, selling a massive 50,000 copies through TCM in the first twelve weeks.

£6.99 PB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-733961-7

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Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer Derek Landy The sixth instalment in the historic, hysterical and horrific Skulduggery Pleasant series. Think you’ve seen anything yet? You haven’t. Because the Death Bringer is about to rise… £14.99 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-732602-0

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The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Palace of the Damned Darren Shan In the third instalment in the creepy, captivating Larten Crepsley series, Larten finds out what it means to love… but is he also damned to find out what it means to lose?

£12.99 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-731591-8

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‘Lauren Child is so good it’s exhilarating.’

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Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes Lauren Child

£12.99 HB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-733406-3

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It’s time to break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome new creation from multi-millioncopy bestseller Lauren Child! Here’s the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she’s a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick sidekick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they’re always ice-cool in a crisis. In Look Into My Eyes, we go right back to Ruby’s beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge, it’s not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies – SPECTRUM. They need her help to crack a code but her desk job soon spirals into an all-out action adventure, as Ruby uncovers the dastardly plans of the formidable Fool’s Gold Gang…

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Department 19 Will Hill Reviewed by Elaine Silverwood, SilverDell Books, Kirkham From a bag full of proofs, I was first drawn by the cover, then I was hooked by the prologue – and then I was a goner until I’d finished reading Department 19!!

I get so little time to read, but the thrilling plot and outstanding quality of the writing even resulted in me reading until 2.00am – I couldn’t put this amazing book down until I finished it!

£6.99 HB 1st September 2011 978-0-00-735446-7

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Shades of London: The Name of the Star Maureen Johnson

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£6.99 PB 29th September 2011 978-0-00-739863-8

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I read The Name of the Star over a weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s full of humour, yet is quite a good supernatural thriller, drawing in various strands of history in the form of Jack the Ripper copycat murders. The heroine, an American girl who has come to London to study, is a very believable and fun character, as she deals with misunderstandings resulting from the AmericanBritish divide in culture and language. After a neardeath experience, Rory finds she can see ghosts, and discovers the Secret Ghost Police. Trying to solve the murders, she is involved in lots of adventures around London, including some in disused underground stations. The Name of the Star is interesting, witty and different and it could be a winner. Move over werewolves and vampires, it’s time for the Secret Ghost Police!

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Complete Folk Tales Alan Garner Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garner’s seminal fantasy classic, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, this beautifully produced hardback collects all of Alan’s folk tales. Told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice, Complete Folk Tales provides essential reading for young and old alike, and is a book to be treasured. The collected stories include Kate Crackernuts, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree and Yallery Brown.

Also look out for these three fabulous additions to the Essential Modern Classics range

£14.99 HB 27th October 2011 978-0-00-744597-4

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Bugsy Malone Alan Parker

Number the Stars A Stitch in Time Lois Lowry Penelope Lively

978-0-00-726348-6 £5.99 PB Out Now

978-0-00-739520-0 £5.99 PB 1st September 2011

978-0-00-744327-7 £5.99 PB 1st September 2011