HarperCollins Independent Thinking - Spring 2014

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We have a wealth of books for you and your customers to enjoy this season, including debuts from budding new talents and new releases from award-winning authors in full bloom. Look out for symbols highlighting the availability of proof copies, signed books, author events, point-of-sale and special offers. For further details or to place an order, please contact your HarperCollins sales representative or email us at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS P06 Discover the new film franchise that Hunger Games fans are getting excited about, plus titles from the biggest teen launches of last year and the final novel from the great Diana Wynne Jones.

NEW FICTION P14 The second novel from international bestseller Jonas Jonasson, Val McDermid’s re-imagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, plus a new look for Agatha Christie paperbacks.

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BOOK CLUB FAVOURITES P22 Prize-winners, historical crime fiction and gripping thrillers provide the topics for discussion.

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PAPERBACKS P24 Our choice of new paperbacks includes the latest from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Nathan Filer’s Costa prize winner, The Shock of the Fall.

NON-FICTION P26 Uncover the dramatic story of an epic scientific quest, get into gear with our cycling books, and be amazed by cakes that are more than they seem!

COVER IMAGE: OLIVER JEFFERS BY MALCOLM BROWN

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10 years ago a manuscript was discovered by chance by HarperCollins Children’s Books. That manuscript was How To Catch a Star, and heralded the arrival of international picture book star, Oliver Jeffers. Throughout the year we’re celebrating 10 years of publishing Oliver’s stunning books. This spring season also sees publication of the final novel from Diana Wynne Jones, the latest in the Geek Girl series, plus some cracking debuts.

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The inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much.

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Oliver Jeffers’ stunning debut, How to Catch a Star!

Oliver Jeffers’ How to Catch a Star was a chance discovery at HarperCollins Children’s Books, and this lucky find heralded the arrival of a captivating new talent on the picture book scene. Now beloved by children and adults the world over, How to Catch a Star has achieved huge critical and commercial success. This year, HarperCollins and Oliver are proud to mark the book’s 10th anniversary with a new board book plus a gift edition, including a letter from the author and previously unpublished drawings – a book that no Oliver Jeffers fan will want to be without!

A packed schedule of marketing and PR activity will run all year, including mega competitions, perfect partnerships, POS material and activity packs for bookshops.

A wonderful story about the meaning of loneliness and the importance of friendship.

HOW TO CATCH A STAR OLIVER JEFFERS

HOW TO CATCH A STAR OLIVER JEFFERS

£12.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-753659-7 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, BB OUT NOW 978-0-00-754922-1 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

More Oliver Jeffers board books available this spring LOST AND FOUND OLIVER JEFFERS

THE WAY BACK HOME OLIVER JEFFERS

UP AND DOWN OLIVER JEFFERS

£6.99, BB OUT NOW 978-0-00-754923-8 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, BB OUT NOW 978-0-00-754924-5 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, BB OUT NOW 978-0-00-754965-8 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Sarah Lean, bestselling author of A Dog Called Homeless, brings her adorable animals and heart warming tales to World Book Day and introduces fans to the rascal named Jack Pepper.

GEEK GIRL: PICTURE PERFECT ---

HOLLY SMALE Geek Girl was the No. 1 children’s paperback debut of 2013, with over 70,000 copies sold last year. Geek Girl: Picture Perfect sees Harriet head off for the bright lights of New York! Independent booksellers have been big supporters of Holly’s books and this year we have created an independent exclusive promotional package to launch Picture Perfect ahead of Independent Booksellers Week. For more information contact your local rep or email us at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk. £12.99, HB 5 JUN 978-0-00-757456-8 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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Special friendships.

Extraordinary animals.

‘Sarah Lean weaves magic and emotion into beautiful stories.’ Cathy Cassidy Following the breakout debut success of A Dog Called Homeless in 2012, Sarah Lean’s books have now sold nearly 30,000 copies. This year we’re delighted to welcome Sarah as our World Book Day author – and we’re even more excited that she is publishing two books in rapid succession!

hot on the heels at the end of February. In his imagination, Leo is a fearsome gladiator, but he wants to be a hero in real life. A little dog called Jack Pepper is missing and it will take a true hero to find him and bring him home…

First up is the brilliant Jack Pepper (our World Book Day offering), a heart-warming story that introduces readers to this unforgettable dog. Once readers have fallen in love with Jack Pepper they can continue his story in Hero, which publishes

JACK PEPPER SARAH LEAN

HERO SARAH LEAN

£5, PB 20 FEB 978-0-00-7551828 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, PB 27 FEB 978-0-00-751224-9 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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CHRIS COLUMBUS AND NED VIZZINI Who could possibly forget House of Secrets? Not only was it an epic, action-packed journey inspiring J. K. Rowling to call it ‘a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure’; but it was also the stand-out children’s hardback debut novel of 2013! This spring, the Walker kids are back in a brand new whirlwind adventure featuring Gladiators in Ancient Rome, Frost Beasts and a certain familiar World War 2 pilot that we all know and love. £12.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-746584-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The brand new and final novel from Diana Wynne Jones Unfinished at the time of her death, it has been completed by Diana’s sister, Ursula Jones.

One of the UK’s best-loved authors for children, Diana Wynne Jones was born in 1934 and died in 2011. She left behind a legacy of over 40 books and an Oscar nominated film adaptation. Worldwide bestselling author Neil Gaiman has dubbed her both ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’ and ‘the best writer of magic there is’.

Diana was working on the manuscript for The Islands of Chaldea when she became too ill to continue, but her sister, Ursula, also a published children’s author, has finished the book. Diana’s publisher, Ruth Alltimes, said ‘We are very lucky to have had someone with such an intimate and meaningful connection to Diana to help bring the book through the final writing stages’.

THE ISLANDS OF CHALDEA DIANA WYNNE JONES £12.99, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-754223-9 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

‘Getting to read an extra Diana Wynne Jones novel is like being given extra time with her.’

Neil Gaiman

Also Available We have packs available offering further details about Diana’s fabulous backlist. Stunning new POS will also be available.

If you’d like details, contact us at independentthinking@ harpercollins.co.uk or ask your HarperCollins rep.

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TAPE ---

STEVEN CAMDEN

Meet the smallest boy who is every inch a hero, and the loudest kid in fiction - two of our favourite characters in these amazing debuts demanding attention this season!

Tape is the debut novel from Steven Camden, a leading spoken-word poet, performing as Polarbear. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and devastatingly moving, it will haunt anyone who reads it… £9.99, HB OUT NOW 978-0-00-751120-4 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Humour and high adventure combine in Infinity Drake: Sons of Scarlatti whilst Shoutykid pesters all who will listen and is bound to make you laugh out loud. Solitaire provides a contemporary coming of age story for Young Adults, and the lawless in the The Luck Uglies prove that sometimes it takes a villain to save you from the monsters...

INFINITY DRAKE: THE SONS OF SCARLATTI JOHN MCNALLY

SOLITAIRE ALICE OSEMAN

SHOUTYKID:HOW HARRY RIDDLES MADE A MEGA-AMAZING ZOMBIE MOVIE SIMON MAYLE

THE LUCK UGLIES PAUL DURHAM

£12.99, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-752158-6 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£7.99, PB 31 JUL 978-0-00-755922-0 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, PB 5 JUN 978-0-00-753188-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, PB 3 JUL 978-0-00-752690-1 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

RATBURGER ---

DAVID WALLIAMS

Big hitters and bestsellers in hardback, these titles from two major series in children’s fiction, and the fastest growing children’s author, are now available in paperback.

Ratburger was the No. 1 children’s hardback bestseller for seven weeks, and Gangsta Granny topped the paperback chart for over three months!

David Walliams’ latest bestseller is sure to slam the charts this spring! £6.99, PB 13 FEB 978-0-00-745354-2 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

THE MALEFICENT SEVEN FROM THE WORLD OF SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES ---

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DEREK LANDY A brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe – winner of Irish Book of the Decade - from No. 1 bestselling author, Derek Landy. This time, the bad guys take the stage.

The second title in the New York Times bestselling dark and enchanting fantasy adventure series. Good and Evil are no longer enemies but things may not be as they seem, as new bonds form and old ones shatter.

£6.99, PB 8 MAY 978-0-00-753194-3 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£6.99, PB 8 MAY 978-0-00-750281-3 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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COLLINS BEDTIME TREASURY OF NURSERY RHYMES AND TALES

MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO

JONATHAN LANGLEY

MICHAEL HALL

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Jonathan Langley’s humorous retelling of these nursery tales, along with the sparkling illustrations throughout, bring these traditional nursery favourites to new life. This edition is a treasure for all the family to enjoy.

With ingenious art that uses more than 300 heart shapes, award-winning graphic designer, Michael Hall, creates expressive animals and shows the many feelings that one child’s heart can hold.

Available in hardback and board book editions.

£19.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-198292-5 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

£4.99, BB OUT NOW 978-0-06-191512-3 HARPERCOLLINS 360

£10.99, HB OUT NOW 978-0-06-191510-9 HARPERCOLLINS 360

LITTLE WHITE RABBIT --KEVIN HENKES Best selling author Kevin Henkes’ glorious board book stars a rambunctious and adventurous little white rabbit who discovers, in the end, that a mother’s love is constant and true. £4.99, BB 27 FEB 978-0-06-231409-3 HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S 360

Sparkling with inventive illustrations and bursting at the seams with heartwarming tales, these books are covetable treasures for all the family.

This spring, 4th Estate are proud to publish the followup to the phenomenal five million-selling The HundredYear-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden is an eccentric novel as delightfully wry and witty as its predecessor.

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The follow up to The HundredYear-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden is a charming and humorous account of one young woman’s unlikely adventure.

Written with the same light-hearted voice as his bestselling debut, Jonas Jonasson’s The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden is another comic romp; a freewheeling picaresque page-turner of how one person’s actions can have far-reaching – even global – consequences.

Jonasson introduces us to a whole cast of eccentrics: twin brothers who are officially only one person, three careless Chinese girls, a potatogrowing Baroness, and the Swedish King.

‘Jonas Jonasson’s fictional worlds are wonders— completely original situations, brilliant characters,

‘Jonas Jonasson’s fictional worlds are wonders—completely original situations, brilliant characters.’

Clare Reihill, 4th Estate Editorial Director

THE GIRL WHO SAVED THE KING OF SWEDEN JONAS JONASSON £8.99, PB 29 APR 978-0-00-755790-5 4TH ESTATE

Praise for Jonas Jonasson ‘Imaginative, laugh-out-loud bestseller.’

Daily Telegraph ‘Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny … The plot is pleasingly nimble and the book’s endearing charm offers a happy alternative to the more familiar Nordic noir.’ Guardian

‘A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully.’

Sunday Times ‘Eccentric, unusual and far-fetched in the best possible way.’

The Bookseller

Introducing the newest member of our publishing family.

The Borough Press has a simple but ambitious mission: to publish brilliant fiction with a broad appeal, bringing stand-out writing to the widest possible readership. We’re excited for you to start to read and sell these books, and hope you agree that this is the beginning of something great.

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VAL McDERMID An invite to Edinburgh brings Catherine ‘Cat’ Morland a new acquaintance: Henry Tilney, whose family home, Northanger Abbey, sounds perfectly thrilling. With a new friend who shares her passion for supernatural novels, Cat’s imagination runs riot: an ancient abbey, crumbling turrets, secret chambers, ghosts… and Henry! What could be more deliciously romantic? But Cat gets far more than she bargained for in the Scottish Borders.

The real world outside the pages of a novel proves to be more disturbing than the imagined world within… £18.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-750424-4 THE BOROUGH PRESS

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Louisa Young’s stunning sequel to My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You. The eagerly awaited sequel to the bestselling novel, shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year.

It’s 1919, and Britain is realising that it is no longer at war. The war casts long shadows and normality doesn’t seem to exist the way it did, there is no ‘going back’ to anything. For those who fought, those who healed and those left behind, 1919 is a year freighted with unavoidable realities. Now, Nadine and Riley, Rose, and Peter and Julia, must try to regain a sense of normality.

Published in the anniversary year of WW1, Louisa Young’s evocation of a time deeply wounded by

the pain of war in The Heroes’ Welcome will capture and beguile readers fresh to the series and those previously enthralled by My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You.

THE HEROES’ WELCOME LOUISA YOUNG £12.99, HB 22 MAY 978-0-00-736146-5 THE BOROUGH PRESS

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MIRANDA BEVERLY-WHITTEMORE In every picture of the society pages, there’s Ev Winslow.

Disarmingly beautiful, and with a smile that’s perfect. Smalltown Mabel Dagmar has never known anyone like Ev, and now she’s sharing her college dorm. Mabel can hardly believe her luck when she finds herself summering at the Winslow family’s luxurious estate. However, she can’t help looking a little closer at the Winslows, probing beneath their glossy exterior. And what she uncovers in their past is almost as shocking as what she finds out about their present. Beneath the beauty is a rotten core. £16.99, HB 5 JUN 978-0-00-753664-1 THE BOROUGH PRESS

Sci-fi scarers, literary fiction and a highly inventive debut novel from an established playwright are the highlights from these consistently excellent imprints.

A BIT OF DIFFERENCE

BIRD BOX

SEFI ATTA

JOSH MALERMAN

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From the Wole Soyinka Prize-winner, a refreshingly honest story of a woman at a crossroads. Deola Bello is tired of life on the move and wants to go back to her native Nigeria – but can she live with its changes?

Five years ago Malorie’s world was no different to our own and her story was an average one. But five years ago the reports of sudden outbreaks of madness in the news started to creep closer to home. Then people started seeing them, and they started going mad.

£14.99, HB OUT NOW 978-0-00-753103-5 4TH ESTATE

£14.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-752987-2 HARPER VOYAGER

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The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliant novel A highly unusual debut where the lifecycle of a hive becomes a dystopian fantasy Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora lives to accept, obey and serve; she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the Queen.

But Flora is not like other bees; she has talents that are not typical of her kin and finds her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous.

And when Flora breaks the most sacred law of all, her instinct to serve is overshadowed by an even deeper desire, a fierce love that will lead

to the unthinkable. A debut novel from an established playwright, Laline Paull’s chilling novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar.

THE BEES LALINE PAULL £14.99, HB 6 MAY 978-0-00-755772-1 4TH ESTATE

THE SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY ANNIHILATION

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

JEFF VANDERMEER

ANTHONY DOERR

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A strange land beyond a mysterious border exerts a malign influence over the scientists sent in to investigate. Annihiliation is the first book of a haunting and beautiful trilogy, all to be published within 2014.

The lives of a blind French girl and gifted German boy intersect in a World War II epic that illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. A novel of soaring imagination.

£10, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-755071-5 4TH ESTATE

£16.99, HB 6 MAY 978-0-00-754866-8 4TH ESTATE

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The bestselling novelist of all time.

The world’s most famous detective.

Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, Agatha Christie has sold more than two billion books. This spring we are reissuing classic Poirot cases, stylishly reset and repackaged, and designed to bring the books to a more contemporary readership.

AGATHA CHRISTIE There are things that are best left unsaid. Though tragedy had touched the life of Richard Abernethie, his sudden death seemed pretty unremarkable for a man of his age. So why would his sister wait until his funeral to say he had been murdered? £7.99, PB 13 MAR 978-0-00-756269-5 HARPERFICTION

ASTONISH ME ---

MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD Fresh from her Dylan Thomas Prize win for Seating Arrangements, Maggie’s second novel confirms her status as one of the most promising young American novelists of recent years. Now comes an exquisitely written novel that glimpse into the world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Independent booksellers were crucial to the success of Seating Arrangements and your passion for Maggie’s writing was reflected in the fantastic sales. You can share your thoughts @bluedoorbooks. £14.99, HB 8 MAY 978-0-00-752536-2 BLUE DOOR

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DEATH ON THE NILE

THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

AGATHA CHRISTIE

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Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery and the second most popular Hercule Poirot book (after Murder on the Orient Express). The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery of a murder.

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled his ancient Greek namesake but in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot accepted just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

£7.99. PB 13 MAR 978-0-00-752755-7 HARPERFICTION

£7.99, PB 13 MAR 978-0-00-752759-5 HARPERFICTION

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GREG ILES Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Greg Iles returns with the eagerly anticipated Natchez Burning – the first instalment in an epic trilogy interweaving crime, racial divide, and secrets past and present. Penn Cage learned everything he knows of honour from his father. But now Dr. Tom Cage stands accused of murder, and Penn’s quest for answers sends him deep into the past – into the heart of a conspiracy of greed and murder involving a vicious sect of the KKK headed by one of the most powerful men in the state. £18.99, HB 13 MAR 978-0-00-730486-8 HARPERFICTION

A novel of epic scope, historical crime fiction and gripping thrillers are sure to provide lots of topics for discussion at book groups this spring.

ORPHAN TRAIN

RIPPER

CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE

ISABEL ALLENDE

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Riding high at No.2 on the New York Times bestseller chart, this is a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship, and a largely hidden chapter of American history.

Ripper is a gripping thriller from bestseller Isabel Allende, one of the most fearless and versatile writers working today. Teenage sleuth Amanda and her online accomplices are unprepared when a serial killer strikes all too close to home.

£7.99, PB 10 APR 978-0-06-195072-8 HARPERCOLLINS 360

£12.99, HB OUT NOW 978-0-00-754894-1 4TH ESTATE

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From the bestselling author of the The Kashmir Shawl Sucked into the seductive world of 19th century performers, Eliza risks her heart and her life…

The Kashmir Shawl sold over 150,000 copies in paperback. Now, Rosie Thomas turns her impeccable research and pitch-perfect prose to the shadowy world of the 19th century London.

London 1870. A terrifying place for a young, beautiful woman of limited means. But Eliza is modern before her time. She longs for more.

Through her work as an artist’s model, she meets the magnetic and irascible Devil – a born showman whose dream is to run his own theatre company.

Thrown together by a twist of fate, their lives are

inextricably linked: the fortune of one depends on the fortune of the other. And as Eliza gets sucked into the seductive and dangerous world her strange companions inhabit, she risks not only her heart, but also her life…

THE ILLUSIONISTS ROSIE THOMAS £14.99, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-751201-0 HARPERFICTION

TREACHERY

A SEASIDE AFFAIR

S. J. PARRIS

FERN BRITTON

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Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris returns with her fourth historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno – heretic, philosopher, and spy. Full of intrigue, murder, and mystery, Treachery is perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom.

A Seaside Affair is the new wonderfully warm and witty novel from iconic TV presenter Fern Britton.

Fern’s light-hearted, uplifting fiction has garnered her legions of fans, and her books will appeal to readers of Dawn French and Katie Fforde.

£13.99, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-748119-4 HARPERFICTION

£12.99, HB 24 APRIL 978-0-00-746856-0 HARPERFICTION

IN THE APPROACHES ---

NICOLA BARKER

The 4th Estate and HarperFiction mantelpieces are crowded with awards. These titles from their stable of critically acclaimed authors are already attracting much advance praise.

In her tenth novel the inimitable Nicola Barker imagines a basis for the internet in Catholic theology and offers a captivating glimpse of something more shocking than any dystopia – the possibility of faith. £18.99, HB 5 JUN ISBN TO COME 4TH ESTATE

THE WAY INN

THE SNOW QUEEN

WILL WILES

MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

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Will Wiles’ first novel, Care of Wooden Floors, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott prize and won a Betty Trask award. The Way Inn takes the polished surfaces of modern life and twists them into a nightmare.

The Hours won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; now from Michael Cunningham comes The Snow Queen, a beautiful and heartbreaking novel that proves once again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of this generation.

£14.99, HB 5 JUN 978-0-00-754555-1 4TH ESTATE

£16.99, HB 6 MAY 978-0-00-755767-7 4TH ESTATE

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FIVE STAR BILLIONAIRE

AMERICANAH

TASH AW

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

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The overlapping lives of five newcomers to China’s most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel, longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. Tash Aw charts the weave of their journeys in the new China.

From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah is a powerful new novel of love and race centred around a young man and woman who face difficult challenges in the countries they come to call home.

£8.99, PB OUT NOW 978-0-00-749418-7 4TH ESTATE

£8.99, PB 27 FEB 978-0-00-735634-8 4TH ESTATE

KINDER THAN SOLITUDE

FROM THE BOROUGH PRESS THE SHOCK OF THE FALL

YIYUN LI

NATHAN FILER

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The new novel from the author of The Vagrants and winner of the Guardian First Book Award unfolds a friendship tainted by an attempted poisoning, with provocative observations about human nature and the virtues of loyalty.

Winner of this year’s Costa First Novel Award, The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man’s descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.

£16.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-732982-3 4TH ESTATE

£7.99, PB OUT NOW 978-0-00-749145-2 THE BOROUGH PRESS

Britain’s native owls are an ever popular subject and now they come under the respected microscope of the New Naturalists in the latest of the revered series. We mark the 300th anniversary of the solution to a scientific quest upon which thousands of lives, and the fortunes of nations, hung in the balance. Plus there’s a flurry of books to get cycling fans in a spin.

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The much-anticipated volume in the celebrated New Naturalist series A comprehensive natural history of one of Britain’s most fascinating group of birds.

Owls have always featured prominently in the mythology and folklore of a variety of cultures.

These nocturnal creatures are thought to be symbols of wisdom, omens of death and bringers of prophecy. Throughout the ages, owls have been a source of inspiration to writers, artists, historians and naturalists alike.

Mike Toms features Britain’s beloved Barn Owl, Tawny Owl and Snowy Owl amongst several others.

He uses the vast database and the latest research from his work with the British Trust for Ornithology to provide a fascinating overview of the biology and history of British owls, and addresses important conservation issues and changes in legislation which could potentially impact the status of some of Britain’s most iconic birds.

COLLINS NEW NATURALIST LIBRARY (125) — OWLS MIKE TOMS

‘The books are glorious to own.’

Independent

£55, HB OUT NOW 978-0-00-742555-6 WILLIAM COLLINS

Praise for the New Naturalist series The Collins New Naturalist series is the longestrunning and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world.

‘Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing. ’ Sunday Times

‘The series is an amazing achievement.’

Times Literary Supplement ‘Seventy years in the making, this celebration of our native owls is a fine addition to a glory of British publishing – the New Naturalist series.’

Sunday Times on Owls

LONGITUDE ---

DAVA SOBEL

2014 marks the 300th anniversary of the dramatic scientific quest to measure longitude, an event that gripped the scientific communities of 18th and 19th century Europe.

In the tercentenary year of the Longitude Act, 4th Estate present an anniversary edition of Dana Sobel’s bestselling history of this epic scientific quest, and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. £12.99, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-755936-7 FOURTH ESTATE

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SEXTANT ---

RICHARD DUNN AND REBEKAH HIGGITT

DAVID BARRIE

This illustrated official publication of The National Maritime Museum Longitude exhibition offers a detailed account of how the longitude problem was solved. Specially commissioned photographs from the archive help to bring the story to life.

This eloquent celebration of the sextant is a heady mix of adventure, science, mathematics and derring-do. David Barrie tells the story of this elegant instrument, exploring its vital role in man’s attempts to map the world.

£25, HB 19 JUN 978-0-00-752586-7 COLLINS

£16.99, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-751656-8 WILLIAM COLLINS

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MIDNIGHT’S DESCENDANTS: SOUTH ASIA FROM PARTITION TO THE PRESENT DAY

HOW TO MAKE A HUMAN BEING

JOHN KEAY

CHRISTOPHER POTTER

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An epic narrative history that compares and contrasts the fortunes of all the countries that make up South Asia. Like Midnight’s Children, Midnight’s Descendants is expansive and tumultuous in the great tradition of India’s narrative epics.

What kind of machine is a human being?

And could we ever make one? In a startling investigation of what it means to be human, Christopher Potter shows how human beings escape the net of scientific reductionism.

£25, HB OUT NOW 978-0-00-732657-0 WILLIAM COLLINS

£18.99, HB 27 MAR 978-0-00-744779-4 4TH ESTATE

THE RECKONING ---

PATRICK BISHOP From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys, The Reckoning is the first book to reveal the real fate of a rebel who terrorized Palestine. This is the true story of two ruthless adversaries and the creation of a cult of martyrdom. £20, HB 27 FEB 978-0-00-750617-0 WILLIAM COLLINS

These books explore the wealth of decisions that humans choose to make, and examine how these decisions impact their lives and the course of history.

Impress and surprise with these delicious cookbooks! Whether its gluten and dairy free or a delightful decorative touch – it’s what’s inside that counts!

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It’s the next baking craze!

Amazing cakes for every occasion – with a little something extra inside.

For cake blogger Amanda Rettke, every cake is a gift to be shared with family and friends, a special treat that should be lovingly prepared and meticulously designed—from the inside, out. Whether it’s a striking, all-white cake with a secret red velvet heart baked inside or a St. Patrick’s Day cake complete with a surprise shamrock. Amanda’s cakes, cookies and sweets are unique, creative and downright revolutionary.

With her easy-to-follow instructions, complete with step-by-step photo tutorials, Surprise Inside Cakes shows readers how they can replicate these incredible designs in their own kitchen.

FAY MAKES IT EASY: 100 DELICIOUS RECIPES TO IMPRESS WITH NO STRESS ---

FAY RIPLEY The Mumsnet Best Cookbook winner is back with over 100 deliciously easy recipes that will keep your family and friends coming back for more. Let Fay show you how to impress with no stress in the kitchen. £20, HB 13 MAR 978-0-00-754316-8 HARPERNONFICTION

If you would like sample recipes, including that of the cake featured, tweet the HarperCollins 360 team @harper360UK

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PIPPA KENDRICK

£18.99, HB 10 APR 978-0-06-219531-9 HARPERCOLLINS 360

Author of The Intolerant Gourmet, Pippa Kendrick, returns with over 120 brand new recipes, 100% free from gluten, dairy, eggs, soy and yeast.

Pippa proves that free-from cooking can be as quick and as delicious as traditional methods. £25, HB 10 APR 978-0-00-745474-7 HARPERNONFICTION

Cycling is experiencing a surge in interest following back-to-back British victories at the Tour de France. This year Le Tour starts in Yorkshire, the first time it has visited the North of England.

CYCLE OF LIES: THE FALL OF LANCE ARMSTRONG

ÉTAPE

JULIET MACUR

RICHARD MOORE

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Juliet Macur, cycling correspondent for the New York Times, goes behind the scenes of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal to bring us the astonishing twists and turns of an outrage that rocked the world of cycling.

Richard Moore takes readers on a virtual Tour de France. Each chapter focuses on a single rider, in a single stage that came to define the Tour’s history – from Boardman’s ‘superbike’ ride at the Prologue in 1994 to Armstrong’s infamous stage three in 2009.

£16.99, HB 4 MAR 978-0-00-752062-6 WILLIAM COLLINS

£16.99, HB 5 JUN 978-0-00-750010-9 HARPERSPORT

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THE LOYAL LIEUTENANT

THE SKY WAY

GEORGE HINCAPIE INTRODUCTION

BY LANCE ARMSTRONG

INTRODUCTION BY SIR DAVE BRAILSFORD

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This stunningly candid autobiography of the man who rode alongside Lance Armstrong for each of his seven Tour victories is the most transparent account yet of the now infamous era of modern cycling history.

From the No.1 team in cycling, this is the ultimate guide for enthusiasts of all stripes – offering the tips and secrets that deliver an edge; from training methods, and equipment maintenance, to nutrition, tactics, and psychology.

£20, HB 19 JUN 978-0-00-754955-9 HARPERSPORT

£25, HB 22 MAY 978-0-00-754473-8 HARPERSPORT

UNDISPUTED TRUTH: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ---

MIKE TYSON

Big name sport stars relate the ups (and downs and the temptations of success), whilst football is viewed through a scientific lens in Soccernomics.

One of the most talked-about books of last year, this is the autobiography of a sporting legend driven to the brink of self-destruction. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidis’s bestselling memoir Scar Tissue. £8.99, PB 5 JUNE 978-0-00-750253-0 HARPERSPORT

SOCCERNOMICS

FASTER THAN LIGHTNING: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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SIMON KUPER AND STEFAN SZYMANSKI

USAIN BOLT

Written with an economist’s brain and a football writer’s skill, Soccernomics applies high-powered analytical tools to everyday football topics. This is football’s answer to Freakonomics and The Undercover Economist.

Whether you know athletics or not, the chances are you know Usain Bolt. This is the autobiography of the fastest man of all-time, and superstar whose talent, charm and charisma have made him one of the most famous people on Earth.

£8.99, PB 9780007457847 24 APRIL HARPERSPORT

£8.99, PB 5 JUN 978-0-00-737142-6 HARPERSPORT

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Paulo Coelho’s books have sold more than 140 million copies worldwide. Now his incredible new novel is available in paperback, alongside a new edition of one of his classic titles.

MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN ACCRA

VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE (NEW EDITION)

PAULO COELHO

PAULO COELHO

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After lying undiscovered for over 700 years, a manuscript holding the answers to a city’s final questions is unearthed from a cave in Cairo. A timeless and powerful exploration of personal growth, everyday wisdom and joy.

Veronika is told that she has only a few days to live. The story follows her intense last days as she experiences feelings she had never really felt before. A dramatic story that shows us the choice we all make between living and dying.

£7.99, PB OUT NOW 978-0-00-752061-9 HARPER

£7.99, PB 13 FEB 978-0-00-755180-4 HARPERCOLLINS

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