R&L Q2 2020

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Q2 2020

Boiling Off: Maple Sugaring in Maine p.6

Biography

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Children’s

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Cookery

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Crime

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Film & Theatre

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History

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Linguistics

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Media

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Music

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Politics

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Reference

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Chasing Lemurs My Journey into the Heart of Madagascar

By Keriann McGoogan

June 2020 240 pages Hardback 9781633886209 ÂŁ15.95 / $24.00

At age twenty-five, graduate student Keriann McGoogan traveled into the wilds of Madagascar to study lemurs in their natural habitat and to set up a permanent field site in the remote northwest--a site to which she could later return to do research for her PhD in biological anthropology. Despite careful planning, the trip spiraled out of control.

Food poisoning, harrowing backcountry roads, grueling hikes, challenging local politics, malaria, and an emergency evacuation would turn a simple reconnaissance into an epic adventure.

In an engaging narrative, the author vividly describes the challenges of life in an isolated forest region while also bringing to life the wonders of Madagascar's incredible biodiversity, especially its many varieties of lemurs. Sadly, these rare animals are the most endangered group of primates in the world.

At first accompanied by her thesis advisor, McGoogan is soon left alone when her mentor must return home. She carries on as the lone woman amid a small band of local male assistants, diligently conducting research on the lemur population around the camp. But when her right-hand man becomes delirious with malaria, she is forced to lead her team on a desperate three-day trek to safety.

This fascinating memoir is equal parts a journey of self-discovery, an adventure story, and a heartfelt appreciation of a wonderful island country teaming with unique species and peopled by the warm and welcoming Malagasies with their intriguing indigenous culture.

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Biography

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George & Barbara Bush A Great American Love Story

By Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Kelly Anne Chase

June 2020 240 pages Paperback 9781608937592 £13.95 / $19.95 Hardback 9781608939732 £15.95 / $24.95

“To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that’s not hard,” Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition back to a “normal” life.

Through a lifetime’s worth of letters, photographs, and stories, Sosa and coauthor Kelly Anne Chase paint the portrait of the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush.

Sharing intimate interviews with the Bushes and family friends, this is a never-before-seen look into the private life of a very public couple.

President and Mrs. Bush’s granddaughter, Ellie LeBlond Sosa, is based in Boston, Massachusetts, where she works for a healthcare nonprofit. Her passion though lies in health and wellness. She earned her certificate as a holistic health counselor in 2013 and teaches fitness in Boston as well as on retreats for women around the world. Ellie met her husband of four years at her grandparent’s home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and was married there in 2014. Her grandparent’s love story is one that she looks up to and strives to emulate in her own life.

Kelly Anne Chase is a New England-based writer and magazine editor. She earned her bachelor’s in history from American University and her master’s in publishing and writing from Emerson College. She lives with her husband on the South Shore of Massachusetts.

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Under Fire Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House

By April Ryan

June 2020 208 pages Paperback 9781538131992 ÂŁ10.95 / $16.95 Hardback 9781538113363 ÂŁ15.95 / $24.95

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Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal.

April Ryan has been a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks since the Clinton administration. In addition she can be seen almost daily as a political analyst for CNN. She has been featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and Elle magazines as well as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico, to name a few, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper 360, Hardball, Meet the Press, and many other television news programs. She is the 2017 National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year. She is also a 2019 Freedom of the Press Award Winner for 2019 by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Ryan resides in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Do Puffins Ever . . .?

By Fran Hodgkins

June 2020 32 pages

This entertaining and informative book gives serious answers to questions such as Do puffins have teeth?; Do they always have such colorful beaks?; Are they related to penguins?; and Why are they called puffins, anyway?

Hardback 9781608939114 £11.95 / $17.95

Fran Hodgkins is the author of numerous children’s books, including Andre the Famous Harbor Seal and How People Learned to Fly. She lives in Rockport, Maine.

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Boiling Off Maple Sugaring in Maine

By John Hodgkins

April 2020 240 pages Paperback 9781608936847 ÂŁ13.95 / $19.95

In 1964 three cousins tapped three thousand sugar maples deep in the Maine woods.

They called themselves Jackson Mountain Maple Farm. Boiling Off is the story of making Maine maple syrup commercially in Temple, Maine, for fifty-some years, and how a 30year technology revolution beginning in the 1980s changed the face of Maine sugaring forever.

Woven into the story of Jackson Mountain Maple Farm is the history of Maine sugaring beginning in Farmington in 1781, when Stephen Titcomb boiled off the first official pure Maine maple syrup in a cast iron kettle. Boiling Off tracks the evolution of sugaring technology from Titcomb’s kettle to reverse osmosis and heat exchangers; follows sap gathering techniques from buckets and oxen-drawn drays to plastic tubing and vacuum pumps; and records production in Maine from 8,000 gallons of maple syrup in 1985 to 709,000 gallons in 2017. The story describes the subtleties of syrup flavor, how it is properly graded, and the art of making award-winning maple syrup. It also reveals who produces Maine maple syrup, where it is harvested, and how L. L. Bean came to first stock it on their shelves.

John Hodgkins has boiled off maple syrup commercially in the Maine woods for more than fifty years. He has served two terms as president of the Maine Maple Producers Association and has won numerous awards and ribbons for his syrup, including Best of Show in a statewide contest and third-place ribbon in an international contest. He has been interviewed on radio and television and spoken to civic groups about maple syrup.

His writing has been published in Maine Times, Library Journal, Down East magazine, and Discover Maine. He is the author A Soldier's Son: An American Boyhood During World War II (Down East Books, 2006). He lives in Temple, Maine.

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Cookery

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Vegetarian Times PlantPowered Protein Cookbook Over 200 Healthy & Delicious Whole-Food Dishes

By Editors of Vegetarian Times

April 2020 392 pages Paperback 9781493050444 £15.95 / $24.95 Hardback 9781493030972 £18.95 / $28.00

Healthy, Delicious Recipes with Plant Powered Protein Protein is the macronutrient that’s on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days, but a protein-rich diet doesn’t have to mean chowing down on giant bowls of beans or plates of egg whites—nor does it have to include meat, fish, or poultry. In this book, the Vegetarian Times editors set the protein story straight, showing you how to meet all your protein needs with delicious, satisfying, easy-to-prepare recipes that fit seamlessly into any lifestyle.

For over 30 years, Vegetarian Times has been at the forefront of the healthy living movement, providing delicious recipes, expert wellness information and environmentally sound lifestyle solutions to a wide variety of individuals. Our goal is to remain a trusted resource for our faithful readers and to reach out to the new generation of full-time vegetarians and flexitarians who find themselves increasingly drawn to the healthconscious, eco-friendly, “green” lifestyle we have always promoted.

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Sex Crimes and Offenders Exploring Questions of Character and Culture

By Mary Clifford and Alison Feigh

June 2020 528 pages Paperback 9781538125175 ÂŁ32.95 / $50.00

Sex Crimes and Offenders emphasizes the need to focus on individual perpetrators while also stressing the importance of looking at the offender’s social and cultural environments, as well as the social and political responses designed to hold perpetrators accountable and help support victims Mary Clifford has her Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University and is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. A founding member of the Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative on the SCSU campus, she has been engaged in researching and writing about various justice issues including approximately 15 years of active involvement in studying sexual deviance, sex crimes and sex offenders. Editor of the first comprehensive text on environmental crime, titled Environmental Crime: Law, Policy and Social Responsibility (Aspen, 1998), and co-editor of the second edition (Jones and Bartlett, 2011), Dr. Clifford is also the Pearson Prentice Hall (2004) author of Identifying and Exploring Security Essentials.

Alison Feigh, MS, is the Director of Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, a program of Zero Abuse Project. In her role as a subject matter expert on child and teen safety, she works with students, parents, youth workers, faith leaders, law enforcement and the media to help prevent childhood abuse and abductions. Feigh’s work also includes writing curriculum for youth serving organizations, training professionals about online challenges kids face and advocating for families of the missing. Feigh has been working in the abuse prevention field for more than 18 years. She is especially drawn to prevention in faith-based communities and youth serving organizations, collaborating with teens regarding technology challenges and helping empower parents to talk with their kids about personal and online safety.

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Broadway The American Musical

By Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor

April 2020 520 pages Paperback 9781493047673 £29.95 / $44.95

A comprehensive companion to the six-part Emmy-winning PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the gold standard of musical theater history books, tracing the roots of the art form at the turn of the twentieth century through the smashing successes of the new millennium.

Michael Kantor’s twenty-five years' experience in historical documentary film making includes the six-part Emmy-nominated series, Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris), Give Me the Banjo (narrated by Steve Martin), The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, and Quincy Jones: In the Pocket for the American Masters series.

Laurence Maslon is an arts professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

He is the host and producer of the radio series Broadway to Main Street, broadcast on the local NPR affiliate station WPPB-FM. He lives in New York City and on the North Fork of Long Island.

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American Hysteria The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States

By Andrew Burt

April 2020 240 pages Paperback 9781493050024 £13.95 / $19.95 Hardback 9781493003341 £17.95 / $26.95

This debut book from Andrew Burt details the pivotal moments in American political history when outliers moved to the center, capturing the national spotlight and turning fringe politics mainstream. American Hysteria puts readers at the center of the nation’s most prominent periods of political extremism, from the Anti-Illuminati movement of the 1790s to McCarthyism in the 1950s to the Anti-Sharia movement of today. Both a deep dive into American history and a riveting narrative account, this is book is as much history lesson as it is drama.

Burt argues that political hysteria arises in periods of deep uncertainty about American identity, and that when Americans lose their sense of who they are, they lash out against perceived threats with blacklists, scapegoating, conspiracies, cover-ups and more. By exploring the infamous and sometimes forgotten movements and characters of our nation’s past, this fascinating book provides a unique view into America’s history, its identity, and ultimately its future.

A former reporter for U.S. News & World Report, Andrew Burt is currently a Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project. His articles have appeared in Slate, Politico, and The Atlantic, among other publications. He lives in New York, NY.

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History

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How Madness Shaped History An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcissists, and Psychotic Visionaries

By Christopher J. Ferguson

June 2020 304 pages Hardback 9781633885745 ÂŁ15.95 / $25.00

How have mental illness and personality disorders influenced history? This lively investigation demonstrates that, when conditions are ripe, one unstable individual can create the best or worst moments of a generation or even a century.

Beginning with Alexander the Great, whose megalomania caused widespread bloodshed yet powerfully shaped world history through the spread of Greek culture, the author examines the various forms of mental illness among people of great influence. These includes emperors, like the Romans Caligula and Elagabalus, kings like George III of England and Charles II of Spain, and lesser known rulers such as sixteenth-century Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory, who is in the Guinness World Records as the most prolific female serial killer of all time.

In more recent times, the author considers the mental instability exhibited by dictators Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Idi Amin, as well as female prison guard Irma Grese, whose cruelties at Auschwitz were infamous.

He also discusses rumors of cognitive decline among American presidents Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump, and the ways in which American democracy copes with the disability of its leaders. And he considers cases where whole societies seem to be gripped by the madness of mob rule.

Ferguson concludes with an eye toward the future, considering the power of social media to amplify fringe ideas, giving extremist and outright crazy perspectives greater exposure and influence than ever before.

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In Truth A History of Lies from Ancient Rome to Modern America

By Matthew Fraser

June 2020 464 pages Hardback 9781633886247 ÂŁ18.95 / $27.95

From the ancient Greeks and Romans to the modern era, how have people determined what is true? How have those with power and influence sought to control the narrative?

Are we living in a post-truth era, or is that notion simply the latest attempt to control the narrative? The relationship between truth and power is the key theme.

Moving through major historical periods, the author focuses on notable people and events, from well-known leaders like Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler to lesser-known individuals like Procopius and Savonarola. He notes distinct parallels in history to current events. Julius Caesar's publication of his Gallic Wars and Civil Wars was an early exercise in political spin not unlike what we see today. During the English Civil War and the Enlightenment, pamphleteering coupled with the new power of the printing press challenged the status quo, as online and social media does in our time. And "fake news" was already being used by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck in nineteenth-century Europe and by the "yellow journalism" of American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer near the turn of the twentieth century.

The author concludes optimistically, noting that we are debating and discussing truth more fiercely today than in any previous era. The determination to arrive at the truth, despite the manipulations of the powerful, bodes well for the future of democracy.

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History

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Pilgrim Confidential Shocking True Stories of the Pilgrims in the Strange New World

By Susan Fair

April 2020 192 pages Paperback 9781493051045 £12.95 / $18.95

From robbing graves, to calling their neighbors "scum", to penning hot takes about the fantastic firewood situation in New England, the intrepid founding fathers and mothers of New England were way more complex and colorful than we've been led to believe. In Plymouth Confidential, readers will encounter the Pilgrims—the small group of Puritan Separatists and their associates who banished themselves to the "vast and howling wilderness" of America—as they struggle to establish the first colony in New England.

Sometimes dark, often humorous, the true tales of the founding of Plymouth are always surprising.

Susan Fair is the author of American Witches: A Broomstick Tour Through Four Centuries and Mysteries & Lore of Western Maryland, as well as lots of articles, as well as stuff you might see on websites, esp if you're interested in history & weirdness. (She knows that was a run on sentence and feels bad about it.)

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Secrets from the Black Vault The Army's Plan for a Military Base on the Moon and Other Declassified Documents that Rewrote History

By Jr., John, Greenewald

April 2020 228 pages Paperback 9781538134061 ÂŁ10.95 / $17.00

The history books are meant to give you verifiable history. The United States Government wants you to not question the narrative that, in some cases, has been written for more than a century. But sometimes, real facts emerge from declassified documents that challenge what you thought you knew.

In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings of the U.S. Government at the young age of fifteen. He targeted such groups as the CIA, FBI, Pentagon, Air Force, Army, Navy, NSA, DIA, and countless others.

Greenewald utilized the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to gain access to nearly two million pages of records. He accumulated this astonishing number of documents on topics related to UFOs, the JFK Assassination, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and top secret aircraft. Time elapsed, and Greenewald's online archive became known globally as "The Black Vault."

The Black Vault is now visited by 8-10 thousand people every day, who come to download the information he has collected. Since day one, the site remains free, and contains records that in some cases, took Greenewald more than a DECADE to obtain from the U.S. Government.

His teenage project turned into the largest private online collection anywhere in the world, totaling more than 1.7 million pages of material.

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The Thief-Taker Hangings How Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard Captivated London and Created the Celebrity Criminal

By Aaron Skirboll

June 2020 320 pages Paperback 9781493050000 £13.95 / $19.95 Hardback 9780762791484 £17.95 / $26.95

After the Glorious Revolution, a not so glorious age of lawlessness befell England. Crime ran rampant, and highwaymen, thieves, and prostitutes ruled the land. Execution by hanging often punished the smallest infractions, and rip-roaring stories of fearless criminals proliferated, giving birth to a new medium: the newspaper. In 1724, housebreaker Jack Sheppard—a “pocket Hercules,” his small frame packed with muscle —finally met the hangman. Street singers sang ballads about the Cockney burglar because no prison could hold him. Each more astonishing than the last, his final jailbreak took him through six successive locked rooms, after which he shimmied down two blankets from the prison roof to the street below. Just before Sheppard swung, he gave an account of his life to a writer in the crowd--Daniel Defoe. The author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders covered another death at the hanging tree.

Jonathan Wild looked every bit the brute and he had all but invented the double-cross.

He cultivated young thieves, profited from their work, then turned them in for his reward —and their execution. But one man refused to play his game. Sheppard didn’t take orders from this self-proclaimed “thief-taker general.” The two-faced bounty hunter took it personally and helped bring the young burglar’s life to an end. But when Wild’s charade came to light, he quickly became the most despised man in the land.

Aaron Skirboll is the author of The Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven and has written about America's first professional songwriter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ernest Hemingway's last days for American Way magazine, and the history of the phone booth and cell phone etiquette for The Morning News. He lives in Pennsylvania.

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An Unlikely Trust Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Improbable Partnership That Remade American Business

By Gerard Helferich

April 2020 288 pages

A myth-busting account of how two battling American giants teamed up to save the nation's economy

Paperback 9781493048724 £13.95 / $19.95

As the twentieth century opened, Theodore Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan were the two most powerful men in America, perhaps the world. The transformations they wrought in the processes of government and business were essential to creating our modern age.

Yet no book has focused exclusively on the relationship between these two pivotal figures, and when they have been considered together, the result has generally been to reduce them to battling colossi, the great trust builder versus the original trustbuster. The truth is that their long association was far more complex, and that—despite risks for both men—it saved U.S. business.

Hardback 9781493025770 £17.95 / $26.95

Gerard Helferich is a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal and the author of four highly praised histories: Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912, which was a New York Times e-book bestseller; Stone of Kings: In Search of the Lost Jade of the Maya, which was selected by the American Booksellers Association as an Indie Next title; High Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi Delta, which was a Book Sense Notable Title and winner of the Authors Award for Nonfiction from the Mississippi Library Association; and Humboldt’s Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Latin American Journey That Changed the Way We See the World, which was a Discover magazine Science Bestseller. He lives with his wife, the writer Teresa Nicholas, in Jackson, MS, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. For more information, see http://www.gerardhelferich.com.

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The Greek & Latin Roots of English

By Tamara M. Green

June 2020 456 pages Paperback 9781538128633 ÂŁ29.95 / $45.00

The sixth edition expands the introduction to each chapter, and contains revised exercises in each chapter that reinforce and expand both vocabulary and analytical skills developed in previous chapters. The sixth edition also features expanded Latin and Greek alphabetical vocabulary lists, analytic exercises and other reader-friendly updates.

Tamara Green is Professor Emerita of Classics and former Chair of the Department of Classical and Oriental Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Linguistics

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Marketing the Arts An Introduction

By Anthony Rhine

April 2020 274 pages Paperback 9781538128954 ÂŁ24.95 / $40.00

Marketing the Arts introduces students, young professionals, and even seasoned veterans to new and refined marketing approaches—by drawing on marketing theory as it is used by huge multi-nationals, exploring such theories in the context of creative ventures generally, and the fine and performing arts specifically.

Anthony S. Rhine is professor in the school of Theatre at Florida State University. He holds a Ph.D. in business administration and bachelor's and master's degrees in theatre management.

He worked for the first two decades of his career as a theatre executive, running multimillion-dollar and Tony-nominated theatre companies. During that time, he also wrote the librettos for over twenty produced musicals, including several that toured both nationally and internationally, and directed scores of professional productions. For the last decade, he has been a professor of theatre management, focusing his research on advancing and improving theatre management education and its application in improving nonprofit theatre organizational outcomes such as increased ticket sales and unearned income. His research has been published in the top-ranked journals of arts management. Rhine is author of Leading the Creative Mind (2011) and Theatre Management: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century (2018).

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Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll

By Howard Bloom

June 2020 440 pages Paperback 9781493051670 £18.95 / $27.95

A science nerd with no knowledge of popular music plunges into the dark underbelly of science and fame where new superstars are made and embarks on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me. In the process, he helps build or sustain the careers of over one hundred of the biggest rock-and-roll stars.

Based in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Howard Bloom has been called “next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein, [and] Freud” by Britain’s Channel 4 TV, and “the next Stephen Hawking” by Gear magazine. One of Bloom’s seven books, Global Brain, was the subject of an Office of the Secretary of Defense symposium with participants from the State Department, the Energy Department, DARPA, IBM, and MIT.

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Into The Never Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral

By Adam Steiner

May 2020 296 pages Paperback 9781617137310 ÂŁ15.95 / $24.95

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Ushering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nails' seminal album, The Downward Spiral, changed popular music forever—bringing transgressive themes of heresy, S&M, and body horror to the masses and taking music technology to its limits.

Adam Steiner studied philosophy at the University of Aberdeen and enjoys writing about music, street-art culture, architecture, and transgressive fiction. His first novel is Politics of the Asylum (Urbane Publications). He lives in London with Edie, Maja, and Gonzo! the dog.

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Queen FAQ All That's Left to Know About Britain's Most Eccentric Band

By Daniel Ross

April 2020 328 pages Paperback 9781617137280 £15.95 / $24.95

Discover the glamour, the hedonistic parties, the bizarre and ingenious music, the tragedies and the triumphs of Queen, a true anomaly in the world of pop music. Queen FAQ reveals everything you need to know about one of the world’s most eccentric rock bands.

Daniel Ross is a writer and music journalist. He was previously the digital managing editor for Classic FM, the world’s biggest classical music radio station. As a freelancer, he’s written for BBC Music, The Quietus, The Fly, Rolling Stone, and the Evening Standard; he’s also worked as a music researcher for BBC Radio 4’s Something Understood. He’s the author of two nonfiction books for Classic FM and a novel, Bobby Denise Is Reigning Rampant, published by Unbound in 2019. He lives in Bristol, UK, and runs a bookshop with his wife, Emily.

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The Ultimate Live Sound Operator's Handbook

By Bill Gibson

May 2020 456 pages Paperback 9781538133170 £32.95 / $49.95

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Fully revised and updated, The Ultimate Live Sound Operator’s Handbook focuses on each aspect of live sound operation in a way that is straightforward and easy to understand—from basic system and acoustic considerations to miking, mixing, and recording the live show.

Bill Gibson is president of Northwest Music and Recording, Inc., and has spent the past 35 years writing, recording, producing, and teaching music. As an audio professional, sound engineer, and instructor at Berklee School of Music and the Art Institute of Seattle, Gibson has a unique ability to teach concepts and techniques that produce extremely high-quality audio, both in the recording studio and in live performances. His writings are acclaimed for their straightforward and understandable explanations of audio concepts and applications. As a two-term national trustee and member of multiple national committees for the Recording Academy, Gibson advocates for the benefit of all music producers, technicians, and performers.

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Manipulated Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth

By Theresa Payton

June 2020 208 pages Hardback 9781538133507 £15.95 / $22.95

On the frontlines of the global Cyberwar International cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton was the first female CIO of the White House under George W. Bush. She has coauthored two books, PROTECTING YOUR INTERNET IDENTITY and PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA. Payton is the founder and CEO of Fortalice Solutions. She resides in Chicago, IL.

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Un-American The Fake Patriotism of Donald J. Trump

By John J. Pitney Jr.

June 2020 248 pages Hardback 9781538129258 ÂŁ14.95 / $21.95

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A scathing indictment of Donald Trump on the eve of the 2020 election.

Conservative Commentator John J. Pitney Jr. frequently writes for USA Today, The National Review, Claremont Review of Books, and other publications and is frequently interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, and many other media outlets. He teaches political science at Claremont McKenna College and resides in Claremont, CA.

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Women, Politics, and Power A Global Perspective

By Pamela Paxton, Melanie M. Hughes and Tiffany D. Barnes

May 2020 504 pages Paperback 9781538137512 £39.95 / $59.00

This book provides a clear, detailed introduction to women’s political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. Through broad statistical overviews and detailed case-study accounts, the authors document both historical trends and the contemporary state of women’s political strength.

Pamela Paxton is the Linda K. George and John Wilson Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. PhD in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has consulted for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Academies. She has intersecting research interests in prosocial behavior, politics, gender, and methodology. She is the author of articles and books on women in politics, nonprofits, and quantitative methodology.

Melanie M. Hughes is Professor of Sociology, has a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and is Co-Director of the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh. PhD in Sociology from The Ohio State University. Her research considers how gender intersects with other forces of marginalization to influence women's political power. She has published numerous articles on women’s legislative representation cross-nationally in journals such as American Political Science Review, American Sociological Review, European Journal of Political Research, and Politics & Gender. Currently, she is consulting the United Nations Development Programme to increase the availability of data on women in decisionmaking positions in public administration. She is also writing a book on the political dominance of men from majority racial, ethnic, and religious groups worldwide.

Tiffany D. Barnes is an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Kentucky and affiliated faculty with Gender and Women’s Studies and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies. PhD in political science from Rice University. Her research focuses on Latin America, gender and politics, and comparative political institutions. Her book, Gendering Legislative Behavior, (Cambridge University Press 2016) won the Alan Rosenthal Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science25 Politics Association (APSA) in 2017. Her other research appears in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies,

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Goodman's British Planemakers

By Jane Rees

April 2020 704 pages Hardback 9781931626446 ÂŁ39.95 / $59.95

This new edition of the classic reference British Planemakers from 1700 has been completely rewritten, with over 200 pages of new information. Online research tools haven enabled much greater insight into family connections of planemakers, family and business continuities, and the discovery of previously unknown planemakers.

Confirmation that planemakers were working in the late 1600s, in fact, inspired the new edition’s title, Goodman’s British Planemakers.

The biographic directory covers more than 2400 planemakers and includes 2250 maker's mark illustrations. Like its predecessors, the new edition traces the development of British planemaking, but far more extensively, now confirming that planemakers moved around the country to a much greater extent than previously realized, and identifying several new family planemaking dynasties.

The book includes chapters on the planemaking trade and its practices, descriptions and illustrations of the many types of planes and their evolution, and provincial planemaking, as well as sections on apprentice records, trade marks, and a complete index. An absolutely invaluable reference.

Jane Rees has had a long-term interest in the history of tools and trades. She trained as an architect and ran her own practice specializing in the restoration and renovation of historic buildings. This developed an interest in traditional construction techniques and tools used in centuries past.

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After retiring as an architect in 1991, this interest became the main focus of her life, and she researched and wrote about numerous aspects of historic tools and trades. With her late husband, Mark, she wrote a number of books including the third edition of British Planemakers; Tools, A Guide for Collectors; Christopher Gabriel and the Tool Trade in 18th Century London; and The Rule Book, as well as reprints of the 1787 Sheffield Directory and the nineteenth-century Catalogue of James, Isaac and John Fussell.

She is president of the Tools and Trades History Society in Britain and for many years was editor of its newsletter and journal, as well as editor of The Tool Chest of Benjamin

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How Birds Behave Discover the Mysteries of What Backyard Birds Do 365 Days of the Year

By Sharon Sorenson

April 2020 424 pages Paperback 9780811738637 £23.95 / $34.95

A well-documented, beautifully photographed, year-long daily account of what common backyard bird species do and how their behaviors change over the course of a year.

Guided by an experienced birder, you’ll know what to look for and how to attract and observe birds in your own backyard and by watching and chronicling how they behave, you’ll begin to understand them better. You’ll see how their actions change season to season, month to month, sometimes day to day. By peeking into their secret lives and unraveling the mysteries of their daily behavior you’ll find your bird-viewing pleasure enriched.

Sharon Sorenson writes the biweekly "For the Birds" column for the Evansville (IN) Sunday Courier and Press and regularly teaches birding classes and presents workshops for groups including Master Gardeners, the Nature Conservancy, and various Audubon chapters. She is the author of Birds in the Yard Month by Month (Stackpole, 2013) and Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard (Stackpole, 2018) as well as a number of student reference books, including How to Write Research Papers, How to Write Short Stories, and Webster's New World Student Writing Handbook. She lives in Mount Vernon, Indiana.

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Science in Black and White How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide

By Alondra Oubre

June 2020 392 pages Hardback 9781633886001 ÂŁ17.95 / $26.00

Racial groups differ in some of their social patterns, but the cause of those differences-nature versus nurture, or genetics versus environment-- remains fiercely debated. For the pro-nature camp-- sometimes aligned with white nationalism and eugenics, and often used to promote ideas of racial inferiority and superiority -- race-based biological determinism contributes significantly to the ethnic divide, especially the black/white gap in societal achievement. By contrast, pro-nurture supporters attribute ethnic variation in social outcomes primarily to environmental circumstances, ecological conditions, and personal experience.

In this thoroughly researched book, science writer Alondra OubrĂŠ examines emerging scientific discoveries that show how both biology and environment interact to influence IQ--intelligence performance--and social behaviors across continental populations, or human races. She presents compelling evidence for why environmental and certain nonDNA-related biological phenomena overall seem to best explain black/white disparities in a gamut of social behaviors, including family structure, parenting, educational attainment, and rates of violent crime. As she demonstrates, nature still matters, but the biology that impacts racial variance in social behaviors extends beyond genetics to include other processes--epigenetics, gene expression, and plasticity--all of which are profoundly affected by a wide array of environmental forces. The complex, synergistic interplay of these factors combined, rather than just genes or just environment, appears to account for black/white divergence in a gamut of social behaviors.

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This Phenomenal Life The Amazing Ways We Are Connected with Our Universe

By Misha Blaise

May 2020 144 pages Paperback 9781493050437 £8.95 / $12.95 Hardback 9781493026869 £9.95 / $14.95

For hipsters who like to geek out over science and nature Entertaining, colorful, and full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that we humans are related to the natural world around us. Every single atom of our body is made of remnants of stars and massive explosions in the galaxies, and we share the same biochemical basis of life with all living beings on earth, from a single-celled amoeba to a giant blue whale. Misha Blaise’s whimsical illustrations elucidate wild science-based facts, from the unexpected intimacy we have with fungi on a daily basis, to the similar ways that humans and birds learn to communicate. This Phenomenal Life will inspire the reader to look at the world in a whole new way.

Misha Maynerick Blaise has partnered with brands such as Urban Outfitters, West Elm, CB2, Oopsy Daisy, and the New York Times Style Magazine. She was selected as the winner of a portfolio showcase at the 2015 Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators conference in Austin, Texas. In 2007, she was selected to contribute to a nationally acclaimed public art exhibit in Chicago titled “Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet.” She and her husband own a green-building company in Austin, Texas.

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Fear Is Fuel The Surprising Power to Help You Find Purpose, Passion, and Performance

By Patrick, II Sweeney

April 2020 312 pages Hardback 9781538134412 £15.95 / $23.95

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Self-Help

Fear is Fuel presents a program underpinned by the latest research from leading neuroscientists, psychologists, and fear experts. Readers learn to harness the power of their fears to break through barriers that have held them back and how to lead successful, invigorating, and rewarding lives by unleashing the power of fear and secrets of courage.

Patrick J. Sweeney II has been dubbed the “The Fear Guru” for his work with more than 500 global CEOs, professional athletes, Navy SEALs and leading corporations. He inspires tens of thousands of people each year via keynote speeches and at the Fear Institute running executive bootcamps. He shares the latest tools to live the biggest and most fulfilling life possible. He has lectured at leading universities from Harvard Business School,to Stanford’s Mind & Body Lab to the University of Virginia. Patrick was the founder and CEO of four technology companies, holds seven patents, has produced award-winning documentary films and is an angel investor in more than 30 start-ups.

Before earning a top tier MBA, he placed second in the Olympic Trials in rowing the single scull and is the only person to ever summit and descend Mt. Elbrus, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Everest Base Camp by bicycle and in 2018 won the Race Across America as part of a four-person team. He was the Chairman of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Sports & Entertainment Network, appeared on CNBC, CNN, Good Morning America, and the Today Show. Patrick sits on the board of advisors for Trinity College Dublin. He is a licensed commercial pilot and competes in competitive aerobatics. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts and Chamonix, France with his wife, three children, and two adventurous dogs.

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Essential Sculling An Introduction To Basic Strokes, Equipment, Boat Handling, Technique, And Power

By Daniel Boyne

April 2020 176 pages Paperback 9781493043569 ÂŁ12.95 / $18.95

Essential Sculling is an authoritative, concise, and thoroughly readable handbook that focuses on helping anyone become an accomplished sculler.

DANIEL J. BOYNE is director of recreational rowing at Harvard University and has been teaching rowing at various levels for over three decades. His work has appeared in Harvard magazine, The Atlantic, and Gray's Sporting Journal. He is also the author of The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water, Kelly: A Father, A Son, an American Quest, and The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Revenge and Redemption all published by Lyons Press. He lives in Cambridge, MA.

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Snorkeling Rivers and Streams An Aquatic Guide to Underwater Discovery and Adventure

By Keith Williams

May 2020 224 pages Paperback 9780811738453 £15.95 / $24.95

Snorkeling Rivers and Streams takes readers on an underwater nature hike and chronicle adventures and discoveries in our amazing freshwaters. This how-to-do-it book is a perfect introduction to the growing sport of river snorkeling. Readers will experience the thrills, excitement, and discoveries that can be found underwater and learn about the aquatic life of fish, insects, snakes, frogs and toad, and turtles that live below the surface.

We often perceive that there isn’t much to see beneath the surface of our rivers and streams, but once we look underwater an amazing world appears. Fish of all colors, shapes, and behaviors live in our freshwater ecosystems and we can experience incredible ecological feats as we witness fish migrations. The streams themselves create other worldly streamscapes. You don’t need to travel to exotic places for underwater discoveries. You just need to don a mask and snorkel and explore the local stream.

Keith Williams is executive director of NorthBay, an outdoor education program based in northeastern Maryland. Keith has a BS in environmental biology and MS in ecological teaching from Lesley University Audubon Expedition Institute. He worked as an environmental biologist for the U.S. Army before starting his career in education. He has snorkeled extensively the rivers of the United States, has developed river snorkeling–based science curriculum throughout the country and works with the U.S. Forest Service to develop river snorkeling programs in a growing list of states across the country including Vermont, Virginia, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, and South Carolina. He lives in Conowingo, Maryland, near the lower Susquehanna River.

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Stand Up and Shout Out Women’s Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sports

By Joan Steidinger

May 2020 232 pages Hardback 9781538125977 £15.95 / $24.95

This book explores three crucial areas in sport that remain huge concerns for women: leadership, money, and media. It examines topics such as the #MeToo movement, pay equity, and the experiences of women of color and LGBTQ athletes. Interviews with prominent female athletes are interwoven throughout to add personal perspectives to the conversation.

Joan Steidinger is a licensed clinical and sports psychologist. She is designated as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant by the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and is on the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Registry of Sports Psychology. Dr. Steidinger has worked with sport psychology clients for twenty-seven years, including with pro and amateur athletes. Dr. Steidinger’s first book about female athletes, Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete (2014), won five literary awards. Dr. Steidinger lives in Mill Valley, California.

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Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Sailing, Expanded and Updated

By John Vigor

June 2020 240 pages

With a Foreword by Don Casey,

Paperback 9781493051397 ÂŁ12.95 / $18.95

Vigor, who's written for several boating magazines, has brought his experience and sense of humor to bear on the less than ideal experiences of sailing--and he's even alphabetized them...It's fun to page through and you just might learn a thing or two.

(Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal) This book is easy to read. It imparts some very valuable information in a fun package.

(Good Old Boat) This is a great reference book for those just entering the world of sailing, and entertaining. (Latitudes & Attitudes) "Vigor, who's written for several boating magazines, has brought his experience and sense of humor to bear on the less than ideal experiences of sailing--and he's even alphabetized them...It's fun to page through and you just might learn a thing or two."-Soundings

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John Vigor is a former managing editor of Sea Magazine and the copy editor for Good Old Boat Magazine. He has contributed numerous articles and photos to Cruising World, Sail, Yachting World, Good Old Boat, Practical Boat Owner, and many other maritime publications. He is also the author of eleven sailing books, including The Practical Encyclopedia of Boating, Boatowners' Handbook and Small Boat to Freedom..

He lives with his family in Bellingham, Washington.

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Tiny New York The Smallest Things in the Biggest City

By Suzi Siegel

April 2020 224 pages Paperback 9781493050451 £10.95 / $16.95 Hardback 9781493031504 £19.95 / $28.95

Because in a giant city, sometimes the smallest things get overlooked.

Meet the tiniest standouts in the Big Apple, from the littlest dinosaur to the smallest basketball court.

SUZI SIEGEL, who is little, grew up in a little apartment in the Bronx. She is a former investigative reporter and travel writer. Thus, she is uniquely qualified to write a book full of words about the tiny things in New York City that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Siegel has worked as a crime reporter in Detroit, an assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs, and a travel writer for Marie Claire magazine. She earned her master’s degree from Harvard and has been to Djibouti. Siegel lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods, because it’s just like traveling even though it’s home.

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