R&L New Book Highlights July-December 2022

July - December 2022 New Books Highlights

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A number of well-established, hallmark imprints fall under the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group umbrella. These include, but are not limited to: Prometheus Globe Pequot Lyons Press Falcon Guides Backbeat Applause This guide introduces a range of top trade titles publishing July to December 2022, paying particular attention to key trade imprints such as those named above. rowmaninternational.com/catalogues

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CONTENTS Ultimate Crochet Nursery p.8

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Featured Titles Art Business Leadership Craft Fiction History Military History Music Outdoor Pursuits Popular Philosophy Science Self-Help Sport & Recreation Theatre True Crime TV & Film Curio

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The Patterning Instinct A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning

By Jeremy Lent Foreword by Fritjof Capra

This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range of different peoples: early hunter-gatherers and farmers, ancient Egyptians, traditional Chinese sages, the founders of Christianity, trail-blazers of the Scientific Revolution, and those who constructed our modern consumer society.Taking the reader on an archaeological exploration of the mind, the author, an entrepreneur and sustainability leader, uses recent findings in cognitive science and systems theory to reveal the hidden layers of values that form today’s cultural norms.

Uprooting the tired cliches of the science-religion debate, he shows how medieval Christian rationalism acted as an incubator for scientific thought, which in turn shaped our modern vision of the conquest of nature. The author probes our current crisis of unsustainability and argues that it is not an inevitable result of human nature, but is culturally driven: a product of particular mental patterns that could conceivably be reshaped.

Jeremy R. Lent is a writer and the founder and president of the nonprofit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering a worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on the earth.

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Imprint: Prometheus December 2022 576 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-759-6 $23.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-63388-294-2 $22.50 / £16.95 Previously published in Hardback (2017) 978-1-63388-293-5 $26.00 / £19.95

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Evolution Talk

The Who, What, Why, and How Behind The Oldest Story Ever Told

By Rick Coste

Evolution helps us understand our own humble place in the rich tapestry of life. But what do we know about the theory of evolution itself? Based on the popular podcast of the same name, Evolution Talk reveals how the theory of evolution came to be and how it explains the world around us.

Before Charles Darwin, other luminaries planted the seeds that would one day evolve into the theory that would make him famous. Author Rick Coste begins by shining a spotlight on the writers, philosophers, and scientists who planted the seeds that would blossom into the theory of evolution by natural selection, from Aristotle’s big ideas to young Mary Anning’s discovery of the first ichthyosaur skeleton.

Imprint: Prometheus December 2022 200 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-834-0 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-63388-835-7 $20.50 / £15.95

After exploring the contributions of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, Evolution Talk investigates the very beginnings of life itself. From its genesis in a primordial pond to the endless and beautiful forms which emerged to populate our once barren little planet, adaptations such as altruism, sexual selection, and brains further pushed life along its amazing path to today.

Rick Coste has written and produced 14 podcast series which have entertained and educated a worldwide audience of over one million listeners. His lifelong love of science led him to write, produce and host the science education show Evolution Talk, which currently ranks in the top 100 of Apple’s Natural Sciences category.

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Space Oddities

Forgotten Stories of Mankind’s Exploration of Space

By Joe Cuhaj

Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space. What were once flights of fancy and dreams of science fiction writers have become nearly routine – a continuous human presence orbiting the Earth, probes flying beyond our solar system, and men walking on the moon. NASA and the Russian space program make traveling to the stars look easy, but it has been far from that.

Space Oddities brings unknown, offbeat, and obscure stories of space to life. From the showmanship and bravado of the earliest known space fatality, German Max Valier, to the first ever indictment under the Espionage Act on an Army officer who leaked secrets concerning the development of early U.S. rockets; and the story of a single loose bolt that defeated the Soviet Union’s attempt to beat America to the moon.

Author Joe Cuhaj also sheds light on the human aspects of space travel that have remained industry secrets – until now: how the tradition of using a musical playlist to wake astronauts up began, fascinating tales about inventions like the Fischer Space Pen, Omega watches, and even Tang breakfast drink.

Joe Cuhaj grew up in New Jersey as a space fanatic. He would skip school to watch every launch and recovery from the late Mercury missions to the final Skylab mission all while building and flying model rockets. Cuhaj is a Navy veteran and former radio broadcaster turned author and freelance writer.

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Imprint: Prometheus October 2022 238 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-784-8 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-63388-785-5 $20.50 / £15.95

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Vitamin C

A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience

By Stephen M. Sagar M.D.

Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C. Vitamin C begins with scurvy, which afflicted Europe for four hundred years and killed millions. The reasons that a disease whose cure was known from the outset persisted over that time are at once baffling and familiar, and these trials eventually lead to invention of the science of epidemiology.

Author Stephen M. Sagar MD then chronicles the discovery of vitamins at the beginning of the twentieth century, a story that encapsulates the rise of a scientific approach to nutrition but with surprising twists and turns. As vitamin science became more acquainted with the mainstream, scientist Linus Pauling reached new heights of fame and influence by popularizing the practice of taking megadoses of vitamin C to prevent colds – a claim that was not necessarily backed by data. This kickstarted the growth of the $40 billion vitamin and supplement industry, which has since prospered all while ignoring science.

Imprint: Prometheus October 2022 192 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-826-5 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-1-63388-827-2 $23.50 / £17.95

Stephen M. Sagar, MD, brings 40 years’ experience in science and medicine to tell a story that integrates the history of science into broader cultural, political and intellectual life.

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Leaf Your Troubles Behind

How to Destress and Grow Happiness through Plants

By Karen Hugg

Have you ever felt happier after a walk in the woods or fiddling with houseplants but your hectic life stressed you out again?

In our rushed, tech-based, indoor society, we may yearn for a break but only manage to get through a noisy day and collapse in bed. Regaining a peaceful mind seems beyond reach. But what if there were easy, low-cost activities to heal the soul?

What if we could regularly access tranquility? How would we do that? The answer may be in the simplest, most abundant thing all around us: plants.

Plants are like a magic pill for our mental health. Growing science tells us they lower heart rates, make us more relaxed and productive, boost our immune system, help us live longer, and provide air, food, fragrance, and beauty. In Leaf Your Troubles Behind: How to Destress and Grow Happiness Through Plants, horticulturalist Karen Hugg draws on the science and two decades of professional gardening experience to help readers reduce stress and increase happiness.

Karen Hugg is a writer and gardener with a passion for plants.

She’s a certified ornamental horticulturalist and Master Pruner.

She has helped hundreds of clients create relaxing, beautiful gardens via her garden design and maintenance company for almost 20 years, and has taught horticulture at the community college level.

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Imprint: Prometheus September 2022 256 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-817-3 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-63388-818-0 $19.00 / £14.95

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Prince and the Parade & Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986

By Duane Tudahl Foreword by Sir Elton John

“The only thing better than reading about Prince’s music is listening to it. Duane Tudahl inspires us to do both.” —Alan Leeds, tour manager, production manager for Prince

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

From Prince’s superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the award-winning Prince Studio Sessions series spotlights how Prince, the biggest rock star on the planet at the time, risked everything to create some of the most introspective music of his four-decade career.

Duane Tudahl takes us on an emotional and intimate journey of love, loss, rivalry and renewal revealed through unprecedented access to dozens of musicians, singers, studio engineers, and others who worked with him and knew him best—with neverbefore-published memories from the Revolution, the Time, the Family and Apollonia 6.

December 2022 728 pages Paperback 978-1-5381-6634-5 $26.95 / £20.95 eBook 978-1-5381-4452-7 $36.00 / £28.00 Previously published in Hardback (2021) 978-1-5381-4451-0 $38.00 / £29.00

Duane Tudahl is an award-winning author who has worked in entertainment for over thirty years.

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331/3 Revolutions Per Minute

A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era (1955-1999)

By Michael McCarthy

33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute: A Critical Trip Though the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999 is a history of the rock LP era told though critiques of a very personal selection of nearly 700 albums. It follows rock and roll from its earliest days in the 1950s to the explosion of the British Invasion, soul, folk rock, and psychedelia in the 1960s, on through the classic rock and punk albums of the 1970s, new wave classics of the 1980s, and alternative rock discs of the 1990s. Through reviews of albums universally regarded as classics (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Purple Rain, Nevermind and many of the other usual suspects) and far more obscure discs (albums by Johnny “Guitar” Watson, P. P. Arnold, the Dentists, Holly Golightly, etc.), Mike Segretto shows how the rock and roll album went from a vehicle for singles and filler aimed at kids with an excess of pocket money in the 1950s to a legitimate, self-contained art form by 1967, to the only rock and roll medium that mattered in the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s.

Mike Segretto is a freelance writer. He has been running and writing the retro pop culture blog Psychobabble (psychobabble200.blogspot.com) since 2008, and he published the critically acclaimed book The Who FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Fifty Years of Maximum R&B in 2014.

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Imprint: Backbeat September 2022 560 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6459-5 $39.95 / £31.00 eBook 978-1-4930-6460-1 $38.00 / £29.00

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Titans of Bass

The Tactics, Habits, and Routines from over 130 of the World’s Best

By KJ Jensen

Titans of Bass: The Tactics, Habits, and Routines from over 130 of the World’s Best reveals the experiences of over 130 of the world’s top bassists to help the beginning bassist learn and play their first song. Picking up an instrument for the first time can be a confusing, frustrating experience, but KJ Jenson consulted the best players to give readers an inside look and a running start at the bass guitar. Navigate the first steps of taking on the bass, such as which songs to learn, what to practice every day to enhance skills, and which musicians to emulate. From over 130 interviews of the best bassists, KJ Jenson lends the perspectives of musical heroes on how they conquered the bass.

Imprint: Backbeat October 2022 144 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6287-4 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6288-1 $19.00 / £14.95

Titans of Bass includes interviews with bass wizards such as Justin Chancellor (Tool), Billy Sheehan, Ron Carter, John Patitucci, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Nathan East, Snow Owl, Abraham Laboriel, Sean Lennon, Leland Sklar, George Porter Jr., Christian McBride, Jack Casady, Stuart Hamm, Verdine White, Bill Laswell, and over 125 more.

Kortney “KJ” Jenson is a fearless writer with boundary-pushing tendencies. For almost two decades, KJ has been interviewing and meeting tight deadlines in the creation of original and groundbreaking content.

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Under Their Thumb

How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It)

By Bill German

Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It) tells the story of Bill German’s unlikely friendship with the Rolling Stones.

He first met them on the streets of New York when he was a seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist. After handing them a copy of his amateur fanzine, they took the author under their wing and hired him as their official historian. They turned his little rag into their official newsletter.

Soon after, he began traveling the world with them and staying at their homes. German went from being a teenage fan who wanted to know everything about his favorite band to suddenly knowing too much! He was privy to their private jams and recording sessions as well as to their parties, peccadilloes, and in-fights. Yet, through it all, he maintained his identity as that nice boy from Brooklyn. Despite Keith’s observation—or edict?— that “people only leave the Stones in a casket or handcuffs,” he was one of the few to leave their orbit on his own terms.

This updated edition of Under Their Thumb includes new stories about German’s relationship to the Stones.

Bill German’s life turned upside down when, at age ten, he first heard the Rolling Stones’ Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! album. By age sixteen, he was chronicling the Stones’ activities in Beggars Banquet, the fanzine he launched from his bedroom. The band took note and eventually declared Beggars Banquet their official newsletter.

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Imprint: Backbeat August 2022 400 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6508-0 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6509-7 $28.50 / £21.95

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How to Rock Climb Sixth Edition

By John Long and Bob Gaines

How to Rock Climb, now in its sixth edition, is the most thorough instructional rock book in the world. All the fundamentals— from style and ethics, to physically scaling the rock—are presented by climbing experts John Long and Bob Gaines.

Imprint: Falcon Guides

Completely revised and updated to reflect state-of-the-art methods, this book includes sections on face climbing, crack climbing, equipment, anchoring, belaying, toproping, leading, rappelling, sport climbing, trad climbing, mutlipitch climbing and much more. How to Rock Climb is the essential how-to book for rock climbers everywhere.

August 2022 416 pages

John Long is an acclaimed rock climber and author of more than forty books, including several in Falcon’s catalog. He is one of the most prolific adventure writers out there and has authored magazine articles, screenplays, documentary films, and television and movie scripts, as well as instructional rock climbing books.

Series: How to Climb Series

Paperback 978-1-4930-5626-2 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5625-5 $28.50 / £21.95

Bob Gaines began his career as a rock climbing guide in 1983 and is an American Mountain Guides Association Certified Rock Instructor. He is the author of Advanced Rock Climbing and the coauthor of Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual, which is the textbook for the AMGA’s single pitch instructor program.

He was Sylvester Stallone’s climbing instructor for the movie

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Outdoor Minimalist

Waste Less Hiking, Backpacking and Camping

By Meg Carney Illustrated by Savannah Cuthbertson

We love the outdoors. We want to take care of it and we want to enjoy it. But with an excess of packaged food, single-use disposables and convenient consumables, are we loving the land to death?

Outdoor enthusiasts are more galvanized than ever to be good stewards of the land on which they recreate. Here, for the first time, is the central, reliable guide to hiking and backpacking with minimal impact that outdoor enthusiasts need. Outdoor Minimalist is a guide to actionable ways to waste less while hiking and camping and implement low-impact practices in outdoor pursuits.

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Waste reduction tips and tricks for beginners and experts alike The seven R’s of outdoor minimalism: reduce, refuse, rethink, repair, rehome/repurpose, remove, restore Packing lists to waste less with every trip you plan.

Meg Carney is a lifelong nature-lover and full-time outdoor and environmental writer. Her full portfolio can be found at megcarney.com. Along with personal writing projects, she is the Senior Editor of CleanUp News, a news publication that focuses on environmental advocacy and educating consumers on the waste within the supply chain.

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Imprint: Falcon Guides November 2022 224 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6399-4 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6400-7 $20.50 / £15.95

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Hiking is Fundamental

A Step-by-Step Guide to Hitting the Trail

By Barbara Ann Kipfer

Discover the joy of hiking, one step at a time.

Imprint: Falcon Guides

Hiking is Fundamental is an informative celebration of all things hiking. Illustrated list-style chapters cover the core elements of getting into hiking, from preparation to pacing. This inviting overview will demystify the whole hiking experience and give readers the tools and skills they need to get started with confidence. Hiking is not exclusive to the wealthy, the athletic, or the experienced. It’s fun! And it’s for everyone.

November 2022 224 pages

Dr. Barbara Ann Kipfer is an archaeologist, lexicographer, former sports writer, hiker, and author. She has written more than 65 books and calendars.

Paperback 978-1-4930-6362-8 $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6363-5 $21.50 / £16.95

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Supersize Crochet Animals

20 Adorable Amigurumi Sized to Snuggle

By Kristi Simpson

Tiny crochet animals are cute, but the larger animals in this book are just the right size for hugs and cuddles. Worked with bulky yarn and larger hooks, these stuffed animals hook up fast, and all of the patterns are easy enough for even a beginner crocheter. Single crochet stitches form most of the pieces.

Stitched or crocheted embellishments make each creature unique. Finished pieces range in size from approximately 16 to 30 inches.

You’ll love the new friends you crochet, from a soft, fluffy llama or sheep to a frisky puppy, platypus, dinosaur, teddy bear, raccoon, turtle, and more. Make a favorite animal for yourself or a young friend. Once you make one, you’ll see how easy and fun they are to crochet, and you’ll want to make all 20 supersized amigurumi!

Kristi Simpson is the author of many crochet design publications, including the popular Sweet & Simple Baby Crochet, Adorable Baby Crochet, Ultimate Baby Crochet and Crochet Stitch Sampler Baby Blankets.

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Imprint: Stackpole Books December 2022 144 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-7100-9 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7102-3 $23.50 / £17.95

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Ultimate Crochet Nursery

40 Designs for Blankets, Baskets, Decor & So Much More

By Kristi Simpson

Your baby deserves the ultimate in crochet designer luxury.

Imprint: Stackpole Books

From soft and squishy blankets and rugs to colorful baskets, huggable lovies, stylish totes, wall hangings, mobiles, toys, and so much more, Ultimate Crochet Nursery delivers 40 patterns for diverse items for the baby and nursery. All patterns are suitable for a beginner to intermediate crocheter, and can be worked up quickly so you’ll be ready to go when baby arrives. Make the items in the bright pastels shown here, or change up the colors to your favorite hues. There’s so much to make, so get your hooks and yarn, and get going—baby’s on the way!

August 2022 184 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-7000-2 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7002-6 $23.50 / £17.95

Kristi Simpson is the author of many crochet design publications, including the popular Sweet & Simple Baby Crochet, Adorable Baby Crochet, Ultimate Baby Crochet and Crochet Stitch Sampler Baby Blankets.

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Danger Close!

A Vietnam Memoir

By Phil Gioia

“Nearly three million Americans served in the Vietnam War. Each had his or her own take on what happened and why and many have tried to commit their war to paper. Phil Gioia has helped our understanding by detailing his days in-country and his informed perspectives in the midst of a fascinating, candid and brave memoir of a life of service. Bravo.” —Ken Burns, filmmaker

Danger Close! recounts the Vietnam War from the unique boots-on-the-ground perspective of a young officer who served two tours in two different divisions. He tells his story thoughtfully, straightforwardly, and vividly, from the raw emotions of unearthing massacred human beings to the terrors of fighting in the dark, with tracers slicing the air.

Phil Gioia served two combat tours in Vietnam between 1968 and 1970 and was awarded two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, he went on to earn a master’s in foreign service from Georgetown and an MBA from Stanford. He has lectured at West Point and Annapolis, published articles in the Journal of Military History, World War II, and Armchair General, and appeared in History Channel programs and in Ken Burns’ Vietnam War documentary.

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Imprint: Stackpole Books August 2022 352 pages Hardback 978-0-8117-7120-7 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7121-4 $28.50 / £21.95

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Extraordinary Valor

The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam

By William Reeder Jr.

Extraordinary Valor is the true story of American Special Forces officer John Duffy, and South Vietnamese paratrooper, Lê Văn Mễ, as they fight to defend Charlie Hill, a key to holding Vietnam’s Central Highlands during North Vietnam’s 1972 Easter Offensive.

The battalion receives the order to “Fight to the death” on Charlie Hill. After two weeks of intense combat, hundreds lay dead and those still standing are out of food, water, and medical supplies. Their ammunition is nearly gone. Duffy and Mễ draw on their bond of friendship and trust to make a selfless two-man last stand against the final North Vietnamese human wave assault. Both are badly wounded, Duffy multiple times.

Their heroic action allows 36 members of the 471-man battalion to escape and be rescued. The rest are killed, captured, or missing in action. This is their story.

Imprint: Lyons Press August 2022 296 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6367-3 $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6368-0 $26.50 / £19.95

William Reeder is a retired U.S. Army colonel, highly decorated with extensive combat experience. In Vietnam, he was an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter pilot. Later in his career, he flew the AH-64 Apache advanced attack helicopter. In 2014, he was inducted into the U.S. Army Aviation Hall of Fame.

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Churchill, Eisenhower, and the Making of the Modern World

By Christopher Catherwood

It is often said that the special bond between Britain and the USA was forged in war between Roosevelt and Churchill. But the closer link in many ways was that between Churchill and Eisenhower, since it existed both in wartime 1941-1945 but also again in very different circumstances between 1951 and 1955, when Churchill was Prime Minister and Eisenhower was briefly the first Supreme Allied Commander NATO before going back to the USA to win the 1952 Presidential race and overlap in the White House with Churchill’s peacetime premiership from 1953-1955. And in 1945-1951 Churchill by his speeches and Eisenhower by his tenure as first ever Supreme Allied Commander Europe were continuing to create the new and stable global world order that held until now.

In other words theirs was a much longer relationship than that between FDR and Churchill, and spanning peace as well as war. And it was the Eisenhower and Churchill relationship that essentially created the world order that lasted down until current times.

Christopher Catherwood is an historian and has been Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow since 2010. He is also Archives By-Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge, since 2008; Visitor to the SCR at St Edmund’s College Cambridge since 2010; University of Virginia Alderman Library and the OSS Archives at the National Archives in Washington DC.

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Imprint: Lyons Press December 2022 256 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-5052-9 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5053-6 $28.50 / £21.95

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Dare to Lead Like a Girl

How to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate Jungle

By Dalia Feldheim Foreword by Sheryl Sandberg

Dare to Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl!

Dalia Feldheim was one of the marketing directors behind the 2014 global Always ad campaign “#LikeAGirl.” This message touched a nerve for women and men alike becoming much more than a commercial – as it became an icon for women’s empowerment. The ad was selected by Forbes as one of the 10 most influential campaigns of the decade.

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield August 2022 256 pages Hardback 978-1-5381-6352-8 $26.95 / £20.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6353-5 $25.50 / £19.95

With Dalia’s new book it is time to reclaim that phrase once again and this time in the world of leadership.With her flair for relatable storytelling, Dalia shares her executive leadership journey of over two decades backed by theoretical underpinning from the world of psychology, business, and mindfulness to encourage leaders to connect to their more feminine super powers: be courageous, lead from their heart, and Dare to Lead Like a Girl.

Dalia Feldheim spent 17 years at Procter & Gamble, where she led some of the world’s most successful brand-building campaigns including the iconic Always “#LikeAGirl”, Tampax “Mother Nature” and Whisper “Touch the pickle” all Cannes advertising award winners.

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The FIFA World Cup A History of the Planet’s Biggest Sporting Event

By Clemente A. Lisi

In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet’s Biggest Sporting Event, veteran soccer reporter Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the tournament from 1930 to today, including a preview of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Lisi provides vivid accounts of individual games, details the innovations that impacted the sport across the decades, and offers biographical sketches of greats such as Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Lionel Messi. In addition, Lisi includes needed, objective coverage of off-field controversies such as the FIFA corruption case, making this book the only complete and impartial history of the tournament.

Featuring personal interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from the author’s many years attending and covering the World Cup, as well as stunning color photography, The FIFA World Cup is the definitive history of this global event.

Clemente A. Lisi is a journalism professor at The King’s College in New York City. He has worked as a journalist and editor for more than two decades.

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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 382 pages Hardback 978-1-5381-5643-8 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-5381-5644-5 $28.50 / £21.95

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The Art of Horror Movies

An Illustrated History New Expanded Edition

By Steven Jones

This revised edition of The Art of Horror Movies includes more films, rare images and in-depth explorations to bring this award-winning book completely up to date, cementing its position as the definitive and essential guide to horror movies.

Imprint: Applause

Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images including posters, lobby cards, advertising, promotional items, tiein books and magazines, and original artwork inspired by classic movies, this handsomely designed hardcover traces the development of the horror film from its inception and celebrates the actors, filmmakers, and artists who were responsible for scaring the pants off successive generations of moviegoers.

Hardback 978-1-4930-6325-3 $45.00 / £35.00

July 2022 300 pages

Stephen Jones lives in London, England. He is the winner of four World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards, five Bram Stoker Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. He has had more than 160 books published as an editor and writer.

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Everything Was Possible

The Birth of the Musical Follies Revised and Updated

By Ted Chapin

Have you ever been curious about what it takes to get an original Broadway musical to opening night? Ted Chapin, college student at the time, had a front row seat at the creation of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, now considered one of the most important musicals of modern time. He kept a detailed journal of his experience as the sole production assistant, which he used as the basis for Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies, originally published in 2003. He was there in the drama-filled rehearsal room, typing the endless rewrites, ferrying new songs around town, pampering the film and television stars in the cast, travelling with the show to its Boston tryout and back to New York for the Broadway opening night.

With an enthusiast’s focus on detail and a journalist’s skill, Chapin takes the reader on the roller-coaster ride of creating a new and original Broadway musical. Musical theater giants, still rising in their careers, were working at top form on what became a Tony Award-winning classic: Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, and Michael Bennett.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Follies with Ted Chapin. A new afterword brings the history of the show forward, diving into recent productions around the world, new recordings, and the continued promise of a film version.

Ted Chapin was president of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization for more than thirty years, having been hired by the two families shortly after Richard Rodgers passed away.

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Imprint: Applause October 2022 376 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6532-5 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6533-2 $28.50 / £21.95

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It’s a Drag

Cross-Dressing in Performance

By Janet Tennant

Favorite examples of cross-dressing or cross-gender performances include Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Vesta Tilley as Burlington Bertie, Maxine Peake as Hamlet, and Drag Queen RuPaul outrageously fronting RuPaul’s Drag Race. Cross-Dressing in Performance tells the story of the different ways performers cross-dress. Janet Tennant looks at many of the memorable performers over the years who have adopted the characters and dress of others, and why they have done so: to tell stories, to amuse, to create memorable alter-egos, to rebel or call attention to social and political issues or merely for reasons of expediency.

Imprint: Applause October 2022 256 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-5905-8 $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5906-5 $21.50 / £16.95

Tennant examines cross-dressing at different periods of theatrical history in the Western canon, predominantly in Britain and North America. Not following a conventional historical timeline, Tennant instead examines the different types of cross-dressing/cross-gender performance: Boys in Shakespeare, Heroes in Opera, Pantomime Dames, and Drag Queens being just a few. And no study of cross-dressing can, of course, forget its origins in Ancient Greece.

It’s a Drag: Cross-Dressing in Performance discusses the present and attempts to predict the future of cross-dressing in performance.

Janet Tennant spent many years lecturing, researching, and training in Europe and beyond, focusing on improving workplace relationships.

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Stan Lee

Stan Lee

By Bob Batchelor

By Bob Batchelor

In Stan Lee: A Life, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary.

Born in the Roaring Twenties, growing up in the Great Depression, living and thriving through the American Century, and dying in the twenty-first century, Stan Lee’s life is a unique representation of recent American history. Batchelor examines Lee’s fascinating American life by drawing out all its complexity, drama, heartache, and humor, revealing how Lee introduced the world to heroes that were just as fallible and complex as their creator—and just like all of us.

Stan Lee’s extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing Spider-Man to the Mighty Avengers. His ideas and voice are at the heart of global culture, loved by millions of superhero fans around the world.

In this young adult edition of Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary. Batchelor explores how Lee, born in the Roaring Twenties and growing up in the Great Depression, capitalized on natural talent and hard work to become the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager.

Lee went on to introduce the world to heroes that were complex, funny, and fallible, just like their creator and just like all of us.

A Life Centennial Edition

An up-close look at a legendary figure, this centennial edition includes completely new material to give the full measure to a man whose genius continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide.

Bob Batchelor is an award-winning cultural historian and biographer and author of more than a dozen books. His has been featured in Time, the New York Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, LitHub, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 • 288 pages Hardback 978-1-5381-6203-3 • $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6204-0 • $21.50 / £16.95

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The Man behind Marvel Young Adult Edition

Bob Batchelor is an award-winning cultural historian and biographer and author of more than a dozen books. His has been featured in Time, the New York Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, LitHub, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 • 224 pages Paperback 978-1-5381-6205-7 • $16.95 / £12.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6206-4 • $16.00 / £11.95

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The 12-Hour Art Expert

Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces

By Noah Charney

“This book is — dare I say it — a masterpiece. Noah Charney is my favorite guide to the world of fine art. He makes it accessible, fascinating and fun.” —A.J. Jacobs, best-selling author of Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not “get” it?

Hardback 978-1-5381-5659-9 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-5381-5660-5 $28.50 / £21.95

The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces avoids the common approach of throwing hundreds of images at a reader and expecting them to learn from and memorize them all. Instead, the book will guide its readers through a brief series of masterpieces of Western art—from cave paintings to sharks in formaldehyde. This book twelve chapters teach readers about art, the art trade, and art history in a thorough (though concise) fashion.

September 2022 160 pages

Noah Charney is an internationally best-selling author of more than a dozen books and a professor of art history specializing in art crime. His novel, The Art Thief, was a bestseller in five countries and is translated into 17 languages.

Also by Noah Charney: The Devil in the Gallery September 2021 | 978-1-5381-3864-9 | $45.00 / £35.00 A guided tour of the history of art through it scandals, rivalries, and shocking acts.

Making It August 2021 | 978-1-5381-4199-1 | $17.95 / £13.95 Co-authored with JAŠA, Making It is a gonzo memoir of an established artist crossed with objective advice, tips and tricks.

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Every Picture Hides a Story

The Secret Ways Artists Make Their Work More Seductive

By William Cane and Anna Gabrielle

Each year 11 million people trek to the Louvre to gawk at the Mona Lisa. Many visitors clutch guide books in hand describing the painting. For some, it’s the experience of a lifetime, one they’ll talk about with friends and family for decades.

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

Yet some modern researchers say that the vast majority of people will never recognize the hidden messages in this painting. That’s because those hidden messages are subliminal Buried below the threshold of conscious awareness, Da Vinci used techniques people never notice. Not only don’t people know what they’re seeing, they would be shocked to find out.

No book, however, has ever attempted to provide an overview of the technical sophistication and arcane methods that artists worldwide have used to conceal secret meaning in their work.

Hardback 978-1-5381-6136-4 $27.00 / £20.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6137-1 $25.50 / £19.95

December 2022 272 pages

Every Picture Hides a Story is the first book to expose the subliminal content in the world’s greatest paintings. Titillating, subversive, and building on the groundbreaking work of pioneers of art criticism, this book will enable readers to view art masterpieces with greater understanding. And their enjoyment of these works will be exponentially enhanced.

This full-colour book contains 90 images of the paintings and their details.

William Cane is the author of more than a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Art of Kissing, Fiction Writing Master Class and Clubhouse Confidential.

Anna Gabrielle earned a certificate in world art history from the Smithsonian Associates in Washington D.C., USA.

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Dare to Lead Like a Girl

How to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate Jungle

By Dalia Feldheim Foreword by Sheryl Sandberg

Dare to Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl!

Dalia Feldheim was one of the marketing directors behind the 2014 global Always ad campaign “#LikeAGirl.” This message touched a nerve for women and men alike becoming much more than a commercial – as it became an icon for women’s empowerment. The ad was selected by Forbes as one of the 10 most influential campaigns of the decade.

With Dalia’s new book it is time to reclaim that phrase once again and this time in the world of leadership.With her flair for relatable storytelling, Dalia shares her executive leadership journey of over two decades backed by theoretical underpinning from the world of psychology, business, and mindfulness to encourage leaders to connect to their more feminine super powers: be courageous, lead from their heart, and Dare to Lead Like a Girl.

Dalia Feldheim spent 17 years at Procter & Gamble, where she led some of the world’s most successful brand-building campaigns including the iconic Always “#LikeAGirl”, Tampax “Mother Nature” and Whisper “Touch the pickle” all Cannes advertising award winners. Later appointed Chief Marketing Officer for Electrolux Asia, she led a transformational change program that won the first ever Effie award for business results and creativity and turned the region around into a Best-In-Class consumer and digital-centric organization.

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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield August 2022 256 pages Hardback 978-1-5381-6352-8 $26.95 / £20.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6353-5 $25.50 / £19.95

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Imprint Introduction Stackpole Books is a trade book publisher with a proud 90-year history of publishing titles in the categories of Outdoors, Craft and Military History.

Strong in Fly Fishing, Nature Guides, Civil War and World War II History, Military Reference and Specialty Crafts and Hobbies, we publish deep in our niche areas, releasing 60 new titles a year and maintaining a solid backlist of 1,500 titles. Founded in the late 1920s by the Stackpole family, the company grew under the leadership of three generations of Stackpoles.

For more information on Stackpole Books and to view the imprint's full range of publishing, please visit stackpolebooks.com.

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Top Authors Kristi Simpson Kristi Simpson is the author of many crochet design publications, including the popular Sweet & Simple Baby Crochet. By using a mix of stitches creatively, she designs patterns that are accessible for beginners and interesting for more advanced crocheters. Known for her fresh and modern style, Kristi’s patterns have been published in magazines, books, catalogs, and online venues.

Michael Lee Lanning Michael Lee Lanning served more than twenty years in the U.S. Army. In Vietnam he commanded an infantry platoon, a recon platoon, and a rifle company. He has appeared on NPR, CBS, and the History Channel and has written twenty-five books, with more than a million copies of his books in print in fifteen countries and twelve languages.

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Supersize Crochet Animals

20 Adorable Amigurumi Sized to Snuggle

By Kristi Simpson

Tiny crochet animals are cute, but the larger animals in this book are just the right size for hugs and cuddles. Worked with bulky yarn and larger hooks, these stuffed animals hook up fast, and all of the patterns are easy enough for even a beginner crocheter. Single crochet stitches form most of the pieces.

Stitched or crocheted embellishments make each creature unique. Finished pieces range in size from approximately 16 to 30 inches.

You’ll love the new friends you crochet, from a soft, fluffy llama or sheep to a frisky puppy, platypus, dinosaur, teddy bear, raccoon, turtle, and more. Make a favorite animal for yourself or a young friend. Once you make one, you’ll see how easy and fun they are to crochet, and you’ll want to make all 20 supersized amigurumi!

Imprint: Stackpole Books December 2022 144 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-7100-9 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7102-3 $23.50 / £17.95

Kristi Simpson is the author of many crochet design publications, including the popular Sweet & Simple Baby Crochet, Adorable Baby Crochet, Ultimate Baby Crochet and Crochet Stitch Sampler Baby Blankets.

Also by Kristi Simpson: Crochet Stitch Sampler Baby Blankets April 2022 | 978-0-8117-3875-0 | $24.95 / £18.95 Each of the 30 patterns includes full written instructions and all the stitch details you need to complete each blanket confidently, even if the stitches are new to you.

Baby Hats to Crochet January 2021 | 978-0-8117-3947-4 | $9.95 / £7.95 From pom-pom hats and beanies with flowers to adorable animals like an elephant, puppy, owl, giraffe and others, there is a hat for every baby in this book.

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Ultimate Crochet Nursery

40 Designs for Blankets, Baskets, Decor & So Much More

By Kristi Simpson

Your baby deserves the ultimate in crochet designer luxury.

From soft and squishy blankets and rugs to colorful baskets, huggable lovies, stylish totes, wall hangings, mobiles, toys, and so much more, Ultimate Crochet Nursery delivers 40 patterns for diverse items for the baby and nursery. All patterns are suitable for a beginner to intermediate crocheter, and can be worked up quickly so you’ll be ready to go when baby arrives. Make the items in the bright pastels shown here, or change up the colors to your favorite hues. There’s so much to make, so get your hooks and yarn, and get going—baby’s on the way!

Kristi Simpson is the author of many crochet design publications, including the popular Sweet & Simple Baby Crochet, Adorable Baby Crochet, Ultimate Baby Crochet and Crochet Stitch Sampler Baby Blankets.

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Imprint: Stackpole Books August 2022 184 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-7000-2 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7002-6 $23.50 / £17.95

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Crochet Tank Tops 9 Designs for Warmer Weather

By Sandi Rosner With these 9 refreshing designs, you can crochet yourself fashionable sleeveless tops that fit your style. Each piece is perfect on its own, or worn as a layer. You’ll find a wide range of looks worked in warm-weather fibers, such as cotton and linen, that are fun to crochet and easy to wear.

These versatile designs work equally well with skinny or relaxed-fit jeans, leggings, shorts, or skirts, whether you’re dressing up or going out to play.

Sandi Rosner has been a professional knitter and crocheter for over 20 years. She has been a yarn store owner, Creative Director for Premier Yarns, and producer of the Public Television series Knit and Crochet Now!.

Stackpole Books December 2022 • 32 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-7139-9 • $11.95 / £8.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7140-5 • $11.00 / £7.95

Learn to Crochet in 10 Easy Steps

Quick Crochet for Kitchen and Home

By Salena Baca Salena Baca loves to introduce crochet to new future enthusiasts! From her many years of teaching, she knows just how to explain each step and anticipate pitfalls, and she has broken down the necessary skills into 10 easy lessons. Starting with the basics of how to choose yarn and hooks, she then teaches the basic stitches and how to put them together to create your very first projects. She teaches you to work in rows and rounds, understand crochet charts, combine stitches, change colors, and so much more! Lessons include fun and easy beginner patterns, 25 total, to practice your skills and complete pieces such as wraps, scarves, totes, baskets, table runners, beanies, and blankets.

Salena Baca is the author of many bestselling crochet titles. For this book, she pulled in the talents of Danyel Pink and Emily Truman for pattern designing as well as photography and technical editing.

14 Patterns for Dishcloths, Baskets, Totes, & More

By Salena Baca Contributions by Danyel Pink and Emily Truman Bringing new textures and colors into your home decor can make all the difference, and with these pieces you can make a whole selection of items for seasonal changes or just to suit your mood.

Crochet colorful dishcloths, trivets, and potholders for the kitchen; a beautiful runner, plant hanger, and place mats for your dining room; and a basket, rug, and more for any room in your house. All of the patterns in this book work up in just a few hours, and are perfect for crocheting on the go.

Salena Baca is the author of many bestselling crochet titles. For this book, she pulled in the talents of Danyel Pink and Emily Truman for pattern designing as well as photography and technical editing.

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Playtime Rompers to Knit

25 Cute Comfy Patterns for Babies plus 2 Matching Doll Rompers

By Jessica Anderson

Jessica Anderson has outdone herself with these 25 patterns for the most adorable baby rompers you will ever see, in characters and animals including a giraffe, elephant, pumpkin, and ballerina, as well as colorful and striped designs for everyday wear. These outfits are both comfortable for baby and practical (easy to take on and off) for the busy parent. Patterns for two special rompers for your child’s favorite doll are also included.

Presented in an easy-to-follow format, you can start with a basic romper and then learn to add stripes, bum pockets, and hoods. Take it to the next level and add ears, tails, and other embellishments for a variety of animal designs. All instructions are clear and concise, so even a novice knitter can complete these rompers with ease.

Jessica Anderson works as the Design Director for Malabrigo Yarn and creates her own designs for her brand, Jessica Anderson Designs.

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Imprint: Stackpole Books July 2022 432 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-3948-1 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-0-8117-6942-6 $23.50 / £17.95

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Insta-Knits

By Melissa Leapman We’re all so busy nowadays, but even the most time-crunched knitter can create these beautiful designs by beloved designer Melissa Leapman. Her collection of 24 quick-to-knit projects includes accessories such as hats, cowls, and mittens, as well as amazing wraps and sweaters. Patterns are organized by how long they take to knit, so figure out how much time you’ve got, and choose a design that excites you--and fits into your hectic lifestyle!

Whether you knit up a hat in one afternoon or finish a shawl stitching just a few minutes a day, you’ll enjoy the process and adore the instant gratification. Get ready for some selfies-you’re going to love showing off your newest Instaknit FOs on social media!

With over 1250 designs in print, Melissa Leapman is one of the most widelypublished American knit and crochet designers at work today.

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Lace Knit Shawls, Sweaters, Socks & Hats

25 Designs Inspired by Japanese Stitch Patterns

By Birgit Freyer Knitted lace pieces are stunning but that is no reason to save them for only special occasions. The 25 lace patterns in this book are designed to showcase your stitches in pieces that can be worn anywhere. They incorporate Japanese lace stitch patterns to beautiful effects in pullovers, socks, shawls, hats, mitts and more, in infinitely wearable patterns.

Knit in neutrals, these pieces are easy to pair with items in your closet; knit in fabulous colors, they are showstoppers!

Birgit Freyer has made her patterns available for the past fifteen years at www.die-wolllust.de.

Stackpole Books December 2022 • 152 pages Hardback 978-0-8117-7098-9 • $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7099-6 • $28.50 / £21.95

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Basic Pottery Making A Complete Guide

Edited by Linda Franz Consultant editor Mark Fitzgerald Photographs by Jason Minick

Learn the tools and techniques you need to start making ceramic mugs, bowls, and more!

Imprint: Stackpole Books

The art of pottery making is described in detail for the beginning potter. Complete with a chapter on tools and materials to get started, this easy-to-use guide explains and illustrates how to wedge clay, use a pottery wheel, shape and trim pots, determine clay thickness, add handles, and a host of other pottery-making techniques. It also contains a chapter on bisque firing and glazing, the final steps in creating beautiful and functional pottery. Includes complete instructions for making a large bowl, three styles of mugs, and a sugar bowl and creamer set.

October 2022 144 pages

Linda Franz is a writer and reporter in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Mark Fitzgerald is an expert potter whose work has been featured on The Martha Stewart Show.

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Paperback 978-0-8117-7137-5 $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-0-8117-7138-2 $23.50 / £17.95

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Benches, Stools, and Chairs

A Guide to Ergonomic Woven Seating

By Walter Turpening and Deborah Held

Walter Turpening has been designing and perfecting custom seating for crafters and artistic creators for 20-plus years. His signature cotton-cord, curved, woven seats on fine woodworked frames are fervently desired by those who have sampled his seating. In this book, he shares what he has learned in his journey as a chair maker to help you make the bench or chair of your dreams.

He teaches how to take the measurements needed for perfect ergonomic comfort, and how to apply them to create your perfect seat. With his step-by-step instructions, photos, and diagrams, you will see how Walter creates his custom seating, and be able to replicate his techniques in your own benches, stools, and chairs.

Imprint: Stackpole Books October 2022 176 pages Paperback 978-0-8117-7050-7 $32.95 / £25.00 eBook 978-0-8117-7051-4 $31.00 / £23.95

Walter Turpening has been designing and creating furniture for the specific needs of crafters for more than 20 years.

Deborah Held is a freelance writer for weaving and spinning magazines, among others, and has written an article with Walter for SpinOff magazine.

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Imprint Introduction The beloved McBooks Press list of nautical fiction includes perennial best-selling series such as The Kydd Sea Adventures by Julian Stockwin; The Bolitho novels by Alexander Kent; The Lord Ramage novels by Dudley Pope; and The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures by Dewey Lambdin.

With the addition of Richard Woodman’s Nathaniel Drinkwater novels from Sheridan House, and Pineapple Press novelist Robert Macomber’s Honor Series of American Navy thrillers, McBooks now offers the most illustrious list of naval fiction available anywhere.

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Top Authors Richard Woodman Richard Martin Woodman retired as a captain after a 37-year nautical career. Woodman’s Nathaniel Drinkwater series is often compared to the work of the late Patrick O’Brian. Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and has spent eleven years in command.

David Donachie David Donachie was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has always had an abiding interest in British naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as the clandestine services during the Second World War.

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Every Second Counts

By David Donachie

Fugitive Billy Houston, keen to bring about a Nazi-run Britain, needs money. Intent on burglary, his victim has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for Southern Britain. Billy must get the plans to the German delegation. Will he succeed? If he does, Hitler will lead Britain to a German invasion.

David Donachie was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has always had an abiding interest in British naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as the clandestine services during the Second World War. He has 51 published novels to his credit. David lives in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea, with his partner, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook.

Imprint: McBooks Press December 2022 376 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6064-1 $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-7063-3 $9.95 / £7.95

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Blood Money

A Private Revenge

By Johnny “Two Combs” Howard

By Richard Woodman

Boat Troop are sent up-river into Sierra Leone on a mission to secure a vital ore mine. While the men battle their way up-river past vicious hippos and poisonous snakes, political events are rapidly overtaking the city-based HQ. As the balance of power swings between government and rebels, HMG wavers in its intentions. Soon after Boat Troop arrive at the mine, they discover they are out on their own and with the extra burden of civilians to hamper their task.

In the aftermath of a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings his Britannic Majesty’s frigate Patrician into the shelter of the Pearl River upon the China Coast. He is entangled in bizarre events following the British occupation of Macao and Admiral Drury’s attack on Canton. Initially relieved to be assigned the duty of a convoy escort to Penang, Drinkwater discovers that the enemy’s cargo contains a mysterious quantity of silver and a single passenger. A routine task is suddenly complicated by the resurrection of an embittered hatred and Captain Drinkwater finds himself drawn in by treachery and greed towards a climatic rendezvous in the tropical rain forest of Borneo.

An SAS Thriller

Johnny “Two Combs” Howard is a bestselling author of three books based on his experiences in the Regiment. Following his military career, John worked in a variety of leadership and management roles in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa. He assisted in the successful release of 16 expatriate hostages in Sierra Leone and was team leader of the Families’ Security Detail for the Saudi Ambassador to the United States.

McBooks Press September 2022 • 272 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6634-6 • $19.95 / £14.95

#9 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel

Captain Richard Martin Woodman retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career.

Unlike many other modern naval historical novelists, he has served afloat. He went to sea at the age of sixteen as an indentured midshipman and has spent eleven years in command.

McBooks Press August 2022 • 256 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6629-2 • $19.95 / £14.95

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The Dealer

How One California Dealership Fueled the Rise of Ferrari Cars in America

By Jim Ciardella In 1976, the average annual income was $12,686. Times were tough, and people were hesitant to take chances, especially with a car that cost more than a house.

At the same time, Brian Burnett and his friend Richard Rivoir had the idea of starting a Ferrari dealership. The Dealer is the story of how one dealership, Ferrari of Los Gatos, fueled the rise of the iconic Italian sports car in the U.S. market on its way to becoming the number one Ferrari dealer in North America. Even Enzo Ferrari himself took notice, flying Brian and the other dealers to Italy to show his appreciation for their success. Customers included movie stars, sports celebrities, entertainers, and some with unusual sources of income and a strong desire for a low profile. Along the way, the two men made friends, enemies, and millions of dollars, only to lose everything in the blink of an eye.

Jim Ciardella is a storyteller, Ferrari enthusiast, and native Californian.

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Hope Over Fate

Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty

By Scott MacMillan This is the story of a mild-mannered accountant, Fazle Hasan Abed (19362019), whose life had a profound impact on millions. A former finance executive with almost no experience in relief aid, he founded BRAC in 1972. BRAC went on to become the world’s largest nongovernmental organization, and Abed’s methods changed the way global policymakers think about poverty.

“For too long, people thought poverty was something ordained by a higher power, as immutable as the sun and the moon,” Abed wrote in 2018. His life’s mission was to put that myth to rest. This is the story of a man who lived a life of complexity, blemishes and all, driven by the conviction that in the dominion of human lives, hope will ultimately triumph over fate.

Scott MacMillan is the director of learning and innovation at BRAC USA, an affiliate organization of BRAC, where he has worked since 2011. A former journalist, he served as the speechwriter of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed.

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The Game is Afoot

Mark Twain’s Hawaii

By Jeremy Black

By Mark Twain Contributions by John Richard Stephens

The Enduring World of Sherlock Holmes

“In this fascinating book, Jeremy Black firmly sets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s work in its historical context. Highlighting issues and thought that would have been commonplace to the readers of Conan Doyle’s day, he sheds new light on the stories of Sherlock Holmes for modern readers.” —Catherine Cooke, chairman of The Sherlock Holmes Society of London This engaging book explores the parallel histories of Sherlock Holmes and England during the Victorian era. Black traces the evolution of Arthur Conan Doyle’s plots and characters as culture and society changed dramatically in his lifetime. Black brings London to life as a cosmopolitan city of the world with a dark underbelly where crime abounds.

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A Humorous Romp through History

Mark Twain’s wit and wisdom is timeless.

Mark Twain’s Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through History, combines Twain’s own writings on Hawaii with personal reminiscences by others who met him at that time, and traces Twain’s journey through the region just as he experienced it in 1866. The book highlights Twain’s humor, travel in the 19th century, history, social commentary, and the exotic locale in an authoritative and entertaining volume for Twain fans and Hawaii enthusiasts.

Jeremy Black is professor emeritus of history at the University of Exeter.

John Richard Stephens, a resident of Hawaii, is the author/editor of 23 books, including Wyatt Earp Speaks, Gold, Commanding the Storm and The Wildest Lives of the Wild West.

John’s books have been selections of the Preferred Choice Book Club, the Quality Paperback Book Club, the Book of the Month Club and a selection of the Civil War Trust.

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Churchill, Eisenhower, and the Making of the Modern World

By Christopher Catherwood

It is often said that the special bond between Britain and the USA was forged in war between Roosevelt and Churchill. But the closer link in many ways was that between Churchill and Eisenhower, since it existed both in wartime 1941-1945 but also again in very different circumstances between 1951 and 1955, when Churchill was Prime Minister and Eisenhower was briefly the first Supreme Allied Commander NATO before going back to the USA to win the 1952 Presidential race and overlap in the White House with Churchill’s peacetime premiership from 1953-1955. And in 1945-1951 Churchill by his speeches and Eisenhower by his tenure as first ever Supreme Allied Commander Europe were continuing to create the new and stable global world order that held until now.

In other words theirs was a much longer relationship than that between FDR and Churchill, and spanning peace as well as war. And it was the Eisenhower and Churchill relationship that essentially created the world order that lasted down until current times.

Christopher Catherwood is an historian and has been Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow since 2010. He is also Archives By-Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge, since 2008; Visitor to the SCR at St Edmund’s College Cambridge since 2010; University of Virginia Alderman Library and the OSS Archives at the National Archives in Washington DC.

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Operation Tidal Wave

The Bloodiest Air Battle in the History of War

By Vincent dePaul Lupiano

Operation Tidal Wave tells the story of the bloodiest air battle in the history of war. It is about 1700 airmen who set out to bomb the oil refineries surrounding the city of Ploesti, Romania, on August 1, 1943. Success, they thought, would be a force in ending the war. Success instead was extremely limited and 500 airmen were killed, wounded, captured, or interned. Negligible damage resulted at the Ploesti refineries, and a few months later they were operating at one-hundred percent capacity.

To show the asperity of the raid, five Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded, two posthumously.

Vincent Lupiano is a specialist in corporate communications and speechwriting. For ten years, he was a speechwriter at IBM for senior executives and a script writer/film producer director for IBM corporate films. He was also a senior editor for an IBM management publication.

Imprint: Lyons Press December 2022 272 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6930-9 $19.95 / £14.95 Hardback (2021) 978-1-4930-5372-8 $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5373-5 $19.00 / £14.95 Audiobook 978-1-4930-6188-4 $26.50 / £19.95

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Sacrifice

The Story of American Paratroopers versus the SS in Normandy in World War II

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Before dawn on D-Day, June 6, 1944, several hundred American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division landed far from their assigned drop zones, isolated behind enemy lines. The commanding officer decided to occupy the village of Graignes and wait for help. By June 10, while the main U.S. airborne force was fighting for Carentan, it became clear that the Germans would win the race for Graignes, and on the eleventh, the Germans attacked in force.

Sacrifice is the story of the against-the-odds battle for Graignes, its role in paving the way for the success of the Normandy invasion, and the massacres the Germans inflicted, told through the stories of a broad cast of characters, from American airborne officers and regular paratroopers, like a French-speaking Cajun, to French civilians who helped recover weapons from the marshes, to a shot-down Australian aircrewman who joined the fight. This is a dark chapter of the Normandy campaign, but one very much worth telling. Martin Morgan does it poignant justice in this book.

Martin K. A. Morgan is an author and historian with a background as a park ranger and museum consultant. Morgan contributes frequently to World War II Quarterly and The American Rifleman and has also written for Aviation History, World War II, World War II History and Armchair General.

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Where War Began

A Military History of the Ancient Near East from the Cradle of Civilization to Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire

By Arthur Cotterell

Spanning some 4,000 years and drawing anecdotes and quotations from ancient sources, Where War Began is a lively narrative of the origins of war in a region that is still afflicted by war and that still shapes global politics.

This story begins around 4,000 to 3,000 BC with the Sumerians, one of the first dominant civilizations of fertile Mesopotamia, and their wars with their neighbors. The Sumerians eventually gave way to the Babylonians, whose period of dominance saw rudimentary “great power” rivalries begin to form with the likes of Egypt and the Hittites and the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BC). This period resolved with the fall of Babylon and the rise of other powers, ultimately the Persian Empire of Cyrus and Darius, one of the great ancient dynasties, which battled the Greeks directly and indirectly.

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In the period that followed, the Near East was dominated by Alexander the Great, whose legendary campaigns conquered Persia and ventured east into modern India. This era saw the refinement of the Greek hoplite tactics that remained standard for many hundreds of years. After Alexander the Great, and the rise of the Seleucids and Parthians where Persians once reigned, the Roman Empire began to exert its power in the region, especially at its colonies in Judea and Syria.

Arthur Cotterell was formerly a principal at Kingston College, London. He has spent many years combining senior educational management with historical research to write books on the ancient world and mythology. A respected author of more than thirty books, he has been published by Penguin and Oxford University Press.

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Helicopter Heroine

The Story of Valérie André, Combat Pilot and Surgeon

By Charles Morgan Evans

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Helicopter Heroine is the story of Valérie André, who began her medical career in Paris under the eyes of the Gestapo, trained as a neurosurgeon, and blazed trails as a helicopter pioneer and battlefield medicine innovator during the French Indochina war. Flying through bullets and bombs to treat and evacuate the wounded, André became a legend.

In 1975, she became the first female general in the French army, and at her retirement, she had flown nearly 500 combat missions, logged 4,000 hours in helicopters, and won the Croix de Guerre five times, the Cross of Military Valor twice, and the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit.

André, who just turned ninety-nine, is still alive and lives near Paris, and this book is based on a series of author interviews with her and comprehensive research in other sources.

Charles M. Evans is the founding curator of the Hiller Air Museum in Redwood City, California. He has written about aviation history for such publications as American History, Aviation and Civil War Times Illustrated.

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The Hidden Hindenburg The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies

By Michael McCarthy

Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the National Archives in Washington, along with archival collections in Germany, this definitive account explores how the Hindenburg was connected to the Dachau concentration camp, a futuristic German rocket that terrified the Allies and a classified project that imported Nazi scientists to America after the war.

It took author Michael McCarthy four years to get to the bottom of this epic disaster, in which the largest object civilization has ever managed to fly burnt up in less than one minute. Along the way, he found a tale of international intrigue, revealing a whistleblower, a cover-up and corruption on two continents.

Michael McCarthy worked for twenty-two years for the Wall Street Journal, as a reporter and editor in New York and Chicago. He wrote about aviation and other industries.

Imprint: Lyons Press November 2022 328 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6668-1 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5371-1 $19.00 / £14.95 Previously published in Hardback (2020) 978-1-4930-5370-4 $27.95 / £21.95

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All Roads Led to Gettysburg

A New Look at the Civil War’s Pivotal Battle

By Troy D. Harman

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. General Lee, the old story goes, marched blindly into Pennsylvania while his chief cavalryman Jeb Stuart rode and raided incommunicado. Meanwhile, General Meade, in command only a few days, gave uncertain chase to an enemy whose exact positions he did not know. And so these ignorant armies clashed by first light at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. In the spirit of his iconoclastic Lee’s Real Plan at Gettysburg, Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable.

Gettysburg Ranger and historian Troy Harman draws on a lifetime of researching the Civil War and more than thirty years of studying the terrain of Gettysburg and south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland to reframe the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. In the process he shows there’s still much to say about one of history’s most written-about battles.

This is revisionism of the best kind.

Troy D. Harman has been a National Park Service ranger since 1984, including stints at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, and Independence National Historical Park. Since 1989 he has worked at Gettysburg National Military Park, where he has become one of the battlefield’s most popular and engaging rangers, with a devoted following on PCN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network.

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Armies South, Armies North

The Military Forces of the Civil War Compared and Contrasted

By Alan Axelrod

Civil War buffs are always arguing over which side had the better soldiers. Armies South, Armies North by Alan Axelrod helps readers reconsider their understanding of America’s most harrowing war. Axelrod is the author of more than one hundred books with a passion for military history and leadership. Each chapter of his new book compares the military forces with both quantitative and qualitative measures. Axelrod analyzes the equipment, the leadership and strategies, and the men who fought in each army, with additional focus on lesser known flash points during the war.

Alan Axelrod is the author of many books on leadership, management, history, military history, corporate history, career, general business and more. He entered scholarly publishing in 1982 as associate editor and scholar with the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (Winterthur, Delaware), an institution specializing in the history and material culture of America prior to 1832.

Imprint: Lyons Press November 2022 280 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6923-1 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-4930-2407-0 $26.50 / £19.95 Previously published in Hardback (2017) 978-1-4930-1862-8 $27.95 / £21.95

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Danger Close!

A Vietnam Memoir

By Phil Gioia

“Nearly three million Americans served in the Vietnam War. Each had his or her own take on what happened and why and many have tried to commit their war to paper. Phil Gioia has helped our understanding by detailing his days in-country and his informed perspectives in the midst of a fascinating, candid and brave memoir of a life of service. Bravo.” —Ken Burns, filmmaker

Danger Close! recounts the Vietnam War from the unique boots-on-the-ground perspective of a young officer who served two tours in two different divisions. He tells his story thoughtfully, straightforwardly, and vividly, from the raw emotions of unearthing massacred human beings to the terrors of fighting in the dark, with tracers slicing the air.

Phil Gioia served two combat tours in Vietnam between 1968 and 1970 and was awarded two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, he went on to earn a master’s in foreign service from Georgetown and an MBA from Stanford. He has lectured at West Point and Annapolis, published articles in the Journal of Military History, World War II, and Armchair General, and appeared in History Channel programs and in Ken Burns’ Vietnam War documentary.

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Extraordinary Valor

The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam

By William Reeder Jr.

Extraordinary Valor is the true story of American Special Forces officer John Duffy, and South Vietnamese paratrooper, Lê Văn Mễ, as they fight to defend Charlie Hill, a key to holding Vietnam’s Central Highlands during North Vietnam’s 1972 Easter Offensive.

John Joseph Duffy was born in New York City; Le Van Mễ in a small village outside the old imperial capital of Hue in South Vietnam. Living on opposite sides of the globe, they come together in the heat of war in Southeast Asia when Major Duffy is assigned as the American advisor to the elite South Vietnamese 11th Airborne Battalion where Mễ is second in command.

Imprint: Lyons Press August 2022 296 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6367-3 $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6368-0 $26.50 / £19.95

The battalion receives the order to “Fight to the death” on Charlie Hill. After two weeks of intense combat, hundreds lay dead and those still standing are out of food, water, and medical supplies. Their ammunition is nearly gone. Duffy and Mễ draw on their bond of friendship and trust to make a selfless two-man last stand against the final North Vietnamese human wave assault. Both are badly wounded, Duffy multiple times.

Their heroic action allows 36 members of the 471-man battalion to escape and be rescued. The rest are killed, captured, or missing in action. This is their story.

William Reeder is a retired U.S. Army colonel, highly decorated with extensive combat experience. In Vietnam, he was an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter pilot. Later in his career, he flew the AH-64 Apache advanced attack helicopter. In 2014, he was inducted into the U.S. Army Aviation Hall of Fame.

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Prince and the Parade & Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986

By Duane Tudahl Foreword by Sir Elton John

“The only thing better than reading about Prince’s music is listening to it. Duane Tudahl inspires us to do both.” —Alan Leeds, tour manager, production manager for Prince From Prince’s superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the award-winning Prince Studio Sessions series spotlights how Prince, the biggest rock star on the planet at the time, risked everything to create some of the most introspective music of his four-decade career.

Duane Tudahl takes us on an emotional and intimate journey of love, loss, rivalry and renewal revealed through unprecedented access to dozens of musicians, singers, studio engineers, and others who worked with him and knew him best—with neverbefore-published memories from the Revolution, the Time, the Family and Apollonia 6.

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 728 pages Paperback 978-1-5381-6634-5 $26.95 / £20.95 eBook 978-1-5381-4452-7 $36.00 / £28.00 Previously published in Hardback (2021) 978-1-5381-4451-0 $38.00 / £29.00

Duane Tudahl is an award-winning author who has worked in entertainment for over thirty years.

Also in the series: Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 November 2018 | 978-1-5381-1462-9 | $24.95 / £18.95 Featuring insights on groundbreaking recording sessions, rehearsals and sound checks, the expanded edition of Duane Tudahl’s award-winning book pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince’s rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet.

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Top Authors Sean Egan Londoner Sean Egan has contributed to, among others, Billboard, Classic Rock, Record Collector, Uncut, and RollingStone.com. He has written several books, including works on the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Clash. His 2002 book Jimi Hendrix and the Making of “Are You Experienced” was nominated for an Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.

Dave Thompson Dave Thompson is the author of over 150 books. He is a columnist for Goldmine magazine and his work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, Mojo, Record Collector and many other major publications. He has contributed to music documentaries produced by VH-1, A&E and BBC.

Books known for their depth, spirit and authority, for passionate music lovers.

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331/3 Revolutions Per Minute

A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era (1955-1999)

By Michael McCarthy

33 1/3 Revolutions per Minute: A Critical Trip Though the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999 is a history of the rock LP era told though critiques of a very personal selection of nearly 700 albums. It follows rock and roll from its earliest days in the 1950s to the explosion of the British Invasion, soul, folk rock, and psychedelia in the 1960s, on through the classic rock and punk albums of the 1970s, new wave classics of the 1980s, and alternative rock discs of the 1990s. Through reviews of albums universally regarded as classics (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Purple Rain, Nevermind and many of the other usual suspects) and far more obscure discs (albums by Johnny “Guitar” Watson, P. P. Arnold, the Dentists, Holly Golightly, etc.), Mike Segretto shows how the rock and roll album went from a vehicle for singles and filler aimed at kids with an excess of pocket money in the 1950s to a legitimate, self-contained art form by 1967, to the only rock and roll medium that mattered in the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s.

Imprint: Backbeat September 2022 560 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6459-5 $39.95 / £31.00 eBook 978-1-4930-6460-1 $38.00 / £29.00

Mike Segretto is a freelance writer. He has been running and writing the retro pop culture blog Psychobabble (psychobabble200.blogspot.com) since 2008, and he published the critically acclaimed book The Who FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Fifty Years of Maximum R&B in 2014.

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Music + Revolution

Greenwich Village in the 1960s

By Richard Barone

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Even before the Beatnik Riots of 1961, New York City’s Greenwich Village was the epicenter of revolutionary movements in American music and culture. But, in the early 1960s and throughout the decade, a new wave of writers and performers inspired by the folk music revival of the 1950s created socially aware and deeply personal songs that spoke to a generation like never before. These writers—Bob Dylan, Richard Fariña, Janis Ian, and Phil Ochs, to name a few— changed the folk repertoire from traditional songs to songs sprung from personal, contemporary experiences and the nation’s headlines, raising the level of political self-expression to high art. Message and music merged and mirrored society.

In Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Richard Barone tells this freewheelin’ historical narrative, peppered with personal stories and insights from those who were there, celebrating the lasting legacy of this pivotal decade with stories behind songs that resonate just as strongly today.

Richard Barone is an acclaimed recording artist, performer, producer, and author. Barone has produced countless studio recordings and worked with artists in every musical genre.

His list of collaborators includes Tony Visconti, Beach Boy Al Jardine, Sean Lennon, Dion, Donovan, Moby, the late Lou Reed and folk legend Pete Seeger.

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Titans of Bass

The Tactics, Habits, and Routines from over 130 of the World’s Best

By KJ Jensen

Titans of Bass: The Tactics, Habits, and Routines from over 130 of the World’s Best reveals the experiences of over 130 of the world’s top bassists to help the beginning bassist learn and play their first song. Picking up an instrument for the first time can be a confusing, frustrating experience, but KJ Jenson consulted the best players to give readers an inside look and a running start at the bass guitar. Navigate the first steps of taking on the bass, such as which songs to learn, what to practice every day to enhance skills, and which musicians to emulate. From over 130 interviews of the best bassists, KJ Jenson lends the perspectives of musical heroes on how they conquered the bass.

Imprint: Backbeat October 2022 144 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6287-4 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6288-1 $19.00 / £14.95

Titans of Bass includes interviews with bass wizards such as Justin Chancellor (Tool), Billy Sheehan, Ron Carter, John Patitucci, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Nathan East, Snow Owl, Abraham Laboriel, Sean Lennon, Leland Sklar, George Porter Jr., Christian McBride, Jack Casady, Stuart Hamm, Verdine White, Bill Laswell, and over 125 more.

Kortney “KJ” Jenson is a fearless writer with boundary-pushing tendencies. For almost two decades, KJ has been interviewing and meeting tight deadlines in the creation of original and groundbreaking content.

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Under Their Thumb

How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It)

By Bill German

Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It) tells the story of Bill German’s unlikely friendship with the Rolling Stones.

He first met them on the streets of New York when he was a seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist. After handing them a copy of his amateur fanzine, they took the author under their wing and hired him as their official historian. They turned his little rag into their official newsletter and advertised it in one of their albums.

Soon after, he began traveling the world with them and staying at their homes. German went from being a teenage fan who wanted to know everything about his favorite band to suddenly knowing too much! He was privy to their private jams and recording sessions as well as to their parties, peccadilloes, and in-fights. Yet, through it all, he maintained his identity as that nice boy from Brooklyn. Despite Keith’s observation—or edict?— that “people only leave the Stones in a casket or handcuffs,” he was one of the few to leave their orbit on his own terms.

This updated edition of Under Their Thumb includes new stories about German’s relationship to the Stones and twenty neverbefore-seen images.

Bill German’s life turned upside down when, at age ten, he first heard the Rolling Stones’ Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! album. By age sixteen, he was chronicling the Stones’ activities in Beggars Banquet, the fanzine he launched from his bedroom. The band took note and eventually declared Beggars Banquet their official newsletter.

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Blake Shelton Happy Anywhere

By Carol Cash Large Foreword by Blake Shelton Carol Cash Large, longtime friend of Blake Shelton, helped move the awardwinning musician to Nashville just two weeks after he graduated high school at the tender age of seventeen and has been with him every step of the way since. In Blake Shelton: Happy Anywhere, she takes you backstage for personal and unique insight into the life of the young singer.

From Shelton’s work with producer Bobby Braddock, recording his number 1 song “Austin,” and performing on the Grand Ole Opry to his record-breaking seventeen consecutive number 1 songs and beyond, she has been right there.

With fifty personal photos from the author’s collection, anecdotes of a close connection to Blake Shelton, and highlights of a glorious career, Large presents a warm and detailed account of one of country music’s biggest stars of all time.

Carol Cash Large taught reading for many years in Oklahoma and Tennessee.

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How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.

A History of Music Row, Updated and Expanded, Second Edition

By Michael Kosser How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A. was first published in 2006 and quickly became the go-to reference for those seeking to understand the Nashville music industry, or write about it. Now, Michael Kosser, prolific songwriter and author, returns with an updated and expanded edition, bringing the history of Music Row up to the present, since so much has changed over the last fifteen years.

Kosser traces the growth and cultural changes of Nashville and the adventurous souls who fly to it to be a part of the music. He follows the changes from its hillbilly roots through its “Nashville Sound” quasi-pop days, from the outlaws, the new traditionalists, and the megasellers to the recent bro country and the rise of mini-trends. This edition also bears witness to the huge influence of Music Row on other music genres.

Michael Kosser has written twenty published books and was a senior editor at American Songwriter Magazine, where he wrote a column, “Street Smarts,” for more than twenty years.

Backbeat December 2022 • 400 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6512-7 • $32.95 / £25.00

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Bruce Springsteen

By Rikky Rooksby

Edited by Leonardo Colombati

Fifty years since Bruce Springsteen’s debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. brought a new songwriting talent to the public, Bruce Springsteen is long established as one of the giants of popular music. Through a long career of studio and live albums, archival releases, massive tours with the E Street Band, and more recently solo performances on Broadway, Springsteen has demonstrated a remarkable talent for communicating with a wide audience. Whether acoustic or electric, plainly presented or richly orchestrated, his narrative and characterbased songs have captured and reflected the pains, hopes, dilemmas, and dreams of millions.

Bruce Springsteen: Like a Killer in the Sun, originally published in Italian, is the definitive book on the work of Bruce Springsteen, showing his unique narrative talent and offering an accurate critical examination of his poetics. It presents 117 among his best lyrics, expounded and annotated with the philological care used for the classics of literature. In his introduction, Leonardo Colombati draws the attention to the fact that Springsteen is an author grafted on the line that goes from Whitman to Steinbeck, from Flannery O’Connor to Raymond Carver. The book also contains Springsteen’s biography and discography, plus an exclusive interview with Bruce Springsteen.

Songwriting Secrets, Revised and Updated, Second Edition

Bruce Springsteen: Songwriting Secrets, Revised and Updated presents his music as the starting point for a masterclass in the art of writing powerful—and successful— songs.

Rikky Rooksby is a guitar teacher, songwriter/composer, and writer on music.

Backbeat July 2022 • 224 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6526-4 • $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6782-4 • $28.50 / £21.95

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Like a Killer in the Sun: Selected Lyrics 1972-2017

Steven A. Goldman is a practicing psychiatrist with more than 30 years experience studying the effects of war on veterans.

Backbeat November 2022 • 608 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6542-4 • $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-5400-0485-7 • $28.50 / £21.95

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Moving Pictures

How Rush Created Progressive Hard Rock’s Greatest Record

By Will Romano Rush’s record Moving Pictures changed everything: the trajectory of the band’s career and its impact on a growing legion of fans. Put simply, the seventrack offering solidified the band’s global appeal and continues to inspire musicians of all walks of life.

Now, forty years after its release, Will Romano investigates the how and why behind this landmark album.

Will Romano is the author of seven books, including Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock, the critically acclaimed Mountains Come Out of the Sky (with a foreword by iconic drummer Bill Bruford), and the award finalist Big Boss Man: The Life and Music of Bluesman Jimmy Reed.

Backbeat December 2022 • 256 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6235-5 • $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6236-2 • $26.50 / £19.95

Peter Asher A Life in Music

By David Jacks Spanning more than fifty years of modern music history, Peter Asher: A Life in Music highlights every turn in Peter Asher’s amazing career. Over a dozen years of research has gone into telling his story, with numerous interviews conducted with Asher, along with first-hand observations of him at work in various recording studios around Los Angeles. The author also had access to Asher’s archives, which offered rare photographs and other career memorabilia to help illustrate this biography.

Over one hundred artists, friends, and colleagues agreed to be interviewed, and they help to provide insight into Asher’s personality and working methodology.

Included are singers Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Marianne Faithfull, Carole King, Kenny Loggins, Graham Nash, Aaron Neville, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, JD Souther, and James Taylor, amongst many others.

David Jacks has worked on countless productions as video editor or audio producer—sometimes both—for various clients, including Walt Disney Home Video and Universal Studios Tour.

Backbeat December 2022 • 352 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6121-1 • $39.95 / £31.00

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Take a Sad Song

By Craig Hopkins

By James Campion

In Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night, Craig Hopkins presents the ultimate celebration of this artist. In this newly revised and updated edition, Hopkins covers the complete history of Vaughan’s life from 1954 through the present day: his roots, music, personal struggles, and shocking death. Filled with interviews from over one hundred people who knew him best and from fans everywhere, along with facts about tour dates and recordings, stories about his bands and life on the road, rare artistic and historic photographs, and more, this lavishly illustrated book tells one of the most detailed biographies of any musician.

In Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of “Hey Jude”, James Campion dives deeply into the song’s origins, recording, visual presentation, impact, and eventual influence, while also discovering what makes “Hey Jude” a classic musical expression of personal comfort and societal unity conceived by a master songwriter, Paul McCartney. Within its melodic brilliance and lyrical touchstones of empathy and nostalgia resides McCartney’s personal and professional relationship with his childhood friend and songwriting partner, John Lennon, and their simultaneous pursuit of the women who would complete them. There are also clues to the growing turmoil within the Beatles and their splintering generation scarred by war, assassination, and virulent protest.

Day by Day, Night After Night, Complete Edition

Craig Hopkins is internationally recognized as a leading authority on the life and music of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Hopkins has been honored with the Keeping Blues Alive Award for Literature for his writing on the artist.

Backbeat October 2022 • 640 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6523-3 • $49.95 / £38.00 eBook 978-1-4930-6865-4 • $48.50 / £37.00

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The Emotional Currency of “Hey Jude”

James Campion is a syndicated columnist and contributing editor for the pop culture magazine the Aquarian Weekly, where he’s reported on and interviewed several and varied musical artists and reviewed concerts and albums for twenty-three years.

Backbeat July 2022 • 328 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6237-9 • $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6238-6 • $26.50 / £19.95

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Imprint Introduction For more than 40 years, FalconGuides have set the standard for outdoor recreation content.

With contributions by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, we invite readers to experience the endless adventure and beauty of the great outdoors.

With books and content covering the entire spectrum of outdoor activities, ranging from hiking and rock climbing guides to environmental preservation and wildlife identification, our objective is to outfit your mind with the best possible information on where to go, how to get there, and what to see once you arrive. Our online community brings people who love the outdoors together to share experiences and encourage others to get outside!

For more information on Falcon Guides and to view the imprint's full range of publishing, please visit falcon.com.

Backlist Highlights

Top Authors John Long John Long is a legendary rock climber, world adventurer, and top-selling author in the outdoor industry (more than a million copies in print). His feats include the first one-day ascent of El Capitan and a coast-to-coast traverse of Borneo. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling How to Rock Climb!, the world’s foremost book of climbing instruction.

Molly Absolon Molly Absolon has written 10 titles for the Backpacker Magazine Outdoor Skills Series (Falcon). She is also the author of the Basic Illustrated Winter Camping and the forthcoming Basic Illustrated Alpine Ski Touring.

Books that capture the very heart and soul of outdoor pursuits.

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How to Rock Climb Sixth Edition

By John Long and Bob Gaines

How to Rock Climb, now in its sixth edition, is the most thorough instructional rock book in the world. All the fundamentals— from style and ethics, to physically scaling the rock—are presented by climbing experts John Long and Bob Gaines.

Imprint: Falcon Guides

Completely revised and updated to reflect state-of-the-art methods, this book includes sections on face climbing, crack climbing, equipment, anchoring, belaying, toproping, leading, rappelling, sport climbing, trad climbing, mutlipitch climbing and much more. How to Rock Climb is the essential how-to book for rock climbers everywhere.

August 2022 416 pages

John Long is an acclaimed rock climber and author of more than forty books, including several in Falcon’s catalog. He is one of the most prolific adventure writers out there and has authored magazine articles, screenplays, documentary films, and television and movie scripts, as well as instructional rock climbing books.

Series: How to Climb Series

Paperback 978-1-4930-5626-2 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5625-5 $28.50 / £21.95

Bob Gaines began his career as a rock climbing guide in 1983 and is an American Mountain Guides Association Certified Rock Instructor. He is the author of Advanced Rock Climbing and the coauthor of Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual, which is the textbook for the AMGA’s single pitch instructor program.

He was Sylvester Stallone’s climbing instructor for the movie

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Outdoor Minimalist

Waste Less Hiking, Backpacking and Camping

By Meg Carney Illustrated by Savannah Cuthbertson

We love the outdoors. We want to take care of it and we want to enjoy it. But with an excess of packaged food, single-use disposables and convenient consumables, are we loving the land to death?

Outdoor enthusiasts are more galvanized than ever to be good stewards of the land on which they recreate. Here, for the first time, is the central, reliable guide to hiking and backpacking with minimal impact that outdoor enthusiasts need. Outdoor Minimalist is a guide to actionable ways to waste less while hiking and camping and implement low-impact practices in outdoor pursuits.

Look inside to find: • • •

Waste reduction tips and tricks for beginners and experts alike The seven R’s of outdoor minimalism: reduce, refuse, rethink, repair, rehome/repurpose, remove, restore Packing lists to waste less with every trip you plan.

Meg Carney is a lifelong nature-lover and full-time outdoor and environmental writer. Her full portfolio can be found at megcarney.com. Along with personal writing projects, she is the Senior Editor of CleanUp News, a news publication that focuses on environmental advocacy and educating consumers on the waste within the supply chain.

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Imprint: Falcon Guides November 2022 224 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6399-4 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6400-7 $20.50 / £15.95

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Hiking is Fundamental

A Step-by-Step Guide to Hitting the Trail

By Barbara Ann Kipfer

Discover the joy of hiking, one step at a time.

Imprint: Falcon Guides

Hiking is Fundamental is an informative celebration of all things hiking. Illustrated list-style chapters cover the core elements of getting into hiking, from preparation to pacing. This inviting overview will demystify the whole hiking experience and give readers the tools and skills they need to get started with confidence. Hiking is not exclusive to the wealthy, the athletic, or the experienced. It’s fun! And it’s for everyone.

November 2022 224 pages

Dr. Barbara Ann Kipfer is an archaeologist, lexicographer, former sports writer, hiker, and author. She has written more than 65 books and calendars.

Paperback 978-1-4930-6362-8 $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6363-5 $21.50 / £16.95

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Field Guides to Rivers & Streams

Mythbusting the Great Outdoors

By Ryan Utz Ph.D.

By Jamie Siebrase Illustrated by Olivia Wischmeyer

Discovering Running Waters and Aquatic Life

In Field Guide to Rivers & Streams, Dr. Ryan Utz presents a broad scientific understanding of rivers, streams, and the animals that reside within them, written accessibly for a general audience. Topics range from what causes river flows to rise and fall to the ecology of riverine fishes.

Kayakers, anglers, and hikers alike will find many tools within Field Guide to Rivers & Streams to deepen their understanding of their favorite waterway.

Dr. Ryan Utz is an assistant professor of water resources at Chatham University and outdoor enthusiast with an obsession for backcountry camping. He has published over forty scientific articles on subjects ranging from salmon restoration in California to longterm rising salinity levels in North American rivers. An avid outdoor enthusiast, he also contributes to Backpacker magazine.

Falcon Guides September 2022 • 304 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6038-2 • $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6039-9 • $23.50 / £17.95

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Wilderness Wisdom for Outdoor Adventure

The skeptic’s guide to everything you thought you knew about life outside.

Mythbusting the Great Outdoors tackles a wide range of common misconceptions plaguing the world of outdoor adventure, using science to debunk beliefs even longtime nature lovers might erroneously take as fact.

Jamie Siebrase is a Denver journalist and the author of Hiking with Kids Colorado: 52 Great Hikes for Families.

Olivia Wischmeyer is an Albuquerque New Mexico -based interdisciplinary artist.

Find her work online at OliviaWischmeyer. myportfolio.com.

Falcon Guides November 2022 • 192 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6347-5 • $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6348-2 • $19.00 / £14.95

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The Practical Geologist

Reading Weather

By Garret Romaine

By Jim Woodmencey

The Practical Geologist traces the impact of geology on the first toolmakers in their trek toward civilization and details how understanding geology allowed for advances in agriculture, construction, weaponry, and the arts. The hacks, shortcuts, and rules described here are still vital for not just homesteaders, campers, hikers, and survivalists—the same geological factors assist us all as we struggle with ever-changing global conditions and reach for the stars.

Reading Weather provides a quick and simple way to understand how the atmosphere works, how to interpret and use weather forecasts before venturing outdoors, and also how to make your own forecast in the field by observing the changes in the weather. This fully updated and revised reference will arm you with the meteorological knowledge necessary to make good decisions on whether to proceed or retreat in the face of a storm. Also included are helpful definitions, tables, and simplified graphics of common weather features.

How to Apply Primitive Skills for Everyday Use

Garret Romaine is an avid gold prospector, rockhound, and fossil collector with years of experience in the field.

Falcon Guides December 2022 • 256 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6213-3 • $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6214-0 • $23.50 / £17.95

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The Field Guide To Forecasting The Weather, Third Edition

Jim Woodmencey grew up hiking, backpacking, and, eventually, climbing in the Sierras. Jim is a member of the American Meteorological Society and is certified as an instructor with the American Avalanche Association.

Falcon Guides November 2022 • 128 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6709-1 • $12.95 / £9.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6710-7 • $12.00 / £8.95

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The Tracker’s Field Guide

Wilderness 101

By James Lowery

By Maurice L. Phipps

Step richly into the animal world by discovering what their tracks tell you about their purpose, mood and individuality. Learn to understand an animal’s current behavior and choices through the context of its biology and the tracks it leaves behind. From decades of field research and teaching tracking to thousands, expert tracker Jim Lowery leads you to confident identification of tracks and into a deeper relationship with animals and their habitat, using many examples, tips, and focused notes written specifically for field exploration.

Wilderness 101 is the companion guide for new adventurers. Aimed at preventing newcomers to the outdoors from ending up in “survival” situations due to a lack of preparedness, this guide will impart introductory knowledge and skills to readers applicable across a range of potential activities, and useful for anyone heading into the backcountry. Based largely on course material that Maurice has taught for 32 years, readers will learn how to prepare and be equipped for all varieties of terrain.

A Comprehensive Manual for Animal Tracking, Third Edition

James C. Lowery has taught hundreds of beginning and advanced tracking workshops, including many special trainings for field biologists, over the past 35 years.

Falcon Guides November 2022 • 416 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6703-9 • $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6704-6 • $23.50 / £17.95

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Common Sense for Every Adventurer

Maurice Phipps is Professor Emeritus of Parks and Recreation Management in the Department of Human Services at Western Carolina University.

Falcon Guides November 2022 • 128 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6502-8• $14.95 / £11.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6503-5 • $14.00 / £10.95

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Imprint Introduction Prometheus Books is committed to testing the boundaries of established thought and providing readers with thoughtful and authoritative books in a wide variety of categories.

Publishing intelligent nonfiction for the thoughtful lay reader, Prometheus Books has focused on several core categories including popular science, critical thinking, philosophy, history, atheism, humanism, current events, psychology, and true crime. The imprint was founded in 1969 by the late philosopher Paul Kurtz.

For more information on Prometheus Books and to view the imprint's full range of publishing, please visit prometheusbooks.com.

Backlist Highlights

Top Authors Garrett Ryan Garrett Ryan earned his PhD in Greek and Roman History from the University of Michigan, and has taught in the History and Classics Departments of three universities. The author of several articles in leading scholarly journals, he is one of the mostviewed authors –writing under the name toldinstone – on AskHistorians, the internet’s premier public history forum on Reddit.

Zara Stone Zara Stone is an award-winning journalist who covers the intersection of culture, technology and social justice. She’s published with The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vice, Forbes, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, ABC News, BBC, OZY Media and BuzzFeed.

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The Patterning Instinct A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning

By Jeremy Lent Foreword by Fritjof Capra

This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range of different peoples: early hunter-gatherers and farmers, ancient Egyptians, traditional Chinese sages, the founders of Christianity, trail-blazers of the Scientific Revolution, and those who constructed our modern consumer society.Taking the reader on an archaeological exploration of the mind, the author, an entrepreneur and sustainability leader, uses recent findings in cognitive science and systems theory to reveal the hidden layers of values that form today’s cultural norms.

Uprooting the tired cliches of the science-religion debate, he shows how medieval Christian rationalism acted as an incubator for scientific thought, which in turn shaped our modern vision of the conquest of nature. The author probes our current crisis of unsustainability and argues that it is not an inevitable result of human nature, but is culturally driven: a product of particular mental patterns that could conceivably be reshaped. By shining a light on our possible futures, the book foresees a coming struggle between two contrasting views of humanity: one driving to a technological endgame of artificially enhanced humans, the other enabling a sustainable future arising from our intrinsic connectedness with each other and the natural world.

Imprint: Prometheus December 2022 576 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-759-6 $23.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-63388-294-2 $22.50 / £16.95 Previously published in Hardback (2017) 978-1-63388-293-5 $26.00 / £19.95

Jeremy R. Lent is a writer and the founder and president of the nonprofit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering a worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on the earth.

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The Phantom God

What Neuroscience Reveals about the Compulsion to Believe

By John C. Wathey

“John Wathey has made landmark contributions to the anatomy of religious belief. The Phantom God gives us the fundamental hows of religion’s tenacious hold on human minds, the neuroscience buried deep in our neonatal and early infant attachment system. Read this landmark book, and treasure it.”— J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., M.D., Psychiatrist, University of Virginia, author of Why We Believe In God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith Does neuroscience have anything to say about religious belief or the existence of God? Some have tried to answer this question, but, in doing so, most have strayed from the scientific method.

In The Phantom God, computational biologist and neuroscientist John C. Wathey, Ph.D., tackles this problem head-on, exploring religious feelings not as the direct perception by the brain of some supernatural realm, nor as the pathological misfiring of neurons, but as a natural consequence of how our brains are wired.

John C. Wathey, Ph.D. is a computational biologist whose research interests include evolutionary algorithms, protein folding, and the biology of nervous systems. Previously, he was a senior applications scientist at Biosym Technologies (now named Biovia), a company that develops molecular modeling software for the pharmaceutical industry.

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Imprint: Prometheus December 2022 320 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-806-7 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-63388-807-4 $28.50 / £21.95

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The Blessings of Disaster The Lessons that Catastrophes Teach Us and Why Our Future Depends On It

By Michel Bruneau Are we doomed? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably. But as a species? As a civilization? Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization’s future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats— be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust—can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters. Maybe most importantly, this entertaining and often counter-intuitive book shows how we can think in better ways about disasters, to strengthen and extend our existence as both individuals and as a species.

Michel Bruneau is a SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Emeritus Director of a National Science Foundation’s national engineering research center.

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Right From Wrong

Why Religion Fails and Reason Succeeds

By Mark Alan Smith Is there a non-religious method for discovering the elements of an objective morality? Yes, award-winning scholar of religion and politics Mark Alan Smith argues—the worldview of humanism.

Humanists apply reason, logic, and, evidence to all subjects. Smith’s humanist approach to morality relies on discussion and debate among diverse participants as the best means to attain a moral code stripped of the biases of each individual, group, and society. The result is a hopeful portrait of how to build on the moral progress humans have achieved since the writing of religious scriptures Mark Alan Smith is Associate Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington.

Prometheus December 2022 • 225 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-764-0 • $28.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-63388-765-7 • $27.50 / £20.95

Prometheus December 2022 • 450 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-823-4 • $29.95 / £22.95

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Think Straight

An Owner’s Manual for the Mind

By Jon Guy Put simply, Think Straight is an owner’s manual for the human brain. Drawing from the vast history of scientific and cognitive research, this book is a tour de force through the science and philosophy of the human mind, and what it means to think as a rational human being in the 21st century. Our world is awash in misand disinformation, baseless conspiracy theories, New Age ideology, anti-science propaganda, and all manner of magical thinking. Pseudo-experts fill the airwaves with false and bogus claims, news media twist and spin information to suit their ends, celebrities and corporations push evidence-free beliefs on their followers, and politicians continue to mislead the masses with false promises and bad thinking. In careful detail, author Jon Guy investigates the art of thinking critically, offering readers the ability to empower themselves and our society at large.

Jon Guy is a self-taught skeptic with an ability to grasp the nature of some of the world’s most complicated topics and translate them into simple language.

Prometheus October 2022 • 351 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-797-8 • $24.95 / £18.95 eBook 978-1-63388-798-5 • $23.50 / £17.95

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Who’s Counting?

Separating Numbers from Narratives with Stories from Pop Culture, Sports, Politics, and More

By John Allen Paulos New York Times-bestselling author and math popularizer John Allen Paulos has worked for decades to educate readers on not only the formal properties of the numbers, statistics, and probabilities behind news stories, but also what they mean and how they should be interpreted.

When we use mathematics to describe the social world, we are always faced with questions: What are we trying to measure or count and how do we decide whom to include, exclude, or qualify?

Who’s Counting features selected columns from Paulos’ well-known ABC News series of the same name collected here in book form for the first time, along with updates and brand-new original essays from the author.

John Allen Paulos is an extensively praisedauthor, popular public speaker, and former monthly columnist for ABCNews.com, the Scientific American, and the Guardian.

Prometheus November 2022 • 208 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-812-8 • $21.95 / £16.95

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Evolution Talk

The Who, What, Why, and How Behind The Oldest Story Ever Told

By Rick Coste

Evolution helps us understand our own humble place in the rich tapestry of life. But what do we know about the theory of evolution itself? Based on the popular podcast of the same name, Evolution Talk reveals how the theory of evolution came to be and how it explains the world around us.

Before Charles Darwin, other luminaries planted the seeds that would one day evolve into the theory that would make him famous. Author Rick Coste begins by shining a spotlight on the writers, philosophers, and scientists who planted the seeds that would blossom into the theory of evolution by natural selection, from Aristotle’s big ideas to young Mary Anning’s discovery of the first ichthyosaur skeleton.

Imprint: Prometheus December 2022 200 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-834-0 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-63388-835-7 $20.50 / £15.95

After exploring the contributions of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, Evolution Talk investigates the very beginnings of life itself. From its genesis in a primordial pond to the endless and beautiful forms which emerged to populate our once barren little planet, adaptations such as altruism, sexual selection, and brains further pushed life along its amazing path to today.

Finally, Coste concludes by taking a step back to ask questions about how we as humans fit in, such as “Are we unique?” and “Are we still evolving?”.

Rick Coste has written and produced 14 podcast series which have entertained and educated a worldwide audience of over one million listeners. His lifelong love of science led him to write, produce and host the science education show Evolution Talk, which currently ranks in the top 100 of Apple’s Natural Sciences category.

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Making Medicine

Surprising Stories from the History of Drug Discovery

By Keith Veronese

In Making Medicine: Surprising Stories from the History of Drug Discovery, author Keith Veronese examines fifteen different molecules and their unlikely discovery –or in many cases, their second discovery –en route to becoming invaluable medications. From the famous story of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, to lesser-known stories surrounding drugs like quinine (derived from the bark of the cinchona tree and responsible for saving the lives of millions in the fight against malaria), Veronese reveals the “how” and the “who” behind the pharmaceutical breakthroughs that continue to impact our world. With subjects including cancer-fighting therapies and over-the-counter pain relievers; hair regrowth creams and antidepressants; readers will no doubt have a personal connection to at least one molecule in this book.

Making Medicine also details how modern pharmaceutical discovery works, including the monumental challenge and accomplishment of creating a COVID-19 vaccine. This fascinating book highlights the serendipitous nature of the discovery of these miracle molecules, along with how they do (or don’t) interact with the human body to produce the desired result.

Keith Veronese received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and is currently a freelance science writer. Veronese previously wrote for Gawker Media’s io9, a science news website.

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Space Oddities

Forgotten Stories of Mankind’s Exploration of Space

By Joe Cuhaj

Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space. What were once flights of fancy and dreams of science fiction writers have become nearly routine – a continuous human presence orbiting the Earth, probes flying beyond our solar system, and men walking on the moon. NASA and the Russian space program make traveling to the stars look easy, but it has been far from that. Space travel is a sometimes heroic, sometimes humorous, and always dangerous journey fraught with perils around every corner that most of us have never heard of or have long since forgotten.

Imprint: Prometheus October 2022 238 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-784-8 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-63388-785-5 $20.50 / £15.95

Space Oddities brings these unknown, offbeat, and obscure stories of space to life. From the showmanship and bravado of the earliest known space fatality, German Max Valier, to the first ever indictment under the Espionage Act on an Army officer who leaked secrets concerning the development of early U.S. rockets; and the story of a single loose bolt that defeated the Soviet Union’s attempt to beat America to the moon.

Author Joe Cuhaj also sheds light on the human aspects of space travel that have remained industry secrets – until now: how the tradition of using a musical playlist to wake astronauts up began, fascinating tales about inventions like the Fischer Space Pen, Omega watches, and even Tang breakfast drink.

Joe Cuhaj grew up in New Jersey as a space fanatic. He would skip school to watch every launch and recovery from the late Mercury missions to the final Skylab mission all while building and flying model rockets. Cuhaj is a Navy veteran and former radio broadcaster turned author and freelance writer.

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Vitamin C

A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience

By Stephen M. Sagar M.D.

Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C. Vitamin C begins with scurvy, which afflicted Europe for four hundred years and killed millions. The reasons that a disease whose cure was known from the outset persisted over that time are at once baffling and familiar, and these trials eventually lead to invention of the science of epidemiology.

Author Stephen M. Sagar MD then chronicles the discovery of vitamins at the beginning of the twentieth century, a story that encapsulates the rise of a scientific approach to nutrition but with surprising twists and turns. As vitamin science became more acquainted with the mainstream, scientist Linus Pauling reached new heights of fame and influence by popularizing the practice of taking megadoses of vitamin C to prevent colds – a claim that was not necessarily backed by data. This kickstarted the growth of the $40 billion vitamin and supplement industry, which has since prospered all while ignoring science.

Stephen M. Sagar, MD, brings 40 years’ experience in science and medicine to tell a story that integrates the history of science into broader cultural, political and intellectual life.

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Bioverse

How the Cellular World Contains the Secrets to Life’s Biggest Questions

By William B. Miller Jr. M.D. For as long as humans have been on Earth, we have looked up to the stars for clues to our own existence. Medical doctor and evolutionary biologist William B. Miller, Jr. suggests that we may find more meaningful solutions at the end of a microscope rather than a telescope.

Using powerful analogies and exacting science, Bioverse explores the wonders of the perpetual partnership between our personal cells and the microbial world, resulting in an entirely new view of our living planet.

By exploring the extent of our deeply integrated cellular world, Bioverse provides profound insights about ourselves, our health and well-being, our social systems, and our permanent relationship to the planet and the cosmos.

William B. Miller, Jr. M.D., is a consultant and science writer specializing on the microbiome. For a number of years, Dr. Miller has been a leading expert in the field of evolutionary biology, publishing scores of peer-reviewed papers, hundreds of online articles, and books including The Microcosm Within.

Prometheus December 2022 • 320 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-799-2 • $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-63388-800-5 • $28.50 / £21.95

Gregor Mendel

His Life and Legacy

By Daniel J. Fairbanks Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, is renowned as one of the world’s most ingenious and influential scientists.

Nonetheless, he remains misunderstood and enigmatic, his history shrouded in controversy and myth. Mendel initiated an epic set of experiments with the common garden pea that would lead him to reveal the mystery of inheritance.

The article he published would become a classic in the history of science. This book commemorates Mendel’s life and legacy at the bicentennial of his birth. It interweaves traditional accounts of his history with newly discovered evidence to reveal an extraordinary teacher, a resolute priest and abbot, and a complex and guileless scientist whose momentous discoveries have remained essentially unchanged for more than a century and a half.

Daniel J. Fairbanks is one of the foremost contemporary scholars of Gregor Mendel. His books and articles have dispelled pervasive Mendelian myths, clarified the influence of Darwin on Mendel, and brought to light new evidence of Mendel’s scientific discoveries and influence.

Prometheus October 2022 • 240 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-838-8 • $28.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-63388-839-5 • $27.50 / £20.95

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Leaf Your Troubles Behind

How to Destress and Grow Happiness through Plants

By Karen Hugg

Have you ever felt happier after a walk in the woods or fiddling with houseplants but your hectic life stressed you out again?

In our rushed, tech-based, indoor society, we may yearn for a break but only manage to get through a noisy day and collapse in bed. Regaining a peaceful mind seems beyond reach. But what if there were easy, low-cost activities to heal the soul?

What if we could regularly access tranquility? How would we do that? The answer may be in the simplest, most abundant thing all around us: plants.

Plants are like a magic pill for our mental health. Growing science tells us they lower heart rates, make us more relaxed and productive, boost our immune system, help us live longer, and provide air, food, fragrance, and beauty. In Leaf Your Troubles Behind: How to Destress and Grow Happiness Through Plants, horticulturalist Karen Hugg draws on the science and two decades of professional gardening experience to help readers reduce stress and increase happiness.

Karen Hugg is a writer and gardener with a passion for plants.

She’s a certified ornamental horticulturalist and Master Pruner.

She has helped hundreds of clients create relaxing, beautiful gardens via her garden design and maintenance company for almost 20 years, and has taught horticulture at the community college level.

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Navigating Grief and Loss

25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others

By Kimberly Brown

Navigating Grief and Loss is designed to support all of us through difficult and upsetting times. It’s a relatable and useful guide with practical applications to help navigate the profound experience of loss, be it an elderly parent, succumbing to a lingering illness, the shock of an accidental death, a small business shuttered, a divorce after years of conflict, or euthanasia of a beloved pet. Each short chapter honestly describes a personal experience dealing with death or grief— staying at a hospice facility at my mother’s bedside, feeling frustrated by the options for a terminally ill friend, navigating changed relationships after someone dies, the shock and shame of an unwanted divorce, managing the overwhelming pain of bereavement—and is followed by a brief practice—a meditation, exercise, or contemplation that readers can use to discover insights and truths and find some solace for their own struggles and sorrow.

Imprint: Prometheus December 2022 155 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-819-7 $19.95 / £14.95

Kimberly Brown is a popular Buddhist meditation teacher and Certified Mindfulness Instructor and since 2011 she has led thousands of classes, retreats, and workshops with individuals and groups merging self- compassion, emotional resilience, mindfulness, and Buddhism. As a leading voice in the contemporary meditation community, she teaches public classes regularly at the Rubin Museum, Mindful Astoria, Shantideva Meditation Center, and All Souls Church.

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Imprint Introduction Launched nearly four decades ago as a publishing company dedicated to what founder Nick Lyons described as a lifestyle of “responsible outdoor sport,” Lyons Press has evolved into a leading publisher of highquality books on fishing and hunting, nature, animals, military history, American history and sports.

For more information on Lyons Press and to view the imprint's full range of publishing, please visit lyonspress.com.

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Top Authors Edward Moser Edward Moser, author of The Lost History of the Capitol, is a historian, tour guide, and author. A former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, and a former Editor of Time-Life Books, he was also a writer for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” He is the author, co-author, or editor of books on such subjects as history, politics, humor, and science.

Christopher Catherwood Christopher Catherwood, author of Churchill, Eisenhower, and the Making of the Modern World is an historian and Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow since 2010. He is also Archives By-Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge, since 2008, and Visitor to the SCR at St Edmund’s College Cambridge.

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Cleveland Browns AllTime All-Stars The Best Players at Each Position for the Browns

By Roger Gordon

Let’s say you’re the coach of the Cleveland Browns, deciding which players should start in a Super Bowl matchup against the toughest team in the NFC. But instead of choosing from the current roster, you have every player in the team’s 75-year history in your locker room. Who starts at quarterback: Hallof-Famer Otto Graham, steady Brian Sipe, deadly accurate Bernie Kosar, or dynamic Baker Mayfield? At kicker, do you play Hall of Famer Lou Groza or 14-year-veteran Phil Dawson? Which players get the start at wide receiver? Dante Lavelli, Paul Warfield, Braylon Edwards, Ray Renfro, or Jarvis Landry? Combining career stats, common sense, and a host of intangibles, veteran sportswriter Roger Gordon imagines an embarrassment of riches and sets the all-time All-Star Browns lineup for the ages.

Imprint: Lyons Press November 2022 280 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6695-7 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-4930-7074-9 $19.00 / £14.95

Roger Gordon is a freelance writer who has authored five football books including Cleveland Browns A-Z, So You Think You’re a Cleveland Browns Fan?, and A Century of NFL Football: The All-Time Quiz. He lives in North Canton, Ohio.

Also in the series: The Minnesota Vikings All-Time All-Stars November 2021 | 978-1-4930-5225-7 | $19.95 / £14.95 The Boston Red Sox All-Time All-Stars July 2021 | 978-1-4930-5916-4 | $18.95 / £14.95 The Boston Celtics All-Time All-Stars February 2021 | 978-1-4930-4660-7 | $18.95 / £14.95

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The Football Book of Why (and Who, What, When, Where, & How)

The Answers to Questions You’ve Always Wondered About from America’s Most Popular Game

By Wayne Stewart Why is a football field sometimes called a gridiron? Who are some of the best left-handed quarterbacks ever? Who was the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl? Why do players form a huddle when plays are called? When did quarterback sacks become an official statistic? What is the record for the most passes thrown by a quarterback in a game?

This book provides a slew of questions and in-depth answers concerning the traditions, rules, records and history of pro football (and more). From the early days of football to the hugely popular game seen today, Wayne Stewart answers questions even the most knowledgeable fan may have pondered.

Imprint: Lyons Press December 2022 256 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6857-9 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6858-6 $19.00 / £14.95

Wayne Stewart is a professional writer and sports historian. He has written numerous articles for publications such as Baseball Digest, USA Today/Baseball Weekly, and the SABR Research Journal.

Also in the series: The Baseball Book of Why: The Answers to Questions You’ve Always Wondered about from America’s National Pastime March 2020 | 978-1-4930-4887-8 | $16.95 / £12.95 This book provides over 100 questions and detailed answers concerning the traditions, rules and history of the national pastime. Organized by the sport’s five eras—Dead Ball, Live Ball, Golden Age, Expansion, and Steroid Era—it answers questions about hitting, pitching, fielding, base running, managing, scouting and ownership.

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Catching Excellence

Four Quarters of History

By Chuck Carlson

By David Fischer

Since their founding in 1921, the Green Bay Packers have played countless games that have thrilled pro football fans across the country. In this book, a veteran sportswriter examines ten contests that have defined the team over different eras in its 101-year history. From the season-ending win in 1929 that delivered the Packers’ first NFL championship, to Vince Lombardi’s first victory as Packers coach in 1959, winning both the “Ice Bowl” and first Super Bowl in 1967, and on through the Favre and Rodgers eras in a new century, Chuck Carlson goes beyond events on the field to trace the significance of each of these signature games in the arc of Packers history.

Professional football has come a long way from its origins as a game played on sandlots and frozen fields to the high-tech spectacular it is today. This book focuses on ten games of the modern era that, collectively, have shaped and defined the National Football League. The chapters will go beyond mere descriptions of the games as they trace the significance of a particular contest on the growth of the league. From “the greatest game ever played”—the 1958 NFL championship that marked the dawn of the TV era for the NFL—to Joe Namath’s guaranteed win in Super Bowl III, Franco Harris’s Immaculate Reception, and the rise of the New England Patriots’ dynasty, Fischer covers the games that have helped propel pro football to its status as the most popular game in America.

The History of the Green Bay Packers in Ten Games

Chuck Carlson was a sports writer/columnist for more than 30 years with newspapers in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Illinois Nevada, and Wisconsin.

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Ten Games that Define the Modern NFL

David Fischer has written for The New York Times and Sports Illustrated For Kids and has worked at Sports Illustrated, National Sports Daily, and NBC Sports.

Lyons Press December 2022 • 288 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6283-6 • $28.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6911-8 • $27.50 / £20.95

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The Ultimate New York Yankees Time Machine Book

By Martin Gitlin

This book covers the entirety of franchise history, from their birth and struggles as the Highlanders to the bludgeoning bats of Murderer’s Row and the first Yankees dynasty to the juggernauts of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, to the anomalous mediocrity that followed, to the championships and circus of the Steinbrenner, Jackson and Billy Martin era to, the run of crowns two decades later, to the years of frustration and missed opportunity through the second decade of the twenty-first century. However, how to make a book exceptional when champonships are routine, and scores of a team’s player are imortal? Emphasise a variety of players, teams, moments, events and contributors that made the Yankees unique in the annals of American sport, which this book ably does.

Martin Gitlin is a veteran author and sportswriter. Hehas had about 150 books published since 2006, including A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History (Lyons Press, 2018) with Joe Wos.

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Fighting Against the Odds

The Answers to Questions You’ve Always Wondered About from America’s Most Popular Game

By Fiaz Rafiq Foreword by Royce Gracie “This is a gripping memoir which doubles up as an insightful deep dive into the world of entertainment and sports by a journalist who identified the phenomenon of MMA fighting as well as one man’s journey to discover who he really is.” — Halina Watts, Sunday Mirror A riveting memoir by acclaimed combat sports and entertainment journalist Fiaz Rafiq, as he shares captivating stories of fighting legends and entertainment stars alongside the story of his own personal hardships, struggles against prejudice, and ultimate triumph.

Fighting against the Odds is the culmination of Fiaz Rafiq’s decades of work behind the scenes as a mixed martial arts and combat sports journalist, gaining the trust and confidence of the best fighters in UFC and boxing. Rafiq shares candid accounts, hidden histories, and thrilling experiences from his time with some of the most famous and prominent personalities in fighting sports. Included are never-before-told stories of UFC’s most decorated and revered champions in Randy Couture, Royce Gracie, Daniel Cormier, Brock Lesnar, Georges St-Pierre, and Conor McGregor and boxing and martial arts icons such as Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, and Bruce Lee. Fiaz Rafiq is a sports and entertainment journalist and author.

After two decades of working in publishing, including 15 years writing for bestselling magazine Martial Arts Illustrated (MAI) and contributing to magazines such as Impact: The Global Action Movie Magazine, MMA Uncaged, and Men’s Fitness, he became a contributing writer for multiple national newspapers.

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A Sportsman’s Life

How I Built Orvis by Mixing Business and Sport

By Leigh Perkins, with Geoffrey Norman Foreword by Johnny Morris

When Leigh Perkins bought the Orvis Company in 1965, the fly-fishing and bird-hunting outfitter was a sleepy business with annual sales that had leveled off at $500,000. Over the next thirty years Perkins built Orvis’s annual sales to $100 million by revolutionizing the catalog retail industry and reshaping the company’s tradition-bound culture. He achieved this by blending his love of nature with his business acumen and bringing the commonsense approach he learned in the streams and on his hunts to his boardroom decision making. Living the outdoor life his catalog popularized, Perkins traveled all over the world to fish and hunt, from Argentina to New Zealand, while devoting his resources to conservation causes worldwide.

This is his life story.

Leigh Perkins was CEO of the Orvis Company from 1965 to 1992. After 1992, he devoted his efforts to a variety of conservation causes and divided his time among homes in Vermont, Florida, and Wyoming. Mr. Perkins passed away in 2021.

Geoffrey Norman is the author of nine books. He is currently a contributing editor at Forbes FYI and writes frequently about the sporting life for a variety of magazines.

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Out of the Box

Casting Onward

By John S. Barr

By Steve Ramirez Illustrated by Bob White Foreword by Chris Wood

Unconventional Fly-Fishing Strategies and Winning Combinations to Catch More Fish

In this book, expert fly designer John Barr covers his techniques for catching more fish, including trout and warmwater species such as bass. He covers his deadly technique of fishing multiple flies in detail and shares his favorite fly combinations for fishing the hatches, both in rivers and still waters. Even if you’re wise to the technique of fishing multiple flies to increase your chances of catching fish, John Barr takes that game to a whole new level in this book. There are chapters on fishing all the major hatches, streamer fishing, fishing for warmwater species, lake fishing, as well as critical insights into the mental game that enables the top 10 percent of anglers to catch 90 percent of all the fish.

John Barr is the most successful designer of commercially distributed flies in the world.

He has invented a number of indispensable flies such as the Barr Emerger, an unrivaled pattern for difficult trout across the country, and the Copper John, which has evolved into the most popular fly of the millennium.

Stackpole Books October 2022 • 208 pages Hardback 978-0-8117-1302-3 • $39.95 / £31.00 eBook 978-0-8117-7154-2 • $38.00 / £29.00

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Fishing Adventures in Search of America’s Native Gamefish

In writing Casting Onward, author Steve Ramirez traveled thousands of miles by plane, motor vehicle, boat, and foot.

The focus is the author’s extension of Casting Forward by fishing for native fish within their original habitats, and telling the story in part through the eyes of the people who have lived alongside, and come to love, these waters and fish.

It is a story of fishing and friendship - a story of humanity’s impact on nature, and nature’s impact on humanity.

Steve Ramirez is a writer, educator, master naturalist, philosopher, and outdoor adventurer who lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country, USA. Lyons Press July 2022 • 280 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6229-4 • $27.95 / £21.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6230-0 • $26.50 / £19.95

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The FIFA World Cup A History of the Planet’s Biggest Sporting Event

By Clemente A. Lisi

In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet’s Biggest Sporting Event, veteran soccer reporter Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the tournament from 1930 to today, including a preview of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Lisi provides vivid accounts of individual games, details the innovations that impacted the sport across the decades, and offers biographical sketches of greats such as Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Lionel Messi. In addition, Lisi includes needed, objective coverage of off-field controversies such as the FIFA corruption case, making this book the only complete and impartial history of the tournament.

Featuring personal interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from the author’s many years attending and covering the World Cup, as well as stunning color photography, The FIFA World Cup is the definitive history of this global event.

Clemente A. Lisi is a journalism professor at The King’s College in New York City. He has worked as a journalist and editor for more than two decades.

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Imprint Introduction Now in its fourth decade, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is America’s foremost publisher of theatre, cinema, and TV books. Our books range from biographies of film and theatre luminaries to playscripts, librettos, monologue books and explorations of film, TV and theatre history.

Applause is an imprint of Globe Pequot.

For more information on Applause Theatre & Cinema Books and to view the imprint's full range of publishing, please visit applausebooks.com.

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Top Authors Sean O’Connell Sean O’Connell is the managing director of CinemaBlend, a globally recognized and industryrespected entertainment news website. He also hosts a popular weekly podcast, ReelBlend, that covers every aspect of the film industry. He has covered the turbulent Hollywood story of the Justice League since day one.

Stephen Jones Stephen Jones is a Hugo Award nominee and the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, four Bram Stoker Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Horror Association. He lives in London.

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Everything Was Possible

The Birth of the Musical Follies Revised and Updated

By Ted Chapin

Have you ever been curious about what it takes to get an original Broadway musical to opening night? Ted Chapin, college student at the time, had a front row seat at the creation of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, now considered one of the most important musicals of modern time. He kept a detailed journal of his experience as the sole production assistant, which he used as the basis for Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies, originally published in 2003. He was there in the drama-filled rehearsal room, typing the endless rewrites, ferrying new songs around town, pampering the film and television stars in the cast, travelling with the show to its Boston tryout and back to New York for the Broadway opening night.

With an enthusiast’s focus on detail and a journalist’s skill, Chapin takes the reader on the roller-coaster ride of creating a new and original Broadway musical. Musical theater giants, still rising in their careers, were working at top form on what became a Tony Award-winning classic: Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, and Michael Bennett.

Imprint: Applause October 2022 376 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6532-5 $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6533-2 $28.50 / £21.95

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Follies with Ted Chapin. A new afterword brings the history of the show forward, diving into recent productions around the world, new recordings, and the continued promise of a film version.

Ted Chapin was president of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization for more than thirty years, having been hired by the two families shortly after Richard Rodgers passed away.

His career has ranged from assistant director on the original production of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys to being one of the founders of the Encores! series at New York City Center.

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It’s a Drag

Cross-Dressing in Performance

By Janet Tennant

Favorite examples of cross-dressing or cross-gender performances include Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Vesta Tilley as Burlington Bertie, Maxine Peake as Hamlet, and Drag Queen RuPaul outrageously fronting RuPaul’s Drag Race. Cross-Dressing in Performance tells the story of the different ways performers cross-dress. Janet Tennant looks at many of the memorable performers over the years who have adopted the characters and dress of others, and why they have done so: to tell stories, to amuse, to create memorable alter-egos, to rebel or call attention to social and political issues or merely for reasons of expediency.

Tennant examines cross-dressing at different periods of theatrical history in the Western canon, predominantly in Britain and North America. Not following a conventional historical timeline, Tennant instead examines the different types of cross-dressing/cross-gender performance: Boys in Shakespeare, Heroes in Opera, Pantomime Dames, and Drag Queens being just a few. And no study of cross-dressing can, of course, forget its origins in Ancient Greece.

It’s a Drag: Cross-Dressing in Performance discusses the present and attempts to predict the future of cross-dressing in performance.

Janet Tennant spent many years lecturing, researching, and training in Europe and beyond, focusing on improving workplace relationships.

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Imprint: Applause October 2022 256 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-5905-8 $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-4930-5906-5 $21.50 / £16.95

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Superstar!

Behind the Scenes of Jesus Christ Superstar

By Ellis Nassour

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Almost thirty years after Rock Opera, his first book on Jesus Christ Superstar, Ellis Nassour returns to the world of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to complete the fascinating story of the Broadway musical that rocked the stage and pushed boundaries.

Nassour goes behind the scenes to show the evolution of Jesus Christ Superstar from an album to a Broadway musical, exploring not only the breakthroughs, but also the frustrations and pitfalls. With never-before-seen photos and new interviews, Superstar presents a detailed account of the life of the musical from 1969–1973.

Imprint: Applause December 2022 424 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6804-3 $34.95 / £27.00

Ellis Nassour is a noted freelance writer, from the New York Times and Daily News to Hollywood and Universal Studios. He is the author of the bestselling biography, Honky Tonk Angel, the first on Patsy Cline, and Rock Opera: The Creation of Jesus Christ Superstar, from Record Album to Broadway Show and Motion Picture.

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Carefully Taught

The Future Is Not Fixed

By Cary Ginell

Compiled by Chantal Bilodeau

Carefully Taught looks at American history as depicted in thirty Broadway musicals.

Presented chronologically according to the musical timeframe, award-winning theater critic and author Cary Ginell dissects the stories, characters, and songs to not only examine how Broadway viewed historical events, epochs, and personalities, but also to capture how dramatic license separated fact from fantasy. The chosen musicals fall into a variety of categories: biographies of famous Americans, (Andrew Jackson and Fiorello LaGuardia), stories with national conflicts (Hamilton, South Pacific), events that captured the attention of the American public (Floyd Collins, Newsies), and sociological studies or satires of specific eras (The Music Man, Hair).

What might an equitable, sustainable, decarbonized, and just society look like? What if the concept of a Green New Deal—a policy platform to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also addressing interwoven societal problems like economic inequality and racial injustice—could become reality?

The fifty plays in this anthology were commissioned for Climate Change Theatre Action 2021, a global participatory theatre festival that brings communities together around climate justice and climate change issues. Fifty playwrights representing all inhabited continents, with a wide range of styles and perspectives, were commissioned to write a five-minute play under the theme “Envisioning a Global Green New Deal.”

Cary Ginell is a Grammy-nominated author of 12 books on American music. A winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, Cary recently completed a term as President of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.

Chantal Bilodeau is a playwright and translator. In her capacity as artistic director of The Arctic Cycle, she has been instrumental in getting the theatre and educational communities, as well as diverse audiences in the U.S. and abroad, to engage in climate action.

American History through Broadway Musicals

Applause December 2022 • 240 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6540-0 • $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6541-7 • $28.50 / £21.95

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Short Plays Envisioning a Global Green New Deal

Applause December 2022 • 304 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6465-6 • $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6466-3 • $20.50 / £15.95

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There’s a Body in the Window Seat!

The History of Arsenic and Old Lace

By Charles Dennis There’s a Body in the Window Seat! is a detailed history of one of the most beloved American murder-mysteries and comedies, Arsenic and Old Lace. Actor, director, and playwright Charles Dennis investigates the mystery behind the play: how did a true-life crime in Connecticut turn into a comedy? And who are the real writers that deserve credit for its longlasting success?

Dennis brings an insider’s view to Joseph Kesselring’s attempts to write Arsenic and Old Lace and how producers had to step in to save the play from his heavy hand.

He also follows the actors, both on the stage and on the screen, as they handle the demands of the roles and behind-thescenes relationships.

Charles Dennis is an author, playwright, filmmaker, actor, and voice artist. He has written several novels, including Hollywood Raj, The Magiker, and Given the Crime. His play, Going On, has been produced in New York, London, and Los Angeles.

Applause December 2022 • 208 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-6785-5 • $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-4930-6786-2 • $23.50 / £17.95

Transforming Space Over Time Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors

By Beowulf Borrit Transforming Space over Time tells the stories of six diverse productions: five on Broadway and one Off-Broadway.

Beowulf Boritt, theater designer and Tony Award winner, begins with the moment he was offered each job and takes readers through the conceptual development of the set, in collaboration with the director, the challenges of its physical creation, and the intense process of readying it for the stage. Since theatre is at heart a collaborative art form, he includes details of his work with the many professionals— designers, technicians, producers, stage managers, and actors—who contribute their talent and ideas to each show.

Boritt offers insight into the sometimes frustrating but unavoidable realities of the “biz” part of showbiz: budgets, promotion, reviews, and awards, of interest to both theatre professionals and theatregoers.

Beowulf Boritt has enjoyed a twenty-fiveyear career in the theater and has designed more than 450 shows in New York, across the United States, and internationally.

Applause October 2022 • 304 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-6484-7 • $34.95 / £27.00 eBook 978-1-4930-6485-4 • $33.50 / £26.00

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Duped

Forensic Files Now

By Saul Kassin Ph.D

By Rebecca Reisner Foreword by Paul Dowling

Why Innocent People Confess – and Why We Believe Their Confessions

“As you read this blurb, you know you would never confess to a crime you didn’t commit. Read this compelling study and you’ll change your mind. Dr. Kassin lays bare the dirty tricks used by police to make innocents confess. And he describes, convincingly, what should be done to stop them.” — John Grisham, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Duped reveals how innocent men, women, and children, intensely stressed and befuddled by lawful weapons of psychological interrogation, are induced into confession, no matter how horrific the crime. By featuring riveting case studies, highly original research, work by the Innocence Project, and quotes from real-life exonerees, Kassin tells the story of how false confessions happen.

Saul Kassin is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Massachusetts Professor Emeritus at Williams College.

Prometheus July 2022 • 424 pages Hardback 978-1-63388-808-1 • $29.95 / £22.95 eBook 978-1-63388-809-8 • $28.50 / £21.95

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Recaps and Updates to 40 Favorite Cases

In Forensic Files Now, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping retellings of 40 favorite cases profiled on the show along with fascinating updates adapted from her popular blog, ForensicFilesNow. com. From classic cases like the Harvardeducated architect who opted for arsenic instead of divorce, to the Texas lovebirds who robbed a grave in an insurance fraud plot that made international headlines, readers will be enthralled by these vivid recaps and detailed updates.

Also featuring an in-depth interview with Forensic Files creator Paul Dowling and a profile on the show’s beloved narrator, Peter Thomas, Forensic Files Now is a mustread for diehard Forensic Files fans and a welcome find for true crime readers.

Rebecca Reisner is a writer and editor who has held longtime staff positions at Businessweek, the New York Post and Discover magazine.

Prometheus December 2022 • 232 pages Paperback 978-1-63388-828-9 • $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-63388-829-6 • $20.50 / £15.95

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The Art of Horror Movies

An Illustrated History New Expanded Edition

By Steven Jones

This revised edition of The Art of Horror Movies includes more films, rare images and in-depth explorations to bring this award-winning book completely up to date, cementing its position as the definitive and essential guide to horror movies.

Imprint: Applause

Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images including posters, lobby cards, advertising, promotional items, tiein books and magazines, and original artwork inspired by classic movies, this handsomely designed hardcover traces the development of the horror film from its inception and celebrates the actors, filmmakers, and artists who were responsible for scaring the pants off successive generations of moviegoers.

Hardback 978-1-4930-6325-3 $45.00 / £35.00

Edited by multiple award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones and boasting a foreword by director and screenwriter John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), this volume brings together fascinating and incisive commentary from some of the genre’s most highly respected experts.

Stephen Jones lives in London, England. He is the winner of four World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards, five Bram Stoker Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. He has had more than 160 books published as an editor and writer.

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A Convenient Parallel Dimension

How Ghostbusters Slimed Us Forever

By James Greene Jr.

“Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines.” So wrote Roger Ebert in his review of Ghostbusters, the 1984 blockbuster that combined our paranormal fears and fascination with some of the sharpest comic minds of the day.

Ghostbusters instantly resonated with audiences thanks to eyepopping special effects and crackling wit; to date, it remains the highest grossing horror comedy of all time. The film spawned an Emmy-nominated Saturday morning cartoon, a tent pole 1989 sequel, a contentious 2016 reboot, legions of merchandise, and one of the most dedicated fan bases in history. Ghostbusters also elevated its players to superstardom, something a few cast members found more daunting than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Imprint: Lyons Press December 2022 240 pages Hardback 978-1-4930-4824-3 $29.95 / £22.95

Now, for the first time, the entire history of the slime-soaked franchise is told in A Convenient Parallel Dimension: How Ghostbusters Slimed Us Forever. The cohesion of talent during the mid-’70s comedy revolution, the seat-of-their-pants creation of the first Ghostbusters, the explosive success that seemed to mandate a franchise, the five year struggle to make Ghostbusters II, the 31 year struggle to make Ghostbusters III — it’s all here, with incredible attention to detail. Thoroughly researched and engaging, A Convenient Parallel Dimension smashes long-held myths and half truths about the dynamics behind this cultural juggernaut and presents the real story, down to the last drop of ectoplasm.

James Greene Jr. has written for such publications as Crawdaddy!, New York Press, Orlando Weekly and Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader.

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Muppets in Moscow

The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

By Natasha Lance Rogoff Muppets In Moscow is the incredible true story of the author’s odyssey to create Sesame Street in Russia. It reveals how— in between bombings and political chaos in turbulent 1990s Moscow—a team of Russian and American artists, producers, educators, writers and puppeteers overcame their many differences to create a hit in a post-communist era.

Muppets in Moscow reveals all the amazing, elaborate, behind-the-scenes action and work that goes into the making of a beloved children’s television show—from creating the Muppets and determining their distinct “personalities” to hiring the actors and creating the set— all while ensuring that Russian culture is respected and represented. More than just a story of a children’s show, this book explores Russia’s people, their culture and their relationship with the West.

With Great Power

How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood during the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters

By Sean O’Connell Marvel’s wall-crawler has come a long way since his earliest days, but his cinematic journey has yet to be documented. Odd, since Spider-Man’s Hollywood history is littered with A-list names, behind-the-scenes squabbles, franchise reboots and Tom Holland preventing Disney from booting Spidey out of the MCU. The prized creation of Marvel guru Stan Lee has helped create and cultivate the current Golden Age of comic-book blockbusters, and lessons learned on the Spider-Man franchises are applied to all comic-book movies today.

Sean O’Connell uses his exclusive access to directors, actors, producers, and screenwriters to get the inside angles on Spider-Man’s climb to the top of the superhero heap in With Great Power.

Natasha Lance Rogoff is an award-winning television producer and journalist whose writings have appeared in mainstream international newspapers and magazines that include The San Francisco Chronicle, Time Out London and Stadt Zeitung in Germany.

Sean O’Connell is the managing director of CinemaBlend, a globally recognized and industry-respected entertainment news website. He has been covering the film industry since 1999, and his byline has appeared in USA Today, The Washington Post, and Fandango.

Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 • 304 pages

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Makeup Man

From Rocky to Star Trek: The Amazing Creations of Hollywood’s Michael Westmore

By Michael Westmore, with Jake Page Foreword by Sir Patrick Stewart

In Hollywood’s heyday, almost every major studio had a Westmore heading up the makeup department. Since 1917, there has never been a time when Westmores weren’t shaping the visages of stardom. For their century-long dedication to the art of makeup, the Westmores were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008. In this lively memoir, Michael Westmore not only regales us with tales of Hollywood’s golden age, but also from his own career where he notably transformed Sylvester Stallone into Rocky Balboa and Robert DiNiro into Jake LaMotta, among many other makeup miracles.

Replete with anecdotes about Hollywood and its stars, from Bette Davis’s preference for being made-up in the nude to Shelley Winters’s habit of nipping from a “little bottle” while on the set, Makeup Man will satisfy any Hollywood’s fan’s appetite for gossip or a behind-the-scenes look at how tinsel town’s most iconic film characters were created.

Imprint: Lyons Press November 2022 320 pages Paperback 978-1-4930-4928-8 $21.95 / £16.95 eBook 978-1-63076-191-2 $19.00 / £14.95 Previously published in Hardback (2017) 978-1-63076-190-5 $29.95 / £22.95

Academy Award-winning Michael Westmore has been making up the stars for over fifty years. He frequently appears on the SyFy channel show Face Off. Jake Page was the founding editor of Doubleday’s Natural History Press, as well as editorial director of Natural History magazine and science editor of Smithsonian magazine.

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Stan Lee

Stan Lee

By Bob Batchelor

By Bob Batchelor

In Stan Lee: A Life, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary.

Born in the Roaring Twenties, growing up in the Great Depression, living and thriving through the American Century, and dying in the twenty-first century, Stan Lee’s life is a unique representation of recent American history. Batchelor examines Lee’s fascinating American life by drawing out all its complexity, drama, heartache, and humor, revealing how Lee introduced the world to heroes that were just as fallible and complex as their creator—and just like all of us.

Stan Lee’s extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing Spider-Man to the Mighty Avengers. His ideas and voice are at the heart of global culture, loved by millions of superhero fans around the world.

In this young adult edition of Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary. Batchelor explores how Lee, born in the Roaring Twenties and growing up in the Great Depression, capitalized on natural talent and hard work to become the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager.

Lee went on to introduce the world to heroes that were complex, funny, and fallible, just like their creator and just like all of us.

A Life Centennial Edition

An up-close look at a legendary figure, this centennial edition includes completely new material to give the full measure to a man whose genius continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide.

Bob Batchelor is an award-winning cultural historian and biographer and author of more than a dozen books. His has been featured in Time, the New York Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, LitHub, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 • 288 pages Hardback 978-1-5381-6203-3 • $22.95 / £17.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6204-0 • $21.50 / £16.95

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The Man behind Marvel Young Adult Edition

Bob Batchelor is an award-winning cultural historian and biographer and author of more than a dozen books. His has been featured in Time, the New York Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, LitHub, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

Rowman & Littlefield December 2022 • 224 pages Paperback 978-1-5381-6205-7 • $16.95 / £12.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6206-4 • $16.00 / £11.95

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Wine Wars II

The Global Battle for the Soul of Wine

By Mike Veseth

Globalisation has pushed back the borders of the wine world, creating a complex, interconnected market where Old World and New World wines and producers compete head to head.

Writing with wit and verve, Mike Veseth (a.k.a. the Wine Economist) tells the compelling story of the war between the market and climate forces that are redrawing the world wine map and the terroirists who resist them. It is the battle for the future of wine—and even for its soul. The fight isn’t just over bottles bought and sold, however; power and taste are also at stake. Who will call the shots in the wine market of the future?

Who will set the price? Whose palate will prevail? Will it be Two Buck Chuck or tradition-steeped vintners? Veseth masterfully brings all of these questions together in the only book on the wine business written for all lovers of wine.

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield September 2022 236 pages Paperback 978-1-5381-6383-2 $19.95 / £14.95 eBook 978-1-5381-6384-9 $19.00 / £14.95

Mike Veseth is professor emeritus of international political economy at the University of Puget Sound. He is editor of the award-winning blog The Wine Economist and author of several books on the business and pleasure of wine, including Extreme Wine; Money, Taste, and Wine; and Around the World in Eighty Wines, which received the 2018 Gourmand International award for “Best U.S. Book in Wine and Spirits Tourism” and is included on BookAuthority.com’s lists of the “Best Wine Books of All Time” and “Best Wine Audiobooks of All Time”.

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