THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES
Traces the many routes of English slang, beginning with the thieves and prostitutes of Elizabethan London and ending in the present day. On the way, we’ll meet Dr Johnson, World War Two flying aces, pickpockets, schoolchildren, carnival geeks and the many eccentric characters who have tried to record slang throughout its chequered past.
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A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA MARK FORSYTH 24 NOVEMBER, HB, £9.99, 9780241267738 The author of The Etymologicon examines the hidden stories behind our Yuletide traditions.
world’s fastest growing sports and this is an illustrated homage to the sport’s legendary races, capturing their diverse and striking terrain from mountain peaks, to jungles and deserts both in photographs, and through interviews with the legendary athletes of the sport.
BANTAM PRESS
HOME AND AWAY: ROUND BRITAIN IN SEARCH OF NON-LEAGUE NIRVANA DAVE ROBERTS 25 AUGUST, HB, £12.99, 9780593076804 The author of 32 Programmes and devoted follower of Bromley FC relates his travels around England—a country he has not lived in for 35 years —on an itinerary dictated by unfancied Bromley’s fixtures in the Vanarama National League.
SOCIOLOGY AURUM PRESS
#NOW MAX MCKEOWN 07 JULY, PO,
£12.99,9781781315187 Award-winning business author and strategic coach aims to distil the complexity of modern life and provide an essential toolkit for surviving in business and in life. “By recognising the nature of the real world…you can learn a #NOW style for a #NOW culture. You can become a nowist.”
TWO TRIBES TONY EVANS 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £18.99, 9780593075920 The story of the epic 1985/86 football season, “those gladiatorial, epic 12 months of turmoil on and off the field” when Liverpool and Everton were the top two teams in the land, and ended the season contesting the 1986 FA Cup Final.
BLOOMSBURY SPORT SIMON & SCHUSTER
THE WENGER REVOLUTION AMY LAWRENCE 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9781472933874 Photographic celebration of Arsène Wenger’s 20 years at Arsenal, captioned with personal anecdotes from Arsène himself as he reminisces about the significant moments and people that have defined his time at the club.
HARPERSPORT SPORT AURUM PRESS
RUNNING BEYOND IAN CORLESS 03 NOVEMBER, HB, £25, 9781781315255
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GAME CHANGERS ALAN CURBISHLEY 11 AUGUST, HB, £20, 9780007247646 In conversation with an impressive array the biggest names in football, and from the chairmen and chief executives to the ground staff, the football manager and former player takes a look at the modern game in all its guises. Interviewees included Alex Ferguson, Steven Gerrard, Arsène Wenger, Frank Lampard, Harry Redknapp and Harry Kane.
FROM RUSSIA WITH DRUGS DAVID WALSH 28 JULY, HB, £20, 9781471158155 Chief sportswriter at the Sunday Times tells the inside story of the Russian athletics doping scandal, and specifically that of Vitaliy and Yuliya Stepanov, the two whistleblowers who broke the story. Published in the run-up to the Rio Olympics, it’s a “warm and human story of a couple fighting to tell the truth and save their family at the same time”.
REFEREE! HOWARD WEBB 20 OCTOBER, HB, £20, 9781471159954 The autobiography of the World Cup final referee in which he looks back on his career, and explains how he learned to handle some of the game’s superstars, and the responses his decisions provoked from managers and pundits alike.
HEADLINE
THE ARTIST ANDRES INIESTA 15 AUGUST, PO, £9.99, 9781472232335 The Barcelona and Spanish national football legend offers a “uniquely insightful and analytical” view of the game as he looks back on his stellar career, revealing the inside story of how Barcelona became the “most successful— and romantic—club on the planet”.
FEARLESS JONATHAN NORTHCROFT 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £20, 9781472241627 “How Leicester City shook the premier league, and what it means for sport”. Billed as the definitive account of Leicester City’s rise from relegation certainties to Premier League title winners.
ICON BOOKS
5000-1: THE LEICESTER CITY STORY ROB TANNER 07 JULY, PO, £8.99, 9781785781513 Said to be the essential book on Leicester City’s incredible season—and the first out of the gates—from the Leicester Mercury’s chief football writer.
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AT THE EDGE DANNY MACASKILL 29 SEPTEMBER, HB, £14.99, 9780241206522 The cyclist legendary for his YouTube viral videos like “The Ridge”—nerve-jangling blurs of stunts and speed over towering buildings and mountain peaks—with an “unflinching memoir of mayhem”, He shares his anarchic childhood and early days as a street trials rider, and reveals what it takes to go beyond the next level— both mentally and physically.
HOW TO WATCH FOOTBALL RUUD GULLIT 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9780241274583 How can one striker be better than three? Why do the best defenders never need to make a tackle? What’s the secret of Tiki-taka? All these questions and more will be answered by the Dutch football legend in this armchair pundit’s guide to all the things to look for in a 90 minute match, from formations and tactical decisions to player qualities and pivotal moments.
VIRGIN BOOKS
TRICK ON TWO WHEELS GUY MARTIN 20 OCTOBER, HB, £20, 9780753545300 More death-defying,
adrenalin fuelled, high-speed adventures from everyone’s favourite road-racing, truck mechanic from Grimsby.
TRAVEL WRITING
TRANSPORT ATLANTIC BOOKS UNICORN PRESS
EDWARD JOHNSTON: A SIGNATURE FOR LONDON RICHARD TAYLOR 30 JULY, PB, £14.99, 9781910787298 Celebrating the centenary of the Johnston typeface—which influenced the design of the whole London transport system and is still seen by millions every day—and the
FISHING IMPOSSIBLE BLOWFISH; CHARLIE; JAY 20 OCTOBER, HB, £20, 9781786491169 Three fishing mates. Ten epic adventures. Charlie, Jay and the Blowfish are three obsessive fishing buddies, each with their own area of expertise. Hatching plans for the weirdest, most extreme fishing trips imaginable, they head to ten fantastic destinations around the world. Accompanies a new ITV series.
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life and work of its creator, Edward Johnston. Published in association with the London Transport Museum.
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PARTICULAR BOOKS
CURIOCITY HENRY ELIOT; MATT LLOYD-ROSE 25 AUGUST, HB, £30, 9781846148675 In this “guidebook to London like you’ve never seen it before”, the authors reimagine the city in 26 distinct ways, one for each letter of the alphabet. At the heart of each chapter is an original, hand-drawn map by artists including Chris Riddell and Steven Appleby; supplemented by many, diverse London voices including Monica Ali, Philip Pullman and Shami Chakrabati.
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