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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION AUGUST


ANDREW PHILIP SMITH JOHN THE BAPTIST AND THE LAST GNOSTICS WATKINS, 18TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781780289137 Are there still Gnostics and can their roots be traced back to John the Baptist? “Accessible and timely exploration into the history, teachings and connections between John the Baptist, the Gnostics and Mandaeans, whose descendants are now fleeing from ISIS in Southern Iraq.


POETRY


LEMN SISSAY GOLD FROM THE STONE CANONGATE, 25TH, H/B, £12.99, 9781782119098 Sissay’s first new poetry book in almost a decade brings together new work and old favourites. He will be touring widely at publication and performing across the UK.


POPULAR SCIENCE


ROBERT CAVE WHY IT’S NOT ALL ROCKET SCIENCE: SCIENTIFIC THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS EXPLAINED THAMES & HUDSON, P/B, £9.99, 9780500292006 From spider monkeys and human cyborgs, to chaos theory and swimming in syrup, an introductory guide to 100 of the most exciting theories and experiments in the history of science, engagingly written by a Guinness World Records researcher.


JOHN PARRINGTON REDESIGNING LIFE: HOW GENOME EDITING WILL TRANSFORM THE WORLD OUP, H/B, £22.99, 9780198766827 Aims to explain the science behind revolutionary developments in genetic engineering frequently reported in the news, including editing genes with “molecular scissors” and the synthesizing of new lifeforms.


THOMAS RID RISE OF THE MACHINES: THE LOST HISTORY OF CYBERNETICS SCRIBE, H/B, £20, 9781925228649 This “thoughtful, accessible and engaging” history of all things cyber begins in the midst of the Second World War with the birth of


LAURIE WINKLESS SCIENCE AND THE CITY: THE MECHANICS BEHIND THE METROPOLIS BLOOMSBURY, 11TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781472913210 This “scientific love-letter to the great cities of the world” looks at the hidden science behind urban life, from how New Yorkers use light to treat their drinking water and Tokyo commuters’ footsteps power the gates in train stations, to the materials which enable the building of ever-taller skyscrapers in Dubai.


PSYCHOLOGY


CHRISTINE TEMPLE PICASSO’S BRAIN: THE BASIS OF CREATIVE GENIUS ROBINSON, 4TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781780334288 Where does creativity come from? Why are some people more creative than others? Neuropsychologist navigates a wide range of factors, from the scientific to the environmental, as she attempts to find answers. She uses Pablo Picasso as her case study, him of the playful mindset and passionate relationships.


SPORT


DUNCAN ALEXANDER OPTA JOE’S FOOTBALL YEARBOOK 2016: CLEAR-SIGHTED ANALYSIS OF THE


radar, and takes us right up to the present day and our fears about cybersecurity in the age of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden. It draws on unpublished sources, including interviews with hippies, anarchists, sleuths and spies, I’m told.


MARK STEVENSON WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY PROFILE, 18TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781781253007 Global trends expert and TED talker introduces 15 innovators breaking the rules to make our world and systems better, from off-grid African villages which “technologically leapfrog” the West, to the citizen governments helping the Brazilian favelas find a new future. “An


enthralling picture offering a road map to a different future. For the powers- that-be it might make uncomfortable reading.”


BEAUTIFUL GAME CENTURY, 4TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781780895543 “That thing you thought? Think the opposite.” This, “the only football annual you’ll need to read this year”, aims to reinvent the genre for the 21st Century with this myth-busting and entertaining guide full of cutting-edge analysis, from blocked shots to tackles and yellow cards to substitution techniques. Alexander, alias Opta Joe, has over 700,000 followers on Twitter.


and Istanbul) and excruciating lows (political and managerial infighting), all told through interviews with key players and managers from that decade.


ANDRÉS INIESTA THE ARTIST HEADLINE, 25TH, P/B, £9.99, 9781472232335 The Barcelona and Spain national football legend offers a “uniquely insightful and analytical” view of the game as he looks at his stellar career and reveals how Barcelona became the “most successful—and romantic—club on the planet”. Headline is comparing it to I am Zlatan by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Delayed from May.


The rich, volatile footballing history of Argentina, from the appropriation of the British game, to the cult of the gambeta, anti-fútbol and César Luis Menotti. A previous William Hill shortlistee, Wilson has lived in Argentina on and off over the past decade.


TRAVEL & GUIDES


GEOFF BRANDWOOD BRITAIN’S BEST REAL HERITAGE PUBS CAMRA BOOKS, 8TH, P/B, £9.99, 9781852493349 Guide to over 260 pubs which are either unaltered in 70 years or have features of truly national historic importance.


ADRIAN BESLEY OPTA WORLD FOOTBALL INFOGRAPHICS CARLTON, 11TH, H/B, £25, 9781780977720 Football statistics from all around the world shown through the medium of infographics, including flow charts, Venn diagrams, pie charts and graphs, all in striking colour. It covers a vast range of topics, from the FIFA World Cup Final and the most successful European managers, to social media champions (a win for Barcelona).


MATTHEW ETHERINGTON LUCKY MAN MICHAEL JOSEPH, 11TH, H/B, £16.99, 9780718183264 “You have money burning a hole in your pocket. You have more free time than you know what to do with. And your whole life is geared around winning? What do you do with your cash?” Said to be a searingly honest memoir by a former footballer who played for Tottenham, West Ham and Stoke City but whose promising career as a winger was derailed by a serious gambling addiction.


SIMON HUGHES RING OF FIRE: LIVERPOOL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY: THE PLAYERS’ STORIES BANTAM PRESS, 25TH, H/B, £18.99, 9780593076590 Following the fortunes of Liverpool FC in the 2000s, the exhilarating highs (winning trophies in Cardiff


ROLAND LAZENBY SHOWBOAT: THE LIFE OF KOBE BRYANT WEIDENFELD, 25TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781474603232 Said to be the definitive biography of the basketball icon and global superstar Kobe Bryant, who retired last month. He is a fascinating and complicated character, I’m told, and easily the most driven player in the history of the sport. Lazenby has previously written an acclaimed biography of Michael Jordan.


CAMERON PIERCE TAUT LINES: EXTRAORDINARY TRUE FISHING STORIES ROBINSON, 1ST, P/B, £13.99, 9781472136671 Anthology of true fishing stories, from trout fishing in Africa to salmon fishing in Ireland, through every type of angling experience. Unusually for such anthologies, it includes the work of a number of female writers, and explores the peace, spirituality and solitude of fishing too.


JONATHAN WILSON ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES: THE RICH FOOTBALLING HISTORY OF ARGENTINA ORION, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9781409144434


PETE BROWN THE PUB: A CULTURAL INSTITUTION: FROM COUNTRY INNS TO CRAFT BEER BARS AND CORNER LOCALS JACQUI SMALL, 18TH, H/B, £22.50, 9781910254523 Billed as a unique celebration of the cultural icon that is the British pub: its history, tradition, atmosphere and evolution by a two-time British Beer Writer of the Year, and author of blog PeteBrownBeer.blogpost. co.uk. Along with essays on different types of pub, there are 10 regional sections including more than 300 pub descriptions that encapsulate the style and atmosphere of each one.


HUW LEWIS-JONES AND KARI HERBERT EXPLORERS’ SKETCHBOOKS: THE ART OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE THAMES & HUDSON, H/B, £29.95, 9780500252192 Glorious visual anthology of exploration told through the journals and sketchbooks of 70 explorers, from the 16th Century to the present day. It includes both the work of familiar names—Charles Darwin, Captain Scott, Thor Heyerdahl—and the less familiar, such as Adela Breton who braved the jungles of Mexico, and Alexandrine Tinné, who died trying to become the first woman to cross the Sahara.


ELOISE MILLAR AND SAM JORDISON LITERARY LONDON MICHAEL O’MARA, 4TH, H/B, £9.99, 9781782435044


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From dropping in for a pint with Dylan Thomas to musing darkly over the Thames with T S Eliot and Joseph Conrad, a guide to the literary landmarks of London which takes the reader into publishing houses and along paths of inspiration, revealing the stories behind the stories.


ROBERT MOOR ON TRAILS: FROM ANTHILLS TO THE ALPS, HOW TRAILS MAKE SENSE OF A CHAOTIC WORLD AURUM, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781781312582 Said to be a “strikingly original début from a tremendous new talent”, in which the author explores the nature of trails—from hiking the Appalachian Trail to the biological phenomenon of how the trails of ants are formed— melding travel writing and nature essay in the process. Rebecca Solnit is a fan, which is always a recommendation.


ANDRÉS NEUMAN HOW TO TRAVEL WITHOUT SEEING: LATIN AMERICA IN TRANSIT RESTLESS BOOKS, P/B, £11.99, 9781632060556 Lauded Argentinian travel writer and novelist with a “dizzying, fast-paced” tour of Latin America, described as an “experimental travelogue somewhere between personal diary and critical essay.


SAMRAT UPADHYAY (ED) HOUSE OF SNOW: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE GREATEST WRITING ABOUT NEPAL HEAD OF ZEUS, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9781784974589 From Michael Palin to Jon Krakauer, a bumper anthology (500+ pages) of writing—both fiction and non-fiction—about Nepal, selected by authors and scholars of Nepali literature. Foreword by Ranulph Fiennes, and all profits will be donated to charities providing relief to victims of the 2015 earthquake.


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