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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION SEPTEMBER


English before. Translated by Will Stone.


DEBORAH SMITH FIDELITY PENINSULA PRESS, 14TH, PB, £6, 9781999922320 Drawing on her experiences of translating Hang Kang’s Man International Booker- winning The Vegetarian, a timely and impassioned essay on translation, fidelity and the “knotted cultural politics of world literature”.


SHAUN USHER SPEECHES OF NOTE HUTCHINSON, 30TH, HB, £25, 9781786331090 This customarily


brilliant-sounding fourth collection from the compiler of Letters of Note is a celebration of oratory old and new. The usual eclectic mix includes speeches by John Steinbeck, Barbra Streisand, John Cleese, Tilda Swinton, Roald Dahl and Nick Cave, along with some that were written down but never delivered, like the one prepared by President Nixon in the case that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins never came home. Initially scheduled for November 2017.


MIND, BODY, SPIRIT


JANET BOYER NAKED TAROT: SASSY, STRIPPED-DOWN ADVICE DODONA BOOKS, PB, £20.99, 9781782792130 With “raw simplicity and outrageous honesty”, this presents helpful, hilarious and relevant advice that will “forever change how you see the cards and finally equip you to understand and read the tarot”.


DAVID BAINBRIDGE THE ART OF ANIMAL ANATOMY: ALL LIFE IS HERE, DISSECTED AND DEPICTED HERBERT PRESS, 20TH, PB, £24.99,


9781912217359 “Horses opened like books, the leer of a shark’s eye, the humming loom of the brain . . .” Discover the inner workings of animal anatomy with this handsome guide, featuring historical illustrations and lyrical descriptions of animal bodies.


SALLY COULTHARD THE HEDGEHOG HANDBOOK HEAD OF ZEUS, 6TH, HB, £14.99,


TONY CRISP BE YOUR OWN DREAM INTERPRETER: UNCOVER THE REAL MEANING OF YOUR DREAMS AND HOW YOU


9781788540346 From Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle to Sonic the Hedgehog, a month-by-month gifty celebration of the hedgehog, packed with inspirational quotes, entertaining facts, folklore and literary references.


CAN LEARN FROM THEM CICO, 11TH, HB, £7.99, 9781782496564 Learn what your dreams mean to maximise your dream power for success in love, work and elsewhere with this compact guide which includes an A-Z directory of dream images. Also out in similar format: Be Your Own Astrologer (9781782496557).


CAROLE TAYLOR ASTROLOGY: USING THE WISDOM OF THE STARS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE DK, 6TH, HB, £16.99, 9780241255520


Find out how to cast and read your own birth chart; and how to interpret the zodiac signs, the sun, moon and other planets and the astrological houses to better understand yourself and your place in the world.


NATURAL HISTORY & PETS


GILL DAVIES THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF TREES WORTH PRESS, HB, £14.99, 9781849311557 Exploring 50 species of tree, including their history, medicinal and other uses, as well as meaning and symbolism. Each entry is accompanied by a watercolour painting of the tree, as well as its leaves and fruit.


9780285644151 In 2015, Strycker spotted 6,042 of the 10,000 bird species in the world to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, having set himself the goal of becoming the first person to see half the world’s birds in one year. This is his account of that remarkable year, in which he travelled to 41 countries on all seven continents.


BARBY KEEL GABBY: THE LITTLE DOG THAT HAD TO LEARN TO BARK: A FOSTER TAILS STORY TRAPEZE, 6TH, PB, £7.99, 9781409182306


When eight-year-old dog Gabby arrives at the author’s animal sanctuary she is traumatised: terrified of the outside world and unable to bark or play. Keel describes how she slowly unlocks the happy spirit trapped inside Gabby, and then finds solace in caring for her when she discovers a lump in her breast.


MICHAEL QUETTING PAPA GOOSE: ONE YEAR, SEVEN GOSLINGS AND THE FLIGHT OF MY LIFE GREYSTONE BOOKS, 13TH, HB, £16.99,


9781771643610


The enthralling and utterly charming story of how Quetting becomes surrogate father to seven rambunctious greylag goslings, taking them for daily swims in Lake Constance, tracking them down when they go astray and observing their personalities develop. His study is part of a fascinating scientific project called ICARUS, set up to track animal movements around the earth, including bird migrations.


NOAH STRYCKER BIRDING WITHOUT BORDERS: AN OBSESSION, A QUEST AND THE BIGGEST YEAR IN THE WORLD SOUVENIR, HB, £15,


CHRIS THOROGOOD WEIRD PLANTS KEW PUBLISHING, HB, £18.99, 9781842466629 Divided into seven chapters: Vampires, Killers, Fraudsters, Jailers, Accomplices, Survivors and Hitchhikers. A fabulous compilation of weird, mysterious, and bizarre plants from around the world, depicted in life-like oil paintings.


DIXE WILLS THE WISDOM OF NATURE: INSPIRING LESSONS FROM THE UNDERDOGS OF THE NATURAL WORLD QUADRILLE, 20TH, HB, £12.99,


9781787132221 From bacteria to bluebottles and from slugs to wasps, the author of Tiny Histories et al celebrates 70 things from nature that are unfairly maligned by humans and yet manage to beat the odds in some inspiring or uplifting way.


JÜRGEN TAUTZ & DIEDRICH STEEN THE HONEY FACTORY: INSIDE THE INGENIOUS WORLD OF BEES BLACK INC, 27TH, HB, £16.99, 9781760640903 This absorbing German bestseller from the publisher of The Hidden Life of Trees (and indeed Peter Wohlleben is an admirer) journeys inside the life of a beehive and reveals, in the process, fascinating discoveries from the latest honeybee research.


WWF SMALL ACTS TO SAVE OUR WORLD: SIMPLE, EVERYDAY WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE CENTURY, 6TH, HB, £12.99, 9781780899282 This “simpler guide to greener living” based on 20 years of research by conservation organisation WWF suggests small and achievable everyday changes we can make to have a big impact on the health of our planet, from reducing plastic waste to buying more ethical clothing.


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when you come home and realise your baby smells of the childminder, a realistic and wise guide about making modern parenting actually work.


PETER WOHLLEBEN THE SECRET NETWORK OF NATURE BODLEY HEAD, 13TH, HB, £16.99, 9781847925244 The bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees (see below) and The Inner Life of Animals returns with an exploration of the intricate connections—most of them unnoticed by humans—which maintain nature’s finely balanced equilibrium. We mess with them at our peril.


PETER WOHLLEBEN THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION GREYSTOKE, 20TH, HB, £20, 9781771643498 Stunning, large-format photographs and compelling selections from The Hidden Life of Trees feature in this illustrated edition of Wohlleben’s bestselling first book.


PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & SELF-HELP


CHRISTINE ARMSTRONG THE MOTHER OF ALL JOBS: HOW TO HAVE CHILDREN AND A CAREER AND STAY SANE GREEN TREE, PB, £12.99, 9781472956224


From broken breast pumps on business trips to hiding chicken pox from the nursery, to the heartbreak


EMMA BACHE READING BETWEEN THE LINES: WHAT YOUR HANDWRITING SAYS ABOUT YOU QUERCUS, 6TH, HB, £18.99, 9781787470545 Are you creative with a strong imagination? Or easily distracted and oversensitive? This guide by a leading graphology expert shows that the dying art of handwriting can reveal 5,000 personality traits about a person, a fact well known in Japan where CVs are, apparently, still written by hand.


CHRIS BAILEY HYPERFOCUS: HOW TO WORK LESS TO ACHIEVE MORE MACMILLAN, 6TH, PB, £12.99, 9781509866113 In which Bailey—described by TED.com as the “most productive man you could ever hope to meet”— provides insights into how we can best manage our attention to be our most creative and efficient selves at work. You’ll be pleased to hear this can involve working fewer hours, and drinking caffeine strategically.


GABRIELA BENNETT THE BOOK OF COORIE BLACK & WHITE, 13TH, HB £12.99, 9781785301810 Coorie—or còsagach in Gaelic—is the Scottish version of hygge, I’m told. This beautifully photographed book explores what coorie is through lifestyle, homes and interiors, and how it has helped nurture the rich creative traditions that Scotland is famed for.


CHARLIE BURTON GQ HOW TO WIN AT LIFE MITCHELL BEAZLEY, 13TH, HB, £14.99,


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