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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION SEPTEMBER


INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CENTURY, 6TH, PB, £7.99, 9781780899312 In celebration of the Columbus Laboratory on the International Space Station’s 10th anniversary, the human spaceflight editor for the European Space Agency charts its history, from vision to mission, revealing everything from daily operations to its out-of- this-world experiments.


SANDEEP JAUHAR HEART: A HISTORY ONEWORLD, 27TH, HB, £14.99, 9781786072955 US heart specialist


examines the nature of the human heart, both physiological and spiritual, seamlessly combining history, poetry, philosophy, gripping scenes from the operating theatre and a moving personal story concerning his own family history of heart disease. The author of two US bestsellers, this is his first book to be published in the UK.


know about your brain is crammed into this eye-opening illustrated New Scientist book, featuring essays, infographics and “try this at home” experiments.


VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN GENE MACHINE: THE RACE TO DECIPHER THE SECRETS OF THE RIBOSOME ONEWORLD, 20TH, HB, £20, 9781786074362 The 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry Laureate and President of the Royal Society tells the thrilling story of how he and fellow scientists raced to unlock the secrets of the ribosome, the gene-reading machine which processes the data that is DNA. It’s a fundamental discovery that could resolve the mystery of life itself and lead to the development of better antibiotics to fight deadly diseases.


MARK MIODOWNIK LIQUID: THE DELIGHTFUL AND DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES THAT FLOW THROUGH OUR LIVES VIKING, 6TH, HB, £16.99, 9780241977293 The materials scientist and author of the award- winning Stuff Matters with the first popular science book about liquids and their amazing and mysterious properties, including why fluids flow up a tree but down a hill, why oil is sticky, and how to make the perfect cup of tea.


NEW SCIENTIST THE BRAIN: A USER’S GUIDE JOHN MURRAY, 20TH, HB, £20, 9781473629325 From strange ways to distort reality to the hacks that can improve memory, everything you need to


ADAM RUTHERFORD THE BOOK OF HUMANS: THE STORY OF HOW WE BECAME US WEIDENFELD, 6TH, HB, £20, 9780297609407 I loved Rutherford’s A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived. Here he examines the things that set us apart from other animals, while we still remain apes, wedded to the rest of creation by genes, anatomy and physiology, and shared evolution.


DAVID QUAMMEN THE TANGLED TREE: A RADICAL NEW HISTORY OF LIFE COLLINS, 6TH, HB, £20, 9780008310684 Recent discoveries in molecular biology have changed our understanding of life’s history, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health and our own human nature. Quammen charts these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made them.


ZACK SCOTT SCRAPERS WILDFIRE, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781472247896 In this “exquisite infographic masterpiece” in the vein of his stunning 2017 book Apollo, Scott explores in detail 43 of the most majestic architectural constructions created by human beings in 23 countries around the world, including Stonehenge, the Burj Khalifa, the Taj Mahal, and the Shard. “The perfect Christmas gift book for anyone interested in architecture, engineering, design and creative infographics.”


PSYCHOLOGY


BOBBY DUFFY THE PERILS OF PERCEPTION: ATLANTIC, 6TH, HB, £11.99, 9781786494566 How much does it cost to raise a child? What do we need to save for


retirement? How much tax do the rich pay? This first book in a partnership between Atlantic and IPSOS, the social research institute, is billed as a ground-breaking exploration of our ignorance about these and many other questions, informed by studies across 40 countries.


AUTOBIOGRAPHY SIMON & SCHUSTER, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781471170843 The charismatic French international full-back who has played for Nice, Monaco, Manchester United, Juventus, Marseille and West Ham looks back on his extraordinary career, from growing up as one of 26 siblings in Senegal, to world football stardom.


DUNCAN HAMILTON GOING TO THE MATCH HODDER, 20TH, HB, £25, 9781473661783 In his part memoir, part polemic, the sportswriter— twice winner of the William Hill Sports Book Award—considers why football matters so much to so many people. Basing each chapter around a different match and a different theme, Hamilton will also include large helpings of his own reminiscences about the likes of Alf Ramsey, Kenny Dalglish, Diego Maradona and Paul Gascoigne.


She looks back on the highs and lows of her career, and encounters with celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.


NIGE TASSELL BUTCH WILKINS AND THE SUNDANCE KID: A TEENAGE OBSESSION WITH TV SPORT ARENA, 6TH, PB, £14.99, 9781909715615 Chronicling—“both hilariously and


touchingly”—the sports journalist author’s devotion to sport on TV during his teenage years in the 1980s, this memoir also ruminates on the changing face of sport, and its heroes and villains.


TRAVEL & TRANSPORT


LAWRENCE AZERRAD SUPERSONIC PRESTEL, HB, £27.50, 9783791384092 Lavishly illustrated history of Concorde which celebrates the glamour of its design and includes contributions from many of those who helped create the Concorde experience from take-off to landing and beyond.


SIMON LANCASTER YOU ARE NOT HUMAN: HOW WORDS KILL BITEBACK, 11TH, PB, £12.99, 9781785904073 Apparently we use a metaphor once every 16 words on average. Lancaster, a leading professional speechwriter, goes on a mission to find out how metaphors are being used and misused today, crucially shaping the way we experience and view events, sometimes with dangerous consequences.


SPORT


PATRICE EVRA I LOVE THIS GAME: THE


SIR CHRIS HOY HOW TO RIDE A BIKE HAMLYN, 6TH, HB, £20, 9780600635215 “Hard-working and compelling” guide to becoming a fitter, faster, more enduring and skilful cyclist, from the six-time Olympic champion. Tying together the technical, physical and mental aspects of cycling performance, it also includes QR codes to scan and download exclusive video content of exercises and advice from Hoy himself.


ROSEMARY SMITH DRIVEN HARPERCOLLINS, 20TH, PB, £14.99,


9780008301859 The inspiring story of the 80-year-old Irish female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in, and win, some of the most famous rallies in the world.


RICHARD BARNES EYE ON THE HILL: HORSE TRAVELS IN BRITAIN FRONTIER PUBLISHING, 1ST, HB, £19.99, 9781872914503 New, delightfully illustrated edition of a classic account of a journey Barnes made on horseback at the age of 27 in 1977, from west Wales to Norfolk via Loch Ness. A new selection of photos of the author and his worthy steed, Remus, enhance the text and give us a beguiling perspective of Wales, Scotland and England from horseback.


LAWRENCE D BURNS & CHRISTOPHER SHULGAN AUTONOMY: THE QUEST TO BUILD THE DRIVERLESS CAR AND HOW IT WILL RESHAPE OUR WORLD COLLINS, 6TH, HB, £20, 9780008302061


The former General Motors executive and current adviser to the Google self-driving car project tells the definitive story of the race between Google,


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Apple, Tesla and Uber to create a driverless car (the first is likely to hit the market in less than five years’ time). It’s an overwhelmingly positive take on what this will mean for our future on the road.


SIMON REEVE STEP BY STEP HODDER & STOUGHTON, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781473689107 The award-winning BBC documentary maker, whose most recent series was “Russia” in 2017, tells of his amazing adventures in over 120 countries and in some of the remotest parts of the plane: diving with manta rays, dodging frontline bullets, being detained for spying, tracking lions and much more. Not bad for a man who left school with no qualifications. Reeve will embark on a three-month, 40-venue theatre tour at publication.


MARTIN ROACH, NEIL WATERMAN & JOHN MORRISON THE SCIENCE OF SUPERCARS MITCHELL BEAZLEY, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781784723637 Exploring the science and technology behind the art of supercar design, featuring bespoke technical illustrations from F1 insider Waterman and contributions from the likes of Adrian Newey, and Gorgon Murray, creator of the McLaren F1. Introduction by David Coulthard.


TRUE CRIME


SARAH WEINMAN THE REAL LOLITA: THE KIDNAPPING OF SALLY HORNER AND THE NOVEL THAT SCANDALISED THE WORLD WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, 25TH, HB, £16.99, 9781474605595 The gripping, hitherto untold—and deeply sad— story of the real-life US child abduction that inspired Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita: that of Sally Horner in 1948. Publication of this “stylish”, literary true crime story by Weidenfeld is appropriate too given that it was the first UK publisher of Lolita itself.


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