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Shine On, Marquee Moon is a rock ‘n’ roll love story that celebrates the extremes of life in the music business and challenges the myth of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll with plenty of wry humour, strong characters and sharp dialogue along the way. Never mind chick lit; this is rock-chick lit.

Women working behind the scenes in the music industry have, unfairly, received relatively little attention – but respected music writer and musician Zoë Howe believes it’s time for that to change.

“To have a female protagonist in a rock ‘n’ roll story who isn’t a groupie or a fan is probably fairly unusual. I wanted to tell this story from the perspective of not just a woman who is connected romantically to a musician, but to a woman who is part of the crew. She isn’t in awe of the often glamorous world she finds herself in, she’s a creative and an equal to the people around her,” explains Zoë.

Sylvie is a dresser working for a New Romantic band currently enjoying a 21st century revival. Sylvie becomes romantically involved with Nick – reluctant heart-throb and the least unhinged member of the band – after bonding amid the chaos of touring life over a shared obsession with Television’s seminal album ‘Marquee Moon’. However, a dark secret threatens to destroy their future together and much more besides… Shine On, Marquee Moon exposes the hilarious, heart-wrenching and often bizarre reality of life on and off the road, where the most unlikely people become family, and ‘friends’ aren't always who they appear to be.

Shine On, Marquee Moon is shortlisted for the Virginia Prize For Fiction 2016. Zoë Howe is an acclaimed British music writer whose books include Lee Brilleaux: Rock ’n’ Roll Gentleman (Polygon, 2015), Barbed Wire Kisses — The Jesus and Mary Chain Story (Polygon, 2015), Wilko Johnson — Looking Back At Me (Cadiz Music Ltd., 2012), Stevie Nicks — Visions, Dreams and Rumours (Omnibus Press, 2014) and Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits (Omnibus Press, 2011).

She also plays the drums.

From award-winning chef Miriam Sorrell, author of Mouthwatering Vegan (Random House 2013, endorsed by Sir Paul McCartney), comes YASOU, a magical fusion of Greek and Middle Eastern vegan cuisine.

This book connects the author with her own rich roots, and takes plant-based cooking to a new level, bringing the exotic flavours of the Middle East  and Southern Mediterranean within easy reach of the home cook, and showing once again the innovative genius of Sorrell as she redesigns vegan cuisine.

For the first time ever — proper vegan Taramasalata; Halloumi, Lime Infused Feta, Shaskshuka with genius plantbased Eggs, Baked Fasolia Pie, Middle Eastern Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, Briam-Imam Bayildi, Spanakopita Tart, Crispy Fried Calamari, Aubergine Maqluba, Coffee Crème Caramel, Kalo Prama, and Galaktoboureko. These are just some of the delights to be found within — and all entirely plant-based!

Lavish full-page photos accompany each recipe, each one more appetizing than the last, marking this hotly anticipated book as a historical moment in vegan gastronomy.

Born in London, Miriam Sorrell grew up on the small Mediterranean island of Malta. Her Greek Cypriot father owned restaurants in London, whilst her mother’s background is a rich mixture of Greek, Italian and Maltese.

Since starting her Mouthwatering Vegan blog in 2010, followed by her Mouthwatering Vegan cookbook in 2013, Miriam has had a profound effect on the evolution of vegan cuisine, with her innovative recipes being used in restaurants and cafes worldwide.

Miriam is a tireless campaigner for the rights of animals worldwide, and sees her work as an integral part in helping to reduce their suffering by extending further the wonderful range of foods we can eat that contain no animal ingredients.

A comprehensive look at every season in English Premier League football since the start of the Premiership in 1992-93, including the 2014-15 season just finished. The clubs, the managers, the players, the thrills and spills, all sumptuously illustrated with photos from the Shoot magazine archives.

This book in conjunction with Shoot magazine, with over 400 pages of history, statistics and images, will be highly promoted through magazines and newspapers, radio interviews and extracts.

Jon Reeves is a freelance writer of fiction and nonfiction. He has written books about football for Parragon Publishing and Pedigree Publishing, and regularly contributes to Shoot magazine.

Author Craig Hayman had the rare opportunity of living and working in some of Africa’s most spectacular wilderness areas for several years.

During his time as a wildlife photographic safari guide, he was able to capture many dramatic and intimate moments in photographs, including stunning images of elephants, lions, leopards, crocodiles and many other inspiring creatures.

Craig is passionate not only about photography but also ecotourism and the preservation of the fascinating creatures he’s been able to capture through his lens over the years.

Wildlife in Pictures reveals, through images and stories, a behind-the-scenes snapshot of the remarkable life of a conservationist and safari guide.

Photographer and author Craig Hayman grew up in South Africa, raised in a family that revered the natural world. After completing postgraduate studies in architecture at the University of Cape Town, he returned to the soil to train as a wildlife photographic safari guide. After three years as a safari guide, Hayman began training new guides and exploring for ecotourism potential in Gabon, equatorial west Africa. Hayman has travelled extensively through 6 continents, and now lives in Sydney, Australia. He now photographs the landscapes and oceans of Australia, and continues to return to the wild places of Africa.

Boasting a major cool factor, the latest entry in National Geographic’s iconic line of large-format photography books reveals some of the world’s most astounding phenomena—from the desert flower that only blooms once a year to a priceless Egyptian artifact buried for years in King Tut’s tomb this striking book will astonish and inspire.

In this dazzling book of visual wonders, National Geographic reveals a world very few will have the chance to see for themselves. Shot by some of the world’s finest photographers, Rarely Seen features striking images of places, events, natural phenomena, and manmade heirlooms seldom seen by human eyes. It’s all here: 30,000-year-old cave art sealed from the public; animals that are among the last of their species on Earth; volcanic lightning; giant crystals that have grown to more than 50 tons; the engraving inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch.

With an introduction by National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez, whose work has taken him from the Peruvian Andes to the deepest caves of Papua New Guinea, Rarely Seen captures once-in-a-lifetime moments, natural wonders, and little-seen objects from the far reaches of the globe.

STEPHEN ALVAREZ, who has captured some of the most rarely seen objects on earth, is a photojournalist who produces global stories about exploration, culture, religion, and the aftermath of conflict. He has been a National Geographic photographer since 1995. His pictures have won awards from Pictures of the Year International and Communication Arts and have been exhibited at Visa Pour l’Image International Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan, France.

SUSAN TYLER HITCHCOCK is a senior editor in the Books Division of the National Geographic Society, where she is responsible for science, health, and nature titles. She has written 16 books, from literary history to personal memoir. This is the third National Geographic photography collection to which she has contributed.

Timed to coincide with the release of the highly anticipated Universal film “Everest” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley, this updated edition of National Geographic’s best-selling book recounts the terror and triumph of the 1996 season on Everest, made famous in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air.

The May 1996 climbing season on Mount Everest will go down in infamy. Its story has been recounted in David Breashears’s gripping IMAX film, Jon Krakauer’s bestseller Into Thin Air, and this NG film companion book, now updated with an all-new foreword by world-famous climber Conrad Anker along with brilliant new panoramic photography.

Written in suspenseful detail, the book documents how a courageous photographic team, facing hazards of their own, became an essential part of a rescue effort that brought some — but not all — of their companions down from the mountain alive. Added to the classic main text are fascinating updates: brief portraits of those who lived through the tragedy; a time line of subsequent climbing events on Everest, up to 2014; and never-before-published detailed panoramics of Everest and the Himalaya.

The new feature film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley, and Robin Wright, presents the opportunity to refresh, update, and reintroduce one of National Geographic’s most successful titles.

Broughton Coburn is a writer, lecturer and college instructor who specializes in crafting narratives of the people and landscape of the Himalaya. Since 1996, he has authored a young adult photo-biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, Triumph on Everest; collaborated with Jamling Tenzing Norgay on his auto-biography, Touching My Father’s Soul: A Sherpa’s Journey to The Top of Everest; and written The Vast Unknown, which explores the first American ascent of Everest, in 1963, and its aftermath. Some of his lectures vividly recount the events and the context for the 1996 Everest film expedition.

Conrad Anker is a world-renowned mountaineer who has summitted Everest 3 times and climbed many of the other most challenging heights around the world. Best known for having discovered the body of early 20th-century adventurer George Mallory on Everest in 1999, Anker is captain of The North Face Athlete Team and continues to inspire with his climbing prowess and his thoughtful dedication to the people of the Himalaya. He is the author of The Lost Explorer, about finding Mallory, and the primary co-author of National Geographic’s The Call of Everest.

A London Peculiar introduces the reader to a vast array of London’s most bizarre, curious and intriguing sights. These quirky peculiarities include buildings, objects, institutions and spaces. The history and reason for being of each is examined in detail and all are illustrated with contemporary images.

Entertaining and informative, A London Peculiar is arranged according to district and includes: Jeremy Bentham’s skeleton at University College, London; George Washington’s statue and his wish to never set foot on British soil; Postman’s Park and its memorials; Streets where one may drive on the right-hand side of the road (more than most people think); St. Clement Danes – The church that inspired the modern tiered wedding cake; The site of the legation of the Republic of Texas; London’s only ‘split’ pub, divided across two sides of an alley; The Duke of Wellington’s mounting stones; The fake houses of London; Queen Caroline’s bath; The Necropolis Railway (for coffins); A nightclub in a lavatory; and London’s smallest and narrowest houses among many others.

Rafe Heydel-Mankoo is a leading royal commentator and a popular choice with international media, providing expert analysis, interviews and commentary. An expert in monarchy, protocol, honours and traditions, Rafe is the former editor of the critically acclaimed Burke’s World Orders of Knighthood & Merit and has advised various governments on policy matters. He is a trustee of the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust and a Research Associate at the leading public policy think tank ResPublica.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones, Dan Buettner for the first time lays out a proven plan to maximize your health based on the practices of the world’s healthiest people. With his Blue Zones City Makeovers now dramatically impacting the health of more than 5 million Americans, this is a book for anyone who
wants to create their own personal Blue Zone.

In this groundbreaking book, Dan Buettner reveals how to transform your health using smart eating and lifestyle habits gleaned from new research on the diets, eating habits, and lifestyle practices of the communities he’s identified as “Blue Zones” — those places with the world’s longest-lived, and thus healthiest, people. (Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California).

With the audacious belief that the life styles of the world’s Blue Zones could be adapted and replicated in towns across North America, Buettner launched the largest preventive healthcare project in the United States, The Blue Zones City Makeovers, which has impacted the health of millions of Americans since 2009. Now, in The Blue Zones Solution, readers can be inspired by the specific stories of the people, foods, and routines of our healthy elders; understand the role community, family, and naturally healthy habits can play to improve our diet and health; and learn the exact foods--including the 50 superfoods of longevity and dozens of recipes adapted for Western tastes and markets--that offer delicious ways to eat your way to optimum health.

Throughout the book are lifestyle recommendations, checklists, and stories to help you create your own personal Blue Zones solution. Readers will learn and apply the 80/20 rule; the plant slant diet; social aspects of eating that lead to weight loss and great health naturally; cultivating your “tribe” of friends and family and your greater purpose as part of your daily routine.

Filled with moving personal stories, delicious recipes, checklists, and useful tips that will transform any home into a miniature blue zone, The Blue Zones Solution is the ultimate blueprint for a healthy, happy life.

DAN BUETTNER is the founder of Blue Zones, an organization that helps Americans live longer, healthier lives. His groundbreaking work on longevity led to his 2005 National Geographic cover story “Secrets of Living Longer” and two national bestsellers, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest and Thrive. He lives in Minneapolis, MN. He can be found on facebook and twitter, and through his website bluezones.com.

It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook— and eat — a meal from every country in the world.

As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures. From the tiny, makeshift kitchen of her eccentric, creative mother to a string of foster homes to the house from which she launches her own cooking adventure, Martin’s heartfelt, brutally honest memoir reveals the power of cooking to bond, to empower, and to heal — and celebrates the simple truth that happiness is created from within.

Sasha Martin is an award-winning writer, blogger, wife and mother who spent almost four years cooking her way around the world. Her work has been featured on NPR (Travel with Rick Steves), Whole Living, Bon Appetit, The Smithsonian, The Huffington Post, and CNNgo. Her recipes have been recognized by the likes of Amanda Hesser and FOOD 52, and her website, Global Table Adventure, is a go-to hub for foodies around the world.

Smoking food is an age-old method of preserving fresh ingredients for future life as well as adding essential flavour. Many foods can be smoked including fish and meat, but also ususual ingredients such as dairy products and nuts.

Smoking units are now available so that the home cook can prepare smoked dishes for themselves using a home-made unit or one that fits on the stove top or in the barbecue.

Author Jeremy Schmid describes the difference between hot and cold smoking, as well as explaining the effects of different species of wood used, and talks the reader through the process in clear step-by-step photographs.

Recipes are provided for different smoked food types including meat, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables, dairy, eggs and nuts. Make your own mouthwatering Pastrami or try Smoked Snapper Pie or Beer-Crusted Bread. Jeremy Schmid enjoys preparing food using traditional methods and natural produce.

He worked for several years as a chef before going on to study charcuterie at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. Since then he has developed his own style working as a professional chef. He takes pride in serving delicious cured smoked meats, seafood, salads and desserts for catered functions and casual brunches on site at his restaurant.