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JAMES SALLIS
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As Salt River begins, two years have passed since
Turner’s love, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together
on the porch of his cabin. Turner, now in his 50’s, excop,
ex-con, Vietnam veteran, former therapist and
now Sheriff in small town Cripple Creek, is trying to
face a truth head-on: ‘Sometimes you just have to see
how much music you can make with what you have
left.’ Then the sheriff’s long-lost son comes ploughing
down Main Street into City Hall in what appears to
be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner’s cabin is his
good friend, Eldon Brown, Val’s banjo on the back of
his motorcycle so that it looks as though he has two
heads. ‘They think I killed someone,’ he says. Turner
asks: ‘Did you?’ And Eldon responds: ‘I don’t know.’
Haunted by his own ghosts, Turner nonetheless goes
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Resurrectionist
JACK O’CONNELL
Your only child is lost between this
world and the next, and more than
anything you want him back. A
controversial doctor and a mysterious
stranger claim they have the answer.
Who do you trust? Are you willing to
risk everything? Are you prepared to
enter Limbo?
Part classic noir thriller, part mindbending
fantasy, The Resurrectionist
is a wild ride into a territory where
nothing is as it appears. It is the story of
Sweeney, a druggist by trade, and his
son, Danny, the victim of an accident
that has left him in a persistent coma.
Hoping for a miracle, they have come
to the forbidding, fortress-like Peck
Clinic, whose doctors claim to have
‘resurrected’ other patients who were
lost in the void. What Sweeney comes
to realize, however, is that the real
‘A brilliantly tuned, mesmerizing labyrinth
of a quasi-real world as only a master artist
could draw it.’ – James Ellroy
‘Jack O’Connell has riffed on language, firecleansed
genre conventions, and stripped
the artifice from the modern noir novel,
creating a body of work both exciting and
entirely original.’ – George Pelecanos
‘A masterpiece, O’Connell’s tour de force
has a dose of the uncertainty of Kafka,
the fantasy of Bradbury, the crisp prose of
Greene, and the noir of Chandler.’
– Andrew Gulli, Editor, The Strand Magazine
The
cure for his son’s condition may lie
in Limbo, a fantasy comic book world
into which his son had been drawn
at the time of his accident. Plunged
into the intrigue that envelops the
clinic, Sweeney’s search for answers
leads to sinister back alleys, brutal
dead ends, and terrifying corners of
darkness and mystery.
Jack O’Connell is the author
of four critically acclaimed
novels, which have earned him
something of a cult status. His
work has been praised by James
Ellroy, George Pelecanos, Neil
Gaiman, Katherine Dunn and
Jonathan Carroll, among others.
For a taste of what’s to come, visit:
www.enterlimbo.com
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Jack O’Connell’s books in the UK:
Box Nine
Wireless
The Skin Palace
Word Made Flesh
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The setting is the year 2064. Securely fenced off from
the rest of the world life in Eurasia and North America is
constantly improving except for the occasional suicide
bombing and border dispute. On the other side of the wall
however, people live in poverty and misery and countries
are exploited and wracked by regression, dictatorship and
religious fanaticism.
Max Schwartzwald is the owner of Chez Max, a smart
Parisian restaurant but also an Ashcroft agent, a member
of a secret government organisation whose mission is to
promptly identify and weed out anything that may threaten
the political status quo.
Jakob Arjouni is the author of the
celebrated Kayankaya novels featuring
a Turkish detective in Frankfurt. Titles
include Happy Birthday Turk, More
Beer, One Man One Murder and
Kismet. Magic Hoffmann, a standalone
novel was shortlisted for the IMPAC
Award. He divides his time between
Germany and France.
CHEZ
MAX
JAKOB
ARJOUNI
‘Arjouni deserves to be better known in
the English-speaking world’ – The Times
‘magnificent’ – The Guardian
‘Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers
since Raymond Chandler’ – Tempo
‘Impossible to put his books down’ – El País
Provoked by the events of 9/11 and the US reaction, Jakob Arjouni
has written a clever and satiric novel focusing on a state intelligence
officer and the workings of mass hysteria
Schwartzwald’s biggest problem is his Ashcroft
partner, Chen Wu, a self-righteous loudmouth,
who leaves no taboo unbroken, attacks every
human weakness and takes liberties at will – all
because of the spectacular successes he has
achieved within the organisation.
But is Chen a double agent who is bringing illegal
immigrants into the Eurasian world and is this the
opportunity for Max to get rid of his partner once and
for all?
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‘A digital-age John le Carré’ - Ted Greenwald,
Senior Editor, Wired Magazine
‘At last, a book where the words finance and
thriller truly belong in the same sentence’
- Steve Eckett, co-founder of Global Investor
Bookshops and Harriman House
‘A spell-binding look, by a market master’
- Richard L. Hudson, Former Editor of The
Wall Street Journal Europe, author of The
Misbehaviour of Markets
When someone messes with
the daughters of legendary
queen of south London
gangland, ‘Queenie’ Doyle,
they soon get to find out
who wears the trousers...
‘More shocking than a squirt of lemon juice
in the eye’ - Sally Nicoll, author of ‘Bets and
the City’
‘Terrifying’ - Geoff Cutmore, CNBC Anchor
FROM THE AUTHOR OF
GANGSTERS WIVES
THE
ARMAGEDDON TRADE
CLEM CHAMBERS
THE
LIPSTICK KILLERS
LEE MARTIN
Jim is the cockney boy wonder who can read stock charts like
fifty foot road signs. His uncanny talent has taken him from tea boy
to trading superstar. Is he a genius, or a fluke? He doesn’t know.
The mysterious Max Davas, emperor of trading, makes billions
dealing US treasuries using more computing firepower than NASA
– but now his models are telling him that something is about to go
catastrophically wrong.
The same trading system that has made him one of the richest and
most powerful men in the world is telling him that in a year’s time,
Gold will be at $0 an ounce, so will oil, so will Microsoft and the
dollar won’t be trading at all. The euro, the pound, the yen, sugar,
wheat, coffee... all will fall down to zero.
But are predictions fate? Or does the cockney kid hold the key to
the Armageddon trade?
Clem Chambers is the London-based CEO of ADVFN (www.
advfn.com), Europe’s number one stocks and shares Web site.
He has written for Wired Magazine, The Business, The Daily
Telegraph and The Scotsman and broadcasts on investment
matters for channels including SKY News, CNBC and the BBC.
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Frankie, Mags, Sharon and Roxie grew up as the daughters of
the queen of south London gangland - Queenie Doyle ruling over
the family - and the gangster world - with an iron fist.
But when Queenie´s death brings the Doyle empire crashing
down, the sisters grow apart - each taking a different path in life.
Eldest sister Frankie has a lot of love to give but her dreams have
been stifled by being forced into becoming mother to the girls
at just 18. Crazy Mags committed the ultimate rebellion against
her upbringing - by joining the police force. Baby Roxie is living
it up on the Costa Del Sol, but she leaves a string of dead men
behind her. And whilst Sharon marries Monty, an accountant and
settles down to raise a family in suburban Surrey it seems her
life is perfect - until her world is shattered when Monty dies in
mysterious circumstances.
But is it an accident or murder? As the Doyle sisters pull together
to find out what really happened to Monty they enter a world of
drugs, dirty money and clean guns, risking their own safety to
deal out their own brand of justice to the mean streets of southeast
England in a crashing finale.
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In the tradition of
Ruth Rendell, Lynda la Plante,
Frances Fyfield and Barbara Vine,
Cut Short is a gripping
psychological thriller introducing
‘Edward Bunker is a true
original of American letters. His
books are criminal classics:
novels about criminals, written
by an ex-criminal, from the
unregenerately criminal
viewpoint’
– James Ellroy
D.I. Geraldine Steel,
a woman whose past is threatening
to collide with her future.
If ever there was a great writer,
the late, great Bunker was one.’
– The Independent
CUT SHORT
DEATH ROW
BREAKOUT AND
OTHER STORIES
D.I. Geraldine Steel expects the quiet town of Woolsmarsh
to be dull. She quickly discovers she is wrong.
The park is a place where children play, friends sit and
gossip, people walk their dogs or take a short cut to avoid
the streets. But in the shadows a predator prowls, hunting
for victims.
A woman sees the killer and comes forward as a witness
– someone whom the killer must stop at all costs.
For D.I. Geraldine Steel, it is a race against time to find the
killer before he strikes again, as public pressure mounts
with the growing death toll.
Leigh Russell studied at the University of Kent gaining a Masters
degree in English and American literature. A secondary school
teacher, specialising in supporting pupils with Specific Learning
Difficulties as well as teaching English, Leigh Russell is married with
two daughters and lives in Hertfordshire. Cut Short is her first novel.
LEIGH
RUSSELL
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In L.A. Justice, a black man falls foul of the law after a minor
traffic incident and once inside the prison system he finds it
a labyrinth impossible to escape from... The title story Death
Row Breakout details the routine of being on Death Row, before
exploding into action when the plans for a breakout kick in.
Death Row Breakout brings together seven previously unseen
short stories that draw fully on Edward Bunker’s incomparable
experience of the U.S. prison system.
Edward Bunker, Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs, lived
a life beyond the imaginings of most. At 40 he
was a hardened criminal with a substantial prison
record. Twenty-five years later, he was hailed by
his peers as America’s greatest living crime writer.
Co-screenwriter of the Oscar nominated movie,
The Runaway Train, he appeared in over 30
feature films, including Straight Time with Dustin
Hoffman, the film of his book No Beast So Fierce.
Edward Bunker died in 2005.
EDWARD
BUNKER
CWA Gold Dagger Winner
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NECTAR
OF THE
GODS
Somewhere in the shadows, where
High Fidelity meets The Usual Suspects,
where David Mamet meets Ben Elton,
Conman will keep you laughing,
guessing and up all night until the last
page is turned and the breathtaking
truth is revealed.
DEBUT
THRILLER
‘A great read, keeps the reader on
their toes to the end ’
M.Bruce Tyrrell AM , Managing Director,
Tyrrell’s Wines
Gwen C. Watkins, founder and co-owner of Astra
Wine Imports, worked in the wine industry for
over twenty years, pioneering the introduction of
Australian wines in the United States. Before selling
the company in 2000, she travelled extensively in
Australia, New Zealand and Chile, working with
suppliers to select products for the US market. She lives in South
Florida with her husband,and is currently working on the next two
Sarah Bennett mysteries to be published by No Exit.
GWEN C. WATKINS
Wine and big money
prove to be an intoxicating
and murderous blend...
When wine trade businesswoman turned sleuth
Sarah Bennett stumbles upon an audacious plot
to hijack the billion-dollar Australian wine industry,
she uncovers a bloody trail of corruption and
murder that threatens to destroy her.
In the bestselling tradition of Lynda La Plante and
Clare Francis, Nectar of the Gods is a blistering
debut novel from a bold new master of suspense.
With an insider’s knowledge of the international
wine business, Gwen C. Watkins has produced a
dazzling psychological thriller to rival the best in
contemporary crime fiction.
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CONMAN
RICHARD ASPLIN
Conman is the story of young Neil Martin, a kindly
family man. A bit geeky, a bit nerdy. If you met him, you
would assume he runs a failing comic memorabilia
store in London’s Soho. Which he does. In order
to bail himself out of a huge stock-ruining, poster
sopping basement flood, he needs to claim on his
insurance. Which he would do – if he’d remembered
to pay his premium.
Terrified of losing everything Neil reluctantly agrees
to help Christopher – a passing confidence trickster
Richard Asplin is the author of two previous novels,
T-Shirt & Genes and Gagged – A Thriller With Jokes.
He is a lover of mid-period Woody Allen movies,
Richard Dawkins, David Mamet, Elvis Presley, Big
Bad Voodoo Daddy, Texas Hold’em, vintage guitars
and his cat. Richard currently lives in Wales.
‘The first blue-chip young
novelist of the 21st Century.
Catch him if you can’
– Tony Parsons
– use his premises for a big sting. So the con is on
and the trap is set.
But things are never as they seem in the twilight
world of the confidence man. And when Christopher’s
real target is revealed, Neil finds himself plotting,
switching, swapping and scamming for revenge, for
redemption. And for his life.
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ROBERT B. PARKER
NEW EDITIONS
HUGGER
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‘Parker writes old-time, stripped-to-thebone,
hard-boiled school of Chandler... ISBN13: 978-1-84243-325-6
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His novels are funny, smart and highly
entertaining...There’s no writer I’d rather
take on an aeroplane’ - Sunday Telegraph
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POTSHOT
A SPENSER MYSTERY
‘Why Robert Parker’s not better known in
Britain is a mystery’ - Daily Mirror
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WIDOW’S
WALK
A SPENSER MYSTERY
‘Robert B Parker is one of the greats of the
American hard-boiled genre’ - The Guardian
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POCKET ESSENTIALS
2009 is the 150th anniversary of the
publication of On the Origin of Species and
the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth
The Natural History Museum has organised
a national programme of events celebrating
Charles Darwin’s scientific ideas and their
impact around his 200th birthday on 12
February 2009
Coverage planned for History Today, BBC
History Magazine, Focus, New Scientist,
Nature and New Humanist Magazine
National and regional Radio appearances
Bill Price will be providing editorial material
on Darwin’s impact to the National Press at
the time of Darwin’s anniversary
Bill Price grew up on a farm in Herefordshire, not far from
Hay-on-Wye. He worked in the book trade in Hay and
London for almost twenty years and is now a freelance
writer, with a particular interest in archaeology and ancient
history. He now lives in London and is the author of Pocket
Essentials on Tutankhamun: Egypt’s Most Famous Pharaoh
and Celtic Myths.
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CHARLES
DARWIN
ORIGINS
AND
ARGUMENTS
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The publication of The Origin of Species in 1859 was the
culmination of more than twenty years of work by Charles
Darwin and the ideas he presented in it would lead to a
fundamental change in the way we think about life on
earth. Evolution, as it came to be known, described how
the extraordinary variety of life could develop and adapt by
natural means rather than being entirely the creation of a
supreme being. It was controversial at the time and now,
as the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth approaches in 2009, it
remains the subject of bitter argument, with the opposing
sides of the debate, the supporters of Darwinian evolution
like Richard Dawkins and the proponents of intelligent
design, as polarised as they have ever been. Bill Price
looks at the origins of Darwin’s theory and the arguments
that have surrounded it ever since.
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Romero’s latest movie Diary of the Dead
now available on DVD
Few fictional characters have proven to
40th Anniversary of his genre masterpiece
Night of the Living Dead
be as enduringly popular as the legendary
Count Dracula
Renewed interest in zombie movies such
as Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later
Morgan goes right back to the roots of
the vampire myth in ancient Babylonian,
The authors have organised special
Romero events and launch parties
for Hallowe’en
Persian and Greek mythologies
Will appeal to both film and literature fans
Joins the ever-growing stream of vampire
movies feeding the insatiable blood lust
of vampire fans for new material…
GEORGE A. ROMERO
The dead walk. Putrid corpses claw their way out of
earthy graves and stumble towards civilisation. They are
bloody, rotting, and hungry for human flesh – and it’s all
George Romero’s fault.
With 1968’s Night of the Living Dead Romero unleashed
the modern zombie onto cinemas, annihilating their
voodoo roots and resurrecting them as passed away
friends and dead loved ones. Its sequel, the zombies in
a mall masterpiece Dawn of the Dead, took Romero’s
apocalyptic nightmare further. Its frank depiction of
bloodshed changed horror cinema forever and paved the
way for such recent offerings as Shaun of the Dead and
28 Days Later.
But there is more to Romero than just the living dead. He
reinvented the vampire in Martin, took on the American
military in The Crazies and has collaborated with horror
Curtis Owen is a writer and has studied Film at Falmouth University.
Tom Fallows trained in Journalism with the British Film Institute and
currently contributes to www.obsessedwithfilm.com
Both authors currently live in Stoke-on-Trent
TOM FALLOWS & CURTIS OWEN
legend Stephen King on both Creepshow and The Dark
Half. Even today films like Land of the Dead have proven
Romero to be a fearless anti-establishment filmmaker.
He’s a maverick, a man who frequently directs outside of
the Hollywood mainstream, allowing his films to work as
both chilling frightfests and impassioned comments on
the American psyche.
This Pocket Essential examines Romero’s work up to
and including his latest ‘Diary of the Dead’ and explains
why filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese
often refer to him as horror’s greatest living director.
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DRACULA
GILES MORGAN
The subject of vampirism continues to fascinate and
excite modern audiences and can be found in a range
of film and TV titles such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer
and Underworld. More recently Elizabeth Kostova’s
best-selling novel The Historian draws heavily on
Bram Stoker’s novel and Dracula appears as a
character within her story. Many have argued that the
character of Dracula has greatest resonance within
our own times and the current iconic status that the
world’s most famous vampire has achieved suggests
that they may be right.
In this Pocket Essential on Dracula, Giles Morgan
examines the roots of the vampire myth and
Giles Morgan is the author of the Pocket Essentials
on The Holy Grail, Byzantium, Freemasonry, Saints
and Saint George. He currently lives in Harrow.
vampirism from ancient Babylonian, Persian and
Greek mythologies to its current manifestation
iconically established in Bram Stoker’s gothic
masterpiece from 1897. Morgan ranges across the
literary antecedents of Stoker’s Dracula and traces
the impact it has had in contemporary film culture,
from Nosferatu, through the Hammer horror films of
the 50s and 60s to Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
and beyond.
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An accessible history of the people, ideas,
institutions and events that have shaped
Europe during the last 1200 years
A fascinating beginner’s guide to the
history of Europe
All the key events covered, from the
coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the
signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007.
Europe will be a hot topic in 2009, with the
controversial promise of a ratified Treaty
of Lisbon before the middle of the year
A complete introduction for all individuals
and groups wishing to produce a play
A step-by-step guide from setting up a
drama group to the first night
Excerpts and quotes from leading
drama practitioners
Practical advice on funding, costume and
props, set and scenery design, lighting,
sound, and advertising
Free access to online resource guide
including sample rehearsal schedules,
prop lists, audition sheets, sample plans
for blocking scenes and more
EUROPE
FROM CHARLEMAGNE TO THE TREATY OF LISBON
GORDON KERR
A SHORT
HISTORY OF
PLAYS
...and how to
produce them
DAVID CARTER
What is Europe? Firstly, of course, it is a continent made European state were laid with the creation of the Holy
up of countless disparate peoples, races and nations, Roman Empire – an empire different to any other in that
and governed by different ideas, philosophies, religions it enjoyed the approval of God, through the Church in
and attitudes. Nonetheless, it has a common thread of Rome. Napoleon overreached himself in attempting to
history running through it, stitching the lands and peoples create a European-wide Empire - as did Adolf Hitler. Now,
of its past and present together into one fabric and held however, Europe is as close as it ever has been to being
together by the continent’s great institutions, such as the one entity, yet we Europeans still cling to our national
Church of Rome, the Holy Roman Empire, the European independence. In A Short History of Europe Gordon Kerr
Union, individual monarchies, trade organisations and provides a coherent map of the jumbled history of Europe
social movements.
and the European idea that has brought us to this point.
Europe, however, is also an idea. From almost the
beginning of time, men have harboured aspirations to
make this vast territory one. The Romans came close
and a few centuries later, the foundations for a great
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Britain, Timeline; History of the World and Timeline; Kings & Queens of
Europe. His book Great British Losers is published by Old Street in autumn
2008 and Dead Famous will be published by Oneworld in 2009.
A complete introduction for all individuals and groups
wishing to undertake the production of a play, aimed at
the amateur enthusiast and anyone intending to pursue
their interest further and undertake professional training.
David Carter has over 30 years of experience in drama
and takes the reader through the production of a play
step by step, from setting up a drama group to the first
night and entire run. The book can be read straight
through or consulted as a handy reference work.
Includes sections on all aspects of starting a drama
group, from financing, organising and attracting
members; choosing a director, choosing plays, auditions
and casting; stage management, lighting, sound,
Dr. David Carter has more than 30 years experience
with amateur drama, as actor, director and for many
years as chairman of a leading group in the South
of England. He has written Pocket Essentials on
Georges Simenon and Literary Theory and Kamera
Books on East Asian Cinema and The Western
costume, props, and prompting, to first nights, last nights,
get-ins and get-outs.
Additional sections deal with special concerns and
interests: producing plays in the open air; schools
productions; producing plays with non-English speakers;
expatriate productions; plays without scripts; producing
Shakespeare and Brecht. The resources section includes
plentiful information about helpful drama organisations.
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Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the
community’s journey from persecution to emancipation
to acceptance. Politicised dramas like Victim in the 60s,
The Naked Civil Servant in the 70s, and the AIDS cinema
of the 80s have given way in recent years to films which
celebrate a vast array of gay lifestyles. Gay films have
undergone a major shift, from the fringe to the mainstream
and 2005’s Academy Awards were dubbed ‘the Gay
Oscars’ with gongs going to Brokeback Mountain, Capote
and Transamerica. Producers began clamouring to back
Steven Paul Davies is a writer and broadcaster based in Manchester.
He was the youngest ever news presenter on national commercial radio,
presenting on Virgin Radio UK, but left to set up the successful national
PR company One Media. He is the author of Alex Cox: Film Anarchist,
Brat Pack: Confidential, A-Z Cult Films and Filmmakers, The Prisoner
Handbook and Get Carter and Beyond: The Cinema of Mike Hodges.
National print media campaign – author
interviews and features with the gay press
(Gay Times, Pink Paper, Attitude, AXM,
Bent, ReFresh, Out NorthWest, Midlands
Zone, Boyz) plus all the current film
magazines and a special Guardian feature
Author events/signings, including London
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Gay’s
The Word Bookshop, Queer Up North,
Homotopia, Prowler and Outsiders Gay
Film Festival
Published to coincide with the release of
Gus Van Sant’s MILK, starring Sean Penn
as the first openly gay American politician
OUT AT THE MOVIES
A HISTORY OF GAY CINEMA
STEVEN PAUL DAVIES
FOREWORD BY SIMON CALLOW
gay-themed movies and the most high profile of these is
Gus Van Sant’s forthcoming MILK, starring Sean Penn as
Harvey Milk, the first prominent American political figure to
be elected to office on an openly gay ticket back in the 70s.
The book also includes information on gay filmmakers and
actors and their influence within the industry and contains
some of the most iconic scenes from gay cinema and the
most memorable dialogue from key films.
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‘40 years ago as a graduate student I wrote a book about
Spaghetti Westerns, called 10,000 Ways to Die. It’s an
embarrassing tome when I look at it now: full of half-assed
semiotics and other attenuated academic nonsense.
In the intervening period I have had the interesting
experience of being a film director. So now, when I
watch these films, I’m looking at them from a different
perspective. A professional perspective, maybe...
Written by iconic filmmaker Alex Cox
Recently in news with his
autobiographical book X-films: True
Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker
Publication to coincide with season of
Spaghetti Westerns at BFI Southbank,
to be curated by Alex Cox
All season’s films discussed in book
Author tour and extensive national
press coverage
10,000 WAYS TO DIE
A DIRECTOR’S TAKE ON THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN
Alex Cox - Maverick British filmmaker responsible
for directing a host of acclaimed films from Sleep Is
for Sissies, Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Straight to Hell,
Walker and Highway Patrolman to Death and the
Compass, Revenger’s Tragedy and The Searchers
2.0. From 1987 to 1994, he presented the acclaimed
BBC TV series ‘Moviedrome’, bringing unknown
or forgotten films to new audiences. He’s also the
author of X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker, and has
written on the subject of film for publications including Sight and Sound,
The Guardian, The Independent and Film Comment.
ALEX COX
I’m thinking about what the filmmakers intended,
how they did that shot, how the director felt when his
film was recut by the studio, and he was creatively
and financially screwed. 10,000 Ways to Die is an
entirely new book about an under-studied subject, the
Spaghetti Western, from a director’s POV. Not only
have these films stood the test of time; some of them
are very high art’. – Alex Cox
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A FIELD GUIDE TO
MELANCHOLY
DR. JACKY BOWRING
A depressive illness or a passing feeling? Mental
detachment or a precursor to genius? Melancholy is a critical
part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac
to self help psychology books seems intent on removing all
signs of sadness from contemporary existence. Complex
and contradictory, melancholy’s presence weaves through
the histories of both science and art.
A Field Guide to Melancholy surveys this ambivalent
concept and takes a journey through its articulation in a
variety of languages, from the Russian toska of Pushkin’s
Eugene Onegin, to kaiho – which is expressed in the
dancing of the Finnish tango. Melancholy is found in the
Dr. Jacky Bowring is a critic, designer and writer.
She is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
at Lincoln University in New Zealand, and has
published widely on landscape and architecture,
working with ideas from psychoanalysis, literary theory,
and aesthetic conventions such as the Picturesque
and the Sublime.
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Popular psychology meets
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A new approach to a pervasive
human condition
A wide cultural scope encompassing
literature, art, film, music and
architecture
Review coverage planned for the
major broadsheets
Philip Pullman chose
The Anatomy of Melancholy in his
list of influential books in a recent
Waterstone’s feature
historic traditions of death’s presence in paradise, the tears
of nature, along with nostalgia, pathos, and melancholy’s
presiding god, Saturn. In contemporary society, melancholy
becomes a fashion statement in the subculture of the Emo.
Dr. Bowring surveys literature, art, film, music, and
architecture, finding melancholy within the work of writers
from W G Sebald to Jean-Paul Sartre, in the art works
of photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto and multi-media
artist Gerhard Richter, the films of Andrei Tarkovsky and
Patrick Keiller, the music of Erik Satie and Tom Waits, the
architecture and landscapes of ruins and the twenty-first
century’s predilection for memorials.
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Every major race and festival in the 2008/9 National
Hunt season has been placed under the spotlight in
this unprecedented compilation of racing statistics. By
highlighting the vital clues that pinpoint the winner’s
profile, along with exclusive ‘future pointers’, Racing
Trends Revealed shows whether individual winners of big
races should be followed or avoided in the future, giving
specific ante-post guidance for the Cheltenham Festival.
Covering all the major races in Britain and Ireland, this
unique winner-finding tool includes:
THE ROAD TO CHELTENHAM
DAVID MYERS
David Myers has written about horseracing and produced racing
trends both professionally and personally for over 15 years, including
on The Guardian racing desk, where he is employed as a tipster,
ratings-complier and sub editor. Myers also produces big-race trends
for the Irish Field along with the ground-breaking ‘Top of the Form’ in
the Racing and Football Outlook. He is the author of the bestselling
Racing Trends Revealed - Flat 2008, published earlier this year.
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Companion volume, Racing Trends Revealed
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An unprecedented compilation of statistics
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Every major race and festival in the 2008/9
National Hunt season analysed, including the
Cheltenham Festival and Aintree
RACING TRENDS REVEALED
NATIONAL HUNT 08/09
♦ Extended 12-year trend tables for over 120 Graded
races and major betting handicaps in Britain plus over
30 Graded events in Ireland - featuring previous form,
age, weight, SP and trainer.
♦ Every major race spotlighted reveals the winners’
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♦ Trends tables accompanied with bite-size analysis,
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Gambling Systems and Tips books are
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Highly respected contributors
Less than 1p a tip
Covers a wide range of sports and games
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Perfect Xmas pick-up gift
Gambling is a £50+bn a year business
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Introduction by Anthony Owen, executive
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Popularity of the subject boosted by
current TV programmes like Hustle and
The Real Hustle
David Britland’s connections with the
media will generate on-publication
publicity
1001 GREAT
GAMBLING TIPS
GRAHAM SHARPE
THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO
SCAMS, SWINDLES & CHEATS
DAVID BRITLAND
Graham Sharpe has recruited some of the great and
good of the gambling world to divulge their favourite
betting suggestions, hints, tips, and strategies.
Professional punter Dave Nevison reveals many
tricks of his trade
Derek McGovern, self-styled betting guru of the
Daily Mirror, speaks out in his usual flamboyant style
Jeremy Chapman, acknowledged master of golf
betting, tees up tips to lower your golf betting handicap
Tournament-winning poker pro, Julian Thew, turns
over a winning hand of hints
Experts from the worlds of exchanges and spread
Graham Sharpe has been involved in the betting industry for over
thirty years. He was an illegal bookie while he was still at school,
has been a national newspaper tipster for over a decade, penned
columns for many betting publications, and written over twenty
books with a gambling theme, including the recent successful
Gentleman’s Guide to Calculating Winning Bets. He is also one of the best
known faces and voices in the betting business through his role as Media
Relations Director for William Hill.
betting give invaluable insights into the game
Top Tipsters like Dave Mitchell of The Mirror, Rolf
Johnston of The Express, Tony Lewis of The Star and
many others regale you with fascinating tactics designed
to help improve the profitability of your betting
Sharpe has tracked down the best punting pointers,
delving into the darkest corners, nooks and crannies of
gambling lore in the process, so whether you are into
racing, dogs, sports betting, exchanges, spread betting,
poker or any other type of gambling opportunity, you’ll
find plenty in this unique book to benefit and enhance
your own style of betting.
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They say you can’t cheat an honest man but honest men
are cheated every day. In fact there has never been a better
time to be cheated. Faced with information overload and
lives set on fast-forward we have transformed ourselves
into a nation of suckers. The world is a swindler’s paradise
providing a thousand ways to part the honest man from
his cash. Wouldn’t it be good to know what they are? After
all, forearmed is forewarned.
That’s where The Gentleman’s Guide comes in. Think of it
as the good guy’s guide to the galaxy in which the sneaky
scams of the con artists are laid bare. Entertainingly
written, it reveals the secrets behind all the scams you
are ever likely to encounter as you wend your way
through life: street hustles, pickpockets, ATM dodges,
David Britland is the author of Phantoms of the Card Table
and co-creator of BBC’s The Real Hustle. He is a television
consultant and writer. He has investigated psychics with
James Randi, created psychological illusions with Derren
Brown, spent Halloween with Uri Geller and consulted for
many of the UK’s top magicians.
get rich quick schemes, proposition bets, gambling scams,
consumer rip offs, cyber cons and more.
But reading is not enough. Hands on experience is what
you need if you are to fully understand the wiles of the
con man. And The Gentleman’s Guide contains dozens of
proposition bets and games you can’t lose that show just
how easy we are to manipulate when the circumstances
around a scam are so carefully crafted as to make
even the most outlandish proposition a safe bet. Warn
your friends and practice on your enemies. And always
remember that if you can’t spot the sucker at the table,
then it’s probably you.
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A remarkable insight into the workings
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Over 1 million people in the UK are now
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WINNING
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Winning Cash Game Poker offers a revealing insight
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leading poker theorists and professionals in the UK.
Carl “The Dean” Sampson has been a professional
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He writes for three leading poker magazines as well as
the hugely popular Hendon Mob website.
Moving far beyond simple hand charts, Carl gets to the
core of how a professional operates whilst at the table,
revealing entire playing sessions and the methods that
he uses to win - not just in online games but in private
cash games and casino cardrooms as well.
The insights into the mindset of one of today’s
CARL ‘THE DEAN’ SAMPSON
‘The Dean’ is the nickname for one of the country’s leading poker
theorists. Carl started out playing professional blackjack and ran his own
team from between 1998 to 2002. He switched to playing online poker in
2002 and rapidly advanced through the levels. He is the author of Princes
of Darkness: The World of High Stakes Blackjack, Killer Roulette: How
to Beat the Unbeatable and Secrets of Professional Limit Hold’em. He
currently writes for several poker magazines including the World Poker
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leading players on offer here will help players at every
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RACING TRENDS REVEALED
Every major race and festival in the 2009 Flat season has
been placed under the spotlight in this unprecedented
compilation of racing statistics. By highlighting the
vital clues that pinpoint the winner’s profile, along with
exclusive ‘future pointers’, Racing Trends Revealed
shows whether individual winners of big races should be
followed or avoided in the future.
Covering all major races in Britain and Ireland, this unique
winner-finding tool includes:
♦
♦
Extended 12-year trend tables for every Group race
and major betting handicap in Britain plus Group
events in Ireland - featuring previous form, age,
weight, SP, draw and trainer.
Every major race spotlighted reveals the winners’
subsequent four outings – invaluable statistics that
FLAT 2009
David Myers has written about horseracing and produced racing
trends both professionally and personally for over 15 years, including
on The Guardian racing desk, where he is employed as a tipster,
ratings-complier and sub editor. Myers also produces big-race trends
for the Irish Field along with the ground-breaking ‘Top of the Form’ in
the Racing and Football Outlook. Last year’s edition, Racing Trends
Revealed - Flat 2008, sold out its first print run within a month.
♦
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DAVID MYERS
have never been published before.
Trends tables accompanied with bite-size analysis,
packed full of handy trends hints.
Performance ratings for every past winner plus
exclusive future success ratings.
Racing Trends Revealed provides long-awaited answers
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Which juvenile event is the biggest pointer towards
the Classics?
Which Royal Ascot winners are profitable to follow?
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B Is for
Beer
A Children’s Book for Grownups
A Grown-up Book for Children
TOM ROBBINS
‘Have you ever wondered why your daddy likes beer so
much? Have you wondered, before you fall asleep at night,
why he sometimes acts kind of “funny” after he’s been drinking
beer? Maybe you’ve even wondered where beer comes from,
because you’re pretty sure it isn’t from a cow. Well, Gracie
Perkel wondered those same things.’
So begins bestselling author Tom Robbins’ first fiction in five
years (and perhaps his most audacious ever), B Is for Beer
explores various aspects of beer culture - ancient, modern,
and otherworldly; brutal, infantile and divine - and dramatizes
the surprising things that happen when the life of a feisty
nursery school kid named Gracie Perkel intersects with each.
Billed by Robbins as ‘the first children’s book about beer,’ this
inspired work taps into the barrel of life’s existential mysteries
and is, of course, truly meant to sit proudly with his other
novels in the grown-up literature section.
Tom Robbins is the author of eight novels including
Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the
Blues, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, Half
Asleep in Frog Pajamas, Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs
and All, Still Life With Woodpecker and Villa Incognito. No
Exit have also published a collection of his writings entitled
Wild Ducks Flying Backward .
‘One of the bravest writers in
America.’ - Chicago Tribune
‘One of the wildest and most
entertaining writers in the world’ -
Financial Times
‘Impossibly imaginative’ - Vanity Fair
‘Tom Robbins has a grasp on things
that dazzles the brain’
- Thomas Pynchon
£9.99 HARDBACK
AVAILABLE MAY 2009
ISBN13: 978-1-84243-331-7
‘Crown Octavo’ Format (186 X 124mm) 128pp
8 B&W Illustrations
All original artwork created by Les Lepere
RIGHTS: UK & COMMONWEALTH
EXCL. CANADA, AUSTRALIA
& NEW ZEALAND
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