Vincent Cronin is the author of two classics on the. Italian Renaissance and
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Contents Illustrated Reference
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Independent Minds
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Gorilla Guides: business traveller’s handbooks
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Books for children
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Key backlist titles
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Index
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Ordering information
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Cover images The cover shows close-ups of the outside of 128 Kensington Church Street, the 17th-century townhouse which, since 1974, has been the offices of Stacey International. These photographs were taken by Khaled Kassem, the photographer commissioned to work on The Gentlemen’s Clubs of London (page 7). The inside front cover depicts a view over lake Dokan, from Kurdistan (page 19). The inside back cover carries a watercolour by Susan Keeble for Grace Todino-Gonguet’s new book for children, Tina the Turtle (page 62).
C R A D L E O F C I V I L I S AT I O N
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SYRIA
JONATHAN TUBB
Syria Cradle of Civilisation Edited by Jonathan Tubb
AUTUMN 2011
The vibrance of modern Syria, as witnessed in its commercial centres like Damascus and Aleppo, reflects a cultural formalisation of great antiquity. Indeed, Syria is incontestably a fountainhead of ancient civilisation. Syria’s archaeological sites rival those of ancient Persia, Mesopotamia and Egypt. Its history recalls its role in the civilisation of Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and the Byzantium. The country is a mosaic of cultural influences. Given such rich heritage, it is remarkable that today’s Syria remains relatively undiscovered and underrepresented in contemporary books. Syria, Cradle of Civilisation aims to redress the balance. Through a lively and informed text – accompanied by both archive and commissioned photography and maps – this new work provides the definitive illustrated reference on the country’s complex history; it offers an unparalleled insight into the making of modern Syria. Jonathan Tubb is an archaeologist and historian at the British Museum. He trained in Levantine archaeology at London’s Institute of Archaeology and began his field career in Syria. Contributors to this book include Caroline Cartright, Rupert Chapman, Sam Moorhead, Hugh Kennedy and Gayth Armanazi. 200 colour and b/w photographs 270 x 300mm 256pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768560 October 2011
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The Gentlemen’s Clubs of London Anthony Lejeune
SPRING 2012
Clubland is another country, forever redolent of the past but, its few thousand, often influential inhabitants are an integral part of English life today, whether luxurious or mainly cosy, full of serendipitous historical relics and portraiture accumulated down the generations, they offer splendid wine and food at various levels of delight and mere familiarity. The Gentlemen’s Clubs of London covers nearly fifty clubs. More than 400 photographs and engravings observe interior splendour and quaint details. The narrative is a distillation of old records and recollection, published histories and private accounts of individual clubs, and their members. It supersedes Anthony Lejeune’s previous work on this subject published over 30 years ago. For those who have never stepped inside clubland’s sanctified environs, there are many revelations. For clubmen themselves, this is a book to treasure.
Anthony Lejeune is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and author. He read classics at Balliol and belongs to several clubs. 400 colour and b/w photographs 270 x 300mm 296pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768201 March 2011
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Lucinda Lambton is a writer, photographer and broadcaster, working both behind and in front of the lens, nosing out architectural flights of fancy. She has written and presented many films for television, and is the author of the best-selling history of the lavatory, Temples of Convenience.
Lucinda Lambton’s Colonial Caribbean
SPRING 2012
Written and photographed by Lucinda Lambton It seems scarcely credible that there are Caribbean islands rich with a British architectural legacy that remains unnoticed to the rest of the world. Yet these are sensational beauties that have been wilfully forgotten, for their association with the age of slavery. Here are Palladian sugar factories and slave hospitals, churches, castles and naval forts, all survivors from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. There are also the “Great Houses”. Whether in picturesque ruin or held up for dear life by crumbling mortar or flowering creepers, these are structures of style and elegance in which today’s islanders take pride. Lucinda Lambton’s infectious curiosity and roving lens combine here to create a rarity of a book, which offers an entirely new perspective on these otherwise familiar islands of Jamaica, Barbados, St Lucia and their Caribbean neighbours. Over 200 colour photographs 270 x 312mm 224pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768379
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Richard Muir, CMG, editor of this revised edition of Sir Donald Hawley's OMAN, is a former British ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman. A devotee of the country, he is the Chairman of the Anglo-Omani Society, of which active Patron is the Sultan himself.
OMAN Sir Donald Hawley
‘No other work on Oman can compare with this comprehensive study.’ Middle East Economic Digest
40th Anniversary edition
Oman Sir Donald Hawley Edited by Richard Muir
AUTUMN 2011 40th anniversary edition
Oman is a country no visitor forgets. The ancient land of copper and frankincense, hub of sea and land routes linking India, Arabia and the Mediterranean; a country of rich ports, merchant houses and castles, Oman’s heritage has beguiled and intrigued visitors for centuries. Its mountain ranges, fertile coastal strips, vast deserts and incense-bearing hills, once possessed a trading empire of its own. A century ago, the country was in decline. Only on the accession of Sultan Qaboos in 1970 and the appropriate exploitation of its mineral wealth did the country begin to flower once more. Oman has since undergone a dazzling renaissance, economically, socially and culturally. In this acclaimed book – now in its sixth edition – Sir Donald Hawley, Britain’s first ambassador to Oman in the 1970s and an acknowledged authority on the country chronicles the remarkable changes that have taken place in the last 30 years. Since Sir Donald’s death in 2008, his work has been updated by the hand of one of his successors. The many photographs of the land and its people, architecture and arts will inspire the reader, while maps and diagrams amplify the text. 256 pages (hardback) 304 x 235mm, portrait 348 colour and b/w photographs 28 maps and diagrams ISBN 978 1 906 768584
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Jonathan Fryer is a writer and broadcaster. He is also a lecturer in comparative sociology and the politics of the Arab world, Africa and Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Kurdistan
PUBLISHED 2010
Jonathan Fryer and others 300 photographs; 5 maps 270 x 312mm 256pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768188
£35
Kurdistan is a success story of today’s Middle East’s great recent success stories. The area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government of newly federal Iraq occupies much of what is now northern and north-eastern Iraq. It has distinguished itself by its stability and strong economic growth. Crisscrossed throughout history by armies of powerful civilisations invading from the surrounding plains, the mountainous terrain of the Kurdish heartland has in recent years become important in its own right because of its formidable mineral reserves. Income from oil drilling has assured financial stability for the newly established regional government. The Kurds, meanwhile, have not lost sight of the natural bounty of their land – some of the best agricultural land in the Middle East – and of the importance of encouraging trade beyond its frontiers. Erbil, whose citadel lays claim to being the oldest continuously inhabited core-city in the world, is increasingly a hub radiating to Turkey, the Levant and the Gulf states to the south. Kurdistan, A Nation Emerges is the first ever major photographic book on the land and its people. It combines the work of a team of international scholars to present an authoritative overview of Kurdistan’s long history, its cultural heritage, and modern society and the Kurds’ position in the political world of tomorrow.
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Stanley Johnson is an author, occasional politician and one of the world’s first environmentalists. The international struggle to counter and then remedy the loss of biodiversity is a subject on which he is a recognised authority. Robert Vagg works at the UN’s Environment Programme’s Centre for Migratory Species in Bonn, where he edits their encyclopædia listing the world’s migrating fauna.
Survival Saving endangered migratory species Stanley Johnson and Robert Vagg Mankind’s mindless exploitation of the natural world has already driven many wild animals to the brink of extinction. Among the most threatened are many migratory species, whether avian, terrestrial or marine. Because in most cases these species cross national boundaries, the need for international conservation efforts is particularly great. Albatrosses and petrels, migratory water-birds and raptors, whales, dolphins and other marine mammals; antelopes and forest elephants and even gorillas – these are just some of the key species that are the subject of this meticulously researched and marvellously illustrated book. Over 190 colour photographs; 3 maps 270 x 312mm 212pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768119
£29.95
H E AT H E R ANGEL
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GREEN CHINA
Green China Heather Angel
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Heather Angel is a biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer who has travelled to China more than twenty times to photograph its wildlife and wild places. She is the author of three books about pandas. A former president of the Royal Photographic Society, she now manages her own photographic agency.
China is one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth. Her habitats range across the deserts of the Gobi and Taklamakan, forested mountains, a tracery of rivers and lakes and the tropical forests of the far south. Green China captures the glory of China’s natural world through Heather Angel’s breathtaking photographs, many taken specifically for this book. These wonderful images are coupled with an engaging and informed text to take the reader on a journey through a land of immense variety. This, truly, is ‘Green China’ – the largely untold story of China in the 21st century. Throughout, special sections focus on the ancient kinship between man and nature, the role of nature in Chinese art, the extraordinary survival of the Siberian tiger, the other-worldly landscapes of karst rock formations, the multi-purpose bamboo and, of course, China’s treasured emblem, the giant panda. Green China is simultaneously a celebration of China’s natural world and a sharp reminder of what the world stands to lose. 300 colour photographs, 2 maps 270 x 312mm 180pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299645
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Qatar David Chaddock In recent years, Qatar has emerged as a key international player, recognized by the world as a country of substantial financial authority and great promise politically and commercially. State-of-the-art production of its hydrocarbon resources has afforded the country new wealth and confidence. In many fields, from industry and commerce to political thinking, Qatar is establishing precedents. This beautifully illustrated book, with over 300 specially commissioned photographs, coupled with an informed and engaging text, gives the reader a comprehensive survey of this land and her vibrant people.
David Chaddock is an engineer by profession and an international businessman. He has worked in developing markets for more than 30 years.
300 colour photographs; 2 maps 254 x 302mm 176pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299904
£39.95 Also by David Chaddock: The Gorilla Guide to Qatar
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WINDTOWER Anne Coles & Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson studied architecture in London. He is the author of Historic Buildings of Harare. Since 2002 he has worked as an architect and architectural adviser in the UAE.
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Dr Anne Coles is a social geographer who lived and worked in Dubai from 1968 to 1971. She is a research associate at Oxford University’s Department of International Development.
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
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Windtower Anne Coles and Peter Jackson Introduced by HRH The Prince of Wales
The Emirates by the First Photographers William Facey and Gillian Grant 120 b/w photographs 285 x 220mm 128pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 905 743912
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Windtowers have become the icon of the Gulf ’s cultural heritage. These dramatic structures are not only highly functional, harnessing onshore breezes as a natural mode of air conditioning, but also beautiful. This book is more than a comprehensive architectural study. Building upon a detailed survey undertaken by the authors in Dubai between 1969 and 1974, Windtower incorporates their latest historical, social and technical research into the way of life and culture of the Gulf ’s inhabitants up to the on rush of wealth and change half a century ago. Architectural plans and diagrams show the windtowers’ workings, and studies the few surviving courtyard houses in Dubai’s old quarter. Windtower contributes invaluably to the social history of the Gulf. 200 colour and b/w photographs; 12 architectural drawings 300mm x 250mm 212pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299249
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Charles and Patricia Aithie lived and worked together in the Middle and Far East for more than five years travelling extensively with their cameras. They now work from their home in Wales, where they maintain an extensive photographic library.
Richard Boggs is a writer and photographer who has travelled extensively in Arabia and Africa. He currently works for the British Council in Damascus, and is researching a new book on Syria.
“[Boggs’] writing is by turns poetic, jaunty and poignant. His pictures are both a dream and a reminder of the threats that lie just out of shot.” Tim Mackintosh-Smith, author of Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land RELATED TITLE
Yemen
The Lost World of Socotra
Jewel of Arabia
Yemen’s Island of Bliss
Charles and Patricia Aithie
Richard Boggs
“Absolutely gorgeous” Sandi Toksvig The sophisticated traveller is fast awakening to the glories and treasures of Yemen, the land of the half-mythic Queen of Sheba and the “Arabia Felix” coveted by ancient Rome. Yet the “glories and treasures” of Yemen are as much contemporary as they are ancient and historic – in the spectacular architecture of its cities which until lately have remained beyond the ken – let alone the reach – of the outside world, the dramatic landscape of highland and coastal Yemen, and in the panoply of its people. Yemen, Jewel of Arabia’s thorough coverage has proved indispensable to the modern visitor. The authors take the reader from place to place and region to region, combining their outstanding photographic skills with assiduous research. This book, now available for the first time in paperback, was long in the making, and is now the only photographic work on Yemen generally available to the English market.
The islands of Socotra lie some 190 nautical miles off the southern coast of Yemen, in the Gulf of Aden. Their relative isolation merely hints at their extraordinary foreignness. Like a lesser Galapagos, these islands are home to flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth. Likewise, the Socotran people have their own language (which lacks a script) and distinctive culture, cuisine and architecture: neither Arabian nor African, yet strongly and distinctively Socotran. Richard Boggs spent many months in this remote and other-worldly archipelago, mixing with the Socotran people and capturing in world class photographs the uniqueness of the land and its life. The Lost World of Socotra brings this remarkable location to a waiting audience and is a journey through lands like no other.
200 colour photographs, 4 maps 200 x 250mm 232pp, gatefolded paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299935
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Yemen Engraved Illustrations by Foreign Travellers 1680-1903 Leila Ingrams 210 b/w illustrations 295 x 230mm 188pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988704
£27.50 Also available: The Republic of Yemen Development Challenges in the 20th Century Martha Colburn
100 colour photographs; 1 map 165 x 206mm 172pp, gate-folded paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299959
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INDEPENDENT MINDS
All titles 130 x 195mm 200pp, gatefolded paperback
All titles 130 x 195mm 200pp, gatefolded paperback
Legalise ISBN 978 1 906 768652
£9.99
Legalize
AUTUMN 2011
The realistic way to combat drugs Max Rendall
“. . . one of the best science books in years . . . This book deserves to win prizes.” Prospect Magazine on The Hockey Stick Illusion
“Wind power is a swindle . . . Please read this book and find out why.” David Bellamy on The Wind Farm Scam
“Fearless, fresh, forensic and funny, Tim Worstall cuts through all the nonsense and brings sparkling and profound economic insights to the environmental debate. Read this book.”
From very modest beginnings forty years ago illegal drugs have become a major concern in every country. Led by America, governments have introduced prohibitionist policies, but even the most grotesque legal sanctions have failed to make any impression on the problem and the streets of our towns and cities remain awash with drugs. The international drug industry is second only to the arms trade in value, and it pays no tax. It has spawned corruption which threatens the stability of nations, and its scale makes it ineradicable. Evidence of the failure of prohibition is everywhere. Anybody who wishes to can buy drugs. The price has never been lower. Drug-related criminal activity costs the nation billions of pounds a year and clogs up the courts and our prisons. Hundreds of millions of pounds are spent trying to prevent drugs reaching our shores, with very little success, and the NHS spends millions of pounds on drug-related illness. Only by taking the money out of the drug trade can the world hope to make progress, and the only way to take the business away from the criminal gangs is to make drugs legal. Simultaneous international legalization of all drugs, with robust measures to control access to them, will not be easy to achieve, but it holds out the best chance of taming and controlling the menace of drugs.
Matt Ridley on Chasing Rainbows Max Rendall worked as a surgeon in the NHS until his retirement. He has family experience of drug taking and its treatment and, as a result of a chance encounter, has worked in an independent clinic for substance abuse for the past 8 years. The clinic has pioneered the use of opiate-blocking drugs in the UK. He has extensive first hand knowledge of addicts and their behaviour and has become increasingly drawn into the debate about effective drug policy.
INDEPENDENT MINDS
The Independent Minds series, launched in autumn 2009 with The Wind Farm Scam presents the findings of distinguished scientists and scholars whose voices have been unheeded amid the muddled clamour of accepted wisdom on major issues. The series pits common sense and scientific fact against the politically correct received wisdom on global issues. The first four of the six titles of the series since its launch have been reprinted, two of these twice. They have led the debate worldwide on the vital climatic isssues they treat.
The Hockey Stick Illusion ISBN 978 1 906 768355
Climate: The Counter-Consensus ISBN 978 1 906 768294
£10.99
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The Hockey Stick Illusion
Climate: The Counter-Consensus
Climategate and the Corruption of Science
Professor Robert Carter Introduced by Tom Stacey
A.W. Montford Here is the definitive exposé of the distorted science behind the iconic global warming graph centrally responsible for the global panic about climate change. From Steve McIntyre's earliest attempts to reproduce the Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick graph, to the explosive publication of his work and the launch of a congressional inquiry, The Hockey Stick Illusion is a remarkable tale of scientific misconduct and amateur sleuthing. It explains the complex science of this most controversial of temperature reconstructions in layperson’s language and lays bare the remarkable extent to which climatologists have been willing to break their own rules in order to defend climate science's most famous finding. The book also covers the recent leak of the email archives of the Climatic Research Unit which has led to the resignation of its Director, Professor Phil Jones, and exposed the degree to which climate scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have hidden and manipulated data to support their claims. Andrew Montford studied chemistry at St Andrews University. He is a respected blogger at Bishop Hill where his layperson's explanations of the Hockey Stick debate have won wide acclaim. He lives in rural Scotland with his wife and three children.
The counter-consensus to quasi-scientific hype and induced panic on climate change is at last assembling. The argument is not in the first place as to whether or not climate change has been taking place but whether any recent or anticipated warming of the planet is appreciably anthropogenic or (should it occur) harmful. Tom Stacey, in his introduction, investigates the insistent propensity of Man to ascribe to his own inherent fallibility the misfortunes which may (or may not) confront his existence on earth. Professor Robert (Bob) Carter, one of the world’s leading palaeo-climatologists, assesses man’s ‘worst case’ contribution to carbon emissions taking place naturally (and beneficially) at 3% of 4% (which is 0.12%) and inspects the cycle of the earth’s unpredictable climate change, still insufficiently understood, since the end of the last Ice Age.
‘. . . it’s a cracker. By the end, you’re left feeling . . . that the scientific case against AGW is so overwhelming that you wonder how anyone can still speak up for so discredited a theory without dying of embarrassment.’ James Delingpole on Climate: The Counter Consensus
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Chasing Rainbows ISBN 978 1 906 768447
£10.99 The Wind Farm Scam ISBN 978 1 905 2999836 Climate: The Great Delusion ISBN 978 1 906 768416
£9.99
The Wind Farm Scam
Climate: The Great Delusion
John Etherington Foreword by Christopher Booker
Christian Gerondeau Foreword by Nigel Lawson
The spectre of global warming and the political panic surrounding it has led to the adoption of a power source that is environmentally and economically counter-productive. In The Wind Farm Scam Dr Etherington argues that wind turbines cannot generate enough energy to reduce global CO2 levels to a meaningful degree. The intermittent nature of wind power cannot generate a steady output, a reality necessitating back-up from coal and gas-power plants which significantly negates any reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to the inefficacy of wind power there are ecological drawbacks, including damage to habitats and wildlife. There is the far-from-insignificant aesthetic drawback of the assault upon natural beauty which wind turbines entail. Furthermore, wind power is being lavishly financed at the cost of consumers who neither have been consulted nor informed that this subsidy is being paid from their bills to support an industry that cannot be cost efficient nor, ultimately, favour the cause it purports to support.
An internationally renowned engineer exposes the fantasy world of ‘global warming’ economics, and debunks the mythology of carbon-dioxide damage. Gerondeau demonstrates the absurdity of the counter-measures to which the G8 countries are now committed. These complex and formidably expensive measures: • will be nullified by the actions of China and India, where such restrictions are economically and politically unfeasible • will have no discernible effect on the carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere and climate change • make no sense in the light of the impending exhaustion of hydro-carbon sources within the coming century • will come to be viewed as a scarcely credible response to a global delusion amid harmless shifts in climate. Having sold over 10,000 copies in France, under the title CO2 Un Mythe Planétaire, the book has been brought fully up to date for the English edition. The endorsements of Nigel Lawson and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing speak volumes for the authority of this work.
Dr John Etherington is Quondran Reader in Ecology at the University of Wales, Cardiff, Thomas Huxley Medallist at the Royal College of Science, and former co-editor of the International Journal of Ecology.
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Christian Gerondeau – A major figure in French scientific and engineering circles, Christian Gerondeau was an adviser to France’s Prime Minister Jacque Chaban-Delmas and is President of the National Heritage Fund. He is author of 10 works on the environment and related transport issues.
When Will the Lights go Out? ISBN 978 1 906 768409
£9.99
When will the lights go out?
Chasing Rainbows
Derek Birkett Introduced by Peter Walker of Worcester
How the Green Agenda Defeats its Aims Tim Worstall
Derek Birkett lays bare the facts of power engineering. He assesses the viability of the Government’s renewable energy policy and expectations and explains why official targets and pronouncements are essentially illusory. Since the later 1990s the public and political mind has been preoccupied with global warming. In a bid to develop ‘renewable’ energy sources the damaging costs already being inflicted on the electricity consumer, domestic and commercial, have been obscured. Simultaneously, such novel technologies have come to threaten the stability of the nation’s electricity supply. Birkett’s study reveals that the lavish incentives offered to developers of new technologies are only one of the many costs being passed on to the customer in the country’s scramble to meet pledges on reduction of carbon emissions. Furthermore, renewable energy technologies – notably wind power – are creating widespread uncertainty in the electricity supply chain, resulting in an ever greater dependency on supplies of gas. Meanwhile, the gratuitous cutting back of nuclear and coal power generation over the coming decade has the potential to provoke an economic emergency equivalent to the 2008 banking crisis.
What if anything should we or need we be doing to combat perceived environmental ills, not excluding climate change? The answer is far from the populist green agenda of the back-to-nature, grow-your-own brigade. Indeed, it is the opposite. It is speedier globalisation that will • better contain the birthrate • curtail waste • feed the poor • save lives of tedious labour • minimise contamination of the planet’s atmosphere. In Chasing Rainbows Tim Worstall demonstrates that vigorous economic expansion on a global scene and scale is the key to resolving the world’s vaunted woes and forecasts of doom. He shows, by free-thinking economic reasoning, how what we are being told to do in the cause of ‘Saving the Planet’ runs for the most part precisely counter to what it seeks. Chasing Rainbows is the work of an original and profoundly well informed mind (not averse to a touch of well justified ridicule) which in the name of a green and pleasant world reconciles Mankind to his most aspiring instincts of collective, global advancement.
Derek Birkett is the former Grid Control Engineer of Northern Scotland. He has a lifetime of experience in electricity supply throughout Britain and has been involved in the installation and commissioning of several power stations, whether coal-fired, hydro or nuclear, including Dounreay. Lord Walker of Worcester – Lord Walker served on all the government cabinets between 1970 and 1990. The posts he held included Secretary of State for the Environment (1970-72) and Secretary of State for Energy (1983-87). He died in June 2010.
Tim Worstall writes for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, the Register and many other online sites. He is a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute and is an expert on renewable energy. He lives in Portugal.
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“The return of real history” HISTORY OF BRITAIN
A History of Britain
“1930s textbook fills in the gaps left by PC teaching.” Daily Mail
EH Carter and RAF Mears The original version of this widely admired and successful series was released in 1937. Carter and Mears’ A History of Britain tells the story of the British Isles as a straightforward chronological narrative. The fast-paced and muscular prose, paired with maps and illustrations, provides the matrix of British history in a coherent, vivid sequence of cause and effect. It incorporates related events in the world beyond; and the arts, religion and social changes. This series is being edited by the experienced hand of David Evans. It is as well suited to today’s young setting forth to study history seriously as to adults – including parents – in need of a refresher course, indeed everybody who seeks properly to understand our collective story and to look beyond the random selection and often contentious teaching that have long dominated the curricula. The sequence of publication is given on the back cover. The final two books, covering Churchill’s return in 1951 to 1989, the fall of Thatcher and of the Soviet Empire, and from that year to the present, are in preparation and will adhere to the Carter and Mears style and narrative formula.
“Finally, a reminder that these islands do have a proud history.” Peter Hitchens – Mail on Sunday “The campaign to reintroduce real history in schools, exemplified by the republication of the 1930s textbooks of Carter & Mears . . . is to be applauded.” Daily Telegraph Available now: Book III: The Tudors 1485-1603 ISBN 978 1 906 768225
EH Carter was Chief Inspector of Schools in the 1930s and ’40s.
Book V: The Age of Reason and the Industrial Revolution 1714–1837 ISBN 978 1 906 768249
RAF Mears taught history at Warwick School between 1923 and 1933. David Evans, who edits the restored series, is an historian and former head of History at Eton College. 12-15 b/w illustrations per book 140 x 220mm Average extent 168pp, hardback
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Book IV: The Stuarts 1603-1714 ISBN 978 1 906 768232
Book II: The Normans, Magna Carta and the Black Death 1066–1485 ISBN 978 1 906 768362
The Series in full: I. Celts, Romans and Anglo-Saxons, to 1066 II. The Normans, Magna Carta and the Black Death, 1066-1485 III. The Tudors: Henry VII to Elizabeth I, 1485-1603 IV. The Stuarts, Cromwell and the Glorious Revolution, 1603-1714 V. The Age of Reason and the Industrial Revolution, 1714-1837 VI. The Victorians and the Growth of Empire, 1837-1901 VII. Liberal England, World War and Slump, 1901-1939 VIII. The Second World War and its Aftermath, 1939-1951
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Dr Lamees Ibrahim was born in Baghdad and now lives in London. The Iraqi Cookbook is her first collection of recipes.
Darrell Baker studied ancient Egyptian history, archaeology, and language at the University of California, and has extensive experience in field archaeology in America and the Near East.
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The Iraqi Cookbook Lamees Ibrahim The true riches of life in Iraq have been hidden for many years, obscured by political stress and war. Yet amid the turmoil, Iraq’s popular culture – and not least her cuisine – has endured. The time has surely come to bring the delights of Mesopotamia’s culinary culture before the eyes and palates of the world. The Iraqi Cookbook is full of authentic recipes, handed down through the generations, over time varied and enlivened with cross-currents from neighbouring cultures and infused with cultures of different eras. Throughout, Lamees Ibrahim confines her recipes to those ingredients available to a Western reader. The easy-to-follow recipes are illustrated with fine photography, making this first Iraqi cookbook a feast for both the eyes and the table. 240 recipes 150 commissioned colour and b/w photographs 255 x 180mm 316pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299690
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Nefertiti and Cleopatra
The Encyclopædia of the Pharaohs
Queen Monarchs of Ancient Egypt
Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty: c.3300–1069BC
Julia Samson
Darrell D Baker
156 x 233mm, 160pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695001 £13.95
This, the first in a fully comprehensive two-volume edition, is an informed and authoritative guide to the known rulers of ancient Egypt from 3300 to 1069BC. The Encyclopædia of the Pharaohs includes an extensive chronology and some 350 entries, listed alphabetically, on the Pharaohs, in addition to a glossary of commonly-used terms, an index of Grecianized names and variant spellings and a list of apocryphal kings of the Fourteenth Dynasty and the royal titulary. This work is an indispensable addition to the desks of all Egyptologists and students of world civilisations generally. Over 300 entries 150 x 235mm 612pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299379
£45 The Garden in Ancient Egypt Alix Wilkinson
Forthcoming: The Encyclopædia of the Pharaohs Volume II
154 x 231mm, 224pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695490 £18.95
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REVISED THIRD EDITION The Concise Encyclopædia of Islam
Cyril Glassé
abc V.Grounine leads a team of specialist academics and scholars based at the Australian Centre for Oriental Studies.
Arabic English Dictionary V Grounine & E Rounkova
The result of a ten year research project by a team of scholars at the Australian Centre for Oriental Studies – 170,000 entries, exhaustively cross-referenced – larger than any existing one volume Arabic dictionary on the market. Fully up-to-date to include latest vocabulary in both English and Arabic.
“A miracle: 1,200 readable entries” The Economist “Indispensable” Sunday Times “Erudite, accurate, and comprehensive” Daily Telegraph “A feast of fact and insight” Washington Post
This work stands as the only exhaustive up to date dictionary available. The number of people studying Arabic is increasing all the time and this book will be essential to their work.
The first edition of this Encyclopædia won worldwide acclaim. As a western scholar of the Islamic faith, Cyril Glassé straddles both cultures, and has a respect for and an understanding of both the current Islamic world and its complex past. This unique single-volume work covers the contemporary Islamic scene, which includes a substantial entry on the Taliban. This third edition also contains an extensively revised chronology, which spans the history of Islam from its origins through developments in the Muslim world today. 1,300 entries, 2 colour picture sections, 14 maps, 5 diagrams 256 x 175mm, 728pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299683
£39.95
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Cyril Glassé is a graduate of Columbia University and a practising Muslim. His published work includes a translation of Margaret Von Berchen’s study of Islamic Jerusalem, the Guide to Saudi Arabia, and The Pilgrim's Guide to Mecca. He has lectured on comparative religion around the world.
150 x 240mm Hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768324
£75
Also available: Very Simple Chinese Kim Winfield 203 x 104mm, 112pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299478
£6.95
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ORIGINS OF ARABIA
ARABIAN HISTORY
Z E N OB I A BETWEEN REALITY
AND
LEGEND
YASMINE ZAHRAN
Zenobia
The Lakhmids of Hira
Arabia Felix
Looking for Dilmun
Yasmine Zahran Introduced by Professor Sabrq Hafez
Yasmine Zahran
Alessandro de Maigret
Geoffrey Bibby
Introduced by Dr Robert Hoyland
Introduced by Professor Tony Wilkinson
Introduced by Dr Harriet Crawford
Yasmine Zahran first encountered Zenobia, the 3rd-century Syrian Palmyrene queen who led the revolt against the Romans, in 1973 when she was working as a young archaeologist in the Levant. So began a lifetime’s preoccupation with the woman who ruled over the Egypt she conquered and quashed all Roman rule in her wake. Although she was eventually defeated by the Emperor Aurelian in 274, Zenobia’s life is a story of remarkable drama and achievement. In Zenobia: Between Reality and Legend, Yasmine Zahran explores the blurred line between the woman and the myth, and brings her world and time vividly and thrillingly to life through first-person narrative. This is history told with the energy of a novel, and the informed hand of a writer at her peak.
The first Lakhmids are thought to have emigrated from Yemen in the second century. Establishing their empire across what is now Iraq and Syria, and bordering the lands of the Persians and the Ottomans, the Lakhmids became a major force among the great pre-Islamic Arab peoples. Lakhmid culture and learning spread widely, and carried much influence. Hira, the centre of the Lakhmid kingdom, was where the early Arabic alphabet was standardised. In The Lakhmids of Hira, Yasmine Zahran brings her lively yet informed style to bear on a hitherto unjustly neglected dynasty of Arabia’s history. Introduced by Dr Robert Hoyland, with a chronology and a detailed bibliography, The Lakhmids of Hira is a required addition to the shelves of any Arabist or Middle East historian. With the confidence of a true scholar of her period, Dr Zahran permits herself the use of dramatized narrative to bring her history alive.
Arabia Felix is the standard work on the history of the archaeological exploration of southern Arabia. What is now Yemen has archaeological treasures enough to tell the story of a major pre-Islamic civilisation of international significance. Alessandro de Maigret, doyen of the archaeologists of the region, sifts through all the research and archaeological evidence to present a definitive account of the evolution of a civilisation of high significance. Since its publication in Italian in 1996, this work has gained an international reputation as a valuable work of scholarship. Arabia Felix is re-issued here with a new introduction by Professor Tony Wilkinson.
The quest for the real Dilmun, the lost civilisation of Arabia and the Gulf, began when the author Geoffrey Bibby revisited Bahrain half a century ago in order to explore the thousands of undated burial mounds scattered across the island. A brief season’s digging was enough to establish the existence of a major civilisation dating from around 2300BC. Thus began an undertaking to reveal the extent of Dilmun, a land which stretched beyond the confines of Bahrain, as far north as Kuwait and as far south as Saudi Arabia. In this classic tale of discovery, first published in 1969, renowned scholar Geoffrey Bibby tells his story of archaeological detective work with style and humour. Looking for Dilmun is re-issued here for a fresh generation of readers, and introduced by Dr Harriet Crawford, one of today’s leading archaeologists of the region. 152 x 229mm, 286pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 906 768089 £19.95
140 x 220mm 190pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768102
Alessandro de Maigret’s archaeological discoveries in Yemen have contributed greatly to our understanding of that country’s early and pre-Islamic history. He has published widely on Bronze Age ruins and artefacts unearthed throughout the Near East, and is professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Instituto Universitario Orientale in Naples.
220 x 140mm 4 picture sections 224pp, gatefolded paperback ISBN 978 1 906 768386
£14.95 Yasmine Zahran was born in Ramallah and educated at Columbia University and the University of London. She received a doctorate in archaeology at the Sorbonne, Paris. Yasmine Zahran is the author of several books for Stacey International, all focusing on pre-Islamic peoples in Arabia and the Near East. She now lives in Paris.
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£18.95
“the best synthesis available of the history and archaeology of South Arabia.” Carl Phillips, UCL 150 b/w illustrations and maps, 152 x 229mm, 384pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768041
£19.95
Geoffrey Bibby studied Arabic at Cambridge, having decided in his teens to be a Middle Eastern archaeologist (the curriculum did not then include Oriental archaeology), and learned about the practical side of excavation while digging at Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England. His first job in the Middle East was with the Iraq Petroleum Company, which sent him to Bahrain. Bibby died aged 83 in 2001.
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TRAVEL
BIOGRAPHY & FICTION
England’s Greatest Spy: ÉAMON DE VALERA Nero
The Last Banana
John J Turi
Vincent Cronin
Vincent Cronin
Shelby Tucker
“John J Turi, in his book, England’s Greatest Spy, presents startling new evidence to prove that the man who led Ireland throughout most of the 20th century was not a sainted national leader of high purpose and moral principle. Instead, he was an agent for England, subverting Irish aspirations while working diligently to promote English interests in Ireland and America. Rather than lionize de Valera, as a succession of Irish writers have done for more than half a century, Turi puts him in the dock and exposes the ways and means by which every major decision of the Irish President worked to the benefit of England with disastrous results for Ireland. In doing so, Turi sets Irish history on its head. He calls for a re-examination of almost the entire pantheon of 20th century Irish heroes and villains, saints and sinners. His work questions almost every article of faith in the Irish historical canon and answers questions that heretofore have gone unanswered, and challenges beliefs that have gone unchallenged.” Professor Donald McNamara England’s Greatest Spy is fascinating reading not only for Irish scholars but also for history and mystery buffs everywhere.
Nero is history told on a grand and thrilling scale. Rarely has classical history had life breathed into it so convincingly and so utterly absorbingly. In this remarkable new novel, Vincent Cronin, a scholar of the ancient world, and Rome in particular, re-creates the life and times of this mighty emperor of the Roman Empire. Interwoven through the plots and intrigue, triumphs and disasters is the implicit notion (widely held by historians) that Nero himself caused the Empire’s demise through his misjudged ruthlessness and towering ego. The decline of Rome, the persecution of Christians (including St Paul) and the tragedy of Seneca play out grippingly through these pages, as Nero himself falls from his apogee to his nadir.
A geologist, a microbiologist and a town planner take a journey into the strange regions of Chile’s secret heart. They are exposed to astonishing landscapes and species, and encounter a variety of Chile’s indigenous inhabitants. They are, respectively, a Chilean ex-fugitive from the Pinochet regime, a Frenchman, and an Englishman, who represents Cronin and reproduces the author’s Chilean journey in a semi-fictionalised form. The beliefs and inner convictions of each, and their professional backgrounds, bear upon them as they interpret what they encounter in the scarcely habitable Patagonian islands and mainland of the south and the remote northern altiplano of the Aymaric heartland, thousands of feet above sea level, shrouded in millennia-old secrets. The three are friends, yet differ deeply in what they read into their rediscovery of one of the world’s strangest countries. Chile Rediscovered is the work of a doyen of English letters.
Shelby Tucker first went to East Africa in 1967, arriving as Vasco de Gama had 469 years earlier, by sea, to visit his Oxford contemporary Marios Ghikas who then farmed on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. Ghikas’ grandfather had been one of the first of many Greeks to settle in what was then German East Africa, yet Nyerere’s policy of “returning” land to the watu (folk) destroyed this community. Three stayed on. Marios was one. Anticipating nationalisation, he invited Tucker to visit again to help him spend “the last banana” of his “unremittable fortune”. Tucker returned in 1972, travelling overland. These were the first of 16 trips spanning 43 years that he has made to Africa. In The Last Banana Tucker (a descendent of slave owners), contrasts the moral force and fruits of the pioneer missionaries and explorers who brought Christianity to Africa with the triviality of modern travel and the surrealism of the “democracy” expounded in Africa today.
150 x 225mm, 412pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 906 768096
£19.95
John Turi is a dedicated student of Irish history. Originally intending to write a biography of Irish patriot, Michael Collins, Turi’s pursuit of the truth diverted him into a decade of study of one of Ireland’s most respected statesman. As factual evidence accumulated, Turi found himself forced to reach an astonishing but definitive conclusion.
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Chile Rediscovered
135 x 215mm, 266pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 906 768140
£14.95
£14.95
135 x 215mm, 160pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 906 768027
Vincent Cronin is the author of two classics on the Italian Renaissance and acclaimed biographies of Napoleon, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and Catherine “the Great” of Russia.
Vincent Cronin’s book The Last Migration was based on his own journey with the Gashgai of southern Iran. He widened his reputation with his outstanding biographies A Pearl to India: the Life of Roberto de Nobili and The Wise Man from the West: Matteo Ricci and his Mission to China, and works on the history of Europe.
24 colour and b/w photographs, 140 x 220mm, 288pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768218 £17.99
Shelby Tucker read law at the University of Oxford, and is a writer and traveller, and the author of the bestselling Among Insurgents: Walking Through Burma. Tucker is an international authority on modern Burmese history. His acclaimed work Burma, The Curse of Independence, was published in 2001.
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THE SECRET
Gorilla Guides
OF THE SACRED PANEL
HISTORY
NAZI ART THEFT, CONSPIRACY, AND THE CROWN OF THORNS
“. . . a book of curious power that provokes raging thoughts even in the mind of one who knows these subjects inside out (or so she thought).”
LYNN PICKNETT author of The Templar Revelation
KARL HAMMER
Karl Hammer is a Dutch investigative journalist, writer and photographer. After a career as a freelance radio presenter he went into humanitarian work, founding several international charity organizations and working as a youth coach. In addition to The Secret of the Sacred Panel, Karl Hammer is the author of De tranen van de wolf (The Tears of the Wolf), an account of the quest for hidden Nazi Gold.
Business traveller’s handbooks
“Without emulating Dan Brown’s style (after all, this is non-fiction), this book should appeal to a ready-made audience of millions already hooked on this sort of challenge to the historical and religious status quo by The Da Vinci Code. It could easily be just another Grail hunting book, but it isn’t. It is a book of curious power that provokes raging thought even in the mind of one who knows these subjects inside out (or so she thought). It is an important book and as many people as possible should be given the chance to discover this for themselves.”
NEW
Lynn Picknett, co-author of The Templar Revelation and The Stargate Conspiracy
The Secret of the Sacred Panel Nazi Art Theft, Conspiracy and the Crown of Thorns Karl Hammer In 1934, a panel from Van Eyck’s masterpiece, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, was stolen from Ghent Cathedral. It has never been found. In The Secret of the Sacred Panel, Dutch author Karl Hammer reports the amazing story told to him by Tom R., an art historian who as a very young man was enlisted to spy for the CIA and MI5 during the Second World War in order to trace the whereabouts of the vast horde of fine art stolen by the Nazis. His search for the missing altarpiece, the sacred panel, led to the greater and more compelling quest for the Arma Christi, the nails and crown of thorns of Jesus’ crucifixion. The reader is taken into quite unexpected territory, encompassing Himmler’s obsession with the occult; the strange adventures of Otto Rahn, the Nazi ‘Indiana Jones’; Jewish mysticism and the reality of Jesus and his mission; the harsh truth about the Cathar heresy and the Knights Templar; and finally the enduringly appealing Rennes-le-Chateau mystery from an entirely new angle. All of this is supported by Tom R.’s meticulous and wide research into religion, mysticism, and history. A Dutch version of this book was published in 2006 and attracted unusual interest and hosts of references to The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail and perhaps inevitably The Da Vinci Code. 198 x 130mm, 386pp paperback ISBN 978 1906768 45 4 £8.99
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Gorilla Guides Travel handbooks for the business jungle The Gorilla Guides are the only travel handbooks dedicated to the needs of the business traveller. As such, a Gorilla Guide is the essential companion for any business traveller seeking to gain the upper hand, while being alert to local customs and etiquette. Every Gorilla Guide author has solid experience of living and working in the country concerned, and is well versed in the nitty-gritty of day-to-day business in the country’s major cities. From a succinct overview of the country’s history to how to get there, from untangling red tape to tips on how to set up a company, the Gorilla Guides are both concise and comprehensive companions in sometimes unfamiliar places. 15 colour photographs 4-6 commissioned maps 210 x 125mm 212-256pp; gatefolded paperbacks
£14.95 each
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Gorilla Guides
Business traveller’s handbooks TRAVEL GUIDES
TRAVEL GUIDES China ISBN 978 1 903 185070
Japan ISBN 978 0 955 944703
Thailand ISBN 978 0 955 944734
Saudi Arabia ISBN 978 1 905 299263
Qatar ISBN 978 1 905 299270
Malaysia ISBN 978 1 955 944789
China (revised edition) Navjot Singh ISBN 978 1 903 185070
Russia Chris Gilbert ISBN 978 0 955 944727
Japan Ian de Stains ISBN 978 0 955 944703
Saudi Arabia (revised edition) Andrew Mead ISBN 978 1 905 299263
Kazakhstan Michael Fergus and Vitaliy Krotov ISBN 978 0 955 944710
Singapore Ming E Wong ISBN 978 1 903 185094
Malaysia Poh Yin Eng ISBN 978 1 955 944789
Thailand John Leicester ISBN 978 0 955 944734
Qatar (revised edition) David Chaddock ISBN 978 1 905 299270
Singapore ISBN 978 1 903 185094
Russia ISBN 978 0 955 944727
Kazakhstan ISBN 978 0 955 944710
Travel handbooks for the business jungle
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PAVILIONS IN THE AIR
Faut pas pousser mémé dans les bégonias
Chinese proverbs and their English equivalents
空中楼阁 汉英谚语成语
and other French proverbs with English equivalents compiled by
Primrose Arnander
Marie-Hélène Claudel-Gilly
Frances Wood
Christopher Arnander 安难得
吴芳思
ADAGES AROUND THE GLOBE
ADAGES AROUND THE GLOBE
DON’T TOSS GRANNY IN THE BEGONIAS
with illustrations by Kathryn Lamb 梁可仁 图画
with illustrations by Kathryn Lamb
Don’t Toss Granny in the Begonias
Pavilions in the Air
RELATED TITLES
Primrose Arnander and Marie-Helène Claudel-Gilly
Christopher Arnander and Frances Wood
Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb
Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb
Continuing the popular series of proverbs from around the world, each paired with an English equivalent, Don’t Toss Granny in the Begonias sheds amusing and often intriguing light on the perhaps justly notorious rivalry between the French and the English. But more than this, Don’t Toss Granny in the Begonias highlights as many similarities between the cultures. Witness ‘Porter l’eau à la rivière’ and ‘To carry coals to Newcastle’. Or ‘Quand le chat n’est pas là les souris dansent’ – dancing mice as opposed to the English mice, who play in the cat’s absence.
Proverbs, those sage sayings and goblets of wisdom, invariably injected with gentle humour, are common to virtually all peoples and cultures on Earth. The Chinese are no exception. Gathered here are gems galore, which, while revealing much as to the Chinese national psyche, highlight particular traits and characteristics that span the globe. We all know Chairman Mao’s infamous ‘It doesn’t matter what colour the cat, as long as it catches mice’, but most of us would only recognize an approximate English equivalent of ‘A mighty dragon cannot crush a local snake’ or, ‘A Phoenix might come out of a crow’s nest’. The beasts and birds of legend and folklore provide the inimitable Kathryn Lamb’s pen with a feast of hilarious subjects, not least a certain revolution at one ill-fated dinner party . . .
Apricots Tomorrow
Unload Your Own Donkey
and other Arab sayings with English equivalents
and other Arab sayings with English equivalents
Primrose Arnander and Ashkhain Skipwith Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb
Primrose Arnander and Ashkhain Skipwith Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb
105 line drawing cartoons, 213 x 145mm, 96pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 905 743578 £9.95
105 line drawing cartoons, 213 x 145mm, 96pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 900 988360 £9.95
105 line drawing cartoons 213 x 145mm 96pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 906 768287
90 b/w line drawing cartoons 213 x 145mm 96pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299676
£9.95
Primrose Arnander is the author of Apricots Tomorrow, Unload Your own Donkey and The Son of a Duck is a Floater, three best-selling books of Arabic proverbs for Stacey International. Kathryn Lamb has drawn cartoons for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Spectator. She has held several exhibitions and drawn two books of sheep cartoons. Her cartoons are sold in the Cartoon Gallery, London.
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The Son of a Duck is a Floater
You Can’t Get Blood out of a Turnip
and other Arab sayings with English equivalents
and other Italian sayings with English equivalents
Primrose Arnander and Ashkhain Skipwith Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb
Christopher Arnander and Ilia Warner Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb
105 line drawing cartoons, 213 x 145mm, 96pp, hardback, ISBN 978 0 905 743417 £9.95
90 b/w line drawing cartoons, 213 x 145mm, 96pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 905 299065 £9.95
Christopher Arnander is a former banker who worked for many years in the City and the Middle East. He is the author of a book on banking and is also an enthusiastic cartoon collector. Frances Wood is head of the Chinese Department at the British Library and author of A Companion to China and The Blue Guide to China, among others.
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HISTORY
Kitty Carruthers, who has herself shone at football, table tennis, squash, hockey and dressage, is a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians.
Stacey books for children Grace Todino-Gonguet is a travel writer whose three children asked her to now write something for them; Halimah and the Snake was the result. She lives in Oman. Susan Keeble’s watercolours have been exhibited at galleries around the world, including Dubai, where she lived for five years. This is her fourth children’s book.
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British Olympic Heroes Kitty Carruthers Great Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have competed in every Olympic Games – Winter and Summer alike. Since 1896, nearly 500 Britons have won a gold medal. Those 60 whose stories are told here, if not always the most famous, are assuredly the most interesting; athletes whose sporting and personal lives have been inspiring, impressive and sometimes downright incredible. Fully illustrated 160 x 170mm 132pp, gatefolded paperback ISBN 978 1 906 768157
£8
Tina the Turtle Grace Todino-Gonguet Illustrated by Susan Keeble
AUTUMN 2010
What happens when a turtle cannot dive and stay underwater? For a creature that spends most of its time in the ocean, sometimes staying submerged for up to five hours at a time, it becomes a matter of life and death. It cannot feed off the algae and sea grasses that grow on the ocean floor. So the reptile swims round and round on the surface, unable to get the nutrients it needs. Getting weaker and weaker, it finally dies a lingering death. And that’s how workers in Sohar Port found Tina (literally, “Turtle in Need of Assistance”), a mature female green turtle. Tina was suffering from “floating syndrome” – a common cause of death among sea turtles. She could have picked up an infection that made her sick. But most likely she swallowed a plastic bag that looked like a tasty jellyfish – her favourite treat. This is her story. 50 colour illustrations 210 x 250mm 60pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768256
£12.95
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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Halimah and the Snake
Arabian Star
The Pearl Diver
Saluki
and other Omani Folktales
Julia Johnson Illustrated by Henry Climent
Julia Johnson Illustrated by Patricia Al-Fakhri
Hound of the Bedouin
When little Ali is washed out to sea on his home-made raft, who would have thought his life would be saved by a passing oil tanker? Gradually the boy learns about life aboard Arabian Star, the surveillant crow, the welcoming crew, and the kind Captain who takes him under his wing as the ship sails down through the Suez Canal.
Saeed is going to learn how to dive – his father has promised to teach him! It is the start of the pearling season and this is his first trip out on to the waters of the Arabian Gulf. Leaving the rest of his family behind on the shore, Saeed and his father join the crew of a pearling dhow and set out to spend the hot summer months on the high seas. He learns how the pearl divers hunt for the treasures of the seabed, and discovers the secrets and dangers of the sea. This delightful story, supported by careful research from oral and written sources, some dating back more than a hundred years, offers a unique insight into the industry that sustained the Arabian Gulf right up until the discovery of oil. Julia Johnson’s compelling narrative combined with the startling beauty of Patricia Al-Fakhri’s watercolours, make The Pearl Diver an outstanding read for children aged 8 – 12.
Grace Todino-Gonguet Illustrated by Susan Keeble Over the centuries, the travelling tribal peoples of Arabia established a tradition of story-telling. These tales of magic and mystery, passed from generation to generation of Bedouin tribes, spanned the Arabian peninsula, but were rarely, if ever, written down. In Halimah and the Snake, Grace Todino-Gonguet has collected, and re-written for a fresh audience, a handful of gems from Oman’s folkloric heritage – there are many more. As with folktales and legends worldwide, the creatures and characters are at times terrifying and fantastic, the stories always enthralling, and invariably seek to impart some moral guidance to their young readers. In this first collection we discover how three enchanted birds come to the rescue in the remote desert, learn what happens when a tree can talk, and revel in the suspense of an Omani equivalent of The Sleeping Beauty. 50 colour illustrations 210 x 250mm 60pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299638
£12.95
Grace Todino-Gonguet is a travel writer whose three children asked her to now write something for them; Halimah and the Snake was the result. She lives in Oman. Susan Keeble’s watercolours have been exhibited at galleries around the world, including Dubai, where she lived for five years. This is her fourth children’s book.
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210mm x 250mm 52pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299843
£9.95 Henry Climent has been illustrating children’s books for more than 10 years. If he wasn’t an illustrator, Henry would be a cowboy or a 19th-century sailor.
Julia Johnson Illustrated by Susan Keeble Hunting with falcon and hound has belonged to Bedouin life in Arabia for centuries, and the speed, courage and beauty of beast and bird have been immortalised in Bedouin folklore – in poetry and song, in tales both oral and written. Julia Johnson’s collaboration with the watercolourist Susan Keeble is a captivating story of a Bedouin boy, Hamad, and his Saluki hound Sougha (the Gifted One). It recounts their mutual devotion and the adventures they share on Hamad’s journey to adulthood. Julia Johnson has done much to keep alive the stories of the Bedouin and their way of life and to bring them to a younger readership in Arabia and throughout the world. Saluki, Hound of the Bedouin is, as always, thoroughly researched, and accurately and sensitively illustrated by Susan Keeble.
210 x 250mm 52pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988582
210 x 250mm 52pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299003
£12.50
£12.50
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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Musgrove BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Russian-born Ilona Rodgers is an artist and iconographer whose icons have been shown in London, Paris, Moscow, New York and Dublin. She lives in Notting Hill with her husband and two small daughters, Hermione – for whom these stories were written – and Laetitia.
Introducing Musgrove the Nanny of Notting Hill ISBN 978 1 905 299102
£6.95
Chimes for Children Nicolas Hill The best books for children appeal to all ages and Chimes for Children is no exception. Witty, beautifully drawn and highly original it will surely, like Struwwelpeter (first published in 1845), remain in print for many years. Full colour illustrations 210 x 250mm 40pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768133
£9.95
Now retired, Nicolas Hill, a grandfather who lives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, recently surprised himself and his friends by writing and illustrating a collection of 42 new one-verse nursery rhymes.
The First Dog to be Somebody’s Best Friend Written down by Tom Stacey and drawn by Angela Landels This Inquisitive dog-loving Child (of which there are very many on Planet Earth) knows without being told that the Dog is Man’s Best Friend. But how did this come about? This story was lost in the mists of time … for century upon century, until now! At last, in 2007, Tom Stacey has found out and written down the full and Deeply Moving Story, which he has shared in every detail with Angela Landels. She has drawn the pictures of what exactly happened.
Musgrove and the Easter Eggs ISBN 978 1 905 299171
£6.95
40 colour and b/w drawings 210 x 250mm, 60pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299348
£9.95
The Musgrove Boxed Set Includes Musgrove and Father Christmas; Musgrove and the Easter Eggs; Musgrove,There’s Something in my Shoe! and Musgrove in Kensington Gardens
Angela Landels started illustrating children’s books when she was still at school. She went on to become Art Director for major fashion magazines, and won two awards for design and fashion drawing. Her paintings, both of portraits and still life subjects, have been widely exhibited in Britain and abroad in group shows and three solo exhibitions. The ethereal, magical qualities that shine through the illustrations for The First Dog to be Somebody’s Best Friend are evidence of a fresh vein of spontaneous talent.
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150 x 185mm each 32pp each, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299607
£20.00 Musgrove, There’s Something in my Shoe! ISBN 978 1 905 299195
Musgrove in Kensington Gardens ISBN 978 1 905 299492
£6.95
£6.95
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Ilona Rodgers In this, the sixth instalment in the escapades of Notting Hill’s – and everyone’s – favourite rat, Musgrove finds himself battling with a most unexpected object: a giant turnip. And this in the somewhat exposed surroundings of Kensington Gardens, where perhaps the magic of Peter Pan is being cast wide … Inspired by the old English fable ‘The Enormous Turnip’, Musgrove and the Giant Turnip is delighting the Nanny Rat’s many fans around the world.
Musgrove and Father Christmas Ilona Rodgers Colour illustrations throughout 150 x 185mm 32pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299119
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Musgrove and the Giant Turnip
Colour illustrations throughout 150 x 185mm 32pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299966
£6.95
£6.95
Christmas with Musgrove Ilona Rodgers Musgrove the nanny of Notting Hill is back in this new Father Christmas tale from Ilona Rodgers. In their latest adventure, Musgrove and Hermione venture beyond Notting Hill to spend Christmas in the countryside with Musgrove’s aunt Aurelia. While there, Hermione learns all about Musgrove’s eccentric family, especially his cousin Reggie, “The Flying Rat” who arrives in his aeroplane on Christmas Eve . . . along with a Very Special Guest. Colour illustrations throughout 150 x 185mm 35pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 906 768164
£6.95
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The Illustrated Encyclodaedia of Arabia
The Cheetah’s Tale
A Gift of the Sands
Julia Johnson Illustrated by Susan Keeble
Julia Johnson Illustrated by Emily Styles
210 x 250mm, 52pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988872 £12.50
Watercolour illustrations throughout 210 x 250mm, 48pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988919 £12.50
160 colour and b/w photographs 214 x 256mm, 176pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988810 £29.95
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
British Explorers in Saudi Arabia
Travellers in Arabia
Prof Sir Norman Anderson
Eid Al Yahya
300 colour photographs; 4 maps 304 x 257mm, 256pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 955 219306 £35
120 b/w illustrations 275 x 320mm, 156pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 955 219313 £35
Lyrics of the Sands Gloria Kifayeh
ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
The Hejaz Railway James Nicholson
100 colour photographs 220 x 285mm, 108pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988896
£18.50
Mary Beardwood 200 colour illustrations, 210 x 250mm, 120pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299942 £19.95
Silver Old Oman
The Traditional Art of Oman
WD Peyton
Ruth Hawley
53 b/w and duotone photographs 274 x 210mm 128pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 900 988148
250 colour illustrations 240 x 160mm 96pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988278
£14.95
£18.50
Oman’s Geological Heritage
Andrew Thompson
Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers William Facey and Gillian Grant 120 b/w photographs 285 x 220mm, 128pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 905 743745 £25
Elvis the Camel
The Peacock and the Mermaid
Issa and the Coin Sean and Shannon Butler
210 x 250mm, 40pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299300 £9.99
60 colour illustrations 170 x 230mm, 30pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299416 £6.95
£9.50
Kazakhstan
Julia Johnson Illustrated by Emily Styles
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60 colour illustrations, 220 x 270mm, 32pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299430 £7.99
One Humpy Grumpy Camel Julia Johnson Illustrated by Emily Styles 40 colour illustrations, 220 x 170mm 32pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988759 £8.50
Ronald Codrai
Full colour illustrations 280 x 210mm 32pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988391
Coming of Age
Humpy Grumpy Saves the Day!
The Best of Ronald Codrai
Over 100 duotone and b/w photographs, 285 x 220mm, 176pp paperback SBN 978 1 900 988353 £25
Barbara Devine Illustrated by Patricia Al-Fakhri Julia Johnson Illustrated by Carla Hirst
The Emirates of Yesteryear
A is for Arabia An alphabet with a difference Julia Johnson Illustrated by Emily Styles Colour illustrations throughout, 220 x 170mm 32pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988551 £7.99
Michael Fergus and Janar Jandosova 300 colour illustrations, 304 x 257mm 256pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988612 £35
Faces of India Peter Spira
Ken Glennie
200 colour photographs, 215 x 280mm 120pp, hardback, 145 colour photographs,17 maps ISBN 978 1 900 988537 280 x 208mm, 160pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299423 £35 £18.50
Origins of Arabia Colour maps and diagrams 127 x 214mm, 108pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 579 582647
£25
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TRAVEL
REFERENCE Gardening in the Middle East
From the Lands of Figs and Olives
Eric Moore
Habeeb Salloum and James Peters
200 colour photographs 285 x 215mm, 144pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 98865 £25.00
150 colour photographs 255 x 180mm, 254pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 566 564144 £12.50
Jeddah: City of Art Hani MS Farsi 180 colour photographs 215 x 285mm 176pp, hardback ISBN 978 0 905 743660
£30
Traditional Crafts of Saudi Arabia
Tribe
Zanzibar
The Hidden History of the Mountains of the Moon Tom Stacey
Its History and its People
John Topham 100 duotone photographs 270 x 312mm 192pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988728 £25
A TLS Book of the Year “A thrilling adventure” Spectator
Hartley’s Foreign Phrases A Dictionary of Foreign Expressions,Words and Phrases in Current English Usage
58 line drawings, 2 maps 180 x 210mm, 360pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988292
£25
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The Dictionary of Foreign Quotations (2nd edition) Anthony Lejeune
Roger Perry 152 x 228mm 320pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988803 £18.50
Over 3,000 entries in 5 languages 234 x 170mm, 332pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299232
JLA Hartley 234 x 170mm 300pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299201 £19.95
Sultans of Aden Gordon Waterfield
60 b/w illustrations 153 x 228mm 300pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 900 988711
150 x 230mm, 300pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299713 £12.50
£18.50
Odd Man Out in the Alps Sir Ron Norman 152 x 228mm 20pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299881 £16.95
Bright Levant
Ivan Meštrovic
Laurence Grafftey-Smith
The Making of a Master
150 x 230mm, 279pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988421 £22.50
BIOGRAPHY AND POLITICS
The Wilderness of Zin
105 x 165mm, 560pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299447 £18.50
95 b/w photographs and drawings; 4 maps 154 x 234mm 556pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988766 £19.95
Island Days
C Leonard Woolley and TE Lawrence
WH Ingrams
Travellers in the Near East Edited by Charles Foster
Maria Meštrovic Introduced by Christopher Cviic 16 b/w photographs, 229 x 152mm 304pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299621 £16.95
£19.95
Quote Unquote: German
Quote Unquote: Italian
Quote Unquote: Latin
Quote Unquote: Spanish
Quote Unquote: French
Palestine
Breaking the Cycle
A Face in the Crowd
Parkinsovski’s Law
Political Reflections 1944-54
Civil Wars in Lebanon
and other Russian Rules
100 x 150mm, 150pp, paperback
100 x 150mm, 150pp, paperback
100 x 150mm, 150pp, paperback
100 x 150mm, 150pp, paperback
100 x 150mm, 150pp, paperback
Michel Chiha
Edited by Youssef Choueiri
The Secret Papers of Lebanon’s Emir Farid Chehab OBE, 1942-72
ISBN 978 1 905 299560
ISBN 978 1 905 299577
ISBN 978 1 905 299591
ISBN 978 1 905 299584
ISBN 978 1 905 299553
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220 x 140mm, 348pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299546 £25
220 x 140mm, 324pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299539 £14.95
Edited by Youmna Asseily and Ahmad Asfahani 16 b/w photographs, 200 x 186mm 208pp, hardback, ISBN 978 1 905 299485 £27.50
Yuri Luzhkov 45 b/w line drawings, 105 x 165mm 50pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299133 £6.95
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HISTORY
BIOGRAPHY AND POLITICS
Thomas Brassey The Greatest Railway Builder in the World Tom Stacey (Brassey’s great great grandson)
16 colour and b/w illustrations 229 x 152mm 256pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299126
148 x 210mm 36pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299096 £5
£19.95
The Kazakhstan Way
After You Prime Minister
Nursultan Nazarbayev Foreword by Margaret Thatcher
James Douglas-Hamilton
160 x 240mm, 334pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299614
12 b/w photographs 156 x 220mm 280pp, gatefolded paperback ISBN 978 1 906 768065 £14.95
Compiled by Paul Tempest Introduced by Nigel Lawson Cartoons and b/w line drawings throughout 152 x 228mm 256pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299898 £16.95
The Arabists of Shemlan
Envoys to the Arab World
Ghassan Resurrected
Volume I of the MECAS Memoirs 1944-78
Volume II of the MECAS Memoirs 1947-2007
Yasmine Zahran
Edited by Paul Tempest
Edited by Paul Tempest
152 x 228mm, 276pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299140 £18.95
152 x 228mm, 336pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299973 £18.95
16 colour photographs 155 x 230mm 180pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299287 £18.50
£19.99
RUBICON HISTORY
THE SERIES OF ARAB AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
The Origins and Early Development of Shi’a Islam
Frankincense and Myrrh Nigel Groom
SH Jafri 135 x 215mm, 272pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 905 299362 £25
Christianity Among the Arabs in Pre-Islamic Times Spencer Trimingham
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The Silent Steppe The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
The Bank of England Bedside Book
135 x 215mm 366pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988681 £25
35 x 215mm, 302pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988643 £25
What is Islam? W Montgomery Watt 135 x 215mm, 272pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988674 £25
The Arab Conquest of the Western Sahara
Septimus Severus
A Persian Childhood
Greek Legends and Stories
HT Norris
Countdown to Death Yasmine Zahran
Pari Courtauld
MV Seton-Williams
135 x 215mm, 308pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988650 £25
155 x 230mm, 192pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988193 £22.50
156 x 234mm, 142pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 905 299737, £12.95
156 x 234mm, 184pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695223 £12.95
Social Life Under the Abbasids
Arab Civilization to AD1500
MM Ahsan
DM Dunlop
135 x 215mm 272pp, hardback ISBN 978 9 953 101866 £25
135 x 215mm, 336pp, hardback ISBN 978 1 900 988667 £25
Medieval Rome A Portrait of the City and its Life Paul Hetherington 156 x 234mm, 12pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695339 £10.95
‘O Horrable Murder’
Henry VII
Edward II
The Trial, Execution and Burial of Charles I
The First Tudor King
1307-1327
Bryan Bevan
Mary Saaler
234 x 156mm 160pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695650 £11.95
157 x 233mm, 192pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695568 £11.95
Robert B Partridge 155 x 234mm, 192pp, paperback ISBN 978 0 948 695582 £13.95
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RUBICON EGYPTOLOGY
REPRESENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION
Women on the Nile
Amelia Edwards
Transport in Ancient Egypt
Joan Rees
Traveller, Novelist and Egyptologist
Robert Partridge
Joan Rees
155 x 233mm, 160pp, paperback IISBN 978 0 948 695438 £14.95
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155 x 234mm, 128pp, paperback ISBN 9780 948695605 £12.95
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Into the Abyss
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Akim Tarazy
Aidan Dodson
130 x 190mm 230pp, paperback ISBN 978 1 906 768072
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