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Win copies of September titles – from obscure English words to fascinating facts plucked from science and the woeful realties of being young in Britain today!
Posted on 2013/08/08 in General, tagged as
We are giving you the chance to win copies of some fantastic upcoming titles that are being published in September! You can win a copy of the fully revised and updated polemic Jilted Generation, The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton – hilarious stories from the Victorian press – as well as the paperback edition of Mark Forsyth’s The Horologicon. We also have a brand new Graphic Guide for you – Particle Physics. Also available to win are two brilliant… Read more »
The Antiques Magpie and The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton are now available on NetGalley!
Posted on 2013/07/30 in General, tagged as
If you are a bookseller, educator, media professional, reviewer or librarian, you can request two exciting upcoming titles on NetGalley: The Antiques Magpie by Marc Allum & The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton by Jeremy Clay. From the mythical artefacts of the ancient world to prized 80s pop memorabilia – and the dedicated collectors who revere these objects – The Antiques Magpie brings together a treasure trove of stories, anecdotes and facts f… Read more »
Come and hear Tom Whyntie talk about particle physics at the British Science Festival in Newcastle!
Posted on 2013/07/26 in General, tagged as
Tom Whyntie, author of Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide, will be answering the question ‘what exactly are we made of?’ at the British Science Festival in Newcastle! Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide, a unique tour through the most astonishing and challenging science being undertaken today, will be published in September, featuring brilliant illustrations by Oliver Pugh. Tom Whyntie will be at the festival on Saturday 7th September, 1:30-2:30pm.… Read more »
Existentialism: A Graphic Guide and Fascism: A Graphic Guide published next month!
Posted on 2013/07/10 in General, tagged as
We have added two Graphic Guides to the series in compact format, published next month! Richard Appignanesi goes on a personal quest of Existentialism in its original state in Introducing Existentialism and Introducing Fascism investigates the four types of Fascism that emerged after the First World War in Italy, Germany, Spain and Japan. Head over to introducingbooks.com to read about the series.
Independent Booksellers’ Week begins today, plus Icon Books’ favourite indies!
Posted on 2013/06/29 in General, tagged as
Independent Booksellers’ Week, a national celebration of independent bookshops, begins today and runs until 6th July 2013! As a fellow indie, we love working with independent bookshops and so you will be able to purchase Mark Forsyth’s The Horologicon in paperback throughout the week, from your local bookshop, before its official publication in September. Icon HQ were also asked to talk about their favourite independent bookshops: Stacey (Sales… Read more »
Follow a live retelling of the cataclysmic month that turned a European conflict into the First World War
Posted on 2013/06/26 in General, tagged as
On 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. A little over a month later the world was engulfed in the bloodiest conflict mankind had ever seen. How did such tragedy unfold so quickly? Follow – ‘live’ – the assassination on 28 June to Britain’s final plunge on 4 August, turning European conflict into war. Yesterday, we launched the dramatic live retelling of the month preceding the First World War @countdowntowar, compan… Read more »
Michael Scott’s Who Were the Greeks? begins tomorrow at 9pm!
Posted on 2013/06/26 in General, tagged as
Dr Michael Scott, author of From Democrats to Kings: The Downfall of Athens to the Epic Rise of Alexander the Great, has begun a new project, this time asking Who Were the Greeks?. Who Were the Greeks? begins 27th June at 9pm on BBC Two and continues on 4th July. In this series, Michael Scott asks ‘who were these people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport?’. Watch the trailer on BBC Two here and read mo… Read more »
Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender longlisted for Warwick Prize for Writing 2013!
Posted on 2013/06/24 in General, tagged as
Delusions of Gender, the vehement attack on the pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes, by Cordelia Fine, has been longlisted for this year’s Warwick Prize for Writing! The Warwick Prize takes place every two years and is awarded to ‘excellent and substantial work’. Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences is ‘impeccably researched and bitingly funny’ (Evening Standard) and ‘a timely warning’ (Guardi… Read more »
Win a copy of Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide and Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide!
Posted on 2013/06/20 in General, tagged as
Do you want to be in with a chance of winning one of four copies of Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide and Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide? Enter on Goodreads! Until 14th July, we are giving away copies of two fantastic Graphic Guides, published this year. Introducing Wagner is a fascinating graphic novel-style introduction to the classical composer everyone has heard of, but few truly understand. Introducing Continental Phil… Read more »
James Davies’ Top 10 Books on Psychiatry
Posted on 2013/06/19 in General, tagged as
James Davies, author of Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good, revealed his Top 10 psychiatry critiques in the Guardian today. ‘My choice of 10 books here reflects the writings of diverse commentators – patients, academics, novelists, psychologists and critical psychiatrists – who have at different times challenged our understanding of mental illnesses and how best to treat them.’ Click here to head over to the Guardian. Cracked is… Read more »
