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James Hannam reviews Manjit Kumar

Posted on 2011/07/22 in General, tagged as

Isn’t it nice when two of your friends become friends themselves? Well, here’s a Icon Books version of that happy tale as James Hannam, author of the Royal Society Prize-shortlisted God’s Philosophers reviews Manjit Kumar’s BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted Quantum on his blog. They’d get on famously in real life, it seems. Quantum ‘is a difficult project triumphantly accomplished.’ James writes on his blog. ‘In popular history of science, the… Read more »

Icon success at Blackwells, Oxford

Posted on 2011/07/15 in General, tagged as

We’re very pleased to read this post from Blackwell’s flagship store on Broad Street in Oxford, where they report their bestselling books for the year so far. Icon titles occupy positions 1 and 3 on their list of non-fiction bestsellers. John Farndon’s Do You Think You’re Clever? leads the charge (‘Questions and answers from Oxbridge entrance exams that has been a real hit with students and tourists alike. It outsold all fiction titles as well la… Read more »

Tina Rosenberg’s Join the Club arrives at Icon HQ

Posted on 2011/07/11 in General, tagged as

Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World by Tina Rosenberg is published by Icon at the start of next month, and copies have just arrived in our office today. In the book, which Icon bought from American publisher Norton, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg explains how creative social entrepreneurs are helping people to accomplish goals from losing weight to fighting terrorism, exploiting the power of positive peer pressu… Read more »

Brian Switek on Today

Posted on 2011/07/07 in General, tagged as

Brian Switek, left, was on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning discussing his new book, Written in Stone. ‘Modern techniques such as DNA profiling have been groundbreaking for our understanding of the evolution of life on earth,’ so the Today website introduces the interview. ‘Science correspondent Tom Feilden met leading paleontologist, Brian Switek, to look at some of the most “dramatic strides” in DNA research.’ Listen again to the piec… Read more »

Icon’s ebooks for 99p

Posted on 2011/07/06 in General, tagged as

You can find fifteen of Icon’s ebooks for Kindle in the Summer Reads sale on Amazon.co.uk for as little as £0.99 each. Fifty Facts That Should Change the World is the bestseller in the Politics and Current Affairs list as of this minute (beating Tony Blair’s book!), while Manjit Kumar’s Quantum tops the chart in the Scientific History and Philosophy section, keeping God’s Philosophers, Pythagoras and Science & Islam company in… Read more »

Introducing…The Practical Guides

Posted on 2011/07/05 in General, tagged as

The Introducing Graphic Guide books are Icon’s flagship series which the company was set up to publish almost 20 years ago. Next month, we launch the Graphic Guides’ sister series: Introducing Practical Guides – and they’ve just arrived from the printer. The Practical Guides, as the name suggests, take big ideas and get them working for you. The first five titles, published on 4th August, bring insights from a variety of psychological experts to… Read more »

Get three 30-Second… books for only £24 at the Guardian Bookshop

Posted on 2011/07/01 in General, tagged as

The Guardian Bookshop are currently offering a set of our 30-Second books at the bargain price of £24 – it’s the Bookshop’s second-highest selling item currently. The RRP for all three together is £38.97 so you’re saving almost £15. The set includes 30-Second Theories, 30-Second Philosophies and the brand-new 30-Second Psychology. Click here for more info and to place your order.

Johnny Ball – Icon’s newest author!

Posted on 2011/06/24 in General, tagged as

We’re extremely excited to announce today the acquisition of a new book by TV maths legend Johnny Ball. Entitled Ball of Confusion, the book springs from Johnny’s slot of the same name on his daughter Zoe’s Saturday morning BBC Radio 2 show, and will be published in early October. It’s a maths puzzle book which sets (and then of course answers!) brain-twisting problems and posers, interspersed with Johnny’s trademark wit and dazzling knowledge of… Read more »

‘I also like the fact that author Brian Clegg is a regular bearded British bloke living in Wiltshire. Top Dad points!’

Posted on 2011/06/16 in General, tagged as

Books blogger Mark Thornton includes Inflight Science as one of his recommendations for your ideal Father’s Day gift this year. ‘This marvellous little book tells you all about the sights, sounds and experiences (not to mention rock-hard engineering) going on from your vantage point in your aircraft seat’ he says. ‘Packed with facts, figures and head-scratching information it sets out to restore some of that childlike excitement that you used to… Read more »

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