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Icon Books – Advent Calendar
Posted on 2015/12/01 in New Books, News, tagged as Catherine Hewitt, How to Sound Cultured, Hubert van den Bergh, John Farndon, Messi, Messi vs Ronaldo, Mistress of Paris, Ronaldo, Thomas W. Hodgkinson, You Think You're Clever, beyond the call, brian clegg, luca caioli, marc allum, moons
Behind door #1, a copy of every book we’ve published in the last two months! Win this stack of eight books on our Twitter page! So Christmas is here. And what better way to celebrate than with a bookish advent calendar? So every day we’ll be giving away a book or book-related gift. Behind every door is something different, so keep an eye out on our website and our Twitter for new and exciting prizes each day until Christmas. Behind the first door… Read more »
How to Sound Cultured – Radio 4
Posted on 2015/11/05 in New Books, News, tagged as Christmas Gift, Cultured, How to Sound Cultured, Hubert van den Bergh, New Titles, Radio 4, Sunday Herald, Sunday Times, Thomas W. Hodgkinson
Master the 250 names that intellectuals love to drop into conversation How to Sound Cultured by Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Hubert van den Burgh is published today and we’re very excited. Aside from the already receiving fantastic coverage, including this Sunday Times article Where are the British intellectuals?’ as well as this piece in the Sunday Herald, Thomas appeared on the Today show on Radio 4. Which philosopher had the maddest hairstyle? Whi… Read more »
ICON BOOKS AQUIRES EXPERT GUIDE TO NEGOTIATING
Posted on 2015/10/23 in New Books, News, tagged as New Titles, UN, acquisition, advantage spring, kiera jamison, march 2016, natalie reynolds, negotiation
Kiera Jamison, commissioning editor at Icon Books, has bought World rights in all languages to WE HAVE A DEAL: HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH INTELLIGENCE, FLEXIBILITY AND POWER by negotiation expert Natalie Reynolds. Jamison bought the book directly from the author. Natalie Reynolds specialises in negotiation, commercial dispute resolution and governance. She is the founder of negotiation consultancy advantageSPRING and counts the BBC, JP Morgan, DLA Pip… Read more »
Man Up – a ground-breaking new book on masculinity from a 23-year old journalist
Posted on 2015/10/01 in New Books, News, tagged as Blake Friedmann, Irvine Welsh, Jack Urwin, Juliet Pickering, June, Man Up, New Titles, Tom Webber, VICE
Jack Urwin – author of Man Up Tom Webber, commissioning editor at Icon Books, has bought UK & Commonwealth rights from Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedmann to MAN UP: Surviving Modern Masculinity by Jack Urwin. Audible have bought unabridged audio rights from Juliet Pickering, to publish simultaneously in June 2016. Urwin’s article in Vice last year – A Stiff Upper Lip is Killing British Men – went viral on publication and was praised by Irvin… Read more »
Love Among the Ruins
Posted on 2015/06/24 in New Books, News, tagged as Guardian, Harry's Last Stand, harry leslie smith, history, memoir, new books
Love Among the Ruins – A memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945 We’re incredibly excited to announce the publication of Love Among the Ruins by Harry Leslie Smith, author of Harry’s Last Stand. Harry Leslie Smith‘s Guardian articles have been shared almost a quarter of a million times on Facebook and have attracted huge comment and debate. His book Harry’s Last Stand attracted huge praise, with Annie Lennox saying that Harry ‘is absolutely one… Read more »
New Books published in June!
Posted on 2015/06/15 in Competitions, New Books, News, tagged as June, New Titles
We have three brand new books to share with you, all published this month. First up, we’re thrilled to be publishing The Invisible Woman by Helen Walmsley-Johnson. From the irrepressible voice behind the much-loved Guardian column ‘The Vintage Years’ comes a clarion call for any woman who neither wants to be told constantly to look younger, nor is ready to join the ‘cardigan and slippers brigade’. Then we have two new paperbacks. Up first is the… Read more »
Win signed copies of The Invisible Woman!
Posted on 2015/06/11 in New Books, tagged as Invisible Woman, book giveaway, competition, helen walmsley-johnson, instagram, new books, twitter
We have two signed copies of The Invisible Woman: Taking on the Vintage Years to give away! To celebrate the publication of The Invisible Woman: Taking on the Vintage Years, by Helen Walmsley-Johnson, we’re giving away two signed copies. First of all, you can regram this picture below on your Instagram with the #invisiblewoman (make sure you follow @iconbooks!) We’re giving away a signed copy of The Invisible Woman: how to navigate the vintage ye… Read more »
New Books published in May!
Posted on 2015/05/08 in New Books, News, tagged as May, New Titles
We have a bundle of great books to share with you, all published this month! First up, we’re thrilled to be publishing Einstein’s Masterwork. John Gribbin puts Einstein’s astonishing breakthrough in the context of his life and work, and makes it clear why his greatest year was indeed 1915. Later in the month, published on the 14th May, former England captain and Ashes winner David Gower takes a leap of faith and names his 50 Greatest Cricketers o… Read more »
The New Wild
Posted on 2015/04/04 in New Books, tagged as Ecology, Fred Pearce, New Titles, The New Wild, acetate jacket, beautiful books, production
Why invasive species will be natures salvation… We’ve published this absolutely stunning book in time for Spring. The New Wild by Fred Pearce is a provocative exploration of the ‘new ecology’ and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong. Veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce used to think of invasive species as evil interlopers spoiling pristine ‘natural’ ecosystems. Most conservationists would agree. But what if tr… Read more »
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Non-Fiction Books by Women
Posted on 2015/03/08 in General, tagged as Camden School for Girls, Helen Russell, Victoria Young, cordelia fine, gretchen reynolds, introducing, maryanne wolf, nessa carey, tanith carey, victoria williamson
As it’s International Women’s Day, we wanted to celebrate by featuring some of our female authors. So, here are some of our most successful, exciting and innovative books written by women! Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine is a vehement attack on the pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes, which the Independent on Sunday described as ‘[a] truly startling book…The hard data is… Read more »
