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New Books Published in May: Lucky Planet, The Kitchen Magpie, Hess, Hitler & Churchill, Best Served Cold and New Practical Guides!
Posted on 2014/05/01 in New Books, tagged as alan woodhouse, david waltham, james steen, judy byrne, malcolm walker, peter padfield
Check out our new books published this month! Kicking off first we have David Waltham’s Lucky Planet. Science tells us that life elsewhere in the Universe is increasingly likely to be discovered. But in fact the Earth may be a very unusual planet – perhaps the only one like it in the entire visible Universe. David Waltham asks why, and comes up with some surprising and unconventional answers – watch him talk about the book. The Kitchen Magpie is… Read more »
Kate Monro’s Losing It on Mail Online
Posted on 2014/04/28 in News, tagged as kate monro
Kate Monro’s Losing It: How We Popped Our Cherry Over the Last 80 Years was published in the US last month! Losing It brings together an astonishing collection of stories. From the experiences of Edna, who lost her virginity on her wedding night in 1940 to Charlie, the young disabled punk rocker whose story most would envy and the young people from all over the world who have poured our their hearts via Kate’s blog, The Virginity Project, Kate re… Read more »
Earth Day with David Waltham’s Lucky Planet
Posted on 2014/04/22 in New Books, tagged as david waltham
Today is Earth Day, a worldwide campaign for environmental protection. We thought we’d celebrate by sharing this video by David Waltham, about his upcoming book Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional – and What that Means for Life in the Universe, published next month. In this pop-science masterpiece Waltham argues that life on Earth is, amazingly, a cosmic fluke. So shouldn’t we do all we can to protect it? Science tells us that life elsewhere i… Read more »
See Rupert Sheldrake at How the Light Gets In
Posted on 2014/04/17 in Events, tagged as rupert sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake, author of The Presence of the Past and New Science of Life, will be speaking at HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, this May. Bringing together world-leading scientists, musicians, philosophers and politicians including Roger Penrose, Bernard-Henri Levy, Laurie Penny, Lawrence Krauss, Saskia Sassen, David Nutt, Lyse Doucet, Molotov Jukebox, Owen Jones, and Mr. Scruff for debates, talks, and wild… Read more »
A London Country Diary by Tim Bradford – The Launch Party!
Posted on 2014/04/14 in Events, New Books, tagged as tim bradford
We have a brilliant guest post today from Victoria Pavlova (@vickyvvp), who did some work experience with us recently, and during her time here, helped out at the launch party for Tim Bradford’s A London Country Diary earlier this month. Reading Tim Bradford’s A London Country Diary is a very unfamiliar – though thoroughly enjoyable – experience for a non-Londoner. A chorus of confused seagulls is a universal experience, but things like the Black… Read more »
The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted, by Mark Forsyth, exclusively for Independent Booksellers Week
Posted on 2014/04/11 in New Books, tagged as mark forsyth
We are excited to reveal that Mark Forsyth, author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller and its successful follow-ups The Etymologicon, The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence, is the author of this year’s specially commissioned essay for IBW Bookseller Collectibles: The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted. IBW Booksellers Collectibles is a range of books provided exclusively for indies to sell dur… Read more »
New Books Published in April: A London Country Diary, Sensation, Neymar, and Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo
Posted on 2014/04/04 in New Books, tagged as luca caioli, thalma lobel, tim bradford
We published four very different yesterday and we’re excited to share them with you! Warm temperatures make us temporarily friendlier. The colour red causes us to perform poorly on tests. Heavy clipboards make the CVs clipped to them seem more impressive. Clean smells promote moral behaviour. In Sensation, leading psychologist Thalma Lobel takes us on a trip around the senses, revealing the amazing extent to which our external environment profoun… Read more »
Harry’s Last Stand – trailer
Posted on 2014/03/31 in News, tagged as harry leslie smith
In June this year Icon will publish one of our most important political books ever – Harry’s Last Stand by 91-year old Harry Leslie Smith. If you care about the state of the world today – whether you’re anywhere near Harry’s age or even much, much younger – you’ll want to read this beautifully written, lyrical and powerful work. Here’s Harry to introduce it: In November 2013 91-year old Yorkshireman RAF veteran and ex-carpet salesman Harry Leslie… Read more »
Browse our July – December 2014 catalogue!
Posted on 2014/03/25 in New Books, tagged as
We’re still only at the beginning of 2014, but it’s the time of year where we start to let everyone know about new and exciting books that we’re publishing from July (with one exception!) until the end of the year. We are looking forward to publishing Harry’s Last Stand in June – 91-year-old Harry Leslie Smith’s unique perspective to bear on NHS cutbacks, political corruption, food poverty, the lack of dignity in old age, and much more. His Guard… Read more »
#ShakespeareWeek with Shakespeare on Toast & Introducing Shakespeare: A Graphic Guide
Posted on 2014/03/17 in General, tagged as ben crystal, introducing
17th – 23rd March is the first Shakespeare Week and we thought we’d celebrate by featuring Shakespeare on Toast and Introducing Shakespeare: A Graphic Guide. Shakespeare Week is a ‘new national, annual celebration, to inspire primary school children and their families through creative and cultural learning experiences’ and although our books aren’t strictly aimed at children, both books provide the perfect introduction to the Bard. Who’s afraid o… Read more »
