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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 »
Celebrating International Women’s Day: 10 Non-Fiction Books by Women
Posted on 2014/03/08 in General, tagged as cordelia fine, gretchen reynolds, introducing, kitty ferguson, maryanne wolf, nessa carey, thalma lobel, tona rosenberg, victoria williamson
As it’s International Women’s Day, we wanted to celebrate by featuring some of our female authors. Women are often underrepresented as non-fiction authors and opinion-influences, but some of our most successful, exciting and innovative books are written by women, so here’s ten of our non-fiction books by women! The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance by Nessa Carey – ‘a bo… Read more »
New Books Published in March: You Are the Music, Cracked, Introducing Walter Benjamin & 30-Second Brain
Posted on 2014/03/06 in New Books, tagged as 30-Second, James Davies, anil seth, introducing, victoria williamson
It’s publication day for Icon Books and this month we have four smart-thinking books to share with you! Do babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child’s IQ? Is music good for productivity? You Are the Music is a brilliant new work from music psychologist Victoria Williamson that will delight music lovers of every persuasion. Enter to win one of 15 signed copies over at Caboodle, listen to Victoria speak on BBC Rad… Read more »
Win copies of You Are the Music by Victoria Williamson, out next month
Posted on 2014/02/19 in Competitions, New Books, tagged as victoria williamson
Victoria Williamson’s You Are the Music is published on 6th March and to celebrate, there are copies available to win via Caboodle (National Book Tokens) and Goodreads. Do babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child’s IQ? Is music good for productivity? Can it aid recovery from illness and injury? And what is going on in your brain when Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’, Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht or Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Bonkers’… Read more »
New Books Published in February: Dice World, July 1914 & The Nature Magpie, now available in paperback
Posted on 2014/02/07 in New Books, tagged as brian clegg, daniel allen, sean mcmeekin
We published three brilliant paperbacks this week! Take a look below to read more about them. Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe, Brian Clegg As troubling as we pattern-seeking humans may find it, modern science has repeatedly shown us that randomness is the underlying heartbeat of nature. In Dice World, acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg takes readers on an incredible trip around our random universe, uncovering the truths and li… Read more »
Under Fire, Allum’s Almanac 2015 and Rock ‘N’ Roll Soccer to be published this year!
Posted on 2014/02/06 in News, tagged as fred burton, ian plenderleith, marc allum, samuel katz
We are excited to announce that Icon Books has acquired three new books, to be published later this year! Rock ‘n’ Rock Soccer: The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League, to be published in September and written by acclaimed football writer and journalist Ian Plenderleith, reveals in all its glory the colour and chaos of the world’s first truly international league. Superstars, hype, cheerleaders, razzmatazz. The North Ame… Read more »
