Transworld signs novel spanning China's history

Transworld has acquired world rights to Susan Barker’s The Incarnations, being described by... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs former Olympian Greg Whyte

Transworld has acquired a “ground-breaking” book by formal Olympian, Professor Greg Whyte, who has helped David Walliams, Davina McCall, Eddie Izzard and John Bishop on charity challenges. Editorial director Giles Elliott acquired world rights to Achieve the Impossible from James Harper at The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs Jasmon debut

Transworld is to publish a “spellbinding and charged” debut novel by Sarah Jasmon. Assistant editor Bella Bosworth bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Summer of Secrets and one other novel from Carrie Plitt of Conville & Walsh. The Summer of Secrets tells the story of Helen, a shy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile signs history from Margaret MacMillan

Profile Books has signed a book which explores the role of personality throughout the ages by Samuel Johnson Prize-winning historian Margaret MacMillan. The as-yet-untitled book, which will be published in autumn 2015, was signed by Profile m.d. Andrew Franklin in a deal for UK and Commonwealth... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century signs Easter Rising history

Century is to publish a book by former IRA member turned informant Sean O’Callaghan,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs history of Leigh Fermor kidnap

Bloomsbury has signed world rights to an account of the kidnapping of a Nazi general involving... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CUP signs History Manifesto

Cambridge University Press (CUP) has signed a book looking at the role role of history in modern... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs evacuee tale

Transworld has signed a book from David Merron, who was evacuated from the East End of London to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs Wagner's history of Brooklyn Bridge

Bloomsbury has signed a non-fiction book on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge from former Times... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guinness World Records Signs Deal with China’s Largest ELT Publisher

In a ceremony at the 2013 Beijing International Book Fair, Guinness World Records (GWR) and China’s Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing (FLTRP) signed an agreement for the publication of the 2014 Chinese-language edition of the Guinness World Records annual book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs Stephen Hawking memoir

Transworld is to publish a memoir from physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. The book, My Brief... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Order’s Sumner signs memoir to Transworld

Transworld has signed an autobiography from New Order lead singer Bernard Sumner, with plans to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aurum signs history of British beer

Aurum Press has bought a narrative history of how the British beer industry came to flourish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N signs alternative history of 20th century

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired at auction a new non-fiction book offering an alternative... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs cycling's Yates

Transworld has acquired the autobiography of cyclist Sean Yates, who is one of only five Britons... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs three from debut author Lamb

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 22/03/2011 - 08:30 Transworld has acquired three novels by debut author Victoria Lamb, all set in the time of Elizabeth I's reign. Publishing director Selina Walker bought world rights in the trilogy from agent Luigi Bonomi, and will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Benjamin Zephaniah | 'To tell the real, honest truth about the history of Britain would mean changing the history books'

The latest book by Benjamin Zephaniah follows a Trinidadian woman who boarded the Windrush to pursue her singing dream. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Profile lands Kars' Cundhill History Prize-winning history of Guyanese revolt

Profile has acquired the Cundill History Prize-winning Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast, a "gripping and immersive" work of history uncovering a little-known slave revolt, by Marjoleine Kars. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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History Press lands book on how CIA shaped history from Charlwood

The History Press has snapped up a new book on how the CIA has shaped history, by David Charlwood.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Histories of Violence: Unlearning History

THIS IS THE 37th in a series of dialogues with artists, writers, and critical thinkers on the question of violence. This conversation is with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, a theorist of photography and visual culture. She is a professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of Comparative... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

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Living History: 5 Comics About History and Culture

Next time you or the kids are looking for an informative nonfiction or historical fiction read, pick up one of these comics about history and culture. Continue reading at Book Riot

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