INDEPENDENT VOICES. Communion Beyond Words. New titles. New titles. Whitley Strieber Carl Safina

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1 New tites New tites INDEPENDENT VOICES Aong with Darwin s Origin and Richard Dawkins s Sefish Gene, Beyond Words... has the potentia to change our reationship with the natura word. The New York Review of Books The UFO cassic and basis for the cut movie starring Christopher Waken Communion Beyond Words A True Story What animas think and fee Whitey Strieber Car Safina W hat are the aiens communicating, are they here to guide mankind, has the greatest mystery of our time been soved? One of the most thought-provoking books of the twentieth century, Communion is now avaiabe to UK readers for the first time in decades. On December 26th 1985 Whitey Strieber was woken in his isoated cabin in upstate New York. He saw a creature in his bedroom. His next memory is sitting in the woods around the cabin. To understand what had happened he underwent regressive hypnosis, which reveaed that he had been abducted by a UFO and subjected to medica testing by aiens. Whitey Strieber s record of his experiences with visitors from esewhere wi fascinate and terrify, whether the reader beieves or not this story wi ater how they experience the word. Whitey Strieber was a successfu horror writer before pubishing Communion in 1987, when it became a major internationa bestseer. Strieber is the host of the onine radio show Dreamand, which covers paranorma phenomena (as does his website unknowncountry.com). W eaving together decades of fied observations and exciting new discoveries about the brain, Car Safina s andmark book offers an intimate view of anima behaviour. Looking at anima famiies from those of eephants and woves to kier whaes, it chaenges the fixed boundary between humans and non-human animas. Beyond Words provides powerfu and iuminating insight into the unique personaities of animas through stories of anima joy, jeaousy, anger, and ove, asking us to re-evauate how we interact with animas. A wise, passionate and reveatory book, it examines humanity s pace in nature and our kinships with the natura word, recognising the simiarities between human and non-human consciousness, sef-awareness and empathy. Car Safina is the founder of the Safina Centre, which works to fuse scientific understanding of nature with a mora ca to hea the natura word. He has a PhD in ecoogy from Rutgers University and hods the chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University. Car Safina aso presented the 10-part TV series Saving the Ocean with Car Safina. Back and white maps 216 x 135mm 480pp ebook approx hb NUSA/NC 2 Car Safina s TED tak based on Beyond Words was viewed over a miion times in its first month. This extraordinary work of research into mankind s reationship Dr. Safina is a terrific writer, majestic and puckish in equa measure, with a contagious enthusiasm... Captivating. The New York Times with the anima word is an accessibe, inteigent book for a mass readership. 216 x 135mm 336pp ebook approx pb NUSA/NC Whitey Stieber has an existing onine foowing of hundreds of thousands through his radio show and website. Promoted with our other cassic text of the paranorma, Erich von Daniken s Chariots of the Gods ( ). I am convinced that he s teing the truth. W.S. Burroughs, author of The Naked Lunch Pubished in the Independent Voices series to introduce Whitey Strieber to a new generation of readers. 3

2 New tites New tites For anyone ooking for a gift for a wine buff or indeed anyone ese Something in the Cear coud hardy be bettered. Sunday Teegraph GIFT BOOKS FOR ALL SEASONS The foremost graphic artist of the modern age Independent on Sunday Something in the Cear Ronad Seare s Wonderfu Word of Wine H ave you ever witnessed the Ancient, Nobe (and Secret) Ceremony of Sashing the Trockenbeerenausese? Have you attended the Vinoympics?. In this internationa bestseer Ronad Seare enabes vintners and wine imbibers throughout the word to experience these mysteries of wine and its production. In his own inimitabe stye he unveis the secrets of the word s wine ceremonies. If you have ever wondered how many ways there are to open a botte of wine, you wi find them a here. Ronad Seare was the most accaimed satirica graphic artist of the twentieth century. He deighted miions with his creation of St. Trinians and pubished numerous books of caricatures of humans and animas, as we as being a eading contributor to Le Monde and Life magazine. He pubished severa books with Souvenir Press, incuding Something in the Cear, Sighty Foxed, Iustrated Winespeak and To the Kwai and Back. Sixty-two fu coour iustrations 300 x 220mm 80pp approx hb Pubished in new editions, in hardback, in time for Christmas. The perfect gift books for a cat or wine overs and the humour market. To be promoted with Seare s To the Kwai and Back ( ) and Iustrated Winespeak ( ). 4 One of the best books on cats ever Lynne Truss Open Book (Radio 4) Seare s Cats A those favourite fu coour iustrations that some may think are distant reatives of a feine St. Trinians are here. Now internationay famous, the cat of a thousand disguises conceas itsef as a rug, the circus cat secrety rehearses Hamet, the embarrassed cat discovers that a cats are not the same in the dark. These are just some of the iustrations iuminated with wit and wisdom by one of the great draughtsmen of our time. Four-coour iustrations throughout 180 x 134mm 48pp approx hb 5

3 New tites New tites IN A NEW HARDBACK EDITION GIFT BOOKS FOR ALL SEASONS How to enjoy another recenty forbidden peasure One of my favourite books of a time. Jiy Cooper, Sunday Teegraph Cuban Cigar Handbook A Dog Day C uban cigars are as much an art form as a peasure and this specia coector s edition of the definitive guide to over 200 varieties of cigar has been designed to appea to connoisseurs. The Cuban Cigar Handbook is an in-depth ook at the compete history of Cuban cigars, with fascinating detours into stories of ceebrated cigar aficionados from Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway to Rudyard Kiping and Winston Churchi. It gives advice on the best Cuban rum to pair with a cigar, pus dynamic profies of growers, hand-roers and producers. Every eement of cigar production is described in detai, from the types of tobacco used and how to choose your first humidor to the hisotry of Cuba s cigar industry. There is an unrivaed guide to the brands of cigar avaiabe, such as the Cohiba, Fide Castro s favourite, and the Montecristo. Tasting notes are aso provided to hep the reader fuy experience the peasures of a good cigar. Contributors incude Matteo Speranza, editor of the Cuban Cigars bog; Caro Devito, author of over 15 books and Denis Tououse, founder of the Cigar Inspector bog. Iustrated by Ceci Adin Text by Water Emmanue T his story of a day in the ife of a ovabe scamp, tod by the dog himsef, has captivated generations and has the rare quaity of appeaing to young and od aike. Chidren ove its appeaing hero and his abiity to commit naughty act after naughty act and emerge scot free, whie aduts ove the wit and humour of both the writing and the iustrations. Since its first pubication in 1902 A Dog Day has been continuousy in demand, going through numerous editions and reprints. Ceci Adin was born in 1870 and began his working ife as a magazine iustrator, he soon became famous for his sporting prints, posters, chidren s books and pictures of od inns but he became word famous for his portrayas of dogs. It was said of him that he captured the very sou of a dog. His origina artworks are now coector s items and there are reguar exhibitions of his work. Water Emmanue was born in 1869 and wrote for Punch magazine. Fu coour iustrations throughout 165 x 123mm 64pp approx hb 6 Ceci Adin is among the most popuar British iustrators and there are sti reguar exhibitions of his work. His iustrations have been used for the Christmas issue of The Fied. In its previous edition A Dog Day was reprinted five times. in a new edition in hardback in time for the Christmas gift market. Pubished and promoted with our other Ceci Adin tites, Puppy Dogs Taes ( ) and The Rasca ( ). Now Fu coour iustrations throughout 219 x 152mm 304pp approx hb NUSA/NC Designed as an attractive gift and for sae in speciaist retaiers. Over 300,000 peope smoke cigars reguary, and there are speciaist cigar shops throughout the UK (as we as major outets such as Harrods, Sefridges and Fortnum & Mason. As Cuba opens up to internationa trade this is a market that wi increase significanty. 7

4 New tites New tites A sharpy observed, persona, interpretation of God s Own County from two of its most popuar native artists Yorkshire Stridings Krav Maga Defence Photographs by Ian Beesey Poetry by Ian McMian How to Defend Yoursef Against the 12 Most Common Street Attacks I an McMian and Ian Beesey have spent years waking through the andscape, history, towns and cities of their native Yorkshire and have recorded the uniqueness of the area in poetry and photography. Ian Beesey s evocative photographs and Ian McMian s witty, moving poetry provide a portrait of Yorkshire s past and present, its history and cuture, and andscapes that have remained unchanged for generations. From the iconic andscape of Ikey moor and the imestone pavements of Airedae, the gothic coast around Whitby to the factories and mis of the industria past, and the ost coafieds of South Yorkshire. Ian Beesey is an award-winning photographer who has exhibited at the Nationa Media Museum, Bradford, and is a Feow of the Roya Photographic Society. Ian McMian is one of Britain s best-known (and popuar) poets, the presenter of The Verb (BBC Radio 3) and poet-in-residence at the Engish Nationa Opera. Coour photographs throughout 226 x 185mm 96pp approx hb 8 Based on the principes of doing minima harm and enhancing our natura instincts for sef-protection David Kahn D Designed for tourists as much as ocas and it wi appea to the area s museums, from Bradford s Nationa Media Museum to Wakefied s Nationa Coa Mining Museum. Ian Beesey s photographs have been exhibited widey, incuding exhibitions in the Nationa Media Museum (Bradford) and Leeds Industria Museum. Author interviews and features in the regiona press, radio and TV, as we as events with seected bookshops and museums. rawing on other martia arts krav maga teaches street combat for instinctive and efficient protection in situations such as ambush attacks, mugging and attacks from behind. It has become one of the word s most popuar sef-defence strategies, and can aso be used as a fitness programme. Krav Maga is the Israei miitary s renowned method for fending off attackers and is based on the principes of doing minima harm and enhancing our natura instincts for sef-protection. As a Specia Operative in the Israei army David Kahn earned krav maga, gaining an expertise that has made him one of its most internationay respected trainers. He has trained Specia Forces sodiers, the Roya Marines and poice officers. Here, in a fuy iustrated guide, he presents the basic techniques and principes. David Kahn is the Israei Krav Maga Association s Chief Instructor in the USA. He teaches sef-defence to the US miitary and aw enforcement agencies. He is the author of Krav Maga ( ) and is the presenter of the Mastering Krav Maga DVD series. Back and white photographs throughout 230 x 190mm 256pp approx pb NUSA/NC There are thousands of martia arts cubs in Britain, with an estimated 500,000 peope studying in them, incuding a cub in London that is affiiated to David Kahn s organisation. Martia arts are among the fastest growing activities in the UK. 9

5 New tites New tites A carer s Bibe: For chewing and swaowing difficuties REVISED AND UPDATED after 15 reprints The Soft Diet For Chewing and Swaowing Difficuties: Nutritious, Appetising and Practica Recipes Rita Greer More and more peope have difficuty chewing or swaowing, whether through disabiity, denta probems or iness. Rita Greer, a major authority in nutrition, provides a guide to this growing probem. The Soft Diet is based on providing proper nutrition, whie offering exciting ideas for everyday meas as we as specia occasions. Vegetabes and fruit, saads, bread and cakes, cereas, cheese, fish and meat, poutry and eggs are made accessibe to those experiencing difficuties when eating. Rita Greer has often deveoped recipes for peope on excusion diets. On becoming the carer for her husband who was unabe to chew she turned her attention to designing a new cuisine, specificay for aduts, that woud provide a baanced and stimuating diet. She has used her decades of practica experience, not ony as a heath writer but aso in the food industry, to create a carer s bibe. It wi be as usefu for those caring for someone at home as for caterers in hospitas and care homes and wi improve the quaity of ife of anyone who has probems with chewing or swaowing. Rita Greer has been a fu-time writer since 1970, and has written over thirty books. For twenty years she cared for her husband (who was aso on a wheat-free diet) and deveoped recipes to improve the quaity of his meas. Back and white ine drawings, four pages of coour pates 216 x 135mm 208pp Ebook approx pb Rita Greer is a major authority in nutrition, and this new edition wi be cross-promoted with her Wheat Free Cooking ( ) and Simpy Guten Free ( ). Speciaist reviews, maiings and advertising with Heath magazines, websites and retaiers. Promoted with hospitas and heath organisations. The aternative birth method that midwives predict wi be standard antenata practice within a decade. Guardian HypnoBirthing The breakthrough approach to safer, easier, comfortabe birthing Marie Mongan Revised and updated to incude: an in-depth understanding of how the birthing body works; Nature s Perfect Birth Pan why we innatey know how to birth without intervention; why medicaised abour hurts more and why it doesn t have to when done naturay; earning how to birth instinctivey; and how to transition from the aftergow of birth with post-nata care. Using the HypnoBirthing exercises positive thinking, visuaisation, breathing and physica preparation wi ead to a happy and comfortabe pregnancy and the confidence, trust and ife-affirming nature of your birth can be ife-changing for your new famiy. Marie Mongan expodes the myth of pain as a natura accompaniment to birth. It is the fear of pain, a fear that keeps the body tense and cosed during birth, which must be reeased to aow the experience of a gente birth. HypnoBirthing heps to shorten birthing and recovery time, aows better (and earier) bonding with the baby, which means that babies seep better and feed more easiy in their first weeks. Marie Mongan is the founder of the HypnoBirthing programme and has heped thousands of coupes to change their ives through its practice. She is the mother of four chidren, a born using HypnoBirthing techniques. 216 x 135mm 336pp ebook approx pb NUSA/NC Marketing through speciaist organisations and birthing groups and with word wide networks of practitioners