Rights guide atlantic books corvus
Samanth Subramanian Genre: Travel
Download 2.19 Mb.
|
- Navigate this page:
- Acquiring editor: Ravi Mirchandani
- Acquiring editor: Toby Mundy
Samanth SubramanianGenre: Travel‘Witty, alert, and wonderfully idiosyncratic, Following Fish is quite simply the best travel book to come out of South Asia since Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City. Samanth Subramanian looks set to be one of the new stars of Indian non-fiction.’ William Dalrymple “This is a peerless piece of travel writing...compelling and entertaining" Bookseller’s Choice In a coastline as long and diverse as India's, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds - food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history and society. Journeying around the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian reports upon a kaleidoscope of extraordinary stories. Following Fish conducts rich journalistic investigations: into the famed fish treatment for asthmatics in Hyderabad; the preparation and the process of eating West Bengal's prized hilsa; the ancient art of building fishing boats in Gujarat; the fiery cuisine and the singular spirit of Kerala's toddy shops; of the food and the lives of Mumbai's first peoples; the history of an old Catholic fishing community in Tamil Nadu; and the hunt for the world's fastest fish near Goa. Throughout his travels, Subramanian observes the cosmopolitanism and diverse influences absorbed by India's coastal societies, the withdrawing of traditional fishermen from their craft, the corresponding growth of fishing as pure and voluminous commerce, and the degradation of waters and beaches from over-fishing. Pulsating with pleasure, adventure and discovery, and tempered by nostalgia and loss, Following Fish speaks as eloquently to the armchair traveller as to lovers of the sea and its lore. SAMANTH SUBRAMANIAN is a journalist. He has written, among other publications, for Mint, Far Eastern Economic Review, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, The National and The Hindu. This is his first book. Finished copies available Extent: 176pp Acquiring editor: Ravi MirchandaniRights: World ex India THE LIFE OF THE AUTOMOBILE: A New History of the Motor Car Stephen Parissien Genre: General Non-Fiction A fast-paced, accessible and comprehensive history of the most important transport innovation of the modern age, The Life of the Automobile tells the stories of the classic cars of motoring history, and the men who shaped, made and sold the automobile, from Benz to Agnelli, from Tata to Porsche and from Issigonis to Michelotti. From its earliest appearance as little more than a powered quadricycle in the 1880s, via the 'Golden Age' of the American auto industry of the 1950s, to the complex multinational carmakers of the 21st century, Steven Parissien examines the technical advances, the stylistic development, the social context and the political significance of the automobile over a century and a quarter. The Life of the Automobile is the story of brave hopes and soaring ambitions; of outstanding design talent and astonishing technical innovation; of world-famous marques and iconic vehicles; of growing union power and vehemently anti-union bosses; of risk-averse traditional manufacturers outmaneuvered by deft salesmanship; of labour intransigence, management mediocrity and governmental stubbornness; and of the consistent, year-on-year success of well-marketed, well-made products. It also explores how key historical developments, such as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the oil crisis of 1973, affected an industry especially vulnerable to fluctuations in customer confidence and the availability of oil. And it recounts how the industry's pioneer nation, Germany, picked itself up from wartime defeat in both 1918 and 1945 to become the world's premier manufacturer of automobiles by 2010. STEPHEN PARISSIEN is an explorer, writer and broadcaster. He presented the BBC television series Coast, Great British Journeys and Britannia: The Great Elizabethan Journey. His books include Clear Waters Rising: A Mountain Journey Across Europe, Two Degrees West: An English Journey, and Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet. Edited manuscript available Extent: 416pp Publication: October 2013
Acquiring editor: Toby MundyRights: World THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY Christian Wolmar Genre: History The epic story of the world’s greatest railway, as told by Britain’s foremost transport writer and broadcaster. It is the world’s longest railway line. But it is so much more than that, too. The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and was the most ambitious railway project in the nineteenth century. A journey on the railway evokes a romantic saunter through the Russian steppes, but also reminds travellers of the vastness of our world and hints at the hardships that were endured in its construction. Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War –Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post – and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author’s previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century. From the reviews of The Great Railway Revolution: ‘A passionate and masterly history’ Sunday Times ‘Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed’ Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph CHRISTIAN WOLMAR is Britain's foremost writer and broadcaster on transport matters. He writes regularly for a wide variety of publications including the Independent, Evening Standard and Rail magazine, and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator. His previous books include the widely-acclaimed The Subterranean Railway, Fire and Steam, Blood, Iron and Gold, Engines of War and The Great Railway Revolution. Edited manuscript available: February 2013 Extent: 336pp Publication: November 2013 Acquiring editor: Toby Mundy Rights: World Previous publishers: China (simplified): Shanghai People’s Publishing House; Czech Republic: BB/Art; Italy: EDT; Japan: Chuokoron Shinsha; Turkey: April; US: Public Affairs THE STORY OF WRITING Ewan Clayton From the simple shapes used to record transactions of goods and animals in ancient Mesopotamia, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century user of a desk-top computer, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself, the method of codification and dissemination of ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political progress. This authoritative and engaging history of the cultural miracle that is the written word explores of the development and uses of writing across some ten thousand years of history - including the many transformations that letters and documents have undergone over this period, and the reasons for, and the cultural impact of, those changes. The Story of Writing marks every step in the historical development of writing, and explores the social and cultural impact of each stage: the invention of the alphabet; the replacement of the papyrus scroll with the codex in the late Roman period; the perfecting of printing using moveable type in the fifteenth century and the ensuing spread of literacy; the industrialization of printing during the Industrial Revolution; the impact of artistic Modernism on the written word in the early twentieth century – and of the digital switchover at the century’s close. EWAN CLAYTON is a distinguished calligrapher and professor in the faculty of Faculty of Arts, Design and Media at the University of Sunderland. For a number of years he worked as a consultant to Xerox PARC with an interest in digital communications technology. Having exhibited and taught calligraphy in many parts of the world, he has also curated several museum exhibitions of calligraphy and typography. Edited mansucript available: December 2012 Extent: 304pp with 45 integrated illustrations + 4x4 plates Publication: October 2013 Editor: James Nightingale Rights: World T  ALES OF TWO CITIES: Paris and London in the Nineteenth Century
Jonathan Conlin Genre: History Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750-1914, when they vied to be the world's greatest city. Each city has been the focus of a many books, yet Jonathan Conlin here explores the complex relationship between them for the first time. The reach and influence of both cities was such that the story of their rivalry has global implications. It is a history of surprises: Sherlock Holmes was actually French, the can-can was English and the first restaurant served English food in Paris. By borrowing, imitating and learning from each other Paris and London invented the modern metropolis. Tales of Two Cities examines and compares five urban spaces - the pleasure garden, the cemetery, the apartment, the restaurant and the music hall - that defined urban modernity in the nineteenth century. The citizens of Paris and London first created these essential features of the modern cityscape and so defined urban living for all of us. From the reviews of Civilisation: 'Fascinating.' Sir David Attenborough ‘Succinct and elegant... A fascinating account.' Rupert Christiansen, The Spectator From the reviews for The Nation's Mantelpiece: ‘Conlin, with extraordinary brio, has written a political history of culture... Required reading for anyone who is interested in art, in history or in Britain's place in the cultural world.' Judith Flanders, Sunday Times JONATHAN CONLIN studied history at Oxford and went on to do graduate work at the Courtauld Institute and Cambridge; his books include The Nation's Mantelpiece and Civilisation. He is a regular print and television commentator on museums and broader questions of national heritage. Edited manuscript available: November 2012 Extent: 320pp, with 2x4 colour plates Publication: June 2013 Acquiring editor: Ravi Mirchandani Rights: World I  N THE HOUR OF VICTORY: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson
Sam Willis Genre: History The story of the greatest victories from the British navy's golden age, told through never-before-seen letters written by the men at the heart of these battles. Between 1794 and 1815 the Royal Navy repeatedly crushed her enemies at sea in a period of military dominance that equals any in history. Great Britain had triumphed during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars during a period central to the making of the British Empire and British identity and a flashpoint in the history of the world. When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty ordered that the original battle dispatches from the seven major fleet battles in the period - The Glorious First of June (1794), St Vincent (1797), Camperdown (1797), The Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801), Trafalgar (1805) and San Domingo (1806) - should be gathered together and presented to the Nation. These letters, written by Britain's Admirals, Captains, Surgeons and Boatswains and sent back home as updates in the midst of these conflicts, were bound in an immense volume, measuring almost two feet in length and covered in the most exquisite royal blue velvet, edged with gilt mountings. Sam Willis stumbled across the volume quite by chance in 2010. Only a handful of people know of its existence. To open this volume and read these original letters is to peer over the shoulders of the Lords of the Admiralty and the King as they learned the fate of nations and the future of their world; a profoundly powerful experience and a treasure of world history. SAM WILLIS is a maritime historian and archaeologist and has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is the author of The Glorious First of June; The Fighting Temeraire; Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century; Admiral Benbow and the highly successful Fighting Ships series. Sam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Directory: sites -> default -> files -> katalogi files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status katalogi -> Harvard University Press katalogi -> 2013 rights list non-fiction adshade, Marina dollars and sex: An Economist Puts a Price on Sex and Love katalogi -> Blake friedmann literary, tv and Film Agency katalogi -> Foreign rights guide katalogi -> Harpercollinspublishers foreign rights guide william Morrow HarperBusiness Avon Avon Impulse Download 2.19 Mb. Share with your friends:
|