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ALMA BOOKS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019
PEN IN HAND
NEW NON-FICTION – 23RD MAY 2019
READING, REREADING AND OTHER MYSTERIES
BY TIM PARKS
Fromtheauthorofthecri.cally-acclaimedselec.onofessaysALiteraryTourofItaly
FollowsthesuccessofWhereIAmReadingFrom
Reviewsguaranteed
ISBN 978-1-84688-457-3 HARDBACK – 320 pp. £14.99
THE CUTTING EDGE
NEW IN PAPERBACK – 21ST FEB 2019
THE STORY OF THE BEATLES’ HAIRDRESSER WHO DEFINED AN ERA
BY LESLIE CAVENDISH
UniqueinsightintotheBeatles’storyand60scounterculture
Containsunpublishedphotographs
DescribedbytheBri9shBeatlesFanClubMagazineas“ThebestBeatlesbookforsome.me”
ISBN 978-1-84688-454-2 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £9.99
CALL ME ZEBRA
NEW IN PAPERBACK – 20TH JUN 2019
BY AZAREEN VA DER VLIET OLOOMI
PraisedbytheNewYorkTimesBookReviewasa“tragicomicpicaresquewhosefervidlogicandcerebralwhimsyrecalltheworkofBolanoandBorges.”
Verywellreceivedbytheinterna.onalpresswithovertwentyreviewsinthemainUSpapersalone
WriLenbyanaward-winningyoungauthor
ISBN 978-1-84688-458-0 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £8.99
EVERGREENS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019
ON THE ORIGINS OF SPECIES
NEW EVERGREENS – 24TH JAN 2019
BY CHARLES DARWIN
Newedi.onofa.melessclassic,nowpartofAlma’ssuccessfulEvergreenseries
Containsextensivenotesandextramaterial
Compe..velypriced
ISBN 978-1-84749-784-0 PAPERBACK – 384 pp. £5.99
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
NEW EVERGREENS – 21ST MAR 2019
BY EDITH WHARTON
PartofAlma’sEvergreenseries,thisnewedi.onofTheAgeofInnocenceoffersstudentsthedefini.vetextandextensiveappendices
Punctua.onandspellinghavebeenmodernized,tomakeitmoreaccessibletothemodernreader
Containsdetailedandcomprehensiveextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-791-8 PAPERBACK – 384 pp. £5.99
VANITY FAIR
NEW EVERGREENS – 25TH APR 2019
BY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Newedi.onofoneofthemostimportantclassicsinEnglishLiterature
PartofAlma’sEvergreenseries,thisnewedi.onofVanityFaircontainsacarefullyselectedbibliographyandextensivenotesonthetexttogetherwithextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks.
Compe..velypriced
ISBN 978-1-84749-796-3 PAPERBACK – 800 pp. £5.99
DAVID COPPERFIELD
NEW EVERGREENS – 23RD MAY 2019
BY CHARLES DICKENS
PartofAlma’sEvergreenseries,DavidCopperfieldisagreataddi.ontoourCharlesDickenscollec.on.
Compe..velypricedandidealforstudents
Thisedi.oncontainsextensivenotesonthetexttogetherwithextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks.
ISBN 978-1-84749-798-7 PAPERBACK – 800 pp. £5.99
ALMA EVERGREENS SER IES
ALMA CLASSICS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019
PARADISE LOST
NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 20TH JUN 2019
BY JOHN MILTON
PartofAlma’s‘GreatPoets’series,whichincludesvolumesbyColeridge,Keats,Shakespeare,WhitmanandWordsworth
Eachvolumeisbasedonthemostauthorita.vetext,iswellannotatedandcontainsextramaterialforstudents
ReflectsAlma’scommitmenttoprovideaffordableedi.onswithvaluableinsightintothegreatpoets’works.
ISBN 978-1-84749-803-8 PAPERBACK – 382 pp. £7.99
SAKHALIN ISLAND
NEW CLASSIC NON-FICTION – 24TH JAN 2019
BY ANTON CHEKHOV TRANSLATED BY BRIAN REEVE
Uniqueedi.onofoneofthemostimportantexposéseverwriLen
LargelyquotedbyMurakamiinhisbook1Q84
Nowpresentedinabrandnewedi.on
ISBN 978-1-84749-786-4 PAPERBACK – 528 pp. £9.99
A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
NEW CLASSIC NON-FICTION – 21ST FEB 2019
BY VIRGINIA WOOLF
Aseminal,widelystudiedfeministpolemicthattouchesonbothliteratureandpoli.cs
Includesthe1938essay‘ThreeGuineas’,whichreprisessimilarideasinthecontextoftheloomingthreatofwar.
PartofAlma’sVirginiaWoolfcollec.on,whichincludesTotheLighthouse,MondayorTuesday,MrsDalloway,OrlandoandTheWaves
ISBN 978-1-84749-788-8 PAPERBACK – 256 pp. £5.99
THE GREY PARROT AND OTHER STORIES
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST FEB 2019
BY W.W. JACOBS
Uniqueselec.onofshortstoriesbyoneofthemosttalentedBri.shshortstorywritersofall.me
ContainsJacobs’sbestandmorewidelyknownshortstoriesincludingTheMonkey’sPaw
Amust-haveforallfansofshortstories
ISBN 978-1-84749-789-5 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £8.99
BEOWULF
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH APR 2019
ANONYMOUS VERSE TRANSLATION BY J.G. NICHOLS
Newversetransla.onbymul.-award-winningtranslatorJ.G.Nichols
Presentedhereinadual-languageedi.on
Includesawealthofnotesandextramaterial
ISBN 978-1-84749-794-9 PAPERBACK – 256 pp. £7.99
SELECTED PLAYS
NEW CLASSIC THEATRE – 25TH APR 2019
BY OSCAR WILDE
Essen.alcollec.onofOscarWilde’sbestplays
Idealforstudents
Wellannotatedandcontainsextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-795-6 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £7.99
FINNEGANS WAKE
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD MAY 2019
BY JAMES JOYCE
80thAnniversaryEdi.on,idealforuniversitystudents
IncorporatesJoyce’smanuscriptamendmentsandincludesacri.calintroduc.onbyDrSamSloteofTrinityCollegeDublin.
PerfectcompaniontoAlma’sedi.onsofUlyssesandDubliners
ISBN 978-1-84749-800-7 PAPERBACK – 640 pp. £7.99
LYRICS VOL. III
NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 20TH JUN 2019
BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN EDITED BY ROGER CLARKE
Beautifully packaged
The third volume in Alma’s Pushkin Lyrics series
Follows the success of the new editions of Pushkin’s works: Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, The Captain’s Daughter and The Queen of Spades
Translated by a board of acclaimed translators
Dual-language edition with facing text
ISBN 978-1-84749-733-8 PAPERBACK – 448 pp. £9.99
“In these early poems Pushkin shows an astonishing versatility… doing so with a verve and subtlety which belies his youth. At less than ten pounds for nearly 450 pages,
this book is incredibly good value.”
Michael Pursglove, East-West Review
TRANSFORMATION
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 24TH JAN 2019
BY MARY SHELLEY
Uniqueedi.onofthreelesser-knownstoriesbytheauthorofFrankenstein,eachoneexploringthesupernatural
IncludesTheMortalImmortalandTheEvilEye,bothofwhichdisplaytheperfec.onofShelley’sliterarycrac
PartofAlma’snew101pagesseries,Transforma9onwillappealtofansofGothicliterature
ISBN 978-1-84749-787-1 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
APOLOGY FOR A MURDER
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST FEB 2019
BY LORENZINO DE’ MEDICI TRANSLATED BY J.G. NICHOLS
Uniqueedi.onofwri.ngsbyoneofthemostnotoriousfiguresofRenaissanceItaly
Includesthefascina.ngaccountofFrancescoBibbone,Lorenzino’sownmurderer
PartofAlma’snew101pagesseries,ApologyforaMurderwillappealtohistoriansandItalianRenaissancelovers
ISBN 978-1-84749-792-5 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
THE TOUCHSTONE
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST MAR 2019
BY EDITH WHARTON
ForgoLenclassicbytheauthorofTheHouseofMirthandTheAgeofInnocence
Onlyavailableedi.on
PerfectcompaniontoAlma’sedi.onofTheAgeofInnocence
ISBN 978-1-84749-793-2 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
A FANTASY OF DR OX
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH APR 2019
BY JULES VERNE TRANSLATED BY ANDREW BROWN
Uniqueedi.onofoneofthemostingeniousstoriesbytheauthorof20,000LeaguesundertheSea
Highlytopicalplotrevolvingaroundtheeasewithwhichmancanturntowar
PartofAlma’snew101pagesseries,AFantasyofDrOxis“…agloriousliLleparodyofnineteenth-centuryideasaboutmodernityandna.onalphysiology.”–TimeOut
ISBN 978-1-84749-797-0 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
A VOYAGE TO THE MOON
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD MAY 2019
BY CYRANO DE BERGERAC TRANSLATED BY ANDREW BROWN
PartofAlma’snew101pagesseries,AVoyagetotheMoonisconsideredoneoftheearliestpioneeringworksofsciencefic.on
Uniqueedi.on
Translatedbycri.cally-acclaimedtranslatorAndrewBrown
ISBN 978-1-84749-799-4 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
NEW TITLES SPRING 2019
THE HOLY MAN AND OTHER STORIES
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH APR 2019
BY ALEXANDER TROCCHI
PartofnewlyrevampedCalderCollec.on
Uniqueedi.onofshortstoriesbyScofshwriterAlexanderTrocchi
PresentedherewithABeingofDistances,PeterPierceandAMee9ng,neverpublishedbeforeinvolumeform
ISBN 978-0-71454-847-0 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £8.99
HELIOGABALUS, OR THE ANARCHIST CROWNED
NEW CLASSIC THEATRE – 23RD MAY 2019
BY ANTONIN ARTAUD TRANSLATED BY VICTOR CORTI
Uniqueedi.onofoneofthemostrevolu.onaryfoundingtextsfromthefatheroftheTheatreofCruelty
PartofnewlyrevampedCalderCollec.on
TheperfectcompaniontoAlma’sedi.onofTheTheatreandItsDouble,currentlyadoptedinvariousuniversitycourses
ISBN 978-0-71454-893-7 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £8.99
ALMA JUNIOR
FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019
SPACE ON EARTH
NEW NON-FICTION – 21ST MAR 2019
BY SHEILA KANANI ILLUSTRATED BY DEL THORPE
Abeau.ful,educa.onalandfascina.ngbookaboutspace,focusingnotonlyonshowingchildrentheaweandwonderoftheuniverse,butalsoonteachingthemwhyspaceisrelevanttoushereonEarth.
WriLenbyaplanetaryphysicistandsciencepresenter
WidelyillustratedbyDelThorpe
ISBN 978-1-84688-455-9 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £7.99
SLICK
NEW FICTION – 25TH APR 2019
BY M.M. VAUGHAN
Anewmiddle-gradesci-finovelfromtheauthorofSIX
Afresh,funnyandheargeltstoryaboutwhatitmeanstobehuman
Tobesupportedbyahostofauthoreventsandreadings
ISBN 978-1-84688-459-7 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £7.99
ALMA JUNIOR CLASSICS
FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019
Timeless stories with a modern look from
illustrators you love
THE STORY OF THE AMULET
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST MAR 2019
BY E. NESBIT ILLUSTRATED BY ELLA OKSTAD
FinalinstallmentinthetrilogyofnovelsthatincludesFiveChildrenandItandThePhoenixandtheCarpet
Allbooksinthetrilogyarebeau.fullyillustratedbyEllaOkstad
Eachbookcontainsasec.onofextramaterialforyourreadersincludingaquizandtestyourselfsec.on
ISBN 978-1-84749-790-1 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £7.99
WHITE FANG
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD MAY 2019
BY JACK LONDON ILLUSTRATED BY IAN BECK
A.melesschildrenclassicaboutmoralityandredemp.on
PartoftheAlmaJuniorClassicscollec.on,WhiteFangisherepresentedwithillustra.onsbyIanBeck
Containsasec.onofextramaterialforyoungreadersincludingnotes,contextualinforma.on,aglossaryandtest-yourselfquiz
ISBN 978-1-84749-801-4 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £6.99
NEW TITLES SPRING 2019
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
NEW OPERA GUIDE – 21ST FEB 2019
BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
No competition in the English-speaking world
Lavishly produced and elegantly set, with a wealth of material which will please opera lovers, academics and general readers
Articles by some of the leading music specialists in the world
Original text of the libretto facing a literal translation of the work
Includes more than twenty black- and-white and colour pictures printed on special glossy paper in a separate plate section
ISBN 978-1-84749-805-2 PAPERBACK – 256pp. £12
