Publishing to coincide with Bradt's 40th anniversary, The Irresponsible Traveller is a light but edgy collection of travellers' tales. Travel writers and celebrities alike recount their exciting, and often dangerous, adventures which include being chased by a sea lion, accosted by Brazilian kidnappers and a midnight raid to free turtles on the Amazon. Over 40 years Bradt has built a reputation for publishing books covering the road less travelled, and this collection celebrates exactly the...

A jailed killer. A new string of murders. Copycat or something worse?Jim Lawson spent decades trying to forget the monster he put behind bars. Labelled the man who captured the Devil, a desperate police chief calls on him a second time, to lend his expertise on tracking a new killer. When a fresh string of murders hits a small community, each resembling an evil long thought locked up, terror grips a town still bearing the scars from the original slaughter. As the bo...

The Romanian Incident is a locked-door, murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christies best work. The novel features a bizarre murder at an elegant hotel in the Romanian mountains and challenges KGB agent Polina Tolkunova to find the killer among the hotel's mysterious guests before another murder happens. Set during the Cold War in Romania, the novel is the first in a series of murder mysteries by screenwriter Simon King.

This book brings together an international group of artists and writers to respond to the question of how our new world orders force us to reconsider urban walking and urban spaces in ways which extend into the digital sphere of online dialogue and screen sharing. In their reflections on walking cities in lockdown, the artists and writers contributing to this book share a number of complementary themes. Key to this is the question of how we walk in post-pandemic cities and how such walking...

A stunningly illustrated celebration of the world’s best bird photographyThe Bird Photographer of the Year is a competition that celebrates the artistry of bird photography from around the world, and this beautiful, large-format book showcases the best images from the contest—some of the most stunning bird photographs ever taken. A gorgeous record of avian beauty and diversity across the globe, the book demonstrates the dedication and passion of bird photographers ...

Nature Watch is the ultimate guide to watching British wildlife, from renowned naturalist and TV presenter Simon King.More and more people are discovering the joys of being out and about in the British countryside. Yet surprisingly few of us know where and what to look for when spotting wild animals in their natural habitats.In Nature Watch Simon King teaches you how to use your eyes and ears to find and follow creatures, how to identify t...

With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you’re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing principles of industrial design.Two present and former design directors at IDEO, the international design and innovation firm, use real-world examples to describe industrial designs t...

I’ve always believed that if you’re not at least a little bit angry you’re probably not paying attention. Just because you’re pissed off doesn’t mean you can’t be funny too though. Laughter is a great weapon against the apathy of the everyday. So here it is: a little old school, fight the power, kick over the tables and light the carpets on fire punk rock style stand up comedy. Rant, rave, repeat and enjoy Furious.

Walking Cities: London (second edition) brings together a new interdisciplinary field of artists, writers, architects, musicians, human geographers and philosophers to consider how a city walk informs and triggers new processes of making, thinking, researching and communicating. In particular, the book examines how the city contains narratives, knowledge and contested materialities that are best accessed through the act of walking.The varied contributions take the form of ...

My book takes place in Bangor, ME after WWII. It is a story about a group of USMC vets of WW II. One such vet has an attack of vertigo while driving. A local policeman, noted for his aggressive tactics, pulls the vet to the curb for his erratic driving. During the ensuing questioning, the vet vomits on the cop's Blues. Enraged, the cop uses his ever present blackjack on the ex-Marine. The ex-Marine dies on the operating table. Awareness of the vet's death, coupled with knowledge of this co...

SadieHooking up with my brother’s two best friends was a bad idea.But when the guy I’ve crushed on for ages stumbles on my stash of battery-operated toys, and offers to teach me how much fun they are with a partner, there’s no way I’m saying no.Especially when his boyfriend wants to watch.It’s just a one-time thing, though. Which is good, because I need headspace to focus on the Hollywood costume designer wh...

Weird Tales #359 is a special celebration of all things Poe, with a special features dedicated to Poe's influence on modern writers, fiction and poetry inspired by Poe, plus an interview with Joe Schreiber, the usual features, and much general weirdness. Another great issue!