04 Apr 2013
Daniel Tammet’s Thinking in Numbers , to be published in the US in July, has garnered some amazing quotes from some leading writers :
“Always entertaining, Tammet never loses his respect for the mystery of the universe of number” - J. M. Coetzee
“Thinking in Numbers enlarges one’s wonder at Tammet’s mind and his all-embracing vision of the world as grounded in numbers” - Oliver Sacks, MD
“A mind-expanding, kinetic aesthetic experience. Tammet’s poetic mathematics are beautiful guideposts for thinking about life and even love. As I read, I found myself saying, ‘Yes, this is true, and this is true, and this is so true.’” - Amy Tan
“Engrossing. Fascinating” - Billy Collins
“Intriguing. Provocative. An adventure.” - Lydia Davis
“A dazzling storyteller. Innovative.” - David Eagleman
“Sublime. Movingly peculiar and wise.” - Kurt Andersen
03 Apr 2013
Congratulations to the following agency authors for making the top twenty non-fiction paperback list this week:
Casey Watson for Mummy’s Little Helper: The heart rending true story of a young girl secretly caring for her severely disabled mother at no 7
Susan Ottaway for Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WW2 Special Agents at no 16
Kris Hollington for Unthinkable:The Shocking Scandal of Britain’s Trafficked Children at no 19
03 Apr 2013
Marina Chapman’s incredible memoir, describing her childhood raised by monkeys in the Colombian jungle, is serialised for a second day in The Sun.
03 Apr 2013
A great review for Math on Trial in Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/abigail-tarttelin/book-review-math-on-trialb2994833.html
02 Apr 2013
Marina Chapman’s The Girl with no Name continues to get huge media coverage, including the following:
01 Apr 2013
Marina Chapman’s astonishing memoir of her wild childhood in the Colombian jungle has been serialised in the Mail on Sunday.
30 Mar 2013
Andrew Lownie has sold a dozen non-fiction books in the UK in almost as many weeks putting him on course for his target of fifty UK deals in 2013 and the 25th anniversary year of the agency.
30 Mar 2013
US rights in Peter Padfield’s Hess, Hitler and Churchill: The Real Turning Point of World War Two - A Secret History have been sold to University of New England Press.
28 Mar 2013
Ian Milthorpe and Lynne Barrett-Lee’s Mum’s Way remains in the Bookseller non-fiction paperback list at no 19.
28 Mar 2013
The authors of Math on Trial, Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez, have written a fascinating op-ed in the NY Times, detailing some of the mathematical issues at the heart of the Meredith Kercher murder trial.