Icon Books imprint: 345 books
Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?
More Puzzles in Classic Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
**'Wonderful...concise, witty, effortlessly learned.' *Sunday Times ***
How does Magwitch swim to shore with a great iron on his leg? Where does Fanny Hill keep her contraceptives? Whose side is Hawkeye on? And how does Clarissa Dalloway get home so quickly?
In this new edition sequel...
Frankenstein’s Brain
Puzzles and Conundrums in Mary Shelley’s Monstrous Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
200 years on from the first publication of Frankenstein, John Sutherland delves into the deepest, darkest corners of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece to see what strange and terrifying secrets lie within.
Is Victor Frankenstein a member of the Illuminati? Was Mary Shelley really inspired...
Who Is Dracula’s Father?
And Other Puzzles in Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
When it was first published in 1897 – 120 years ago – Irish author Bram Stoker’s Dracula was ranked by the Daily Mail above work by Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Wuthering Heights. Yet it never made
Stoker any money.
Since 1931’s film Nosferatu the Vampire, however, it...
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
A Short Guide to a Great Opera
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
With the ‘Tristan chord’ at the start of Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde, the composer launched modern music. The political refugee, a former revolutionary, was living in Zurich when the lovely Mathilde Wesendonck, the wife of a rich businessman, inspired him to break off from working on Siegfried,...
The Unknown Unknown
Bookshops and the delight of not getting what you wanted
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Mark Forsyth – author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon – reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop. Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs,...
The Best of Dear Coquette
Shady Advice From A Raging Bitch Who Has No Business Answering Any Of These Questions
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
**'Whoever The Coquette is, she's the voice of reason for these crazy times' Maria Alyokhina, Pussy Riot
Dear Coquette unleashes the brutal truth about life, love, dating, sex and everything in between.**
For nearly a decade, The Coquette has delivered wisdom with a harsh wit and devastating...
And Some Fell on Stony Ground
A Day in the Life of an RAF Bomber Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
A unique glimpse of the deadliest profession of the Second World War. In June 1941, Flight Sergeant Leslie Mann, a tail gunner in a British bomber, was shot down over Düsseldorf and taken into captivity. After the war, wanting to record the experiences of the RAF’s ‘Bomber Boys’, he gave voice...
A King in Hiding
How a child refugee became a world chess champion
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 **
Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation.
By a stroke...
A Practical Guide to Child Psychology
Understand Your Kids and Enjoy Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Embrace the ups and downs of parenting.
Guided by experts in children’s development, explore new approaches to parenting, understand how they can benefit your family and learn how to put them into practice straight away.
Accepting that every child is unique, and that parenting is a...
by Charlotte Rampling
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Oscar-nominated Charlotte Rampling most recently appeared in hit ITV drama Broadchurch, the BBC’s London Spy and HBO’s Dexter, and the feature film 45 Years.
Her career has spanned popular entertainment and arthouse cinema, having starred in English, French and Italian films from 1966’s...
by Simon Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
‘At last, a book that tells you exactly where to stick your apostrophe ... funny and useful, the perfect stocking filler.’ David Marsh, Guardian
Apostrophes are a pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have evolved haphazardly. Originally written as advice by a copywriter...
Bats Sing, Mice Giggle
The Surprising Science of Animals' Inner Lives
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Drawing upon the very latest scientific research, Karen Shanor and Jagmeet Kanwal show how animals build, create and entertain themselves and others; how they express grief, joy, anger and fear; how animal ‘friends’ keep in touch; and how some animals problem-solve even more effectively than humans.The...
The Classics Magpie
From chariot-racing hooligans to debauched dinner parties - a miscellany that shakes the dust off the ancient world
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the ‘wandering womb’? Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert eye...
What Colour is the Sun?
Mind-Bending Science Facts in the Solar System's Brightest Quiz
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? What kind of animal can have 21 limbs? Who would really win a fight between a T.Rex and Godzilla?
Test your knowledge of all things scientific with the biggest, brightest and most mind-bending quiz book this side of the Big Bang. Featuring 100 brain-melting...