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Publications for Spring 2005
March 7 2005
Thanks as ever for your fantastic support in the past year, which produced our company's most successful trading result to date. And a warm welcome to our spring list for 2005, with over 60 great new books to present to you.
Please use the links to the left to browse through the list category by category.
This season's highlights include:
FOOD & DRINK
As usual we present both classic reference and cookbooks with an original twist. This season's main paperback launches are of the bestselling Appetizers, Starters & Finger Food, and the definitive reference Fruit. Vegetarian Classics is the perfect collection of easy and economical meat-free recipes, and for lovers of Italian food who are watching their weight, there is the fabulous low-fat recipe collection Guilt-Free Italian. Taste of Asia is a guide to the ingredients, cooking techniques and enticing recipes of the Far East, which has sold over 100,000 copies in hardback. Every cook catering for a family will appreciate having 500 chicken recipes in one bumper volume, and finally, there is the release in a specially sized popular edition of Ruby Le Bois' Hot & Spicy Kitchen Handbook, which in large format has recorded sales to date of over 350,000 copies.
GARDENING
In this popular category we have a fantastic new book on growing organic fruit and vegetables by the wonderful Christine and Michael Lavelle, who were awarded the Garden Writers' Guild prestigious annual prize for a practical book when it was first published in hardback. There is a 320-page handbook directory of the best flowering plants, and practical step-by-step seasonal guides to what to do when in the garden.
NEW AGE & HEALTH
In the more mystical category we have new titles on dream interpretation, and western and eastern divination techniques in How to Tell the Future. Natural and alternative approaches to health are made accessible in Feel Better Naturally, and for women there are books on ayurvedic beauty secrets, and natural ways to increase your chances of conception. The world-renowned yoga and baby expert Francoise Barbira Freedman presents two complementary paperbacks on safe yoga in pregnancy and after childbirth.
HOME IMPROVEMENT & CRAFTS
Practical books give the low-down on decorating your home and garden with mosaics and paint, and furniture expert Billy Cook reveals how to give old tables and chairs a complete new lease of life.
REFERENCE & PASTIMES
Our extraordinary range of highly illustrated books on varied topics includes titles
on firefighting, tartan, ancient Rome, animals of the world, the movies, caring for caged birds and a glorious
photographic giftbook on South African landscapes. Practical hobbies include a how-to guide to outdoor pursuits
and watercolour painting.
CHILDREN'S
We continue to produce fun educational titles for children to the highest possible standard, perfect for home and school study. This season's highlights are paperback editions of the bestselling project books 120 Great History Projects and 150 Great Science Experiments enough to keep everyone busy right through the holidays. There are also fascinating books on wild animals, including Big Cats and Wild Dogs, a look at the wild relatives of our more domesticated friends.
These books have been developed by our hardworking in-house creative team over thirty editors, managers, designers and picture researchers creating the most beautiful and informative illustrated books available. Our books are justifiably considered to be among the best you can buy. They are developed step-by-step, and painstakingly checked and rechecked at every stage. The authors are experts in their respective fields, and there is a whole battalion of consultants and specialist contributors going through the work in fine detail. No restrictions are placed on the number of photographs and illustrations, and production values are of key importance. The highly talented photographers, stylists, home economists and designers are among the finest in the industry. Yet our price-points, of course, will always continue to offer incredible value to the buyer.
We wish you great sales and great success with these highly competitive and very commercial books. Addresses and contact details for our global sales teams are included please contact them, or me personally, or Paul Anness on panness@anness.com if you have ideas, suggestions, questions or if there is anything at all we can do to help you.
Joanna Lorenz
Publisher