ALMA BOOKS

ALMA BOOKS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019

PROSECCO

NEW NON-FICTION – 27TH NOVEMBER 2019

THE WINE AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT A SUCCESS

BY LUIGI BOLZON

ThestoryofProseccotoldthroughthepeoplewhohavecontributedtoitssuccess

Fullofanecdotesandfirst-personaccounts

WrittenbyaProseccoexpert

ISBN 978-1-84688-462-7 HARDBACK – 288 pp. £16.99

EVERGREENS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

NEW EVERGREENS – 25TH JULY 2019

BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

Neweditionofatimelessclassic,nowpartofAlma’ssuccessfulEvergreensseries

Fullofnotesandextramaterial

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-806-9 PAPERBACK – 384 pp. £4.99

JUDE THE OBSCURE

NEW EVERGREENS – 29TH AUGUST 2019

BY THOMAS HARDY

Neweditionofatimelessclassic,nowpartofAlma’ssuccessfulEvergreensseries

Fullofnotesandextramaterial

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-807-6 PAPERBACK – 384 pp. £5.99

THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER

NEW EVERGREENS – 26TH SEPTEMBER 2019

BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT

Neweditionofatimelessclassic,nowpartofAlma’ssuccessfulEvergreensseries

Containsnotesandextramaterial

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-808-3 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £5.99

MOLL FLANDERS

NEW EVERGREENS – 28TH NOVEMBER 2019

BY DANIEL DEFOE

NeweditionofMollFlanders,partofAlma’sEvergreensseries

Presentedherewithnotesandextramaterial

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-809-0 PAPERBACK – 352 pp. £5.99

ALMA EVERGREENS SER IES

ALMA CLASSICS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019

SELECTED POEMS

NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 29TH AUGUST 2019

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

PartofAlma’s‘GreatPoets’series,whichincludesvolumesbyColeridge,Keats,Shakespeare,WhitmanandWordsworth

Eachvolumeisbasedonthemostauthoritativetext,iswellannotatedandcontainsextramaterialforstudents

ReflectsAlma’scommitmenttoprovideaffordableeditionswithvaluableinsightintothegreatpoets’works.

Acomprehensivevolume,fullyannotated

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-821-2 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £7.99

MUGBY JUNCTION

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH JULY 2019

BY CHARLES DICKENS

Lesser-knownworkbyCharlesDickens

Onlyeditioninprint

PartofAlma’sDickenscollection

IncludesfourstoriesbyCharlesDickens,aswellasstoriesbyAndrewHalliday,CharlesCollins,HesbaStrettonandAmeliaB.Edwards

ISBN 978-1-84749-813-7 PAPERBACK – 96 pp. £7.99

MANON LESCAUT

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 29TH AUGUST 2019

BY ANTOINE FRANÇOIS-PRÉVOST TRANSLATED BY ANDREW BROWN

NeweditionofManonLescaut

Presentedherewithnotesandextramaterial

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-814-4 PAPERBACK – 160 pp. £7.99

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH SEPTEMBER 2019

BY NIKOLAI GOGOL TRANSLATED BY ROGER COCKRELL

Asatireofthecorruption,greedandstupidityofRussianofficialdom

Newtranslationbycritically-acclaimedtranslatorRogerCockrell

Thiseditioncontainsextramaterialforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-815-1 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £7.99

THE MONK

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 24TH OCTOBER 2019

BY MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS

NeweditionofoneofthemostfamousworksintheGothicgenre

Containsextramaterialforstudentsandannotations

PartofAlmaClassics’sextendedGothiclist

ISBN 978-1-84749-816-8 PAPERBACK – 448 pp. £7.99

THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 24TH OCTOBER 2019

BY AMBROSE BIERCE

NeweditionofoneofthemostpopularsatiricalworksofAmericanLiterature

Containsextramaterialandannotationsforstudents

Herepublishedinitsmostcomplete1911version

ISBN 978-1-84749-817-5 PAPERBACK – 160 pp. £6.99

THE VINDICATIONS

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 28TH NOVEMBER 2019

BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

AVindicationoftheRightsofWomanisherepresentedtogetherwithAVindicationoftheRightsofMen

Afirstexampleofinfluentialpamphletsindefenceofsocialequalityandwomen

Containsextramaterialandnotes

ISBN 978-1-84749-812-0 PAPERBACK – 448 pp. £8.99

THE SONG OF ROLAND

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 28TH NOVEMBER 2019

TRANSLATED BY ANTHONY MORTIMER

NewtranslationofoneoftheearliestexampleofFrenchchansondegeste

HerepresentedalongwiththeoriginalAnglo-NormanFrench

Translatedandannotatedbycritically-acclaimedtranslatorProfessorAnthonyMortimer

ISBN 978-1-84749-820-5 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £7.99

THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT AND OTHER NONSENSE POETRY

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 28TH NOVEMBER 2019

BY EDWARD LEAR

NeweditionofoneofBritain’sfavouritepoems

PerfectCompaniontotheBookofNonsensebythesameauthor

PartoftheQuirkyClassicsCollection

ISBN 978-1-84749-822-9 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £7.99

FLUSH

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 29TH AUGUST 2019

BY VIRGINIA WOOLF

Partofthe101Pagesseries,Flushisalesser-knownworkbyVirginiaWoolf

GreatadditiontotheAlmaClassicsWoolfcollection

ISBN 978-1-84749-810-6 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

THE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS AND DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH SEPTEMBER 2019

BY PABLO PICASSO TRANSLATED BY ROLAND PENROSE

OnlyeditioninprintoftwoplayswrittenbyPicasso

Consideredasforerunnerstothetheatreoftheabsurd

ThiseditioncontainsillustrationsbyPicassohimself

ISBN 978-1-84749-802-1 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

LOVELESS LOVE

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 24TH OCTOBER 2019

BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO TRANSLATED BY J.G. NICHOLS

Uniqueedition

AgreatcollectionofshortstoriesbythemasterofItalianModernism

PartofAlmaClassics’s101Pagesseries

ISBN 978-1-84749-811-3 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

NEW TITLES SPRING 2019

SELECTED POEMS

NEW POETRY – 25TH JULY 2019

BY PAUL ÉLUARD TRANSLATED BY GILBERT BOWEN

Onlyeditioninprint

Acollectionofhisbestpoemspresentedhereinabilingualedition

PartoftheCalderCollection

ISBN 978-0-71454-913-2 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £8.99

ISBN 9780714549071 176 pp. • PB • £8.99

ISBN 9780714549163 160 pp. • PB • £8.99

25TH JUL 2019

ISBN 9780714549170 160 pp. • PB • £8.99

29TH AUG 2019

ISBN 9780714549194 160 pp. • PB • £8.99

31ST OCT 2019

ISBN 9780714549200 128 pp. • PB • £8.99

28TH NOV 2019

“Byfarthebestexperimentalistinthecountry.”—inIanMcEwan’sSweetTooth

ECLIPSE CONCRETE POEMS

NEW POETRY – 29TH AUGUST 2019

BY ALAN RIDDELL

Onlyeditioninprint

Providesauniqueperspectiveonconcretepoetry

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-0-71454-914-9 PAPERBACK –64 pp. £8.99

POLITICS AND LITERATURE

NEW NON-FICTION – 26TH SEPTEMBER 2019

BY JEAN-PAUL SARTRE TRANSLATED BY J.A. UNDERWOOD

Onlyeditioninprint

AusefulintroductiontoSartre’sphilosophy

PartofthenewlylaunchedCalderCollection

ISBN 978-0-71454-915-6 PAPERBACK – 160 pp. £8.99

ALMA JUNIOR

FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019

A FUNNY SORT OF MINISTER

NEW JUNIOR FICTION – 24TH OCTOBER 2019

BY DOMINIQUE DEMERS ILLUSTRATED BY TONY ROSS

AnewadventureofMissCharlotte,nowtheforthintheseries

BeautifullyillustratedbyTonyRoss

ForallfansofMaryPoppins

ISBN 978-1-84688-456-6 PAPERBACK – 96 pp. £6.99

ALMA JUNIOR CLASSICS

FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2019

Timeless stories with a modern look from

illustrators you love

KIDNAPPED

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH JULY 2019

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Aneweditionofanaction-packedadventurenovelbytheauthorofTreasureIsland

FollowsthesuccessoftheAlmaJunioreditionofTreasureIsland

Containsextramaterialforyoungreaders,includingaglossaryandatest-yourselfquiz

ISBN 978-1-84749-812-2 PAPERBACK – 256 pp. £6.99

KIM

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH SEPTEMBER 2019

BY RUDYARD KIPLING ILLUSTRATED BY IAN BECK

IllustratedbyIanBeck

PerfectcompaniontoTheJungleBooksandJustSoStoriesintheAlmaJuniorClassicscollection

Containsaglossary,atest-yourselfquizandextramaterialforyoungreaders

ISBN 978-1-84749-804-5 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £6.99

A LITTLE PRINCESS

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 31ST OCTOBER 2019

BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT ILLUSTRATED BY PETER BAILEY

IllustratedbyPeterBailey

PerfectcompaniontoLittleLordFauntleroyandTheSecretGardenintheAlmaJuniorClassicscollection

Containsaglossary,atest-yourselfquizandextramaterialforyoungreaders

ISBN 978-1-84749-819-9 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £7.99