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Founded in 1898, Duckworth is an independent publisher with a general trade and academic list. Duckworth General publishes literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, including history, biography and memoir. Authors include John Bayley, Beryl Bainbridge, Robert Littell, Joan Bakewell, J J Connolly, Mary Warnock, William Vollmann and Helmut Newton. Recently, it has enjoyed success with Clive Woodall’s One for Sorrow and J J Connolly’s Layer Cake, which reached number one and two respectively on the independent publisher bestseller list. Duckworth Academic features important new scholarly monographs and series in Archaeology, Classics, Ancient History and Ancient Philosophy. Its extensive backlist of both Duckworth and Bristol Classical Press titles includes school and student texts in Latin, Greek, Russian, French, German and Spanish language and literature. Duckworth also has a list of Russian literature in translation published under the Ardis imprint. Duckworth is associated with the Overlook Press in New York. |
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded AttacksThe graphic novel of the New York Times bestselling zombie sensation, The Zombie Survival Guide.
The Anatomy of Denmark: Archaeology and History from the Ice Age to the presentThe Anatomy of Denmark is a concise, well illustrated history of the accomplishments and cultural heritage of the people living on what is now Danish territory since the Ice Age.
My Life in FranceA classic memoir of life in post-war Paris by the legendary chef and writer Julia Child.
The Song is YouA story of memory, passion, grief and absolution set to a remarkable soundtrack. ‘The whole novel zings with fresh insight and inspired writing... impossible to put down’
Latrinae et Foricae: Toilets in the Roman WorldA fascinating description of toilets and sanitation in the Roman empire from Iberia to Syria, from North Africa to Hadrian’s Wall.
War on the MarginsFrance has fallen to the Nazis. Britain is under siege. Marlene Zimmer, a shy clerk at the Aliens Office in occupied Jersey, must register her friends and neighbours as Jews while hiding her own heritage. Eventually she decides to flee, and after meeting two artists who are secretly spreading anti-Nazi propaganda, she begins a new undercover life. |
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