A&C Black 2006/7

A&C Black are specialist book publishers in niche areas such as reference, business, visual arts, natural history, the performing arts, self-help writing books, sport and fitness, sailing, and last but by no means least, children's education, children's fiction and, educational and instrumental music. Our imprints include, Adlard Coles Nautical and Thomas Reed for sailing and professional nautical books, Christopher Helm and T&AD Poyser for natural history and ornithology, Herbert Press for the visual arts and Andrew Brodie for teacher resources and home learning workbooks. In 2005, A&C Black acquired Bloomsbury’s reference list, with titles such as the Bloomsbury English Dictionary and Business: The Ultimate Resource, as well as Wisden cricket books.

Our highlight titles include some popular and long-established bestsellers, and some exciting new acquisitions.

Who's Who

Who’s Who contains over 32,000 biographies of the people of enduring influence and interest in our society today, over 1000 of them new for 2006. Supplied and checked by the biographees themselves, the autobiographical entries make Who’s Who an enlightening and often amusing snapshot of the lives, careers and recreations enjoyed by the feted and the famous from all walks of life. Once in Who’s Who, a biographee will remain there until their death when they enter Who Was Who.
www.ukwhoswho.com

Writer's & Artists' Yearbook – 100th edition

This bestselling guide to markets in all areas of the media is in its 100th edition in 2006. Every year the book is completely revised and updated, and this year features a new foreword by Ian Rankin. New chapters include ‘Notes from a successful writer of historical fiction’ by Bernard Cornwall and ‘Notes from a successful fantasy/sci-fi writer’ by Terry Pratchett.

Whitaker's Almanack

Whitaker's Almanack is the perfect book for anyone interested in current affairs and general knowledge. In its 139th edition, the book has been completely revised and updated, using the most authoritative sources available. The Almanack contains a comprehensive overview of every aspect of UK infrastructure and an excellent introduction to world politics. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources.
www.whitakersalmanack.com

BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource – New Edition

‘An entire management library under one dust jacket’ Amazon UK
When BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource was first published in 2002, it received phenomenal critical acclaim for the breadth and depth of information packed into its 2,000 pages. The new edition will be completely revised and updated, with over 30 new articles from authors such as Marcus Buckingham, Paul Ormerod and Francis Fukuyama, and more than 70 new actionlists. This is simply the most comprehensive and practical guide to the world of business today.
www.ultimatebusinessresource.com

The Ultimate Teen Book Guide

Following the success of The Ultimate Book Guide, winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and National Literacy Association WOW Award, people have been crying out for this guide to the best teenage books around. Covering everything that might interest teen readers, from those just starting secondary school through to readers looking for something more adult and challenging. With personal recommendations from Anthony Horowitz, Meg Cabot and Eoin Colfer, and an introduction by David Almond, this is literary treasure trove for teens… and useful for adults too who feel that they missed out on key classic reads in their younger years.
www.ultimatebookguide.com

Andrew Brodie – Supporting Literacy series

An exciting new series of photocopiable Literacy resources from Andrew Brodie aimed at lower ability children in mainstream classrooms who need ‘additional or different help’ (one in six children fall into this category). The series of 6 titles (one for each year group) is designed for class teachers and also very significantly for classroom assistants (LSAs). Supporting Literacy has clearly laid out activities which focus on particular learning ‘targets’ that have been carefully selected and researched by the author team.
www.acblack.com/andrewbrodie

Music Express Year 7

Music Express Year 7 follows on from the award-winning Music Scheme for Primary Schools. Year 7 is published in six individual Book+CD+CD-ROM packs, each filled with all the resources a teacher could need and offering the flexibility to use acoustic instruments, electronic keyboards and ICT as suits the specific needs of any school.

Each pack provides high quality, imaginative and inspirational music lessons for teaching a half term unit of work, and includes teaching activities, recordings, backing tracks, midi files, videoclips, assessment sheets, pupils’ sheets, sample lesson plans and much more.
www.acblack.com/musicexpress

Reeds Nautical Almanac

Reeds Nautical Almanac is the indispensable annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen. 2007 is the 75th anniversary edition and continues the Almanac's tradition of year on year improvement and meticulous presentation of all the data required for safe navigation. Now with an improved layout for easier reference and over 45,000 annual changes, it is regarded as the bible of almanacs for anyone going to sea.
www.reedsalmanac.co.uk

Know the Game

The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports. For years they have been the first step into a new sport for many people, children and adults alike. The series is being relaunched in 2006 in a new format and a modern design – making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible, and they are now packed with colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips.

Secret Lives of British Birds

Have you ever wondered what birds in Britain get up to when they’re not being watched by admiring birders? The follow-up to the successful Secret Lives of Garden Birds, this book takes us, month by month, into the secret lives of our most familiar British birds, revealing inspiring, intriguing and scandalous real-life dramas. The amazing facts that it reveals will help you to understand and enjoy British birds more than ever before. Written with engaging humour and enlivened throughout with dazzling colour paintings and photographs, this wonderful book will appeal to anyone who enjoys watching birds.

Illuminated Letters

Illuminated Letters presents step-by-step instructions for recreating twelve illuminated alphabets, including Celtic, Saxon, Gothic, Romanesque and Modern Revival. Diagrams for upper- and lower-case letters are accompanied by ideas for borders and decorations, and full instructions for gilding. Each section explores ways in which the illuminated letters can be adapted to create a truly personal style, while a gallery of historical and modern examples will inspire further creativity. A wonderful companion to the bestselling Calligrapher’s Bible.

Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide

Deciding what to read next when you’ve just finished an unputdownable novel can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles, with navigation features to lead you on a rich journey through some the best literature to grace our shelves. This greatly expanded edition includes the latest contemporary authors and landmark novels, an expanded non-fiction section, a timeline setting historical events against literary milestones, prize-winner and book club lists. An accessible and easy-to-read guide that no serious book lover should be without.