Books published by Atlantic Books

'A superbly written, intelligent, and powerful debut. Marli Roode is the real thing, and she's here to stay.' M.J. Hyland

Striving for a happy, perfect life is as old as mankind. Can one achieve such a goal at all? Can there be a universally applicable theory of happiness? In this original and thought-provoking book philosopher Michael Hampe sets out to find some answers.

The bestseller that has captivated readers across Europe, The Taste of Apple Seeds is both an enchanting story of first love and a heartbreaking journey through loss.

This popular book and video present the principles and applications of TQM for transformation of schools. The author is recognized as the leading authority on this approach to school reform.

The Last Hangman is a powerful, sparsely written novel that explores, in brutal detail and measured prose, the life of a man who killed for a living.

'Since Bernard Schlink no German novelist has received nearly as much international attention' Die Welt

Save yourself... or the person you love most?

'Patrick Flanery is an exceptionally gifted novelist, and he is just getting started' --Philip Gourevitch, New Yorker

'A brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous account of America's nervous breakdown after 9/11.' Publishers Weekly starred boxed review From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the international bestselller Backlash - an unflinchingly critical and strikingly original dissection of the mind and soul of America since 9/11.

For readers who love Marilynne Robinson and Barbara Kingsolver comes a compelling, funny and poignant novel about what happens when a family - and an entire community - are forced to confront the difference between right and wrong.

From one of the world's biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi occupation. Isn't it time you discovered Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt?

The extraordinary time-travelling adventures of Katie Berger-Jones-Berg continue. An historical trilogy for 9-12 year-old readers.

An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the 'twelve Caesars'.

A number 1 Ebook hit: grown-up, modern chick-lit offering a fresh take on the eternal quest for happiness.

Steve Jobs, the pivotal figure behind the success stories of both Apple and Pixar, turned his personality into a business philosophy. This new and updated version of the New York Times bestseller reveals how he did it.

'He believed the dog was immortal...' So begins the sweeping story of Rin Tin Tin: the story of a canine superstar and of American popular culture, spanning nearly a century and many human lives, told in the inimitable style of Susan Orlean, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief.

And Man Created God is a sweeping exploration of the religions of the world at the time of Jesus: this is popular history at its best. How did the tiny Jesus cult triumph over more popular religions - the goddess Isis, the miracle worker Apollonius, even the cult of Augustus - to become the world's dominant faith?

Simon Hoggart brings together the funniest and most surreal examples of that bete noire, the Christmas round robin letter, accompanied by his own inimitably funny commentary.

A standalone supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries. Candlenight explores the darker side of rural life in a remote Welsh mountain village, where primal fears and ancient longings haunt the present day.

The international bestseller: a cry of witness to the 20th century - the unforgettable memoir of 70 years of contemporary and personal history from the great French filmmaker, journalist and intellectual Claude Lanzmann. 'A masterpiece' Le Point 'A masterpiece' Der Spiegel 'A masterpiece' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Roger Scruton is one of Britain's most respected thinkers and in this new book he offers a radically different solution to the planet's most important problem.

Extra Virginity is a rich, fluid and evocative account of the history and alchemy of olive oil, and of how the finest artisanal oil-manufacturers - in the deep south of Italy, around the Mediterranean, in California, Down Under and beyond - are endangered by the widespread fraud of one of mankind's oldest and most versatile products.