Books published by Atlantic Books

Now filmed as INVICTUS directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008

The sixth instalment of Robert Fabbri's bestselling Vespasian series. Vespasian's ascent to power continues: sent to defend Rome's interest in the East, Vespasian is imprisoned in the oldest city in the world...

The book of our time is now in paperback: Deception exposes the truth about how the West allowed Pakistan to bring nuclear arms to the very rogue states and terrorist organizations that today threaten to destabilize the entire world.

Now available in paperback, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, the book that created the field of economics, is transformed into a page-turner of global significance by America's sharpest political commentator writing in English today.

Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history: 'Christian Wolmar brings the era of railway mania alive: both the imagination and the daring that made it possible.' David Dimbleby

James Cracknell and Ben Fogle's hardback smash of Christmas 2006 becomes a massive paperback bestseller in summer 2007. 'Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.' The Times

How did an ancient Hindu treatise come to be the world's best-known sex manual? Now available in paperback, The Book of Love is the first book to tell the story of the Kamasutra in full. 'A vastly entertaining and consistently intelligent guide to this misunderstood and vaguely disreputable book.' Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

Slow-Tech is an impassioned argument for longevity, robustness, slowness and solidity - a timely response to the problems of our over-wound world

This A-format paperback of The Saladin Murders, the second Omar Yussef mystery, continues to build a major new crime franchise: 'Morse, Rebus and now Yussef.' Observer

Introducing a world literary figure: Sayed Kashua's Let It Be Morning is written with the moral clarity of Damon Galgut and the existential power of Albert Camus.

'The hottest young writer in US fiction' -- Guardian

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential comes an insider's look into the cloistered world of classical music. Now a major Amazon.com TV series starring Gabriel Garcia Bernal.

'Hardy's evident intimacy with and affection for the troubled landscape and people of her novel lend The Wonder House an air of distinction' - The Times

"Seven Kings" is a vivid insight into the daily life of seven average teenagers over the course of a school year. What does their world look and feel like - and how will they shape our country in the future?

This is the last untold story of BletchleyPark. Using recently declassified information, Paul Gannon has written a gripping account of the invention of the world's first true computer, Colossus.

A diamond-hard dissection of modern mores.

The eagerly awaited paperback by the new star of psychological writing: 'Rich with disturbing images, eerie characters and wistful philosophical reflection... in terms of sheer prose ability he is a modern master.' Andrew Marr, Telegraph

Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.A Sunday Times Bestseller'Electric... Outstanding.' GuardianIn March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April that year she was sailing south in the vanguard of the Task Force towards the front line of the Falklands War.On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs. The explosions tore out most of her port side and killed nineteen of the crew, leaving many others injured. Within twenty minutes she had capsized. In her final moments, after all the survivors had been evacuated, her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This is his compelling and moving story.

Inside this small (but perfectly formed) hardback there lurks some of the most devilishly difficult mathematical brainteasers human beings have yet devised.

A MANAGEMENT BOOKSHELF IN A BOOK... This essential book distills and summarizes the world's most important, influential and outstanding management books, revealing the wisdom that made them into classics.

'Dark Roots announces the arrival of a major talent... Cate Kennedy has a near pitch-perfect voice and a feeling for the precise moment when stars move in the cosmos.' Peter Temple, author of The Broken Shore

Winner of the O2 X Award'A new Heart of Darkness... it is unlikely that there will be a finer written fiction this year' Guardian'A shimmering tapestry, a truly networked work of fiction.' Dally Telegraph

The hungrily awaited paperback of Nick McDonell's sensational best-seller. Twelve has been adapted for film by Hollywood director Joel Schumacher starring Chace Crawford,Emma Roberts, and 50 Cent.

'[A] subtle and persuasive account of relationships between men and women from the 19th century through to the new millennium... its sweep is impressive' Economist

Retitled, revised and repackaged in B-format paperback: 'Marvellous... Passionate, intelligent and thrillingly written and, above all, it is true. This is what it feels like to live in Britain today' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times

A formidably clever book by a man who clearly knows his way around the world... Of the Hornby-influenced books, it is the best in a long time' Markus Berkmann, Daily Mail

A landmark new account of the twentieth century from one of Europe's most outstanding thinkers.