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Green China will be available from the 8th of September

China is a vast country, now very much in the news in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games, and as a result of her burgeoning economy. The wildlife of China is still not well known in the West.


The Dictionary of Foreign Quotations will be available from August

This revised edition contains 3000 entries in Latin French German Italian and Spanish.

This is a sister publication to
Hartley's Foreign Phrases


Women on the Nile was launched on Friday 27th June at the Institute of Archaeology

Comprising of a talk from the author at 7 followed by the actual launch event.

Please contact publisher for details

By combining extracts from their most famous works with Rees' insightful essays, Women on the Nile illuminates the life and writings of three remarkable women and captures something of the romance of 19th century travel to the East.


Saharan Conflict:
Towards Territorial Autonomy as a Right to Democratic Self Determination
was launched at Westminster Hall on Tuesday 24th June


For more information about this event, please contact publisher for details.

In Saharan Conflict, Abdelhamid El Ouali espouses the establishment of a Moroccan-administered Western Sahara AR, and outlines Rabat’s vision for the Region, its implementation, governance and economic prospects. Professor El Ouali provides a much-needed scholarly account of the struggle for one of the last remaining white spaces on today’s political map of the world.


纸笔杀人不用刀 Pen and brush can kill without a knife ...

Pavilions in the Air considers the culture of China at a time of excitement surrounding the Beijing Olympics. Modern China has emerged from an ancient civilisation abundant in proverbs and sayings. This novel book, with humorous illustrations, serves to depict not only proverbs specific to China but also reveals that some phrases are familiar around the world. As we all know the pen is mightier than the sword.

To view some excerpts from Pavilions in the Air please follow this link




This latest addition to the Very Simple series will be available from June.

In anticipation of the interest in China sparked by the Beijing Olympics, Stacey International has expanded the Very Simple series to incorporate complex Mandarin Chinese. This delightful book combines a simple approach to the language with whimsical drawings to support the learning process.


We are delighted to announce the launch, in June, of the third edition of Cyril Glassé 's The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam

This unique single-volume work consists of 1,300 entries, containing a wide rage of new additions. This new edition also contains an extensively revised chronology which spans the entire history of Islam, from its origins through developments in the Muslim world today.


Ivan Mestrovic: The Making of a Master was launched at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia on Thursday 13th March

Ivan Mestrovic (1883–1962), one of the towering figures of 20th Century sculpture, not only achieved international acclaim, but also came to be revered in his homeland of Croatia as a leading figure in the nationalist movement.

The Embassy of the Republic of Croatia


The Kazakhstan Way was launched on Tuesday 4th March

President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the author of The Kazakhstan Way lays out in this highly readable work his detailed analysis and testament of what has guided him to guide - and indeed shape - his nation, and the principles of governance that he seeks to ensure for the evolution of Kazakhstan in the years ahead.

Please contact Stacey International for any more details about this launch.


Palestine:Political Reflections 1945-54 was launched at The Foreign Press Association on Wednesday 6th February

Lebanese – and ardently patriotic – Chiha proves a candid analyst of Lebanon’s shortcomings, often tracing these to the partition of Palestine in 1949, and the creation of its Zionist state. This launch will act in conjunction with a panel of prominent commentators considering how much has changed in Lebanon in the intervening 60 years.
Please follow this link for more information


The Foreign Press Association




Author Events

"The Peacock and the Mermaid" was launched at Daunts Bookshop, Holland Park on 27th June.

The event was a great success and enjoyed by all!

This is the winning entry of The Peacock and the Mermaid colouring competition by Callum Mc Dougall. We thank all the entrants for their participation and great talent.


Issa and the Coin launched in Oman

Issa and the Coin was launched last month in Oman, with book readings and drawing contests for children and adults alike.








Review of the launch:
Times of Oman


English and Italian Proverbs Compared and Illustrated.

Christopher Arnader gave a talk about "Britishness in Sardinia" last month. View more details on the link below.
Britishness in Sardinia








PEN acclaims The Silent Steppe

The Silent Steppe by Mukamet Shayakhmetov

'This is a much needed, moving, first hand account of the fate of the Kazakhs in the collectivisation terror of the 1930s - even by Communist standards one of the most humanly, economically, ecologically and culturally disastrous policies , inflicted on a helpless population and one which is still not otherwise adequately recorded in the West.' - Robert Conquest






Out Now

"The Peacock and the Mermaid" -A delightful narrative poem that tells the tale of how the peacock found his colourful feathers.