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Under the MOST imprint we package books for the international co-edition market. Our goal is to produce attractive, interesting and imaginative books that catch the attention of publishers and the public alike.

Some of our work

• A Year of Birds

  Marianne Taylor

  

  With its useful month-by-month structure, A Year of Birds takes a fresh, contemporary look at what birds you are likely to see in different locations (urban, gardens, parks, woodland…) at different times of the year. How to identify them, understand their behaviour and place them in context within the natural world. Use the latest technology & apps to record and capture the moment. Plus, how to attract them to your space, whether window box, balcony or garden.

  • 224 pages, colour photos & a/w
  • 225 × 200mm (9 × 8 ins)
  • 30,000 words
  • All rights available

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• The Owl and the Nightingale

  Marianne Taylor

  

  For anyone who has ever wondered where birds go at night, what they do and how, or even if, they sleep. It shines a light on birdwatching from dusk to dawn, explaining how and where to do it, with tips on personal safety and using the latest technology. Learn about the behaviour and calls of different nocturnal species. Enjoy the narrative chapter introductions that set the scene for this magical, exciting and unique experience.

  • 160 pages, colour photos & a/w
  • 225 × 175mm (9 × 7 ins)
  • 25,000 words
  • All rights available

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• On the Wing

  Marianne Taylor & Rachel Warren Chadd

  

  Birds are frustratingly difficult to identify from the air. Learn how to spot 90 birds by their flight patterns and style (swooping, hopping…), silhouettes and behaviour, and to tell them apart from comparative species that are easily confused. Discover the best places to see particular birds and learn about flock shapes, murmuration and mid-flight calls. Appreciate their superb aerodynamic anatomy and celebrate the sheer joy of seeing birds in flight.

  • 208 pages, colour photos & a/w
  • 220 × 160mm (8 ½  × 6 ¼ ins)
  • 25,000 words
  • All rights available

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• 50 Ways to Soil Health

  Ben Raskin

  

  If you like to grow plants, on whatever scale, from containers to garden or allotment, you’ll know that soil condition is key to success. This is a succinct and practical look at how to improve, enrich and nurture your soil, served up in 50 neat tips that everyone can do. From tending your worms to doing your bit to keep global warming at bay, 50 Ways to Soil Health is imaginative, attractive and informative. A great gift or self-purchase.

  • 144 pages, colour photos & a/w
  • 190 × 152mm (7 ½  × 6 ins)
  • 15,000 words
  • All rights available

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• Lost Bodies

  

  Part history, part very cold-case detective story, Lost Bodies is a fascinating account of thirty famous people who disappeared postmortem, from bodies lost and found, such as Eva Peron and Richard III, to those lost for good, including Antony and Cleopatra, Genghis Khan and Louis Le Prince.

  • 192 pages, 4 × 4
  • 280 × 218mm (11 × 8 ½ ins)
  • 50,000 words
  • Published 2016
  • Rights sold: World English

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• The Order of Things

  

  Who is more senior in a Chinese triad, a White Paper Fan or a Red Pole? What trumps a Straight Flush in poker? A fascinating miscellany of the many and diverse hierarchies of the world, from governments, gangs and gladiators to sports, science and secret societies, via dress codes, typography and priority at sea.

  • 192 pages, black line a/w
  • 138 x 222mm (8 ¾ × 5 ½ ins)
  • 35,000 words
  • All rights: Little, Brown (Robinson)
  • Publication: November 2017

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• Meet Your Bacteria

  

  This book explores the multitude of bacteria that live on and in different parts of your body. It explains what effect they have — good and bad — and offers advice on promoting the good and inhibiting the bad. It also includes pregnancy, birth and how your children’s bacteria set them up for life, as well as the latest research into topics such as the way the human microbiome varies across the globe.

  • 192 pages
  • 235 × 190mm (7 ½ × 9 ¼ ins)
  • 40,000 words
  • All rights: Octopus Books (Cassell)
  • Publication: spring 2018

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