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72 iSBN 978-0-14-312132-9 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN) Biography 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 288 pp. Rights: E30 8 pp. b/w photos Pub history: The Penguin Press hc 978-1-59420-296-4 On sale: 6/26/2012 SuGGeSTeD ORDeR “ It’s an unbelievable story—equal parts Bruce Lee, Wilt Chamberlain, Pancho Villa, Robin Hood, and Jason Bourne. Matthews’s wonderful new book is a rarity. There’s a beating heart inside this page-turner.” —Alex Lemon, author of Happy: A Memoir “ [An] exhilarating narrative about redemption and the power of personal choice.” —Kirkus Reviews ClASSiC PeNGuiN july The gripping and redemptive story of how a boy from Baltimore went looking for adventure and wound up trying to save the world Kicking Ass and Saving Souls The Story of a Boy from Baltimore Who Evolves from a Safecracking, Jewel-Heisting, Deep-Sea Diving, Ultimate-Fighting, International Playboy to a Globetrotting Humanitarian David Matthews In Ace of Spades—selected as an Editor’s Choice by The New York Times—David Matthews presented an enthralling account of growing up mixed-raced in a highly segregated city. Now, in Kicking Ass and Saving Souls, he describes the incredible life of his childhood friend Stefan Templeton. In this biography, which reads like an adventure novel, Matthews follows Templeton from the Baltimore ghetto to the Sudanese desert and into some of the bleakest corners of the globe. A true Renaissance man with an insatiable hunger for thrills, Templeton has been a lover, a jewel thief, a martial artist, and finally a real-life superhero who finds a focus for his life in humanitarian relief work around the world. n An amazing true-life adventure that spans the globe—larger-thanlife locales including Europe, the U.S., South America, Japan, and Southeast Asia n Matthews is currently a lead writer for Law and Order: L.A. n Also available as an e-book dAvid MAtthews is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Ace of Spades. His work has appeared in Salon, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Post. He lives in New York City. National Radio Telephone interviews Online Publicity Academic Marketing
iSBN 978-0-14-312129-9 $20.00 ($21.00 CAN) History 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 544 pp. Rights: G12 16 pp. color photos and art; b/w maps throughout Pub history: Viking hc 978-0-670-02266-3 On sale: 6/26/2012 SuGGeSTeD ORDeR “ A fine, sweeping survey of the rise and fall of an empire and a glimpse into the diversity of the ancient world.” —The Wall Street Journal “ A superb achievement, a model for all such endeavors.” —Telegraph (U.K.) “ Skillfully weav[es] its way through the maze of Greek historians, Roman military accounts and archaeological remains.” —Financial Times The first full-scale history of Hannibal’s Carthage in decades and “a convincing and enthralling narrative” (The Economist) Carthage Must Be Destroyed The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Richard Miles Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects the civilization that ancient Rome struggled so mightily to expunge. This monumental work charts the entirety of Carthage’s history, from its origins among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon to its apotheosis as a Mediterranean empire whose epic land-and-sea clash with Rome made a legend of Hannibal and shaped the course of Western history. Carthage Must Be Destroyed reintroduces readers to the ancient glory of a lost people and their generations-long fight against an implacable enemy. n Includes a full-color photo insert n Also available as an e-book RiChARd Miles teaches ancient history at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow-Commoner of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He has written widely on Punic, Roman, and Vandal North Africa and has directed archaeological excavations in Carthage and Rome. He divides his time between Sydney, Australia, and Cambridge, England. Targeted Academic Mailing ClASSiC PeNGuiN july 73
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