Gibson Square Books

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Gibson Square is a new publishing company whose launch coincided with the award of the Pulitzer Prize to the controversial biography Hirohito, of the Japanese wartime Emperor, during its publication in Britain.

Commissioned books include the translation of the polemic memoirs by Sergo Beria of his father Lavrenti Beria, Stalin's KGB chief, and the expanded memoirs of Diana Mosley, the Mitford sister who married Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Fascist party. Of To Kill a Priest about the murder of Father Popieluszko, Lech Walesa said 'Everyone who would like to find out how communism was defeated, should read this book.'

Gibson Square specialises in books that are able to contribute to a current debate. Each title is supported by a vigorous marketing campaign to provide a broad platform for the book and its ideas in the booktrade.

Newly discovered Gibson Square authors include Helena Frith Powell who wrote More France Please, Two Lipsticks and a Lover and is currently publishing Ciao Bella. Gibson Square sold paperback rights in her books to Penguin US and Arrow (Random House UK), as well as translation rights in several foreign countries.

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A key new book by John McCain, 2008 US Presidential nominee of the Republican Party, to be published in Britain.

Gibson Square is delighted to announce the publication in the UK of Hard Call written by Vietnam war hero, US Senator, and Republican nominee for the 2008 US Presidential Elections, John McCain. It will be the first book by John McCain to be published in the UK.

‘Timed exquisitely for the fall campaign season.’ Los Angeles Times

‘Supremely well-written.’ New York Times

Like Winston Churchill (Great Contemporaries), recently Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Courage), and John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage), Senator John McCain asks the quintessential questions any contender for world leadership must answer. What is most fundamental about human character that leads to the right decisions under stress and while alone at the top? How do men and women not buckle under enormous pressure when they have to make difficult decisions on their own. How do they choose the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? Why is it that some people have the courage to dare?

In Hard Call, John McCain chooses outstanding twentieth-century figures who had the character and courage required to take responsibility for their decisions. He recounts key episodes in the lives of people from Winston Churchill to Anwar Sadat, Ma Ellen in Liberia to Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle, examining the virtues they embodied, whether foresight, confidence or inspiration. It is an inspiring book that will help many understand John McCain better as well as allow them to make better leadership decisions in their own lives.

Hard Call hardback £14.99 isbn 9781906142261.

Any further questions please contact publicity@gibsonsquare.com.