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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comOrders: Troubador Publishing Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk0116 279 2299Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change without notice. 02/09/2024 was Nov 24 now Jan 25Lisa Lucas started writing for Reader%u2019s Digest and freelancing for newspapers. Later, she wrote extensively on issues related to literacy and health. Over the last few years, Lisa has changed direction and is now focussing on poetry and historical fiction. Her work can be found at lisalucas.ca.Steve Landsberg, an accomplished, award-winning advertising executive and entrepreneur, is currently Co- Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Human Intelligence (H.I.), a New York City-based marketing firm. Prior to H.I., he co-founded Grok, an Inc. 500 %u201cFastest Growing Company.%u201d Steve has held executive creative roles at many top global ad agencies leading the work on iconic global brands. A copywriter by trade, Steve has published numerous ad industry articles. Ping is his first published book.Publication: 28th JANUARY 2025ISBN: 9781835741016Price: %u00a38.99Binding: PaperbackFormat: 198 x 129 mmExtent: 120 ppThema: FV Historical fictionAuthor location: Canada%u2022 Ping is a historical novel for young adults inspired by and based upon Thelma Hall, the American Ping Pong player. %u2022 Exploring how the innocent game of Ping Pong evolved into a political phenomenon and the fall out that ensued. 1880s. When it got too cold outside to play lawn tennis, the British upper class brought the game inside, and Table Tennis was born. It was simple: all you needed was a table, a paddle, and a little ball. But in the years that followed, what started as a simple English game spiralled into a global phenomenon%u2026Ping explores the seemingly innocent game of Ping Pong, where antisemitism and communism were intertwined from its beginnings in the 1880s to the 1970s when the U.S. opened diplomatic relations with China. Ping is a fictionalised account of this time and reveals the politics that ensued and the devastating fallout that followed.ISBN 978-1-83574-101-69 7 8 1 8 3 5 7 4 1 0 1 6PINGLisa Lucas, Steve Landsberg