Tor Books also publishes two imprints for young readers: Starscape (for readers 10 years of age and up) and Tor Teen (for readers 13 years of age and up). There is also the Forge imprint that publishes an array of fictional titles, including historical novels and thrillers. Tor is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group.
In June 2019, Tor and other Macmillan imprints moved from the Flatiron Building, to larger offices in the Equitable Building. Martin's Press Henry Holt and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, it became part of the Holtzbrinck group, now part of Macmillan in the US. Tor is a word meaning a rocky pinnacle, as depicted in Tor's logo. They were soon joined by Barbara Doherty and Katherine Pendill, who then composed the original startup team. (Baen would found his own imprint three years later). Tor was founded by Tom Doherty, Harriet McDougal, and Jim Baen in 1980. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese science fiction novels in North America. Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. Tor! challenges the myth that German football is ‘predictable’ or ‘efficient’ and brings to life the fascinating array of characters who shaped it: the betrayed pioneer Walther Bensemann the enigmatic genius Sepp Herberger the all-conquering Franz Beckenbauer the misfit Lothar Matthäus the coaches reshaping the modern game and even the radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann, whose ecstatic cries of ‘Tor!’ greeted the winning goal in the 1954 World Cup final and helped change a whole nation’s view of itself.įully revised and updated, Tor! is the definitive history of German football.Forge, Starscape, Tor Teen, Orb, Tordotcom, Nightfire Tor! (Goal!) traces the extraordinary story of Germany’s club and international football, from the days when it was regarded as a dangerously foreign pastime, through the horrors of the Nazi years, to the postwar triumphs, the World Cup victories, and all the way up to the present day. Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world. ‘Have you read Tor!? That’s a book about German football, that's a really good book that’ – Mark E.
‘Beautifully crafted, demolishes myths with the cold-blooded efficiency of a literary Gerd Müller’ – The Times
‘In Hesse’s capable hands, the history of German football seems more entertaining, unpredictable and scandal-infested than England’s’ – FourFourTwo ‘without question the most entertaining historical football book ever written’ – The Guardian Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
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