Books and weasels

Argh!
Why is the American paperback of Monstrous Regiment available on 01.09. and the UK one not before 01.10?

In other news, some kind of marten seems to have decided that our roof is a perfect place to live. If I were sure that it's just one and not a mother with ... pups? I'd borrow a cat trap from somewhere to get it out, since it's apparently living right over my room and makes a lot of noise.

And if I'm lucky it'll rain this evening and I won't have to explain how to do nordic walking this week.