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BLOOMSBURY CIRCUS ANTIQUES ALLEN LANE
MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS CHRISTOPHER DE HAMEL 01 SEPTEMBER, HB, £30, 9780241003046 Fabulously illustrated volume which invites the reader into intimate conversation with 12 famous medieval manuscripts, from The Gospels of Saint Augustine to The Spinola Hours.
makes it probably the most exciting book on her perennially popular novels to be published in years.
JOHN MURRAY
THE CYBER EFFECT MARY AIKEN 11 AUGUST, HB, £20, 9781473610231 “The average person now checks their phone over 200 times a day. That’s a serious addiction. But now, at last, there is someone who can explain what is happening to us”. Freakonomics for our modern online lives is the billing for this compelling book from world-leading cyber psychologist and the inspiration for “CSI Cyber”. With great clarity and insight, Aiken investigates the effect of technology on human behaviour, including criminal activity on the Deep We and Darknet; deviancy; internet addiction, the teenage psyche, child development and cyber romance. Essential reading.
ALLEN LANE
NATIVE LANDS NORMAN DAVIES 03 NOVEMBER, HB, £30, 9781846148316 In 2012, the author of “Vanished Kingdoms” set off on a global circumnavigation. This is his account of the places he visited and the history he found there, from Abu Dhabi to Singapore, and
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MAD ENCHANTMENT ROSS KING 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £25, 9781408861950 Beguiling and fascinating account of how Monet created the “Water Lilies”. The beautiful canvases belie the intense frustration he experienced at the difficulties of capturing the fugitive effects of light, water, and colour, and reflect the terrible personal torments Monet suffered in the last dozen years of his life.
NATIONAL GALLERY
BEYOND CARAVAGGIO LETIZIA TREVES 04 OCTOBER, HB, £25, 9781857096026 This extensively illustrated catalogue introduces the “international Caravaggesque movement” and traces the
the settlement of Tasmania to the short-lived Republic of Texas. His historical gaze “penetrates behind the present” to see how things became as they are, and how peoples came to tell
themselves the stories which make up their identities. “Everywhere, it seems, human beings have been travelling since the beginning of recorded time. To whom is a land truly native?”. And what could be a more topical question than that?
CANONGATE
TIMEKEEPERS SIMON GARFIELD 29 SEPTEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9781782113195 The timetable arrives by steam train. A woman designs a 10-hour clock and reinvents the calendar. And a prince attempts to stop time in its tracks. I so admire Simon Garfield’s ability to hit upon the most everyday subjects and make them completely enthralling. This is his riveting exploration of how we have sought to contain, manage and save time over the past 250 years, to the point where we are now obsessed with a completely arbitrary concept. He has but two simple intentions he declares: “to tell some illuminating stories, and to ask whether we have all gone completely nuts”.
distinct artistic personalities of its leading players. Accompanies a National Gallery exhibition.
PROFILE BOOKS
THE ART OF RIVALRY SEBASTIAN SMEE 20 OCTOBER, HB, £16.99, 9781781251652 Pulitzer Prize-winning author reveals how rivalry shaped the careers of eight artists: “the kind of rivalry that emerges from admiration, friendship, love”, and which existed between Degas and Manet, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and Bacon.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM DAVID ANFAM ET AL 01 SEPTEMBER, HB, £40, 9781910350300 Abstract Expressionism evokes the energy and vibrancy of 1950s New York when artists like Pollock, Rothko and de Kooning injected a new sense of confidence in painting, experimenting with improvisation, spontaneity and colour. This survey accompanies a major Royal Academy exhibition: the first on the subject since 1959.
DAVID HOCKNEY TIM BARRINGER; EDITH DEVANEY 01 JULY, HB, £30, 9781910350287 Catalogue of Hockney’s remarkable new body of work in which he embraces portraiture with a renewed creative vigour, and offers an intimate snapshot of the LA art world and the people who have crossed his path over the last two years. Accompanies a major Royal Academy exhibition.
TATE
9781849764032 Sumptuous survey of the work of the American modernist painter, along with a collection of essays which reassess her place in the canon of 20th-century art. Publication accompanies a major Tate Modern O’Keeffe retrospective (July–October 2016).
VIKING
TURNER FRANNY MOYLE 07 JULY, HB, £25, 9780670922697 Drawing on new material, this “vibrant and compelling” biography of the celebrated english artist aims shed new light on his personal life (including the effect of his unhappy childhood and his mother’s committal to a lunatic asylum) whilst exploring the whole breadth of his work, including his vast output of erotic and pornographic figures drawings.
century France, to its emergence as a widely recognised marker of status, sexuality, virtue and physical perfection.
CONRAN OCTOPUS
VOGUE THE SHOE HARRIET QUICK 30 SEPTEMBER, HB, £75, 9781840916591 Following on from Vogue: The Gown”; and Vogue: The Jewellery; this third title in the Vogue portfolio is a fabulous celebration of the shoe as an object of
obsession, status and desire. The Christmas gift of choice for Imeldas everywhere.
EBURY PRESS
FASHION & LIFESTYLE
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FASHION IS FREEDOM TALA RAASI 08 SEPTEMBER, PB, £8.99, 9781910536797 On her 16th birthday, young Iranian “teen rebel” Raassi attended a mixed-gender party wearing a mini-skirt. The punishment for this was 40 lashes and five days in jail. This barbaric experience became a catalyst for her to move to the USA and pursue her dreams of becoming a fashion designer. This is her glamorous and inspiring memoir.
BLOOMSBURY
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE TANYA BARSON 04 JULY, PB, £30,
THE SILHOUETTE GEORGES VIGARELLO 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £30, 9781474244657 This “highly original examination of the cultural weight of the human figure” traces the history of the silhouette from its origins in the simple sketches of a finance minister in 18th-
BEAUTY,
BLOOM ESTEE LALONDE 01 SEPTEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9781785033650 Lalonde is a hugely successful beauty and lifestyle vlogger and “social influencer” with a global audience of millions across her YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter platforms. Her first book aims to help her 20-something core audience discover who they are, and how to interpret that through the lifestyle choices they make.
THE NATURE OF BEAUTY IMELDA BURKE 06 OCTOBER, HB, £18.99, 9781785033605 This “honest” guide to the new generation of beauty, skincare and makeup will teach you how to know your skin and buy the best products for you. It shows you what brands to look for, techniques and tips for all ages, and ancient and modern beauty wisdom that works.
FOURTH ESTATE
PRETTY ICONIC SALI HUGHES 06 OCTOBER, HB, £25, 9780008194536 A personal, expert look at iconic beauty products of the past, present and future from the trusted Guardian beauty writer who takes us through her favourite finds, from beloved, treasured favourites to mould-breaking game changers to future classics.
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THE LUXE LIFE FLEUR DE FORCE 28 JULY, HB, £18.99, 9781472232069
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