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PRUDENCE CRANDALL’S LEGACY: THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IN THE 1830S, DRED SCOTT, AND BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION DONALD E WILLIAMS July, pb, £20, 9780819576460 Compelling account of the abolitionist’s life, legal battles, and legacy. E
W H ALLEN
TERENCE: THE MAN WHO INVENTED DESIGN STEPHEN BAYLEY; ROGER MAVITY September, hb, £30, 9780753557129 Design visionary and inventor of modern middle- class lifestyle. This is the definitive biography of Terence Conran. E
WILLIAM COLLINS
THIS LONG PURSUIT: REFLECTIONS OF A ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHER RICHARD HOLMES October, hb, £25, 9780007386949 From the biographer of the Romantics, The Long Pursuit is a sweeping exploration of a career devoted to the art of life-writing. E
WILD SWANS: THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA JUNG CHANG July, pb, £9.99, 9780007463404 Jung Chang’s Wild Swans is one of the best selling and best loved books of recent years. E
KENNETH CLARK: MOMENTS OF VISION JAMES STOURTON September, hb, £30, 9780007493418 The biography of the popular British author, broadcaster and highly influential art historian. E
LABYRINTHS: EMMA JUNG, HER MARRIAGE TO CARL AND THE EARLY YEARS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS CATRINE CLAY August, hb, £25, 9780007510665
UNTITLED JEREMY PAXMAN October, hb, £25, 9780008128302 Covering insights on politicians of every stamp over the last half century. E
LARA: THE UNTOLD LOVE STORY ANNA PASTERNAK August, hb, £20, 9780008156787 The heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya. E
THE DEVIL’S CHESSBOARD: ALLEN DULLES, THE CIA, AND THE RISE OF AMERICA’S SECRET GOVERNMENT DAVID TALBOT October, pb, £10.99, 9780008159689
Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells America’s greatest untold story. E
WOUNDS: A MEMOIR OF LOVE AND WAR FERGAL KEANE September, hb, £20, 9780008189259 Revisiting the grievous scenes of recent conflict zones, veteran reporter Fergal Keane’s intensely personal memoir. E
NUJEEN: FROM WAR-TORN ALEPPO TO SUBURBAN GERMANY IN A WHEELCHAIR NUJEEN MUSTAFA; CHRISTINA LAMB September, hb, £16.99, 9780008192785
An inspiring tale of modern migration, overcoming adversity and escaping the hell of war. E
The story of Emma and Carl Jung’s highly unconventional marriage and their relationship with Freud. E
THE MAN WHO CREATED THE MIDDLE EAST: THE LIFE OF SIR MARK SYKES CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES November, hb, £25, 9780008121907 The story of the catastrophic British mishandling of the Middle East, told through the career of Sir Mark Sykes. E
IN THE DARKROOM SUSAN FALUDI July, hb, £16.99, 9780008193492 From the Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash. E
HIDDEN FIGURES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WHO HELPED WIN THE SPACE RACE MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY September, hb/pb, £16.99/£8.99,
9780008201289/326 Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before- told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians. E
WILLIAM MORROW PAPERBACKS
GIRL IN THE WOODS: A MEMOIR ASPEN MATIS July, pb, £8.99, 9780062291073 A story of survival after trauma and finding acceptance and healing in nature. E
WORLD SCIENTIFIC
SINGAPORE, MY COUNTRY: BIOGRAPHY OF M. BALASUBRAMANIAN NILANJANA SENGUPTA July, pb, £18, 9789813141292 A story peppered with equal doses of endeavour, ingenuity and a sheer will to survive.
THE FIRST TRANSPLANT SURGEON: THE FLAWED GENIUS OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, ALEXIS CARREL DAVID HAMILTON August, pb, £24, 9789814699372
Alexis Carrel was a pioneer in human organ transplantation and America’s first Nobel Prize winner.
THE STRUGGLES AND DREAMS OF ROBERT LANGER ROBERT LANGER
July, pb, £45, 9789814749046 Provides a glimpse into the life of Robert Langer, an amazing scientist, inventor and entrepreneur.
W W NORTON
YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE: THE STORY OF RAINER MARIA RILKE AND AUGUSTE RODIN RACHEL CORBETT October, hb, £16.99, 9780393245059 You Must Change Your Life is the extraordinary story of the one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts. E
MESS: ONE MAN’S STRUGGLE TO CLEAN UP HIS HOUSE AND HIS ACT BARRY YOURGRAU September, pbo, £9.99, 9780393352900 A humorous and poignant glimpse into the mind of an extreme hoarder. E
BASTARDS: A MEMOIR MARY ANNA KING August, pbo, £9.99, 9780393352849 Moving, haunting and at times wickedly funny, Bastards is about finding one’s family and oneself. E
THE IMMORTAL EVENING: A LEGENDARY DINNER WITH KEATS, WORDSWORTH, AND LAMB STANLEY PLUMLY August, pb, £11, 9780393353068 One legendary night in 1817 offers a window onto the lives of the Romantic poets. E
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE MAISKY DIARIES: THE WARTIME REVELATIONS OF STALIN’S AMBASSADOR IN LONDON IVAN MAISKY; GABRIEL GORODETSKY ED July, pb, £12.99, 9780300221701 Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London. E
JEWISH LIVES SERIES SERIES November, pb, £10.99 each, 97803002242 An important collection of interpretive biographies illuminating the impact of major Jewish figures. PROUST: THE SEARCH BENJAMIN TAYLOR 83 E
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: THE SHOCK OF THE MODERN FRANCINE PROSE 90 E
BLANCHE OF CASTILE, QUEEN OF FRANCE LINDY GRANT September, hb, £30, 9780300219265 This first modern scholarly biography restores Blanche to her central position in medieval French history.
JFK AND LBJ: THE LAST TWO GREAT PRESIDENTS GODFREY HODGSON July, pb, £12.99, 9780300219760 A firsthand observer weighs the achievements, and failures, of two fabled American presidents. E
JEAN COCTEAU: A LIFE CLAUDE ARNAUD; LAUREN ELKIN; CHARLOTTE MANDELL TR November, hb, £30, 9780300170573
Reassesses the life and legacy of one of the 20th century’s most significant cultural figures. E
MY DEAR LI: CORRESPONDENCE, 1937-1946 WERNER HEISENBERG ELISABETH HEISENBERG November, hb, £25, 9780300196931 Personal letters reveal the quandry of a prominent German physicist during the Nazi years. E
ZED BOOKS
WHEN THE WALKING DEFEATS YOU: ONE MAN’S JOURNEY AS JOSEPH KONY’S BODYGUARD LEDIO CAKAJ; ROMEO DALLAIRE FOREWORD November, pbo, £12.99, 9781783608126 One man’s experiences in the Lord’s Resistance Army as Joseph Kony’s bodyguard. E
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KIERKEGAARD: A SINGLE LIFE STEPHEN BACKHOUSE September, tpb, £9.99, 9780310520900 A rare biography on the life of Søren Kierkegaard. E
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