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BATTERED WIFE UNTIL THE DAY SHE FOUGHT BACK PAN, 25TH, P/B, £7.99, 9781509830886


After years of exploitation and horrific abuse at the hands of her husband, a notorious criminal,


McConnell realised that she was better at business than he was. She hatched a plan to break free from him and take the thing he cared about the most: his money.


MICHAEL SCHMIDT THE FIRST POETS: LIVES OF THE ANCIENT GREEK POETS HEAD OF ZEUS, 11TH, H/B, £25, 9781784975975 Starting with Orpheus and the possibly mythical Homer, through Hipponax, Theocritus, Saphho and Hesiod, the author of Lives of the Poets brings us a lively and accessible account of the lives and works of the great Greek poets who first gave us our poetic tradition.


ALLEN LANE, 25TH, H/B, £35, 9780713999044 “Towering intellectual” biography which enables us to understand both the greatness and the illusion that lie at the heart of Marx, I’m told. It examines both how he came to his revolutionary ideas and the overwhelming impact they had on those around him.


PETE WAY A FAST RIDE OUT OF HERE: CONFESSIONS OF ROCK’S MOST DANGEROUS MAN CONSTABLE, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9781472124319 Best known as a founding member and bassist of hard-rock band UFO, Way has written what I’m told will be a “monument to rock ‘n’ roll debauchery on an epic, unparalleled scale”. So shocking, so outrageous, so packed with excess “it makes even Keith Richards appear routine and Ozzy Osbourne seem positively mild- mannered in comparison”. You have been warned.


BUSINESS & ECONOMICS


All about sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), a powerful new economic tool that enables governments around the world to have access to an unprecedented degree of funds. Chile, China and Singapore are among the countries studied in this account.


FRASER DOHERTY 48-HOUR START-UP: FROM IDEA TO LAUNCH IN ONE WEEKEND HARPERTHORSONS, 25TH, P/B, £12.99, 9780008196684 Doherty, MBE, started his business career at the age of 14, making jam in his grandmother’s kitchen and selling it to Waitrose. Now his Superjam brand is a global success and he is one of the most successful young entrepreneurs at work today. Here he offers a practical guide to starting your own business in only two days, with key tips for developing an idea and getting it to market quickly.


JONATHAN SCOTT THE BIG CAT MAN BRADT, H/B, £20, 9781784770334 Autobiography of the wildlife presenter and photographer, best known for fronting popular TV series “Big Cat Diary” (which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year) and “Wild Kingdom”. He tells his story in his own words, from his childhood on a farm in England, to his move to Kenya’s Masai Mara and the peace and love he has found with his soulmate Angela. Author lecture tour at publication.


RYAN AVENT THE WEALTH OF HUMANS: WORK AND ITS ABSENCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ALLEN LANE, 25TH, H/B, £25, 9780241201039 Given that work continues to define us as individuals and societies, what happens when that world of work changes forever, due to zero-hour contracts and automated and “non” jobs? The economics correspondent of the Economist draws on research, from China to Silicon Valley, to investigate what this revolution in the world of work might mean.


GARETH STEDMAN JONES KARL MARX: GREATNESS AND ILLUSION


ANGELA CUMMINE CITIZENS’ WEALTH: WHY (AND HOW) SOVEREIGN FUNDS SHOULD BE MANAGED BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE YALE, H/B, £20, 9780300218947


JAMIE MACALISTER RISKY STRATEGY: UNDERSTANDING RISK TO IMPROVE STRATEGIC DECISIONS BLOOMSBURY, 25TH, H/B, £25, 97814729260443 Explanation of how and why managers should be proactive in their handling of risk and not necessarily see it as a source of danger or threat. Part of a new series published in associated with Ashridge Business School.


JOSEPH STIGLITZ THE EURO: AND ITS THREAT TO THE FUTURE OF EUROPE ALLEN LANE, 16TH, H/B, £20, 9780241258156 In this timely look at whether the Euro can be saved, Stiglitz argues that Europe’s stagnation and bleak outlook are a direct result of the fundamental flaws inherent in the Euro project, with money relentlessly leaving the weaker member states and going to the strong, while debt accumulates in a few ill-favoured countries. Delayed from May.


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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION AUGUST


THAMES & HUDSON, H/B, £18.95, 9780500292587 Building on his acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series, “21st Century Mythologies”, the renowned cultural critic examines the enduring place of myth in contemporary culture and society. From the Queen to Caitlyn Jenner, and Judge Judy to Steve Jobs, 27 standalone entries expand on the subjects covered in the radio series and expose “the absurdity and occasional insanity of our godforsaken, demon-haunted contemporary culture”.


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SUSAN LOUGHHEAD THE END GAME: THE FINAL CHAPTER IN BRITAIN’S GREAT GAME IN AFGHANISTAN AMBERLEY, H/B, £20, 9781445659930 Drawing parallels between the author’s experiences at the British Embassy in Kabul in 2010–13 and her grandfather’s similar experiences just after Indian independence, this is an analysis of Britain’s role in Afghanistan since the end of the Second World War.


GAVIN PRESMAN NEGOTIATION: HOW TO CRAFT AGREEMENTS THAT GIVE EVERYONE MORE ICON, 4TH, P/B, £7.99, 9781848319370 “Practical and empowering” guide in which the author takes an ethical and mutually beneficial approach to improving the negotiating skills of any reader, enhancing personal and professional relationships in the process.


FRANK BROWNING THE FATE OF GENDER: NATURE, NURTURE AND THE HUMAN FUTURE BLOOMSBURY, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9781620406199 “Provocative and path-breaking” look at the fast-changing gender landscape of today, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo, to conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature, to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. Increasingly the categories of male and female seem old-fashioned and reductive, he argues.


BEN EHRENREICH THE WAY TO THE SPRING: LIFE AND DEATH IN PALESTINE GRANTA, 4TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781783783106 Award-winning US writer with a “brave, lucid, searing” account of life in Palestine (based on his three years living there) which completely revitalises our understanding of the country, I’m told, in the way that Katherine Boo did for Mumbai in Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Neither apologetic nor romanticised it is a “necessary book, an unflinching act of witnessing”.


GIDEON RACHMAN EASTERNISATION: WAR AND PEACE IN THE ASIAN CENTURY BODLEY HEAD, 4TH, H/B, £25, 9781847923332 The West’s domination of world politics is coming to a close, argues the chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. The flow of power is turning from West to East and a new era of global instability has begun with the rise of China and other Asian powers. This is Rachman’s road map to the “turbulent process that will define the international politics of the 21st Century”.


PETER CONRAD MYTHOMANIA: TALES OF OUR TIMES, FROM APPLE TO ISIS


HAMID DABASHI IRAN WITHOUT BORDERS: TOWARDS A CRITIQUE OF THE POSTCOLONIAL NATION VERSO, H/B, £16.99, 9781784780685 Tracing the history of the cosmopolitan forces and diverse mix of influences which have made contemporary Iran. The author is a regular columnist for Al Jazeera English.


PETER MARCUSE AND DAVID MADDEN IN DEFENSE OF HOUSING: THE POLITICS OF CRISIS VERSO, P/B, £19.99, 9781784783549 Leading US and UK thinkers on housing with a


passionate demand for the “Right to the City”, in which they argue that the housing question is not an architectural or a moral one but a political and economic one. Exploring the origins and politics of the crisis, they set out the arguments for universal housing.


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