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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION AUGUST
HAPPY BABY MODERN, 25TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781906761837 Appealingly laid-out compendium of 50 mindful play activities for parents and young children to share, including guided meditations, practical mindfulness techniques and restorative tips to call or energise parent and child.
DAMO MITCHELL AND SPENCER HILL THE YELLOW MONKEY EMPEROR’S CLASSIC OF CHINESE MEDICINE SINGING DRAGON, 18TH, P/B, £17.99, 9781848192867 “Chinese medicine, the graphic novel.” Covering the 78 syndromes of Chinese medicine, these cartoons illustrate the disturbances and illnesses that can affect the organs of the body of Zang Fu. There are Daoist in-jokes that will appeal to practitioners, I’m told.
DAVID ROGERS BACK TO LIFE: HOW TO UNLOCK YOUR PATHWAY TO RECOVERY (WHEN BACK PAIN PERSISTS) VERMILION, 4TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781785040740 Billed as a “revolutionary” way to defeat persistent back pain and get your life back on track without drugs or surgery. This is based on cutting-edge research into the biological, psychological and environmental factors behind the pain itself.
HISTORY
MIDGE GILLIES ARMY WIVES: THE WOMEN BEHIND THE MEN WHO WENT TO WAR AURUM, 18TH, H/B, £20, 9781781312896 First-hand accounts of life as an army wife, from those who made the arduous journey to the Crimean War and witnessed battle at close quarters, to those supporting their partners through contemporary conflicts. It draws on original interviews and first-hand accounts.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY PAX ROMANA: WAR, PEACE, CONQUEST IN THE ROMAN WORLD WEIDENFELD, 11TH, H/B, £25, 9780297864288 Billed as a groundbreaking and comprehensive history of the Roman Peace, from the bloody conquests of an aggressive republic, through the age of Caesar and Augustus, to the golden age of prosperity under Marcus Aurelius. It’s a “balanced and nuanced reappraisal of life in the Roman Empire”.
IN 100 OBJECTS CASSELL, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9781844039180 Respected UK military historian teams up with the principal historian at the Imperial War Museum for this object-based narrative history of the First World War, published in association with the museum.
absurdity of post-Soviet society”, US writer Pinkham draws us into the lives of her Russian contemporaries; a generation that came of age after the fall of the USSR. Heinemann is drawing comparisons with the work of Barbara Demick and Katherine Boo.
martial king, apparently, but inspired great trust and loyalty and sought peace and harmony.
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popular Ikea products. The projects are graded according to difficulty, from Dress Up Your Dresser With Stickers and Paint This Chair, to Making a Faux Marble Table.
HUMOUR, GIFT & COLOURING BOOKS
JEFFREY LEE GOD’S WOLF: THE LIFE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF ALL CRUSADERS, REYNALD DE CHATILLON ATLANTIC, 4TH, H/B, £20, 9781782399254 Sweeping history of the notorious Crusader knight, a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of the most hated figures in Islamic history. In 2010, a parcel bomb with his name on it was sent from Yemen by an al-Qaeda operative with the intention of blowing up a plane over the US.
PHILIP BALL THE WATER KINGDOM BODLEY HEAD, 4TH, H/B, £25, 9781847923547 The author of Critical Mass and The Music Instinct with a secret history of China which promises to take us on a grand journey through the country’s past and present in a “book with a difference that goes beyond the political and economic debate and delves under the surface to explain what makes the country and its people tick”.
SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM MARGARET POLE: THE COUNTESS IN THE TOWER AMBERLEY, H/B, £16.99, 9781445635941 Billed as the first ever popular biography of Margaret Pole, the subject of Philippa Gregory’s latest novel The King’s Curse. At the end of a life marred by tragedy, she was hacked to death by a blundering headsman at her execution, which was ordered by Henry VIII.
JOHN HUGHES-WILSON WITH NIGEL STEEL A HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
JOHN MATUSIAK THE TUDORS IN 100 OBJECTS THE HISTORY PRESS, H/B, £25, 9780750961806 Intimate portrait of Tudor England, captured in the now traditional fashion of an array of 100 defining objects. These include birthing chairs, prosthetic arms, pocket watches, fuming pots, codpieces, ear scoops, bollock daggers and ducking stools.
REBECCA RIDEAL 1666: PLAGUE, WAR AND HELLFIRE JOHN MURRAY, 25TH, H/B, £20, 9781473623538 Narrative history of 1666, one of the most eventful years in British history, what with the Great Fire, the Plague and the Second Dutch War. It also includes a panoply of characters including Nell Gwynne, Robert Hooke and Milton. Rideal makes history documentaries for television, and it shows in the telling, I’m told.
LAURA TREVELYAN THE WINCHESTER: AN AMERICAN ICON IB TAURIS, H/B, £20, 9781780764696 The BBC’s New York correspondent tells the story of the iconic weapon made in New Haven, Connecticut, and sold in its hundreds and thousands around the world. In the process, she sheds light on pioneering vigour, brutal conquest and current US debates on gun laws.
ERIC VUILLARD SORROW OF THE EARTH: A STORY OF BUFFALO BILL CODY, SITTING BULL AND THE TRAGEDY OF SHOWBUSINESS PUSHKIN PRESS, 25TH, H/B, £12.99, 9781782272212 The story of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and the tragic fate of its North American participants: their humiliation and the simplification of their painful and complex stories for popular consumption. This “fiercely intelligent critique of human cruelty, colonialism and dumbing down” won four prizes on publication in France.
HOME FRONT
RAMONA BARRY AND REBECCA JOBSON THE CRAFT COMPANION: AN A–Z GUIDE TO MODERN CRAFTING THAMES & HUDSON, H/B, £24.95, 9780500518922 Billed as the “ultimate” contemporary illustrated guide to 33 crafting techniques, from appliqué and basketry to weaving and zakka. Includes historical information, a curated collection of leading craft talents, tools and techniques and 170 step-by-step projects.
JOHANNA BASFORD MAGICAL JUNGLE: AN INKY EXPEDITION AND COLOURING BOOK VIRGIN, 11TH, P/B, £12.99, 9780753557167
This latest offering from the bestselling colouring book author has a jungle theme, with exotic rainforests, leafy treetop canopies and exotic orchids, speckled tree frogs and a host of other creatures great and small.
CANDY CRUSH THE CANDY CRUSH SODA SAGA COLOURING BOOK SPHERE, 11TH, P/B, 9780751566338 This sequel to The Candy Crush Colouring Book promises to bring the bubbly brilliance of the Candy Crush Soda Saga to the page. It will be heavily promoted on social media.
LAUREN FARNSWORTH COLOURTRONIC MICHAEL O’MARA, 4TH, P/B, £9.99, 9781780554495 Striking, silver-foiled cover for this vibrant colour-by-numbers book featuring animals and famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and St Basil’s Cathedral. For ages 12 and up.
SOPHIE PINKHAM BLACK SQUARE: ADVENTURES IN THE POST-SOVIET WORLD HEINEMANN, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9780434023516 With “deep knowledge of Slavic literature and a keen outsider’s eye for the dark
MALCOLM VALE HENRY V: THE CONSCIENCE OF A KING YALE, H/B, £20, 9780300148732 Not a conventional new “life and times” biography; rather a thematic look at Henry V, focusing on his thinking and character. He was more than just a
ISABELLE BRUNO AND CHRISTINE BAILLET REINVENTING IKEA: 70 DIY PROJECTS TO TRANSFORM IKEA ESSENTIALS ABRAMS, 16TH, P/B, £15.99, 9781419722677 Seventy customisation projects for every room in the house, conceived from
RICKY GERVAIS THE DAVID BRENT SONGBOOK BLINK, 11TH, H/B, £12.99, 9781911274148 David Brent from “The Office” is back in a new film documentary entitled “Life on the Road”, which traces his incredibly musical tour
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