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SHAMELESS GRATITUDE AND UNABASHED JOY HAY HOUSE, 20TH, P/B, £10, 9781781806210 The author of New York Times bestseller E-Squared challenges readers to a 30-day experiment in gratitude and abundance by hooking up with the “magnanimous energy field of the cosmos. From woe is me to yippie-ti-yi-yay,” she promises.


ALICE PECK AND MELISSA LAUNAY BE MORE TREE: A JOURNEY OF WISDOM, SYMBOLS, HEALING AND RENEWAL CICO, 11TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781782493389 Discover how different types of tree can mirror us, teach us and heal us with this attractive book of natural meditation and inspiration that explores roots (wisdom and understanding); branches


(symbols and rituals); leaves (healing and science); and seeds (transformation and spirituality).


a concert pianist as well as an eminent game theorist, and his book was a bestseller in Israel.


HAIM SHAPIRA HAPPINESS AND OTHER SMALL THINGS OF ABSOLUTE IMPORTANCE WATKINS, 18TH, P/B, £9.99, 9781780289670 From Alice in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh to Descartes and Nietzsche, an exploration of an eclectic range of theories and insights into the conflicts we face on our journey to creating our own happiness. Shapira is


TARA STILES STRALA YOGA: BE STRONG, FOCUSED AND RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY FROM THE INSIDE OUT HAY HOUSE, 2ND, P/B, £12.99, 9781401948122 Renowned US yoga teacher shares the secrets behind her intuition-based yoga technique: Strala Yoga. It focuses on the power of combining movement with intuition, and is less about strict poses, I’m told, and more about your body and your abilities.


PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION


DR MARTIN COHEN CRACKING PHILOSOPHY CASSELL, 11TH, H/B, £14.99, 9781844038060 Compact guide covering the main schools of


philosophical thought, from the Ancient Chinese philosophies of Confucius and Lao Tzu, through to Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein. Also out this month in the same series, Cracking Mathematics (9781844038626).


ANTHONY GOTTLIEB THE DREAM OF ENLIGHTENMENT ALLEN LANE, 30TH, H/B, £20, 9780713995442 This second volume of the history of philosophy by the author of The Dream of Reason takes the story of Western thought through the century and a half from Descartes to Rousseau, taking in Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz and Hume along the way.


RICHARD HOLLOWAY A LITTLE HISTORY OF RELIGION YALE, H/B, £14.99, 9780300208832


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The author of Leaving Alexandria and former Bishop of Edinburgh with a “humane, perceptive and fascinating” short history of religion. Wide-ranging in scope, it is written for both those with faith and those without, and especially for young readers. Packaged in the style of E H Gombrich’s A Little History of the World.


SIMON LOVEDAY THE BIBLE FOR GROWN-UPS: A NEW LOOK AT THE GOOD BOOK ICON, 4TH, H/B, £12.99, 9781785781315


Why do the creation stories contradict each other? Did the Exodus really happen? Why was St Paul so rude about St Peter? “Radical and iconoclastic” re-evaluation of what the Bible is really about by a literary critic for whom this has been a labour of love—it has taken a decade to write. “Every biblical author writes for their own time and their own audience. In short, nothing in the Bible is quite what it seems,” he writes. Matthew Parris calls it both “fascinating and persuasive”.


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CURRENT AFFAIRS


JOHN NIXON DEBRIEFING THE PRESIDENT: THE INTERROGATION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN BANTAM PRESS, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9780593077788 The CIA’s former lead interrogator tells the story of the interrogation of Saddam Hussein after his capture by the US military in December 2003, revealing that both he and the US as a whole had greatly misunderstood just who Saddam really was. An “astounding and candid” portrait of who the notorious Iraqi president really was, which is also a sobering examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington policymakers astray. A major serialisation and widespread coverage is expected.


FOOD & DRINK


THE PALOMAR THE PALOMAR COOKBOOK MITCHELL BEAZLEY, 11TH, H/B, £25, 9781784720995 Début cookbook from the London restaurant which won the Best Restaurant Award at both the GQ Food and Drink Awards 2015 and the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2015, as well as a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The dishes, “for the food of modern-day Jerusalem”, are influenced by the cultures of southern Spain, North Africa and the Levant, and draw on family tradition. The delectable book includes recipes such as Fattoush Salad and Kubenia, a Lebanese version of Steak Tartare.


HUMOUR & GIFT


MATTHEW SANTORO MIND = BLOWN: AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THIS WEIRD, HILARIOUS, INSANE WORLD VIKING, 9TH, H/B, £12.99, 9780241975879 Did you know that it’s illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament? Or that under extreme pressure, peanut butter can be turned into diamonds? YouTuber best known for his Top Ten lists of strange and surprising facts and his 50 Things to Blow Your Mind series aims to dazzle with his first book of eye-opening trivia. He has 4.8 million subscribers globally, 80% of whom are male, and half of whom are aged 13–24. Perfect for readers of the Ripley’s series and The Pointless Book, thinks Viking.


BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS


AMY SCHUMER THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO HARPERCOLLINS, 25TH, H/B, £20, 9780008172374 The massively popular, award- winning comedian, writer, producer and actress with a “thoughtful and honest and hysterical collection of (very) personal essays”. Written with her signature candour, I’m told, they reflect on her often raucous childhood antics, her hard-won rise to comedic stardom and the courage it takes to approach the world with astounding honesty every single day. There will be a UK visit by Schumer to promote the book. She has 3.91 million Twitter followers and a similar number on Instagram.


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