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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION SEPTEMBER


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E DITOR’ S C HOIC E HISTORY


THOMAS REINERTSEN BERG THEATRE OF THE WORLD: THE MAPS THAT MADE HISTORY HODDER, 6TH, HB,


£30, 9781473688629 This prize-winning and visually stunning book by a Norwegian map enthusiast engagingly explains the ways in which maps have changed the world. From the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to the advent of Google Earth, it takes in visionary geographers, and heroic explorers, along with unknown heroes of the map-making world, covering both ancient and modern, illuminating art, science, technology, politics, power and ambitions along the way. Translated by Alison McCullough, it’s gone straight to the top of my Christmas present list.


BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS


NELL STEVENS MRS GASKELL & ME: TWO WOMEN, TWO LOVE STORIES¸ TWO CENTURIES APART PICADOR, 6TH, HB,


£14.99, 9781509868186 In 1857, after two years spent writing The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell fled to Rome, defeated by a project fraught with difficulty. There, she found excitement, friendship and Charles Norton, the love of her life. In 2013, Stevens was working on a PhD about Mrs Gaskell and the coterie of Victorian writers who lived in Rome, and also falling drastically in love with a man in another city. I adored Stevens’ Bleaker House, and this century-crossing account of love that gets away, and of trying to find the ending we desire and deserve, is equally winning.


CURRENT AFFAIRS & POLITICS


OLIVER BULLOUGH MONEYLAND: WHY THIEVES AND CROOKS NOW RULE THE WORLD AND HOW TO TAKE IT


BACK PROFILE, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781781257920 If I could have two Books of the Month, this, without doubt, would be my second. Investigative journalist Bullough journeys into the shadowy realm of the stateless super-rich to show us the dark side of globalisation. For in laundered Moneyland, it doesn’t matter how you made your money: if you’re rich enough, the laws do not apply to you. An urgent, sickening book you’ll read in the certain knowledge that something must be done if we aren’t all to go to hell in a handcart.


TOP SELLERS


TOM MARCUS I SPY: MY LIFE IN MI5 SIDGWICK, 20TH, HB, £20, 9781509864096


Information is sketchy but this is a follow-up to the former MI5 undercover surveillance officer’s bestselling Soldier Spy. An ITV1 series is very close to being greenlit, I’m told.


seasonal return to issue a new challenge: do you have what it takes to be a spy? These brain bogglers, puzzles and hidden codes are inspired by the fiendish MI6 recruitment process.


JOE WICKS JOE’S 30 MINUTE MEALS: 100 QUICK AND HEALTHY RECIPES BLUEBIRD, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781509836093


From Bang Bang Chicken Stir-Fry to Sausage and Mushroom Pie, the Body Coach returns with more than 100 quick and easy nutritious recipes that are eminently suitable for sharing. Chapters are organised by main ingredient, and labelled either reduced-carb, or carb-refuel.


SINCLAIR MCKAY SECRET SERVICE BRAINTEASERS HEADLINE, 20TH, PB, £12.99, 9781472258311 The author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers makes a


ART, DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY & FASHION


(NO AUTHOR) TIME OUT 50: 50 YEARS, 50 COVERS


UNICORN, PB, £20, 9781911604914 Coinciding with Time Out’s 50th anniversary, this charts how the magazine has reflected and shaped London life, through the history of its cover designs. Drawing on memoirs of famous Londoners, it also includes contributions from its writers, editors and designers.


(NO AUTHOR) PORTRAIT OF BRITAIN HOXTON MINI PRESS, HB, £19.95, 9781910566381 Published in collaboration with the British Journal of Photography, this showcases 100 of the best portraits taken by people around Britain, selected from a national, open-call competition. Publication coincides with a nationwide public exhibition.


(NO AUTHOR) TUDORS TO WINDSORS: ROYAL PORTRAITS FROM THE NATIONAL


PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, HB, £29.95, 9781855147560 This sumptuous history of royal portraiture spans over 500 years and includes timelines, maps and introductions to each of the five dynasties: Tudors, Stuarts, Georgians, Victorians and Windsors, along with features on such topics as royal weddings, satire and female power. Introduction by Sir David Cannadine.


STYLE STORIES OF HISTORY’S BEST DRESSED MITCHELL BEAZLEY, 6TH, HB, £20, 9781784723811 The broadcaster and associate lecturer at London College of Fashion tells the story of style in 100 illustrated sartorial episodes, from Eve’s fig leaf to Hillary Clinton’s pantsuits. “The history of our world, told in fashion.”


9780241351680 Damas—“France’s most stylish It Girl”—and Bastide, former editor-in-chief of French Elle, delve into the style-conscious minds of 20 different women aged 14 to 70, who reveal their secrets to living like a Parisian. Gorgeously illustrated, it also includes such lifestyle tips as five types of red wine to order depending on the occasion (and where to drink them), the best red lipsticks, and the best places to be kissed.


AMBER BUTCHART THE FASHION CHRONICLES: THE


JEANNE DAMAS & LAUREN BASTIDE IN PARIS: 20 WOMEN ON LIFE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT VIKING, 6TH, PB, £16.99,


STANLEY PLUMLEY ELEGY LANDSCAPES: CONSTABLE, TURNER AND THE INTIMATE SUBLIME NORTON, HB, £23.99, 9780393651508 Said to be a sweeping look at the lives and work of John Constable and J M W Turner which probes how, through their paintings, they “find the sublime in different, though connected worlds”.


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