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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION MAY


Down tells of his remarkable recovery from a major bike crash in Portugal in early 2016. It was unclear if he would ever walk properly again, let alone ride a motorbike. This “intimate account of recovery and perseverance” includes “bikeographies” of his motorcycles, past and present.


MIGRATIONS, ONE ENDLESS JOURNEY WEIDENFELD, 18TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781474604468 Senior writer for Sunday Times Culture takes a journey into his own family history: tracing the stories of his great-grandfather who was forced to flee the Ukraine at the outbreak of the First World War; and his grandfather who fled to Britain to escape his fate as an Austrian Jew. Dean visits the places that changed the course of his family tree—Vienna, Cologne, Ukraine—and finds history threatening to repeat itself. No proof, but it sounds fascinating.


JONATHAN DEAN I MUST BELONG SOMEWHERE: THREE MEN, TWO


DAVID GARROW RISING STAR: THE MAKING OF BARACK OBAMA COLLINS, 9TH, H/B, £30, 9780008229375


For all those hankering for the good old days, there is this “definitive” account by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Obama’s life before he became the 44th US president: his formative years, and the confluence of forces, and influential figures who helped shaped an extraordinary leader and his rise.


MAGGIE GROFF NOT YOUR AVERAGE NURSE: THE ENTERTAINING TRUE STORY OF A STUDENT


NURSE IN 1970S LONDON CORGI, 18TH, P/B, £6.99, 9780552174145


From the watchful gaze of stern sisters and the trials of nursing on housing estates, to the explosive dramas of staff health checks at Selfridges. All feature in this “lively and nostalgic” memoir about training and practising as a nurse in London.


ANGELA HART THE GIRL AND THE GHOSTS: THE TRUE


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STORY OF A HAUNTED LITTLE GIRL AND THE FOSTER CARER WHO RESCUED HER FROM THE PAST BLUEBIRD, 4TH, P/B, £7.99, 9781509839049 This third book in the series by foster mother, Hart, concerns the heart-wrenching true story of Maria. Can Hart’s loving care and attention restore confidence in this unloved girl who thinks she is fundamentally bad?


HENRY HEMMING M: MAXWELL KNIGHT: MI5’S GREATEST SPYMASTER PREFACE, 18TH, H/B, £25, 9781848094673 Told for the first time and drawing on declassified documents, the paradoxical life of Maxwell Knight, a jazz obsessive and nature enthusiast (he wrote the


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definitive work on how to look after a gorilla). Seen today as one of MI5’s greatest spymasters, he did more to break up British fascism than anyone else, and was particularly renowned for his use of female spies. Sounds most entertaining.


MICHAEL HOLROYD & REBECCA JOHN THE GOOD BOHEMIAN: THE LETTERS OF IDA JOHN BLOOMSBURY, 4TH, H/B, £20, 9781408873625


SELF-HELP & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT


ROBERT TWIGGER MICROMASTERY: LEARN SMALL, LEARN FAST, AND FIND THE HIDDEN PATH TO HAPPINESS PENGUIN LIFE, 25TH, H/B, £12.99, 9780241280041


“Start Small. And Start Specific.” The adventure traveller author of Angry White Pyjamas argues that we are not born to be dull specialists. Rather we are supposed to be micromasters, people who take time to cultivate small and quantifiable areas of expertise, whether it’s making a perfect soufflé, dancing a tango, growing chillies or lighting a fire. As many successful people, including Nobel prize-winners have discovered, pursuing multiple areas of knowledge makes us more fearless learners, helps us spot creative opportunities, improves our brain health, and boosts our happiness. “A life-changing blend of mindfulness, craft and creativity,” says Penguin.


CURRENT AFFAIRS


JAMES THORNTON & MARTIN GOODMAN CLIENT EARTH SCRIBE, 11TH, H/B, £20, 9781911344087 Environmental lawyer Thornton sees the earth as his client, and ClientEarth, the organisation he founded in 2007 uses advocacy, litigation and research to address the environmental challenges of our time, whether biodiversity loss, climate change or toxic chemicals. His absorbing book, written with his author partner shows how politicians, activists and others are learning to use the law to protect the environment, “The ul- timate courtroom drama: the Earth and its people versus the major polluters and fossil-fuel giants,” says Scribe. With Donald Trump currently threat- ening to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, it’s a highly topical matter.


HISTORY


LUCY WORSLEY JANE AUSTEN AT HOME HODDER, 18TH, H/B, £25, 9781473632189


Next year of course, marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. In commemoration, the TV historian and chief curator of the Historic Royal Palaces invites us to visit Jane Austen at home, exploring the author’s life by visiting the significant places in her life in order to delve into the world she inhabited. A one-hour special BBC2 programme will be aired to coincide with publication. Much is made of Worsley’s revelation that spinster Austen received up to five marriage proposals. I hope she also makes the point that Austen turned them all down, determined to be a writer, rather than a wife.


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