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establishment. He exposes the shocking reality of how power is wielded behind the scenes at the EU, and argues that only radical reform to achieve radical transparency and greater accountability can now save it from collapse.


MATT WATKINSON THE GRID: THE MASTER MODEL BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF EVERY BUSINESS RANDOM HOUSE BUSINESS, 18TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781847947949 Organisations can only triumph when considered as an organic whole, argues this rising star of business consultancy whose last book, Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences won the CMI’s Management Book of the Year Award. He suggests nine key factors to increase your company’s success.


CURRENT AFFAIRS & POLITICS


JAMIE BARTLETT RADICALS HEINEMANN, 18TH, H/B, £20, 9781785150371 “Ground-breaking and shocking” exploration of the individuals, groups and movements rejecting the way the world works, and attempting to find alternatives; from the techno-freaks questing for immortality and religious movements led by new messiahs, to neo-Luddites existing without modern technology.


else, and how this profoundly affects their ability to get ahead.


STEPHEN D KING GRAVE NEW WORLD: THE END OF GLOBALISATION AND THE RETURN OF ECONOMIC CONFLICT YALE, H/B, £20, 9780300218046 Specialist adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee argues that globalisation isn’t inevitable. He shows how, and why it is being rejected, what a world ruled by rival states with conflicting aims might look like, and how the pursuit of nationalist agendas could result in a race to the bottom.


FINBARR LIVESEY THERE AND BACK AGAIN: THE WORLD OF THINGS AND THE END OF GLOBALISATION PROFILE, 18TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781781256596 Focusing on the crucial role of manufacturing in the globalisation debate, and why politicians are so wrong about it, this accessibly examines how the world’s trading structure has already begun to shift, with irrevocable consequences for the global economy.


RENEE ENGELN BEAUTY SICK: HOW THE CULTURAL OBSESSION WITH APPEARANCE HURTS GIRLS AND WOMEN HARPER, 18TH, H/B, £18.99, 9780062469779 Award-winning US professor with an “eye-opening” study of how today’s generation of young, smart and driven women continue to prize their body image above all


JASON HICKEL THE DIVIDE: A NEW HISTORY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITY HEINEMANN, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781785151125 Rising star economist and activist with a “revolutionary” new analysis of global poverty and its solutions. The widening income gap between rich countries and poor ones is not a natural phenomenon that can be fixed with aid, argues Hickel, but rather a political problem, with poor countries integrated into the global economic system on unequal terms.


VICTORIA LOMASKO OTHER RUSSIA


PARTICULAR, 25TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781846149511 Gathering stories from Russian people who are rarely heard—from prisoners and sex workers to activists and truck drivers—this gives a fresh take on the country and its politics that is very different from that presented in the international media. Lomasko is a young graphic artist who has been travelling around her native land for eight years, drawing out people’s stories.


DOUGLAS MURRAY THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL EUROPE BLOOMSBURY, 18TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781472942241 This “gloriously politically incorrect” book by a Spectator columnist and regular on “Any


Questions?” and the like is a “highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide”, which is both analysis of demographic and political realities, and an eye-witness report of a continent “in self-destruct mode”.


activist from the highs of victory in ’97 to the lows of Brexit, and is for everyone who could currently use a good laugh. “A roller- coaster ride through the past two decades via the very best political jokes (excluding the ones that keep getting elected)”.


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SHARON GOSLING WONDER WOMAN: THE ART AND MAKING OF THE FILM TITAN, 30TH, H/B, £29.99, 9781785654626


ZEYNEP TUFEKCI TWITTER AND TEAR GAS: THE POWER AND FRAGILITY OF NETWORKED PROTEST YALE, H/B, £20, 9780300215120 To understand the nuanced trajectories of modern protests, we must first understand the power and weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilise large numbers of people, argues the author, a leading authority on the digital studies of protest, with a growing following on Twitter.


FILM, TV & MUSIC


Ahead of the release of the first Wonder Woman film to have a female director (Patty Jenkins), an in-depth exploration of the iconic superhero and her journey to the big screen, including concept art, costume design, storyboards and photography.


self-belief. Good hair, Interesting shoes.” I loved Hepworth’s 1971 Never a Dull Moment, and this follow-up is billed as a “definitive and most entertaining” book on the cult of the rock star over the past 40 years, homing in on the defining moment and turning points in the lives of 40 rock stars from 1955 to 1995. No proof sadly, but I’ll be reading it as soon as I can.


JERRY GRAYSON FILM PILOT: FROM JAMES BOND TO HURRICANE KATRINA BLOOMSBURY, 4TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781472941077 After a military career with the Royal Navy’s Search & Rescue Helicopter Fleet during which he won a medal for gallantry, Grayson forged a new career as an aerial


TIM NEWBURN & ANDREW WARD ORDERLY BRITAIN: HOW BRITAIN HAS RESOLVED EVERYDAY PROBLEMS, FROM DOG FOULING TO DOUBLE PARKING ROBINSON, 25TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781472137968 “Full of quirky tales”, this unusual take on British social history focuses on our nation’s changing social order over the past 70 years, taking in such mundane matters as dog-fouling, swearing, drinking, smoking, nudity, public toilets and parking.


JOHN O’FARRELL WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT? DOUBLEDAY, 4TH, H/B, £16.99, 9780857524744 This sequel to O’Farrell’s brilliant Things Can Only Get Better charts the travails of one Labour


ALIEN: THE COLOURING BOOK TITAN, 12TH, P/B, £9.99, 9781785653766 This official Alien colouring book features Ripley, Newt, Dallas, facehuggers, xenomorphs and other characters. In space, no one can hear you scribble.


ABBIE BERNSTEIN THE DNA OF ORPHAN BLACK TITAN, 5TH, P/B, £19.99, 9781783297962 With scoops on the sestras, the Nelolutionists, the Dyad Institute and more, this is the official companion guide to the award- winning and culty BBC American and Space show, which will delight devoted fans of “Orphan Black”, the self-styled “Clone Club”, I’m told.


filmmaker, shooting footage and doing flying stunts. He looks back on this 35-year adventure which encompasses “A View to a Kill”, Hurricane Katrina, and work with the likes of Sir Ridley Scott and Werner Herzog.


ANDREW O’NEILL A HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL HEADLINE, 18TH, P/B, £14.99, 9781472241443 The UK’s foremost metalhead stand-up comedian (his neck is so thick from headbanging that standard shirt sizes do not fit him, I’m reliably informed) gives us a “hilariously kick-arse” tour through the history of heavy metal, its subculture and the characters who shaped it. Based on his critically acclaimed stand-up show (pronounced “absolutely hilarious” by Neil Gaiman) which he will revive around publication.


RAMIN ZAHED THE ART OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE TITAN, 5TH, H/B, £29.99, 9781785652905 This companion to the first Captain Underpants movie (US release, June 2017) features a rich selection of concept art, character backgrounds, design inspirations and interviews with key members of the creative team.


FOOD & DRINK


DAVID HEPWORTH UNCOMMON PEOPLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROCK STARS BANTAM PRESS, 4TH, H/B, £20, 9780593077627 “Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes


MARY-ANNE BOERMANS DEJA FOOD SQUARE PEG, 25TH, H/B, £20, 9780224101325 Boermans was a finalist in the 2011 series of “The Great British Bake Off”, and also won a Guild of Food Writers’ Award for her first book, Great British Bakes. This new collection of


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