Titles in this preview are published in October


at its most engaging, Wearing even gets a Brazilian so we don’t have to.


Psychology


Maurits Chabot The Divide: Seven True Stories of Compassion and Connection, in a World That Wants to Keep Us Apart


August, 8th, £20, HB, 9781835984178


Dutch author and journalist Chabot travelled the world to find the most extreme stories of connection forged between warring sides. In a world more divided than ever, he tells miraculous stories of forgiveness and of unlikely friendships. No translator credited.


Tania Lombrozo Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand


Wildfire, 6th, £25, HB, 9781035419159


US psychology professor Lombrozo takes an “insightful and compelling” look at the cognitive science of explanation, revealing why humans crave it, what role it plays in our lives, and how we can do it better.


Sport & games Sam Dean


Arsenal: The Inside Story of Arsenal’s Rebirth Under Mikel Arteta


Macmillan, 22nd, £22, HB, 9781037420405


The Daily Telegraph Arsenal correspondent provides the “definitive” story of “a footballing giant waking up”, and how manager Mikel Arteta transformed a club in chaos into Premier League winners


and Champions League challengers.


Alex Ferguson, Michael Moritz Games of My Life


Macmillan, 8th, £40, HB, 9781037402425


On the 40th anniversary of Ferguson’s arrival at Manchester United, this is the illustrated story of the club’s most revered manager, told through 21 defining football matches, and based on 400 hours of exclusive, previously unheard or unpublished audio archive, recorded from 1986 to 2013. “A masterclass in leadership, persistence and the enduring power of the beautiful game.”


Kevin Moore Heading for Trouble: Football’s Head Impact Crisis and How We Save the Game


Bloomsbury Sport, 8th, £20, HB, 9781399428224


Through new research and interviews with high-profile ex-players, coaches and other experts, Moore – founding director of the National Football Museum – examines the history of heading in football and its dangerous, sometimes tragic, consequences.


Brian Reade The Kop: A Fan’s History of Football’s Most Famous Stand


Quercus, 8th, £25, HB, 9781529454635


Tracing its history back to the South African hill it was named after, this history of the Kop at Liverpool FC’s Anfield stadium is published for its 100th anniversary and features interviews with players, managers and fans from the past 60 years.


Levy Rozman How to Win at Chess, Next Level: The Ultimate Guide for Intermediate Play


Particular, 6th, £22, HB, 9780241835845


Take your chess game to the next level with this “exciting and approachable” guide from top YouTube chess teacher Rozman, aka GothamChess, who has almost six million subscribers.


Graeme Souness My Rangers: How I Changed Scottish Football for Ever


Viking, 15th, £22, HB, 9780241820094


Packed with stories of dressing room clashes, Old Firm drama and behind- the-scenes power struggles, this tells the inside story of Souness’ time as player-manager of Rangers, from the bold signings and tactical changes to the controversy “that reshaped Scottish football for ever”.


Sustainability & the climate crisis


Emily Cunningham Our Ocean to Save: How You Can Protect Our Greatest Climate Ally


One Boat, 29th, £10.99, PB, 9781035065271


How can we save the ocean? And how can the ocean save us? Marine biologist Cunningham draws on her ocean experience across the world for this “essential and revelatory” guide to ocean conservation and what we can all do to help.


Kyle Harper


The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate


of Life on Earth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Extinction


Princeton UP, 20th, £25, HB, 9780691254227


Taking readers from the megafaunal extinctions of the Ice Age to the planet perils of the present, this “startling” account of how much biodiversity has already been lost lays bare the devasting toll that humans have taken on animal life.


Dieter Helm Climate Realism: Facing the Facts About Energy


Cambridge UP, 8th, £16.99, PB, 9781009880619


Written by one of the UK’s leading commentators on energy policy and climate change, this “hard-hitting” critique of current climate policy and its failings aims to bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality as it sets out a bold new vision, designed to address the challenges of the 21st century and beyond.


Travel & transport


Jeremy Black A History of Roads in 100 Maps


British Library, 8th, £40, HB, 9780712369367


Drawing on the historical map collections at the British Library, this richly illustrated book traces the development of roadways and how their cartographic depiction shaped sociological developments throughout history.


Millay Hyatt Days on the Night Train Haus, 29th, £16.99, HB, 9781914982262


Berlin-based travel writer Hyatt presents a paean to traveling by train, to the variety of Europe’s landscape and to an immersive way of seeing the world in this account of her rail journeys across Europe and beyond.


Paul ‘Piglet’ Middleton All Aboard! Tales from a Yorkshire Steam Railway


Quercus, 8th, £25, HB, 9781529454314


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Middleton is the star of Channel 4’s Steam Train Diaries. Showcasing his love of all things “oily”, his first book is a collection of heartwarming stories from his 30 years as custodian of the historic North Yorkshire Moors Railway, the world’s most visited heritage railway.


Ordnance Survey, Will Millard Mapping Britain: The Story of an Island Through the Ordnance Survey


Weidenfeld, 1st, £35, HB, 9781399625845


Exploring what its maps can tell us about where, why and how we have moved around this island over the centuries, this richly illustrated volume tells the story of Britain – the land and its people – through the illustrious Ordnance Survey archive. Disappearing villages, secretive smuggling paths, military plans and the creation of our national parks all feature.


Charles Spicer Flying Pianos: The Eccentric Birth of British Aviation


Oneworld, 1st, £25, HB, 9781836432654


From string-and- canvas deathtraps to sleek metal machines, and featuring a cast of colourful characters, this tells stories from the birth of British aviation, reflecting both its soaring highs and catastrophic lows.


Paul Theroux ( 16) True North: On the Road in Canada


Hamish Hamilton, 29th, £22, HB, 9780241515990


Canada – “the true north strong and free” in the words of its national anthem – is the subject of this new book by the renowned travel writer, charting his journeys there partly on the trail of his ancestor Antoine Theroux, who left Gascony in 1693 to become a pioneer in Quebec. “Both a journey into the past and a cross- country road trip in the present, at a pivotal point in Canada’s history.”


True crime


Lindsey Fitzharris Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes


Allen Lane, 20th, £25, HB, 9780241632611


While Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on screen more times than any other literary character, the story behind one of his inspirations, Scottish surgeon Joseph Bell, has never been told until now with this “gripping Gothic true crime” biography of a man who astonished his Edinburgh students with his lightning- fast deductions.


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