Titles in this preview are published in July
Paul Dimond The Book Cover: 150 Years of Batsford Design
Batsford, 3rd, HB, £30, 9781849949484
Founded by Bradley Thomas Batsford in 1843, Batsford Books have a distinguished design heritage. Drawing on the author’s own collection, this illustrated history of its book covers down the years includes Brian Cook’s celebrated jackets from the 1930s and 1940s.
Ann Dinsdale, Sharon Wright Let Me In: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar
Great Northern, 3rd, PB, £25, 9781914227790
From the real Wuthering Heights to the real Lowood School, this richly illustrated celebration investigates the surprising histories of some of the private houses that shaped and inspired the Brontë sisters’ work, including their “sometimes glorious, sometimes heartbreaking, always fascinating” afterlives.
Donna Leon Backstage: Stories of a Writing Life
Hutchinson Heinemann, 17th, HB, £12.99, 9781529155143
By the author of the hugely popular Guido Brunetti crime series, comes an engaging collection of stories and essays on subjects including memories of her life in Venice, her research, and her favourite books and writers.
Jennie Orchard The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation: Essays on Nurturing a Passion for Reading
Scribe, 1st, HB, £16.99, 9781915590824
With contributions from William Boyd, Imtiaz Dharker, Colum McCann, Nikesh Shukla and many more about their transformative early reading experiences, Orchard creates an anthology of essays about the joys of giving books to children and young people.
Philippa Snow ( 5) It’s Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me: On Femininity and Fame
Virago, 3rd, HB, £20, 9780349017716
How does an icon become an icon? These and other questions are explored in this collection of essays exploring femininity, self-image and performance through
pairings of famous women, including Marilyn Monroe and Anna Nicole Smith, Joan Crawford and Jane Fonda and Britney Spears and Aaliyah.
Mind, body & spirit
Danu Forest The Cunning Folk’s Book of Cottage Witchcraft: Spells, Charms & Traditions of Wild Folk Magic
Llewellyn,8th, PB, £16.99, 9780738777474
Awaken your inner wise woman or cunning man with this cottage witchery primer, based on Celtic tradition and lore. Includes casting a hagstone charm, connecting with the spirits of the garden, creating blessing incense and more.
Arie Kaplan The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions
Wellfleet Press, 24th, PB, £14.99, 9781577154624
From the Celtic fairies behind our compulsion to knock on wood to the evil eye as a talisman in Jewish and Muslim cultures, Kaplan gives us a compendium of superstitions from across the world.
Narayana Montufar Written in Your Stars: Use Your Saturn Return, Pluto Square, and Other Planetary Cycles to Become Your Best Self
Fair Winds Press, 10th, PB, £14.99, 9780760395493
Using your age as a reference and figuring out the 10 planets currently being activated in your chart and the lessons you should learn from them, this promises a “unique”, new take on astrology.
Azumi Uchitani Yoshuku: The Japanese Art of Manifesting
Michael Joseph, 17th, HB, £14.99, 9780241726235
A practical pocket guide to the distinctly Japanese style of manifesting, which emphasises the role of the collective, and the importance of “pre-celebration” in order to achieve not only your desires, but those of your community. No translator credited.
Nicole Weiss, Annie Tarasova (illus) Manifesting: A Beginner’s Guide to Attracting Your Best Life
Leaping Hare, 3rd, HB, £15.99, 9781836005797
From unveiling your wishes to breaking free from self-doubt and
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trusting the universe, this ultimate guide to “manifesting” aims to help you access your inner power and achieve your dreams.
Natural history &pets
David Bainbridge How Zoologists Organize Things
Frances Lincoln, 24th, PB, £18.99, 9781836006503
Blending science with art, this illustrated history explores how zoological categorisation has shaped our view of the natural world and helped define our own lives and cultures; from the folklore and religiosity of the ancient medieval world to the modern computer generated “classificatory labyrinth”.
Karl Bell The Perilous Deep: A Supernatural History of the Atlantic
Reaktion, 1st, HB, £18, 9781836390909
Bell explores the fantastical stories of ghosts and monsters that have arisen from the depths, the dangers and mysteries of the Atlantic Ocean – and why they were told, how they were repeated and which fears they helped express.
Ashley Hart
The Little Book of the Octopus: An Introduction to the Mysterious and Fascinating World of One of Earth’s Most Complex Creatures
Summersdale, 10th, PB, £7.99, 9781837996353
From how octopuses use their three hearts and blue blood to their role in ancient maritime legends, Hart provides a concise compendium of facts about these astounding cephalopods. Also out this month in the same series, The Little Book of Trees by Felicity Hart (339).
Ray Mears Outdoor Tracking Handbook: How to Find Anything in the Wild
Ebury Spotlight,24th, PB, £16.99, 9781529148039
Drawing on Mears’ 35 years of practising tracking skills, this is a guide for professionals and enthusiastic amateurs who want to discover the outdoors in a new way and read the stories of animals and birds in the tracks they leave behind.
Alix Morris A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea’s Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures
Ithaka, 10th, HB, £16.99, 9781643755014
The environmental- journalist author charts the year she spent following seals, investigating their fascinating behaviour, their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems and how the changing climate is affecting their species.
Hannah Shaw Cat Got Your Tongue? Curious Feline Phrases From Around the World
Ten Speed Press, 1st, HB, £12.99, 9780593836385
Including the Portuguese saying, “one who has no dog hunts with a cat” meaning, we must make do with the resources we have, this is a cutely illustrated compendium of cat-related proverbs and idioms from around the globe.
Chris Tarrant For the Love of Bears Great Northern, 11th, HB, £25, 9781914227820
In this richly illustrated photographic book, the TV presenter and former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host, who has a passion for bears, shares tales of the animals he has encountered in their natural habitats on his expeditions to such locations as Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia.
Personal development & self-help
Lexie Bean
Meet Me There, Another Time: Letters to Places that Queer and Trans People Left Behind
Jessica Kingsley, 21st, PB, £16.99, 9781805012214
“Replete with moments of grief, longing, anger and satisfaction”, an anthology of LGBTQ+ voices on the places they left behind: homes, cities,
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