This preview highlights titles to be published in October
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letters. Including such starry correspondents as Irving Berlin, Danny Kaye, Cary Grant and Orson Welles, they contain many revelations about Porter’s life and career.
Matthews, in his fascinat- ing foreword.
Your Father”. Canongate plans a big campaign to capitalise on Wong’s fast- growing UK profile.
Business, economics & technology
Andrew Ridgeley Wham! George & Me Michael Joseph, 3rd, HB, £20, 9780241385807 The “lovingly told” story of Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael and their time together as Wham! Covering the scrapes, the laughs, the relation- ships, the good and the bad, he tells of how their bond went back to their school days, and lasted right through their roller- coaster musical career.
Janet Somerville (ed) Yours, For Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn’s Letters of Love and War—1930-1949 Firefly Books, 31st, HB, £30, 9780228101864 This comprehensive and highly engrossing selection of letters between Martha Gellhorn and her many notable correspondents covers her time as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War, Second World War and the Vietnam War, as well as her marriage to Ernest Hemingway and her many other loves. “Only in her letters did her feelings emerge… and with gusto” writes her stepson, Sandy
Biography & memoirs
Anthony Daniels I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story DK, 31st, HB, £18.99, 9780241357606
One to Watch
“They’ve shut down the main reactor. We’ll be destroyed for sure.” Daniels is the only actor to appear in every Star Wars film—the man inside the iconic
droid that is C-3PO. This is his candid and enter- taining memoir of a 40-year cinematic journey, from early concept sketches to his latest appearance in “Star Wars Episode IX”. Along the way, he delves into the physical and emotional challenges of playing the part (he was often encased in the costume for eight hours at a stretch, unable to eat or sit down), and reflects on working with George Lucas and his fellow actors.
David Suchet Behind the Lens: My Life in Photos Constable, 3rd, HB, £25, 9781472130280 Throughout his stellar acting career, from Shakespeare to Poirot, Suchet has never been without a camera, enabling him to document his life in photographs. Combining behind-the- scenes images with “revelatory and engaging” commentary, he tells the story of his life and career, from his London upbring- ing to his views on religion.
Sandi Toksvig Between the Stops: The View of My Life From the Top of the Number 12 Bus Virago, 31st, HB, £20, 9780349006376 This unconventional memoir by the writer, broadcaster, activist and “Great British Bake Off” presenter is told from the viewpoint of a seat on London’s number 12 bus (“mostly top deck, the seat at the front on the right” as it plies its way from Dulwich, where Toksvig lives, to the BBC, where she sometimes works. From London facts to Bake-Off antics, to the importance of family and navigating the Zambezi river by canoe, it is packed full of surprises, I’m told.
Nikolai Tolstoy Patrick O’Brian: A Very Private Life Collins, 31st, HB, £25, 9780008350581 Intimate portrait of the reclusive author of the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by his writer stepson. It covers the latter part of O’Brian’s life, from his arrival in the South of France in 1949, where he wrote his major works, to his death in 2000. He notes through “a cruel irony of fate”: as he began to enjoy greater acclaim, O’Brian’s plea- sure in his achievement began to diminish.
Damian Bradfield The Trust Manifesto: What You Need to Do to Create a Better Internet Portfolio, 3rd, PB, £14.99, 9780241369845 In 2009, Bradfield founded WeTransfer, now the largest file-sharing platform in the world. This experience of the big data economy has led him to question whether there might be another way to build the internet, one that is fairer and safer for everyone. Here he lays out his vision.
Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness (Illustrated Edition) Sceptre, 3rd, HB, £25, 9781529387155 An updated, illustrated edition of the bestseller, acclaimed by the likes of Barack Obama and Bill Gates.
Simon Sinek The Infinite Game Portfolio, 17th, HB, £16.99, 9780241295595 The author of Leaders Eat Last and Together Is Better applies game theory to explore how great businesses achieve long- lasting success. He finds that building long-term value—playing the infinite game—is the only thing that matters.
J J Sutherland Ali Wong
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and Advice for Living Your Best Life Canongate, 17th, HB, £14.99, 9781838850562 Often very funny memoir by the star of Netflix comedies “Baby Cobra” and “Hard Knock Wife”. Written in the form of letters to her daughters, it covers the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mum in a male-dominated profes- sion, and “How I Trapped
Siam Kidd The Crypto Book: How to Invest Safely in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies John Murray, 3rd, PB, £10.99, 9781473693326 The announcement by Facebook that it is to introduce a cryptocur- rency makes this complete beginner’s guide to investing in such curren- cies particularly timely. It shows how to make money, but doesn’t advo- cate huge personal risk.
Hans Rosling with Ola Rosing & Anna
The Scrum Fieldbook: The Art of Changing the Possible Random House Business, 3rd, HB, £20, 9781847942685 “The way we work is wrong. Here is the solu- tion.” The author of Scrum returns with a “game- changing” handbook, and a “revolutionary” method—designed in Silicon Valley and road- tested at Google and Amazon—to turbo-charge your team’s productivity.
Current affairs & politics
Fatima Bhutto New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi and K-Pop Columbia Global Reports, PB, £11.99, 9781733623704 America’s popular culture is also the world’s popular culture, right? Wrong, shows Bhutto in
Personal development & self-help
Nir Eyal Indistractable Bloomsbury, 17th, HB, £20, 9781526610225
One to Watch
“How different would your life look if you had the power to be indistracta- ble?” Eyal spent over a decade researching the psychology behind
habit-forming products, and wrote his book Hooked as a result. Now he’s back with the anti- dote, in which he explains how to manage the discomfort that drives distraction. It isn’t as simple as digitally detoxing: abstinence often makes us want to use technology more. His eminently practical four-step model aims to help us live a more focused and fulfilled life—from what Ulysses can teach us about self-control, to wearing a “concentration” crown if you work from home to let family members know you’re indistractable. I’m putting one of those on right away...
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this entertaining, eye- opening exploration of the increasingly important cultural output that now emanates from places like Mumbai, Istanbul and Seoul. Among much that is utterly fascinat- ing, I learned about dizi (an entirely new genre of television show from Turkey), which is currently conquering the world.
Louise Callaghan Father of Lions Head of Zeus, 3rd, HB, £20, 9781789540765 This story of “human decency in the midst of barbarism” is that of Mosul Zoo, which miraculously survived during the years when Islamic State ruled the city thanks to its zookeeper Abu Laith—“Father of Lions”—and his family and helpers. They risked their lives and went hungry to keep the animals alive, and, in a final, heroic effort, smuggled them out of Iraq in a daring rescue operation.
Natalie Fee How to Save the World for Free Laurence King, HB, £12.99, 9781786274991 Engaging guide to how we can all make small lifestyle changes which will contribute to saving the planet, from carry- ing a reusable coffee cup to buying bamboo
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