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toothbrushes and having world-saving sex. Fee also addresses bigger barri- ers to change, including broken political systems, and suggests ways to disrupt them.


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canteen, only to be classified as an illegal immigrant—reveal deeply disturbing truths about modern Britain.


Amaryllis Fox Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA Ebury, 17th, PB, £14.99, 9781785039133 Billed as the explosive first-hand account of a female CIA agent, recruited aged 21 in the aftermath of 9/11, and sent on countless danger- ous missions around the globe in a bid to keep nuclear, biological and chemical weapons out of the hands of terror groups. “Reads like a real-life Carrie Mathison in ‘Homeland’,” says Ebury.


Amelia Gentleman The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment Guardian Faber, 3rd, HB, £18.99, 9781783351848 Named Journalist of the Year by Press Gazette and awarded the 2018 Paul Foot Award for her work on the scandal, Gentleman tells the story of the “Windrush” disgrace which she exposed at the Guardian. The resonant human stories—such as that of Paulette Wilson, a cook who once worked in the House of Commons


History John Ferris


Behind the Enigma:


The Authorised History of GCHQ... Bloomsbury, 17th, HB, £30, 9781526605467


One to Watch


“In different permutations, codebreakers combined penetra- tions of eye and mind, the pedantry of grammarians, the logic of philosophers and the flair of chess grandmasters.” This first authorised history of GCHQ is published to mark 100 years of


the intelligence agency, from its origins in the First World War, through the Bletchley Park years, the Cold War and the Falklands, to its “discreet but crucial role in the landscape of modern Britain”. Leading intelligence and strategy historian Ferris has been granted unprecedented access to classified records in order to bring the “ingenious machinations” of GCHQ into the public domain for the first time. NB The publication of this title has now been delayed until 2020.


Rob Hopkins From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want Chelsea Green, 17th, HB, £19.99, 9781603589055 “At every step I fell more and more in love with those two words: What If?” In the face of dire predictions about the future of the world, the co-founder of the international Transition Towns movement, and one of Britain’s 50 New Radicals, according to the Observer, draws on his own experience, both around the world and in his home town of Totnes, Devon, to argue that there is plenty of evidence that cultures can change rapidly, dramatically and unexpectedly—and for the better.


of populist xenophobia in Eastern Europe stems from resentment at the post-1989 imperative to become Westernised, argue the authors.


Andrew McAfee More From Less: How We Finally Stopped Using Up the World and What Happens Next Simon & Schuster, 1st, HB, £20, 9781471180330 Research scientist from MIT argues that there’s a new reason for optimism: we’ve gone past the point of “peak stuff” and, from now on, it will take fewer resources to make things, and cost less to lead a comfortable life. What has made this turnaround possible? One thing primarily: the collabora- tion between technology and capitalism, he argues.


and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin Picador, 3rd, HB, £25, 9781509883035 Service brings his deep understanding of modern Russia to bear on the leader that is Vladimir Putin, revealing a premier who cannot take his supremacy for granted, yet is determined to impose his will not only on his closest associates but on society at large. “A riveting insight into power politics as Russia faces a blizzard of difficulties both at home and abroad.”


Ivan Krastev & Stephen Holmes The Light That Failed: A Reckoning Allen Lane, 31st, HB, £20, 9780241345702 This “landmark, eye-open- ing” book offers a new perspective on the current situation in Eastern Europe and Russia, as well as a fresh take on Trump’s politics. The most power- ful force behind the wave


Jonathan Safran Foer We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Starts at Breakfast Hamish Hamilton, 10th, HB, £16.99, 9780241363331 The award-winning US author of Everything is Illuminated with an acces- sible, demystifying take on how and why we are in crisis with climate change. He presents one simple idea to start fixing it: to stop eating meat before dinner time.


Robert Service Kremlin Winter: Russia


Tim Shipman Brexit Volume 3 Collins, 31st, HB, £25, 9780008308940 “Gripping and unmissable account of Britain’s brutal entanglement with Brexit,” in which the political editor of the Sunday Times follows the key players as they navigate negotiations and all the ensuing demo- cratic dramas. Written with unique access to politicians on both sides of the Brexit divide as were his previous two volumes, it is published to coincide with… yes, you guessed it.


Richard Stengel Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It Atlantic, 3rd, HB, £16.99, 9781611856385 Written by Nelson Mandela’s co-author on Long Walk to Freedom, this is said to be the first and only insider account of how the US tried (and failed) to combat the global rise of disinforma- tion that eventually spilled


Biography & memoirs


Daniel Hardcastle Fuck Yeah, Video Games: The Life


and Extra Lives of a Professional Nerd Unbound, 3rd, HB, £12.99, 9781783527878


One to Watch


This “most successful book in UK crowdfunding history” (it funded in a mere 42 minutes, and is backed by more than 9,000 supporters) is a


memoir, told through 30 years of playing video games, by YouTube gamer DanNerdCubed, who has more than 2.6 million subscribers. From God of War to Tomb Raider, Pokémon and The Sims, each chapter features a different game, described with “countless in jokes, obscure references and Hardcastle’s signature wit”, along with illustrations by Rebecca Maughan. There is a foreword by revered game designer Tim Schaffer, and a guest chapter from fellow YouTuber Stuart Ashen (a.k.a. Ashens).


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into the 2016 presidential election. “Will attract major media attention.”


Yancey Strickler This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World W H Allen, 31st, PB, £12.99, 9780753552834 “Break free from a wealth- obsessed world.” The co-founder of Kickstarter with a provocative vision for building a society that looks beyond money and towards maximising the values that make life worth living. We don’t have to get rid of money entirely, he argues, but we should recalibrate our definition of value so that our world of scarcity can blossom into a world of abundance.


Astra Taylor Democracy May Not Exist but We’ll Miss it When it’s Gone Verso, PB, £14.99, 9781788738262 Did democracy ever exist? Why is it no longer possi- ble? The author invites us to re-examine the term in a quest to understand what is possible, what we want and why democracy is so hard to realise in practice.


Film, TV & music


Anthony Bozza Not Afraid: The Evolution of Eminem


Blink Publishing, 17th, HB, £20, 9781788701198 Picking up where rock journalist Bozza’s previous biography, Whatever You Say I Am, left off, this captures Eminem’s “wilderness years” in his own words and through the insights of those closest to him. It also chronicles how the rap artist got sober, relapsed, finally got clean, and triumphantly returned to the top.


Emily & Michael Eavis Glastonbury 50 Trapeze, 3rd, HB, £30, 9781409183938 Personally compiled by father and daughter Eavis, this richly illustrated celebration of Glasto marks five momentous decades in the life of the world-famous music and arts festival. Among the host of big-name contrib- utors are Adele, Jay-Z, Dolly Parton, Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher, along with images from a host of noted photographers. Publication coincides with tickets going on sale for the 2020 festival.


Mary Guibert & David Browne Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice Cassell, 15th, HB, £30, 9781788400077 This fully authorised and illustrated biography of the late, much-acclaimed singer also includes


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