BOOKS


Adrian Pettifer Scottish Castles Boydell Press, 1st, £25, 9781837652044 Brief accounts of every Scottish castle surviving “in a reasonable state of preservation”.


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light on the hard-won achievements of Black British people.


Maria Smilios The Black Angels Virago, 3rd, £12.99, 9780349009285 The untold story of the nurses who helped cure tuberculosis.


Humour, gift & reference


David Reynolds Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him William Collins, 10th, £10.99, 9780008439958 How William Churchill’s life was defined by the leaders he encountered.


Donald J Robertson Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor Yale University Press, 22nd, £14.99, 9780300280142 A new biography of Marcus Aurelius weaving together the second-century Roman emperor’s political and philosophical journeys.


Vaughn Scribner Merpeople: A Human History Reaktion Books, 1st, £10.99, 9781789149388 Our fascination with merpeople and their impact on art, culture, philosophy and science.


Dr Gareth Moore, Laura Jayne Ayres Meowdle LKP, 24th, £9.99, 9781529442007 Original cat-themed logic puzzles to perplex and entertain.


Popular science, philosophy & self-help


Pip Hare


In My Element: Life Lessons From the World’s Toughest Solo Ocean Race Adlard Coles, 10th, £14.99, 9781399420495 Hare’s career in yacht racing from her early years in land-locked Cambridgeshire to completing a non-stop, round-the-world solo yacht race.


No Context Brits How to Really be a Brit: The Unofficial Citizenship Test Penguin, 24th, £10.99, 9781405959605 A fun and irreverent alternative British citizen- ship test from the cult Twitter account.


Catherine Joy White This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood Dialogue Books, 3rd, £12.99, 9780349702629 Narratives celebrating Black female resistance.


Language & literature


Robert Service Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 Picador, 31st, £12.99, 9781529065855 A revisionist account of the Russian Revolution from the outbreak of the First World War to Lenin’s death, drawing on little-known diaries from the establishment and the peasantry.


Dr Tony Sewell Black Success: The Surprising Truth Forum, 10th, £10.99, 9781800752283 A mix of memoir and case studies shining a


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Susie Dent Interesting Stories About Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings John Murray, 3rd, £10.99, 9781399811682 Fascinating tales behind some intriguing words and phrases.


Natural history & pets


Clare Balding Isle of Dogs: My Canine Adventures Through Britain Ebury Press, 17th, £10.99, 9781529195415 A tour across Britain exploring the many roles dogs fulfil and the history of how they became a part of our lives.


Susanne Lucas Bamboo Botanical, 1st, £15.95, 9781789149258 Biological and cultural history of bamboo considering its present and future uses.


Arthur Parkinson Chicken Boy: My Life with Hens Penguin, 3rd, £16.99, 9780241573662 Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, a memoir of Parkinson’s time spent with hens, featuring the writer’s photographs and illustrations.


Caspar Henderson A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous Granta Books, 10th, £10.99, 9781783787074 Journey through the heard universe in this collection of short pieces, from the vast sound of sand in the desert to the warble of a songbird.


Adam Henson Christmas on the Farm: Wintry Tales From a Life Spent Working with Animals Sphere, 24th, £10.99, 9781408727416 From frozen troughs to shire horse riding, winter memories of the Cotswolds farm of “Countryfile” presenter Henson.


Annabel Abbs Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self John Murray, 3rd, £10.99, 9781529366495 Prompted by grief to constant sleeplessness, Abbs discovers her night self and uncovers those women who have found comfort in the darkness. “An antidote to sleep zeal- otry,” said New Scientist.


philosopher Dennett reflecting on the development of his critical thought.


S C Gwynne His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine Oneworld , 12th, £11.99, 9780861548866 The story of the British airship which crashed on its maiden flight in 1930.


Max Bennett A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI William Collins, 10th, £10.99, 9780008560133 The evolution of the brain, our understanding of it and what this means for AI.


Marcus Chown The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science Michael O’Mara, 10th, £10.99, 9781789296853 From quantum computing to gravitational waves, complex science distilled into the essence of crucial knowledge.


Katie Davis Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up Te MIT Press, 1st, £23, 9780262550987 How children engage with technology at different ages and how to support making the most of these digital experiences.


Emily Herring Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People Basic Books, 24th, £16.99, 9781529371925 First English-language biography of French philosopher Bergson, demonstrating how his celebration of the time-bending uniqueness of individual experience struck a chord with those shaken by modern technological and social change.


Katharine Jenkins Feminist Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Very Short Introduc- tions, 24th, £8.99, 9780192858078 An introduction to the relationship between the personal and the politi- cal, the distinctiveness of women’s knowledge, and the broader way feminist philosophy can be applied to the fields of justice, work and the environment.


Erika Nesvold Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space Te MIT Press, 1st, £23, 9780262550994 Beyond the rocket science, a look at the human issues raised by the possibility of becoming a multi- planet species.


Jeff Horwitz Broken Code: The Fight to Expose Facebook’s Toxic Secrets Penguin, 10th, £10.99, 9781804995778 How user engagement was prioritised over safety and ethics when scandal hit Facebook and sister platforms Instagram and WhatsApp.


Aziz Z Huq The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction Very Short Introduc- tions, 24th, £8.99, 9780197657423 An introduction to law, discussing the overlap and conflicts between different understandings of the goals and functions of a legal system.


Daniel C Dennett I’ve Been Thinking Penguin, 3rd, £12.99, 9780141997353 Memoir from acclaimed


Jeff Jarvis The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet Bloomsbury Academic, 3rd, £14.99, 9798765115862 How the disruptive history of print might provide clues for our digital present and future.


Richard Seymour The Twittering Machine: How Capitalism Stole Our Social Life Te Indigo Press, 3rd, £9.99, 9781911648833 An exploration of the dark side of social media, from trolling to propaganda, celebrity to utopian potential. Paperback edition features a new introduc- tion from Seymour.


Guy Standing The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty Pelican, 31st, £10.99, 9780241475928 How time has been defined and controlled throughout history.


Noah Whiteman Most Delicious Poison: From Spices to Vices – The Story of Nature’s Toxins Oneworld, 3rd, £10.99, 9780861548873 From caffeine to opioids,


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