SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
General History By the respected
cultural critic and author, this first biography of the infamous and massively popular Time Lord delves into the reasons why this “wonderful wandering time traveller means so much to so many”.
Neil Basu Turmoil Aurum, 10th April, hb, £20, 9780711294400
Biography & Memoirs
Based on his 30 years in the Metropolitan
Police, former Assistant Commissioner Basu reveals the truth about racism, politics, and policing in the UK.
Maggie Smith Dear Writer Canongate Books, 10th April, hb, £18.99, 9781837260478
Literature & Criticism
Based on 20 years of teaching and writing,
a collection of meditations, essays and practical tips on creativity and the craft of writing, by the US writer. “You have to do it to learn how to do it,” she says.
of what it was really like being in the British Army in Iraq— “including all the bits they probably hoped you’d never find out”.
Professor Michael Hornberger Tangled Up Canbury, 10th April, hb, £25, 9781914487422
Specialist STM
Neuroscientist’s accessible guide to the science and history of Alzheimer’s, designed to be of particular assistance if a partner, relative or friend has the disease.
Nicholas Jubber Monsterland Scribe, 10th April, hb, £20, 9781915590299
Social & Local History
This blend of folklore and travel writing
explores legends of giants, dragons, and other mythical creatures across continents, from Cornwall’s cliffs to Kyoto’s ancient streets.
Dolly Jones Leaving the Ladder Down Fourth Estate, 10th April, hb, £16.99, 978000843138
Professional & Careers
By a journalist and mother of two, this
is a “funny and practical” guide for women facing the life-changing prospect of returning to work after having children.
Sally Becker Where Angels Fear to Tread HarperElement, 10th April, hb, £20, 9780008741570
Biography & Memoirs
Daniel Gray Sunday Best HarperNorth, 10th April, hb, £12.99, 9780008628925
General History From closed shops
and roast dinners to bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmowers, an evocative celebration of the seventh day of the week in all its rich variety.
Stuart Gillespie Food Fight Canongate Books, 10th April, hb, £20, 9781837260430
Health, Self-Help & Parenting
An investigation into how
malnutrition is enmeshed with other crises, and the ways in which the system we once relied upon for global nutrition has warped into the very thing making us sick.
Owain Mulligan The Accidental Soldier Hodder & Stoughton, 10th April, hb, £22, 9781399737050
War & Military History
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“Searingly honest and funny” account
In a “loving” memoir of an international aid
worker on the front lines, Becker recounts her life and work in some of most dangerous places in the world.
Paul Sinton-Hewitt One Small Step Macmillan, 10th April, hb, £20, 9781035065042
Biography & Memoirs
From a local park initiative to a global
fitness revolution, this is the extraordinary story of parkrun, showing how the author’s vision has succeeded in mobilising millions worldwide “towards happiness and community”.
Amitav Ghosh The Once and Future World Order Basic Books, 10th April, hb , £16.99, 9781399811750
General History “Searing” collection
of essays by the acclaimed novelist and non-fiction writer offering an urgent new perspective on today’s world; covering topics including climate change, travel, literature, colonialism and more.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
Benjamin Zephaniah Dis Poetry Bloodaxe Books, 15th April, pb, £12.99, 9781780377414
Poetry This tribute collection brings together
poems from the much-mourned Zephaniah’s four collections, along with previously unpublished poetry and lyrics from recordings not included in earlier books.
Shaun Walker The Illegals Profile Books, 17th April, hb, £22, 9781788167772
Current affairs
Moscow expert Walker captures the untold history
of the KGB’s deep cover spy programme from the 1920s to the 21st century; a system that took decades to unravel.
Emily Hauser Mythica Doubleday, 17th April, hb, £25, 9781529932485
General History Award- winning
classicist, ancient historian and author Hauser takes readers on an epic journey as she uncovers the astonishing stories of the real women behind the legends of Ancient Greece.
Joel Budd Underdogs Picador, 17th April, hb, £20, 9781035015122
Rutger Bregman Moral Ambition Bloomsbury Publishing, 24th April, hb, £20, 9781526680600
Current affairs
In this “antidote to apathy”, the author of Utopia for Realists
shows that with what he calls “moral ambition”—the will to make the world a better place —it is possible to be both idealistic and successful, and change the world along the way.
Renee Mussai (ed) Black Chronicles Tames & Hudson, 24th April, hb, £50, 9780500026618
Photography Billed as the first publication
of its kind: a collection of extraordinary 19th-century portraits that radically shift our understanding of the presence
Dr Alastair Santhouse No More Normal Granta Books, 10th April, hb, £18.99, 9781803511146
Popular Science From a leading
consultant neuropsychiatrist, a “fresh, timely and compassionate” book about the rise of diagnoses in mental health disorders and what it means for both individuals and society.
Melinda French Gates The Next Day Bluebird, 15th April, hb, £16.99, 9781035073542
Mind, Body & Spirit
In which the philanthropist author reflects
on some of the most significant transitions in her life, including becoming a parent, the death of a dear friend, and her departure from the Gates Foundation.
Social & Local History
Who are the white working class and why
aren’t we listening to them? Economist journalist Budd has spent five years investigating people’s stories and here reports on what they had to say.
Mary Beth Norton “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” Princeton University Press, 22nd April, hb, £20, 9780691253992
Literature & Criticism
Billed as a fascinating collection
of questions and answers about courtship, marriage, love, and sex‚ from a 17th-century periodical.
Edith Hall Epic of the Earth Yale University Press, 22nd April, hb, £18.99, 9780300275582
Literature & Criticism
This “urgent” study of Homer’s Iliad exposes the
beginnings of the ecological disaster we now face and facilitates our understanding of its history and ancient origins.
Monica Feria-Tinta A Barrister for the Earth Faber, 24th April, hb, £22, 9780571386369
Conservation & the Environment
Can a planet have legal
rights and be defended in a court of law? A leading climate barrister shares 10 legal battles that give hope for our planet’s protection.
and identities of Black people in Victorian Britain.
Candice Chung Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You Elliott & Tompson, 24th April, hb, £16.99, 9781783968855
Biography & Memoirs
Food journalist Chung with a “bittersweet and
evocative” memoir exploring love, culture, and “those fragile bright-hearted moments around the dinner table that bring us together”.
Paula Akpan When We Ruled Trapeze, 24th April, hb, £22, 9781398719897
General History From pre-colonial
Nigeria and the framing villages of Rwanda to apartheid South Africa, this charts the reigns of 12 African queens and warriors who ruled vast swathes of the continent and yet are all but unknown.
Alan Cleaver Postal Paths Monoray, 24th April, hb, £22, 9781800962224
General History From south- east Cornwall
to the Outer Hebrides, a journey along Britain’s lost postal paths, forming a social history of the postmen and women who forged them from the 17th century to the present day.
Poppy Okotcha A Wilder Way Bloomsbury Publishing, 24th April, hb, £18.99, 9781526666512
Gardening
This memoir of Okotcha’s
relationship with an ever- changing garden highlights the joy, pleasure and beauty of working with the natural world, as well as the things we need to do to protect it.
James Holland, Al Murray Victory ’45 Bantam (Transworld), 24th April, hb, £16.99, 9780857507952
General History From the Italian Alps to
northern German and beyond, Holland and Murray tell the story of the six surrenders that heralded the Allied Victory in the summer of 1945.
Andrew Huberman Protocols Cornerstone Press, 24th April, hb, £22, 9781529921281
Psychology This first book from a renowned
Stanford professor, and host of leading health podcast “Huberman Lab”, is billed as an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy and more.
Ian Penman Erik Satie Three Piece Suite Fitzcarraldo Editions, 24th April, pb, £14.99, 9781804271537
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