GENERAL HISTORY
15th April, pb, eb, £41.50, 9781421451220 How medieval and Renaissance technology shaped Mediterranean and European society across a millennium.
Moral Energy in America Rebecca K Wright 29th April, hb, eb, £54, 9781421451411 A distinctly American way of thinking about energy shaped US culture and society from the Progressive Era to the atomic bomb.
The Strange and Tragic Wounds of George Cole’s America Michael deGruccio 27th May, hb, eb, £27.50, 9781421451541 Gripping story of a once- hopeful Union soldier whose dreams of heroism and societal recognition unravel in the chaos of war and personal betrayal at home.
American Freethought David C Hoffman 17th June, hb, eb, £54, 9781421451800 How the freethought movement fought to maintain a secular United States.
Liveright
Left for Dead Eric Jay Dolin 27th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324096740 The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. A tale of treachery, ship- wreck, isolation and the desperate struggle for survival.
Seven Social Movements That Changed America Linda Gordon 4th March, hb, eb, £29.99, 9781631493713 Brilliantly conceived and provocative work examines how seven 20th-century social movements transformed America.
Liverpool University Press
The Visual Worlds of Life Writing Kerstin Maria Pahl 1st February, pb, eb, £29.99, 9781802074567 An Open Access edition that unlocks the visual worlds of 18th-century English biography.
SERIES
Liverpool Studies in International Slavery hb, eb, 97818362426 Published in association
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with the Centre for the Study of International Slavery at the University of Liverpool. Televising Transnational Trauma
Myriam Mompoint 28th May, £115, vol 24 66
Legacies of Enslavement in the French Republic Nicola Frith 1st May, £125, vol 23 97
Art and the Sea Emma Roberts (ed) 28th February, pb, eb, £29.99, 9781836243106 The first book to examine the relationship between art and the sea.
Medieval Warhorse Oliver H Creighton (ed), Robert Liddiard (ed), Alan K Outram (ed), Carly Ameen (ed), Kate Kanne (ed) 28th March, hb, eb, £50, 9781836243359 Major new study of medieval warhorses through their bones, equipment, repre- sentations, armour and environments.
Pomponius Mela Georgia Irby 28th June, hb, £125, 9781836243397 New translation and the first detailed English- language commentary of it.
Representing and Interrogating Dueling, Caning and Fencing During the British Romantic Period William D Brewer 28th February, hb, £115, 9781836243496 Examines the lively Romantic-era debate over honour violence.
New Perspectives on Conflict and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century Paul Huddie (ed), Cathal Billings (ed), Arlene Crampsie (ed) 28th July, hb, £100, 9781836243892 Exciting new approach to the study of Irish conflict in the long 19th century.
London Underground: A Cultural Geography David Ashford 28th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781836243915 Ashford explores the evolution of London’s Underground as a modern space.
‘Miserable Conflict and Confusion’: The Irish Question and the British National Press, 1916-1922 Erin Kate Scheopner 28th March, pb, £29.99, 9781836243977 In-depth critical analysis.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
Poverty, Children and the Poor Law in Industrial Belfast, 1880-1918 Olwen Purdue, Georgina Laragy 28th May, pb, eb, £34.99, 9781836244059 Explores the lives of poor Belfast children at the turn of the 20th century.
Luath Press
Highland Cowboys Rob Gibson 30th March, pb, £8.99, 9781913025243 From droving to driving, “heilan coos” to long horns, Highland Cowboys explores the links between the two cattle cultures of Scotland and America through music, song, dance and folklore.
Lutterworth Press
The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750 John Forrest 29th May, pb, £30, 9780718897925 Careful, detailed and encyclopaedic, this is an essential reference work for specialists in English drama and social historians of the period.
Great Grandmama’s Weekly Wendy Forrester 27th February, pb, eb, £20, 9780718897956 Illuminates the Victorian era through lively extracts from The Girl’s Own Paper and reveals how the concerns and experiences of its readers continue to resonate today.
Lyons Press
The Making of Paris Russell Kelley 4th May, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781493071883 The story of how Paris has evolved over 2,000 years from a fishing village into the world’s most beautiful city.
First Women of Hollywood Mary Mallory 1st June, hb, eb, £25, 9781493089307 Explores and illustrates the invaluable role and contributions of the mostly forgotten and unacknowledged pioneers in the film industry.
The Forecast for D-Day John Ross 6th July, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781493090440 D-Day success hinged on gauging the weather for crossing the British Channel. This is the story of the man Eisenhower
trusted with choosing the best day to invade.
Macmillan
Ghost Nation Chris Horton 17th July, hb, eb, £22, 9781035034024 One of the most respected and longstanding foreign correspondents in Taiwan explores the people, politics and history of the nation caught in a power struggle between the US and China.
Manchester University Press
The Jewish Pedlar Tony Kushner 20th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781526178022 Groundbreaking history investigates Jacob Harris, a Jewish pedlar involved in a notorious triple murder in 1734. Kushner offers a fresh perspective on Jewish life in Britain over three centuries.
Mariner Books
The Light of Battle Michel Paradis 31st July, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780063355163 Thrilling biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American-history.
Chasing Beauty Natalie Dykstra 24th April, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780063378353 Masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner, creator of one of America’s most impressive museums, whose own life was remade by art. Archival photographs.
Michael O’Mara
A History of the World in 80 Lost Women Katie Nelson 13th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781789297379 Fresh, informative and entertaining pop history of the world told through the biographies of 70 women.
MIT Press
Conceiving Histories Isabel Davis, Anna Burel 25th February, hb, £36, 9780262049481 Brings together history, personal memoir and illustration to investigate the widely encountered but culturally hidden experience of trying to conceive.
The New Lunar Society
David A Mindell 4th March, hb, £30, 9780262049528 A century defined by climate change, shifting global alliances and remote working requires a reinvention of industry in America.
Geniuses, Heroes, and Saints Massimiano Bucchi, Tania Aragona (tr) 13th May, pb, £32, 9780262551847 Investigation of the public image of science and its transformations from the early 20th century to now, all told through the Nobel Prize.
Monoray
Heatwave John L Williams 8th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781800961715 Rich examination of the cultural and political upheaval in Britain in the boiling hot summer of 1976.
How to Kill a Witch Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi 15th May, hb, £20, 9781800961883 Compelling and detailed investigation of the historic persecution of women as witches. Written by the founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign.
Postal Paths Alan Cleaver 24th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781800962224 A journey through Britain’s lost paths and a social history of the post- men and women who forged them.
The Children of Hiroshima Sadako Teiko Okuda 8th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800963009 Poignant diary of a woman searching for her niece and nephew in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bomb.
Mudlark
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed Maureen Callahan 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008473280 From New York Times bestseller a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family’s generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder and mayhem.
Three Weeks in July Adam Wishart,
James Nally 19th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780008671006 The definitive story of the July 2005 London bombings, told by those who were there.
Den of Spies Craig Unger 22nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008730253 Reveals Unger’s 30-year investigation into the collusion between Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign and Iran. This book raises urgent questions about foreign meddling in elections.
Oldcastle Books
Riots and Rebels Nick Rennison 1st May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780857306074 From the Peasants’ Revolt of the Middle Ages to Extinction Rebellion in the present, this is a concise and compelling account of popular protest in Britain.
First Class Comrades J Boulter 8th February, pb, eb, £28.99, 9780857306098 Full of new insights on Cold War espionage, Boulter’s account draws on rarely seen files from the Stasi archives to shine a light on this lesser- known period in the history of East Germany’s secret police.
Old Street Publishing
SERIES
Shortest Histories eb, 9781913083 Accessibly written, expertly researched and illustrated with photo- graphs, maps and infographics, the each Shortest History can be read in a day but will be remembered for a lifetime.
The Shortest History of France Colin Jones 25th March, hb, £14.99, vol 17 304 The Shortest History of Austria Nicholas T Parsons
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