GENERAL HISTORY
through one family of the landed gentry.
The Psychic Lives of Statues Rahul Rao 20th March, hb, eb, £20, 9780745350769 Exploration of global statue controversies and cultural memory which offers a fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with the past and present.
Polaris Publishing
The Indefinable School Richard McLauchlan 1st May, hb, £18, 9781915359353 Bold new history, released in the Edinburgh Academy’s 200th year, revisits and expands upon Magnus Magnusson’s account to tell a more far-reaching, more complex story.
Potomac Books
Crisis and Crossfire Peter L. Hahn 20th April, pb, £23.99, 9781640125773 Concise narrative and selection of primary- source documents make this book an ideal introduction to US-Middle East relations for anyone with an interest in understanding the history behind today’s events.
90 Seconds to Midnight Charlotte Jacobs 1st June, hb, £28.99, 9781640126305 Gripping and thought- provoking story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a 13-year-old girl living in Hiroshima in 1945, and her ensuing quest to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Victory in Shanghai Robert S Kim 1st June, hb, £25.99, 9781640126329 Tells two stories: a Korean American family’s journey to the US during the Second World War and the Asian American role in the creation of US intelligence.
Fuji Fire Chas Henry 1st June, hb, £28.99, 9781640126459 In this first account of the compelling stories forged by an October 1979 tragedy at Camp Fuji, Henry uses years of research to document the incident and uncover its causes.
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India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent Audrey Truschke 3rd June, hb, eb, £35, 9780691221229 Dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today.
The Celts Ian Stewart 4th March, hb, eb, £35, 9780691222516 Reveals how this once- forgotten people became a pillar of modern national identity in Britain, Ireland and France.
Water From the Rock Sylvia R Frey 15th April, pb, eb, £20, 9780691237787 Multifaceted history of Black resistance during the War of Independence.
The Third Reich of Dreams Charlotte Beradt, Damion Searls (tr), Dunya Mikhail 29th April, hb, eb, £20, 9780691243511 The hidden history of a nation sleepwalking its way into evil.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
Princeton University Press
The Age of Choice Sophia Rosenfeld 4th February, hb, eb, £30, 9780691164717 Sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom.
The World at First Light Bernd Roeck 3rd June, hb, eb, £38, 9780691183831 Magisterial history of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern world.
The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism Yanni Kotsonis 11th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780691215266 Panoramic global history sweeps through the birth of modern Greece.
What to Expect When You’re Dead Robert Garland 3rd June, hb, eb, £25, 9780691266176 Entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death and what we might learn from them.
Queer Moderns Alice T Friedman 27th May, hb, eb, £42, 9780691267340 A richly illustrated history of the glittering world of queer artistic life in the 1920s and ’30s.
The Great Leveler Walter Scheidel 24th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691271842 How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history.
Profile Books
The House Divided Barnaby Rogerson 27th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781781257265 A fresh look at the past, present and future of a conflict that lies at the heart of the Middle East.
Land of Shifting Sands Judith Scheele 8th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781788166454 This is the story of the Sahara as never seen before.
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Barraclough 1st May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781788166751 Original take on the history of the Viking Age, told through the objects that defined the lives of its people, from powerful leaders to naughty teenagers.
Chain of Fire Peter Hart 6th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781800810730 Breathless story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain’s extraordinarily bloody 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan.
Vietdamned Clive Webb 6th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781800812338 Previously untold story of the writers and philo- sophers who took on the United States government over its war in Vietnam.
Human Resources Renay Richardson, Arisa Loomba 5th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781800816220 For readers of Empireland
and Black and British a history that is not taught in school.
Impossible City Simon Kuper 6th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800816503 Unsparing memoir of Paris in the 21st century, from a long-time Parisien d’adoption.
Holy Places Kathryn Hurlock 6th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781800817432 An exploration of pilgrimage through 19 breathtaking sights across the globe.
Forgotten Raja Shehadeh, Penny Johnson 6th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781805222415 From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise.
No King in Israel Anshel Pfeffer 5th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781805224174 How Israel’s democracy fractured and what has happened to its founding principles since 1948.
Reaktion Books
The Fatimids Delia Cortese 1st June, hb, eb, £25, 9781836390190 Brings to life the Fatimids, one of the most significant and intriguing Islamic dynasties.
The First Russian Revolution Susanna Rabow-Edling 1st March, hb, eb, £20, 9781836390213 The genesis, sacrifice and enduring consequences of the Decembrist Revolt.
The Idea of Waste John Scanlan 1st February, hb, eb, £25, 9781836390343 Exploration of both the reality and the spectre of waste throughout history.
Illumino
Michelle P Brown 1st May, hb, eb, £25, 9781836390374 The history of medieval Britain through 12 remarkable, illuminated manuscripts.
The Minoans Ellen Adams 1st June, hb, eb, £18, 9781836390473 A dig into near-fogotten Minoan history, from cultural sophistication to enduring legacy.
Miracula Paul Chrystal 1st March, hb, eb, £15.95, 9781836390497 Astonishing, humorous and shocking tales from Ancient Greece and Rome.
Rough Music Liz Williams 1st March, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781836390602 Transgression and shame in British folklore and customs.
Those They Called Idiots Simon Jarrett 1st March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781836390718 Humane, thoughtful and clear-eyed history of people with learning disabilities.
The Turban Chris Filstrup, Jane Merrill 1st February, hb, eb, £20, 9781836390749 Superbly illustrated history of the turban from Arabian origins to global cultural icon.
The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac Spike Bucklow 1st May, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781836390787 A journey through nature’s yearly cycle blends science, history and poetic reflection.
The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It Alex Ryrie 1st July, hb, eb, £15.95, 9781836390824 An examination of our Nazi fixation and the unravelling of postwar moral consensus.
Winter Dreams Barbara H Rosenwein 1st July, hb, eb, £20, 9781836390916 Examines how the elderly have thought, felt and expressed themselves over 2,000 years.
Repeater Books
Sick Houses Leila Taylor 11th February, pb, £10.99, 9781915672636 The architecture of haunted houses and uncanny domestic spaces and how the horror genre subverts and corrupts the sanctity of home.
Roli Books
Delhi 360 Degrees | Shahjahanabad Jerry Losty, Swapna Liddle, Pramod Kapoor (ed) 6th March, hb, £60, 9789392130526 Special, two-book
slipcase presenting a panorama from the vantage point of Delhi’s majestic Shahjahanabad.
Rowman & Littlefield
Palestine 1936 Oren Kessler 7th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781538193709 Chronicles the Great Arab Revolt, a seminal but forgotten uprising a decade before Israel’s birth that has cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since.
Rutgers University Press
She’s the Boss Debra Michals 15th April, pb, £23.99, 9781978818163 After the Second World War, as women were being pushed out of wartime jobs, government leaders— and women themselves— saw small business ownership as a viable economic solution.
Sceptre
Straight Acting Will Tosh 10th April, pb, £10.99, 9781529390513 An alternative biography of Shakespeare seen through the lens of queer Elizabethan England. From the head of research at the Globe, London.
Schiffer
Adriatic Affair Jennifer N Sellitti 28th April, hb, £31.99, 9780764367953 After seven years of research, shipwreck hunter Sellitti has delivered the first and definitive account of the sinking of Le Lyonnais and the hunt for Jonathan Durham.
Vintage New York City Subway Signs Tod Lange, Douglas Grotjahn 28th July, hb, £36.99, 9780764369209 Photographic chronicle of the history and evolution of subway signage, covering porcelain, wood, tin and mosaic signs from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Stone Tapestry Robert Holcomb 28th June, hb, £31.99, 9780764369414 Full-page profiles of 180 men and women buried at West Point accompany a
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