GENERAL HISTORY
Wide-ranging history of the term “fascism”: what it has meant in the past and what it means today. Addresses fundamental questions.
University of Michigan Press
Teamsters Metropolis Ryan Patrick Murphy 29th July, pb, £24.95, 9780472057535 The Teamsters union’s defiance of bourgeois norms and its use of illicit tactics empowered marginalised workers, drove its postwar growth and transformed suburban and working- class culture.
University of North Carolina Press
Closed Seasons Julia Brock 15th April, hb, £82, 9781469681450 Innovative history of hunting in America’s New South.
The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy Alan McPherson 4th March, hb, £82, 9781469686332 Blow-by-blow account of the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan-Bush era which rocked the US in the 1980s.
Between Two Worlds Robin Judd 1st February, pb, £20.95, 9781469688329 Introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed military personnel after the war.
University of Wales Press
A World of New Ideas 1650-1820 Vol 1 Paul Frame 15th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781837720095 From alchemy to steam engines, A World of New Ideas is an account of science and Wales in the long 18th century.
Wales, the Mercantile Marine and the First World War Mark Matthews 15th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781837722013 Commemorates the contribution and sacrifices made by the merchant men and women of Wales.
Inventor of Britain Philip Schwyzer (ed)
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15th April, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781837722228 An exploration of the works and extraordinary influence of 16th-century Welsh scholar and map-maker Humphrey Llwyd.
The Last Invasion Hywel M Davies 15th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781837722372 Cultural history focuses on an event when Napolonic troops landed at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Collates historical records of participants, contemporaries and later generations.
Introducing Medieval Animal Names Ben Parsons 15th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781837722617 The names medieval people gave to their animals, ranging from the affectionate, poetic and flamboyant to the comical, facetious and obscene.
University Press of Florida
Black Citizens and American Democracy Reginald K Ellis (ed), Jeffrey L Littlejohn (ed), Peter B Levy (ed) 15th April, hb, £105.95, 9780813079301 Recognising the many unsung Black people who have risked their lives and livelihoods for the good of the US
Futures of Black Power Anthony M Donaldson (ed), Madison W Cates (ed) 25th February, pb, £34.95, 9780813080932 Framework for developing Black Power archives.
University Press of Kansas
Lincoln’s Last Card Richard J Ellis 24th February, pb, £30.50, 9780700638130 Fresh reassessment of the Emancipation Proclam-ation that looks beyond the Lincoln mythos.
Rewriting Hisstory Jeff Kisseloff 19th March, hb, £30.50, 9780700638338 Revelatory political history uncovers the innocence of alleged Communist spy Alger Hiss.
War Underground Earl J Hess 24th March, hb, £59.99, 9780700638413 Renowned military
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
historian offers the first book dedicated to the history of underground tactics and strategy in warfare from antiquity to the present.
Verso Books
American Imperatives Anders Stephanson 15th July, pb, eb, £25, 9781784780562 Radical reinterpretation of the Cold War by its most iconoclastic historian.
Everything is Now J Hoberman 27th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781804290866 Groundbreaking history of New York cultural life in the 1960s.
Stealing Horses to Great Applause Paul W Schroeder, Perry Anderson 18th February, hb, eb, £30, 9781804295793 Standout theoretical and empirical explanation of the origins of the First World War by one of the great historians of international diplomacy.
The Captains’ Coup Wilfred Burchett, Daniela Melo (ed), Timothy Walker (ed) 22nd April, hb, eb, £25, 9781804298367 The first English edition of legendary journalist Burchett’s eyewitness reporting on the bloodless Portuguese military coup and “Carnation Revolution” (1974-75).
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World GEM de Ste Croix 1st July, pb, eb, £30, 9781804298558 Trailblazing Marxist history of the ancient world.
Unholy Kingdom Malise Ruthven 25th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781839760105 Religion, oil and war bent to the House of Saud’s will to dominate Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East.
The Fiery Spirits John Rees 22nd April, hb, eb, £30, 9781839763151 The thrilling history of Parliament’s “fiery spirits” whose actions led to the trial and execution of the king and the declaration of an English republic.
The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Muntzer Andrew Drummond 27th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781839768958
Muntzer was a radical millenarian preacher, revolutionary and iconoclast.
Viking
Goliath’s Curse Luke Kemp 26th June, hb, £25, 9780241741238 History of humanity told through the lens of collapse, from Nean- derthals to AI, and what it means for our uncertain future.
Saint Petersburg Sinclair McKay 27th March, hb, £25, 9780241741313 Masterpiece reveals the central importance of St Petersburg over the centuries. This is the story of the city told from the perspective of the people who lived there.
Wreckers Simon Park 17th April, hb, £25, 9780241741320 Muscular history of the shipwrecks and other failed voyages at the dawn of
imperialism in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Tank
Mark Urban 5th June, hb, £25, 9780241741504 Authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed and fought in it.
Vintage
The Picnic Matthew Longo 6th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529920987 Reconstruction of the escape to freedom of hundreds of East Germans in the summer of 1989 and how it led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Watkins Publishing
11th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781786788986 In her first book, popular TikTok historian uses her characteristic wit and intellect to introduce us to extraordinary figures marginalised by history and the lessons we can learn from them.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz Anne Sebba 27th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781399610735 The first book on the subject by a bestselling historian of 20th-century women’s lives.
The Rebel Empresses Nancy Goldstone 6th March, hb, eb, £30, 9781399603997 Vivid historical adventure through the royal courts of 19th-century Europe relates the stories of rebel empresses Elisabeth of Austria and Eugenie of France.
Threads of Empire Dorothy Armstrong 27th February, hb, £30, 9781399614221 pb, eb, £16.99, 9781399614238
Spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of 12 carpets.
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who John Higgs 10th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781399614771 First biography of the Time Lord, written by one of the most well-respected cultural critics at work in the UK today.
Final Verdict Tobias Buck 6th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399604277 Highly acclaimed story of an extraordinary trial and its wider implications for history, memory and justice.
Agent Zo Clare Mulley 8th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399601085 The incredible story of Elzbieta Z awacka, or Agent Zo, a Second world War Polish resistance fighter who was secretly trained by special forces.
Mavericks Jenny Draper
Trelawny’s Cornwall Petroc Trelawny 29th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474625104 Part travel-writing, part memoir, part social history of Cornwall.
The Second World War Antony Beevor 24th April, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781399629713 Magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known, by our foremost military historian.
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks David Gibbins 6th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399603508 A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to the Second World War. researched and written by world-renowned underwater archaeologist.
Welbeck
Victory in Europe Julian Thompson 3rd April, hb, £30, 9781035425174 Graphic account of the final 11 months of the Second World War.
Wellcome Collection
Immaculate Forms Helen King 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781788163880 Journey into the complex medical and religious history of women’s bodies from classical Greece to the modern day.
No Ordinary Deaths Molly Conisbee 1st May, hb, eb, £22, 9781800815872 Compelling social history of death, dying and how our ends shape our lives and societies.
White Owl
London’s Royal Parks Paul Rabbitts 28th February, hb, £26, 9781036117320 The first book celebrating the architecture and artefacts of the Royal Parks.
Wildfire
Melting Point Rachel Cockerell 27th February, pb, £12.99, 9781035408931 Genre-bending family memoir charts the forgotten moment when 10,000 Russian Jews fled to Galveston, Texas, led by Cockerell’s great-grandfather.
The Cleopatras Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 24th April, pb, £12.99, 9781472295187 The expert in ancient history behind Persians
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