BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
and influential engineers in history.
Emily Bronte: A Life in 20 Poems Nick Holland 27th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803999067 A new life story of Wuthering Heights author told through her poems.
Charles Darwin Stephen Webster 27th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803999074 When Darwin announced his Theory of Evolution he did more than transform biology. By showing how life on Earth evolved, he told us that humans too are part of nature.
The Indigo Press
The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things Suzanne Joinson 12th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781917378031 Joinson grew up on a council estate with parents who followed the Divine Light Mission cult. The clash of class and counterculture destroyed her family, leaving a legacy of turmoil.
The Irish Pages Press
Drayhorses Patricia Craig 1st April, hb, £25, 9781739353766 Third volume of Craig’s trilogy on her upbringing in Belfast and life in London.
A Week in Sarajevo & Other Essays Chris Agee 1st April, hb, £25, 9781739353780 Superb writings on Ireland and the Balkans that consider parallels between Belfast and Sarajevo.
The O’Brien Press
Tom Crean
Michael Smith, David Butler (illus) 13th May, pb, £13.99, 9781788494557 Unforgettable and inspirational true story of a poor farm boy who escaped poverty in Ireland and became a hero exploring the unknown lands of Antarctica.
The University of Michigan Press
Hurt, Baby, Hurt William Walter Scott 8th April, pb, £16.95, 9780472039760
Recounts Scott’s personal experience of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, exploring its causes, events and impact on the city’s history and Scott’s life.
Shipping Out Anita Gonzalez 25th February, pb, £29.95, 9780472057245 Examines the racialised, class-based and gendered performances of cruise ship workers through ethnography and archival analysis to reveal how their roles complicate notions of freedom, servitude and space.
The Westbourne Press
A Man of Few Words Carlo Greppi 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781908906618 Compassionate, worldly and prescient, Greppi brings to light a universal story about an individual who kept hope alive in one of the darkest times and placed known to man.
Timber Press
Love Letter to a Garden
Debbie Millman, Roxane Gay 15th May, hb, £18.99, 9781643264981 Tells the highly visual story of artist and podcast host creating her gardens in New York and Los Angeles and the philosophies underlying her work.
Trapeze
Unravelling Gamal Turawa 22nd May, hb, eb, £22, 9781398720572 Bold and shocking, coming-of-age memoir of a boy with three names and his extraordinary journey to discover his true identity.
Across Mountains, Land and Sea Arman Azadi 24th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781409199342 Extraordinary true story of one boy’s journey across the world to escape death, war and destruction and his inspiring life spent helping refugees find safety against all odds.
Listen With Father Caroline Sanderson 3rd July, hb, £16.99, 9781789652055 By listening to her father’s favourite composers Sanderson reconnects to him and to her past in a touching story of remembrance told through classical music.
Troubador Publishing
No Place for a Girl Like Me Louise Ruane 28th February, pb, £12.99, 9781836281047 Tragicomic memoir that will appeal to fans of Derry Girls. A young woman with seven brothers relates her firsthand experience of gender discrimination.
Why I Had to Murder My Mother Katharine Leppard 28th February, pb, £10.99, 9781836281801 Brave memoir, filled with drama, loss and bitterness though leavened with humour, about a dysfunctional family and the domineering mother at the helm.
Unbound
adventure that was Manumission.
From Market to Stock Market William Adderley 6th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781917458122 British businessman Adderley’s inspiring journey from humble beginnings to founder of Dunelm, a leading homeware group in Britain with 180 superstores and a valuation of £2.2 billion.
University of Alberta Press
Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept Helen Murray Taylor 20th February, hb, £16.99, 9781800183483
Spellbinding memoir of life-shattering mental illness.
Unicorn
Lady Pamela Berry Harriet Cullen 5th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781916846661 Social memoir chronicles life as a glamorous figure in 20th-century Britain. Daughter of politician FE Smith and influential hostess, Berry shaped political landscapes through beauty and charm.
A Bloomsbury Ingénue Andrea Obholzer 20th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781916846715 Profile of Euphemia Lamb, muse to artists and writers such as Augustus John and Virginia Woolf, whose influence redefined femininity and left an enduring legacy in early 20th-century culture.
Out of the Shadows Diane Boucher 1st June, hb, eb, £27.99, 9781916846784 Maria Cosway, a talented Anglo-Italian artist and musician, thrived in Regency England, forging connections with influential figures before reinventing herself as a progressive educator and founding schools for young women.
The Motel Claire Manumission 17th July, hb, £18.99, 9781789652482 A love letter to a lost paradise—Ibiza in the ’90s. A celebration of all those people who became part of the swashbuckling
Real Vanilla Nature’s Unsung Hero Janet Sawyer 16th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781917458030 Founder of LittlePod shares her mission to preserve real vanilla by supporting farmers and educating consumers about biodiversity.
Meltdown Sarah Boon 17th June, pb, eb, £21.99, 9781772127911 Brings intimate story- telling and scientific observation together in a memoir about glaciers and forests, the struggles of academia and a scientist who just might also be a writer.
University of Chicago Press
Boccaccio Marco Santagata, Emlyn Eisenach (tr) 7th April, hb, eb, £30, 9780226820941 First major biography of the writer of The Decameron sheds new light on Boccaccio’s life and legacy. By a biographer of Dante.
University of Minnesota Press
Accidental Shepherd Liese Greensfelder 4th February, hb, £21.99, 9781517917661 A summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farm and learns far more than how to herd sheep.
University of North Carolina Press
Becoming Lunsford Lane Craig Thompson Friend 27th May, hb, £31.95, 9781469685342 First biography of Lane, a folk hero to many enslaved Americans. Based on original and extensive research.
Brother Outsider, Brother Insider Chris Danielson 6th May, pb, £28.95, 9781469685779 Political biography of a pivotal yet under- recognised figure in the American Civil Rights movement.
Dior by Dior Christian Dior, Antonia Fraser (tr) 27th March, hb, £20, 9781838510497 Luxurious, updated edition gives a fascinating insight into the workings of the fashion house while revealing the private man behind the high-profile, public face.
Verso Books
The Most Dangerous Man in Britain? Tony Benn, Melissa Benn
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University of Rochester Press
Benjamin Rush, Civic Health, and Human Illness in the Early American Republic Sarah E Naramore 3rd June, pb, £26.99, 9781648250750
Close look at the medical and social theories of prominent Philadelphia physician and how they influenced American medicine in the years following the Revo- lutionary War.
University of Wales Press
Wittgenstein in Swansea Alan Sandry (ed) 15th May, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781837722259 Considers the importance of Swansea in the life and work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
University Press of Mississippi
Black Saturation Hazel Arnett Ervin (ed), E Ethelbert Miller (ed), Phillip M Richards (ed), Emily Ruth Rutter (ed) 17th February, hb, £82, 9781496855084 Expands and enriches understanding of the critical corpus of Stephen E Henderson (1925-1997) by showcasing many of his most essential essays, presentations and syllabi.
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