Highlights of the Season
the resilience and determination of those who dared to challenge the status quo; from the Bulgarian swineherd who fought off the Mongols to the suffragettes who posted themselves by Royal Mail.
Lee Lawrence The Colour of Injustice Abacus, 25 September, hb, £22, 9780349146706
The social entrepreneur author of 2020 Costa Biography Award winner The Louder I Will Sing returns with a powerful call to re-examine Britain’s relationship with justice. It draws both on his own experience and other instances of the mistreatment of Black people in Britain; from a Somali sailor wrongly convicted of murder in 1952 to Black Lives Matter.
Xemartin Laborde, Delphine Papin, Bruno Tertrais Atlas of Borders Thames & Hudson, 25 September, hb, £30, 9780500030493
This atlas, by two experts in geopolitics, presents 70 case studies through maps and infographics, and reflects on the modern world through the lens of border lines, helping the reader make sense of a complex world.
Social & Local History
Eleanor Doughty Heirs and Graces Hutchinson Heinemann, 4 September, hb, £30, 9781529153040
Doughty has written the Great Estates column in the Daily Telegraph since 2017. Now she draws on her “unparalleled access to a bewildering range of dukes, duchesses, earls and others” to tell the inside story of the British aristocracy since the Second World War.
Ian Patterson Books - A Manifesto Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 11 September, hb, £20, 9781474618984
Forward-winning poet, academic, translator and former second-hand bookseller Patterson has latterly has been constructing a new, and perhaps final, personal library at his home. From detective fiction to avant-garde poetry, this is a brilliant manifesto for the supreme importance of books, their subversive power, unrivalled ability to furnish a room, and more.
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Susie Dent Words for Life John Murray, 11 September, hb, £16.99, 9781399820653
From 23 Scottish words to define rain, to Dent’s campaign to bring back the lost positives of English (“be gorm not gormless”), this latest language book from the resident Countdown expert contains 365 “verbal vitamin shots” to make every day better.
Emma Warren Up the Youth Club Faber & Faber, 11 September, hb, £18.99, 9780571389216
From factory workers in Victorian Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs to the birthplaces of musical legends The Specials and Stormzy, this history of the youth club highlights its seismic influences on UK culture, arguing that we need to ensure the existence of such clubs for future generations.
Elizabeth Drayson Crucible of Light Picador, 25 September, hb, £30, 9781035008599
This “ambitious, revisionist and wide- ranging” account of the centuries-old relationship between Islam and Europe sweeps across cities and continents to shows that the history of Europe has always been both Christian and Muslim.
Humour, Novelty & Gift
all have in common? They are all entries in this idiosyncratic A-Z collection of Margolyes’ wit and wisdom, including jokes, stories and aphorisms “guaranteed to touch your heart, kick-start your brain and leave you in stitches”.
Philosophy
Ken Mogi Think Like a Stoic Quercus Publishing, 11 September, hb, £14.99, 9781529435818
From the author of The Little Book of Ikigai comes a new take on the ancient wisdom of stoicism, updated for “the universe we live in”.
Nick Foster Could, Should, Might, Don’t Canongate Books, 11 September, hb, £20, 9781837263806
How might we think about the future with greater rigour? The US designer and writer, who has worked with leading technology companies, encourages us to create more balanced, detailed and truthful versions of the future so we can improve what we leave behind for those who follow.
Popular Science
Tim Lenton Positive Tipping Points Oxford University Press, 4 September, hb, £20, 9780198875789
How do we get out of a climate crisis of our own making? We can all play a part in triggering positive tipping points that can help accelerate us out of it, argues Lenton.
Judith Weber, Marcus Weber, Elizabeth Schwaiger (trans) The Ups and Downs of Physics Greystone Books,Canada, 4 September, hb, £19.99, 9781778400643
Why do bridges sway in the wind? Why do doorknobs sometimes produce shocks? This “spectacular and humorous” guide to the physics of the world around us is related in charming, conversational style by the husband- and-wife authors.
Miriam Margolyes The Little Book of Miriam John Murray, 11 September, hb, £16.99, 9781399826617
What do arseholes, apostrophes and ageing
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
Dr Michelle Carr Into the Dream Lab Profile Books, 4 September, hb, £18.99, 9781805220282
A dream engineer’s guide to the science of dreaming and nightmares,
and the astonishing impact the dreaming brain has on your waking life.
Alice Vernon Ghosted Bloomsbury Sigma, 11 September, hb, £20, 9781399418706
A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is “as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find”.
Dr Kevin Hall, Julia Belluz Food Intelligence Wildfire, 23 September, hb, £25, 9781472282194
Award-winning health journalist Belluz and nutrition and metabolism scientist Hall cut through the myths about nutrition to deliver the “definitive” book on food, diet, metabolism and healthy eating.
Richard Holmes The Boundless Deep William Collins, 25 September, hb, £25, 9780007386932
What happens when a poet lives too long – and becomes respectable? The distinguished biographer considers this question in the light of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s childhood, and his profound early- life engagement with 19th-century scientific ideas and how it influenced the evolution of his later poetry, as he grappled with ideas of his own destiny.
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
Carry Somers The Nature of Fashion Chelsea Green Publishing, 23 September, hb, £22, 9781915294791
Somers is a global leader in sustainable fashion. This book takes us on an epic journey through time and across the globe to chart the history of how we learned to create clothing with plants.
Bobbi Brown Still Bobbi Bloomsbury, 23 September, hb, £22, 9781526694881
In her first memoir, the beauty industry titan and renowned make-up artist shares her business- orientated story of invention and reinvention, and dispenses practical tips and hard-won business savvy to help you “jump into life- changing action”.
Georgie Mullen What to Cook and When to Cook It Bluebird, 4 September, hb, £26, 9781035060481
Contains 120 “incredibly simple and delicious” plant-focused recipes to help you eat with the seasons via hero fruit and veg. The author has a loyal following @georgieeats and the sampler I’ve been sent includes delicious- looking recipes.
Crafts, Hobbies & Pastimes
GT Karber, Daniel Donohue, Dani Messerschmidt, Amin Osman Bordergrams Souvenir Press, 11 September, pb, £12.99, 9781805226147
From the award-winning creator of UK Christmas number one Murdle, this new puzzle series combines spycraft, cryptic clues and a dystopian landscape with connections-style puzzles as Agent B joins mysterious organisation The Division, which is working to restore order to a chaotic, dystopian world.
Tom Daley Get Stitched HQ Non-Fiction, 25 September, hb, £18.99, 9780008657000
This dedicated knitting collection features 15 patterns originally introduced in Daley’s first book, Made With Love, now available specifically for knitting enthusiasts.
Food & Drink
Ruby Tandoh All Consuming Serpent’s Tail, 4 September, hb, £18.99, 9781800810044
Are our appetites really our own? So asks the acclaimed food writer, as she explores how food culture has evolved over the past 75 years, and examines the social, economic and technological forces shaping the foods we hunger for today, from bubble tea and Viennetta to Lobster, wellness elixirs and Wimpy.
Tim Siadatan Padella Bloomsbury, 11 September, hb, £25, 9781526674616
From Fettuccine with Nduja, Lemon and Mascarpone to Spaghetti with Garlic, Capers and Black Pepper, the co-founder of London fresh pasta restaurants Padella turns to home cooking and presents 100 recipes in this “ultimate book of pasta for pasta lovers everywhere”.
Tara Wigley, Felicity Cloake How the Cookie Crumbles
Pavilion, 11 September, hb, £16.99, 9780008554736
Can you pick a Parmesan from a pecorino? Billed as an ideal bedside companion for foodies and a perfect Christmas gift for the cook in your life, this collection by the food writer and Ottolenghi insider features witty rhymes alongside expert cooking tips.
Sam Heughan The Cocktail Diaries Quadrille, 18 September, hb, £20, 9781837834198
Join actor and spirits enthusiast Heughan on a global cocktail adventure. Discover his favourite drinks recipes
Raymond Blanc Simply Raymond Kitchen Garden Headline Home, 11 September, hb, £26, 9781472293824
Accompanied by 90 recipes, notes and stories, this latest seasonal cookbook from the renowned chef celebrates the “magic of the garden and the miracles of the kitchen and the wondrous connection between them” and takes us on a tour of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons.
Tim Wilson, Rebecca Seal Ginger Pig One Pot Mitchell Beazley, 11 September, hb, £30, 9781784729219
More than 100 delicious one pot recipes from acclaimed sustainable butcher Ginger Pig.
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