General History
Guadalcanal’s Longest Fight Dave R Holland
15th August, hb, £32.95, 9781636245843
The longest ground fighting on Guadalcanal was across and around the Matanikau river basi.
The 10th Mountain Division in World War II: Equipment and Vehicles Charles C Roberts
15th October, pb, £22.64, 9781636246055
Illustrated with 200 photographs, this covers the division’s novel equipment and gear evaluated but not used in battle.
Mapping the Silk Road Riaz Dean 15th November, hb, £29.95, 9781636246093
Examines ancient evidence to identify a Silk Road site described by Ptolemy. Dean argues that it corresponds to Sulaiman-Too in Kyrgyzstan, a site of significant cultural and religious importance.
The War to End All Wars Richard A Wasserman 15th August, pb, £24.95, 9781955041478
Uncovering New Jersey’s vital part in the American contribution to the First World War, supplying munitions, training troops and sending more than 140,000 soldiers overseas to fight.
Killing Shore KA Nelson 31st August, pb, eb, £19.95, 9781955041553
Shocking true story of Nazi Germany’s naval assault against American coastal waters told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off New Jersey.
Chartwell Books
The Federalist Papers James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton 13th November, hb, £14.99, 9780785847601
The blueprint for American democracy presented in an unabridged edition featuring sprayed edges and a foil-embossed, faux-leather cover.
Chronos Books
Pirates, Punters, and Politicians: How the Bank of England Was Founded Val Hamilton
28th October, pb, £7.99, 9781803418797
Tall tale reveals the wonder and uncanny
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inevitability so often present in great historic moments.
C Hurst
Unbroken Chains Martin Plaut 28th August, hb, eb, £25, 9781805264026
Groundbreaking history illuminates the full story of slavery in Africa from Ancient Egypt to the present.
Travels Through the Spanish Civil War Nick Lloyd
20th November, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781805264149
Revelatory journey into the physical and visual legacies of the Spanish Civil War investigates how a brutal conflict is memorialised, and obscured, today.
The Cost of Colonialism Samir Patil 15th January, hb, eb, £25, 9781805264170
Shrewd, unsentimental inspection of the archives lays bare the charge-sheet against the British and their economic policy in India.
The New Byzantines Sean Mathews 4th December, hb, eb, £20, 9781805264187
Fresh take on Greece’s forgotten Near Eastern past and its enduring cultural, political and economic ties with its eastern neighbours today.
Orwell’s Ghosts Laura Beers 2nd October, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781805264392
With Orwell claimed by all sides of the culture wars, returning to his own world and words offers sharp and surprising lessons for today’s crises.
Helsinki: The History of a Nordic City Henrik Meinander
30th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781805264583
Helsinki: founded by Sweden, refashioned by Russia, forever shaped by the sea.
Clemson University Press
Marking Whiteness Sonita Sarker (ed), Jennifer Nesbit (ed)
31st October, hb, eb, £110, 9781638041801
The title captures the stark absence of the acknowledgement of whiteness at the core of Anglophone Modernism and in Modernist Studies.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
SPHINX Robert and Olivia Temple 30th October, hb, £25, 9781913378158
Revealing answers to the many mysteries that abound around this enigmatic figure. From eyewitness accounts
Transatlantic Majoritarianism Lauren C Bell (ed)
31st December, hb, eb, £110, 9781638041955
How a transatlantic network of legislators, journalists, technocrats and terrorists created modern legislatures.
Collins
Cold War Britain Fraser McCallum 11th September, hb, £30, 9780008743994
Delve into the history, politics, literature and popular culture that defined the Cold War era.
Conway
Maps Rose Mitchell, Andrew Janes 11th September, pb, £25, 9781844867462
New edition of fascinating and unusual journey through the world of maps and mapmakers draws on 700 years of maps from the National Archives.
DK
Ghostlore Icy Sedgwick 7th August, hb, eb, £19.99, 9780241726204
Exquisitely illustrated and unsettling collection revealing the origins of 50 ghosts, spirits and spectres from around the world. Sedgwick is an authority in folklore and the supernatural.
Doubleday
The Zorg Siddharth Kara 16th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781529964325
Riveting tale of the 18th-century slave ship and the onboard massacre of slaves that led to the abolition of slavery.
Eglantyne Books
and research over a period of 300 years, the authors come to some astonishing conclusions.
Elliott & Thompson
Three Rivers Robert Winder 28th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781783968961
Nicely written travelogue revealing the untold story of how the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po have shaped Europe’s societies, economies and cultural landscapes.
Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire Paul Beaver
4th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781783969036
Story of the aviation engineering pioneer.
The Sea Captain’s Wife Tilar J Mazzeo 29th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781783969173
True story of a 19th-century captain’s wife forced to take the helm in the most perilous seas to save herself, her husband and their mutinous crew.
Eriu
Charlie Versus Garret Eoin O’Malley 18th September, hb, eb, £23.99, 9781804442685
The two opposing political personalities who shaped Irish life in the 1980s and beyond. Each was deeply preoccupied—obsessed, even—with the strengths and appeal of the other.
Exisle
General Lucian K Truscott Glyn Harper 3rd September, hb, £19.99, 9781923011014
Explores the life of one of the greatest, yet least celebrated, US combat commanders of the Second World War.
Faber & Faber
The Big Payback Lenny Henry, Marcus Ryder
9th October, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780571380015
Eye-opening manifesto on why reparations are the only way for the UK to address racism, argued by Black British Lives authors.
These Divided Isles Philip Stephens 28th August, hb, eb, £25, 9780571381470
Timely, perceptive book from Financial Times
Forgotten London Peter Ackroyd 9th October, hb, £25, 9780711287648
Step into the shadows of London’s past as Ackroyd uncovers the untold stories and forgotten lives that shaped the city.
Beyond the Veil Paul Gambino 18th September, hb, £22, 9781836004226
Visual history of mourning and the culture surrounding the commemoration of death. Travelling from Victorian England to the US, this is a tour of a curious and macabre world.
Dark London Drew Gray 4th September, hb, £16.99, 9781836004240
Brings together the history of the city’s seamier side—the most scandalous, curious and bizarre aspects of London’s grubby underbelly.
Giles
Unbound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 Melvin Patrick Ely, Evanda S Watts-Martinez,
journalist considers the turbulent history of Anglo-Irish relations.
Footnote Press
Women Who Ruled the World Elizabeth Norton
14th October, hb, eb, £25, 9781804441138
Interesting history of female rulers across time and around the world casts a global eye over five millennia of queenship.
Fortress Press
The Dove and the Dragon Ed Simon 12th August, pb, eb, £26.99, 9798889834618
First comprehensive history of Western apocalypticism. The book promises to be the standard introduction for years to come.
Frances Lincoln
Sabrina G Watson, Cassandra L Newby- Alexander, Stephen Rockenbach 23rd September, pb, £24.95, 9781913875619
Vital volume exploring the history of Virginia’s free Black population prior to emancipation.
Gill Books PS Gay
Suzy Byrne 6th November, hb, eb, £25.99, 9781804582121
Nostalgic, “reeling in the years” style lookback at Irish stories that mattered through correspondence with the Gay Byrne radio show.
Remnants of Our Past Deirdre O’Neill 9th October, Book, £25.99, 9781804582473
From prehistoric, megalithic Ireland through to the old customs and habits of everyday Irish life.
Harper
The Most Awful Responsibility Alex Wellerstein
29th January, hb, eb, £25, 9780063379435
How the United States deployed the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War and the fallout that continues to worry the world.
Harper Horizon
The Last Adieu Ryan Cole 23rd October, hb, eb, £20, 9781400251315
Not simply a travelogue following Lafayette from one state to the next but a collection of closely related stories about politics and progress.
HarperNorth
Made in Manchester Brian Groom 28th August, pb, £10.99, 9780008608552
Rich and vivid history of Britain’s second city through the people who made it.
Lest We Forget Tessa Dunlop 23rd October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008713171
Summons a stellar cast of veterans, military experts and families of the fallen to reveal what our monuments and war heroes say about us.
Creatures of Darkness Dani Robertson
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