General History
The Revelation of Ireland Diarmaid Ferriter 4th September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781800810969
Masterful history of a country transformed over 25 years. By Ireland’s most distinguished historian.
The Green Ages Annette Kehnel, Gesche Ipsen (tr)
7th August, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781800816275
Fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living.
How to Build a Haunted House Caitlin Blackwell Baines
9th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781805221487
Grand tour of the haunted house through art, architecture, ghost stories and more.
Shellshocked: Britain Between the Wars Alwyn Turner
22nd January, hb, eb, £25, 9781805221876
From the author of Little Englanders comes this fresh social history of interwar Britain, from Armistice and the Spanish flu to war against Germany in 1939.
Pushkin Press
Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic Volker Ullrich, Jefferson Chase (tr)
9th October, hb, £25, 9781805332794
Timely and grippingly immersive book about how democracy died.
Raintree
Stonehenge, Monument of Mystery Scott Sonneborn 20th November, pb, £8.99, 9781398260788
In this high-interest work readers can explore Stonehenge and learn about the people who built it and why it still puzzles experts today.
Reaktion Books
Series Medieval Lives hb, eb, £16.95, 978183639
Series presents people, concepts and events drawn from political and social history, philosophy, material culture and the history of science. Eleanor of Aquitaine Lindy Grant 1st August, vol 17 0862 The Medieval Horse Anastasija Ropa 1st September, vol 18 1050
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Richard the Lionheart Heather Blurton 1st November, vol 19 1234
Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan Warwick Ball
1st August, hb, eb, £29, 9781836390923
Extravagantly illustrated exploration of Afghanistan’s ancient cities, temples and monuments.
Conflict and Loyalty: Jacobitism in Europe and Beyond Allan I Macinnes
1st August, hb, eb, £25, 9781836390930
A history of the Jacobites, supporters of King James VII of Scotland both at home and in exile.
The Experience Society Svend Brinkmann 1st August, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781836390954
Provocative account of how subjective experience rules society today.
Scipio Africanus Dexter Hoyos 1st August, hb, eb, £25, 9781836390992
Major new biography of the formidable Roman commander.
Contested Commons Katrina Navickas 1st September, hb, eb, £20, 9781836391005
Radical history of the increasing restrictions on protest in England’s public spaces.
The Ethiopians Steven Kaplan 1st September, hb, eb, £18, 9781836391029
Fresh perspective on Ethiopian history, architecture and culture from ancient times to 1500.
The Medieval Scriptorium Sara J Charles 1st September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781836391067
Absorbing journey through medieval manuscript production.
Plunder?: How Museums Got Their Treasures Justin M Jacobs
1st September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781836391081
A riposte to the widely accepted belief that museum collections are illegitimately acquired.
The Secret Sacred Damien Stone 1st September, hb, eb, £18, 9781836391098
Lively account of the concealed faiths of the ancient world.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
The Globe: How the Earth Became Round James Hannam
1st October, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781836391128
A history of how we came to know that the Earth is round rather than flat.
How the Spanish Empire Was Built Felipe Fernández- Armesto, Manuel Lucena Giraldo
1st October, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781836391135
Fast-paced, entertaining journey through 400 years of Latin American and Spanish history.
Voices of Thunder Naomi Baker 1st October, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781836391197
Rare, precious glimpse into the lives of 17th-century, radical Protestant women.
Francis I
Glenn Richardson 1st November, hb, eb, £17.95, 9781836391210
Vivid portrait of the achievements, challenges and legacy of the “knight-king”.
Repeater Books
Bad Dust Tom White 9th September, pb, £10.99, 9781915672926
Although it was banned in the UK in 1999 asbestos still kills more than 5,000 people every year. How is this happening and what can we do about it?
River Books
Prince Chakrabongse’s 1911 Grand Tour
Narisa Chakrabongse (tr) 13th October, hb, £25, 9786164510944
Edited from diaries, journals and news items of the time, this is a fascinating account of a popular young Thai prince and his bride travelling back to where they met.
riverrun
No Safer Kinder Hatred Frank Thabani Sayi 9th October, hb, eb, £25, 9781529427301
Moving memoir about growing up under white minority rule in colonial Rhodesia in the 1970s and of the realities of a wartorn childhood.
Roli Books
The Unforgettable Maharajas E Jaiwant Paul, Pramod Kapoor
A History in Objects Louise Devoy 16th October, hb, £35, 9781906367916
Celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory through the objects, astronomers and scientists that cemented its status as the home of time and the birthplace of modern astronomy.
Running Press Adult
Classical Mythology of the Constellations Annette Giesecke, Jim Tierney (illus)
11th September, hb, eb, £25, 9780762488513
Explores the myths and legends that underpin all 88 named constellations in the night sky. Includes star maps of the northern and southern hemispheres.
Savas Beatie
Little Round Top at Gettysburg
Joseph Michael Boslet 15th October, hb, £26.56, 9781611215649
Comprehensive analysis, the first in two decades, is by a Vietnam veteran who re-examines 19th-century tactics and regiment placement in the American Civil War.
Point Lookout, Maryland Robert E Crickenberger 15th October, hb, £25.77, 9781611217551
Point Lookout evokes suffering as a federal prison camp for Confederate captives. Crickenberger uncovers a more nuanced truth by peeling back layers of myth.
The Atlanta Campaign: Vol 2 David A Powell
2nd October, hb, £65, 9788174362957
Featuring the jewellery, interiors, portraiture and many more aspects of the lives of these majestic families. A luxurious documentation.
Royal Observatory Greenwich
15th August, hb, £31.24, 9781611217575
Explores Georgia’s battles from hundreds of primary accounts, 21 original maps and insights into military strategy and terrain. Next in the five-volume series.
Opening Manassas Lance J Herdegen, Bill Backus 30th September, hb, £25.88, 9781611217612
This study uses a “fog of war” approach to reveal the battle experience of soldiers and the officers’ reactions based on the limited information available at the time.
Sceptre
Letters to Alice Fay Weldon 6th November, pb, £12.99, 9780340589373
Special edition celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Blends truth and fiction, a collection of letters Fay sent her “niece” about reading Austen, and the acts of creation and creative writing.
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad Simon Parkin
14th August, pb, £10.99, 9781399714587
Tense, previously untold story of the world’s most valuable seed bank, the siege of Leningrad and a terrible choice.
Schiffer
Nagato-class Battleships Hans Lengerer, Lars Ahlberg
28th October, hb, £22.99, 9780764369650
Pictorial guide to the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Nagato and Mutsu.
Yarmouth Castle Burning Eric Takakjian, Randall Peffer 28th November, hb, £27.99, 9780764369872
Reflection on the deadliest passenger ship disaster off the American coast since the burning of SS Morro Castle in 1934.
Series
The Apollo Photo Archive JL Pickering, John Bisney, Ed Hengeveld 28th December, hb, £45.99, 9780764370
Pictorial history of the Apollo space missions. Apollo 1 in Photographs 090
Apollo 7 in Photographs 106
Simon & Schuster
The Madman’s Orchestra Edward Brooke-Hitching 23rd October, hb, eb, £30, 9781398532403
Brooke-Hitching lifts the curtain on the strangest episodes from the history of music, taking us on a backstage tour of surprising and eccentric stories.
Stanford University Press
A History of Fake Things on the Internet Walter Scheirer
9th December, pb, £13.99, 9781503644038
Takes the long view of how advances in technology brought us to the point where faked texts, images and video content are nearly indistinguishable from the authentic.
The Islands and the Stars Subodhana Wijeyeratne 27th January, pb, £27.99, 9781503644786
Through meticulous archival research in Japanese and Anglophone archives Wijeyeratne examines the history of Japan’s space exploration efforts over nearly a century.
Stolpe
The Baltic Sea. a Geopolitical History Halden Peter (ed), Hallenberg Mats, Engelbrekt Kjell
30th October, hb, £25, 9789189882423
Anthology of leading scholars examining the forces that have shaped the Baltic region from the 13th century to today. History, political science and international relations.
Summersdale
The Little Book of Ancient Egypt Tom Sykes
9th October, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781837996919
A journey through a land where pyramids rise against the desert sky, pharaohs rule with divine authority and gods and goddesses walk among mortals.
Syracuse University Press
Steel and Grit Barbara Hansen Cali 17th November, pb, £34, 9780815611974
Examines the importance of Bear Mountain Bridge, both as a symbol of
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