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Inspirational guide to fulfilment from the Strictly Come Dancing star.
Fly, Wild Swans Jung Chang 16th September, hb, eb, £25, 9780008661069
The generation-long wait is over. Here is the long-awaited sequel to Jung Chang’s multi- million-selling sensation about three women in one family growing up in 20th-century China.
A Knock at the Door Rob Parsons 20th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008708696
“Truly inspirational”—Tim Vine. True story of a homeless man and the young couple who invited him into their family.
Truly
Lionel Richie 30th September, hb, eb, £25, 9780008752323
Long-anticipated memoir of legendary soul singer.
William Morrow
Painter Man Alston Ramsay 6th November, hb, eb, £20, 9780063243897
First major biography of the host of The Joy of Painting, Bob Ross, is an eye-opening-portrait of how he became the painter we know today.
Heart Life Music Kenny Chesney 15th January, hb, eb, £25, 9780063423107
Stadium-sized concert entertainer shares a joyful recollection of the stories that define his life, art and music.
Wordville
The Cornelia Street Cafe Robin Hirsch 8th August, pb, £18.99, 9781739103071
Behind the scenes at New York’s ever- popular hot spot.
WW Norton
Friends Until the End James Grant 26th September, hb, eb, £34, 9780393542103
Lively dual biography of two great English orators of the 18th century, Edmund Burke and Charles Fox, who cultivated a friendship across their political differences.
From Ear to Ear Steven Blier, Adam Gopnik
18th November, hb, eb, £23, 9781324005483
Autumn/Winter 2025
Moving and tartly funny musical memoir both “comic and cosmic” by pianist, storyteller and champion of song Steven Blier.
A Complicated Passion Carrie Rickey 26th September, pb, £13.99, 9781324110453
First major biography of French filmmaker Agnes Varda, hailed by Martin Scorsese as one of the gods of cinema.
Wymer
Dawn—The Nice Story Laura Shenton 22nd August, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781915246875
Offers a detailed exploration of the music of the Nice as well as the spin-offs Jackson Heights, Refugee and beyond.
Taken by Force Martin Popoff 12th September, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781915246882
Documents every song ever crafted by the Scorpions more than 60 years of rock showbiz.Draws on author interviews with Meine, Roth, Rudolf Schenker and manager David Krebs.
Walking in the Shadow of the Blues Martin Popoff
19th September, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781915246899
Whitesnake’s story in Popoff’s usual style; one album per chapter, every song discussed. Popoff conducted more than 30 interviews with many of the key players including David Coverdale.
Midnight Mover Martin Popoff 17th October, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781915246905
German heavy metal heroes Accept celebrated in an updated version of the first ever book on the band.
Series
Rainbow Roy Davies 24th October, pb, eb, £17.99, 97819152469
Three-volume set, comprising 230,000 words, immortalises Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow, a hard rock band that refused to die. When Evening Falls: 1974-77 29 Searching in the Darkness: 1978-81 36
Lost in a Distant Dream: 1982-84, 1994-97, 2016-19 Roy Davies 43
Yale University Press
Series
Jewish Lives hb, eb, £16.99 Prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Ludwig Wittgenstein Anthony Gottlieb 6th January, vol 76, 9780300180473
Philip Roth Steven J Zipperstein 27th January, vol 77, 9780300251555
Carole King Jane Eisner 25th November, vol 75, 9780300259469
The Master of Contradictions Morten Hoi Jensen
6th January, hb, eb, £22, 9780300233742
The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos.
Joseph Smith John G Turner 26th August, hb, eb, £25, 9780300255164
Riveting and deeply researched portrait of Mormonism’s charismatic founder.
Storyteller Leo Damrosch 2nd September, hb, eb, £25, 9780300268621
Engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction.
Series
Ancient Lives hb, eb, £18.99, 97803002 Unfolds the stories of thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors and politicians from all parts of the ancient world. Demosthenes James Romm 25th November, vol 11, 69383 Perpetua Sarah Ruden 2nd September, vol 10, 73717
The Nighttime Butterfly Karen Auerbach 23rd September, hb, eb, £25, 9780300270839
Dynamic history of life in turn-of-the- century Warsaw
through the eyes of a young woman and her Jewish family who converted to Catholicism.
Letters in Exile Claude McKay, Brooks E Hefner (ed), Gary Edward Holcomb (ed)
28th October, hb, eb, £30, 9780300276473
Private correspondence from one of the Harlem Renaissance’s brightest and most radical voices.
Jermain Wesley Loguen Angela F Murphy 6th January, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780300279573
Gripping biography of a man who escaped slavery and became a key figure in the American abolitionist movement.
Series
Why I Write Captures writers’ thoughts on the craft. Series has already published short works from the likes of Karl Ove Knausgaard and Patti Smith. Into the Weeds Lydia Davis
6th January, hb, eb, £12.99, vol 8, 9780300279740
What Nails it Greil Marcus 28th October, pb, eb, £9.99, vol 7, 9780300285529
Infanta
Magdalena S Sanchez 28th October, hb, eb, £30, 9780300282832
First full biography of Catalina Micaela, infanta of Spain and duchess of Savoy.
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief Ronald Hutton 23rd September, pb, £12.99, 9780300284256
Second volume in acclaimed biography, taking in the period from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament.
Tchaikovsky’s Empire Simon Morrison 27th January, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300284317
New biography of the composer of some of the world’s most popular orchestral and theatrical music.
The Brothers Grimm Ann Schmiesing 7th October, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300285574
First English-language biography in more than 50 years to tell the complete story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
The Bish David Bishop, Brendan Gallagher
10th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781912631605
One of the most talented rugby players of his generation. An on-field genius at Pontypool RFC, he has also struggled with violence, drugs and depression.
ZE Books
Minister Without Portfolio Hooman Majd 23rd October, hb, £24.99, 9798988670063
Globe-spanning memoir of identity, exile and reinvention explores Majd’s life from pre-revolutionary Iran to life in the West.
Private I Lynn Hershman Leeson 20th November, hb, £24.99, 9798988670087
Memoir chronicles Leeson’s pioneering work at the intersection of art, technology and feminism, highlighting her resilience, innovation, and the struggle for recognition in a male- dominated art world.
Agenda
The Disorderly Society Bobo Lo 13th November, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781788218443
As US authority retreats international relations have become “disorderly”. What lies ahead? In an erudite narrative Lo argues for a more flexible global order, focused on meeting common challenges.
Talking to China Kerry Brown 1st August, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781788218467
Short, incisive, expert appraisal of the UK-China relationship and potential future strategies.“Kerry Brown is one of our most perceptive and accurate foreign observers of China”— John Simpson, BBC.
Debt Trap Nation Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki
10th October, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781788218641
Blistering exposé takes the reader inside our national scandal of homelessness to reveal how government policies are forcing single mothers and their children into impossible hardship and unsafe accommodation.
Downing Street Downfalls Mark Garnett
23rd October, hb, eb, £20, 9781788218696
Garnett tells the story of the “downfall” of each prime minister over the past 30 years. Is it now impossible to succeed as PM? And are we getting the best candidates?
The New Age of Genocide Martin Shaw 9th October, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781788218733
The term “genocide” is often avoided or contested. Shaw argues that it is crucial to understanding atrocities in Gaza, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Sudan, Myanmar and Azerbaijan.
Allen & Unwin
The Empathy Fix Keetie Roelen
47 Y Lolfa
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