SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
journalist who argues in this bracing and essential manifesto, that with modern- day technology and capitalism trapping us in a troubling present, we urgently need some long-term thinking. To set us on the road to building a brighter future, he marshals inspiration from medieval builders constructing cathedrals they wouldn’t live to see completed; indigenous leaders focused on future generations; and an Australian laboratory where an experiment started a century ago is still going strong.
Christine Toomey When the Mountains Dance Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 30 March, hb, £20, 9781474614634
Biography & Memoirs
Toomey, an award-winning former foreign
correspondent for the Sunday Times, spent years renovating her hilltop home in Le Marche, Italy, as a haven from covering crises all over the world. Until the 2016 earthquake struck, sending her on a journey of discovery into a former resident of her house, and his own connections to the quakes that rock the region.
Mikhail Shishkin, Gesche Ipsen My Russia: War or Peace? riverrun, 30 March, hb, £18.99, 9781529427783
Biography & Memoirs
One of the most prominent names in Russian
literature gives a “passionate and eye-opening” account of the roots of Russia’s problems; a portrait of a country entangled in a complex and bloody past; and a personal love letter to a conflicted state.
knowledge of what it is to be a carer, Kiper explores the complex and profound psychology of care-giving, illuminating how the healthy brain’s biases and intuitions make caring for people with dementia disorders so inherently and profoundly difficult.
The Rebel Accountant Taxtopia Monoray, 30 March, hb, £20, 9781800960886
Business & Economics
An anonymous accountant author provides an
eye-opening exposé of the super-rich and our broken global tax system, by which you can get richer by buying a yacht, and the likes of Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos often pay less tax than you do. Published for the end of the tax year, and the 50th anniversary of VAT.
Thomas Hertog On the Origin of Time Torva, 30 March, hb, £20, 9781911709084
Popular Science Renowned cosmologist
Hertog collaborated for 20 years with Stephen Hawking on a new quantum theory of the cosmos. Now, to coincide with the fifth anniversary of his death, he presents Hawking’s final theory, which proposes a new Darwinian perspective on the origins of our universe that profoundly transforms the way we think about our place in the order of the cosmos, and may ultimately prove to be Hawking’s biggest legacy.
April
Nathan Outlaw Fish for Dinner Kyle Books, 1 April, hb, £28, 9781914239809
Food & Drink In which the Michelin-starred
seafood chef gives his expert advice on what fish to cook and how to cook it, alongside more than 70 of his best seafood recipes.
Rebecca Fogg Beautiful Trauma Granta Books, 6 April, hb, £14.99, 9781783785902
Biography & Memoirs
Part memoir, part medical investigation,
this is said to be a compelling account of surviving a freak accident, and a fascinating exploration of the science of trauma and recovery.
your professional and personal writing by the author of the seminal Stylish Academic Writing.
Sarah Knight Grow the F*ck Up Quercus Publishing, 4 April, hb, £14.99, 9781529424928
Health, Self-Help & Parenting
The latest addition to the “No
F*cks Given Guides” series aims to show how taking a little more responsibility can bring a lot more satisfaction to life.
Milan Kundera A Kidnapped West Faber & Faber, 6 April, hb, £10, 9780571378418
Current affairs
This “provocative and rousing” essay collection from the
renowned writer makes the case for the “small countries” of central Europe as the nucleus of European values and a lightning rod for its potential dangers.
charting his life as a “Fifteener”, and a Jacobite sympathiser determined to bring down the monarchy.
Leïla Slimani The Scent of Flowers at Night Coronet, 6 April, hb, £14.99, 9781529399653
Biography & Memoirs
Over one night, alone in Venice, the author of
Lullaby grapples with the self as it is revealed in solitude, reflecting on her life as a Moroccan woman, as a writer, and as a daughter.
A C Grayling Philosophy and Life Viking, 6 April, hb, £25, 9780241523797
Philosophy How should I live my life? What
values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for? In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great questions, Grayling explores the ideas that each of us must use in answering them for ourselves.
Arthur Parkinson Chicken Boy Particular Books, 6 April, hb, £20, 9780241573655
Biography & Memoirs
This “captivating” illustrated memoir is a testament to
the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, and a manifesto for treating them with the respect they deserve.
Dr Ian Bostridge CBE Song and Self Faber & Faber, 6 April, hb, £14.99, 9780571378999
Music Billed as an “exceptionally thought-
provoking” look at music and identity by the award-winning singer, written after being unable to perform in public during the pandemic.
Natural History & Pets
In this creative work of non-fiction,
eight lyrical stories that focus on animals, including orcas, otters and foxes, reveal the complexity, beauty and fragility of animal lives in a world dominated by humans.
Sally Huband Sea Bean Hutchinson Heinemann, 6 April, hb, £18.99, 9781529152470
Biography & Memoirs
The author’s search for a sea bean begins
not long after she moves to Shetland. When pregnancy triggers a chronic illness and forces her to slow down, she takes to the beaches and discovers treasure freighted with story and curiosities that connect her to the world.
Amy Key Arrangements in Blue Jonathan Cape, 6 April, hb, £18.99, 9781787333895
Biography & Memoirs
In her forties, poet Key sets out to explore the
realities of a life lived in the absence of romantic love, using Joni Mitchell’s seminal album “Blue” as her guide to the unexpected life she has created for herself.
Dan Kieran Do Start Do Books, 6 April, pb, £9.99, 9781914168178
Business & Economics
An overview of starting, running and exiting a
business, based on the first- hand experience of Unbound co-founder Kieran.
Robert Philip A Little History of Music Yale University Press, 11 April, hb, £15.99, 9780300257748
Music Exploring the global history of music in all
its forms, and covering a remarkable range of genres, including medieval chant, classical opera, jazz and hip hop, this aims to shines a light on the wonder of music and why it is treasured across the world.
Sarah Bakewell Humanly Possible Chatto & Windus, 30 March, hb, £20, 9781784741662
Philosophy The brilliant author of How to
Live and At the Existentialist Café explores 700 years of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human.
Dasha Kiper Travellers to Unimaginable Lands Profile Books, 30 March, hb, £16.99, 9781800816190
Specialist STM Drawing on first-hand
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Helen Sword, Selina Tusitala Marsh (illus) Writing with Pleasure Princeton University Press, 4 April, hb, £25, 9780691191775
Literature & Criticism
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
An essential guide to cultivating joy in
Yvonne Lewis, Tim Pye, Nicola Thwaite 100 Books from the Libraries of the National Trust National Trust, 6 April, hb, £10, 9780707804644
Literature & Criticism
Ian Marchant One Fine Day September Publishing, 6 April, hb, £18.99, 9781912836994
Biography & Memoirs
The story of the author’s great (x7) grandfather,
Thomas Marchant, who left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728,
Gathered together in this richly illustrated volume
are 100 important books and manuscripts selected from more than 400,000 held in National Trust libraries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Charles Foster Cry of the Wild Doubleday, 6 April, hb, £16.99, 9780857529381
Jeff Benedict LeBron Simon & Schuster UK, 11 April, hb, £20, 9781398517264
Sports & Gaming
The “definitive” biography of LeBron James, the greatest
basketball player of the 21st century and a global icon.
Simon Barnes The Year of Sitting Dangerously Simon & Schuster UK, 13 April, hb, £14.99, 9781398518889 In the
Conservation & the Environment
autumn of 2020, Barnes
should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but because of Covid he instead sat in a folding chair in the same spot in his garden every day for a year and
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