BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
family life and the art of dying.
Simon & Schuster
Crypt Alice Roberts 25th May, hb, eb, £25, 9781398519237 Final instalment in the trilogy that featured Ancestors and Buried. A brilliant and unexpected portrait of modern Britain.
Simon & Schuster Audio
Crypt Alice Roberts 25th May, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398519268 Details above.
The History Press
Hidden Britain Alvin Nicholas 6th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803990095 Takes readers backstage at some of our country’s most intriguing locations.
Biography & memoirs
outrageous beneath-the- kitchen-sink dramas.
ABC Books
Writing in the Sand Matt Garrick 13th April, hb, £20, 9780733341809 Story of legendary Austra- lian band Yothu Yindi and their funk hit, “Treaty”, a song that gave voice to a movement. With introduc- tions by Yalmay Yunup- ingu and Witiyana Marika.
Abrams Image
Boyslut Zachary Zane 25th May, hb, £19.99, 9781419764714 Sex and relationship columnist bares all in a series of essays exploring his coming of age and coming out as a bisexual man embracing sex unencumbered by shame.
Abrams Press Cimino
Charles Elton 27th April, pb, £12.99, 9781419747120 First biography of the filmmaker equally acclaimed and derided— Michael Cimino—and a re-evaluation of the infa- mous film that destroyed his career.
Doom Guy John Romero 20th July, hb, £20, 9781419758119 Long-awaited autobi- ography of video game designer and Doom co-creator.
ACC Art Books
A Touch of Gold Geoffrey Munn 13th March, hb, £25, 9781788841979 The life and work of Antiques Roadshow presenter and jewellery expert.
Ad Lib
Pipe Dreams Nicholas James 2nd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781802470932 With more than 20 years of experience and thousands of shared cuppas, James reveals his plumber’s-eye view of society in a series of entertaining, amusing and
40 The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
The Tennis Champion Who Escaped the Nazis Felice Hardy 1st June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781802471199 The author’s grandmother and later tennis champ Liesl Herbst fled Austria with her husband and daughter. This is their story and that of those they had to leave behind.
Allen Lane Henry VII
Sean Cunningham 25th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780141977768 Compelling portrait of the first Tudor monarch.
The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life Clare Carlisle 23rd March, hb, eb, £25, 9780241447178 Exceptional biography shows how Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage in art and life.
Allen & Unwin
The Break Steven Cummings 15th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838953935 Revelatory autobiography of one of Britain’s most successful international cyclists of the modern era.
The Wood Life Mark Wood 1st June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838955823 From a one-of-a-kind England cricketer comes a one-of-a-kind self-help book.
Anna: The Biography Amy Odell 4th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838957285 This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious woman who would, with legendary focus, become the most powerful woman in media.
Legacy Nick Compton 6th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781838958251 Powerful memoir of cricket, family and depres- sion by former England cricketer.
Ten Steps to Nanette Hannah Gadsby 2nd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911630258 Multi award-winning Gadsby broke comedy with her show Nanette. She takes us through the defining moments in her life and her powerful decision to tell the truth.
What My Bones Know Stephanie Foo 2nd March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781911630968 Searing memoir of reckoning and healing investigates the little- understood science behind complex PTSD.
Amber Books
The History of Hollywood Kieron Connolly 14th February, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781838862688 Intensively researched, comprehensively illus- trated and superbly entertaining, The History of Hollywood reveals that the stories behind the silver screen are at least as gripping as many of those on it.
Amberley
Rasputin’s Killer and His Romanov Princess Coryne Hall 15th March, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781398111202 Prince Felix Youssoupov was heir to the biggest fortune in Russia. He was also involved in the murder of the notorious Rasputin but protected from prosecution by his Romanov connection.
Alistair Cooke’s America Alistair Cooke, Justin Webb 15th March, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781398114531 Full of Cooke’s signature wit and wisdom, this is a lucid and illuminating history of the United States. Republished to mark the 50th anniversary of the classic BBC series.
Paved With Gold Gregory Holyoake 15th July, hb, eb, £25, 9781398117037 Fascinating true story of one of the most recognisable names in British folklore—Richard “Dick” Whittington.
William Schaw Lindsay Bill Lindsay 15th July, hb, eb, £25, 9781398115255 From orphaned cabin boy to ship’s captain, shipping magnate and MP, the biography of a Victorian titan.
Climbing the Seven Volcanoes Sophie Cairns 15th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398117266 What makes someone who struggles to breathe seek out the thin air of high-altitude peaks on every continent on earth?
No Earthly Pole EC Coleman
15th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781398115446 The discovery of Frankin’s HMS Terror has brought the tragic story of the lost Arctic expedition into the international spotlight. The only man who knows the truth is Ernest Coleman.
John of Gaunt Kathryn Warner 15th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398117259 First biography to tell the personal story of the wealthiest, most powerful and most hated man in medieval England.
Katherine Parr Don Matzat 15th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398115453 Original biography of Henry VIII’s last wife shows the strength of the queen’s devotion to Protestant beliefs beyond her political and personal fortunes.
Amistad
Open Season Ben Crump 2nd March, pb, £12.99, 9780062375100 From one of the most distinguished civil rights attorneys working today Open Season details his life mission to preserve the hard-won justice for all.
Love Me As I Am Garcelle Beauvais 25th May, pb, £12.99, 9780063099593 Iconic television/film and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star tells her life story, from Haiti to Hollywood, in a frank, funny and fearless memoir.
Top Billin’ Bill Bellamy 8th June, hb, £22, 9780063237629 MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian and actor gives readers a tour through the exclusive, elusive and eternally iconic world of 1990s pop culture in his hilariously candid memoir.
I Curse You With Joy Tiffany Haddish 27th April, hb, £20, 9780063249356 Top comedian and actress returns with this highly anticipated second memoir filled with life lessons and real talk on everything.
And Other Stories
Anything That Moves Jamie Stewart 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781913505585
One-of-a-kind exploration of abasement, deprav- ity and joy. Anything That Moves is Xiu Xiu singer-songwriter Stew- art’s memoir-in-hookups, described by Lydia Lunch as ’a sexorcism on bad acid’.
Anthem Press
Captain Philip Beaver’s African Journal Carol Bolton (ed), Christopher Brown (ed) 4th July, hb, eb, £120, 9781839983405 Originally published in 1805, this journal recounts Beaver’s attempt to establish a colony of British settlers in West Africa.
African Memoirs and Cultural Representations Toyin Falola 14th February, hb, eb, £80, 9781839987731 Memoirs by West African writers discussed as repositories of African communities, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary.
Arcturus
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci 1st May, hb, £24.99, 9781398824515 Richly illustrated with more than 100 facsimile images, this handsome hardback explores Da Vinci’s notebooks containing his insights into sculpture, flight and more.
Great Speeches Edward Humphreys 1st July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398824546 Collects 40+ of the most powerful addresses deliv- ered in history from the likes of Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Greta Thunberg. Presented with a striking cover design.
Atlantic Books
Everest 1922 Mick Conefrey 6th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838952730 Dramatic and compelling account of the first attempt to climb Mount Everest.
Looking for Theophrastus Laura Beatty 6th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838954383 A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey in which Beatty travels back 2,000 years to rescue from obscurity the philosopher who was the great grand- father to botany and the English novel.
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