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four women who married into the Victorian royal family: Alexandra of Denmark, Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, Louise of Prussia and Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Ada Lovelace Beverley Adams 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399082501 Brings into focus the life of Ada, Countess of Lovelace, and explores how she became credited as being the world’s first computer programmer.
Picador
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny Con Coughlin 8th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781529074888 Riveting and insight- ful account of Bashir al-Assad and his tyranni- cal regime from the best- selling author of Saddam: The Secret Life.
Talk Stories Jamaica Kincaid 25th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529077049 Originally featured in the New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” column, these are Kincaid’s first impressions of snobbish, mobbish New York. Part of the Picador Collection.
Tomorrow’s People Paul Morland 16th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529046014 Investigation of the future dynamics of the 21st century tracks 10 population trends.
Fans
Michael Bond 30th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781529052473 From the acclaimed science writer and author of Wayfinding a journey into the world of super- fans and an exploration of the psychology of fandom.
Pluto Press
Working-class Queers Yvette Taylor 20th May, pb, eb, £19.99, 9780745341026 Highlights the continued entanglement of British class and sexuality in a society saturated by the rhetoric of diversity.
The Violence of Britishness Nadya Ali 20th May, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780745341705 Explores how “Britishness” functions as a tool of violent racial bordering.
Hostile Homelands Azad Essa, Linah Alsaafin
20th February, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780745345017 Exposes the political and ideological links and dovetailing ethnonational- ist projects of India and Israel.
The Covert Colour Line Oliver Kearns 20th April, pb, eb, £17.99, 9780745347301 Innovative theory of state intelligence.
Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy David Broder 20th March, pb, eb, £17.99, 9780745348025 Shows the direct lineage between Mussolini’s fascism and the thriving contemporary far right in Italy.
My Port of Beirut Lamia Ziade, Emma Ramadan 20th May, pb, eb, £18.99, 9780745348124 Beautifully illustrated, intimately personal and politically trenchant account of Beirut’s catastrophic 2020 port explosion.
One State Ghada Karmi 20th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780745348315 A radical case for a one-state solution from the renowned Palestinian writer and Nakba survivor.
Policy Press
Secrets and Silence: Child Sex Abuse From Cleveland to Savile and Beyond Beatrix Campbell 21st February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781447341147 When Cleveland
paediatricians identified evidence of rape in children they were discredited. Campbell gives new insights into the Child Support Agency, the IICSA and current child protection policy.
White Minds
Guilaine Kinouani 1st May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781447357469 Kinouani examines the psychological and psychic factors involved in the reproduction of “white- ness” and reveals how these intersect with race dynamics, race inequality and racial violence.
When This is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic Amy Cortvriend (ed), Lucy Easthope (ed), Jenny Edkins (ed), Kandida Purnell (ed)
14th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781447368069 Academics, activists and artists reflect on the Covid-19 pandemic in an inclusive commemorative overview which honours a global disaster and suggests the steps needed to do better next time.
Princeton University Press
The Point of No Return: American Democracy At the Crossroads Thomas Byrne Edsall 6th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780691164892 A collection of New York Times columnist’s writings exploring how Donald Trump laid waste to American politics, culture and social order.
Renewal
Anne-Marie Slaughter 20th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691210575 From the author of Unfin- ished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and politi- cal lives.
Subtle Tools Karen J Greenberg 21st February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691216577 How policies forged after September 11 were weaponised under Trump and turned on American democracy itself.
Spin Dictators Daniel Treisman, Sergei Guriev 30th May, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780691224473 How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy.
Settling for Less Lachlan McNamee 7th February, pb, eb, £28, 9780691237817 Uncovers the internal dynamics of settler colonialism and explores why countries colonise the lands of indigenous people and why they stop.
Eco-emancipation Sharon R Krause 16th May, hb, eb, £28, 9780691242255 The case for an eco-emancipatory politics to release the Earth from human domination and free us all from lives that are both exploitative and exploited.
Democracy Erodes From the Top Larry M Bartels 4th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780691244501
Why leaders, not citizens, are the driving force in Europe’s crisis of democracy.
The Dean of Shandong Daniel A Bell 11th July, hb, eb, £22, 9780691247120 Inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system.
Profile Books Ravenous
Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis 2nd March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781800816510 The food system no longer serves us: it is killing us. Here’s why we should be hungry for change.
Quercus
The Flame of Resistance Damien Lewis 2nd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529416763 The incredible story of Josephine Baker and her Band of Brothers who risked all for freedom’s cause.
One Kensington Emma Dent Coad 8th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529417258 From Kensington’s crusading MP, an exposée of the appalling inequality at the heart of Britain’s wealthiest borough, home of Harrods and of Grenfell Tower.
Reaktion Books Pan
Paul Robichaud 1st February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781789146905 Beautifully written celebration of the god of music, lust and wine.
Rutgers University Press
The Counterfeit Coin Christopher Goetz 12th May, pb, £32.95, 9781978825505 Argues that games and related entertainment media have become almost inseparable from fantasy.
From Crisis to Catastrophe Mignon Duffy (ed), Amy Armenia (ed), Kim Price-Glynn (ed), Joan C Tronto (ed) et al 12th May, pb, £27.95, 9781978828568 Considers the ways in which the existing social organisation of care in different countries amplified or mitigated the impact of Covid-19.
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