SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions this explores the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification in 17th-century Switzerland, to the present day when it is co-opted by advertising agencies and politicians alike to sell us goods and policies.
May
Olive Heffernan The High Seas Profile Books, 2 May, hb, £25, 9781788163576
Conservation & the Environment
“Forceful and deeply researched”
manifesto calling for the protection and preservation of this final frontier —the last vestiges of wilderness on Earth.
Stephen Fisher Sword Beach Bantam (Transworld), 2 May, hb, £20, 9781787636712
General History “Filling a massive gap
in D-Day literature”, marine historian Fisher provides fresh and immersive insight into the action on the lesser-known Sword Beach which turned out to be crucial in securing the Normandy Landings.
Sports & Gaming
In her early twenties, drifting and directionless, Gibson
fled the city for the countryside, and picked up a fishing rod for the first time in years. She was returning to a childhood pursuit and a passion passed on by her mother—and is now one of the world’s best-known female anglers. Her memoir is an inspiring true story about the healing power of water.
returns later; and how to develop better financial habits.
The School of Life On Family Te School of Life Press, 2 May, hb, £18, 9781915087416
Photography Comprising 60 interviews
and portraits captured by five photographers this introduces us to a diverse array of family members, stepchildren, siblings, the wealthy and the marginalised, the old and the young.
Tabitha Stanmore Cunning Folk Bodley Head, 2 May, hb, £20, 9781847927316
General History Imagine it’s the year 1500
Tom Lee The Bullet Granta Books, 2 May, hb, £14.99, 9781783785049
Biography & Memoirs
Said to be a powerful and deeply personal
exploration of mental health, and an indelible account of the legacy of familial illness and living with a fracturing mind.
Christian Wolmar The Liberation Line Atlantic Books, 2 May, hb, £25, 9781838957520
General History Published to coincide with
Jen Stout Night Train to Odesa Polygon, 2 May, hb, £14.99, 9781846976476
Current affairs
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, millions of lives
changed in an instant. Stout had to leave Moscow abruptly, and the first-hand reporting reproduced here brought the war home to readers in Scotland as she reported from front lines and cities across Ukraine.
Salena Godden With Love, Grief and Fury Canongate Books, 2 May, hb, £16.99, 9781805300267
Poetry This new collection from the acclaimed
poet and award-winning novelist is described as being “full of comfort, vulnerability, rage and inspiration”.
Marina Gibson Cast Catch Release Hodder Press, 2 May, hb, £20, 9781529394320
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the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and based on original research, a “thrilling” account of how railwaymen overcame enemy attacks, sabotage and booby traps to repair many hundreds of miles of destroyed railway tracks and dozens of bridges and tunnels to help ensure the success of D-Day.
Harriet Wistrich Sisterin Law Torva, 2 May, hb, £20, 9781911709268
Biography & Memoirs
Throughout her legal career, Wistrich has
worked with many women in cases of violence and abuse. She tells the shocking stories of some of those who have come to her for assistance and shines a feminist light on the landscape of arcane laws and byzantine systems through which she has steered them.
Scott Galloway The Algebra of Wealth Torva, 2 May, hb, £20, 9781911709534
Business & Economics
This guide to optimizing your life for wealth,
success and happiness, aims to show you how to find and follow your talent; what small steps you can take now that pay big
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
and you’ve lost your precious silver spoons—or perhaps your neighbour has stolen them. Or maybe your child has a fever. Or you’re hoping to escape a husband. Historian Stanmore transports us back to a time when daily magic was used as a way to navigate life’s challenges.
Atticus Lvoe II Headline Non-Fiction, 3 May, hb, £16.99, 9781472293862
Poetry Inviting readers to take a deeper look
behind the mask, the hugely popular Insta poet continues his powerful journey inward in search of love, peace, and acceptance with this “expanded exploration of self-love, meditation, meaning, loss, and romance”.
Ellis Henican, Tom Selleck You Never Know HarperCollins, 7 May, hb, £22, 9780008685690
Biography & Memoirs
“Frank, funny and intimate” memoir by award-winning
actor Selleck, revealing the personal story of his remarkable life and accidental career.
Jacob Kushner White Terror Mudlark, 9 May, hb, £25, 9780008502775
Current affairs
In a “tour-de-force of investigative journalism”, this
tells the story of the National Socialist Underground in Germany, taking readers back to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of East and West Germany, and the subsequent rise of Neo-Nazism.
Caroline Eden Cold Kitchen Bloomsbury Publishing, 9 May, hb, £18.99, 9781526658982
Food & Drink From late night baking as a route
back to Ukraine to the magic of cloudberries, Eden cooks recipes from her travels, reflects on past adventures and contemplates the kitchen’s unique ability to tell human stories.
Giles Smith My My! Gallery, 9 May, hb, £20, 9781398529700
Music Mamma Mia! On the 50th anniversary of
Waterloo, one super-fan sits
Kathryn Tann Seaglass Calon, 9 May, hb, £16.99, 9781915279620
Biography & Memoirs
Blending creative non-fiction with nature writing
and memoir, the journey of a young woman navigating modern adulthood. Each essay is rooted in a physical space, from Manchester to the South Wales coastline and out to the Thousand Islands in Canada’s Saint Lawrence River.
Beth Ashley Sluts Penguin, 9 May, hb, £14.99, 9780241675236
Current affairs
Award-winning journalist Ashley uncovers the real
history of the word “slut”, and investigates how slutshaming has changed over time, what it means in the 21st century and why it is so dangerous.
Genevieve Kingston Did I Ever Tell You? Quercus Publishing, 9 May, hb, £20, 9781529424102
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
Ten days before the author
turned 12, her beloved mother died, leaving behind two chests —one for Gwen and one for her brother—filled with presents and letters marking the milestones she would miss. Over the past 20 years, the chest of treasures has travelled with Kingston, growing lighter with each passing birthday. And now, just three gifts remain . . .
Garrett M Graff D-DAY The Oral History Monoray, 9 May, hb, £25, 9781800962170
General History Collects hundreds of
US, Canadian, UK, French and German voices to tell the full story of D-Day, in visceral detail. From paratroopers to fighter pilots to nurses, generals, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt,”the most intimate re-telling of D-Day published to date”.
Lisa Woollett Lost to the Sea John Murray, 9 May, hb, £20, 9781529373653
Travel Writing
From Bronze Age
settlements on the Isles of Scilly to castles in the air off County Clare, mudlarker and photographer Woollett takes us on a series of coastal walks, to bring to life places where mythology and reality meet at the very edges of Britain and Ireland.
Nicola Nuttall Lucky/Unlucky HarperElement, 9 May, hb, £16.99, 9780008667979
Biography & Memoirs
Laura Nuttall was diagnosed with aggressive
brain cancer and given a year to live during her first year at university. She decided to do something positive with every second she had left, and in this memoir, her mother documents how she worked her way through an incredible bucket list.
Alex Christofi Cypria Bloomsbury Continuum, 9 May, hb, £20, 9781399401883
Travel Writing This “evocative
and lyrical” history of Cyprus begins with the legend of the cyclops. Christofi travels to salt lakes, crusader castles, mosques and the eerie town deserted at the start of the 1974 war. And he retells the particularly bloody history of Cyprus during the 20th century and considers his own identity as traveller and returner, as Odysseus was.
Ellen Atlanta Pixel Flesh Headline Non-Fiction, 9 May, hb, £20, 9781472298775
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
From “Love
Island” to
lip filler, blackfishing to the beauty tax, Atlanta reconfigures our understanding of women’s relationship with beauty culture in this “generation-defining exposé of toxic beauty culture in our digital age”.
down to listen to the ABBA Gold album from start to finish, attempting to unlock the secrets of its hold on him—and on all of us.
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