GENERAL HISTORY
29th February, hb, £49.95, 9781636242569 Fifty-year overview.
Franco’s Pirates ER Hooton 15th March, hb, £29.95, 9781636242750 The first full account of the naval aspects of the Spanish Civil War.
Midget Submarines 1939-45
Ingo Bauernfeind 15th May, hb, £39.99, 9781636242798 All classes of midget subs and human torpedoes designed and used during the Second World War. Firsthand accounts by the men who operated these tiny craft.
Fury and Ice: Greenland, the United States and Germany in World War II Peter Harmsen 15th July, hb, £32.95, 9781636243719 Account of the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Americans and Germans that played out on the world’s biggest island as both sides in the war recognised its pivotal strategic role.
The East Pomeranian Offensive, 1945 Ian Baxter 15th April, pb, £24.95, 9781636243887 The Soviet offensive to clear German troops in northeastern Germany ahead of attacking Berlin in 1945. Illustrated.
The Eagles of Bastogne Martin King, Michael Collins, Bob Allen 15th February, hb, £32.95, 9781636244136 Digs deeper into the defence of the Belgian town, revealing more details about those indomitable Screaming Eagles and the other units that stood with them during that bitterly cold winter of 1944/45.
Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective Peter Margaritis 15th March, pb, £19.95, 9781636244211 An accurate, exciting diary-like chronicle of the day-to-day machinations of the German generals as they struggle to prepare to meet the enemy in the West.
Chartwell
National Monuments and Historic Sites Coloring 22nd February, pb, £7.99, 9780785844204 Creative celebration of America’s rich and diverse
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national historic sites and monuments.
Chatto & Windus
The Book Forger Joseph Hone 21st March, hb, eb, £22, 9781784744670 A true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers about the literary crime that fooled the world and the daring young booksellers who uncovered it.
Chronos
Lightbulb Moments in Human History II Evelyn Elsaesser 29th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781803415024 Humorous history of humanity’s
game-changers.
C Hurst 44 Days in Prague Ann Shukman 4th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781911723042 The dramatic story of a last-ditch attempt to avert catastrophe in Europe on the eve of the Second World War.
Italy in a Wineglass Marc Millon 18th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781911723073 From Roman emperors to climate change, a lively, page-turning history of a country and its most celebrated drink.
The Truth About Empire Alan Lester (ed), Sathnam Sanghera 27th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781911723097 Sharp, authoritative essays on the dark reali- ties of the British Empire and the true historian’s importance to democracy amid history’s appropria- tion by apologists, racists and culture warriors.
Coronet
Uncivilised Subhadra Das 8th February, hb, £20, 9781399704359 Science historian explores 10 founding ideas of Western civilisation, uncovers their flaws and urges us to look at the world with fresh eyes.
Duckworth
Fall of Civilizations Paul Cooper 25th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780715655009 Based on the podcast that has attracted more than 100 million
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
Epic Ink Pride
Eric Huang, Brian Robinson, Diego Blanco (illus) 4th April, hb, £10.99, 9780760387719 The history and evolution of queer culture as never shown before in a 64-page, search-and-find filled with exceptionally detailed, colour illustrations.
downloads, Fall of Civilizations explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and how they tipped over into collapse.
Edinburgh University Press
Marginalised Populations in the Ancient Greek World Carrie L Sulosky Weaver 14th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781399529846 Explores literary, visual, material and biological evidence of marginality in the ancient Greek world.
New Authoritarian Practices in the Middle East and North Africa Ozgun Topak, Merouan Mekouar, Cavatorta 14th February, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781474489416 Digital surveillance, protest policing, judiciary control, civil society, and media censorship and more.
Xenophon’s Anabasis: A Socratic History Shane Brennan 14th February, pb, £24.99, 9781474489898 Offers a novel reading of one of the ancient world’s most famous and celebrated text.
Elliott & Thompson
Road to Surrender Evan Thomas 4th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781783967971 Riveting, immersive account of the agonising decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan.
EnvelopeBooks
The Martyrdom of Ahmad Shawkat Michael Goldfarb 1st March, pb, £14.95, 9781915023070 Memorailises the life of Goldfarb’s translator, guide and close friend until his assassination. Shawkat was an Iraqi Kurd who longed for Iraq to be free from tyranny.
Europa Compass
The Art of Running Andrea Marcolongo, Will Schutt (tr) 23rd May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781787705043 After years spent studying the classics, Marcolongo learns to run like a Greek and find out where our love of muscle and speed comes from.
Faber & Faber
Arise, England Richard Partington, Caroline Burt 4th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780571311989 Lively and sweeping history of the rise of the state in Plantagenet England.
How to Win an Information War Peter Pomerantsev 7th March, hb, eb, £20, 9780571366347 From one of our leading experts on disinformation the incredible story of the complex and largely forgotten wartime propagandist Sefton Delmer and what we can learn from him today.
Flammarion
Daring French Explorations Hubert Sagnieres, Edward Duyker 28th February, hb, £65, 9782080428455 Sixteen French explorers and their voyages around the world.
Four Courts Press
The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 Cormac Moore 14th June, pb, £30.95, 9781801511131 Explores how seismic events, from the Third Home Rule Crisis through to the First World War, the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War, affected Laois.
Frances Lincoln The Royal Palaces
Made in Manchester Brian Groom 23rd May, hb, eb, £20, 9780008608521 The tale of England’s second city revealed in a rich and vivid history of the place that made the modern world. From the author of Northerners.
Kate Williams, James Oses (illus) 27th June, hb, £25, 9780711269392 The history of Britain’s royal homes and the tales of what went on inside them.
Graffeg
1000 Tudor People Melita Thomas 28th March, hb, eb, £40, 9781802583083 The product of years of diligent research, this ambitious title brings the incredibly varied lives and deaths of 1,000 Tudor people into a single, accessible volume.
Greystone
Beneath the Surface of Things Wade Davis 16th May, hb, £18.99, 9781778400445 Eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our time.
HarperCollins
To Save Every One 1st February, hb, eb, £22, 9780008613051 The remarkable 200-year history of the RNLI and its invaluable role in British maritime history. A beautiful book of kindness, courage and community to treasure for years to come.
The Earth is All That Lasts Mark Lee Gardner 29th February, pb, £16.99, 9780062669902 Magisterial history of the fierce final chapter of the “Indian Wars” told through the lives of the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders.
HarperNorth
All the Wide Border Mike Parker 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008499211 “A joyful canter through the Marches”—TLS. A funny and warm meditation on identity and belonging follows the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain’s deepest faultline.
Harvard University Press
A World of Enemies Osamah F Khalil 26th April, hb, £29.95, 9780674244221 Sobering account of how the United States trapped itself in endless wars— abroad and at home— and what it might do to break free.
Haus
Northern Ireland and the UK Constitution Lisa Claire Whitten 7th March, pb, £7.99, 9781913368951 Written for a non-special- ist audience, Northern Ireland in the UK Constitu- tion is a comprehensive yet accessible introduc- tion for those who want to understand Northern Ireland as a constitutional entity.
Historic Environment Scotland
Holyrood Park Including Arthur’s Seat Historic Scotland 21st March, pb, £6, 9781849173063 This guide will help readers explore the Edinburgh landmark, identify its remarkable features and discover its many stories.
Above Scotland James Crawford 16th May, pb, £9.99, 9781849173322 Packed with wonderful aerial imagery, this pocket-sized book reveals the drama and romance of Scotland’s landscapes.
A History of Scotland’s Landscapes Fiona Watson, Piers Dixon 11th April, pb, £18.99, 9781849173339 The many ways that the Scottish population has used, adapted and altered its environment over thousands of years.
Histria
The Byzantine Empire Nicolae Iorga 16th April, hb, £34.95, 9781592113897
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