SECTION SPONSOR Rowman & Littlefield
The full life of one of the greatest singer- songwriters of the 20th century. With a foreword by his sister, Gabrielle Drake.
Bluestockings: The First Women’s Movement Susannah Gibson 29th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781529369991 Captivating biography of the Bluestockings reveals the lives and legacy of this circle of women intellectuals who blazed a trail through 18th-century Britain.
Einstein in Time and Space Samuel Graydon 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529372502 Rollercoaster ride through the life and ideas of the 20th century’s most famous and controversial scientist in 99 sparkling vignettes.
Johns Hopkins University Press
Saving Stella Shirley Nathan-Pulliam 1st July, hb, eb, £29, 9781421448862 Compelling autobiogra- phy of a nurse–turned– state senator determined to make healthcare equi- table and available for all in the US.
Jonathan Cape
You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here Benji Waterhouse 16th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781787333178 This memoir does for the misunderstood, overlooked world of psychiatry what Adam Kay did for junior doctors.
Knife
Salman Rushdie 16th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781787334793 Personal account of enduring and surviving an attempt on his life 30 years after the fatwa that was ordered against him.
Lagom
Now is Not the Time for Flowers Stacey Heale 28th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781785120251 Beautifully honest memoir examines the messy and unexpected realities of love, desire, motherhood, death, grief and its aftermath.
Luath Press Merdeka
Chris Moorhouse
29th February, pb, £16.99, 9781910745885 Captures the remarkable and largely unknown efforts by Tom Atkinson to help Indonesia gain independence from the Dutch and become established as a new country.
Pink Camouflage Gemma Morgan 30th March, hb, £14.99, 9781804251232 Misogyny, sexism and toxic masculinity are only some of the obstacles that were thrown Morgan’s way in the forces, even before she saw the bloody realties of a wartorn country.
Great Scottish Speeches Vol 1 David Torrance (ed) 30th March, pb, £9.99, 9781913025250 Great Scottish Speeches Vol 2 David Torrance (ed) 9781913025649 More than 60 speeches made by Scots or by others in Scotland drawn together in these new
editions.Lutterworth
Press George and Emily Eden Brigid Allen 25th April, hb, eb, £65, 9780718897451 George and Emily Eden were devoted siblings. Both unmarried, they were accepted as a mildly unconventional couple by friends in the dynastically conscious governing class.
Mirrored Minds Kate Ashton 25th April, pb, eb, £25, 9780718897512 Ashton explores Hans Christian Anderson and Søren Kierkegaard’s relationships, literary outputs and personal struggles in all their nuanced and dramatic detail.
Macmillan
A Life Reimagined Jill Halfpenny 20th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781035037582 Actress shares what she has discovered and learnt about grief.
Hildasay to Home Christian Lewis 28th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781035033782 Lewis meets the love of his life and starts the real adventure of a lifetime as he builds a family and finishes his epic walk.
Literature for the People Sarah Harkness 9th May, hb, eb, £25,
9781035008933 Fascinating, evocative history of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two poor but idealistic young men who created a Victorian publishing empire.
Manchester University Press
She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music Gillian Dooley 5th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781526170101 Austen, celebrated for her literary genius, also cultivated a musical talent. This book beautifully illuminates her artistic prowess and the inspirations behind her timeless novels.
Barbara Comyns Avril Horner 19th March, hb, eb, £30, 9781526173744 Biography reveals a 20th-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels.
Manilla Press
Late Light Michael Malay 7th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786581440 Falling in love with vanishing things, the story of Malay’s journey as an Indonesian Australian making a home for himself in England.
The Swans of Harlem Karen Valby 25th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781786582492 Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Matador
Tomorrow Never Waits Richard Madeley 28th February, hb, £14.99, 9781805142201 Honest and reflective account of the things that have gone right and gopne wrong.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
To Make a Killing Robert Stephens 15th February, hb, eb, £28.50, 9780228020301 Life and legacy of the legendary Wall Street operator Arthur Cutten who made a fortune during the 1920s but was damned as one of the “banksters” responsible for the Great Depression.
Young Elizabeth Nicola Tallis 29th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781789295191 Drawing on primary sources from both Eliza- beth II herself and those closest to her, this is the first fully comprehensive biography of the early life of the queen in more than 20 years.
Dusty Lucy O’Brien 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781789295863 The story of Dusty Springfield by the people who knew her—from her troubled childhood to 1960s mod queen and enduring, pop music icon.
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOI S
McNidder & Grace
My Greenwich Village Terri Thal, Elizabeth Thomson 22nd February, hb, £22, 9780857162489 Thal was very much a part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village, including being 21-year-old Bob Dylan’s first manager.
Melville House Unrooted
Erin Zimmerman 18th April, hb, eb, £25.99, 9781685890704 Memoir by an evolution- ary biologist turned essayist is an affecting exploration of science, motherhood and academia and a stirring account of a woman at a personal and professional crossroads.
Merlin Unwin
Rift Valley Fever Hugh Cran 30th April, pb, £14.99, 9781913159689 Travelling miles on rough African roads, performing impromptu surgery by torchlight, this is Edin- burgh-trained vet Cran’s colourful adventures as a local vet in Kenya over 50 years.
Michael O’Mara Mirror Books
Making Life Count The Radfords 29th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781915306500 From the biggest family in Britain, this exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at their larger-than-life story features uplifting and personal anecdotes about navigating family life.
Not My Fault Ann Cusack (ed), Trish Hinde 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915306616 Hinde was sexually abused by her father from the age of six. This is the inspirational tale of how she overcame her demons and rebuilt her life to win justice after childhood abuse.
Marilyn’s Story Louise Allen 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915306630 An unhealthy obsession and a dark secret spell trouble for Allen when she encounters a baby named “Marilyn” after the Hollywood legend. Number nine in the Thrown Away Children series.
Not That I’m Bitter Helen Lederer 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781915306654 Frank, revealing, courageous and always funny memoir from 1980s comedy great Featuring insightful anecdotes from collaborations with Dawn French, Ben Elton, Jennifer Saunders, Harry Enfield and more.
MIT Press
Tornado of Life Jay Baruch 7th May, pb, £23, 9780262548427 Stories from ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity and imagina- tion are the cornerstones of clinical care.
Monoray Mafiopoli
Sanne de Boer 20th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781800962125 The definitive book in English about the ’Ndrangheta, the most powerful mafia in the world.
Mountain Leopard
In Search of Perfumes Dominique Roques, Stephanie Smee (tr) 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99,
Different, Not Less Chloe Hayden 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781761500169 Empowering, lived-expe- rience guide to celebrat- ing and supporting neurodivergence, from 24-year-old Heartbreak High actor, social media star and disability advocate.
Muswell Press
Lifting off Karen McLeod 7th June, pb, £10.99, 9781739193072 McLeod’s experience as cabin crew for British Airways rendered in this account of seeking identity in a heterosexual world while dealing with the fall-out from fractured family relationships.
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9781914495694 A journey around the world reveals the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade and the impact of climate change.
Kersten’s Lists Francois Kersaudy 1st February, hb, eb, £25, 9781914495748 The true story of Heinrich Himmler’s personal physical therapist who used his influence over the SS commander to save the lives of thousands.
Mudlark
The Escape David Walsh, Pippa York 20th June, hb, eb, £22, 9780008510602 One-off memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor.
A Bookshop of One’s Own Jane Cholmeley 29th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008651046 Captivating true story of an underdog business—a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Britain—from a woman at the heart of the women’s liberation movement.
Murdoch
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