BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS Tinder Press
Without Warning and Only Sometimes Kit de Waal 18th April, pb, £10, 9781035413683 Story of laughter, love and hope from author of My Name Is Leon.
Torva
Sister in Law Harriet Wistrich 2nd May, hb, eb, £20, 9781911709268 Landmark cases demonstrating that terrifyingly often the law is not fit for purpose for half the population.
The Good Cop Nusrit Mehtab 25th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781911709459 Drawing on 30 years’ experience of fighting against racism and misogyny in the Met police, a brave and insightful memoir of a deeply flawed institution and how we can fix it.
Trapeze
Across Mountains, Land and Sea Arman Azad 25th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781409199328 Extraordinary true story of one boy’s journey across the world to escape death, war and destruction and his inspiring life spent helping displaced people find safety against all odds.
Leg Greg Marshall 13th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398716360 Hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability and coming of age in two closets—as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy.
Triumph Books
My Baseball Bible Evan Roberts 2nd April, hb, £24.95, 9781637273357 A love letter to New York Mets fandom—the triumphs, the heartbreak and everything in between. Roberts delivers a thrilling journey through modern Mets history.
Troubador
Sea Sick Ruth Taylor 28th March, pb, £10.99, 9781805142263 Dramatic and humourous memoir of a doctor recounting her
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experiences working in the quasi-naval setting of a cruise ship.
The Jagged Path Charlotte Osho 28th February, pb, £12.99, 9781805142492 Story of a young girl’s journey from an idyllic life in rural Nigeria through an abusive marriage to finally finding hope and happiness.
This Murderous Business Lindsay Campbell 28th February, pb, £9.99, 9781805142911 This dip into Argyll’s history tells how crime in the county was just as bloody and violent as in former eras.
Freedom to Roam Wil Gesler 28th March, pb, £13.99, 9781805143178 Unique hybrid book shows how Gesler’s academic pursuits in the field of Health Geography inter- sect with his leisure time as a dedicated walker.
TSB
Legion Kevin Jackson 13th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781911673170 The astonishing story of a man far more than a war hero. Lawrence of Arabia was also an archaeolo- gist, linguist, classicist, engineer, airman and one of the great writers of the 20th century.
Tuttle
Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies Robert Whiting 14th June, pb, £15.99, 9784805317983 Critically acclaimed author and longtime Japan resident turns his attention to the fascinat- ing stories of foreigners who made waves and achieved notoriety in postwar Japan.
Two Roads
Rambling Man Billy Connolly 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399802611 A book of global adven- tures with Billy Connolly, an unconventional travel memoir that crisscrosses the world, encapsulating a lifetime of incredible journeys and hundreds of fascinating encounters.
My Beautiful Sisters Khalida Popal 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399805728 A story of sisterhood and
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
the fight for feminism in the age of the Taliban by exiled former team captain of the Afghanistan women’s national football team.
Letting the Cat Out of the Bag Sion Rowlands 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529395235 Sneak peek behind the professional veneer of vets, sprinkled with wacky moments, wicked humour and a cornucopia of animals.
All My Wild Mothers Victoria Bennett 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529398656 Intimate weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, All My Wild Mothers is a story of rewilding our wastelands and the transformation that happens when we do.
Unbound
Titan of the Thames Sandy Nairne, Peter R Williams 8th February, hb, £25, 9781800182790 The first biography of Lord Desborough and his inspiring life of public service and extraordinary sportsmanship.
No One Talks About This Stuff Kat Brown (ed) 21st March, pb, £10.99, 9781800182875 More than 20 essays from known and new writers on (in)fertility and baby loss and their interaction with motherhood.
Free Loaves on Fridays Rebekah Pierre (ed) 18th April, pb, £12.99, 9781800183001 Strong anthology of stories, reflections and letters by care- experienced people.
Agrippina
Emma Southon 25th July, pb, £10.99, 9781800183315 Biography of the most extraordinary woman in the Roman world.
Sex Drive Stephanie Theobald 13th June, pb, £10.99, 9781800183322 One woman’s road trip across America in search of her lost libido.
Union Square
Tommy’s Field Nikki Mark 25th April, hb, £20, 9781454951049
A moving memoir reminding us of the power of play to inspire, unite, and heal. Sometimes, what brings us the most pain can be the source of our greatest inspiration.
What’s Left Unsaid Melissa DeRosa 22nd February, hb, £25, 9781454952336 From Covid frontlines to the rise and fall of governor Andrew Cuomo, one of the most powerful women in the New York administration shares her story for the first time.
University of Illinois Press
When Grandpa Delivered Babies and Other Ozarks Vignettes Benjamin G Rader 27th February, hb, £99, 9780252045745 People in the Ozarks have long told humorous stories that make sense of life, family and local history. Rader’s memoir offers a loving portrait of the Ozarks of his youth.
The World Got Away Mikel Rouse, Kyle Gann 21st May, pb, £21.99, 9780252087912 One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas. This memoir channels his high-energy personality and artistic creation.
University of Pennsylvania Press
Through the Morgue Door Colette Brull-Ulmann, Anne Landau (tr), Margaret Sinclair (tr), Jean-Christophe Portes 13th February, hb, £29.99, 9781512825589 Originally published in French, Brull-Ulmann’s memoir illustrates the horrors of Jewish life under the German Occupation and casts light on the unknown story of the Rothschild Hospital.
Verso
Fragments Against My Ruin Farrukh Dhondy 16th July, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781804295243 Novelist, screenwriter, Black Panther—the rebellious life of Farrukh Dhondy.
Viking The Furies
Elizabeth Flock 22nd February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780241678015 Incredible, narrative investigation of three women who used violence to fight back against their oppressors.
Vintage
Politics on the Edge Rory Stewart 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529922868 From the former Conservative Cabinet minister and co-presenter of 2022’s breakout hit podcast The Rest is Politics, an insider’s searing account of 10 extraordinary years in Parliament.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The Chain Chimene Suleyman 28th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399606462 A memoir exposing one man’s control over many women, an exploration of the trauma he left behind and the sisterhood that formed in his wake in spite of him.
Power and Glory Alexander Larman 28th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781399615525 A royal biography for people who wouldn’t usually read royal biographies.
Last Word’s Uncommon Women Celia Hayley 14th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781474607643 The official companion book to BBC Radio 4’s Last Word, a rich tapestry of women’s lives in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950 Patricia Highsmith 8th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781474617611 Condensed edition of Highsmith’s monumental diaries and notebooks.
Lady Caroline Lamb Antonia Fraser 16th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781474624848 Vivid and dramatic life storyof the woman whose love affair with Lord Byron scandalised British society. By one of the UK’s best-loved historians.
Dam Buster Richard Morris 9th May, pb, eb, £10.99,
9781474623438 Fascinating, untold story of one of Britain’s greatest engineers, the man behind the bouncing bomb.
A Life of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781474621243 Piercing blend of memoir, criticism and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves and how others might do the same.
The Stirrings Catherine Taylor 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781474625319 Powerful story of love and violence, anger and feminism, the thrills and terrors of youth, all shot through with poetry, risk- taking and humour.
When the Mountains Dance Christine Toomey 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781474614658 Memoir centred on rural Italy and a journey through the earthquakes that devastated the region.
Valkyrie Philipp von Boeselager 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399621304 The last member of Operation Valkyrie, the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler, tells his remarkable story. “Astonishing”—Daily Telegraph.
Welbeck
Calling Sergeant Crockford Ruth D’Alessandro 1st March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781802793703 The story of a woman police sergeant at the top of her game guiding her WPCs through the immense societal changes of the early 1960s.
I Am an Undercover Cop Anonymous Cop 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781802794854 Confession of an under- cover officer who has infiltrated crime cartels for the last 20 years recounts what it is like to live on both sides of the law.
Wellcome Collection
Nine Minds Daniel Tammet
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