BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOI S
11th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781800811119 Clear insight into the inner worlds of nine people on the autism spectrum.
Whitefox
American rock and roll bands, tells all.
Come My Fanatics Dan Franklin 20th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474625418 Fully approved biography of the Wizard, the Dorset doom metal band who, for more than two decades, have set the bar for heaviness.
Wildfire
Mother Country Monique Charlesworth 8th February, pb, £10.99, 9781915635990 Compelling, frank and witty, Charlesworth has dug deep into her mother’s story to finally reveal the truth.
White Owl
The Real Arthur Miller Andrew Norman 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399040730 Biography of the towering US playwright.
Muhammad Ali Ralph Oates 28th February, hb, £20, 9781399047265 Covers the many achieve- ments of the fighter and those associated with him during his long career.
White Rabbit
Strange Things Are Happening Richard Norris 25th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781399609760 Memoir by one of the most influential and ubiquitous underground British musicians of the past 30 years.
The Blues Brothers Daniel de Vise 28th March, hb, eb, £25, 9781399621861 The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape popular culture.
In the Jingle Jangle Jungle Joel Gion 29th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781399618281 Tambourine-playing frontman of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, one of the great, cult
We Will Not Be Saved Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson 6th June, hb, £16.99, 9781472289247 The first memoir by an Indigenous tribal leader in the Amazon who fought Big Oil to preserve her tribe’s territories and thousands of acres of pristine rainforest.
William Collins
Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 9th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008100773 New Yorker staff writer investigates his grandfa- ther, a Nazi Party chief, in unflinching and deeply moving exploration of morality, family and war.
Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers Anne Somerset 28th March, hb, £30, 9780008106225 It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.
Winnie & Nelson Jonny Steinberg 11th April, pb, £10.99, 9780008353810 “Gripping and profoundly moving”—Damon Galgut. “Deft and oper- atic”—Observer.
Rebel Girl Kathleen Hanna 14th May, hb, £18.99, 9780008365349 Electric memoir by the original riot grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.
Zig-zag Boy Tanya Frank 1st February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008382872 A journey along the tough frontiers of love and madness.
The Green Lady Sally Bayley 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008414214 From critically acclaimed author, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant
exploration of the rela- tionships between chil- dren and their teachers.
I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008430764 An astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history.
The Palace Gareth Russell 9th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008437015 Raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals and geniuses all playing their parts.
The War Diaries Nina Siegal 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008447731 Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than 2,000 Dutch diaries from the Second World War.
Wavewalker Suzanne Heywood 25th April, pb, £10.99, 9780008498535 International bestselling, true-life story described by the Times as “grippingly vivid and pacey”. “A seven-year-old girl on a 70ft yacht for 10 years over 50,000 miles of sailing”—Simon Winchester.
Great and Horrible News Blessin Adams 28th March, pb, £10.99, 9780008500269 “Grimly fascinating, engrossing”—Daily Mail. Nine historic crimes, one familiar obsession.
A Thousand Miles From Care Steve Johnson 4th July, hb, eb, £20, 9780008592486 Heartbreaker, the story of a 30-year quest the author undertook to uncover the truth about his brother’s murder in Manly.
A Very Private School Charles Spencer 14th March, hb, £25, 9780008666088
In this poignant memoir, Spencer recalls the trauma of being sent away from home at the age of eight to attend a boarding school.
William Morrow
Painter Man Alston Ramsay 18th July, hb, £20, 9780063243897
Surprising portrait based on dozens of exclusive interviews.
Wordville
Adventurer: Bernard Miles and the Mermaid Theatre Alan Strachan 28th May, pb, £15.99, 9781914228995 Strachan’s fascinating biography shares the adventures of Miles and the creation of London’s Mermaid Theatre.
WW Norton
A Light in the Darkness Javier Suarez-Pajares, Julian Lloyd Webber, Walter Aaron Clark 7th June, hb, eb, £30, 9781324004455 Musical biography reveals Joaquin Rodrigo as a composer of unique vision.
We Loved It All Lydia Millet 3rd May, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781324073659 Personal evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom and the difficulty of adoring what we destroy.
Late Admissions Glenn Loury 25th June, hb, eb, £25.99, 9780393881349 Shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist reflects on his remarkable personal odyssey and his changing positions on identity, race and belief.
Brave the Wild River Melissa L Sevigny 25th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324076117 The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.
Yale University Press
Herod the Great Martin Goodman 14th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780300228410 Bright account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution.
Spinoza
Ian Buruma 12th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780300248920 Buruma explores the life and death of the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of
thought and speech resonates in our own time.
Vagabond Princess Ruby Lal 27th February, hb, £22, 9780300251272 Captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir.
John Lewis
Raymond Arsenault 14th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780300253757 First full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman.
Alfred Dreyfus Maurice Samuels 26th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780300254006 Insightful biography of the central figure of the Dreyfus Affair focuses on the man himself. Based on newly accessible documents.
Marcus Aurelius Donald J Robertson 12th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780300256666 Experience the world of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremen- dous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
Provincials Sumana Roy 28th May, hb, £16.99, 9780300266139 Enchanting and joyful exploration of life and creativity at the geographical edges of the modern world.
Women and the Piano Susan Tomes 12th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780300266573 Women are an essential part of the history of the piano, but how many women pianists can we name?
Billy Waters is Dancing Mary L Shannon 11th June, hb, eb, £25, 9780300267686 The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its own.
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black Harry Edward, Neil Duncanson (ed) 20th February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780300270976 The lost memoir of Britain’s first Black Olympic medal winner and the America he discovered.
February 2024–July 2024 51 Yellow Kite
Lessons From the Edge Aldo Kane 6th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529350753 Shows readers that with the right mindset, you can get through anything life throws at you.
Y Lolfa
Pity the Swagman Bethan Phillips 9th February, pb, £14.99, 9781800995024 Biography of Joseph Jenkins (1818–98) who left his life in Wales to travel through Australia as a farm labourer. His diary provides rare information about rural Australian life at the time.
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