Highlights of the Season
extent to which it was dependent on financial and military support from the Soviet Union.
Ryan Gingeras Mafia: A Global History Simon & Schuster, 12 February, hb, £25, 9781398531659
“Few forces have shaped our world as powerfully – or as secretly – as mafias.” That is the billing for this comprehensive and fascinating history of mafias across the world, which draws on more than a decade of research.
Debbie Kilroy Members Behaving Badly Elliott & Thompson, 19 February, hb, £22, 9781783969388
From rake and poet Sir Charles Sedley and his illicit partying, to David Lloyd George whose avarice, corruption and abuse of honours ruined his reputation, an enjoyably picaresque alternative history of parliament told through the stories of the “marauder and miscreant MPs who served themselves rather than the people”.
Michelle Morgan The Queen Robinson, 19 February, hb, £25, 9781408783467
With photographs throughout, this “warm and nostalgic” biography of Queen Elizabeth II is published for her 100th birthday year and is structured around 100 vignettes forming an “intimate” retelling of her long life.
Philosophy
Hyung-Seok Kim A Theory of Happiness Bloomsbury Publishing, 12 February, hb, £14.99, 9781526697691
In this giftily packaged Korean bestseller, 105-year-old Professor Kim dispenses 100 lessons on how we can curate our own happiness from within, drawing on philosophical wisdom from his own long life, as well as teachings from ancient Korean philosophy.
Tom Hodgkinson How to Live Like a Stoic Bloomsbury Continuum, 12 February, hb, £16.99, 9781399415583
With reflections on everything from education and friendship to the importance of occasionally letting your hair down, the author of How to Be Idle explains why there is more to Stoicism than shrugging your shoulders, in this wittily entertaining philosophical guide.
Popular Science
Dr Paul Goldsmith The Evolving Brain Wildfire, 12 February, hb, £22, 9781035426461
This “definitive user’s guide to our ancient minds” offers actionable insights for working with, not against, our ancient wiring in order to live happier, healthier and more connected lives.
Adrian Woolfson On the Future of Species Bloomsbury Publishing, 12 February, hb, £25, 9781526670977
Brian Groom These Isles HarperNorth, 26 February, hb, £20, 9780008608569
Exploring the role of religion, the British Empire, diasporas and migration through the lens of popular culture, sport, music, language, literature and more, the author of Northerners offers an “inventive” new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations, and at the people who have called them home.
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Imagine a world where disease is a thing of the past and the human lifespan is dramatically extended. So says the author – founder of a genome-writing company – in this exploration of the emerging field of synthetic genomics, and its profound implications for healthcare, the environment and the global economy.
David Bainbridge Geology Princeton University Press, 24 February, hb, £25, 9780691269832
Taking readers from antiquity to the Anthropocene and providing an essential introduction to the subject, a richly illustrated survey of the study of geology, from ancient times to the present.
Psychology
Mark Solms The Only Cure Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 February, hb, £25, 9781399623377
Solms is a leading neuropsychologist who discovered the brain basis of dreaming and is the official translator of Freud’s complete scholarly works. He reveals the ways in which science is proving Freud correct and explores what this might mean for our mental healthcare systems and more.
Dr Sula Windgassen It’s All in Your Body Bluebird, 5 February, hb, £22, 9781035058143
Drawing on her clinical experience in hospitals and beyond, the health psychologist author explores the mind-body- environment connection and how an understanding of its effects can improve health, especially with conditions including burnout, IBS and chronic pain.
Gaurav Suri, Jay McClelland The Emergent Mind
Macmillan, 19 February, hb, £22, 9781035088348
How is human intelligence different from artificial intelligence? How does our consciousness actually work? These and other questions are considered in this guide to the concept of intelligence and how it takes shape, by two cognitive scientists.
Eileen Horne, Gwen Adshead Unspeakable Faber & Faber, 26 February, hb, £20, 9780571385249
I much admired forensic psychiatrist Adshead and co-writer Horne’s first book, The Devil You Know. The subject of their equally compelling second is trauma and how we heal from it. Among the eight included case studies are a war widow who dares not utter her husband’s name, and a child hostage who cannot speak at all.
Dr Emma Hepburn The Anti-Burnout Book Greenfinch, 26 February, hb, £20, 9781529445442
From how to identify burnout to designing a sustainable lifestyle around your values, a “warm, wise and science- backed” guide to preventing burnout by a clinical psychologist who
has herself experienced the condition.
Food & Drink
Nadiya Hussain Nadiya’s Quick Comforts Michael Joseph, 12 February, hb, £28, 9780241753590
From restorative weeknight meals to comforting puddings, Hussain returns with a collection of homely, hearty and comforting recipes that are also quick and easy to make.
Ian Theasby, Henry Firth BOSH! More Plants DK, 12 February, hb, £22, 9780241786789
This new recipe collection from the bestselling and much-followed (three million followers) BOSH team contains more than 90 recipes designed to be prepared in 30 minutes or less. Includes menu planners, protein counts, batch cooking tips and more.
Ashleigh Mogford, Daniel Hurst (ed) Cardiff Mum’s 5 Meals For £25 Michael Joseph, 26 February, hb, £25, 9780241690697
From one-pot coconut and lime chicken to sausage and mash pie, this second cookbook from the creator of hit Instagram account Cardiff Mum (600,000 followers) presents new recipes for one-pot, slow cooker and air-fryer meals, that are both budget- friendly and nourishing.
Gardening Mary Berry
My Gardening Life DK, 26 February, hb, £25, 9780241726655
“In another life, I may have been a gardener.” In this horticultural memoir, Dame Mary presents a richly illustrated personal account of the second great love of her life: gardening. Includes anecdotes, Q&As with her gardening heroes and photos of her own garden.
Health, Self-Help & Parenting
Frank Tallis Wise Abacus, 5 February, hb, £22, 9780349146225
In a book “for everyone over 40”, the author of The Incurable Romantic and The Act of Living draws on everything from Stoic philosophy to the latest neuroscience to
consider how we can embrace and accept our mortality when our brains are hard-wired to resist it.
Helen Tupper, Sarah Ellis Learn Like a Lobster Penguin Business, 5 February, hb, £20, 9780241718957
“Everything you need to know to become a limitless learner and stay relevant and resilient in your career.” The authors of The Squiggly Career and The Squiggly Careers podcast explore the unexpected parallels between lobsters and lifelong learning.
Tetsuyo Ishii, Chugoku Shimbun Happy on Her Own at 102
Leap, 5 February, hb, £12.99, 9781806170081
This “extremely charming” book is a manifesto for living a long and happy life, but also for finding peace in the wake of difficult times. The Japanese author was 102 when this bestselling debut was released in her home country: she is now 104.
Paul Eastwick Bonded by Evolution Cornerstone Press, 12 February, pb, £16.99, 9781529910568
In this fascinating book, US professor of psychology Eastwick presents a radical new view of the roots of enduring chemistry. Dismantling the sexist tropes routinely attached to evolutionary theories of love and connection, he argues that the interpersonal chemistry has little to do with the surface-level traits that are uppermost in many daters’ minds.
Gavin Francis The Unfragile Mind Wellcome Collection, 12 February, hb, £18.99, 9781800819757
Drawing on conversations with patients, colleagues and his 30 years of GP practice, the author of Adventures in Human Being explores the chequered history of psychiatry, the nature of mental health and ill-health, and the problems, including mood disorders, trauma, anxiety and addiction, that he addresses daily.
Dr Joanna Cheek, Gabor Maté It’s Not You, It’s the World Canongate Books, 12 February, hb, £20, 9781837263394
What if our mental health struggles are not signs that we are broken but proof that we are responding normally to a world in crisis? That is the leading question posed by this guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed in our chaotic world, in which the psychiatrist and psychologist author offers practical mental health tools to help us care both for ourselves and our communities.
Katie McCrory Where the Heart Is Torva, 19 February, hb, £16.99, 9781911709831
McCrory has led the annual IKEA Life at Home Report since 2017. Blending original research with personal experience and practical actions, she identifies eight universal emotional states that create a “feeling of home” and unlock a state of happiness and harmony.
Sonja Lyubomirsky, Harry Reis How to Feel Loved Cornerstone Press, 19 February, pb, £16.99, 9781529954173
Drawing on studies of wellbeing and what truly makes us feel loved, a renowned happiness scientist and a top relationship researcher present five tools to help us feel the love we crave with the people in our lives. It is all about showing our vulnerable sides, apparently.
Michael Lynton, Joshua Steiner From Mistakes to Meaning Blink Publishing, 24 February, hb, £16.99, 9781788709941
From two US authors who made life-defining mistakes in high- profile roles comes an exploration of mistakes and the transformative power of them. Includes candid interviews with the likes of Malcolm Gladwell and David Frankel.
Homes & Interiors
Anna Kilpatrick Not Needing New Orion Spring, 19 February, hb, £20, 9781398726345
From guidance on finding your second- hand style to advice on frugal parenting, this aims to be an empowering toolkit of advice and actions to help you and your family to stop “aching for more” and start embracing a more sustainable lifestyle.
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