Archaeology
The rise to power and eventual fall from grace of the Oxbridge intellectual.
On the Altar: A History of Sacrifice Jonathan Sheehan
24th March, hb, eb, £35, 9780691190884
How Christianity both abolished and absorbed sacrifice.
George Washington and Frederick the Great Jürgen Overhoff, Patrick Baker (tr)
26th May, hb, eb, £30, 9780691226712
How Frederick the Great and George Washington embody the competition between liberal democracy and authoritarianism.
The Kings of Algiers Julie Kalman 17th March, pb, eb, £22, 9780691230160
Richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America.
Venice and the Mongols Sylvia Notini (tr), Nicola Di Cosmo, Lorenzo Pubblici
19th May, hb, eb, £30, 9780691256245
Global history of commercial and cultural exchange between two great powers of the medieval age.
Strangers Within Francisco Bethencourt 21st April, pb, eb, £25, 9780691256818
Comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin—prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters—between the 15th and 18th centuries.
Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters Daniel A Bell
9th June, hb, eb, £22, 9780691279800
Entertaining introduction to ancient Chinese thinkers and what they can teach us about today’s most pressing political questions in China and beyond.
Series
Archetypal Images in Greek Religion Karl Kerényi 14th April, pb, eb, 9780691281 Landmark accounts of major figures in Greek legend as myth and archetype. 1: Prometheus Ralph Manheim (tr) £22, 759
36 2: Dionysos
Ralph Manheim (tr) £35, 797 3: Asklepios £20, 827 4: Eleusis
Ralph Manheim (tr) £25, 858 5: Zeus and Hera Christopher Holme (tr) £25, 889
Rowman & Littlefield
Paris Mary McAuliffe 5th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9798216397014
Multilayered exploration weaves a narrative of detailed observation that takes the reader into secret places.
University of Chicago Press
Unearthed Patrick Anthony 2nd April, pb, eb, £28, 9780226847511
How 19th-century environmental sciences laid the groundwork for global mineral extraction.
Human
Sophus Helle 27th May, pb, eb, £18, 9780226848990
Examines Babylonian poem Atra-hasis, an ancient creation story and forgotten masterpiece of political thought. Written in Akkadian on clay tablets during the early second millennium BCE, it shows how ancient poets understood their society.
Phantom Byzantium Anthony Kaldellis 20th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780226847139
Explains the creation, history and functions of the ideological construct of Byzantium in the Western imagination and European self-fashioning. Has critical implications for contemporary views of European history.
Disabled Empire Hilary R Buxton 2nd June, pb, eb, £26, 9780226847542
The minute interactions between military servicemen and medical caregivers during the First World War laid bare to tell a broader story about race, colonialism, labour and global health.
Fate in My Hands Yana Skorobogatov 4th June, hb, eb, £32, 9780226837314
Examination of the death penalty in the Soviet Union documents in detail how citizens,
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
hopeful for a new life post-Stalin, lost faith that their transgressions could be forgiven.
Ethnic Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean Philip A Harland
12th June, pb, eb, £32, 9780226848617
Innovative rereading of social and cultural life in the eastern part of the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, Harland examines social interactions among peoples, from culturally dominant groups to minority populations.
University of Hertfordshire Press
Landscapes and Producers in Medieval England Richard Purkiss (ed), Hannah Boston (ed)
1st May, pb, £18.99, 9781912260744
Honours Rosamond Faith, a leading historian of English peasantry in the Middle Ages. The editors take up her theme to offer new perspectives in the field.
Lost Gardens of Hertfordshire Anne Rowe, Tom Williamson
1st February, pb, £18.99, 9781912260751
Fascinating and innovative study uses fieldwork, aerial photography and lidar (laser sensing technology),together with early maps and documents, to reconstruct the appearance and history of some of the county’s lost gems.
University of Wales Press
Introducing the Medieval Bear Karen Sullivan
15th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781837723751
How medieval people saw bears as creatures like ourselves, with a similar intelligence and a similar capacity for courage, loyalty and love.
WW Norton
Stealing America Linford D Fisher 15th May, hb, eb, £30, 9781324094951
Rewrites American history by putting Native enslavement and rampant land theft at the epicentre of the nation’s past.
Boss Lincoln Matthew Pinsker
24th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780393240788
Eye-opening portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the party politician whose coalition-building during the Civil War set the political foundation for emancipation and Union victory.
The Racial Wealth Gap Mehrsa Baradaran 17th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780393881820
Concise history uncovers the roots of this most pernicious American divide and makes an urgent call for reparations.
Heart of American Darkness Robert G Parkinson
24th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781324123408
Acclaimed historian captures the true nature of imperialism in early America, demonstrating how the frontier shaped the nation.
Tyrants and Rogues Robert G Parkinson 24th July, hb, eb, £24, 9781324124542
A new look at the Declaration of Independence focuses on the lofty principles of the preamble and the list of grievances levelled against King George III.
These Truths: A History of the United States Jill Lepore
21st May, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781324130765
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, historian and New Yorker writer delivers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation.
Yale University Press
The Revolutionary Origins of Language Chris Knight
28th July, hb, £25, 9780300289206
The story of how human speech came about—and the early human societies that shaped this vital skill.
Privileged but Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime’s Greatest Weakness Jieun Baek
7th July, hb, eb, £30, 9780300272284
A compelling examination of North Korea’s elites, their hidden discontent, and the role they may play in shaping the regime’s future.
Roman Britain in Twenty Towns Richard Hingley
2nd April, vol 1, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781350520110
Archaeology
Accessible guide helps visitors explore 20 Roman towns across Britain, explaining how to find each site and what they might see.
Cassell Amberley
The Roman Footwear From Vindolanda Elizabeth M Greene
15th April, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781398131125
Fascinating illustrated insight into the rare collection of shoes uncovered at Vindolanda in Northumberland.
50 Stone Age Finds Kevin Leahy 15th February, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398126213
Leahy examines flint and stone objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme in the context of the cultures that produced them.
The Archaeology of Leicester in 20 Digs Gavin Speed
15th July, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398127586
Detailed examination of some of the city’s most important archaeological sites over its 2,000-year history.
Anthem Press
Principles and Forms of Sociocultural Organization
Dmitri M Bondarenko (ed), Gleb V Aleksandrov (ed)
7th April, hb, eb, £80, 9781839995910
Traces the influence of key principles and factors on social and political developments throughout human history.
Bloomsbury Academic
Things We Found in the Ground Eleanor Bruce, Lucilla Gray
9th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008737603
Guide that is not a guide. Metal detectorist cousins explore their local landscape as they get to grips with the hobby, history and themselves along the way.
Liverpool University Press
Viking Connections Clare Downham (ed), Fiona Edmonds (ed), Nancy Edwards (ed), David Griffiths (ed)
28th June, hb, eb, £90, 9781805967422
Thirty-two papers encompassing the most recent research on the Viking Age.
Decivilization Chloë Duckworth 4th June, hb, £22, 9781788405799
Do we need to go look back at civilisations in the past in order to secure our future?
Equinox
The Reception of Archaeology in Film Kevin McGeough
1st April, vol 5, pb, eb, £26.95, 9781800508026
Appraisal of how the profession of archaeology and its related fields are presented in Hollywood cinema.
Telling Stories of the Past Brian Fagan 1st February, pb, eb, £22.95, 9781800508064
Fagan’s memoir of his life and work, completed only days before his death in July 2025.
HarperNorth
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