Social & Local History
Guided tour through the town reveals the changes wrought by the years.
Ipswich: A Potted History Susan Gardiner 15th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398123113
Accessible history of the town from prehistory to the present day.
Birmingham: The Postcard Collection Alan Spree
15th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398129030
Intriguing portrait of Britain’s second city presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.
Quirky Swansea Mark Rees 15th April, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398122437
Celebration of Swansea’s individual and often strange history, from eccentric characters to odd events and places.
A-Z of Weymouth and Portland Michael Burgess
15th March, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781398123694
Fully illustrated guide to Weymouth’s history, people and places.
Anthem Press
Series Anthem Americans in Revolutionary Russia 10th March, 978183999 Exciting series of republished diaries, letters and books by American eyewitnesses during the Russian revolutionary era (1914–1921).
Donald Thompson in Russia
Donald Thompson, David H Mould (ed) pb, eb, £24.99, 6740 The Russian Pendulum Arthur Bullard, David W McFadden (ed) hb, £80, 6948 pb, eb, £24.99, 6955 Russia in Upheaval Edward Alsworth Ross, Rex A Wade (ed) hb, £80, 7242 pb, eb, £24.99, 7259 Unchained Russia Charles Edward Russell, Rex A Wade (ed) hb, £80, 7563 pb, eb, £24.99, 7570
Emerging Voices: Contemporary Nigeria’s Literary, Filmic and Entertainment Platforms Alex Chinwuba Asigbo (ed), Gloria Emeagwali (ed)
3rd March,hb, eb, £80, 9781839998515
Spring/Summer 2026
Curious Cats and Fantastical Felines Willow Winsham
2nd April, hb, eb, £20, 9781849949736
Intriguing insight into the historical relationship between cats and humans through folklore, myths and legends.
Bloomsbury
Broken Republik Chris Reiter, Will Wilkes 23rd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781526679154
The compelling story of Germany’s decline, where it went wrong and how it could bounce back.
Strong Roots Olia Hercules 12th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781526662934
From the bestselling Ukrainian cookery writer comes a profound meditation on the hopes and fears across generations amid political upheaval.
Bloomsbury Academic
A Four-eyed World King Dunaway 19th February, hb, eb, £19.99, 9798881804824
Fun and informative cultural history of glasses examines their origins, stigmas, future in technology and more.
Collection of fresh perspectives and opinions on the creative interventions in Nigeria.
Arkbound
The Weight of Quiet Things Bridget Reaume (ed)
1st April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781911740094
Rich anthology explores Scotland’s natural landscape to discover how it holds collective memory, how history and environmental changes are etched into it and how these echoes shape Scottish identity.
Batsford
Bloomsbury Continuum
Russia Starts Here Howard Amos 30th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472991331
Extraordinary investigation into the lives of ordinary people in Russia and what lies behind Putin’s popularity.
British Academy
The Social History of Law in Nineteenth- century Latin America Timo H Schaefer (ed)
28th July, hb, eb, £90, 9781805966104
Examines how ordinary people engaged with the law in 19th-century Latin America.
Cambridge University Press
Sweet Home Feliciana Rashauna Johnson 5th March, hb, £27, 9781009668323
Intimate family history based in rural Louisiana that charts the region and its residents from colonialism to Jim Crow.
Dog ‘n’ Bone
The Little Book of Pride Lewis Laney 12th May, hb, £9.99, 9781912983940
Celebrate the LGBTQ community with this updated guide to pride.
Faber &Faber
Tales of the Suburbs John Grindrod 12th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780571382866
A missing piece of history: the stories of queer lives in everyday suburbia.
Footnote Press
Smart David Brydan 5th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781804441763
In this fascinating cultural history Smart draws on science, politics and popular culture to uncover the stories of the people and projects that built the idea of modern intelligence.
IB Tauris
The Ancient Cities and Global Trade of Palestine Nur Masalha
25th June, pb, eb, £29.99, 9780755659692
Uncovers 7,000 years of Palestinian history through its ancient trading and industrial cities.
Lutterworth Press
A History of Parish Registers in England and Wales John Alexander Wintrip
26th March, pb, eb, £22.50, 9780718898489
Comprehensive account of the history of parish registers from 1660 to 1837. Wintrip’s exposition focuses on the changes in format and content of parish registers.
Macmillan
The Everest Mystery Julie Summers, Jochen Hemmleb
11th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781035097883
Definitive book on Sandy Irvine and the mystery of his and Mallory’s disappearance on Everest in June 1924.
Manchester University Press
Between the Salt and the Ash Jake Morris-Campbell
28th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781526175397
Pilgrimage from Lindisfarne to Durham Cathedral traces 1,300 years of transformation in a powerful exploration of Christianity, coal and the enduring stories from the north-east.
Mercier Press
Béal Feirste: Belfast Seamus Ó Tuama, Diarmuid Ó Tuama
27th February, hb, £19.99, 9781781174029
Family memoir transforms Belfast’s turbulent 350-year history into an intimate human story through the extraordinary Twomey family saga. Weaves personal narrative through the city’s most defining moments.
Old Street
Lancashire Chris Moss 17th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781913083199
Travel writer returns to his home county to look beyond the caricatures and clichés and trace lines from the region’s long history to its conflicted, contradictory present.
Oxford University Press
Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African Charles Ignatius Sancho, Oliver Ayers (ed), Markman Ellis (ed), Nicole N Aljoe (ed)
14th May, pb, £9.99, 9780192869609
African man’s letters provide an unequalled portrait of the everyday life of a Black family in 18th-century London.
Nine Days in May Jonathan Schneer 26th March, hb, £25, 9780192894533
The General Strike of 1926 brought Britain to a standstill, with both sides commanding powerful forces. Here is the story.
Black Power, White Heat Alice Echols 20th April, hb, £22.99, 9780197789032
Major historical reinterpretation of the cross-racial alliances of the 1960’s freedom movement.
A Slumless America Betty Boyd Caroli 4th May, hb, £26.99, 9780197793800
First, full-length biography of Mary Simkhovitch, a trailblazer in the settlement house movement and public housing.
Pan
Ghost Nation Chris Horton 9th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035034048
One of the most highly respected foreign correspondents in Taiwan interrogates the people, politics and history of a unique nation caught in a power struggle between the US and China.
Picador
The Discovery of Britain Graham Robb 28th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035026135
Hugely original tour of Great Britain takes a fresh look at the people, places and events that have, for better or worse, shaped a nation.
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins 14th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529034189
Brilliantly readable history of privacy which argues that a private life is a precious and sustaining resource that must be defended.
Fatherhood Augustine Sedgewick 4th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035035786
Sweeping history of our inherited ideas of fatherhood, how the
role has changed over the centuries and what it means to be a dad today.
Black and British David Olusoga 11th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035062782
From Roman times to the present day, this is the story of Black British history. Reissued in the Picador Collection.
Princeton University Press
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution Mark Peterson
5th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780691180014
Provocative history of America’s constitution and an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined.
The Four Heavens David Stuart 26th May, hb, eb, £30, 9780691213842
From the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilisation across three millennia.
The First Emancipation Jeremy D Popkin 16th June, hb, eb, £35, 9780691246925
A new history of slavery and the French Revolution.
The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs Matthew D Lassiter
17th March, pb, eb, £25, 9780691248943
How the drug war has transformed American political culture.
Faith Communities and the Fight for Racial Justice Robert Wuthnow
17th March, pb, eb, £22, 9780691250878
The communities, congregations and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past 50 years.
After 1177BC Eric H Cline 7th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780691256832
Tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed: why some civilisations endured, why some gave way to new ones and why some disappeared forever.
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