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2026 Fall

‘Cold War Football is a milestone in the politics of football. It is precise, eye-opening and entertaining.’ Ronny Blaschke, author of Football and Racism

‘Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall skilfully weave Cold War tensions and the excitement of football to illustrate the close connections of sport and politics in a drama-filled and enjoyable read.’ Heather L. Dichter, editor of SoccerDiplomacy

‘Cold War Football gives us a new way of understanding the role of sport in the postwar world. This fine book demonstrates that soccer and politics did indeed mix.’ Robert Edelman, author of SpartakMoscow

‘McDougall and Shaw dribble the ball effortlessly through history. Cold War Football is a resounding victory.’ Richard Mills, author of ThePoliticsofFootballinYugoslavia

‘Goals are scored and missed. Reputations are made and shattered. The Cold War is relived – this time on the pitch. An exciting read for all football aficionados!’ Sergey Radchenko, author of To Run the World

‘A superb kaleidoscope of the Cold War through ten international football matches. Highly topical reading in a world of renewed tensions between East and West.’

Kay Schiller, co-editor of TheFIFAWorldCup1930–2010

PREDICTION REVOLUTION THE

100

UK publication Oct 2026

US publication Oct 2026

412 pages

9781009595056

Hardback

£25 | $29�95 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Provides first-hand accounts of littleknown but compelling individuals who were drawn into a particularly dramatic chapter of the civil rights movement

• Spotlights St Augustine, an integral, yet lesser-known city in its impassioned fight for civil rights

Resonates directly with contemporary times, demonstrating the importance of collective efforts in the preservation of freedom and equality

Original City, Original Sin King, the Klan, and the Fight for Civil Rights in St � Augustine, Florida

Martin Dobrow

A Klan rally where four Black men were almost burned alive. A hotel manager pouring acid into a pool to chase out Black swimmers. Brutal assaults of peaceful demonstrators at the site of a former slave market downtown. A shooting into the cottage rented for Martin Luther King, Jr. Each form part of a rarely told and riveting story of civil rights in the nation’s oldest city, St. Augustine, Florida. At the height of his fame, King found his treasured doctrine of nonviolence challenged as never before-all as the fate of the Civil Rights Act, the most consequential legislation of the twentieth century, hung in the balance. In this intimate exploration based on hundreds of interviews, Martin Dobrow introduces an extraordinary collection of idealists-Black and white, young and old, gay and straight-who were drawn into the movement, putting their lives on the line for racial justice.

About the Author

Martin Dobrow is an award-winning journalist who has written for dozens of publications, including The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and ESPN, and the author of two previous books. He is a professor at Springfield College.

Advance Praise

‘Martin Dobrow reveals St Augustine as a crucible of the Civil Rights Movement, where national injustices met local courage Told through the actions of everyday people and known heroes, he shows both the triumphs and challenges of answering history’s call� Woven with journalistic rigor and lyrical wonder, this is a timely and beautiful book ’

Ken Burns

‘It’s not easy to find bold new ways to write about Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights struggle, but Martin Dobrow has done it� With painstaking research and splendid prose, he paints a vivid portrait of King and the people surrounding him at a pivotal time in King’s life and in our nation’s history� I couldn’t be more excited about this book ’

Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of King: A Life

The Prediction Revolution AI and the Future of Science

PREDICTION

Grace Huckins

UK publication November 2026

US publication November 2026

220 pages

9781009786706

Hardback

£15�99 | $19�95 USD | $22�95 CAD

At a Glance

Explores and illuminates an underreported aspect of AI that could have enormous implications for science and society

• Makes science and AI comprehensible through accessible language, compelling narratives, and clear explanations

• This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core

Science is in the midst of an under-recognized revolution. For centuries, prediction in science went hand in hand with understanding: knowledge of what advanced in tandem with knowledge of how and why. But in recent years, AI tools have enabled scientists to make predictions that previously would have been impossible, even if they don’t understand why those predictions hold true. Already, scientists have used these AI “oracles” to design new drug candidates and help paralyzed people regain the ability to speak. These are consequential achievements. But they also raise a difficult question: If science can improve lives with prediction alone, should we still seek to understand the universe? In The Prediction Revolution, Grace Huckins, a trained neuroscientist and award-winning journalist, explores how AI is reshaping the relationship between prediction and understanding—and challenges us to consider what science is really for. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

About the Author

Grace Huckins is an AI Reporter at MIT Technology Review and a former lecturer at Stanford University. They hold a PhD in neuroscience and philosophy from Stanford and master’s degrees from the University of Oxford. Huckins is the recipient of National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications. Their work appears extensively in popular science journals including WIRED and Scientific American.

UK publication June 2026

US publication June 2026

622 pages

9781009749626

Paperback

£16�99 | $21�95 USD | $24�99 CAD

At a Glance

• Brings together leading voices from political, academic and economic spheres on both sides of the Brexit debate to offer a comprehensive and balanced insight into one of the most pivotal events in modern British history

Covers every facet and nuance of the Brexit debate, leaving no stone unturned in a thorough exploration of the issues – providing a complete picture of its complexities and consequences

Far more than a simple recount of events, The Brexit Effect weaves historical analysis with firsthand accounts and ongoing political ramifications to deliver a rich, elevated perspective on Brexit and its lasting impact

The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics. To assess its impact on the tenth anniversary of the referendum, Anthony Seldon assembles an unparalleled list of writers from all sides of the debate – including Brexit MP Steve Baker, ex-Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, election guru John Curtice, economist Paul Johnson, ex-Foreign Secretary David Miliband, ex-Cabinet minister Emily Thornberry, leading lawyers Marina Wheeler and Jonathan Sumption and ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. They analyse why the referendum happened, how Brexit became law and its impact on every corner of British life, concluding with a range of perspectives on how Britain might make the most of the opportunities now available to it. As the dust continues to settle, The Brexit Effect delivers a vital and timely analysis for all who wish to understand Britain’s past, present and future.

About the Editor

Sir Anthony Seldon is the country’s top political historian and acknowledged national authority on all matters to do with the Government and Number 10. His book Churchill’s Indian Summer: The Conservative Government, 1951–55 (1981), was published forty years ago, and since then he has written or edited many books, including The Blair Effect, 2001-5 (Cambridge, 2005), The Coalition Effect, 2010–2015 (Cambridge, 2015), The Impossible Office (Cambridge, 2021)”, and The Conservative Effect (Cambridge, 2024). He has been the honorary historian at Number 10 Downing Street, chair of the National Archives Trust, and has interviewed virtually all senior figures who have worked in Number 10 in the last fifty years.

Advance Praise

‘Ten years on from the divisive referendum, Seldon’s timely publication acts as an informed ‘conversation’ between prominent leavers and remainers, sharing insights and points of view And that’s important EU-UK relations are still evolving Brexit may be ‘done’ but it’s certainly not yet dusted�’

Katya Adler

‘Time to banish any Brexit bafflement Cause and effect impeccably sourced and superbly dissected in this book for present and future generations ’

Nick Ferrari

‘An impressively balanced, reflective and thought-provoking collection, which lifts the public debate just when needed� A real achievement�’

Tom McTague

‘The defining account of Brexit with a remarkable range of key figures from both sides reflecting revealingly and constructively on what happened … and why A must-read for all of us who want to make sense of it all�’

Steve Richards

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

262 pages

9781009707350

Hardback

£25 | $27�95 USD | $31�95 CAD

At a Glance

Allows readers to see the complexity of what was at stake – the reckoning was a chaotic attempt to make order out of injustice, which led to a disordering of racial justice ideals

• Presents a conceptual framework for advancing racial reckoning which allows us to imagine remedial strategies not only in law but also in policy

• Centers wellbeing in Black American communities and the connection between racial reckoning and Americans’ material needs in a capitalist democracy

Reckoning the Racial Reckoning From Backlash to Accountability after George Floyd

The demise of the ‘racial reckoning’ that followed George Floyd’s death in 2020 occurred without definition, scrutiny or attempts to revive it. In this compelling new book, David Dante Troutt explores the what, so what and now what of this period when much of the US sidelined the pandemic to confront racial inequality. It details how a rare focus on embedded racism shifted toward awareness, leaving deep disparities in wealth, health, and policing unaddressed, and how this was overpowered by an enduring conservative backlash. Troutt unpacks how legal doctrine favored colorblindness over inequality, and examines government policies that created segregated zones of racial bargaining in health and wealth. The book also exposes deterrence-proof policing rules and explains the problems and promises of DEI. Reckoning the Racial Reckoning argues that democratic struggles over local resources are essential for creating justice and wellbeing for Black American communities, and ultimately for all Americans.

About the Author

David Dante Troutt has been thinking and writing about the possibility of justice for decades. A son of Harlem, he’s the author of nonfiction (The Price of Paradise, After the Storm), fiction (The Monkey Suit, The Importance of Being Dangerous), and numerous law review articles, policy reports and commentaries. He teaches law and public policy at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey.

Advance Praise

‘David Troutt has written a searing and essential account of what the 2020 racial reckoning revealed—and what America chose not to confront� With extraordinary clarity, Reckoning the Racial Reckoning exposes how systemic racism continues to shape wealth, health, and policing, and why awareness without accountability leaves inequality intact The book challenges us to move beyond symbolism toward the hard work of structural change A powerful, urgent book for anyone committed to building a truly multiracial democracy’

Deborah N. Archer, President, ACLU and Margaret B Hoppin Professor of Law, NYU Law School

‘Clear-eyed and unsparing, this book dismantles a comforting myth—that the nation stood on the brink of a genuine racial reckoning after George Floyd’s murder By tracing why that moment collapsed, it shows where racial justice actually has to be fought, how it must be pursued, and why the reckoning so many expected never stood a chance�’

Devon W. Carbado, author of Unreasonable: Black Lives, Police Power, and the Fourth Amendment

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

366 pages

9781009719056

Hardback

£25 | $32�95 USD | $37�95 CAD

At a Glance

Unearths the secret history of Soviet spies working undercover in interwar Shanghai

Invites readers into the clandestine and dangerous world of international communism and its agents

• Traces the dramatic story of one couple’s espionage to provide a uniquely human perspective on global events

The Shanghai Agents The Soviet Plot to Start a Revolution in Interwar China

Heather Salter

Heather Salter uncovers a remarkable secret history of espionage and counterespionage, repression and resistance, corruption and courage, heartbreak and betrayal in Shanghai between the world wars. At the heart of this story lies the fate of Tatyana Moiseenko and Yakob Rudnik – known then only as Paul and Gertrud Ruegg – a couple arrested, tried, and imprisoned for running a clandestine communist spy ring. Against the backdrop of the battle between communism and anti-communism that would shape much of the twentieth century, this dramatic history provides a uniquely human perspective on the global volatility of the 1930s. Through Tatyana and Yakobs’ eyes, Salter traces global police networks, MI6 in China, and the worldwide reach of the Comintern to shed light on the deep historical roots of antagonism between Russia, China, and the West.

About the Author

Heather Salter is Professor and Director of World History Programs at Northeastern University. She is the author of numerous books, including Martial Races and World War One in Southeast Asia.

Advance Praise

‘A sweeping, high-stakes saga of spies and revolutionaries in the turmoil of 1930s East and Southeast Asia�’

Helen Fry, author of The White Lady ‘A compelling glimpse of a city and a time that is not at the pivot between two worlds, but at the intersection of many’

James Carter, author of Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai ‘Fascinating … an extraordinary story�’

Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo

UK publication June 2026

US publication June 2026

284 pages

9781009456128

Hardback

£22 | $29�95 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

The first full exploration of football’s dramatic and important role in the Cold War

Features classic World Cup, European Championship and club encounters games including Arsenal vs� Dynamo Moscow in 1945, West Germany vs Hungary in 1954, Spain vs Soviet Union in 1964, North Korea vs� Portugal in 1966, Chile vs Soviet Union in 1973 and Zaire vs Yugoslavia in 1974

• Tells a people’s story of the Cold War through the eyes of players, coaches, journalists and fans

• Examines the long and rich history of what is today called sportswashing

Cold War Football A History in Ten Matches

Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall

A gargantuan battle for hearts and minds, the Cold War is the supreme example of a ‘people’s war’. But what did the ‘people’s game’ have to do with it? From Dynamo Moscow’s stormy tour of Britain in 1945 to the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall chart the clash between capitalism and communism in ten iconic football matches. They take us across Europe, Asia, South America and Africa to uncover football’s part in bolstering democracies and dictatorships and in the struggle for influence in the developing world. They show how these matches offered a rare opportunity to see what life was like on ‘the other side’ of the Curtain, making friends of enemies but also fuelling revolution. Featuring legendary players, goals and on and off-field controversies, this is a fascinating history of how the Cold War shaped football and how football shaped the Cold War.

About the Author

Tony Shaw is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Hertfordshire. His books include Eden, Suez and the Mass Media (1996), Cinematic Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds (2010), and Hollywood and Israel: A History (2022).

Alan McDougall is Professor of History at the University of Guelph. His books include The People’s Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (2014), Contested Fields: A Global History of Modern Football (2020), and Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People’s History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp (2025).

Advance Praise

‘Cold War Football is a milestone in political football literature� Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall condense the historical complexity with the help of ten matches It is precise, eye-opening and entertaining And the best proof that history can be taught particularly well through football ’

Ronny Blaschke, author of Football and Racism: How Colonialism Shaped the Modern Game

‘This fast-paced book reads like football itself: we keep our eyes on the ball as the author-referees take us through a series of breathtaking Cold War encounters that reshaped the history of international football Goals are scored and missed Reputations are made and shattered The Cold War is relived – this time on the pitch An exciting read for all football aficionados!’

Sergey Radchenko, author of To Run the World

DIETER HELM

Climate Realism

Facing the Facts about Energy

REALISM

FACING THE FACTS ABOUT ENERGY CLIMATE

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

264 pages

9781009880619

Paperback

£16�99 | $21�95 USD | $24�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Provides a wake-up call to address the reality of climate change that we are facing and what we need to do about them

Shows how current climate policy has created the illusion of progress by focusing on a ‘transition’ away from fossil fuels that hasn’t and isn’t likely to happen unless we take a radical new approach

Written by one of the UK’s leading commentators on energy policy and climate change�

Dieter Helm

There is only one way to look at climate change and broader environmental destruction. Start with the facts and focus on what is and what is not working. The challenges we face are legion. The concentration of carbon in the atmosphere continues its upward trend. There is no energy transition, there is a wall of energy demand to come, renewables are not cheap and nuclear is expensive, offsets are best seen as indulgences, and there is no clear route to economic growth. Some believe that technology will provide the silver bullet, easing their consciences with offsets, but this is at best wishful thinking. Written by one of the UK’s leading commentators on energy policy and climate change, Climate Realism is a radical reassessment highlighting that we will have to pay for the pollution we are causing and explains how not to waste another 25 years.

About the Author

Sir Dieter Helm is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford. He is a renowned economist and author of Legacy (CUP, 2024), Net Zero (2020) and Natural Capital (2015).

100 Voices from the Middle Ages

UK publication January 2027

US publication January 2027

9781009779999 Hardback

£25 | $29�95 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

Includes 100 varied and unexpected passages from a range of sources

• Illuminates aspects of medieval European life and thought across countries and centuries

• Offers engaging and personal insights from a leading medieval historian

A Medieval Miscellany 100 Voices from the Middle Ages

Where were the frogs housed on Noah’s Ark? Why were forks introduced? And how many guardian angels do we have? Drawing from a wide range of sources, this anthology explores the contexts, connections and meanings of 100 striking and unusual passages from the Middle Ages. Through chronicles, love poetry, law codes, riddles, bestiaries, letters, sermons and more, Robert Bartlett illuminates disparate aspects of medieval European life and thought across countries and centuries. Bartlett’s insights are both engaging and personal, and readers may be struck by either the strangeness or the familiarity of these passages. Despite their differences, they all originate in words written by a person in the Middle Ages, utterances of a voice from then not now. They bear witness to a point that was being made or a story that was being told in the Europe of hundreds of years ago.

About the Author

Robert Bartlett, CBE, FBA, is Professor Emeritus at the University of St Andrews. His books include The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950–1350, which won the Wolfson Literary Prize for History, Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Cambridge, 2020) and History in Flames: The Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts (Cambridge, 2024). He has written and presented three television series for the BBC, “Inside the Medieval Mind” (2008), “The Normans” (2010), and “The Plantagenets” (2014).

ROBERT BARTLETT

Rediscovering Homer

The Human Experience in the Odyssey and the Iliad

Rediscovering Homer The Human Experience in the Odyssey and the Iliad

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

9781047756167 Hardback

£21�99 | $29�99 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

Integrates archaeology with literary analysis, allowing readers see how material culture and landscape illuminate the poems’ worlds and values

• Focuses on the lived experience war, trauma, family, leadership, and return, making the epics meaningful by showing readers the human stakes behind the stories

• Written for general readers and students while remaining evidencebased and up to date

A timeless tale of a heroic character’s journey through life, Homer’s Odyssey has captured the imagination of readers from antiquity to the present day. Michael Cosmopoulos approaches this epic, together with the Iliad, not as remote works of literature, but as a living record of human experience shaped by war, loss, memory, and survival. He offers a poignant exploration of the aspects and consequences of war as captured in the Odyssey, including trauma, leadership and politics, human relations, religion and fate, and the struggle to return home and rebuild after upheaval. Cosmopoulos also situates both the Iliad and the Odyssey within the social conditions and the material realities of Greek society during the Aegean Bronze Age. Based on decades of archaeological field work and study of classical antiquity, and written in an accessible style, his book powerfully demonstrates how the poetry of ancient Greece preserves collective memory across the generations – and why these poems still speak to modern readers.

About the Author

Michael B. Cosmopoulos is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author of numerous books on the archaeology and history of ancient Greece, most recently the award-winning The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry.

What Twin Ties Reveal About Relationships Twinship

Twinship What Twin Ties Reveal About Relationships

UK publication January 2027

US publication January 2027

9781009587501 Hardback

£25 | $29�95 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

Offers fresh insights into meaningful human relationships through the lived experiences of twins and their bonds

• Reveals what twin experiences can teach us about meaningful human relationships

• Highlights unique stories of twin bonds shaped by adoption, separation, and loss

• Includes fascinating accounts of twins’ extraordinary lives�

• Reviews studies of twins and how they illuminate the meaningful social relationships in everyone’s life

Why are twin bonds so powerful, and what can they teach us about human social connection? Twins have long fascinated their families, friends, scientists, and the general public alike. Their ties and parallel lives offer a unique opportunity to explore the closest of human relationships. Twinship illuminates these extraordinary dynamics – from identical twins raised apart who share a deeper connection than with the siblings they grew up with, to those who mourn the loss of their twin even when that twin perished at or before birth. Through compelling real-life case studies and a wealth of scientific research, Professor Nancy Segal explores what twins’ experiences of love, friendship, bereavement, and other entanglements reveal about the nature of social connection. These stories help us better understand our own relationships and the deeper forces that shape them.

About the Author

Nancy L. Segal is a Psychology Professor and Director of the Twin Studies Center, California State University, Fullerton. She has authored over 300 scholarly articles and nine books, including Born Together-Reared Apart (2012) which was awarded the American Psychological Association’s Williams James Book Award (Division 1). She has appeared on national and international television and radio programs. Her work has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and other print media worldwide.

UK publication November 2026

US publication November 2026

256 pages

9781009107990

Paperback

£16 99 | $21 95 USD | $24 95 CAD

At a Glance

• An eye-opening examination of the legendary musician Lead Belly within the context of the Jim Crow era

• Offers a powerful story of Black agency and ambition in the first decades of the 20th century

• A case study of systemic racism and its role in thwarting Black advancement and the ability to build generational wealth in the decades after the US Civil War

• Through one man’s experience, an indictment of the history and consequences of a system of incarceration built on the legacy of slavery

Bring Judgment Day

Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies

Known worldwide as Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter (1889–1949) is an American icon whose influence on modern music was tremendous – as was, according to legend, the temper that landed him in two of the South’s most brutal prisons, while his immense talent twice won him pardons. But as this deeply researched book shows, these stories were shaped by the white folklorists who ‘discovered’ Lead Belly and, along with reporters, recording executives, and radio and film producers, introduced him to audiences beyond the South. Through a revelatory examination of arrest, trial, and prison records; sharecropping reports; oral histories; newspaper articles; and more, author Sheila Curran Bernard replaces myth with fact, offering a stunning indictment of systemic racism in the Jim Crow era of the United States and the power of narrative to erase and distort the past.

About the Author

Sheila Curran Bernard is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, author, and educator whose works include the feature documentary Slavery by Another Name. The recipient of an NEH Public Scholars Award, Bernard is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Praise

‘Valiant and impressively researched … It isn’t hard to draw a line from the public fear and fascination with Lead Belly to the gangsta rap controversies of more recent times. Bring Judgement Day is an overdue redress.’

Neil McCormick, Daily Telegraph

‘The portrait that emerges is of a man who defined himself as ‘a musician, song composer and a dancer’ and whose legacy deserves better than the demeaning characterization that’s persisted for decades. Essential...’ Kirkus Reviews [starred review]

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

472 pages

9781108811200

Paperback

£21 | $24 95 USD | $28 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Explores the life of Will Rogers amongst America’s rapidly expanding urban, consumer society

• Sheds light on how the emergence of stage shows, vaudeville, radio, syndicated newspaper columns, popular magazines, silent films, and ‘talkies’ created the modern ‘celebrity’

• Reveals how Rogers embraced populism, which made him a beloved figure across America

• A modern biography of one of America’s most important and popular cultural figures

Citizen Cowboy

Will Rogers and the American People

NEW IN PAPERBACK

Citizen Cowboy is a probing biography of one of America’s most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century’s rapidly expanding consumer society. Through vaudeville, the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway, syndicated newspaper and magazine writing, the lecture circuit, radio, and Hollywood movies, Rogers built his reputation as a folksy humorist whose wit made him a national symbol of common sense, common decency, and common people. Though a friend of presidents, movie stars and industrial leaders, it was his bond with ordinary people that endeared him to mass audiences. Making his fellow Americans laugh and think while honoring the past and embracing the future, Rogers helped ease them into the modern world and they loved him for it.

About the Author

Steven Watts has written seven books, including biographies of Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Hugh Hefner, Dale Carnegie, and John F. Kennedy. He has written for The Atlantic, National Review, Newsweek, Salon, and The American Spectator, and has appeared on NPR, C-Span, BBC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, Fox, and Bloomberg News. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri.

Praise

‘Watts deftly captures both the man and his considerable impact on American culture.’

Air Mail

‘Perceptive...Watts’s incisive historical contextualization illustrates how, for Rogers’s audience, he acted “as a beloved guide across shifting social terrain.’ The result is an immersive look at a beloved performer negotiating a country in transition.’

Publishers Weekly

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

352 pages 9781009503037

Paperback

£17 99 | $22 95 USD | $25 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Offers pathbreaking new insights into the global Cold War, covert action, terrorism, and European involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict

Reveals how the international intelligence order pursued state relations independently of official foreign policy constraints or public scrutiny

• Based on unique access to unredacted intelligence sources

Operation Wrath of God The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad’s Assassination Campaign

In this unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War, Aviva Guttmann uncovers the key role of European intelligence agencies in facilitating Mossad’s Operation Wrath of God. She reveals how, in the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorism were hunted and killed by Mossad with active European cooperation. Through unique access to unredacted documents in the Club de Berne archive, she shows how a secret coalition of intelligence agencies supplied Mossad with information about Palestinians on a colossal scale and tacitly supported Israeli covert actions on European soil. These agencies helped to anticipate and thwart a number of Palestinian terrorist plots, including some revealed here for the first time. This extraordinary book reconstructs the hidden world of international intelligence, showing how this parallel order enabled state relations to be pursued independently of official foreign policy constraints or public scrutiny.

About the Author

Dr Aviva Guttmann is a lecturer in strategy and intelligence at Aberystwyth University and author of The Origins of International Counterterrorism (2018).

Praise

‘A timely and worthy contribution to intelligence history’

Roger Boyes, The Times

‘Operation Wrath of God is a serious book that raises important questions about how Israel used intelligence from its partners.’

Michael Allen, The Wall Street Journal

UK publication June 2026

US publication June 2026

258 pages

9781009710596

Hardback

£30 | $39 99 USD | $45 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Uncovers the story of one man’s remarkable life, including his time fighting pirates, boxing, pimping, gambling, racing horses, committing assaults, and engaging in politics

Describes the prevalence of nonlethal violence across America, and how this tolerance explains the persistence of slavery

• A concise and accessible exploration of America’s violent past

Gangster of New York A Violent Life in Nineteenth Century America

Andrew Wender Cohen

This is the story of Louis Bieral, a nineteenth-century gangster, politician, sportsman, and Civil War hero. Kidnapped from his birthplace in revolutionary South America, he doused fires in Jacksonian New York, battled Sumatran pirates with the US Navy, and panned for California gold. As a crime boss, he raced horses, boxed champions, and ran brothels. Yet Bieral’s adventurous life was also steeped in the brutality of his time. He befriended rowdies like ‘Butcher’ Bill Poole, returned fugitives like Anthony Burns to slavery, and assaulted abolitionists such as Richard Henry Dana. As a Union officer, Bieral won fame in battle. He was a Gilded-age bodyguard for ‘Boss’ Tweed, William Seward, and Jim Fisk, becoming a suspect in that tycoon’s murder. From the docks of Valparaíso to the dining room of Delmonico’s to the cells of Auburn Prison, Bieral’s remarkable journey illustrates the violence that bound nineteenth-century America together.

About the Author

Andrew Wender Cohen is a professor of history at Syracuse University. He is the author of two books, Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century (2015) and The Racketeer’s Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900–1940 (2004). He has held fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study.

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

220 pages

9781009518659

Hardback

£30 | $39 99 USD | $45 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Provides a lively, accessible account of spoken language variation across Greater Manchester

• Explores wider relationships between language, place and identity

• Provides critical insights into the process of carrying out communityoriented sociolinguistic research

Manchester Voices Accents, Dialects and Identities

Dive into the fascinating world of how people across Greater Manchester speak, and what their voices reveal about identity and belonging. This lively book follows a groundbreaking research project that explored local accents, dialects, and social meaning using perception maps, pronunciation analysis, archive recordings, and interviews conducted in a roving ‘accent van’. Packed with real voices and it offers surprising insights into how language connects us to place, community, and culture. Each chapter highlights a different strand of the research, while reflecting on broader themes of identity, the social significance of everyday language, and the value of listening. Along the way, readers get a behind-the-scenes look at how large-scale sociolinguistic projects are designed, funded and executed —and why they matter. Celebrating the richness and diversity of local speech, this book is a joyful, thought-provoking tribute to the voices that shape our communities.

About the Author

Rob Drummond is a linguist based in Manchester. He works primarily on the relationship between spoken language and identity, and language-based prejudice. He is the author of You’re All Talk (Scribe, 2023).

Rob Drummond

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

296 pages

9781009630979

Hardback

£25 | $33 USD | $37�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Casts new light on the creative writing process and on how emblematic Irish writers such as Seamus Deane, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel collaborated and inspired each other’s work

• Brings together significant political, historical and literary essays by Seamus Deane which have not been collected in one place before and add greatly to our understanding of him

• Offers fresh and illuminating perspectives on an important generation of Irish writers who mutually engaged to create a new cultural and political state in Ireland

Early Deane Essays

on Irish Literature, Culture and Politics by Seamus Deane

Seamus Deane combined academic rigour with an expressive style that was characterised by both passion and commitment. Without losing any scholarly precision or acuity, he succeeded in engaging broader audiences in some of the key debates of his time. These included: the role of culture in creating political structures and conflict; the responsibility of artists, particularly writers, to articulate alternatives; and the need to think beyond Northern Ireland’s political stalemate and imagine a New Ireland. This essential book brings together for the first time Deane’s early writings and demonstrates his continuing relevance. It shows his mastery of Irish literature and the striking originality of his readings of canonical texts as well as of contemporary writers. It will delight all those already familiar with Deane’s unique voice, while also engaging a fresh generation of readers who will encounter here one of the great literary stylists of the island of Ireland.

About the Editor

Maurice Fitzpatrick is a Marie Curie Fellow at Sciences Po Paris. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Tübingen in 2022/23. Previous positions include the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University and visiting fellowships at University College Galway, Yale University and the University of Notre Dame. His films include The Boys of St. Columb’s, Translations Revisited and John Hume in America; and he has written two books based on The Boys of St. Columb’s and John Hume in America. Both titles are now in their second editions, re-published by the University of Notre Dame Press in, respectively, 2020 and 2019. John Hume in America was named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 by Choice, a division of the Library of America Association.

Advance Praise

‘These essays show a brilliant mind at work – incisive, acerbic, passionately engaged and combative Seamus Deane makes distinctions as much as connections, working with irony and paradox as much as clear and chiselled statement, offering serious and original thinking about text and context, literature created in a time of crisis�’

Colm Tóibín

‘Seamus Deane combined a fierce and driven intellect, a deep political passion and formidable erudition with the imaginative and linguistic resources of a poet and novelist These early articles and essays fizz with ideas and crackle with a sometimes explosive energy� Brought together here they form an enduring legacy of one brilliant mind’s restless and penetrating engagement with a strange place and troubled times ’

Fintan O’Toole, author and columnist

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

428 pages

9781009758680

Hardback

£40 | $50 USD | $57�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Covers the full sweep of history, from the earliest recorded instances of trade wars to the latest actions of the Trump administration

Provides insights from political science as well as economics, at both the theoretical and practical levels

Pioneers a new way of portraying the trade and military relations between states that is intuitively understandable and allows for comparisons across different historical periods

On Trade War

Craig VanGrasstek

While today’s global trade war may seem like a radical break from the established system of inter-state relations, history shows that states have been fighting trade wars as long as there have been states, trade, and war. The current rivalry between the United States and China is among the most pressing contemporary issues that may define international relations for the next decade. Craig VanGrasstek’s On Trade War explains the theory and practice of trade war, placing the current conflict in an analytical framework that provides insights from history, political science, economics, and law.

Pioneering a new way of examining trade and military relations between states, VanGrasstek’s analysis identifies patterns from past trade wars that may shape our future.

About the Author

Craig VanGrasstek has taught trade policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the American University’s School of International Service, as well as literature at Georgetown University. He wrote the World Trade Organization’s official history and Trade and American Leadership. He ‘keeps a sharp eye on the politics of trade,’ according to The Economist, and has advised international organizations and national governments in more than four dozen countries on five continents.

Advance Praise

‘Even the greatest among great powers need allies, especially at a time of heightened rivalry� The historical cases presented here, from ancient times to our post-post-Cold War world, underline the need to maintain a transatlantic partnership that is based not just on raw interests but on shared values ’

Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs and former Spanish Foreign Minister

‘The global trading system already confronted serious headwinds when Craig VanGrasstek wrote our official history, and they have lately grown to hurricane force� Like a weatherman informing a frightened public, he clearly explains the causes and risks of this whirlwind ’

Pascal Lamy, former Director-General of the World Trade Organization

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

320 pages

9781009781442

Hardback

£35 | $45 USD | $57�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Explores the lived experiences of deaf men, women and children

• Provides a new interpretation of deafness and disability in early modern England, combining archival sources with printed records

• Challenges assumptions about the early modern period, offering a rich and deeply human account of the era

Silent Histories Deafness in Early Modern England

Rosamund Oates

Early modern England was a primarily oral culture, in which deafness and hearing loss could be particularly devastating. Yet, deaf people were a considerable minority in the early modern British Isles and deafness did not discriminate by sex, wealth, or status. By placing deaf people at the centre of the story, Silent Histories transforms our understanding of early modern England. Using newly discovered archival sources including diaries, court records, wills and personal correspondence, Rosamund Oates uncovers a world in which deaf people used sign language in court cases, in worship and in daily life. Rather than treating deafness as a medical or linguistic problem, this book offers a holistic account of deafness or disability in this period. Oates uncovers the untold stories of deaf people, often in their own words, showing how they worshipped, worked and forged relationships within their communities. Accessible and richly detailed, Silent Histories invites a fresh understanding of the past—one that is more inclusive, more surprising, and far more human.

About the Author

Rosamund Oates is Professor of Early Modern History at Manchester Metropolitan University and the author of Moderate Radical (2018). She is a leading scholar of disability history, with particular expertise in deafness. Her work appears in major academic journals and in outlets including BBC History Magazine, History Today, The deaf blog The Limping Chicken, and BBC Radio 4.

American Song and Struggle from World War II to MAGA

A Cultural History

WILL KAUFMAN

UK publication November 2026

US publication November 2026

460 pages

9781009296632 Hardback

£29 99 | $39 99 USD | $45 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Presents US history in an entirely unique light by examining it through the prism of song

• Vividly brings to life the past eight decades of American song and struggle, continuing the story of the author’s earlier prizewinning book to which this volume serves as a sequel

• Offers its own spirited and engaged resistance during a period of dangerous cultural erasure, of a kind which history arguably has seen before

American Song and Struggle from World War II to MAGA A

Cultural History

Will Kaufman

Will Kaufman now brings his award-winning cultural history up to the present: to a USA poised on the brink of autocracy under Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. His second instalment explores songs from all genres that respond to war, racism, sexism, terrorism, the climate emergency and political oppression: including the crisis of Trumpism itself. The struggles of the American project have always, the author reveals, been sung into history; and his aim is to preserve and continue this venerable tradition. The musical sweep is broad. It includes Indigenous and immigrant songs, the Broadway musical, opera, symphonic music, swing, bebop, free jazz, avant-garde and electronica, Puerto Rican and Hawaiian resistance anthems, Mexican corridos, blues, rock, soul, country, folk, gospel, punk, riot grrrl, heavy metal, disco, hip-hop, rap, and reggaeton. Revealing the myriad ways in which American song reflects the fight for social and political justice, it is an essential intervention.

About the Author

Will Kaufman is the author of American Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War II (Cambridge University Press, 2022), which won the 2023 Choice 360 Award for the best academic title in music. Recognized internationally as the world’s leading authority on Woody Guthrie, he has written three books on the American balladeer: Woody Guthrie, American Radical (2011), Woody Guthrie’s Modern World Blues (2017), and Mapping Woody Guthrie (2019). His other works include Singing for Peace: Antiwar Songs in American History (co-authored with Ronald D. Cohen, 2015), American Culture in the 1970s (2009), and The Civil War in American Culture (2006).

CASS SUNSTEIN

The Price of Happiness

The Price of Happiness Behavioral Economics and Willingness to Pay

People often ‘miswant.’ They buy goods that do not make them happy and refuse to buy goods that would make their lives better. In The Price of Happiness, Cass R. Sunstein focuses on people’s ‘willingness to pay,’ which is the foundation for free markets. He argues that willingness to pay deserves respect, and high honors in the annals of history, when buyers know what they are getting. It’s when buyers lack information, or suffer from behavioral biases, that they might miswant. Special conundrums also arise when we try to monetize goods we don’t normally consider in monetary terms, like pristine areas, human dignity, and social media. Exploring behavioral biases and their effect on human welfare, Sunstein shows how behavioral economics can be used to increase human happiness.

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

202 pages

9781009843652

Hardback At a Glance

• Makes the key findings of behavioral economics clear and accessible

• Shows behavioral biases that people display when buying goods

• Explores how policymakers proceed when they value goods

About the Author

Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. In 2018, he received the Holberg Prize from the government of Norway, sometimes described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for law and the humanities. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and after that, he served on the President’s Review Board on Intelligence and Communications Technologies and on the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board. Mr. Sunstein has advised officials at the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, and many nations on issues of law and public policy. He has served as an adviser to the Behavioural Insights Team in the United Kingdom.

A Bounded Web

A Bounded Web Platforms and the Crisis of Social Life

Mathis L. Bitton and Jack Sadler

UK publication December 2026

US publication December 2026

280 pages

9781009838078

Paperback

£28 | $38 USD | $45 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Offers an innovative critique of digital technology that focuses on the kind of association that platforms encourage us to form online and offline

Explains what digital platforms have done to our social life and why current approaches to regulation fail�

Provides an actionable set of proposals for technological regulation�

The internet once promised to strengthen our associational life. Instead, A Bounded Web shows that digital technology has replaced bounded institutions, where members gather to make decisions together, with porous social networks that platforms administer behind the scenes. In response, scholars and policymakers tend to reduce the pathologies of digital life to technical challenges that demand technocratic solutions. Against this trend, this book offers a new approach to technology policy that emphasizes the need to rebuild diverse and robust associations both online and offline. It defends proposals ranging from smartphone bans in schools to encouraging the creation of “middleware” and even pursuing “digital Sabbath” policies to reshape our collective management of technology. Rigorously argued, A Bounded Web asks us to recognize what we’ve lost and imagine what we might build in its place.

About the Author

Mathis L. Bitton is a PhD candidate in the Government Department at Harvard University. His work focuses on the philosophy and history of technology. His academic writings have been published in the European Journal of Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory, Philosophy & Social Criticism, and Critical Inquiry

Jack Sadler is a lawyer in New York City. His academic work focuses on associational life, technology, and the law. Jack graduated from Yale Law School, after which he served as a law clerk to Judge José A. Cabranes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

262 pages

9781009624848

Hardback

£35 | $44 99 USD | $51 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Connects early modern Japan to wider global developments

• Challenges accepted definitions of ‘modernity’ and the way we write history

• Accessible to non-specialist audiences with a rich gallery of examples from texts and art

Japan After Dark The Tokugawa Transformation of the Night

Laura Nenzi draws readers into a fascinating world of samurai, shipwrecks, nocturnal monsters and partying crowds, in this richly detailed, illustrated and evocative history of the night. The world over, the installation of public lights transformed the night, reshaping expressions of authority; altering centuries-old forms of production and consumption; and enabling the expansion of legitimate daytime activities into the night hours. The cities of Tokugawa Japan, however, lacked any kind of public illumination until the late nineteenth century. Nonetheless, Nenzi shows, many of the attributes associated with the modern night were firmly in place in cities and villages well before the age of streetlights. This exploration of the transformation of early modern Japan after dark challenges accepted definitions of modernity, encouraging readers to rethink the way we write history.

About the Author

Laura Nenzi is Professor of History at Emory University.

Advance Praise

‘Japanese’s modernisers called their epoch Meiji, or “bright government”, thus condemning all that went before to obscurity and ignorance But was it so? This ground-breaking book lays out an array of ways to understand what illumination meant in Early Modern Japan - how it was generated and paid for – and what the eternal polarity between light and dark actually meant to people�’

Timon Screech, author of Shogun Avatar: The Worship of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Early Modern Japan

‘In this imaginative work, Laura Nenzi guides us through a little-known landscape alive with economic, legal, and cultural activity From bustling markets for fish-oil lamps and sumac candles, to tussles over shipping and fishing after sundown, to literary adventures and ethnographic excursions in the shadows of curfew, Japan after dark turns out to have been a busy place—and one with provocative implications for global history Nighttime will never look the same ’

Kären Wigen, co-editor of Time in Maps: From the Age of Discovery to Our Digital Era

The Tokugawa Transformation of the Night LAURA NENZI
Laura Nenzi

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

268 pages

9781009727945

Hardback

| $44�99 USD | $51�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Creates a new approach to the study of law, Islam, and politics using texts in circulation and translation

• Brings to life the compelling but unknown story of a fascinating historical character

• Draws lessons from the history of constitutions and Islam to shed light on present day politics

All the Seas Were Ink Islamic Constitutionalism in Motion

In this innovative history of the travels of law, Iza R. Hussin explores how law moves, what happens when it arrives, and how it gains its onward momentum and direction. Through the itineraries of Abu Bakar, Sultan of Johor (1833–1895), Hussin uncovers a world of sovereigns in the shadow of empire, from Hawaii to Singapore, Java to Japan, Delhi to Constantinople, Cairo to London. In his travels, Bakar navigated archipelagic and imperial logics of authority, chased sovereignty at sea, and translated Islam across a shifting global landscape. These gave rise to Southeast Asia’s first constitution, and the world’s longest-running continuous experiment in modern Islamic constitutionalism, revealing histories of imperialism and international law, and forgotten genealogies of sovereignty, constitutionalism, and Asian internationalism. Through the compelling story of Abu Bakar’s travels, Hussin argues for a new understanding of the imperial international order, Islamic constitutional history and the making of the modern Muslim state.

About the Author

Iza R. Hussin is Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and Mohamed Noah Fellow in Asian Politics at Pembroke College Cambridge.

Advance Praise

“Iza Hussin’s masterful storytelling and theoretical insights show us that the decolonization of the world was partly achieved by those who did ‘not run away from Empire, but run through it ’”

Cemil Aydin, author of The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History “Hussin puts the micro-optic on the Sultan of Johar as he navigates the world of Asian and Western Empires� What emerges is a refreshing, textured and influential account of the making of a modern Islamic state in South East Asia� A brilliant and thrilling reading ”

Seema Alavi, author of Sovereigns of the Sea: Omani ambition in the age of Empire

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

272 pages

9781009710299

Competing for Soft Power China’s Image Making in Africa

Maria Repnikova

Through the critical case study of Ethiopia, Maria Repnikova examines the ambitious but disjointed display of Chinese diplomatic influence in Africa. In doing so, she develops a new theoretical approach to understanding China’s practice of soft power, identifying the core mechanisms as tangible enticement with material and experiential offerings, ideational promotion of values, visions, and governance practices, and censorial power over the production and dissemination of China narratives. Through in-depth field work, including interviews and focus groups, Repnikova builds a clear picture of the uneven implementation and reception of this image-making, in which Chinese messengers can improvise official agendas, and Ethiopian recipients can strategically appropriate and negotiate Chinese power. Contrary to popular claims about China replacing the West in the Global South, this innovative research reveals the successes, but also the inconsistencies and limitations of Chinese influence, as well as the ever-present shadow of the West in mediating soft-power encounters.

About the Author

£28 | $38 USD | $43 95 CAD

Paperback At a Glance

• Presents a unique ethnographic analysis of the implementation and reception of China’s image-making in Ethiopia

Provides a new theoretical and conceptual approach to understanding China’s soft power practices

• Challenges the narrative that China will fully replace the role of the West in the Global South

Maria Repnikova is associate professor in Global Communication and the William C. Pate Endowed Chair in Strategic Communication at Georgia State University.

Advance Praise

‘As western leaders fret over China’s growing global influence, Maria Repnikova provides a pioneering study of one key case: China’s approach to Ethiopia� With insight and clarity Repnikova reveals a multifaceted picture of what she terms ‘China’s image-making’ An important book for all seeking to understand our century’

Nicholas J. Cull, USC Annenberg

‘Cutting through the hype and hyperbole of Chinese soft power, this incisive and eloquent book reveals its mechanisms and receptions in Africa� An exemplary study that demonstrates the power and necessity of rigorous scholarship for understanding global China ’

Ching Kwan Lee, University of California-Los Angeles

AFRICAN LITERATURE in the WORLD

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

332 pages

9781009555098 Hardback

£29�99 | $45 USD | $51�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Covers literature across historical periods and provides a map of the debates that have informed literary culture in Africa, especially in relation to decolonization and the politics of language

• Provides a detailed account of debates on the use of English in African writing and shows how African writers adopted and transformed the colonial language

• Puts African imaginative work and criticism at the centre of post structural and postcolonial debates

African Literature in the World

In African Literature in the World, Simon Gikandi asks: Why do debates on language continue to inform and haunt African writing? What happened when writing replaced orality as the primary form of creative expression? When, how, and why did the novel come to occupy such a dominant role in African literary history? This is a comprehensive study of the histories and theories of African literature in the twentieth century and shows how African writers adopted and transformed the English language and its traditions to account for African identities and experiences. Concerned with writing and reading as forms of mediation, Gikandi provides examples of how imaginative works shaped the public sphere in Africa in relation to decolonization and the politics of language. He explores how the emergence of a modern tradition of African writing has generated new forms of criticism in relation to the form of the novel, modernity, and modernism.

About the Author

Simon Gikandi is Class of 1943 University Professor of English at Princeton University. He is a scholar of the literatures of Africa and its diasporas, and postcolonial criticism, and the author of many award-winning books including Slavery and the Culture of Taste (2011), winner of the James Russell Lowell Award.

Advance Praise

‘This indispensable volume by a preeminent scholar offers fresh ways to think about African writing and literary criticism in the context of world literature� Always alert to the global locations of authors, readers, scholars, and ideas, Simon Gikandi examines the shifting histories of literary genres, questions the limits of postcolonial theory, and reflects on the role of intellectuals in African literary criticism In the process, he reimagines colonial identity and modernity, and rethinks debates about the language of African literature The intellectual honesty of this volume rubs off on readers as Gikandi blends cultural history with theory, personal reflections, and close readings�’

Stephanie Newell, George M Bodman Professor of English

‘To read Simon Gikandi’s African Literature in the World is to bear witness to a master craftsman at work The modulation of his critical rhythms, the isolation of examples and then the manner of their embedding in larger patterns of significance, and the absolute clarity of his expression deliver to us African literature and literary history as worthy objects of serious scholarly attention� Superb!’

Ato Quayson, Jean G� and Morris M� Doyle, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Stanford University

Fashioning Empire

The Material Politics of Gender and Race, c. 1660–1820

UK publication November 2026

US publication November 2026

290 pages 40 b/w illus� 5 maps 9781009575140

Fashioning Empire

The Material Politics of Gender and Race,

c� 1660–1820

Beverly Lemire

This innovative study of material culture demonstrates how, through objects, fabrics and fashion, empire was brought into homes, plantations, and institutions across the British Atlantic world in the period from 1660 to 1820. Beverly Lemire illuminates how the British empire was defined by new material norms, from the soapy world of endless whitewashing to the Black servants who became travelling fashion-makers as they journeyed along imperial networks. A trouser-wearing vogue transformed genteel male attire, sparked by glorification of navy sailors, and dressing up for masquerade balls became a powerful form of hierarchical imperial propaganda. Through this largely bottom-up study, Lemire explores practices from Britain to northern North America, the Caribbean to India, foregrounding the importance this unsettling heritage. Breaking down geographical boundaries, she brings this global history to life through the stories of diverse subaltern populations who have left a vibrant legacy of creativity and resistance.

About the Author

Paperback At a Glance

£25�99 | $34�99 USD | $39�95 CAD

• Illuminates how material culture shaped empire, from everyday labour to elite festivities

• Explores the political dynamics and cultural significance behind the adoption of specific garments

• Emphasizes the agency of subaltern peoples through histories of persistence, survival, and creativity

Beverly Lemire is Professor & Henry Marshall Tory Chair Emerita in the Department of History, Classics, & Religion at the University of Alberta. Her award-winning publications address the power of fashion across British, Atlantic and global histories, and she is a co-editor of The Cambridge Global History of Fashion (2023).

Advance Praise

‘A stunning account of the textures of the British empire that illuminates fashion and fashion-makers, race and gender, in the making of the Atlantic world Brilliantly written by one of the most original and groundbreaking scholars of the early modern world, this will be a field-defining volume ’ Sophie White, University of Notre Dame

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

9781009721059

Hardback

At a Glance

• Richly illustrated with matchbox labels that have been lavishly reproduced and sourced from archives all over Sweden

Provides a history of intellectual property law in Sweden and uses the Swedish Match as a case study to tell this history

• Offers an accessible illustrated history of Swedish safety matches, intellectual property law, innovation and influence that will appeal to a broad audience”

Strike! Swedish Safety Matches, Intellectual Property Law, Innovation and Influence

Invented in Sweden in 1844, the safety match illuminated the lives of people around the world. The labels adorning these matchboxes were equally illuminating. There was a time when matchboxes were ubiquitous, carried in the pockets of people around the world. For this reason, the humble matchbox was embraced as a vehicle for influence. As the home of the safety match, Swedish matchbox labels became a valuable commodity in and of themselves. Swedish match factories were not just selling safety matches. They were selling a message to the people of Sweden and around the world. Strike! brings this forgotten world to life, showcasing hundreds of full colour Swedish matchbox labels. It also serves as a reminder of intellectual property law’s pervasive historical influence, deeply interwoven into all facets of our lives.

About the Author

Amanda Scardamaglia is Professor of law at Swinburne University of Technology and an award-winning author. She writes and researches in intellectual property law, with a special focus on empirical and historical studies of trade mark law, branding, and advertising.

Amanda Scardamaglia

IN THE HUMAN SPECIES

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

768 pages

9781009714495

The Origins of War and Peace in the Human Species

When, why, and how did we, humans, develop our distinctive and paradoxical inclination for both war and peace? This groundbreaking book investigates that central question by drawing on cutting-edge research and an unprecedented range of evidence from thirteen disciplines –including biology, primatology, comparative ethology, behavioural ecology, anthropology, archaeology, criminology, social psychology, linguistics, demography, genetics, neurosciences, and climatology. The book shows how the capacities for both war and peace co-evolved gradually over millions of years through a mosaic-like pattern, with distinct but interacting components emerging at different moments and becoming integrated over evolutionary time. This deep-rooted trajectory has been shaped by feedback loops between biological, cultural, and environmental forces. With its expansive temporal horizon, cross-species comparisons, and empirical richness, this book offers a sweeping new account – and an indispensable resource – for anyone interested in the origins of the Janus-faced inclination for both war and peace in the human species.

£35 | $44�99 USD | $51�95 CAD

Hardback At a Glance

• Synthesises evidence from twelve different disciplines to offer a wideranging, integrative account of the evolutionary origins of war and peace in humans

• Employs a cross-species comparative framework to reveal which aspects of our intergroup behaviours are evolutionarily inherited and which are uniquely human innovations

Presents a novel argument that war and peace co-evolved through longterm feedback between biological, cultural, and environmental factors, challenging simplistic dichotomies with a nuanced, evidence-based understanding of how human group interactions evolved

About the Author

Hugo Meijer is CNRS Research Fellow and the Deputy Director of the Centre for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, Paris. He is also the Founding Director of The European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS), the largest and most diverse network of Security Studies scholars in Europe, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), in Brussels, and Honorary Researcher at the Centre for War and Diplomacy, Lancaster University. For more details on his profile, see: https://www.hugomeijer.com.

Revolutionary INK

NEW YORK PRINTERS and the Promise of DEMOCRACY, 1693–1804

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

336 pages

9781009700184

Paperback

£22 | $29 USD | $32 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Provides an in-depth discussion of the materiality of early American prints and newspapers

• Uncovers the careers of early New York printers and the important work they produced

• Calls for a fresh examination of political ideals reflected in the works of early American printers

Revolutionary Ink

New York Printers and the Promise of Democracy, 1693–1804

In Revolutionary Ink, Mark J. Noonan explores the careers of New York printers whose presses disseminated Enlightenment ideals that fueled the American Revolution and framed the political debates of the early republic. Long overshadowed by the celebrated authors whose works they produced, printers William Bradford, John Peter Zenger, James Parker, Thomas Greenleaf and others helmed presses that provoked civic engagement, cultivated an appreciation for the arts and sciences, and defended press liberty. The book also examines the equally revolutionary work of their wives, who assisted with and sometimes ran their husband’s presses. Throughout the narrative, Noonan addresses the discrepancy between revolutionary rhetoric and practice, and argues that to grasp New York’s early print history is to confront the paradox of the Anglo-American Enlightenment: its profound advancements alongside the denial of universal human rights.

About the Author

Mark J. Noonan teaches at New York City College of Technology, CUNY. He is the author of Reading the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: American Literature and Culture, 1870–1893; Director of the ‘City of Print’ Institute; and former President of The Research Society of American Periodicals (RSAP).

Advance Praise

‘Mark Noonan offers a vivid, inspiring account of New York City and its imperfect embrace of enlightened democracy� Male and female printers, curious readers, and feisty words give rise to a fresh story of a growing seaport and its importance to the new nation� Noonan’s impressive research reveals a commercial republic and its raucous public coming into being, both free-spirited and self-interested ’

Benjamin L. Carp, Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center ‘A thoroughly researched and accessibly written examination of a set of exemplary printers in Colonial New York, whose work left enduring marks on American society, history, culture and politics� Mark J� Noonan has fashioned an entertaining read that brings a needed focus on the impact of New York printers and print culture on the development on what might be called an ‘American’ enlightenment ’

Elliot King, Loyola University Maryland

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

330 pages

9781009745529

Hardback

At a Glance

• Examines stories of creation and flood in Genesis 1-11 with a view toward what they can teach us about inter-human and human-animal relations

Combines biblical scholarship with insights from science and Indigenous knowledge, offering readers a fresh, multi-dimensional understanding of human-animal relationships amidst environmental catastrophe and accelerating human exploitation

• Shows the roots of the concept of a “god” as a powerful, anthropomorphic figure is rooted in domesticating ways of life�

Unmaking Eden

Genesis and the Domestication of the World

David

Domestication is not just something that humans impose on animals, but an ancient structure binding both creatures within shared systems of subjugation. Advancing trenchant new ideas, David Carr unpacks Genesis 1–11 to reveal ways in which embedded human–animal, gender, and group hierarchies constitute our world. Drawing on animal studies and Indigenous perspectives alike, he treats the Bible’s origin stories as an invitation to rethink inter-species flourishing and re-imagine community based on intrinsic worth rather than mere utility. Tracing human rule over creation in Eden to slavery and concentrated human power at Babel, the author exposes an escalating trajectory of domination. Yet these foundational stories also suggest that global subjugation is not inevitable, but instead the consequence of a fall from an earlier relational, reciprocal mode of living. Here is a hopeful framework that recognizes this crisis while offering alternatives rooted in respectful relations and multispecies kinship.

About the Author

David M. Carr is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.  An internationally recognized authority on the formation of Genesis and other biblical books, he is a leader in the emergent field of human-animal studies and the Bible. Recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, he is the author of Holy Resilience: The Traumatic Origins of the Bible, The Formation of Genesis 1-11, and Genesis 1-11: A Commentary

HUMAN SALVAGE

Soldiers, Civilians, and Psychiatry in the Second World War

Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen

UK publication December 2026

US publication December 2026

276 pages

9781108830935

Hardback At a

Glance

• Identifies and fills a significant gap in history of psychiatry during the Second World War

• Recovers patient experiences to understand how individuals navigated the mass violence of the war

• Establishes how the Second World War has impacted psychiatry up to the present day”

Human Salvage Soldiers, Civilians, and Psychiatry in the Second World War

During the Second World War, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other experts confronted unprecedented numbers of patients, including distressed servicemen, bombed civilians, unaccompanied children, returning veterans, displaced persons, and Holocaust survivors. In the first comprehensive analysis of treatment during and after the war, Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen examines how British and American experts interpreted and responded to these diverse patient populations. Looking at both combatants and civilians together, she demonstrates that wartime psychiatry was less concerned with individual suffering than with managing mental distress at scale, revealing profound tensions in psychiatric thought over the causes of wartime mental disorder and its treatment. Perhaps most significantly, Human Salvage shows how the Second World War brought mass violence into the clinical realm, transforming psychiatric theory and practice for decades to come.

About the Author

Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen is Associate Professor of History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is the author of Freedom, Faction, Fame and Blood (2010) and Making Mental Health (2024).

Advance Praise

‘“Salvage” – a devastating metaphor for the wounded of war� Roberts-Pedersen’s history of wartime pain tackles the ways psy-professionals grappled with questions about suffering and healing – as well as power Relentless in her analysis and ethics; eloquent in her stories of the human costs of war A must-read ’

Joanna Bourke, author of Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, and Tucker

‘Roberts-Pedersen’s extraordinary new book is an important and innovative contribution to the ever-growing field of trauma studies Integrating the experiences of doctors, soldiers and civilians in the wake of the Second World War, she demonstrates that total war requires a total history of its psychological effects ’

Jason Crouthamel, author of Trauma, Religion and Spirituality in Germany during the First World War

Aristotle, Aristotelianism and Ancient Medicine

Aristotle, Aristotelianism and Ancient Medicine

Philip J. van der Eijk

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

626 pages

9781107176973

Hardback

£29 99 | $39 99 USD | $45 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Provides a major new way of thinking about the intellectual history of the Greek and Roman worlds over a period of a thousand years

Crosses boundaries between disciplines to bring together material previously studied in isolation, and which now makes better joined-up sense

• Uses new unpublished evidence innovatively to show how Aristotle’s philosophy was influenced by medical theory and practice

Aristotle had a decisive impact on the development of ancient medicine. He and his followers conducted a dialogue about life and living beings, body and soul, and health and disease with doctors from the Classical period down to late antiquity: interlocutors who included key figures like Galen and the Hippocratic commentator Stephanus of Alexandria. Philip van der Eijk’s magisterial and attractively written book describes and analyses this dialogue and argues that Aristotle strategically positioned himself within these discussions while making important and innovative contributions to them. The author further uncovers unpublished evidence showing how Aristotle’s philosophy itself – and also the way it was elaborated by its later advocates and exegetes – was influenced by its close engagement with medical theory and practice. This important and much-anticipated book will transform both the study of Aristotle and his followers and that of Greek and Roman medicine.

About the Author

Philip J. van der Eijk is Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Classics and History of Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in the study of ancient medicine, the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, and is a member of several learned academies. With Cambridge University Press, he has published Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity (2005), and he is editor of the series Cambridge Galen Translations

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

312 pages

9781009587433

Beyond Words How We Learn, Use, and Lose Language

What is language, really? Where did it come from, and how did we figure it out? How do babies go from babbling to full sentences? Why can some people juggle multiple languages, while others wrestle with one? How does language work, and what happens when it doesn’t? With sharp insight and a sense of humor, Stollznow dives into the strange and endlessly fascinating world of language and the mind. From animal communication to AI, wild children to word slips, and first words to last, this book takes you deep into the science of psycholinguistics, where nothing is ever simple, and everything speaks volumes. Packed with pop culture, real-life cases, and eye-opening experiments, Beyond Words reveals how we learn, use, and lose language, and what it all says about being human. If you’ve ever fumbled for a word or feared forgetting your own name, this thoughtful, surprising book is for you.

Paperback At a Glance

£23 | $29 95 USD | $33 95 CAD

About the Author

• Provides the answers to all the big questions you never knew you had about how we learn, use, and lose language

Introduces the fascinating field of psycholinguistics in an easy-to-read and accessible style

Showcases both classic and cuttingedge research in the field, as well as popular research and examples from pop culture

Karen Stollznow is a linguist, researcher, and podcaster. She’s the author of Bitch: The Journey of a Word (2024), On the Offensive (2020), Missed Conceptions (2023), and Language Myths, Mysteries, and Magic (2014). Karen is a Host of Monster Talk and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder.

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

256 pages

9781108745772

Paperback

At a Glance

• Offers a detailed examination of narcissism across individual, organizational, and societal levels, moving beyond the concept of a troubling personality style

• Examines how narcissism intersects with contemporary discussions on race relations, immigration, and the marginalization of societal ‘others’

• Proposes insightful recommendations for combating the societal and cultural impacts of narcissism

Nefarious Reflections On Narcissism and Crime

Mark S. Davis

For several decades, psychiatrists, social critics, and writers of other stripes have warned us about the havoc that narcissists wreak in our everyday lives. In this book, social scientist Mark S. Davis maintains that narcissism is much more than individual pathology; indeed, it is a virus that also infects organizations and entire societies. Examining America’s history, this book broadens the discussion of narcissism beyond a troubling personality style. It delves into how traits like superiority, exploitation, retaliation, and a lack of empathy contribute to contemporary issues such as race relations, immigration, and the marginalization of those deemed “deviant” or different. By examining the tragic interplay between narcissism and history, this volume offers solutions to answer the question: can anyone in modern society, informed by its past, devise a treatment plan for a nation’s personality disorder?

About the Author

Mark S. Davis is a social scientist who studies narcissism, self- and otherdirected violence, criminological theory, criminal justice policy, and research misconduct. His recent books include Fairness and Crime: A Theory (2024) and Scholarly Crimes and Misdemeanors: Violations of Fairness and Trust in the Academic World (2018).

UK publication June 2026

US publication June 2026

262 pages

9781009789028

Paperback

£28 | $38 USD | $45 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Offers an extensive and comprehensive legal analysis of the Declaration of Independence

• Argues for the nationalist view of the American founding, despite recent Supreme Court cases embracing the thirteen-nations view

Explains how constitutionalism and the rule of law are central values of the Declaration of Independence

One Nation Under Law

The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence

This groundbreaking volume shatters many longstanding myths about the Declaration of Independence. Although states-rights advocates have long claimed that the Declaration created thirteen independent nations, Carlton F. W. Larson shows that the Declaration announced the birth of a new nation: the United States of America, a nation governed by an unwritten constitution in which the states were confederated and subject to national authority from the very beginning. Larson counters libertarian claims that the Declaration views government as a necessary evil, demonstrating instead how it embraces constitutionalism, active government, and the rule of law as positive goods. Along the way, Larson debunks other myths, such as the notion that the Declaration is the parchment text enshrined in the National Archives and that it was authored by Thomas Jefferson. By exploring the true meaning of the Declaration of Independence, One Nation Under Law helps us better understand America itself.

About the Author

Carlton F. W. Larson is Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor at University of California, Davis School of Law, where he teaches constitutional law and legal history. He is the author of the books The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries and the American Revolution (2019) and On Treason: A Citizen’s Guide to the Law.

Tempering Power

Beyond the Rule of Law

Tempering Power Beyond the Rule of Law

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

336 pages

9781009775304 Hardback

£30 | $39�99 USD | $45�95 CAD

At a Glance

• This book offers full-length account and a critique of conventional approaches to the rule of law It also provides an alternative approach to the rule of law and an examination of the implications of that alternative

• This book draws on and contributes to many disciplines that bear on how power might be tempered: law, philosophy, sociology, political science

• This book seeks to bridge and make mutually comprehensible the concerns of specialists who approach the rule of law from many vantage points

What is the rule of law for? What does that take? Why does it matter? There is little clarity and less agreement about any of these questions. That is partly because they are hard, but it is also because we generally do not think especially well about them. Yet they are rarely more important than today, and there are better ways to think. In this seminal book, Martin Krygier combines an account of conventional assumptions, a fundamental critique of them, and an alternative way of thinking about the purpose, the value, and the significance of the rule of law, in light of the goal it should serve: tempering power. In this time of widespread intemperate abuse of power throughout the world, these concerns are not merely analytical, academic, or even legal. They are social, political, and moral, and everyone’s business. And the stakes are high.

About the Author

Martin Krygier is Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory, Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales. He is the author of Philip Selznick: Ideals in the World (2012), Civil Passions (2005), and Between Fear and Hope (1997). He is also an editor of Anti-Constitutional Populism (2022); Spreading Democracy and the Rule of Law? (2006); Rethinking the Rule of Law after Communism (2005); The Rule of Law after Communism (1999); Marxism and Communism (1994); Bureaucracy: The Career of a Concept (1980). He was the winner of the 2016 Dennis Leslie Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory.

Advance Praise

‘Martin Krygier’s Tempering Power is a tonic for disappointments with our tarnished democracies It elegantly reconfigures how we think about the rule of law, its history and future as a concept� Krygier shows how tempering power is a fertile foundation for a more decent constitutional architecture, and a civil society architecture, for the dangerous challenges of this century� It is no less than a foundation that can help to prevent wars, help prevent ecological collapse, moderate the burgeoning globalization of disease, temper the excesses and hallucinations of AIs This is a meaning-making book for readers who care about the fate of freedom for an era of daunting challenges ’

John Braithwaite, Australian National University

The French Revolution

Events and Ideas

Michael Sonenscher

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

254 pages

9781009463904

Paperback

£25 | $33 00 USD | $37 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Offers a new history of the French Revolution

• Builds conceptual bridges between general studies of revolution and the particularities of the French Revolution

• Draws on previously neglected aspects of eighteenth-century intellectual and political life and thought

The French Revolution Events and Ideas

Three questions have usually been asked about the French Revolution: why did it happen? why was it so violent? and what was its legacy? These questions seem to beg other, more conceptually ambitious queries about causation, violence or legacies. This book aims to answer both sets of questions by bringing together events and ideas. Michael Sonenscher draws on neglected aspects of eighteenth-century intellectual and political life and thought to demonstrate the importance of ideas for making connections between historical explanation and historical narrative. Concisely synthesizing a broad range of established scholarship, Sonenscher utilises new and fresh information to explore why using ideas as evidence adds a dimension of novelty, possibility, expectation and choice to the social, cultural and political history of the French Revolution.This is history about what was expected, but did not happen, and what was unexpected, but really did.

About the Author

Michael Sonenscher is a Fellow of King’s College, University of Cambridge. He has written several books on the French Revolution, including Before the Deluge (2007) and Sans-Culottes (2009), as well as two broader studies in the history of political thought: Capitalism: The Story behind the Word (2022) and After Kant: The Romans, the Germans and the Moderns in the History of Political Thought (2023).

The Liar Paradox

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

386 pages

9781009223379

Paperback

£25 | $33 USD | $37 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Integrates classical and non-classical solutions to the Liar Paradox, as well as theories of paradoxicality

• The inclusion of chapters connecting the Liar Paradox to metamathematics, modality, vagueness, quantifiers, contextdependence, and natural language semantics highlights the paradox’s far-reaching significance

Provides both a broad and a deep understanding of the Liar Paradox and its implications across logic, semantics, philosophy of language, and the foundations of mathematics

The Liar Paradox

This is a comprehensive introduction to one of philosophy’s deepest and most fascinating puzzles, the Liar Paradox. It introduces key theories of truth and paradox, and combines accessibility with depth, tracing the paradox from its simplest formulations to the most sophisticated contemporary theories. Chapters by leading philosophers and logicians present both classical and non-classical approaches - supervaluationist, paracomplete, paraconsistent, and substructural - and examine broader families of paradoxes alongside general theories of paradoxicality. The volume also explores the paradox’s connections to meta-mathematics, modality, vagueness, quantifiers, context-dependence, and natural language semantics, demonstrating its far-reaching significance and its central role in logic, philosophy of language, and theoretical linguistics. Structured for clarity, each chapter introduces key ideas and develops advanced arguments, making the book an essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals seeking a comprehensive understanding of semantic paradoxes and theories of truth.

About the Author

Lorenzo Rossi is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin. His research focuses on truth and paradox, conditionals, and many-valued and substructural logics.

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

240 pages

9781009757997

Paperback

£22 | $29 USD | $32�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Includes both traditional and contemporary topics in language history and change, providing an overview of the field whilst also covering up-to-date topics

• Written in an engaging manner, with each topic and concept illustrated with appealing examples, making it accessible to all readers

• Offers a critical approach, frequently pointing out alternative interpretations, to help readers develop the ability to understand arguments and assess evidence

The Secret History of Language Language Change Unraveled

What are the causes of language change? Where do words come from? Is modern technology and social media corrupting our language? Language change is just as relevant today as it ever was, yet the secrets of how and why it occurs remain tantalisingly out of reach to anyone without a background in linguistics. This book has the answers. Written by one of the leading experts in the field, it provides readers with an accessible account of language change, unraveling the processes and phenomena that have so far remained locked within academia. It explores a range of fascinating topics, such as whether language change is bad, whether change is different in some kinds of languages than others, and if television, AI, and modern technology have any impact on language change. Written in a lively and engaging way, it uncovers the marvels and mysteries of language change for anyone curious about this captivating field.

About the Author

Lyle Campbell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa. His research specializations include historical linguistics, language documentation, America’s Indian languages, and typology. He has been awarded the LSA’s Leonard Bloomfield Book Award twice, for American Indian Languages (Oxford University Press, 2000) and Historical Syntax in Cross-linguistics Perspective (with Harris, Cambridge University Press, 1995).

What’s Wrong with Common Good Constitutionalism

THE WAR AGAINST LAW

DAVID DYZENHAUS

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

290 pages

9781009864473

Hardback At a Glance

• Shows how profound questions about the nature of the rule of law and its role in democracy can be answered through a focus on actual debates about the law

• Explains complex issues throughout using language accessible to general readers

• Shows why the arguments made by the “Judicial Power Project” are both bad as legal arguments and conceal a troubling political agenda

The War against Law What’s Wrong with Common Good Constitutionalism

In the UK, lawyers of the ‘Judicial Power Project’ – a group largely based at elite universities with close ties to far-right figures in the US and Europe – rail against ‘judicial overreach’. In this groundbreaking book, David Dyzenhaus investigates the ideology of this group, contending that their true aim is to establish rule by an illiberal executive under the guise of benefitting the ‘common good’. Dyzenhaus makes a powerful argument that this is a fundamentally illiberal ideology with roots in authoritarian thought from the 1930s, one which threatens to take a wrecking ball to the rule of law and democracy.  The War against Law offers a fascinating examination of these lawyers’ ideas against the backdrop of the 2024 Rwanda Act, which required rendering asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda. The debates both before and after the Act make concrete profound questions about the nature of the rule of law and its role in a liberal democracy.

About the Author

David Dyzenhaus is University Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Legality and Legitimacy: Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, and Hermann Heller in Weimar (1999),The Constitution of Law: Legality in a Time of Emergency (2006), and The Long Arc of Legality: Hobbes, Kelsen, Hart (2022).

ARTEMIS PHOTIADOU

Interrogating Nazism

Spies, Soldiers, and War Criminals in Second World War Britain

Interrogating Nazism Spies, Soldiers, and War Criminals in Second World War Britain

UK publication January 2027

US publication January 2027

320 pages

9781009448840

Behind the front lines of the Second World War raged a different kind of battle. In secret camps across Britain, thousands of enemy spies, soldiers, and war criminals were interrogated in the effort to defeat Nazi Germany and the ideology that drove it. Drawing on extensive British archival sources, Artemis Photiadou uncovers the methods, motives, and moral tensions behind this vast machinery of questioning. Within it, officers, scientists, and linguists sought to extract military intelligence, as well as to grasp why individuals fought Hitler’s war and, eventually, to assess their complicity in the regime’s crimes. The resulting interactions expose the complexity of those who were questioned, the assumptions of their interrogators, and the ethical contradictions of a liberal state at war. This is a vivid account of how Britain attempted to comprehend the enemy it was fighting. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

About the Authors

£30 | $39�99 USD | $45�95 CAD

Hardback At a

Glance

• Uses interrogation as a lens to examine the ethical contradictions of a liberal state at war

• Situates interrogation firmly within the broader history of wartime intelligence

• Demonstrates how interrogation was intertwined with wartime bureaucracy and intelligence structures�

This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core

Artemis Photiadou is Assistant Professor in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on twentieth-century intelligence history, with broad interests in Britain, Germany, Cyprus, and Greece.

Advance Praise

‘Interrogating Nazism reveals the hidden relationship between security control and intelligence gathering by the British state, which saw detainees simultaneously as suspected spies, assets, and allies This brilliant book sheds important new light on the deeper workings of wartime society and its assumptions about loyalty, legitimacy and violence�’

Richard J. Aldrich, author of GCHQ

‘A fascinating history of wartime interrogation and the value that the intelligence services derived from it Absorbingly written and engaging in style, the book highlights the central role of individuals in building a system for obtaining and uses vast amounts of information�’

Michael Goodman, author of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee

Artemis Photiadou

MAKING SENSE of MODERN SCIENCE

A Tour for the Curious

Making Sense of Modern Science A Tour for the Curious Lev Reyzin

Einstein’s theory of relativity, the butterfly effect, deep learning, game theory. If you’ve heard these buzzwords but are a bit fuzzy on the details, then this book is for you. Professor Lev Reyzin will take you on a fascinating whirlwind tour of the science behind these concepts, answering your burning questions about Pangea, DNA, and what exactly is quantum computing. Using clear language and emphasizing big ideas over technical details, this book shows that science can be enjoyed by everyone. Each chapter explores a different foundational scientific idea, ending with a brief history of the topic, further reading, and more technical details for the mathematically inclined reader. Much of science is developed through curiosity about the world around us, and this book will help feed that curiosity in you.

UK publication December 2026

US publication December 2026

9781009711197

Paperback

At a Glance

• Focuses on a central concept in a broader subject to help readers more easily engage and grapple with big ideas

Makes complex ideas approachable through clear explanations

• Reveals how the sciences are connected by laying out unifying themes throughout the book

About the Author

Lev Reyzin is a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago whose research spans mathematics, theoretical computer science, and artificial intelligence. He co-directs the NSF-funded IDEAL Institute and is editor-in-chief of Mathematics of Data, Learning, and Intelligence. His work has received multiple awards at leading machine learning venues.

LEV

Language and Long Covid The Linguistic Legacy of the Pandemic

The Linguistic Legacy of the Pandemic Language and Long Covid

UK publication December 2026

US publication December 2026

200 pages

9781009760003

Paperback

£22 | $29 USD | $33 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Introduces non-specialist readers to language disorders, showing how the language and communication difficulties of adults with Long COVID compare with those encountered in other language disorders�

• Presents original language data collected by the author, which illustrates the specific disruptions to language that are caused by cognitive dysfunction (or ‘brain fog’) in adults with Long COVID�

• Includes testimonies from adults with Long COVID, along with a detailed case study, offering insight into the lived experience of adults with Long COVID “

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a large burden of chronic illness. Known as Long COVID, this new health condition has impacted employment, social relationships, and psychological well-being in millions of people around the world. This timely and engaging volume is the first book to examine language and communication difficulties in adults with Long COVID. Drawing on experimental investigations, surveys, case studies and testimonies of people with Long COVID, it explores the nature and extent of communication disability in adults with Long COVID and how it impacts their daily functioning. It underlines that communication is a fundamental human right, and that employers should make adjustments that can facilitate a return to employment, encouraging the wider participation of people with Long COVID. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics or language disorders, this book is essential reading for Long Covid patients and their caregivers, as well as medical and healthcare professionals.

About the Author

Louise Cummings is Visiting Professor at York St John University, UK. She has authored and edited 27 books on pragmatics, clinical linguistics, speechlanguage pathology, and public health communication. She is the Editor of Cambridge Elements in Health Communication and Routledge Research in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health & Care Professions Council in the UK.

Super PACs in the City

How Outside Money is Reshaping Local Elections

Super PACs in the City

How Outside Money is Reshaping Local Elections

UK publication December 2026

US publication December 2026

9781009877398

Paperback

£23 | $30 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Fills a major gap in research by showing how Super PAC style spending operates in city politics

• Moves beyond anecdotes by providing systematic evidence on when independent expenditures are linked to measurable vote-share gains, and when they are not

• Offers a portable framework that explains variations in when and how independent expenditures impact votes

Following the landmark Citizens United ruling in 2010, a new era for campaigns has taken shape, not only at the federal and state level but also in many U.S. cities. Super PACs in the City examines the transformation of the political landscape in urban America since then, providing the first booklength, data-driven account of how outside money has moved into local elections for city council, mayor, and school boards. Drawing on original candidate-level datasets and cross-city evidence, the book identifies when money moves votes, maps which races are most exposed, and explains how accountability weakens when information cues are thin. Case studies of New York City and Los Angeles bring the story to life, from Flash PACs built for a single election cycle to factional branding in cities where one party routinely wins. The book also discusses practical, actionable reforms that can be implemented to restore the balance and integrity to local democracy, providing a roadmap for policymakers and citizens alike.

About the Author

Henrik M. Schatzinger is Professor of Political Science at Ripon College and Director of the Center for Politics and the People. A former analyst at the Campaign Finance Institute, he is the co-author of Game Changers (2020). He has appeared as a commentator on BBC News, NPR, C-SPAN, and in Newsweek.

AMERICAN FACTIONS

UK publication July 2026

US publication July 2026

350 pages

9781009768085

Paperback

At a Glance

• Surveys the framing history of the Constitution with a focus on the pervasive effort to control political factions

Outlines where the Framers’ constitutional design has been altered by amendment and judicial interpretation

• Provides solutions for the problem of political division, pointing to governmental structure, education, and appeals to civic virtue

American Factions

How the US Constitution Can End Extreme Partisanship

Americans of all political stripes are becoming increasingly frustrated with the partisanship of present-day politics. Democrats and Republicans alike claim mandates on narrow margins of victory and are quick to condemn their opponents as enemies of the public good. The Framers of the Constitution understood that such divisions are rooted in the political factions inherent in democracy. Their solutions were federalism, the separation of powers, bicameralism, judicial review and other structural constraints on majority rule. Over the course of US history some of those constraints have been eroded as American politics have become more democratic and less respectful of the liberties and freedoms the Framers sought to protect. American Factions advocates for a renewed understanding of the problem of political factions and a restoration of the Constitution’s limits to revive a politics of compromise and bipartisanship.

About the Author

James L. Huffman has taught constitutional law for over forty years. He is the author of Private Property and State Power (2013) and Private Property and the Constitution (2013). His commentaries have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Quillette, The Hill, Washington Times, and other publications.

Advance Praise

‘A book for our time A judicious and thoroughly admirable appreciation of the risks and excesses of democracy and the measures needed to curb them ’ Owen Fiss, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law, Yale Law School

‘Huffman insightfully examines the causes of political faction or polarization, the constitutional structures that the Framers designed to limit its negative effects, and the gradual erosion of those structures� This book is a powerful reminder that individual liberty is threatened by unconstrained democracy and protected by constitutional checks and balances ’

Nadine Strossen, past National President, American Civil Liberties Union (1991–2008)

UK publication August 2026

US publication August 2026

534 pages

9781009694841

Hardback

£34�99 | $44�99 USD | $51�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Helps readers understand why contemporary economic theories fall short and highlights the need for alternative approaches

Consolidates previously dispersed ideas into a cohesive narrative to ensure clarity and accessibility, making it easier to grasp the full significance of the arguments

• Empowers readers to question conventional wisdom and explore innovative solutions to modern economic challenges

A Labour Theory of Value

The Roman Empire and the Origins of Law and Society

Luigi L. Pasinetti was one of the most significant figures in the history of postKeynesian economics. In his final book, he reflects on the history and future of post-Keynesian economics, as well as a broad range of issues relating to his previous work. He argues that the economics profession has reached a critical impasse, unable to grasp the true nature of the unprecedented world we now inhabit. He examines how modern economic thought has diverged from addressing real-world challenges, challenging outdated frameworks to offer, instead, a path for reflection and reorientation. With a rigorous critique of prevailing paradigms, Pasinetti proposes an alternative framework of analysis extending an invitation for economists to rethink foundational assumptions. Providing his final statement on these issues, this book delivers a compelling critique of the current state of economics and political economy and offers a vital contribution for reimagining these disciplines in extraordinary times.

About the Author

Luigi L. Pasinetti was a distinguished economist and a leading figure of the Cambridge School of Economics. Renowned for his pioneering work in structural economic dynamics, income distribution and growth theory, Pasinetti profoundly influenced modern heterodox economics. As a professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, he authored landmark works such as Growth and Income Distribution (1974) and Structural Change and Economic Growth (1981). Honoured with numerous international awards, his legacy endures as a cornerstone for those rethinking economic paradigms.

Democracy Speaks

School Boards, Public Discourse, and the Fight to Be Heard

UK publication November 2026

US publication November 2026

282 pages

9781009781862

Paperback

£25 | $33 USD | $38�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Develops a new theory of deliberative culture to understand how civic spaces shape political trust, legitimacy, and community engagement

• Equips readers with tools to evaluate and compare school board quality and responsiveness across communities

• Combines rigorous political science with real-world education policy to bridge democratic theory and democratic practice

Democracy Speaks School Boards, Public Discourse, and the Fight to Be Heard

School board meetings have become the battleground for some of the most contentious political battles in the United States, but their importance extends beyond current hot-button issues. In Democracy Speaks, Jonathan E. Collins offers a groundbreaking exploration of how local school boards shape public voice, democratic accountability, and educational equity. Collins presents the importance of public discourse at school board meetings as central to effective school board governance, and more broadly shows how everyday civic spaces like school board meetings can either deepen or erode trust in government. The book also develops a new theoretical lens for thinking about democratic accountability in this setting - ‘deliberative culture’ - to trace how discursive norms can result in impactful school reform. At a time when public education is caught in political crossfire, this book offers a hopeful, research-driven framework for reimagining school governance as a site of meaningful public engagement.

About the Author

Jonathan E. Collins is an Assistant Professor and the Executive Director of the Center for Educational Equity, Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University. His scholarship has been published in the American Political Science Review, Political Behavior, the Journal of Public Policy, the Urban Affairs Review, and more.

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

208 pages

9781009837392

Paperback

£22 | $29 USD | $33�95 CAD

At a Glance

• Helps the reader better understand the contemporary US electorate and prospects for multi-racial and egalitarian-focused coalitions

Provides new evidence to demonstrate the limits of increasing racial liberalization among white Democrats

• Offers an analysis of hostile rhetoric in contemporary politics

Destabilized Why White Americans Accept Racist Political Rhetoric

In recent years, the United States has witnessed a resurgence in mainstream acceptance of overt, racist rhetoric from politicians. This increased tolerance arises despite previous evidence suggesting that white Americans reject racist appeals when they are explicit. Destabilized examines this shift and points to a perception of threat to white dominance as the root cause. The book finds that when white Americans feel their dominance in the racial hierarchy is unstable, their prejudice activates, and they seek to ‘restabilize’ the racial hierarchy by accepting negative, explicit racial appeals. Analyses of survey experiments, observational survey data, and political media demonstrate this phenomenon. Finding that this link exists among both white Republicans and white Democrats, Destabilized speaks broadly to the nature of whiteness as a racial identity rooted in the desire for dominance.

About the Author

Leah Christiani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Hunter College, CUNY in New York, NY.

LEAH CHRISTIANI Why White Americans Accept Racist Political Rhetoric

SANJOY

Will We Go Hungry? Practical Ways to Ensure Global Food Security

UK publication November 2026

US publication November 2026

304 pages

9781009762366

Hardback

At a Glance

• Translates complex climate science into clear, actionable insights, helping leaders understand how climate change and food systems are deeply interconnected

• Maps the full spectrum of solutions, outlining pros, cons, and trade-offs, so organizations can prioritise the most viable actions today

• Shares real-world case studies from across the globe to spark ideas, reduce uncertainty, and inspire confident, practical implementation

Climate change is disrupting humanity’s most fundamental need: food. Are you ready for real solutions but frustrated by advice that feels dense, alarmist, or vague? Will We Go Hungry? cuts through the noise and moves beyond ideology – bridging the gap between high-tech solutions and regenerative approaches with evidence, not dogma. Drawing on decades of combined global experience in climate finance, marketing, and frugal innovation, the authors offer a clear-eyed analysis of both risks and opportunities. They translate complex science into actionable insights, weigh the pros, cons, and trade-offs of a full ‘buffet’ of solutions, and share realworld lessons from their acclaimed podcast. This is your guide to turning understanding into action. It will empower you to craft a resilient, tailored strategy that relies on ingenuity more than capital – and to galvanise your organisation to act with urgency.

About the Authors

Sanjoy Sanyal is Visiting Fellow at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and the founder of Regain Paradise, a climate finance firm. He advises development financial institutions, commercial banks, and impact investors on financing climate innovations. His work has spanned Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. He also hosts the ‘New Ventures’ podcast to promote climate innovation.

Jaideep Prabhu is Professor of Marketing at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and a global leader in research on frugal innovation. He is the author of three best-selling books: Jugaad Innovation (2012), Frugal Innovation (2015), and How Should a Government Be? (2021); is a Fellow of the British Academy; and has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 award.

A QUEER GUIDE TO

A Queer Guide to Saving American Democracy

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

248 pages

9781009858076

Paperback

Since the early 2000s, American courts and legislatures have delivered a series of generation-defining LGBTQ legal victories. Today, this progress and the very institutions that made it possible are under attack. A Queer Guide to Saving American Democracy is an introduction to this democratic crisis, speaking directly to the queer and transgender people navigating the intensifying political and cultural fault lines. It argues that the current denigration of queer and transgender lives in the US is a symptom of the broader degradation of American democracy, representing the newest threat of American fascism. By centering queer and trans identity in the larger history of authoritarianism, the book highlights the strategic villainization of nonconforming groups as a tool to consolidate power and political control. In response, this book empowers readers to adopt pro-democracy frameworks rooted in the defiant authenticity and stubborn joy of queer existence, forging pathways committed to transformative social change.

About the Author

R.K. Maril is a Constitutional law professor, queer activist, and writer based in Portland, Oregon. Maril served as the Associate Legal Director at the Human Rights Campaign and began her legal career as a Presidential Management Fellow. Maril hosts the podcast A Queer Guide to Saving Democracy.

At a Glance

• Situates queer and trans issues and identity within the larger history of fascist and authoritarian movements

• Provides tangible methods to respond to anti-democratic attacks through advocacy, organization, and community engagement�

Examines democratic defense and creation alongside an insiderperspective on the institutional advocacy of contemporary LGBTQ rights movements

The Cambridge Companion to Martin Amis

The Cambridge Companion to Martin Amis

UK publication September 2026

US publication September 2026

264 pages

9781009618045

Paperback

£22 99 | $29 99 USD | $33 95 CAD

At a Glance

• Contextualizes Martin Amis’s work in inter-disciplinary ways, ranging from textual interpretation of his novels to cultural analysis of his core themes and social commentary

• The only edited collection to cover, fully, Martin Amis’s entire career�

The most complete, up-to-date evaluation of the works of Martin Amis, one of England’s most important and controversial writers

Over a career spanning fifteen novels, two short story collections, and eight volumes of nonfiction, Sir Martin Amis helped to define his era. Through his published work and public commentaries, his voice featured prominently in the important socio-literary debates of his time. His work contributes to literary discussions about realism, postmodernism, satire, and comedy, and his core themes range across the Holocaust, nuclear anxiety, apocalyptic millennialism and, more recently, the war on terror. His words were rarely without controversy. This Companion identifies the essential elements of Amis’s work and then evaluates their potential for longevity. From his earliest publications in the 1970’s to his death as one of England’s most well-known writers in 2023, Amis was an outspoken critic of social myopia: how societies—and their citizens—continually choose selfishness over altruism, fatalism over improvement, and blindness over enlightenment.

About the Editor

Gavin Keulks is author of Father and Son: Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel Since 1950 (2003) and the editor of Martin Amis: Postmodernism and Beyond (2006).

UK publication October 2026

US publication October 2026

9781107044722

3 Hardback books

c� £290 | c� $400 USD | c� $480 CAD

At a Glance

• The first multi-author survey of the crusading movement in more than a generation

• Blends thematic and narrative essays alongside rigorous source analysis and full exploration of a variety of forms of material culture

Engages with the western European context of the Crusades alongside their complex effects on the cultures and religions with which they interacted

The Cambridge History of the Crusades

Bringing together the foremost experts in Crusade history, this three-volume work offers a definitive account of the medieval crusading movement and its legacies. Written in an accessible yet scholarly style, with full references to primary and secondary materials and a strong emphasis on material culture, this collection will appeal to a wide range of readers from undergraduates to specialists and will act as a lasting point of reference. Together the volumes not only describe the military campaigns themselves, but also the religious and cultural context in western Europe, the foundation and expansion of the crusader states, and the fate of crusading as the Middle Ages came to an end. These volumes also examine the impact of the Crusades on the many cultures and religions - Muslims, Eastern Christians, Jews, pagans - with which they interacted, considering these relationships in terms of conflict, coexistence and mutual influence.

About the Editor

Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His most recent book was the widely-translated The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (2019). Earlier titles include Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2009); The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom (2007); and The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (2004). He was also co-editor of Crusades (2009–25).

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