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Queen Elizabeth II
A Concise Biography of an Exceptional Sovereign
DAVID CANNADINE, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University
The life of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s extraordinary and longest-lived monarch.
The reign of Queen Elizabeth II was exceptional for many reasons: among them her remarkable longevity, her enduring marriage to Prince Philip, her astonishing success in concealing her opinions on virtually any contentious subject, and the many representations of her in many media, which meant she was the most depicted human being ever to have lived in the entire history of the world.
Elizabeth II was a global superstar who met almost any person who mattered, she was Head of the Commonwealth, head of state of such realms as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and queen of the United Kingdom. She embodied dutifulness and service and continuity in a rapidly changing world. During the course of her reign, the United Kingdom ceased to be a great power in the world, and evolved into a multi-cultural, multi-faith, multi-ethnic society, and the country in which she died was very different from that in which she had been born.
Queen Elizabeth II offers a concise but authoritative account of her life and reign, set against the background of these extensive and disruptive domestic and international changes.
UK: September 2025 TA | 170x120mm
978-0-19-890230-0
| 176pp
$30.95 | NZD $34.99
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About the Author
SIR DAVID CANNADINE has taught history at the Universities of Cambridge, Columbia, London, and Princeton. He has published many books, among them The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (1990), G.M. Trevelyan: A Life in History (1992), Ornamentalism: How the British Saw their Empire (2001), Mellon: An American Life (2006), The Undivided Past: History Beyond our Differences (2014), and Victorious Century: The United Kingdom 1801–1906 (2018). He has served as Director of the Institute of Historical Research, President of the British Academy, and Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait gallery, as well as General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography since 2014.
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Thatcher: A Life and Legacy 978-0-19-288918-8 |
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UK: October 2025
TA | 234x156mm
978-0-19-286406-2
HB | 288pp
44 figures & 20 photos
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Quantum Drama (with John L. Heibron)
978-0-19-284610-5 | HB
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Quantum Reality
978-0-19-883015-3 | HB
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Discordance
The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant
JIM BAGGOTT, Freelance Science Writer
The troubled history of the Hubble constant told in an authoritative, comprehensible, and entertaining manner.
In 1927 Georges Lemaître argued that our universe is expanding, a conclusion rendered more startling by the astronomical data that backed it up, presented two years later by Edwin Hubble. The speed of this expansion is governed by Hubble’s constant, and Discordance tells its troubled history.
This unpredictable and fascinating story begins with the first tentative steps to measure the distances to nearby stars and galaxies. It traces the extraordinary interplay between cosmological theory and astronomical observation which has given us the standard Big Bang theory. It was not all plain sailing, and the narrative takes us through the discovery of dark matter, the Hubble Wars of the 1970s, the invention of cosmic inflation, and other crucial scientific moments. Further satellite missions were expected to add to the clarity of our measurements. But from about 2009 onward, the results began to diverge. This is the Hubble tension and perhaps even a crisis.
Jim Baggott clearly and entertainingly guides the reader through this gripping scientific voyage—one littered with crises of confidence, astonishing discoveries, and extraordinary personalities—which still continues today.
“This is an exciting romp through the Universe in pursuit of its important and elusive measurement. Highly recommended.”
Adam Riess, Nobel laureate 2011, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute
About the Author
JIM BAGGOTT is an award-winning science writer. Trained as a scientist in the Universities of Oxford and Stanford, and a former lecturer at the University of Reading, he has written popular books on science, philosophy, and history. His books include Higgs (2012), Mass (2017), for which he won the 2020 Premio Cosmos prize, Quantum Space (2018), Quantum Reality (2020), and, with the late John L. Heilbron, Quantum Drama (2024). His books have been translated into a dozen languages, and he has won awards for both his scientific research and his science writing.
Goebbels and ‘Total War’
The Sports Palace Speech of 1943
PETER LONGERICH, University of London, Translated by LESLEY SHARPE and JEREMY NOAKES
The Sports Palace speech was the climax of a campaign for ‘total war’; the prime example of Nazi ‘mass suggestion’, a barrage of propaganda, seduction, and manipulation.
On the 18th of February 1943 Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made a speech in the Berlin Sports Palace that is regarded as one of the most chilling, and at the same time most effective, rhetorical performances of the twentieth century.
In this definitive English translation, renowned historian Peter Longerich delves into the historical buildup to Goebbels’s most notorious speech, the speech itself, and its lasting effect. Goebbels and ‘Total War’ singles out the Sports Palace speech to demystify the legend of Nazi propaganda by exposing the reality of the rally as a highly staged and prerecorded event, with a preselected audience and rehearsed reactions made to look spontaneous. For Goebbels, this spectacle was not only his chance to raise support for ‘total war’ in the German public but also the ultimate test to prove himself to his ‘Führer’. Longerich traces Goebbels’s path to ‘total war’ from his questionable demagogue skills and his tenuous relationship with Hitler, to the nation’s losing battle at the front, and finally to total defeat.
“Peter Longerich is a superb historian who provides sharp insights in fluid accessible prose…This is a book with a dramatic focus and profound implications.”
Peter Fritzsche, author of 1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe
About the Author
PETER LONGERICH was Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London until 2015, and was a founder of the College’s Holocaust Research Centre. An internationally renowned authority on the Nazis, his previous publications include Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and Persecution of the Jews (2010), Himmler (2012), Hitler: A Life (2019), and Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution (2021).
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UK: September 2025
TA | 235x156mm
978-0-19-762088-5
HB | 640pp
31 color plates, 26 interior photographs
AUD $73.95 | NZD $84.99
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John Williams
A Composer’s Life
TIM GREIVING, film music journalist and historian, University of Southern California
The first biography of a great American composer of the cinema age.
In John Williams: A Composer’s Life, the first biography of the composer, author Tim Greiving offers an engaging account of a man whose body of work is well-known but whose personal life has consistently remained very private. Williams wrote the memorable scores and hummable themes for a staggering number of popular touchstones across multiple generations—among them Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, and the Harry Potter series—and earned more Oscar nominations than any individual artist in the history of the motion picture Academy. He also composed dozens of concerti, fanfares, and other concert works and was a national presence as music director of the Boston Pops for more than a decade. He inspired countless children to pursue a career in the orchestra and won the respect of the classical community worldwide. Seeking to understand what drove Williams’ musical productivity and its effects on the lives of those close to him, Greiving delves deeply into the composer’s decades-long career, uncovering countless new stories and revelations. Throughout, he analyzes and describes Williams’ film scores, recalling them primarily in narrative and emotional terms rather than purely musicological ones, and in doing so emphasizes one of Williams’s principle strengths: his musical storytelling.
With unprecedented interview access to Williams and those close to him, Greiving presents the definitive portrait of a beloved but famously private doyen of twentieth-century pop culture. Featuring 175 exclusive interviews—including with Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, George Miller, Mia Farrow, Hans Zimmer, Yo-Yo Ma, session musicians, family members, and friends—John Williams: A Composer’s Life is the first and last word on the great court composer of the cinema age, the musical conductor of our collective memory.
“Readers be aware, the deep love for music on the following pages is highly contagious!”
Hildur Gudnadóttir, award-winning composer and musician
About the Author
TIM GREIVING is an arts journalist in Los Angeles who specializes in film music. He has contributed stories to NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has written program notes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Albert Hall, and liner notes for more than one hundred soundtrack albums.
Gotham at War
A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945
MIKE
WALLACE
, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, John Jay College
• Details how New York, like the nation, moved in stages from isolation to girding for war to all-out effort, becoming the powerhouse of the Allied effort
• An immersive and panoramic view of the personalities and power struggles during a transformative period in the nation’s history
The culminating volume in the acclaimed Gotham series, here is a portrait of a city and a war like no other. Gotham at War traces the transformation of New York from Depressionwracked mother of exiles to a front in the Second World War, and ultimately to the seat of the United Nations and a very contested “capital of the world.”
About the Author
MIKE WALLACE is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Founder and Advisory Board Chair of the Gotham Center for New York City History. He is the co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, and the author of Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919, winner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.
Queen Elizabeth II
A Concise Biography of an Exceptional Sovereign
DAVID CANNADINE, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University
• Puts the life of Elizabeth II in perspective, set against a broad domestic and international context
• Provides a sympathetic yet detached historical account— appreciative but not uncritical
• Features lists of serving prime ministers and private secretaries during her reign; a chronology of Elizabeth’s life and of key world events; and an annotated bibliography
This concise and authoritative biography of the UK’s longestreigning monarch is written by leading historian Sir David Cannadine. Queen Elizabeth II explores the intertwined stories of her life and times, and assesses her wide-ranging but often unremarked impact on the institution of the monarchy, on the UK’s public life and national image, and globally.
About the Author
SIR DAVID CANNADINE has taught history at the Universities of Cambridge, Columbia, London, and Princeton. He has published many books, among them The Undivided Past: History Beyond our Differences (2014), Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy (2017), and Victorious Century: The United Kingdom 1801–1906 (2018). He has served as General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography since 2014.
UK: January 2026
AE | 254x178mm
978-0-19-938451-8
HB | 800pp
102 images
AUD $83.95 | NZD $95.99
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UK: September 2025
TA | 170x120mm
978-0-19-890230-0
HB | 176pp
AUD $30.95 | NZD $34.99
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Out of Hitler’s Shadow
Debt, Guilt, and the German Economic Miracle
TOBIAS STRAUMANN, University of Zurich
• A concise, narrative account of the most important debt settlement in European history
• Shows how crucial the decisions regarding reparations after WWII has been for the German (and European) 20th century economic miracle
• Explores how key politicians from Israel, America, Britain, and Germany forged a peaceful and prosperous post-War Europe
Why were the United States and its Western Allies so lenient after the most atrocious war of all times? Out of Hitler’s Shadow answers this question, and considers why the Allies concluded that imposing unrealistic financial conditions on a defeated country would do more harm than good.
The destruction left by Nazi Germany was horrendous. Tobias Straumann tells the story of how, why, and to what extent ‘Hitler’s Debt’ was ‘paid’ in the aftermath of WWII.
About the Author
TOBIAS STRAUMANN is a professor of modern and economic history at the University of Zurich. He has published widely on the financial and monetary history of the twentieth century, including 1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler (OUP, 2019).
The Global Origins of Capitalism
Power, Productivity, and the Evolution of Modern Market Societies
YOCHAI BENKLER, Harvard Law School
• Focuses on the importance of institutions and power, putting political economy at the center
• Explains and justifies the core pillars of transformation necessary to build a post-neoliberal order
A centuries-spanning tour de force that speaks directly to the present, The Global Origins of Capitalism shows how economic history and political history are really one and the same. Yochai Benkler describes how capitalism evolved to the point where it overwhelmed all opposition, bringing with it both unimaginable prosperity and recurring patterns of inequality and social dislocation, and why all efforts to tame it have, to this point, failed. In doing so, Benkler provides a major reinterpretation of the entire history of modern capitalism, from the founding of Baghdad to the present.
About the Author
YOCHAI BENKLER is the Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is the author, co-author, or editor of several books and he played a central role in understanding information commons and decentralized collaboration to innovation, information production, and freedom in the networked economy and society.
UK: October 2025
TA | 216x138mm
978-0-19-284951-9
HB | 256pp
AUD $47.95 | NZD $53.99 Available as an Ebook
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UK: AE | 235x156mm
978-0-19-768818-2
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The Global Origins of Capitalism Power, Productivity, and the Evolution of Modern Market Societies
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Goebbels and ‘Total War’
The Sports Palace Speech of 1943
PETER LONGERICH, University of London
Translated by LESLEY SHARPE and JEREMY NOAKES
• Explores why the Sports Palace speech remains so alive in the collective memory, even after eighty years
• Debunks the myths about the alleged power of propaganda and Goebbels’ skills as a demagogue
• Focuses on the political prehistory and the after-effects of the rally
On 18 February 1943 Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made a speech in the Berlin Sports Palace that is regarded as one of the most chilling, and at the same time most effective, rhetorical performances of the twentieth century. In this book, Peter Longerich explores the prehistory of Goebbels’s speech, the text itself, and the aftermath.
About the Author
PETER LONGERICH was Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London until 2015, and was a founder of the College’s Holocaust Research Centre. An internationally renowned authority on the Nazis, his previous publications include Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and Persecution of the Jews (2010), Himmler (2012), Hitler: A Life (2019), and Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution (2021).
Annapolis Goes to War
The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and its Trial by Fire in World War II
CRAIG L. SYMONDS, United States Naval Academy
“An intensely personal history of the Annapolis class of 1940, which felt the brunt of World War II. Beautifully rendered, deeply moving, exciting, ironic, and above all consequential, this account of ‘The Forties’ is at once the story of America, of a great war, and above all of a heroic generation.”
Admiral James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and author of The Restless Wave: A Novel of the U.S. Navy
Taking readers into and through the lives of these young men in wartime, Craig Symonds offers a poignant and powerful story of adjustment, growth, pain, loss, and eventually triumph. Using their diaries, memoirs, and letters, he evokes unforgettably their trials and bonds, their loss of innocence and their discovery of the meaning of sacrifice. Annapolis Goes to War is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the experience of fighting the bloodiest war in human history.
About the Author
UK: November 2025
TA | 216x138mm
978-0-19-892377-0
HB | 256pp
AUD $47.95 | NZD $53.99
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CRAIG L. SYMONDS books include Decision at Sea, Lincoln and his Admirals, The Battle of Midway, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings, World War II at Sea, and, most recently, Nimitz at War. He has won the Lincoln Prize, the Roosevelt Prize, and the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement. In 2023 he was awarded the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
UK: September 2025
TA | 235x156mm
978-0-19-775267-8
HB | 512pp
AUD $54.95 | NZD $61.99
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Prague
The Heart of Europe
CYNTHIA PACES, The College of New Jersey
“This deeply researched, beautifully illustrated, and thoughtfully written book should attract the attention of specialists and others interested in Prague, one of Europe’s most fascinating cities. Readers of Cynthia Paces’s elegant new socio-cultural history are guaranteed to fall in love with ‘Golden Prague.”
Nancy Wingfield, author of Flag Wars and Stone Saints: How the Bohemian Lands Became Czech
This comprehensive political, social, and cultural history traces Prague’s origins in the ninth century through the present day. Highlights include the golden ages of Charles IV and Rudolph II; the religious conflicts of the Hussite and Thirty Years Wars; the rich culture of Europe’s largest Jewish community; the rivalry between the city’s German and Czech speakers; the World Wars and Nazi occupation; and the Communist era. Prague: The Heart of Europe highlights the complex culture of the city where Mozart premiered his magnificent Don Giovanni and where Franz Kafka wrote his foreboding tales.
About the Author
CYNTHIA PACES is Professor of History at the College of New Jersey. She is the author of Prague Panoramas: National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century and the co-editor of 1989: The End of the Twentieth Century.
Black Power, White Heat
From Solidarity Politics to Radical Chic
ALICE
ECHOLS, University of Southern California
• Presents the first account revealing what solidarity across the color line looked like and accomplished
• Demonstrates the significance of money to the freedom struggle
• Offers a reassessment of the meaning and importance of liberalism during this period
Black Power, White Heat is a major historical reinterpretation of the cross-racial alliances of the Sixties’ freedom movement. The people at the center of the account practiced “solidarity,” a collaborative approach to politics that acknowledged the significance of racial identity but was rooted in shared commitments. And in contrast to those who argue that separatism and a “hard” identity politics took hold at the end of the era, this book shows otherwise. Cross-racial solidarity in fact continued, and the lessons from it speak directly to the highly charged identity politics disputes that dominate our own era.
About the Author
ALICE ECHOLS is Barbra Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies and Professor of History and Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Southern California. She is the author of numerous books, including Daring to Be Bad, Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin, Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture
UK: January 2026
AE | 235x156mm
978-0-19-755483-8
HB | 408pp
86 B&W illustrations, 18 color images
AUD $64.95 | NZD $74.99
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UK: April 2026
AE | 235x156mm
978-0-19-778903-2
HB | 368pp
AUD $55.95 | NZD $63.99
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Robert H. Jackson
A Life in Judgment
G. EDWARD WHITE, University of Virginia School of Law
• Gives the first full-length portrait of the life and legacy of Robert H. Jackson in more than sixty years
• Draws on Robert H. Jackson’s extensive private papers, discussed here for the first time
• Written by renowned legal historian G. Edward White
The first biography in decades of one of the most extraordinary and singular figures in American jurisprudence: a smalltime lawyer—with one year of law school—who joined FDR’s administration and became, in rapid succession, U.S. Solicitor General, Attorney General, and Supreme Court Justice. Robert H. Jackson’s most enduring legacy, however, may have been his work as chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trial. Distinguished historian G. Edward White offers a compelling portrait of a complex figure who continues to inspire reverence.
About the Author
G. EDWARD WHITE is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the author of twenty books and numerous articles on law and legal history, including the three-volume Law in American History and Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court
To Rule All under Heaven
A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor
ANDREW SETH MEYER, Brooklyn College
• Provides an accessible, engaging, and thorough narrative of a foundational period in Asian history
• Offers historical background that will help readers understand seminal works of Chinese thought, such as the Analects, Dao de jing, and Zhuangzi
To Rule All under Heaven offers an illuminating history of the Warring States period (481-221 BCE), a foundational era of Chinese civilization. It begins in the life of Confucius and extends to the reign of the First Emperor, who founded an empire that would become one of the longest-enduring political systems in human history. Andrew Seth Meyer recounts a detailed history that is replete with dramatic stories and characters, and shows how a radically new social order was formed through war, diplomacy, commerce, philosophy, literature, science, and artistic expression.
About the Author
ANDREW SETH MEYER is Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the author of The Dao of the Military: Liu An’s Art of War and co-author (with John S. Major, Sarah A. Queen, and Harold D. Roth) of The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China
UK: January 2026
AE | 235x156mm
978-0-19-777843-2
HB | 378pp
20 B&W photos
AUD $64.95 | NZD $74.99
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UK: May 2026
AE | 235x156mm
978-0-19-766748-4
HB | 336pp
AUD $64.95 | NZD $74.99
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A Slumless America
Mary
K. Simkhovitch
and the Dream of Affordable Housing
BETTY BOYD CAROLI, Emerita Professor, City University of New York
• The first-ever full-length biography of Mary Simkhovitch, a trailblazer in the settlement house movement and public housing
• Explores the historical roots of today’s housing crisis, providing crucial context and background
The first biography of an iconic figure—featured because of her dynamism as a “Wonder Woman of History” in a series produced by DC Comics—in the settlement house movement, which in the early 20th century spearheaded efforts to improve living conditions for immigrants and the disadvantaged in American cities, and whose lifelong advocacy for public housing and city planning remains urgently relevant almost 75 years after her death.
About the Author
BETTY BOYD CAROLI is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MA in Mass Communication from Annenberg School of University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Ph.D. in American Civilization from New York University. She studied at the Università Per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy, and the Salzburg Seminar in Austria.
The Dandy
A People’s History of Sartorial Splendour
PETER K. ANDERSSON, historian and writer
• The international story of the dandy from below, looking at the hitherto ignored story of working-class dandies
• Shows how the shaping of fashions and the image of men has become increasingly democratized over the last two centuries
The Dandy: A People’s History constitutes the first ever history of those dandies who emanated from the less privileged layers of the Populace—the lowly clerks, shop assistants, domestic servants, and labourers who increasingly during the modern age have emerged as style-conscious men about town. Peter Andersson shows that dandyism is far from just an elite phenomenon represented by famous poets and artists. He shows how dandyism as a popular youth subculture grew into an influential cultural movement, from the days of Beau Brummell in the early 19th century to the age of mods in the 1960s.
About the Author
PETER K. ANDERSSON has written extensively on Victorian cultural history, urban history, and popular culture. He has authored several books and he has contributed to periodicals such as The TLS, History Today, and Journal of Victorian Culture.
UK: May 2026
AE | 235x156mm
978-0-19-779380-0
HB | 384pp
AUD $64.95 | NZD $74.99
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UK: June 2025
TA | 234x156mm
978-0-19-888243-5
HB | 352pp
AUD $68.95 | NZD $77.99
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The Great Museum of the Sea
A Human History of Shipwrecks
JAMES P. DELGADO, SEARCH, Inc.
• Features vivid, first-hand experiences with the Titanic, USS Arizona, the slave ship Clotilda, and dozens of other famous wrecks
In The Great Museum of the Sea, archaeologist, museum director, television host, journalist, and award-winning author James Delgado takes the reader on a personal tour of the world of shipwrecks, including many of the more than one hundred lost ships he has personally discovered, investigated, excavated, and shared in print and on screen. In these pages, Delgado explains why people care about shipwrecks—and why we have incorporated the concept of a shipwreck, and shipwrecks themselves, into our religions and cultures since the earliest civilizations.
About the Author
JAMES P. DELGADO is Senior Vice President of SEARCH, Inc., the leading cultural resources firm in the United States, and the author of more than twenty books, including War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century and The Curse of the Somers: The Secret History of the U.S. Navy’s Most Infamous Mutiny. He was also host of the National Geographic international television series “The Sea Hunters” featuring best-selling author Clive Cussler, and regularly appears on Nat Geo’s series “Drain the Oceans.” For decades he has led diving and excavation teams, most recently at the site of the wreck of the Clotilda, the last ship known to have brought slaves to the United States.
Driven by the Monsoons
Through the Indian Ocean and the Seas of China
BARRY CUNLIFFE, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
• Offers a new historical perspective which gives an understanding of modern world economies
• Uses this history to explore the origins of globalization
• Provides a comprehensive look at the economic systems which spanned the Indian Ocean throughout history
Barry Cunliffe tells the story of trade across the Indian Ocean using the evidence of archaeology and the tales of great travellers, showing how, across thousands of years, humans have been driven by need and the sheer desire to own exotic goods to create and maintain trade routes whatever the difficulties.
About the Author
BARRY CUNLIFFE has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum.
UK: October 2025
AE | 210x140mm
978-0-19-778075-6
HB | 272pp
45 illustrations
AUD $45.95 | NZD $51.99
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UK: August 2025
TA | 246x189mm
978-0-19-888681-5
HB | 384pp
100+ images & maps
AUD $54.95 | NZD $61.99
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On the Ocean
The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500
BARRY CUNLIFFE, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
Barry Cunliffe looks at the development of seafaring on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, two contrasting seas—the Mediterranean without a significant tide, enclosed and soon to become familiar, the Atlantic with its frightening tidal ranges, an ocean without end. We begin with the Middle Palaeolithic hunter gatherers in the eastern Mediterranean building simple vessels to make their remarkable crossing to Crete and we end in the early years of the sixteenth century with sailors from Spain, Portugal and England establishing the limits of the ocean from Labrador to Patagonia. The message is that the contest between humans and the sea has been a driving force, perhaps the driving force, in human history.
About the Author
BARRY CUNLIFFE has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades
Second Edition
Edited by JONATHAN HARRIS, University of London
• Explores the most up-to-date research and provides a novel approach to medieval warfare
• An accessible introduction that is also up-to-date on new ways of interpreting the crusades and areas of debate
• In depth chronology, maps, glossary, and further reading
• Chapters on warfare and castles
A beautifully illustrated and accessible account of the medieval crusades, which covers areas such as art, literature and legacy that are not found in other introductions to the topic. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades is written by a team of fifteen experts in the field and is full of surprising insights from the latest research.
Part of the Oxford Illustrated History series
About the Author
JONATHAN HARRIS completed his PhD in 1993 and subsequently taught at University College London, Goldsmiths’ College London and King’s College London before taking up at post in the History Department at Royal Holloway. His first novel, Theosis, was published in 2023.
UK: October 2025
TA | 246x189mm
978-0-19-896041-6
PB | 640pp
220 illustrations 114 Maps
AUD $58.95 | NZD $67.99
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UK: February 2026
TA | 246x189mm
978-0-19-882930-0
PB | 448pp
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Winner of the Keith Muckelroy Award from The Nautical Archaeology Society
NEW EDITION
Inchon
S. P. MACKENZIE, Emeritus Professor, University of South Carolina
• An up-to-date account of Operation Chromite and its cultural manifestations
• Provides the Korean perspective as well as the American perspective
• Examines the afterlife of the battle of Ichon through—press accounts, books, feature films, and memorials—down to the present in the United States, South Korea, and North Korea
Operation Chromite, the American-led amphibious landing that led to the liberation of Seoul in September 1950, is likely the most famous battle of the Korean War. This volume chronicles the origin, course, and consequences of the battle itself, and examines its afterlife through various media in the US and South and North Korea.
Part of the Great Battles series
About the Author
S. P. MACKENZIE recently retired as Caroline McKissick Dial Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Over the past threeand-a-half decades he has published a wide variety of books and articles exploring war and society in the twentieth century. MacKenzie’s publications include British Prisoners of the Korean War (2012) and The Colditz Myth (2006).
The Napoleonic Wars
A Global History
ALEXANDER MIKABERIDZE, Louisiana State University Shreveport
“Engrossing and authoritative”
Brendan Simms, The Times Literary Supplement
In this ambitious and far-ranging work, Alexander Mikaberidze argues that the Napoleonic Wars can only be fully understood in an international perspective. France struggled for dominance not only on the plains of Europe but also in the Americas, West and South Africa, Ottoman Empire, Iran, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Taking specific regions in turn, Mikaberidze discusses major political-military events around the world and situates geopolitical decision-making within its long- and short-term contexts. From the British expeditions to Argentina and South Africa to the Franco-Russian maneuvering in the Ottoman Empire, the effects of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars would shape international affairs well into the next century.
About the Author
ALEXANDER MIKABERIDZE is Professor of European History at Louisiana State University Shreveport, where he is also Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair for the Curatorship of the James Smith Noel Collection. He is the author of several books, including Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace and The Burning of Moscow: Napoleon’s Trial by Fire 1812
UK: September 2025
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UK: January 2026
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Overreach
How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise
SUSAN SHIRK, UC San Diego
”In this timely and important book, Susan Shirk dissects the nature of China’s emerging threat, driven by growing aggressiveness in foreign policy and Xi Jinping’s tightening domestic grip. Overreach, she warns in jargon-free prose, has triggered an equally self-defeating overreaction from America, and without a dramatic change in policy could lead to war.”
Jerry Brown, former governor of California
The award-winning Overreach combines Susan Shirk’s decades of research and analysis with her direct, hands-on experience to illuminate China’s evolving role on the world’s stage, and particularly the deterioration of its relations with the United States. Shirk opens the “black box” of China’s political system, revealing what lies behind China’s aim to expand both soft and hard power abroad, and how the United States might respond.
About the Author
SUSAN L. SHIRK is a Research Professor and Chair of the 21st Century China Center at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego Shirk is the author of China: Fragile Superpower, and The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China. From 1997-2000, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, with responsibility for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia.
UK: February 2026
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Silver Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award
Winner of The Lionel Gelber Prize
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Wannsee
The Road to the Final Solution
PETER LONGERICH, University of London
Translated by LESLEY SHARPE and JEREMY NOAKES
“A detailed, scholarly account Mr. Longerichs in-depth deconstruction yields unparalleled insight into the Nazi regimes blood-soaked goals.”
Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal
“For Holocaust scholars, this a must-read. A wellresearched study of the meeting that determined many major decisions about the Holocaust.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A brilliant interpretation of the Wannsee Conference, where Nazi leaders hatched one plan among others for the ‘final solution’.”
Robert Gellately
About the Author
PETER LONGERICH was Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London until 2015, and was a founder of the College’s Holocaust Research Centre. An internationally renowned authority on the Nazis, his previous publications include Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and Persecution of the Jews (2010), Himmler (2012), Hitler: A Life (2019), and Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution (2021).
Penning Poison
A
history of anonymous letters
EMILY COCKAYNE, University of East Anglia
• Includes the Littlehampton Libels, the subject of the 2023 film Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Coleman on Netflix’
• Author is consultant on the film Wicked Little Letters
”A well-researched and wide-ranging survey of a fascinating and murky area in the history of letters.”
Miranda Seymour, Financial Times
“Gripping...full of one engaging story after another”
Jonathan Self, Country Life
Penning Poison is about anonymity, emotion, and detection. Gathering surviving anonymous letters penned in England between 1760-1939 together, it identifies possible authors and explores the impact they had on individuals and communities, charting how developments in postal services, detection, and the media influenced writers and their targets.
About the Author
EMILY COCKAYNE is Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. The author of several well-known books, including Hubbub (2007; second edition 2020), Cheek by Jowl. A History of Neighbours (2012), and Rummage (2020), Emily’s research ranges freely across modern English social and cultural history.
UK: October 2025
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UK: September 2025
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
The American Edge
The Military Tech Nexus and the Sources of Great Power Dominance
SETH G. JONES, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Provides a unique understanding of how the United States—and especially innovative companies—have been critical to industrial production from the 1930s to today
• Includes new information on some of the most innovative engineers and entrepreneurs in the defense sector, presenting a new understanding of pathbreaking US figures
In The American Edge, Seth G. Jones explains how the industrial bases of the world’s great military powers have risen and fallen over the past century—and what it means for America. Today, the US’s military base lacks the capacity and flexibility necessary to deter China’s growing military power, but the country’s private sector is flourishing with companies including SpaceX, Microsoft, and Anduril exhibiting tremendous innovation. To regain its capacity to effectively deter China and retain its unmatched status, the US must deepen its partnerships with the nation’s most innovative tech companies.
About the Author
SETH G. JONES is president of the Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, Dr. Jones was director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation.
The Permanent Problem
The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing
BRINK LINDSEY, Niskanen Center
• Offers a novel reinterpretation of the malaise of low growth, deepening class divisions, and dysfunctional politics now afflicting the United States and other rich democracies
• Provides a wide-ranging analysis of the complex relationship between capitalist economic growth and human well-being
In The Permanent Problem, Brink Lindsey examines what John Maynard Keynes termed the “permanent problem”: the idea that despite increasing material plenty, the ultimate human aim of mass flourishing is still a distant goal. Lindsey explores the roots of issues which have led to a current triple crisis, with systems favoring economic elites, declining economic dynamism, and degraded political mechanisms. Ultimately, this book provides an analysis on the current situation, the impacts, and potential pathways to solutions in the future.
About the Author
BRINK LINDSEY is a senior vice president with the Niskanen Center, named “the most interesting think tank in American politics” by Time Magazine. His previous books include (with Steven M. Teles) The Captured Economy (Oxford, 2017), Human Capitalism (2013), and The Age of Abundance (2007).
UK: February 2026
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UK: April 2026
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
Inside the Situation Room
The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-Making
Edited by HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON,
Former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator, and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and KEREN YARHI-MILO, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
In Inside the Situation Room, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo bring together leading scholars and experienced foreign policy practitioners to discuss how decisions with geopolitical consequences are actually made. Together, their research and experience shed a new light on what really matters in times of crisis, from psychology and emotion to trust and diplomacy to public opinion and the evolving role of technology. This book will serve as the first step toward a new standard engagement: more active, iterative collaboration among two communities—scholars and practitioners—who have a great deal to contribute and learn from one another.
About the Authors
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON has spent over five decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, US Senator, US Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. As sixty-seventh US Secretary of State, her “smart power” approach to foreign policy repositioned American diplomacy and development for the twenty-first century.
KEREN YARHI-MILO is an expert in international security, crisis decision-making, and political psychology, Yarhi-Milo is the author of two award-winning books and has published extensively in top academic journals, as well as in the pages of Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic.
On Strategists and Strategy
Collected Essays, 2014-2024
LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, Emeritus Professor, King’s College London
• Brings together disparate pieces that would not be accessible otherwise to many readers
• Presents biographical chapters describing key strategic thinkers of the past 70 years, with personal insights on influential scholars
On Strategists and Strategy exhibits a selection of Lawrence Freedman’s writing from the past ten years, illustrating his analytical talent across a broad-range of subject areas and providing unique insights into key historical events, including the Russia-Ukraine war. Included are biographical chapters on strategic thinkers and academics who influenced Freedman’s own development, providing more personal insight into some of the key actors who shaped history. This curated collection captures some of Lawrence Freedman’s most insightful writing on foreign policy, strategy, and military history through to current conflicts.
About the Author
LAWRENCE FREEDMAN was Professor of War Studies at King’s College London from 1982 to 2014 and Vice-Principal of the College from 2002 to 2013. He was the Official Historian of the Falklands Campaign and a member of the UK Inquiry into the Iraq War. He is the author of several books, including Strategy: A History (Oxford, 2013).
UK: January 2026
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
The Disunited States
Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
RYAN D. GRIFFITHS, Syracuse University
• Examines the growing interest in a national divorce between Red State America and Blue State America
• Discusses how the current polarization in America is a problem, but it is one that needs to be worked out through dialogue rather than a bloody civil war
• Brings expert analysis on the topic of secession, and how it works globally
Given the growing intensity of regionally inflected political polarization in the US, many observers have grimly predicted that a divorce between red and blue America could well happen. Yet how likely is this possibility, and would it really produce a beneficial outcome? In The Disunited States, Ryan Griffiths shows why an orderly breakup would be nearly impossible given the complexity of America’s political geography. A bracing rejoinder to the idea that the peaceful breakup of the US is a plausible outcome, this book establishes why the forces that increasingly divide Americans are unlikely to rip the nation apart—and why unity remains the best of all outcomes.
About the Author
RYAN D. GRIFFITHS is Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University and the author of Secession and the Sovereignty Game.
No Option but Sabotage
The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis
THOMAS ZEITZOFF, American University
• Features in-depths interviews with more than 100 past and current activists and experts
• Provides a unique perspective on one of the most important and salient issues facing the public: the threat of climate change and how activists are confronting it
The radical environmental movement that emerged in the late 1970s US initially embraced violent tactics. But by the 2000s, the movement had largely abandoned that approach despite increasing climate change. No Option But Sabotage traces the entire history of the radical environmental movement from its emergence in the late 1970s to the present, focusing on the biggest question: why did a movement that included tree spikers and the Unabomber eventually abandon violence as a strategy, unlike almost all other extremist movements?
About the Author
THOMAS ZEITZOFF is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on political violence, social media, and political psychology. His work has appeared in Science Advances, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, Political Psychology, among other journals and he is the author of Nasty Politics: The Logic of Insults, Threats, and Incitement.
UK: January 2026
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UK: May 2026
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The Art of Status
Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution
JELENA SUBOTIĆ, Georgia State University
• A compelling account of the global politics underpinning the current debates about the return of looted art
• Connects historical collection and contemporary restitution of looted art to the struggle for status in international politics
In The Art of Status, Jelena Subotić examines this relationship between the restitution of looted art and international status, with a focus on the Parthenon (‘Elgin’) Marbles, the Benin Bronzes, and a collection of paintings looted during the Holocaust that are now housed at the Serbian National Museum. Subotić tells the story of these artworks, how they were looted, how they ended up on display in national museums, and how the art restitution disputes have unfolded.
About the Author
JELENA SUBOTIĆ is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She is the author of Hijacked Justice: Dealing with the Past in the Balkans (2009) and Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism (2019), which won multiple awards. She is also the co-editor of Politics, Violence, Memory: The New Social Science of the Holocaust (2023), as well as the author of more than 40 scholarly articles in major international journals.
Dictating the Agenda Authoritarian Resurgence & Influence in World Politics
ALEXANDER COOLEY, Columbia University, and ALEXANDER DUKALSKIS, University College Dublin
Dictating the Agenda examines how contemporary authoritarian regimes are undermining the global influence of Western democratic liberal ideas and advocacy. They achieve this by projecting their agendas into global arenas often considered “non-political,” such as consumer boycotts, global media, transnational higher education, and international sports. While globalization—marked by economic exchange, technological innovation, and consumerism—was once believed to inevitably spread US-style liberalism worldwide, the past decade has proven otherwise. Authoritarian governments in Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia are now exploiting these very tools to discredit liberal activism, diminish the significance of liberal values in global governance, and advance their autocratic ideologies and agendas.
About the Author
ALEXANDER COOLEY’s research examines how international actors have influenced the governance, sovereignty, and security of the post-Communist states.
ALEXANDER DUKALSKI’s research and teaching interests include authoritarian politics, human rights, and Asian politics.
UK: October 2025
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UK: September 2025
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Discordance
The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant
JIM BAGGOTT, Freelance Science Writer
“This is an exciting romp through the Universe in pursuit of its important and elusive measurement. Highly recommended.”
Adam Riess, Nobel laureate 2011, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute
In 1927 Georges Lemaître argued that our universe is expanding, a conclusion rendered more startling by the astronomical data that backed it up, presented two years later by Edwin Hubble. The speed of the expansion of the universe is governed by the Hubble constant. Discordance tells of its troubled 100-year history, from tentative steps to measure the distances of nearby stars to orbiting telescopes peering into the far reaches of space. But recent results hint at more trouble ahead: the ‘Hubble tension’. The story is not over yet.
About the Author
JIM BAGGOTT is an award-winning science writer. Trained as a scientist in the Universities of Oxford and Stanford, and a former lecturer at the University of Reading, he has written popular books on science, philosophy, and history.
Positive Tipping Points
How to Fix the Climate Crisis
TIM LENTON, University of Exeter
“This is a tour de force: a magnificent exploration of what could be the most important issues of all. I beg you to read it.”
George Monbiot, author, journalist, environmental activist
“Positive Tipping Points by Tim Lenton is a compelling exploration of Earth’s fragile systems, blending cuttingedge science with urgent storytelling. Essential for anyone seeking to understand and navigate our planet’s climate challenges.”
Tom Rivett-Carnac, Founding Partner, Global Optimism
This book identifies the positive tipping points that can help us avoid the worst from damaging tipping points. It takes the reader on a journey through understanding how tipping points happen, showing how tipping points have transformed human societies in the past, and facing up to the profound risks that climate tipping points pose to us all now.
About the Author
TIM LENTON is Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, where he founded the Global Systems Institute. Tim is renowned for his work in identifying climate tipping points, which informed the setting of the ‘well below 2°C’ climate target.
UK: October 2025
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UK: September 2025
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If Your Adolescent Has Autism
An Essential Resource for Parents
EMILY J. WILLINGHAM, Writer
• Focuses on the common themes and issues that arise when autism and adolescence intersect
• Features the real-life stories of autistic people and parents
• Includes a comprehensive resource list of thorough, detailed guides on transition planning for autistic teens
This concise, readable book offers the latest in evidencebased information about what happens when autism and adolescence intersect. The book covers the teen years, addressing middle school and high school, along with the transition period from high school into adulthood. If Your Adolescent Has Autism will give parents of autistic teenagers what they need: information presented with compassion and understanding, with an emphasis on both the strengths and the disability related to autism and their unique manifestations during this transitional period of life.
Part of the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative series
About the Author
EMILY J. WILLINGHAM is a developmental biologist and journalist. She has authored several books, and her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Aeon, Undark, San Francisco Chronicle, and many other outlets. She has been a regular contributor to Scientific American.
Mastering the Transition to College
The Ultimate Guidebook for Parents of Teens With ADHD
MICHAEL C. MEINZER, University of Illinois Chicago
• Offers families concrete strategies for how to prepare a teen with ADHD for college
• Includes worksheets and activities to help guide the conversation between parents and their teen
• Provides content in an easily digestible manner suitable for neurodiverse families
This book is a step-by-step guide for parents of teens with ADHD who are preparing for college. Each chapter provides conversation starters for parents to initiate with their teen, as well as clear goals to accomplish, practical advice on how to approach key discussions, and easy-to-use tools to help guide parents through the topic. Mastering the Transition to College will help families confidently navigate this new chapter, ensuring the transition from high school to college is as smooth as possible.
About the Author
MICHAEL C. MEINZER, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. There, he directs the UIC SUCCEEDS ADHD Program that provides free comprehensive treatment for students with ADHD. Dr. Meinzer’s work is widely published and has garnered significant support from the National Institutes of Health and recognition from Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD).
UK: February 2026
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UK: December 2025
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PHILOSOPHY
How to Think More and Better
Being Reasonable in Unreasonable Times
WILLIAM B. IRVINE, Emeritus Professor, Wright State University
• Arms readers with specific strategies to help them assess information and make decisions, including methods such as Mindcare and Mindcleaning
Even the most reasonable of us can be selective about when we think reasonably—we might take pride in our rationality about professional matters but follow our gut when it comes to social issues, for example. In a world of rabbit holes, echo chambers, and disinformation, how can we keep our heads on straight more consistently? How to Think More and Better offers a philosopher’s advice on becoming a more rational and critical thinker. It trains the reader in open-minded critical thinking. Irvine makes the case for his approach, explaining the prevalence of emotion-driven thinking at the expense of engagement with evidence, and then lays out strategies readers can use to train themselves to think more critically.
About the Author
WILLIAM B. IRVINE is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Wright State University where he taught critical thinking for nearly four decades. His book Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy helped trigger the ongoing resurgence of interest in Stoicism. His most recent research is focused on the impact the internet has had on how and what we think.
Divided by Faith Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Second Edition
MICHAEL O. EMERSON, Rice University, and CHRISTIAN SMITH, University of Notre Dame
First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly overhauled with updated statistics and an additional chapter covering developments over the last twenty-five years. The authors assess the growth of the rise of Christian nationalism, whiteness studies, critical race theory, the racialization of religion, and the religionization of race. Through a large body of evidence combined with sophisticated analysis and interpretation, they throw a bright light on the oldest American dilemma. In the end, they conclude that despite the best intentions of evangelical leaders and some positive trends, real racial reconciliation remains far over the horizon.
About the Authors
MICHAEL O. EMERSON is the author of The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, among many other publications. He has featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, podcasts, and SiriusXM radio.
CHRISTIAN SMITH is well known for his research focused on religion, adolescents and emerging adults, and social theory. For his work on evangelicalism, he developed the subcultural identity theory of religious persistence and strength.
UK: April 2026
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UK: February 2026
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Master of Rome
A Life of Julius Caesar
DAVID POTTER, University of Michigan
• A compelling new portrait of one of the ancient world’s most famous and consequential figures
• Offers a vivid narrative of the collapse of Roman democracy, showing what happens when the guardrails that defend democratic processes fail
Through a careful analysis of the ancient sources, including Caesar’s own writings, David Potter offers us a stunning and original portrait of the general and statesman’s character and methods. He shows Caesar as a highly organized manager with an extraordinary ability to adjust to circumstances and to maintain a favorable public image among the populace. After his death, Caesar’s followers put forward a narrative of his life that made his rise to power seem inevitable, but Caesar’s own writing tells us a different story—one of a detail-oriented general who demanded a high degree of accountability from his subordinates.
About the Author
DAVID POTTER is Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan. His previous books include Disruption: Why Things Change, Constantine the Emperor, The Victor’s Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium, and Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint
Children of Mars
The Origins of Rome’s Empire
JEREMY ARMSTRONG, University of Auckland
This book provides a new narrative account of the rise of Rome as an imperial force in the centuries before Julius Caesar and Augustus. It presents a new interpretation of the early Roman army, highlighting the fluid and family-driven character which is increasingly visible in the evidence. It draws on recent developments within the field of early Roman studies to argue that the emergence of Rome’s empire in Italy should not be seen as the spread of a distinct “Roman” people across Italian land, but rather the expansion of a social, political, and military network amongst the Italian people. It suggests that Rome’s early empire was a fundamentally human and relational one. While this reinterpretation of early Roman imperialism is no less violent than the traditional model, it alters its core dynamic and nature, and thus shifts the entire trajectory of Rome’s Republican history.
Part of the Ancient Warfare and Civilization series
About the Author
JEREMY ARMSTRONG is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the author of Early Roman Warfare: From the Regal Period to the First Punic War and War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals.
UK: November 2025
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UK: November 2025
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CLASSICS
Plato of Athens
A Life in Philosophy
ROBIN WATERFIELD, Independent Scholar and Translator
“Waterfield’s narrative is compelling.”
The Atlantic
• Presents an accessible introduction to Plato’s thought
• Provides a rich portrait of Athens at a time of great political and cultural change
This book, the first ever biography of the father of philosophy, tracks Plato’s life from his childhood in war-torn Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE to his founding of the Academy, adventures in Sicily, death, and immense legacy. Throughout, it sheds light on Plato’s many timeless works of philosophy.
Rome Strategy of Empire
JAMES LACEY, Marine Corps University
“This well-argued and exhaustively researched book will no doubt reopen the debate as to whether the Romans really were capable of strategic thought.”
Military History Matters
Rome: Strategy of Empire dispels the myth that Romans were incapable of longterm strategic thinking or maintaining any enunciated strategy for more than a brief period, acting as a welcome counternarrative to Edward Luttwak’s The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third.
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
A New History of the Ancient Near East
AMANDA H. PODANY, California State Polytechnic University
“Adopting a truly innovative approach, Podany has provided us with a wonderfully vivid and compelling account of the region.”
The Past
“[A] remarkably lively...chronicle.”
Science
A sweeping history of the ancient Near East from 3500 to 323 BCE, Weavers, Scribes, and Kings is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their own written words and the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived.
UK: October 2025
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UK: October 2025
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UK: October 2025
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John Williams
A Composer’s Life
TIM GREIVING, University of Southern California
• Presents new research about Williams’ ancestry and early years
• Includes a thorough reading of his entire body of work
John Williams is one of the most famous film composers of all time, having almost singlehandedly revived the Hollywood symphonic scoring tradition and helped restore the livelihood of American orchestras through the popularity of film music programming. He wrote as many universally well-known tunes as the Beatles or Beethoven, if not more; his themes for Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Harry Potter are beloved around the world by multiple generations. This is the first major biography, achieved with unprecedented access to Williams and new interviews with Steven Spielberg and Yo-Yo Ma, among many others.
About the Author
TIM GREIVING is an arts journalist in Los Angeles who specializes in film music. He has contributed stories to NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has written program notes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Albert Hall, and liner notes for more than one hundred soundtrack albums.
Hitchcock and Herrmann
The Friendship and Film Scores that Changed Cinema
STEVEN C. SMITH, Emmy-nominated documentary producer and award-winning author
• Includes unpublished material on Hitchcock’s working methods and his relationship with Herrmann
The 11-year collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann is often called the greatest director-composer partnership in cinema history. Their eight films together include such classic thrillers as Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. In Hitchcock and Herrmann:
The Friendship and Film Scores that Changed Cinema, Steven C. Smith delivers an intimate account of how the reserved, but deeply anxious, Hitchcock found his ideal creative partner in the cantankerous, but deeply romantic, Herrmann. Smith draws on four decades of research, including previously unpublished documents and new interviews, to deliver a riveting account of what made the teaming of “Benny and Hitch” so memorable and influential—and why it came to a bitter end.
About the Author
STEVEN C. SMITH is a four-time Emmy-nominated documentary producer and award-winning author. His over 200 documentaries about film and music include collaborations with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Stephen Sondheim, John Williams, Julie Andrews and Sidney Poitier.
UK: September 2025
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31 color plates, 26 interior photographs
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UK: January 2026
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George Orwell
Life and Legacy
Edited by ROBERT COLLS, Emeritus Professor, De Montfort University
• Reconsiders the legacy and misuse of Orwell since his death and returns us to the original work and context of the writings
• Examines Orwell’s views on women, colonialism, and WWII
• Looks at what Orwell’s experiences tell us about his changing views of political and personal issues
George Orwell: His Life and Legacy by Robert Colls is an intellectual biography which offers an original account of Orwell’s life and work from his birth in the high noon of British imperialism in 1903, to his death on the eve of the Cold War in 1950.
Athens Tales
Edited by HELEN CONSTANTINE, and translated by JOSHUA BARLEY, Freelance Translator and Writer
• An exciting selection of stories from across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries that evoke the vibrancy of Athens
Athens Tales is a portrait of Greece’s capital through the city’s own writers. The book is made up of eighteen short stories, in English translation, by different Greek authors, some of whom have never appeared before in English. Taking a roughly chronological course from the 1890s to the present day, through these stories, the reader follows the history of Athens through its multiple transformations, from a small town in the nineteenth century to a sprawling modern metropolis.
Part of the City Tales series
Venice Tales
Edited
by HELEN CONSTANTINE and KATIA PIZZI, University of London
• An intelligent and entertaining companion to enrich a reader’s appreciation of Venice
• Readers will find in these stories an echo of the magical, suspended, and fluid atmosphere of Venice
• Italian authors provide a unique viewpoint on this cosmopolitan city
Venice Tales is the first comprehensive collection of short stories on Venice by Italian authors. The book encompasses a broad chronological span, beginning from the Middle Ages (Boccaccio), through to the early modern period (Sansovino), the Enlightenment (Casanova, Goldoni), to the modern and contemporary eras (Marinetti, Montale, Calvino, Scarpa and others).
Part of the City Tales series
UK: January 2026
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UK: October 2025
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UK: July 2025
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The Buddenbrooks
THOMAS MANN
Translated by MIKE MITCHELL, Freelance translator, and edited by RITCHIE ROBERTSON, University of Oxford
• A new English translation of Thomas Mann’s first major success as a novelist
• Ritchie Robertson’s introduction places the novel in the context of Mann’s development as an author
The Buddenbrooks (1900) was Thomas Mann’s first major success. It draws on his own family history and on his vivid memories of growing up in the commercial town of Lübeck in North Germany. The narrative traces the decline of a wealthy, established merchant family, from their height during the middle decades of the eighteenth century, to the onset of uncertainty in the modern world.
OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
Death in Venice and Other Stories
THOMAS MANN
Translated by NICOLA LUCKHURST, and edited by RITCHIE ROBERTSON, University of Oxford
• Provides readable new translations of nine pieces of Mann’s short fiction, with an accessible introduction and explanatory notes
• Includes Mann’s 1912 popular classic novella Death in Venice, which was later adapted into a film and opera
This volume contains a generous selection of the short fiction Thomas Mann published in the years 1897 to 1912, after which he turned to largerscale projects. The acknowledged classic among the early shorter fiction is the novella Death in Venice, in which Mann develops a lyrical style and a range of mythological allusions, through the forbidden love of a middle-aged man for a teenage boy, a theme with roots in Mann’s own emotional experience.
Doctor Faustus
THOMAS MANN
Edited and translated by RITCHIE ROBERTSON, University of Oxford
• A new English translation of a rich and fascinating novel, focusing on the tragic figure of a modernist composer and his more conventional, sometimes comically perplexed biographer
• Thomas Mann’s major novel explores the cultural and political background which led to the rise of Nazism and Germany’s devastation in the Second World War
Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus (1947) recounts the life of a solitary composer, Adrian Leverkühn, whose personal and musical development provides a panorama of middle-class German society in the early twentieth century.
UK: January 2026
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UK: January 2026
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UK: January 2026
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978-0-19-886772-2
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OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
Poetry of the Second World War
An Anthology
Edited by TIM KENDALL, University of Exeter
• Explores the relationship between poetry of the First and Second World Wars and how poets reacted to both
• Every poem is fully annotated, with unusual words explained, and an account is given of the various events that are mentioned in the poems themselves
This new anthology brings together a generous selection of famous wartime poets alongside works by civilians and soldiers, offering a symphony of different voices, all connected in their shared experience of the Second World War. An introduction provides historical context and biographical accounts of each poet.
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, 1848-1861 & More Leaves, 1862-1882
QUEEN VICTORIA
Edited by MARGARET HOMANS, Yale University, JOANNA MARSCHNER, Historic Royal Palaces, and ADRIENNE MUNICH, Stony Brook University
• Queen Victoria is the only British monarch to have published personal, often intimate, details of her family life and her private emotions
• Draws on sources from the Royal Archives and the Royal Library at Windsor to inform readers of the scope and importance of the publication history
The books offer intimate views of the most important woman of her times as she shares her love of her family and of the Highlands and demonstrates her intense interest in all corners of her realm and in the lives of individuals from all classes of society.
The Lost Domain
ALAIN-FOURNIER
Translated by FRANK DAVISON, and with an introduction and notes by ADAM WATT, University of Exeter
• Revised version of Frank Davison’s acclaimed translation, based upon a new scholarly edition of the French text
• An accessible and detailed introduction offers an insightful and informative support to all readers of the novel
• Wide-ranging explanatory notes provide cultural, historical, and contextual detail
The Lost Domain (1913) is an adventure story as well as a lyrical homage to life in pre-war rural France. One of France’s best-loved and most read novels of all time, it is a tale of growing up, friendship, love, and loss, threaded through with traits of romance, fantasy, and makebelieve.
UK: October 2025
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UK: October 2025
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UK: September 2025
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
WILLA CATHER
Edited
by CATHERINE MORLEY, University of Leicester
• A brand new critical introduction to one of Willa Cather’s most beloved novels
• Extensive, expansive notes written accessibly
• Up-to-date chronology, introduction, selected reading, and notes informed by the latest scholarship on Willa Cather
The story of two missionary priests, travelling through the American Southwest in the aftermath of the Mexican American wars, Father JeanMarie Latour and Joseph Vaillant spread Catholic faith and religious practices, convert and gather new souls, and discipline wayward priests who have strayed from the Church of Rome.
The Professor’s House
WILLA CATHER
Edited by MELISSA J. HOMESTEAD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• A new edition of Willa Cather’s sixth novel, which is described as “a mastery of the story form never excelled even by her own previous work”
• Includes a selective bibliography of Willa Cather scholarship, a chronology of Cather’s life, and explanatory notes
• Up-to-date introduction that draws on recently discovered information and documents, and quotes liberally from Cather’s letters
The Professor’s House (1925) depicts the mid-life crisis of Godfrey St. Peter, a history professor at a midwestern state university who is disillusioned with his wife and daughters, his university, and the materialism of American culture. He longs for Tom Outland, his most brilliant student, who died in World War I.
The Blazing World and Other Writings
MARGARET CAVENDISH
Edited
by
LISA WALTERS
, University of Queensland
• The first edition of The Blazing World that has modernized spelling and grammar, rendering it more accessible to students and instructors
• The most comprehensive collection of Cavendish’s literary writings to date
• Includes samples of Cavendish’s philosophical writings, as well as writings by philosophers she engages with in her literature
One of the most diverse and maverick intellectuals of the early modern period, Margaret Cavendish is known for critiquing a wide range of early modern cultural and philosophical beliefs. In this edition Lisa Walters brings together popular works such as The Blazing World, alongside lesser-known poems and prose pieces, like The Ambitious Traitor.
UK: February 2026
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UK: October 2025
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UK: August 2025
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OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
The Vagabond
COLETTE
Translated by FRANCES EGAN, Monash University, and edited by HELEN SOUTHWORTH, University of Oregon
• A new English translation updating the novel for the twenty-first century
• Provides a snapshot of early twentieth-century French society, drawing on Colette’s own experience as a stage performer
Colette’s semi-autobiographical novel
The Vagabond (1910) follows thirtythree-year-old Renée Néré as she embarks on a stage career after a divorce from philandering ex-husband, painter Adolphe Taillandy. Unlike the earlier Claudine series, which began as a collaboration between Colette and her first husband, Colette worked alone on The Vagabond to create a leading lady navigating the Parisian working world on her own terms.
His Last Bow
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Edited by TRISH FERGUSON, Liverpool Hope University, and DARRYL JONES, Trinity College Dublin
• Offers novel interpretations of the significance of unravelling clues in the Sherlock Holmes stories and the incorporation of the reader into the act of decoding
• Situates the stories in relation to Conan Doyle’s career as a writer concerned with Britain’s military actions and strategies, thus stressing that the stories should be read as war propaganda
A new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s
His Last Bow, featuring a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories that take place against the backdrop of the First World War. This edition contains a new introduction which offers a richly detailed contextual backdrop for understanding the stories of this volume as a work of war service.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Second Edition
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Edited by CATHERINE WYNNE, University of Hull, and DARRYL JONES, Trinity College Dublin
• The volume is full of famous cases, including ‘The Red-Headed League’, ‘The Blue Carbuncle’, and ‘The Speckled Band’, as well as the first appearance of Irene Adler
• This new edition provides a fresh new examination of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with a focus on Conan Doyle’s own medical background and its influence on the creation of the famous detective
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of The Strand Magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.
UK: September 2025
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From Man to Man or Perhaps Only
OLIVE SCHREINER
Edited by DOROTHY DRIVER, University of Cape Town
• Includes two recently discovered alternative endings and extracts from Schreiner’s letters and journals that cast light on the genesis, composition, and final abandonment of the novel
• This edition corrects the editorial and proofreading errors of all previous editions, and is in part based on a newly discovered original typescript with the author’s emendations
Olive Schreiner’s From Man to Man (first published in 1926 and now re-edited after the discovery of an original typescript) tells the story of two white women born into the racist, sexist, and capitalist society of mid-nineteenthcentury South Africa. This new edition includes additional material, an introduction, and explanatory notes.
OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
History of A Six Weeks’ Tour
Through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland: with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva, and of the Glaciers of Chamouni
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY, and PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
Edited by CIAN DUFFY, Lund University, and ANNA MERCER, Cardiff University
• An important and revealing but less well-known work by two of the most famous authors of the Romantic period
The Last Man and The Journal of Sorrow
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY
Edited by EILEEN M. HUNT, University of Notre Dame
• Presents two of Mary Shelley’s most important works, never before published together
• Includes a new introduction drawing out connections between Shelley’s novel and the journal, and their relationships to political science fiction and life writing
• Shelley’s groundbreaking The Last Man was the first major modern telling of postapocalyptic pandemic which still resonates 200 years after publication
UK: November 2025
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Published for the first time in paperback, History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (1817) is a volume of travel-writing by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Comprising prose narrative, correspondence, and poetry, it is a highly engaging account of their ‘adventures and feelings’ during two journeys from England to Switzerland at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Mary Shelley’s The Last Man is a novel set in the aftermath of climate disaster and a war between Greece and Turkey in the late twenty-first century. Shelley’s ‘Journal of Sorrow’ was written after the death of her husband and provides the personal background to the novel.
UK: June 2025
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UK: February 2026
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OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
The Character of a Trimmer and Other Writings
GEORGE
SAVILE, MARQUESS OF HALIFAX
Edited by BRIAN R. CLACK, University of San Diego, and WILLIAM GIBSON, Oxford Brookes University
• The first new paperback edition of all of Halifax’s published works in over 50 years
• Includes an introduction that places Halifax’s work in its historical setting and discusses the continuing relevance of his political thought more than three centuries after his death
A new edition of the works of the Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695), one of the greatest statesmen of late seventeenth century England. His writing on political activity, on Charles II, on the role of women in society, and his thoughts on morality and human nature are presented in this volume in a new modernized text.
The Masnavi, Book Six
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI
JAWID
MOJADDEDI, Rutgers University
• This final volume completes Jawid Mojaddedi’s prize-winning translation for the Oxford World’s Classics series
• Presents a verse translation into heroic couplets of the original Persian poem
• This edition includes an extensive introduction, notes, and glossary which provide essential background information
• The ideal introduction to Rumi for the non-specialist reader
This is the first ever verse translation into English of the entirety of Book Six of Rumi’s The Masnavi. Book Six is the longest of the books, focusing on selfannihilation in God and the oneness experienced at the end of the Sufi path by the realized mystic.
A Doll’s House, Men of Honour, When We Dead Awaken
HENRIK IBSEN and LAURA KIELER
Translated by GAYE KYNOCH, Freelance Literary Translator, and edited by TZEN SAM and KIRSTEN E. SHEPHERD-BARR, both at University of Oxford
• This collection presents the very first English translation of Kieler’s Men of Honour and is the first edition to publish these plays together
• Draws on archival research, such as psychiatric ‘patient journal’, and includes an in-depth introduction and explanatory notes
These three plays tell a fascinating and heartbreaking story, introduce a new playwright (Laura Kieler) to the world, and provide a fuller understanding of a work we thought we knew: Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. This new edition is complete with an insightful introduction, up-to-date research, and in-depth explanatory notes.
UK: June 2025
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978-0-19-287428-3
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UK: November 2025
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The New Negro
ALAIN LOCKE
Edited by JEFFREY C. STEWART, University of California, Santa Barbara
• A new edition of this groundbreaking work of the Harlem Renaissance, which includes work by W. E. B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, and more
• Includes an introduction by the leading Locke scholar and Pulitzer winner Jeffrey C. Stewart
• Scholarly material places the pieces in their literary and historical context
Published in 1925, The New Negro is an anthology of poems, stories, and essays by Black luminaries of the period, along with new essays by prominent scholars and specialists. It is the definitive statement of the Harlem Renaissance.
OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS
The Guermantes Way
MARCEL PROUST
Translated by PETER BUSH and edited by PETER BROOKS, Yale University
• The third volume of Proust’s widely recognised masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, which ponders questions of time, memory, identity, sensation, art, and existence
• An accomplished new translation by renowned translator Peter Bush that will be of interest to readers new to Proust and those already familiar with the author and his work
• Peter Brooks’ introduction offers an insightful and highly readable overview of this volume, providing informative support to all readers of Proust
The Guermantes Way is the third volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century.
Journey to the Moon
JULES VERNE
Edited and translated by DAVID COWARD, Emeritus Professor, University of Leeds, and WILLIAM BUTCHER, Former French Professor
• This edition contains the first appearance of the text in modern literary English
• Features an original introduction, explanatory notes, biographical information, and unpublished research into the sources and the manuscripts
A new translation of Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, telling the story of an audacious journey to the Moon that inspired generations of writers and astronauts. This edition contains contains a wealth of contextual information and unpublished research and is the first text to appear as the author wished.
UK: November 2025
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UK: November 2025
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UK: August 2025
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Administrative Law
A Very Short Introduction
STEPHEN THOMSON, The Australian National University
• Offers informative reading across the major common law jurisdictions
• Relevant to students of administrative law throughout the common law world
This Very Short Introduction provides a clear and concise guide to administrative law, explaining its key features in an accessible and practical way for students, journalists, government officials, and everyday readers. From internal review and freedom of information, to public inquiries and anti-corruption controls, the book gives readers a broad overview of the subject.
Agatha Christie
A Very Short Introduction
GILL PLAIN, University of St Andrews
• Provides a fresh critical account of Christie’s career, providing new evidence for her ongoing relevance and appeal
• Innovative approach to form and structure to illustrate unexpected textual sophistication
• New research and new readings on Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the author of over 80 books and the world’s longest running play. This Very Short Introduction will explore this extraordinary success by considering the curious alchemy of her straightforward style and her convoluted plotting, and it will examine the construction of her most popular serial characters.
Alexander Hamilton
A Very Short Introduction
R. B. BERNSTEIN (1956-2023), City College of New York
“This concise, elegant, and erudite presentation of the life of Alexander Hamilton is just what we need. As Americans look to the past to answer questions about our present and future, Bernstein has given us an excellent history of the life and times of a man who did so much to set the course of the early United States.”
Annette Gordon-Reed, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family Alexander Hamilton: A Very Short Introduction provides a brief introduction to the life, work, and legacies of Alexander Hamilton. R. B. Bernstein explores Hamilton’s role in revolution, politics, law, constitutionalism, economics, diplomacy, and war, as well as his views on honor and duelling.
UK: November 2025
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Asian American History
A Very Short Introduction
Second Edition
MADELINE Y. HSU, University of Maryland
• First study to deal explicitly with the racial repositioning of Asians during the mid-20th century stemming from the retreat from segregation as the dominant racial ideology
• Considers critical themes of contemporary relevance such as immigration policy, socioeconomic inequality of the minorities, refugee policy and integration of immigrants, and international labor markets
This Very Short Introduction provides an interpretation of key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North America. Clearly written and elegantly argued, this book complements typical narratives by highlighting how Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal interpretations of America as a “nation of immigrants.”
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Cicero
A Very Short Introduction
YELENA BARAZ, Princeton University
• Provides a valuable introduction to a complicated period and a multifaceted figure
• Allows the reader different points of entry while integrating each within the broader context of Cicero’s life
• Shows the significance of Cicero’s contributions and their recognition by subsequent generations
Cicero was one of the leading figures at a time of great historical significance, the late Roman republic. This Very Short Introduction presents a concise and accessible account of his life and work and shows connections between apparently disparate endeavours.
Entropy
A Very Short Introduction
JAMES
BINNEY, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
• Brings together the many different fields in which entropy is a key concept—from energy transition to data science and quantum computing to black hole dynamics
• Explains how the application of entropy to black holes calls into question our current understanding of material reality
Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that’s not too polluted with entropy. This Very Short Introduction explains how the concepts of energy and entropy were separated from one another over half a century.
UK: May 2026
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Environmental Justice
A Very Short Introduction
PAMELA HILL, Boston University School of Law
• Succinctly explains the recent and evolving concept of environmental justice within the larger context of environmental protection
• Raises important questions about inequality and the obligations of governments and societies
• Presents multiple perspectives on the subject, offering both theoretical treatment and case studies
Relying on the latest scholarship and highlighting relevant events, this Very Short Introduction provides readers with the foundational knowledge of environmental justice: what it is and its causes, as well as governmental and international responses to it.
Evolutionary Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
MARYANNE FISHER, Saint Mary’s University, and T. JOEL WADE, Bucknell University
In this Very Short Introduction Maryanne L. Fisher and T. Joel Wade unfold the intriguing idea that our brain, like every other body part, has been shaped over time by natural and sexual selection. Fisher and Wade consider the contexts in which our ancestors thrived and explore how people today think and act using an evolutionary compass. This research-oriented exploration addresses diverse topics, organised into chapters on the principles underlying this approach, survival issues, group alliances, aggression, family dynamics, and mating strategies. It touches on a broad array of topics like fears, disgust, attraction, sibling conflict, friendship, and homicide.
Herman Melville
A Very Short Introduction
MAURICE S. LEE, Boston University
• Provides an authoritative introduction to Melville’s life and works such as Moby-Dick, Omoo, and Mardi
• An accessible starting point for readers interested in studying and enjoying Herman Melville’s writings
Herman Melville: A Very Short Introduction tells the story of Melville’s exciting and tragic life, provides overviews of his minor and major works, outlines critical questions arising from his writings, and offers ways to interpret and enjoy his books. A variety of readers will find value in this accessible introduction to Herman Melville.
UK: February 2026
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UK: October 2025
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Human Geography
A Very Short Introduction
PATRICIA DALEY, and IAN KLINKE, both at University of Oxford
• A new approach to introducing human geography
• Grounding theorisations of space in concrete spaces and places (the colony, the pipeline etc.)
• Examines the formation of power systems and the ways in which they have been constructed, subverted, and resisted over time
This Very Short Introduction explains how human geography can aid a better knowledge of the modern world and offers an exciting and contemporary entry into the study of power systems and the way in which they have been constructed, subverted, and resisted over time.
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction Second Edition
PAUL KLENERMAN, University
of Oxford
• Discusses some of the important recent advances in harnessing the immune system for immunotherapies, for example in the treatment of cancers
• Addresses what we learned about the immune system from the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has influenced thinking about future pandemics
In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Klenerman describes the immune system, and how it works in health and disease. In particular he focuses on the human immune system, considering how it evolved, the basic rules that govern its behaviour, and the major health threats where it is important.
The Iraq Wars
A Very Short Introduction
SAMUEL HELFONT, Naval Postgraduate School, California
• Synthesizes a vast array of American and Iraqi literature providing a balanced approach
• Written in a style that is easily accessible and digestible for a wide variety of readers
• Considers the individual conflicts both as individual occurrences and as a broader whole
Academics, journalists, statesmen, and soldiers have produced many library shelves of books on the Iraq Wars. Yet, no short, easily digestible volume exists to synthesize this vast literature of both English and Arabic sources. The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction covers this series of important conflicts as a whole, in a highly succinct and uniquely readable way.
UK: August 2025
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-286930-2
PB | 160pp
AUD $23.95 | NZD $27.99 Available as an Ebook
UK: September 2025
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-893658-9
PB | 160pp
AUD $23.95 | NZD $26.99 Available as an Ebook
UK: January 2026
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-775363-7
PB | 152pp
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Mathematical Biology
A Very Short Introduction
PHILIP K. MAINI, Oxford University
• Illustrates how mathematics has helped make important advances in a very diverse range of areas in ecology, epidemiology, biology, and medicine
• Explains to non-mathematicians the role mathematical modelling can play in helping increase our understanding of biology and points out its strengths and weakness
In this Very Short Introduction Philip K. Maini describes the art of modelling, what it is, why we do it, and illustrates how the abstract way of thinking that is the essence of mathematics enables us to transfer knowledge from one area of research to another. Using numerous examples, he explains how the same fundamental ideas have been used in different fields, and shows how mathematics is the language of science.
Memory
A Very Short Introduction Second Edition
JONATHAN FOSTER
• Shows why memory is an integral part of being human and how it underpins our sense of who we are
• Incorporates vital recent developments in the field of neuroscience — including neuroimaging which allows us to see memories at work
• Looks at what can go wrong from ‘recovered memories’ and ‘déjà vu’ to brain injuries and dementia
This Very Short Introduction draws on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology to explore the science of memory. It uses case studies, anecdotes, literature, and philosophy to explain how memory works and why we can’t live without it.
Mining
A Very Short Introduction
KAREN A. HUDSON-EDWARDS, and HANNAH S.R. HUGHES, both at University of Exeter
• Describes the nature of mining - its history and importance; the geology of ore deposits; the exploration and extraction of materials; and the environmental and social impacts of mining
• Discusses the importance of mining today, in producing the metals and materials we need to transition to a green, low-carbon future, and to maintain our lifestyles
Mining continues to evolve and today’s paradigms are ‘sustainable’ and ‘responsible mining’, mining that is profitable but protects the environment, human rights, and health. Mining: A Very Short Introduction covers these developments and looks to the future to see where mining ideally will go.
UK: September 2025
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-885463-0
PB | 144pp
12 B&W illustrations
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UK: January 2026
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-889841-2
PB | 160pp
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UK: January 2026
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978-0-19-886136-2
PB | 144pp
43 illustrations
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Modern China
A Very Short Introduction
Third Edition
RANA MITTER, Harvard Kennedy School
• Includes accounts of many prominent figures, such as the Communist leaders, the last emperors, and writers and artists
• Investigates China’s changing foreign policy, which has become globally relevant, and the growing power of Xi Jinping in domestic politics
• Deals with the COVID era and the remarkable growth in China’s technological innovation
This Very Short Introduction addresses the themes, developments, and controversies that have shaped Modern China.
Covering a range of social issues, Rana Mitter provides a contemporary view of the world’s most populous nation, with a new acknowledgement of China’s changing foreign policy, and its unique engagement with the internet.
Moses Maimonides
A Very Short Introduction
ROSS BRANN, Cornell University
• Provides an accessible introduction to Maimonides’ cultural background, world, and thought
• Offers a detailed picture of the cultural richness of the medieval Islamic Mediterranean and its Jewish communities
Moses Maimonides, a scientist, physician, philosopher, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader, was perhaps the most imposing Jewish figure of the pre-modern age. Yet, more than eight centuries after his death, the meaning of his life and his work remains contested.
This Very Short Introduction surveys Maimonides’ many intellectual, literary, and professional ventures.
Oral History
A Very Short Introduction
DOUGLAS A. BOYD, University of Kentucky Libraries
• Considers both the practice and purpose of oral history
• Provides a clear overview of a growing field
• Includes tools and strategies for conducting interviews and making them publicly accessible
An area of explosive interest and growth, oral history is a complex discipline not just sequestered to storytelling. The interview is a complex combination of strategy and flexibility, remembering and forgetting, narrative and silence, and cannot escape individual biases and perspectives. This book offers readers a comprehensive and concise overview of oral history from one of the most important figures in the field.
UK: September 2025
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978-0-19-893110-2
PB | 160pp
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UK: October 2025
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-753698-8
PB | 160pp
10 B&W illustrations
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UK: January 2026
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978-0-19-006762-5
PB | 160pp
7 illustrations
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VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Postwar Europe
A Very Short Introduction
RICHARD BESSEL, Emeritus Professor, University of York
• Concise and accessible writing style exploring the conditions of postwar Europe
• Presents the complicated themes of postwar Europe without using overcomplicated approaches
• Up-to-date account of a subject that is central to understanding how the structures and experiences of today’s Europe came to be
The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. This Very Short Introduction explores the conditions in Europe at the end of the war, how political life took shape, how European societies and economies were rebuilt, the Cold War, the course and consequences of the end of empire, and European cultural life.
The Reformation
A Very Short Introduction Second Edition
PETER MARSHALL, University of Warwick
• Covers a hugely important period with modern-day resonance and influence
• Treats the Protestant and Catholic reformations of the period on equal terms
• Explains doctrinal debates in a clear and non-technical way
The Reformation was a seismic event in European history, one that changed the medieval world. Much of what followed in European history can be traced back to this event. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Marshall explains the causes and consequences of religious and cultural difference in western Christianity.
Renewable Energy
A Very Short Introduction Second Edition
NICK JELLEY, Emeritus Professor,
University of Oxford
• Up-to-date quantitative information on the topic of renewable energy which in the last five years has expanded significantly, notably with the agreement at COP28 to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030
Energy is vital for a good standard of living and affordable sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial. Renewable energy is acknowledged to provide the answer, and this Very Short Introduction describes the main sources and what each could deliver, their innovative technologies, and how their variability can be handled.
UK: August 2025
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-885166-0
PB | 176pp
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UK: October 2025
TE | 174x111mm
978-0-19-885906-2
PB | 168pp
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UK: November 2025
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978-0-19-895110-0
PB | 160pp
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WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW®
Antisemitism
What Everyone Needs to Know®
DAVID HARRIS, The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy
• This study of antisemitism seeks to deal fairly and honestly with all forms of antisemitism, without any political agenda
Antisemitism, or pathological hatred of Jews, is not a new phenomenon. To the contrary, it is often described as the world’s oldest social disease; it has led to atrocities on an unparalleled scale over the centuries. While some believed it was now in remission, at least in the West, once again it is surging and is a frequent topic in the media and political discourse. Why? And, most importantly, what can be done about it? This book attempts to answer these questions in a manner accessible to a wide range of readers.
Belarus
What Everyone Needs to Know®
DAVID R. MARPLES, University of Alberta and VERONICA LAPUTSKA, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Written in an accessible question-andanswer format that provides readers with straightforward discussions of key moments in the history of Belarus and its participation in the war in Ukraine
• Co-authored by premiere scholars, one of whom is a native of Belarus
Belarus: What Everyone Needs to Know® explains Belarus to outsiders, tracing its development, history, and formation of a modern identity. Marples and Laputska look at its place in contemporary Europe and its relations with Russia, Ukraine, China, and other states; and argue that the image of Belarus as a Soviet theme park or offshoot of Putin’s Russian World are far-fetched and misguided.
Drones
What Everyone
Needs
to Know® Second Edition
SARAH E. KREPS and JAMES PATTON ROGERS, both at Cornell University
• Draws on original data not previously published elsewhere to highlight global drone proliferation
The second edition of Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and updated look at the rapidly evolving world of drones, otherwise known as unmanned or uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). Covering the past, present, and future of military and civilian applications, this book explores how drones have transformed— and are transforming—industries and warfare. It delves into the ethical, legal, and safety concerns raised by their widespread use, examining issues from privacy violations to international security.
UK: February 2026
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978-0-19-780067-6
PB | 192pp
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UK: May 2026 TA | 210x140mm
978-0-19-777296-6
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UK: January 2026 TA | 210x140mm
978-0-19-779564-4
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NEW EDITION Belarus
What Everyone Needs to Know®
David R. Marples, and Veronica Laputska
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WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW®
Food and Nutrition
What Everyone Needs to Know® Second Edition
P.K. NEWBY, Nutrition Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur
In the second edition of Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Harvard- and Columbia-trained scientist and food lover Dr. P.K. Newby applies a multidisciplinary lens and ecological paradigm to shine a spotlight on today’s food problems, farm to fork and far beyond, while sharing the keys to creating healthy and sustainable diets for ourselves and the planet we share.
Updated chapters reveal striking new data on plant-based diets, longevity, and sustainability; food and mental health; diet, COVID-19, and immunity; megafactory-farming and climate change; and ultra-processed foods and chronic disease.
The Illicit Global Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know®
PETER ANDREAS, Brown University
• Offers readers a concise and accessible primer on the illicit global economy
The Illicit Global Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® answers the key questions about how illicit global markets are structured and operate, how they intersect with state institutions and practices, how they interact with the legal economy, and how they shape and are shaped by domestic and international politics. This pithy yet authoritative primer helps readers make sense of a crucial part of the global economy that is too often either neglected or distorted.
Mental Illness
What Everyone Needs to Know®
NIKIMA M. GLATT, Owner, Founder, and Operator, Cultivating Resilience, and STEPHEN J. GLATT, State University of New York
• Covers a broad range of mental illnesses, and emphasizes the commonalities that cut across diagnostic boundaries, rather than focusing extensively on any one particular disorder
Mental Illness: What Everyone Needs to Know® reflects the massive efforts being made by scientists and clinicians to better understand and treat mental disorders. In turn, more of this new knowledge must get into the hands of consumers of mental-health services and the public at large. This book bridges this gap by distilling the deep and intimate knowledge held by mental health researchers and professionals into easily digestible facts for the lay audience.
UK: January 2026
TA | 210x140mm
978-0-19-780282-3
PB | 316pp
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UK: September 2025
TA | 210x140mm
978-0-19-754368-9
PB | 240pp
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UK: April 2026
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978-0-19-768293-7
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WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW®
The Microbiome
What Everyone Needs to Know®
BERENICE LANGDON
, City St George’s, University of London
In The Microbiome: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Dr. Berenice Langdon provides a foundational understanding of the microbiome and what it does—and does not—do. Tracing the history of microbiome research, up to the most recent scientific advancements, she dispels common misunderstandings to better acquaint readers with the form and function of the human body’s microbial community. In an accessible style, Dr. Langdon covers the microbiomes of the human body—from the skin to the gut-brain axis, the growing microbiome industry, the creation of the microbiome on newborns, the effects of microbiome changes, and even the possibilities for microbiome evolution into the future.
Populism
What Everyone Needs to Know®
PAUL D. KENNY, Australian Catholic University
Populism: What Everyone Needs to Know® advances a new approach to defining populism that helps to make sense of the most robust research findings to date, and that sets up an exciting and dynamic approach in research for the years to come. Populism is, at heart, a political movement that challenges the institutional status quo. The great paradox of populism is that while people are often justifiably resentful of a system they feel is rigged against them, their reliance on charismatic leaders to channel their frustrations usually harms rather than helps democracy.
Spain
What Everyone Needs to Know® Second Edition
WILLIAM
CHISLETT, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow, Elcano Royal Institute
In this second edition veteran journalist William Chislett updates his comprehensive overview of Spain’s history, economy, and politics to contextualize the country’s situation in the 2020s. Chislett covers a range of topics, including the legacy of the early Muslim presence, the influx of immigrants and the separatist Catalan region, the transition to democracy after the death of General Franco, the creation of the welfare state, the impact of European Economic Community membership, the 2008-2014 banking and real estate crisis, and the changing political landscape in the last decade. New material analyzes the watershed 2015 general election and the rise of the far right, and presents the key challenges that will shape Spain’s future.
UK: December 2025
978-0-19-769560-9
PB | 272pp
AUD $34.95 | NZD $39.99
UK: February 2026
TA | 210x140mm
978-0-19-775833-5
PB | 256pp
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UK: August 2025
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978-0-19-780618-0
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Boyd, Douglas A. 41
Brann, Ross 41
Buddenbrooks, The (OWC) ....................................... 29
Bysshe Shelley, Percy .......................................... 33
Cannadine, Sir David 3, 7
Cather, Willa ......................................................... 31
Cavendish, Margaret ........................................... 31
Character of a Trimmer and Other Writings, The (OWC) 34
Children of Mars 25
Chislett, William 45
Cicero (VSI) ................................................................. 37
Clack, Brian R. ....................................................... 34
Clinton, Hillary Rodham ...................................... 19
Cockayne, Emily
Daley, Patricia .......................................................
Death Comes for the Archbishop (OWC) 31
Death in Venice and Other Stories (OWC) .............. 29
Delgado, James P. ................................................ 13
Dictating the Agenda ................................................ 21 Discordance .......................................................... 4, 22
Disunited States, The 20 Divided by Faith 24 Doctor Faustus (OWC)
