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New Titles for Autumn/Winter 2026–2027 Welcome to Script Publisher Services’ latest seasonal catalogue, featuring new titles publishing this coming Autumn and Winter from across our range of distributed publishers. Inside, you’ll find titles arranged by subject. The catalogue is organised in line with Script’s two main divisions, with Script Academic & Professional subject areas first, starting on page 4, followed by Script Trade subjects from page 21 – providing booksellers with a wide range of titles to choose from. We’re pleased to present four new publishers that have recently joined Script Publisher Services. You can discover more about these new publishers at the beginning of the catalogue, on pages 2 and 3. Throughout the catalogue, titles are labelled as either Long Discount or Short Discount. Please note, this denotes whether booksellers receive a trade (long) or academic (short) discount, based on the usual discounts set on your account. If you’d like to discuss your account details or would like to open a customer account with Script, please don’t hesitate to contact us. You can find a full list of sales contacts, along with ordering information, on the inside back cover. Prices and publication dates are subject to change without notice.

Publisher Listing • Alan Sutton Publishing • Anomie Publishing • At Bay Press • British Museum Press • Brookline Books • University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources NEW • Casemate Publishers • Crossed Hearts • DCV NEW • Fighting High Publishing • George F. Thompson Publishing • Gorgias Press • HSRC Press • IntechOpen • University Press of Kentucky • Liffey Press • Lynne Rienner Publishers • Mimesis International

• MMP Books • MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) • Mosaic Press • Nimbus Publishing • University of Ottawa Press • Oxbow Books • Paths Publishing Group NEW • Peter E. Randall Publisher • Pippa Rann Books & Media • Platonic Press • Sansom & Company • Savas Beatie • Sidestone Press • Spink Books • Vallentine Mitchell • Wesleyan University Press • White Owl Collectables NEW • Windgather Press SCRIPT BOOKS AUTUMN/WINTER 2026–27

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Contents New Publishers 2 Academic & Professional 4 Archaeology 4 Ancient Greece & Rome 6 Ancient Near East 7 Maritime Archaeology 7 Egyptology 8 Business & Economics 9 History 9 Jewish Studies 10 Numismatics & Collectibles 11 Peerage 13 Performing Arts 14 Film & TV 14 Music 14 Philosophy 15 Politics & International Relations 15 Science, Technology & Medicine 17 Sociology & Anthropology 19 Trade 21 Art & Photography 21 Aviation 26 Biography & Memoirs 28 Books for Children 30 Fiction 31 Food & Drink 31 Graphic Novels 32 Poetry 33 Warfare & Military History 34

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New Publishers

DCV is a renowned publisher of contemporary art and culture books. Their publications cover a wide range of topics, including modern and contemporary artists, exhibitions, and cultural movements. It builds on the proud tradition of Edition Cantz, the renowned art book publisher that was founded in the 1940s. DCV’s books are known for their high-quality printing, essays, and visual documentation, making them valuable for collectors, scholars, and art enthusiasts. Bettina Buck – Finding Form PHYLLIDA BARLOW ET AL EDITED BY BUREAU BETTINA BUCK

Apr 2026 • 304pp 285x215 9783969122341 Hardback • £41.99 Long Discount

The sculptor Bettina Buck (1974-2017) called attention to herself with her ‘performative sculptures’, which she often presented vis-à-vis museal objects. Buck’s preferred materials came from the hardware store: corrugated cardboard, ceramic tiles, pressed foam, or plastic foil, which are all not meant to last. This book presents Bucks complete sculptural works.

Nov 2026 • 560pp 330x246 9783969122655 Paperback • £44.99 Long Discount

ELASTE 1980–1986

Ira Hoﬀecker

MAXIM BILLER, DIEDRICH DIEDERICHSEN & JON SAVAGE

Imagined Landscapes

EDITED BY THOMAS ELSNER & MICHAEL REINBOTH

Imagined Landscapes is an ongoing series of paintings by Germanborn artist Ira Hoﬀecker that begun during Covid lockdown. Due to restricted movement, she started growing a garden and painted the emerging plants. The flowers served as visual and tactile anchors during isolation, while her more recent paintings invent and imagine floral environments. This book features over 70 works from the last six years, each accompanied by an essay by Debora Allana.

The story of ELASTE is the story of a movement – that of the New Wave generation in West Germany. Founded in 1980 in Hanover, the magazine was a beacon of cultural revolt and the first glossy indie magazine of the Federal Republic: a statement somewhere between pop avantgarde, subversion, and a sharp sense of style. This book looks back at the pioneering spirit, the minds, and the stories behind the magazine.

DEBORA ALANNA

Sep 2026 • 152pp 297x210 125 images 9783969122846 Hardback • £34.50 Long Discount

The White Owl Collectables imprint runs alongside Spink Books and is focused on the increasingly popular collectables market, covering all areas from coins to medals, treasure to jewellery, classic cars to trading card games. Everything You Need to Know About Trading Cards A Guide for Collectors ROY RAFTER

Apr 2027 • 232pp 246x172 100 colour images 9781048183979 Hardback • £25.00 Short Discount

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Apr 2027 • 248pp 246x172 100 colour images 9781048185300 Hardback • £29.99 Short Discount

A Guide to Collecting Classic Cars

A History of Scottish Money

PAUL MYATT & CLARE MYATT

From Bawbees to Unicorns and Crowns, From Metal to Paper to Polymer

JONATHAN CALLAWAY

Mar 2027 • 400pp 246x172 120 colour images 9781911718277 Hardback • £50.00 Short Discount

Jonathan Callaway’s book tells the full, fascinating and complex story of the physical money used in Scotland through the ages. Coins dominated until 1709 and the closure of the Scottish mint. From 1696 when the first paper money was issued banknotes became the dominant form of money, often used in preference to coin.

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New Publishers

Paths Publishing Group stands at the forefront of the academic publishing industry with a mission to disseminate high-quality academic work to a global audience. One of its specialisms is in China Studies and their portfolio includes academic books on contemporary China, Chinese history, culture, economics, finance, politics, philosophy, religion, technology, and environment. Ideal for academics, libraries, and institutions, and also for the policy makers seeking authoritative China studies resources. China’s New-Era Maritime Security A Holistic National Security Framework XU CHUANANG, ZHANG YANZHE & ZHANG JIAN

Apr 2026 • 282pp 9781805890522 Hardback • £80.00 Short Discount

A comprehensive examination of how China is redefining its maritime security strategy. Drawing on historical development, institutional reform, and strategic transformation, it analyses how China’s maritime governance has evolved from fragmented responses to an integrated system that links defence, economy, environment, and diplomacy.

Apr 2026 • 908pp 9781805890508 Hardback • £95.00 Short Discount

A Complete History of Classical Chinese Dramatic Theory

Government Governance in the Internet Era

YU WEIMIN & SUN RONGRONG

TAO YONG

The first comprehensive study tracing the evolution of dramatic thought in China from its earliest ritual origins to the modern era. Drawing on a wide range of classical texts, commentaries, and critical writings, the book systematically explores the formation, composition, performance, and aesthetics of Chinese theatre across dynasties.

Examines how digital technology is reshaping the functions and structure of modern governance. Focusing on China’s experience, it analyses how the Internet has become a key driver for improving public administration, economic regulation, market supervision, and public service delivery.

The Chinese Path Series

Aug 2026 • 258pp 9781805890607 Hardback • £80.00 Short Discount

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources shares science-based information and practices to improve lives and livelihoods. Their publication programme includes complex single crop production manuals for growers, pest management resources, post-harvest technical work guides, and books on irrigation. From the Master Gardener Manual to bee identification flip books, there is a wide range of books available for growers working in dry summer climates. Demonstration and Research Uses of Pesticides

Dr. Cluck’s Backyard Chickens

DIANE CLARKE EDITED BY PATRICK J O’CONNOR-MARER

May 2026 • 152pp 280x216 9781627112710 Paperback • £27.95 Short Discount

Series: Pesticide Application Compendium A thorough guide to using pesticides and pesticide application equipment in a demonstration or research setting. Essential for anyone working in pest control research in education, government, or the private sector.

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Mar 2026 • 228pp 280x216 9781627112468 Paperback • £23.50 9781627112703 Hardback • £55.95 Short Discount

The Home Orchard

Your Ultimate Guide to Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens

Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees, Second Edition

EVAN ADLER & MAURICE PITESKY

MAXWELL NORTON ET AL EDITED BY JOHN KARLIK

Comprehensive, sciencebased poultry care for back garden chicken owners. This peerreviewed guide delivers authoritative veterinary expertise in an accessible, engaging, and entertaining format. With avian influenza and Salmonella outbreaks aﬀecting poultry worldwide, this timely resource emphasises practical biosecurity practices that protect individual flocks and surrounding communities.

Nov 2025 • 240pp 280x216 9781627112208 Paperback • £31.95 Short Discount

Expanded, researchbacked guidance for today’s backyard orchardists. This vital reference for fruit growers has been significantly expanded with enhanced coverage of figs and persimmons, comprehensive nut crop sections and expanded integrated pest management guidance. It guides you through site selection, variety choice, orchard design, irrigation systems, fertilisation, training and pruning techniques, and advanced grafting and budding methods. 3

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Archaeology The Art of Drinking Chocolate

Death in Times of Change

Coconut Cups and Other Marvels from the New World

Transformations of Prehistoric Hunter-Fisher Burial Rituals Between the Baltic and the Urals

JUAN DE LARA

ANASTASIA KHRAMTSOVA

Traces the global history of the coco chocolatero – coconut cups mounted in silver that appeared in the Americas in the sixteenth century for drinking chocolate. Prized globally – from Asia to Europe – these objects came to embody cross-cultural exchange and the newfound economic dominance of the New World, articulated through both silver and cacao. Sep 2026 • 192pp • 240x170 120 colour & black & white images 9798888572832 • Paperback • £25.00 Short Discount

Series: ROOTS Studies

Oct 2026 • 386pp • 280x210 151 colour & 454 black & white images 9789464281323 • Paperback • £60.00 9789464281330 • Hardback • £115.00 Short Discount

OXBOW BOOKS

Examines burial rituals among prehistoric communities that inhabited the East European forest zone between ca. 9500 and 2700 cal BCE. Based on evidence from 130 burial sites with a total of 1,406 graves located between the Baltic and the Urals, the study provides a detailed examination of burial practices from the Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age.

SIDESTONE PRESS

Dec 2026 • 150pp • 254x178 Colour & black & white images 9789464271805 • Paperback • £35.00 9789464271812 • Hardback • £75.00 Short Discount

Decolonial Futures for Amazonian and Andean Anthropologies

Elite Mobility and Funerary Practices in Early Iron Age Europe

EDITED BY SONIA ALCONINI, KYLIE QUAVE & GEORGE MENTORE

SASJA VAN DER VAARTVERSCHOOF

Explores the futures and possibilities of engaged anthropological research for and with indigenous communities. Collectively, the authors, including anthropologists and archaeologists working in the Andes and Amazon, argue that to develop sustainable and more just futures for everyone, it is critical to integrate indigenous forms of knowledge into engaged, multidisciplinary research.

SIDESTONE PRESS

Series: Rencontres du MAN

Dec 2026 • 250pp • 280x210 81 colour & 34 black & white images 9789464264876 • Paperback • £35.00 9789464264883 • Hardback • £90.00 Short Discount

SIDESTONE PRESS

Feeding the Roman Army in Britain

From Mind to Stone

Supplying Animals to Britannia’s Frontiers

Human Conceptualisations of Animals in Bronze Age Scandinavian Rock Art

RICHARD MADGWICK ET AL

JOANNA MICHELIC LAWRENCE

Presents the results of a multidisciplinary, multi-isotope analysis of animal bone assemblages from the frontiers of Roman Britain, aimed at reconstructing the logistical networks that supplied animals to soldiers, as well as animal and landscape management strategies and the impacts of the Roman army on frontier landscapes and their populations.

Explores human-animal relationships during the Scandinavian Bronze Age through the lens of Southern Tradition rock art focusing on how humans conceptualise animals within this cultural context, how these conceptualisations were materialised and negotiated in the medium of rock art, and the implications for animal roles in society.

Oct 2026 • 240pp • 280x216 130 colour & black & white images 9798888572542 • Paperback • £49.95 Short Discount

Oct 2026 • 224pp • 280x216 115 colour & black & white images 9798888572955 • Paperback • £40.00 Short Discount

OXBOW BOOK

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Across Europe, from the British Isles to Central Europe, archaeologists have uncovered the lavish burials of Early Iron Age elites – powerful figures who shaped the continent’s protohistory through vast networks of influence and exchange. Through cutting-edge research and fresh perspectives, this book oﬀers a milestone in the study of European Iron Age archaeology, redefining our understanding of early elite networks and their lasting impact on the continent’s history.

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Archaeology Islands of Stone and Wood

Kinship in Neolithic Europe

Neolithic Crannog Explorations in the Outer Hebrides, 2017–2023

EDITED BY CHRIS FOWLER, JOSHUA POLLARD & ALASDAIR WHITTLE

STEPHANIE BLANKSHEIN, DUNCAN GARROW & FRASER STURT

Presents a selection of case studies from across continental Europe, Britain and Ireland focusing on ongoing archaeological research on kinship. It illustrates diversity across time and space, as well as exploring the many approaches now possible to the significance of kinship.

Presents details of a major project of terrestrial and underwater survey and excavation in the Outer Hebrides of Neolithic, artificially created crannogs, which represent a new site type for the European Neolithic, shedding important new light on first farming communities in the region, and a wider and deeper understanding of this site type. Mar 2027 • 272pp • 280x216 150 colour & black & white images 9798888572177 • Paperback • £45.00 Short Discount

Oct 2026 • 256pp • 240x170 96 black & white images 9798888572740 • Paperback • £45.00 Short Discount

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Masters of Water and Stone

Medieval Rural Settlement

Exploring the Role of Rock Art Carvers in Nordic Bronze Age Societies

Britain and Ireland, AD 800–1600, Fully Updated and Expanded Second Edition

JULIÁN MOYANO DI CARLO

EDITED BY NEIL CHRISTIE, PAUL STAMPER & STUART WRATHMELL

Series: Swedish Rock Art Research

Oct 2026 • 208pp • 240x170 67 colour & black & white images 9798888573044 • Paperback • £40.00 Short Discount

Re-examines Nordic Bronze Age rock art (c. 1700–500 BC) by shifting focus from images to the people who made them. Combining social theory with cutting-edge digital analysis, it explores how carvers acquired and transmitted their roles, arguing that master carvers controlled conservative traditions embedded in ritual and political networks.

OXBOW BOOKS

Jan 2027 • 240pp • 280x216 70 colour & black & white images 9798888572337 • Paperback • £40.00 Short Discount

Sep 2026 • 416pp • 246x185 200 colour & black & white images 9781914427497 • Hardback • £49.95 Short Discount

WINDGATHER PRESS

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Crypt Burials in Early Modern Europe

Sociopragmatic Translation in Latin

EDITED BY KATARZYNA ŚLUSARSKA ET AL

VICTORIA BEATRIX FENDEL

Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology

Teaches how to use the principles of sociopragmatics on classical Latin texts to (re-)embed them in their settings and discourse(s) and provide a more accurate translation. Draws case studies from commonly studied canonical texts of classical literary Latin – mainly of the first centuries BC and AD – to provide a practical guide with exercises.

A comprehensive synthesis of current research on crypt burials in Early Modern Europe promoting a shared methodological framework and outlining best practices in the field. Includes regional and detailed case studies in a multidisciplinary exploration that integrates bioarchaeology, material culture studies, social history, and archival research.

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This revised and expanded edition of a 2012 volume oﬀers updated analyses of rural settlement archaeology across Britain and Ireland (c. AD 800–1600). It introduces new sections on economic issues, the impact of modern survey technologies, and recent research on material cultures and fields.

A Practical Workbook

Dec 2026 • 256pp • 240x170 10 black & white images 9798888572481 • Paperback • £40.00 Short Discount

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Archaeology Ancient Greece & Rome Foundations in Stone

The Materiality of Roman Architecture

The Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Architecture of Crete

What do the Monuments Stand For?

EDITED BY MICHAEL J CURTIS, JANE E FRANCIS & MICHAEL MILIDAKIS

EDITED BY ULLA RAJALA & THERESE EMANUELSSONPAULSON

Series: Cretan Studies: New Approaches and Perspectives in the Study of Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Crete

Feb 2027 • 272pp 150 black & white images 9798888570487 • Hardback • £70.00 Short Discount

Presents a systematic appraisal of the architectural development of public, commercial, and domestic buildings on Crete from the Hellenistic to the Late Roman/early Byzantine periods.

OXBOW BOOKS

Jan 2027 • 240pp • 280x216 74 colour & black & white images 9798888572719 • Paperback • £45.00 Short Discount

OXBOW BOOKS

Roman Artefacts from the Middle Walbrook Valley

Textile Furnishings in the Ancient Greek World

Glass, Small Finds, Coins and Textiles from the Bloomberg Excavations 2010-14

DIMITRA ANDRIANOU

MICHAEL MARSHALL & ANGELA WARDLE

Presents a synthetic analysis of archaeological, iconographic and literary evidence for ancient Greek furnishings such as curtains, canopies, covers, hangings, pillows, cushions, mattresses and valances in domestic, sacred and funerary contexts

Series: Ancient Textiles

Series: MOLA Monograph

Dec 2026 • 820pp • 297x210 419 images 9781907586606 • Hardback • £75.00 Short Discount

Presents research into more than 10,000 of the Roman artefacts from the Bloomberg site including the glass vessels, small finds, coins and textiles. This material culture illustrates the diverse lifestyles and identities of early Londoners, including Roman soldiers, traders and craftspeople, from elites to the enslaved, and a range of diﬀerent Roman and local cultural traditions.

MOLA (MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY)

Apr 2027 • 208pp • 240x170 30 black & white images 9798888571613 • Paperback • £40.00 Short Discount

OXBOW BOOKS

Textile Production in the Ancient Central Peloponnese

Victims of Violence from the Early Roman Fort Velsen 1 (Netherlands)

Seen Through the Use of Clay Spools

Scenarios for a Cold Case Review

ALINA IANCU

EDITED BY MARK DRIESSEN & CAROL VAN DRIEL-MURRAY

Series: Ancient Textiles

Series: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia

Presents a detailed analysis of the manufacture, distribution and function of clay spools in the Bronze Age textile industry of the central Peloponnese.

Nov 2026 • 204pp 200 black & white images 9798888570647 • Paperback • £45.00 Short Discount

OXBOW BOOKS

What and how do monuments communicate? Whose messages did they communicate and what was their reception? This book explores the mediating role of Roman architecture, investigating how monuments were understood in their cultural setting and the time they were built in, and how they have been interpreted by other cultures or in later time periods.

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In 1977, a remarkable discovery was made at the early Roman fort of Velsen (Netherlands): on the bottom of a well lay the skeleton of a man with traumatic injuries. Who was he, how did he die, and what circumstances led to his deposition? This book revisits this 2,000-year-old ‘cold case’, combining archaeological, historical, and scientific evidence to reconstruct the final moments of the victim and the events surrounding his death.

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Archaeology Ancient Near East Egyptian Artists in the Late Antique and Early Islamic Mediterranean

Institutional Landscapes of Empire in Ancient Iran EDITED BY STEFAN HAUSER, WOUTER F M HENKELMAN & GIUSEPPE LABISI

Selected Papers by Mab van Lohuizen-Mulder

Series: The Iranian Highlands: Early Societies Between Resilience and Integration

EDITED BY SEAN V LEATHERBURY

Oct 2026 • 280pp • 254x178 9789464264579 • Paperback • £40.00 9789464264586 • Hardback • £90.00 Short Discount

SIDESTONE PRESS

A key resource for students and researchers interested in arts of Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt, as well as those engaged more generally with travel and exchange in the ancient and medieval Mediterranean. The articles examine the role of traveling Egyptian artists in the decoration of now-famous buildings and objects, from San Vitale and the Orthodox Baptistery in Ravenna, to the Umayyad ‘desert castle’ of Qusayr ‘Amra and the Great Mosque in Damascus, to the Early Christian throne now in San Marco in Venice.

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Examines the institutional landscapes of ancient Iran, exploring how Achaemenid and Sassanian empires transformed environments through roads, water systems, settlements, fortresses, estates, and monuments, creating enduring networks of authority and control.

SIDESTONE PRESS

Unforeseeable Futures Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies EDITED BY SUSAN POLLOCK ET AL Series: The Iranian Highlands: Early Societies Between Resilience and Integration

Oct 2026 220pp • 280x210 63 colour and 19 black & white images 9789464271713 • Paperback • £40.00 9789464271720 • Hardback • £90.00 Short Discount

How did past societies respond to crisis? This volume investigates archaeological evidence for climate stress, disease, conflict, natural disasters, and social upheaval. It explores the strategies communities developed to adapt, survive, and reshape their worlds in times of uncertainty.

SIDESTONE PRESS

Maritime Archaeology

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The Second Life of a Phoenix

Under the Mediterranean II

Portrait of a Punic Ship Resurrected in a Sicilian Town

Studies in Maritime Archaeology

HONOR FROST EDITED BY CLAIRE CALCAGNO & ELENA FLAVIA CASTAGNINO BERLINGHIERI

Series: Honor Frost Foundation Research Publication

Previously unpublished memoir by maritime archaeology pioneer Honor Frost, recounting the discovery, excavation, and conservation of the Punic Ship of Marsala, the only surviving ancient Mediterranean galley, and the formative years of underwater archaeology.

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EDITED BY LUCY BLUE ET AL

This multidisciplinary volume is a collection of 13 articles reporting on recent research on the archaeology of shipwrecks, maritime visual culture, and cultural heritage management in the Mediterranean region.

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Archaeology Egyptology Oxbow Classics in Egyptology This series comprises facsimile re-issues of typological catalogues produced by W.M. Flinders Petrie based on his vast collection of Egyptian artefacts. The series makes a selection of these important resources available again in print for a new generation of students and scholars. Apedemak: Lion God of Meroe

Canon and Proportion in Egyptian Art

A Study in Egyptian-Meroitic Syncretism

ERIK IVERSEN

LOUIS ZABKAR

Detailed, illustrated, examination of the system of proportion used in Egyptian art, based on standardisation of the natural relations of various parts of human anatomy.

Facsimile reissue of 1975 examination of religious and cultural relationships between Egypt and its southern neighbours, Nubia and Meroe, through analysis of evidence for the worship of the Meroite lion-king Apedemak and the spread of his cult.

Oct 2026 • 224pp • 240x170 9798888571262 • Paperback • £39.95 Short Discount

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The Egyptian Administration in the Old Kingdom

Egyptian Sculpture

Evidence on its Economic Decline

Archaic to Saite. From the Petrie Collection

NAGUIB KANAWATI

ANTHEA PAGE

Facsimile edition of Naguib Kanawati’s 1977 authoritative assessment of the trends in the wealth of Old Kingdom oﬀicials based on analysis of the costliness of their tombs, and how this might reflect the long-believed economic decline.

Facsimile reprint of 1976 fully illustrated catalogue of Pharaonic Egyptian sculpture, from the humblest to the most majestic, in the Petrie Collection at UCL, London.

Oct 2026 • 172pp • 240x170 9798888571668 • Paperback • £39.95 Short Discount

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Egyptian Stelae, Reliefs and Paintings from the Petrie Collection, Part 1

Egyptian Stelae, Reliefs and Paintings from the Petrie Collection, Part 3

The New Kingdom

The Late Period

H M STEWART

Facsimile reissue of part I of complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings in the Petrie Museum, detailed over 200 New Kingdom monuments.

Facsimile reissue of part III of complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings in the Petrie Museum, detailed over 140 Late Period monuments.

Oct 2026 • 138pp • 297x210 9798888571248 • Paperback • £34.99 Short Discount

Oct 2026 • 110pp • 297x210 9798888571286 • Paperback • £24.95 Short Discount

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Business & Economics / History Business & Economics

History A Bibliography of Late Ottoman Migration and the Making of a Global Middle Eastern Diaspora, 1854–1924

Capitalism Analytical and Historical Dimensions EDITED BY HARDY HANAPPI

FERGUS NICOLL

What is capitalism? This book attempts to sketch some important answers to this question. The chapters combine insights into the historical development of capitalism with the analytical advances and insights it enabled. This is a book on capitalism, but it also points beyond capitalism, as the apparent shortcomings of this mode of production threaten the survival of the human species.

Series: The Modern Muslim World A bibliographical study of the literature of emigration, migration, and immigration in the late Ottoman sphere.

Sep 2026 • 100pp • 254x175 9781806317066 • Hardback • £100.00 Short Discount

Jan 2027 • 200pp • 229x152 9781463250188 • Hardback • £75.00 Short Discount

INTECHOPEN

GORGIAS PRESS

A History of The Treasure Act and the Portable Antiquities Scheme

China’s Rural Development Report Promoting Comprehensive Rural Revitalization with New Quality Productive Forces

ROGER BLAND Recounts for the first time the story of how the Treasure Act got through Parliament after years of trying, in the teeth of opposition and – at first – Government indiﬀerence, drawing on unpublished documents, many generated by the author. It describes how the Portable Antiquities Scheme originated, which is now an established part of the archaeological landscape.

EDITED BY HOUKAI WEI ET AL

Oct 2026 • 360pp 9781805890645 • Hardback • £80.00 Short Discount

China’s rural development stands at a critical moment as the country advances agricultural and rural modernisation. This volume brings together leading scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to examine how new quality productive forces can support comprehensive rural revitalisation, a priority for China’s long term development strategy.

PATHS PUBLISHING GROUP

Nov 2026 • 200pp • 234x156 50 colour images 9781048185157 • Hardback • £25.00 Short Discount

WHITE OWL COLLECTABLES

Monetary Policies

More Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War

Theories, Empirics, Myths, and Realities

Sep 2026 • 102pp • 254x175 9781806317158 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

INTECHOPEN

EDITED BY CHEE-HEONG QUAH & SAY WAH LEE

Historians Tackle More of the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities

Series: Business, Management and Economics

EDITED BY CHRIS MACKOWSKI & BRIAN MATTHEW JORDAN

Bringing together theoretical analyses and empirical research, the contributors revisit enduring debates while addressing contemporary developments, including the emergence of cryptocurrencies and their implications for competing monetary frameworks. By connecting classical economic theories with today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, this volume oﬀers fresh insights into the role of money, markets, and government.

Each essay in this book focuses on a key event of the war and, much like an army staﬀ ride, examines the options of the moment. To understand what happened, we must look at what could have happened, with the full multitude of choices before us and a clear and objective eye. ‘What if’ becomes a tool for illumination.

Dec 2026 • 312pp • 229x152 70 images, 6 maps 9781611216134 • Hardback • £22.99 Long Discount

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History / Jewish Studies Restless Enterprise

Sasanian Kings of Iran and AnIran

A Free Methodist Family in Victorian Liverpool

On the Rise and Fall of the Sasanian Empire

JOHN RIGBY-JONES

Sep 2026 • 298pp • 234x156 61 images 9781804200780 • Hardback • £30.00 Long Discount

ALAN SUTTON PUBLISHING

Set against the background of Liverpool’s rapid development as a port, this book explores the achievements of the author’s three-times greatgrandfather, Richard Lloyd, and his family – one of four generations of his family to hold the ancient post of Oﬀicial Gauger to the Port of Liverpool. The Victorian nonconformist conscience epitomised in the commercial, literary, social, and political achievements of the Lloyd family in Liverpool during its rapid development as a port in the nineteenth century. United by its strong Methodist faith, the family included successful businessmen, ministers, academics, and activists.

MARTIN MORTAZAVI Recounts the epic fall of a civilisation which bridged East and West and shaped the course of modern history. A saga of power, identity and faith, it was an era of glory for Iranians, yet a wound that still bleeds, its fall laying the foundations of today’s Iran, still shaping the world. Oct 2026 • 224pp • 246x172 50 colour images 9781048184891 • Hardback • £25.00 Short Discount

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Richard III

White Horses and Other Hill Figures

The Road to Bosworth Field

MORRIS MARPLE

PETER HAMMOND & ANNE F SUTTON

Sep 2026 • 256pp • 234x156 80 images 9781804200650 • Paperback • £28.00 Long Discount

ALAN SUTTON PUBLISHING

Richard of Gloucester became King of England as Richard III in June 1483. His reign lasted a mere twenty-six months, and he was only thirty-three years of age when he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. Despite this short career he is one of the best known of English monarchs, and one of the most vilified. This book tells the story of his life in a way that has never been told before – from the personal and oﬀicial documents written during his lifetime. From these emerge the picture of a hitman being, subject to the influences and ideas of his violent times, rather than the monster of the later Tudor writers.

This pioneering work with meticulous research spanning four decades of exploration and research gives detailed descriptions of all the major chalk figures including the Uﬀington White Horse, the Cerne Giant and the Long Man of Wilmington. Fully illustrated in colour, it is easily the most comprehensive book on these famous English landmarks.

Sep 2026 240pp • 234x156 90 images 9781804200636 • Paperback • £24.00 Long Discount

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Jewish Studies Jewish Voices From Around the World

The Train to Auschwitz An Investigative Journey into Wartime Slovakia

Tiles of a Mosaic

TUDOR PARFITT

EDITED BY DÓRA KORÁNYI & SEBASTIÁN MIZRAHI

The book tells the story of a Jewish child who survived the Holocaust in Slovakia by an almost impossible chain of events. Tudor Parfitt reconstructs Vera’s story and, through it, the wider history of Slovak Jewry between 1939 and 1945 and Slovak government’s decision to pay Nazi Germany to remove its Jews that led to deportation and extermination.

A powerful anthology that explores Jewish life, identity, and belonging across continents, cultures, and generations. Each essay oﬀers a first-hand reflection on family history and cultural inheritance, revealing both the extraordinary variety of Jewish experiences and the profound connections that transcend political and geographic boundaries. Nov 2026 • 220pp • 229x152 55 images 9781803711096 • Paperback • £18.95 Short Discount

Sep 2026 • 200pp • 229x152 22 images 9781803711065 • Paperback • £19.95 Short Discount

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Numismatics & Collectibles

Mar 2027 • 344pp • 246x172 500 colour images 9781911718192 • Hardback • £35.00 Short Discount

A History of Britain in 100 Coins

The Metal in Britain’s Coins

The Hidden Messages in 2,000 years of Iconic British Coins

Where Did It Come From And How Did It Get Here?

GRAHAM BIRCH

Takes a dive into some of the many ways that coins have been used to convey information to the public. Warlords, Kings, Queens and Governments have all used coins as social media to spread political messages, broadcast their news and deliver propaganda. One hundred ‘Focus Coins’ have been selected, each of which showcases a key aspect of Britain’s rich historical heritage. The designs of these special coins have been decoded to reveal the remarkable stories that they convey.

Where did our currency come from? What messages did the marks on coins convey? From wealth brought in by ships to treasure seized during wartime, this oblique look at 2,000 years of Britain’s coins is a must for all numismatists and history lovers alike.

Mar 2027 • 320pp • 246x189 9781048102130 • Paperback • £29.99 Short Discount

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English Medieval Coin Hoards

English Medieval Coin Hoards 2

From the Return to Gold to the Great Debasement 1351−1560

Eighth to Eleventh Centuries

BARRIE COOK

MARION ARCHIBALD & GARETH WILLIAMS

Series: British Museum Research Publications

Sep 2026 • 412pp • 297x210 75 images 9780861592487 • Paperback • £40.00 Short Discount

In 1351 England’s coinage was transformed with the establishment of a multi-denominational currency in both gold and silver, marking the start of a new chapter in England’s monetary history. By studying key hoards from the period, this book provides a unique insight into the monetary and social history of England during this period.

Presents details, images and discussion of the contents of twenty English coin hoards, ranging in date from the 730s to the 1090s. Found between the 1960s and 1990s, all were studied by the late Marion Archibald at the British Museum but have never been published in full before now. Each hoard is the subject of its own chapter, with discussion of the discovery, and of the historical context in which the hoard was buried, before a catalogue of the relevant coins.

The Coins of the English East India Company

Everything You Need to Know About Trading Cards

Second Edition, Extensively Revised

A Guide for Collectors

PAUL STEVENS & ROBERT JOHNSTON

ROY RAFTER

Since the first edition of this book was published in 2017, interest in the coins of the British EIC has greatly increased. This has resulted in an increase in public auction sales. Auction descriptions now provide more information, and the quality of posted photos has improved. This second edition reflects these many new discoveries. Upgraded images are used throughout the catalogue, with some descriptions made clearer and more accurate; listings which could not be verified have been removed.

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Oct 2026 • 600pp • 246x172 500 colour images 9781036189464 • Hardback • £75.00 Short Discount

Series: British Museum Research Publications

Apr 2027 • 232pp • 246x172 100 colour images 9781048183979 • Hardback • £25.00 Short Discount

This timely book looks at the impact on a generation of the three major trading card games that have stood the test of time – Magic the Gathering (1993), Pokemon (1996) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999) – the creation, the story behind them, scandals and key cards and the, sometimes staggering, prices which can be achieved at auction. Along the way the author covers how the games are played and why this matters to their success; banned cards – how certain artwork caused problems for European releases; printing problems in the early days and how to spot these.

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Numismatics & Collectibles A Guide to Collecting Classic Cars

A History of Scottish Money From Bawbees to Unicorns and Crowns, From Metal to Paper to Polymer

PAUL MYATT & CLARE MYATT

Apr 2027 • 248pp • 246x172 100 colour images 9781048185300 • Hardback • £29.99 Short Discount

Provides potential classic car owners with a wealth of valuable information in one useful volume, covering issues such as Nostalgia vs Reality, where to begin collecting, how to fix a budget, the overall state of the marketplace, market trends, how to research and where to look, as well as a guide to purchasing, what to look out for, living with your classic and keeping the joy alive. It includes a wealth of anecdotes from the author’s extensive experience in buying and maintaining classic cars for himself and customers, gleaned from over 40 years’ experience in the motor industry as a classic car consultant.

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JONATHAN CALLAWAY

Mar 2027 • 400pp • 246x172 120 colour images 9781911718277 • Hardback • £50.00 Short Discount

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A History of the Constantinian Emperors through Coins, Medallions and Monuments

A History of The Treasure Act and the Portable Antiquities Scheme

A Unique Perspective of the Roman Dynasty

GRAHAM BARKER

Mar 2027 • 264pp • 240x172 200 colour images 9781911718154 • Hardback • £30.00 Short Discount

The story of Scotland’s money starts in 1136 although there is abundant evidence of coin use well before then. Jonathan Callaway’s book tells the full, fascinating and complex story of the physical money used in Scotland through the ages. Coins dominated until 1709 and the closure of the Scottish mint. From 1696 when the first paper money was issued banknotes became the dominant form of money, often used in preference to coin.

The dynasty of Roman emperors which has had the most seismic impact on our history was the Constantinian dynasty. This book tells their sensational story, principally through the lens of their coins and medallions in conjunction with both the literature and monuments of the period. Roman imperial coinage was a key part of how emperors presented themselves personally to their powerful supporters, such as the army. Coins can often reveal much more than other sources.

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Nov 2026 • 200pp • 234x156 50 colour images 9781048185157 • Hardback • £25.00 Short Discount

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An Introductory Guide to Ancient Greek & Roman Coins Volume III Part 1: The Roman Republic to the Reign of Hadrian DAVID R SEAR Series: Living History Volume III Part 1 of David Sear’s introductory guide to ancient coins covers Roman Republican and Imperial coins down to the reign of Hadrian (310 BC-AD 138) and is a part of Spink’s Living History series.

Mar 2027 • 448pp • 216x138 100 colour & 100 black & white images 9781048183696 • Hardback • £50.00 Short Discount

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Numismatics & Collectibles / Peerage Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume IV, Part 3 Gordian III – Aemilian

Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume IV, Part 3: Companion Volume: Gold Coinage

ROGER BLAND

Gordian III – Aemilian ROGER BLAND

This new edition of a volume first published in 1949 provides a clear account of the complex imperial coinage struck between 238 and 253 and is based on many decades of research. It covers the reigns of Gordian III, Philip, Trajan Decius, Trebonianus Gallus and Aemilian with their families and the usurpers Jotapian and Pacatian.

Sep 2026 • 640pp • 276x219 172 images 9781911718093 • Hardback • £195.00 Short Discount

This volume is a corpus of 2,315 gold coins of the reigns of Gordian III, Philip, Trajan Decius, Trebonianus Gallus and Aemilian (AD 238-53), and is intended as a companion volume to the revised edition of Roman Imperial Coinage IV.3. During the work of the new edition of RIC the author gathered details of all specimens of gold coins of the period, but the format of RIC did not permit their publication in that volume. A die-study has elucidated questions of dating of the coin issues and all specimens are illustrated in 78 plates. An introduction tackles problems relating to the circulation of gold coins in this period.

SPINK BOOKS

Sep 2026 • 224pp • 276x219 100 black & white images 9781036189433 • Hardback • £60.00 Short Discount

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Peerage Roman Provincial Coinage, Volume VIII, Part I

The Complete Peerage, Third Edition: Cupar to Dunnon

Philip (AD 244–249)

Of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant

JEROME MAIRAT & MARGUERITE SPOERRI BUTCHER Series: Roman Provincial Coinage

EDITED BY PETER HAMMOND

A systematic account of the coins minted in the Roman provinces between AD 244 and 249 and shows how these coins can be regarded as an integral part of the coinage minted under the Roman emperors. The book gives a complete picture of the material and will be required reading for numismatists, historians and archaeologists.

This a standard reference work covering, in the words its alternative title, ‘a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times’. Now in its third edition, the complete set will be available in 18 volumes over the course of three years. To be kept updated on already published and future volumes of The Complete Peerage please contact info@ scriptps.co.uk.

Dec 2026 • 976pp • 276x219 255 black & white images and maps 9780714118338 • Hardback • £195.00 Short Discount

Oct 2026 • 610pp • 280x200 9781804200148 • Hardback • £250.00 Long Discount

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BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS

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Performing Arts Film & TV

Music

Sam Shepard

Finding Ellen

SUSAN COMPO

The Remarkable Life of Ellen Ballon, Canadian Concert Pianist

Series: Screen Classics

Feb 2027 • 432pp • 235x156 38 black & white images 9781985904002 • Hardback • £29.95 Short Discount

Sam Shepard (1943-2017) was more than an actor, director, author, and playwright – he was a cultural force who transformed modern theatre. This intimate and deeply researched biography reveals the creative brilliance and personal struggles of one of America’s most influential playwrights. Through vivid storytelling and candid interviews, it explores Shepard’s artistic genius alongside his personal battles – his high-profile romance with Patti Smith, long-term relationship with Jessica Lange, struggles with addiction, and complicated bond with his father.

DAVID GOLDBLOOM Ellen was the author’s great-aunt, who died when he was sixteen years old. She was arguably Canada’s best-known pianist internationally prior to Glenn Gould. Now a forgotten figure, she had a dazzling concert career, a glittering social life, and a sizzling private life.

Oct 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 9781997933151 • Hardback • £22.50 Long Discount

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UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY

The Secret Hitchcock

The Song of Leonard Cohen

How Hollywood’s Legendary Director Lived Through Cary Grant & James Stewart

A Portrait of a Poet, a Friendship, and a Film HARRY RASKY

NAT SEGALOFF Series: Screen Classics

Oct 2026 • 272pp • 216x140 23 black & white images 9781985904705 • Hardback • £34.50 Short Discount

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Dec 2026 • 320pp • 210x140 9788869771798 • Paperback • £23.00 Short Discount

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Cary Grant and James Stewart were everything Alfred Hitchcock was not. Grant radiated charm and sophistication. Stewart embodied resilience and depth. Here, Nat Segaloff pulls back the curtain to reveal the profound connection between Hitchcock and his art. Through the actors, Hitchcock could do what he never dared: expose a killer, rescue a child, solve a crime, or fall in love. Behind these creative partnerships lay a web of secrecy that Segaloff unravels with precision, offering a fresh, compelling portrait of the Master of Suspense – and the stars who embodied his imagination and brought his darkest dreams to life.

Jan 2027 • 185pp • 229x152 9781771619325 • Paperback • £21.95 Short Discount

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That’s Entertainment

Voicing Aspiration

Spectacle, Amusement and Leisure Culture

Bollywood Songs and Dreamwork in Contemporary India

EDITED BY MICHELE FADDA & SARA PESCE

ANAAR DESAI-STEPHENS

Unlike other books on this topic, this volume oﬀers an in-depth analysis of the entertainment industry within the broader perspective of cultural history. It investigates the entertainment industry through an interdisciplinary approach including contributions of scholars in the fields of cinema and media studies, literature and sociology.

Explores how Bollywood music has become a powerful medium for dreaming, striving, and self-making in twenty-first-century India. Once dismissed as escapist fantasy, Bollywood’s emotionally charged songs now serve as tools for selftransformation in what has been dubbed ‘Aspirational India’. Drawing on more than two years of fieldwork in Mumbai’s playback singing schools, reality television studios, and the broader music industry, Anaar DesaiStephens shows how singers, teachers, producers, and everyday amateurs use film songs to imagine new futures and craft an aspirational selfhood.

Series: Music/Culture

Oct 2026 • 260pp • 229x152 8 black & white photos 9780819502520 • Paperback • £19.95 9780819502513 • Hardback • £66.50 Short Discount

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Oﬀers an intimate portrait of one of Canada’s most iconic artists, drawn from Harry Rasky’s acclaimed 1979 documentary. Blending film transcripts, personal reflections, and rare photographs, the book explores Cohen’s music, poetry, and creative world with uncommon closeness. Rasky’s friendship with Cohen provides direct insight into the artist’s thoughts on songwriting, literary influences, and life on tour.

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Philosophy / Politics & International Relations Philosophy

Politics & International Relations

Atmospheres in the Urban World

The Contested Black Sea Region

Creating and Feeling Immaterial Spaces

EDITED BY RICK FAWN & JASON BRUDER

JÜRGEN HASSE

The Black Sea region has once again become a significant theatre of geopolitical conflict, most dramatically as it has emerged as a battlefield in Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression. The authors shed light on the current state of aﬀairs by exploring key events and issues from the post-Soviet opening of the 1990s to the regional dynamics of the 2020s.

Series: Atmospheric Spaces An interdisciplinary discussion on the relevance of atmospheres of the city as well as on dwelling, drawing on Heidegger’s understanding of as the way people are on earth. Related topics are approached from a range of angles, producing new theoretical horizons. Dec 2026 • 330pp • 210x140 9788869773990 • Paperback • £24.99 Short Discount

Nov 2026 • 250pp • 229x152 9798896163787 • Hardback • £94.00 Short Discount

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Cosmopolitanism as an Answer

Controlling the Narrative

Kant’s Philosophy of History

America’s Global War on Perception

SANDRA ZÁKUTNÁ

BRAMCA KORAM

Series: Objectivities

A detailed examination of how the United States has historically shaped global narratives through media control, information management and institutional influence. It draws on a wide range of sources to explore how intelligence agencies, communication platforms and political systems have contributed to the construction of an international image aligned with American interests.

Focuses on Kant’s philosophy of history as a part of his practical philosophy, looking at his interpretation of history that leads to political issues, and introducing his project of cosmopolitanism as the culmination of his philosophy of history.

Dec 2026 • 180pp • 210x140 9788869770883 • Paperback • £15.00 Short Discount

Oct 2026 • 280pp 9781805890621 • Hardback • £80.00 Short Discount

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“The Poem of the Understanding is Philosophy”

Corruption Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Approaches

Novalis and the Art of Self-Criticism

EDITED BY KAMIL HAKAN DOGAN

FERNANDO MANUEL FERREIRA SILVA

Series: Social Sciences

Series: Objectivities

Dec 2026 • 300pp • 210x140 9788869773969 • Paperback • £24.99 Short Discount

At the onset of his philosophical production, in the fall of 1795, the poet Novalis wrote a long series of fragmentary annotations posthumously entitled Fichte-Studien. A range of important themes are dealt with, all of them dealing with Fichte’s philosophy. This book determines how Novalis solves his spiritual conflict under the guise of a theory of opposites, in light of his reading of the same problem in Reinhold and Fichte.

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Corruption remains a pervasive global obstacle, eroding good governance and impeding development. This collection of works comprehensively investigates the subject, thereby linking academic thought with the realities of practical administration. Combining global case studies with new technological and legal tactics, this book is an indispensable resource for academics, practitioners, and decision-makers.

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Politics & International Relations Disarmament in an Age of Militarism

European Union

EDITED BY THE DISARMAMENT COLLECTIVE

EDITED BY HELDER FERREIRA DO VALE

Ideas for the Future

Series: Social Sciences

Although disarmament is a longstanding feature of the international system, it is often dismissed as utopian and remains largely understudied and undertheorised. To redress this gap, the authors of this timely collective work reexamine the conceptual foundations and practice of disarmament and explore pressing challenges and emerging opportunities. Sep 2026 • 335pp • 229x152 9798896160373 • Hardback • £103.00 Short Discount

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Evaluating Peace Operations

Hollow Sovereignty

How Do We Know They Work?, Second Edition

Political Order Without Legitimacy DEAN CAIVANO

PAUL F. DIEHL & DANIEL DRUCKMAN

Mar 2027 • 250pp • 229x152 979889616380 • Paperback • £29.95 Short Discount

How do we know whether a peace operation has been successful? How is success defined? And, success for whom? The authors explore the complexities of evaluating peace operation outcomes, providing an original, detailed framework for assessment. In this second edition of their book, the authors cover new peace operation mandates and provide an updated and greatly expanded set of success indicators.

LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS

Jan 2027 • 180pp • 229x152 9798896163763 • Hardback • £84.00 Short Discount

Inside African Politics

Israel Under Netanyahu

Third Edition

Populism & Democratic Decline

KEVIN C DUNN, ERIN ACCAMPO HERN & PIERRE ENGLEBERT

NETA OREN New in paperback. Analyses the related phenomena of populism and the erosion of Israel’s democracy during Netanyahu’s long tenure as prime minister. Oren’s book contributes to an enhanced understanding of not only contemporary Israel, but also democratic backsliding and populism overall.

Sep 2026 • 475pp • 229x152 9798896166696 • Paperback • £29.95 Short Discount

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What sustains political order once legitimacy no longer secures authority and institutional purpose begins to thin? This is the central question animating this book. Dean Caivano is concerned with the state of contemporary political systems, observing that they continue to function even as the basis of their authority appears increasingly uncertain. Sovereignty, Caivano argues, has not disappeared; but it persists in a hollow form, sustained only by administrative processes and institutional routines that function without requiring justification.

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A shifting global order. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The emergence of an African ‘coup belt’. Increasingly pressing environmental issues. These are just some of the developments reflected in this new, fully updated edition of the acclaimed textbook, Inside African Politics. It furthers an understanding of key theoretical issues and current debates.

How can the EU endure when its founding certainties fade? This book moves beyond the stale binary of ‘more or less Europe’ to confront the defining dialectic of the mid-2020s: the tension between strategic unity abroad and democratic legitimacy at home. It presents nine scholarly perspectives spanning governance, democracy, and geopolitics. This work oﬀers a bold vision of a Europe capable of wielding power without sacrificing legitimacy, combining the protection of a superpower with the intimacy of local democracy.

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The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

EDITED BY SERENA MARCENÒ & GIULIA SAJEVA

A Story of Tragedy & Farce YOUSSEF AHMED

Series: Drift Maps

Dec 2026 • 160pp • 210x140 9788869774362 • Paperback • £14.99 Short Discount

Demonstrates some of the limits and inadequacies of current migration initiatives, while also identifying – as in the case of the Global Compact (signed in Morocco in December 2018) – inclusive strategies that respect human rights and international law, and safeguard global security. It brings together essays that propose new ideas, themes and approaches that speak to diﬀerent aspects of migration studies, including socio-economics, politics, legal studies and philosophy.

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Mar 2027 • 250pp • 229x152 9798896163688 • Hardback • £94.00 Short Discount

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Politics, State, Communism

The State of Happiness

Álvaro García Linera

Public Policy that Makes Life Better

EDITED BY AGON HAMZA & FRANK RUDA

NOEL SEMPLE

Series: Politics

Dec 2026 • 282pp • 210x140 9788869774263 • Paperback • £22.99 Short Discount

Looking at the fractured nature of the Muslim Brotherhood’s existence from its inception in 1928 to its decimation in 1954, and then from its second incarnation beginning in the 1970s, Ahmed explores how the profoundly diﬀering political systems and institutions of the two periods shaped the movement’s Islamist project, its patterns of politicisation, and its relationship to authority. His work sheds light on the evolution of more than a century of Egyptian politics.

Examines social movements and diﬀerent forms of political and subjective autonomy in Bolivia; with democracy and its function in late capitalism; with the discrepancy between national and capitalist spaces; with the Russian October Revolution as an event, and its resonances in other parts of the world; with the concept and function of the state; and, finally, with the idea of communism in its relation to necessity and contingency.

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What should government do? Welfarism holds that it should always try to make individuals’ lives go better, for them, than they otherwise would. This book oﬀers a fresh perspective on the potential of public policy. Five historical episodes – from mandatory seat belt laws in the USA to economic liberalisation in India to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Canada – show how government really did make life better.

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Science Technology & Medicine Advanced Nanocrystallines

Advances in Burn Injuries

From Design to Devices

Physiology, Treatment, and Recovery

EDITED BY SHASHANKA RAJENDRACHARI

EDITED BY SELDA PELIN KARTAL

Series: Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials

Sep 2026 • 128pp • 254x175 9781806314157 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

Presents a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving field of nanocrystalline materials and their growing importance in modern science and engineering. Covering key topics, this volume highlights both fundamental principles and emerging technological advancements and provides valuable insights into the interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology.

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A comprehensive overview of contemporary burn science and clinical practice, bringing together current knowledge on burn pathophysiology, paediatric and electrical burns, nutrition, wound healing, regenerative therapies, scar management, and chronic cutaneous complications. The book oﬀers readers a broad perspective on the challenges and opportunities in modern burn care.

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Sep 2026 • 112pp • 254x175 9781806313587 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

Anxiety Disorders

Childbirth

The Impact of Translational Research

From Pregnancy and Labor to Safe Delivery and Newborn Care

EDITED BY CARLOS M CONTRERAS & ANA G GUTIÉRREZ-GARCÍA

EDITED BY MARY ANI-AMPONSAH ET AL

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Series: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Recent pronouncements by the World Health Organization consider anxiety as an incapacitating and common pathological entity that aﬀects millions of people worldwide. However, only about one-third of aﬀected individuals receive proper treatment. This book presents a collection of studies that have used various animal models and procedures to study and manage anxiety at diverse levels of analysis.

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This unique evidence-driven book on childbirth is a major resource for clinicians, researchers, policymakers, educators, healthcare students, administrators, biomedical engineers, sociologists, and other multidisciplinary care teams beyond here and now. Sep 2026 • 324pp • 254x175 9781836359173 • Hardback • £139.00 Short Discount

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Cortisol

Genetically Modified Organisms

Beyond a Simple Hormone

Sep 2026 • 120pp • 254x175 9781836352419 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

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Engineering Life in the 21st Century

An overview of cortisol, an essential hormone for survival, from the perspective of a multidisciplinary team of international experts, oﬀering an evidence-based perspective on the topics addressed. It presents aspects of the hormone’s secretion, transport, metabolism, and regulation, as well as its intricate mechanisms of action. The book answers the many questions raised by cortisol and provide readers with valuable information for their everyday clinical practice.

EDITED BY HUSEYIN TOMBULOGLU

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Series: Genetics

Sep 2026 • 140pp • 254x175 9781806312832 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

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North of the Collar

The Nuclear Renaissance

48 Hours in the Life of a Small Animal Veterinarian

Innovation, Regulation, Sustainability – Frameworks in a Changing Energy Landscape

HEATH MCNUTT

Oct 2026 • 190pp • 229x152 9781963714173 • Paperback • £19.95 Long Discount

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Oﬀers a compelling, multidisciplinary exploration of how modern geneediting tools are transforming medicine, industry, and agriculture. By bridging the gap between cuttingedge laboratory methodologies and societal frameworks, this volume provides a balanced analysis of the massive potential and complex controversies surrounding genetic engineering.

Follow small animal veterinarian Heath McNutt as he goes about his day, jumping from neutering a Maine Coon cat to addressing a pet owner’s concerns about her older Golden Retriever. No visit is routine and every page is filled with heart-warming, and sometimes heart-wrenching, moments. Get an up close and personal look behind-thescenes at a local veterinary clinic and catch a glimpse into a veterinarian’s family life.

EDITED BY PAVEL TSVETKOV & ANNA ERICKSON

Sep 2026 • 120pp • 254x175 9781836354635 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

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As global energy demands continue to escalate, nuclear power stands as a critical cornerstone of a sustainable future, providing continuous, reliable power that uniquely complements intermittent renewable energy sources. This edited volume oﬀers a multidisciplinary examination of the industry’s current transformation, exploring how cutting-edge technological advancements and strategic policy frameworks are defining the next era of global energy production.

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Science, Technology & Medicine / Sociology & Anthropology Portraits of Astronomers

Understanding Developmental Disorders

MINCO VAN DER WEIDE

EDITED BY JONATHAN GLAZZARD

Pairs striking portrait photography with carefully crafted profiles of the leading minds mapping the universe. It captures the human reality behind cosmic scale: teamwork, solitude, doubt, and wonder disciplined into method. Global in scope, this clothbound hardback is a lasting companion for anyone drawn to the field.

Series: Nervous System and Mental Health

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 235x245 66 black & white images 9781068273124 • Hardback • £39.95 Long Discount

PLATONIC PRESS

Sep 2026 • 220pp • 254x175 9781836342847 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

A collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters that oﬀer a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of developmental disorders. It comprises individual chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert in mental and behavioural disorders research. All chapters are complete in themselves but united under a common research study topic.

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Sociology & Anthropology Criminology

Decolonial Futures for Amazonian and Andean Anthropologies

Understanding Crime, Criminality, and Justice in a Changing World

EDITED BY SONIA ALCONINI, KYLIE QUAVE & GEORGE MENTORE

EDITED BY KAMIL HAKAN DOGAN Series: Social Sciences

Sep 2026 • 128pp • 254x175 9781806315628 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

Traditional justice systems are struggling to keep pace with contemporary criminal activities that span both the real world and the online domain. From a multidisciplinary perspective, this book integrates sociological criminology and forensic evidence to analyse new forms of societal harm. The book shifts its focus from physical social structures to virtual spaces, exploring how adaptive violence and technological advancements, such as big data and AI, redefine criminal opportunities.

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Down the Braided River My Journey as a Deaf Refugee

Encountering Otherness in Video Game Cultures

BHAWANI PRASAD DANGAL WITH JULIA FREEMAN-WOOLPERT

EDITED BY E CHARLOTTE STEVENS ET AL

Bhawani was seven years old when Bhutan expelled his family in a littleknown ethnic cleansing campaign. More than 31 million people are currently refugees worldwide. Those with disabilities are among the most endangered and the least heard. Bhawani’s book is a rare exception – a Deaf refugee telling his own story, in his own words, on his own terms.

Explores themes of otherness, marginality, and diﬀerence in video game cultures. Bringing together contributions from emerging and established scholars, it examines identities, player practices, game design, research methods, and alternative worlds, highlighting diverse perspectives within game studies.

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PETER E. RANDALL PUBLISHER

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Sociology & Anthropology Feeling Black

Gulamgiri

Race, Gender and the Inner Lives of Boys and Men

Caste is Slavery MAHATMA JOTIRAO PHULE

KOPANO RATELE

In Gulamgiri, an enlightened Shudra takes apart the foundations of the caste system which was, in his view, erected for ‘enslaving’ the majority of India’s population. This seminal work by Mahatma Phule (social activist, caste reformer, thinker, and writer) has some of the most consequential few thousand words written in the history of India

One of Africa’s most respected gender scholars, Kopano Ratele has spent decades asking questions that mainstream gender studies have been slow to take seriously: What does racism do to the inner lives of men? What does it actually feel like to grow up Black and male? What would it mean to build masculinities rooted in care, love, and dignity rather than dominance? Nov 2026 • 320pp • 229x152 9780796927453 • Paperback • £38.50 Short Discount

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PIPPA RANN BOOKS & MEDIA

Indigenous People

Migrations: Socio-Cultural Contexts and Constitution

Surviving and Reviving in the 21st Century

Sep 2026 • 200pp • 254x175 9781806317486 • Hardback • £119.00 Short Discount

INTECHOPEN

Oct 2026 • 425pp • 229x152 9781771618960 • Paperback • £24.95 Short Discount

MOSAIC PRESS

EDITED BY JACK DAVID ELLER

EDITED BY VALERIA CAMMARATA & FEDERICA MAZZARA

Series: Social Sciences

Series: Drift Maps

Indigenous peoples exist in many, if not most, of the world’s countries today, usually as fairly peripheral if not invisible minorities. This book explores the complex terrain of indigeneity and several specific cases in Anglophone settler-colonial states and in non-Anglophone or non-Western states, where indigenous peoples are confronting dominant populations, contributing to modern non-indigenous projects, or using modern nonindigenous concepts and technologies to become modern while remaining indigenous.

Proposes new ideas, themes and approaches that speak to the varied field of migration studies, starting from the approach of cultural studies and post-colonial studies, both of which open up horizons and trajectories that often remain invisible in other discourses and narratives. Dec 2026 • 160pp • 210x140 9788869774355 • Paperback • £14.99 Short Discount

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The Rule of Law

A Sage Sits in My Kitchen

Religon, Nationalism, and Abuses of History

Thirty Years of Caregiving for a Man the World Overlooked

JERRY S GRAFSTEIN

ROBIN CARLSON

At a moment when democratic institutions face increasing strain, this book brings together decades of speeches and reflections by Jerry Grafstein, confronting a central question: what sustains the rule of law? Both a record of public life and a meditation on governance, this collection oﬀers a rare insider’s view of parliamentary debate at the end of the twentieth century.

The story of a man who had lived a tragic life of institutions and homelessness only to find a young human service worker whose heart was captured by his willingness to trust her. Two lives intersected as one needed deep understanding and the other a purpose to fulfil. It turns out they were on the same journey that was destined to change them both. Oct 2026 • 136pp • 203x127 black & white images 9781963714333 • Paperback • £15.95 Long Discount

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Art & Photography Giverny – A Colorful Silence Four Seasons in the Gardens of Monet PHOTOGRAPHS BY JANET RUSSEK & DAVID SCHEINBAUM WITH AN ESSAY BY PAUL HAYES TUCKER AND CONTRIBUTIONS BY JAN HUNTLEY & JEAN-MARIE AVISARD When Claude Monet purchased a house and land in Giverny, France, during the 1890s, he soon set about creating gardens on his property, including a water garden inspired by the Japanese art that influenced so much of his work. These gardens would become a focal point for his art for the rest of his life. He made more than 250 paintings of them, including hundreds of paintings of the water garden that make up his famous Water Lilies series. In Giverny – A Colorful Silence, Monet’s gardens are the subject of photographers Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum. That experience inspired them to delve more deeply into Monet’s life and work and to seek special permission from the Monet Foundation to visit and photograph the gardens in Giverny. They proceeded to make four more trips over three years to photograph the gardens in each of the four seasons, and the stunning photographs they made reveal the changing beauty, light, and colour palettes of the gardens throughout the year. Russek and Scheinbaum’s colour photographs are accompanied by heartfelt and informative essays in English and French.

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Iraq: Under an Ancient Sun PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM FREJ AND TEXT BY DIANA K MCDONALD Oﬀers a striking present-day view of some of the world’s oldest cities in Mesopotamia, the ‘Cradle of Civilisation’. Even today, thousands of years after reaching their historic pinnacles, these cities oﬀer an incredible vision of the splendour and magnificence of Mesopotamia’s ancient world. In addition to Frej’s compelling photographs, Iraq features a foreword by renowned scholar Willem McLoud and an introduction by William Frej, both of which set the stage for the visual journey within. This visually stunning book features 132 duotone photographs by award-winning photographer William Frej, who documents twenty-three ancient cities in present-day Iraq, from Eridu in the south to Erbil in the north. This is a book that informs, inspires, and enlightens readers about a place where human civilisation began.

Nov 2026 244pp • 305x254 1 colour map, 132 duotone photographs and 8 colour images 9781960521156 • Hardback • £40.00 Long Discount

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Art & Photography The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 4

David Mankin

EDITED BY ANNEKA FRENCH WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MATT PRICE

ALISON BEVAN

Volume 4 of The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting surveys solo exhibitions that define recent contemporary painting. This latest edition of the anthology presents sixty artists born or living in Britain through documentation and discussion of exhibitions of their work in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. Mar 2027 • 268pp • 280x210 Circa 240 colour images 9781910221815 • Paperback • £35.00 Long Discount

Language of Paint

David Mankin is a contemporary painter of abstract landscapes based in Cornwall. This book gives unrivalled access to the sources and influences that inform his work and for the first time to his much-admired sketchbooks, the essence of his language of paint.

Sep 2026 • 232pp • 270x230 9781915670380 • Paperback • £45.00 Long Discount

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ANOMIE PUBLISHING

The Art of the Newlyn School

David Haughton

Paintings of Cornish Life and Light 1880–1930

Art, Life and the Cornish Landscape

ALISON BEVAN

FRANCES LORD

This major new book explores what the term ‘Newlyn School’ really means, celebrating the colony’s unique and vital role in British art history while exploring its national and international context.

Explores the artistic and creative gravitational pull the West Penwith of Cornwall held for Haughton, and how his devotion to this tiny pocket of land, bordering on obsession, shaped his career as an artist. Haughton was a key figure in the emergence of St Ives as an international centre for modern art in the late 1940s.

Oct 2026 • 128pp • 270x210 150+ images 9781915670434 • Paperback • £30.00 Long Discount

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ELASTE 1980–1986

Chinese Museums

Maxim Biller, Diedrich Diederichsen & Jon Savage

Strategies and Promotion of Contemporary Chinese Art

EDITED BY THOMAS ELSNER & MICHAEL REINBOTH

ORNELLA DE NIGRIS Series: Art

Dec 2026 • 230pp • 210x140 70 images 9788869771439 • Paperback • £22.00 Short Discount

Over the last 30 years, the Chinese system of art museums has enjoyed an unprecedented pace of development. This volume explores the range of diﬀerent approaches to exhibiting and curating art, while also investigating the crucial question of the cultural sustainability of art museums in China. Through case studies in Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai, it provides an important contribution to the debate on the past, present and future of art museums in contemporary China.

Nov 2026 • 560pp • 330x246 9783969122655 • Paperback • £44.99 Long Discount

The story of ELASTE is the story of a movement – that of the New Wave generation in West Germany. Founded in 1980 in Hanover, the magazine was a beacon of cultural revolt and the first glossy indie magazine of the Federal Republic: a statement somewhere between pop avant-garde, subversion, and a sharp sense of style. This book looks back at the pioneering spirit, the minds, and the stories behind the magazine.

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Art & Photography

Nov 2026 • 116pp • 250x300 70 images 9781915670427 • Hardback • £40.00 Long Discount

Glasgow

Ira Hoﬀecker

Paintings by Peter Brown

Imagined Landscapes

PETER BROWN

DEBORA ALANNA

A beautifully produced large format hardback showcasing a major new body of work by renowned plein air painter Peter Brown – also known as Pete the Street. Painted entirely on location, never from photographs, this collection captures Glasgow with a vitality and immediacy shaped by working outdoors in all lights and weather, with the city moving around him.

Imagined Landscapes is an ongoing series of paintings by German-born artist Ira Hoﬀecker that begun during Covid lockdown. Due to restricted movement, she started growing a garden and painted the emerging plants. The flowers served as visual and tactile anchors during isolation, while her more recent paintings invent and imagine floral environments. This book features over 70 works from the last six years, each accompanied by an essay by Debora Allana.

SANSOM & COMPANY Sep 2026 • 152pp • 297x210 125 images 9783969122846 • Hardback • £34.50 Long Discount

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Nov 2026 • 128pp • 270x225 Colour images 9781915670410 • Paperback • £25.00 Long Discount

Kenneth Dingwall

Lawrence Lee

Being

Thinking Eyes

DUNCAN MACMILLAN, NATALIE ADAMOSON & ALISTAIR RIDER

STEPHEN LEE

Surveys over 60 years of the abstract paintings, drawings, prints and constructions by this Edinburgh-based Scottish artist (b.1938). Colours, textures and abstract forms are used in a search to create a presence that can exist as an entity in its own right and yet relate to human moods and feelings. This archival publication is timed to coincide with a retrospective exhibition at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh from 21 November 2026 to 7 March 2027.

Mar 2027 • 128pp 9781915670403 • Paperback • £25.00 Long Discount

SANSOM & COMPANY

Luke Elwes

Marius Bercea – Five Years of Painting

Luke Elwes, Andrew Lambirth & Lily Le Brun

MARIUS BERCEA ET AL

EDITED BY MATT INCLEDON

Oct 2026 • 272pp • 290x245 200 images 9781910221822 • Hardback • £50.00 Long Discount

Luke Elwes is a landmark monograph that invites readers into the extraordinary life and work of one of Britain’s most distinctive contemporary painters. This richly illustrated volume, published to coincide with a significant solo exhibition at Frestonian Gallery, London, is essential reading for art lovers, collectors and anyone fascinated by the intersection of place, memory and creative expression.

ANOMIE PUBLISHING

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Explores the philosophical and theological ideas expressed in Lawrence Lee’s work, together with an account of some of the design principles he used. It is not an exhaustive study of his work, although an overview of his career and a complete list of his known windows is included. There is a full account of the genesis and making of the 10 great Nave windows in Coventry Cathedral using contemporary correspondence.

Sep 2026 • 176pp • 280x245 100 images 9781910221761 • Hardback • £40.00 Long Discount

This significant new monograph on Romanian painter Marius Bercea (b. 1979) presents a selection of his work from 2020 to 2025, oﬀering an in-depth view of his recent practice through both critical and personal perspectives. The publication features a new essay by curator and critic Diana Marincu, a conversation with the British painter Nick Goss, and a foreword by Matt Price.

ANOMIE PUBLISHING

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Art & Photography Portraits of Architects

Portraits of Astronomers

MINCO VAN DER WEIDE

Brings together photographic portraits and written profiles of the greatest architects alive today. Spanning continents and traditions, this clothbound, timeless volume is equally at home on a studio table or given as a serious gift.

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 235x245 66 black & white images 9781068273117 • Hardback • £45.00 Long Discount

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 235x245 66 black & white images 9781068273124 • Hardback • £45.00 Long Discount

PLATONIC PRESS

Portraits of Watchmakers

Portraits of Journalists

MINCO VAN DER WEIDE

Focuses on the greatest independent watchmakers working today, from Geneva and Germany to Japan, the United States, and beyond. It pairs refined portrait photography with written profiles. This clothbound hardback designed to last, for collectors and newcomers alike.

Gathers newspaper writers, investigative reporters, foreign correspondents, and war photographers from around the world in a clothbound book of photographic and written portraits. Clear-eyed and absorbing, it honours journalism as labour and conscience: an enduring gift for readers who care how the world is reported.

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 235x245 66 black & white images 9781068273148 • Hardback • £45.00 Long Discount

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 235x245 66 black & white images 9781068273155 • Hardback • £45.00 Long Discount

PLATONIC PRESS

In the same series Portraits of Philosophers MINCO VAN DER WEIDE An elegant, clothbound coﬀee table book that pairs striking photographic portraits with intimate interviews about philosophy. It captures the presence and the ideas of some of the most influential philosophers of our time. Mar 2026 • 240pp • 235x245 66 black & white images 9781068273100 • Hardback • £45.00 Long Discount

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Art & Photography Matthias Weischer

Skovi Kapps An’ All

Twenty-Five Years of Paintings

Tales of Russian Crafts and Arts in Scottish Realms

EDITED BY LORENZA BRANCADORO, SEBASTIAAN BRANDSEN & MARIETTA MANN WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY JEAN-CHRISTOPHE AMMANN, SVENJA GROSSER, COLIN LANG, HARRY LEHMANN, ELISABETH LINGTHALER, MARCO LIVINGSTONE, KATHARINA LÖKENHOFF, JAN NICOLAISEN, CEES NOOTEBOOM, SUSANNE PFEFFER, STEFANIE STOLLE & WOLFGANG ULLRICH Jan 2027 • 480pp • 280x210 9781910221860 • Paperback • £60.00 Long Discount

ANOMIE PUBLISHING

A major monograph surveying 25 years of the Leipzig-based artist’s work. Featuring essays, interviews, and reproductions selected with the artist, it explores Weischer’s interior and exterior spaces. Published in English and German.

JEREMY HOWARD Provides an insight into Skovi kapp, the Shetland term for the ornamented handleless wooden cups and bowls that comprised the most widespread form of Russian art found in nineteenth-century Scotland.

Sep 2026 • 256pp • 236x167 9781915670366 • Paperback • £25.00 Long Discount

SANSOM & COMPANY

The Stained Glass Windows of Rosemary Rutherford

Under the Milky Way Abstraction, Autonomy, and Post-Vandalist Tendencies in Contemporary Art

An Extraordinary Artist ROSALIND MERCER

EDITED BY CHRISTOPH PLATZGALLUS & LARISSA KIKOL

A fully-illustrated biography of Rosemary Rutherford and catalogue of her major stained glass works. making this a significant tribute to this brilliant and versatile, yet little known artist.

Mar 2027 • 128pp • 270x210 9781915670458 • Paperback • £25.00 Long Discount

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DCV

White Horses and Other Hill Figures

Woandering

MORRIS MARPLE

R & F MO

This is a book of writing by an artist – a book of writing about drawing, accompanied by drawings by the artist. Part memoir, partly for those interested in drawing, part guide for students and artists considering a life in art (and beyond) for themselves, this book shows the thinking going on in the mind of an artist and the various kinds of challenges and delights they might experience during their career. As well as a book about drawing, it is a book about walking/travelling and, in particular, the relationship between the two.

Notes from a Drawn Path

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 234x156 90 images 9781804200636 • Paperback • £24.00 Long Discount

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ANOMIE PUBLISHING

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In German and English. The outdoors is now a school, the urban underworld a studio, and unchained antiauthority supersedes the influence of the academy and the market. This is where art movements come to life; Hidden Masters emerge who have recently also been taking the institutional stage. Some have a background in graﬀiti, others have studied painting; some used to be urban trespassers painting in places where they had to be vigilant, eluding the all-seeing eye of the authorities. The resulting art is best described by three terms: abstraction, autonomy, and – depending on one’s perspective – post-vandalism. The exhibition Under the Milky Way presents captivating positions from these scenes across Europe.

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Aviation

Oct 2026 • 52pp • 210x304 Colour images 9788368377446 • Paperback • £15.00 Long Discount

Antonov An-2

Blue Angels

DARIUSZ KARNAS

80 Years of Excellence, 1946-2026

Profile Series

NICHOLAS A VERONICO & RYAN NOTHHAFT

Presents over 60 high-quality colour profiles of Antonov An-2 around the world. It is an essential visual reference for aviation enthusiasts, historians, and scale modellers focused on accurate camouflage and markings. Oct 2026 • 224pp • 254x254 Over 225 photos 9781636247267 • Hardback • £35.00 Long Discount

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This new book puts readers in the cockpit with demonstration pilots from the early days of flying propellerdriven fighters in 1946, to its 80th anniversary season in 2026, flying the latest navy and Marine Corps Super Hornet jets.

CASEMATE PUBLISHERS

Colours of September ’39 Poland

MiG-21U/US/UM in the Polish Air Force

VARIOUS AUTHORS

ARTUR JUSZCZAK

Profile Series

Dec 2026 • 80pp • 208x300 Colour profiles 9788367227889 • Paperback • £19.00 Long Discount

Contains 80+ colour profiles of the Polish Air Force aircraft used in September 1939 against German invasion.

MMP BOOKS

Profile Series

Sep 2026 • 36pp • 210x304 Colour images 9788368377439 • Paperback • £13.00 Long Discount

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Karaś of 24 Eskadra at War

Colours and Markings of Hellenic Spitfires 1943-1954

TOMASZ J KOPAŃSKI

JOHN KORELLIS & TILEMAHOS PANAGIOTIDIS

The fascinating and untold story of the 24 Eskadra of the Polish Air Force in September 1939. The operations of the unit, its successes and losses, are described in detail in this book, which is full of unpublished photos of the Karas, the major reconnaissance and attack aircraft in Polish service, and of the Mewa.

White Series

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The Hellenic Air Force performed valiantly, against the Axis forces during the Battle of Greece but overwhelming odds forced its remaining personnel to escape to Egypt. With the assistance of the RAF, the Hellenic Squadrons were formed empowering the Greek pilots to continue their fight. Brief details of their service use is provided in this book, as well as in-depth examination of colours and markings used, based on many photographs, historical archive documents, illustrations and veteran testimonies.

Presents over 60 high-quality colour profiles of MiG-21U/US/UM used by the Polish Air Force. It is an essential visual reference for aviation enthusiasts, historians, and scale modellers focused on accurate camouflage and markings.

Dec 2026 • 144pp • 298x210 200+ black & white photos and 12 colour profiles 9788361421818 • Paperback • £19.99 Long Discount

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Aviation North American Aviation A-36 Second Edition

North American Aviation P-51 Mustang with Allison Engine

PRZEMYSŁAW SKULSKI

ROBERT PĘCZKOWSKI

Yellow Series

Oct 2026 • 120pp • 304x210 Colour & black & white images 9788368377408 • Paperback • £21.00 Long Discount

This second edition presents the history, development and combat service of the North American A-36, the rare divebomber variant of the Mustang. It covers operations in the Mediterranean and Far East, as well as the aircraft’s technical features. Illustrated with wartime and detailed photographs, colour profiles, and newly added scale plans and technical drawings, it is a valuable reference for aviation historians and modellers.

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Yellow Series

Nov 2026 • 200pp • 304x210 Colour & black & white images 9788368377422 • Paperback • £21.00 Long Discount

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Single No. 56 SPAD 61C1

SPAD 13 C1 – Great War and Occupation Forces

DARIUSZ KARNAS & ARTUR JUSZCZAK

JANUSZ ŚWIATLOŃ Series: Spotlight ON

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the SPAD 61C1, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

Includes 40 colour profiles of the SPAD 13 C1, a French famous WWI fighter. French and other foreign users’ camouflages are shown.

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Special-Purpose Suicide Aircraft Kūgishō Ōka (Baka)

Sustainable Aviation Multidisciplinary Approaches, Technologies, and Strategies

RYUSUKE ISJIGURO & TADEUSZ JANUSZEWSKI

EDITED BY MELIH CEMAL KUŞHAN

Yellow Series

Dec 2026 • 200pp • 304x210 Colour & black & white images 9788368377415 • Paperback • £25.00 Long Discount

Presents the history, development and operational service of the early Allison-engined versions of the North American P-51 Mustang. It covers the aircraft’s design evolution, wartime use and technical features. Illustrated with wartime and detailed photographs, colour profiles, scale plans and technical drawings, it is a valuable reference for aviation historians and modellers.

Presents the history, development and operational use of the Kūgishō Ōka, the purpose-built Japanese manned suicide attack aircraft known to the Allies as ‘Baka’. Designed to be carried close to its target by a bomber and released for a high-speed attack, the Ōka combined a compact airframe with rocket propulsion. The book examines its variants, technical features, carrier aircraft and combat missions, supported by archival photographs, colour profiles, scale plans and technical drawings.

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Presents a comprehensive exploration of one of the most important challenges facing modern aerospace systems: achieving sustainability while maintaining safety, performance, and economic viability. Bringing together diverse perspectives from engineering, technology, operations, materials science, manufacturing, maintenance, environmental assessment, and strategic management, this volume highlights how innovation is reshaping the future of aviation.

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Biography & Memoirs Travelling with the Cotswold Parson

The Diary of a Cotswold Parson FRANCIS E WITTS. EDITED BY DAVID CECIL WYNTER VEREY

On Horseback, by Carriage, by Stage Coach and by Rail, 1830-1854

This diary throws light on a fascinating period of English social history. Witts is a shrewd observer and notices how the fashionable world behaves as he passes through Cheltenham, and how the building of the town progresses. Reading the diary is an enjoyable experience for anyone; but particularly for those who love Gloucestershire.

FRANCIS E WITTS EDITED BY ALAN SUTTON

Sep 2026 • 224pp • 234x156 75 images 9781804200797 • Paperback • £19.00 Long Discount

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Blown Cover

Drawing Blood

A CIA Memoir

A Paramedic Memoir

CRAIG OSTH

ANDREW BETHUNE

The operational memoir of a CIA case oﬀicer who served eleven field tours – seven as Chief of Station. From Cold War-torn Central America to China’s ascendancy and 9/11-ignited counterterrorism wars, Craig Osth delivers a street-level account of real-life espionage: long hours, longer odds, yet vital impact.

Paramedics help people. They are proud. But there are downsides: working night and day, spending endless hours driving endless distances without sleep, food, or bathroom breaks. Drawing Blood is a powerful work of narrative non-fiction. It oﬀers razor-sharp insight into the human cost for the paramedics who bear witness to the moments when lives begin, change, or end.

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Lying

Mekong Medic

Losing My Memory, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma

Letters Home from a Vietnam Combat Medic MARTIN RUDOW

MICHELLE HÉBERT

In February 1967, Martin Rudow arrived in Vietnam as an infantry medic with the Riverine Force. Over the next five months, he patched up wounded GIs and innocent civilians alike, survived harrowing combat and the grinding absurdity of military bureaucracy, and wrote it all down in letters home that would sit unread in a box for nearly sixty years.

A mystery disguised as a memoir, this deeply layered story of complex trauma is a heartbreaking, darkly humorous, and redemptive story of resilience, and a compelling testament to the lengths our brains will go to protect us.

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NIMBUS PUBLISHING

In youth Francis Witts travelled with his parents who led an itinerant life. Once married he travelled a great deal on business and added to this were tours and holidays all of which he recorded in detail. Coaching inns, travelling on foot, horseback and by horse-drawn vehicles, and latterly by rail he has left an invaluable record for historians.

Mar 2027 • 224pp • 229x152 60 images 9781636247489 • Hardback • £29.95 Long Discount

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Biography & Memoirs Nobody’s Mother

Not that Bad

A Child-Free Memoir

The Art of Recovery

LINDSEY HARRINGTON

LINDSAY CLAYTON-DAYE

To have children, or not to have children. That is the question. Following one woman’s journey, Nobody’s Mother is a candid and timely memoir that will speak to the growing number of women who choose to be childfree as well as those who wish to understand that choice.

This candid memoir and essays offer an honest conversation about marketing and advertising promises of alcohol versus the realities of drinking. It delves into the mental, emotional and physical costs associated with alcohol consumption, as well as the difficulties of quitting a substance that is highly normalised in society. The book examines the continuum of consumption and argues that there are a great many people suffering across all walks of life, not sure if they have a problem and not sure what to do.

Oct 2026 • 256pp • 216x140 9781774715888 • Paperback • £12.50 Long Discount

Nov 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 9781997933120 • Paperback • £14.99 Long Discount

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One Step from Heaven

Richard III

Climbing Mount Everest, Goddess of the Himalayas

The Road to Bosworth Field PETER HAMMOND & ANNE F SUTTON

DEREK J MAHON

Oct 2026 • 240pp • 240x170 170 colour photographs 9781068664595 • Paperback • £21.95 Long Discount

Dubliner Derek Mahon provides a riveting account of his successful summit of Mount Everest. An experienced mountaineer who has since completed the Seven Summits, Derek was well aware of the extreme challenge he was facing when he decided to join the Mount Everest expedition. With over 150 colour photos of Derek’s journey, highlighting the dramatic landscape and the majestic Goddess of the Himalayas, this is an unforgettable story about one man’s resolve to fulfil his dreams.

LIFFEY PRESS

Sep 2026 • 256pp • 234x156 80 images 9781804200650 • Paperback • £28.00 Long Discount

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The Stained Glass Windows of Rosemary Rutherford

When the Peaks Fell Silent

An Extraordinary Artist

An Afghan Woman’s Journey to Freedom

ROSALIND MERCER

FARIDA H SHAGHASI

An illustrated biography of Rosemary Rutherford and catalogue of her major stained glass works. making this a significant tribute to this brilliant and versatile, yet little known artist.

A literary memoir that follows a young Afghan woman, educated in prewar Kabul, as she escapes across Afghanistan on foot and by donkey. She travels through mountains, rivers, and experiences suﬀocation inside a truck, hunger, illness, and months of waiting, before reaching Pakistan, Europe, and eventually the West.

Mar 2027 • 128pp • 270x210 9781915670458 • Paperback • £25.00 Long Discount

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Books for Children Death By Molasses

Exploring the Depths

KATE SCHOEDINGER

Advancing into the Deep Earth

A historical fiction novel for children aged 8-12, Death By Molasses, follows Luca, a child survivor of the 1919 Great Boston Molasses Flood, who dares to speak out against greedy powerhouses, to avenge his sister’s death. Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919 seems like the made-up stuﬀ of fiction, but the chaos and destruction of this historical tragedy was all too real. This story, told in powerful language with excellent historical details, puts a human face on this bit of Boston’s history.

EDITED BY JINGSHENG SUN

Oct 2026 • 42pp 9781805890676 • Hardback • £14.95 Short Discount

Exploring the Depth follows a young explorer who travels beneath the surface of the Earth with a team of brilliant scientists. Blending story and science, the book introduces key ideas in geology, technology, and deepearth exploration through an engaging narrative that encourages children to imagine, investigate, and understand the planet they live on.

PATHS PUBLISHING GROUP

Oct 2026 • 208pp • 229x152 47 graphite sketches 9781963714135 • Paperback • £13.50 Long Discount

PETER E. RANDALL PUBLISHER

Oct 2026 • 32pp • 203x254 Mixed media illustrations 9781774715505 • Paperback • £5.95 Long Discount

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Nov 2026 • 24pp • 178x178 Original illustrations 9781774715543 Boardbook £6.50 Long Discount

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The Graveyard Cat

Little Fish

LYNN DAVIES

MEAGHAN SMITH

After the old lady goes away, her tabby cat seeks solace in a nearby graveyard. As the seasons change, the cat watches people come to the graveyard. The cat observes it all while wishing for a name as beautiful as the ones she sees on the gravestones around her. More than anything, she dreams of being warm and dry. Shy and uncertain, the cat slowly gets more comfortable with the visitors. Will this lonely cat ever find the home she longs for? A gentle story about death, grieving, and finding friendship and family in the strangest places – perfect for starting conversations with children about the ways we grieve and the meaning of found family. For children aged 4-8.

Twelve years after writing it, Meaghan Smith shares the song that she lovingly wrote for her firstborn, with original illustrations. A gentle rhyming board book, Little Fish depicts mothers imagining all the extraordinary gifts their children will share with the world as they grow. For children aged 0-3. Oct 202618pp • 178x178 Original illustrations 9781774715529 Boardbook £6.50 Long Discount

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Moon Lullaby

Tummy Time Farm Friends

BRIANA CORR SCOTT

A Fold-Out Book

An ethereal board book for children aged 0-3 that teaches young children about the phases of the moon. On each spread, we are introduced to a diﬀerent moon phase, paired with a short rhyming poem. Babies will be captivated by the soothing verse and the soft, whimsical illustrations: from babies sailing on a night sea, flanked by belugas white as stars, to cuddles with Mum on a sandy dune as the seabirds tuck into their rest.

CAROL MCDOUGALL & SHANDA LARAMEE-JONES Stretch out this accordion-style book during tummy time. Your baby will have fun gazing at the cute farm friends, making barnyard sounds, and seeing their own face reflected in the mirror. Oct 2026 • 28pp • 165x165 Colour photos & mirror 9781774715703 Boardbook £6.95 Long Discount

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Fiction / Food & Drink Fiction

Oct 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 9781997933113 • Paperback • £9.99 Long Discount

Celluloid City

Plunder

GARRY THOMAS MORSE

A Novel

Series: Tulpaverse

TERRY KIRK

When Tom Mellersch, a budding screenwriter, takes a working holiday in ‘Toontown’, where he finds his creative aspirations being batted about by a sleazy producer, his assigned collaborator, an academic director, and his celebrated helpmate. A pair of overbearing actors also hijack the project, eager to have a prequel to their hit, Carlotta’s Reprisal. To shake loose the film industry, Tom flees to the palatial home of a former opera diva, only to fall in with activist malcontents who drag him into one of his own plotlines. Will Tom escape the celluloid city he’s created, and does he want to?

To succeed, Frank must outwit his formidable rivals – the Ambassador, the battle-hardened General, and the ruthless steel industry accomplice. But when the Luftwaﬀe unleashes its fury on London’s financial district, Frank’s family is no longer safe. Beset by bombs and politics, can Frank help FDR find a path to peace?

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Sunshine

A Wondrous Gift

A Novel

Bittersweet Stories of Christmas Past

MEGAN WYKES

LAURIE STANLEY-BLACKWELL

Set in Toronto’s historic Junction area and spanning three generations of a troubled family, Sunshine opens on the heels of the First World War. Themes of loss and longing, devotion, sacrifice, and the restorative power of art unfold throughout the book. Rich in historical detail, this novel oﬀers an intimate glimpse of life at its most fragile.

Nov 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 9781997933137 • Paperback • £9.99 Long Discount

Laurie Stanley-Blackwell shares deeply felt stories – part imagination, part memory, part reflection – exploring our sometimes-complicated relationship with the holiday season. Featuring tender black & white illustrations, Stanley-Blackwell’s insights about love and loss will bring laughter and tears as readers relive their own Christmases past. Nov 2026 • 224pp • 210x140 Black & white images 9781774715901 • Paperback • £11.95 Long Discount

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Food & Drink American Peach

The Winemaker’s Gamble

75 Recipes with a Past

How One Man and a Handful of Rebels Turned Niagara Wine into a Global Industry

NINA MUKERJEE FURSTENAU American Peach redefines the role of the popular fruit in American culture while teaching readers how to make the most of Prunus persica in their home kitchens. Furstenau traces the fruit’s origins to ancient China before chronicling the peach’s journey from its introduction to Indigenous communities in North America, to its prominent place in military life for World War II and Vietnam War soldiers, and finally as a staple on tables around the world. Mar 2027 • 144pp • 178x127 Black & white images 9781985905313 • Hardback • £16.95 Short Discount

JILL TROYER A gripping account of how a pioneering winemaker transformed Canada’s wine industry by introducing European vinifera grapes to Niagara. Blending biography and industry history, it traces a story of resilience, innovation, and entrepreneurial risk that helped establish Canada as a global wine producer. Oct 2026 • 224pp • 229x152 9781771618687 • Paperback • £14.95 Short Discount

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Graphic Novels All-Rounder Maid Connie Ville Volume 1

All-Rounder Maid Connie Ville Volume 2

Limited Edition With Shikishi

TEI MONAKA

A charming, feel-good fantasy slice-oflife manga that blends gentle comedy, heartwarming character moments, and light adventure, All-Rounder Maid Connie Ville makes its delightful English print debut as a standout release. This limited edition includes a Shikishi collectible, making it a special keepsake for fans and collectors.

All-Rounder Maid Connie Ville returns with Volume 2, bringing back the series’ beloved mix of gentle comedy, heartwarming character moments, and light fantasy adventure. As Connie’s daily life grows more lively and unpredictable, new encounters and challenges lead to even more delightful mishaps, clever solutions, and endearing surprises. This limited edition comes with an exclusive collectible bookmark created specially for this release.

Dec 2026 • 216pp • 182x128 Colour illustrations throughout 9789347195273 • Paperback • £12.00 Long Discount

Dec 2026 • 216pp • 182x128 Colour illustrations throughout 9789347195860 • Paperback • £12.00 Long Discount

CROSSED HEARTS

The Executioner of Grenimal Volume 2

AKISUKE

Limited Edition With Shikishi AKISUKE

The dark fantasy phenomenon The Executioner of Grenimal returns with Volume 2, expanding its haunting world of monsters, buried secrets, and moral ambiguity. As tensions escalate and new dangers surface, the story ventures deeper into its chilling mythology and psychological intensity.

This limited edition comes with an exclusive collectible shikishi created especially for this release.

Dec 2026 • 296pp • 182x128 Illustrations throughout 9789347195167 • Paperback • £9.99 Long Discount

Dec 2026 • 296pp • 182x128 Illustrations throughout 9789347195877 • Paperback • £9.99 Long Discount

CROSSED HEARTS

Wild Dogs and Fat Babies

Witch Police

TAMARA BOND

The Black Moon Arrangement G M B CHOMICHUK

A graphic memoir that oﬀers a glimpse into the world of an artist and details her experiences with schizoaﬀective disorder. The author/artist explores how art can help find a path forward toward self-forgiveness, making mistakes, and finding healing through the process of illustration, specifically drawing from the imagination. This is an essential graphic novel and a key text to better understanding severe and very complex mental illness.

Series: Case Books Dive into Witch Police, an investigative series following the Witch Police of Precinct 13 as they solve paranormal crimes involving some of literature’s most famous monsters.

Sep 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 Illustrations throughout 9781997933083 • Paperback • £16.99 Long Discount

Oct 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 Illustrations throughout 9781997933090 • Paperback • £16.99 Long Discount

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Poetry

Sep 2026 • 225pp • 229x152 9798896163831 • Hardback • £38.50 Short Discount

LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS

Arabian Love Poems

Blended

With Full Arabic and English Texts

Poems

NIZAR KABBANI

REBECCA THOMAS

Nizar Kabbani’s poetry speaks of love, desire, beauty, freedom, and longing with a directness that is as fresh today as when it was first written. His poems have been described as ‘more powerful than all the Arab regimes put together’ (Lebanese Daily Star). The London Times called him ‘the Arab world’s greatest love poet in modern times’. Each poem’s elegant translation by Bassam Frangieh and Clementina Brown is accompanied by the striking Arabic text, penned by Kabbani himself specially for this volume. This splendid new deluxe special edition – featuring a hardcover sewn cloth binding, lapis endpapers, and an attached ribbon bookmark – is a beautiful gift or addition to your personal library.

Celebrated spoken-word artist Rebecca Thomas’s second poetry collection explores the author’s various blended identities – as a Mi’kmaw woman, daughter, sister, auntie, wife, student, mentor, activist, poet, friend – as well as her blended family. From complex relationships with parents, navigating illness, memory, and residential school trauma, to rediscovering and rebuilding sibling bonds, to loves both platonic and romantic, Thomas gets right to the beating heart of it all.

Oct 2026 • 112pp • 190x140 9781774715826 • Paperback • £10.95 Long Discount

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Carrying the Bones

Daylight Savings Time

Rituals for a Dying World

Poetry

EILEEN ELIZABETH

BARBARA SCHOTT

Series: Appalachian Futures: Black, Native, and Queer Voices

Oct 2026 • 112pp • 216x140 9781985904897 • Paperback • £16.95 9781985904903 • Hardback • £25.50 Short Discount

Braids memoir, cultural criticism, and poetics to ask how we might mourn meaningfully in an era of environmental crisis and pandemic loss. Moving between the personal and the planetary, the book traverses landscapes from Appalachian forests and West Coast cemeteries to Arctic tundra and Sámi song traditions, drawing on ancient Greek lyric, Indigenous cosmologies, and contemporary ecological thought.

Barbara Schott peels back the layers of language to reveal the impact of time and seasonal changes. She also peels back the ideology of relations, the intimacy of self, to find both great longing and loss. The poet identifies how the heart longs for words, shapes itself with words. This collection of new poems oﬀers the reader the rare opportunity to stand still and be enveloped in the greatness of language and verse. Oct 2026 • 200pp • 228x152 9781997933144 • Paperback • £9.99 Long Discount

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Love Like a Body Carried to Shore

Other Legacies

ABIGAIL CHABITNOY

EDITED BY ADRIENNE PERRY, KEVIN PRUFER & MARTIN ROCK

Great Unsung American Poets

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Nov 2026 • 112pp • 229x152 9780819502650 • Paperback • £12.50 9780819502643 Hardback £20.50 Short Discount

This ecologically and emotionally charged collection explores continuity through water and weather, through the intimacies of relation, where knowing is a bodied verb. Moving with a tidal rhythm across its unsectioned form, the book weaves ancestral memory with myth. It stays with the work of environmental witness and extends its meditation to the permeability between human and animal. Domestic spaces blur with the mythic. The self emerges inside the landscape.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Nov 2026 • 288pp • 229x152 35 black & white images 9780819502711 • Paperback • £19.95 9780819502704 Hardback £70.50 Short Discount

Brings together 35 extraordinary but under-recognised poets whose work has shaped and enriched the literary landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries, writers whose contributions were overlooked because of race, gender, sexuality, disability, region, language, resistance to prevailing literary norms, or plain bad luck. Selected and introduced by a vibrant community of contemporary poets and critics, these writers appear chronologically, allowing readers to trace an alternate, deeply pluralistic history of American poetry.

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Warfare & Military History Drone Dominance

7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day

Seizing War’s New High Ground

Lessons from the Longest Day— June 6, 1944

JOHN ANTAL

Sep 2026 • 288pp • 229x152 50 images 9781636247335 • Paperback • £22.50 Long Discount

There is a revolutionary upheaval happening right now in warfare: the explosive rise of small unmanned systems – drones – has permanently and irrevocably shattered the old rules of battle, seizing the decisive ‘high ground’ from timeless physical landmarks like ridgelines and hilltops and thrusting it into fiercely contested low-altitude battlespace where swarms of cheap, lethal machines now hold absolute sway over life and death. In these pages, the author introduces, rigorously defines, and fully operationalises the gamechanging concept of Drone Dominance.

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JOHN ANTAL Examines the leadership of seven men who led American soldiers during the D-Day operation and what we can learn from them. Not only a fascinating approach to the historic events of June 6, 1944, this is a primer on how you can lead today, by learning from the leadership of these seven.

Sep 2026 • 240pp • 229x152 35 images 9781636245263 • Paperback • £22.50 Long Discount

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Across the Pacific

Blown Cover

The Secret Intelligence War Between the United States and Japan, 1941–45

A CIA Memoir

PETER C OLESON

CRAIG OSTH

Drawing on U.S. and Japanese sources, this is an analysis of how intelligence was deployed in the war between the United States and Japan – examining espionage, codebreaking, and its analysis across Pacific and CBI theatres, from Pearl Harbor to the war’s end, revealing how intelligence shaped decisions, battles, and outcomes across the Pacific. Oct 2026 • 256pp • 229x152 25 photos and maps 9781636246963 Hardback £32.95 Long Discount

Nov 2026 • 288pp • 229x152 9781636247366 Hardback £29.95 Long Discount

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Bridges at Midnight

Burned and Blasted

The 1108th Engineer Combat Group, Unsung Heroes of the Italian Campaign

Strategy, Ideology and Violence in Urban Warfare JONATHAN BURDEN

NORMAN H ANDERSSON

A vital new study of urban warfare that shifts the focus from tactics to strategy, fusing military science and international relations to show how political context shapes success or failure in city conflicts from Berlin to Mosul.

On June 4, 1944, Colonel Kingsley S. Andersson helped secure Rome’s Tiber bridges, earning a Silver Star as the city fell to the Allies. Bridges at Midnight follows the 1108th Engineer Combat Group through the Italian Campaign, highlighting their vital work under fire which literally paved the road to victory.

Dec 2026 • 256pp • 229x152 30+ images 9781636247304 Hardback £29.95 Long Discount

Nov 2026 • 272pp • 229x152 10+ maps 9781636246901 • Paperback • £22.50 Long Discount

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Warfare & Military History Chinook Driver

Consequences of Command

An RAF Pilot’s Story from Northern Ireland to Bosnia and Kosovo

The Need for Strong Leadership at Crucial Times

PAUL “FOO” KENNARD

ROBERT F FOLEY

Reveals Kennard’s journey from wouldbe fast jet pilot to frontline RAF Chinook captain. From Northern Ireland to Bosnia and Kosovo, he flew demanding missions under fire, balancing danger, humour, and camaraderie. A candid, fast-paced account of service in the uncertain conflicts of the late twentieth century.

Lieutenant General Robert F. Foley, US Army Retired, analyses sixteen major leadership failures, from Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia to modern conflicts and disasters like the Challenger explosion. Using case studies, he highlights how poor judgment, ignored warnings, and moral lapses led to catastrophes and how leaders can do better.

Oct 2026 • 256pp • 234x156 16-page photo section 9781919271415 • Hardback • £25.00 Long Discount

Sep 2026 • 256pp • 229x152 30+ images 9781636247205 • Hardback • £32.95 Long Discount

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The Doomed Dozen

Gone to War

OSS Team Dawes, Murdered at Mauthausen

A Ninety-Day Wonder’s D-Day Odyssey

DAVID A FOY

JAMES H RHODES

In 1944, the OSS Dawes Team joined British SOE agents in aiding Slovak resistance, thwarting German oﬀensives, and collecting intelligence. Captured by German forces, twelve OSS members were executed at Mauthausen despite being uniformed soldiers. The war crimes trial that followed sparked lasting controversy.

The critical contribution made by U.S. Naval Reserve oﬀicers in the D-Day assault on Normandy, as seen through the eyes of Howard W. Rhodes, Jr. (LTJG, USNR), commanding oﬀicer of US LCF 18, a 195-ft. gunfire support ship that led the first wave of landing craft into UTAH Beach.

Oct 2026 • 240pp • 229x152 50+ images 9781636247175 • Hardback • £29.95 Long Discount

Feb 2027 • 232pp • 229x152 60+ photos and maps 9781636247519 • Hardback • £25.00 Long Discount

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Inside the Filthy Thirteen

The Last Deployment

The Story of Jack Agnew, WWII Combat Paratrooper

A Human History of the Withdrawal from Afghanistan

BARBARA AGNEW MALONEY

CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON

An original member of the 506th PIR’s demolition section, Jack Agnew fought in Normandy and the Netherlands and was a Pathfinder for supply drops in Bastogne. Based on Agnew’s own recollections, this book reveals the reality of the notorious unit that inspired The Dirty Dozen.

A new, human history of the end of the Afghan War, told by those there at the end, this book discusses the withdrawal from Afghanistan and looks forward to the lasting eﬀects of those final chaotic weeks on service members deployed there.

Sep 2026 • 256pp • 229x152 50 images 9781636246499 • Hardback • £29.95 Long Discount

Jan 2027 • 448pp • 229x152 30+ images 9781636245126 • Hardback • £34.95 Long Discount

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Warfare & Military History More Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War

The Most Successful Failure Operation Eagle Claw and the Birth of Modern Special Operations Forces

Historians Tackle More of the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities

TOM NEVEN

EDITED BY CHRIS MACKOWSKI & BRIAN MATTHEW JORDAN

Dec 2026 • 312pp • 229x152 70 images, 6 maps 9781611216134 • Hardback • £22.99 Long Discount

SAVAS BEATIE

Modern U.S. special operations forces owe their existence to a disaster in the middle of the Iranian desert in April 1980 and the lessons learnt from this failed attempt to rescue American hostages.

Jan 2027 • 352pp • 229x152 150 photographs 9781636245645 • Hardback • £34.95 Long Discount

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Philadelphia’s Fighting Fleet

Slaughter on the Tigris

War Stories of 25 Ships from America’s First Navy Yard

The 1982–88 Iran–Iraq Conflict and its Legacy

DANIEL FRANKLIN SHORTRIDGE

E R HOOTON

Traces the vital naval heritage of the United States’ founding city through the lens of twenty-five of the ships that it produced. From the sail-powered USS Franklin, launched in 1815, to the modern command ship USS Blue Ridge, the last vessel built at the yard and still in service, these vessels reflect more than a century and a half of changing technology and naval history.

A definitive account of the seven years of brutal battles around Basra during the Iran–Iraq War, where Saddam Hussein’s success would pave the way for Iraqi victory and shape the future of the Middle East.

Oct 2026 272pp • 229x152 80+ photographs 9781955041621 • Paperback • £22.50 Long Discount

Dec 2026 288pp • 229x152 20-30 photographs 9781636245881 Hardback £29.95 Long Discount

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Soldiering in Hard Times

Under the Sign of the Sunwheel

A Junior Oﬀicer in the Post-Vietnam US Army

The History of SS-PanzerjägerAbteilung 54

ROLAND J TISO, JR

RICHARD DEVEAU-MAXWELL

The United States Army of the 1970s was a force in crisis. Emerging from Vietnam, it faced a stark reckoning: without the draft, it had to rebuild itself from scratch – its ranks, its doctrine, its weapons, its culture – while confronting racial tensions, societal upheaval, and the looming reality of massed Soviet armoured divisions.

SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 54, a WaﬀenSS anti-tank battalion, fought for most of its existence on the northern Eastern Front. Tracing its formation and decline from hard fighting in Estonia to its final battles in 1945, this book examines not just the unit’s combat record, but the men inside its armoured vehicles – their motives, hardships, and fate.

Dec 2026 304pp • 229x152 20 images 9781636247427 Hardback £34.95 Long Discount

Jan 2027 • 336pp • 229x152 160 photographs 9781636247632 Hardback £34.95 Long Discount

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