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Read our Autumn 2021 catalogue by clicking on the image below or download a PDF version here.

Read our Autumn 2021 catalogue by clicking on the image below or download a PDF version here.

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David Olusoga's Cult of Progress is out now in paperback!

Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Cult of Progress, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations.

In Part One, First Contact, we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas.

In Part Two, The Cult of Progress, we see how the Industrial Revolution transformed the world, impacting every corner, and every civilisation, from the cotton mills of the Midlands through Napoleon's conquest of Egypt to the decimation of both Native American and Maori populations and the advent of photography in Paris in 1839.

Incredible art - both looted and created - relays the key events and their outcomes throughout the world.

#davidolusoga #cultofprogress #ageofdiscovery #history #civilisations #blackandbritish #arthistory #historyofart #nonfiction #bookstagram

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Julia Laite’s The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey reveals the untold story of the women who usually disappear behind the headlines of history.

In 1910, Lydia Harvey was meant to disappear. She was young and working class; she'd walked the streets, worked in brothels, and had no money of her own. Politicians, pimps, policemen and moral reformers saw her as just one of many 'girls who disappeared'. But when she took the stand to give testimony at the trial of her traffickers, she ensured she'd never be forgotten.

Historian Julia Laite traces Lydia's extraordinary life from her home in New Zealand to the streets of Buenos Aires and safe houses of London. She also reveals the lives of international traffickers Antonio Carvelli and his mysterious wife Marie, the policemen who tracked them down, the journalists who stoked the scandal, and Eilidh MacDougall, who made it her life's mission to help women who'd been abused and disbelieved.

Together, they tell an immersive story of crime, travel and sexual exploitation, of lives long overlooked and forgotten by history, and of a world transforming into the 20th century.

Listen to a clip of the audiobook, out now!

#TheDisappearanceofLydiaHarvey #LydiaHarvey #JuliaLaite #history #untoldstories #truecrime

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We’re so excited that bookshops in England and Wales are reopening today!

For many of us, our local and independent bookshops have been pivotal during the last year, in allowing us to keep reading and ordering – and selling – books.

Join us in sharing your love for your local bookshop and tag them below. Don't forget to mask up on your next visit, and sanitise before stroking the books.

#ChooseBookshops @booksaremybag @indies_alliance

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America’s racism is everybody’s problem.

In The Sum of Us, Heather McGhee sets out across America to learn why white voters so often act against their own interests. Why do they block changes that would help them, and even destroy their own advantages, whenever people of colour also stand to benefit? Their tragedy is that they believe they can’t win unless somebody else loses.

But this is a lie, and McGhee marshals overwhelming economic evidence, and a profound well of empathy, to reveal the surprising truth: even racists lose out under white supremacy. As McGhee shows, it was racist lending policies that triggered the 2008 financial crisis, and there can be little prospect of tackling global climate change until its zero-sum delusions are defeated.

‘I hope that the book will explain what happened to the once-thriving American middle class and serve as a cautionary tale for other nations. While the political hymns in the US and the UK are in different keys, they sure do rhyme.’ Heather McGhee

This essential, instant NYT bestseller is out in the UK this Thursday!

#TheSumofUs #HeatherMcGhee #antiracistreading #antiracism #economics #nonfiction #igreads #bookstagram

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What is language – and how does it work?

Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost infinitely varied: a French speaker can't conceive of a world that isn't split into un and une, male and female, while Estonians have only one word for both men and women: tema. In Dyirbal, an Australian language, things might be masculine, feminine, neuter - or edible vegetable.

Every language tells us something about the people who use it. In I Saw the Dog, linguist Alexandra Aikhenvald takes us from the remote swamplands of Papua New Guinea to the university campuses of North America to illuminate the vital importance of names, the value of being able to say exactly what you mean, what language can tell us about what it means to be human - and what we lose when they disappear forever.

In I Saw the Dog, a leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language.

Out today!

#ISawtheDog # Alexandra Aikhenvald #language #linguistics #anthropology #nonfiction #igreads #bookstagram

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We are thrilled to have beautiful finished copies of this honest, funny, reassuring book by bestselling author @emjaneunsworth.

In #AftertheStorm, Emma Jane Unsworth tells her story of postnatal depression. She tackles the biggest taboos around motherhood and mental health, from botched stitches and bleeding nipples to anger and shame. How does pregnancy adapt our brains? Is postnatal depression a natural reaction to the trauma of modern motherhood? And are people's attitudes finally changing?

Out on 6th May. Published in partnership with @wellcomecollection.

#emmajaneunsworth #afterthestorm #postnataldepression #motherhood #parenting #nonfiction #memoir #bookstagram

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