Catalogue Summer 17

Europe’s Relations with North Africa Politics, Economics and Security Adam Fawaz Yousef April 2017 320 pages Approx. 100,000 words International Relations, Politics, Economics World rights available New framework for understanding European relations with North Africa  

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Socio-economic perspective on European relations with North Africa, using Morocco as a case study New perspective on EU’s Barcelona Process and initiatives that define European policy towards neighbouring states: the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the European Neighbourhood Policy, and the Union for the Mediterranean.

Identifies successes and failures of EU policy towards Morocco

Adam Fawaz Yousef is a political economist who specialises in the economics of the European Union, political economy and economic development. He has acted as an economic advisor to a variety of governmental and non-governmental organisations in Europe and North America.

The Fog of Peace How to Prevent War Gabrielle Rifkind & Giandomenico Picco New PB April 2017 304 pages Approx. 88,000 words International Relations World rights available Unique new approach to study of international politics   

Argues that the most important aspect of conflict resolution is for antagonists to understand their opponents, their ambitions, their pains Institutions are not the ones deciding whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those are the responsibility of individuals Presents two very different experiences of international relations: Rifkind as a psychotherapist now immersed in the politics of the Middle East, and Picco as a career diplomat with a successful record as a negotiator at the UN

Gabrielle Rifkind is the Director of the Middle East programme at Oxford Research Group. Giandomenico Picco served for over two decades as a UN official and led the agreement which ended the Iran-Iraq war.

Berlin Rules Europe and the German Way Paul Lever Reprint May 2017 288 pages Approx. 90,000 words Current Affairs, Politics, Europe Rights sold: HR New insights into Germany’s role as the dominant player in Europe    

Provides unique insight into modern Germany Shows how Germany’s history has influenced its current economic and social development Provides important perspectives on Germany’s future political and cultural growth Essential reading that suggests the future shape of a Germany-dominated Europe

Sir Paul Lever KCMG is a retired former British ambassador. Over the course of a long diplomatic career, his posts included assistant Under- Secretary at the FCO 1992–94; chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee 1994–96; Director for EU and Economic Affairs at the FCO 1996– 97; and Ambassador to Germany 1997– 2003. After his retirement from the diplomatic service, he was Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Lever was appointed CMG in 1991 and knighted KCMG in 1998.

Brexit, No Exit Why in the End Britain Won’t Leave Europe Denis MacShane June 2017 320 pages Approx. 88,000 words Politics. Europe World rights available Former Europe Minister spells out the future of Britain’s relationship with Europe 

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Shows how we reached this stage of populism, nationalism and xenophobia that are surging across Europe, why Brexit adds to the problems facing the established political order and what needs to be done now Unique insider the events that led to Brexit and the behind-the-scenes discussions that followed Argues that Brexit will not mean full rupture with Europe: Britain cannot and will not divorce itself from the continent of Europe and the European question will continue to be a defining feature of politics into the future

Denis MacShane was a Labour MP serving in Tony Blair’s government as Minister for Europe. He is a prominent commentator on European issues and is the author of Brexit: Why Britain Left Europe.

Dawn of a New Order Geopolitics and the Clash of Ideologies Rein Müllerson June 2017 240 pages Approx. 75,000 words International Relations, Geopolitics, Economics Rights sold: EE Major statement on geopolitics and the new world order in the 21st century   

Reflects on the rise of a multi-polar state system that has led to the emergence of major potential super-powers, global rivalry, international terrorism and the gradual weakening of the US Outlines the challenges associated with the new geopolitics of the twenty-first century An ambitious and thought-provoking book: the essential tool for understanding the new world order and the ensuing crises in global politics

Rein Müllerson is Research Professor at the University of Tallinn, formerly Professor of International Law at King's College London, UN Regional Advisor for Central Asia and a Visiting Centennial Professor at (LSE).

He is the author of 12 books on international law and politics.

Greece in Crisis The Cultural Politics of Austerity Dimitris Tziovas July 2017 304 pages Approx. 100,000 words Politics, Economics, Cultural History World rights available Essential to understanding the aftermath of the Greek economic crisis   

New perspectives on Greek financial crisis: analyses the uncharted cultural aspects of the Greek economic crisis by exploring the connections between austerity and culture Covers literary, artistic and visual representations of the crisis Explores the different aspects of the cultural politics of austerity as well as manifestations of how the crisis has led Greeks to rethink or question cultural discourses and conceptions of identity

Dimitris Tziovas is Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of The Other Self: Selfhood and Society in Modern Greek Fiction and editor of Re-imagining the Past: Greek Antiquity and Modern Greek Culture.

China’s World What Does China Want?

Kerry Brown August 2017 280 pages Approx. 74,300 words International Relations, Current Affairs World rights available Major statement on geopolitics and the new world order in the 21st century   

Reflects on the rise of a multi-polar state system that has led to the emergence of major potential super-powers, global rivalry, international terrorism and the gradual weakening of the US Outlines the challenges associated with the new geopolitics of the twenty-first century An ambitious and thought-provoking book: the essential tool for understanding the new world order and the ensuing crises in global politics

Rein Müllerson is Research Professor at the University of Tallinn, formerly Professor of International Law at King's College London, UN Regional Advisor for Central Asia and a Visiting Centennial Professor at (LSE).

He is the author of 12 books on international law and politics.

Women and Borders Refugees, Migrants and Communities Seema Shekhawat, Emanuela C. Del Re & Debidatta Aurobinda August 2017 336 pages Approx. 86,000 words Politics, Migration Studies World rights available Experiences of women migrants and refugees at the border 

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Locates gender and violence along geographical edges and critically examines the experiences of women as global border residents and border crossers Suggests that research on borders and violence needs to focus on how bordered violence shapes the embodiment of gender identity and norms and how they are challenged Examines an array of issues including forced migration, trafficking and cross-border ties to explore how gender and borders intersect

Seema Shekhawat is a Political Scientist and author of Gender, Conflict and Peace in Kashmir and editor of Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace. Emanuela C. Del Re is the chair and founder of EPOS International Mediating and Negotiating Operational Agency and creator of MY FUTURE project for the Syrian Refugees funded by the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry and by the European Commission. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra is a social scientist and author of Conflict Management in Kashmir and editor of Conflict and Peace in Eurasia.

Europe Reset New Directions for the EU Richard Youngs September 2017 240 pages Approx. 75,000 words Politics, Current Affairs, Europe World rights available A new model for a new Europe  

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Proposes an alternative vision of European co-operation and shows how the EU must re-invent itself to survive Author argues that citizens should play a greater role in European decision-making, there should be more flexibility in the process of integration and that a new and more coherent approach to questions of defence and security is needed Reinvigorates the debate around the future of Europe and puts forward a new agenda for the future of the EU

Richard Youngs is the author of The Puzzle of Non-Western Democracy; Europe in the New Middle East and Europe’s Decline and Fall: The Struggle against Global Irrelevance.

The Rage The Vicious Circle of Islamists and Far Right Extremism Julia Ebner September 2017 224 pages Approx. 85,000 words Current Affairs, Terrorism World rights available Explosive account of the vicious circle of far right and Islamist extremism    

Looks at extremist movements both online and offline and shows how far right and Islamist extremists have succeeded in penetrating each other’s echo chambers Introduces readers to the world of reciprocal radicalisation and the hotbeds of extremism that have developed – with potentially disastrous consequences - in the UK, Europe and the US Explores the interaction between the ‘new’ far right and Islamist extremists and considers the consequences for the global terror threat Based on first-hand interviews

Julia Ebner is a Policy Analyst specialising in Counter-Extremism and Radicalisation. She has given evidence to parliamentary working groups, spoken at international conferences and given live TV and radio interviews on BBC World News, CNN International, France24, BBC Radio, LBC and others.

Chasing the Chinese Dream Stories from Modern China Nick Holdstock September 2017 288 pages Approx. 62,000 words Current Affairs, China World rights available A kaleidoscopic travelogue of modern China – a surreal journey into the dreams and desires of the world’s largest nation   

Idea of the ‘Chinese Dream’, the promise that in the new China, anyone can make it A spell-binding and magical narrative of modern China through the people who are living it Follows a cast of extraordinary characters: people getting rich; running factories and buying luxury cars and Louis Vuitton bags but also those left behind, trapped by a system which forces long hours and no prospects upon them

Nick Holdstock is a journalist and writer. He is the author of China’s Forgotten People and The Casualties.

International Politics in the Arctic Contested Borders, Natural Resources and Russian Foreign Policy Geir Hønneland September 2017 320 pages Approx. 120,000 words Arctic Resources, International relations World rights available The first book to focus on the IR role of Russia in the Arctic   

Brings together decades of cutting-edge research - investigating the political contexts and international tensions surrounding Russia’s actions Looks specifically at ‘region-building’ and environmental politics of fishing and climate change, on nuclear safety and nature preservation Analyses the diplomatic relations surrounding clashes with Norway and Canada

Geir Hønneland is Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the Arctic University in Norway. He has published widely in Norwegian and in English on territory disputes and environmental factors in the Polar North.

Beyond Syria’s Borders A History of Territorial Disputes in the Middle East Emma Lundgren Jörum New PB April 2017 232 pages Approx. 75,000 words Middle East, Politics World rights available Looks at Syria’s impact on the wider Middle East: vital when understanding the international relations of the region 

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Covers the formation of the Syrian Arab Republic from the fall of the Ottoman Empire through to the twenty-first century and examines the ways in which Syrian views of these lost territories have changed over time Analyses Syrian-Turkish, Syrian-Lebanese and Syrian-Israeli relations Author’s examination of Syria’s responses to the loss of territory is thus vital for any reader attempting to understand the workings of Syrian foreign policy

Emma Lundgren Jörum teaches Comparative Politics in the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden.

The New Sultan Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey Soner Cagaptay April 2017 256 pages Approx. 76,000 words Turkey, Current Affairs Rights sold: IT, HR The book that captures both the man and his state   

Story of the increasingly Islamic Turkey Erdogan has built Looks at where Erdogan comes from in Turkish History, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule Assesses the threats Erdogan faces: from the liberal youth to the Gulen movement, the army plotters and the fallout from the Kurdish question

Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute. He has written extensively on U.S.-Turkish relations, Turkish domestic politics and Turkish nationalism

Orientalism Versus Occidentalism Literary and Cultural Imaging between France and Iran since the Islamic Revolution Laetitia Nanquette New PB April 2017 264 pages Approx. 90,000 words Middle East World rights available Cutting-edge research on the development and diversification of Marxist Imperialism theories   

Examines the functions, processes and mechanisms of stereotyping and imagining the ‘other’ that have pervaded the literary traditions of France and Iran when writing about each other Analyses Franco-Iranian relations, exploring the literary traditions of this relationship, the ways in which these have affected individual authors and reflect socio-political realities Themes that feed into popular debates about the nature of Orientalism and Occidentalism and how the two

Laetitia Nanquette is Vice- Chancellor Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. . She also holds a PhD in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, for which she received the 2011 Honourable Mention of the Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize from the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.

Turkey A Modern History Eric J. Zürcher New Edition April 2017 480 pages Approx. 181,000 words History, Turkey Rights sold: AL, CN, NL, PL, TR New updated edition of the bestselling history of Turkey    

Builds upon the twin themes of Turkey’s continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society Begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century Offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkey's founding father, Kemal Atatürk Focuses on the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the thorny issue of Turkey's human right's record; the alliance with the West and relations with the European Community; Turkey's ambivalent relations with the Middle East; the increasingly explosive Kurdish question; and the continuing political instability and growth of Islam

Erik J. Zürcher is Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden.

Reporting the Middle East The Practice of News in the Twenty-first Century Zahera Harb (Ed) May 2017 238 pages Approx. 80,000 words Middle East Studies, Journalism World rights available How do the media cover the Middle East?   

Provides detailed analysis of the complexities of reporting from the Arab World Explores how the media can be used to serve particular political agendas on both a regional and international level Shows how news formats and practices may be defined and shaped differently by different nations

Zahera Harb is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at City University, London and previously worked as a journalist in Lebanon. She is the author of Channels of Resistance: Liberation Propaganda, Hezbollah and the Media and co-editor (with Dina Matar) of Narrating Conflict in the Middle East: Discourse, Image and Communications Practices in Lebanon, both published by I.B.Tauris.

The United Arab Emirates Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition William Gueraiche May 2017 265 pages Approx. 105,000 words Middle East, Political Geography World rights available A compelling account of the branding of Dubai   

First study of the UAE’s campaign to establish itself on the international stage and to explore the impact that its economic transformation has had on the country With the highest proportion of foreigners of any country in the world, what does this mean for the identity of Emiratis living there and what are the implications for foreigners working there?

Explores the environmental costs of the Dubai lifestyle, its ‘Look East’ policy and increasing volume of trade with eastern Asia, and the ways in which the UAE has sought to challenge the traditional hegemony of Saudi Arabia in the region

William Gueraiche is Associate Professor, American University in the Emirates (Dubai). He has been Associate Professor of Social Sciences, American University in Dubai (UAE), Lecturer in Geopolitics, University Marne La Vallee (Paris), and Lecturer in History at the University of the Sorbonne.

Authoritarian Politics in Turkey Elections, Resistance and the AKP Bahar Başer and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk (Eds) June 2017 288 pages Approx. 100,000 words Middle East Studies, Turkish Studies World rights excl. TR Examines how elections in Turkey are used to shift the country to increasingly autocratic measures   

Identifies the process of democratic reversal in Turkey Contributors explore the various ways a democratically elected political party has used elections to implement authoritarian measures Explores the country’s future options

Bahar Başer is a research fellow at Coventry University and a visiting research fellow at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa at Stellenbosch University. She is the author of Diasporas and Homeland Conflicts (2015) and co-editor of Migration from Turkey to Sweden (2017). Ahmet Erdi Öztürk is a research assistant at the University of Strasbourg. He is the Turkey correspondent for EUREL and has been a regular guest on television programs such as France 24 to discuss Turkish politics.

Contested Spaces in Contemporary Turkey Environmental, Urban and Secular Politics Fatma Müge Göçek

June 2017 320 pages Approx. 100,000 words Politics, International Relations, Turkish History World rights available

An analysis of the destructive impact of neoliberalism in contemporary Turkey  

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Examines the emergence and consequences of neoliberalism in Turkey Looks beyond the neoliberal cities of the West - Istanbul and Ankara - to take into account the rest of the country and the groups that are most negatively affected: such as the Kurds, women and migrants Sheds new light on the societal processes that are re-shaping modern Turkey, a subject which is of increasing importance considering Erdogan’s new model for an Islam-based state and in the aftermath of the July 2016 military coup attempt

Fatma Müge Göçek is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. Her recently published books include Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East (2002) and

The Fire, the Star and the Cross Minority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern Iran Aptin Khanbaghi New PB June 2017 288 pages Approx. 90,000 words Middle East History World rights available A comprehensive discussion of groups that resisted assimilation to the new Islamic order   

Concentrates on Iran, which due to its complex religious history offers unique opportunities for the study of non-Muslim communities, specifically of Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians An important and fascinating book which aims to present a thorough evaluation of the historical contributions made by religious minorities makes a very significant and original contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Iranian history and civilization during an era when the foundations were laid for the emerging modern Iranian state

Aptin Khanbaghi is a scholar of Iranian history, based at the Margaret Beaufort Institute, University of Cambridge.

The Transformation of Turkey Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era Fatma Müge Göçek June 2017 320 pages Approx. 113,000 words Middle East, Politics, Turkish History World rights available An exploration of Turkish relations with Armenian, Greek and Kurdish minority communities   

Draws on Turkey’s Ottoman heritage and history to explore current issues of ethnicity and religion alongside Turkey’s international position New perspective on history’s influence on contemporary tensions in Turkey Will contribute to the ongoing debate surrounding Turkey’s accession to the EU, and offers insight into the social transformations in the transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Nation-State

Fatma Müge Göçek is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. Her recently published books include Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East (2002) and

Turkey, the US and the EU The New Foreign Policies Kubilay Yado Arin June 2017 320 pages Approx. 80,000 words Politics, International Relations, Turkish History World rights available A vital examination of the decision-making behind the fundamental changes in the direction of Turkish foreign policy   

Looks at the change in foreign policy within the context of Turkey’s relationship with the US and the EU Focuses on the US’ support of a Turkish bid for EU membership, and what this means for relations between Washington and Ankara Looks specifically at the ways in which think tanks have an effect on policy-making processes and reshaping the foreign policy agenda at a time of political transformation and regional crises due to the civil conflict in Syria

Kubilay Yado Arin is Visiting Scholar at Portland State University’s Center for Turkish Studies.

The Women Who Built the Ottoman World Female Patronage and the Architectural Legacy of Gulnus Sultan Muzaffer Ozgules June 2017 325 pages Approx. 96,000 words Ottoman History World rights available The extraordinary life and exceptional patronage of a previously neglected Ottoman Royal Woman   

Remarkable cultural legacy from powerful women—head of the harem, or wives or mothers of Sultans.

New archaeological evidence that reveals the stories of the Imperial builders, with a focus on Gulnus Sultan Buildings were personal projects designed to Showcase Ottoman power, built from Constantinople to Mecca, from modern-day Ukraine to Algeria

Muzaffer Ozgules is the Bakarat Trust Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Khalili Research Centre at the University of Oxford.

The Armenians in Modern Turkey Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History Talin Suciyan New PB July 2017 304 pages Approx. 100,000 words Ottoman Empire, Modern Turkey Rights sold: TR Cutting-edge research on the development and diversification of Marxist Imperialism theories 

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Analysis of remarkable new primary material: Turkish state archives, minutes of the Armenian National Assembly, a kaleidoscopic series of personal diaries, memoirs and oral histories, various Armenian periodicals, as well as statutes and laws which led to the continuing persecution of Armenians Explores the life experienced by Turkey’s Armenian communities as Turkey’s great modernisation project of the 20th century gathered pace A fresh contribution to the history of modern Turkey and the Armenian experience there

Talin Suciyan completed her PhD at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich where she is currently an assistant professor (Akademische Raetin Auf Zeit) at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies.

Destroying a Nation The Civil War in Syria Nikolaos Van Dam July 2017 208 pages Approx. 65,000 words Middle East, Politics, History World rights available A ground-breaking account of Syria’s descent into chaos: a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements 

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Explains the recent history of Syria: the growing disenchantment with the Asad regime, the chaos of civil war and the fractures which led to an immense amount of destruction in the refined social fabric of what used to be the Syrian nation Traces political developments within the Asad regime and the various opposition groups from the Arab Spring to the present day Provides a deeper insight into the conflict and the possibilities and obstacles for reaching a political solution

Nikolaos van Dam is a specialist on Syria who served as Special Envoy of the Netherlands for Syria in 2015-2-16. He has previously served as Ambassador of the Netherlands to Indonesia, Germany, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq.

Migration from Turkey to Sweden Integration, Belonging and Transnational Community Bahar Baser and Paul T. Levin (Eds) July 2017 304 pages Approx. 82,000 words Middle East, Turkey World rights available Evaluates migration from Turkey to Sweden from the mid-1960s until the present day 

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Explores how the patterns of labour migration and interactions with Swedish society impacted the social and political attitudes of these different communities, their sense of belonging, and diasporic activism Investigates issues of integration, return migration, transnational ties, external voting and citizenship rights Sheds new light on the situation of migrants in Europe

Palestinian Citizens of Israel Power, Resistance and Struggle for Space Sharri Plonski August 2017 320 pages Approx. 114,000 words Middle East World rights available Ethnography of spatial resistance and identity formation among Palestinians citizens of Israel  

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A study of Palestinian communities living inside the Jewish state and their attempts to disrupt and reshape the physical and abstract boundaries that contain them A comparative analysis of resistance movements anchored in three key sites of the Palestinian experience: the defence of housing rights in Jaffa; the protest against settlement in the Galilee region; and the campaign for Bedouin land rights in the Naqab desert.

Offers valuable insight into the structures and reaches of power from within the Israeli state

Sharri Plonski teaches Development Studies at SOAS, University of London. She is a post-doctoral research associate with the university and managing editor of the Middle East Review of Books.

Frontline Turkey The Conflict at the Heart of the Middle East Ezgi Basaran September 2017 288 pages Approx. 75,000 words Turkey, Current Affairs World rights available An exiled journalist reveals Turkey’s role in the breakdown of the Middle East   

Turkey is on the front line of the war which is consuming Syria and the Middle East Shows how the Kurds’ relationship with Turkey is at the very heart of the Middle Eastern crisis Documents, through front-line reporting, how Erdogan’s failure to bring peace is the key to understanding current events in Middle East

Exploring the Qur’an Context and Impact Muhammad Abdel Haleem April 2017 352 pages Approx. 137,000 words Religion World rights available In a modern context of intercultural sensitivity, what the Qur’an says and means are perhaps more urgent questions than ever before   

Author challenges misinterpretations of particular Qur’anic verses from whatever quarter Argues that wrenching the verses out of the context of the whole has led to dangerous ideologies being built on isolated phrases which have then assumed afterlives of their own.

This nuanced, holistic reading has vital interfaith ramifications

Muhammad Abdel Haleem is King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and one of the world’s leading authorities in Qur’anic studies. He is the author of Understanding the Qur’an: Themes and Style, also published by I.B.Tauris, and his major new translation of the Qur’an, with parallel Arabic text, was published in 2010.

Marxist Theories of Imperialism A History Murray Noonan April 2017 280 pages Approx. 96,000 words History, Imperialism, Marxism World rights available Cutting-edge research on the development and diversification of Marxist Imperialism theories   

Provides the first complete analysis of Marxist theories of imperialism in over two decades Author critically identifies and engages with a new 'Globalisation-era' phase of Marxist imperialism theory Offers vital new perspectives on imperialist theory and its relevance and application in the twentyfirst century

Murray Noonan is a visiting research fellow at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University.

He holds a PhD from Victoria University, Melbourne

The Portuguese in the East A Cultural History of a Maritime Trading Empire Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya New PB April 2017 216 pages Approx. 80,000 words History, Linguistics World rights available The first book to look at the importance of Portuguese influence in current situation    

Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India in the late 15th Century opened up new economic and cultural horizons for the Portuguese Charts the influences of the Portuguese in more than 50 Asian tongues, illustrating the extent of Lusitanian links Portuguese oral traditions in folk literature now embedded in postcolonial Asian music and song These cultural legacies are a lasting reminder of an unexpected outcome of seaborne commerce

Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is the author of Tagus to Taprobane, An Anthology of Indo-Portuguese Verse and Indo-Portuguese of Ceylon. She co-edited (with Richard Pankhurst) The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean.

You Win or You Die The Ancient World of Game of Thrones Ayelet Haimson Lushkov April 2017 256 pages Approx. 80,000 words Ancient History & Classics, Fantasy & Myth World rights available “When you play a game of thrones, you win or you die.” - George R. R. Martin   

Explores the echoes, from the Summer Islands to Storm’s End, of a rich antique history Shows how the wanderings of Tyrion Lannister replay the journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas or the War of the Five Kings resembles the War of the Four Emperors (68-69 AD) Reveals the remarkable extent to which the entire Game of Thrones universe is animated by its ancient past

Ayelet Haimson Lushkov is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. Her previous books are Magistracy and the Historiography in the Roman Republic (2015) and Reception and the Classics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Classical Tradition (co-edited with W Brockliss, P. Chaudhuri and K. Wasdin, 2012). She has written on Game of Thrones for The Guardian.

The Greek Civil War Strategy, Counterinsurgency and the Monarchy Spyridon Plakoudas April 2017 248 pages Approx. 88,000 words History, Greece Rights sold: GR The Greek Civil War (1946–9) was one of the few instances in the post-World War II era of a clear -cut and permanent victory over an insurgent communist movement  

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Explores the factors which ultimately caused the downfall of the communist insurgency in Greece which had, at some points, seemed undefeatable Questions whether the guerrilla movement fell victim to the feud between Stalin and Tito or whether the significant British and, above all, American aid in fact rescued the Greek royalist regime from collapse Reveals the strategy and tactics of the royalist regime

Spyridon Plakoudas is Assistant Professor of Security and Strategy at the American University in the Emirates.

A Modern History of the Balkans Nationalism and Identity in Southeast Europe Thanos Veremis May 2017 240 pages Approx. 70,000 words History, International Relations, Politics World rights available The history of the Balkans has been a distillation of the great and terrible themes of 20th century history – the rise of nationalism, communism, fascism, genocide, identity and war   

A new interpretation of that history, focusing on the uses and legacies of nationalism in the Balkan region Analyses the influence of the West - from the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise and collapse of Yugoslavia Seeks to provide an important historical context to the current problems of nationalism and identity in the Balkans

Thanos Veremis is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP); Director General of the International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) and President of the National Council of Education. He is the author of Greece: The Modern Sequel (with John Koliopoulos, 2002) and The Balkans (2005).

On the Religious Frontier Tsarist Russia and Islam in the Caucasus Firouzeh Mostashari New PB May 2017 224 pages Approx. 80,000 words History World rights available An essential background reading to today's religious conflicts in the Caucasus   

Examines the history of Muslim Azerbaijan under Christian Orthodox Russian imperial rule and the attempts of the Russian administrators of the Caucasus to integrate the region into the empire Offers a fascinating and timely insight from 1804 to the Revolution of 1917 and the ways in which the seeds of recent conflict were sown in tsarist Russia Draws on original archival research from across Azerbaijan and Russia

Firouzeh Mostashari is a historian and playwright. She is also the author of Tolstoy's Hidden Stories and has taught at Regis College, Harvard University and the University of Iowa.

The Riviera at War World War II on the Côte d’Azur George G. Kundahl May 2017 456 pages Approx. 172,000 words History, WWII World rights available A complete history of World War II in southeastern France  

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Southeastern France suffered through Italian Fascism and German Nazism and also under a third hardship at times even more oppressive - the rule of Vichy France Reality of World War II burst onto the Riviera in June 1940 when the region had to defend itself against the Italian army and ended in April 1945 with a battle against German and Italian forces in April 1945, a period longer than any other part of France Includes previously unseen sources and photographs and new information about the Battle of Toulon

George G. Kundahl was, until his retirement, a Major General in the U.S. Army. He is the author o Confederate Engineer: Training and Campaigning with John Morris Wampler; Alexandria Goes to War: Beyond Robert E. Lee and The Bravest of the Brave: The Correspondence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur. He has been resident on the French Riviera for many years.

A Short History of Medieval Christianity G.R. Evans May 2017 256 pages Approx. 80,000 words History, Religion World rights available What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? 

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This book finally gives proper weight to the neglected literature of demotic religion: the lives of saints; writings by those, including lay women, who had mystical experiences; and lively texts containing stories for popular edification from the fall of Rome to the ideas of the Reformation, the author addresses vital topics like the appeal of monasticism, the lure of the Crusades, the rise of the friars and the acute crisis of heresy medieval Christianity was shaped above all by its promise of salvation or eternal perdition.

G. R. Evans is Professor Emeritus of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History in the University Cambridge. Her many books include Belief: A Short History for Today; The Church in the Early Middle Ages; The University of Cambridge: A New History and The University of Oxford: A New History ( all I.B.Tauris).

A Short History of the Phoenicians Mark Woolmer May 2017 256 pages Approx. 85,000 words Ancient History World rights available The Phoenicians present a tantalizing face to the ancient historian: sources suggest they once had an extensive literature of history, law, philosophy and religion, but all now is lost    

Viewed in antiquity as sage scribes, intrepid mariners and as skilled engineers, they were also considered to be profiteers cruelly trading in human lives Offers new insights based on recent archaeological discoveries in their heartland of modern-day Lebanon Discusses material culture, language and alphabet, religion, funerary custom and trade and expansion into the Punic west Shows them to have been masters of the sea: this civilization circumnavigated Africa two thousand years before Vasco da Gama did it in 1498

Mark Woolmer is a leading authority on the subject, he has discussed the Phoenicians on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time and is the author of Ancient Phoenicia: An Introduction (2011).

African Women and Apartheid Migration and Settlement in Urban South Africa Rebekah Lee New PB June 2017 296 pages Approx. 80,000 words History, Africa, Gender World rights available A compelling social history of African women Explores the process and consequences of settlement through the everyday lives and testimonies of three generations of African women in Cape Town during the apartheid (1948-94) and post-apartheid periods Evokes a larger history of gendered and generational struggles over identity, place and belonging Provides a deeper and more nuanced understanding of African women in apartheid and post-apartheid society, and of urbanization in South Africa Rebekah Lee is Lecturer in the Department of History, Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has published on the social and cultural history of South Africa, and her research interests include gender and migration, religion, identity, health and material culture. She is currently engaged in a collaborative project on the history of death in Africa from c.1800 to the present day.

Choosing Slovakia Slavic Hungary, the Czechoslovak Language and Accidental Nationalism Alexander Maxwell New PB June 2017 288 pages Approx. 88,000 words History, Eastern Europe World rights available The story of how and why Slovakia came to be 

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When nationalism first arrived in Eastern Europe, the Slavs saw themselves as Hungarian citizens speaking Pan-Slav and Czech dialects - and yet were the origins of what would become in the twentieth century a distinct Slovak nation Slovak nationalism had emerged from unrequited Hungarian loyalism, ineffective Pan-Slavism, and counter-productive policies of Czechoslovak nation-building Shows how national identities are not only contingent, but may emerge from unforeseen circumstances

Alexander Maxwell He has taught at City University in Bratislava, the University of Wales at Swansea, and the University of Nevada at Reno. He is presently working at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

Dharma The Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh Traditions of India Veena R. Howard (Ed) June 2017 272 pages Approx. 93,000 words Religion & Spirituality World rights available Dharma is central to all the indigenous religious traditions of India, which cannot adequately be understood apart from it   

Presents dharma as a multi-faceted religious force, or paradigm, that has defined and that continues to shape South Asian civilization in a whole multitude of forms Brings fresh insights to dharma in terms both of its distinctiveness and its commonality as these are expressed across, and between, the local religions of India Corrects philosophical misrepresentations that are increasingly widespread in the West, and point to ways of appreciating Indian religions in a manner appropriate to the practice of Eastern, rather than Western, tradition

Veena R Howard is Assistant Professor of Religious and Asian Studies at the University of Oregon and author of Gandhi’s Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action (2014).

Enver Hoxha The Iron Fist of Albania Blendi Fevziu, edited by Robert Elsie, translated by Majlinda Nishku New PB June 2017 312 pages Approx. 88,000 words History, European Studies World rights available excl. AL The biography of one of Europe’s most ruthless dictators   

The regime that the Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha led from 1944 until his death in 1985 was incomparably severe and isolated Albania from the rest of the world Little is known about the man who ruled the country with an iron fist for so many decades Uses unseen documents and first-hand interviews to piece together the life of a tyrannical ruler

Blendi Fevziu is a journalist, based in Tirana. He was the co-founder of the RD (Democratic Renaissance) newspaper and presents the popular TV talk show Opinion. He has written several books in Albanian.

Fighting Proud The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars Stephen Bourne June 2017 256 pages Approx. 68,000 words History World rights available A monument to the bravery, sacrifice and honour shown by a persecuted minority  

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Unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort Weaves together the remarkable lives of these men, from RAF heroes to infantry officers serving in the trenches on the Western Front in WWI, many of whom led the charges into machine-gun fire only to find themselves court-martialled after the war for indecent behaviour Includes a wealth of long-suppressed wartime photography subsequently ignored by mainstream historians

Stephen Bourne is a writer and historian, expert on Black and LGBT British history. He is tha author of Black Poppies (History Press, 2014), a history of the contribution of black men and women to the First World War.

Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus Halvor Moxnes New PB June 2017 288 pages Approx. 80,000 words Religion, History of Ideas World rights available A thoughtful and provocative book 

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The doomed 'quest for the historical Jesus' was determined not only by the different personalities of the seekers who undertook it, but also by the social, cultural and political agendas of the countries from which their presentations emerged Argues that one cannot understand any 'life of Jesus' apart from nationalism and national identity What is needed in modern biblical studies is an awareness of all the presuppositions that underlie presentations of Jesus, whether in terms of power, gender, sex and class

Halvor Moxnes is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Oslo and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. His previous books include Constructing Early Christian Families (1997) and Putting Jesus in his Place: A Radical Vision of Household and Kingdom (2004).

Treasures from the Oxus The Art and Civilization of Central Asia Massimo Vidale June 2017 240 pages 150 full colour photos Approx. 80,000 words Ancient History, Archaeology World rights available The great river civilization of the Oxus is one of the forgotten jewels of the ancient world   

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For centuries it was central to Achaemenid and later Persian power A succession of skilled yet still elusive Bronze Age cultures flourished here well before the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE Explores the fascinating history, art and archaeology of the region, including its primal trade in silk and foodstuffs; the mineral wealth of the Oxus basin; its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples Most of these rare objects have never been seen, let alone published, before

Massimo Vidale is an internationally prominent scholar of the archaeology and material culture of the Bronze Age, he has held Chairs at the universities of Bologna, Genoa and Rome. His previous books include The Archaeology of Indus Crafts, What is Ethnoarchaeology? and Ceramics and Archaeology.

The Tsar’s Armenians A Minority in Late Imperial Russia Onur Önol June 2017 288 pages Approx. 88,000 words History World rights available A full study of the drastic reversal of relations between imperial Russia and their Armenian subjects on the eve of World War I  

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Draws on previously untouched archival material Explains how and why the shift took place by looking in detail at the imperial Russian authorities and their relationship with the three pillars of the Russian Armenian community: the Armenian Church, the Armenian bourgeoisie and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun) Places the evolution within a context of wider political questions

Onur Önol is an instructor in the Department of History at Bilkent University, Ankara. He is a contributor to War and Collapse: World War I and the Ottoman State and regularly presents papers on late imperial Russia at conferences internationally.

Behind the Scenes at the Ballets Russes Stories from a Silver Age Michael Meylac August 2017 340 pages Approx. 111,000 words History, Dance World rights excl. RU Fascinating new insights into one of the most vibrant and creative groups of artists of the modern age  

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The most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century Uncovers previously-unseen interviews and provides insights into the lives of the great figures of the age: from the dancers Anna Pavlova and Alicia Markova to the choreographers Leonide Massine, George Balanchine and Anton Dolin Reveals what life was really like for the stars of the Ballets Russes

Michael Meylac is Professor of Russian Literature at the University of Strasbourg. He is the author of editions and studies of the Oberiou poets and of studies on the Provençal troubadours.

The Fatimids The Rise of a Muslim Dynasty Shainool Jiwa August 2017 160 pages Approx. 40,000 words History, Religion World rights available A lively account of the rise and expansion of the Fatimid Empire   

Introduces the first four generations of Fatimid Imam-caliphs — al-Mahdi, al-Qa’im, al-Mansur and al -Mu‘izz — as well as the people who served them and those they struggled against A journey through the Fatimid capitals of Qayrawan, Mahdiyya and Mansuriyya and on to the founding of Cairo Discovers various milestones in Fatimid history and the political and cultural achievements that continue to resonate today

Shainool Jiwa is a senior faculty member at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. She has written and lectured extensively on medieval Islamic history and has edited and translated key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history, including The Founder of Cairo (2013) and Towards a Shi’i Mediterranean Empire (2009).

Islam in the Baltic Europe’s Early Muslim Community Harry Norris New PB August 2017 272 pages Approx. 80,000 words Religion, Sociology, History Rights sold: SA A highly relevant and topical book in today's Islam-conscious world   

Examines the trade routes of the Vikings and the early Slavs and Balts who had commercial relations with Arab merchants, trading in amber, furs, Middle Eastern silks and other luxury goods Surveys the Qipchaq Tatars' history, their Muslim faith, their culture, their literature and their life as indigenous Europeans in New Europe today Draws contrasts and similarities between other Muslim communities in Europe, including the diverse immigrant Muslim groups in the Nordic countries that border the Baltic Sea: Finland, Sweden and Denmark

Harry Norris is Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of London.

Pompeii An Archaeological Guide Paul Wilkinson August 2017 288 pages Approx. 70,000 words Classics & Ancient World, Archaeology, Travel World rights available A handy yet comprehensive guidebook 

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A surprising lack of a handy archaeological guide to reveal and explain its public spaces and private residences: this compact and user-friendly handbook, written by an expert in the field, helpfully fills that gap Offers a general introduction to the doomed city followed by an authoritative summary and survey of the buildings, artefacts and paintings themselves Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, diagrams and other images

Paul Wilkinson is the bestselling author of Pompeii: The Last Day, which has sold around 80,000 copies Archaeology: What it is, Where it is, and How to do it (2007), which sold over 50,000 copies.

Radical Prophet The Mystics, Subversives and Visionaries who Strove for Heaven on Earth Christopher Rowland August 2017 256 pages Approx. 72,000 words Religion, History of Ideas World rights available A powerful and passionately argued rediscovery of what Christianity really means 

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The mysterious, elusive and charismatic figure of Jesus proclaimed that a new era, the Kingdom of God, was dawning: the religion he inspired was soon domesticated, its counter-cultural radicalism tamed, as the Church attempted to control both its doctrines and its followers Shows that this was never the whole story: the apocalyptic flame of the New Testament continued to burn Gives full weight to a remarkable strain of radical religion that simply refuses to die

Christopher Rowland is Dean Ireland’s Professor Emeritus of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture in the University of Oxford. His many books include The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology, and Radical Christian Writings: A Reader (with Andrew Bradstock).

The Secret War for China Espionage, Revolution and the Rise of Mao Panagiotis Dimitrakis August 2017 406 pages Approx. 149,000 words History, Asia, International Relations World rights available An urgent and necessary guide to the intricacies of the Chinese Civil War, a war which decisively shaped the modern Asian world  

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Charts the double-crossings, secret meetings and bloody assassinations which would come to define China’s future Gives equal weighting to the role of foreign actors: the role of British intelligence in unmasking Communist International (Comintern) agents in China, and the allies’ attempts to turn nationalist China against the Japanese.

Documents the clandestine confrontation between Mao and Chiang and the secret negotiations between Chiang and the Axis Powers, whose forces he employed against the CCP once the Second World War was over

Panagiotis Dimitrakis is an expert on intelligence and military history. He is the author of The Secret War in Afghanistan and Military Intelligence in Cyprus: From the Great War to Middle East Crises (both IBT).

The SOE in Burma Jungle Warfare and Intelligence Gathering in WW2 Richard Duckett August 2017 294 pages Approx. 97,000 words History, WW II World rights available A compelling story of courage and struggle in during World War II 

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Features photographs and accompanying material never before published, including direct testimonies recorded by veterans of the campaign and maps from the SOE files

Richard Duckett is Lecturer in Military History at Reading College in the United Kingdom. He is an acknowledged expert on the Burmese campaign.

Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval & Early Modern England A History of Sorcery and Treason Francis Young September 2017 256 pages Approx. 91,000 words History, Linguistics World rights available Accusations of magical treason against high-ranking figures were a staple of late medieval English power politics 

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Offers the first concerted historical analysis of allegations of the use of magic either to harm or kill the monarch, or else manipulate the course of political events in England, between the fourteenth century and the dawn of the Enlightenment Addresses a subject usually either passed over or elided with witchcraft: a quite different historical phenomenon Argues that magic was also perceived as a genuine threat by English governments into the Civil War era and beyond

Francis Young is the author and editor of seven previous books, including: English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553-1829 and A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity. He broadcasts regularly for the BBC on historical topics.

The Myth of Hero and Leander The History and Reception of an Enduring Greek Legend Silvia Montiglio September 2017 304 pages Approx. 104,000 words Classical History World rights available Like Pyramus and Thisbe, or Romeo and Juliet, Hero and Leander are the protagonists in a tale of epic but tragic love   

Shows how the story of these star-crossed and sea-sundered lovers was used contrastingly, with differing emphases, by Greek and Latin writers Explores the Byzantine focus on romance; and the later medieval interest – notably in the writings of Christine de Pizan – on sudden death Most comprehensive analysis yet written of one of the most resilient tales from the ancient world, whose resonant themes of love and loss, and of sex and death, speak to us still across both time and the distant straits of the sea

Silvia Montiglio’s previous books include From Villain to Hero: Odysseus in Ancient Thought; Love and Providence: Recognition in the Ancient Novel ; and The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature (I.B.Tauris).

Myth Making in the Soviet Union & Modern Russia Remembering WW II in Brezhnev’s Hero City Vicky Davis September 2017 340pages Approx. 111,500 words History, Politics, Geography World rights available A focus on Brezhnev, perhaps the least studied former leader of the Soviet Union  

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Sheds light on the character of Brezhnev as perceived by his people, and on the process of memory for the ordinary Russian citizen Rreveals the complexity of myth and memory, challenging existing assumptions to show that there is still scope for the local community – and even the individual – in memory construction in an authoritarian environment Represents a much-needed departure from the study of myth and memory in larger cities of the former Soviet Union, adding nuance to the existing portrait of Brezhnev and demonstrating the continued importance of war memory in Russia today

Vicky Davis has worked with a number of leading academics in her role as a researcher, including Roger Moorhouse on The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin (2014). There is a section dedicated to her research on myth and war memory at the State Historical Museum in Novorossiisk, Russia.

The Kingdom of Women Life, Love and Death in China’s Hidden Mountains Choo Waihong April 2017 256 pages Approx. 75,000 words Society, China, Memoir, Travel Rights sold: ES, FI, JP A truly fascinating account of one of the world’s last matrilineal societies    

The “Kingdom of Women”: a small tribe called the Mosuo lives in a cluster of villages that have changed little in centuries One of the last matrilineal and matriarchal societies on earth, where power lies in the hands of women A vibrant and compelling glimpse into a way of life that teeters on the knife-edge of extinction Author is the only non-Mosuo to have lived with the tribe for over 6 years

Choo Waihong was a corporate lawyer with top law firms in Singapore and California before she took early retirement in 2006 and began writing travel pieces for publications such as China Daily. She lived for almost seven years with the Mosuo tribe and now spends half the year with them in Yunnan, China.

The Nomad’s Path Travels in the Sahel Alistair Carr New PB April 2017 208 pages Approx. 55,000 words Travel Literature, North Africa World rights available A beautifully-rendered account of a journey across an inhospitable region at a time of Tuareg insurgency   

Sets out to explore the centuries-old link between the Barbary Coast and the Sahel along the Old Salt Road, while conjuring to life a lost wilderness and those who survive within it Observes Tubu culture, their harmonious relationship with Islam, and their interaction with the Manga's other peoples: the Fulani, Kanuri, and Arabs Captures a sense of the intangible nature of the Sahel and delivers an evocative portrait of the Tubu a people living on the tide-line of the Sahara and the edge of the world

Alistair Carr, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, has broadcast for the BBC and is author of The Singing Bowl: Journeys through Inner Asia.

Mischka’s War A True Story of Survival in Nazi Dresden Sheila Fitzpatrick June 2017 320 pages Approx. 90,000 words Memoir, History, WW II World rights available Memoir detailing an extraordinary journey from Latvia to Nazi Germany to 1950s New York  

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Escaping conscription into the Waffen-SS in Riga, 22-year-old Latvian Mischka Danos entered Hitler’s Reich itself on a student exchange to Germany After surviving the war, he was reunited with his resourceful mother Olga, who had made her own way out of Riga, saving some Jews along the way Author met and married Mischka forty years after these events: she turns her skills as a historian and wry eye as a memoirist to telling his remarkable story Provides a vivid recreation of life in occupied Germany, where anxiety, fear and loss were tempered by friendship, and the ineptitude of international and occupation bureaucracies added its own touch of black humour

Sheila Fitzpatrick is the author of several books, including The Russian Revolution; Stalin’s Peasants, Everyday Stalinism, Tear off the Masks! and A Spy in the Archive: A Memoir of Cold War Russia (I.B.Tauris).

Young Lothar An Underground Fugitive in Nazi Berlin Larry Orbach & Vivien Orbach-Smith April 2017 288 pages Approx. 90,000 words Memoir, History, WW II World rights available A singular coming of age story of life in the Berlin underground during WWII : a story of hope, even happiness, in the very heart of darkness 

Lothar Orbach the youngest son of a German Jewish family, was just 14 when the Nazis began rounding up Berlin’s Jews

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Growing up with the Impressionists The Diary of Julie Manet Julie Manet, translated and edited by Jane Roberts July 2017 224 pages & 70 images Approx. 66,000 words Memoir, Art History World rights available, excl. FR A new edition of the diary of an extraordinary diary – newly translated here by an expert of Impressionism   

At fourteen, that Julie began her diary in earnest: untidy notes scribbled in old exercise books, often in pencil, the presentation as spontaneous as its contents Julie Manet’s inner thoughts on a wealthy and cultured milieu at the height of the Impressionist era Reveals a vivid depiction of a vital period in France’s cultural history seen through the youthful and precocious eyes of the youngest member of what was surely the most prominent artistic families of the time

Jane Roberts is an art historian who has worked for over 20 years in the international art market including Sotheby's and the Cabinet des Dessins at the Louvre, specialising in Impressionism. She received the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. She is also the author of Jacques-Émile Blanche.

Turkish Nomad The Intellectual Journey of Talat S. Halman Jayne Warner July 2017 432 pages Word count TBC History, Memoir, Turkey World rights available A sumptuously illustrated book telling the story of one of the great Turkish intellects, and of the Istanbul in which he lived  

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In the twentieth century, Talat Sait Halman, writer and poet, exemplified Turkey's powerful and influential literary culture Tells the extraordinary life story of this poet, thinker, and diplomat: as a young boy, Halman surveyed the last vestiges of the Ottoman Empire, walked through the ruins of Byzantium, and grew up in the modern nation created by the charismatic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Author creates a unique biographical tapestry that illuminates not only the life of one of Turkey's leading literary and cultural authorities

Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, CT.

Babushka’s Journey A Story of Survival from War-Torn Europe to New York Marcel Krueger August 2017 224 pages Approx. 72,000 words History, Memoir, Travel WWII World rights available An evocative blend of past and present on the road to Stalin’s labour camps 

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The story of a grandmother, and what happened to her and to Eastern Europe in World War II: Krueger follows the tracks of Cilly, or 'Babushka', into her vanished homeland of East Prussia and to the labour camps of the Soviet Union Interweaves contemporary landscape and family history into an poignant and evocative travel memoir Journey from the snow-covered battlefields of East Prussia in January 1945 to the Soviet labour camps in the Urals An authentic retelling of Cilly’s tragic yet hopeful story

Marcel Krueger is a writer and translator for the Daily Telegraph, Süddeutsche Zeitung and CNN Travel, among others. Marcel divides his time between Berlin, Cologne and Dublin. He is the co-author of Berlin: A Literary Guide for Travellers.

Greece A Literary Guide for Travellers Michael Carroll August 2017 288 pages Approx. 84,000 words Travel, Literature, History World rights available An engaging portrait of the unparalleled literary history of Greece    

There is so much in the modern world which has its origins in Greece, most notably language and literature Greece is the country with the longest written history in Europe From Athens to the scattered islands of the Ionian and Aegean seas, the words of literary titans in the West echo through the centuries Luminous portraits of Greece enrich our own experiences of the country and shed light on a dramatic and often tragic past

Michael Carroll is the author of From a Persian Tea House and An Island in Greece. He divides his time between Sussex and the Greek island of Skopelos.

The Land Beyond A Thousand Miles on Foot through the Heart of the Middle East Leon McCarron August 2017 272 pages Approx. 95,000 words Travel Literature, Middle East World rights available The human story of the Middle East - beyond the headlines   

From Jerusalem, McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested landscapes in the world.

A journey through time, from the quagmire of current geopolitics to the original ideals of the faithful, through the layers of history, culture and religion that have shaped the Holy Land The story of people, not politics and of the connections that can bridge seemingly insurmountable barriers

Leon McCarron is a Northern Irish writer, film-maker, speaker and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He has cycled from New York to Hong Kong, walked 3000 miles across China, trekked 1000 miles through the Empty Quarter desert in Arabia and travelled along Iran’s longest river. He is the author of The Road Headed West: A Cycling Adventure Through North America , has produced a TV series for National Geographic and made three independent films.

Maverick Spy Stalin’s Super-Agent in World War II Hamish MacGibbon August 2017 288 pages Approx. 82,000 words Travel Literature, Middle East World rights available A gripping World War II espionage story   

James MacGibbon’s son Hamish tells the story of his parents, their interaction with the communist party and their flirtation with wartime espionage Before he died James confessed to his close family that he had spied for the Soviet Union during World War II: MI5 had suspected him of espionage and interrogated him but he never confessed Only after James’s death did the true significance of what he might have revealed become clear – in his wartime office role, James had access to the plans for Operation Overlord, D-Day

Hamish MacGibbon was Director of the Publishing House James and James. He is the son of James and Jean MacGibbon.

Finding Eden A Journey into the Heart of Borneo Robin Hanbury-Tenison September 2017 240 pages Approx. 86,000 words Travel & Exploration, Memoir World rights available The story of the expedition that launched the global rainforest movement    

Robin Hanbury Tenison led one of the largest ever Royal Geographical Society expeditions to the ‘Garden of Eden’ For 15 months, Hanbury-Tenison and a team of some of the greatest scientists in the world immersed themselves in a place and a way of life that is on the cusp of extinction A story that reminds us of the fragility of our planet and of the urgent need to preserve the last untamed places of the world Highly topical issues (survival of indigenous people, environment) and will receive attention & support from RGS, Survival International, etc.

Robin Hanbury-Tenison, OBE, DL, is the doyen of British explorers. He is the author of Land of Eagles (IBT), A Question of Survival, A Pattern of Peoples, The Yanomami, Fragile Eden, The Oxford Book of Exploration, Mulu: The Rain Forest and his two autobiographies, Worlds Apart and Worlds Within.

Miss Palmer’s Diary The Secret Journals of a Victorian Lady Gillian Wagner September 2017 288 pages Approx. 99,000 words Memoir, Society History World rights available The fascinating true story of a woman ahead of her time 

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Miss Ellen Palmer started writing a diary to record the glittering whirl of activity she experienced: the world of dances, opera visits and dinner parties which were a rite-of-passage for young women of her class A story of love, scandal and adventure: after a scandalous encounter with a duplicitous Swedish count, she set off on a treacherous trip across Europe in pursuit of her beloved brother Roger, an officer in the Crimean War She became one of the first women to visit the battlefield at Balaclava.

Provides a first-hand account of the realities of debutante life in Victorian London whilst also telling the story of an inspirational young woman, her quest for love and her spectacular journey from the ballroom to the battlefield

Dame Gillian Wagner has been Chair of Barnardo’s and Carnegie UK. She is the author of Thomas Coram, Gent; The Chocolate Conscience; Barnardo and Children of the Empire

Dancing with the Doctor Dimensions of Gender in the Doctor Who Universe Lorna Jowett April 2017 240 pages Approx. 68,000 words TV & Media Studies, Doctor Who Fans World rights available The world won't end because the Doctor dances    

First book on the Doctor Who universe to take gender as its focus Examines both the successful revival of the series since 2005 and its spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures Delves into the distinctive stories and characters, including the Doctors themselves, their female and male companions, Captain Jack Harkness, Missy, Sarah Jane and her young comrades Explores many these hotly debated elements of the successful BBC franchise

Lorna Jowett is co-author of TV Horror: Investigating The Dark Side of the Small Screen, co-editor with Kevin Robinson and David Simmons of Time on TV: Narrative Time, Time Travel & Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture (both I.B. Tauris), and author of Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan.

Delft Blue to Denim Blue Contemporary Dutch Fashion Anneke Smelik (Eds) April 2017 296 pages & 102 images Approx. 120,000 words Fashion, Visual Culture World rights available The complete, contemporary, colourful companion to Dutch Fashion   

Uncovers the cultural roots of Dutch fashion in a globalized context Debunks myths surrounding Dutch fashion, digs up new facts and stories, and explores the creative relation of fashion design to cultural heritage Gives a rich overview of designers, ranging from G-Star jeans, and affordable retailer C&A, to a savvy brand like Vanilia, and from the famous designer duo Viktor&Rolf to a futuristic designer like Iris van Herpen

Anneke Smelik is the is author and editor of many publications on visual culture, including Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture, The Scientific Imaginary in Visual Culture, And the Mirror Cracked: Feminist Cinema and Film Theory, and, co-edited with Agnès Rocamora, Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists (I.B.Tauris, 2016).

Liquid Space Science Fiction Film and Television in the Digital Age Sean Redmond April 2017 208 pages Approx. 70,000 words Fashion & Design, Social & Cultural History World rights available An eye-opening account of the digital age through the lens of popular science fiction film and television  

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Considers the issues and themes that are repeatedly found across a range of contemporary science fiction films and television programmes Examines a wide selection of popular films and TV series such as Gravity, Under the Skin, The Lobster, Children of Men and Doctor Who, to locate how traditional values are being erased in favour of a new liquid modernity Draws on an eclectic range of approaches from phenomenology to critical race theory, and from close textual analysis to the revelations of eye-tracking technology: an illuminating account of the digital age through the lens of science fiction

Sean Redmond is the author of numerous books including Blade Runner (2016), The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano: Flowering Blood (2013) and Liquid Metal: A Reader in Science Fiction Film (2004).

Niche Fashion Magazines Changing the Shape of Fashion Ane Lynge-Jorléan April 2017 224 pages Approx. 72,000 words Fashion, Journalism, Cultural Studies World rights available The inside story of the glossy fashion magazine    

Speaks to a highly fashion-literate, global readership: they mix the codes of style magazines, glossy women’s magazines and art catalogues Niche magazine genre is powerful in shaping the face of fashion Unprecedented access to the making of the respected Danish niche fashion magazine, DANSK, including interviews with its makers and its readers Unveils the behind-the-scenes of niche fashion magazines

Ane Lynge-Jorlén is an independent fashion scholar and curator. She has taught at London College of Fashion, Parsons Paris School of Art & Design and Lund University.Her work on fashion magazines and styling has been published in the journals, Fashion Theory and Fashion Practice and the anthology, Nordic Fashion Studies. Ane is also a frequent contributor to the Danish newspaper, Weekendavisen.

Folk Fashion Understanding Homemade Clothes Amy Twigger Holroyd May 2017 256 pages Approx. 70,000 words Fashion, Design, Craft World rights available Thinking radically about making & wearing homemade clothes  

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Investigates the complex relationship between making, well-being and sustainability Combines author’s own experience as a designer and knitter with first-hand accounts from folk fashion makers to explore this fascinating, yet under-examined, area of contemporary fashion culture Considers how sewers and knitters might maximise the radical potential of their activities

Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker, writer and researcher. Through her knitwear label, Keep & Share, she has been exploring the emerging field of fashion and sustainability since 2004.

Rebuilding Babel Modern Architecture and Internationalism Mark Crinson May 2017 256 pages & 63 images Approx. 106,000 words Architecture & Art Theory World rights available A revisionist history of the modernist architectural movement 

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Shows how the ideals represented by the Tower of Babel – built, so the story goes, by people united by one language – were effectively adapted by internationalist architecture, its styles and practices, in the modern period ‘International Style’ was one manifestation of this new way of thinking: shows how the aims of modernist architecture frequently engaged with the substance of an internationalist mindset in addition to sharing surface similarities Re-connects pivotal figures in architecture with a cast of polymath internationalists such as Patrick Geddes, Lewis Mumford, Julian Huxley, Rabindranath Tagore and H. G. Wells, to provide a richly detailed socio-cultural framework

Mark Crinson is Professor of Art History, board member of ABE Journal (Architecture Beyond Europe) and also vice-president of the European Architectural History Network. His previous books include Stirling and Gowan: Architecture from Austerity to Affluence (winner of the Historians of British Art Prize, 2014).

Socially Engaged Art after Socialism Art and Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe Izabel Galliera May 2017 364 pages Approx. 107,000 words Visual Culture, Modern Art World rights available The first study of socially engaged art to focus on Central and Eastern Europe 

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Traces the development of socially engaged art from the early 1990s to the present in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

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Focuses on the relationships between art, social capital and civil society: leveraged by artists and curators as a vital means of communication and action

Izabel Galliera is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory, and Curator of the Rice Gallery, at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.

The Dead City Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay

June 2017 256 pages Approx. 90,000 words Urban Studies, Art History World rights available Ruination presents a complex opportunity to envision new futures for a city, whether that is by rewriting its past or throwing off old assumptions and proposing radical change   

Unearths meanings from depictions of ruination and decay, looking at representations of both thriving cities and ones which are struggling, abandoned or simply in transition Examines ruins in Chernobyl, Detroit, London, Manchester and Varosha Demonstrates that how we discuss and depict urban decline is intimately connected to the histories, economic forces, power structures and communities of a given city, as well as to conflicting visions for its future

Paul Dobraszczyk is a visiting lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. He is the author of Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain (2014) and London’s Sewers (2014).

Art and Trauma in Africa Representations of Reconciliation in Music, Visual Arts, Literature and Film Lizelle Bisschoff & Stefanie Van de Peer August 2017 288 pages Approx. 90,000 words Visual culture, African Studies World rights available Traumas of conflict and war in postcolonial Africa have been widely documented, but less wellknown are their artistic representations 

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A number of recent films, novels and other art forms have sought to engage with and overcome post -colonial atrocities and to explore the attempts of reconciliation commissions towards peace, justice and forgiveness New art forms challenge the inexpressible nature of atrocities Reflects the memories and social identities of the artists & offers a mirror to African and worldwide audiences coming to terms with a collective memory that is often traumatic in itself

Lizelle Bisschoff is the Founder and previous Director of the Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival in Scotland, now in its eighth year. She regularly attends film festivals in Africa as jury member and speaker.

Stefanie Van de Peer is a Research Co-ordinator at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

The Cinema of Cuba Contemporary Film and legacy of Revolution

August 2017 322 pages Approx. 103,000 words Latin American Cinema World rights available A comprehensive collection of essays from the leading scholars of Cuban cinema, exploring the emerging contemporary film scene in a rapidly-changing nation   

The new filmmakers of Cuba have inspired the editors of this book to embrace their contagious enthusiasm through essays on authentic Cuban cinema Provides a comprehensive overview of the history behind current practices Films discussed demonstrate a driving cinematic force through social criticism, the emphasis of debate and historical change through film, reassessments of gender relations, the use of new technologies and much more

Guy Baron has published widely on Cuba, in particular on Cuban cinema – including his book Gender in Cuban Cinema (2011). Ann Marie Stock is an award-winning Professor of Hispanic Studies and Film and Media. Antonio Álvarez Pitaluga is Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the University of Havana.

Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944 David Frey August 2017 420 pages Approx. 153,000 words Film History World rights available An extraordinary story featuring Jewish plutocrats, Nazi fanatics & Hollywood moguls   

Between 1929 and 1942, Hungary’s motion picture industry experienced meteoric growth: it leapt into Europe’s top echelon, trailing only Nazi Germany and Italy in feature output Examines the birth, unexpected ascendance, and wartime collapse of Hungary’s early sound cinema by placing it within a complex international nexus Demonstrates how the transnational process of forging an industry designed to define a national culture proved particularly contentious and surprisingly contradictory in the heyday of racial nationalism and antisemitism

David Frey is Assistant Professor of History and Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, United States Military Academy at West Point.

Global Portuguese Cinema Industry, History, Culture Mariana Liz (Ed) September 2017 256 pages Approx. 95,000 words Film Studies World rights available The first book to examine contemporary Portuguese cinema in a global context: its national identity, style, history and industrial constraints   

Portuguese cinema has become increasingly prominent on the international film festival circuit and yet can still be described as a ‘small nation cinema Expectations from multi-cultural audiences, as well as demands from business investors and the criteria for critical accolades put pressure on Portuguese cinema to negotiate Investigates the shifting significance of the nation, Europe and the globe for the way in which Portuguese film is managed on the international stage

Mariana Liz is the author of Euro-Visions: Europe in Contemporary Cinema (2016) and co-editor of The Europeanness of European Cinema: Identity, Meaning, Globalization (I.B. Tauris, 2015).

Godard and Sound Acoustic Innovation in the Late Films of Jean-Luc Godard Albertine Fox September 2017 256 pages Approx. 90,000 words Film Studies, Musicology World rights available The first book on Jean-Luc Godard and sound 

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Godard understood the importance of the soundtrack in cinema and relied heavily on the impact of carefully constructed sound to produce innovative effects: this book brings together his post-1979 multimedia works, and an analysis of their rich soundscapes Provides detailed critical discussions of feature-length films, shorts and videos, delving into Godard’s inventive experiments with the cinematic soundtrack and offering new insights into his latest 3D films Book is framed by the concept of ‘acoustic spectatorship’: a way of cultivating active listening in the viewer

Albertine Fox is a Junior Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. Her chapter on ‘Constructing Voices in Sauve qui peut (la vie)’ was awarded the 2014 Susan Hayward Prize.

There’s No Place Like Home The Migrant Child in World Cinema Stephanie Hemelryk Donald September 2017 256 pages Approx. 95,000 words Film Studies, World rights available Children are, in many ways, at the cutting edge of cosmopolitanism in everyday globalisation: by adapting, playing and imagining   

Introduces the topic of the migrant child with The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy’s legacy as an archetypal touchstone in cinema for the child journeying far from home Displaced or placeless children, and the idea of childhood itself, are vehicles to examine migration and cosmopolitanism in films such as Le Ballon Rouge, Sammy Going South and Le Havre Shows how the child is a guide to themes of place, self and being in world cinema

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald is Head of the School of Arts at The University of Liverpool. Her research covers film, the media and children’s experiences in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on visual culture. She is co-editor of Inert Cities: Globalization, Mobility and Suspension in Visual Culture (I.B.Tauris), among other publications.

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