Casemate UK Distributed Titles - October 2024 - March 2025

October 2024 – March 2025 Featuring

THE ANOMIE REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING 3

Edited by Anneka French

Contributions from Amah-Rose Abrams, Melissa Baksh, Holly Black, Lauren Dei, Yasmina Floyer, Anneka French, Kathryn Lloyd, Anna McNay, Matthew James Holman, Matt Price

Following the success of The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting and The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 2, a third publication has been created to showcase solo exhibitions that have defined contemporary painting since the second volume. This new, even larger anthology presents the work of eighty-five artists born or living in Britain through documentation and discussion of solo exhibitions of their work in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. Featuring artists at different stages of their careers, this volume offers an overview of recent activity in the medium of painting in Great Britain.

• Eighty-five contemporary painters born or living in Britain are discussed through national and international solo exhibitions of their work.

• From senior figures exhibiting at major museums to emerging artists presenting some of their first commercial gallery exhibitions.

9781910221594 • £35.00

384 pages • Paperback

280x210 • 280 colour images

December 2024

Anomie Publishing

JOY LABINJO

Joy Labinjo, essay by Jareh Das

Joy Labinjo is a British-Nigerian artist who uses the human figure as a vehicle to explore topics such as storytelling, identity and race, and how they intersect with social, cultural and political contexts. Bringing together paintings from 2017 to 2024, this monograph coincides with her institutional solo exhibition We Are Briefly Gorgeous. Organised thematically, it explores the artist’s interests in ‘Family, Friends and Community’, ‘Social Criticism’, ‘Historical Animation’ and ‘Self-portraiture’. The paintings grouped together in the second section mark the beginning of the artist’s more satirical, politically engaged approach, instigated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd in 2020. ‘Historical Animation’ compiles Labinjo’s paintings of Black historical figures, such as Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Olaudah Equiano, Francis Barber and Charles Ignatius Sancho. In this series, the artist explores the histories of British portraiture, and the erasure of Black identities through the white gaze.

• Coincides with the artist's institutional solo exhibition, We Are Briefly Gorgeous, at Southwark Park Galleries, London.

• Brings together Labinjo’s large-scale figurative paintings made between 2017 and 2024, which capture scenes of joy, leisure and perseverance in everyday life.

• Features an introduction by Dr Christine Checinska, an essay by Dr Jareh Das and an in-conversation with Adelaide Bannerman.

9781910221631 • £40.00

192 pages • Hardback

245x270 • 120 illustrations

October 2024

Anomie Publishing

HERRY PERRY ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR

Julian Francis

Herry Perry (1897–1962) is an important, but neglected, artist of the 1920s–50s. She studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now Central Saint Martins) from 1924–7. Her best-known work is the sixty witty and inventive posters she designed for Frank Pick at London Transport from 1927–38, which includes aerial maps of areas of London. She was also commissioned to paint murals, most famously two on R.M.S. Queen Mary in 1936, and a surviving map mural for Rothamsted Research Station in 1932.

After the Second World War she painted numerous pub signs for London and Kent breweries.

• The first book to cover the life and art of Herry Perry (1987–1962), an innovate and humorous graphic artist of the 1920s–50s.

• Richly illustrated with colour images of works, from posters, murals and map designs to book illustrations, wood engravings (a skill taught to her by Noel Rooke) and pub signs.

9781915670175 • £20.00

96 pages • Paperback

255x210

September 2024

Sansom & Company

SUSIE HAMILTON

Susie Hamilton, essay by Anna McNay, Edited by Anneka French

This publication documents the breadth and dynamism of Susie Hamilton, a painter who uses literature as a springboard. From Arctic explorers and astronauts to shoppers and leaping primates, all subjects are equal under her gaze. Other series focus on crowds at the beach or hotel dining rooms, where spatters and veils of paint attack the very figures presented. The first major monograph of work by Hamilton, who is represented by Paul Stolper Gallery, London, features an introduction by critic and broadcaster Charlotte Mullins, an interview with writer and broadcaster Louisa Buck and an extended essay by writer Anna McNay.

• The first major monograph on the work of London-based painter Susie Hamilton, a painter heavily inspired by literature, especially poetry.

• Featuring an introduction by art critic and broadcaster Charlotte Mullins, an in-conversation between Hamilton and writer and broadcaster Louisa Buck, and an extended thematic essay by writer, editor and curator Anna McNay.

9781910221570 • £45.00

240 pages • Hardback

290x245 • 165 illustrations

October 2024

Anomie Publishing

9781910221662 • £30.00

96 pages • Hardback

260x240 • 50 illustrations

October 2024

Anomie Publishing

MINAMI KOBAYASHI

PAINTINGS 2016–24

Kobayashi Minami

Minami Kobayashi is a Japanese artist based in London. Covering a significant period of development in her practice as a painter, this publication coincides with her second major solo exhibition, The Song of Jujubes, at Frestonian Gallery, London. Kobayashi’s paintings depict familiar yet surreal scenes, created from an amalgamation of memories, places and ordinary people. The publication documents her paintings chronologically, from her early works of 2016 to the most recent in 2024.

9781910221617 • £50.00

216 pages • Hardback

285x240 • c. 150 images

December 2024

Anomie Publishing

9780822948261 • £32.00

296 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 8 plates, 49 b/w illlus.

October 2024

University of Pittsburgh Press

DANIEL CREWSCHUBB – OUT OF CHAOS

Edited by Matt Price and Lada Sorokopud

Contributions from Jennifer Higgie, Dr Matthew James Holman, Amah-Rose Abrams

Daniel Crews-Chubb (b.1984) is a London-based painter whose mixedmedia works wrestle with the human condition and modes of self expression. This monograph is published to coincide with his solo exhibition at Timothy Taylor, New York, which brings together new paintings and works on paper. This publication reproduces Crews-Chubb’s paintings from 2015 to 2024, starting with his early works and subsequently organised into seven series.

WILLIAM BARTRAM'S VISUAL WONDERS

THE BOTANICAL DRAWINGS OF AN AMERICAN NATURALIST

Elizabeth A. Athens

Despite his famous travelogue, writing was not naturalist William Bartram's only or even preferred method of recording the natural world around him. His deeply unconventional drawings lie at the heart of his understanding of nature. Elizabeth Athens considers the strangeness of Bartram’s graphic enterprise, exploring the essential role his renderings played in his natural history.

9781911408635 • £18.00

18 pages • Paperback

283x232

October 2024

Sansom & Company

9780822948407 • £29.00

488 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 63 photos/drawings

November 2024

Russian and East European Studies

University of Pittsburgh Press

9781910221556 • £20.00

216 pages • Paperback

260x210 • 200 illustrations

October 2024

Anomie Publishing

DAVID GOMMON

Philip Vann

Born into a working-class family in London's Battersea, David Gommon was taken up by Lucy Carrington Wertheim, the adventerous Londonbased gallerist, at the age of nineteen. Aided by insights from the artist's own evocative writings, Philip Vann's text intricately examines the development of Gommon's predominantly landscape art – infused with mystical delicacy of colour and subtle audacity of surrealist composition – rooted latterly in the paradisical surroundings of the Northamptonshire village of Hardingstone where he and his wife Jean lived for decades.

WARHOL'S MOTHER

THE WOMAN BEHIND THE ARTIST

Elaine Rusinko

Exploring previously unpublished material, including Rusyn-language correspondence and videos, Warhol’s Mother provides the first in-depth look at Julia Warhol’s hardscrabble life, her creative imagination, and her spirited personality. This close examination of the Warhola family’s lifeworld allows a more acute perception of both Andy and Julia while also illuminating the broader social and cultural issues that confronted and conditioned them.

ANOMIE – TEN YEARS OF INDEPENDENT ARTS PUBLISHING

Matt Price, Edited by Abba NcNay

Anomie Publishing is an independent international arts publishing house based in London. This special edition of Anomie’s catalogue has been produced to celebrate ten years of making and publishing books with some of the most exciting names in contemporary art (and beyond) of our times. The publication features entries on all of Anomie’s titles from autumn 2013 to autumn 2023, along with Q&As with an impressive line-up of Anomie-published artists.

BERYL COOK / TOM OF FINLAND

Edited by Joe Scotland, Nicola Wright, Callum Whitley

Texts by Huw Lemmey, Joe Scotland, Nicola Wright

This bold catalogue brings together the work of two cultural icons for the very first time: Beryl Cook (1926–2008) and Tom of Finland (1920–1991). Beryl Cook was a painter renowned for her exuberant style and descriptions of everyday life. Her most enduring images are of larger-than-life women carousing in nightclubs, eating in cafés or enjoying ribald hen parties, rendered in graphic, colourful forms. Tom of Finland’s pioneering depictions of homosexual machismo broadly represent queer, leather and muscle communities. A master draughtsman, he used his works to give form to an imaginative universe that helped fuel real-world liberation movements.

• Spanning five decades of paintings, drawings and archival materials, Beryl Cook / Tom of Finland puts the work of these two cultural icons into conversation for the first time.

• Together, their works reveal interconnected ideas surrounding sexuality, gender, taste and class.

• Inspired by the 2024 exhibition Beryl Cook / Tom of Finland at Studio Voltaire in London.

9781913645830 • £20.00

96 pages • Paperback

250x200 • 50 Illustrations

August 2024

Paul Holberton Publishing

WINIFRED NICHOLSON

CUMBRIAN RAG RUGS

Jovan Nicholson

Richly illustrated with colourful, quirky rag rugs (also known as hooked rugs), this delightful book examines Winifred Nicholson’s relationship with the Cumbrian craft, the way in which she helped revive the tradition in the 1960s and ’70s and her influence on contemporary makers. For anyone interested in textiles, naive art, British folk traditions or mid-century craft, this book will be a treasure trove. Also presented and discussed are a number of contemporary rag rug makers with direct links to Winifred, works by Winifred’s nieces Louisa Creed and the late Jenny Steinbugler, and the extensive rag rug collection at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland.

• Explores Winifred Nicholson’s influence on reviving the Cumbrian rag rug tradition in the 1960s and ’70s and her impact on contemporary makers.

• Chronicles Nicholson's journey with naive art and her connection to rag rug makers like Mary Bewick and Emma Tennant.

• Features richly illustrated examples of traditional and contemporary rag rugs, including collections from Chillingham Castle and the Fry Art Gallery.

9781913645755 • £22.50

112 pages • Hardback

220x245 • 80 illustrations

October 2024

Paul Holberton Publishing

MONET AND LONDON VIEWS OF THE THAMES

Frances Fowle, Jennifer A. Thompson, Edited by Karen Serres

Claude Monet (1840–1926) is world renowned as the leading figure of French Impressionism, the movement that changed the course of modern art. Less known is the fact that some of Monet’s most remarkable Impressionist paintings were made not in France but in London, of London. Monet and London: Views of the Thames will realise Monet’s unfulfilled ambition of showing this extraordinary group of paintings in London, brought together for the first time over a century after their inaugural exhibition on the banks of the Thames and a mere 300 metres from the Savoy Hotel where most were painted.

• Accompanies a major exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery that will reunite for the first time in 120 years an extraordinary group of Claude Monet’s Impressionist paintings of London.

• The exhibition will realise the artist’s unfulfilled ambition of showing the group on the banks of the Thames, just a stone’s throw away from where many of them were created.

• Richly illustrated and includes 21 entries and four original essays that shed new light on this famous series.

9781913645731 • £30.00

152 pages • Hardback

250x260 • 80 illustrations

October 2024

Courtauld

GLENN LIGON: ALL OVER THE PLACE

Edited by Glenn Ligon, Habda Rashid

Glenn Ligon is widely considered one of the most important figures in the contemporary art world and is best known for his landmark textbased paintings, which draw on influential writings from the likes of James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston and Gertrude Stein. Informed by his experiences as an African American living in New York, his art is a sustained meditation on issues of interpretation through translation and quotation, the role of the past in the present, and the representation of the self in relation to culture and history, both as the conceptual underpinning and as a critique of modern society.

• American artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is best known for his landmark textbased paintings.

• Accompanies a major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in which Ligon’s art will be displayed in dialogue with objects from the Fitzwilliam and Trinity College collections selected by the artist himself.

• Includes a series of essays and conversations between Ligon and a range of museum curators that further explores issues such as art making, aesthetics and the socio-political implications of race.

9781913645700 • £25.00

144 pages • Paperback

240x165 • 100 illustrations

October 2024

Paul Holberton Publishing

9781913645724 • £25.00

160 pages • Paperback

250x200 • 65 illustrations

October 2024

Paul Holberton Publishing

9781913645656 • £65.00

576 pages • Hardback

279x216 • 400 illustrations

October 2024

Paul Holberton Publishing

9781915401144 • £30.00

112 pages • Hardback

277x219 • 80 illustrations

October 2024

Ad Ilissvm

ANDREA MORALES

ROLL DOWN LIKE WATER

Rosamund Garrett, Andrea Morales, John Edwin Mason

This vibrant catalogue showcases a decade’s work by Memphis-based Peruvian-American photographer Andrea Morales (b. 1984), whose captivating images of the American South in moments of turbulence, stillness, darkness and beauty chart new, sustainable paths in photojournalism, while reflecting upon identity, community and the power of storytelling. It accompanies her first major exhibition at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, represents the first scholarly publication on her work, and the first major museum exhibition dedicated to movement journalism.

THE COMMONALITY OF HUMANS THROUGH ART

HOW ART CONNECTS MANKIND THROUGH THE AGES

Edited by Stuart Handle

The Commonality of Humans through Art explores how art has linked different cultures over the past 30,000 years. Organized thematically rather than chronologically or geographically, it traces how all humans are connected from birth to death. Ten leading scholars offer essays on how the language of art has been used by cultures to explain human behavior.

THE WYVERN COLLECTION

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE WORKS OF ART: SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME

Paul Williamson

This handsome catalogue explores a remarkable collection of medieval and Renaissance art in various media. The recent acquisitions have built on the existing strengths of the collection, while adding significant new pieces that cover a wide geographical, technical and stylistic range. The beautiful new photographs commissioned specially for this volume bring to light every detail of the pieces.

9781913645779 • £40.00

296 pages • Paperback

280x226 • 200 illustrations

October 2024

Paul Holberton Publishing

9781915401137 • £50.00

304 pages • Hardback

280x245 • 100 illustrations

October 2024

Ad Ilissvm

9781913645670 • £20.00

160 pages • Paperback

230x153 • 150 illustrations

November 2024

Frick Collection

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE DRAWINGS FROM MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN

Edited by Maud Guichané, Rosie Razzall

This stunning catalogue of 15th and 16th century Italian drawings will showcase highlights from this outstanding but still relatively little-known collection. Published to accompany exhibitions at the Fondation Custodia, Paris, and The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, this volume will mark the conclusion of a five year cataloguing project at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, funded by the Getty Foundation.

AMBROGIO LORENZETTI’S GOOD AND BAD GOVERNMENT

PAINTING THE POLITICS OF RENAISSANCE SIENA

Jules Lubbock

This book sheds new light on one of the most important artworks of the early Italian Renaissance, Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s fresco cycle of Good and Bad Government in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. By connecting the images with the Hymn to Justice inscribed on the walls and highlighting Ambrogio’s ingenuity and personal approach to the subject, the volume presents a fresh reading of its rich artistic message.

THE FRICK COLLECTION

ESSENTIAL GUIDE

Aimee Ng, Giulio Dalvit, MarieLaure Buko Pongo

This informative guide to the most iconic works in The Frick Collection’s holdings is published on the occasion of the fall 2024 reopening of the museum following its renovation. From paintings and sculpture to decorative arts, this publication encapsulates the range and depth of the collection. Organized chronologically and by geographic school, the guide is designed to offer a sense of the connections between, and diversity among, contemporaneous artistic production across different fields, genres and media in early modern Europe.

9781737717539 • £64.00

286 pages • Hardback

224x240 • 220 illustrations

November 2024

American Furniture Annual Chipstone Foundation

9781960521040 • £35.00

176 pages • Hardback

228x292 • 84 illustrations, 73 color photographs & 11 maps

October 2024

George F. Thompson

AMERICAN FURNITURE 2024

Edited by Martha Willoughby

The Chipstone Foundation’s annual American Furniture continues to set new standards for cutting edge research, photography and graphic design while forging links between academia, museums and craftspeople. American Furniture 2024 includes articles on two distinct groups of mid-eighteenth century seating furniture made in or near Edenton, North Carolina and Annapolis, Maryland and forms made by specific cabinetmakers working in New England and the Mid-Atlantic States from the 1780s to the 1830s.

9781960521033 • £32.00

192 pages • Hardback

254x228 • 84 illustrations, 27 graphite drawings & 55 colour photographs

October 2024

George F. Thompson

LANDSCAPES OF HOPE

FINDING COMMON GROUND IN UTAH’S GREATER SAN RAFAEL SWELL

Stephen E. Strom

Stephen Strom captures in stunning photographs and fascinating essays the story of Utah’s Greater San Rafael Swell, an area of stunning wilderness landscapes of great geohistorical significance. For decades conservationists and local residents clashed over efforts to protect these lands, but ultimately finding consensus and passing legislation to preserve them. The story of how this was achieved provides a hopeful view of how people from all walks of life can come together to protect such lands for generations to come.

9781880897348 • £21.95

160 pages • Paperback

273x222 • 10 colour, 80 halftones

Feburary 2025

Wesleyan University Press

THEIR KINDRED EARTH

PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM

EARLE WILLIAMS

Edited by Jennifer Stettler Parsons

Over the past forty years artist William Earle Williams has made sites of African American history more visible through his exquisite photographs, identifying and capturing places across the country that hold histories of the slave trade, the Underground Railroad, and emancipation. Many remain unmarked and largely overlooked in a society that has long ignored Black history. In this book, Williams creates photographs that bring visibility and pay tribute to the unrecognized people who contributed to Connecticut culture and its landscape.

9781960521064 • £35.00

160 pages • Hardback

286x305 • 72 b&w, including 61 duotone photographs

November 2024

George F. Thompson

A HARD WALK THROUGH SOLITUDE

LIVING AMONG ALASKA'S VOLCANOES

Gary Freeburg

Gary Freeburg has wandered and lived among Alaska’s volcanoes for regular periods during the last 20 years. The volcanoes he visits are alive and in some cases still steaming, and its lands are coarse and free of distraction. The essays, photographs and drawings in A Hard Walk through Solitude reflect how fortunate we are to have magical places and national parks like Alaska’s volcanoes – how fortunate we are to be alive on this magnificent Earth.

TIBETAN MEMORIES

STORIES FROM EXILE AND DREAMS DEFERRED

Eugene H. Johnson

This is the first book to present the stories and portraits of ordinary Tibetan people in exile, in their own words. It includes gorgeous photographs of the lands they embraced in Ladakh, where they fled after the Chinese annexed Tibet in 1959. It puts a human face on the increasingly complex problem of forced displacement. These remarkable individuals show us the meaning of never giving up, and that everyone deserves compassion, for without it, the future of humanity stands in peril.

9781636244877 • £22.50

541 pages • Paperback

229x152 • maps and 24pp

b&w photos

October 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636245386 • £34.95

480 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 150 photos and illus.

January 2025

Casemate Publishers

9781636244839 • £29.95

256 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 40–50 illustrations

February 2025

Casemate Publishers

FROM THE REALM OF A DYING SUN

VOLUME I:

IV. SS-PANZERKORPS AND THE BATTLES FOR WARSAW, JULY–NOVEMBER 1944

Douglas E. Nash

This is a detailed account of Herbert Otto Gille’s IV SS-Panzerkorps that participated in many of the key battles fought on the Eastern Front during the last year of WWII. Renowned for its tenacity, high morale and, above all, its lethality, Gille’s corps remained to the bitter end one of the Third Reich’s most reliable and formidable field formations.

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL H. WALKER

David M. Sullivan, James Worsham

Best-known for the Walker Colt pistol designed for the U.S. Army, Samuel H. Walker was a U.S. Army Scout, then a Texas Ranger who survived two years of brutal captivity in Mexico and died leading a charge against the remmants of Santa Ana's army in 1847.

Based upon material from the National Archives, Texas State Library, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and other sources, and including copies of his letters—he was a well-educated man and wrote extremely descriptive accounts of his experiences—this is the first in-depth biography of Walker.

THE BATTLIN' BASTARDS OF BRAVO

BRAVO COMPANY, 1/506TH, 101ST AIRBORNE, IN VIETNAM AND BEYOND

Melissa Ziobro

Many men of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, arrived in Vietnam unprepared. Transported individually, they formed strong bonds through intense battles like Hamburger Hill. Decades later, they continue to meet, sharing stories to find closure and honor their fallen comrades. This book blends archival records with their narratives, inviting you to join their journey.

9781952715181 • £39.95

384 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 150 photographs

February 2025

Casemate Publishers

9781636245003 • £29.95

224 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 10 images

October 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636245546 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • 100+ photos

March 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

GENERALS AND ADMIRALS OF THE THIRD REICH

VOLUME 3: P–Z

James Jack Webb

This third volume of a three-volume set provides concise biographical information on Third Reich generals and admirals with surnames from P to Z. Covering all branches of service, it offers scholarly overviews, personal details, unit attachments, and medals awarded, serving as an essential reference for World War II researchers and historians. The volume highlights many overlooked senior officers little documented in English literature.

BREAK CONTACT – CONTINUE MISSION

Raymond D. Harris

A compelling novel about a young man's entry into the Vietnam War, and how that boy becomes a man under extraordinary circumstances, written by a former Green Beret. Join Garner, Dodge, and the rest of RT Iowa as they venture "across the fence" to stem the flow of the North Vietnamese on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

NIGHT FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE 1943–45

Neil Page, Jean-Louis Roba

From mid-1943, Allied bombing raids over Germany increased in number and severity. The Luftwaffe night fighter aces – using new technology and tactics – did manage to cut short the winter 1943/44 raids over Berlin by inflicting heavy losses, but at great cost to themselves. Despite the development of new aircraft, by March 1945 the Nachtjagd was in terminal decline. Illustrated with photographs and profiles, this account of the Nachtjagd, 1943–45, features the accounts of pilots.

9781636244907 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • 100+ photographs

November 2024

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636244600 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • 150 photos

November 2024

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636243887 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • 120–150 illustrations

November 2024

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

NIGHT FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE 1940–43

Neil Page, Jean-Louis Roba

This book traces the Nachtjagd (night fighter arm) from its early days in mid1940 to 1943, offering a chronological account that highlights key moments and biographies of various Luftwaffe night fighter aces. It includes newly translated first-person accounts from primary sources and is fully illustrated. Perfect for modelers and aviation enthusiasts, it provides a unique perspective on German night fighter pilots in action, appealing to both general readers interested in WWII history and those studying the Luftwaffe.

PANZER CREWMAN

Simon Forty, Richard Charlton-Taylor

This fully illustrated introduction explores the Panzerwaffe, the armored force of Blitzkrieg, detailing crew selection, training, tactics, and life on the battlefield. The Panzers revolutionized warfare, employing armored vehicles, close-air support, and mission command to achieve significant early successes. Despite declining fortunes post-Stalingrad and El Alamein, the Panzerwaffe maintained a strong defensive role. The effectiveness of the Panzers stemmed not only from superior weaponry but from skilled personnel who operated, maintained, and repaired them, showcasing their dedication from 1939 to 1945.

THE EAST POMERANIAN OFFENSIVE, 1945

DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN FORCES IN POMERANIA AND WEST PRUSSIA

Ian Baxter

This fully illustrated account details the East Pomerania Offensive, focusing on the battles for Danzig, Kolberg, and Altdamm. Unpublished photos showcase late-war Soviet offensives into Germany. The Soviet forces ultimately captured Kolberg and engaged the German Eleventh SS Panzer Army before clearing the area to enable the assault on Berlin.

9781636244358 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

150 photographs, maps & artwork

March 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636244372 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

November 2024

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636244396 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • photographs, artwork

November 2024

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

THE CRIMEAN OFFENSIVE, 1944

THE RUSSIAN BATTLE FOR THE CRIMEA

Ian Baxter

Documenting the Spring 1944 battles to retake the Crimean Peninsula, this book includes many unpublished and rare photographs of Russian and German forces. The German 17th Army, facing massive losses, was evacuated by Romanian and German ships after being cut off in October 1943. Hitler's order against a sea evacuation exacerbated their plight. From mid-April, the evacuation operation transported 37,000 troops amidst constant Soviet attacks, resulting in around 57,000 men lost. This account features detailed maps, artwork, and photographs.

THE SOVIET BATTLE FOR BERLIN, 1945

Ian

Baxter

This fully illustrated account analyzes the final Soviet offensives to capture Berlin in 1945, featuring rare images and detailed captions. In spring 1945, the Red Army launched three sub-offensives alongside the battle of the Seelow Heights to eliminate German resistance. From April 13-17, Soviet forces prepared for the Berlin operation amid fierce fighting. On April 20, as Soviet artillery shelled Berlin, over a million soldiers attacked the city against 45,000 German defenders, including Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, and youth divisions.

THE WAFFEN-SS AT KHARKOV

FEBRUARY–MARCH 1943

Massimiliano Afiero

In early 1943, the German forces faced a crisis on the southern front in Russia as the Soviets pushed back significantly. Aiming to reconquer Kharkov, the Soviets attacked again, threatening remaining German troops. Despite orders, SS Panzer Corps commander Paul Hausser retreated, preserving two SS divisions needed for a counteroffensive. In subsequent battles, the Waffen-SS divisions—Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Das Reich, and Totenkopf—unified to block Soviet advances and reclaimed Kharkov, securing Southern Ukraine for the Germans. This illustrated account details that pivotal victory.

9781636244754 • £29.95

256 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 30 images

December 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636244433 • £32.95

288 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 40 diagrams

December 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636244952 • £29.95

232 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 40 photographs

November 2024

Casemate Publishers

DEATH BEFORE DISMOUNT

U.S. ARMY TANKS IN IRAQ

Andrew Eric Wright

This work provides an in-depth discussion of tanks' crucial role in five key Iraq War battles—Thunder Run (2003), the 2nd Battle of Fallujah (2004), Ramadi (2006), Baqubah (2007), and Sadr City (2008). Featuring first-hand accounts from tank crews of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry Divisions and 1st Cavalry, it highlights how U.S. armor units were trained and strategically effective. The analysis emphasizes that the superiority of American tanks stems from their high-standard training and battlefield preparation, reshaping enemy tactics.

HARD BROKE

ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, GREAT POWER COMPETITION, AND INSTITUTIONAL PARALYSIS

Matthew D. Matter

This book draws on the author’s combat experience in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa, where he served as a counter-IED advisor to General Petraeus. It explores counterinsurgency (COIN), foreign internal defense (FID), and unconventional warfare (UW), addressing asymmetric warfare and peer competition. Providing a "counterIED playbook" from over 90 months of operations, it offers critical insights on adapting conventional forces to effectively counter IEDs and the emerging challenges of modern military affairs.

PILOTS AND PAINTED LADIES

493RD BOMB SQUADRON AND THE AIR WAR IN THE CBI

Lawrence V. Drake

US airmen flew dangerous missions over the Himalayas and into the jungles of Burma during WWII, threatened not just by the enemy but by the unforgiving terrain. A new perspective on their experience is given through the firsthand account of a young artist, Vernon Drake, who piloted bombers over Burma and tankers to China. Drake’s story contrasts the hours spent creating works of art with the moments of sheer terror in combat over enemy targets while carrying thousands of gallons of highly explosive fuel.

9781636244921 • £29.95

304 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 30–40 photographs

October 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636244983 • £32.95

320 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 20-40 photographs

November 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636244853 • £29.95

304 pages • Hardback

229x152

January 2025

Casemate Publishers

EIGHT-WHEELED WARRIORS AND GRUNTS

US MARINE LAV AND INFANTRY OPERATIONS, SPRING 2004

David E. Kelly

Spring 2004 marked a pivotal moment in the war, particularly in Al Anbar province, where widespread insurgencies erupted against US forces. This book presents firsthand accounts from Light Armored Vehicle and infantry Marines, capturing their experiences during this critical period. Through interviews conducted shortly after the fighting, they share their preparations for deployment, early engagements upon arrival, and the diverse combat conditions they faced.

MY TOUGHEST BATTLE

A SOLDIER'S LIFELONG STRUGGLE WITH POLIO

William Matz

The inspiring life story of a young boy stricken with polio who, through sheer grit, the drive to achieve, and love of the military, overcomes childhood paralysis, takes up the physical challenges of an infantry career and joins the elite airborne forces. Bill Matz earns his Ranger Tab and Master Parachute Badge, and rises to the highest levels of achievement in the U.S. Army. He serves in the DMZ in Korea, leads troops in combat in Vietnam, is wounded in the Tet Offensive, receives the Distinguished Service Cross for Valor, and leads troops again during the Panama invasion.

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN SOUTH CAROLINA

PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP

Steven D. Smith, Kevin Dougherty

This book appeals to history and leadership enthusiasts by providing a comprehensive overview of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. It explores how various leaders contributed to Patriot victories, focusing on figures like Henry Laurens, Richard Furman, John Rutledge, and Rebecca Motte. Beyond prominent military leaders such as Francis Marion and William Moultrie, the narrative emphasizes noncombat roles, showcasing their impact on the cause.

9781636244891 • £22.50

216 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 10 illustrations

November 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636244815 • £34.95

336 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 20–30 colour photos

October 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636245249 • £22.50

264 pages • Paperback

229x152 • Photos throughout March 2025

Casemate Publishers

THE LION OF ROUND TOP

THE LIFE AND MILITARY SERVICE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL STRONG VINCENT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Hans G. Myers

This is the first new biography of Strong Vincent in thirty years, challenging popular perceptions of the Battle of Gettysburg and examining how Vincent was overshadowed by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Strong Vincent, a 26-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, made the ultimate sacrifice to defend Little Round Top. This book uses new sources and archival material to restore Vincent to his rightful place as a hero of Gettysburg, highlighting his critical role in holding the Federal left against overwhelming Confederate forces.

VALHALLA BOYS

MARINE RECON SNIPER IN IRAQ

Brennan Morton

This intimate but raw memoir chronicles a Marine sniper's journey through boot camp, Special Operations selection, and two combat tours in Iraq. In 2006, as the war shifted to unconventional tactics, the Marine operators of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion faced fierce local tribes in the perilous Zaidon region. With their motto "swift, silent, deadly," these clandestine operators confronted a new reality of conflict, battling insurgents and navigating a complex landscape where even Saddam's elite troops feared to tread.

ASSAULT FROM THE SKY

U.S MARINE CORPS

HELICOPTER OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM

Richard D. Camp

This work describes U.S. Marine Corps helicopter operations, including their actions and evolution, throughout the Vietnam War. The book is divided into parts spanning the three stages of the Corps’ combat deployment: “Buildup (1962–1966),” “Heavy Combat (1967–1969),” and “The Bitter End (1975).” The author, a Vietnam veteran, uses his experiences as a company commander to bring the story to life by weaving personal accounts, after-action reports and official documents into a remarkably readable narrative of service and sacrifice.

9781636245027 • £29.95

288 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 25 images

December 2024

Casemate Publishers

9781636244679 • £32.95

352 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 25 photographs

March 2025

Casemate Publishers

9781636245102 • £29.95

216 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 16 illustrations

March 2025

Casemate Publishers

THE MIGHTY A: THE SHORT, HEROIC LIFE OF THE USS ATLANTA

AMERICA'S FIRST WARSHIP COMMISSIONED AFTER PEARL HARBOR

David F. Winkler

The USS Atlanta was a groundbreaking anti-aircraft light cruiser that played a crucial role in World War II, particularly at Guadalcanal, earning five battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation for its courageous service. Commissioned on December 24, 1941, with Margaret Mitchell as sponsor, the ship's story is entwined with that of her sister ship, Juneau, which tragically lost most of its crew.

VISUAL FRIENDLIES, TALLY TARGET

VOLUME II: SURGES

Ethan Brown

This volume provides a comprehensive account of Close Air Support during the "surge era" (2006–2013) in the War on Terror. It highlights the evolution of air power and joint fires integration, emphasizing the role of forward air controllers (JTACs) in Iraq and Afghanistan. Featuring firsthand accounts from US and coalition forces, it covers notable missions, the psychology of air support teams, and lessons learned from tactical successes amidst a flawed strategic framework.

MERCENARIES, GUNSLINGERS AND OUTLAWS

TWO YEARS AS A SECURITY CONTRACTOR IN IRAQ

Robert M. Kurtz

Retired after 12 years in the military, Robert Kurtz had never deployed to war, so when he got the opportunity to deploy to Iraq as a private security contractor, he did not hesitate. The two and a half years he spent in Iraq and the people he met would change his life profoundly. The reader experiences IEDs, high-speed crashes, firefights, runins with Iraqi security forces, the stress and uncertainty of being surrounded by locals, any one of whom could be an insurgent or suicide bomber and the inevitable human cost in lost and destroyed lives.

9781636243924 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 100–120 illustrations

March 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636243733 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 100-120 photos

February 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636243900 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 100–120 illustrations

February 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

THE OVERLAND CAMPAIGN FOR RICHMOND

GRANT VS LEE,

1864

Bradley M. Gottfried

This illustrated account of the Richmond Campaign details the strategies and tactics from the Wilderness to the James River, highlighting Grant's high command rise and the armies' conditions in 1864. It covers both commanders' perspectives, combat, and tactics, concluding with insights on battlefield visits, casualties, and the treatment of the wounded. Includes over a hundred photographs and detailed maps.

THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN, 1863

GRANT'S FAILED OFFENSIVES

Chris Mackowski

This fully illustrated account details the 14-month Vicksburg campaign, showcasing modern colour photography. It covers the river war, ironclad battles, river crossings, inland conflicts, and siege operations. Ulysses S. Grant and David Dixon Porter’s collaboration was crucial for capturing Vicksburg, a pivotal moment in regaining control of the Mississippi River during the Civil War.

THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN, 1863

THE INLAND BATTLES, SIEGE AND SURRENDER

Chris Mackowski

This Casemate Illustrated examines the movements of the Union and Confederate armies from March 1863 through July 1863, the joint-operational cooperation between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, the delayed and indecisive Confederate operations to stop the Federal initiative, and how the individual soldiers conducted the one of the greatest campaigns in American military history: to control the The Father of Waters—the Mississippi River.

9781636244792 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 120 photos & ills.

January 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

9781636243696 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 100–120 photos

January 2025

Casemate Illustrated

Casemate Publishers

THE FIRST DAY AT GETTYSBURG

JULY 1, 1863

James A. Hessler

The summer of 1863 began poorly for the Army of the Potomac after Major General Joseph Hooker’s defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Confederate General Robert E. Lee then invaded Pennsylvania, advancing throughout June. On July 1, 1863, Major General George Meade and Lee’s armies clashed at Gettysburg, marking a pivotal moment in the Civil War. The first day was one of the bloodiest engagements, with controversy surrounding key decisions made by subordinate commanders rather than the absent generals.

THE SHILOH CAMPAIGN, 1862

BATTLE FOR THE

HEARTLAND

Sean Michael Chick

This fully illustrated account of the Shiloh Campaign details its origins, armies, and leadership strategies. It describes the April 6-7, 1862 battle along the Tennessee River, showcasing the surprise attack on Grant's forces, the significant casualties (nearly 30,000), and the aftermath, including treatment of the wounded and establishment of the National Military Park. Richly illustrated with photographs and maps.

9781636245621 • £29.95

256 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 16 pp photos

January 2025

Casemate Publishers

9780975642351 • £29.95

150 pages • Paperback

250x176 • Fully illustrated

November 2024

Avonmore Books

9780975642344 • £29.95

150 pages • Paperback

250x176 • Fully illustrated

November 2024

Avonmore Books

SAVING MACARTHUR

THE STORY OF AMERICA'S MOST DARING NAVAL RESCUE, AND OF THE MEN IT LEFT BEHIND

Rudy Tomedi

The escape of General MacArthur from the Philippines after the initial Japanese onslaught in World War II is well known. This is the story of the gallant PT-boat men who rescued him, only to be abandoned in enemy-occupied territory. Saving MacArthur captures their incredible hardships, close escapes and ultimate triumph.

PACIFIC PROFILES VOLUME 16

ALLIED BOMBERS: B-17 FLYING FORTRESS SERIES AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMONS 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

This volume includes first-time profiles, marking derivations, and corrections of past errors regarding Fortress markings. Each profile is backed by photos and documentation, along with unit histories. The author's expertise provides an unparalleled illustration of the Pacific Fortress, making this volume a comprehensive resource on these significant aircraft.

THE DOUGLAS BOSTON IN RAAF SERVICE

NO. 22 SQUADRON 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

This volume provides the most detailed history and profiles of the Douglas Boston light bomber (DB-7B and A-20 models) in RAAF Pacific service, notably operated by No. 22 Squadron. The book explores its development, aligns it with Japanese adversaries, and details combat and operational losses using primary sources like official records and rare photos. The author is a recognized expert on the Pacific aerial war.

9781636245263 • £22.50

240 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 35 illustrations

February 2025

Casemate Publishers

9780975642337 • £36.95

184 pages • Paperback

250x176 • Fully illustrated

November 2024

Avonmore Books

9781950394166 • £40.99

256 pages • Paperback

280x210

December 2024

Modern Russian Air Power

Harpia Publishing

7 LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF D-DAY

LESSONS FROM THE LONGEST DAY –JUNE 6, 1944

John F. Antal

The odds were against the Allies on June 6, 1944. In such circumstances, good leadership can be the defining factor in victory or defeat. This book is about the extraordinary leadership of seven men who led American soldiers on D-Day and the days that followed. Some of them, like Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Lieutenant Dick Winters, are well known, while others are barely a footnote in the history books.

SOLOMONS AIR WAR, VOLUME 3

GUADALCANAL: FROM THE BRINK NOVEMBER –DECEMBER 1942

Michael Claringbould, Peter Ingman

The third volume can be read independently or as part of the series. In early November, American forces on Guadalcanal faced a precarious situation with high attrition and limited reserves, while Japan escalated its air war. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal occurred from November 12–15. American forces adapted with new tactics and aircraft, including P-38s and PBY-5A missions, providing a detailed account based on primary sources.

MODERN RUSSIAN AIR POWER

VOLUME 1

THE RUSSIAN AIR ARMS TODAY

Piotr Butowski

This volume launches a three-book series on Russian air power, focusing on tactical combat aircraft, UAVs, UCAVs, and military trainers. It details various aircraft types and their characteristics, including the Su-57 fighter, Su-30, Su-34, Su-35, and the extensive use of Su-25s in Ukraine. The development of unmanned systems like the Orion and Okhotnik is also covered, alongside a mix of modern and Soviet-era trainers.

9781955041393 • £37.95

432 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 15 illustrations

March 2025

Brookline Books

9781955041102 • £29.95

224 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 10 b&w illustrations

April 2025

Brookline Books

9781955041317 • £22.50

224 pages • Paperback

229x152

December 2025

Brookline Books

NOBLE UNDERTAKING

THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774–78

Brian Deming

This book marks the 250th anniversary of the War of Independence, highlighting the Continental Congress's pivotal role. Through letters and documents, the narrative reveals their frustrations and triumphs amid debates and challenges. Despite lacking a constitution and taxing authority, this fragile government succeeded in maintaining union, financing the war, and laying groundwork for America's future.

THE LOYALIST EXPERIENCE AND AFTERMATH IN REVOLUTIONARY PHILADELPHIA

Kimberly Nath

This book explores the diverse experiences of loyalists during the Revolutionary War, shedding light on this often-overlooked chapter of history. Through five case studies, Nath illustrates that loyalist experiences varied significantly. Notable figures include Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, a prominent writer and socialite, whose home, Graeme Park, is a historical site. The book reveals how loyalists faced different fates, from fleeing the city to navigating new laws, adding depth to the Revolutionary narrative.

THRESHOLD TO VALLEY FORGE

THE SIX DAYS OF THE GULPH MILLS ENCAMPMENT

Sheilah D. Vance

In 2025, the U.S. will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War's start with numerous America250 events. This book focuses on the oftenoverlooked Gulph Mills Encampment, where George Washington made pivotal decisions between December 12-19, 1777. After losing key battles, Washington faced questions about his leadership while the new nation debated the Articles of Confederation and sought French support.

9781955041416 • £37.95

432 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 15 illus., 3 maps

March 2025

Brookline Books

9781955041041 • £18.95

304 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 20–35 illustrations

November 2024

Brookline Books

9781955041140 • £29.95

320 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 20 mono images

October 2024

Brookline Books

NOBLE UNDERTAKING

THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1778–84

Brian Deming

This book highlights the role of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1794, focusing on its key events amidst the Revolutionary War. While many works discuss the war, few center on Congress, particularly in an accessible style. Through letters and documents, it reveals Congress’s struggle to maintain unity and secure alliances against British forces.

THE MONTIERS

FROM SLAVERY TO PAUL ROBESON AND BEYOND AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY’S INTERRACIAL ROOTS TO PHILADELPHIA’S COLONIAL PAST

Donald Scott

The Montier family story traces its roots to Philadelphia's first mayor, White Quaker Humphrey Morrey, and an enslaved Black woman, Cremona, whom he employed. Their union produced five children, leading to generations of Black activists and scholars. The book examines controversial issues like cemetery destruction and "consent" in enslaved relationships.

TINICUM & EASTWICK

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL INJUSTICE IN SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA

Will Caverly

This research explores the class, gender, and racial aspects of 1950s–60s urban renewal in Eastwick and the environmental history of nearby Tinicum marsh, supported by the Natural Lands Trust. Facing plans to demolish their integrated community and ecologically valuable marshes, grassroots movements emerged to combat eminent domain for environmental conservation and economic justice.

9781955041331 • £29.95

208 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 12 illustrations

February 2025

Brookline Books

9788365958204 • £25.00

200 pages • Paperback

297x210 • Photos, profiles

December 2024

White Series • MMP Books

9788367227872 • £15.00

184 pages • Paperback

300x208 • Period b&w photos

December 2024

Camera ON • MMP Books

WINNING THE TEN CRUCIAL DAYS

THE KEYS TO VICTORY IN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LEGENDARY WINTER CAMPAIGN

David Price

Examines the “Ten Crucial Days” winter campaign of 1776–1777, highlighting leadership, geography, weather, artillery, and contingency during George Washington's pivotal victories in New Jersey. As the Revolutionary War's 250th anniversary approaches, it also sheds light on two unsung heroes. This campaign turned the tide for the Continental Army, showcasing bold leadership and favourable conditions that ultimately secured American independence against the British forces.

COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF HELLENIC SPITFIRES 1943–1954

John Korellis, Tilemahos Panagiotidis

With RAF assistance, the Hellenic Squadrons enabled Greek pilots to continue fighting against Axis forces during WWII. Despite overwhelming odds in the Battle of Greece, many personnel escaped to Egypt. From Palestine to Italy, Greek pilots flew various aircraft, with the Spitfire being a favourite. This book examines Spitfire types in Hellenic Fighter Squadrons, from the Mk.V (1943) to Mk.IX and XVI (until 1954), offering insights on their service, colours, markings, and supporting historical evidence.

CAMERA ON 35: BARBAROSSA VICTIMS

LUFTWAFFE KILLS IN THE EAST, VOLUME 2

Tomasz J. Kopa´nski

This new photo album is number 35 in the MMP Books Camera On series. Volume 2 features over 160 photographs of captured and destroyed Soviet aircraft from the Eastern Front in World War Two. Most of the photographs were taken in situ, during and after the Operation Barbarossa – the attempted Nazi invasion of Russia.

9788367227858 • £29.00 184 pages • Paperback

300x208 • Colour profiles, period photos

December 2024

White Series • MMP Books

9788367227865 • £15.00 184 pages • Paperback

300x208 • Period b&w photos

December 2024

Camera ON • MMP Books

9788367227483 • £15.00 80 pages • Paperback

300x208 • B&w period photos

October 2024

Camera ON • MMP Books

ASSEMBLY SHIPS OF THE MIGHTY EIGHT

Jacek Jackiewicz

This book explores the specialized aircraft used in World War II to organize US Eighth Air Force bomber formations. It highlights the crucial role these assembly ships played in successful bombing missions. With meticulously researched text and a rich collection of period photographs, the book also features colour profiles by Jacek Jackiewicz, providing a comprehensive visual representation of these unique aircraft.

CAMERA ON 34: BARBAROSSA VICTIMS

LUFTWAFFE KILLS IN THE EAST, VOLUME 1

Tomasz J. Kopa´nski

This new photo album is number 34 in the MMP Books Camera On series. Volume 1 features over 160 photographs of captured and destroyed Soviet aircraft from the Eastern Front in World War Two. Most of the photographs were taken in situ, during and after the Operation Barbarossa – the attempted Nazi invasion of Russia.

LUFTWAFFE SEARCH LIGHTS AND RANGE FINDING EQUIPMENT VOLUME 2

Alan Ranger

It features over 140 photographs, primarily sourced from private collections of ordinary German soldiers. The book aims to depict this rarely illustrated equipment as the soldiers experienced it, blending their workplace and home perspectives, rather than relying on polished official photographs. This volume serves as an invaluable reference for military historians and modellers.

9788366549647 • £35.00

200 pages • Hardback

300x208 • 200+ B&W photos

October 2024

Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy MMP Books

9788365958051 • £19.00

44 pages • Hardback

297x211 • Colour Profiles

December 2024

Spotlight ON • MMP Books

9788367227438 • £20.00

140 pages • Paperback

300x208 • Colour plates

December 2024

AAH • MMP Books

FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY 1883–2019

VOLUME 4, PART 3: DESTROYERS (1937–1943)

Venner F. Milewski

This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. In volume four, part three every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of the procurement, dimensions and characteristics, and a summary of each ship's history and development. Profusely illustrated with photos, this is an essential manual for all US Navy enthusiasts and historians.

LOCKHEED T-33 SHOOTING STAR

Ömer Erkmen

Offers 40 colour profiles of the famous Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird), an American jet trainer aircraft. American and almost all foreign users’ camouflages are shown.

9788366549661 • £35.00

200 pages • Hardback

300x208 • 200+ b&w photos

December 2024

Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy MMP Books

9788365958419 • £19.00

42 pages • Hardback

305x216 • 40 illustrations

December 2024

Spotlight ON • MMP Books

MUSLIM ARMIES

1800–1914

Gabriele Esposito

In the 19th century, Muslim nations in Africa and Asia modernised their armies to counter European colonial powers. The reformed Ottoman Army became crucial, with Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Persia, and Afghanistan following suit. The Egyptian Army emerged as a Mediterranean power, while Tunisia and Morocco opposed French expansion. Persia faced the British, and Afghanistan engaged in the "Great Game" between Russia and Britain. This book details the history, organisation, and uniforms of these Muslim armies, featuring colour plates of their attire.

9788367227445 • £20.00

140 pages • Paperback

300x208 • Colour plates

December 2024

AAH • MMP Books

FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY 1883–2019

VOLUME 4, PART 5: DESTROYERS (1943–1945)

Venner F. Milewski

This series provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Volume four, part five covers Destroyers between 1943 and 1945. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of the procurement, dimensions and characteristics, and a summary of each ship's history and development. Profusely illustrated with photos, it is an essential manual for all US Navy enthusiasts and historians.

SPAD 13 C1. GREAT WAR AND OCCUPATION FORCES

Janusz ´ Swiatlo´n

The SPAD 13 C1 was a famous French WWI fighter. This book includes French and other foreign users’ camouflages.

SPANISH COLONIAL TROOPS 1828–1936

Gabriele Esposito

Until 1825, Spain controlled a vast colonial empire in the Americas, but independence wars led to the loss of most colonies. In 1828, Spain reorganised its military to defend remaining possessions: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Pacific islands. In the 1850s, Spain established Equatorial Guinea in Africa. However, in 1898, the Spanish-American War resulted in the loss of Caribbean colonies and the Philippines to the USA. This book analyses the history, organisation, and uniforms of the Spanish colonial military forces from 1828 to 1936, featuring detailed colour plates.

9788367227889 • £19.00

80 pages • Paperback

208x300 • Colour profiles

October 2024

MMP Books

COLOURS OF SEPTEMBER ’39.

POLAND

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

9788366549562 • £35.00

200 pages • Hardback

300x208 • Photos, colour profiles

December 2024

MMP Books

9781611217216 • £13.99

192 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 100 images, 10 maps

January 2025

Emerging Civil War Series

Savas Beatie

9781611217100 • £26.99

256 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 52 images, 9 maps

October 2024

Savas Beatie

JAPANESE SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT

Ryusuke Ishiguro, Tadeusz Januszewski, Dariusz Karnas

This second edition is the first Englishlanguage book detailing the aircraft of Japan's World War Two submarine fleet. Japan uniquely designed and operated aircraft from submarines for reconnaissance and bombing missions, highlighting an underpublished aspect of aviation warfare. The book features 200 photographs (many previously unpublished) and 30 colour profiles, including top and bottom views of representative aircraft, along with illustrations of the preserved Seiran.

A GRAND OPENING SQUANDERED

THE BATTLE FOR PETERSBURG, JUNE 6-18,

1864

Sean Michael Chick

In May and June 1864, Virginia saw brutal fighting during the Civil War, with over 80,000 casualties after battles like the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Though Petersburg's defenses were light, troops under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard managed to hold the city during three days of battles (June 15-17), securing a rare Confederate victory. The book features original maps, new research, and many images, some published for the first time.

DIGGING ALL NIGHT AND FIGHTING ALL DAY

THE CIVIL WAR SIEGE OF SPANISH FORT AND THE MOBILE CAMPAIGN, 1865

Paul Brueske

The siege of Mobile Bay's eastern shore, primarily fought by seasoned veterans, showcased every aspect of warfare and was marked by remarkable acts of heroism. Despite its significance, little has been documented about this pivotal event that led to the fall of Mobile's fort, a key to the city’s capture by Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby on April 12, 1865. Paul Brueske’s comprehensive study reveals the depth and importance of this overlooked engagement.

9781611217179 • £27.99

320 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 24 images, 16 maps

October 2024

Savas Beatie

9781611217124 • £31.99

640 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 25 images, 17 maps

November 2024

Savas Beatie

A TEMPEST OF IRON AND LEAD

SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE, MAY 8-21, 1864

Chris Mackowski

In May 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia clashed for three brutal days in the Wilderness. On May 7, instead of retreating, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant led the Federal army south to Spotsylvania Court House, marking a pivotal shift in strategy. By dawn on May 8, the armies had advanced ten miles, igniting another fierce battle lasting until May 21. This campaign resulted in unprecedented casualties and named significant sites like Laurel Hill and the Bloody Angle, challenging both Union and Confederate forces to their limits.

HELL

BY THE ACRE

A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE STONES RIVER CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1862–JANUARY 1863

Daniel A. Masters

After defeats at Fredericksburg and Chickasaw Bayou, Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans and his Army of the Cumberland aimed for a decisive victory to support the Emancipation Proclamation set for January 1, 1863. Rosecrans advanced from Nashville to Murfreesboro, where on December 31, 1862, his 44,000 troops faced 37,000 under Bragg. The battle of Stones River highlighted the experiences of soldiers over high command.

SAVAS BEATIE PUBLISHING UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY

9781611217087 • £31.95

352 pages • Hardback

254x178 • 2 images, 122 maps

November 2024

Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series

Savas Beatie

9781611216233 • £13.99

214 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 18 images, 9 maps

December 2024

Savas Beatie

9781611216974 • £17.99

288 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 12 images, 6 maps

December 2024

Savas Beatie

THE MAPS OF SECOND BULL RUN

AN ATLAS OF THE SECOND BULL RUN/MANASSAS CAMPAIGN FROM THE FORMATION OF THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA THROUGH THE BATTLE OF CHANTILLY, JUNE 26 – SEPTEMBER 1, 1862

Bradley M. Gottfried

This book breaks down the Second Bull Run campaign into sixteen map sets, featuring 122 detailed full-page colour maps. The work highlights regimental movements and significant events, with accompanying narrative text that brings the action to life.

THE CAMPAIGN FOR ATLANTA

& SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA VOLUME 1

Edited by Theodore P. Savas, David A. Woodbury

In the 1990s, editors Savas and Woodbury released two volumes of insightful essays by prominent historians on the crucial 1864 Georgia campaigns during the Civil War. Now back in print, they feature a new Foreword by awardwinning author Steve Davis.

THE CAMPAIGN FOR ATLANTA & SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA

VOLUME 3

Edited by Theodore P. Savas, David A. Woodbury

In this third volume Stephen Davis analyses the significance of the battle of Jonesboro, while additional essays explore Sherman’s impact on Georgia women and Joe Johnston’s campaign accounts. Volume 3 will be highly sought by students and enthusiasts of the campaign.

9781611216196 • £18.99

168 pages • Hardback

216x140 • 30 images, 4 maps

March 2025

Savas Beatie

9781611216240 • £13.99

220 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 14 images, 10 maps

December 2024

Savas Beatie

9781985900769 • £58.50

816 pages • Hardback

235x156 • 7 maps, 22 b&w illustrations, 14 b&w tables

January 2025

American Warriors Series University Press of Kentucky

DESTINED TO FAIL

THE JOHNSON-GILMOR CAVALRY RAID AROUND BALTIMORE, JULY 10–13, 1864

Eric J. Wittenberg

The Johnson-Gilmor Raid was one of three failed attempts to free Confederate prisoners during the Civil War, notably marked by an impossible timetable. This desperate operation occurred from July 10-13, 1864, aiming to alleviate the suffering of 15,000 prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland. Award-winning historian Eric J. Wittenberg presents this gripping story, comparing the raid with others, including the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren and Stoneman Raids and highlights the dramatic characters involved.

THE CAMPAIGN FOR ATLANTA & SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA

VOLUME 2

Edited by Theodore P. Savas, David A. Woodbury

These previously out of print volumes are being republished with a new Foreword by award-winning author Steve Davis.

JOHN J. PERSHING AND THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN WORLD WAR I, 1917-1919

MARCH 21-MAY 19, 1918

Edited by John Greenwood

General John J. Pershing (1860–1948), renowned for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, faced significant challenges with British and French leaders seeking American support during German offensives. Volume 4 covers March 21–May 19, 1918, highlighting Pershing's struggles to build an American army amid controversies over manpower.

THE VIKINGS IN THE HEBRIDES

Niall Sharples

This book places the Outer Hebrides at the centre of the Viking World and provides a unique contribution to our understanding of the islands’ importance at the critical period when Scotland was emerging as a major medieval kingdom. Our knowledge of this period in the Hebrides has until recently been minimal. However, two recent excavations at Bornais and Cille Pheadair have transformed our understanding of the period in the region. Summaries of these excavations are included alongside a comprehensive review of other important discoveries such as the Lewis Chessmen, the burial at Cnip, Lewis and the silver hoards from Stornoway Castle and Dibidale in Lewis.

The excavations at Bornais have transformed our understanding of the Norse settlement of the North Atlantic. It is possible to chart the evolution of domestic houses from the Viking longhouse to the post-medieval croft, to analyze the distribution of finds on the house floors and to critically assess gender relationships over this long period.

• Presents a popular, accessible summary of the excavations at Bornais and Cille Pheadair, previously published by Oxbow.

• Provides a general introduction to the Viking colonisation and Norse occupation of the Western Isles/Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

9781914427398 • £38.00

256 pages • Paperback

200 b&w and colour illustrations

246x185 • February 2025

Windgather Press

THE HIDDEN LIVES OF VIKING WOMEN

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

Edited by Michèle Hayeur Smith, Alexandra Sanmark

This edited volume brings together an international group of scholars to address the lives, roles, myths, mythology, and lived experiences of Viking women as well as the impacts of change on women during the turbulent period of the Viking Age. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, this is a book dedicated to the lesserknown aspects of women’s lives as active members of society. It provides an innovative way of bringing together work from archaeological, anthropological, historical, and literary perspectives to address questions about women in trade, in war, in magic, in the household and activities that provided women with power and respect in their communities.

• Investigates the concepts of gendered work and space of the Viking Age and Norse period.

• Reviews evidence for Viking women in Britain, demonstrating that women were present with the armies that won new lands for settlement and were thus part of the conquest and early acculturation processes.

9798888571866 • £29.95

208 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 20 b&w illustrations

January 2025

Oxbow Books

ART, IMAGE, POWER AND PLACE

CONTEXTUALISING THE STONE SCULPTURE OF ANGLOSAXON ENGLAND

Edited by Sarah Semple, Jane Hawkes

This volume draws on the expertise of many specialists connected with the celebrated Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture – a project which catalogues these monuments’ dates, geology, and decoration – creating the first accessible overview of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture in England. Thematic chapters reflect on discoveries to date and archaeological and arthistorical approaches to researching and understanding sculpture. Key themes include quarrying and production, chronology, the intellectual and artistic context for sculpture, aesthetics and iconography, and the places and contexts of sculpture use. Extensively illustrated, the book introduces AngloSaxon sculpture in its broader European context, and offers a stepping-off point for all those wanting to learn more and research these illuminating fragments of history.

• Major new volume arising from the compilation and examination of a complete corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture in England.

• Features extensive illustrations, diagrams, and vignette boxes throughout.

9781789258981 • £50.00

224 pages • Hardback

280x216 • B&w and colour

March 2025

Oxbow Books

A MEDIEVAL LIFE

WILLIAM DE FELTON AND EDLINGHAM CASTLE, 1260–1324

Graham Fairclough

The origin of this volume lies in an archaeological excavation between 1978 and 1982 at Edlingham Castle. It is a biographical fusion of history, geography and archaeology with a focus on landscape and castles studies, set in the reigns of Edward I and II in the context of early attempts to create by force a single nation on the British island. A central theme in the book is how medieval biography can be written about someone relatively ordinary and not famous without straying into generalisation. The existing general market readership for medieval history focuses on ‘kings, queens and battles’, and this book attempts a different perspective.

• Offers a biographical approach to history framed by archaeological and landscape perspectives.

• Covers regional as well as national history, deals with landscape and archaeology, and has a local history dimension.

9781914427435 • £49.95

368 pages • Paperback

246x185 • 60 b&w and colour

February 2025

Windgather Press

COINS, RICHES, AND LANDS

PAYING FOR MILITARY MANPOWER IN ANTIQUITY AND EARLY MEDIEVAL TIMES

Edited by Fernando López Sánchez, Marisa Bueno, David Martínez Chico

Land was the ideal store of wealth in the ancient Mediterranean world. It brought social respectability, and its possession allowed participation in the politics of the cities governed by landowning elites. This collection of papers sheds light on how coins, riches, and lands were gained and distributed among soldiers, warriors, and mercenaries. Contributions cover a wide chronological span from Late Pharaonic to early medieval times, linking a welldefined core area, the Mediterranean basin, with its peripheries: Central Europe and Scandinavia to the north and the margins of the Sahara Desert and the Fertile Crescent to the south and the east.

• Innovative approach to the relationship between political powers, hired military and their remuneration in terms of land distribution and/or monetary payment.

• Reflects on the respective powers and military organisation of different polities and the significance or otherwise of monetary payment in the recruitment, deployment, and discharge of hired warriors.

9781789259902 • £50.00

272 pages • Hardback

280x216 • 120 b&w illustrations

November 2024

Oxbow Books

EXPLORING ANCIENT SOUNDS AND PLACES

THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ARCHAEOACOUSTICS

Edited by Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Neemias Santos da Rosa

The aim of this book is to provide an overview of a selection of the different topics covered by the field of archaeoacoustics. It presents some of the results derived from major research projects, and will cover a wide range of subjects, including a synthetic history of research provided, theories about the origins of music in early humans, experimental archaeomusicology, approaches from the fields of neuroacoustics and psychoacoustics, experimental studies of portable and fixed lithophones and other musical instruments, explorations of soundscapes, representations of sound in early medieval frescoes, late medieval urbanscapes, and post-medieval proxemics. Case studies are located in America, Asia, and Europe.

• First major review of a growing body of evidence for the deliberate and significant exploitation and employment of sound, music and acoustics in ritual and more mundane contexts among communities from Palaeolithic Europe through to recent indigenous population in the Americas, and methods for their study.

9798888571774 • £38.00

312 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 86 b&w photos and line drawings

October 2024

Oxbow Books

BRITISH POTTERY: THE FIRST 3000 YEARS

CERAMIC ART IN THE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE

Alex Gibson

Pottery was at the heart of the ‘Neolithic package’, appearing in Britain with the first farmers around 4000 BC. It arrived as a mature technology and was essential to the new, largely sedentary, lifestyle and economy. It transformed storage and cooking practices, and the earliest ceramics seem to have been essential equipment in the new practice of dairying. The pottery changed over time and, as a result, ceramics have been fundamental to the construction of relative chronologies since the early days of modern archaeology. This fully illustrated volume offers a comprehensive examination of the development, chronology, manufacture, context and use of British Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery.

• First comprehensive account of the sequence, development and use of early prehistoric pottery in over 20 years.

• Key text for anyone interested in or working with Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery by the country's leading expert.

9798888570715 • £39.95

208 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 70 b&w illustrations

October 2024

Oxbow Books

PRESENTING COUNTERPOINTS TO THE DOMINANT TERRESTRIAL NARRATIVE OF EUROPEAN PREHISTORY

Edited by John T. Koch, Mikael Fauvelle,

Barry Cunliffe, Johan Ling

This book is the first in the multi-author series Maritime Encounters, outputs of the major six-year (2022–2028) international research initiative, funded by Sweden’s central bank. Our programme is based on a maritime perspective, a counterpoint to prevailing land-based vantages on Europe’s prehistory. In the Maritime Encounters project a highly international cross-disciplinary team has embarked on a diverse range of research goals to provide a more detailed and nuanced story of how prehistoric societies realised major and minor sea crossings, organised long-distance exchange, and adapted to ways of life by the sea in prehistory.

• First in a major new series examining the contribution and significance of maritime transport, movement and trade in the shaping of Bronze Age and Iron Age communities and social complexity in north-west Europe.

• Considers the role of mining and source areas of metals and metal exchange networks in the Bronze Age along the seaboard between Iberia, Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia, and models a maritime mode of production.

9798888571842 • £55.00

272 pages • Hardback

280x216 • 120 b&w and colour

February 2025

Maritime Encounters

Oxbow Books

9798888571200 • £34.99

134 pages • Paperback

297x210 • October 2024

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology

Oxbow Books

9798888571248 • £34.99

138 pages • Paperback

297x210 • October 2024

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology

Oxbow Books

9798888571668 • £39.95

172 pages • Paperback

240x170 • October 2024

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology

Oxbow Books

EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE

ARCHAIC TO SAITE. FROM THE PETRIE COLLECTION

Anthea Page

This facsimile reissue of Anthea Page’s catalogue of the stone and wooden statuary in the Petrie Museum makes available again a major corpus of material. The 174 items described and discussed cover a wide range of subjects and forms. The corpus focuses on representations of royalty, priests, officials and unknown individuals (men and women), of varying status and possible ethnicity in a variety of poses. All pieces are illustrated by photographs.

EGYPTIAN STELAE, RELIEFS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE PETRIE COLLECTION

PART 1: THE NEW KINGDOM

H.M. Stewart

This is a facsimile reissue of part I of H.M. Stewart’s three part complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings acquired by Flinders Petrie from his many Egyptian excavations and intended as a teaching collection. Over 200 monuments of the New Kingdom are described, translated and illustrated with comments on techniques and materials, and details of provenance, date and bibliographical references.

THE EGYPTIAN ADMINISTRATION IN THE OLD KINGDOM

EVIDENCE ON ITS ECONOMIC DECLINE

Naguib Kanawati

This facsimile edition of Naguib Kanawati’s 1977 authoritative assessment of the trends in the wealth of Old Kingdom officials presents a devised scheme for classifying tombs according to the position or status of their owners, which allows for the study of trends in size, elaboration, costliness and completion over time and across ranks. A full catalogue of tombs studied is provided, alongside a series of graphs.

9798888571262 • £39.95

224 pages • Paperback

240x170 • October 2024

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology

Oxbow Books

APEDEMAK: LION GOD OF MEROE

A STUDY IN EGYPTIANMEROITIC SYNCRETISM

Louis Zabkar

This facsimile reissue of Zabkar’s 1975 examination of religious and cultural relationships between Egypt and its southern neighbours, Nubia and Meroe presents a detailed study of evidence for the worship and spread of religious cults between the various civilisations of the Nile valley in the later centuries BC and early centuries BC, focusing on the Meroite lion-god Apedemak.

9798888571286 • £24.95

110 pages • Paperback

297x210 • October 2024

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology

Oxbow Books

EGYPTIAN STELAE, RELIEFS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE PETRIE COLLECTION

PART 3: THE LATE PERIOD

H.M. Stewart

This is a facsimile reissue of part III of H.M Stewart’s three part complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings acquired by Flinders Petrie from his many Egyptian excavations and intended as a teaching collection. Over 140 monuments, primarily of the Late Period, are described, translated and illustrated with comments on techniques and materials, and details of provenance, date and bibliographical references. The descriptions are accompanied by 48 plates of detailed scale line drawings.

9798888571064 • £42.00

304 pages • Paperback

280x216 • 120 b&w and colour illustrations

June 2025

Oxbow Books

9798888571439 • £40.00

480 pages • Hardback

280x216 • 300 b&w and colour

February 2025

Oxbow Books

9781785700873 • £38.00

240 pages • Paperback

246x185 • B&w and colour

December 2024

American Landscapes

Oxbow Books

EARLY INSULAR ART AT THE CROSSROADS

VOLUME 1: METALWORK, MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER MEDIA

Edited by David Petts, Heidi Stoner, John Carson, Christina Smith

This volume comprises published papers from the Ninth International Insular Art Conference held in Durham in 2022. It brings together the latest scholarship on early medieval (AD 400–1100) art in Britain, Ireland and beyond. Perspectives taken include classical art historical analysis of form, style and design, but also a close attention to the materials used and the complex process of production and artisan skill required to create these objects.

ANIMATING THE DEAD

AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF BRONZE AGE BURIAL PRACTICES IN ORKNEY

Jane Downes, Colin Richards

This book provides the exciting results of a long-term project examining Bronze Age round barrow construction and burial practices in Orkney, Scotland. A main focus of this research is on the act of cremation; a technology of bodily metamorphosis as articulated through complex mortuary practices, which produced a distinctive form of funerary architecture. This, and other topical themes, are explored through the results of extensive excavations at several barrow cemeteries including Linga Fiold, Gitterpitten and the Knowes of Trotty.

ANCIENT EFFIGY MOUND LANDSCAPES OF UPPER MIDWESTERN NORTH AMERICA

Robert A. Birmingham, Amy L. Rosebrough

This book provides an overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest centered on southern Wisconsin. It documents the nature of these unique landscapes, describing the use of topography and natural features to create the ceremonial landscapes, and provides the interpretation that these were living landscapes in which ancestral animals and supernatural beings were ritually brought back to life.

9798888571088 • £40.00

256 pages • Paperback

280x216 • 90 b&w and colour

illustrations

June 2025

Oxbow Books

9781789258684 • £40.00

352 pages • Hardback

297x210 • B&w and colour

March 2025

Oxbow Books

EARLY INSULAR ART AT THE CROSSROADS

VOLUME 2: STONE AND SCULPTURE

Edited by David Petts, Heidi Stoner, John Carson, Christina Smith

This volume comprises published papers from the Ninth International Insular Art Conference held in Durham in 2022. It brings together the latest scholarship on early medieval (AD 400–1100) art in Britain, Ireland and beyond. Perspectives taken include classical art historical analysis of form, style and design, but also a close attention to the materials used and the complex process of production and artisan skill required to create these objects.

BURIALS AND THE BLACK DEATH IN HEREFORD

NEW LIBRARY EXCAVATION, HEREFORD CATHEDRAL

Edited by Derek Hurst

The excavation at Hereford Cathedral that took place in 1993 revealed extensive remains, some potentially dating back to the 7th/8th century, including timber-built buildings and a late Saxon cemetery. This book presents a report of these excavations, including a thorough study of these human remains. In addition to this, it includes detailed reporting on some notable individual artefacts.

9781785709500 • £48.00

688 pages • Hardback

297x210

February 2025

Oxbow Books

9798888570692 • £60.00

352 pages • Hardback

280x216 • 250 b&w and colour illustrations

June 2025

Oxbow Books

9798888570623 • £45.00

160 pages • Paperback

280x216 • 360 b&w and colour

April 2025

Oxbow Books

HIGH PASTURE CAVE

RITUAL, MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN THE IRON AGE OF SKYE

Stephen Birch, Jo Mackenzie

High Pasture Cave, located on the island of Skye, occupies a liminal location on the very edge of a settlement, and appears to have been a focus for specific and special activities. Its extended period of use is indicated by ephemeral signs of Neolithic Activity, limited Bronze Age usage, and vast artefactual and environmental assemblages recovered dating to the Early to Middle Scottish Iron Age, c. 800 BC to AD 150. This book details the research-led excavations at the cave and its context in the landscape.

LANDSCAPES OF (RE)CONQUEST

FRONTIER DYNAMICS IN MEDIEVAL IBERIA AND OCCITANIA

Edited by Aleks Pluskowski, Guillermo García-Contreras, Michelle Alexander

Frontiers were an integral feature of every medieval polity, and their spaces were defined by opposing spheres of influence, contact and connectivity. This book presents a multi-disciplinary study of their dynamics. Focusing on the western Mediterranean, it draws on case studies of cultural landscapes shaped by two contrasting periods of conquest, regime change and state formation, providing a new framework for the study of the transformative spaces of medieval frontier societies.

OBSIDIAN VESSELS IN THE PREHISTORIC AND EARLY HISTORIC NEAR EAST

Elizabeth Healey

Obsidian, a shiny volcanic glass, was first used to make vessels in the mid-6th millennium BC in the Near East. This book presents the first comprehensive study and catalogue of over 150 of these vessels, examining their form, manufacture and potential use against a background of the use of obsidian in the manufacture of tools and within the framework of developing Near Eastern culture in the 6th–2nd millennia BC.

9798888571453 • £40.00

192 pages • Paperback

110 b&w illustrations

December 2024

Oxbow Books

9798888570500 • £65.00

240 pages • Hardback

350 b&w illustrations

March 2025

Cretan Studies

Oxbow Books

NEW VOICES IN IRANIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Edited by Karim Alizadeh, Megan Cifarelli

This volume highlights the excellent, wide-ranging work of a diverse collection of Iranian archaeologists, the new voices in Iranian archaeology. The case studies deliberately highlight archaeological work across the entirety of the vast and varied geography of Iran, from the fertile plains of Fars in the southwest, to the rugged Zagros Mountains in the northwest, from the peaks of the Elburz Mountains south of the Caspian Sea, across the broad expanse of the Plateau, to the eastern regions bordering Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

GREEK AND ROMAN POTTERY FROM SPHAKIA, SOUTH-WEST CRETE

FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TO THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Jane E. Francis

This volume presents the Greek and Roman pottery collected and analyzed by the Sphakia Survey project and provides a ceramic model for a large section of western Crete, where ceramic traditions, both domestic and imported, are as yet unexplored. This research integrates two approaches. First, a morphological and functional study of a body of pottery from a sizable part of Crete with little known archaeological evidence. Second, fabric analysis identifies and defines clays and clay mixtures, with macroscopic and petrographic analyses providing results from two perspectives.

9781789257953 • £65.00

544 pages • Hardback

280x216 • B&w and colour

December 2024

Oxbow Books

9798888571125 • £45.00

320 pages • Hardback

280x216 • 100 colour/b&w illustrations

December 2024

Oxbow Books

9781914427275 • £39.95

192 pages • Paperback

246x185 • 60 colour/b&w ills.

October 2024

Windgather Press

SOUTHEAST ARABIA AT THE DAWN OF THE SECOND MILLENNIUM

THE BRONZE AGE COLLECTIVE GRAVES OF QARN AL-HARF, RAS AL-KHAIMAH (UAE)

Derek Kennet, Alyson Caine, Anna Hilton, Lloyd Weeks

The first full publication of a cemetery of the Bronze Age Wadi Suq period (2000-1650 BC) in the region of the UAE, a period marked by large scale cultural and economic changes.

WATER DISPLAYS IN DOMESTIC SPACES ACROSS THE LATE ROMAN WEST

CULTIVATING LIVING BUILDINGS

Ginny Wheeler

This book presents the first synthesis of the archaeological evidence for late antique water features in both urban houses and extra-urban villas across the western Empire. Through careful analysis and evocative reconstruction of the water displays in their diverse contexts, this volume explores how they were incorporated into late antique residences, the different ways that they enhanced domestic spaces, and the potential motives behind their insertion.

THE ROTHER VALLEY

A SHORT HISTORY OF A LOWLAND ENGLISH RIVER CATCHMENT AND PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE MANAGEMENT

Edited by John Boardman, Ian Foster

The valley of the western Rother lies within the South Downs National Park but has a special character based on its Cretaceous geology of sandstones and clays. These give rise to soils that are ideal for agriculture but are extremely erodible. Over the centuries the area has been exploited by humans and partially cleared of forest. In this book, the archaeological history of the Rother Valley is summarised, with particular emphasis on the evidence for Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman occupation.

9798888571491 • £55.00

480 pages • Hardback

280x216 • 312 colour plans, drawings, photos, 34 b/w

December 2024

Pre-Christian Cult Sites

Oxbow Books

9798888571149 • £50.00

352 pages • Hardback

100 b&w illustrations

240x170 • October 2024 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Societies (MAtAS)

Oxbow Books

9781789259674 • £50.00

224 pages • Hardback

280x216 • B&w and colour

April 2025

Oxbow Books

STRØBY TOFTEGÅRD

HALLS, HIERARCHIES AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN LATE IRON AGE AND VIKING AGE DENMARK

Edited by Anna Severine Beck, Maja Kildetoft Schultz, Jens Ulriksen

This volume presents and considers the archaeological material from the site of Strøby Toftegård where comprehensive excavations took place between 1994 and 2013. It presents a detailed survey and analysis of buildings and features, structures, various groups of objects, and a discussion of the landscape, the social context and the creation of social hierarchies that the site fitted into while it was in use.

FORSAKEN RELICS

PRACTICES AND RITUALS OF APPROPRIATING ABANDONED ARTIFACTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES

Edited by Alessandro Buono, Gianluca Miniaci, Anna Anguissola

This book examines the intricate mechanisms of ritualistic appropriation of ruined and/or abandoned assets and artifacts. It explores how this process occurs in situations where there is legislation to regulate the appropriation of ownerless property, as well as in cases where such rules are either absent or contested, leading to disputes and conflicts.

COLONISATION AND CHRISTIANITY

THE LONG SETTLEMENT OF VIKING AGE AND MEDIEVAL SKAGAFJÖRÐUR, NORTH ICELAND

Edited by John M. Steinberg, Douglas Bolender, Kathryn A. Catlin, Brian N. Damiata, Guðný Zoëga

This book details the methods and results from an innovative systemic regional archaeological survey which produced a near complete inventory of Viking Age and medieval occupation in and around the Hegranes region in lowland Skagafjörður, North Iceland.

9798888571323 • £42.00

192 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 100 b&w and colour illustrations

April 2025

Butrint Archaeological Monographs

Oxbow Books

9798888571736 • £48.00

208 pages • Paperback

280x216 • 100 b&w photos and line illustrations

March 2025

Oxbow Books

9798888571576 • £45.00

320 pages • Paperback

240x170 • 90 b&w, 60 colour

January 2025

Oxbow Books

BUTRINT 8

THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BUTRINT, ITS ENCLAVE, SARANDA AND SANTA QUARANTA

Edited by Richard Hodges, Nevila Molla

Butrint 8 is largely devoted to the Middle Byzantine archaeology discovered by the Butrint Foundation’s projects at Butrint itself, in its environs, and in the nearby port of Saranda, ancient Onchesmos. The volume includes a full report on the excavations in Butrint’s western defenses, built in the 6th century as a proteichisma, and maintained in use until the 9th century when tower 1 partly perished in a fire and tower 2 was abandoned.

RECONSTRUCTING PAST MONASTIC LIFE, VOLUME 1: BIOARCHAEOLOGY, LIFE AND DEATH

NEW TRENDS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL, BIOANTHROPOLOGICAL AND DOCUMENTARY PERSPECTIVES

Edited by Lluís Lloveras, Carme Rissech, Jordi Nadal, Philip Banks

Explores health and lifeways within monastic communities, focusing on palaeopathological information providing insights into physical wellbeing and, in particular, the presence and significance of disabled individuals and evidence for longterm health and dental issues.

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Edited by Colin Shepherd

This book explores multi-faceted aspects of the competing cultural landscapes that comprise the north-east of Scotland. This interdisciplinary collection uses a deep temporal perspective at a range of scales, from micro-landscape studies to large-scale geological and archaeological environments

9798888571804 • £55.00

260 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 160 b&w and colour

January 2025

Oxbow Books

9798888571750 • £48.00

192 pages • Paperback

280x216 • 190 b&w photos and line illustrations

March 2025

Oxbow Books

9798888571477 • £40.00

192 pages • Paperback

280x216 • B&w drawings, photographs, charts, maps

March 2025

Oxbow Books

DAMJILI CAVE

INVESTIGATING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE TO HOLOCENE HUMAN HISTORY IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS

Edited by Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Azad Zeynalov, Yagub Mammadov

This volume presents a set of archaeological evidence obtained from the Azerbaijan–Japan excavations in 2016–2022 at Damjili Cave, West Azerbaijan. The cave contained cultural layers from the Mesolithic period in particular, along with Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and medieval material indicating a very long sequence of use

RECONSTRUCTING PAST MONASTIC LIFE, VOLUME 2: DIET, LANDSCAPE AND MONASTIC SPACE

NEW TRENDS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL, BIOANTHROPOLOGICAL AND DOCUMENTARY PERSPECTIVES

Edited by Lluís Lloveras, Carme Rissech, Jordi Nadal, Philip Banks

This second of two titles focuses on diet, food practices, water management, and the organization and use of space within monastic complexes and landscapes.

THREADS OF CONTACT

TRACING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EGYPT AND THE SOUTHERN LEVANT THROUGH TEXTILE TOOLS

Chiara Spinazzi-Lucchesi

Textile tools offer a fascinating and yet intimate approach to ancient people. This work examines spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant (inland and coastal) and Egypt. The objects are investigated from both a diachronic and synchronic perspective to understand their evolution and continuity of use, as well as regional differences and textile production methods.

PB • 9789464262940 • £85.00

HB • 9789464262957 • £150.00

546 pages • 280x210

235fc / 77bw • November 2024

Sidestone Press

CHARIOTS ON FIRE, REINS OF POWER

EARLY LA TÈNE ELITE BURIALS FROM THE LOWER RHINE-MEUSE REGION AND THEIR NORTHWEST EUROPEAN CONTEXT

Edited by Nico Roymans, Louis Swinkels, Liesbeth Theunissen, Sasja Van der Vaart-Verschoof

The book presents an overview of the horizon of Early La Tène elite burials in the Lower Rhine-Meuse region.

PB • 9789464280814 • £45.00

HB • 9789464280821 • £95.00

266 pages • 280x210

PB • 9789464280753 • £65.00

HB • 9789464280760 • £120.00

406 pages • 280x210

THE HANDLE CORE CONCEPT

LITHIC TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION

Sandra Söderlind

This work deals with topics related to mobility, contacts and transmission of knowledge. It focuses on these topics in the Mesolithic by analysing a specialised lithic concept known previously from Scandinavia and Northern Germany.

120fc/55bw illustrations • December 2024

ROOTS Booklet Series • Sidestone Press

PB • 9789464263046 • £30.00

HB • 9789464263053 • £90.00

104 pages • 254x178

CYPRUS AND UGARIT

CONNECTING MATERIAL AND MERCANTILE WORLDS

A. Bernard Knapp

This study considers the detailed archaeological and documentary records of Cyprus and Ugarit in order to gain new insights into the long-term relations between two of the best known, wellconnected polities in the Late Bronze Age (1600–1200 BC) eastern Mediterranean.

5fc / 6bw illustrations • December 2024

Sidestone Press

CRAFTFUL MINDS

TRACING TECHNICAL INDIVIDUALITY IN PRODUCTION PROCESSES

Moiken Hinrichs

This book presents a combination of statistical and descriptive methods to enhance an understanding of flint production processes of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age daggers and sickles.

140fc/18bw illustrations • December 2024

ROOTS Booklet Series • Sidestone Press

PB • 9789464270990 • £50.00

HB • 9789464271003 • £95.00

300 pages • 280x210

CREMATION IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

DEATH, FIRE AND IDENTITY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE

Edited by Howard Williams, Femke Lippok

Stimulating and up-to-date overview of current research on early medieval cremation burials in North Western Europe through innovative interviews.

83fc/25bw illustrations • December 2024

Sidestone Press

PB • 9789464271140 • £65.00

HB • 9789464271157 • £125

450 pages • 280x210

EMPIRE AND EXCAVATION

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITISHPERIOD CYPRUS, 1878–1960

Edited by Thomas Kiely, Anna Reeve, Lindy Crewe

50fc/100bw illustrations • March 2025

Sidestone Press

This volume covers British rule in Cyprus (1878-1960) and critically examines archaeology's impact on cultural heritage. It includes 23 papers that explore these aspects within the broader eastern Mediterranean context, highlighting the contributions of individuals and institutions to its development.

PB • 9789464271027 • £40.00

HB • 9789464271034 • £95.00

250 pages • 254x178

FIGURINE-MAKING IN THE NEOLITHIC AEGEAN

Edited by Stratos Nanoglou, Fanis Mavridis

This volume presents a cutting-edge perspective on figurine studies in the Neolithic Aegean, sparking renewed interest and innovative ideas.

8fc/72bw illustrations • November 2024

Sidestone Press

PB • 9789464263114 • £50.00

HB • 9789464263121 • £120.00

300 pages • 280x210

THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION?

LOCAL GROUPS AND LARGESCALE NETWORKS DURING

THE LATE FOURTH AND EARLY THIRD MILLENNIUM BC IN CENTRAL EUROPE

Edited by Daniela Hofmann, Doris Mischka, Silviane Scharl

PB • 9789464280784 • £45.00

HB • 9789464280791 • £95.00

272 pages • 254x178

IDENTITY, POWER AND GROUP FORMATION IN ARCHAIC MACEDONIA (600–400 BC)

Christos Giamakis

The first ever large-scale synthesis on identity and social dynamics across archaic Macedonia (600-400 BC).

27fc/19bw illustrations • November 2024

Sidestone Press

131fc/35bw illustrations • March 2025

Sidestone Press

PB • 9789464271058 • £80.00

HB • 9789464271065 • £140.00

450 pages • 280x210

This book showcases the diversity of the pre-Corded Ware horizon in central Europe and adjacent regions, with emphasis on the continuities to later periods.

PLACE, ENCOUNTER, AND THE MAKING OF COMMUNITIES

THE LOWER SIRWAN/UPPER DIYALA RIVER VALLEY FROM PREHISTORY TO THE IRON AGE

Claudia Glatz, Daniel Calderbank, Francesca Chelazzi, Salah

Mohammed Sameen, Neil Erskine

218fc/31bw illustrations • December 2024

Sirwan Regional Project Publications

Sidestone Press

This book provides the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley in northeast Iraq, spanning 12,000 years.

PB • 9789464271089 • £40.00

HB • 9789464271096 • £95.00

180 pages • 280x210

APPROPRIATING HEIGHT

MOVEMENT AND MOBILITY IN HIGHLAND LANDSCAPES OF SOUTHWEST ASIA

Edited by Sepideh Maziar, Barbara Helwing

This book explores archaeological approaches to highland regions in southwestern and central Asia, focusing on human mobility, adaptation, and resilience from the Paleolithic era to the present.

64fc/24bw illustrations • December 2024

The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration

Sidestone Press

PB • 9789464262605 • £65.00

HB • 9789464262612 • £130.00

400 pages • 280x210

LARGER THAN LIFE

THE OMMERSCHANS HOARD AND THE ROLE OF GIANT SWORDS IN THE EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE (1500–1100 BC)

Edited by Luc Amkreutz, David Fontijn

169fc/44bw illustrations • September 2024

PALMA

Sidestone Press

This book sheds new light on one of the most spectacular finds of the European Bronze Age: the Ommerschans hoard and the mysterious role of the giant swords of PlougrescantOmmerschans type, only six of which have been found.

COINS OF ENGLAND & THE UNITED KINGDOM 2025

DECIMAL

ISSUES, 11TH EDITION

Edited by Emma Howard

Coins of England and the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal and Decimal volumes comprise the Standard Catalogue of British Coins. This 11th edition of the Decimal volume contains all coins minted during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, in addition to all coinage minted to date during the reign of King Charles III. The Decimal issue gives a comprehensive overview of all individual coins and sets issued by the Royal Mint since 1971 (and in circulation since 1968), offering an authoritative catalogue of modern British coins under the new ownership of Sovereign Rarities.

• The standard catalogue for modern British coins. Offers a comprehensive overview of all individual coins and sets issued by the Royal Mint since 1971 (and in circulation since 1968).

9781917269018 • £20.00

464 pages • Hardback 216x138

January 2025

Sovereign Rarities

ENGLISH MEDIEVAL COIN HOARDS

AGE OF THE STERLING PENNY 1180−1351

Barrie Cook

The aim of this publication is to publish English coin hoards in the context of each of the successive currency periods between 1180 − around the time England arguably became a fully monetised land, with the silver penny under its recently emerged name of sterling − to 1351, when the pennydominated currency was replaced by a multi-denominational one in both gold and silver. The hoards discussed in this publication are seen in both their national and local contexts, identifying relevant local economic and social forces and activities, illuminating the place of money in the lives of the majority of England’s inhabitants.

• The first publication of a large body of material that constitutes a review of English coin hoarding and currency from 1180−1351.

• Provides a unique insight into the history of England during this period.

9780861592449 • £40.00

176 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 50 illustrations

November 2024

British Museum Research

Publications

British Museum Press

SOVEREIGN RARITIES

COINS OF ENGLAND & THE UNITED KINGDOM 2025

PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES,

60TH EDITION

Edited by Emma Howard

This historic reference work for British coins is still the only catalogue to feature every major coin type from Celtic to the Decimal coinage of King Charles III, arranged in chronological order and divided into metals under each reign, then into coinages, denominations and varieties. This PreDecimal volume lists all coinage up to decimalisation, with decimal coinage since 1968 is listed in a separate volume, available as an independent publication. Over 3,000 price changes have been made in this edition to reflect market activity during the past year, fully updated under the new ownership of Sovereign Rarities.

• The standard reference work for all British pre-decimal coinage.

9781917269001 • £35.00

640 pages • Hardback 216x138

January 2025

Sovereign Rarities

KUSHAN COINS

A CATALOGUE BASED ON THE KUSHAN, KUSHANOSASANIAN AND KIDARITE HUN COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1ST−5TH CENTURIES AD

Joe Cribb, Robert Bracey

The coinage of the Kushan kings (1st to 4th centuries) and of their immediate successors the Sasanian Kushanshahs (3rd−4th centuries) and the Kidarite Hun Kushanshahs (4th−5th centuries) are a key component of our understanding of the history of ancient Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan during the early centuries AD. Modern knowledge of each of these kingdoms began with the discovery of their coins. Research continues to reveal new aspects of the political structure of these states, their geographical extent, the religious affinities of their rulers and the development of scripts and languages in the region.

• This landmark publication offers a comprehensive account of Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian and Kidarite Hun coinages, as well as put them into a wider historical and cultural context.

9780861591916 • £40.00

410 pages • Paperback

297x210

January 2025

British Museum Research

Publications

British Museum Press

CHINA’S 1800S MATERIAL AND VISUAL CULTURE

Edited by Jessica Harrison-Hall

Building on the critically acclaimed British Museum exhibition China’s hidden century: 1796–1912, this publication seeks to redefine perceptions about 19th-century Qing arts. Essays by some of the world’s leading authorities on Qing culture reveal the social, cultural, religious, creative, economic and political history of makers, users, owners and collectors. Areas of focus include painting and patronage; calligraphy and seal carving; commerce and fashion; and craft technology and technology ensuring that the book will be a manual for the arts of China’s long 19th century. This is a groundbreaking publication that will redefine perceptions about 19th-century Chinese material and visual culture.

9780861592418 • £40.00

304 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 300 illustrations

November 2024

British Museum Research

Publications

British Museum Press

THE SNETTISHAM HOARDS

Edited by Julia Farley, Jody Joy

For over 60 years, spectacular discoveries have been made on a wooded hillside at Snettisham, overlooking the northwest Norfolk coast, close to Hunstanton. The location of the discoveries, at Ken Hill, is known as the ‘gold field’ because of the large number of gold and silver alloy neck-rings (‘torcs’) and coins recovered from the site. The objects from Snettisham are widely known, but the site has never been fully published. This book is the first comprehensive account of the discoveries and excavations at the site and presents a full catalogue of the finds.

9780861592258 • £40.00

350 pages • Paperback

October 2024

British Museum Research

Publications

British Museum Press

THE ISEUM OF THE ROYAL ISLAND OF ANTIRODOS

Franck Goddio

In the third century BC, the Ptolemies built a temple dedicated to the goddess Isis on the island of Antirodos. The quayside upon which it stood did not share the strong natural foundations of the island and its banks failed, most likely during an earthquake. This event, dated to around AD 50, brought the temple crashing into the waters of the Portus Magnus on either side of the quayside. In this volume, Goddio examines the archaeological remains from the temple that identify it as an Iseum and discusses its changing role in late Hellenistic and early Roman Alexandria.

9781905905515 • £45.00

200 pages • Hardback

304x211

December 2024

Excavations in the Portus Magnum of Alexandria Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology

SANTA ISABEL

A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM SOLOMON ISLANDS

Ben Burt, Edited by Geoffrey White

This book traces Santa Isabel’s history through a selection of the many hundreds of pictures of the island made first by Europeans and increasingly by its own people. These begin with the drawings and paintings of voyagers from the late 18th century, gradually succeeded by photos from the 1860s onwards showing the arrival of missionaries, traders and warships. From the 1900s there are photos made by the Europeans who established plantations on Isabel and colonial officers asserting British colonial authority. This is an image-led and accessible narrative providing fascinating new insights into the history of a Pacific island, and offers new insights into the history of photography.

9780861592432 • £40.00

300 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 600 illustrations

December 2024

British Museum Research

Publications

British Museum Press

9781463243425 • £89.00

350 pages • Hardback

229x152 • October 2024

Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East

Gorgias Press

9781463243746 • £119.00

300 pages • Hardback

254x178 • October 2024

Surath Kthob

Gorgias Press

9781463247041 • £75.00

200 pages • Hardback

229x152 • October 2024

Bulletin for Biblical Research

Dissertation Series

Gorgias Press

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT NUBIA

Edited by Solange Ashby, Aaron Brody

Ancient Nubia played key political, social, and economic roles in the ancient world, yet knowledge of Nubian societies remains regrettably narrow, with Nubia often disregarded as derivative of Egypt. This volume provides a timely corrective to this outlook, centering Nubian history and archaeology and presenting research from postcolonial and antiracist perspectives. In addition to demonstrating Nubiology’s potential impact on Egyptological, classical, and biblical scholarship, this volume offers a new window into African achievements and dominance in the ancient world.

EZRA AND NEHEMIAH

ACCORDING TO THE SYRIAC PESHITTA VERSION WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Edited by John Healey, George Kiraz, Joseph Bali

This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars. The translation and the Syriac text are presented on facing pages so that both can be studied together.

FROM RECOLLECTION TO RECOMMITMENT

THE RHETORICAL FUNCTION OF ALLUSIONS TO JUDGES IN PSALMS 68, 83, AND 106

Matthew Swale

This study addresses two underdeveloped areas in Old Testament scholarship: the use of Judges in Psalms and the use of rhetorical criticism in the analysis of inner-biblical allusion.

9781463205881 • £119.00

200 pages • Hardback

254x178 • October 2024

Surath Kthob Gorgias Press

9781463247058 • £49.00

100 pages • Paperback

229x152 • October 2024

Texts from Christian Late Antiquity Gorgias Press

9781463245856 • £89.00

300 pages • Hardback

254x178 • October 2024

Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages Gorgias Press

3-4 MACCABEES

ACCORDING TO THE SYRIAC PESHITTA VERSION WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Philip Forness Edited by George Kiraz, Joseph Bali

This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars. The translation and the Syriac text are presented on facing pages so that both can be studied together.

ALGORITHMIC MUSINGS IN SYRIAC

A VERSE POEM ON COMPUTATION ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OF THE ARABS

Edited by George Kiraz

An edition of George of the Arab's homily on the Chronicon – on the reckoning of the year and the computation of the dates of feasts such as Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter.

SELECTED STUDIES IN ANCIENT LANGUAGE LEXICOGRAPHY, LINGUISTICS AND TRANSLATION

Edited by Anne Gardner, Anne Thompson, Beryl Turner

The papers in this volume are specialised lexicographical studies in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Greek. Several of them concern the lexicography of the ancient Bible translations. There is also a chapter on Hebrew lexicography by the late David Clines, to whom the volume is dedicated.

9781463245016 • £75.00

429 pages • Hardback

229x152

October 2024

Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts Gorgias Press

9780884654957 • £17.99

208 pages • Paperback 216x140 • 15 Illustrations, 2 maps

October 2024

Holy Trinity Seminary Press

9780884654964 • £10.99

80 pages • Paperback

October 2024

Holy Trinity Seminary Press

THE BOOK OF SAMUEL

STUDIES IN HISTORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, THEOLOGY AND POETICS COMBINED

Moshe Garsiel

An inter-disciplinary study of the story and history of Israel's transition from tribal federation to monarchy, covering the events described in 1 Samuel 1-16; 2 Samuel 21-24; and 1 Kings 1-4. It follows the 2018 publication of The Book of Samuel: Part One, Studies in History, Hisoriography, Theology, and Poetics Combined (Jerusalem: Rubin Mass).

SAINTS OF SWITZERLAND

Claude Lopez-Ginitsy

This text presents brief lives of early saints from Helvetia (modern-day Switzerland) to aid pilgrims and those wishing to understand the Church’s Universal nature. Over the past century, the Eastern Orthodox Church has rediscovered its Western heritage, influenced by migrations from traditionally Orthodox regions. A key figure in this effort was St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco, who encouraged the addition of saints like Columbanus, Gall, Fridolin, and Clotilde to the church’s calendar. It includes a liturgical service and an akathist to these saints.

CHRISTIANITY OR THE CHURCH?

Ilarion Troitsky

How is our Christian faith properly lived? Is Christianity a series of abstract teachings to which we, as individuals, give our mental or emotional assent? Or, as Russian Archbishop and New Martyr Ilarion (Troitsky) argues, is the true aim of Christian life the transformation of our whole being as members of the Body of Christ, His Church? This classic translation is refreshed for the first time with fresh typesetting and interior design, as well as questions for either group discussion or personal reflection.

9781463245894 • £89.00

450 pages • Hardback 254x178

October 2024

Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies Gorgias Press

9780884655077 • £9.95

128 pages • Paperback 178x127

November 2024

Holy Trinity Seminary Press

9780884654995 • £17.99 160 pages • Paperback 178x127

October 2024

Holy Trinity Seminary Press

THE COLLECTION OF WARDA

A CONTEXTUAL AND CHRISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Dahlia Azeez

A study of twenty hymns from the collection of liturgical hymns known as the “Book of Wardā” – hymns attributed to a poet from the thirteenth century named Gīwargīs Wardā. The hymns of this book are chanted during the liturgy of the Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East, and the Chaldean Church. A critical edition and translation is given for each poem, and the book includes a commentary on the themes expressed in the poems.

A RAY OF LIGHT

INSTRUCTIONS ON PIETY, THE PASSIONS, AND THE END TIMES

Panteleimon (Nizhnik)

A compilation of teachings on a perennial topic of fascination and concern for all Christians – the End Times. Also included are essays on the veneration of Holy Icons and the power of Holy Relics, and on the Church. This classic text of "Old Jordanville" has been freshly typeset and lightly edited and includes a short biography of the author Archimandrite Panteleimon (Niznik), the founder and first abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

THE PURSUIT OF GODLINESS

FIVE CENTURIES ON SPIRITUAL ASCENT

Irenei Steenberg

In this concise volume, Bishop Irenei renews his exploration of the patristic genre of centuries – 100 short paragraphs that can be read individually but are connected by a common theme. Here, His Grace offers five centuries that impart, in a mode comprehensible to the contemporary reader, eternal truths expressed by the Holy Fathers on Love, on the Church, and more.

EVE IN IRELAND

CONTROLLING AND SILENCING IRISH WOMEN, 1922–1972

Ailish McFadden

Eve in Ireland explores the political and cultural structures used to control Irish women between 1922 and 1972. It challenges the reader to reflect on a shameful and degrading aspect of Irish cultural history, one whose impact is still being felt today. A unique integration of historical research, original photographic material, archival images, official Catholic doctrine and Irish Government statements, Eve in Ireland will touch the hearts of many, and hopefully aid healing for generations of Irish women.

• Explores the political and cultural structures used to control Irish women between 1922 and 1972.

9781068664519 • £21.95

250 pages • Paperback

Illustrated

October 2024

The Liffey Press

AN OBSTACLE CONFUSION

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BARNEY MCKENNA

Jim McCann

The Dubliners are arguably the most popular Irish folk band in the world. Barney McKenna, one of the founder members, was also famous for another reason: he was capable of bringing any conversation to a sudden stop by uttering something completely unexpected. Lavishly illustrated, An Obstacle Confusion is a collection of the best ‘Barneyisms’, compiled by the late Jim McCann, a former member of the Dubliners. These wonderful flights of fancy are must-reads for Dubliners fans, young and old.

• Illustrated giftbook by iconic member of the Dubliners.

• Laugh-out-loud stories.

• Illustrations by acclaimed graphic artist Wendy Shea Launch to coincide with international tour of The Dubliners Encore

9781912589432 • £16.99

200 pages • Hardback 229x152

November 2024

Liberties Press

STORM IN MY HEART A LIFETIME IN MUSIC

John Faulkner, Foreword by President Michael D. Higgins and Andy Irvine

For more than six decades John Faulkner has been at the heart of British and Irish music-making, as a singer, songwriter, composer, musician, producer and film-maker. Storm in My Heart is John’s highly personal account of his life in music, from his childhood in wartime London, through his years in the English folk explosion and on to life in Ireland as a significant player in the traditional music scene. In this honest and witty memoir, John falls under the influence of Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger, marries tempestuous singer Dolores Keane, and moves to County Galway where he brings his words and music to the world. He has an international number one success with ‘Lion in a Cage’, his campaigning tribute to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, whom he subsequently meets.

• The author recalls his work with Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn, John Prine and others, revealing the dark arts of the Irish music business while revelling in the freewheeling delights of a life devoted to performing.

• Includes QR codes to a curated selection of John Faulkner’s music.

9781068664502 • £19.95

320 pages • Paperback 156x234 • Illustrated

October 2024

The Liffey Press

THE FLOWERING OF A WARATAH: NEUROLOGY IN AUSTRALIA

A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN NEUROLOGY AND OF ITS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mervyn J. Eadie

In Australia, clinical neurology emerged as a specialised area of medical practice a century ago, after World War I. Some twenty-five years later, the eight men then involved in neurological practice founded a professional association devoted to its further development. From the beginning they created, Australian neurology has developed progressively, and its story and that of The Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists is now extended to the present in this new edition of The Flowering of a Waratah.

• Extensive history of neurology in Australia, starting from 19th century, the pre-neurologist era.

• Beautifully produced in a dustjacketed hardback edition, featuring the waratah, insigne of the ANZAN.

• Foreword by Pamela McCombe, past president, ANZAN.

• Detailed index and comprehensive listing of publications by ANZAN and its members.

9781923068742 • £55.00

366 pages • Hardback 250x175

October 2024

Australian Scholarly Publishing

9781942155737 • £19.95

352 pages • Paperback

229x152 • B&w photos, maps

October 2024

Peter E. Randall Publishing

9781942155775 • £20.00

160 pages • Paperback 229x152 • B&w photographs

November 2024

Peter E. Randall Publishing

9781942155768 • £19.95

144 pages • Paperback 229x152 • Photographs

October 2024

Peter E. Randall Publishing

THE WAY IT WAS AUTOBIOGRAPHY: UNIQUE ISRAELI LEADER AND VISIONARY

Amos Horev

This important memoir, translated into English for the author’s 100th birthday, tells the life story of Maj. Gen. (ret.)

Amos Horev, a visionary leader whose contributions helped shape Israel’s growth across many fields. Horev reveals the stories of the daily lives of the fighters and commanders in the Palace – their failures, their successes, and most especially their motivation to fight to the end, even when the results were unknowable and the chances were slim.

EVERYONE'S TRASH

ONE MAN AGAINST 1.6 BILLION POUNDS

Duncan Watson

Each day, every single person in the United States, all 324 million, discards about five pounds of waste. Be it a bottle that gets placed in a recycling bin or a piece of paper crumpled and tossed into the waste bin, every bit of the daily 1.6 billion pounds cast-off has a story. This book is full of those stories. It will wake you up and give you hope.

9781942155799 • £27.95

224 pages • Paperback 254x178 • Colour photos

November 2024

Peter E. Randall Publishing

9781942155744 • £23.95

432 pages • Paperback 229x152 • Photographs, Newspaper clippings

November 2024

Peter E. Randall Publishing

WHAT'S WILD

A HALF CENTURY OF WISDOM FROM THE WOODS AND RIVERS OF NEW ENGLAND

Eric Orff

Eric Orff spent half a century as a “forest ranger who works with animals,” his stated dream job as a 7-year-old. A literal voice in the wilderness, he has shared his knowledge of the changing climate even when his audience didn’t want to believe it. His kind-hearted, humorous stories help connect us to the wild nature that lives within all of us.

9781942155782 • £19.95

160 pages • Paperback 229x152 • B&w photographs

December 2024

Peter E. Randall Publishing

AT MY PORTUGUESE TABLE

AZOREAN COOKING AND MORE

Maria Lawton

Maria, the beloved host of the awardwinning PBS series Maria's Portuguese Table, invites you to experience the rich flavors and cherished traditions of her heritage. Each recipe is a culinary journey back to her family table, filled with the warmth and love that define Portuguese culture. Whether you’re looking to explore new dishes or reconnect with your roots, this cookbook offers a delightful blend of authentic recipes and heartwarming stories that will make your kitchen the heart of your home.

MURDER AND MAYHEM

TRUE CRIME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM 1883–1915

Milli Knudsen

What would possess a man to decapitate his brother and bury the head in a neighboring state? In Murder and Mayhem, veteran author and genealogist Milli Knudsen looks at true crime in New Hampshire. In the years 1883-1915, criminals and good citizens learned to cope with new ways to commit crimes and how to protect themselves, thanks to emerging forensic science. Newspapers widely covered crimes, trials, creating an audience of true crime readers, similar to today.

KATIE GIRL

DEADLY GERMS, MODERN MEDICINE, AND A FAMILY'S FIGHT

John Bentley

The true story of a four-year-old girl with a life-threatening illness, the desperate fight of her doctors to keep her alive, and her family’s navigation of the aftermath of dramatic, lifechanging events. Informative and inspiring, Katie Girl offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a large metropolitan hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit, and the ability of individual family members to adapt to and overcome profound and unexpected changes.

9780822948162 • £45.00

320 pages • Hardback

229x152 • December 2024

University of Pittsburgh Press

9780822967330 • £16.00

272 pages • Paperback

229x152 • November 2024

University of Pittsburgh Press

9780822947950 • £50.00

424 pages • Hardback

229x152 • October 2024

Composition, Literacy, and Culture

University of Pittsburgh Press

BLACK URBAN HISTORY AT THE CROSSROADS

RACE AND PLACE IN THE AMERICAN CITY

Edited By Leslie M. Harris, Clarence Lang, Rhonda Y. Williams, Joe W. Trotter Jr

Drawing on significant recent scholarship on African American urban life over three centuries, this timely collection bridges disparate chronological, regional, topical, and thematic perspectives on the Black urban experience beginning with the Atlantic slave trade. Across ten cutting-edge chapters, leading scholars explore the many ways that urban Black people across the U.S. built their own communities and shaped their environment.

FROM THE STEEL CITY TO THE WHITE CITY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

AND THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

Zachary L. Brodt

Zachary Brodt explores Western Pennsylvania’s representation at Chicago’s Columbian Exposition, the first major step in demonstrating that Pittsburgh was more than simply America’s crucible – it was also a region of developing innovation. While Pittsburgh’s most famous contributions to the 1893 World’s Fair had a lasting impact, other exhibits provided a snapshot of the area’s industries, natural resources, and inventions.

SWARMS, VIRAL WRITING, AND THE LOCAL

RHETORIC AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS ACROSS NETWORKED PUBLICS

Carl W. Whithaus

Swarms, Viral Writing, and the Local examines the social and rhetorical dynamics around emerging writing technologies. Carl Whithaus argues that these dynamics work across networked publics as patterns of behavior and ways of interacting through and with multimodal texts. This rhetorical analysis shows the ongoing and evolving impacts of online public discourse.

9780822948391 • £47.00

328 pages • Hardback 229x152 • December 2024

Pitt Illuminations

University of Pittsburgh Press

9780822948117 • £39.00

152 pages • Hardback 216x140 • December 2024

Composition, Literacy, and Culture

University of Pittsburgh Press

9780822967415 • £28.00

309 pages • Paperback

229x152 • October 2024

Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century University of Pittsburgh Press

THE RETURN OF THE CONTEMPORARY

THE LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL IN THE END TIMES

Nicolás Campisi

Nicolás Campisi combines the fields of post-dictatorship studies and environmental humanities to analyze Latin American cultural production in the neoliberal age. Each chapter pairs two authors from different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean who create a common vocabulary in which to frame the various crises of the region’s present and recent past, such as climate change, forced migration, the collapse of state institutions, and the afterlives of slavery.

SENSITIVE RHETORICS

ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND CAMPUS ACTIVISM

Kendall Gerdes

What kind of harm can language and representation actually do, and how? Claims that students are too sensitive are familiar on and around college campuses. The ideas of cancel culture, safe spaces, and political correctness are used to shut down discussion and prevent students from being recognized as stakeholders in higher education and as advocates for their own interests. Sensitive Rhetorics contextualises and challenges the claims that college students are too sensitive and threaten academic freedom.

SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND THE PROTESTANT TRADITION

ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND CAMPUS ACTIVISM

James C. Ungureanu

The story of the “conflict thesis” between science and religion – the notion of perennial conflict or warfare between the two – is part of our modern self-understanding. Unravelling its origins, James Ungureanu argues that John William Draper (1811–1882) and Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918) hoped the enmity they orchestrated between religion and scientific progress would actually preserve religious belief.

9781985900486 • £27.00

396 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 40 b&w halftones

November 2024

Screen Classics

University Press of Kentucky

ERNEST LEHMAN

THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Jon Krampner

In Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success, author Jon Krampner lays bare the life of this lauded yet elusive character. Moving seamlessly from postproduction meetings to sound stages and onto the locations of Lehman's greatest films, Krampner's extensive biography brings to life the genius and singularity of the revered screenwriter's personality and the contributions he made to the world of cinema.

PB • 9781985901193 • £32.00

HB • 9781985901186 • £63.00

352 pages • 152x229

THE MAGIC HOURS

THE FILMS AND HIDDEN LIFE OF TERRENCE MALICK

John Bleasdale

This is the first true biography of this visionary filmmaker. Through interviews and in-depth research, John Bleasdale reveals the autobiographical grounding of many of Malick's greatest films, as well as the development of an experimental form of filmmaking that constantly expands the language of cinema.

19 b&w illustrations • December 2024

Screen Classics

University Press of Kentucky

9780819501103 • £26.50

416 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 49 b&w photos

February 2025

Wesleyan University Press

SIMONE FORTI

IMPROVISING A LIFE

Ann Cooper Albright

Simone Forti, a groundbreaking improvisor, has spent a lifetime weaving together the movement of her mind with the movement of her body to create a unique oeuvre situated at the intersection of dancing and art practices. In this beautifully written book, author Ann Cooper Albright braids archival research, extensive interviews, and detailed movement analyses of Forti's performances to provide the first kinesthetically-informed and criticallynuanced history of Forti's multifaceted and extensive career. This is the new in paperback edition of the first critical biography of this visionary artist written by a dance scholar.

9781985901179 • £25.00

536 pages • Paperback

536x235 • 130 b&w illustrations

November 2024

Screen Classics

University Press of Kentucky

9780819501882 • £21.95

128 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 30 b&w photos, 12 color plates

January 2025

Wesleyan University Press

MY PLACE IN THE SUN

LIFE IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD AND WASHINGTON

George Stevens

The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own distinguished career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America's major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir.

CIRCUMPOLAR CONNECTIONS

CREATIVE INDIGENOUS GEOGRAPHIES OF THE ARCTIC

Edited by Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Johannes Riquet

This is an innovatively foundational book about experiences and conceptions of geography in the circumpolar world. The book centers Arctic writers and artists as creators of space and disseminators of geographical knowledge emerging from Indigenous epistemologies. It collects newly commissioned poems, short stories, and essays that are accompanied by responses in the form of visual art, as well as brief academic reflections.

PB • 9780819501585 • £18.50

HB • 9780819501578 • £55.50

172 pages • 229x152

39 b&w halftones • March 2025

Wesleyan University Press

SO MUCH SECRET LABOR

JAMES WRIGHT AND TRANSLATION

Anne Wright, Saundra Rose

Maley, Jeffrey Katz

So Much Secret Labor is a window into the work of the great American poet, James Wright, whose love of languages and quest for the "true imagination" helped transform American poetry. The book draws on memoir, archival research, interviews, letters, and previous unpublished journal excerpts, presenting a scrupulous and intimate reading of Wright's work.

9780819501486 • £18.50

312 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 24 b&w photos

October 2024

Music/Culture

Wesleyan University Press

PB • 9780819501264 • £19.95

HB • 9780819501257 • £70.50

288 pages • 229x152

CARRIACOU STRING BAND SERENADE

PERFORMING IDENTITY IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN

Rebecca S. Miller

Born in the years leading up to Grenada's 1979 Socialist Revolution, the Parang Festival offers a vehicle for Carriacouans to articulate and assert a progressive understanding of local cultural identity as well as a regional, pan-Caribbean belonging. Using archival sources and current ethnography, Rebecca S. Miller examines the varying impact that factors such as cultural ambivalence, globalization, and technology have had on the performance of Carriacou's folk and traditional music and dance forms. Includes a web link allowing the reader to listen to a variety of musical examples.

THE IN-BETWEEN IN JAVANESE PERFORMING ARTS

HISTORY AND MYTH, INTERCULTURALISM AND INTERRELIGIOSITY

Sumarsam

PB • 9780819501417 • £19.95

HB • 9780819501400 • £62.95

288 pages • 229x152

STEPPING IN THE MADANG

SUSTAINING EXPRESSIVE ECOLOGIES OF KOREAN DRUMMING AND DANCE

Donna L. Kwon

14 b&w photos & drawings • October 2024

Music/Culture

Wesleyan University Press

PB • 9781985900974 • £23.00

HB • 9781985900967 • £45.00

224 pages • 216x140

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Javanese performing arts from their origins to their dynamic present. Renowned scholar and musician Sumarsam draws from a lifetime of immersion in both wayang and gamelan to guide readers through the concept of the "in-between," revealing how the interplay of dualisms— forms the bedrock of Javanese performance.

HAINT COUNTRY

DARK FOLKTALES FROM THE HILLS AND HOLLERS

Edited by Matthew R. Sparks, Olivia Sizemore

The hills of the Appalachia region hold secrets. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling and creepy folk tales that reveal strange sightings, curious oddities and commonly serve as cautionary tales for eager and curious ears. Documented for the first time, Haint Country is a collection of weird, otherworldly and supernatural phenomenon in Eastern Kentucky.

28 b&w illustrations • October 2024

University Press of Kentucky

11 tables, 21 figures • November 2024

Music/Culture

Wesleyan University Press

PB • 9781985900653 • £23.50

HB • 9781985900646 • £45.00

208 pages • 216x140

October 2024

University Press of Kentucky

9781950564484 • £20.00

272 pages • Paperback

272x216

November 2024

University Press of Kentucky

The madang is a key space and concept for Korean drummers and dancers. Literally a village circle, the madang is also a metaphor for an expressive occasion or cultural space of embodied participation. Ethnomusicology professor Donna L. Kwon contends that the participatory way of being that is cultivated in the madang counteracts the fossilization of tradition by bringing folk practices more fully into the embodied present, even if in an idealized fashion.

I COULD NAME GOD IN TWELVE WAYS ESSAYS

Karen Salyer McElmurray

Award-winning writer Karen Salyer McElmurray details her life’s journey across continents and decades in a poetic collection. At turns lyrical, poignant, and alluring, McElmurray probes her personal history from the stance of different places, perspectives, and vulnerabilities as she tenderly and fiercely searches for acceptance and a place to call home.

DROWNED TOWN

Jayne Moore Waldrop

Drowned Town explores the multigenerational impact caused by the loss of home and illuminates the joys and sorrows of a group of people bound together by western Kentucky's Land Between the Lakes. The narrative follows two women whose lives are shaped by their friendship and connection to the place, and their stories go back and forth in time to show how the creation of the lakes both healed and hurt the people connected to them.

PB • 9781950564453 • £27.00

HB • 9781950564446 • £36.00

304 pages • 152x229

November 2024

University Press of Kentucky

9798985787467 • £17.50

240 pages • Paperback

222x152

January 2025

Flood Editions

Wesleyan University Press

9780822967286 • £15.00

80 pages • Paperback

203x152

October 2024

Pitt Poetry Series

University of Pittsburgh Press

THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES A

NOVEL

Tammy Oberhausen

The Evolution of the Gospelettes follows the Holliman family and their transformation from old-time gospel singers in the 1970s to performers on a televangelist program in the 1980s to founding members of a megachurch in the 1990s. As the new millennium approaches, daughter Jeannie, whose beliefs have evolved and irreversibly departed from her family's, fears what will happen the more entrenched they become in fundamentalist thinking and finds herself in a fight to save the people she loves from self-destruction.

THREE ROANS IN THE SHALLOWS, ONE OF THEM BLUE SELECTED POEMS

Merrill Gilfillan

A selection from fifty years of Merrill Gilfillan's lyrical and vivid poetry. This collection draws from more than a dozen volumes since his first book appeared in 1970, concluding with three short "poetic diaries" in the tradition of Japanese haibun. Wistful, joyful, resonant with "Season through place, / Place in season, in place," the hundred various poems – landscapes, epistles, "tunes meant for whistling" –are propelled throughout by affinity, reflection, and requital.

ABSENT HERE

POEMS

Bret Shepard

Winner of the 2023 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. Landscape and language drive the poems in Absent Here, which explore loss, community, the changing environment, and whiteness of skin and scenery against the backdrop of the Alaskan North Slope of the author’s youth. More than mere background, the land and water become characters in their own right, guiding syntactic forms and flowing reflections.

9780822948360 • £19.00

168 pages • Hardback 222x146

October 2024

Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize

University of Pittsburgh Press

9798985787474 • £18.95

336 pages • Paperback 222x152

March 2025

Flood Editions

Wesleyan University Press

HB • 9780819501332 • £36.95

PB • 9780819501349 • £18.50

288 pages • 229x152

OBLIGATIONS OF THE WOUNDED STORIES

Mubanga Kalinmamukwento

In formally adventurous stories rooted in Zambian literary tradition, Obligations to the Wounded explores the expectations and burdens of womanhood in Zambia and for Zambian women living abroad. The collection converses with global social problems through the depiction of games, social media feuds, letters, and folklore to illustrate how girls and women manage religious expectation, migration, loss of language, death, intimate partner violence, and racial discrimination.

ARK

Ronald Johnson, Edited by Peter O’Leary

A new edition of Ronald Johnson's masterpiece.

"Of all the ambitious, syncretic, idiosyncratic, American modernist long poems (and we have had more than a few), ARK is the most spiritual, the most celebratory, and maybe the most fun."— Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker

"The poem begins and ends with the U.S. space program, reaches back to ancient Egypt and the myth of Eden, and stops to acknowledge the author's own native Kansas. Though its cosmic ambitions may remind some of Pound's Cantos, or Louis Zukofsky's "A", it is more fun, and happier, than its precursors."—

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

DEAR YUSEF

ESSAYS, LETTERS, AND POEMS, FOR AND ABOUT ONE MR. KOMUNYAKAA

Edited by John Murillo

3 b&w halftones illustrations • November 2024

Wesleyan University Press

This carefully and generously curated mosaic of essays, letters, and poems reveals the profound impact that poet Yusef Komunyakaa has had on poets, educators, and readers worldwide. The anthology brings together creative and critical offerings from fellow poets, former students, literary entities, and other admirers. Together these pieces honor one of the most influential writers of the last half century.

9780819501523 • £19.50

72 pages • Hardback

229x152

February 2025

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Wesleyan University Press

9780819501851 • £11.95

72 pages • Paperback

229x152

March 2025

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Wesleyan University Press

HB • 9780819501547 • £44.50

PB • 9780819501554 • £14.95

188 pages • 229x152

February 2025

Wesleyan University Press

ARS POETICAS

Juliana Spahr

Lyric meditations on writing poetry in a time of ecological crisis and right wing populism. During the time of an increasingly powerful alt-right, Juliana Spahr sat down to read Brecht. She was looking for an answer to Brecht's question about the dark times, about whether there will also be singing during the dark times. The answer that Brecht provides is yes, poets will sing of the dark times. In the six ars poeticas that Spahr writes, she sings of the dark times but also of coral, the pop song's possible liberation, and the love of comrades.

9780819501196 • £21.95

208 pages • Hardback 229x152

October 2024

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Wesleyan University Press

FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON THE BODY-MIND PROBLEM

Rachel Trousdale

Winner of the 2024 Cardinal Poetry Prize. Rachel Trousdale’s experimental poetry explores how the interplay between the mind and body illuminates our most important relationships, whether with other humans, wild spaces, or works of art. Inhabited by crows, yetis, coral reefs, and aliens, these poems playfully examine the intensity and conflict of romantic love; the entropic joys of parenthood; illness and grief; and the ways our physical loves and intangible losses teach us responsibility to the world around us.

THEATRE OF CHANCE

NATIVE CELEBRITIES OF NOTHING IN AN EXISTENTIAL COLONY

Gerald Vizenor

Theatre of Chance is the final instalment in a series of novels. The characters continue their adventures from the White Earth Reservation to an existential colony: the urban reservation in Minneapolis. Basile, the native elder, has become an editorial writer, and the stowaways continue their creative puppet parleys in the context of the historical moment.

PB • 9780819501820 • £12.50

HB • 9780819501875 • £19.95

104 pages • 229x178

12 figures • March 2025

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Wesleyan University Press

9798985787450 • £13.95

112 pages • Paperback 190x133

January 2025

Flood Editions

Wesleyan University Press

BETWEEN THE NIGHT AND ITS MUSIC

NEW AND SELECTED POEMS

A. B. Spellman

Edited by Lauri Scheyer

A. B. Spellman is an acclaimed American poet, music critic, and arts administrator. He is widely recognized as a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, a cultural and literary movement that emphasized Black identity, pride, and artistic expression. Between the Night and Its Music brings together Spellman's early work with a collection of powerful new poems. This is an essential volume for readers already familiar with Spellman, and an excellent introduction for new readers.

THE MUSEUM OF UNNATURAL HISTORIES

Annie Wenstrup

This extraordinary debut poetry collection by Dena'ina poet Annie Wenstrup delicately parses personal history in the space of an imagined museum. Meticulously refined and delicately crafted, Wenstrup's poems weave together the lived experiences of an Alaskan Native person and the histories of unresolved colonial. Through love letters, received forms and found text, the poems reclaim their right to interpret, reinvent and even disregard artifacts of their own mythos.

SHE IS THE EARTH

Ali Cobby Eckermann

Ali Cobby Eckermann's sparse, visionary poem follows the contours of an Australian landscape and dreamscape, accompanied by magpie and owl, sun and moon, as well as a daughter named Blessing. With a reciprocity between inner and outer realities, She Is the Earth tells a story of becoming, "a ritual made of self."

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