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The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers and astonishing discoveries around the globe A Little History of Archaeology Brian Fagan What is archaeology? Golden pharaohs and lost civilisations, Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art? Archaeology is all of these, but also far more: the only science to encompass the entire span of human history – more than three million years! A delight for curious readers of all ages, this Little History introduces archaeology’s discoveries, heroes and scoundrels, global sites, and newest technological advances. It also illuminates notorious controversies in the field, including those surrounding the world-famous monuments of Stonehenge.

Brian Fagan is emeritus professor of anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an internationally recognised authority on global prehistory and the author of dozens of books on archaeological topics.

40 b/w illus.

April 2018 Hardback ISBN 978-0-300-22464-1 £14.99/$25.00

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An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control How to Rig an Election Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas Co-authors Cheeseman and Klaas reveal the limitations of the electoral process around the world as a means of promoting democratisation and reveal the six essential strategies that dictators use to ensure their own victories in popular elections. Based on the authors’ firsthand electionwatching experiences and their hundreds of interviews with presidents, prime ministers, diplomats and conspirators, this fascinating and sobering overview of corrupted politics is a clarion call for new solutions that will protect democracy from authoritarian subversion.

Nic Cheeseman is professor of democracy at the University of Birmingham and founding editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics.

Brian Klaas is a fellow in comparative politics at the London School of Economics.

2 b/w illus.

April 2018 Hardback ISBN 978-0-300-20443-8 £18.99/$26.00

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A new paperback edition of this classic text, by one of the foremost Marxist critics of his generation Why Marx Was Right Terry Eagleton In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism – that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on – he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx’s own thought these assumptions are. ‘[An] excellent book.’ – Owen Hatherley, Guardian ‘A short, witty, and highly accessible jaunt through Marx’s thought in preparation for the second coming.’

– Frank Barry, Irish Times

March 2018 Paperback ISBN 978-0-300-23106-9 £10.99/$16.00

‘If Terry Eagleton didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’

Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers

A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order Radical Sacrifice Terry Eagleton In this comprehensive analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that sacrifice has long been misunderstood. Pursuing the complex lineage of sacrifice in a lyrical discourse, Eagleton offers a deep and virtuosic analysis that draws together a host of philosophers, theologians and texts – from Hegel, Nietzsche and Derrida, to the Aeneid, the Old and New Testaments and The Wings of the Dove. These brilliant meditations cast off misperceptions of barbarity to reconnect the radical idea to politics and revolution.

Terry Eagleton is Distinguished Professor of English Literature, University of Lancaster, and the author of more than fifty books in the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology and religion.

March 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-23335-3 £18.99/$25.00

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The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages The Siege of Acre, 1189–1191 Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle that Decided the Third Crusade John D. Hosler The first comprehensive history of the two-year-long siege of Acre, the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade, this engrossing account draws on a balanced selection of Christian and Muslim sources to provide a full analysis of the tactical, strategic, organisational and technological aspects of the monumental conflict. Historian John D. Hosler integrates military, political and religious themes, and offers fresh perspectives on Richard the Lionheart, France’s King Philip Augustus and their able adversary, the Egyptian Sultan Saladin.

John D. Hosler is associate professor of military history at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His previous books include Henry II: A Medieval Soldier at War, 1147–1189.

8 pp. b/w illus.

May 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-21550-2 £25.00/$30.00

A vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars Trading in War London’s Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson Margarette Lincoln The unruly riverside of London was home to ordinary Londoners who played a pivotal role in the struggle to defeat Napoleon. This rich study immerses readers in a lost maritime world, replete with human stories involving crime and violence but also industry and endurance. Margarette Lincoln’s carefully researched work examines the lives of everyday citizens who backed Britain’s rise as global sea power in the age of Admiral Nelson and the explorer James Cook.

Margarette Lincoln was director of research and collections and, from 2001, deputy director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

She is now a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London.

20 colour illus.

April 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-22748-2 £25.00/$35.00

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An exposé of Hitler’s relationship with film and his influence on the film industry

Hitler and Film The Führer’s Hidden Passion Bill Niven A presence in Third Reich cinema, Adolf Hitler also personally financed, ordered, and censored films and newsreels and engaged in complex relationships with their stars and directors. In this first English-language work to fully explore Hitler’s influence on and relationship to film in Nazi Germany, Bill Niven calls on archival sources to present a powerful argument about Hitler’s fascination with film as a means to further the Nazi agenda.

Bill Niven is professor of contemporary German history at Nottingham Trent University and the author of many works on 20th-century German history, including Facing the Nazi Past and The Buchenwald Child.

17 b/w illus.

March 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-20036-2 £25.00/$30.00

The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia’s much-feared, elite organised crime class: the vory v zakone (‘thieves in law’) The Vory Russia’s Super Mafia Mark Galeotti The Vory, Russia’s mafia, was born early in the 20th century, largely in the gulags and prison camps, where they developed their unique culture and code. Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organised crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police alike. Based on two decades of on-the-ground research, this first English-language study details the Vory’s journey to power, from their early days through Stalinism and the Soviet experiment to their adaptation to modern-day Russia and global spread.

Mark Galeotti is senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations, Prague. An expert and prolific author on transnational crime and Russian security affairs, his books include Global Crime Today.

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April 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-18682-6 £20.00/$28.00

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Discover the extraordinary woman behind one of the most famous images of motherhood in Western art Whistler’s Mother Portrait of an Extraordinary Life Daniel E. Sutherland and Georgia Toutziari This crisp biographical portrait reveals the life of the figure depicted in James McNeill Whistler’s famous painting known as Whistler’s Mother.

Daniel E. Sutherland is distinguished professor of history, University of Arkansas. Georgia Toutziari is an independent art historian in London.

60 colour + b/w illus.

March 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-22968-4 £18.99/$30.00

Also Available: Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake March 2018

A powerful biography of the internationally renowned writer who created one of the most enduring characters in children’s literature Astrid Lindgren The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking Jens Andersen Translated by Caroline Waight The first English-language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon whose Pippi Longstocking books have influenced generations of young readers all over the world. Based on extensive research and access to primary sources and letters, the story of Lindgren’s sometimes turbulent life is chronicled in fascinating detail, including her battles with depression and her personal struggles through war, poverty, unwed motherhood and fame.

Jens Andersen is an award-winning author whose works include a highly acclaimed biography of Hans Christian Andersen. He lives in Denmark and serves as literary critic for several Danish newspapers. Caroline Waight is an award-winning freelance translator from Danish and German.

56 b/w illus.

April 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-22610-2 £25.00/$30.00

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An exploration of what it means to be fabulous – and why eccentric style, fashion and creativity are more crucial than ever Fabulous The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric madison moore Is being fabulous only about style, narcissism and selfies? Or can acts of fabulousness be political gestures, too? madison moore travels from catwalks to nightclubs to the street, profiling a range of creative powerhouses to explore these questions. A riveting synthesis of autobiography, cultural analysis and ethnography, moore’s study examines how extreme risk-taking in style, creativity, and performance allows queer, black and other marginalised outsiders to gain a voice in a world where they are not supposed to exist. madison moore is a DJ and cultural critic whose writing has appeared in Aperture, Out and Interview. He is currently director of the Queer@King’s Research Centre at King’s College, London. He lives in London and Berlin.

25 colour + 6 b/w illus.

June 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-20470-4 £18.99/$26.00

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Manner of dress and biography come together with explorations of masculinity and sexuality to create a new fashion-scape of late 18th-century British men Pretty Gentlemen Macaroni Men and the Eighteenth-Century Fashion World Peter McNeil The term ‘macaroni’ was once as familiar a sartorial term as ‘punk’ or ‘hipster’ is today. In this beautifully illustrated book devoted to notable 18th-century British male fashion, award-winning author and fashion historian Peter McNeil brings together fashion, biography, and historical events with the broader visual and material culture of the late 18th century.

For thirty years, macaroni was a highly topical term, yielding a complex set of social, sexual and cultural associations. Pretty Gentlemen is grounded in surviving dress, archival documents, and art spanning hierarchies and genres, from scurrilous caricature to respectful portrait painting.

Peter McNeil is a major figure in fashion history with an extensive record of publishing and public speaking in the fields of English, French and Australian fashion, design and the applied arts.

150 illus.

March 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-21746-9 £35.00/$45.00

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This book traces and interprets Picasso’s lifelong achievement as a draughtsman, detailing how drawing serves as the vital thread connecting his entire body of work Picasso and the Art of Drawing Christopher Lloyd In this generously illustrated and lively book, Christopher Lloyd sets out and interprets the lifelong achievement of Picasso as a draughtsman.

Although there have been many publications about his drawings that have tended to focus on particular periods of his career, this stunning volume specifically examines how drawing serves as the vital thread connecting all of Picasso’s art, just as it also links his private world with his public persona of which he was becoming increasingly aware in his later years.

Picasso and the Art of Drawing ultimately showcases how the basis of the titular artist’s style as painter, sculptor, printmaker and designer was manifestly achieved through drawing.

Christopher Lloyd is an independent scholar and curator and previously served as Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures in the British Royal Collection until his retirement in 2005.

143 colour illus.

February 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-23480-0 £24.95/$35.00 Distributed for the Modern Art Press

The first and only book to focus on Monet’s work through his representation of architecture.

Accompanies an Exhibition at the National Gallery, London, April–July 2018.

Monet and Architecture Richard Thomson In an innovative approach, Richard Thomson considers Claude Monet’s paintings of buildings in their environment, offering a reappraisal of an artist more often associated with landscapes, seascapes and gardens.

Buildings fulfilled various roles in Monet’s canvases; some are chiefly compositional devices while others throw into sharp contrast the forms of man-made construction against the irregularity of nature, or suggest the absent presence of humans. The theme was both central and consistent over five decades of his 60-year career.

Written by a renowned expert on Impressionism, this book covers Monet’s representations of historical buildings, inner cities, beach resorts, railway bridges and stations, suburban housing and busy harbours – subjects spanning northern France, the Mediterranean, and the cities of Rouen, London and Venice. In addition to 75 great paintings by Monet, this thematic, picture-led book includes a wealth of comparative material, such as postcards, posters, original travel photography, and rarely-seen aerial photography that sets Monet’s work firmly in its historical, cultural and social framework.

Richard Thomson is Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh.

180 colour + b/w illus.

Published by National Gallery Company Distributed by Yale University Press

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April 2018 Paper over Board ISBN 978-1-85709-617-0 £25.00/$30.00

A writer for whom the journey has always mattered reinvents the very form itself in this inviting collection of in-the-moment impressions of his journeys Journeying Claudio Magris Translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel A world-celebrated travel writer reinvents the very form itself in this inviting collection of in-the-moment impressions of his journeys to Spain, Germany, Poland, Norway, Vietnam, Iran, Australia and beyond. Travelling with a variety of beloved companions, the author sought the kind of journey ‘that occurs when you abandon yourself to [the gentle current of time] and to whatever life brings’. Through insightful and vivid depictions of people and places along the way, he proves that wandering is equal part wondering.

Claudio Magris is professor emeritus of modern German literature, University of Trieste, and an internationally acclaimed author who has received the Franz Kafka Prize. He lives in Trieste, Italy. Anne Milano Appel received the Italian Prose in Translation Award for Claudio Magris’s novel Blindly.

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May 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-21851-0 £16.99/$25.00 The Margellos World Republic of Letters

A bestselling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries Packing My Library An Elegy and Ten Digressions Alberto Manguel In this poignant and personal reevaluation of his life as a reader, bestselling author and renowned bibliophile Alberto Manguel meditates upon his vast personal library, libraries in general, and the relationships between readers and books. Offering delightful insights into the idiosyncrasies of book lovers, the author also considers catastrophic events in the history of libraries (the burning of ancient Alexandria’s library, modern library lootings by ISIS) and underscores the central role of books in every democratic, civilised and engaged society.

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Alberto Manguel prefers to define himself as a reader and a lover of books, yet he is also a writer, translator, editor and critic, as well as the director of the National Library of Argentina.

March 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-21933-3 £16.99/$23.00

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Exploring the less extravagant gardens of 16th- and 17th-century British county gentry, this extensively illustrated book presents a picture of gardeners and their daily activities Gardens and Gardening in Early Modern England and Wales Jill Francis The extravagant gardens of the 16th- and 17th-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest gardens of the rural county gentry have rarely been examined. Jill Francis presents new, never-before published material as well as fresh interpretations of previously examined sources to reveal gardening as a practical activity in which a broad spectrum of society was engaged – from the labourers who dug, manured and weeded, to the gentleman owners who sought to create gardens that both exemplified their personal tastes and displayed their wealth and status. Enhanced by beautiful and compelling illustrations, this book contributes to a broader understanding of early modern society and its culture by situating the activity of gardening within the wider social and cultural concerns of the age, reflecting the anxieties, hopes and aspirations of people at the time.

Jill Francis is an independent scholar who teaches history at the University of Birmingham and the University of Worcester.

200 colour + b/w illus.

Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

June 2018 Paper over Board ISBN 978-0-300-23208-0 £35.00/$60.00

A beautiful book that argues artists were fascinated by still life painting considerably earlier than previously thought Still Life Before Still Life David Ekserdjian This eloquent and generously illustrated book asserts that artists were fascinated by and extremely skilled at still life significantly earlier than previous thought. Instead of beginning in the early 17th century, noted scholar David Ekserdjian explores the origins of the genre in classical antiquity and the gradual re-emergence of still life in Renaissance painting. The author presents a visual anthology of finely executed flowers, fruit, food, household objects and furnishings seen in the background of paintings. Paintings are reproduced in full and paired with detailed close-ups of still-life elements within the work.

Ekserdjian further examines both the artistic and symbolic significance of a chosen detail, as well as information about each artist’s career. Featured works include radiant paintings from Renaissance greats like da Vinci, Dürer, Holbein, Michelangelo, Raphael and van Eyck, as well as the work of less-celebrated masters Barthélemy d’Eyck and Ortolano.

David Ekserdjian is professor of history of art and film, University of Leicester.

212 colour illus.

March 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-300-19017-5 £45.00/$55.00

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