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TABLE OF CONTENTS
HISTORY AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................................ 5
IRREGULAR WAR Islamic State and the New Threat from the Margins | Paul Rogers ........ 6
WHO IS HILLARY CLINTON? Two Decades of Answers from the Left | Richard Kreitner . 7
Introduction by Katha Pollitt ....................................................................................................................... 7
CEO, CHINA The Rise of Xi Jinping | Kerry Brown .............................................................................. 8
WHY COLD WAR AGAIN? How America Lost Russia | Stephen F. Cohen ................................ 9
GREECE, THE DECADE OF WAR Occupation, Resistance and Civil War | David Brewer 10
ALEPPO The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City | Philip Mansel ........................... 11
THE WINCHESTER An American Icon | Laura Trevelyan ............................................................ 12
A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE OTTOMANS The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts |
Suraiya Faroqhi .............................................................................................................................................. 13
I.B.TAURIS SHORT HISTORIES SERIES ................................................................................................. 14
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE NORMANS | Leonie V Hicks ............................................................. 15
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY | Kenneth Morgan ................................ 16
TRAVEL & BIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................ 17
GOTHAM RISING New York in the 30s | Jules Stewart Foreword by Amor Towles........... 18
THE ART OF EXILE A Vagabond Life | John Freely .......................................................................... 19
REAGAN | Iwan Morgan .............................................................................................................................. 20
EVITA The Life of Eva Perón | Jill Hedges ............................................................................................ 21
BEYOND CONSTANTINOPLE The Memoirs of an Ottoman Jew | Victor Eskenazi.............. 22
VENICE A Literary Guide for Travellers | Marie-José Gransard ................................................. 23
SCOTLAND A Literary Guide for Travellers | Garry MacKenzie ................................................. 24
BERLIN A Literary Guide for Travellers | Paul Sullivan and Marcel Krueger ...................... 25
ANDALUCIA A Literary Guide for Travellers | Andrew and Suzanne Edwards ................... 26
RELIGION & CLASSICS ............................................................................................................................................... 27
GENERATION M New Muslims, New Style | Shelina Janmohamed ........................................... 28
AFTERLIFE A History of Life after Death | Philip C Almond ...................................................... 29
UNDERSTANDING CLASSICS series ............................................................................................................................ 30
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FILM, TV & CULTURAL STUDIES......................................................................................................................... 31
WINTER IS COMING The Medieval World of Game of Thrones | Carolyne Larrington .... 32
JOURNALISM IN AN AGE OF TERROR Covering and Uncovering the Secret State | John
Lloyd .................................................................................................................................................................... 33
EXPERIMENTAL FASHION Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body |
Francesca Granata ......................................................................................................................................... 34
ADVENTURES IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS Ethical Dilemmas in Factual Filmmaking |
edited by James Quinn ................................................................................................................................. 35
NEW IN PAPERBACK .................................................................................................................................................. 37
THE FOG OF PEACE The Human Face of Conflict Resolution | Gabrielle Rifkind and
Giandomenico Picco...................................................................................................................................... 38
UNDER THE BLACK FLAG At the Frontier of the New Jihad | Sami Moubayed ................. 39
BOKO HARAM Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War | M.J. Smith ............................................................... 40
FRONTLINE UKRAINE Crisis in the Borderlands | Richard Sakwa ........................................... 41
THE DEVIL A New Biography | Philip C. Almond ............................................................................ 42
UNDERSTANDING THE QUR'AN Themes and Style | Muhammad Abdel Haleem .............. 43
BABYLON Legend, History and the Ancient City | Michael Seymour ...................................... 44
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IRREGULAR WAR Islamic State and the New Threat from the Margins
Paul Rogers
Key Selling Points
Hugely topical with current events in the Middle East and the rise of ISIS
Paul Rogers is an expert in the field Puts ISIS into global and historical
context - of interest to general readers and specialists
JUNE 2016
£18.99
224 PAGES
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SECURITY
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If the rise of Islamic State can overthrow powerful
states in a matter of weeks, what kind of a secure
future can the world expect? After more than a decade
of the war on terror, security specialists thought that
Islamist paramilitary movements were in decline; the
threat from ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Boko Haram in
Nigeria, al-Qaida in Yemen, the chaos in Libya and the
return of the Taliban in Afghanistan have all shown
that to be wishful thinking. Once again the West is at
war in the Middle East.
Paul Rogers, the distinguished global security
specialist, provides a much-needed look at the rise of
such global terrorist movements from the margins and
presents a new argument as troubling as it is
compelling. While Islamic State has taken root in the
Middle East and North Africa and has increasing
impact across the world as thousands of young men
and women rally to its cause, Rogers argues that it
should be seen not just as a threat in its own right but
as a marker of a much more dangerous world riddled
with irregular war.
Author Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and the Global Security Consultant for the Oxford Research Group. He is a leading expert in the field of international security, arms control and political violence with over 30 years’ experience. Rogers is a regular commentator on global security issues in both national and international media, and is International Security Editor for Open Democracy. He is the author of Why We’re Losing the War on Terror, and Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century.
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WHO IS HILLARY CLINTON? Two Decades of Answers from the Left
Richard Kreitner
Introduction by Katha Pollitt
FEBRUARY 2016
£ 12.99
384 PAGES
POLITICS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Description
‘She’s a radical feminist. She’s just a
wife. She’s Emma Goldman in a pantsuit.
She’s a corporate sellout. She’s a liberal.
She’s conservative. She’ll move all
women forward. Yeah, right: The only
woman she cares about is herself.’
from Katha Pollitt’s Introduction
Who is Hillary Clinton really? Her identity as a feminist, as
a wife, as a woman, as a liberal and as a potential
President of the United States has been debated and
contested for more than 20 years. Chief amongst these
debates, The Nation has, over the years, examined her
from every angle from First Lady in 1993, to New York
Senator in 2000 to Democratic Presidential hopeful today.
This book is a fascinating time-lapse depiction of the
leading Democratic presidential candidate as seen from
the left. But it is also much more than that. A carefully-
edited anthology of The Nation’s coverage of Clinton’s
career, it’s a rigorous and painstaking study of one of our
most enigmatic public figures. It is a history of our time,
and a must-read for the 2016 election season, providing
perspective on the woman who could become the first
female President of the United States.
Contributors include David Corn, Erica Jong, Christopher
Hitchens, Michael Tomasky, William Greider, Ari Berman,
Barbara Ehrenreich, Chris Hayes, Jessica Valenti, Richard
Kim, Joan Walsh, Jamelle Bouie, Doug Henwood, Heather
Digby Parton, Michelle Goldberg, and many more.
Author Richard Kreitner is Special Assistant to the Publisher at The Nation. Katha Pollit is the winner of two National Magazine Awards, has contributed to The Nation magazine for several decades. Her most recent book is Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (2014).
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CEO, CHINA The Rise of Xi Jinping
Kerry Brown
APRIL 2016
£20
288 PAGES
CURRENT AFFAIRS
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Key Selling Points
Bestselling author of The New Emperors which was widely reviewed to critical acclaim
Must-have book for understanding the new China and its powerful leader
Description
In CEO China, the noted China expert Kerry Brown
reveals the hidden story of the rise of the man dubbed
the ‘Chinese Godfather’. Brown investigates his
relationship with his revolutionary father, who was
expelled by Mao during the Cultural Revolution, his
business dealings and allegiances in China’s regional
power struggles and his role in the internal battle
raging between the old men of the Deng era and the
new super-rich ‘princelings’. Xi Jinping’s China is
powerful, aggressive and single-minded and this book
will become a must-read for the Western world.
Praise for The New Dragons
'A rare example of informed, forensic enquiry... The New Emperors is an essential read.' Isobel Hilton, Observer
'Unique... [Kerry Brown] creates something of a map of power within contemporary China.' Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Wall Street Journal
'Brown provides a great introduction to the world of elite Chinese politics’ Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
'An impressive, eye-opening study of the seven men who rule China.' Julia Lovell, The Telegraph
Author Kerry Brown is the Professor of Chinese Studies at King's College London and Director of the Lau China Institute. He was formerly the Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House. With 20 years experience of life in China, he has worked in education, business and government, including a term as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing. He writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and The Observer amongst others, as well as for many international and Chinese media outlets.
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WHY COLD WAR AGAIN? How America Lost Russia
Stephen F. Cohen
JULY 2016
£10.99
224 PAGES
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
RUSSIAN STUDIES
Description
The new East-West conflict, which broke out over
the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, but which long
predated it and soon spread through Europe and to
the Middle East, is potentially the worst US-Russian
confrontation in more than fifty years — and the
most fateful. A negotiated resolution is possible,
but time may be running out. In this book,
renowned Russia scholar and media commentator
Stephen F. Cohen traces the history of this East-
West relationship in the ‘Inter Cold War’ period —
the years from the purported end of the preceding
Cold War, in 1990-1991, to what he has long
argued would be a new and even more dangerous
Cold War. Cohen’s historical and contemporary
analysis is insightful, thought-provoking and
essential reading for anyone seeking to understand
relations between the West and post-Soviet Russia.
Praise for The Victims Return ‘Cohen does a good job of rattling the skeletons in its [Russia’s] closet’ The Washington Post ‘Cohen sheds fascinating new light on two former prisoners who, in spite of their suffering, remained committed communists on release, found work in the party's central committee, and used their high-level access to open Khrushchev's eyes.’ Jonathan Steele, The Guardian ‘Commendable’ The Observer
Author Stephen F. Cohen is a leading scholar of Russia, media commentator and author of several widely acclaimed books. He is Professor of Russian Studies and History at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Politics at Princeton. His books include Failed Crusade: America and the Tragedy of Post-Communist Russia, Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War and The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin (I.B.Tauris).
ESSENTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE NEW EAST-WEST CRISIS
FROM RENOWNED RUSSIA ANALYST
STEPHEN F. COHEN
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GREECE, THE DECADE OF WAR Occupation, Resistance and Civil War
David Brewer
FEBRUARY 2016
£20
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336 PAGES
HISTORY
Key Selling Points
Acclaimed historian of Greece Tumultuous period of Greek history Under-studied area of World War II
Description
During the 1940s Greece was torn apart twice, first by World War II and second by Civil War.
Beginning in 1941, the occupation of Greece by Germany was intensely brutal. Children starved on the streets of Athens. The Jewish population was decimated in the Holocaust. Heroic acts of resistance – performed in concert with the SOE – were met with vicious reprisals. When Greece was finally freed from Nazi rule in 1944, the fractured and embittered nation became engulfed in civil war, as conflict flared between the British and American-sponsored government and communist-led rebels. Acclaimed historian of Greece David Brewer here investigates this tumultuous decade in Greece’s modern history, providing a compelling military and political history.
Praise for Greece, the Hidden Centuries
‘David Brewer's book is by far the best work that I have read on the Turkokrateia, the hidden centuries when what is now Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks.. thoroughly researched and very well written, and it opens up for the general reader a fascinating and little known era of history. Highly recommended.’ John Freely, bestselling author of Strolling through Istanbul ‘a fine achievement’
Times Literary Review
Author David Brewer is the author of Greece, the Hidden Centuries and The Flame of Freedom: The Greek War of Independence, 1821-1833. After studying Classics at Oxford University he divided his working life between teaching, journalism and business before devoting himself to the study of the history of Greece.
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ALEPPO The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City
Philip Mansel
FEBRUARY 2016
£17.99
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272 PAGES
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Philip Mansel is a bestselling author and an expert on Levantine history
The first trade history of Aleppo Invaluable to all those interested in
the magnificent history of this now-ruined city
Description
Aleppo lies in ruins. Its streets are plunged in darkness,
most of its population has fled. But this was once a
vibrant world city, where Muslims, Christians and Jews
lived and traded together in peace. Few places are as
ancient and diverse as Aleppo – one of the oldest,
continuously inhabited cities in the world – successively
ruled by the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Arab,
Ottoman and French empires.
In the first history of Aleppo in English, Dr Philip Mansel
vividly describes its decline from a pinnacle of cultural
and economic power, a poignant testament to a city
shattered by Syria's civil war.
Praise for the book
‘a magnificent history’
The Spectator
'Philip Mansel, our greatest authority on the civilisation
of the Levant, has written a characteristically concise and
elegant elegy to one of the oldest, grandest, and most
cosmopolitan cities of the region.’
William Dalrymple
‘An important and outstanding book’
Eugene Rogan, author of
The Arabs and The Fall of the Ottomans
Author Philip Mansel is a historian of France and the Middle East. He has lived in Paris, Beirut and Istanbul, and often visited Aleppo. In 2012 he won the London Library Life in Literature Award, and in 2013 became a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. His most recent publication is The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon (2015). Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria’s Great Merchant City is his third book on cosmopolitan cities of the Middle East, after Constantinople: City of the World's Desire (1995), on Istanbul, and Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean (2010), on Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut.
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THE WINCHESTER An American Icon
Laura Trevelyan
AUGUST 2016
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TRADE HISTORY
MILITARY HISTORY
AMERICAN HISTORY
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Key Selling Points
A weapon with an iconic status - plenty of enthusiasts
Lots of human interest Well known author and BBC
journalist
Description
The Winchester Rifle, the iconic gun made in New
Haven, Connecticut, and sold in its hundreds of
thousands around the world, mirrors American
expansion at a key period in the young country's
history. The lethal repeating rifle became the
defining image of America's frontier – and was
known amongst Native Americans as 'the spirit
gun'. It represented both the pioneering vigour
and the brutal force which conquered the West.
Laura Trevelyan explores the history of, and the
family behind, this renowned representation of
American power. The entrepreneurial drive of
Oliver Winchester led the rifle to rapidly assume
legendary status not long after its release in 1866,
gaining endorsements from the likes of Buffalo
Bill, Annie Oakley and President Teddy Roosevelt.
This engaging history sheds light on the story and
myth of an American legend.
Author Laura Trevelyan is an anchor and correspondent for the BBC, based in New York. She has worked for the BBC since 1993, reporting for many radio and television programmes. The great great great granddaughter of Oliver Winchester, the entrepreneur who founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, her interest in the subject began aged 17 when she fired a rifle adapted to shoot tennis balls at the home of her Winchester relatives. She lives with her husband and children in New York. She is the author of A Very British Family: The Trevelyans and Their World (I.B.Tauris, 2006).
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A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE OTTOMANS The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts
Suraiya Faroqhi
MAY 2016
£25
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352 PAGES
HISTORY | MIDDLE EAST
Key Selling Points
Definitive look at the Ottoman world through its artefacts
Suraiya Faroqhi is the specialist on the Ottoman Empire
Combines social history and cultural studies, with beautiful illustrations of rare artefacts brought together for the first time
Description
Far from simply being a centre of military and
economic activity, the Ottoman Empire represented a
vivid and flourishing cultural realm. The artefacts and
objects that remain from all corners of this vast
empire illustrate the real and everyday concerns of its
subjects and elites and, with this in mind, Suraiya
Faroqhi, one of the most distinguished Ottomanists of
her generation, has selected 40 of the most revealing,
surprising and striking.Each image - reproduced in full
colour - is deftly linked to the latest historiography,
and the social, political and economic implications of
her selections are never forgotten. In Faroqhi's hands,
the objects become ways to learn more about trade,
gender and socio-political status and open an enticing
window onto the variety and colour of everyday life,
from the Sultan's court, to the peasantry and slavery.
Amongst its faiences and etchings and its sofras and
carpets.
A Cultural History of the Ottomans is essential reading
for all those interested in the Ottoman Empire and its
material culture. Faroqhi here provides the definitive
insight into the luxuriant and varied artefacts of
Ottoman world.
Author Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor of History at Bilgi University, Istanbul. She was previously Professor of Ottoman Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich. Among her many publications are The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It, Pilgrims and Sultans and Subjects of the Sultan (all published by I.B.Tauris).
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INTRODUCTIONS WITH AN EDGE
I.B.Tauris Short Histories is an authoritatively written and elegantly presented new series which puts a fresh perspective on the way history is taught and
understood in the twenty-first century.
Designed to have strong appeal to university students and their teachers, as well as to general readers and history enthusiasts, I.B.Tauris Short Histories aims to bring informed interpretation, as well as factual reportage, to historical debate. Addressing key subjects and topics in the fields of history, the history of ideas,
religion, classical studies, politics, philosophy and Middle East studies, the series seeks intentionally to move beyond the bland, neutral ‘introduction’ that so often
serves as the primary undergraduate teaching tool.
Covering a variety of subjects in a greater degree of depth than is often found in comparable series, yet at the same time in concise and compact handbook form,
our Short Histories are ‘introductions with an edge’.
www.short-histories.com
I.B.TAURIS SHORT HISTORIES SERIES
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE NORMANS Leonie V Hicks
APRIL 2016
£10.99
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272 PAGES
HISTORY | RELIGION
MIDDLE EAST
Key Selling Points
Looks at the Normans globally, for maximum ease of student use
Fresh & exciting new perspectives on Norman culture, buildings and architecture
Considerable general appeal, and also to military historians
Description
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 is the one date forever
seared on the British national psyche. It enabled the
Norman Conquest that marked the end of Anglo-Saxon
England. But there was much more to the Normans
than the invading army Duke William shipped over
from Normandy to the shores of Sussex. How a band of
marauding warriors established some of the most
powerful kingdoms in Europe – in Sicily and France, as
well as England – is an improbably romantic idea. In
exploring Norman culture in all its regions, Leonie V
Hicks places the Normans in the context of early
medieval society. Her comparative perspective
enables the Norman story to be told in full, so that the
societies of Rollo, William, Robert and Roger Guiscard
are given the focused attention they deserve. From
Hastings to the martial exploits of Bohemond and
Tancred on the First Crusade; from castles and keeps
to Romanesque cathedrals; and from the founding of
the Kingdom of Sicily (1130) to cross-cultural
encounters with Byzantines and Muslims, this is a
fresh and lively survey of one of the most popular
topics in European history.
Author Leonie V Hicks is Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at the University of Southampton. She is the author of Religious Life in Normandy, 1050-1300 (2007).
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A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY Kenneth Morgan
APRIL 2016
£10.99
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256 PAGES
HISTORY | POLITICS
HISTORY OF IDEAS
ETHNIC STUDIES
Key Selling Points
Much-needed in-depth introduction to a vital and timely topic
World-leading authority on the subject
Wide general interest sale as well as to students of history and their teachers
Description
From 1501, when the first slaves arrived in Hispaniola,
until the nineteenth century, some twelve million people
were abducted from west Africa and shipped across
thousands of miles of ocean – the infamous Middle
Passage – to work in the colonies of the New World.
Perhaps two million Africans died at sea.
Why was slavery so widely condoned, during most of this
period, by leading lawyers, religious leaders, politicians
and philosophers? How was it that the educated classes of
the western world were prepared for so long to accept
and promote an institution that would later ages be
condemned as barbaric? Exploring these and other
questions – and the slave experience on the sugar, rice,
coffee and cotton plantations – Kenneth Morgan discusses
the rise of a distinctively Creole culture; slave revolts,
including the successful revolution in Haiti (1791-1804);
and the rise of abolitionism, when the ideas of
Montesquieu, Wilberforce, Quakers and others led to the
slave trade’s systemic demise. At a time when the menace
of human trafficking is of increasing concern worldwide,
this timely book reflects on the deeper motivations of
slavery as both ideology and merchant institution.
‘an impressive book by one of Europe’s leading historians of
slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.’
Simon P Newman, Sir Denis Brogan Professor of
American History, University of Glasgow
Author Kenneth Morgan is Professor of History at Brunel University. He is the author of Bristol and the Atlantic Trade in the Eighteenth Century (1993), Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800 (2000), Slavery and the British Empire: From Africa to America (2007) and Australia: A Very Short Introduction (2012).
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TRAVEL & BIOGRAPHY
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GOTHAM RISING New York in the 30s
Jules Stewart Foreword by Amor Towles
OCTOBER 2016
£20
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288 PAGES
TRAVEL | HISTORY
Key Selling Points
11 million tourists visit New York every year
Huge appetite for books on the history of NYC
Author is a master storyteller with an eye for detail
Description
New York is often described as the greatest city in the
world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture
which so defines the city as we know it today – from
the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich -
only came into being in the 1930s, in what was
perhaps the most significant decade in the city’s 400-
year history. After the roaring twenties, the
catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression
seemed to spell disaster for the vibrant city. Yet, in this
era, New York underwent an architectural, economic,
social and creative renaissance under the leadership of
the charismatic mayor Fiorello La Guardia. After
seizing power, he declared war on the mafia mobs
running vast swathes of the city, attacked political
corruption and kick-started the economy through a
variety of construction and infrastructure projects. In
culture, this was the age of the Harlem Renaissance
championed by writers like Langston Hughes, the jazz
age with the advent of Tin-Pan Alley, the Cotton Club
and immortals such as Duke Ellington making his
name in the Big Apple. Weaving these stories together,
Jules Stewart tells the story of an iconic city in a time
of change.
Author Jules Stewart is a journalist, historian and author. He was born in New York and worked there in various guises – including a yellow cab driver – over the years. His books include Madrid: The History; Albert: A Life; The Kaiser’s Mission to Kabul; On Afghanistan’s Plains: The Story of Britain’s Afghan Wars (all published by I.B.Tauris); Crimson Snow: Britain’s First Disaster in Afghanistan; The Savage Border: The Story of the North-West Frontier; Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya and The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda. He lives in London.
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THE ART OF EXILE A Vagabond Life
John Freely
APRIL 2016
£20
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288 PAGES
TRAVEL| AUTOBIOGRAPHY
HISTORY
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Key Selling Points
Bestselling author of over 40 acclaimed travel and history books, including Inside the Seraglio (Penguin) and Strolling Through Istanbul (I.B.Tauris)
John Freely is the great populariser of Turkish/Ottoman history
A broadly appealing memoir: travel, history
Description
By the time he was six, John Freely had crossed the
Atlantic four times. His childhood was spent on the
mean streets of 1930s Brooklyn, where he scavenged
for junk to sell and borrowed money for books; his
first love being Homer's Odyssey. He was 15 when
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and 17 when he enlisted
in the US Navy and embarked on the first great
adventure of his life: joining a clandestine unit that
helped the Kuomintang fight the Japanese. He served
for two years, 96 days in combat and a total of 344
days overseas, which sparked a lifelong passion for
travel. Returning home after the war, Freely fell in
love with a beautiful girl who sang the blues. His own
Penelope. Together they signed a blood pact to spend
their life travelling the world.
This unforgettable memoir takes the reader from the
streets of New York to the corridors of provincial
campus life; from World War II in the Pacific to the
shores of the Bosphorus and from Ancient Troy to the
isles of Dionysus and Ariadne. It is the story of a
remarkable odyssey that has spanned nine decades,
several continents and one great love. And still the
odyssey continues, "as I ponder the meaning of an
Ithaka and of exile as an art that takes a lifetime to
master."
Author John Freely was born in 1926 in Brooklyn. In 1944, at the age of 17, he enlisted in the US Navy and spent the last two years of World War II serving with a commando unit in Burma and China. In 1960 John and his family moved to Istanbul, where he taught physics and the history of science at Bogaziçi University. Aside from his travels across the world, he has lived there ever since. He is the author of over 40 acclaimed travel and history books, including Strolling through Istanbul, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Venice, Inside the Seraglio, Children of Achilles, Light from the East, Celestial Revolutionary and The Grand Turk (all I.B.Tauris Publishers).
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REAGAN
Iwan Morgan
OCTOBER 2016
£20
26 BW IN 16PP PLATES
320 PAGES
BIOGRAPHY | POLITICS
Key Selling Points
Continually interesting figure in modern history
Strong interest in this period of foreign affairs
Authoritative biography of Reagan
Description
Ronald Reagan is one of the most important – and
arguably most successful – presidents in modern
American history. He is broadly credited with
renewing American prosperity in the wake of the
most miserable economic era since the 1930s,
laying the foundations for Cold War victory and
doing much to bring about the late twentieth
century shift to the right in American politics. In
this book, Iwan Morgan presents the first
thoroughly-researched biography of Reagan, based
on original materials and first-hand interviews. He
plots a chronological path through Reagan’s life
beginning with his childhood and early years in
Illinois, through his Hollywood career, his
emergent Republicanism and his election as
governor of California, before acceding to the
presidency in 1981. In office, Morgan assesses
Reagan’s economic and foreign policies, as well as
his idealization of the constitution and his near-
impeachment over the Iran-Contra affair.
Author Iwan Morgan is Professor of US Studies and Head of US Programmes at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. He was awarded the British Association of American Studies Honorary Fellowship in 2014 in recognition of his contributions to the discipline over the course of his career. His publications include The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush; Nixon and Beyond the Liberal Consensus: A Political History of the United States since 1965.
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EVITA The Life of Eva Perón
Jill Hedges
OCTOBER 2016
£20
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288 PAGES
BIOGRAPHY | POLITICS
Key Selling Points
New perspective on an iconic figure worldwide
First authoritative biography
Description
Eva Perón remains Argentina’s best-known and most
iconic personality, surpassing even sporting
superstars such as Diego Maradona or Lionel Messi,
and far outlasting her own husband, President Juan
Domingo Perón – himself a remarkable and
charismatic political leader without whom she, as an
uneducated woman in an elitist and male-dominated
society, could not have existed as a political figure. In
this book, Jill Hedges tells the story of a remarkable
woman whose glamour, charisma, political influence
and controversial nature continue to generate huge
amounts interest 60 years after her death. From her
poverty-stricken upbringing as an illegitimate child in
rural Argentina, Perón made her way to the highest
echelons of Argentinean society, via a brief acting
career and her relationship with Juan. After their
political breakthrough, her charitable work and
magnetic personality earned her wide public acclaim
and there was national mourning following her death
from cancer at the age of just 33.
Based on new sources and firsthand interviews, the
book will seek to explore the personality and
experiences of ‘Evita’ and the contemporary events
that influenced her and were in turn influenced by her.
As the first substantive biography of Eva Perón in
English, this book will be essential reading for anyone
interested in modern Argentinean history and the cult
of ‘Evita’.
Author Jill Hedges has been Senior Editor for Latin America at Oxford Analytica since 2001 and was formerly Editorial Manager of business information service Esmerk Argentina. She has a PhD in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool and is the author of Argentina: A Modern History.
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BEYOND CONSTANTINOPLE The Memoirs of an Ottoman Jew
Victor Eskenazi
MARCH 2016
£17.99
23 BW IN 16PP PLATES
224 PAGES
AUTOBIOGRAPHY | HISTORY
RIGHTS SOLD:
FRENCH
Key Selling Points
Vivid portrait of life at the end of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman history is perenially fascinating
Description
"Constantinople in those days represented the
bridge between East and West. The navel of the
earth. A wondrous and fascinating place to live."
Victor Eskenazi, a Sephardic Jew from
Constantinople, represented an ethnic and
religious minority that thrived in the Ottoman
Empire. The beginning of the twentieth century
was a critical period in Ottoman history, which saw
the end of the Empire, defeat in World War I but
also a colourful influx of victorious allied armies
and White Russians fleeing the Revolution,
contributing to the already cosmopolitan nature of
the city. Eskenazi breathed the complex air of this
budding new Turkey, with its ideals, contradictions
and hopes. His extraordinary memoir - which
begins in Constantinople and travels across Europe
during and after World War II - tells the
remarkable story of a family, poignantly capturing
a moment in time which now exists only in
memory.
Author Victor Eskenazi was born in 1906 and raised in Ottoman Istanbul. He travelled throughout Europe in the 1920s, settling in Vienna and Italy. During World War II, he moved to London and worked for the British Intelligence Corps. He died in Milan in 1987.
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VENICE A Literary Guide for Travellers
Marie-José Gransard
MARCH 2016
£16.99
30 BW INTEGRATED, 1 MAP
336 PAGES
TRAVEL | LITERATURE
HISTORY | GUIDE
RIGHTS SOLD:
Key Selling Points
Venice's literary scene is legendary The first book of its kind on this
iconic city Essential reading for all travellers to
Venice
Description
Venice, 'La Serenissima, is one of the most breathtaking
cities in the world. A floating labyrinth; the world's
greatest museum, frozen in time; a cultural jewel,
slowly sinking into the lagoon from which it rose;
tourist-trap, irresistible muse. From its earliest
beginings in the 7th century, Venice has been a
magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power
and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious
pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and
merchants. Later, its fabled beauty and reputation as a
haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the
most celebrated figures in history: artists such as
Dürer, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron,
Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra
Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and
Stravinsky. In this riveting guide to literary Venice, the
author uncovers the city's myriad secrets, revealing
how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling
square is imbued with the lives and creations of those
who were inspired by the city, which still echoes with
their voices.
‘excellently selected’
The Times
Author Marie-José Gransard teaches a course, 'Venice in Literature', in Cannaregio and conducts tours of the city. She has worked with Hilary Spurling on her biography of Matisse and with Anthony Holden for his biography of Lorenzo da Ponte. She divides her time between Venice and London.
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SCOTLAND A Literary Guide for Travellers
Garry MacKenzie
JUNE 2016
£16.99
20 BW INTEGRATED, 1 MAP
296 PAGES
TRAVEL | LITERATURE
HISTORY | GUIDE
Key Selling Points
No other literary guide to Scotland like this
Broadly appealing: tourists, history buffs, armchair travellers, literary buffs
Focus on Scotland especially topical and illuminating
Description
With its vibrant cities and breathtaking landscapes,
Scotland has captivated writers and visitors for
centuries and inspired a diverse range of literature,
from the religious poems carved on the rocks of its
sacred monuments to the seedy urban novels of Irvine
Welsh. For Robert Burns, Scotland's iconic poet, the
culture of his native country was a fertile ground for
his imagination.
This enthralling guide gets under the skin of the
country through the writers who lived in or visited
Scotland, as well as those who simply imagined it in
their work – from Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and the
Scots ‘Makars’ of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
to Keats, Coleridge and Robert Louis Stevenson; from
Gaelic bards and anonymous balladeers to the
cosmopolitan Hugh MacDiarmid, Jackie Kay, Ian
Rankin and Kathleen Jamie. Famous figures sit
alongside writers sometimes overlooked by literary
travellers, and through their lives and words we
experience the rich, fractious and passionate story of
Scottish culture and discover how Scotland’s history,
landscape and society are brought to life in literature.
Author Garry MacKenzie holds a PhD in English from St Andrews, where his supervisors were the Scottish poets Robert Crawford and John Burnside. MacKenzie has also been awarded the Tom Durrheim Prize for ‘exceptional talent in the study of Scottish poetry’ and the St Leonard’s Prize Research Lectures award, through which he gave a series of public lectures based on his PhD research.
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BERLIN A Literary Guide for Travellers
Paul Sullivan and Marcel Krueger
JULY 2016
£16.99
20 BW INTEGRATED
272 PAGES
TRAVEL | LITERATURE
HISTORY | GUIDE
Key Selling Points
Berlin - 3rd most popular European destination after Paris and London
Authors have excellent media platforms in Berlin and are fully keyed in to the Berlin scene
No other literary guide to Berlin
Description
Located at the epicentre of some of modern Europe’s
most significant and turbulent events, Berlin has
long held a magnetic attraction for writers.
From 19th century authors recording the city’s
dramatic transition from Prussian Hauptstadt to
German capital after 1871 and the modernist
intellectuals of the Weimar period, to the resistance
writers brave enough to write during the dark years
of the Nazi era and those who captured life on both
sides of the divided city, a body of literature has
emerged that reveals Berlin’s ever-shifting identity.
Since 1989, Berlin has yet again become a crucible of
creativity, serving as both muse and sanctuary for a
new generation of writers who regularly claim it as
one of the most exciting cities in the world.
This unique and engaging book functions as an
introduction to some of the finest writing in and
about the city, as well as a guide to some of its best
sights and vibrant neighbourhoods. Spanning more
than 200 years of local life and literature, it features
German authors as diverse as E.T.A. Hoffmann,
Joseph Roth, Jörg Fauser, and Christa Wolf, as well as
a slew of famous international names such as Mark
Twain, Philip Hensher and Chloe Aridjis.
Author Paul Sullivan’s journalism and photography work has been published in a variety of international publications including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, BBC Travel and more. He runs popular Berlin website www.slowtravelberlin.com Marcel Krueger is a writer and translator whose articles and essays have been published in The Daily Telegraph, Süddeutsche Zeitung, CNN Travel, the Matador Network and more, and who also works as a local Berlin expert or ‘Spotter’ for Spotted by Locals.
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ANDALUCIA A Literary Guide for Travellers
Andrew and Suzanne Edwards
SEPTEMBER 2016
£16.99
20 BW INTEGRATED, 1 MAP
272 PAGES
TRAVEL | LITERATURE
HISTORY | GUIDE
Key Selling Points
Essential reading for literary buffs, Italophiles, travellers, armchair travellers
Over 3 million people travel to Andalucia every year
There is no other literary guide to Andalucia
Description
Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet,
historically and culturally, it is utterly unlike the
rest of the country. Its literary history began with
the Romans and reached an early flowering when
Arabic poets drew on centuries of literary tradition,
together with the landscapes and passions of
Moorish Spain. Later, Prosper Mérimée, Byron and
Washington Irving forged legends of exotic southern
Spain that persist to this day and Spanish writers
themselves captured the rich passions of Andalucian
culture, from Cervantes' Seville to the Cordoba of
Baroque poet Luis de Góngora and Lorca's 'hidden
Andalucia'. With the advent of the Civil War, a new
generation flocked to Andalucia and were inspired
to write some of the Twentieth Century's most
iconic works of literature, from Hemingway's For
Whom the Bell Tolls to Orwell's Homage to
Catalonia and Gerald Brenan's The Spanish
Labyrinth. As vibrant and compelling as the region
itself, Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers
illuminates the very soul of Spain.
Author Andrew Edwards is a writer and the translator of two books set in Sicily by the Spanish author Alejandro Luque. Suzanne Edwards is a linguistics graduate and lecturer. They co-authored the acclaimed Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers (I.B.Tauris, 2014).
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RELIGION & CLASSICS
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GENERATION M New Muslims, New Style
Shelina Janmohamed
MAY 2016
£12.99
20 BW INTEGRATED
256 PAGES
MIDDLE EAST
ISLAMIC STUDIES
RIGHTS SOLD:
Key Selling Points
First comprehensive look at how Islam and Western consumerism interact in contemporary society
Highly topical debates – from Halal sex shops to wearing the hijab – and accessibly written
Based on original data from extensive research undertaken by Ogilvy and Mather, and written by well-known author with big media following
Description
What does it mean to be young and Muslim today?
There is a segment of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims
that is more influential than any other, and will shape
not just the future generations of Muslims, but also the
world around them: meet ‘Generation M’. Tech-savvy
and self-empowered, Generation M believe their
identity encompasses both faith and modernity.
Shelina Janmohamed, award-winning author and
leading voice on Muslim youth, investigates this
growing cultural phenomenon, at a time where
understanding the mindset of young Muslims, and
what drives them, is critical. Exploring fashion
magazines, social networking and everyday consumer
choices, Generation M shows how this dynamic section
of our society is not only adapting to Western
consumerism, but reclaiming it as its own. From the
‘Mipsters’ to the ‘Haloodies’, Halal internet dating to
Muslim boy bands, Generation M are making their
mark. It’s time to get hijabilicious!
Author Shelina Janmohamed is author of the acclaimed and popular Love in a Headscarf , a novel about the life and loves of a young Muslim woman. She is also a columnist for the Muslim News and EMEL magazine and regularly contributes to the Guardian, the Telegraph, the BBC and Channel 4 as well as appearing on BBCs Newsnight and The Heaven and Earth Show. Shelina also runs the award-winning Spirit 21 blog and is a leading spokesperson on Muslim social and religious trends and Vice President of Ogilvy Noor, the world’s first bespoke global Islamic branding practice for building brands with Muslim consumers.
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AFTERLIFE A History of Life after Death
Philip C Almond
MAY 2016
£25
40 INTEGRATED BW, 16PP COLOUR
PLATES
288 PAGES
RELIGION
HISTORY OF IDEAS
HISTORY | PHILOSOPHY
RIGHTS SOLD:
US
Key Selling Points
Life after death: terrific topic, here explored properly for the first time
Philip Almond: proven, bankable author and expert in the history of religion and of ideas
No obvious competition: strong potential for literary editor interest
Description
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come?
The end of life has never meant the extinction of
hope. People perpetually have yearned for, and often
been terrified by, continuance beyond the horizon of
mortality. Ranging across time and space, Philip
Almond here takes his readers on a remarkable
journey to worlds both of torment and delight. He
travels to the banks of the Styx, where Charon the
grizzled boatman ferries a departing spirit across the
river only if a gold obol is first placed for payment on
the tongue of its corpse. He transports us to the
legendary Isles of the Blessed, walks the hallowed
ground of the Elysian Fields and plumbs the murky
depths of Tartarus, primordial dungeon of the Titans.
The pitiable souls of the damned are seen to clog the
soot-filled caverns of Lucifer even as the elect ascend
to Paradise. Including medieval fears for the fate of
those consumed by cannibals, early modern ideas
about the Last Day and modern scientific
explorations of the domains of the dead, this first full
treatment of the afterlife in Western thought evokes
many rich imaginings of Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and
Limbo.
Author Philip C Almond is Emeritus Professor of Religion in the University of Queensland. His previous books include The Witches of Warboys: An Extraordinary Story of Sorcery, Sadism and Satanic Possession (2008), England’s First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and ‘The Discoverie of Witchcraft’ (2011, paperback 2014), The Lancashire Witches: A Chronicle of Sorcery and Death on Pendle Hill (2012), and The Devil: A New Biography (2014), all published by I.B.Tauris.
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UNDERSTANDING CLASSICS series Edited by Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
Understanding Classics is a specially commissioned series which aims to introduce the
outstanding authors and thinkers of antiquity to a wide audience of appreciative modern readers, whether undergraduate students of classics, literature, philosophy
and ancient history or generalists interested in the classical world.
Each volume – written by leading figures internationally – will examine the historical significance of the writer or writers in question; their social, political and cultural contexts; their use of language, literature and mythology; extracts from their major works; and their reception in later European literature, art, music and culture.
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FILM, TV & CULTURAL STUDIES
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WINTER IS COMING The Medieval World of Game of Thrones
Carolyne Larrington
PUBLISHED | JANUARY 2016
£ 12.99
40 BW INTEGRATED
272 PAGES
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
VISUAL CULTURE
RIGHTS SOLD: GERMAN
Key Selling Points
Game of Thrones has a huge, increasingly influential and growing fanbase
Original and intriguing take on the show: from where does it get its ideas?
Strong appeal to anyone interested in history, myth and religion, plus GoT fans
Description
Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne
Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George
R R Martin’s fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series
based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler
TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national
newspapers; by PhD students asking why Westeros has
yet to see an industrial revolution, or whether
astronomy explains the continent’s climatic problems
and unpredictable solstices (‘winter is coming’); and by
bloggers and cultural commentators contesting the
series’ startling portrayals of power, sex and gender. Yet
no book has divulged how George R R Martin
constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle
Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, Larrington
explores among other topics: sigils, giants, dragons and
direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the
Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in
the eastern continent, Essos.
From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from
Casterley Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an
indispensable guide to the twenty-first century’s most
important fantasy creation.
Praise for the author ‘Larrington has impeccable qualifications’ The Guardian
Author Carolyne Larrington is Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Literature at St John’s College, Oxford. Her previous books include The Women’s Companion to Mythology; The Poetic Edda; King Arthur’s Enchantresses: Morgan and her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition (I.B.Tauris 2006, paperback 2014); Magical Tales: Myth, Legend and Enchantment in Children’s books (edited with Diane Purkiss); and The Land of the Green Man: A Journey through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles (I.B.Tauris, 2015).
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JOURNALISM IN AN AGE OF TERROR Covering and Uncovering the Secret State
John Lloyd
OCTOBER 2016
£11.99
7 BW INTEGRATED
272 PAGES
JOURNALISM
MEDIA STUDIES
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Key Selling Points
Exposé of journalism and intelligence
Written by prominent FT journalist John Lloyd
Considered analysis in light of Snowden/NSA revelations
Description
The threat of terrorism and the increasing power of terrorist groups have prompted a rapid growth of the security services and changes in legislation permitting collection of communications data. This provides journalism with acute dilemmas. The media claims responsibility for holding power to account, yet cannot know more than superficial details about the newly empowered secret services. This book is the first to analyse, in the aftermath of the Snowden/NSA revelations, relations between two key institutions in the modern state: the intelligence services and the news media. It provides the answers to crucial questions including: how can power be held to account if one of the greatest state powers is secret? How far have the Snowden/NSA revelations damaged the activities of the secret services? And have governments lost all trust from journalists and the public?
Author John Lloyd is Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism as well as a contributing editor at the Financial Times (FT), a columnist for Reuters.com, and for La Repubblica of Rome. For the Reuters Institute, he is co-author of Reporting the EU (with Cristina Marconi) and Journalism and PR (with Laura Toogood).
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EXPERIMENTAL FASHION Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body
Francesca Granata
OCTOBER 2016
£14.99
46 INTEGRATED BW
256 PAGES
FASHION DESIGN
CULTURAL STUDIES
Key Selling Points
Places carnivalesque & the grotesque body at the centre of modern fashion
Huge online interest in rule breaking Lady Gaga & other pop performers
Will appeal to readers interesed in modern fashion, performance & pop culture
Description
Experimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the
grotesque and carnivalesque within contemporary
fashion and the close relation between fashion and
performance art, from Lady Gaga’s raw meat dress to
Leigh Bowery’s performance style.
Francesca Granata examines the designers and
performance artists at the turn of the twenty-first
century whose work challenges established codes of
what represents the fashionable body. These
innovative people, she argues, make their challenges
through dynamic strategies of parody, humour and
inversion. Experimental Fashion explores the
experimental work of modern designers such as
Georgina Godley, Bernhard Willhelm, Rei Kawakubo
and fashion designer, performance artist, and club
figure Leigh Bowery. It also discusses the increased
centrality of experimental fashion through the pop
phenomenon, Lady Gaga.
Author Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons the New School for Design, New York. She is the editor and founder of the journal Fashion Projects. Her work has appeared in Fashion Theory, Fashion Practice, and The Journal of Design History, as well as in a number of books and exhibition catalogues.
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ADVENTURES IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS Ethical Dilemmas in Factual Filmmaking
edited by James Quinn
PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 2015
£14.99
55 BW INTEGRATED
288 PAGES
FILM STUDIES
MEDIA STUDIES
Praise for the book
“brings together an extraordinary range of
intimate, candid accoiunts of the ethical
struggles and decisions involved in making
documentary film and TV. Contributors
inlcude legends of the documentary world
eminent filmkaers at the top of their game
emerging directors and producers and some
of the world’s most respected executives…”
Sight & Sound magazine
- Sight & Sound magazine Description
Putting readers into the shoes of film and TV
professionals, Adventures in the Lives of Others is a
gripping insider's account of ethics, problem-solving
and decision-making at the cutting edge of
documentaries and factual television.Both accessible
and authoritative, the book brings together a range of
intimate, candid accounts of the struggles involved in
making documentary film and television, from Grey
Gardens and Hoop Dreams to Man on Wire, Super Size
Me and Benefits Street. Contributors include legends
of the documentary world, eminent filmmakers at the
top of their game, emerging directors and producers,
and some of the world's most powerful and respected
executives. In specially-commissioned pieces, they
explore the ethical dilemmas involved in uncovering
secrets and breaking taboos, accessing closed and
dangerous worlds, fighting injustice, filming raw sex
and violence, documenting acts of evil, and the many
challenges of turning real life into compelling
entertainment.
Author James Quinn is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and executive producer. He has occupied senior positions at several industry-leading independent production companies, including Head of Special Projects at Oxford Film & Television and Head of Factual Television at October Films. He is also Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a PhD in philosophy. His other books include This Much is True, a landmark volume on the art of directing documentaries.
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NEW IN PAPERBACK
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THE FOG OF PEACE The Human Face of Conflict Resolution
Gabrielle Rifkind and
Giandomenico Picco
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
2016
£25
288 PAGES
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Key Selling Points
Unique new approach to study of international politics
Explores the changing nature of warfare, and the question of intervention – highly topical.
Big-name authors with a wealth of experience in the field.
Description
Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to
kill, whether to make peace or war; those decisions
are the responsibility of individuals. This book
argues that the most important aspect of conflict
resolution is for antagonists to understand their
opponents, their ambitions, their pains. Gabrielle
Rifkind and Giandomenico Pico present two very
different experiences of international relations –
Rifkind as a psychotherapist now immersed in the
politics of the Middle East, and Picco as a career
diplomat with a successful record as a negotiator at
the UN.
Developing links between psychology and politics,
the authors ask: should we talk to the enemy?
What happens if the protagonists are nasty and
brutish, tempting policy-makers to retaliate? How
do nations find the capacity not to hit back,
trapping themselves in endless cycles of violence?
Presenting a unique combination of psychological
theories, geopolitical realities and first-hand peace-
making experience, this book sheds new light on
some of the worst conflicts in the modern world
and demonstrates, above all, how empathy can
often be far more persuasive than the most
fearsome weapons.
Authors Gabrielle Rifkind is the Director of the Middle East programme at Oxford Research Group. She is a group analyst and specialist in conflict resolution. Giandomenico Picco worked for the UN for over 20 years and served as a UN negotiator on conflicts, focusing on Iran Iraq and Afghanistan. As a UN Undersecretary he led the initiative referred to as the Dialogue Among Civilizations. "
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UNDER THE BLACK FLAG At the Frontier of the New Jihad
Sami Moubayed
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
2016
£ 10.99
256 PAGES
CURRENT AFFAIRS
MIDDLE EAST
TERRORISM
RIGHTS SOLD: SPANISH, SWEDISH,
KOREAN, JAPANESE, SLOVENIAN
‘He is a brave man, and knows it… In his scandalously
under-reviewed but deeply revealing new book,
Moubayed details all of ISIS’s cruel and inhuman
punishments and executions – war crimes indeed –
but is intent on placing them in the context of a very
bloody history.’
Robert Fisk, Independent
‘[a] superb book, which describes precisely what life
is like in the hell on Earth created by the zealots of
Raqqa.’
Matthew d’Ancona, The Guardian
‘Under the Black Flag is particularly good on the
blood-soaked history of relations between Islamists
and Baathists in Syria before 2011, thus helping us to
understand why that country’s Arab Spring so
quickly morphed into a brutal, sectarian jihad.’
Edward Mortimer, Financial Times
‘Moubayed’s insider account brings to bear the
experience of two decades of analysing Syria and the
Middle East.’
Justin Marozzi, The National
‘Moubayed’s book goes straight to the front of the
queue as an excellent account of the wider politics
that has created the conditions in which ISIS has
flourished… Moubayed should be congratulated for
the breadth and scope of his interviews and research.
He’s put together a must-read on this all too topical
and under-researched subject.’
James Denselow, Huffington Post
‘Sami Moubayed has written a must-read book.’
Hassan Hassan
author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
Author Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. His articles on Middle East affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News, The Daily Star, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and Asia Times. He is a blogger with The Huffington Post and an online panelist with The Washington Post.
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BOKO HARAM Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War
M.J. Smith
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
2016
£18.99
3 MAPS
256 PAGES
AFRICA
CURRENT AFFAIRS
RIGHTS SOLD: GERMAN, ROMANIAN
Key Selling Points
First account of the insurgence in Nigeria
Hugely topical subject area Author has on-the-ground journalistic
experience
Praise for the book
'Perceptive and fair-minded... eminently readable...
Smith's achievement is to demonstrate how Boko
Haram arose from the particular conditions of
northern Nigeria, where brutal security forces, a
corrupt and predatory state, and a long tradition of
Islamist radicalism all combine to create a perfect
breeding ground for terrorism.'
David Blair, The Telegraph
'The best bits of [Boko Haram] are focused
reportage such as the moving tale of Wellington
Asiayei... what shines through is [Smith's] measured
anger, shared by many Nigerians, about a country
battered by empire builders, the curse of oil, the
military and a devastating 1967-70 civil war.'
Michael Peel, Financial Times
‘There is certainly an urgent need for a
comprehensive yet accessible account of Boko
Haram about which much is written but yet
little understood. The author is eminently well
qualified, especially from his connection with AFP,
who have been at the forefront of reportage on the
situation of Northern Nigeria, to tackle this subject.
The book should find a ready readership among the
policy and diplomatic community as well as
academics and interested lay readers.'
Richard Reid, Professor of the History of Africa,
SOAS, University of London
Author Mike Smith is a foreign correspondent for AFP news agency. He was AFP chief for part of West Africa from 2010 to 2013 and has extensively covered the Boko Haram insurgency.
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FRONTLINE UKRAINE Crisis in the Borderlands
Richard Sakwa
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
2016
£9.99
6 MAPS
368 PAGES
HISTORY | CURRENT AFFAIRS
RIGHTS SOLD: SWEDISH,
HUNGARIAN, RUSSIAN, FINNISH
Key Selling Points
Essential persective and background to recent events in Ukraine and Crimea
Author is authoritative commentator on the region
Balanced and first-hand perspective Excellent reviews
Praise for the book
Frontline Ukraine is a formidably powerful, well-argued and thoroughly sourced attempt to correct world opinion on the Ukrainian conflict. Even those who cannot accept Professor Sakwa’s underlying case – that the Ukrainian disaster has been brought about more by Western post-Cold War triumphalism than by President Putin’s supposed “imperialism” – will find invaluable data and perceptions in this brilliant and hard-hitting book.’ Neal Ascherson ‘Cool, balanced and well sourced… Sakwa gives the best analysis yet in book form.’ Jonathan Steele, The Guardian ‘The great merit of Richard Sakwa’s book is its willingness to challenge the prevailing wisdoms about the Ukraine crisis and to explain how its origins lie in the West’s failure to create an equitable political and security order in Europe after the collapse of communism. It is essential reading to understand the causes and complexities of the Ukraine crisis.’ Angus Roxburgh author of The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and The Struggle for Russia (I.B.Tauris, 2012) ‘An intelligent, well-researched and thoughtful attempt to explain the major crisis of our time. Anybody, whatever he or she might think of the issue, would benefit from reading it.’ Peter Hitchens, The Daily Mail
Author Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, an associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia programme at Chatham House, and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Recent books include The Crisis of Russian Democracy: The Dual State, Factionalism and the Medvedev Succession (2011), Putin and the Oligarch: The Khodorkovsky-Yukos Affair (I.B.Tauris, 2014) and Putin Redux: Power and Contradiction in Contemporary Russia (2014).
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THE DEVIL A New Biography
Philip C. Almond
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
APRIL 2016
£10.99
16PP BW PLATES
288 PAGES
RELIGION | HISTORY
PHILOSOPHY
VISUAL CULTURE
RIGHTS SOLD: DUTCH
Praise for the book
‘Lucid.. coolly analytical… As Almond points out, in
popular culture the Devil still repeatedly rides out.’
The Times
‘Almond tells this complicated story succinctly and
clearly, taking us through all the twists and turns
with an unwavering eye.’
Tablet
‘Scholarly, subtle and readable; God should have
such a good biographer.’
Fortean Times
‘Any future biographies will have to be measured
against this latest excellent work by Philip C.
Almond… A fascinating examination of the role of
the Devil through human history.’
Catholic Herald
Description
The Devil has as many names as he has guises.
Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub (in Christian
thought), Ha-Satan, Belial or the Adversary (in Jewish
scripture) and Iblis or Shaitan (in Islamic tradition)
has throughout the ages and across civilizations been
a compelling and charismatic presence.
This rich and multi-textured biography follows the
history of the Devil from his birth to his ultimate
defeat and banishment to Hell after the end of time. It
shows that the Prince of Darkness, in all his
incarnations, and in his many different manifestations
(whether Lord of the Flies, Leviathan or the Great Red
Dragon), remains an irresistible subject in history,
religion, art, literature and culture.
Author Philip C Almond is Emeritus Professor of Religion in the University of Queensland. His previous books include The Witches of Warboys: An Extraordinary Story of Sorcery, Sadism and Satanic Possession (2008), England’s First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and ‘The Discoverie of Witchcraft’ (2011) and The Lancashire Witches: A Chronicle of Sorcery and Death on Pendle Hill (2012), all published by I.B.Tauris.
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UNDERSTANDING THE QUR'AN Themes and Style
Muhammad Abdel Haleem
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
APRIL 2016
£14.99
256 PAGES
RELIGION
ISLAMIC STUDIES
Key Selling Points
An essential guide to the Qu'ran Gives the background history of the
development of the Qu'ran itselt Author is an acknowledged expert in
Qu'ranic studies
Description
The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a
proper understanding of the Qur'an. In this important
new introduction, Muhammad Haleem examines its
recurrent themes - life and eternity, marriage and
divorce, peace and war, water and nourishment - and
for the first time sets these in the context of the
Qur'an's linguistic style. Professor Haleem examines
the background to the development of the surahs
(chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction
of the Qur'an itself. He shows that popular conceptions
of Islamic attitudes to women, marriage and divorce,
war and society, differ radically from the true
teachings of the Qur'an.
Praise for the book
‘Understanding the Qur’an is a priceless book, and I
use it enthusiastically for my classes. For many of my
students, Muhammad Abdel Haleem’s introduction is
their first contact with Qur’an interpretation, so it is
really important to be able to assign them such an
excellent piece of scholarship that is so easily readable
and accessible.’
Natana J. DeLong-Bas, Lecturer in Theology,
Boston College, and Visiting Lecturer in Islamic
Studies, Brandeis University
Author Muhammad Abdel Haleem is King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His major new English translation of the Qur’an, with parallel Arabic text, was published in 2010.
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BABYLON Legend, History and the Ancient City
Michael Seymour
NEW PAPERBACK EDITION
AUGUST 2016
£14.99
27 BW IN 16PP PLATES
392 PAGES
HISTORY
ANCIENT HISTORY
RELIGION
RIGHTS SOLD:
Key Selling Points
First cultural history of one of the ancient world's most enigmatic and fascinating civilizations
Considerable general and cross-disciplinary appeal
Offers new insights into the history of Babylon, based on the latest excavations
Description
Babylon: for eons its very name has been a byword
for luxury and wickedness. ‘By the rivers of Babylon
we sat down and wept’, wrote the psalmist, ‘as we
remembered Zion’. One of the greatest cities of the
ancient world, Babylon has been eclipsed by its own
sinful reputation. For two thousand years the real,
physical metropolis lay buried while another,
ghostly city lived on, engorged on accounts of its
own destruction. Why has Babylon so creatively
fired the human imagination, with results both good
and ill? Why has it been so enthralling to so many,
and for so long?
In exploring answers, Michael Seymour’s book
ranges extensively over space and time and
embraces art, archaeology, history and literature.
From Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar, via Strabo
and Diodorus, to the Book of Revelation, Brueghel,
Rembrandt, Voltaire, William Blake and modern
interpreters like Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino and
Gore Vidal, the author brings to light a carnival of
disparate sources dominated by powerful and
intoxicating ideas such as the Tower of Babel and the
city of sin.
Author Michael Seymour is a Research Associate in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He is co-author (with I.L. Finkel) of Babylon: Myth and Reality (2008).
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