The craft of Indo-Arabic numerals

how practical arithmetic shaped commerce and mathematics in Western Europe, 1200-1600

• Danna, Raffaele
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2026

An illuminating, fine-grained account of how Indo-Arabic numerals facilitated the spread of practical knowledge in Western Europe-reshaping both commerce and mathematics in the process. In the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, commerce transformed as merchants shifted from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals-an alternative that better facilitated complex calculations. It ...

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The craft of Indo-Arabic numerals

how practical arithmetic shaped commerce and mathematics in Western Europe, 1200-1600

• Danna, Raffaele
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2026

An illuminating, fine-grained account of how Indo-Arabic numerals facilitated the spread of practical knowledge in Western Europe-reshaping both commerce and mathematics in the process. In the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, commerce transformed as merchants shifted from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals-an alternative that better facilitated complex calculations. It ...

The monastic world

a 1200-year history

• Jotischky, Andrew
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did ...

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The monastic world

a 1200-year history

• Jotischky, Andrew
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did ...

Drax of Drax Hall

how one British family got rich (and stayed rich) from sugar and slavery

• Lashmar, Paul
• Pluto Press. London, 2026

'A damning reminder that the ghosts of empire are not distant - they are living, breathing and, in some cases, still collecting rent' - The Observer 'Eloquently reminds us that history is never truly past' - The New Yorker 'A family story straight out of Game of Thrones ...

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Drax of Drax Hall

how one British family got rich (and stayed rich) from sugar and slavery

• Lashmar, Paul
• Pluto Press. London, 2026

'A damning reminder that the ghosts of empire are not distant - they are living, breathing and, in some cases, still collecting rent' - The Observer 'Eloquently reminds us that history is never truly past' - The New Yorker 'A family story straight out of Game of Thrones ...

What God kept for himself

atheism, sodomy, and radical dissent in Renaissance Italy

• Grassi, Umberto
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2026

A revelatory account of sexual nonconformity and radical religious dissent in Renaissance Italy, drawing on never-before-studied Inquisition trials. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, a series of highly controversial Inquisition trials took place throughout the Italian peninsula. The defendants were all accused of the same ...

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What God kept for himself

atheism, sodomy, and radical dissent in Renaissance Italy

• Grassi, Umberto
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2026

A revelatory account of sexual nonconformity and radical religious dissent in Renaissance Italy, drawing on never-before-studied Inquisition trials. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, a series of highly controversial Inquisition trials took place throughout the Italian peninsula. The defendants were all accused of the same ...

The race makers

a history of the Enlightenment's most dangerous legacy

• Curran, Andrew S.
• The Westbourne Press. London, 2026

In the early eighteenth century, Christianity began to lose its hold on the story of humankind. Yet centuries of xenophobia, religious intolerance and emerging biological ideas did not simply disappear. Instead, secular thinkers reshaped them as they looked to redefine what it meant to be ...

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The race makers

a history of the Enlightenment's most dangerous legacy

• Curran, Andrew S.
• The Westbourne Press. London, 2026

In the early eighteenth century, Christianity began to lose its hold on the story of humankind. Yet centuries of xenophobia, religious intolerance and emerging biological ideas did not simply disappear. Instead, secular thinkers reshaped them as they looked to redefine what it meant to be ...

Yesterday

the United Kingdom from thatcher to Covid

• Harrison, Brian
• Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

The first major account of this transformative period in the history of Great Britain Between 1990 and 2020, the United Kingdom experienced tension between unparalleled social change and a pragmatic political culture which sought continuity, compromise and gradualism. Thatcher's legacy was slowly digested, Blair ...

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Yesterday

the United Kingdom from thatcher to Covid

• Harrison, Brian
• Princeton University Press. Princeton (NJ), 2026

The first major account of this transformative period in the history of Great Britain Between 1990 and 2020, the United Kingdom experienced tension between unparalleled social change and a pragmatic political culture which sought continuity, compromise and gradualism. Thatcher's legacy was slowly digested, Blair ...

The first social democracy

the democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918-1921

• Jones, Stephen F.
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2026

The enthralling, forgotten story of how the world's first social democracy took shape in the wake of the Russian Revolution. Following the collapse of the Russian Empire, the small nation of Georgia established its independence in May 1918. Its leaders surprised the world by ...

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The first social democracy

the democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918-1921

• Jones, Stephen F.
• Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2026

The enthralling, forgotten story of how the world's first social democracy took shape in the wake of the Russian Revolution. Following the collapse of the Russian Empire, the small nation of Georgia established its independence in May 1918. Its leaders surprised the world by ...

No more Napoleons

how Britain managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One

• Lambert, Andrew
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte-manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French ...

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No more Napoleons

how Britain managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One

• Lambert, Andrew
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte-manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French ...

Conquer we must

a military history of Britain 1914-1945

• Prior, Robin
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914 and 1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-45 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of ...

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Conquer we must

a military history of Britain 1914-1945

• Prior, Robin
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914 and 1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-45 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of ...

The accused

how women faced justice for Nazi-era crimes

• Darden, Jessica Trisko
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A compelling examination of Nazi women's perpetration of war crimes, and how-or whether-courts held them accountable To date, our understanding of women's participation in Nazi war crimes has been shaped by political decisions made by men, which reflect entrenched gender norms that diminish ...

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The accused

how women faced justice for Nazi-era crimes

• Darden, Jessica Trisko
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A compelling examination of Nazi women's perpetration of war crimes, and how-or whether-courts held them accountable To date, our understanding of women's participation in Nazi war crimes has been shaped by political decisions made by men, which reflect entrenched gender norms that diminish ...

Conquer we must

a military history of Britain 1914-1945

• Prior, Robin
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914 and 1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-45 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of ...

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Conquer we must

a military history of Britain 1914-1945

• Prior, Robin
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914 and 1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-45 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of ...

Enver Hoxha

twentieth-century tyrant

• Austin, Robert C.
• Hoxha, Artan R.
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Featured in New Statesman's Culture Preview 2026: The best non-fiction to read this year Enver Hoxha, one of the most fanatical communist leaders of the twentieth century, ruled Albania for forty years. He was a Stalinist modernizer who sought to pull his country out ...

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Enver Hoxha

twentieth-century tyrant

• Austin, Robert C.;
• Hoxha, Artan R.
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Featured in New Statesman's Culture Preview 2026: The best non-fiction to read this year Enver Hoxha, one of the most fanatical communist leaders of the twentieth century, ruled Albania for forty years. He was a Stalinist modernizer who sought to pull his country out ...

Mao

power and contradiction

• Brown, Kerry
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Mao Zedong lived one of the most epic and influential lives of the twentieth century. His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast. Half a century after his passing, he remains a divisive and controversial figure. This book provides an accessible narrative ...

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Mao

power and contradiction

• Brown, Kerry
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Mao Zedong lived one of the most epic and influential lives of the twentieth century. His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast. Half a century after his passing, he remains a divisive and controversial figure. This book provides an accessible narrative ...

Qaddafi

beyond the myth

• St John, Ronald Bruce
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

This book explores the life of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the enigmatic Libyan leader, from his birth to his assassination in a drainage ditch outside the city of Sirte in October 2011. The first authoritative biography of Qaddafi, it aims to make sense of his remarkable life ...

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Qaddafi

beyond the myth

• St John, Ronald Bruce
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

This book explores the life of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the enigmatic Libyan leader, from his birth to his assassination in a drainage ditch outside the city of Sirte in October 2011. The first authoritative biography of Qaddafi, it aims to make sense of his remarkable life ...

Enver Hoxha

twentieth-century tyrant

• Austin, Robert C.
• Hoxha, Artan R.
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Featured in New Statesman's Culture Preview 2026: The best non-fiction to read this year Enver Hoxha, one of the most fanatical communist leaders of the twentieth century, ruled Albania for forty years. He was a Stalinist modernizer who sought to pull his country out ...

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Enver Hoxha

twentieth-century tyrant

• Austin, Robert C.;
• Hoxha, Artan R.
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Featured in New Statesman's Culture Preview 2026: The best non-fiction to read this year Enver Hoxha, one of the most fanatical communist leaders of the twentieth century, ruled Albania for forty years. He was a Stalinist modernizer who sought to pull his country out ...

Mao

power and contradiction

• Brown, Kerry
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Mao Zedong lived one of the most epic and influential lives of the twentieth century. His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast. Half a century after his passing, he remains a divisive and controversial figure. This book provides an accessible narrative ...

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Mao

power and contradiction

• Brown, Kerry
• Reaktion Books Ltd.. London, 2026

Mao Zedong lived one of the most epic and influential lives of the twentieth century. His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast. Half a century after his passing, he remains a divisive and controversial figure. This book provides an accessible narrative ...

Walter Benjamin

the pearl diver

• Gordon, Peter
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

An accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time "A short, serene volume. . . . Gordon avoids treating his subject in allegorical terms, in part because Benjamin always resisted conscription into ...

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Walter Benjamin

the pearl diver

• Gordon, Peter
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

An accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time "A short, serene volume. . . . Gordon avoids treating his subject in allegorical terms, in part because Benjamin always resisted conscription into ...

Estonian lessons

what the world can learn from a brilliant Baltic state

• Allen, Ross
• Hurst & Co. Ltd.. London, 2026

An intimate portrait of Estonia and all things Estonian from the UK's ambassador, as entertaining as it is informative. Near the top of most international league tables comes a surprising name: Estonia. This small country has many brilliant achievements to its name which can ...

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Estonian lessons

what the world can learn from a brilliant Baltic state

• Allen, Ross
• Hurst & Co. Ltd.. London, 2026

An intimate portrait of Estonia and all things Estonian from the UK's ambassador, as entertaining as it is informative. Near the top of most international league tables comes a surprising name: Estonia. This small country has many brilliant achievements to its name which can ...

Beyond Ukraine

debating the future of war

• Editor/a . Sweijs, Tim
• Editor/a . Michaels, Jeffrey H.
• Hurst & Co. Ltd.. London, 2026

Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked a major shift in thinking about the future of war. This book offers a comprehensive examination of its impact on visions of conflict. War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms ...

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Beyond Ukraine

debating the future of war

• Sweijs, Tim;
• Michaels, Jeffrey H.
• Hurst & Co. Ltd.. London, 2026

Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked a major shift in thinking about the future of war. This book offers a comprehensive examination of its impact on visions of conflict. War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms ...

Belarus

what everyone needs to know

• Marples, David R.
• Laputska, Veronica
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Recent events have thrust Belarus into the international spotlight, but for years after declaring independence in 1991, Belarus remained a little-known republic in the West, despite its important geostrategic position between Poland and Russia, and as a conduit for Russian energy supplies to central Europe ...

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Belarus

what everyone needs to know

• Marples, David R.;
• Laputska, Veronica
• Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2026

Recent events have thrust Belarus into the international spotlight, but for years after declaring independence in 1991, Belarus remained a little-known republic in the West, despite its important geostrategic position between Poland and Russia, and as a conduit for Russian energy supplies to central Europe ...