2026 releases

The Journey of the Tasi Diak and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia First, I thought the boat was going to split in two and sink. Some of us...

The Definitive Guide to First Nations Engagement in Australia True reconciliation begins with respect ― and respect begins with understanding. Across Australia, conversations about reconciliation, cultural awareness, and genuine partnership...

The remarkable story of the last Ottoman Caliph, exiled by Atatrk, who tried to recreate the Caliphate in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad. Abdulmejid II was a talented painter,...

A searing indictment of how Afghan elites and the Western powers pulled the rug on the Afghan people, abandoning them to their fate. The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021...

An acclaimed British-Nigerian writer's odyssey through West Africa, starkly transformed since his youth. West Africa is at a crossroads. Boasting tremendous natural wealth, its inhabitants are among the world's poorest....

The remarkable story of how a people and country embraced each other—and ultimately left their identities inextricably linked. For many centuries, Chinese migrated to the ports, cities and provinces of...

A timely and measured examination of how US–Iran relations reached their current impasse and what it will take to move beyond years of distrust. The United States and Iran have...

An eye-opening exploration of the Chinese internet that reveals the intricate dance between freedom and control in contemporary China. In the late 1990s, as the world was waking up to...

A radical new perspective of the relationship between the city and slum- from the researchers and architects behind the groundbreaking design practise URBZ. By the middle of this century, over...

This absorbing study describes and illustrates the Indian Army forces that fought in five wars during the second half of the 20th century. The Indian Army is the world's largest...

Admiral Yi Sun-sin's First Victories against Japan A detailed look at Admiral Yi's four 1592 sorties that defeated the Japanese navy and established him as a national hero. In 1592,...

Architects, Agents, and Unwitting Thwarters In 1953, Iran was at loggerheads with the US and UK, after Prime Minister Mossadegh nationalised Iran's oil reserves. By 1968, under the autocratic rule...

A groundbreaking account of the people and places that have shaped Aboriginal Melbourne In Where's All the Community? Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited, Julie Andrews paints a vivid portrait of the Aboriginal...

A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan. Society isn't working...

What Shapes What We Eat and Drink — and Why It Matters It’s never been a better time to be a food lover. We binge Bake Off, follow foodie influencers,...

A Journey in Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History A revelatory history traversing the ancient roots of Islam in Europe This revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim...

A whirlwind graphic history of Black life in America, from the award-winning political cartoonist Ben Passmore It’s the summer of 2020, and downtown Philly is up in flames. “You’re not...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cobalt Red, discover the incredible true story and page-turning account of the 18th century slave ship, often known as the Zong yet actually named the Zorg - ironically...

The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to...

Resistance, Resilience, Resurgence (Indigenous Self-Rule) This vital and timely book is the first sustained investigation of the creative strategies employed by two Australian Indigenous nations in re-asserting their sovereign capacities...

Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel Carby interrogates how racial fictions have been constructed, maintained, and weaponized across centuries to justify systems...

Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century Nation of Strangers aims to open a global conversation about our contemporary understanding of home, in the way How to Lose a Country did for the global...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Part memoir, part cultural criticism, Stock Photo mines the significance of the stock...

A revised edition of Harvey Young's introduction to the intersection between theatre and race, published in the successful Theatre And series Theatre and Race centers on the interrelationship of the words on...

We have always looked up at the sky and wondered. The desire to explore and understand what lies beyond us is at the heart of scientific discovery. Ever since the...

An experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit. In Annah, Infinite, the dominant narratives surrounding Paul Gauguin’s famous painting Annah...

W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the leading figures of Pan-African thought and activism in the twentieth century. As a sociologist, Du Bois wrote much about the historical...

Srinagar, A Popular History A vibrant tapestry of Srinagar's rich historical and cultural heritage. City of Kashmir offers readers a journey into the 2,000-year history of Srinagar, exploring its written...

A groundbreaking history of Africa’s looted architectural heritage—and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent’s stolen cultural artifacts Between the nineteenth century and today, colonial officials, collectors, and...

Translated by Megan McDowell An incisive, stylish exploration of how Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood and the ethics of storytelling by a star non-fiction writer. In 1960, Truman Capote arrived in...

A groundbreaking history of the way music has threaded through human history, by a brilliant young historian and BBC Next Generation Thinker An ancient shaman raises a conch shell to...

Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World A revelatory history of enslaved people's resistance to Atlantic slavery. The ending of the slave trade and abolition of slavery...

‘Compelling, insightful, often sombrely beautiful’ The Sunday Telegraph Moving beyond travelogue, V.S. Naipaul’s The Masque of Africa considers the effects of belief – in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and...

Great Replacement Theory and the Origins of Our Authoritarian Age A revelatory and far-reaching account of the racist conspiracy theory that is reshaping global politics - from the National Book...

A deeply considered reappraisal of Pakistani politics as a permanent state of struggle and contention between actors, mindsets and interests. This book is a major reinterpretation of Pakistani politics. Its...

A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world Wonder and awe lie at the heart of life’s most profound questions. Wonderstruck shows how these...

*** Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay**** In this engaging follow up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of PEN...

A one-of-a-kind exploration of goddesses from our ancient past 'I loved Goddess with a Thousand Faces. Fascinating, fun and thoughtful and enlightening' JENNIFER SAINT 'A beautiful weave of history, myth and storytelling...

How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity One of the world's foremost exponents of anti-monopoly law explains how Big Tech is strangling our economies and how...

A unique collection of multi-generational contributions from up-and-coming, as well as established, actors on representation of Blackness on stage and screen. This groundbreaking collection of curated interviews provides an opportunity...

An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In...

Meet the doctors, scientists, patients and campaigners tackling the world's worst diseases We often hear about the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry from extortionate pricing to the opioid epidemic....

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NONFICTION A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 • An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024 • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence...

A gripping account of the past and future of Taiwan 'Deeply researched and fascinating' - The Guardian In the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World...

Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present he international best-selling author explores the revolutions - past and present - that define our chaotic, polarized and unstable ageFareed Zakaria first...