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'Fast-paced and readable.'
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'Fast-paced and readable.'
Published today, by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Delighted to see my book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" in the new @hurstpublishers.bsky.social catalogue amongst all these wonderful books
🎶 Listen to the author’s specially curated pipes playlist on Spotify to accompany the book ➡️ tinyurl.com/2f8rxh3k
The Hurst stand at London Book Fair. There is a big sign with the Hurst logo (the weathervane) and 'Hurst' written at the top of the stand. There are posters of new book covers including for 'Bitter Sweet' and 'Parallel Roads to Hell', and on the shelves underneath there are lots of copies of the new Autumn/Winter 2026 catalogue, and other recently released books. There is a table with chairs at the front.
We’re at the London Book Fair! Come and say hello and pick up a copy of our new Autumn/Winter 2026 catalogue 🎉
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📍Stand 6E70, part of the IPG stand in the Grand Hall
Book cover of 'The Shah's Party' showing the Shah of Iran lighting his wife's cigarette in historic black and white photo with gold writing for the title. Author listed as Robert Templer.
🇮🇷 Available now: ‘The Shah’s Party’ by Robert Templer. Learn about the event that precipitated the downfall of Reza Pahlavi’s father.
‘Fast-paced & readable.’ @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social
Advance copies at 20% off w/code SHAH20 & check out our Iran Reading List here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2p9r57br
Against a red backdrop is a book mockup of 'The Bagpipes' The title is written at the top, followed by the subtitle: 'A Cultural History'. The author's name 'Richard McLauchlan' is visible at the bottom. The book cover is black with a white border and shows four pipes.
Happy International Bagpipe Day!
'The Bagpipes' by Richard McLauchlan is a diverse history of the pipes—from inspiring terror on battlefields to enriching cultures worldwide.
‘Richly entertaining and perceptive' @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Get 25% off w/ code BAGPIPES25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/73ckanj7
Purchase your copy of 'The Shah's Party' at 20% discount with code SHAH20 and see our full reading list on Iran here ▶️ www.hurstpublishers.com/category/rea...
I have loved pretty much everything Kaplan has written on the Balkans. Excited to read this eventually
Showing 5 book covers for 'America's Middle East', 'American Overthrow', 'The Shah's Party', 'From Gulf to Global,' and 'Russia and Iran.' All on a black background.
The fast pace of the Iran war has expanded the conflict so we've updated our rdg list: tinyurl.com/4hhw3dce Find context for the recent revelations of Russia providing intelligence to Iran, the mindset of Hezbollah, the American escalation in the region, the role of Qatar as mediator, & more.
Robert D. Kaplan looking into the camera next to a mockup of his book ‘Waste Land.’ The cover of the book features photos of children wading through water carrying belongings on their heads, and of destroyed machinery. There is white lettering for the author name, title and subtitle and text that reads ‘provocative and wide-ranging — The Sunday Times.’
OUT IN PB IN SEPTEMBER 🗓️
A @thetimes.com Book of the Week
A @financialtimes.com Book to Read
'Waste Land' by Robert D. Kaplan is the darkly brilliant, wide-angled vision of our chaotic, globalised world, where present crises resonate with past tyrannies.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/4z9exz3z
Elizabeth Buchanan smiling into the camera, next to a mockup of her book, ‘So You Want to Own Greenland?’ The cover of the book features a red boat in the Arctic Ocean, approaching icy mountains. There is red, blue, black and white writing for the title, subtitle, author name and a label that reads ‘new edition’.
OUT IN JULY 🗓️
Forthcoming paperback with an updated preface 'So You Want to Own Greenland' by Elizabeth Buchanan
'The textual equivalent of sitting down for a beer with someone who just happens to be an expert on Arctic security.' —
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3twxyzun
Christopher Hale standing in front of a large building with lots of foliage and looking to the left, next to a mockup of his book ‘The Great Groundnut Fiasco’. The cover has a sand-coloured background and green detailing of grass, trees, and a tractor, and there is an image of peanuts in the middle. There is black and cream lettering for the title, subtitle and author name.
OUT JAN 2027 🗓️
In 'The Great Groundnut Fiasco', Christopher Hale reveals the fascinating story of Labour's efforts to feed post-war Britain by leveraging its African colonies—and the enduring political consequences of the Scheme’s failure.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/2zd42p2w
David M. Sacks looking into the camera next to a mockup of his book, ‘The Realist’. The cover features an archival photo of Hans Morgenthau giving a speech, and white and green writing for the author name, title and subtitle.
OUT IN NOVEMBER 🗓️
'The Realist' by David M. Sacks is the first biography of Hans Morgenthau, the theoretician who escaped Nazi Germany and pioneered the ‘realist’ approach to international relations, now resurgent in global politics.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3txsbbxy
Keir Giles looking into the camera, standing against a wooden wall, next to a mockup of his book, ‘American Overthrow’. The cover of the book features the US presidential seal with the central image replaced with the coat of arms of Russia. There is red and black writing for the author name, title and subtitle, and there is also a line that reads ‘author of ‘Who Will Defend Europe?’.
OUT IN SEPTEMBER 🗓️
'American Overthrow' by @keirgiles.bsky.social is the disturbing account of Moscow’s ideological capture of the American ruling elite, the consequences of which are only now coming to light.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/584693ur
Pat Yale smiling and looking into the camera in front of a blue background, alongside a mockup of her book, ‘The Bosphorous’. The cover of the book features a boat making waves through water, and behind the waves there are images of great Turkish architecture. There is white and orange lettering for the author name, subtitle and title.
OUT IN JANUARY 2027 🗓️
'The Bosphorus' by @patyale.bsky.social is the evocative portrait that brings to life how the crossroads of trade and culture, the boundary between East and West, is a waterway like no other.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/yx562ve8
Myra Macdonald looking into the camera, stood in front of a grassy area, alongside a mockup of her book, ‘Threads of Destiny’. The cover of the book features the ‘teardrop’ pattern typical of the ‘paisley’ style, in front of an archival drawing of Paisley in Scotland. There is pink and green lettering for the title, subtitle and author name.
OUT IN SEPTEMBER 🗓️
From journalist Myra MacDonald, 'Threads of Destiny' explores empire, fashion and technology in a pathbreaking history of the renowned pashmina shawl and the concurrent lives of weavers in Scotland and British India.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/3k4kwumn
Ayesha Harruna Attah looking to the right and wearing a stripey blue top, next to a mockup of her book, ‘Bitter Sweet’. The cover of the book features archival maps covered with foliage and drawings of kola nuts, and black writing for the title, subtitle and author name.
OUT IN DECEMBER 🗓️
Ayesha Harruna Attah's 'Bitter Sweet' is a beautifully written history of the uniquely West African Kola nut with a truly global story.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/53vjyxv6
John McHugo smiling and looking into the camera, next to a mockup of his book ‘Parallel Roads to Ruin’. The cover of the book features a silhouetted image of an Israeli soldier sat in gap within a wall with an Islamic design. There is blue and orange writing for the author name, title and subtitle.
OUT IN DECEMBER 🗓️
'Parallel Roads to Ruin' by John McHugo examines the entwined destinies of Zionists and Islamists and the political outcome of their deadly embrace.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/33nuk9be
Roger Boyes wearing a pale blue shirt looking into the camera with his arms crossed, next to a mockup of his book, ‘The Watchers.’ The cover of the book features photos of people with pale blue boxes surrounding them, as if walking across a surveillance screen. There is white writing for the title, subtitle and author name.
OUT IN NOVEMBER 🗓️
'The Watchers' is a chilling global investigation into how modern surveillance states are built and why they endure— from Roger Boyes, a journalist once spied upon in Cold War Europe.
Pre-order ➡️ tinyurl.com/ycxfja64
Our Autumn/Winter 2026 catalogue is here 🎉 📚
Discover original and impactful new titles ranging from a chilling investigation into modern surveillance states to a history of the kola nut, and more.
Browse the full list ➡️ tinyurl.com/mvkkycsw
See the thread below for some highlights ⬇️
Against a lilac background, 5 book mockups overlapping each other. The middle book cover is a cream colour and features a small shoe and has the text 'Planet Patriarchy: Global Tales of Feminism and Opression' and author names 'Beatrix Campbell and Rahila Gupta are visible at the bottom. The book cover on the far right has the title 'Proving Ground' and shows a woman working with an electrical system. The book cover on the far left is a teal colour and features a woman standing in the middle.
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the Hurst books that champion the voices and lived experiences of women across the world, and the brilliant women who wrote them.
Browse our full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
@abuaardvark.bsky.social 's America's Middle East cited in this important Sunday Read from the @theguardian.com about analysis of the Iran war. Read a book sample and purchase here: tinyurl.com/y5mmr9u5
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Necessary reading 👇🏼
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There are plenty of other brilliant books on the list, including Darwin’s Savages by my fellow @hurstpublishers.bsky.social author Matthew Carr, The Wager by @davidgrann.bsky.social, False Calm by Maria Sonia Cristoff & Patagonia: A Cultural History by @traveloguer.bsky.social.
Three copies of First Overland by Tim Slessor. The cover features images of old Land Rovers appearing to drive across sand, and a blue background with an orange circle in which the title and subtitle are written. The author name appears at the bottom alongside a notice that there is a 'Foreword by Sir David Attenborough'.
⛰️🚗Decades before Race Across the World, six friends made the journey from London to Singapore and back in two Land Rovers.
First Overland, the adventure writing bestseller is republished with Sir David Attenborough's foreword, ‘an epic and a classic’.
20% off w/code FIRST20➡️ tinyurl.com/y7sr6kue
Five book covers on titles related to Iran, including 'The Shah's Party,' 'Triumph and Despair,' 'A New Axis of Upheaval,' and 'Russia and Iran.'
🇮🇷 Find a reading list on Iran—its history, politics and people—and America's entanglements in the Middle East here 👇
tinyurl.com/4hhw3dce
Book cover of 'Arduous Path' showing a typographic design on a bright red background.
📚The latest from Azmi Bishara: ‘Arduous Paths: On the Theory and Practice of Democratic Transition’ is out now.
‘Compelling, cosmopolitan and timely.’ @professorjkeane.bsky.social
Order your copy at 40% discount w/code ARDUOUS40 ➡️ tinyurl.com/496ms5mz
Get 20% off 'The Arab Bureau' w/code GEARON20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/5a88pf9a
Fantastic analysis by @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social!
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A finalist graphic for the awards
A copy of Small Earthquakes
Delighted to hear #SmallEarthquakes has been shortlisted for Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards 2026 🎉
Congratulations to fellow finalists @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @ashbhardwaj.bsky.social and @carolynboyd.bsky.social 🥂
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