A few days ago I highlighted some forthcoming titles from major university presses. Here are some tempting forthcoming books from other publishers. Again, this is certainly not exhaustive and if any publishers or authors want to notify me of books they have coming out in either half of this year, I’ll gladly do another post on what’s in the offing. The selection also reflects my own interests, of course.
From WW Norton I picked out:
From Penguin, a handful that look interesting. I like tales of companies or industries, so this caught my eye. [amazon_link id=”1846145686″ target=”_blank” ]Buttoned up[/amazon_link], Fantastic Man: “Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom are the creators of Fantastic Man, a singular modern men’s style journal. Here they use the history of the button-down shirt to tell the story of contemporary London’s cutting-edge fashion, design and people.”
John Cassidy has a new edition out of [amazon_link id=”0141036516″ target=”_blank” ]How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities[/amazon_link].
[amazon_link id=”0670919411″ target=”_blank” ]Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business is Easier Than You Think [/amazon_link]by Luke Johnson, a self-explanatory offer from the famous entrepreneur and FT columnist.
[amazon_link id=”1844882772″ target=”_blank” ]The Untouchables The people who helped wreck Ireland – and are still running the show[/amazon_link] by Shane Ross, also self-explanatory.
[amazon_image id=”1844882772″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]The Untouchables: The people who helped wreck Ireland – and are still running the show[/amazon_image]
And for everyone who liked [amazon_link id=”1612191819″ target=”_blank” ]Debt: The First 5000 Years [/amazon_link](a fascinating although flawed tome), [amazon_link id=”1846146631″ target=”_blank” ]The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement [/amazon_link]David Graeber. They obviously can’t settle on the title as the blurb says: “Future Possible not only tells the story of Occupy Wall Street’s origins but, more importantly, explains how the movement works and how readers can replicate its method in their own communities.”
[amazon_image id=”1846146631″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement[/amazon_image]
Profile Books doesn’t seem to have any upcoming economics or business books, but I liked the look of [amazon_link id=”1846684781″ target=”_blank” ]Underground, Overground: A Passengers History of the Tube [/amazon_link] by Andrew Martin – the 150th aniversary of London Underground is almost on us – and [amazon_link id=”1846684021″ target=”_blank” ]Invisible Romans[/amazon_link] by Robert C Knapp, about the lives of working Romans.
Finally, one of my Twitter correspondents, Dr Dave O’Brien has this out from Routledge later in the year: [amazon_link id=”0415817595″ target=”_blank” ]Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries.[/amazon_link]