As 2017 draws to a close, the I.B.Tauris staff have again taken the chance to reflect on their favourite books, from our own (strong) stable – and from further afield. As usual, there’s a wonderfully eclectic range, so dive in! Madeleine Hamey-Thomas; Visual Culture Editor I.B.Tauris Book of the Year: China’s Forgotten People: Xinjiang, … Continue reading
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The I.B.Tauris Summer Reading List 2017
With summer reaching its traditional drizzly climax, I’m sure your thoughts are turning to the most important issue of the season: which books to take on holiday? Here at IBT we’ve come up with a few suggestions, both from our own stables and from further afield. We hope you enjoy our picks! ~ Tom Stottor … Continue reading
The Guardian reviews Frontline Ukraine
On Thursday 19 February, Richard Sakwa’s Frontline Ukraine was reviewed by Jonathan Steele for the Guardian, and hailed as ‘the best analysis yet in book form of events on the ground in eastern Ukraine as well as in Kiev, Washington, Brussels and Moscow.’ Continue reading
The Secret World in the Sunday Times
‘Waspish, quick-witted, and eloquent’, our new Hugh Trevor-Roper book receives advanced praise. Continue reading
Wall Street Journal review The New Emperors
After broadsheet attention in the UK, now it’s time for the US to take notice of Kerry Brown’s study of power in China. Continue reading
Wall Street Journal review In the Name of the People
How a 1977 massacre still shapes Angola today. Continue reading
openDemocracy review The Fog of Peace
Paul Rogers, openDemocracy’s international-security editor, has called The Fog of Peace a ‘remarkable book by two specialists in the field.’ Continue reading
Royal Academy review Black Artists in British Art
Richard Cork finds Eddie Chambers’ comprehensive study of black-British artists revelatory. Continue reading
House of the Wolf reviewed in Times Literary Supplement
Ezzat El Kamwari’s ‘absorbing and kaleidoscopic retelling of Egyptian history.’ Continue reading
The New Emperors in the Observer
In the Observer, Kerry Brown’s The New Emperors has been described by Isabel Hilton as an ‘essential read’. Continue reading
The New Emperors in Times Higher Education
Kerry Brown’s The New Emperors is Times Higher Education’s Book of the Week. Continue reading
Kerry Brown’s The New Emperors in the Financial Times
Jamil Anderlini, Beijing Bureau Chief for Financial Times, praises Kerry Brown’s The New Emperors in his review Continue reading
Pain in the Arts in the Sunday Times
Ian Critchley of the Sunday Times has praised John Tusa‘s Pain in the Arts Continue reading