{"title":"Books of the Year 2026","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-prompts-you-need-to-help-you-write-the-book-you-want-to-write","title":"The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can you take your writing to the next level? In this follow-up to their acclaimed handbook The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write, Sarah Burton and Jem Poster offer exercises and practical advice designed to set aspiring authors of fiction on their way to creating compelling short stories and novels. Carefully explaining the purpose and value of each exercise and encouraging writers to reflect on what they have learned in tackling each task, this themed collection of writing prompts provides both encouragement and inspiration. There are many books of prompts already available, but this one is different. Its structured, in-depth approach significantly increases the impact of the exercises, ensuring that storytellers use their time and talent to best effect – not only exploring their own creativity but also developing a wider and clearer understanding of the writer's craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduces the theory step by step using ordinary-language explanations and examples throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractice and theory are helpfully interwoven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe authors are among the foremost specialists in the UK in creative writing, and this book can be used either in conjunction with or independently of their earlier The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write (Cambridge University Press, 2022)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"signed","offer_id":56313298059650,"sku":"9781009391474","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"unsigned","offer_id":56313298092418,"sku":"9781009391474","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009391474i.jpg?v=1762261262"},{"product_id":"still-no-miracles-needed","title":"Still No Miracles Needed","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if we don't need 'miracle technologies' to solve the climate problem? What if the technologies we need are already available? And what if we can use those existing technologies to ensure reliable electricity, heat supplies, and energy security? In a revised and updated edition of his award-winning climate bestseller, No Miracles Needed, the world's premier thinker on energy futures and one of the world's 100 most impactful people in the world in 2023, Mark Z. Jacobson reveals how nations, communities, and individuals can solve the climate crisis most effectively, while simultaneously eliminating air pollution and providing energy security. Mark explains how existing technologies can harness, store, and transmit energy from wind, water, and solar sources to ensure reliable electricity and heat supplies. It includes new, cutting-edge technologies, additional new real-life case studies about the solutions, and additional references. Written for everyone who cares about the future of our planet, this book advises individuals, policymakers, communities, and nations about what they can do to solve the problems identified, and the economic, health, and climate benefits of the solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLays out the framework for how to solve the climate, air pollution and energy security problems of our times; including an honest analysis of what we should not be doing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides up-to-date information on the technologies available now to solve these problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides suggestions on what individual communities, states and countries can do to solve these problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses the policies needed and the cost benefits, land requirements, health benefits and climate benefits of a transition to wind, solar, and water sources of energy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227504750978,"sku":"9781009662475","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009662475i.jpg?v=1768583243"},{"product_id":"promise-the-earth","title":"Promise the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoliticians and business leaders tell us that climate change can be solved with new technologies, but global emissions keep rising. Engineers show us technological options that could be deployed quickly, but there is no plan there to save us. We can no longer wait for solutions to climate change. To reduce our emissions quickly, we need to cut back on some aspects of modern life through inventive tweaks – and via restraint. Restraint is normal. It is also fundamental across all religious faiths. In this volume, Julian Allwood, an engineer, and Andrew Davison, a theologian, offer a fresh perspective and prescription for combatting climate change. Rather than starting from the vantage points of economics and politics, they rethink climate action in the long tradition of the virtues – Courage, Justice, Prudence, and Temperance -- along with Faith, Hope, and Love from the Bible. By acting in good faith now, a safe climate becomes an expression of our faith in and love for humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"review\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e''Restraint' and 'virtue' are not terms used often in the climate debate, but as this fine book makes clear they should be. We need wisdom of all kinds, technical and moral, if we're going to have a chance.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This brilliant book makes the case that rational self-interest alone will not bring about the radical changes to the world economy required to protect our children from the climate breakdown that is coming. The role of faith and compassion has historically played a major role in the way that people cooperate and plan for the future, this persuasive book makes case that it is needed more than ever.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Miodownik, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book is important, timely and groundbreaking. I have always admired Julian Allwood's unwillingness to offer easy scientific solutions to the climate crisis in favour of tougher but workable options. And here Allwood and his theologian co-author Andrew Davison outline the basic challenge while digging deep into the human experience to explain why and how we can all potentially help meet this environmental challenge – with heart and even joy.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerry Macalister, Climate journalist and former Energy Editor of The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56244206764418,"sku":"9781009563994","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009563994i.jpg?v=1783085189"},{"product_id":"athenas-sisters","title":"Athena's Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAthena's Sisters transforms our understanding of Classical Athenian culture and society by approaching its institutions—kinship, slavery, the economy, social organisation—from women's perspectives. It argues that texts on dedications and tombstones set up by women were frequently authored by those women. This significant body of women's writing offers direct insights into their experiences, values, and emotions. With men often absent, women redefined the boundaries of the family in dialogue with patriarchal legal frameworks. Beyond male social and political structures, women defined their identities and relationships through their own institutions. By focusing on women's engagement with other women, rather than their relationships to men, this timely and necessary book reveals the richness and dynamism of women's lives and their remarkable capacity to shape Athenian society and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"review\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Katherine Backler shows how much we can learn about women's actual lives and relationships to one another from fourth-century BC orations and inscriptions, all of which offer much more specific information about the authentic lives of women in the ancient Greek world than can be gleaned from epic and drama. The result is a more detailed, dynamic and positive picture of women's lives than can be derived from literary texts alone.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Lefkowitz, Mellon Professor Emerita in the Humanities and Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Wellesley College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is an exciting contribution to a growing body of scholarship showing that ancient Athenian women had distinct identities and agency beyond their roles as wives and mothers. Drawing on a range of sources including forensic oratory and inscriptions, Backler uncovers the perspectives and even possibly the voices of these multifaceted women from antiquity. This book is original and likely to gain a wide audience.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSara Forsdyke, Josiah Ober Collegiate Professor of Ancient History, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56262301745538,"sku":"9781009672320","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009672320i.jpg?v=1769184205"},{"product_id":"the-world-of-leonard-cohen","title":"The World of Leonard Cohen","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeonard Cohen's artistic career is unique. Most poets and novelists do not become rock stars. No other rock star's career peaked in their eighth decade as Leonard Cohen's did. Cohen's popularity is still growing following his death. In The World of Leonard Cohen, a team of international scholars and writers explore the various dimensions of the artist's life, work, persona, and legacy to offer an authoritative and accessible summation of Cohen's extraordinary career. His relation to key themes and topics – Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Zen and the East, the Folk tradition, Rock \u0026amp; Roll, Canadian and world literature, film – are all addressed. The World of Leonard Cohen offers a comprehensive, uniquely informed and wholly fresh account of this iconic songwriter and artist, whose singular voice has permanently altered our cultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive source for understanding Leonard Cohen's work and its contexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes well-written and entertaining essays about Cohen's music and writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive account of this singer, songwriter, poet, and star\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56286649614722,"sku":"9781009350594","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009350594i.jpg?v=1769688939"},{"product_id":"move-slow-and-upgrade","title":"Move Slow and Upgrade","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor far too long, tech titans peddled promises of disruptive innovation - fabricating benefits and minimizing harms. The promise of quick and easy fixes overpowered a growing chorus of critical voices, driving a sea of private and public investments into increasingly dangerous, misguided, and doomed forms of disruption, with the public paying the price. But what's the alternative? Upgrades - evidence-based, incremental change. Instead of continuing to invest in untested, high-risk innovations, constantly chasing outsized returns, upgraders seek a more proven path to proportional progress. This book dives deep into some of the most disastrous innovations of recent years - the metaverse, cryptocurrency, home surveillance, and AI, to name a few - while highlighting some of the unsung upgraders pushing real progress each day. Timely and corrective, Move Slow and Upgrade pushes us past the baseless promises of innovation, towards realistic hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the power and utility of upgrades over innovation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUtilizes case studies pulled from today's headlines to ground theoretical analysis in current events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides readers with warning signs they can use to spot dangerous innovations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56318610932098,"sku":"9781009466578","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009466578i.jpg?v=1770211543"},{"product_id":"think-of-england","title":"Think of England","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the basis of English national identity? How has this changed over time, and what is its future? Tracing the history of English identity over more than 2,000 years, Think of England explores how being English has been understood as belonging to a nation, a people, or a race. Paul Kléber Monod examines the ancient and medieval inventions of a British and ethnic Anglo-Saxon identity, before documenting the violent creation of an English ethnic state within Britain, and the later extension of that imperial power into the wider world. Monod analyses the persistence of a specifically English language of cultural identity after 1707 and the revival of English racial identity during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, highlighting the crucial role of imperial expansion and the recurring myth of “little England” pitted against larger enemies. Turning to the revival of English identity in the twenty-first century, this study raises probing questions about the resurgence and future of a divisive concept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a wide-ranging approach to ideas of English identity, covering more than 15 centuries and a diverse set of sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a longue durée view of the development of English national, ethnic, and racial ideas within the context of imperial expansion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaises important questions about the future of English national identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310552363394,"sku":"9781009652292","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009652292i_6cb9c0f5-bb47-4a9b-ae00-a33cae503861.jpg?v=1783085250"},{"product_id":"why-read-wollstonecraft-today","title":"Why Read Wollstonecraft Today?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat relevance does Mary Wollstonecraft's thought have today? In this insightful book, Sandrine Bergès engages Wollstonecraft with contemporary social and political issues, demonstrating how this pioneering eighteenth-century feminist philosopher addressed concerns that resonate strongly with those faced by twenty-first-century feminists. Wollstonecraft's views on oppression, domination, gender, slavery, social equality, political economics, health, and education underscore her commitment to defending the rights of all who are oppressed. Her ideas shed light on challenges we face in social and political philosophy, including intersectionality, health inequalities, universal basic income, and masculinity. Clear and accessible, this book is an invaluable resource for students and anyone interested in discovering who Mary Wollstonecraft was and how her ideas can help us navigate the struggles of today's feminist movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56387567387010,"sku":"9781009360043","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009360043i_67069861-a64e-4063-ae56-c466faa7fa47.jpg?v=1783085049"},{"product_id":"tipping-out-of-trouble","title":"Tipping Out of Trouble","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat kind of trouble lies ahead? How can we successfully transition towards a sustainable future? Drawing on a remarkably broad range of insights from complex systems and the functioning of the brain to the history of civilizations and the workings of modern societies, the distinguished scientist Marten Scheffer addresses these key questions of our times. He looks to the past to show how societies have tipped out of trouble before, the mechanisms that drive social transformations and the invisible hands holding us back. He traces how long-standing practices such as the slave trade and foot-binding were suddenly abandoned and how entire civilizations have collapsed to make way for something new. Could we be heading for a similarly dramatic change? Marten Scheffer argues that a dark future is plausible but not yet inevitable and he provides us instead with a hopeful roadmap to steer ourselves away from collapse-and toward renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a scientifically credible roadmap toward a sustainable future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how tipping points work at a societal level and that individual actions, however small, bring us closer to a fundamental revision of society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the entrenched interests which hold back change including the role of large corporations and wealthy oligarchies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56512483393922,"sku":"9781009699754","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009699754i.jpg?v=1774528837"},{"product_id":"cormorant","title":"Cormorant","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does prejudice grow and mutate? What does intolerance, when transferred from human beings onto animals, do to those creatures? And what, in return, does it do to us? Cormorant is the gripping story of a 'greedy' bird hated across the world, the object of global conflict between the fishing industry on the one hand and environmental science on the other. Gordon McMullan's book reveals that cormorants have been loathed for centuries, a detestation that has metamorphosed over time. Drawing on fields which include literature, art history and zoology, and ranging from America to China and from Britain to Peru, Cormorant explores racism, xenophobia and capitalism through the remarkable story of a bird. McMullan argues that if in the present we are to recognize prejudicial attitudes towards animals and our fellow human beings, then we need to look to the past to understand how those viewpoints have taken hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes for academic study of the cormorant what Stephen Gregory's prizewinning horror novel did for cormorant fiction: will be similarly influential and impactful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFascinating historical comparison of the abhorred satanic cormorant and the saintlike, Christlike pelican will be of interest to anyone interested in ornithology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA powerful, passionately argued refutation of racism and prejudice conducted through the attractive prism of literary, animal, and environmental studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how humanities study can have vital, practical value to the sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"signed","offer_id":56706839642498,"sku":"9781009652988","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"unsigned","offer_id":56706839675266,"sku":"9781009652988","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009652988i.jpg?v=1775052666"},{"product_id":"science-of-the-supernatural","title":"Science of the Supernatural","description":"\u003ctable cellspacing=\"1\" id=\"jacket_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"catalog\" rowspan=\"2}\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can science explain ghost sightings, psychic readings, or the feeling of presence in an empty room? This book explores eerie, unexplained experiences through the lens of neuroscience and psychology. With chapters on sleep paralysis, alien abductions, false memories, psychic readings, mystical experiences, and even zombies, it invites readers to examine how the brain generates strange sensations - and why we often interpret them as supernatural. Designed to spark curiosity and sharpen critical thinking, this book blends scientific insight with storytelling. It is perfect for students, educators, and curious readers alike. Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, or somewhere in between, you'll come away with a deeper understanding of how our brains shape belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56556174705026,"sku":"9781009322379","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009322379i.jpg?v=1776072857"},{"product_id":"bloody-powerful","title":"Bloody Powerful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrought to life with art from talented illustrator Hazel Mead, this incredible book is aimed at every woman stuck in the 'information gap' navigating the jargon and myths about their gynaecological health online. Bloody Powerful covers everything you didn't get taught in school: giving you factually correct and reliable information coming from a practicing gynaecology doctor. It is a non-judgemental and insightful guide to empowering yourself to take charge of your body. Dr Brooke Vandermolen answers questions you have always wanted to ask, from 'Do I need supplements to balance my hormones?' to 'How do I know if my period is too heavy?' sprinkled with facts you may never have realised about your body. Thought-provoking, inspiring and inclusive, this book will show you how we're all the same in wanting to know more about our own bodies, and we are each utterly and beautifully unique.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"signed","offer_id":56602358251906,"sku":"9781009435482","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"unsigned","offer_id":56602358284674,"sku":"9781009435482","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009435482i.jpg?v=1776352583"},{"product_id":"monastic-desires","title":"Monastic Desires","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Byzantine Abbot Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) transgressed the homophobic norms of medieval Orthodox society. His longing for God was distinctly homoerotic, and he depicted union with the divine as a queer sort of marriage. His Orthodox theology of theosis, the deification of the entire person, meant that Symeon taught the salvation of all the parts of the body. But monks also desired the eradication of lust and the punishment of those who fell prey to it. Sermons and biblical commentary defined men who had sex with men as sodomites; and saints' lives warned of the consequences of same-sex desires. Those who renounced sex redirected their desire rather than eliminating it. Symeon's queer erotics shed light on other devotions distinctive to medieval Orthodoxy, including the veneration of saints and worship with icons. Monastic Desires makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of sexuality and the history of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56590653981058,"sku":"9781009648332","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009648332i.jpg?v=1777121002"},{"product_id":"the-perks-of-being-a-bookworm","title":"The Perks of Being a Bookworm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnline education, smartphones, and generative AI have dramatically changed what and how we read. Amid this backdrop of changing media and habits, this book addresses the question: What do we know about the cognitive benefits of reading? And how might this change in a digital age? Presenting a synthesis of research spanning psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and education, it offers a clear and accessible account of how reading transforms the human mind and brain. It demonstrates the profound cognitive enhancements on memory, attention, language processing, reasoning, and intellectual growth resulting from reading, beyond knowledge acquisition. This is an essential guide for students, educators, and researchers alike interested in the science of reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56602424672642,"sku":"9781009701488","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009701488i.jpg?v=1777559829"},{"product_id":"no-future-anniversary-edition","title":"No Future Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'No Feelings', 'No Fun', 'No Future'. The years 1976 to 1984 saw punk emerge and evolve as a fashion, a musical form, an attitude and an aesthetic. Against a backdrop of social fragmentation, violence, high unemployment and socio-economic change, punk rejuvenated and re-energised British youth culture, inserting marginal voices and political ideas into pop. Rejecting both tired clichés and nostalgic myths, Matthew Worley provides the definitive account of how punk was constructed and utilised from the ground up. He takes youth culture seriously as a way of understanding history, demonstrating how punk not only reflected but directly impacted social and political history through its unique ability to provoke, disrupt and subvert. This revised and updated edition marks fifty years since the birth of punk and includes a new foreword from acclaimed music journalist, Paul Morley. It remains the foremost history of British punk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56673522090370,"sku":"9781009661287","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009661287i.jpg?v=1778153298"},{"product_id":"the-brexit-effect-2016-2026","title":"The Brexit Effect, 2016–2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritain's decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics. To assess its impact on the tenth anniversary of the referendum, Anthony Seldon assembles an unparalleled list of writers from all sides of the debate – including Brexit MP Steve Baker, ex-Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, election guru John Curtice, economist Paul Johnson, ex-Foreign Secretary David Miliband, ex-Cabinet minister Emily Thornberry, leading lawyers Marina Wheeler and Jonathan Sumption and ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. They analyse why the referendum happened, how Brexit became law and its impact on every corner of British life, concluding with a range of perspectives on how Britain might make the most of the opportunities now available to it. As the dust continues to settle, The Brexit Effect delivers a vital and timely analysis for all who wish to understand Britain's past, present and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrings together leading voices from political, academic and economic spheres on both sides of the Brexit debate to offer a comprehensive and balanced insight into one of the most pivotal events in modern British history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers every facet and nuance of the Brexit debate, leaving no stone unturned in a thorough exploration of the issues – providing a complete picture of its complexities and consequences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFar more than a simple recount of events, The Brexit Effect weaves historical analysis with firsthand accounts and ongoing political ramifications to deliver a rich, elevated perspective on Brexit and its lasting impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56658484953474,"sku":"9781009749626","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009749626i.jpg?v=1779193578"},{"product_id":"cold-war-football","title":"Cold War Football","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gargantuan battle for hearts and minds, the Cold War is the supreme example of a 'people's war'. But what did the 'people's game' have to do with it? From Dynamo Moscow's stormy tour of Britain in 1945 to the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall chart the clash between capitalism and communism in ten iconic football matches. They take us across Europe, Asia, South America and Africa to uncover football's part in bolstering democracies and dictatorships and in the struggle for influence in the developing world. They show how these matches offered a rare opportunity to see what life was like on 'the other side' of the Iron Curtain, making friends of enemies but also fuelling revolution. Featuring legendary players, goals and on- and off-field controversies, this is a fascinating history of how the Cold War shaped football and how football shaped the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first full exploration of football's dramatic and important role in the Cold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures classic World Cup, European Championship and club encounters games including Arsenal vs. Dynamo Moscow in 1945, West Germany vs. Hungary in 1954, Spain vs. Soviet Union in 1964, North Korea vs. Portugal in 1966, Chile vs. Soviet Union in 1973 and Zaire vs. Yugoslavia in 1974\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTells a people's story of the Cold War through the eyes of players, coaches, journalists and fans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines the long and rich history of what is today called sportswashing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56658491277698,"sku":"9781009456128","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009456128i.jpg?v=1779194086"},{"product_id":"beyond-words","title":"Beyond Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is language, really? Where did it come from, and how did we figure it out? How do babies go from babbling to full sentences? Why can some people juggle multiple languages, while others wrestle with one? How does language work, and what happens when it doesn't? With sharp insight and a sense of humor, Stollznow dives into the strange and endlessly fascinating world of language and the mind. From animal communication to AI, wild children to word slips, and first words to last, this book takes you deep into the science of psycholinguistics, where nothing is ever simple, and everything speaks volumes. Packed with pop culture, real-life cases, and eye-opening experiments, Beyond Words reveals how we learn, use, and lose language, and what it all says about being human. If you've ever fumbled for a word or feared forgetting your own name, this thoughtful, surprising book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Signed copy","offer_id":56812528959874,"sku":"9781009587433","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Unsigned copy","offer_id":56812528992642,"sku":"9781009587433","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009587433i.jpg?v=1783085208"},{"product_id":"the-french-revolution","title":"The French Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree questions have usually been asked about the French Revolution: why did it happen? why was it so violent? and what was its legacy? These questions seem to beg other, more conceptually ambitious queries about causation, violence or legacies. This book aims to answer both sets of questions by bringing together events and ideas. Michael Sonenscher draws on neglected aspects of eighteenth-century intellectual and political life and thought to demonstrate the importance of ideas for making connections between historical explanation and historical narrative. Concisely synthesizing a broad range of established scholarship, Sonenscher utilises new and fresh information to explore why using ideas as evidence adds a dimension of novelty, possibility, expectation and choice to the social, cultural and political history of the French Revolution.This is history about what was expected, but did not happen, and what was unexpected, but really did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56718179271042,"sku":"9781009463904","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009463904i.jpg?v=1781875454"},{"product_id":"what-is-religion","title":"What is Religion?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"medium-12 columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"large-12 columns\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_01\"\u003eHow should we explain differences in religious belief and practice? Philippe Borgeaud's ambitious intellectual history tells the story of how reflection on religious phenomena emerged, throughout the centuries, in European consciousness and scholarship. Christianity in particular, as Borgeaud shows, long wrestled with how to understand polytheistic cultures versus its own belief in a single omnipotent God. The Church Fathers, the author argues, sought to inherit the core of Graeco-Roman culture while rejecting its deities and religious practices; and patristic ideas were later adopted when Europeans travelling and colonising the world encountered ever more varied polytheistic traditions. At times detached, at times enchanted, these travellers' reflections provided the basis for the modern study of 'religions', and have since conditioned the mindset of anyone brought up in a European culture. The book concludes by arguing for the importance of liberation from these assumptions and instead considering religion as a form of 'play'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-12 columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"left title-underline\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"large-12 columns\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_01 no-margin-bottom\"\u003e‘A delight to read, wonderfully informative, richly synthetic, challenging and stimulating. Borgeaud ranges widely, thinks deeply, consistently offers shrewd observations and provocative suggestions, while tracing the history of ideas about the nature of religion from antiquity to the present.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_07\"\u003eBruce Lincoln - Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions, University of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_01 no-margin-bottom\"\u003e‘What is Religion? constitutes the synthesis of a lifetime of reflection. Moving with admirable ease both over the entire historical depth that separates us from ancient Greece and over the global geographic expanse, Borgeaud invites his reader on a journey which is as striking for its erudition as for the clarity of its argument, which is both respectful of its subject and open.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_07\"\u003eJohn E. Jackson - Professor Emeritus of French Literature, University of Bern\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56889455280514,"sku":"9781009220347","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009220347.webp?v=1788516210"},{"product_id":"climate-realism","title":"Climate Realism","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThis book is in high demand, so delivery is taking longer than usual whilst we catch up with orders\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe only meaningful way to understand climate change and wider environmental harm is to begin with the facts. We need an honest assessment of what is working and what is not. The challenges are significant: carbon levels in the atmosphere are still rising, a genuine energy transition has yet to begin, and global energy demand is expected to rise sharply. Renewables remain expensive, nuclear power is costly, and carbon offsets are often little more than modern indulgences. Simultaneously, there is no clear route to sustainable growth. Some place their faith in technology or use offsets to ease their consciences, but this is wishful thinking. Written by one of the UK's leading commentators on energy policy and climate change, Climate Realism offers a radical reassessment of our current position. It argues that we must face the real cost of pollution we create and shows how to avoid wasting the years ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a wake-up call to address the reality of climate change that we are facing and what we need to do about them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how current climate policy has created the illusion of progress by focusing on a 'transition' away from fossil fuels that hasn't and isn't likely to happen unless we take a radical new approach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by one of the UK's leading commentators on energy policy and climate change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56953693471106,"sku":"9781009880619","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009880619.webp?v=1790764742"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk\/collections\/books-of-the-year-2026.oembed","provider":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}