New humanities books april 2026
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1. Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003
- (Pub. Date: 26-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Penguin, ISBN-13: 9781802065206)
- **SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2024** **A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORKER** From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of Americas long and ruinous relationship with Saddam Hus... More info...
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2. Anthropology and AI
- Series: Anthropology of Now
- (Pub. Date: 25-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Routledge, ISBN-13: 9781032866192)
- Anthropology and AI explores the complex intersection of artificial intelligence and human society through a diverse collection of anthropological and social scientific perspectives.Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelera... More info...
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3. Anti-Heroes: Negations and Contradictions of the Heroic in the Medieval and Early Modern Baltic Sea Region
- (Pub. Date: 2025, Kartoniert, Publisher: ROMBACH WISSENSCHAFT, ISBN-13: 9783988580894)
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4. Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age
- (Pub. Date: 26-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849140)
- A new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machines. We imagine that we are both in control of and controlled by our bodiesautonomous and yet automatic. This entanglement, according to... More info...
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5. Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- (Pub. Date: 22-May-2025, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Penguin, ISBN-13: 9781802062120)
- The propagandists share resourcesthe troll farms that promote one dictators propaganda can also be used to promote the propaganda of anotherand themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America.... More info...
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6. Baltic: The Future of Europe
- (Pub. Date: 29-Jan-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781399814294)
- A blend of history, politics and map-hopping reporting exploring one of the most important but overlooked theatres of change: the Baltic.... More info...
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7. Bildungsgang und Lebensgeschichte: Der junge Jacob Lenz in Livland 1751-1768
- (Pub. Date: 2025, Kartoniert, Publisher: ROMBACH WISSENSCHAFT, ISBN-13: 9783988581020)
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8. Bloomsbury Handbook to Octavia E. Butler
- Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
- (Pub. Date: 27-Jul-2023, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN-13: 9781350375192)
- Octavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering Butlers complete works from the bestselling novel Kindred, to h... More info...
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9. Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology: Sonic Ghosts
- Series: Elements in Music since 1945
- (Pub. Date: 05-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009487955)
- This Element explores Jacques Derridas concept of hauntology and its connection to experimental music. Focusing on the 1960s, it examines how composers like John Cage and Luigi Nono used records and tape in composition. The Element delves into lo... More info...
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10. Colorblind: Racial Thinking and Cultural Production in Modern Iran and the Diaspora
- Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
- (Pub. Date: 06-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503646063)
- With this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Despite cultural traditions depicting black people and the documented presence of black Iranians, many have insisted that race... More info...
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11. Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History
- (Pub. Date: 05-Mar-2026, Hardback, Publisher: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9780241770573)
- A prescient, thoughtful and chilling examination of the current state of the world If there are lessons from history, now is the time when we need to heed them, so that we do not end up in another Great Power war because of the fatal comb... More info...
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12. Complete Works of Nietzsche
- (Pub. Date: 13-Jan-2024, Hardback, Publisher: Revelation Press, ISBN-13: 9789360074753)
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13. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
- (Pub. Date: 04-Apr-2024, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780141993768)
- Gonzo brilliance ... unique and highly entertaining Financial Times Revelatory reading Adam Tooze, author of Crashed After reading Quinn Slobodians new book, you are not likely to think about capitalism the same way Jacob... More info...
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14. Crowns Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy
- (Pub. Date: 29-Jan-2026, Hardback, Publisher: Mudlark, ISBN-13: 9780008670955)
- A ground-breaking and essential work of history the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Familys connection with the transatlantic slave trade... More info...
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15. David and Goliath: Commentaries on the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies
- (Pub. Date: 10-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674301108)
- The biblical image of David and Goliath captures fittingly the nature of the war that Russia, the worlds largest country by surface area, unleashed on neighboring Ukraine, a country thatwhile still the largest on the European continentis almost... More info...
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16. Death Rituals: The Rs and 'Vikings' in Arabic and Persian
- Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
- (Pub. Date: 09-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009613224)
- This Element reevaluates geographical writings on Rs death and sacrificial rituals, redirecting focus towards the textual transmission of ideas in both Arabic and Persian to offer a critical guide to geographical knowledge dissemination on Rs funera... More info...
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17. Deification in Classical Greek Philosophy and the Bible
- (Pub. Date: 11-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009392969)
- The goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and lucid English, illuminates Greek philosophy by showing how it grows out of ancient Greek religion and ho... More info...
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18. Democratic Resilience in the Baltics, Vol. 2: Societal Resilience as a Defensive Power
- Series: Baltic Security and Defense
- (Pub. Date: 03-Feb-2026, Hardback, Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, ISBN-13: 9783032101457)
- This open access volume examines current threats to democracy with a focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These small democracies face unique challenges from climate change, hybrid security threats, and geopolitical tensions. The book examines... More info...
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19. Deserters
- (Pub. Date: 08-May-2025, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions, ISBN-13: 9781804271636)
- The latest novel by 2015 Prix Goncourt-winner Mathias Enard, The Deserters lays bare the devastations of war on the most intimate aspects of our lives.... More info...
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20. Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Second Edition 2nd Revised edition
- (Pub. Date: 17-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197796726)
- First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly overhauled with updated statistics and an additional chapter covering deve... More info...
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