Featured Monthly Releases – August 2026

This August, explore ideas that broaden perspectives, spark new thinking and contribute to meaningful conversations. Discover our featured releases for the month.

• The Anthem Beckett Studies Reader – Re-viewing Samuel Beckett

This collection brings together influential essays that trace the development of Beckett scholarship across literature, theatre, media, philosophy and performance. It explores themes including genre, intermediality, embodiment, voice, translation, archives, ethics and politics, presenting Beckett as an ongoing site of critical enquiry. The volume offers a valuable resource for students, scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the evolving field of Beckett studies.

• Ray Petri

This book explores the work and legacy of Scottish-born stylist Ray Petri, whose Buffalo collective transformed fashion imagery and influenced the visual culture of the 1980s. It examines his innovative use of street style, sportswear, diverse casting and gender-fluid aesthetics to challenge conventional ideas of fashion and identity. The book also traces Petri’s lasting influence on contemporary photographers, stylists and designers.

• Sense and Value in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

This study offers a comprehensive interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and other early writings, focusing particularly on language, logic, ethics and value. It examines Wittgenstein’s distinctive understanding of logic and his account of what can be said and what can only be shown. Drawing on thinkers including Weininger, Tolstoy and Kant, the book places Wittgenstein’s ideas within their wider philosophical context. 

• America’s Neglected Protectionist Tradition – The Economics that Forged a Nation

This book recovers the intellectual history of the American protectionist tradition, tracing its development from Alexander Hamilton and Tench Coxe through later thinkers including Friedrich List, John Rae and Henry Charles Carey. Drawing on the writings of nearly seventy economists and statesmen, it argues that American protectionist thought developed as a distinctive and systematic alternative to English classical economics. The study also offers historical perspectives on contemporary debates surrounding trade, industrial policy, technological innovation and economic development.

• Freetown Echoes – Tales from Along the Odokoko

Freetown Echoes is an autofictional account of life along the Odokoko stream in Freetown, Sierra Leone, during the 1970s. Blending personal memories with stories of school, faith, folklore, community life and local characters, it captures the rhythms and experiences of a changing society. Against the backdrop of political tensions surrounding the 1973 and 1977 elections, the book presents a layered portrait of community, resilience and everyday life. 

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