More success for our alumni authors

Dec 2020 - Celebrating our Alumni authors

Massive congratulations to our alumni authors who have had their books published.

Take a look at the latest books available from our alumni authors:

Dr Ghada Ageel (MA Political Science 2000 and PhD Middle East Politics, 2007) edited a new book called A White Lie by Madeeha Hafez Albatta, which is part of the Women's Voices from Gaza Series 

Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for five generations, experiencing hardship and uncertainty. In the absence of official histories, oral narratives handed down from generation to generation bear witness to life in Palestine before and after the 1948 Nakba—the catastrophe of dispossession. These narratives maintain traditions, keep alive names of destroyed villages, and record stories of the fight for dignity and freedom. The Women’s Voices from Gaza Series honours women’s unique and underrepresented perspectives on the social, material, and political realities of Palestinian life. In A White Lie, the first volume in this series, Madeeha Hafez Albatta chronicles her life in Gaza and beyond. Among her remarkable achievements was establishing some of the first schools for refugee children in Gaza.

This book is available to buy online.

Tim Brooks (History, 1999) has recently published A Corner of Every Foreign Field: English Game to a Global Sport

A Corner of Every Foreign Field is an innovative and thought-provoking take on the history of cricket, looking beyond the scorecards to the pivotal issues of class, politics and imperialism that have shaped the game today. It charts how cricket has vied with football for power, commercial muscle and global reach, growing from a simple boys' game in England to a modern worldwide sport.

This book is available to buy online.

Will Jelbert (Modern Languages, 2000) has recently published Word Wise

An eye-opening guide on how we talk and write to one another, Word Wise explores 400+ of the most common cases of word trash (filler words, hyperbole, and abstractions) and word power (verbs of action, ear candy, onomatopoeia). Examining social media, the language of Donald Trump, AI language research, and heard-on-the-street lingo, communication expert Will Jelbert offers simple and concrete recommendations for improving your own vernacular. With wit, practical applications, and a small dose of nitty-gritty grammar, Word Wise will help you communicate more effectively at home, at work, and online.

This book is available to buy online.

Paul Jones (Computer Science, 2004) has recently published The Data Garden and other Data Allegories: 6 Lessons in Effective Data Management

"In this little Data Garden, the plants and trees are data. They've all been planted for a purpose..." Welcome to the Data Garden and other Data Allegories, where you are invited to explore new worlds, both familiar and fantastic, which will tap into your imagination and illuminate a range of topics that are vitally important to data management, yet so often mis-understood and over-complicated with jargon and techno-babble, masking their underlying simplicity.

This book is available to buy online.

Dr Stephen Manning (PhD, History, 2005) has recently published Bayonet to Barrage - Weaponry on the Victorian Battlefield

How did technical advances in weaponry alter the battlefield during the reign of Queen Victoria? In 1845, in the first Anglo-Sikh War, the outcome was decided by the bayonet; just over fifty years later, in the second Boer War, the combatants were many miles apart. How did this transformation come about, and what impact did it have on the experience of the soldiers of the period? Stephen Manning, in this meticulously researched and vividly written study, describes the developments in firepower and, using the first-hand accounts of the soldiers, shows how their perception of battle changed.

This book is available to buy online.

Alex Morall (Mathematics, 1999) has recently published Helen and the Grandbees

The novel begins when Helen’s daughter, taken from her by social services as a baby, walks back into Helen’s life as grown up, wanting to reconnect with her roots and her biracial identity. Touching on issues of race, identity, loss of self and mental health, the novel traverses the years, as Helen and Lily traverse the years trying to make peace with their respective identities and the turbulence of their past.

This book is available to buy online.

Jonny Oates (Politics, 1991) has recently published his memoir I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

Aged fifteen and armed with a credit card stolen from his father, Jonny Oates ran away from home and boarded a plane to Addis Ababa. His plan? To single-handedly save the Ethiopian people from the devastating 1985 famine. Discovering on arrival that the demand for the assistance of unskilled fifteen-year-old English boys was limited, he learned the hard lesson that you can’t change the world just by pure force of will. A rare political memoir from a figure whose life before politics is every bit as gripping as their time in the corridors of power. Shot through with a captivating warmth and humour, this heart-stoppingly candid memoir reflects on the challenges of balancing idealism and pragmatism, reminding us that lasting change comes from working together rather than standing alone.

This book is available to buy online.

David Onamade (MA Creative Writing, 2010) has recently published Living Pains which is a book-length single poem about racism and the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol. The book is available to buy online. His second collection Sorrow, Tears and Blood, a poetic exploration of homelessness is due out 12 March 2021.

Date: 10 December 2020