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By Andrea

June 2026 The cover features a black-and-white photograph of a man seated at a desk, dressed in a suit and tie, looking directly at the camera. The title is displayed in bold white text at the top, with the subtitle in orange, and the author's name in white at the bottom.

The life of Aleksandr Tvardovskii

Geoffrey Hosking, 2025

Julia Boechat Machado

By Andrea

June 2026 **Alt text:** Book cover of *Enver Hoxha: Twentieth-Century Tyrant* by Robert C. Austin and Artan R. Hoxha. The cover features a red-tinted historical photograph of Enver Hoxha, the communist leader of Albania, wearing a hat and overcoat and raising his hand in greeting. Large white capital letters spelling “ENVER HOXHA” dominate the centre of the cover, with the subtitle “Twentieth-Century Tyrant” in smaller yellow text across the middle. The authors’ names appear in yellow at the bottom. The overall design uses a stark red, white, and yellow colour scheme, creating a dramatic and authoritarian visual effect.

Enver Hoxha: from playboy to politician

Robert C. Austin and Artan R. Hoxha, 2026

Lucy Jeffery

By Andrea

May 2026 Book cover of *The Great War and the Transformation of Habsburg Central Europe* by Pieter M. Judson and Tara Zahra. The title appears in large serif text on a muted beige background, with “Habsburg Central Europe” highlighted in orange. At the bottom is a black-and-white winter photograph of barracks and a crowd of people in a snowy camp, with mountains faintly visible in the background. The Oxford logo appears at the bottom.

The long end to Habsburg Central Europe’s long nineteenth century

Pieter M. Judson and Tara Zahra, 2025

Nancy M. Wingfield

By Andrea

May 2026 Book cover with a dark green and black design. The title, The Island of the Pope: Catholics in the Aegean Archipelago between Empire and Nation-State, 1770–1830, appears at the top. Below it is a black-and-white historical illustration depicting several figures in a coastal or rural landscape, seemingly in motion or conflict, with buildings and hills in the background. At the bottom, the author’s name, Dimitris Kousouris, is displayed on a green band.

Revolutionary waves in imperial waters

Dimitris Kousouris, 2025

Paul Csillag

By Andrea

April 2026

A longue durée history of Bukovina

Cristina Florea, 2025

Gaëlle Fisher

By Andrea

April 2026 Impressionistic book cover showing a riverside view of Prague with colorful, textured brushstrokes. Boats float on a river in the foreground, while historic buildings and spires rise along the waterfront under a cloudy sky. Large white text reads “PRAGUE,” with smaller text above saying “The Heart of Europe,” and the author’s name, “Cynthia Paces,” at the bottom.

East, West, Central? Getting to the heart of Prague’s place in history

Cynthia Paces, 2026

Anna West

By Andrea

April 2026 Cover of The Mulberry Tree by Iboja Wandall-Holm. A black-and-white photograph shows five children standing closely together outdoors, smiling and interacting casually, suggesting friendship or family bonds. They wear simple mid-20th-century clothing. The title appears in large yellow letters above them. At the bottom, the subtitle reads: “The story of a life before and after the Holocaust,” with the author’s name beneath.

The extraordinary life of Iboja Wandall-Holm

Iboja Wandall-Holm, 2025

Eva Kalousová

By Andrea

April 2026 Book cover of Omelian Pritsak by Andrii Portnov. The background fades from pink to purple. The title appears in large black script across the center. At the bottom left is a black-and-white photograph of an older man seated at a desk with books and a telephone. Beneath the title, smaller text reads: “and the intellectual origins of the Ukrainian ‘Harvard Miracle’.” A label at the bottom reads “Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies.”

Amidst displacement and ruptures: An intellectual biography of Omeljan Pritsak

Andrii Portnov, 2026

Yevhen Yashchuk

By Andrea

March 2026 Book cover featuring a patterned collage of passport stamps, visas, and travel markings in muted tones. Overlaid at the bottom is a black band with the title The Oxford Handbook of Tourism History in large white and orange text, and the editors’ names, Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James, in smaller white text at the top right.

A comprehensive overview of tourism history

Edited by Eric G. E. Zuelow and Kevin J. James, 2025

Louisa Niesen

By Andrea

March 2026 Book cover featuring an abstract painting in warm tones (yellow, orange) with layered white, blue, and gray shapes. The title Nonaligned Imagination appears in large, bold letters across the lower half, with the subtitle Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs beneath it. The author’s name, Nataša Kovačević, is displayed at the top.

Yugoslav cultural diplomacy and the Global South

Nataša Kovačević, 2025

Réka Krizmanics