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We publish books on current affairs, history, conflict and religion in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. And much else besides.
🇵🇸 As seen in the cover story of the Sunday magazine from
@thetimes.com, Jean-Pierre Filiu's 'A Historian in Gaza' is 'an unflinching eyewitness account' (Guardian). It's sold out online from some retailers, but you can order from us at 50% off until midnight tonight!

➡️ hurstpublishers.com?s=filiu
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
👀Troublemaker by @cktroublemaker.bsky.social is out of stock with some retailers. But you can order for immediate despatch at 50% off until midnight December 9th directly from Hurst (and support an indie publisher in doing so!)

A @newyorker.com and Kirkus Book of the Year

👉 tinyurl.com/3z8zha7jA
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Today marks the first anniversary of the fall of the house of Assad in Syria. Find our reading list on modern Syria here: tinyurl.com/3dr7wref (all titles 50% off through midnight tomorrow).
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
‘An incandescent indictment of [Putin’s] regime.’ @thetimes.com

'Z Generation' by @irgarner.bsky.social out now in paperback & updated. Get your copy at 50% off in our holiday sale.

➡️https://tinyurl.com/4wjxs8cw
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Check out our 'Books of the Year'!

Your chance to nab a copy at half-price on our sitewide holiday sale. Spend more than £50 (excl shipping) & get a free eBook as well! You have until midnight the 9th of December. Browse our full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Congratulations @cktroublemaker.bsky.social! Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford is out today 🥳

‘Even-handed… impressive.’— @thespectator1828.bsky.social

'A repository of astounding resourcefulness.’— @nytimes.com

50% off until 9th December in our sale tinyurl.com/3z8zha7j
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thrilled to see @pratinavanil has highlighted @pratinavanil.bsky.social 'A Historian in Gaza' in the Guardian round-up of 'Best History and Politics Books of 2025'. Get your copy at 50% off during our holiday sale, offer ends December 9th. 🇵🇸

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December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This Cyber Monday, get your free eBook when you spend more than £50 (excl shipping) in our Black Friday sale. ALL in-stock titles are 50% off until midnight on the 9th of December.

Browse our full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our Black Friday sale is live! 🎉

Get 50% off ALL books until midnight on 9th December. This year, you can get your hands on a free eBook when you spend over £50 (excl shipping).

Browse our full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Fifty years after Franco's death, @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social's Travels Through the Spanish Civil War 'offers a vivid and thrilling journey... reminding [of] those who fought fascism, and what's at stake as we resist its return.' — Paul Mason

25% off w/code TRAVELS25➡️ tinyurl.com/yh2rnc6e
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In honour of Disability History Month, we're offering @rachelcdailey.bsky.social's 'Ramping Up Rights: An Unfinished History of British Disability Activism at 25% discount w/promo code RIGHTS25 and a free copy of the ebook.

ORDER HERE: tinyurl.com/ync7vmar
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Early stock of the ‘remarkable’ new biography of Decca Mitford, the Communist rebel sister, is available now! ⭐

Carla Kaplan’s ‘impressive study…proves once and for all that she was the only Mitford sister worth taking seriously.’— Polly Toynbee

25% off w/code TROUBLEMAKER25➡️ tinyurl.com/4f3565k3
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📚 ADVANCE STOCK ALERT!
Who Will Defend Europe? by @keirgiles.bsky.social is now updated & in paperback.

Grab your copy direct ➡️ tinyurl.com/ckfsdvw2 & get 25% off w/code GILES25.

‘A blistering account of our defence shortcomings.’ @edwardlucas.bsky.social, @thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thanks again to Alistair Campbell of @therestpolitics.bsky.social for highlighting 'The Bagpipes' by Richard McLauchlan: ‘An absolutely brilliant book!’
Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/3jkbxd9p

It's sold out in places, but you can always order direct:
➡️ tinyurl.com/4e6vck59

25% off w/promo code BAGPIPES25
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
As Trump continues to push the idea of a US takeover of Greenland, read 'the textual equivalent of sitting down for a beer w/someone who just happens to be an expert on Arctic security.' — @newstatesman1913.bsky.social

'So You Want to Own Greenland?' by Elizabeth Buchanan ➡️ tinyurl.com/4ezeesk4
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A Historian in Gaza by Jean-Pierre Filiu is ‘a supplement to his wonderful history, Gaza… essential reading to understand what is happening in that most troubled and tragic region.’ — @willdalrymple.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In Unbroken Chains: A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement by @martinplaut.bsky.social, ’the former BBC World Service Africa editor places the now well-documented horrors of the transatlantic slave trade in a wider historical context.’ — Michela Wrong
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
‘An absolutely brilliant book and one of the best research books I’ve read in a long time!’

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social on The Bagpipes: A Cultural History by Richard McLauchlan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶
Listen on today’s episode of @therestpolitics.bsky.social Question Time 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2veU...
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Congratulations @rallaf.bsky.social, It Started in Damascus publishes today.

‘Weaving her own story through an account of recent Syrian history, Rime Allaf provides a riveting insider’s perspective.’ — @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social

Get 25% off w/code DAMASCUS25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/y8kryytf
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📚 🇮🇳 OUT NOW: Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy: Caste, Class and Indenture Abroad, 1914–67 by @kalathmika.bsky.social

‘Transforms our understanding of diplomatic history.’ @rahulraothariel.bsky.social

25% off w/code COOLIE25 tinyurl.com/59246yu5
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Helsinki: The History of a Nordic City by Henrik Meinander is out now! 🇫🇮

‘Meinander weaves a highly readable tale of this fascinating city of hidden depths.’ — @dankaszeta.bsky.social

25% off w/code MEINANDER25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/97j32y57
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🇳🇱 What does the blow to the Dutch far-right signal? To learn more about the challenges facing the Netherlands today, read @npw99.bsky.social's 'Orange Sky, Rising Water.'

'A wonderful guide to the country’s soul.’
@simonkuper.bsky.social

25% off w/code ORANGE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/v7v4p9vx
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
📚 Now available in paperback! 'The Small States Club' by former president of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian is ‘a fascinating and timely analysis of the agility and adaptability of small states.’ @financialtimes.com

25% off w/code SMALLSTATES25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/2r7u8rt5
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📚 City of Kashmir: Srinagar, A Popular History by Sameer Hamdani is now available!

'Reveals a Srinagar retrieved from scrolls and stones, from art & poetry, from memories of lost streets & pleasure.'@psemolina3.bsky.social

Buy at a 25% discount w/promo code KASHMIR25 here ➡️ tinyurl.com/ms84hxs7
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎣🎙️Listen to the first episode of @rigbysherrings.bsky.social’s podcast to accompany his new book, Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring: Adventures with the King of Fishes.

🎧 www.herripedia.com/of-beginning...

Get 25% off the book using code HERRING25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yader4dp
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM