Abrams Image

How to Fly a Plane(June, $19.95) by Nick Barnard covers everything from aerodynamics to step-by-step training.

Collins Reference

I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like (Aug., $14.95) by Mardy Grothe looks at the use of metaphor, analogy and simile throughout literary history.

5 Continents Editions

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

The Arts of Kashmir(Mar., $55), edited by Pratapaditya Pal, catalogues Kashmir's artistic and intellectual fervor between the fourth and 19th centuries.

MacMillan UK

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True Adventures for Boys(Apr., $22.95) by Paul Safront presents stories from The Wild World magazine in their original designs.

Overlook Press

By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English (May, $27.95) by David Crystal. The author of How Language Works takes readers on a linguistic travelogue.

Tempus/Nonesuch

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Would You Like to Be Buried with My People?: Irish Wedding Traditions(Apr., $24.95) by Kerstin Mierke et al. traces the history of Irish courtship and marriage customs.

Thunder Bay Press

Faiths & Religions of the World: The History, Culture, and Practice of Beliefs(Mar., $29.95) by David Gibbons provides a comprehensive guide.