August 2026
Book of the Month
August’s picks are two guides to places that rarely get a book to themselves, Kyrgyzstan and Angola, and a travel book that follows a punk song from the English-Welsh border to Yugoslavia.
This page looks back at the month’s new releases. The picks were compiled in October 2026.
The pick of the month
Kyrgyzstan
Laurence Mitchell’s Kyrgyzstan (Bradt, 7 August 2026) is, according to the publisher, the only English-language guide dedicated solely to the country, which it describes as the Switzerland of Central Asia.
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Angola
Oscar Scafidi
Oscar Scafidi’s fourth edition for Bradt, the publisher’s only dedicated, full-length English-language guide to Angola. Published on 7 August 2026.
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Travel Writing
In Search of Tito’s Punks : On the Road in a Country That No Longer Exists
Barry Phillips
Barry Phillips follows the story of a song recorded in 1981 by a young punk band from the English-Welsh border and released on a tiny independent l...
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