Charles Maier’s Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging since 1500,  Martin Rudwick’s Earth’s Deep History, Gavin Hollis, The Absence of America: The London Stage 1576-1642 and two by Foucault – the recent reedition of his essay Sept propos sur le septième ange and a 1964 reprint of the 1961 edition of his Histoire de la folie. Hollis was sent as I’m on the editorial board of the series; Rudwick was pre-ordered in recompense for review work earlier this year. I found a cheap (and a bit tatty) version of Foucault’s book, so thought I’d get it as a reading copy – I have a much better-preserved version which I found earlier this year in Paris.