This tumultuous work distils some of the most striking moments of popular uprising. From the civil rights movement to the recent events across the Arab world, the most intense emotions of public revolt – fear, determination, resistance, solidarity, celebration – are unified across decades of global protest. Here, Tibetan activists are chased by riot police while protesting outside the visa section of the Chinese consulate in Kathmandu, 30 March 2008. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
A supporter of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarek rides a camel through the melee during a clash between pro-Mubarek and anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, 2 February 2011. The photo was taken by Chris Hondros of Getty Images who was killed on 20 April 2011 in Misrata, Libya.
Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images
An emotional supporter shouts out as tens of thousands of supporters of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gather in Vali Asr Square for a rally attended by the president in Tehran, 14 June 2009. Protesters set fires and smashed store windows in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities, but Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest, the worst in a decade in Tehran, as "not important".
Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Photo
Philip Davies’s Lost London 1870-1945 brought to light photographs commissioned by London city council during an era when cameras were a budding innovation. This follow-up features high-resolution poster-size reproductions of 180 images from that volume, along with 100 new ones, in which subtle details are revealed. Hidden in this image among the hustle and bustle of Oxford Circus on 19 October 1910 is an early electric arc lamp. Truly revelatory.
Photograph: English Heritage
Earlham Street, Seven Dials, circa 1913 Photograph: English Heritage
Jack Robinson’s rare ability to make his subjects feel at ease is displayed in a glorious and often unexpected compendium of many leading personalities from the era. This portrait of Tina Turner was taken 25 November 1969.
Photograph: Jack Robinson/Vogue/Conde Nast Archive
The Who on 5 June 1969, just after the release of their rock opera Tommy. Photograph: Jack Robinson/Vogue/Conde Nast Archive
Spanning nearly 40 years of film-making, Scorsese on Scorsese is a fascinating ragbag of behind-the-scenes photos, personal notes and documents, and in-depth interviews with the director. Here, Martin Scorsese and Jack Nicholson are pictured on the set of The Departed in 2006.
Photograph: Warner Bros/Everett/Rex Features
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro on the set of Taxi Driver, 1976.
Photograph: Michael Wilson Collection
From the streets of south London to Segovia, Spain, a vanished world is engagingly charted in Rod Williams’s street photography. Here, children are seen coming out of the cinema in Forest Hill, London, 1968.
Photograph: Rod Williams
A woman on Portobello Road, 1967.
Photograph: Rod Williams
As the digital world colonises our reading space, old-fashioned book collections, and the tales they tell about their owners, are under threat. In Unpacking My Library, Leah Price’s celebration of creased spines and dog-ears, 13 major authors including Steven Pinker and Gary Shteyngart show off their well-stocked libraries. Here, Claire Messud and James Wood are pictured in front of their bookcase.
Photograph: Gabrielle Reed and Christian Lazen-Bernardt; and Michael K. Mills/Yale University Press
A bookshelf in the home of Claire Messud and James Wood.
Photograph: Gabrielle Reed and Christian Lazen-Bernardt; and Michael K. Mills/Yale University Press
