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Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women
Paperback,
12/06/2014,
£8.99
£8.09
From flappers and beat girls to dolly birds and ladettes, this is the story of the 20th Century's 'bad girls' and the controversy that has accompanied their growing freedom.
How Not To Be a Boy
Hardback,
23/08/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
Following Peep Show, and alongside Back, the new Mitchell and Webb sitcom, comes part-memoir, part call-to-arms from the award-winning and hilariously funny Robert Webb
Carrington's Letters: Her Art, Her Loves, Her Friendships
Hardback,
13/11/2017,
£30.00
£27.00
She was friends with the greatest minds of the day and her correspondence stars a roster of fascinating characters - Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Rosamund Lehmann, Maynard Keynes to name but a few.
Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space
Hardback,
16/11/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between.
Communities of Resistance: Writings on Black Struggles for Socialism
Paperback,
16/11/1990,
£16.99
£15.29
Black Looks: Race and Representation
Paperback,
17/12/2014,
£16.99
£15.29
Originally published: Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press, 1992.
Black and British: A Forgotten History
Paperback,
27/07/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
A story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean. It shows that the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery, and that black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of both World Wars.
Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars
Paperback,
29/09/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
Statistics tell us there has never been a better time to be a woman but feminists are quick to point out that women are still victims of everyday sexism. This title explores what life is like for women today. It's time to ditch a feminism that appears remote from the concerns of most women and, worse, pitches men and women against each other.
Birth of the Pill: How Four Pioneers Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
Hardback,
12/02/2015,
£16.99
£15.29
The story of the extraordinary characters behind the invention of the contraceptive Pill
Impossibility of Sex: Stories of the Intimate Relationship between Therapist and Client
Paperback,
01/01/2005,
£14.99
£13.49
New Age Travellers
7,
01/10/1999,
£30.00
£27.00
New Age Travellers are a hybrid phenomenon: part youth subculture, part alternative lifestyle and part social movement. Their cultural politics has had an impact on many young people in Britain. This book describes the emergence and character of the travellers' way of life in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both
Hardback,
01/06/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
Why we are all being messed up by gender, and what we can do about it
London Crossings:A biography of black Britain
Hardback,
01/07/2001,
£8.99
£8.09
This work is a portrait of London and the role it played in remaking the author's identity and nourishing the creative process. It is told through a series of inter-linked essays and stories, and travels through locations as far apart as New York, Nairobi, London, Lodz, Washington and Warsaw.
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century
Paperback,
15/09/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
One of Britain's most highly acclaimed Black educators presents the history of Black radicalism, reclaiming it for the twenty-first century.
Winning Our Freedoms Together: African Americans and Apartheid, 1945-1960
Paperback,
30/09/2017,
£33.95
£30.56
In this account of black protest, Nicholas Grant examines how African Americans engaged with, supported, and were inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement. Bringing black activism into conversation with the foreign policy of both the US and South African governments, this study questions the dominant perception that US-centered anticommunism decimated black international activism.
The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes
Paperback,
18/11/2014,
£34.99
£31.49
In and out of the Maasai Steppe
Paperback,
01/09/2016,
£23.50
£21.15
In and out of the Maasai Steppe looks at the Maasai women in the Maasai Steppe of Tanzania. The book explores their current plight - threatened by climate change - in the light of colonial history and post-independence history of land seizures.
Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women
Paperback,
03/09/2015,
£8.99
£8.09
* A comprehensive anthology of the long and bloody history of women's struggle to get the vote. Here is the story in the voices of the women themselves.
Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women's Liberation
Hardback,
08/03/2018,
£30.00
£27.00
Explores the global history and contributions of the feminist revolution.
Suffragettes: How Britain's Women Fought & Died for the Right to Vote
Paperback,
10/07/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
An accessible chronological introduction to the women's suffrage movement, from its early origins in the Victorian era to the First World War, which proved to be a major turning point for the cause.
Rebel Girls: How votes for women changed Edwardian lives
Paperback,
04/05/2006,
£14.99
£13.49
Drawing upon brand new evidence, Jill Liddington tracks the story of these forgotten suffragettes across the north of England and offers an utterly original history of suffrage.
Little Book of Feminist Saints
Hardback,
06/03/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
This inspiring, beautifully illustrated collection honours one hundred exceptional women throughout history and around the world.
Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader
Paperback,
27/02/2009,
£35.99
£32.39
Incorporates contributions and editorial material and allows readers to explore the terms of debates about the nature of race and racism in contemporary societies. This book reflects different theoretical perspectives.
Martin Luther King: In Newcastle Upon Tyne: The African American Freedom Struggle and Race Relations in the North East of England
Hardback,
15/08/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
The story behind Martin Luther King's historic, but largely forgotten visit to Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1967, placing King's visit within another lost history: the history of links between the African American freedom struggle and the North East of England.
Feminist Narrative Research: Opportunities and Challenges
Hardback,
05/07/2017,
£100.00
£69.00
Bringing together feminist scholarship and narrative approaches, it draws on empirical material, social theory and methodological insights to provide examples of feminist narrative studies that make explicit the links between theory and practice.
Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up
Paperback,
01/02/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
*Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award 2017* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2017**Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Sunday Times*Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven.
Votes For Women!: The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)
Hardback,
05/02/2018,
£7.99
£7.19
A celebration of the forerunners and pioneers of women's suffrage from 1918
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Hardback,
24/01/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
The powerful memoir of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter which explores how the movement was born
War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back
Paperback,
18/05/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
A gripping and visceral narrative that interweaves the real-life stories of women who are fighting gross inequality all over the world.
Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now
Hardback,
06/02/2018,
£25.00
£22.50
On the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote, Helen Pankhurst - great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and a leading women's rights campaigner - charts how women's lives have changed over the last century, and offers a powerful and positive argument for the way forward.
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match
Paperback,
26/12/2009,
£12.99
£11.69
'The remarkable story of one woman's triumph over years of appalling violence and abuse' DAILY EXPRESS
Gender and the Great War
Paperback,
13/07/2017,
£19.99
£17.99
Gender and the Great War provides a global, thematic approach to a century of scholarship on the war, masculinity and femininity, and it constitutes the most up-to-date survey of the topic by well-known scholars in the field.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
Paperback,
01/03/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
From fiery intellectual provocateur Camille Paglia: the definitive essay collection that celebrates and challenges modern feminism and gender
Life Lessons from Remarkable Women: Tales of Triumph, Failure and Learning to Love Yourself
Hardback,
02/01/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
Periodic Table of Feminism
Hardback,
08/03/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
The history of feminism told through its most prominent advocates, including a diverse range of international names and faces.
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World
Hardback,
08/03/2018,
£17.99
£16.19
Immerse yourself in the captivating adventures of some of history's unsung heroines, whose stories are told through engaging voices, dazzling drawings and with startling wit.
Everywoman: One Woman's Truth About Speaking the Truth
Paperback,
08/03/2018,
£8.99
£8.09
Loved it.' Robert Webb'Joyfully candid and very funny.' Guardian'Jess Phillips knows the truth . The truth can be empowering, the truth can lead to greater equality, and the world would be incredibly boring if we let all of those people who allegedly know everything, say everything.
Straight Jacket
Paperback,
08/03/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
'This is an essential read for every gay person on the planet' - Elton JohnWINNER BOYZ BEST LGBT BOOK 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2017Straight Jacket is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the wider LGBT community, their friends and family.
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Paperback,
08/03/2018,
£5.00
£4.50
From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today - written as a letter to a friend.
Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows
Hardback,
25/01/2018,
£16.99
£11.99
Over the last five years, transgender people have seemed to burst into the public eye: Time declared 2014 a `trans tipping point', while American Vogue named 2015 `the year of trans visibility'.
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