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The white ox The white ox Ruth Hailstone Emily Swain Squires was so tiny at birth she would have fit in a teacup. Now she is ten years old and feels just grown up enough for her first big adventure. Emily will leave her family behind in Eng… OL11967349W
Gender and power in Britain, 1640-1990 Gender and power in Britain, 1640-1990 Susan Kingsley Kent Gender and Power in Britain is an original and exciting history of Britain from the early modern period to the present focusing on the interaction of gender and power in political, social, cultural a… OL14864491W
Love in a headscarf Love in a headscarf Shelina Zahra Janmohamed 'At the age of thirteen, I knew that I was destined to marry John Travolta. One day he would arrive on my North London doorstep, fall madly in love with me and ask me to marry him. Then he would conv… OL15120092W
Intimate Adventures of an Office Girl Intimate Adventures of an Office Girl Sienna Lewis From the publishers of bestselling Girl with a One Track Mind comes another intimate memoir from an ordinary girl with a very healthy sexual appetite'I work in a pretty ordinary office from 9 to 5. I… OL15188926W
The Women of the Cousins' War The Women of the Cousins' War Baldwin, David,Philippa Gregory,Michael Jones A non-fiction companion to The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Lady of the Rivers. Philippa Gregory and two historians, leading experts in their field, tell the extraordinary 'true' stories of th… OL16322165W
What's left of Blackness? What's left of Blackness? Tracy Fisher "What's Left of Blackness analyzes the political transformations in black women's socially engaged community-based political work in England from the late 1960s until the 2000s. Tracy Fisher situates… OL16592334W
Women Writers In Renaissance England An Annotated Anthology Women Writers In Renaissance England An Annotated Anthology Randall Martin xv, 462 pages ; 24 cm OL17404212W
In my shoes In my shoes Tamara Mellon "When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: "Don't let the accountants run your business." Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years… OL19973299W
Travelling to infinity Travelling to infinity Jane Hawking The wife of the reknowned British physicist describes their courtship and marriage, her years caring for his physical needs, his rise to prominence as a scientist and world celebrity, their bitter di… OL19996054W
See red women's workshop See red women's workshop Prue Stevenson,Susan Mackie,Robinson, Anne (Artist),Jess Baines "Founded in 1974, See Red Women's Workshop grew out of a shared desire to combat sexist images of women and to create positive and challenging alternatives. Women from different backgrounds came toge… OL20059290W
Me after you Me after you Lucie Brownlee Lucie is 37. She is the mother of a young daughter. And she is a widow. Her husband, Mark, died suddenly at the age of just 37. There wasn't even time to say goodbye. This book, inspired by her award… OL20849386W
No regrets No regrets Coleen Nolan "No Regrets is Coleen Nolan's gripping new memoir about love and heartbreak. As a member of the Nolan sisters, Coleen Nolan was born into the spotlight and has stayed there ever since. She has now be… OL20865474W
Lives of Tudor Women Lives of Tudor Women Elizabeth Norton 1 volume : 20 cm OL21133300W
I Married a Soldier I Married a Soldier Rachel Farmer,Brenda Hale 1 online resource OL21144442W
Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914 Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914 Louise Hide "The Victorian period saw an unprecedented rise in the number of people who were committed to 'lunatic asylums'. We know something of why this happened, but far less about what life was like inside t… OL23191508W
Beyond the masks Beyond the masks Amina Mama Psychology has had a number of derogatory things to say about black and colonial people, most of which reinforce stereotyped images. Beyond the Masks is an incisive and readable account of black subj… OL2334856W
The Conscientious Objector’s Wife The Conscientious Objector’s Wife Kate Macdonald The Conscientious Objector’s Wife, edited by Kate Macdonald, is the letters of Frank and Lucy Sunderland, written during the First World War. They were English pacifists and fervent supporters of Lab… OL24676251W
Don't Look Round Don't Look Round Violet Keppel Trefusis The author's memoirs describe her precocious childhood as the daughter of Edward VII's mistress, her European travels, her friendship with Cocteau, Proust, and others, and offer a literary and social… OL2870454W
Women and marriage in nineteenth-century England Women and marriage in nineteenth-century England Joan Perkin The 'bonds of matrimony' describes with cruel precision the social and political status of married women in the nineteenth century. Women of all classes had only the most limited rights of possessio… OL3518946W
The Queen of Whale Cay The Queen of Whale Cay Kate Summerscale Summerscale presents a biography of 'Joe' Carstairs, the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who, in the 30s, bought and became 'ruler' of the island Whale Cay, in the British West Indies, be… OL822967W
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