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Wearing the Letter P: Polish Women as Forced Laborers in Nazi Germany, 1939-1945 by Sophie Hodorowicz Knab 9780781813594
RRP: £14.99£11.66Sophie Knab's parents were Polish forced labourers in Germany during World War II. For years her mother was unable to discuss or answer questions about this period of her life. Compelled to learn more about her mothers experience and that of other Polish... -
Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Italian Renaissance by Meredith K. Ray 9780367533991
RRP: £19.99£17.69Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Italian Renaissance takes readers on a journey through early modern Italy that places women at the heart of the artistic and cultural developments of this transformative era. Highlighted here are figures like Caterina... -
Georgian Recipes and Remedies: A Country Lady's Household Handbook by Michael J Rochford 9781526727299
RRP: £15.99£11.79Discover the recipes for Mrs Rooke's Very Good Plum Cake and Lady Harbord's Marigold Cheese. Learn how to preserve gooseberries as green as they grow' and make Sir Theodore Colladon's Peace Flower Syrup. Feast on Lady St Quintin's Dutch Pudding and Mrs... -
The Voices of Nimes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc by Suzannah Lipscomb 9780198797661
RRP: £42.99£32.68Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century women of the middling and lower levels of society left no letters or diaries in which they expressed what they felt or thought... -
Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States by Laura F. Edwards
RRP: £32.49£28.81An innovative recasting of US legal and economic history through the power of clothing for those who lacked power and status in American society. What can dresses, bedlinens, waistcoats, pantaloons, shoes, and kerchiefs tell us about the legal status... -
Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura
RRP: £12.99£11.88In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the... -
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women?s Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega
RRP: £23.99£18.83What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about... -
Women Design: Pioneers from the twentieth century to today Libby Sellers 9780711267404
RRP: £15.99£11.49From architects and product designers to textile artists and digital innovators, Women Design profiles a selection of the most dynamic female designers from the modern era, showcasing their finest work and celebrating their enduring influence. Design... -
Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
RRP: £8.99£8.10Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe-winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award-winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of... -
The Honourable Ladies: Profiles of Women MPS 1918-1996: Volume I by Iain Dale 9781785902444
RRP: £30.00£21.91FOREWORD BY PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY When Constance Markievicz stood for election as MP for Dublin St Patrick's in 1918, few people believed she could win the seat - yet she did. A breakthrough in the bitter struggle for female enfranchisement had... -
The Female Soldier: Or, The Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell by Hannah Snell 9781913724047
RRP: £7.99£6.90Hannah Snell's story begins with tragedy. In 1744 she married James Summs, a Dutch seaman. Soon after their marriage she fell pregnant, and Summs abandoned her and the child, who died just a year later. At this juncture, Snell donned a suit, assumed... -
The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World by Jennifer Potter
RRP: £10.99£7.54'Compelling... A real pleasure to read.' - BBC History MagazineIn 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London's call for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make wives for the planters of its new colony in... -
The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women's forces by Duncan Barrett 9780007501229
RRP: £9.99£7.80The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a... -
Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville by Gemma Hollman 9780750989404
RRP: £16.99£13.13'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle - and her husband was about to fall from grace. ... -
Women and the Crusades by Helen J. Nicholson 9780198806721
RRP: £26.49£22.39The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration... This book surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory... -
Women of the Third Reich: From Camp Guards to Combatants by Tim Heath 9781526739452
RRP: £25.00£18.30The women of the Third Reich were a vital part in a complex and vilified system. What was their role within its administration, the concentration camps, and the Luftwaffe and militia units and how did it evolve in the way it did? We hear from women who... -
An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery by Rachel May
RRP: £18.95£12.35Rachel May's rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian south and the industrial north in the antebellum era-all through... -
Katharine Hepburn: A Remarkable Woman by Anne Edwards 9781493039197
RRP: £14.99£14.96Katharine Hepburn: grande dame of American actresses, fierce individualist, and living legend. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winner of four, Hepburn achieved stardom against formidable odds. The woman behind the legend emerges in this sympathetic... -
In the Streets of Tehran: Woman. Life. Freedom. by Nila 9781804184523
RRP: £12.99£8.96INSIDE IRAN'S NEW REVOLUTIONI've stopped pulling up my scarf to cover my hair when I pass by the guards. I know that nothing can stop one of them from raising his gun and targeting me. But this is for the greater good.Following the death of Mahsa-Jina... -
The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman by Rachel Holmes
RRP: £10.99£7.99The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl 'A significant and timely book ... Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review 'Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story,... -
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
RRP: £20.00£18.68This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare... -
Strange Antics: A History of Seduction by Clement Knox
RRP: £9.99£6.84When is seduction about more than just sex? In this brilliantly original history, Clement Knox explores these questions as well as the philosophy, legality, politics, art and literature of a force that underwrites our world. ... -
Backwards & in Heels: The Past, Present and Future of Women Working in Film by Alicia Malone 9781633536173
RRP: £12.99£9.52Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against Bias"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels" -Ann Richards#1 Bestseller in Acting & Auditioning, Performing Arts, and Guides & Reviews... -
Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45 by Raynes Minns 9781844088737
£15.27'Women of Britain, your country needs you!'Bombers and Mash tells the story of the Second World War on the domestic front. It takes us from the kitchen to the nursery showing how women managed without almost everything from potato peelers, cosmetics and... -
The Game of Hearts by Felicity Day
RRP: £22.00£15.13'The real world of Jane Austen is brought vividly to life in this beautifully written, endlessly captivating and often surprising account of Regency women. Not to be missed' Tracy Borman'If Georgette Heyer had written non-fiction it might have looked... -
Women, Family and Ritual in Renaissance Italy by Christiane Klapisch-Zuber 9780226439266
RRP: £30.00£29.25Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, a brilliant historian of the Annales school, skillfully uncovers the lives of ordinary Italians of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Tuscans in particular, young and old, rich, middle-class, and poor. From the... -
Rebel Women Between the Wars: Fearless Writers and Adventurers by Sarah Lonsdale
RRP: £20.00£14.93What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of 'fearlessly determined' women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the... -
Catherine of Aragon: Infanta of Spain, Queen of England by Theresa Earenfight
RRP: £29.95£26.91Catherine of Aragon is an elusive subject. Despite her status as a Spanish infanta, Princess of Wales, and Queen of England, few of her personal letters have survived, and she is obscured in the contemporary royal histories. In this evocative biography,... -
Women Forgotten in History by Emily Rice 9781398462922
RRP: £12.99£9.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398462922Author Emily RiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Women of the Home Front: Serving the Nation in Photographs by Mirrorpix 9780750990738
RRP: £12.99£9.87Celebrate the women who helped win the Second World War. With so many of the nation's men fighting in Europe or further afield, the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), Women's Land Army (WLA), Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and Women's Royal Naval... -
The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship by Marilyn Yalom 9780062265500
RRP: £20.99£15.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062265500Author Marilyn YalomFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Staffordshire Women by Pam Inder 9780752448817
RRP: £12.99£9.87The world of the nineteenth-century woman was extremely narrow. Quiet, uncomplaining, and of delicate constitution, she spent her days at home with her family - the vagaries and demands of commerce were quite beyond her. Or so the story goes... History... -
Queen Victoria: Gender and Empire by Susan Kingsley Kent
RRP: £31.99£13.80Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and... -
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan
RRP: £25.00£18.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645036661Author Hugh RyanFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 560gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 156mm *... -
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women Barbara Ehrenreich 9781400078004
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078004Author Barbara EhrenreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)... -
Britannia's Daughters: Women of the British Empire by Joanna Trollope 9781845950187
RRP: £12.99£9.34In Britannia's Daughters, bestselling novelist Joanna Trollope examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. She draws on a vast range of sources, including diaries and letters home. She provides a panoramic picture of... -
The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Is a Hit in Hollywood by Paula Byrne
RRP: £9.99£6.74A radical look at Jane Austen as you've never seen her - as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain's favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such... -
It Takes Two: The Rivals, Romantics and Risk Takers that History Forgot by Cathy Newman 9780008363376
RRP: £9.99£6.84'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make you look at your relationship and wonder, "Could we be doing more this weekend than just going to IKEA?"' CAITLIN MORAN ... -
It Takes Two: The Rivals, Romantics and Risk Takers that History Forgot by Cathy Newman 9780008363376 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£3.48'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make you look at your relationship and wonder, "Could we be doing more this weekend than just going to IKEA?"' CAITLIN MORAN ... -
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography by Marion Meade 9781842126189 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Marion Meade portrays Eleanor of Aquitaine as a woman of great intelligence and titanic energy who lived in a passionate and creative age.A comprehensive account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The wife of King Louis VII of France and then of King...