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Rhian E. Jones Political and media policing of female social and sexual autonomy, through the neglected but significant gendered dimensions of the discourse surrounding 'chavs', has been accompanied by a similar restriction and... | Iona Opie; Peter Opie; Marina Warner First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature... |
Aileen Ribeiro Throughout the history of the Western world, countless attempts have been made to define beauty in art and life, especially with regard to women's bodies and faces. This title examines... | Robert Aldrich Presents a portrait of gay men and women throughout time and across the globe whose lives have influenced society at large. This title features such celebrated figures as Michelangelo, Frederick... |
Diarmaid MacCulloch How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book describes not only the main facts, ideas and... | David Willetts This provocative and thought-provoking book argues that the baby boomer generation have thrived at the expense of their children. |
Anouchka Grose From the first flirtatious text message to dodging insults in the divorce courts, via swooning, stalking, and swearing undying devotion, this cheerful book about the horrors of love explains why... | Caitlin Moran There's never been a better time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging... Delivery: To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £11.99 | £8.75 | 27% |  Despatched in 1 business day. |   Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 11am today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £11.99 | £10.19 | 15% |  Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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James R. Flynn Seeks to explain the 'Flynn effect' (massive IQ gains over time) and its consequences for gender, race and social equality. | Includes postcard collection of 100 "Modern Classics" authors. This title also includes photographs of writers such as Camus, Steinbeck, Orwell, Waugh, Nabokov. |
Roland Barthes; Richard Howard Examines the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death. This title offers an investigation into the nature of photographs. | Delivery:To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £9.09 | £11.04 | | Despatched in 5 business days from USA. | Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 11am today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £9.09 | £7.73 | 15% | Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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George Orwell; Richard Hoggart; Peter... Presents an account of the author's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. It provides descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum... | Jeff Collins; Bill Mayblin Brilliant illustrated guide to the best-known and most controversial continental philosopher of the latter 20th century |
Lucy Wadham Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. | Peter Ackroyd Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and... |