(Hardback)

Pedro Corra do Lago has gathered one of the world's finest autograph collections. From a parchment signed by four popes to Stephen Hawking's thumbprint signature, this book spans nearly 900 years of handwriting from the likes of van Gogh, Michelangelo, Queen Victoria, Einstein, and many more legendary figures across art, literature, science,...

(Paperback)

A new society and economy has blossomed in post-Mao China, but an old state holds it back. This book addresses the question central to China today: Is the Peoples Republic of China, whose politics is a hybrid of Chinese imperial tradition and Western Marxism, willing to become a modern nation or does it insist on remaining an empire

(Paperback)

"A groundbreaking look at how the issues of sexuality and gender identity divide and unite the world today"--

(Paperback)

A social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, where the local brothels and the police station have shared the same street for more than a century.

(Paperback)

Younge explains why "The Speech" maintains its powerful social relevance by sharing the dramatic story surrounding it.

(Hardback)

From the author of the bestselling Steampunk Bible, a practical and inspirational volume on making your own Steampunk creations.

(Paperback)

Imagine you have survived an apocalypse. Civilization as you knew it is no more. What will life be like and how will you cope

(Paperback, Main)

From Gay Talese, a remarkable new work of reportage more than thirty years in the making.

(Paperback)

In the last years of Weimar Germany, Roth set out to explore the Jewish communities scattered across Europe. He brought back varying reports and witnessed the twilight years of the shtetls and schools of Eastern Europe, and foresaw the dangers posed by extreme German nationalism.

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(Paperback)

The first readable, entertaining, non-worthy book about AIDS.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

A collection about the female experience in and of music by some of the most intelligent and famous writers of the moment

(Hardback)

(Paperback, Reissue)

An easy-to-read, jargon-free guide to help anyone understand the day-to-day reality of gender dysphoria and related concepts.

(Hardback)

This is a comprehensive analysis of the ground-breaking T_Visionarium media art project. It shows how this immersive interactive environment generates new insights into the workings and consumption of televisual media, extending the boundaries of both art and media studies.

(Hardback)

Offers a comprehensive and illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. The author recounts the most significant moments in gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources are contextualized and analysed.

(, New edition)

Joan Jonker set up the charity, Victims of Violence, and went on to raise over two million pounds and to help victims whose voices would not otherwise have been heard. This book presents the story of her fight for justice, of the heartbreak and suffering behind the crime statistics and of her courage and compassion in the face of adversity.

(Hardback)

The core spiritual teachings of the Sioux as passed down from through the generations.

(Hardback)

"A love letter to Harry Styles, a pop star who's a sign of the times. This book is packed with 50 titbits of Harry Styles trivia and some very serious collages. Billie can only pray that he one day sees it and graces her with an Instagram DM. (A girl can hope.)."--

(Hardback, Main)

Channel the outstanding sisters of history to beat the system today.

(, Main)

Narcotics, stimulants and hallucinogens . It reads Coleridge on opium, Freud on cocaine, Michaux on mescaline and Burroughs on them all, and with such writers it begins to understand the many ways in which the modern world has found itself on drugs.

(Paperback)