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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 26 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Desentrañando Memorias : Unravelling Memories by Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes
    Desentrañando Memorias : Unravelling Memories - by Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes

    £5.00   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780995754706 | ISBN 10: 0995754705

    “Without memory there is no history and our bodies float in a kind of existential limbo devoid of time and space. In this bilingual anthology written by Latin American poets living in the UK, body and memory appear intrinsically interwoven in a con ... more

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  • Cover image of book What is Race? Who are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? And Other Big Questions by Claire Heuchan and Nikesh Shukla
    What is Race? Who are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? And Other Big Questions - by Claire Heuchan and Nikesh Shukla

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781526303998 | ISBN 10: 152630399x

    An important and timely book on race and racism, encouraging children to think for themselves about the issues involved.  Talk about race is often discouraged, but this book aims to bring everyone into the conversation. It explores the history of r ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing by Susan Hawthorne
    Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing - by Susan Hawthorne

    £12.95   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781742199306 | ISBN 10: 1742199305

    In a globalised world, megacorp publishing is all about numbers, about sameness, about following a formula based on the latest megasuccess. Each book is expected to pay for itself and all the externalities of publishing such as offices and CEO salari ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Defence of Separatism by Susan Hawthorne
    In Defence of Separatism - by Susan Hawthorne

    £12.95   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781925950045 | ISBN 10: 1925950042

    In Defence of Separatism is a timely book. When it was first written in 1976, although it was an important subject of conversation among many feminists it was not welcomed by academics or publishers.   Through careful argument, Susan Hawthorne ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Sacking of the Muses by Susan Hawthorne
    The Sacking of the Muses - by Susan Hawthorne

    £14.95   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781925950007 | ISBN 10: 192595000x

    When the Muses are sacked, what are we to do? The Muses who inspire poetry, astronomy, history and daily living bring their song and dance into present-day political struggles. These Muses are for rebellion.   Susan Hawthorne's poems span mill ... more

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  • Cover image of book Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage: Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Joanne Payton
    Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage: Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - by Joanne Payton

    £25.95   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781978801714 | ISBN 10: 1978801718

    'Honor' is used as a justification for violence perpetrated against women and girls considered to have violated social taboos related to sexual behavior. Several ‘honor’-based murders of Kurdish women, such as Fadime Sahindal, Banaz Mahmod and Du ... more

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  • Cover image of book Drop the Disorder! Challenging the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis by Jo Watson
    Drop the Disorder! Challenging the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis - by Jo Watson

    £21.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781910919460 | ISBN 10: 1910919462

    In October 2016 Jo Watson hosted the very first ‘A Disorder for Everyone!’ event in Birmingham, with psychologist Dr Lucy Johnstone, to explore (and explode) the culture of psychiatric diagnosis in mental health. To provide a space to continue th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Feminist Fables by Suniti Namjoshi
    Feminist Fables - by Suniti Namjoshi

    £8.95   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781875559190 | ISBN 10: 1875559191

    There was once a man who thought he could do anything, even be a woman. So he acquired a baby, changed its diapers and fed the damn thing three times a night. He did all the housework, was deferential to men, and got worn out. But he had a brother, J ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth by Julie Bindel
    The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth - by Julie Bindel

    £24.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781349959464 | ISBN 10: 1349959464

    This book examines one of the most contested issues facing feminists, human rights activists and governments around the globe – the international sex trade. For decades, the liberal left has been conflicted as to whether pro-prostitution activists ... more

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  • Cover image of book Broken Bonds: Surrogate Mothers Speak Out by Jennifer Lahl, Melinda Tankard Reist and Renate Klein (Editors)
    Broken Bonds: Surrogate Mothers Speak Out - by Jennifer Lahl, Melinda Tankard Reist and Renate Klein (Editors)

    £19.95   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781925581553 | ISBN 10: 1925581551

    Celebrity couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West and their sweet new baby Chicago. Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black and their cute little baby Robert. And thousands of other couples and single people around the world who obtain babies through surrogacy ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law by Shazia Choudhry (Editor)
    The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law - by Shazia Choudhry (Editor)

    £26.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781316618059 | ISBN 10: 1316618056

    Families and family law have encountered significant challenges in the face of rapid changes in social norms, demographics and political expectations.  The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law highlights the key questions and themes that ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Orange Book: Learning about Abuse from the Voice of the Child by Jessica Eaton and Claire Paterson-Young
    The Little Orange Book: Learning about Abuse from the Voice of the Child - by Jessica Eaton and Claire Paterson-Young

    £14.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780244626037 | ISBN 10: 0244626030

    What can we learn from this unique example of writing from a child experiencing severe abuse, rape and daily violence? What can we learn about how she coped with and understood what was happening to her?  Jessica Eaton and Claire Paterson-Young ... more

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  • Cover image of book Violeta Walks on Foreign Lands: Bilingual Stories by Odette Magnet & Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes (Editor)
    Violeta Walks on Foreign Lands: Bilingual Stories - by Odette Magnet & Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes (Editor)

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780995754768 | ISBN 10: 0995754764

    A bilingual anthology to celebrate a 100 years of Chilean folk singer song-writer Violeta Parra’s life and work. With short stories from various Hispano-American writers.  In 2017 the centenary of this extraordinary “historical woman” was ... more

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  • Cover image of book Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body by Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore (Editors)
    Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body - by Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore (Editors)

    £39.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781527509306 | ISBN 10: 1527509303

    This book is a collection of essays about the current theory and practice of transgendering children.  Essays are written against the grain of the popularised medical definition of ‘the transgender child’ as a young person whose ‘true’ gende ... more

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  • Cover image of book WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel
    WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere - by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780008241933 | ISBN 10: 0008241937

    Imagine a sisterhood – across all creeds and cultures. An unspoken agreement that we, as women, will support and encourage one another. That we will remember we don't know what struggles each of us may be facing elsewhere in our lives and so we wil ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dark Matters by Susan Hawthorne
    Dark Matters - by Susan Hawthorne

    £12.95   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781925581089 | ISBN 10: 192558108x

    When Desi inherits her aunt Kate’s house in Brunswick she begins to read the contents of the boxes in the back room. She discovers a hidden life, one which could not be shared with Kate’s family. Among the papers are records of arrest, impriso ... more

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  • Cover image of book Surrogacy: A human Rights Violation by Renate Klein
    Surrogacy: A human Rights Violation - by Renate Klein

    £12.95   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781925581034 | ISBN 10: 1925581039

    Pared down to cold hard facts, surrogacy is the commissioning/buying/ renting of a woman into whose womb an embryo is inserted and who thus becomes a ‘breeder’ for a third party.   Surrogacy is heavily promoted by the stagnating IVF industry ... more

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  • Cover image of book Nasty Women by Various authors
    Nasty Women - by Various authors

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780995623828 | ISBN 10: 0995623821

    "An essential window into many of the hazard-strewn worlds younger women are living in right now."(Margaret Atwood, Twitter) With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever for women to share their ... more

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  • Cover image of book Moving in the Shadows: Violence in the Lives of Minority Women and Children by Liz Kelly, Yasmin Rehman and Hannana Siddiqui (Editors)
    Moving in the Shadows: Violence in the Lives of Minority Women and Children - by Liz Kelly, Yasmin Rehman and Hannana Siddiqui (Editors)

    £41.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781138255982 | ISBN 10: 113825598x

    In the UK the number of people who came from a minority ethnic group grew by 53 per cent between 1991 and 2001, from 3.0 million in 1991 to 4.6 million in 2001. Whilst much has been written about the impact of these demographic changes in relation to ... more

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  • Cover image of book Pretty Thing by Jennifer Nadel
    Pretty Thing - by Jennifer Nadel

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472113986 | ISBN 10: 1472113985

    When fifteen-year-old Becs meets Bracken, she is convinced she's found her soul mate. So what if he's much older, and who cares about her exams? He's gorgeous, he gets her, she feels free with him, and when he holds her she feels safe.  But i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Golddigger by Hilary McCollum
    Golddigger - by Hilary McCollum

    £16.60   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781594934421 | ISBN 10: 1594934428

    Everything that mattered to Frances Moriarty was left behind in famine-ravaged Ireland, including the love of her life. Beset with grief and guilt, she is scraping out a shadowy existence as a New York shoeshine boy when word spreads like wildfire: g ... more

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  • Cover image of book Trident and International Law: Scotland
    Trident and International Law: Scotland's Obligations - by Rebecca Johnson

    £12.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781906817244 | ISBN 10: 1906817243

    Challenging the legality of UK nuclear policy as a further generation of nuclear-armed submarines is developed, Trident and International Law asks who is really accountable for Coulport and Faslane.   The UK government in Westminster controls ... more

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  • Cover image of book Goja by Suniti Namjoshi
    Goja - by Suniti Namjoshi

    £14.95   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9781875559978 | ISBN 10: 1875559973

    I had thought once that I felt most at home in a plane in mid-air, but that isn't true. I belong to India and to the West. Both belong to me and both reject me. I have to make sense of what has been and what there is.   Suniti Namjoshi trav ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women and Social Work: Towards a Woman-Centred Practice by Jalna Hanmer and Daphne Statham
    Women and Social Work: Towards a Woman-Centred Practice - by Jalna Hanmer and Daphne Statham

    £29.99   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9780333699638 | ISBN 10: 0333699637

    In this second edition of a classic text, the changes in the lives of women using social services and women working in them are sensitively charted with the aim of reflecting on how non-sexist women-centred practice can be nurtured and developed.&nbs ... more

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  • Cover image of book Radically Speaking by Diane Bell and Renate Klein (Editors)
    Radically Speaking - by Diane Bell and Renate Klein (Editors)

    £19.99   paperback   (1996) - ISBN 13: 9781875559381 | ISBN 10: 1875559388

    Radical feminists are at it again. They are subversive, reflective, funny, polemical, political, moving, analytical, critical, international, visionary, radical. Seventy writers from every continent discuss their ideas and practice of contemporary fe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Surviving Sexual Violence by Liz Kelly
    Surviving Sexual Violence - by Liz Kelly

    £18.99   paperback   (1988) - ISBN 13: 9780745604633 | ISBN 10: 0745604633

    Women's awareness of the threat and reality of sexual violence is now perhaps more than ever publicly acknowledged. Yet this fact continues to be almost wholly ignored.  This new study, based on in-depth interviews with 60 women, is the first to ... more

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