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Sex: Lessons From History

by Fern Riddell ...

Out now: the new book by Dr Fern Riddell, a powerful and entertaining history of sex. Revised and updated.__________These are the facts: throughout history human beings have had sex. Sexual culture did not begin in the sixties. It has always been celebrated, needed, wanted and desired part of what it means to be human.So: what can learn by looking at the sexual lives of our ancestors? What does it ... Read more

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Out now: the new book by Dr Fern Riddell, a powerful and entertaining history of sex. Revised and updated.__________These are the facts: throughout history human beings have had sex. Sexual culture did not begin in the sixties. It has always been celebrated, needed, wanted and desired part of what it means to be human.So: what can learn by looking at the sexual lives of our ancestors? What does it
... Read more

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Death in Ten Minutes

The forgotten life of radical suffragette Kitty Marion

by Fern Riddell ...

'Fierce, fresh and feminist, Fern Riddell tells the story of Suffragette Kitty Marion in a way that fizzes and shocks. Exciting, twisty and very very timely.' Lucy WorsleyIn Death in Ten Minutes Fern Riddell uncovers the story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion, told through never before seen personal diaries in Kitty's own hand.Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to ... Read more

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'Fierce, fresh and feminist, Fern Riddell tells the story of Suffragette Kitty Marion in a way that fizzes and shocks. Exciting, twisty and very very timely.' Lucy WorsleyIn Death in Ten Minutes Fern Riddell uncovers the story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion, told through never before seen personal diaries in Kitty's own hand.Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to
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The Dark Summer

by Fern Riddell ...

The skies of Italy are a deep, snarling gray, and ominous, foreboding storms promise this to be the year without a summerOn one wild, windswept night that echoes the very tales she would one day pen, a teenage Mary Shelley's life is shattered when she uncovers an ancient magic that promises action, adventure ... and death. Alongside her first love, Percy, Mary must navigate a life that is changing ... Read more

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The skies of Italy are a deep, snarling gray, and ominous, foreboding storms promise this to be the year without a summerOn one wild, windswept night that echoes the very tales she would one day pen, a teenage Mary Shelley's life is shattered when she uncovers an ancient magic that promises action, adventure ... and death. Alongside her first love, Percy, Mary must navigate a life that is changing
... Read more

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I Am a Royal Rulebreaker

Women Who Shaped History

by Fern Riddell ...

Illustrated by Taylor Dolan ...

The NOT-SO boring biographies of the queens and princesses who shattered royal conventions and empowered generations of girls just like you.Forget wilting wallflowers and doting daughters - the royal women in this unapologetic history book for kids 9-12 rocked the world with their skills, smarts, and confident attitude. Strap in for the true stories of willful women who defied expectations, ... Read more

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The NOT-SO boring biographies of the queens and princesses who shattered royal conventions and empowered generations of girls just like you.Forget wilting wallflowers and doting daughters - the royal women in this unapologetic history book for kids 9-12 rocked the world with their skills, smarts, and confident attitude. Strap in for the true stories of willful women who defied expectations,
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Consult the Oracle

A Victorian Guide to Folklore and Fortune Telling

by Gabriel Nostradamus ...

“If you sing before breakfast you will cry before supper...'In their own words, what it meant for Victorians to dream of actors, April Fools, herrings or a railway ticket – why it was advised to throw a black snail by its horns over the left shoulder for good luck – and why it is essential to inform bees of a death in the family.“If one drops a knife, a woman is coming; a fork, a man is coming; a ... Read more

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“If you sing before breakfast you will cry before supper...'In their own words, what it meant for Victorians to dream of actors, April Fools, herrings or a railway ticket – why it was advised to throw a black snail by its horns over the left shoulder for good luck – and why it is essential to inform bees of a death in the family.“If one drops a knife, a woman is coming; a fork, a man is coming; a
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Sex: Lessons From History

by Fern Riddell ...

Narrated by Fern Riddell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

A powerful new cultural history of sex written by one of the UK's most prominent historians.Sex, for the entirety of human history, has never been about reproduction. Statistically speaking, only one out of every one thousand sexual acts between a man and a woman will result in a pregnancy. And, as we know, sex does not solely take place just between men and women.So: what is sex for?In this wide ... Read more

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A powerful new cultural history of sex written by one of the UK's most prominent historians.Sex, for the entirety of human history, has never been about reproduction. Statistically speaking, only one out of every one thousand sexual acts between a man and a woman will result in a pregnancy. And, as we know, sex does not solely take place just between men and women.So: what is sex for?In this wide
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Death in Ten Minutes

The forgotten life of radical suffragette Kitty Marion

by Fern Riddell ...

Narrated by Fern Riddell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

The never before told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion. Historian Fern Riddell finds a hidden diary and uses Kitty's own words to tell the story of her sensational life and explosive actions.Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks, as women fought for the vote using any means necessary. But in the ... Read more

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The never before told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion. Historian Fern Riddell finds a hidden diary and uses Kitty's own words to tell the story of her sensational life and explosive actions.Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks, as women fought for the vote using any means necessary. But in the
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The Dark Summer

by Fern Riddell ...

Unabridged

Geneva, 1630Simon Kent races across the rain-battered landscape, haunted by a thousand regrets. He has only one mission now: deliver the book. He must succeed. Too many have died already for him to fail.London, 1816The moment that Mary Wollstonecraft locks eyes with debonair poet, Percy Shelley, she knows her life will never be the same again. Illicit love letters, stolen moments and tantalising ... Read more

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Geneva, 1630Simon Kent races across the rain-battered landscape, haunted by a thousand regrets. He has only one mission now: deliver the book. He must succeed. Too many have died already for him to fail.London, 1816The moment that Mary Wollstonecraft locks eyes with debonair poet, Percy Shelley, she knows her life will never be the same again. Illicit love letters, stolen moments and tantalising
... Read more

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I Am a Royal Rulebreaker

Women Who Shaped History

by Fern Riddell ...

Narrated by Ayesha Antoine ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Forget wilting wallflowers and doting daughters – these royal women rocked the world with their skills and smarts, saying a firm NO to social conventions.Think the past was only full of dull, uptight royals? Then strap right in for stories of wilful women who defied expectations, changed the course of history, and sometimes were just downright badass! From fearless fighters who rallied spectacular ... Read more

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Forget wilting wallflowers and doting daughters – these royal women rocked the world with their skills and smarts, saying a firm NO to social conventions.Think the past was only full of dull, uptight royals? Then strap right in for stories of wilful women who defied expectations, changed the course of history, and sometimes were just downright badass! From fearless fighters who rallied spectacular
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Female Husbands

A Trans History

by Jen Manion ...

Narrated by Kate Harper ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands - people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women - were true queer pioneers. Moving deftly from the colonial era to just before the First World War, Jen Manion uncovers the riveting and very personal stories of ordinary people who lived as ... Read more

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Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands - people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women - were true queer pioneers. Moving deftly from the colonial era to just before the First World War, Jen Manion uncovers the riveting and very personal stories of ordinary people who lived as
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries

How Women (Also) Built the World

by Kate Mosse ...

Narrated by Kate Mosse, Jade Anouka ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

'One brilliant woman writing about so many other brilliant women, this is a wonderful treasure chest of women’s lives, full of wit, verve and emotion . . . Epic, unputdownable, gripping. I loved it’ - Professor Kate Williams“My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It’s a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully ... Read more

$31.34 CAD

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'One brilliant woman writing about so many other brilliant women, this is a wonderful treasure chest of women’s lives, full of wit, verve and emotion . . . Epic, unputdownable, gripping. I loved it’ - Professor Kate Williams“My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It’s a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully
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Difficult Women

A History of Feminism in 11 Fights (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

by Helen Lewis ...

Narrated by Helen Lewis ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do.Helen Lewis argues that feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It’s time to reclaim the history of ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do.Helen Lewis argues that feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It’s time to reclaim the history of
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