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In Bed with the Victorians

The Life-Cycle of Working-Class Marriage

by Vicky Holmes ...

Series series History (R0)
This book examines the life-cycle of Victorian working-class marriage through a study of the hitherto hidden marital bed. Using coroners’ inquests to gain intimate access to the working-class home and its inhabitants, this book explores their marital, quasi-marital, and post-marital beds to reveal the material, domestic, and emotional experience of working-class marriage during everyday life and ... Read more

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This book examines the life-cycle of Victorian working-class marriage through a study of the hitherto hidden marital bed. Using coroners’ inquests to gain intimate access to the working-class home and its inhabitants, this book explores their marital, quasi-marital, and post-marital beds to reveal the material, domestic, and emotional experience of working-class marriage during everyday life and
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Objects of Poverty

Material Culture in Britain from 1700

Edited by Joseph Harley, Vicky Holmes ...

Objects of Poverty is the first volume dedicated to analysing the material culture of poverty in British history from 1700 to the present.The book examines the history of poverty through the objects 'owned' by the poor and those crafted, repurposed or simply encountered by them, offering critical new insights into the experience of being impoverished.This collection brings together leading and ... Read more

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Objects of Poverty is the first volume dedicated to analysing the material culture of poverty in British history from 1700 to the present.The book examines the history of poverty through the objects 'owned' by the poor and those crafted, repurposed or simply encountered by them, offering critical new insights into the experience of being impoverished.This collection brings together leading and
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Pull the Weed, Tori Freed!

by Vickie Holmes ...

Like so many children, Tori Freed battles the loud whispers of negative thoughts that often leave her discouraged and unsure of herself. With gentle encouragement from her family, best friend, and kind teacher, Tori discovers an important truth: only she can choose to pull the weeds growing in the garden of her mind. Through patience, love, and the power of God’s Word, Tori discovers how to ... Read more

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Like so many children, Tori Freed battles the loud whispers of negative thoughts that often leave her discouraged and unsure of herself. With gentle encouragement from her family, best friend, and kind teacher, Tori discovers an important truth: only she can choose to pull the weeds growing in the garden of her mind. Through patience, love, and the power of God’s Word, Tori discovers how to
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The Working Class at Home, 1790–1940

Edited by Joseph Harley, Vicky Holmes, Laika Nevalainen ...

Series series History (R0)
This book examines life in the homes inhabited by the working class over the long nineteenth century. These working-class homes are often imagined as distinctly unhomely spaces, which the inhabitants struggled to fill with even the most basic of furniture, let alone acquire the comforts associated with middle-class domestic space. The concerned reformers of industrialising towns and cities painted ... Read more

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This book examines life in the homes inhabited by the working class over the long nineteenth century. These working-class homes are often imagined as distinctly unhomely spaces, which the inhabitants struggled to fill with even the most basic of furniture, let alone acquire the comforts associated with middle-class domestic space. The concerned reformers of industrialising towns and cities painted
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Introducing Sandwina

The Strongest Woman in the World!

by Vicki Conrad ...

Illustrated by Jeremy Holmes ...

**A Booklist Editor's Choice2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master ListNo one believed a woman could be stronger than a man, until Katie Brumbach–also known as Sandwina—displayed her show-stopping feats as a circus strongwoman.**100 pounds . . . 200 pounds . . . 300 pounds! Katie Brumbach became the world’s top strongwoman after she ousted Eugen Sandow by lifting hundreds of pounds over her head ... Read more

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**A Booklist Editor's Choice2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master ListNo one believed a woman could be stronger than a man, until Katie Brumbach–also known as Sandwina—displayed her show-stopping feats as a circus strongwoman.**100 pounds . . . 200 pounds . . . 300 pounds! Katie Brumbach became the world’s top strongwoman after she ousted Eugen Sandow by lifting hundreds of pounds over her head
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The Strongest Woman in the World!

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COME ONE, COME ALL! AND BEHOLD THE AMAZING SANDWINA!Marvel as the strongest woman in the world hoists 100 pounds … 200 pounds … 300 pounds right over her head!Born to a family of circus performers, Katie Brumbach—later known as Sandwina!—shocks audiences as she performs unbelievable feats of strength.Proud of her muscles and proud of her body, Sandwina loves to train and test her limits—and show ... Read more

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COME ONE, COME ALL! AND BEHOLD THE AMAZING SANDWINA!Marvel as the strongest woman in the world hoists 100 pounds … 200 pounds … 300 pounds right over her head!Born to a family of circus performers, Katie Brumbach—later known as Sandwina!—shocks audiences as she performs unbelievable feats of strength.Proud of her muscles and proud of her body, Sandwina loves to train and test her limits—and show
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Liberty's Dawn

A People's History of the Industrial Revolution

by Emma Griffin ...

"Emma Griffin gives a new and powerful voice to the men and women whose blood and sweat greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution" (Tim Hitchcock, author of Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London).This "provocative study" looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working ... Read more

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"Emma Griffin gives a new and powerful voice to the men and women whose blood and sweat greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution" (Tim Hitchcock, author of Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London).This "provocative study" looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working
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Clothing the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England

by Vivienne Richmond ...

In this pioneering study Vivienne Richmond reveals the importance of dress to the nineteenth-century English poor, who valued clothing not only for its practical utility, but also as a central element in the creation and assertion of collective and individual identities. During this period of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation formal dress codes, corporate and institutional uniforms, and the ... Read more

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In this pioneering study Vivienne Richmond reveals the importance of dress to the nineteenth-century English poor, who valued clothing not only for its practical utility, but also as a central element in the creation and assertion of collective and individual identities. During this period of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation formal dress codes, corporate and institutional uniforms, and the
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Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders

The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women

by Jane Robinson ...

It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at which women of 21 and over were recognised in law as being as competent as men. But were they? What actually happened when this bill was passed? ... Read more

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It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at which women of 21 and over were recognised in law as being as competent as men. But were they? What actually happened when this bill was passed?
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Women's Lives

Researching Women's Social History, 1800–1939

by Jennifer Newby ...

Series series How Your Ancestors Lived
"Helps you put those in your female line into context, whether they were factory workers, Land Girls, aristocrats, or even criminals!" — Family History MonthlyWomen's lives have traditionally gone unrecorded in history. But housewives, factory girls and servants all had their own distinctive voices, and, if you know where to look, there are plenty of sources to explore.Jennifer Newby's guide to ... Read more

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"Helps you put those in your female line into context, whether they were factory workers, Land Girls, aristocrats, or even criminals!" — Family History MonthlyWomen's lives have traditionally gone unrecorded in history. But housewives, factory girls and servants all had their own distinctive voices, and, if you know where to look, there are plenty of sources to explore.Jennifer Newby's guide to
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A Man's Place

Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England

by Professor John Tosh ...

Domesticity is generally treated as an aspect of women’s history. In this fascinating study of the nineteenth-century middle class, John Tosh shows how profoundly men’s lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal and how they negotiated its many contradictions.Tosh begins by looking at the experience of boyhood, married life, sex, and fatherhood in the early decades of the nineteenth century ... Read more

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Domesticity is generally treated as an aspect of women’s history. In this fascinating study of the nineteenth-century middle class, John Tosh shows how profoundly men’s lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal and how they negotiated its many contradictions.Tosh begins by looking at the experience of boyhood, married life, sex, and fatherhood in the early decades of the nineteenth century
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The English in Love

The Intimate Story of an Emotional Revolution

by Claire Langhamer ...

Love has a history. It has meant different things to different people at different moments and has served different purposes. This book tells the story of love at a crucial point, a moment when the emotional landscape changed dramatically for large numbers of people. It is a story based in England, but informed by America, and covers the period from the end of the First World War until the break ... Read more

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Love has a history. It has meant different things to different people at different moments and has served different purposes. This book tells the story of love at a crucial point, a moment when the emotional landscape changed dramatically for large numbers of people. It is a story based in England, but informed by America, and covers the period from the end of the First World War until the break
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