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Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s

Pop culture and politics in the decade that shaped modern Britain

by Lucy Robinson ...

Now that’s what I call a history of the 1980s tells the story of eighties Britain through its popular culture. Charting era-defining moments from Lady Diana’s legs and the miners’ strike to Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage and Adam and the Ants, Lucy Robinson weaves together an alternative history to the one we think we know. This is not a history of big geopolitical disasters, or a nostalgic romp ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Now that’s what I call a history of the 1980s tells the story of eighties Britain through its popular culture. Charting era-defining moments from Lady Diana’s legs and the miners’ strike to Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage and Adam and the Ants, Lucy Robinson weaves together an alternative history to the one we think we know. This is not a history of big geopolitical disasters, or a nostalgic romp
... Read more
Gay men and the Left in post-war Britain

How the personal got political

by Lucy Robinson ...

Series series Critical Labour Movement Studies
Available in paperback for the first time, his book demonstrates how the personal became political in post-war Britain, and argues that attention to gay activism can help us to fundamentally rethink the nature of post-war politics. While the Left were fighting among themselves and the reformists were struggling with the limits of law reform, gay men started organising for themselves, first ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Available in paperback for the first time, his book demonstrates how the personal became political in post-war Britain, and argues that attention to gay activism can help us to fundamentally rethink the nature of post-war politics. While the Left were fighting among themselves and the reformists were struggling with the limits of law reform, gay men started organising for themselves, first
... Read more
The Kitchen Witch Companion

Recipes, Rituals & Reflections

by Sarah Robinson, Lucy H. Pearce ...

The Kitchen Witch returns in this beautifully illustrated companion book to Sarah Robinson's bestseller Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore and Fairy Tale...including many of the traditional and seasonal recipes referenced in that book.Best-selling authors Sarah Robinson of Kitchen Witch, Yoga for Witches and Yin Magic and Lucy H. Pearce of Burning Woman, Creatrix and Medicine Woman combine forces with ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The Kitchen Witch returns in this beautifully illustrated companion book to Sarah Robinson's bestseller Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore and Fairy Tale...including many of the traditional and seasonal recipes referenced in that book.Best-selling authors Sarah Robinson of Kitchen Witch, Yoga for Witches and Yin Magic and Lucy H. Pearce of Burning Woman, Creatrix and Medicine Woman combine forces with
... Read more
Audiobook

Louis MacNeice: The Dark Tower, Christopher Columbus & more

Six Classic Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas

by Louis MacNeice ...

Narrated by Dylan Thomas, Laurence Olivier, Mary Wimbush, Margaret Rawlings, Patricia Gallimore, Harry Lloyd, Jude Akuwudike, Adrian Scarborough, Lucy Robinson, Matthew Tennyson, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

A rare collection of vintage radio dramas from the renowned Ulster poet, plus bonus documentaryBorn in Belfast in 1907, Louis MacNeice wrote some of the most beautiful and best-loved poetry of the 20th century. But he was also one of the BBC’s most innovative writers and producers, scripting numerous dramas for radio, including the landmark production The Dark Tower and the epic verse play ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A rare collection of vintage radio dramas from the renowned Ulster poet, plus bonus documentaryBorn in Belfast in 1907, Louis MacNeice wrote some of the most beautiful and best-loved poetry of the 20th century. But he was also one of the BBC’s most innovative writers and producers, scripting numerous dramas for radio, including the landmark production The Dark Tower and the epic verse play
... Read more
Harlequin Historical January 2022 - Box Set 2 of 2

by Lucy Ashford, Helen Dickson, Lauri Robinson ...

Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles in one collection!This box set includes:THE VISCOUNT’S NEW HOUSEKEEPERBy Lucy Ashford(Regency)James, Viscount Grayford, returns home with his reputation in tatters and to incompetent new housekeeper Emma Bryant! Yet as she proves steadfast in clearing his name, a ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles in one collection!This box set includes:THE VISCOUNT’S NEW HOUSEKEEPERBy Lucy Ashford(Regency)James, Viscount Grayford, returns home with his reputation in tatters and to incompetent new housekeeper Emma Bryant! Yet as she proves steadfast in clearing his name, a
... Read more
American Gothic Short Stories

by Terri Bruce, Ramsey Campbell, Maxx Fidalgo, Joshua Hiles, Russell James, Clayton Kroh, Sean Logan, Madison McSweeney, Lynette Mejía, Joe Nazare, Wendy Nikel, Christi Nogle, Lina Rather, M. Regan, Rebecca Ring, Mike Robinson, Lucy A. Snyder, Valerie B. Williams, Nemma Wollenfang ...

Series series Gothic Fantasy
With handsome young men who never grow old, and the strangest of relatives appearing from dark corridors and long shadows, the frenzied imagination of the American Gothic is a fertile theme for this next anthology in the Gothic fantasy short story series.As with other titles in the series, new short fiction complements the work of classic authors including: Gertrude Atherton, Ambrose Bierce, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

With handsome young men who never grow old, and the strangest of relatives appearing from dark corridors and long shadows, the frenzied imagination of the American Gothic is a fertile theme for this next anthology in the Gothic fantasy short story series.As with other titles in the series, new short fiction complements the work of classic authors including: Gertrude Atherton, Ambrose Bierce,
... Read more
Doing a Research Project in Sport Performance Analysis

by Peter O'Donoghue, Lucy Holmes, Gemma Robinson ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Sports Performance Analysis
The research project or dissertation is a core component of any degree programme in the rapidly developing discipline of sport performance analysis. This highly practical and accessible book provides a complete step-by-step guide to doing a research project. Showcasing the very latest research methods, it covers the whole research process, from identifying a research question and system ... Read more

$75.99 USD

The research project or dissertation is a core component of any degree programme in the rapidly developing discipline of sport performance analysis. This highly practical and accessible book provides a complete step-by-step guide to doing a research project. Showcasing the very latest research methods, it covers the whole research process, from identifying a research question and system
... Read more
Audiobook

The Secret Wife

by Steve Robinson ...

Narrated by Lucy Rayner ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Locked away. Believed to be dead. Can a mother survive her murderous husband's cruel oppression?A house fire at Crows-an-Wra Manor in a remote part of West Cornwall supposedly takes the life of its mistress, Rosen Trevelyan. Sometime later, she awakes to find herself locked in an unfamiliar room, questioning why her husband, Richard, has done this to her. And what of their daughter? Did Sophia ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Locked away. Believed to be dead. Can a mother survive her murderous husband's cruel oppression?A house fire at Crows-an-Wra Manor in a remote part of West Cornwall supposedly takes the life of its mistress, Rosen Trevelyan. Sometime later, she awakes to find herself locked in an unfamiliar room, questioning why her husband, Richard, has done this to her. And what of their daughter? Did Sophia
... Read more
Unaccompanied Young Migrants

Identity, Care and Justice

by Sandra M Gifford, Hilde Liden, Luis Enrique González-Araiza, Louise Drammeh, Sheona York, Kim Robinson, Lucy Williams, Richard Warren ...

Taking a multi-disciplinary perspective, and one grounded in human rights, Unaccompanied young migrants explores in-depth the journeys migrant youths take through the UK legal and care systems.Arriving with little agency, what becomes of these children as they grow and assume new roles and identities, only to risk losing legal protection as they reach eighteen?Through international studies and ... Read more

$38.99 USD

Taking a multi-disciplinary perspective, and one grounded in human rights, Unaccompanied young migrants explores in-depth the journeys migrant youths take through the UK legal and care systems.Arriving with little agency, what becomes of these children as they grow and assume new roles and identities, only to risk losing legal protection as they reach eighteen?Through international studies and
... Read more
Youth Marginality in Britain

Contemporary Studies of Austerity

by Anthony Rudd, Robert Mcpherson, Frances Atherton, Jane Mckay, Sean Murphy, Emma Davidson, Claire Tupling, Patrick Ainley, Jenny van Krieken Robson, Lucy Williams, Kim Robinson, L. Ling, Alistair Fraser, L. Whittaker, Susan Anusas Batchelor, Mary Jane Kehily, Linda Brooks, Eldin Fahmy, Peter Squires ...

Tabloid headlines such as ‘Anti-social Feral Youth,’ ‘Vile Products of Welfare in the UK’ and ‘One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal’ have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people’s voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It ... Read more

$47.99 USD

Tabloid headlines such as ‘Anti-social Feral Youth,’ ‘Vile Products of Welfare in the UK’ and ‘One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal’ have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people’s voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It
... Read more
Hebdige and Subculture in the Twenty-First Century

Through the Subcultural Lens

Edited by Keith Gildart, Anna Gough-Yates, Sian Lincoln, Bill Osgerby, Lucy Robinson, John Street, Peter Webb, Matthew Worley ...

Series series History (R0)
This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward by Hebdige, and asks if this concept is still capable of helping us understand the subcultures of the twenty-first century. The contributors to this volume assess the main theoretical trends behind ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward by Hebdige, and asks if this concept is still capable of helping us understand the subcultures of the twenty-first century. The contributors to this volume assess the main theoretical trends behind
... Read more
Youth Culture and Social Change

Making a Difference by Making a Noise

Edited by Bill Osgerby, Sian Lincoln, Anna Gough-Yates, Peter Webb, Lucy Robinson, Keith Gildart, Matthew Worley, John Street ...

Series series History (R0)
This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book’s themes are riots, music and gangs, connecting spectacular expression of youthful disaffection with everyday practices. By so doing, Youth Culture and Social Change maps out new ways of historicizing responses to economic and social change: public unrest and popular culture. ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book’s themes are riots, music and gangs, connecting spectacular expression of youthful disaffection with everyday practices. By so doing, Youth Culture and Social Change maps out new ways of historicizing responses to economic and social change: public unrest and popular culture.
... Read more

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American Gothic Short Stories

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