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Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
’Quite simply, this book is a work of genius’ Matthew Parris, Spectator
The second in a major two-part anthology uncovering the rich reality of life for queer men in London, from the end of the Second World War to decriminalization in 1967
In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Spanning the globe and thousands of years, Queer Mythology highlights the legends and tales of LGBTQIA+ gods, heroes, spirits and more.
Myths and legends tell our stories. They connect us and show us not only who we are, but also reflect the people during the time the stories were first told. And LGBTQIA+ people have…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
The eagerly awaited, no-holds-barred biography of the great poet: an intellectual maverick, sexual rebel and icon of queer literature.
Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life is a landmark study of one of England’s – and America’s – most innovative and revolutionary poets. Michael Nott chronicles, for the…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Andlighet och religiös erfarenhet Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Mysticism Mystik, magi och det ockulta Religion och tro Shamanism, hednisk religion och druidism
For our ancestors the whole world was alive with spirits. The Gods bubbled forth from rivers and springs and whispered in the breezes that rustled through cities and farms. The ground underfoot, the stones, the fire that cooked the food and drove off the darkness, these all had spirits – not just spirits in some…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Kampsport Kampsport och självförsvar Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei described the discipline as one spirit, four souls, three origins and eight powers. One spirit and four souls are the five vowel dimensions of infinite space, the source of the sacred sounds of Kototama. Now, for the first time in English, William Gleason explains how to use the sounds of…
**READ THE BOOK BEFORE YOU WATCH THE MAJOR FILM STARRING CLAIRE FOY, JESSIE BUCKLEY, ROONEY MARA AND BEN WHISHAW**
’Don’t miss this.’ MARGARET ATWOOD’Beautiful. . . a novel for the times.’ LISA McINERNEY’Tender, enraging and brimming with a bitter wit.’ The Times’An…
The plea of insanity in criminal cases can be traced back at least to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, which dates from 1755-1759 BC. It is a complicated defence, and its origins in modern law lie with the ’M’Naghten Rules’ of 1843, formulated by British judges as a jury instruction in cases where a…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
While the global history of the dictatorships, oppression, racism and state violence over the last century is well known – the role that music played in people’s lives during these times is less understood.
This book is a collection of stories and hidden histories about how music provided light in the…
NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER’A witty, fast-paced, and swoon-worthy mystery.’ 5* reader review’Riveting from start to finish . . . definitely a must-read!’ 5* reader review’Action packed and definitely eventful, I also found myself chuckling.’ 5* reader review One missing person, two…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Ande, kropp och själ: tänkande och praktik Familj och hälsa Familj och relationer Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Psykologi Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Socialpsykologi och gruppsykologi Sociologi Sociologi och antropologi Sociologi: familj och relationer
People are afraid of conflict: it is something “bad” that must be managed and resolved. In the face of conflict we focus only on facts – who’s at fault and who should be punished – rather than seeking to restore harmony. But conflict is inevitable and presents an opportunity to establish deeper…
In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.
In a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they…
Kategorier: Etnicitet Etniska minoriteter och mångkultur Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria Ursprungsbefolkningar
• Recounts stories of shapeshifting witches, giant flying heads, enchanted masks, ethereal lights, talking animals, Little People, spirit-choirs, potent curses, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields
• Includes accounts of miraculous healings by shamans and medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams
• Shows…
Kategorier: Homosexualitet Konst Konst: allmänt Konst: teman och motiv Konsthistoria Konstteori Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper
We love and strongly recommend this beautifully curated book. Celebrating the massive and lasting global impact of LGBTQI+ artists, a book like this is long overdue! Russell Tovey & Robert Diament, co-hosts of Talk Art podcast.
Celebrate the LGBTQI+ community with this vivid collection of artworks that charts…
Grateful for all the teaching, inspiration & love of music who brought these Studies for Snare Drum to life. Grateful for composers, teachers, colleagues, friends & most of all great musicians who have inspired them.
The first ten of these studies are based upon classic snare drum parts from the symphonic…
Every good hero needs a villain! Explore the hidden world of magnetic and mysterious villains, often cast aside and misunderstood in tales of mythology and folklore. Through the pages of Queer Villains of Myth and Legend, discover a diverse community of fascinating characters, ranging from seductive and cunning to…
Every good hero needs a villain! Explore the hidden world of magnetic and mysterious villains, often cast aside and misunderstood in tales of mythology and folklore. Through the pages of Queer Villains of Myth and Legend, discover a diverse community of fascinating characters, ranging from seductive and cunning to…
Shortlisted for the National Book Award
In 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister known as Mad Lasse tries in vain to convert the native Sami reindeer herders to his faith. But when one of the most respected herders has a dramatic awakening and dedicates his life to the church, his…
All Crews is a comprehensive exploration of jungle/drum & bass. The book offers a detailed and immersive journey into the history, culture, and evolution of this influential genre. Author Brian Belle-Fortune delves into the origins of jungle, tracing its roots back to the UK sound system and rave culture of the…
Everything you need to encourage discussions in the classroom. This collection of short stories covers a wide range of subject matter, from the lighthearted to the serious. Each story is designed to engage students so they become more open and involved during class meetings. Discussion questions and social skill…
The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling series continues…
Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice.
Three women seek the truth of the empire’s past in the sequel to The Final Strife, the continuation of a visionary fantasy trilogy inspired by Africa and Arabia. The truth they find has the power to ignite a war.
Anoor is the…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.
Be captivated by stories of forbidden love…
Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan’s luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thrilling contemporary voices and visionary poets of the past. Featuring Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and many more.
Encompassing both the flowering of queer poetry over…
Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They’re opposites in every way but, quite without warning, they fall for one another – and over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer, destined to be one another’s great love story.
Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and any possibility of…
· Explores the intimate connections between specific sounds and
syllables, the 7 chakras and their corresponding psychological
traits
· Provides toning exercises using these seed sounds to re-tune and
purify the chakras, leading to spiritual transformation and
wholeness as energetic blockages and…
Photography – A Queer History examines how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and expand the category ’Queer’. It bookmarks different thematic concerns central to queer photography, forging unexpected connections to showcase the diverse ways the medium has been used to fashion…
Celebrate queer pride with this deluxe LGBTQIA+ sticker book from artists Ash + Chess, featuring 500+ stickers!
From flags and rainbows to queer slogans (Gay All Day, Queer All Year) and declarations (Protect Trans Kids), you’ll find hundreds of ways to joyfully share LGBTQIA+ pride in The Big Book of Queer…
This practical guide opens with an overview of the therapeutic counselling techniques and medical treatments used for children suffering from ADHD. Dick de Ruiter then describes the possibility of using special sounds and music as an extension of these therapies. As a therapeutic tool music and sound has been…
Kategorier: Språk och lingvistik Språkvetenskap / lingvistik Teckenspråk, punktskrift och annan språklig kommunikation
It is the third most commonly used language in North America. It has its own beauty, its own unmistakable form, and its own inherent culture. It is American Sign, the language of the deaf. Now, Gabriel Grayson, teacher extraordinaire, has put together a book that makes signing accessible, easy, and fun. Using more than…
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Folktro, myter och legender Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Traces the extraordinary cultural legacy of the Minianka tribe of West Africa, for whom music serves a sacred, healing function for the individual and society. This authentic, traditional chanting and singing expresses the full potential for the sacred and the magical in music. Companion audio cassette to the book The…
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Folktro, myter och legender Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The Healing Drum traces the extraordinary cultural legacy of the Minianka tribe of West Africa, for whom music serves a sacred, healing function for the individual and society. The authors explore the Minianka view of humanity, music, and the cosmos relative to work, celebration, herbal medicine, dance, trance,…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
This humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother’s journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a lesbian in her late 30s.
Jill had a happy, healthy 20-year relationship with her college sweetheart, two wonderful kids, and rescue cat from the Humane Society. They lived in a nice…
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Områdesstudier Referensverk, informationshantering och tvärvetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper Tvärvetenskap
From the intersection of queer studies, area studies and critical kinship studies, this groundbreaking collection explores queer (non-heterosexual) family practices and kinship formations from converging perspectives and in a range of geopolitical settings around the Baltic Sea region and beyond. Empirically grounded…
The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling series continues…
Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice.
Three women seek the truth of the empire’s past in the sequel to The Final Strife, the continuation of a visionary fantasy trilogy inspired by Africa and Arabia. The truth they find has the power to ignite a war.
Anoor is…
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING FRANCES McDORMAND, ROONEY MARA AND BEN WHISHAW ’Don’t miss this.’ MARGARET ATWOOD ’Tender, enraging and brimming with a bitter wit.’ The Times ’An astonishment, a volcano of a novel.’ LAUREN GROFF In a remote Mennonite colony, over a hundred…
An awe-inspiring exploration of the sounds of the living Earth, and the joys and threats of human music, language and noise. ’A symphony, filled with the music of life . . . fascinating, heartbreaking, and beautifully written.’ ELIZABETH KOLBERT, author of The Sixth Extinction ’Sounds Wild and Broken…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker
An interactive sound book: Listening is an important part of language development and this sound book will engage very young readers as they explore sounds and words. From sounds in the home and on the street to sounds in the jungle and even in the ocean, little ones will be able to quickly identify sounds and name the…
Explore queer identity and plan for your best year ever with My Queer Year, a guided journal and planner that centres and celebrates LGBTQ+ identity, created by queer and trans artist team Ash + Chess.
Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.
Be captivated by stories of forbidden love…
’If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan’s book is a fun place to start’NPR
’Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting’ Vanity Fair
’5 books not to miss . . . A fascinating work of imaginative futurology’USA Today
One of Time…
This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favourite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles to became Prince’s chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then create other…
A fresh look at Hermetic Qabala, this book highlights the inherent queer and non-binary nature of this powerful mystical system as well as the innate inclusivity of its practice. Author Enfys J. Book explains the basics of Qabala in an easy-to-understand way, making it a powerful spiritual tool for any practitioner to…
Dispensing with the patriarchal bullshit, Kirsty Loehr exposes centuries of outrageous straightwashing
No, they weren’t ’just friends’! Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. ’But historians famously care about women!’, said no one. From Anne Bonny and Mary Read…
This vibrant, inclusive guide, designed for all kinds of girls, is designed to help you be the strongest, proudest, happiest version of yourself! A celebration of the gift of queerness, it's packed full of heartfelt advice, comforting stories and stylish illustrations, and will give you the tools you need…