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<b>A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century</b><br/><br/>'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun'<b> SARAH WATERS</b><br/><br/>'A cracking read, and a reminder of what shaped where we are now'<b> VAL MCDERMID </b><br/><br/>'Riveting; indispensable; and suffused with a humane warmth' <b>ALISON BECHDEL</b><br/><br/>For as long as queer women have existed, they've created gathering grounds where they can be themselves. In <i>A Place of Our Own</i>, journalist June Thomas invites readers into six iconic lesbian spaces over the course of the last sixty years, including the rural commune, the sex toy boutique and the feminist bookstore. She also illuminates what is gained and lost in the shift from the exclusive, tight-knit women's spaces of the '70s toward today's more inclusive yet more diffuse LGBTQ+ communities.<br/><br/>'Thomas's ability to resurrect the past is a testament to her meticulous research. But it's her voice - charming, irreverent, tender - that makes the journey through lesbian history so worthwhile' <b>NEW YORK TIMES</b><br/><br/>'A must-have for any queer bookshelf' <b>TEGAN QUIN</b><br/><br/>'Pulses with delicious dykes and the spaces we have made for ourselves over the years'<b> STELLA DUFFY</b>

Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China&apos;s Superpower Future shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world&apos;s most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics. Having masked his beliefs while climbing the party hierarchy, Xi has centralized decision-making powers, encouraged a personality cult around himself, and moved toward indefinite rule by scrapping presidential term limits-stirring fears of a return to Mao-style dictatorship. Today, the party of Xi favors political zeal over technical expertise, trumpets its faith in Marxism, and proclaims its reach into every corner of Chinese society with Xi portraits and hammer-and-sickle logos. Under Xi, China has challenged Western preeminence in global affairs and cast its authoritarian system as a model of governance worthy of international emulation. As a China reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Chun Han Wong has chronicled Xi&apos;s hardline strategy for crushing dissent and his political repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Wong spent five years in Beijing before the Chinese government forced him to leave mainland China in 2019, after which he moved to Hong Kong and continued writing about Xi&apos;s leadership. Now, Wong has drawn on his years of first-hand reporting across China to create a lucid and historically-rooted account of China&apos;s leader, and how he inspires fear and fervor in his party, his nation, and beyond. Timely, revelatory, and important, Party of One explains how the future Xi imagines for China will reshape the future of the entire world.

<b>The Instant <i>Sunday Times</i> Bestseller</b><br/><br/><b>'The star of her generation' - Dan Snow, host of <i>History Hit</i><br/>'Bursting with ideas and images' - Philippa Gregory, author of <i>The Other Boleyn Girl</i><br/>'Utterly, utterly brilliant' </b> <b>- Tracy Borman, author of <i>The King's Witch</i></b><br/><br/><i>At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to - unless you've got the plague . . .</i><br/><br/>What happens if the First World War breaks out while you're at university?<br/><br/>How does a young woman, born without arms or legs, make a living in Georgian London?<br/><br/>What turns a rugby-obsessed teenager from a Welsh mining town into Richard Burton?<br/><br/>In this unconventional and witty history, award-winning writer and broadcaster Alice Loxton delves into Britain's past, exploring the country through eighteen notable figures at that most formative age - eighteen. From a young Elizabeth Tudor facing deadly intrigue at court, to Empress Matilda already changing the fate of nations, <i>Eighteen </i>invites readers to join an eclectic cast of young Britons across the nation and throughout its history.<br/><br/><b>Filled with fascinating stories of royalty, explorers, writers and entertainers, <i>Eighteen</i> asks what lessons we can learn for modern Britain.</b><br/><br/><b>'Brilliantly original, wonderfully perceptive and full of rich insights . . . Loxton has confirmed her place as one of our most exciting and talented young historians' </b> <b>- James Holland, bestselling author and historian</b>

<b>For fans of <i>Hidden Figures </i>and <i>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</i></b><br/><br/><b>'The kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!' MISTY COPELAND</b><br/><br/><b>'Vibrant, propulsive and inspiring' TIA WILLIAMS</b><br/><br/>Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book.<br/><br/>Both a group biography and a story of a particular time, this is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be. It is about the heart-breaking impact of the AIDS epidemic which claimed the lives of so many of the male dancers. It's about racism and activism through art. And it's about the eternal glamour of ballet; these swans appeared at the grandest opera houses and theatres, dancing at the White House, and even for the Queen. Their fans included Mick Jagger and they performed alongside the likes of Michael Jackson and Josephine Baker.<br/><br/>But most importantly it tells the universal story of female friendship, and in particular how these five young women formed a bond - while experimenting with different ways of dying ballet shoes and tights to match their skin tones - which still endures many decades later.

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<strong>'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY</strong> <br/><br/>In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on the Middle East where his internationally bestselling <em>The Great War of Civilisation</em> left off. <br/><br/>From the Arab uprisings and the Syrian civil war to Israel's conflicts with Palestine and Lebanon, Fisk condemns the West's ongoing hypocrisy and interference while revealing the horrific truth of life on the ground. Unafraid to criticise authority and unpick complex truths, hecreates a compelling narrative of passionate and engaging journalism, historical analysis and eyewitness reporting. <br/><br/>With a Postscript by Nelofer Pazira-Fisk and a foreword by Patrick Cockburn, <em>Night of Power</em> delivers an essential and prophetic account of the last twenty years, which exposes the inescapable consequences of colonial oppression and violence in the Middle East. <br/><br/> <strong>'This is a masterly work by a unique and gifted "historian of the present", who was unafraid to criticise authority while revealing the horrific realities of life and death on the ground' Conor O'Clery, <em>Irish Times</em></strong> <br/><br/> <strong>'Every sentence of Robert Fisk radiates his loathe of wars and the inevitable dehumanization they produce, which makes his (sadly) last book an everlasting warning, beyond its value as a meticulous historical recount and analysis of today's events' Amira Hass, journalist, <em>Haaretz</em></strong> <br/><br/> <strong>'Fisk's reporting is clear-eyed and unflinching, a model for what journalists should aspire to practice in their ever more important and widely threatened craft' Anthony Arnove, editor, <em>Iraq Under Siege</em> and author, <em>Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal</em></strong> <br/><br/> <strong>'I was at the funeral of a friend of mine, in Kilternan cemetery ... I came across Robert Fisk's grave. Someone has to bear witness to the unspeakable, and he did it, whatever the cost to himself' Neil Jordan, film director and writer</strong>

<b>'A necessary book - and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn </b><br/><br/><b><i>What if Chernobyl was just the beginning?</i></b><br/><br/><b>The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of war<br/><br/></b>On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. It was the most direct way for them to reach the capital - and an extraordinarily reckless plan after the disaster that had taken place there three decades earlier. Russian occupation of the plant had begun. It would last thirty-five days.<br/><br/>Closely reported and narrated from multiple perspectives, this is the story of the Ukrainians who were held hostage and worked shifts for weeks instead of days to spare the world a new nuclear accident. We meet Valentyn Heiko, the foreman who had also been there for the clean-up of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 and turned sixty during the occupation; plant workers who found a way to celebrate International Women's Day despite all odds; Russian officers who had no knowledge of nuclear reactors; and four stalkers who were caught in the middle and stood in for the overworked cook.<br/><br/>Gripping and unforgettable, Chernobyl Roulette sounds the alarm about the dangers of nuclear sites in an unprecedented time, when plant workers are left to fight on their own while the world holds its breath. In a book that reads like a thriller, Serhii Plokhy tells a remarkable story about human nature, uncertainty and courage.