Society & culture: general books

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Keith Hale, editor of Friends & Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914, here...  Read More >>

This book explores the complex intersections of ageing, migration, and transnational family life. Migration reshapes...  Read More >>

This book introduces the story of the ‘Green Children’ and how it has been interpreted, retold, and reworked. Analysing...  Read More >>

The real succession story of the Murdoch empire is more shocking than the fictional TV series.  Read More >>

The real succession story of the Murdoch empire is more shocking than the fictional TV series.  Read More >>

Taking its name from the illuminated medieval prayer book form, The Midwife’s Book of Hours takes us on an adventure...  Read More >>

What if the secret to happiness could be learned from a penguin? In The Penguin Who Learned to Fly, bestselling...  Read More >>

A daily prayer book for women with 365 days of prayer and scripture to focus their hearts on Jesus at every moment...  Read More >>

""Arresting and vivid, raw and breathtaking . . . told with stunning originality. Annie Lord is a phenomenal talent.""...  Read More >>

What defines you--the pain of your past or the strength of your survival? Raised in a shattered family and abandoned...  Read More >>

First published in 1973, Women on the Rope provides the first consecutive story of the 'feminine share in mountain...  Read More >>

First published in 1952, Man, Creator or Destroyer makes clear that mankind is preeminent both as a creator and...  Read More >>

First published in 1988, He and She is about male attitudes to sex and gender in the 1980s.  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Deconstructing America breaks new ground by locating the European discovery of America...  Read More >>

First published in 1989, The Psychology of the Female Body examines the role of the female body in women's identity...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men's fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Who went into the Black Hole of Calcutta? Who came out alive? And does it matter anyway? In The Black Hole (originally...  Read More >>

First Published in 1939 and reissued with a new preface in 1965, African Women presents a study of the Ibo women...  Read More >>

Land Use and Living Space shows that much of the perceived land problem in Britain is not substantiated by evidence...  Read More >>

Not every voice is spoken, and not every silence is empty. I Speak in More Than Words gives an unfiltered and...  Read More >>

Analyst and author Ann Belford Ulanov draws on her years of clinical work and reflection to make the point that...  Read More >>

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Governments can boost climate resilience by expanding access to information, promoting insurance, and investing...  Read More >>