'Exhilarating and immensely valuable' Priyamvada Gopal, Professor, University of Cambridge 'Captivating ... captures the resolute vision of revolutionary women in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist struggles' Shahrzad Mojab, Professor, co-author of Revolutionary Learning'Powerful, complex and compassionate ... a meaningful intervention - not only in women's...

"[A] beguiling fairy tale." --Vanity Fair (A Best Book of Summer) "Enchanted...A slow-burn gothic novel that will make you lose track of your surroundings...An atmospheric banger." --LitHub Venice, 1717. Fifteen-year-old Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. As a...

The #1 Amazon UK bestseller in War Poetry A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I From...

"If some prose sings, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's truly dances. Although set in the early sixteenth century, The Dance Tree addresses issues of the utmost importance today--the subjection of women, class inequality, the dangers of religious fundamentalism. Ultimately, however, the book's wisdom, compassion, and beauty...

'A love letter to queer London which reminds us that although we're not always in the mainstream telling of history, we have always been here'--Nathaniel Hall, playwright, and actor in It's A Sin 'Dan Glass is London's unofficial queer mayor'--Peter Staley, HIV activist and...

"A wrenching love story" (Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder. Drawing on years...

Set in Cuba's Sierra Maestra in the 1950s, in the days leading up to the Revolution--Manchette's unfinished masterpiece with a fearless female protagonist. Out of the wreckage of World War II swaggers Ivory Pearl, so named (rhymes with girl) by some British soldiers who...

Featuring an African American fugitive from bondage, an undercover woman, and 'outcasts of all nations, ' an arresting graphic exploration of the resistance and radical vision of 18th-century pirates A tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death...

Weaving together tales of tragedy and folly, of heroism and scientific progress, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin shows how hurricanes have time and again determined the course of American history, from the nameless storms that threatened the New World voyages to our own era...

'A much-needed and timely dive into the underrepresentation of working-class queers within our queer structures and concepts'-- Juno Roche, author of A Working-Class Family Ages Badly 'Holds rich insights into lived experience, the power lines of learning within institutions, and how people transform each...

'l learned everything I know from television, and you can learn everything I know from this book' - RuPaul 'ScreenAge is a must-read. We FINALLY have a book that recognizes the profound and positive impact television has had on all our lives.' - Michelle...

In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were directly affected by those laws, including a naïve Scottish journalist based in Moscow...

Through the eyes of publishing icon Michael Denneny, this cultural autobiography traces the evolution of the US's queer community in the three decades post-Stonewall. The Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s have been captured in minute detail, and rightly...

Marsha P. Johnson, Keith Haring, Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, RuPaul... the names of pioneers and trailblazers who have advanced the LGBTQI+ cause and helped bring about new human rights. This book pays tribute in 50 portraits to the activists, personalities, writers and artists who...

"Haydock's stunning debut captures the ecstatic shock of erotic art during the bohemian period of the Vienna Secession. Haydock's superb research captures the era's rich atmosphere." (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Set in the bold, Bohemian art world of early 20th-century Vienna, this novel from...

There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of Vienna. Circumstances transformed that fairy tale into a nightmare, and in 1939 the Künstlers found their way out of Vienna and into a new fairy tale: Los Angeles, California, United...

NPR's Books We Love 2023 Glamour's "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far" Vogue's "Best Books of 2023 (So Far)" Town & Country's "The Best Books of 2023" A "heartening inspiration"(The New York Times), the untold story of the people who have...

"Exquisite and gripping. . . . The Gulf is a page turner to be savored; Cochran is a master of both prose and plot."--Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother's LoversIn this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in...

A compelling reckoning with the birth of women's health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it--until now For more than a century, Dr. J. Marion Sims was hailed as the "father of modern...

Nghi Vo's Hugo and Crawford Award-winning series, The Singing Hills Cycle, continues... Lambda Award FinalistIgnyte Award FinalistHugo Award Finalist for Best NovellaLocus Award Finalist for Best Novella A Best Of Pick for USA Today Buzzfeed Ms Magazine Arlington Magazine Transfer Orbit LitHub "A delicious...