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    Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts

    A History of Sex for Sale

    by Kate Lister ...
    Narrated by Kate Lister ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 6 min

    The history of selling sex is a hidden one—and too often its practitioners are pushed to the margins of history. This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of the sex trade through the eyes of sex workers, from medieval streets to Wild West saloons, and from brothels to state bedrooms.Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts' chapters are structured thematically in a broadly chronological order, ... Read more

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    A Curious History of Sex

    by Kate Lister ...
    Narrated by Kate Lister ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    The act of sex has not changed since people first worked out what went where, but the ways in which society dictates how sex is culturally understood and performed have varied significantly through the ages. Humans are the only creatures that stigmatize particular sexual practices, and sex remains a deeply divisive issue around the world. Attitudes will change and grow—hopefully for the better—but ... Read more

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  • Flick

    The Story of Female Pleasure

    From the host of the award-winning Betwixt the Sheets podcast, a rousing global history of women throughout time who, quite literally, came before us. A sweeping, witty, myth-busting chronicle of women enjoying sex: with themselves, with each other, and occasionally with men as well— for readers of Emily Nagoski and Gillian Anderson’s Want.There is a common misconception that the modern “sex posit ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • Vikings and the Vikings

    Essays on Television's History Channel Series

    Edited by Paul Hardwick, Kate Lister ...
    This essay collection is a wide-ranging exploration of Vikings, the television series that has successfully summoned the historical world of the Norse people for modern audiences to enjoy. From a range of critical viewpoints, these all fresh essays explore the ways in which past and present representations of the Vikings converge in the show's richly textured dramatization of the rise and fall of ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Paraphernalia! Victorian Objects

    Edited by Helen Kingstone, Kate Lister ...
    Series series The Nineteenth Century Series
    The Victorian era is famous for the collecting, hording, and displaying of things; for the mass production and consumption of things; for the invention, distribution and sale of things; for those who had things, and those who did not. For many people, the Victorian period is intrinsically associated with paraphernalia.This collection of essays explores the Victorians through their materiality, and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy

    Series series Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
    Demonstrating the relevance of theory to political and policy debates and practice, this lively and accessible second edition helps students to grasp the real-life implications of social policy theory.The updated text includes consideration of contemporary shifts in welfare ideologies in the context of global austerity and the UK Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. With a new ... Read more

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    The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown, and Other Stories

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    A collection of eighteen crime stories with a diverse range of characters and scenarios, from guilt-ridden fraudsters to lovesick murderers. ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by Ana Kinsella ...
    Narrated by Jessica Regan, Darragh Hand ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    "Inside the reliable pull of a well-written love story, Frida Slattery As Herself is a skillful, unusual novel – clever, lucid and unexpected in the way of good theatre." — Guardian, "Book of the Day"A sweeping, witty, and wise novel following an actress and a writer-director—told through the plays they make together and the time they spend apartYou could probably run cities on the energy ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Behind Closed Doors

    At Home in Georgian England

    From the award-winning author of The Gentleman's Daughter,a witty and academic illumination of daily domestic life in Georgian England.In this brilliant work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Theory

    A critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century

    What is Urban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just between cities but within cities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains:Relations between urban theory and modernity in key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and ‘radical′ ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • OCR Sociology for A Level Book 1

    Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 1 concepts in... ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Understanding Law and Society

    by Max Travers ...
    This textbook on the sociology of law is organised according to the theoretical traditions of sociology, and oriented towards providing an accessible, but sophisticated, introduction to, and overview of, the central themes, problems and debates in this field. The book employs an international range of examples - including the state, minority rights, terrorism, family violence, the legal profession ... Read more

    $91.99 USD