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  • Multicultural Britain

    A People's History

    by Kieran Connell ...
    Between the end of the Second World War and the early twenty-first century, Britain became multicultural. This vivid book tells that remarkable story. Kieran Connell, an historian of Irish and German heritage who grew up in Balsall Heath, inner-city Bir-mingham, takes readers into multicultural communities across Britain at key moments in their development. Journeying far beyond London, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Black Handsworth

    Race in 1980s Britain

    by Kieran Connell ...
    Series Book 15 - Berkeley Series in British Studies
    In 1980s Britain, while the country failed to reckon with the legacies of its empire, a black, transnational sensibility was emerging in its urban areas. In Handsworth, an inner-city neighborhood of Birmingham, black residents looked across the Atlantic toward African and Afro-Caribbean social and political cultures and drew upon them while navigating the inequalities of their locale. For those of ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Cultural Studies 50 Years On

    History, Practice and Politics

    Edited by Kieran Connell, Matthew Hilton ...
    Stuart Hall conceptualized his time at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies as a series of interruptions. It was this fluidity that gave rise to Hall’s conception of cultural studies as a ‘moving target’, a fusion of a range of disciplinary approaches that was uniquely influenced by politics in the world beyond the academy. The political commitments of those at the Centre were wide-ranging ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Trinity Tales: Trinity College Dublin in the 2000s

    Trinity College Dublin in the 2000s

    by Uché Gabriel Akujobi, Sarah Benson, Adam Crothers, Heledd Fychan, Annie Gatling, Emma Gleeson, Jarlath Gregory, Dylan Haskins, Rory Hearne, Claire Hennessy, Hal Hodson, Khalid Ibrahim, Wayne Jordan, Kate Kennedy, Caitríona Lally, Cliona Loughnane, Jess Majekodunmi, Sallay Matu-Garnett, Darragh McCausland, Erica Murray, Paul O'Connell, Katriona O'Sullivan, Kieran Quinn, Elske Rahill, Dave Ring, Alice Ryan, Jonathan Schachter, Carl Whyte ...
    This, the fifth and final volume in the Trinity Tales series, completes a cycle that began with tales from the 1960s. It invites readers to step into the world of Trinity College as it was in the first decade of this century through the reflections of students who attended the university during those years.Within its pages lie the stories of twenty-eight graduates from a mix of diverse backgrounds ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by Hugh Mackay ...
    The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own.In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. Now in The Art of Belonging Mackay shows how strong communities develop our moral sense and build ... Read more

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  • Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse

    And Other Lessons from Modern Life

    by David Mitchell ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING BOOK BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED COMIC WRITERS**Pre-order now: David Mitchell's new book Dishonesty is the Second-best Policy**There are many aspects of modern life that trouble award-winning comedian David Mitchell, such as:Why is every film or TV programme a sequel or a remake?Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing?Why do ... ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Brit(ish)

    On Race, Identity and Belonging

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    From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today.You're British.Your parents are British.Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British.So why do people keep asking where you're from?We are a nation in denial about our imperial past and ... Read more

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  • Airhead

    The Imperfect Art of Making News

    by Emily Maitlis ...
    FEATURING EMILY MAITLIS' GROUNDBREAKING INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ANDREWThe news has never been more prominent - but are we getting the full story? Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest news stories and interviews of recent years'Smart, funny and brilliantly told' Elizabeth Day'Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious' James O'Brien... ... Read more

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  • What Just Happened?!

    Dispatches from Turbulent Times (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

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  • 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

    by Quentin Letts ...
    From the Sunday Times bestselling authorWhich fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty.Quentin Letts sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it, from TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh, the dumbed-down buffoon who put the 'h' in Aspidistra, to the perpetrators of ... Read more

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  • Patronising Bastards

    How the Elites Betrayed Britain

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    From the Sunday Times bestselling author of 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain, Quentin Letts, comes his blistering new book on how Britain's out-of-touch, illiberal elite fills its boots.'HILARIOUS' Daily Mail'With its vicious takedowns, Quentin Letts' laugh-out-loud Patronising Bastards will have the lefty-elite running scared' The SunNot since Marie Antoinette said 'Let... ... Read more

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  • Where Did I Go Right?

    How the Left Lost Me

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    ***'Few people walk the line of thought provoking and laugh out loud funny like Geoff Norcott.' - Romesh Ranganathan'Where Did I Go Right? is sharp, considered, insightful, and helped me make sense of "the other side". And because Geoff Norcott is so funny, it unfortunately means I can't dismiss his views entirely. It's so important to have a friend you can disagree with but still admire and Geoff ... Read more

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