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Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford Sisters Born with pedigrees but without the pocketbooks to match, The Mitfords were certainly no strangers to lies, intrigue, or scandal. Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. All six sisters were weaned on their family’s well-documented upper class eccentricities: a ne’er do well would-be…
The acclaimed art fanzine’s psychogeographic drifts through a ruined city Savage Messiah collects the entire set of Laura Oldfield Ford’s fanzine to date. Part graphic novel, part artwork, the book is both an angry polemic against the marginalization of the city’s working class and an exploration of the cracks that open up in urban space.
A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history The Middle Ages: A Graphic Historybusts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’, shedding light on the medieval period’s present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the…
At the height of the Kung Fu Craze in 1970s Britain, Kung-Fu Monthly was the biggest selling Bruce Lee magazine in the world, even spawning a fan club that would be equally as successful. Kung-Fu Monthly was the longest-running Bruce Lee magazine of its kind anywhere in the world (by frequency and circulation). Such was…
Harry Furniss (1854-1925), a leading contributor to Punch and other important illustrated magazines, was arguably the most significant political caricaturist and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. He was widely celebrated in his time, and his cartoons helped to define the political world in the public mind. The Humours of Parliament was Furniss’s…
When the Olsens considered moving from the United States to the UK for a year of grad school, they thought it would be easy. Sure, England would be rainy, but they’d get to live in a foreign country without learning a new language, and they’d get free health care and lots of shepherds pie. Boy,…
When Spiderwebs Unite tells the story of Gary Grant and his community’s decades long battle for environmental justice, describing an empowered African American community who uses STEM technology to fight for clean air and water for their community. When industrial hog farms started locating in Tillery, an impoverished and predominantly Black community in eastern North…
Dive into the rich tapestry of 19th-century English life with a print edition of “The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful”. This iconic publication, a cornerstone of the Victorian era’s popular culture, served as a vital vehicle for the spread of knowledge and entertainment to a wide readership. As a prominent…
Mike Ashley’s acclaimed history of science-fiction magazines comes to the 1980s with Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990. This volume charts a significant revolution throughout science fiction, much of which was driven by the alternative press, and by new editors at the leading magazines. The period saw the…
This series has been featured on the TODAY show and ABC World News Tonight. The attention of the world is aimed squarely at the Royal Family as the wedding of the century hits, and now it’s time to focus our attention on the Wild Child, Prince Harry. From his upbringing with his mother Princess Di…
Step back into the heart of 19th-century Britain with this meticulously prepared print edition of “Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 37, September 29 to October 31, 1832”. This unique volume offers an authentic window into the past, providing a direct glimpse into the intellectual…
“The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful” offers a compelling glimpse into Victorian-era popular education and the ambitious project of widespread general knowledge dissemination. As a foundational “English periodical,” this meticulously reproduced print edition captures the spirit of an age driven by intellectual curiosity and a commitment to accessible learning. Originally…
“Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 93, No. 568, February, 1863” offers a fascinating glimpse into Victorian-era thought and culture. This meticulously reproduced print edition presents a specific issue from a seminal 19th-century periodical, known for its influential voice across Scotland and England. Featuring contributions from various authors, this volume is a rich collection of essays and…
“Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 93, No. 568, February, 1863” offers a fascinating glimpse into Victorian-era thought and culture. This meticulously reproduced print edition presents a specific issue from a seminal 19th-century periodical, known for its influential voice across Scotland and England. Featuring contributions from various authors, this volume is a rich collection of essays and…
Girls’ comics were a major genre from the 1950s onward in Britain and the most popular titles sold between 800,000 and a million copies a week. However, this genre was slowly replaced by magazines, which now dominate publishing for girls. Remembered Reading is a readers’ history that explores the genre, and memories of those comics,…
Comic empires is a unique collection of new research exploring the relationship between imperialism and political cartoons, caricature, and satirical art. Edited by leading scholars across both fields (and with contributions from contexts as diverse as Egypt, Australia, the United States, and China, as well as Europe) the volume provides new perspectives on well-known events,…
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