Nerve Endings
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A collection of lyrics from across her career with Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE and her solo work
200% funded
Monopoli Blues
Tim Clark and Nick Cook
“I was offered the opportunity either to go to Australia or to go with the partisans in Northern Italy. I thought that going to the partisans would keep me nearer to my girlfriend now, my wife” (Bob Clark – IWM interview 2004) A son’s journey to uncover the story of his parents in special forces – war and love in Italy
168% funded
Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore
Emma Southon
A biography of the most extraordinary woman in the Roman world
157% funded
Speeches of Note
Shaun Usher
From the creator of Letters of Note, a compelling collection of history’s best speeches
140% funded
Soupy Twists!
Jem Roberts
The full official story of the sophisticated silliness of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
139% funded
This Queer Angel
Elaine Chambers
A nurse's battle against the UK Government after she was sacked from the army for being a lesbian
130% funded
Rebel Rebel: How Mavericks Made the Modern World
Chris Sullivan
A riotous history of people and things that broke the mould
126% funded
Robert Heinlein
Farah Mendlesohn
A major new critical study of the writings of a giant of the SF genre by a Hugo award-winning critic and historian.
125% funded
The Quiet Fan
Ian Plenderleith
A fast, funny, emotive memoir showing how most fans really follow football.
119% funded
A Curious History of Sex
Kate Lister
A cornucopia of giggles, gaffs, titillation, temptations, and exceptional expertise in all things historically sexual from Dr Kate Lister aka @Whores of Yore.
117% funded
My Mother, the Bearded Lady: The Selected Letters of Miles Kington
Miles Kington
A hilarious collection of correspondence
116% funded
Bird Therapy
Joe Harkness
A personal, passionate and practical guide to the mental health benefits of bird watching.
115% funded
Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
Henrietta Heald
The true story of Britain’s early women engineers
114% funded
Dear Mr. Pop Star
Derek & Dave Philpott
Humorous letters to pop stars about their songs with genuine witty replies
113% funded
A Long & Messy Business
Rowley Leigh
The definitive collection of recipes from one of our greatest food writers
112% funded
Lifelines: Notes on Life & Love, Faith & Doubt
Martin Wroe and Malcolm Doney
What does a good life look like, and how can we live it?
112% funded
A Restored Earth: Ten paths to a hopeful future
Edward Davey
How to address the world’s environmental challenges and make life better and more peaceful for people, nature, and the planet
111% funded
Stranger In My Heart
Mary Monro
Retracing her father’s heroic escape across China in World War Two leads his daughter on a gripping voyage of discovery about him, China and, inevitably, herself.
111% funded
Do You Believe In The Power Of Rock & Roll?
John Robb
A high-octane first-person history of the last 40 years of rock music
110% funded