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Here and There
Jillian Edelstein
The acclaimed photographer Jillian Edelstein discovers a lost branch of her family, drawing her into stories of displacement that we all hold in common
51% funded
The Ethical Stripper
Stacey Clare
Forget everything you’ve heard about strippers: this book is an antidote to stigma, shame and stereotyping
5% funded
Eileen: The Making of Orwell
Sylvia Topp
The never before told story of George Orwell’s first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers.
85% funded
From Crimea with Love
Jason Salkey
A memoir from the actor who played Rifleman Harris on Sharpe's Rifles
8% funded
Good Taste: A Decorator's Cookbook
Nicky Haslam
Part memoir, part recipe book, part visual history and part intimate revelation by the celebrated interior designer
35% funded
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Mary Jane Paterson and Jo Thompson
A correspondence between a hopeless gardener and a hopeless cook
30% funded
Bad News From The Stars: The Life and Music of Serge Gainsbourg
Jeremy Allen
The most comprehensive account yet of the French genius.
13% funded
Glarnies, Green Berets & Goons: The Life and Legacy of Larry Stephens
Julie Warren
The remarkable story of a WWII Commando who transformed British comedy.
62% funded
Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore
Emma Southon
A biography of the most extraordinary woman in the Roman world
149% funded
Head Shot
Victoria Nixon
How does it feel to be a Vogue model with the world at your feet, confronting a double family suicide and fighting for your life?
14% 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
Girl With a Gun: A Teenage Freedom Fighter in Iran
Diana Nammi and Karen Attwood
A gripping and moving first-hand account of one woman’s fight to change the world around her
92% funded
Xiangbei
Ping Lin
LIN Xiangbei, an ordinary man, gave his heart and soul to his country in the struggle to forge "The New China" and, in the end, to survive was victory
68% funded
Pride, Not Prejudice
Edited by Helen Belcher
A collection of 21 essays written by transgender and non-binary people in the UK.
25% funded
Gunpowder and Glory: From Fireworks to Zeebrugge – The Short Explosive Life of Frank Brock 1884 – 1918
H W Smee and Henry Macrory
An extraordinary hidden history and the story of a WWI war hero and inventor
3% funded
349% funded
Everyone is Creative: inspiring adventures for everyday life
Jo Hunter
Ideas, advice and activities to bring your creativity to life
32% funded
Mansplaining Masculinity
Dave Pickering
Dave Pickering tries to explain masculinity, both to you and to himself
19% funded
Ethereal Punks: The Cocteau Twins Story
Jean-Christophe Manuceau
The first biography of the cult Scottish band.
15% funded
The Elegant Art Of Falling Apart
Jessica Jones
Sometimes we have to lose everything to understand this moment is all we have
105% funded
113% funded
The Irish Pasha
Louise Foxcroft
The astonishing private and public lives of a maverick Edwardian Egyptologist
106% funded
105% funded
Rinse, Spin, Repeat
Edie Fassnidge
A graphic novel about my experience of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004
115% funded
117% funded
Place-making: The Art of Capability Brown, 1716-1783
John Phibbs
Leading authority on Brown publishes long-awaited celebration to mark his 300th anniversary
103% funded