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So Here It Is, The Autobiography
Dave Hill
How the boy from Wolverhampton rocked the world with Slade
113% 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
20% funded
Powysland: The Greatest Writer You've Never Heard Of, And What We Can Learn From Him
Tim Blanchard
Defy the modern world with forgotten genius John Cowper Powys
3% 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.
19% funded
The Shadow Traps (being a true history of the life, work and mysterious disappearance of Louis Le Prince, creator of the world's first film)
Irfan Shah
The thrilling story of the world’s first film-maker – and his mysterious disappearance
0% funded
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
25% funded
Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
Henrietta Heald
The true story of Britain’s early women engineers
72% funded
Reel Love
Owen Michael Johnson
A coming-of-age graphic novel that is a love letter to the silver screen
10% funded
The Replacement Girl: A Life in 24 Frames
John-Michael O'Sullivan
A biography of Barbara Mullen, one of the twentieth century's great fashion models
8% funded
First in the World Somewhere
Penny Pepper
A unique memoir of creative purpose, sexual discovery, activism - driven by defiance
104% funded
Rife: Twenty Stories from Britain’s Youth
Nikesh Shukla
A book of essays by writers under 24, edited
106% funded
Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
Lev Parikian
A lapsed and hopeless birdwatcher’s attempt to see 200 birds in a year
115% funded
Different Class : Fashion, Football & Funk The Story of Laurie Cunningham
Dermot Kavanagh
A biography of England's first professional black footballer, who represented Leyton Orient, West Bromwich Albion and became the first Englishman to play for Real Madrid
108% 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
Angel Dorothy
Jane Brown
A new biography of the woman behind Dartington Hall, American heiress Dorothy Elmhirst
102% funded
Encounters With Harriet Martineau
Stuart Hobday
A biography of Harriet Martineau, the first female journalist
107% funded
My Tutu Went AWOL!
Iestyn Edwards
When you audition by accident and take your cross-dressing ballerina act to entertain the troops in Iraq & Afghanistan
117% funded
Pop Stars in My Pantry
Paul Simper
A memoir of pop folk and clubbing in the 1980s (Formerly known as Just Got Lucky: My Life in Pop)
109% funded