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Between the Devil and the Deep
Mark Cowan and Martin Robson
The gruesome true story of the bends, seen through the eyes of a diver pitched into a natural hell; paralysed and trapped underwater with nowhere to go but sink back into the deep.
41% funded
Paint My Name In Black And Gold
Mark Andrews
Paint My Name In Black And Gold is the story of the first five years of The Sisters of Mercy.
68% funded
A Wild and Precious Life: A Recovery Anthology
Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert
Addiction, physical and mental illness and its aftermath: a collection of stories and poetry from writers in recovery.
45% funded
From Crimea with Love
Jason Salkey
A memoir from the actor who played Rifleman Harris on Sharpe's Rifles
66% funded
100 Voices
Miranda Roszkowski
100 years after getting the Vote, 100 female writers share their story
12% funded
Not As Nature Intended
Rich Hardy
A story of the exploitation of animals for food, fashion and entertainment from the unique perspective of an undercover investigator.
62% funded
The Philosopher Queens
Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting
A book about women in philosophy by women in philosophy
119% funded
FUCK YEAH, VIDEO GAMES: THE LIFE AND EXTRA LIVES OF A PROFESSIONAL NERD
Daniel Hardcastle and Rebecca Maughan
A personal, absurd celebration of the sheer joy of video games.
1872% funded
Here and There
Jillian Edelstein
This acclaimed photographer discovers a lost branch of her family, drawing her into stories of displacement that we all hold in common.
57% funded
Sew on the Go: a maker's journey
Mary Jane Baxter
An inspiring road trip and a practical guide to crafting wherever you find yourself
69% funded
The Ethical Stripper
Stacey Clare
Forget everything you’ve heard about strippers: this book is an antidote to stigma, shame and stereotyping
37% 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
68% funded
Mud, Maul, Mascara: How I Led My Country, and Lived to Tell the Tale
Catherine Spencer
The inspirational story of a woman who just wanted to have fun, find love and win the rugby World Cup
101% 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
41% funded
Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
Henrietta Heald
The true story of Britain’s early women engineers
104% funded
Ben Again
Ben Clench
Ben Again is the inspirational memoir of traumatic brain injury survivor Ben Clench from Sussex
113% 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
108% 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)
110% funded
News From The Home Front
Rachael de Moravia
An insider's account of life as a military wife; of life on the home front, in the fall-out zone of the modern Royal Air Force
102% funded
