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Book Cover for: Teenage Dreams: Girlhood Sexualities in the U.S. Culture Wars, Charlie Jeffries

Teenage Dreams: Girlhood Sexualities in the U.S. Culture Wars

Charlie Jeffries
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

We're looking forward to this event hosted by @shme_bbk for the official launch of Dr Charlie Jeffries’s new book; Teenage Dreams: Girlhood Sexualities in the US Culture Wars! She'll be joined by @bourke_joanna for a reading & a Q+A discussion. Tickets: https://t.co/gecR4gUduP

Hardcover, 2022

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Spectacles and Specters: A Performative Theory of Political Trials, Başak Ertür

Spectacles and Specters: A Performative Theory of Political Trials

Başak Ertür
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Join @BirkbeckLaw next Thursday for the book launch of 'Spectacles and Specters' by Başak Ertür - with Avery Gordon and Lawrence Abu Hamdan. Book your tickets: https://t.co/yTVTDR4c3g https://t.co/x4qK1pHx0F

Paperback, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick, Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick

Abi Daré
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Abi Daré is a Nigerian-born award-winning novelist who received critical acclaim for her first novel, The Girl With the Louding Voice. The book won the Bath Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2018 and went on to become a New York Times bestseller! 1/3 @abidare_author https://t.co/Ngg7vPeb0H

Paperback, 2021

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Fear: A Cultural History, Joanna Bourke

Fear: A Cultural History

Joanna Bourke
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Catch @bourke_joanna next week online or in-person for the next instalment of her latest @GreshamCollege series, A Cultural History of Disease. https://t.co/FGIBZQEYDv

Paperback, 2007

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History, Richard J. Evans

Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History

Richard J. Evans
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

#OnThisDay Eric Hobsbawm was born, one of Britain's most distinguished historians with a 65-year association with BBK. Watch Prof Julian Swann, Pro-Vice Master for Research, & Richard J Evans, historian & Fellow of the College, on Hobsbawm's life & legacy. https://t.co/YjHBvBY7eD

Hardcover, 2019

$52.00$27.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire, Ian Patel

We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire

Ian Patel
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Congratulations to @bbkpsychosocial’s Dr Ian Sanjay Patel on having his book, We’re Here Because You Were There, shortlisted for the prestigious @englishpen Hessell-Tiltman Prize, which celebrates the best historical non-fiction. 🥳 More info: https://t.co/F7Bkd3zSeM https://t.co/Q5HSBglaXT

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Decolonial Imaginings: Intersectional Conversations and Contestations, Avtar Brah

Decolonial Imaginings: Intersectional Conversations and Contestations

Avtar Brah
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Join us for the launch of the new book by Avtar Brah, Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Birkbeck - 'Decolonial Imaginings/ Intersectional Conversations and Contestations'. Happening this Wednesday. Tickets: https://t.co/MEHSVXI46b #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/k6XnO2pPf5

Paperback, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Birkbeck: 200 Years of Radical Learning for Working People, Joanna Bourke

Birkbeck: 200 Years of Radical Learning for Working People

Joanna Bourke
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

We're excited for the launch of @bourke_joanna's new book, 'Birkbeck - 200 Years of Radical Learning for Working People', happening this evening! You can either join us in-person or stream the event online at 6pm! https://t.co/frfh7EL6o1

Hardcover, 2022

$51.00$26.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire, Kojo Koram

Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

Kojo Koram
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Huge congratulations to Dr @KojoKoram of @BirkbeckLaw on having his book 'Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire' shortlisted for @TheOrwellPrize 🎉 Find out more about Kojo's book: https://t.co/KGexyuYsP1

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Quantum Theory, David Bohm

Quantum Theory

David Bohm
Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London

Infinite Potential is about David Bohm, who was a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Birkbeck. He's been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century, contributing innovative and unorthodox ideas to quantum theory & neuropsychology 👏🧠

Paperback, 1989

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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