Movie Workers, 1: The Women Who Made British Cinema (Bell Melanie)(Paperback)

Movie Workers, 1: The Women Who Made British Cinema (Bell Melanie)(Paperback)

After the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of below-the-line workers, laboring in positions from animation artist to negative cutter to costume designer. Melanie Bell maps the work of these women decade-by-decade, examining their far-ranging economic and

Great British Women (Charles Roy)(Pevná vazba)

Great British Women presents the lives of remarkable British women who made a mark on their country, and beyond. From the defiant warrior Boudicca to contemporary women found in every field, the reader will meet some of the most remarkable women in British history from Roman times to modern

Shepperton Babylon (Sweet Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This book features a secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran

Jamestown Brides - The Bartered Wives of the New World (Potter Jennifer)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema (Macnab Geoffrey)(Paperback)

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, costume

From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (Haskell Molly)(Paperback)

A revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism, Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape remains as insightful, searing, and relevant as it was the day it was first published. Ranging across time and genres from the golden age of Hollywood to films of the late twentieth century, Haskell

Jamestown Brides - The Bartered Wives of the New World (Potter Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New

Great British Men and Women (Throp Claire)(Paperback / softback)

Who are the greatest British men and women ever to have graced our lands? From Florence Nighingale and J.K. Rowling to Alfred the Great and Sir David Attenborough, this book is packed full of leaders, scientists, explorers, pioneers and much more. They are sure to inspire and fascinate

Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome (de la Bdoyre Guy)(Paperback)

A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire​ Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero--these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his

The Women Who Made New York (Scelfo Julie)(Pevná vazba)

An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were activists

James Mason (Thomas Sarah)(Paperback)

Having made his name as a star of British Cinema in the 1930s, James Mason went on to become one of Hollywood's most successful leading men in the post-war era. Sarah Thomas charts his transition from British film actor to star, to international film star and celebrity, to character actor. Whilst

The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop (Hope Clover)(Paperback)

An illustrated highlight reel of more than 100 women in rap who have helped shape the genre and eschewed gender norms in the process The Motherlode highlights more than 100 women who have shaped the power, scope, and reach of rap music, including pioneers like Roxanne Shant , game changers like

Game of Queens - The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe (Gristwood Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year - the rise and fall of the women who ruled sixteenth-century

She Found It at the Movies: Women Writers on Sex, Desire and Cinema (Newland Christina)(Paperback)

Because Timothee Chalamet's eyes gleam with the light of a thousand suns. Because you'd let Zo Kravitz get away with putting gum in your hair. And because there really should be a national monument dedicated to Gene Kelly's ass. From the tongue-in-cheek to the righteously enraged, She Found it at

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema (Macnab Geoffrey)(Pevná vazba)

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, costume

Women Workers and the Trade Unions (Boston Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Fantastically Great Women Who Made History (Pankhurst Kate)(Paperback / softback)

Sisters in Arms - A gripping novel of the courageous Black women who made history in World War Two - inspired by true events (Alderson Kaia)(Paperback / softback)

Inspired by true events, Sisters in Arms is a gripping novel of the courageous Black women who made history in World War

Don't Stop the Carnival: Black British Music (Gendre Kevin Le)(Paperback)

Black British Music and the people who made it, from Tudor times to the mid '60s.This is a story of empire, colonialism and then the new energies released by the movements for freedom and independence of the post second-world-war years; of the movements of peoples across borders; of the flow of

Doctor Who: The TV Movie (Target) (Russell Gary)(Paperback)

It's December 1999, and strange things are happening as the new millennium nears. A British police box appears from nowhere in San Francisco's Chinatown and the mysterious man inside it is shot down in the street. Despite the best efforts of Dr Grace Holloway, the man dies and another stranger

I Lost It at the Movies (Kael Pauline)(Paperback)

I Lost it at the Movies is vintage Kael on such classics of post-War cinema as On the Waterfront, Smiles of a Summer Night, West Side Story, The Seven Samurai, Lolita, Jules et Jim etc. Her comments are so fresh and direct, it's as if the movies had only been released last

Fantastically Great Women Who Made History Activity Book (Pankhurst Kate)(Paperback / softback)

Cinema and Society in the British Empire, 1895-1940 (Burns James)(Pevná vazba)

By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the movies in colonial societies in the early cinema

Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Hutchings Peter)(Paperback)

The second edition of Peter Hutchings's landmark work on British horror cinema, featuring later writings by Hutchings and a new introduction by film historian Johnny