Jodi Bondi Norgaard More Than a Doll How Creating a Sports Doll Turned into a Fight to End Gender Stereotypes Post Hill Press, January 2025 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jodi Bond Norgaard begins with numerous examples of the sexism that drove her to create a sports doll.Continue reading “Week beginning 5 March 2025”
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Week beginning February 26 2025
Rebecca Wilson Georgian Feminists Ten 18th Century Women Ahead of their Time Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The introduction to Georgian Feminists is an impressive weaving together of the underlying philosophy and social context which impactedContinue reading “Week beginning February 26 2025”
Week beginning 5 February 2025
Kimberly Heckler A Woman of Firsts Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer Foreword by Jean Sinzdak, The Globe Pequot Publishing Group, Inc. | Lyons Press, February 2025. * Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This biography not only covers the period in which five presidents, from different parties were elected (Johnson, Nixon, Ford,Continue reading “Week beginning 5 February 2025”
Week beginning 29 January 2025
Caroline Angus Planning the Murder of Anne Boleyn Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History August 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Caroline Angus has set the stage for acknowledging the reality of Anne Boleyn’s death. She was murdered, and King Henry V111 planned theContinue reading “Week beginning 29 January 2025”
Week beginning 18 December 2024
Margaret Ann Spence Cold War in a Hot Kitchen Wakefield Press, September 2024. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Cold War in a Hot Kitchen is a special read from beginning to end. It is a social history; a commentary on a sometimes unique, at others familiar, domestic life;Continue reading “Week beginning 18 December 2024”
Week beginning 27 November 2024
Charlotte Booth and Brian Billington The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London Pen & Sword | White Owl, November 2024. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London provides yet another source for understanding and exploring London through aContinue reading “Week beginning 27 November 2024”
Week Beginning 13 November 2024
Marc Wanamaker and Steven Bingen Hollywood Behind the Lens Treasures from the Bison Archives Globe Pequot Lyons Press, May 2024. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the story of loss and an amazing effort to redeem this loss – the accumulation of Hollywood memorabilia undertaken through the BisonContinue reading “Week Beginning 13 November 2024”
Week beginning 5 November
Articles and some light relief: Bob McMullan; Heather Cox Richardson; Joyce Vance; Jess Piper; Cindy Lou and food. American Politics Bob McMullan Final US election review Less than one day until the polls close. In Australia it will be Wednesday before we know who wins. The election remains very unpredictable. That does not necessarily meanContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November”
Week beginning 30 October 2024
Lidia LoPinto and Winnie LoPinto I Was a Woman Pilot in 1945 Women Airforce Training Pilots November 2022, Independently Published. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was glad to have read this independently published book which shows only a few signs of not having been through a tradeContinue reading “Week beginning 30 October 2024”
Week beginning 4 September 2024
Douglas Beattie How Labour Wins (And Why It Loses) From 1900 to 2024 Elliott & Thompson, August 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected copy for review. Douglas Beattie’s approach to a topic that could take up so many interesting side issues is a Party Campaign Director’s dream: he unfailingly remains onContinue reading “Week beginning 4 September 2024”
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