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During the 1980s and 1990s, gender issues became central to analyses of historical processes, changing perceptions of industrialization. This study draws on such scholarship to suggest that the contributions of women workers influenced the direction and progress of England's manufacturing industry.

Juxtaposes two tales about mothers, trans-sexuality, kitchens, love, tragedy, and the terms they all come to in the minds of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan.

A collection of 30 tales, illustrated with paper cut-outs.

A novel combining the sea-faring detail of Patrick O'Brian with the adventure of Joseph O'Connor's Star of the Sea.

A collection of uncomplicated, fresh recipes that are easy to make after a busy day at the office, fun to linger over at weekends or to make with the kids, dreamy to look at and delicious to eat. Recipes include late breakfasts, party food, TV dinners, trailer trash and indoor picnics.

A one-volume edition charting Arthur Dent's odyssey through space, comprising: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy ; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ; Life, the Universe and Everything ; and So long, and Thanks for all the Fish .

As China opens up to the West as well as the rest of the East, its culinary traditions have evolved to create a fresh and exciting cuisine that can best be described as fusion. This book explores these influences and challenges conventional perceptions of Chinese food. It looks at how dishes have been reinvented.

The Industrial Revolution and British Society is a survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Two prostitutes have been murdered in Tokyo. Yuriko had been working as a prostitute all her life, starting while still at school, where her stunning beauty compensated for what she lacked in intellect. Kazue worked for a blue-chip company. She chose to walk the streets at night where she hoped to get noticed. How and why did this tragedy occur?

A suburban matron, harassed by wartime domestic problems - her husband is overseas - finds herself implicated in the murder of her young daughter's extremely unattractive beau. This novel is about maternal love and about the heroine's relationship with those around her, especially her children and her maid.

The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

Enjoy more Sugar, join Clara at the rat pit, and relax with Mr Bodley as he is lulled to sleep by Mrs Tremain and her girls. Find out what became of Sophie.

Published in 1940, this famous author's first novel is a delightful description of a young girl's life in the 1930s. Preface by Harriet Lane.

The Communist Manifesto presents a summary of the whole Marxist vision of history and is the foundation document of the Marxist movement. Published on the eve of the 1848 revolutions, the manifesto is a condensed accpunt of the world-view of Marx and Engels, evolved over the previous few years.