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Now available in paperback! Nietzsche and Irish modernism by Patrick Bixby Find out more here 👇 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182630/ #FriedrichNietzsche #modernism #Philosophy #GeorgeBernardShaw #Yeats #JamesJoyce #irishstudies

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Now available in paperback! Time Lords and Star Cops 'A meticulous and rewarding analysis of British television science fiction.' Una McCormack, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Watch Philip Braithwaite introduce his new book ⬇️ youtu.be/xQzr7t3blAc

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New for 2025, our Irish Studies Collection is an essential resource for any institution with courses on Irish history, literature, humanity, politics and religion, offering invaluable perspectives on Ireland's complex past and present. Explore now: tinyurl.com/irish-studies-collection #ACIS2025

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Join author Sarah Lonsdale as she launches her new book, 'Wildly different'. Discover the globe-trotting tales of five pioneering women who fought for the right to live, work and enjoy the wild places of the earth. Find the details here: https://buff.ly/4hKOyUM #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2025

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Paperback now available! Tattoos in crime and detective narratives, Marking and remarking - Edited by Kate Watson and Katharine Cox Examines representations of the #tattoo and #tattooing in literature, television and film. Find out more here ⏬ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182623/

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Publishing today! Passage works, Ruth Beckermann's #art By Patricia Allmer and John Sears The first book-length English language critical analysis of the transdisciplinary work of #RuthBeckermann, #Filmmaker #writer and #artist Find out more here ⬇️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172501/

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Our full Spring/Summer 2025 catalogue - including all academic and trade titles - is now available to browse 🌥️ View the PDF here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues/ #MUP25

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It's publication day for the paperback edition of my Revels Plays edition of THE FALSE ONE! @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526184221/ Order a copy to celebrate Fletcher in the 400th year since his death!

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Publishing today! 'The Strand: A biography' is the first history of one of London's most extraordinary streets, revealing how it grew in importance over millennia until everything that mattered converged on the Strand. Available now in this stunning hardback edition. #London

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📢OUT NOW A new book outlining the sociological arguments and political activities of #HerbertAdolphusMiller, who fought for racial justice and Czechoslovakian, Korean and Indian independence. Empire and subject peoples is the latest title in our #TheoryForAGlobalAge series!

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This Thursday at @heffers.bsky.social #Cambridge, join historian Gavin Schaffer as he discusses his brand new book: ‘An Unorthodox History: British Jews since 1945’. A bold, new history of British Jewish life since the Second World War, find out more here: tinyurl.com/3dfvd379

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ICYMI on BBC Radio London on Saturday, guest host Gary Kemp spoke to the authors of new book 'The Strand: A biography' about the history of this famous London street. Listen back on BBC Sounds here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... 'The Strand' is out this week!

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I'm delighted to say that the paperback of #welcometotheclub is eligible for 25% discount w. code PREORDER25 @waterstones.bsky.social offer runs from 00:01 Sat 22nd Feb until 23:59 Monday 24th Feb exclusively available on the Waterstones website & app Available to all @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Special offer on pre-orders for my #Sheffield music book this weekend. All fans of Pulp, the bands of Martyn Ware’s workshop apprenticeship and general northern Dada madness, please repost and spread the word. @manchesterup.bsky.social @marcheenware.bsky.social @pulplibrarian.bsky.social

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Delighted to have my first book 'Women of Letters' included in @manchesterup.bsky.social's new Gender and Sexuality series - you can access this amazing collection of publications here: tinyurl.com/gender-colle...

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As an ex Waterstones bookseller I am especially excited to say that you can pre-order my book until tomorrow from Waterstones for 25% discount. @manchesterup.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social

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ICYMI - offer till midnight GMT tonight (24 Feb 2025) 👇 don't miss out! #WPreOrder

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25% OFF pre-orders for @Waterstones customers this weekend only. Get 25% off pre-ordering @drhelenkara.bsky.social new book, simply by entering “PREORDER25” at the checkout. Head over to the Waterstones website or app now to make the most of this offer: https://buff.ly/3EW0K6i #WPreorder

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25% OFF pre-orders for Waterstones customers this weekend only, exclusively on the Waterstones website and app. Until midnight on 24th Feb, get 25% off when pre-ordering these forthcoming new in paperbacks, simply enter “PREORDER25” at the checkout: https://buff.ly/3EW0K6i #WPreorder #Waterstones

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25% OFF pre-orders for Waterstones customers this weekend only, exclusively on the Waterstones website and app. Until midnight on 24th Feb, get 25% off when pre-ordering these forthcoming hardbacks, simply enter “PREORDER25” at the checkout: https://buff.ly/3EW0K6i #WPreorder

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ONE WEEK LEFT to take advantage of our LGBT+ History Month discount. You can get 25% off all the books on our #LGBTHM reading list by using code LGBT25 at checkout, until the 28th February 2025 - shop here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/01... @lgbthm.bsky.social

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Join @jakecampbell88.bsky.social on tour as he launches his new book, Between the salt and the ash. A writer’s quest to understand the deep past and uncertain future of his homeland, and asks what stories the North East can tell about itself in the wake of Christianity and coal. #booktour #booksky

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Join author and historian Sarah Lonsdale on tour as she launches her new book, 'Wildly different: How five women reclaimed nature in a man's world'. Find all the event details and links to book tickets on our Events page: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booklaunch #booktour #booksky

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I spent Monday and Tuesday this week at dBs Institute to record the #audiobook #welcometotheclub what an experience. Produced by Sound Understanding, it publishes simultaneously with the paperback on April 29th, 2025. Available from your audiobook platform of choice @manchesterup.bsky.social

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WINTER book round up! 📚 See the latest International Relations work from some of our BISA members! Find some excellent new reads here👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/lat... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Upcoming event to mark the publication of 'Italian Graphic Design' by Chiara Barbieri @manchesterup.bsky.social On 14 March at the Italian Cultural Institute. #designhistory iiclondra.esteri.it/en/gli_event...

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Coming soon to your audiobook platform of choice… WELCOME TO THE CLUB 💚 The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ written and narrated by @djpaulette.bsky.social Publishing in April, along with the stunning new paperback edition. We can’t wait for you to hear it 🎧 #audiobook #memoir #booksky

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"This is an excellent and thought-provoking book, which encourages us to think about what we see as the soul of Northumbria and who we really are. It is also very accessible and an easy read." @northeastbylines.co.uk's review of 'Between the salt and the ash': northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/book...

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New in #ManchesterMedievalStudies Slave trading in the Early Middle Ages by Janel M. Fontaine - examining slave trading in northern & eastern central Europe from the 17th century through the 11th century. Sounds like essential research? Recommend it to your librarian today: https://buff.ly/4b1YIgW

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Out now! A bold, new history of British Jewish life since the Second World War. In his new book, historian Gavin Schaffer wrestles Jewish history away from the question of what others have thought about Jews, focusing instead on the experiences of Jewish people themselves. [1/2] #Jewishhistory

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As the far right has gained popularity, women have joined their ranks in droves. In 'Pink-pilled', journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women.

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Excellent opportunity – d/l March 25th.

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WINTER book round up! 📚 See the latest International Relations work from some of our BISA members! Find some excellent new reads here👉https://www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/latest-ir-winter-book-round-2 @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

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📚📚📚 New Book Review! 📚📚📚 Nicole Constable reviews //Passport Island: The market for EU citizenship in Cyprus// by Theodoros Rakopoulos 2023 @manchesterup.bsky.social #anthrosky #anthropology Find it here in the latest issue of AE (52.1): ⤵️ americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...

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@manchesterup.bsky.social are too kind, sending me three stunning advance copies to get my teeth into. Starting the week with Wildly Different by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social, a book that I've been very much looking forward to!

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It has a cover and a release date so it is official that my first book, 'Teenage Intimacies: Young women, sex and social life in England, 1950-80' will be published by @manchesterup.bsky.social on 25 March! 🗃️ #histsex manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173140/

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New on the blog! @alannahtomkins.bsky.social shares her new book, Nursing the English from Plague to Peterloo, 1660-1820. It looks again at the pre-Nightingale nurse and examines the origins of her denigration. @manchesterup.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/the-pre-hist...

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As the #CAA 2025 comes to a close, don't forget about our discounted reading list ⬇️ MUP's Art & Design History list challenges conventions and reaches across visual forms. Get 30% all essential Art History titles now - link in bio 👩‍🎨🔗

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Here's our stand at the #CAA in NYC, where @emmaeditorial.bsky.social is representing our Art History & Design list! Art Historians - get 30% off our must-have books with our CAA 2025 discount before the conference ends. Reading list here: https://buff.ly/4b1ajwX 📖

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The @frenchhistory.bsky.social is recruiting another associate editor to join our team, with a preference for an 18th c or revolution specialist. The journal team are a wonderful intellectual community behind loads of recent exciting initiatives 🗃️ frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/associate-ed...

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