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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2020

        Class, work and whiteness

        by Nicola Ginsburgh, Alan Lester

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2026

        Dancing through the dissonance

        by Lesley Pruitt, Erica Rose Jeffrey

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        The Arts
        April 2025

        Studio Electrophonique

        The Sheffield space age, from The Human League to Pulp

        by Jamie Taylor

        The amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain's most beloved bands. The Sheffield space age began in 1961, when local mechanic Ken Patten won a tape-recording competition by recreating the sound of a rocket launch using a pencil and a bicycle pump. In the decades that followed, the makeshift home studio he constructed became the launch pad for a group of young musicians who would shape the futuristic sound of 1980s pop. The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and others made their early recordings with Ken, whose DIY ethic was the perfect fit for a city facing industrial decline but teeming with ideas. Studio Electrophonique tells the story of a generation seeking new frontiers in music, using everything they could lay their hands on - from science fiction novels to glam rock, Dada art and cheap electronics - to get there. Drawing on original interviews with Jarvis Cocker, Martyn Ware, Mark White and others, it brings to light a world of humour, charm, creativity and unfounded yet undaunted self-belief.

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        June 2024

        Dancing with Raven. Unser wildes Herz

        Romance mit Liebe und Pferd auf einem Sport-Internat ab 12 Jahren von Spiegel-Bestseller-Autorin Jana Hoch

        by Jana Hoch

        Mit ihrem Liebesroman „Dancing with Raven“ entführt Jana Hoch Leser*innen und Pferdefans ab 12 an ein abgeschiedenes Internat und sorgt dort für ganz große Gefühle und jede Menge Pferdemagie. Sie hatte sich geschworen, nie wieder zu reiten. Bis Raven kam. Auf dem neuen Internat soll Katrina zwei Dinge tun: Freunde finden und reiten. Doch genau das kommt nicht infrage. Denn sie hat sich geschworen, nie wieder auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes zu sitzen – und für neue Freunde ist sie nicht bereit. Nicht nach allem, was passiert ist. Selbst als sie Raven trifft, den ungestümen Palomino, der sich von niemandem etwas sagen lässt, hält Katrina an ihrem Vorsatz fest. Trotzdem will sie bei ihm sein, denn Raven gibt ihr etwas zurück, das Katrina glaubte verloren zu haben: das Gefühl von Freiheit, das Gefühl von Leben. Doch nicht nur Raven zieht Katrina Schritt für Schritt aus ihrer Trauer. Da ist auch Henry. Der Junge, der Katrina mehr herausfordert als jeder andere … und der hartnäckig versucht, hinter ihr Geheimnis zu kommen. Diese Geschichte sorgt für Herzklopfen! Weitere Bücher von Jana Hoch im Arena Verlag: Royal Horses (1). Kronenherz Royal Horses (2). Kronentraum Royal Horses (3). Kronennacht The Ruby Circle (1). All unsere Geheimnisse The Ruby Circle (2). All unsere Lügen The Ruby Circle (3). All unsere Wahrheiten Weitere Infos zur Autorin auf Instagram unter @janahoch.autorin und @die pferdebuch.autorin

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2024

        Off white

        Central and Eastern Europe and the global history of race

        by Catherine Baker, Bogdan C. Iacob, Anikó Imre, James Mark

        This volume foregrounds racial difference as a key to an alternative history of the Central and Eastern European region, which revolves around the role of whiteness as the unacknowledged foundation of semi-peripheral nation-states and national identities, and of the region's current status as a global stronghold of unapologetic white, Christian nationalisms. Contributions address the pivotal role of whiteness in international diplomacy, geographical exploration, media cultures, music, intellectual discourses, academic theories, everyday language and banal nationalism's many avenues of expressions. The book offers new paradigms for understanding the relationships among racial capitalism, populism, economic peripherality and race.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2024

        White before whiteness in the late Middle Ages

        by Wan-Chuan Kao

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2026

        New Labour, new Britain

        How the Blair governments reshaped the country

        by Glen O’Hara

        A bold and balanced re-appraisal of New Labour in power. Rewriting the story of New Labour, Glen O'Hara challenges the prevailing narrative to present a more balanced and positive assessment. New Labour, new Britain is the first book to examine both the intentions behind New Labour's domestic policies and their real-world effects, moving beyond the entrenched left-right debates that have dominated the party's legacy. The period from 1997 to 2007 marked a pivotal moment in modern British history, as New Labour sought to reshape Britain into a more cohesive and forward-thinking society. It saw the rise of socially liberal attitudes and flourishing public services under a government committed to rebuilding and investing in them. Yet New Labour's track record was far from flawless and its legacy remains complicated and contested. Through interviews with key players and rigorous archival research, O'Hara offers a new perspective on Tony Blair's years in power. Painting a fuller picture of New Labour's successes and challenges, he highlights its lasting impact on Britain and offers a thoughtful reassessment of its place in history.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2026

        Flappers and the Jazz Age

        Women and leisure in Ireland, 1920s–30s

        by Eileen Hogan, Louise Ryan

        People's ordinary, everyday lives - and more specifically, their leisure activities - are often obscured within existing academic research on 1920s-30s Ireland. This book seeks to redress that neglect by exploring the relationship between identity, recreation, and culture both North and South of the border, with particular attention to women's lived experiences. Leisurely pursuits during this period were commonly overshadowed by religious influence and the nation-building projects in post-partition Ireland. Nevertheless, there existed alternative spaces, where people enjoyed dancing, singing, listening to music, shopping, glamour, reading magazines, swimming, travelling, and going to the cinema. Such activities reflected international trends beyond national borders. This book documents those activities and spaces through a feminist lens and intersectional analysis of gender, class, religion and rural/urban identities. It brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives including cultural studies, architecture, geography, fashion, and musicology. In so doing, we present new insights and advance understanding of this under-researched aspect of Irish history.

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        Teaching, Language & Reference
        June 2026

        Taking place

        by Erin Silver

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2021

        Feeling the strain

        A cultural history of stress in twentieth-century Britain

        by Jill Kirby

        Examining the popular discourse of nerves and stress, this book provides a historical account of how ordinary Britons understood, explained and coped with the pressures and strains of daily life during the twentieth century. It traces the popular, vernacular discourse of stress, illuminating not just how stress was known, but the ways in which that knowledge was produced. Taking a cultural approach, the book focuses on contemporary popular understandings, revealing continuity of ideas about work, mental health, status, gender and individual weakness, as well as the changing socio-economic contexts that enabled stress to become a ubiquitous condition of everyday life by the end of the century. With accounts from sufferers, families and colleagues it also offers insight into self-help literature, the meanings of work and changing dynamics of domestic life, delivering a complementary perspective to medical histories of stress.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2022

        I want to break free

        by Matt Qvortrup

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2019

        Dancing in the English style

        by Allison Abra, Jeffrey Richards

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        Business, Economics & Law
        October 2021

        The pound and the fury

        by Jack Mosse

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        The Arts
        July 2025

        The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson

        Keeping the best place by the fire

        by Andrea Wright

        The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson: The best place by the fire is the first book to specifically consider Henson, best known for the immensely popular The Muppet Show, as an important creator of screen fairy tales. In a chronological overview of Henson's career from the late 1950s to his death in 1990, it explores key themes, artistic practices and innovations that make his contribution to the genre unique. Drawing upon a range of fairy tale scholarship, it also situates Henson's work within the wider context of the genre, specifically its conventions, themes and inherent intertextuality.

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        The Arts
        January 2026

        Decolonizing images

        by Ronnie Close

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