The second in a major two-part anthology uncovering the rich reality of life for queer men in London, from the end of the Second World War to decriminalization in 1967. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for ... Weiterlesen

Peter Parker (ed.): Some Men in London Vol. 1

Queer Life 1945 - 1959. UK 2024, 458 pp., hardbound, € 49.95
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Penguin UK

In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.- In a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such ... Weiterlesen

Chukwuebuka Ibeh: Blessings

UK 2024, 288 pp., hardbound, € 24.95
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Penguin UK

Uzoamaka's miracle baby, Obiefuna, arrives after a series of miscarriages. As a young boy, he brings luck to his family and joy to those in his orbit, from the teachers at his school to the ladies getting their hair braided at Uzoamaka's salon. But by adolescence, Obiefuna has grown unsure of himself. After his father brings home an apprentice from ... Weiterlesen
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Adib Khorram: The Breakup Lists

Love Doesn't Follow a Script. UK 2024, 328 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Penguin UK

Jackson Ghasnavi is a lot of things - a techie, a smoothie afficionado, a totally not obsessive list-maker - but one thing he's not is a romantic. And why would he be? He's already had a front row seat to his parents' divorce and picked up the pieces of his sister Jasmine's broken heart one too many times. No, Jackson ... Weiterlesen

Hayley Kiyoko: Girls Like Girls

UK 2023, 309 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Penguin UK

Trailblazing pop star, actor and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age romance based on her breakthrough hit song and viral video, »Girls Like Girls«. It's not that you're not like other girls. It's just that you've never met a girl like you. And then. You do. You meet her. And suddenly. The songs make sense. It's summertime ... Weiterlesen

Luke Edward Hall / Sean Hewitt: 300,000 Kisses

Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. UK 2023, 208 pp., brochure, € 34.95
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Penguin UK

»Steeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enough.«- For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of ... Weiterlesen

Susan Sontag: On Women

Essays. UK 2023, 112 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Penguin UK

For the most part written in the 1970s during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays are relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in sync and at others powerfully at odds with them, they are always characteristically original in their examinations of the »biological division of labour«, the double-standard for ageing and the dynamics of women's powerlessness and ... Weiterlesen

Rick Riordan / Mark Oshiro: The Sun and the Star

UK 2023, 480 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Penguin UK

Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus in their attempt to rescue an old friend in this adventure - set in the funny, mythical and action-packed world of Percy Jackson.- As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed ... Weiterlesen

Calum McSwiggan: Straight Expectations

UK 2023, 336 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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Penguin UK

17-year-old Max has always been out, proud and just a little spoiled. Frustrated by the lack of romantic options in his small-town high school, during an argument with his lifelong best friend Dean, Max lashes out and says he wishes he had never been born gay. Max gets more than he bargained for when he wakes up to find his ... Weiterlesen

Marlon James: Moon Witch, Spider King

UK 2022, 656 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Penguin UK - Dark Star 2

In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to gay Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and ... Weiterlesen

Patricia Highsmith: Ripley's Game

UK 2021, 272 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Penguin UK - Ripley 3

Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime,forgery, extortion, serial murder-Ripley still finds his appetite unquenched and longs to get back in the game.

Patricia Highsmith: Ripley Under Ground

UK 2021, 288 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Penguin UK - Ripley 2

It's been six years since Ripley murdered Dickie Greenleaf and inherited his money. Now, in »Ripley Under Ground« (1970), he lives in a beautiful French villa, surrounded by a world-class art collection and married to a pharmaceutical heiress. All seems serene in Ripley's world until a phone call from London shatters his peace. An art forgery scheme he set up ... Weiterlesen

Denton Welch: In Youth Is Pleasure

UK 2021, 170 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Penguin UK

Orvil Pym does not fit in. A waifish, eccentric, sensitive 15-year-old, he hates school and longs to be alone. Spending his Summer holidays in a genteel Surrey hotel with his mysterious father and two brothers who don't understand him, he explores ancient churches, spies on a man rowing in the river and collects antiques, escaping into his own singular aesthetic ... Weiterlesen

Bimini Bon Boulash: A Drag Queen's Guide to Life

UK 2021, 246 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 17.95
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Penguin UK

Bimini Bon Boulash is the nation's sweetheart, capturing hearts and minds as the gag-inducing, death-dropping, plant-based breakout star of RuPaul's »Drag Race UK Season 2«. Not only did she make us laugh and cry, she showed us how to develop a positive mental attitude and live happily and healthily outside society's idea of »normal«. Telling the story of how drag ... Weiterlesen

Shon Faye: The Transgender Issue

An Argument for Justice. UK 2021, 292 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Penguin UK

Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war »issue«. Despite making up less than one per cent of UK's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized »debate« which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the wrong conversation, a conversation in which ... Weiterlesen

Thomas Savage: The Power of the Dog

UK 2007, 282 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Penguin UK

Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular. George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller. George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. They sleep in the room ... Weiterlesen

Bernardine Evaristo: Manifesto

UK 2021, 208 pp., hardbound, € 19.99
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Penguin UK

In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history. »Manifesto« is her intimate and fearless account of how she did it. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, ... Weiterlesen

Chella Man: Continuum

UK 2021, 64 pp., pb., € 14.95
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Penguin UK - Pocket Change Collective

In »Continuum«, fine artist, activist, and Titans actor Chella Man uses his own experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color to talk about cultivating self-acceptance and acting as one's own representation. What constructs in your life must you unlearn to support inclusivity and respect for all? This is a question that artist, actor, and activist Chella Man ... Weiterlesen

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