It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared to be Different

Newman, Cathy

'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make you look at your relationship and wonder, "Could we be doing more this weekend than just going to IKEA?"' CAITLIN MORAN From rivals propelling each other forwards to friends combining their talents, it's clear: often two heads are better than one. How did William and Ellen Craft work together to pull off a perilous cross-country escape from slavery? How did the queer artists Marcel Moore and Claude Cahun become icons of the surrealist movement, then heroines of the resistance in the Second World War? Why couldn't Steve Jobs have started Apple alone? Vibrant, feminist and unexpected, Cathy Newman rewrites the history books to expose this strange power of two - and to ask why certain collaborators are so often left out of the narrative. Previously published as It Takes Two.

Bloody Brilliant People: The Couples and Partnerships That History Forgot

Humor & Entertainment

William Collins

'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran'Newman is a brilliant writer' ObserverA fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn't.For hundreds of years we have heard about the great men of history, but what about herstory?In this freewheeling history of modern Britain, Cathy Newman writes about the pioneering women who defied the odds to make careers for themselves and alter the course of modern history; women who achieved what they achieved while dismantling hostile, entrenched views about their place in society. Their role in transforming Britain is fundamental, far greater than has generally been acknowledged, and not just in the arts or education but in fields like medicine, politics, law, engineering and the military.While a few of the women in this book are now household names, many have faded into oblivion, their personal and collective achievements mere footnotes in history. We know of Emmeline Pankhurst, Vera Brittain, Marie Stopes and Beatrice Webb. But who remembers engineer and motorbike racer Beatrice Shilling, whose ingenious device for the Spitfires' Rolls-Royce Merlin fixed an often-fatal flaw, allowing the RAF's planes to beat the German in the Battle of Britain? Or Dorothy Lawrence, the journalist who achieved her ambition to become a WW1 correspondent by pretending to be a man? And developmental biologist Anne McLaren, whose work in genetics paved the way for in vitro fertilisation?Blending meticulous research with information gleaned from memoirs, diaries, letters, novels and other secondary sources, Bloody Brilliant Women uses the stories of some extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century Britain. It is a history for women and men. A history for our times.

Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

SOME 41 PHOTOGRAPHERS have their work featured in the book, ranging from the early photography of Eliza Scidmore to the modern, cutting edge photography of Jodi Cobb and her contemporaries. Women Photographers at National Geographic is a celebration. A trove of powerful, arresting, dramatic photojournalism and photographic art of the past hundred years, this superbly illustrated chronicle of National Geographic's long tradition of women photographers is a showcase of brilliant work. The book's approach combines the evolving history of women photographers at the Society along with running narrative - 35,000 words, including captions, highly anecdotal, on their daily lives and art. The narrative is in five thematic chapters. Between each chapter is a photographic essay featuring one prominent woman photographer in each of the following fields: Adventure: Maria Stenzel; Intimacy: Annie Griffiths Belt; Human Condition: Karen Kasmauski; Women on Women: Jodi Cobb; Across Cultures: Sisse Brimberg.

Women Photographers at National Geographic (Direct Mail Edition)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

National Geographic

Perfume: The Art And Science of Scent

Business & Money

Diane Pub Co.

Fashion

Compiles photographs and text describing fashion throughout the world, including photographs of a model from Russia, a falconer from China, a bride in Taiwan, a Bella tribesman from Burkina Faso, and a mother in Indonesia.

Graphic Design

Covers every aspect of creating and marketing perfume, from the flower fields in various countries to department stores in Paris and New York

Perfume: The Art and Science of Scent

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Celebrating the women who have helped make National Geographic one of the most visually spectacular magazines ever published, this guide retraces a century of outstanding photography by women contributors.

National Géographique

Mujeres Tras La Camara / Women Photographers at National Geographic (Spanish Edition)

Mujeres Tras LA Camara (Spanish Edition)

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It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared to be Different

Bloody Brilliant People: The Couples and Partnerships That History Forgot

Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

Women Photographers at National Geographic (Direct Mail Edition)

Perfume: The Art And Science of Scent

Fashion

Perfume: The Art and Science of Scent

Women Photographers at National Geographic (Direct Mail Edition)

Fashion

Mujeres Tras LA Camara (Spanish Edition)