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	Sex, Gender and Social Change in Britain since 1880 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Anxieties: Male Sexuality, 1900–1950 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870-1969 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naomi Mitchison: A Profile of Her Life and Work 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Times of Stella Browne: Feminist and Free Spirit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society since 1870 by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roger Davidson (Editor) 1.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex and the Gender Revolution, Volume One: Heterosexuality and the Third Gender in Enlightenment London.(Review) (book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Listening to Clinicians: Using a Qualitative Approach to Explore Factors Which Influence the Uptake of New Evidence by Health Care Professionals by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author), Martin Eccles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Stammering Librarian

by Timothy D'Arch Smith

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Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1960–1967

by Peter Parker

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“He said, 'I like to see some spirit in my women. I like spunk and the fire in the eye. A woman like that is worth having,' but that was before I kicked him in the groin.”
― Carol Emshwiller, Joy In Our Cause: Short Stories

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