Rachel Holmes

19 books

African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus by Rachel Holmes

African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus

Rachel Holmes

176 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Eleanor Marx: A Life by Rachel Holmes

Eleanor Marx: A Life

Rachel Holmes

528 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced
Fat Is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach

Fat Is a Feminist Issue

Susie Orbach

269 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health psychology informative medium-paced
Fifty Shades of Feminism by Rachel Holmes, Susie Orbach, Lisa Appignanesi

Fifty Shades of Feminism

Rachel Holmes, Susie Orbach, Lisa Appignanesi

324 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism gender informative reflective slow-paced
I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty by Rachel Holmes, Martha Mosse, Victoria Pepe, Amy Annette, Alice Stride

I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty

Rachel Holmes, Martha Mosse, Victoria Pepe, Amy Annette, Alice Stride

269 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Refugee Tales: Volume II by Ian Duhig, Josh Cohen, Vahni Capildeo, Rachel Holmes, Helen Macdonald, Anna Pincus, Kamila Shamsie, David Herd, Marina Warner, Neel Mukherjee, Jackie Kay, Olivia Laing

Refugee Tales: Volume II

Ian Duhig, Josh Cohen, Vahni Capildeo, Rachel Holmes, Helen Macdonald, Anna Pincus, Kamila Shamsie, David Herd, Marina Warner, Neel Mukherjee, Jackie Kay, Olivia Laing

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
Scanty Particulars: The Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of James Barry, Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor by Rachel Holmes, James Barry

Scanty Particulars: The Scandalous Life and Astonishing Secret of James Barry, Queen Victoria's Most Eminent Military Doctor

Rachel Holmes, James Barry

384 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
The Secret Life of Dr James Barry: Victorian England's Most Eminent Surgeon by Rachel Holmes

The Secret Life of Dr James Barry: Victorian England's Most Eminent Surgeon

Rachel Holmes

336 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel by Rachel Holmes

Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel

Rachel Holmes

965 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective medium-paced
This is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature by Omar Robert Hamilton, Ahdaf Soueif

This is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature

Omar Robert Hamilton, Ahdaf Soueif

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry politics challenging reflective medium-paced