Misogynies is one of the most celebrated feminist texts by a British author. First published in 1989, it created shock waves with its analyses of history, literature and popular culture. Joan Smith drew on her own experience as one of the few women reporting the Yorkshire Ripper murders and looked at novels, slasher movies, Page Three and Princess Diana, teasing out the attitudes that brought them together. A feminist classic, Smith's exploration of fear and hatred of women resonates to th...

Women have never had more freedom yet questions of inequality persist from the bedroom to the workplace. A quarter of a century after the publication of her seminal text Misogynies, Joan Smith looks at what women have achieved - and the price they've paid for it. From Amy Winehouse to Pussy Riot, from the veil to domestic violence, a war is being fought over women's bodies and minds. Smith shows how misogyny has assumed new and dangerous forms as we confront an economic, social and religio...

When Prince George was just eight weeks old, the Evening Standard declared him to be 'the most influential person in London'. He couldn't even walk, let alone talk. Yet one day he could become head of state, whether we like it or not. Joan Smith argues that it has become nearly impossible to question the existence of the monarchy. Articulate republicans are drowned out while the supercharged PR and media machines ask only who designed Kate's dresses. Smith topples the arguments for having ...

Tich was a South African sports star who lost it all to alcohol. Joan had recently lost her husband. Their lives were at rock bottom when grace showed up and inspired these two middle class South Africans to move past the racial prejudices of the Apartheid era and launch a ministry together.The result was Lungisisa Indlela village (LIV), the legendary residential facility that rescues children, restores lives, and raises young leaders in South Africa. This is the story of transform...

A lively, propulsive chronicle that reframes a familiar period in ancient history, a time of great political and social turmoil—the end of the Roman Republic—asking a simple question: what did Rome’s civil wars look like from the women’s point of view?Previous histories of Rome have focused on the warring generals involved in the sixty years of near-constant civil war: Caesar, Brutus, Mark Antony, and Octavian. Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen, is one of the only fema...

For decades, the story of Rome's civil wars has been told through the deeds of a handful of extraordinary men. Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Pompey fleeing to Egypt. Antony dying in Cleopatra's arms after a botched suicide. But this is only half the story – and not even the most interesting half.In Uncivil, Joan Smith restores to their rightful place the women who lived through one of the most catastrophic periods in ancient history. They are a remarkable c...

'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland'In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern… a powerful and important book' Daily TelegraphA superb and illuminating history of Imperial Rome's most important women – dispelling the myths and misogyny that have distorted their reputations for over 2000 years.Writer, activist and journalist Joan Smith ha...

A new Berkeley Brigade mystery! Not only Lord Luten, who is hors de combat, Corinne DeCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle but that charming rascal Lord Byron become involved in this murder. The Prince Regent wants it solvedand hes willing to give Luten a government post to do itor so he says. Theres mischief afoot, and a bawdy house comes under investigation. Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

Pamela Comstock and Nigel Raleigh had been “courting” for several years at their families behest. Neither was enthusiastic. But Nigel is helping with French actress Flawless Fleurs memoirs and is enamored. After Fleur and her aristocratic manager, Lord Breslau, arrive at Nigels family home, Belmont, Fleur goes missing. Pam and Lord Breslau must separate fact from fiction to discover what has happened to the actress. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

Is she an innocent or not? Prudence Mallow, weary of the poor relation role, discovers her calling in writing novels. Modest, sincere novels, not the scandalous fare of Lord Dammlers Cantos from Abroad. Drawn by the rakish marquis into the hotbed of London society, Prudence finds herself in way over her head--and heart. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

Diana Beechams only use for her neighbor Lord Harrup was to get him to provide a job for her brother Ronald. So she picked up the "documents" Harrup sought, only to have them stolen. Seems Harrup, seeking a high government position, was being blackmailed by his former mistress. Undeterred by a little setback--or a little housebreaking--Diana pursued where her heart led. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

Deirdre Gower refused to ruin her fiancé, Lord Belami, by marrying him--if her aunt proved to have murdered her brother. But the Duchess had brought the ancient Lord Dudley a bowl of stew, and he had succumbed to arsenic poisoning. The Duchess, Sir Nevil Ryder and who else wished to silence the old man before he could change his will? Regency Romance/Mystery by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett