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TExES Core Subjects Ec-6 (391) Book + Online (Paperback, 4th Fourth Edition, Revised ed.): Luis A. Rosado TExES Core Subjects Ec-6 (391) Book + Online (Paperback, 4th Fourth Edition, Revised ed.)
Luis A. Rosado; Contributions by Ann M.L. Cavallo, Mary D Curtis, Diane M Lange, Larry P Nelson, …
R921 R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Save R171 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940 - Criminal justice in local and global context (Paperback, illustrated edition): Carolyn Strange Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940 - Criminal justice in local and global context (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Carolyn Strange; Edited by Barry Godfrey, Graeme Dunstall
R1,163 Discovery Miles 11 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European world and beyond. Chapters in the book present a variety of approaches, ranging from global discussions of key issues and developments to an exploration of local case studies and their relationship to these broader themes. Overall they reflect thinking and developments within criminological, historiographical and post-colonial approaches. Crime and Empire 1840-1940 reflects a growing interest in the history of criminal justice on the part of both criminologists and historians. The legacy of colonialism continues to be disputed in the courts and elsewhere. The contributors to this book are concerned le

20 Legends: Scunthorpe United (Hardcover): Max Bell 20 Legends: Scunthorpe United (Hardcover)
Max Bell
R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Which Scunthorpe defender was tapped up in the dressing rooms by Brian Clough? Who helped get him changed on top of Princess Diana's car? What did the club's record goalscorer really think about the manager sacked in a promotion season? How does it feel to miss a penalty at Wembley? Win the European Cup? And how on earth did a future England captain manage to break the club's tractor? Throughout their 120 year-plus history, Scunthorpe United have been many things... But boring? Never! Following extensive archive research and exclusive interviews with ex-managers and players spanning seven decades, 20 Legends: Scunthorpe United is packed with stories aplenty. From breath-taking cup upsets, to the raw ecstasy of promotion, the agonies of failure, lifelong friendships, boardroom coups, and good old-fashioned fallings-out; the people in the heat of the action spill the beans like never before. Each chapter tells a different story; focusing on a legend apiece from the club's history and sharing their adventures throughout the beautiful game. Brian Laws also provides the foreword. If you really want to get under the skin of a brilliant, bonkers football club at the very heart of its community; then look no further than 20 Legends: Scunthorpe United.

The Defiant - A History of Football Against Fascism (Paperback): Chris Lee The Defiant - A History of Football Against Fascism (Paperback)
Chris Lee
R396 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism uncovers the role that footballers and fans have played in the fight against fascism and the far right. Follow the path of football activism from the turbulent 1920s to the culture wars of the 21st century. What role did footballers play in World War Two? How did a Portuguese Cup Final help bring down Western Europe's longest-running dictatorship? What impact did the football community have in bringing the atrocities of Latin America's cruellest dictators to global attention? Football historian and author Chris Lee shines a spotlight on the roles of players, fans, coaches and officials in the fight against the dictatorships of Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Salazar and authoritarian states in Latin America, bringing us an intriguing cast of rebels, partisans, spies and activists. Featuring interviews with leading authors and academics, fans and progressive football clubs, The Defiant shows that football and politics cannot be separated and asks what the future holds.

Code Name Blue Wren - The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy--And the Sister She Betrayed (Hardcover,... Code Name Blue Wren - The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy--And the Sister She Betrayed (Hardcover, Original ed.)
Jim Popkin
R737 R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Save R194 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Interpreter's Daughter - A Family Memoir (Hardcover): Teresa Lim The Interpreter's Daughter - A Family Memoir (Hardcover)
Teresa Lim
R751 R628 Discovery Miles 6 280 Save R123 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wits: The Early Years - A History Of The University Of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, And Its Precursors 1896-1939... Wits: The Early Years - A History Of The University Of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, And Its Precursors 1896-1939 (Paperback)
Bruce Murray; Foreword by Keith Breckenridge
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R375 R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Save R82 (22%) In Stock

Wits: The Early Years is a history of the University up to 1939.

First established in 1922, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg developed out of the South African School of Mines in Kimberley circa 1896. Examining the historical foundations, the struggle to establish a university in Johannesburg, and the progress of the University in the two decades prior to World War II, historian Bruce Murray captures the quality and texture of life in the early years of Wits University and the personalities who enlivened it and contributed to its growth.

Particular attention is given to the wider issues and the challenges which faced Wits in its formative years. The book examines the role Wits came to occupy as a major centre of liberal thought and criticism in South Africa, its contribution to the development of the professions of the country, the relationship of its research to the wider society, and its attempts to grapple with a range of peculiarly South African problems, such as the admission of black students to the University and the relations of English- and Afrikaans speaking white students within it.

This Is Our City - The St. Louis City SC and the Revival of America's First Soccer Capital (Paperback): Shane Stay This Is Our City - The St. Louis City SC and the Revival of America's First Soccer Capital (Paperback)
Shane Stay
R533 R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Save R124 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Behind the Silver Fern - The All Blacks in their Own Words (Paperback, New Edition): Tony Johnson, Lynn Mcconnell Behind the Silver Fern - The All Blacks in their Own Words (Paperback, New Edition)
Tony Johnson, Lynn Mcconnell
R419 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R35 (8%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Behind the Silver Fern is a comprehensive history of rugby's most famous yet enigmatic team, the New Zealand All Blacks, told by the men who have had the honour of wearing the iconic black jersey. From the legendary 1905 'Originals' all the way through to the World Cup team of 2019, this unique history of the All Blacks lifts the lid on their experiences like never before. Thanks to exhaustive archival research and exclusive new material garnered from a vast array of interviews with players and coaches from across the decades, Tony Johnson and Lynn McConnell unveil the compelling truth of what it means to play for the most successful team in the history of sport - all the glory and the drama on the field, the great friendships off it, and the bonds of a brotherhood that extend far beyond the bright lights of a Test match. Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of All Black rugby - told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.

The Master - The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer (Paperback): Christopher Clarey The Master - The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer (Paperback)
Christopher Clarey
R518 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R118 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
You Started It - Rock 'n' Roll's Most Notorious and Bitter Feuds (Paperback): Ken Mcnab You Started It - Rock 'n' Roll's Most Notorious and Bitter Feuds (Paperback)
Ken Mcnab
R657 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R111 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Eleanor in the Village - Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village... Eleanor in the Village - Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village (Paperback)
Jan Jarboe Russell
R464 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A "riveting and enlightening account" (Bookreporter) of a mostly unknown chapter in the life of Eleanor Roosevelt--when she moved to New York's Greenwich Village, shed her high-born conformity, and became the progressive leader who pushed for change as America's First Lady. Hundreds of books have been written about FDR and Eleanor, both together and separately, but yet she remains a compelling and elusive figure. And, not much is known about why in 1920, Eleanor suddenly abandoned her duties as a mother of five and moved to Greenwich Village, then the symbol of all forms of transgressive freedom--communism, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and subversive political activity. Now, in this "immersive...original look at an iconic figure of American politics" (Publishers Weekly), Jan Russell pulls back the curtain on Eleanor's life to reveal the motivations and desires that drew her to the Village and how her time there changed her political outlook. A captivating blend of personal history detailing Eleanor's struggle with issues of marriage, motherhood, financial independence, and femininity, and a vibrant portrait of one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world, this unique work examines the ways that the sensibility, mood, and various inhabitants of the neighborhood influenced the First Lady's perception of herself and shaped her political views over four decades, up to her death in 1962. When Eleanor moved there, the Village was a zone of Bohemians, misfits, and artists, but there was also freedom there, a miniature society where personal idiosyncrasy could flourish. Eleanor joined the cohort of what then was called "The New Women" in Greenwich Village. Unlike the flappers in the 1920s, the New Women had a much more serious agenda, organizing for social change--unions for workers, equal pay, protection for child workers--and they insisted on their own sexual freedom. These women often disagreed about politics--some, like Eleanor, were Democrats, others Republicans, Socialists, and Communists. Even after moving into the White House, Eleanor retained connections to the Village, ultimately purchasing an apartment in Washington Square where she lived during World War II and in the aftermath of Roosevelt's death in 1945. Including the major historical moments that served as a backdrop for Eleanor's time in the Village, this remarkable work offers new insights into Eleanor's transformation--emotionally, politically, and sexually--and provides us with the missing chapter in an extraordinary life.

The Woman They Could Not Silence - The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back (Paperback): Kate Moore The Woman They Could Not Silence - The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back (Paperback)
Kate Moore
R539 R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Save R85 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today. "Moore has written a masterpiece of nonfiction."-Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened-by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So Theophilus makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they've been committed not because they need medical treatment, but to keep them in line-conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom and, disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose... Bestselling author Kate Moore brings her sparkling narrative voice to The Woman They Could Not Silence, an unputdownable story of the forgotten woman who courageously fought for her own freedom-and in so doing freed millions more. Elizabeth's refusal to be silenced and her ceaseless quest for justice not only challenged the medical science of the day, and led to a giant leap forward in human rights, it also showcased the most salutary lesson: sometimes, the greatest heroes we have are those inside ourselves. "The Woman They Could Not Silence is a remarkable story of perseverance in an unjust and hostile world."-Susannah Cahalan, New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire

Subversive Legal History - A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Paperback): Russell Sandberg Subversive Legal History - A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Paperback)
Russell Sandberg
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Brings a distinctive and appropriately provocative stance to a growing debate;

1923 - The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession (Hardcover): Ned Boulting 1923 - The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession (Hardcover)
Ned Boulting
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathe news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story. In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathe news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge. Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence - studying each frame, face and building - until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story - to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film. Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI - meeting characters like Henri Pelissier, who won the Tour that year but who would within the decade be shot dead by his lover using the same pistol with which his wife had killed herself. And Theophile Beeckman - the lone rider on the bridge.

1001 Days - Memoirs of an Empress (Hardcover): Empress Farah Pahlavi 1001 Days - Memoirs of an Empress (Hardcover)
Empress Farah Pahlavi; Edited by Taylor Viens; Cover design or artwork by Joel Pront
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This memoir by empress Farah Pahlavi looks back on her reign over an Iran so modern it is unrecognizable today-written just a few years before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. "Beautifully written, intelligent and insightful, the memoirs of Farah Diba Pahlavi open a window on the life of one of the great women of our time and offer a unique perspective on the extraordinary country over which she and her husband reigned before darkness fell." -Bob Colacello, founding editor Interview magazine At the time I wrote my memoir, I had no idea what was to come . . . Empress Farah Pahlavi was the first crowned empress of Iran, little did she know she would also be the last. This memoir was written in 1976, at the height of her reign on the glittering peacock throne. The candid words reveal her vision for a better Iran, without any idea of what history would bring-the end of the fairy tale. Farah Pahlavi helped usher in a modern Iran now lost to the sands of time.

The 149th Open Annual - The Official Story (Hardcover): The R & A The 149th Open Annual - The Official Story (Hardcover)
The R & A
R480 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R46 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 149th Open Annual is an essential souvenir for all golf fans, telling the story of another dramatic Championship, with complete statistical records and gripping day by day reportage. After a year's delay, The Open returns to the imposing links of Royal St George's Golf Club at Sandwich in Kent, where Darren Clarke claimed an emotional victory in 2011. The world's best players competed for one of sport's most prestigious prizes, the Claret Jug, won excitingly the previous year by Ireland's Shane Lowry in front of a passionate home crowd at Royal Portrush. Lowry teed up at St George's against newly crowned US Open champion Jon Rahm, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, the Masters winner, as well as Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson,Rory McIlroy and England's Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Paul Casey and Lee Westwood. Contributors include some of the most respected writers on the game of golf. Andy Farrell recounts all the action with reports on each round, while features and analysis are provided by Peter Dixon, John Hopkins, Lewine Mair, Alistair Tait and Art Spander. The stunning photography featured in this book is provided by the team from Getty Images, led by Andrew Redington, Ross Kinnaird, Stuart Franklin, Warren Little, Richard Heathcote and David Cannon, and including more of the game's most prominent photographers whose work is published and admired worldwide. From completists to novices looking to learn more about the golf's oldest Championship, The 149th Open Annual is a comprehensive and unmissable guide to another thrilling instalment of one of the summer's great sporting occasions.

Lives of the Great Gardeners (Paperback): Stephen Anderton Lives of the Great Gardeners (Paperback)
Stephen Anderton
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The lives of 40 men and women behind some of the world's most exciting gardens. Throughout history great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic amateur gardeners, others professional designers with an international practice. Some have come to garden-making from sister arts such as sculpture or painting; others have been hands-on nurserymen or botanists. What they all have in common is the ability to take an idea and develop it in a new manner relevant to their times. The book contains four sections. 'Gardens of Ideas' moves from the politically allusive gardens of 18th-century England made by men such as William Kent, to Charles Jencks's Scottish garden inspired by 21st-century cosmography. 'Gardens of Straight Lines' explores the lives of the great formalist gardeners, from Le Notre at Versailles to the rational English minimalism of contemporary designer Christopher Bradley-Hole. 'Gardens of Curves' begins with that great exponent of the English landscape garden, 'Capability' Brown, and leads to the extraordinary Brazilian designer Roberto Burle Marx. Finally, 'Gardens of Plantsmanship' moves from the father of naturalistic planting, William Robinson, to the sweeping prairies of New York's favourite Dutch designer, Piet Oudolf.

Cheers, Mr Churchill! - Winston in Scotland (Hardcover): Andrew Liddle Cheers, Mr Churchill! - Winston in Scotland (Hardcover)
Andrew Liddle
R615 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1922 Winston Churchill prepared to defend his parliamentary seat of Dundee in the General Election. He had represented the city since 1908, enjoyed a majority of more than 15,000 and, after five previous victories, confidently described it as a 'life seat'. But one man had other ideas, and Churchill was in for the fight of his life. This is the story of how god-fearing teetotaller Edwin Scrymgeour fought and won an election against Britain's most famous politician. It begins with their first electoral contest in 1908 and follows their political sparring over the next 15 years until Scrymgeour's eventual victory in 1922, when he became the only prohibitionist ever elected to the House of Commons. As well as vividly bringing to life an extraordinary personal and political rivalry, the book also explores for the first time Churchill's controversial relationship with Scotland, including his attitude to devolution.

The Long Golden Afternoon - Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914 (Hardcover): Stephen Proctor The Long Golden Afternoon - Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914 (Hardcover)
Stephen Proctor
R763 R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Save R75 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Long Golden Afternoon tells the story of the transformative generation of golf that followed the rise of Young Tom Morris - an era of sweeping change that saw Scotland's national pastime become one of the rare games played around the world. It begins with the first epochal performance after Tommy - John Ball's victory at Prestwick in 1890 as the first Englishman and the first amateur to win the Open Championship - and continues through the outbreak of the Great War. If Tommy ignited the flame of golf in England, Ball's breakthrough turned that smoldering fire into a conflagration. The generation that followed would witness the game's coming of age. It would see an explosion in golf's popularity, the invention of revolutionary new balls and clubs, the emergence of professional tours, the organization of the game and its rules, a renaissance in writing and thinking about golf, and the decision that the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews must always remain the sport's guiding light.

The Black Books (Hardcover, Slipcased Edition): C. G. Jung The Black Books (Hardcover, Slipcased Edition)
C. G. Jung; Edited by Sonu Shamdasani; Translated by Martin Liebscher, John Peck
R8,549 R6,512 Discovery Miles 65 120 Save R2,037 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1913, C.G. Jung started a self-experiment that he called his "confrontation with the unconscious": an engagement with his fantasies, which he charted in a series of notebooks referred to as The Black Books. The Red Book drew on material recorded therein to 1916 but Jung continued to write in them for decades. The Black Books shed light on the elaboration of Jung's personal cosmology and his attempts to embody insights from his self-investigation into his life and relationships. Magnificently presented, featuring a revelatory essay by Sonu Shamdasani, and both translated and facsimile versions of each notebook, these "unmistakably Holy Books" (Times Literary Supplement) offer a unique portal into Jung's mind and the origins of analytical psychology.

Transnationalism, Gender and the History of Education (Hardcover): Deirdre Raftery, Marie Clarke Transnationalism, Gender and the History of Education (Hardcover)
Deirdre Raftery, Marie Clarke
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the past decade, historians have begun to make use of the optic of 'transnationalism', a perspective used traditionally by social anthropologists and sociologists in their study of the movement and flow of ideas between continents and countries. Historical scholarship has adopted this tool, and in this book historians of education use it to add nuance and depth to research on gender and education, and particularly to the education experiences of women and girls. The book brings together a group of internationally-regarded scholars, who are doing important research on transnationalism and the social construction of gender, with particular reference to education environments such as schools and colleges. The book is therefore very much at the cutting-edge of theoretical and methodological advances in the history of education. This book was originally published as a special issue of the History of Education.

Henrietta Maria - The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation (Hardcover): Leanda De Lisle Henrietta Maria - The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation (Hardcover)
Leanda De Lisle
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Out of stock
Transnationalism, Education and Empowerment - The Latent Legacies of Empire (Hardcover): Niranjan Casinader Transnationalism, Education and Empowerment - The Latent Legacies of Empire (Hardcover)
Niranjan Casinader
R4,201 Discovery Miles 42 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Transnationalism, Education and Empowerment challenges the prevailing notion that transnationalism is concerned fundamentally with the process of enhanced global population movement that has been allied with modern globalisation. Instead, it argues that transnationalism is a state of mind, disassociated from the notion of 'place,' that can be observed equally in societies of the past. Drawing on the context of colonial Sri Lanka and the British Empire, the book discusses how education in the British Empire was the means by which some marginalised groups in colonised societies were able to activate their transnational dispositions. Far from being a universal oppressor of colonised people, as argued by postcolonial scholarship, colonial education was capable of creating pathways to life improvement that did not exist before the European colonial period, providing agency to those who did not possess it prior to colonial rule. The book begins by exploring the meaning of transnationalism, arguing that it needs to be redefined to meet the realities of past and current global societies. It then moves on to examine the ways education was used within the period of 18th and 19th century European colonialism, with a particular emphasis on Sri Lanka and other parts of the former British Empire. Drawing from examples of his own family's ancestry, Casinader then discusses how some marginalised groups in parts of the British Empire were able to use education as the key to unlocking their pre-existing transnational dispositions in order to create pathways for more prosperous futures. Rather than being subjugated by colonial education, they harnessed the educational aspects of British colonial education for their own goals. This book is one of the first to contest and critically evaluate the contemporary conceptualisation of transnationalism, particularly in the educational context. It will be of key interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education, the history of education, imperial and colonial history, cultural studies and geography.

World in their Hands - The Story of the First Women's Rugby World Cup (Hardcover): Martyn Thomas World in their Hands - The Story of the First Women's Rugby World Cup (Hardcover)
Martyn Thomas; Foreword by Sarah Hunter
R561 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from south-west London staging the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991. The tournament was held just 13 years after teams from University College London and King's contested a match that catalysed the growth of the women's game in the UK, and the organisers overcame myriad obstacles before, during and after the World Cup. Those challenges, which included ingrained misogyny, motherhood, a recession, the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, provide a fitting framing device for a book that celebrates female achievement in the face of adversity. Although ostensibly a story about women's rugby, this is a tale that has rare crossover appeal. It is not only the account of a group of inspirational women who took on the institutional misogyny that existed in rugby clubs across the globe to put on a first ever Women's Rugby World Cup. It is also the compelling and relatable tale of how those women, their peers and others in the generations before them, reshaped the idea of what it means to be a woman, finding acceptance and friendship on boggy rugby pitches. At the time, with the men's game tying itself up in knots about professionalism and apartheid, these women were a breath of fresh air. Three decades on, their achievements deserve to be highlighted to a wider audience.

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