Welcome To Five Leaves Publications
Five Leaves is a small publisher based in Nottingham, publishing 10-15 books a year. Our roots are radical and literary. These days our main areas of interest are social history, politics, poetry, Nottingham, London and cityscape.
You can browse our latest books below, choose a category to browse from the left-hand menu, or search for a specific book using the search box above.
All books can be bought through our secure site (with a PayPal account or a credit/debit card). Our books are also available from bookshops, and of course, all are available at our own bookshop in Nottingham. If in London, you will find most of our books in stock at Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, five minutes from Kings Cross.
You can also order from us by phone on 0115 837 3097.
Our latest titles:
A Brief History of Whistling
by Allan Chatburn, John LucasWhistling has been used for work, entertainment, self-expression and communication, including secret communication. The authors were inspire …
Available (Published: March 2018)ISBN: 9781907869990
£7.99
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Destroying the Baby in Themselves – Why the two boys killed James Bulger
by David JacksonThat blurred, foggy frame of the security video has become engraved on the public conscience. We can never know the whole truth of what foll …
Available (Published: February 2018)ISBN: 9781910170533
£6.00
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The Fear of Being Seen as White Losers – White working-class masculinities and the killing of Stephen Lawrence
by David JacksonUsing the police surveillance video transcript and the Martin Bashir interview with the suspects on Tonight, David Jackson interprets how th …
Available (Published: February 2018)ISBN: 9781910170540
£6.00
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William Morris’s Socialist Diary
edited by Florence BoosWilliam Morris was the most prominent artist and writer to embrace the new socialist movement of the 1880s. As the leader of one of Britain’ …
Available (Published: February 2018)ISBN: 9781910170496
£10.00
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Viking Nottinghamshire
by Rebecca GregoryViking Nottinghamshire describes the county as it was throughout the Viking Age, through the various stages of Scandinavian settlement. It u …
Available (Published: December 2017)ISBN: 9781910170472
£8.99
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Exploring Nottinghamshire Writers
by Rowena Edlin-WhiteExploring Nottinghamshire Writers is a guide-book to the literary landscape of the region – three centuries and more of writers and the plac …
Available (Published: November 2017)ISBN: 9781910170359
£12.99
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A Princess Comes to Our Town
by Rose FylemanPrincess Finestra doesn’t want to marry the boring prince her mother and father, the Fairy King and Queen, have chosen for her. She wants to …
Forthcoming (Due: March 2018)ISBN: 9781910170519
£9.99
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Curious Golders Green
by Alan DeinAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Golders Green was not much more than a crossroads surrounded by fields. Then the Northern Line arrived …
Forthcoming (Due: August 2018)ISBN: 9781910170311
£9.95
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