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Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38

By Chips Channon

My Battle of Hastings: Chronicle of a Year by the Sea

By Xiaolu Guo

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

By Jon Meacham

The Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown

By Anna Keay

The Hong Kong Diaries

By Chris Patten

Salisbury: Victorian Titan

By Andrew Roberts

Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844-79)

Homenaje a Cataluna (Edicion definitiva avalada por The Orwell Estate) / Homage to Catalonia. (Definitive text endorsed by The Orwell Foundation)

By George Orwell

From Biplanes to Fast Jets: A pilot's life in the Royal Air Force 1942-1973

By Ken Aedy

Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai

By Robert Bickers

Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain

By Robert Harvey

Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot's Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France

By Alastair Panton

King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta

By Marc Morris

Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses

By Sarah Gristwood

An Autobiography

By Edwin Muir, P.H. Butter

Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne

By Susan Ottaway

John WesleyThe Life of John Wesley

By Hattersley, Roy

The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies

By Arthur Aldridge, Mark Ryan

Politics On the Edge

By Rory Stewart

Biographic: Churchill

By R Wiles

Watching the Door

By Kevin Myers

Essex Girls: The Scandalous History of the Women of Essex

By Karen Bowman

The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption

By Simon Winchester

The Accidental Footballer

By Pat Nevin

The Day the Nazis Came Here: The Astonishing True Story of a Childhood Journey from Nazi-Occupied Guernsey to the Dark Heart of a German Prison Camp

By Stephen Matthews

The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: Volume 2

By Crossman, Richard

J. D. Bernal: The Sage of Science

By Andrew Brown

Stumbling on Happiness (P.S.)

By Gilbert, Daniel, Daniel Gilbert

Through Ice and Fire: A Russian Arctic Convoy Diary 1942

By Leona Thomas

A Talent for Humanity: The Life and Work of Lady Henry Somerset

By Ros Black