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Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet

By Norman, Jesse

Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London's East End

By Connelly, Charlie

Wish You Were Here!: The Lives, Loves and Friendships of the Butlin's Girls

By Russell, Lynn, Hanson, Neil

KICK: The True Story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s Forgotten Sister, and the Heir to Chatsworth

By Byrne

Runaway Girl: A beautiful girl. Trafficked for sex. Is there nowhere to hide?

By Watson, Casey

All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class (Brexit Trilogy 1)

By Shipman, Tim

ALL OUT WAR: The Full Story of Brexit (Brexit Trilogy 1)

By Shipman, Tim, Tim Shipman

HILLBILLY ELEGY: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis: The International Bestselling Memoir Coming Soon as a Netflix Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close

By Vance

Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

By Newman, Cathy

First Man In: Leading from the Front

By Middleton, Ant

Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime

By Hancox, Dan

Elizabethans: The Sunday Times bestseller, now a major BBC TV series

By Marr, Andrew

Sisters and Spies: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne

By Ottaway, Susan

A Day in the Life of a Victorian Farm Worker

By Huggett, Frank E.

Kilvert's diary, 1870-1879: An illustrated selection

By Kilvert, Francis; Plomer, William (editor)

Devil's Advocate

By Humphrys, John

Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s

By Collins, Andrew

Forgotten Voices of the Great War: A New History of WWI in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There (Forgotten Voices/the Great War)

By Arthur, Max

Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s

By Collins, Andrew

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now: My Difficult Student 80s

By Collins, Andrew

British as a Second Language

By Bennun, David

Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths: The inside story of football's golden era

By George Best

The Lady's Maid: My Life in Service

By Harrison, Rosina

Bringing Down The Krays: Finally the truth about Ronnie and Reggie by the man who took them down

By Bobby Teale

Bringing Down The Krays: Finally the truth about Ronnie and Reggie by the man who took them down

By Teale, Bobby

Running with the Firm: My Double Life as an Undercover Hooligan

By Bannon, James

Devil's Advocate

By Humphrys, John

London: The Biography

By Ackroyd, Peter

Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII

By Starkey, Dr David

Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination

By Ackroyd, Peter