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We Chose to Speak of War and Strife: The World of the Foreign Correspondent

By John Simpson

Hard Choices: A Memoir

By Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Les Egyptiennes

By Jacq, Christian

Hero: The Life & Legend of Lawrence of Arabia

By Korda, Michael

Chinese Lives: The People who Made a Civilization

By Victor H. Mair, Sanping Chen, Frances Wood

One Dog at a Time: Saving the Strays of Helmand

By Pen Farthing, Farthing, Pen

The Elephant to Hollywood: The Autobiography

By Caine, Michael

Titans of History

By Simon Sebag Montefiore

Titian: His Life and the Golden Age of Venice

By Hale, Sheila

Seize the Moment: The Autobiography of Britain's First Astronaut: Autobiography of Helen Sharman

By Helen Sharman, Arthur C. Clarke, Christopher Priest

One Hot Summer In St Petersburg

By Fallowell, Duncan

Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence

By King, Ross

Goya

By Hughes, Robert

Michael Foot

By Jones, Mervyn

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

By Lansing, Alfred

The Great Duke or the Invincible General

By Bryant, Arthur

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood

By McCourt, Frank

The Downing Street Years

By Thatcher, Margaret

Broken Lives: Personal View of the Bosnian Conflict

By Stewart, Lt. Col. Bob

Glenda Jackson: The Biography

By Bryant, Chris

The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs

By Adkins, Lesley, Adkins, Roy

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood

By McCourt, Frank

Chronicles of a Curate: "How Green Was My Curate", "Curate for All Seasons", "Goodbye Curate"

By Secombe, Fred

Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925

By Brittain, Vera, Vera Brittain

Time and Chance

By Callaghan, James

Yamani: The Inside Story

By Robinson, Jeffrey

Reflect on Things Past

By Carrington, Lord

A Sparrow's Flight: Memoirs

By Quintin Hogg Hailsham of St Marylebone

Looking for Trouble: SAS to Gulf Command - The Autobiography

By Peter de la Billière

Knight’s Cross: Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

By Fraser, David