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The Interesting Narrative

By olaudah equiano, Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University)

The Fourth K

By Puzo, Mario

Nelson Mandela: The Man and the Movement

By Mary Benson

Coming Up Trumps: A Memoir

By Jean Trumpington

For the Sake of Wales: The Memoirs of Gwynfor Evans

By Gwynfor Evans, Meic Stephens

The Benn Diaries, 1940-90

By Tony Benn, Ruth Winstone

The Way You Wear Your Hat

By Bill Zehme

Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes

By Alan W. Hirshfeld

Raine and Johnnie: Spencers and the Scandal of Althorp

By Angela Levin

Leni Riefenstahl

By Rainer Rother

The Diary of Anais Nin 1955-1966

By Anaïs Nin

Down to Earth: A Fighter Pilot Recounts His Experiences of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Dieppe, D-Day and Beyond

By Kenneth Butterworth McGlashan, Owen Zupp

Sir Henry Royce: Establishing Rolls-Royce, from Motor Cars to Aero Engines

By Peter Reese

One Man in His Time: Life of Billy McLean

By Xan Fielding

The Secret Heart: John Le Carre: An Intimate Memoir

By Suleika Dawson

Star of the Sea

By Gus Green

Ann Widdecombe: Right from the Beginning

By Nick Kochan

Mission Accomplished: The Engaging Memoir of a Czech Fighter Pilot Flying for Britain in World War Two

By Frank Mares

Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality

By Ziauddin Yousafzai, Louise Carpenter, Malala Yousafzai

Disraeli

By Sarah Bradford

For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell

By Duncan Hamilton

Langhorne Sisters

By James Fox

Great Explorers

Walt Disney

By Bob Thomas

Trimble

By Henry McDonald

Haldane: The Forgotten Statesman Who Shaped Modern Britain

By John Campbell

From Winston with Love and Kisses: Young Churchill

By Celia Sandys, Peregrine S. Churchill

Churchill: A Photographic Portrait

By Martin Gilbert

Churchill

By Celia Sandys

A Pictorial History of Churchill

By Nigel Blundell