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My History: A Memoir of Growing Up

By Lady Antonia Fraser

The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

By Lord John Julius Norwich

At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime

By Professor A. Roger Ekirch

Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health

By Laura Dawes

Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt: Pyramids, Plagues, Gods and Grave-Robbers

By Terry Deary

Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire: Terrors and Torments, Diseases and Deaths

By Terry Deary

Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England: Thieves, Tricksters, Bards and Bawds

By Terry Deary

The Queen: The gripping true tale of a villain who changed history

By Josh Levin

The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club

By Julie Welch

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One 1944-1979

By Kenneth Rose, Richard Thorpe

Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014

By Kenneth Rose, Richard Thorpe

The Joy of Pubs: Everything you wanted to know about Britain's favourite drinking establishment

By Hopkinson, Frank

Voices from the Blue: The Real Lives of Policewomen

By Jennifer Rees, Robert J. Strange

Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916

By Anne de Courcy

Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There

By Tali Sharot, Cass R. Sunstein

Among You Taking Notes...

By Naomi Mitchison

Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

By Otto English

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

By Jonathan Wilson

MAGIC: The Life of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson

By Roland Lazenby

Out of the Woods

By Luke Turner

The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London

By Lisa Hilton

Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten

By Lady Pamela Hicks

The Future Starts Here: An Optimistic Guide to What Comes Next

By John Higgs

My Mad Fat Diary

By Rae Earl

The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder

By Nichi Hodgson

Rebel Englishwoman: The Remarkable Life of Emily Hobhouse

By Elsabe Brits

A Brief History of the Caribbean: Indispensable for Travellers

By Jeremy Black

The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables

By Adam Alexander, Prof. Tim Lang

A Century in Oil : The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company 1897-1997

By Stephen Howarth

Don't Shoot The Clowns: War and the Circus in Iraq

By Jo Wilding