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The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

By Susan Mattern

Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd

By Janet Arnold

The Times Queen Elizabeth II: Commemorating her life and reign 1926 - 2022

By James Owen, Times Books

Fashion: The Essential Visual Guide to the World of Style

By Karen Homer

Rituals & Myths in Nursing: A Social History

By Claire Laurent

Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War

By Edward Stourton

Alphaprints Colours: Alphaprints

By Priddy, Roger

Vindication: Postcard History of the Woman's Movement

By Ian McDonald, Baroness Seear

An East Kent Quintet: Voices from Sturry, Fordwich, Hersden, Broad Oak and Westbere

By Heather Stennett, Kinn Hamilton Mcintosh

Fire & Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain

By Wolmar, Christian

Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops?

By Graham Jones

Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop

By Louise Wener

British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980

By Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Oranges and Lemons: Rhymes from Past Times

By Karen Dolby

A Labour of Love: Experience of Parenthood in Britain, 1900-50

By Steve Humphries, Pamela Gordon

India: A History

By Keay, John, John Keay

The Barbed-Wire University: The Real Lives of Prisoners of War in the Second World War

By Gillies, Midge

Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant

By Jeremy Musson

The Holmans of Canterbury

1950s Childhood Spangles, Tiddlywinks and The Clitheroe Kid: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and the Clitheroe Kid

By Derek Tait

The Houses of Parliament: History, Art, Architecture

By Mr David Cannadine, Steven Parissien (Dean of Arts University of Plymouth), William Vaughan, Gavin Stamp, et al

A Social History of English Cricket

By Derek Birley

More Than A Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years

By John Major

Wartime Broadcasting

By Mike Brown

Royalty Inc: Britain's Best-Known Brand

By STEPHEN BATES

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time

By Craig Brown

How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century

By Lydia Edwards (Edith Cowan University, Australia)

Paris - Life and Luxury in Eighteenth Century

By . Bremer-david

Around Scotland's Shores: Victorians and Edwardians in Colour

By John Hannavy

The Fashion History Reader: Global Perspectives

By Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK), Peter McNeil