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Jerilderie Letter

By The Jerilderie Letter Ned Kelly

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

By Frederick Douglass, Deborah E. McDowell

Strong Female Character

By Hanna Flint

Thomas Clarkson: A Biography

By Ellen Gibson Wilson

The Glass Mother: A Memoir

By Rosie Jackson

Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization

By Stuart Isacoff

I'll Be There For You: The ultimate book for Friends fans everywhere

By Kelsey Miller

Rust: One woman's story of finding hope across the divide

By Eliese Colette Goldbach

Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time

By Griffiths, Jay

The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

By Ramachandra Guha

Native nostalgia

By Jacob Dlamini

The Mutiny of the "Bounty"

By Sir John Barrow, Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge

Aristotle In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

Nietzsche In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

Hume In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

Plato In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

Locke In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

The Man Who Drew London

By Gillian Tindall

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

By Azar Nafisi

Out of this Century - Confessions of an Art Addict: The Autobiography of Peggy Guggenheim

By Peggy Guggenheim, Gore Vidal

The Head Gardeners

By Toby Musgrave

Steve Wright's Book of Factoids

By Steve Wright

Rosa Parks: Volume 7

By Lisbeth Kaiser, Marta Antelo

Between Silk and Cyanide

By Leo Marks

A Lady of Cotton: Hannah Greg, Mistress of Quarry Bank Mill

By David Sekers

Monty: Life of Montgomery of Alamein: v. 2: Master of the Battlefield, 1942-44

By Nigel Hamilton

Childhood at Court 1819-1914

By John Van der Kiste

How to Think Like an Absolute Genius

By Philippe Brasseur

Eminent Edwardians: Four figures who defined their age: Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell

By Piers Brendon

Wittgenstein In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul