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The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys

By Nordberg, Jenny

What a Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland’s century of division

By Kevin Meagher

Growing Up In The Forties

By Grace Horseman, Horseman, Grace

To the Finland Station

By Wilson, Edmund

The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt

By Russell, Mary

Letters from Oman: A Snapshot of Feudal Times as Oil Signals Change

By Gwynne-James, David John, Winstanley, Bridget

In the Shadow of Statues A White Southerner Confronts History

By Landrieu, Mitch

The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and Her People

By Andrew Marr

Churchill's Cigar: A Lifelong Love Affair Through War and Peace

By Stephen McGinty

Imperial Marriage: An Edwardian War and Peace

By Hugh Cecil, Mirabel Cecil

The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home (Vintage Departures)

By Iyer, Pico

The Bookseller Of Kabul

By Seierstad, Asne

Long Life: Memoirs

By Nicolson MBE, Nigel

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

By Beevor, Antony

Rabble-Rouser For Peace: The Authorised Biography of Desmond Tutu

By Allen, John

The Stalin Phenomenon

By Nove, Alec

The Titanic's Last Hero: A Story of Courageous Heroism and Unshakable Faith

By Adams, Moody

Betty Boothroyd Autobiography: The Autobiography

By Boothroyd, Betty

Possible Dreams: Personal History of the British Christian Socialists

By Bryant, Christopher

A Force Like No Other: The Next Shift: More Real Stories from the Ruc Men and Women Who Policed the Troubles

By Colin Breen

When London Calls: The Expatriation Of Australian Creative Artists To Britain

By Alomes, Stephen

Stranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands

By Taseer, Aatish

Stalin and Stalinism (Lancaster Pamphlets)

By Wood, Alan

Tales from the Old Inland Waterways

By Corrie, Euan

In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin

By Larson, Erik

English Food: A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables

By Purkiss, Diane

Writers (Women in Profile)

By Hunter, Shaun

Tales of the Old Countrywomen

By Martin, Brian P.

3 Para

By Bishop, Patrick

The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times

By Barber, Lionel