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The Goldfish Bowl: Married to the Prime Minister

By Haste, Cate, Booth, Cherie

Autobiography Of A Geisha

By Masuda, Sayo, Rowley, G.G.

The Gangs Of Chicago

By Asbury, Herbert

Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740 - 1832

By Stella Tillyard

The Right Stuff

By Tom Wolfe

Bad Faith: A History of Family and Fatherland

By Callil, Carmen

Lost Voices: Memories of a Vanished Way of Life

By O'Neill, Gilda

Mao: The Unknown Story

By Halliday, Jon, Chang, Jung, Jon Halliday, Jung Chang

The Prince

By Machiavelli, Niccolo, Constantine, Peter

The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family

By Pugh, Martin

The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars

By Freisenbruch, Annelise

Three Letter Plague: A Young Man’s Journey Through a Great Epidemic

By Jonny Steinberg

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

By Chang, Jung

Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love

By Xinran, Harman, Nicky

The Age of Spectacle: The Rise and Fall of Iconic Architecture

By Dyckhoff, Tom

Mr Nice: The Incredible Story of an Unconventional Life

By Marks, Howard, Welsh, Irvine

Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest

By Davis, Wade

Littlejohn's Lost World

By Littlejohn, Richard

The Justice Game

By Robertson, Geoffrey

Nemesis: The Hunt for Brazil’s Most Wanted Criminal

By Glenny, Misha

The Tunnel Through Time: A New Route for an Old London Journey

By Tindall, Gillian

When Daddy Came Home: How War Changed Family Life Forever

By Turner, Barry, Rennell, Tony

The Button Box: The Story of Women in the 20th Century Told Through the Clothes They Wore

By Knight, Lynn

Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London

By Elkin, Lauren

My Life in Houses

By Forster, Margaret

The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home

By Livingstone, Natalie

Five Patients

By Crichton, Michael

My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself

By Malan, Rian

Mythologies (Vintage classics)

By Barthes, Roland, Lavers, Dr Annette

The Strange Story of Adolph Beck (Uncovered Editions)

By Coates, Tim