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Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York

By Gopnik, Adam

Burn Journals (Vintage)

By Runyon, Brent

Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler

By Simon Dunstan, Gerrard Williams

The Letter of Violence: Essays on Narrative, Ethics, and Politics (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)

By Avelar, Idelber

Long Walk to Freedom: Illustrated Children's edition

By Nelson Mandela, Chris Van Wyk, Paddy Bouma

England and Its Rulers 1066-1307 (Blackwell Classic Histories of England)

By Clanchy, M. T.

The Philosophy Book

By Will Buckingham, Peter J. King, Douglas Burnham, Marcus Weeks, Clive Hill, John Marenbon, DK, Sarah Tomley

Stories of Women in the 1960s: Fighting for Freedom (Women's Stories from History)

By Cath Senker

Stephen Hawking (A Life Story)

By Sheehan, Nikki

The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity

By Ferreira, Professor Pedro G.

Did She Kill Him? A Victorian Tale of Deception, Adultery & Arsenic: A Victorian tale of deception, adultery and arsenic

By Colquhoun, Kate

The Riviera Set

By Lovell, Mary S.

Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

By Summerscale, Kate

Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

By Soueif, Ahdaf

A Spy Among Friends: Now a major ITV series starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce

By MacIntyre, Ben

Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe

By Cadbury, Deborah

Thatcher Stole My Trousers

By Sayle, Alexei

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World: 1

By Pankhurst, Kate, Kate Pankhurst

Mudlarking: The Sunday Times Bestseller

By Maiklem, Lara

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020

By Summerscale, Kate

Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet

By Pankhurst, Kate, Pankhurst, Kate

Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently

By O'Toole, Emer

In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

By Levy, Steven

Mohandas Gandhi (TIME FOR KIDS(R) Nonfiction Readers)

By Rice, Dona

Trains and Buttered Toast

By Betjeman, John

The Prince, the Princess and the Perfect Murder: An Untold History

By Rose, Andrew

Suffragettes and the Fight for the Vote

By Ridley, Sarah

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The Life of an Engineering Genius

By Maggs MBE, Colin

King of All Balloons: The Adventurous Life of James Sadler, The First English Aeronaut

By Davies, Mark, Branson, Sir Richard, Cameron, Don

Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World

By Shen, Ann