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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

By Hart, Jane Sherron de

The Passion of Michel Foucault

By Miller, James

Slow Road to San Francisco: Across the USA From Ocean to Ocean

By David Reynolds

The Aran Islands (Oxford Paperbacks)

By J. M. Synge, Robin Skelton

Sleepers: A True Story When Friendship Runs Deeper Than Blood

By Carcaterra, Lorenzo

Five Gold Rings: A Royal Wedding Souvenir Album: From Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II

By Jane Roberts, Sabrina Mackenzie

The World of Downton Abbey

By Julian Fellowes, Jessica Fellowes, Nick Briggs

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts

By Kingston, Maxine Hong

An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

By Mosse, Kate

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