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Nelson Mandela (Front-Page Lives)

By Patrick Catel

Barack Obama (Front-Page Lives)

By Michael Burgan

Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book

By Kersey, Ethel M., Schrag, Calvin O.

A Scandalous History of the Roman Emperors

By Blond, Anthony

Sugar and Slate

By Williams, Charlotte

A Living Reality (Hodder Christian paperbacks)

By Steer, Roger

Black Texas Women: A Sourcebook

By Winegarten, Ruthe, Werden, Frieda, Humphrey, Janet G.

Rise: Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall & Leading the Way

By Miller, Gina

The Ungrateful Refugee

By Nayeri, Dina

Town And Country

By Barnett/Scruton

Girl in High Heels: Intimate Confessions of a London Stripper

By Moore, Ellouise

The Life and Times of Rasputin

By Penny Stempel

Woman and Society in Eighteenth Century France: Essays in Honour of John Stephenson Spink

By Jacobs, Eva, etc.

Finding Home: The Real Stories of Migrant Britain

By Emily Dugan

Mrs Guinness: The Rise and Fall of Diana Mitford, the Thirties Socialite

By Lyndsy Spence

Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts

By Grenfell, Michael

On the Red Hill: Where Four Lives Fell Into Place

By Parker, Mike

Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return

By Polly Pattullo, Celia Sorhaindo, Polly Patullo

In the City: A Celebration of London Music

By Du Noyer, Paul

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

By Chang, Jung

Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership

By Glendinning, Victoria

The Deadly Sisterhood: A story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance

By Frieda, Leonie

Cruickshank’s London: A Portrait of a City in 13 Walks

By Cruickshank, Dan

A Rough Passage: V. 1: Memories of Empire (A Rough Passage: Memories of the Empire)

By Barnes, K.J.

Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya

By Huxley

Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper

By Parr, Helen

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir (Frank McCourt Memoirs)

By McCourt, Frank

London Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain (Literature, Culture & Identity S.)

By Phillips, Mike

Poison in Small Measure: Dr. Christopherson and the Cure for Bilharzia

By Crichton-Harris, Ann

Gypsy BoyOne Boy's Struggle to Escape from a Secret World

By Mikey Walsh, Walsh, Mikey