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To the Edge of the Sea: Schooldays of a Crofter's Child

By Hall, Christina

A Hundred Years in the Highlands

By Osgood Hanbury Mackenzie

Choice Cuts

By Kurlansky, Mark

The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics)

By Orwell, George, Davison, Peter, Hoggart, Richard

Mudlarking: The Sunday Times Bestseller

By Maiklem, Lara

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

By Of Carnarvon, Countess

But Who on Earth Was....?

By Hellicar, Eileen

Cromwell (Reputations)

By Saraga, Jessica

Life of Olaudah Equiano, The 2nd. Edition (Longman African Writers/Classics)

By Edwards, Paul

Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War and the Holocaust (Jewish Cultures of the World)

By Shneer, David

The Life of Stuff: Possessions, obsessions and the mess we leave behind

By Walker, Susannah

Mighty be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

By Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers

Outrageous Acts And Everyday Rebellions

By Gloria Steinem

No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845

By Coleman, E. C.

Once in a House on Fire (Birthday Edition)

By Andrew Ashworth, Ashworth, Andrea

Muhammad: Second English Edition (Penguin Religion)

By Rodinson, Maxime

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris

By Andrew Robinson

Hippie Hippie Shake: The Dreams, the Trips, the Trials, the Love-ins, the Screw Ups...the Sixties

By Neville, Richard

Once A Feminist

By Wandor, Michelene

Return to Paris: A Memoir with Recipes

By Rossant, Colette

Two Cities: On Exile, History, and the Imagination

By Zagajewski, Adam, Vallee, Lillian

Leading Lives: Ho Chi Minh (Leading Lives)

By David Downing

20th Century Leaders: Kennedy

By Chrisp, Peter

Mahatma Gandhi (Judge for Yourself)

By Hatt, Christine

Leading Lives: Che Guevara (Leading Lives)

By David Downing

Leading Lives: Indira Gandhi (Leading Lives)

By David Downing

Lenin (Reputations)

By Rawcliffe, Michael

Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives

By Hickman, Katie

The Mastery of Music: 10 Pathways to True Artistry

By Green, Barry

A Passage To Africa

By Alagiah, George