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The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory

By Roxane van Iperen

Born Survivors

By Wendy Holden

The Sorrows of Mattidia: A New Translation and Commentary

By Curtis Hutt, Jenni Irving

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

By Natalie Haynes

The End of Silence: Women and Priesthood

By Karen Armstrong

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy

By Sonia Purnell

The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women

By Mo Moulton

White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr

By Leanda de Lisle

All My Mother's Secrets: A Powerful True Story of Love, Loss and a Family Torn Apart

By Beezy Marsh

Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion

By Gina McIntyre, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology

By Lucy Moore

Jessica Ennis: Unbelievable - From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold: The life story of Team GB's Olympic Golden Girl

By Jessica Ennis

Women in the War

By Lucy Fisher

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

By Susan Mattern

So Here I Am: Speeches by great women to empower and inspire

By Anna Russell, Camila Pinheiro

Vindication: Postcard History of the Woman's Movement

By Ian McDonald, Baroness Seear

British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980

By Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Free the Tipple: Kickass Cocktails Inspired by Iconic Women

By Jennifer Croll, Kelly Shami

Yes She Can: Why Women Own The Future

By Ruth Davidson

Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity

By Francoise Lionnet

Back to the Broads: Britain in Old Photographs

By David Holmes

Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West

By Katie Hickman

Lady Under Fire on the Western Front

By Andrew Hallam, Nicola Hallam

The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

By Lan Yan, Sam Taylor

Queen Victoria: The woman who ruled the world

By Kate Hubbard

Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political Activism

By Barbara Winslow, Sheila Rowbotham

Across Many Mountains: The Extraordinary Story of Three Generations of Women in Tibet

By Yangzom Brauen

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend

By John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas, Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Courtesans

By Hickman, Katie

Marie Antoinette

By John Edward Nicholl Hearsey