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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

Feminine power: the divine to the demonic

By Belinda Crerar, Mary Beard

A History of Their Own, Volume 1: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present: v. 1 (Pelican)

By Anderson, Bonnie S., Zinsser, Judith

Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution

By John Eidinow

Regulating Womanhood

By Carol Smart

Hidden From History: 300 Years of Women's Oppression and the Fight Against It (Pluto Classics)

By Rowbotham, Sheila

Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today

By Rachel Vorona Cote

Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution

By John Eidinow