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The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick (New York Review Books Classics)

By Elizabeth Hardwick, Darryl Pinckney

To Be Taught, If Fortunate: A Novella

By Chambers, Becky

Leading Lives: Indira Gandhi (Leading Lives)

By David Downing

Lady Under Fire on The Western Front: The Great War Letters of Lady Dorothie Feilding MM

By Andrew Hallam, Nicola Hallam

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

By Ennis, Jessica

The Heroines of Soe: F Section: Britain's Secret Women in France: Britain's Secret Women in France: F Section

By Escott

Jane Austen (LIVES)

By Shields, Carol

Kylie: La La La

By Baker & Kylie Minogue, WILLIAM

Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan

By Basu

Backtrack: The Voice Behind Music's Greatest Stars

By Niles, Tessa

Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North

By Keith, Katherine

An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri

By Moor, Elisabeth, Greene, Graham

Stranger On A Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America (The Hungry Student)

By Diski, Jenny

The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

By Hemert, Caroline Van

Breaking & Mending: A junior doctor’s stories of compassion & burnout (Wellcome Collection)

By Cannon, Joanna

Boadicea's Chariot: The Warrior Queens

By Fraser, Antonia

Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson

By Byrne, Paula

Once in a House on Fire (Birthday Edition)

By Andrew Ashworth, Ashworth, Andrea

Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend (Arena Books)

By Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos

Get a Life! 7

By Ardagh, Philip

An Accidental Tragedy: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots

By Roderick Graham

The Sisterhood: A Love Letter to the Women Who Have Shaped Us

By Buchanan, Daisy

Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies

By Freeman, Hadley

Outrageous Acts And Everyday Rebellions

By Gloria Steinem

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

By Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

By Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson

Let Me Go

By Schneider, Helga

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary

By Anand, Anita

She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

By Helen Castor, Castor, Helen

The Centre of the Bed: An Autobiography

By Bakewell, Joan