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Dementia from the Inside: A Doctor's Personal Journey of Hope

By Dr Jennifer Bute, Louise Morse (Reader)

TheHospital by the RiverA Story of Hope

By Hamlin, Catherine

Female Fortune: The Anne Lister Diaries and Other Writings 1833-36

By Jill Liddington

The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village: An absolutely laugh out loud, heartwarming read of love, friendship and second chances at any age

By Joanna Nell

What It Takes: My Playbook on Life and Leadership

By Sarina Wiegman, Jeroen Visscher

An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

By Kate Mosse

The Hiding Place

By Ten Boom, Corrie, Sherill, Elizabeth, Sherrill, John

Sisters of the East End

By Helen Batten

The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy

By Rachel Cusk

The Torn Veil: The Best-Selling Story of Gulshan Esther

By Esther, Gulshan

Equal and Different: Male and Female in Church and Family

By Michael Harper

Dust in the Lion's Paw: Autobiography, 1939-46

By Freya Stark

Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

By Shrabani Basu

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

By Felicia Day, Joss Whedon

Lucy by the Sea

By Elizabeth Strout

Quietly Hostile

By Samantha Irby

Mary Robinson: The Woman Who Took Power in the Park

By Lorna Siggins

Joan Littlewood: Dreams and Realities: The Official Biography

By Peter Rankin (Author)

Woman: The Incredible Life of Yoko Ono

By Alan Clayson, Barb Jungr, Robb Johnson

The Orpheus Clock: the search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis

By Simon Goodman

A War Without Chocolate: One Woman's Journey Through Two Nations, Three Wars and Four Children

By Lisa Suhair Majaj, Betty Dagher Majaj

Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest Female Mayor. As Featured in the NETFLIX documentary IN HER HANDS

By Zarifa Ghafari, Hannah Lucinda Smith

Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of an Artist

By Carr, Emily

Justice Bertha Wilson: One Woman's Difference

By Kim Brooks

The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches

By MacArthur, Brian, MacArthur, Brian

Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through North America

By Karen Larsen

Long Rider to Rome: 1,400 Miles By Pilgrim Horse From Canterbury

By Mefo Phillips

One of the Family: 40 Years with the Krays

By Maureen Flanagan

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: Or the letter that was never sent to Harold Fry

By Joyce, Rachel

The Eagle And The Rose

By Rosemary Altea