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Jeanie, an 'Army of One': Mrs Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, the First Woman in Whitehall

By Sybil Oldfield

Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs: 100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women

By Eleanor Mills, Eleanor Mills

Chosen by a Horse

By Richards, Susan

Give Me This Mountain

By Dr Helen Roseveare

Under Two Dictators: Prisoner of Stalin and Hitler: With an introduction by Nikolaus Wachsmann

By Buber-Neumann, Margarete, Wachsmann, Nikolaus

Iran Awakening: A memoir of revolution and hope

By Ebadi, Shirin

Raising My Voice: The Extraordinary Story of the Afghan Woman Who Dares to Speak Out

By Joya, Malalai

The Lady And The Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

By Popham, Peter

The Lady And The Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

By Popham, Peter

Dear Fatty

By French, Dawn, Dawn French

Dear Fatty: The Perfect Mother’s Day Read

By French, Dawn

Kate Moss: Style

By Buttolph, Angela

The Saffron Road: A Journey with Buddha's Daughters

By Christine Toomey

Convenience Store Woman: Sayaka Murata

By Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori

The Female Body in Medicine and Literature

By Andrew Mangham, Andrew Mangham, Greta Depledge

Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife 49

By Malcolmson, Patricia, Malcolmson, Robert

It's a Don's Life

By Mary Beard

Howards End is on the Landing: A year of reading from home

By Hill, Susan

Howards End is on the Landing: A year of reading from home

By Susan Hill

Stet: An Editor's Life

By Diana Athill

The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George Eliot

By Rebecca Mead

Women Who Changed The World: 50 Inspirational Stories of Struggle and Triumph

By Horton, Ros, Simmons, Sally

Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

By Hirsi Ali, Ayaan

Bossypants

By Fey, Tina

The Dumpy Princess

By Karin Fernald, Sophie Foster

Agatha Christie: 5 (Little People, Big Dreams)

By Sanchez Vegara, Isabel, Munso, Elisa

Marie Curie: Little People, Big Dreams: 6

By Sanchez Vegara, Isabel, Isa, Frau

That's Another Story: The Autobiography

By Walters, Julie

How to be Well Read: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities

By Sutherland, John

Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front

By Atkinson, Dr Diane