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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 Transferred Life of George Eliot

By Philip Davis (University of Liverpool)

Breaking Night

By Liz Murray

The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women

By Rebecca Buxton, Lisa Whiting

O My America!: Second Acts in a New World

By Sara Wheeler

Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

By Atkinson, Kate, Kate Atkinson

Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell

By Dame Edith Sitwell, Richard Greene

Marvel Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World

By Sam Maggs, Emma Grange, Ruth Amos

Des hommes sans femmes

By Murakami, Haruki, Morita, Helene

Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender

By Linda McDougall

In Your Prime: Older, Wiser, Happier

By Knight, India

Not without Tears

By Christina Eastwood

Sharon Osbourne Survivor: My Story - the Next Chapter

By Sharon Osbourne

The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary

By Sarah Ogilvie

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

By Mefo Phillips

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

The Eagle And The Rose

By Rosemary Altea