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Who Was Harriet Tubman?

By McDonough, Yona Zeldis, Who HQ, Harrison, Nancy

Testament of Experience

By Brittain, Vera

A Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE

By Helm, Sarah

Frogs and Other Plays

By Aristophanes, Dutta, Shomit, Barrett, David

The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

By Armstrong, Karen

An African Princess: From African Orphan to Queen Victoria's Favourite

By Dean Myers, Walter

Mud, Sweat and Gears: Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats (Via the Pub)

By Bennett, Ellie

Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side

By Elias, Rayya

Really Bad Girls of the Bible: More Lessons from Less-Than-Perfect Women

By Liz Curtis Higgs

The Awakening

By Chopin, Kate

Georgiana’s World

By Foreman, Amanda

Women Astronauts (Apogee Books Space)

By Woodmansee, Laura

Katherine Johnson: 1 (A Life Story)

By Rasheed, Leila

Iris and the Friends: A Year of Memories

By Bayley, John

101 Awesome Women Who Changed Our World

By Adams, Julia, Wright, Louise

Her Finest Hour: The Heroic Life of Diana Rowden, Wartime Secret Agent

By McDonald-Rothwell, Gabrielle

Olivia Manning: A Life

By Braybrooke, June, Neville

Ogilvie: ∗women∗ In Science – Antiquity Through Th E Nineteenth Century (cloth): A Biographical Dictionary with Annotated Bibliography

By Ogilvie

Fierce Attachments

By Gornick, Vivian

Amber Jane Butchart's Fashion Miscellany: An Elegant Collection of Stories, Quotations, Tips & Trivia from the World of Style (Ilex Miscellany)

By Amber Jane Butchart, Penelope Beech

Four Mums in a Boat: Friends who rowed 3000 miles, broke a world record and learnt a lot about life along the way

By Benaddi, Janette, Butters, Helen, Doeg, Niki, Davies, Frances

Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius

By Hornby, Nick

A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey

By Chrissie Wellington

Wild Woman Swimming: A Journal of West Country Waters

By Roper, Lynne, Shadrick, Tanya

Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910

By Woodham-Smith, Cecil

Beatrix Potter A Journal

By Potter, Beatrix

To Be a Woman: The Life of Jill Craigie

By Rollyson, Carl E.

Lost Dog: A Love Story

By Spicer, Kate

Mother Ship: 'Heart-wrenching, heart-warming and heartfelt' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt

By Segal, Francesca

2nd Chance

By Patterson, James, Gross, Andrew