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Vanessa Bell (Phoenix Giants)

By Spalding, Dr Frances

An Uncommon Woman: The Life of Princess Vicky (Phoenix Giants)

By Pakula, Hannah

In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story

By Karmi, Ghada

Lorraine: Between You and Me

By Kelly, Lorraine

The Penguin Dictionary of Saints (Penguin Reference Books)

By John, Catherine, Attwater, Donald

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

By Elizabeth Hardwick, Darryl Pinckney

The Diary of a Provincial Lady

By Delafield, E.M., Cooper, Jilly

Fortune's Daughters

By Kehoe, Elisabeth

The Queen's Story: The Woman Behind the Throne

By Blakeway, Denys, Kiggell, Marcus

My Life

By Clinton, Bill

The Assassination Of Marilyn Monroe

By Donald H. Wolfe, WOLFE, Donald H.

Half of a Yellow Sun: The Women’s Prize for Fiction’s ‘Winner of Winners’

By Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda

Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium (Women In History)

By Herrin, Judith

Spitfire Women of World War II

By Whittell, Giles

Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ: The Mystical Path of Christ

By Andrew Harvey

Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power: 'riotously candid' Sunday Times

By Swire, Sasha

Shameless: How I Ditched the Diet, Got Naked, Found True Pleasure... and Somehow Got Home in Time to Cook Dinner

By Madsen, Pamela

Educated: The international bestselling memoir

By Westover, Tara

The Duchess: The Untold Story – the explosive biography, as seen in the Daily Mail

By Penny Junor

Tess of the D'urbervilles (The Penguin English Library)

By Hardy, Thomas, Thomas Hardy

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHONTAS

By Jean Fritz

Brick Lane: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

By Ali, Monica

Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler

By Keeler, Christine

Period: Hilarious, heartfelt stories from the award winning BBC Woman’s Hour presenter

By Barnett, Emma

Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss

By Clarke, Rachel

Gather Together In My Name

By Dr Maya Angelou

Mom and Me and Mom

By Dr Maya Angelou

Miss Shirley Bassey

By John L. Williams

A Song for Issy Bradley: The moving, beautiful Richard and Judy Book Club pick

By Bray, Carys

Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca

By Mount, Ferdinand