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Athletes

By Leslie Strudwick

A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke

By Reng, Ronald

Confessions of a Menopausal Woman: Everything you want to know but are too afraid to ask...

By Andrea McLean

Somewhere Towards The End

By Diana Athill (Y)

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory

By Roxane van Iperen

My Father's Keeper

By Julie Gregory

Born Survivors

By Wendy Holden

A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, Holocaust Survivor

By Caroline Stoessinger

I Belong to No One: Abused, afraid and alone. A young girl forced to make the ultimate sacrifice for her survival.

By Gwen Wilson

Pilgrims: The extraordinary story of an unlikely friendship

By Paul McDermott

The Life and World of Mary Seacole

By Brian Williams

Unbroken: One Woman's Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope

By Madeleine Black

Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers

By Michelle Obama

The Grasmere Journals

By Dorothy Wordsworth, Pamela Woof

Christina Rossetti

By Frances Thomas

The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself

By Teresa of Avila, J. Cohen

Flight into Freedom: Autobiography of the Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation

By Eileen Caddy, Lisa Hollingshead

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

By Foreman, Amanda, Amanda Foreman

New Habits: Today's Women Who Choose to Become Nuns

By Isabel Losada

Mary Watts: Unsung Heroine of the Art Nouveau

By Veronica Gould

Shadows of a Princess

By Patrick Jephson

Shadows of a Princess

By Patrick Jephson

Diana

By David Cohen

Helen Keller

By Margaret Davidson, Wendy Watson

Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux

By St Therese of Lisieux

Aspects of Therese: Therese of Lisieux, Little White Flower and Doctor of the Church

By Stewart Bruce

Mary Queen of Scots

By Geddes & Grosset

Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette

By Judith Thurman

Little Women (Usborne Young Reading) (3.3 Young Reading Series Three (Purple))

By Lesley Sims, Shelagh McNicholas

Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

By Daisy May Cooper