Encounters With Harriet Martineau
By Stuart Hobday
A biography of Harriet Martineau, the first female journalist
Rebel Rebel: How Mavericks Made the Modern World
By Chris Sullivan
A riotous history of people and things that broke the mould
The Private Life of Lord Byron
By Antony Peattie
The first book to explore Byron's eating disorder, his father hunger and his rationale – Anorexia Heroica
The Private Life of the Diary
By Sally Bayley
From Pepys to Tweets: a history of the diary as an art form
Second-Hand Stories
By Josh Spero
The amazing stories behind my second-hand books and the people who owned them
The House of Fiction
By Phyllis Richardson
A cultural exploration of British houses in fiction
Empire of Booze
By Henry Jeffreys
A history of the British Empire told through drink
The Irish Pasha
By Louise Foxcroft
The astonishing private and public lives of a maverick Edwardian Egyptologist
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
By Simon Napier-Bell
A one-volume insider history of the whole damn music business
Saving Bletchley Park
By Sue Black
The story of the saving of the home of modern computing
Forgotten Heroes of Comedy
By Robert Ross
A Celebration of the Comedy underdog
Conversations With Spirits
By E O Higgins
The story of a dissipated genius in a borrowed hat and coat
