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A Lifetime of Non-Fiction Reading

These have been read over the last 40 years. It's funny to remember what has interested me at different times in my life, subjects/people that I would not necessarily read now, but also looking at things I should revisit.
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10 Women Who Ruled the Renaissance (Joyce E Salisbury)
10 Women Who Ruled the Renaissance
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Joyce E Salisbury
1000 Years of Annoying the French (Stephen Clarke)
1000 Years of Annoying the French
2
Stephen Clarke
1066 and All That (Seller & Yeatman)
1066 and All That
3
Seller & Yeatman
12 Books That Changed the World (Melvyn Bragg)
12 Books That Changed the World
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Melvyn Bragg
1415: Henry V's Year of Glory (Ian Mortimer)
1415: Henry V's Year of Glory
5
Ian Mortimer
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (James Shapiro)
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
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James Shapiro
1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear (James Shapiro)
1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear
7
James Shapiro
30 Second Philosophies (Barry Loewer)
30 Second Philosophies
8
Barry Loewer
36 Books That Changed the World (The Great Courses)
36 Books That Changed the World
9
The Great Courses
84, Charing Cross (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross
10
Helene Hanff
The Acid Bath Murderer (Jack Rosewood)
The Acid Bath Murderer
11
Jack Rosewood
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (Spike Milligan)
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
12
Spike Milligan
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (Melvyn Bragg)
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
13
Melvyn Bragg
The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock (Adam Roche)
The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock
14
Adam Roche
Adventures of a Young Naturalist (David Attenborough)
Adventures of a Young Naturalist
15
David Attenborough
The Adversary (Emmanuel Carrère)
The Adversary
16
Emmanuel Carrère
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
17
Susan Sontag
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (Agatha Christie)
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
18
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie: An English Mystery (Laura Thompson)
Agatha Christie: An English Mystery
19
Laura Thompson
Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism
20
Bell Hooks
Akenfield (Ronald Blythe)
Akenfield
21
Ronald Blythe
Alan Turing: The Enigma (Andrew Hodges)
Alan Turing: The Enigma
22
Andrew Hodges
Ali (Jonathan Eig)
Ali
23
Jonathan Eig
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy (William Irwin)
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
24
William Irwin
Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty (Phoebe Hoban)
Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty
25
Phoebe Hoban
Alice, the Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter (Christina Croft)
Alice, the Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter
26
Christina Croft
All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks)
All About Love: New Visions
27
Bell Hooks
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
28
James Herriot
All Fired Up (Malcolm Castle)
All Fired Up
29
Malcolm Castle
All That Remains: A Life in Death (Sue Black)
All That Remains: A Life in Death
30
Sue Black
All Things Bright and Beautiful (James Herriot)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
31
James Herriot
All Things Wise and Wonderful (James Herriot)
All Things Wise and Wonderful
32
James Herriot
Alphabetical (Michael Rosen)
Alphabetical
33
Michael Rosen
American Rose (Karen Abbott)
American Rose
34
Karen Abbott
America's Queen (Sarah Bradford)
America's Queen
35
Sarah Bradford
Among the Bohemians (Virginia Nicholson)
Among the Bohemians
36
Virginia Nicholson
Amphibious Thing: The Life of Lord Hervey (Lucy Moore)
Amphibious Thing: The Life of Lord Hervey
37
Lucy Moore
An American Princess (Annejet Van Der Zijl)
An American Princess
38
Annejet Van Der Zijl
An Economic History of the World Since 1400 (Donald J Harreld)
An Economic History of the World Since 1400
39
Donald J Harreld
An Idiot Abroad (Karl Pilkington)
An Idiot Abroad
40
Karl Pilkington
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