Shirley Williams reads from her autobiography
Climbing the Bookshelves homepage
Emma Fielding reads from Tracy Borman's biography of Elizabeth I
Tracy Borman - Elizabeth's Women homepage
Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs
Halfway to Hollywood homepage
Christian Rodska reads from John Carey's biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author
William Golding - The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies homepage
Thomas Levenson's account of the rivalry between Isaac Newton and William Chaloner
Newton And The Counterfeiter homepage
Josh Hamilton reads from American-Iranian writer Said Sayrafiezadeh's memoir
When Skateboards Will Be Free homepage
Aeronwy Thomas's memoir of her childhood, growing up as the daughter of Dylan Thomas
My Father's Places homepage
Jane Robinson's account of the first British women to receive a university education
Bluestockings homepage
Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist
Martin Stannard - Muriel Spark: The Biography homepage
Ben Mezrich's account of the history of Facebook
The Accidental Billionaires homepage
Justine Hardy's account of the lives of ordinary people living in Kashmir
In the Valley of Mist homepage
Mike Pannett's account of his experiences as a policeman in rural North Yorkshire
You're Coming With Me Lad homepage
Bertrand M Patenaude's account of the exile and subsequent assassination of Leon Trotsky
Stalin's Nemesis homepage
Patrick Hennessey reads his account of his experiences in the British army
The Junior Officer's Reading Club homepage
Flora Fraser's biography tells the extraordinary life of Napoleon's favourite sister
Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte homepage
Novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of her mother, who abandoned her as a child
The Locust and the Bird homepage
Alice Krige reads from Clare Harman's exploration of Jane Austen's rise to pre-eminence
Claire Harman - Jane's Fame homepage
Lee Ingleby reads from John Osborne's exploration of the radio stations of Britain
John Osborne - Radio Head homepage
Lillian Pizzichini's biography of the author Jean Rhys.
Jean Rhys - The Blue Hour homepage
Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography
My Name is Daphne Fairfax homepage
Dona Croll reads Lorna Goodison's portrait of past generations of her family in Jamaica
From Harvey River homepage
Sarah Rose's story about a plan to steal the lucrative secrets of tea from China
For All the Tea in China homepage
RA Scotti's account of incident in 1911 when the Mona Lisa went missing from the Louvre
RA Scotti - The Lost Mona Lisa homepage
The true story of the two sisters who found one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
Sisters of Sinai homepage
The journal kept by Dr John Rae during his years as headmaster of Westminster School
The Old Boys' Network homepage
Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays from her childhood in the 1970s
Emma Kennedy - The Tent, the Bucket and Me homepage
Adaptation of Chris Mullin's diary kept during his time as a minister in New Labour
A View from the Foothills homepage
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in Uganda and move to Britain
The Settler's Cookbook homepage
Jonah Lehrer's exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes up its mind
The Decisive Moment homepage
Martin Gayford's account of John Constable's battle to win the hand of his future wife
Martin Gayford - Constable in Love homepage
