The story of Judith O'Reilly's decision to make a new life in the North of England
Wife in the North homepage
Five of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America, originally broadcast during US elections
Cooke's Elections homepage
Benedict Cumberbatch reads from Ian Kelly's biography of the world's most famous lover
Casanova homepage
Ffion Hague reads from her book exploring the role of women in David Lloyd George's life
The Pain and the Privilege homepage
John Hatcher's account of a typical English village in the worst epidemic in history
The Black Death homepage
Katherine Ashenburg's unsanitised history of washing, read by Tamsin Greig
Clean homepage
Rory McGrath reads from his comic memoir, a story of love and birdwatching
Bearded Tit homepage
Cherie Blair tells her story in her own words
Speaking for Myself homepage
Robyn Scott's memoir of growing up in an eccentric family in Botswana in the 1980s
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood homepage
Katherine Swift narrates the story of how she created her beautiful garden at Morville
The Morville Hours homepage
Camilla Carr and Jon James tell of their captivity, held as hostages by Chechen rebels
The Sky Is Always There homepage
Caroline P Murphy's biography of the most celebrated woman of Renaissance Florence
Isabella de' Medici homepage
Oliver Ford Davies reads from Ferdinand Mount's memoir, abridged by Alison Joseph
Cold Cream homepage
Yasmin Hai's account of her assimilation into the English way of life
The Making of Mr Hai's Daughter homepage
Andrea Wulf's history of the gardening revolution of the 18th century
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of Obsession homepage
Julian Barnes's book combines family memoir with reflections on art, religion and death
Nothing to Be Frightened Of homepage
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin's story of Greg's involvement in schools in Pakistan
Three Cups of Tea homepage
Wibke Bruhns's chronicle of the life of her father
My Father's Country homepage
Alex Lowe reads from Michael Booth's account of his French culinary education
Sacre Cordon Bleu: What the French Know About Cooking homepage
Max Pemberton reads from his account of his first year in the NHS
Trust me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor homepage
Best-selling author JG Ballard's memoir, abridged by Andrew Simpson
Miracles of Life homepage
Lisa French-Blaker describes her experiences as an aid worker for Medecins Sans Frontieres
Heart of Darfur homepage
Joyce Tyldesley's biography of a ruler who steered her kingdom through turbulent times
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt homepage
Peggy Orenstein's account of her long journey to motherhood
Waiting for Daisy: The True Story of One Couple's Quest to Have a Baby homepage
Nicholas Boulton reads Jasper Rees's account of resuming his horn-playing after 22 years
I Found my Horn homepage
Peter Firth reads from Niccolo Machiavelli's guidebook on political power
The Prince homepage
Bee Wilson's history of food adulteration over the centuries
Swindled: From Poisoned Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee homepage
Carola Hicks's history of the stained glass windows in King's College chapel, Cambridge
The King's Glass homepage
Jot Davies reads from ballet superstar Carlos Acosta's enchanting and inspirational memoir
No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story homepage
Jane Stevenson's biography of one of the great English watercolourists of the 20th century
Edward Burra: Twentieth-Century Eye homepage
