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
Teresa Gallagher reads from Anne Fadiman's collection of essays
At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist homepage
Charles Nicholl's account of a little-known episode of William Shakespeare's life
The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street homepage
Former Observer columnist Katharine Whitehorn reads from her autobiography
Selective Memory homepage
Rosemary Hill's biography of the great architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain homepage
John O'Farrell's comical and irreverent take on British history
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain homepage
Historian Alison Weir's extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess homepage
Lindsay Duncan reads from Lindy Woodhead's biography of Harry Gordon Selfridge
Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge homepage
Nia Wyn's memoir of the first years of her son's life, read by Siriol Jenkins
Blue Sky July homepage
Jools Holland reads from his autobiography
Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts homepage
Matthew Brzezinski's story of Sputnik and the rivalries that ignited the space age
Red Moon Rising homepage
Letters written by the author to his mother, read by Forbes Masson and John Dougal
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters homepage
Jim White reads from his account of his experiences as coach of his son's football team
You'll Win Nothing with Kids homepage
Robert Macfarlane explores Britain's wild places
The Wild Places homepage
Writer and broadcaster Lavinia Greenlaw's account of the role of music in her growing up
The Importance of Music for Girls homepage
Virginia Nicholson's true story of the remarkable generation of First World War widows
Singled Out homepage
Paul Richardson's account of his gastronomic travels around Spain
A Late Dinner homepage
Mark Edmundson's story of the great psychiatrist's final years
Mark Edmundson - The Death of Sigmund Freud homepage
The American Invasion of British High Society, by Charles Jennings
Them and Us homepage
Juliet Stevenson reads from Pat Shipman's story of Margaretha Zelle
Femme Fatale: A Biography of Mata Hari homepage
