Biographies & true stories

Product Description From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs ...

About the Author Tova Feinman lives in Pittsburgh, and is a scientist by training. Tova studied chemistry as an undergrad, as well as biochemistry...

About the Author Valerie Wilding is a Londoner who now lives on the edge of a small market town in Hampshire. Val was an infant teacher for many y...

Review I first knew him as a writer. Then guitarist, lifelong friend and collaborator. We have performed side by side on the global stage through ...

Review When There Were Birds is a marvellously original slice of social history, a portrait of our ever-conflicted relationship with the natur...

Review Humorous and surprising in equal measure. Hilarious ― DAILY EXPRESSA hugely interesting read, one of those books that you finish and wa...

Review An energetic primer on women's rights, both past and present. Cameron breaks key topics down in a clear and comprehensible way, without...

Review Luminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young-and mature-woman; an unflinching social history of disability over the last six ...

Review I'm not exaggerating when I say this is one of the most important books I've read this year.' -- Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for R...

Review A ravishing, alarming account of these underwater palaces of wonder, and the existential threat they face from humanity and our warming...

Young, talented, intelligent, and with a thriving social life, on the surface Terri Cox had it all. But deep down in her mind a storm was brewing, ...

A bright and brilliant academic, Tova Feinman had an enviable life. She had a job through which her intellect shone, a loving husband, and a child ...

Product Description 'An entertaining, wide-ranging defence and explanation of the conservative way of seeing the world . . . suffused with genero...

Review Praise for Bernie Sanders:'Gives us a glimpse of what politics could be like' -- Yanis VaroufakisA decent, honest person. It's pretty u...

Review "The Modern Oracle is a treasure trove of information and advice that can be applied to any oracular device or system." -New Spirit Jou...

'An amazing story of love, laughter and the challenges of living from the land ...Simon's self-sufficient rural life is an inspiration to us all' ...

Review Gamey, rollicking and hugely entertaining ... I can think of no better recommendation ― Spectator Product Description A TIME...

Product Description Kiefer Sutherland has not always led the pampered life of a son of celebrity parents. He has carved his own path, made his...

Review Roisin Kiberd is a Dante of the internet, leading us through the infernal circles of our online damnation. The Disconnect is a brillian...

"Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed...

Joan Bakewell has led a varied, sometimes breathless life: she has been a teacher, copywriter, studio manager, broadcaster, journalist, the governm...

Review At its best when reminding us how deeply embedded these buildings are in the English landscape and when exploring, how the intimate mea...

Review An acerbically witty and entertaining survey ... a work of stubborn persistence, or resistance. ― Sunday TimesOne of journalism's great...

Review A real contribution to British cultural history. -- Brian Morton ― THE HERALD Product Description John Tusa is a distinguishe...

'The Alan Clark diaries of cultural politics' Sunday Times 'At every word a reputation dies' A. N. Wilson Roy Strong is best known as the flamboya...

In 2012, Tim Burgess of the Charlatans published his hugely successful and critically acclaimed memoir, Telling Stories. Tim really enjoyed his new...

Review As social history it's hard to beat ― Independent Published On: 2013-08-01David Hendy reconstructs the acoustic environments of our anc...

Review Engaging and accomplished... Boakye's text, enriched by Smart's striking images, is perfectly judged for young readers ― GuardianJeffre...

Product Description When social distancing is over, can people still keep their distance?I only do the things I like now, rather than the thin...

A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husba...

Product Description BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadl...

Review Could the climate challenge rescue our economy from the weak demand that has afflicted it for decades? In this stimulating discussion o...

Review "A stunning memoir, hard reading in places, but it feels urgent and necessary . . . White writes like a blood-stained angel" -- Cathy R...

Product Description 'This book shows how to find, attract, develop, motivate, and retain stars. It's full of evidence and provocative ideas to he...

Review 'Diana Souhami has written a fascinating and well-researched book about this remarkable woman and important artist, who dressed as a ma...

Alice Herz-Sommer, 1903-2014 The pianist Alice Herz-Sommer survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp, attended Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem,...

Product Description Throughout the coronavirus crisis, the fortnightly columns of Private Eye’s medical correspondent ‘MD’, aka NHS doctor Phi...

Product Description We make decisions, and these decisions make us and our organisations. And in theory, decision-making should be easy: a pro...

Product Description A collection of irreverent and poetic short works from legendary actor Vincent D’Onofrio This is not a story woven around ...

Review Superb ... makes clear that the revelation of this plague has been twofold: our hubris has been shattered, yet there remains a staggeri...

Product Description "Have you ever read Lolita?"So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson's metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lon...

Review A beautiful, profoundly moving book about society's most vital glue - care -- Rachel ClarkeA must read -- Penny WincerEssential reading...

Product Description 'A brilliant new book'Daily Telegraph'Well written . . . and often entertaining'The Times'A sparkling analysis'ProspectWhe...

Product Description Ant: As the old Chinese proverb says, 'Good things come in pairs'. Dec: And as another Chinese proverb says, 'If you've be...

Product Description 'An inspiration to anyone who still finds old age too distressing a prospect to take seriously' The TimesOld age is no lo...

Product Description 'Open, honest, straight talking on mental health and motherhood.' - Tik Tok's Dr Julie 'I absolutely love it - it do...

Product Description Listen to your body. Calm your mind. Find your strength.Forget prescriptive 28-day plans and fad diets that are sooner or lat...