Biographies & true stories

Review Lomas' clear narrative and up-to-date archaeological knowledge is just the right combination to illuminate the fascinating story of the...

Product Description 'Whatever Uglow writes about she makes absolutely fascinating.' DIANA ATHILLThe story of Sybil Andews and Cyril Power, tw...

The incredible story of an unconventional life During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twent...

This fully updated edition of the international bestseller includes Pep Guardiola's Bayern years and his decision to join Manchester City Pep Guar...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'I don't think I've ever read a book that has made me cry with laughter as much as this one. It was very difficult...

When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preser...

In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitable wit. Born to celebrity parents, she was picked...

Discover the secrets, mysteries, hidden meanings and stories behind famous works of art. A book full of surprises, discoveries, forgotten treasures...

With number one songs all over the world, a Bond theme, an armful of Grammys and over 70 million Instagram followers to her name, Billie Eilish is ...

The headlines of Royal infidelity and divorce that are the bread and butter of today's tabloid press is nothing new. People have always been captiv...

Elvis is waiting outside in a big pink Caddy. Or rather, he would be if the dreams and fantasies of millions of teenage girls could only come true...

From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Br...

Published to coincide with the eponymous blockbuster film, Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international be...

The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than 100 years previously, with a young artists' mod...

Product Description 'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Stand...

Review Joyous, wise, reassuring and laugh-out-loud funny. I love these two women so much. ― Elizabeth DayI want to be like Fi and Jane when I ...

AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR AN EVENING STANDARD BEST NON-FICTION PICK A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Chaos and debauchery defined Baxter Dury's turbule...

Product Description Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award–winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race ...

Authorised biography of Brian Eno - the 'Father of Ambient Music' A sonic alchemist to the stars, Brian Eno's address book is a veritable who's who...

Product Description 'A beautifully illustrated tome honouring 100 exceptional women dating back to 630BC' Red A Stylist Must-read Book of 2018 'T...

The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana. In 1967 at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, a young guitarist played a b...

The Independent's 2017 Book of the Year 'If Malcolm Gladwell were to write a book about wine, the results wouldn't linger much more pleasurably on...

A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation - fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style ...

'The Dictionary of Crime is now the first book I reach for when beginning a new novel. An essential resource, it's packed with explanations, inside...

Review 'compelling' ― The Guardian 'An extraordinary book.' ― Military Illustrated 'A human witness to inhumanity: Arthur Dodd’s account is anot...

The PA's Story is the book which has taken the Square Mile by storm. Life as the personal assistant to some of the wealthiest and most powerful men...

In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Se...

'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' He has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in bands that have changed popular music...

**The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller** **Audiobook shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018** Gary Barlow is one of the mo...

Product Description Nonagenarian Japanese artist is simultaneously one of the most famous and most mysterious artists on the planet. A wild c...

I was a good girl who was just 'helping Daddy' in the hell that I called home.Scarlett is just 8 years old when the horrific abuse at the hands of ...

The story of one of the greatest footballers of all time, Barcelona and Argentina's Lionel Messi. 'I have seen the player who will inherit my place...

A dual biography of the greatest opposing generals of their age who ultimately became fixated on one another, by a bestselling historian. On the mo...

1st November 2006: Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty-two days later he dies, killed from the inside by Polonium -...

About the Author French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. H...

Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever bee...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is crea...

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - b...

Soon to be a major motion picture - starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci and Jamie Dornan. The book that inspired the film A Private War, based o...

Review [A] remarkable achievement .[Moore] writes clearly and honestly, never letting his essentially positive view of Thatcher get in the way of ...

'They call me a madman but compared to Pete Way, I'm out of my league.' - Ozzy Osbourne There are rock memoirs and then there is this one. A Fast ...

Product Description 'In my darkest hour, I reached for a hand and found your paw'When Nicola found Buddy, abandoned and broken, she vowed to d...

Touching From a Distance by Deborah Curtis is the only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis.

Product Description How does it feel to confront a pandemic from the inside, one patient at a time? To bridge the gulf between a perilously u...

About the Author Joshua George is an experienced author of both fiction and non-fiction for children. His books have been published under vari...

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order ...

George Alagiah's personal testament about Africa, updated in a new Abacus edition As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to G...

THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF A MURDER WHICH HAUNTED CANADA AND BECAME A RALLYING CRY FOR JUSTICE 'If you were hooked on the Serial podcast, then you...