Biographies & True Stories

WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British his...

Enchanting memoir of a struggling writer living and working in the eccentric Parisian bookshop, 'Shakespeare and Company' 'Shakespeare and Company...

"My Life in Pictures" is Gore Vidal's visual memoir of his famously well-lived life, illustrated with photographs, letters, manuscripts and other e...

Product Description 'Funny, positive and life-affirming, Laura is like a PT for your self-confidence.' SARA PASCOE'Clear-headed advice and relata...

He is one of the most controversial sportsmen in history and a legend of Open Era tennis. But after reaching the top of his game - what came next? ...

Mark Todd's eventing career is the stuff of legends and encompasses one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time. When he 'retired' from comp...

Product Description Two decades. Hundreds of miles. A lifetime of secrets. Can coming home mean starting again? 'A perfect, warm escape from th...

Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups 'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching candour fro...

'If you were expecting to read Razor's views on politics then you're going to be disappointed. Anybody who wants to read that needs help! This is y...

Dr Tony Ryan Award finalist, 2019 'A wonderfully insightful, detailed and emotional biography of the legendary trainer's later years' Racing Post ...

Product Description THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'. . . a compelling memoir. Breezy and unpretentious, The Sanest Guy in the Room is a delightful c...

'Brilliant' Guardian 'Exuberant' Financial Times 'Colourful' The Times In June 1986 Diego Maradona, considered by many to be the greatest football...

Review Powerful biography . . . Fans of The Who wanting insight into the enigmatic band member need look no further ― Publishers Weekly Rollickin...

Product Description 'We will overcome it [and] I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this cha...

Product Description With the growth of online reservation platforms such as Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Wimdu, Booking.com and Onefinestay, people are a...

The third title in the Minack Chronicles, which tell the story of how Derek and his wife Jeannie left behind their London home to establish a flowe...

The only biography to include the findings of the archaeological dig in the Leicester car park. Not many people would claim to be saints, or altern...

"My father comes into focus for me on a Liars' Club afternoon. He sits at a wobbly card table weighed down by a bottle. Even now the scene seems so...

Shortlisted for Cricket Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards For over half a century, Henry Blofeld has conveyed his unfailing enth...

"'Broken Blue Line is a rollercoaster of a ride depicting the realities of twenty-first-century policing on the front-line. Its well written, hones...

** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer ** 'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Care...

Product Description 'Beautifully researched account, full of humour and personal insight'David Crystal, author of Making Sense: The Glamorous Sto...

'An enjoyable anthem to friendship' Hephzibah Anderson, Observer 'Hugely enjoyable . . . Modern-day readers can thank the ambitious, complicated, ...

'OUR FAVOURITE READS OF 2016' THE TIMES | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A BOOK THAT HAS YOU EMAILING FRIENDS "YOU HAVE TO READ THIS"' The Sunday Ti...