Biographies & True Stories

A FINALIST FOR THE US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2023 FOR NONFICTION 'Profoundly personal as well as historically significant ... In his moral clarity an...

WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one o...

A landmark recording James Brown intended as a late '69 release, but instead was edited into half the LP 'Sex Machine'. This 50th anniversary relea...

Review Outrageously wonderful . . . hilarious . . . it is nice to read a book where someone truly enjoys being themselves. She has promised us 'un...

Product Description A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffe...

Review Humorous, moving and fascinating -- Clare Mackintosh I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearte...

Review All you need to know about the modernist, feminist icon ... If only all literary lives were as succinct ― TIME OUT From his unique positio...

Chrissie Wellington is the world's No 1 female Ironman triathlete, a four times World Champion, having recently won the her fourth title in October...

Product Description Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough...

Review Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what what you would expect from Tim Harford -- Bill BrysonHarford is a fine, perce...

Review The Father Christmas of knowledge -- Giles CorenPraise for Go Figure:Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anyth...

Review Such fun. An illuminating story for every stitch in your wardrobe and pigment on your wall -- Simon Garfield, author ― Just My TypeFun ...

Product Description 'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in...

A Bewitching Account of a Magical Childhood on the Island of Corfu My Family and Other Animals is the enchanting memoir of a rare and magical child...

At the time of his death at the age of 95, Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was the most famous historian in the world. His books were translated into mor...

Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is c...

When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering a...

This work presents an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of li...

#1 New York Times Bestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year 'A sensational memoir ...brilliantly well written. Carly Simon is incapabl...

'Dear Mama, I am having a lovely time here. We play football every day here. The beds have no springs . . .' So begins the first letter that a ni...

Shortlisted for the 2017 Cross Sports Autobiography of the Year 'Full of illuminating anecdotes, piercing insights and unsparing self-analysis fr...

Product Description Authoritative biography of cult writer and author of NAKED LUNCH, William Burroughs (1914-1997).It has been 50 years since No...

Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and STRICTLY COME DANCING star, Ann Widdecombe. In this life story of one of our most outs...

Madonna: singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, not to mention one of the most renowned cultural icons of the last three decades. Since her fi...

Product Description 'A leading new voice on racial justice' LAYLA SAAD, author of ME AND WHITE SUPREMACYA REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK...

The Sword of Albion concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written, one that teems with a glittering array of sailors an...

The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London's gangland d...

Review Andras Schiff proves just as articulate, as cultured and as provocative a musical thinker as he is at the piano throughout this highly reco...

Everyone from Sir Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page to Queens of the Stone Age now relishes the chance to share a stage with Dave Grohl and his legenda...

Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th-century American history through his leadership of the non-violent civil rights campaigns of the ...

In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone live...

Review Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism. ― Carl Jung He speaks of what he has ...

The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo ('I dare anyo...

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into...

When William Blacker first crossed the snow-bound passes of northern Romania, he stumbled upon an almost medieval world. There, for many years he l...

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, frien...

Review The most valuable single book yet published about Eliot -- Jonathan Raban ― Sunday Times A nuanced, discerning account of a life famously ...

Product Description Financial crime seems horribly complicated but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In f...

Bobby Charlton is Manchester United through and through. He was a member of the original Busby Babes and has devoted his career to the club, playin...

A harrowing, yet inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from internationally bestselling author Dave Pelzer. Brutally beaten an...

Over ten years after WHEN GIANTS WALKED THE EARTH, Mick Wall's seminal biography of the band, comes this major and extensively researched revisio...

Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologet...

A Haunting Portrait of Life at the Margins Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey provides a striking new look for George Orwell’s classic account of...

Originally published as Relish, a fully revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life: Dame Prue...

In this heartwarming collection edited by Joseph Heller's daughter, dozens of contributors imagine one last lunch with someone they cherished A...