Biographies & True Stories

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

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 A fine, reasoned and informed book ― Herald Pryde has done an excellent job of explaining the other side of the British cycling story, mak...

'Wise, beautiful, heartbreaking, raw' The Times 'A beacon of hope to all of us who will be bereaved' Kathryn Mannix 'An unforgettable and achingl...

Product Description Delve into the dark and dangerous side of humanity with this intriguing collection of artifacts and ephemera relating to some ...

Winner of the Booker Prize and international bestseller, made into the award-winning film Schindler's List. In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyan...

This fact-packed book takes young readers on a colourful journey through the subject of wheels of all kinds, from Roman chariots to driverless cars...

Product Description The Number One bestselling memoir from Ireland's former state pathologistIn 1997, Dr Marie Cassidy arrived in Dublin from ...

A memoir by the master pianist, conductor and internationalist Daniel Barenboim - 'the closest thing that classical music can offer to Nelson Mande...

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 ...

Machines That Think explores how artificial intelligence helps us understand human intelligence, machines that compose music and write stories - an...

The classic story of four nineteenth-century women who, for different reasons, gravitated to the wildness of the Middle East and North Africa. "Th...

Product Description The RAF Halton Apprenticeship Scheme has a deserved reputation for excellence. The brainchild of MRAF Hugh Trenchard, the fou...

Review Gloriously entertaining ... even those unfamiliar with back catalogues and B-sides will be intrigued by Boyd's ability to dish the dirt...

Product Description THE FASCINATING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAssaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suic...

Review Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths. -- Alex BellosThis is not pure maths. It is maths contaminated w...

Kinta Beevor was five years old when she fell in love with her parents' castle facing the Carrara mountains. She and her brother ran barefoot, expl...

About the Author Patrick Field moved to London, to study psychology in 1974, and discovered that the best way to enjoy the metropolis was on a...

Product Description A comprehensive collection of photographs, interviews, and profiles of the most influential Black actresses who have worke...

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

With a new introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge. In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study...

Hilarious, heartwarming and inspirational, this is the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling autobiography by comedian Sarah Millican. The funniest boo...

Product Description 'It was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it' The TimesMore than any other conflict, the Col...