Biographies & True Stories

Steve-O is best known for his wildly dangerous, foolish, painful, embarrassing, and sometimes death-defying stunts. At age 48, however, he faces hi...

'As in a good novel, the people, their feelings and reactions are instantly recognisable and as fresh and immediate today as they were then' GUARDI...

Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK. 'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay 'Lucid and probing' - Guardian 'Wonderf...

'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it stayed in my bloodstream, it felt, lon...

The revealing of T. S. Eliot's hidden muse - Emily Hale, the Hyacinth Girl of the famous The Waste Land poem 'Extraordinary... A rare work of symp...

'I SAVOURED EVERY WORD' ABI DAR� A REDEMPTIVE TALE OF THE POWER AND WISOM OF WOMEN'S BODIES' LEAH HAZARD 'MAGNIFICENT: A WORK OF TRUTH' SUSIE OR...

Review Bloch's candour made it impossible to publish the book until now. It has been well worth the wait. For those too young to remember Thorpe, ...

Product Description A brilliant book. Read immediately' Claudia Winkleman A fascinating, inspiring and funny memoir from much-loved broadcaster Ga...

Review 'These remarkable essays invite us to look long and hard at our own interior landscapes, and to negotiate exterior ones with as much grace ...

Review Heartwarming ― The Richmond and Barnes Magazine If you don't believe in fairytale endings you might want to think again. This is a classic...

'Very funny, moving and heartwarming' BOB MORTIMER 'A bollockbuster!' ADAM BUXTON If we are cowardly, we are told to grow some If we're brave, we...

The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This is a fabulous, jaw-d...

'God, I love these women! Their breeziness, compassion, humour and resilience are a tonic' Libby Purves, Times Literary Supplement In February 19...

______________________________________________________________________________________ 'This memoir is one of the smartest, funniest books I've rea...

Would you say your phone is safe, or your computer? What about your car? Or your bank? There is a global war going on and the next target could be ...

In Letters of Note: Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts...

Sally Urwin and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland, which they share with two kids, Mavis the Sheepdog, one very Fat Pony, and...

'This is a book about real people, real stories, real heroes. You might not know their faces, and you might not know their names - but once you've ...

Review "A remarkable book . . . Its language trembles on the brink of poetry; these sentences have surety to their rhythms, subtlety to their weig...

'Where have all my friends gone?' When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his b...

LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2022 Reflecting on family, identity and nature, Belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and...

'No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritise it. I believe the second you feel you...

From the bestselling author of THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan M...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2023 From the author of Apollo's Angels, the first major biography of the figure who modernised dance: an...

The progressive globalisation of business and the growing importance of China as an economic and political power make an understanding of the worki...

In 2021, the world of cooking lost a legendary figure. Albert Roux, together with his brother Michel, transformed the way we eat, cook and apprecia...

Review This is a book of instructions to those who will dare one day the impossible. It shows the art to fill and illuminate the Void, a void betw...

This book will help you save money, buy less and do your bit for the environment – just through loving your leftovers! It’s your essential guide to...

Book Description An Irish No.1 bestseller, Me and My Mate Jeffrey is an essential book for anyone who knows what it is to feel alone, and who does...

Review Well written ... fascinating ... [captures] that strange 1970s heyday of the counter-culture when almost every student, it seemed, wanted t...

Product Description This is the story of the real bodyguard, Lee Sansum, ex-Royal Military Policeman, martial arts champion, and expert in close p...

Review Grant Fowlds' tireless effort to educate the children of the world, conserve vast expanses of land and save the last rhinos, is truly awe i...

Review Wow, what a read! I love it. Kate's honest, open, funny account of motherhood with all its high and lows is a breath of fresh air and relat...

Review Fox, a former senior obituary writer for The New York Times and the author of three previous books, unspools Jones and Hill's delightfully ...

Product Description When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the gre...

Review ** 'In Harold Evans's cottage, behind a beach dune in Quogue, Long Island, there is a black-and-white photograph of a news conference at Th...

Review A book that'll change your perspective on life. You'll not be able to put it down. ― Fearne Cotton What I love about this book is it's not...

Review Extraordinary -- Mark O'Connell Wildly impressive, interesting and entertaining ― The Irish Times A blistering collection ... marvellous ...

About the Author JAMIE LAING is best known as one of the key members of the BAFTA-winning television series Made in Chelsea, first appearing in 20...

Review Every woman who's sought a career in journalism owes a debt to pioneers like Julie Welch. She evokes the golden age of print journalism in ...

About the Author Marcus Berkmann has spent more than thirty years sitting in front of various television screens swearing at incompetent England b...

About the Author Stephen Spender was born in 1909 and was educated at University College, Oxford, where his friends included W. H. Auden, C. Day L...

Review An inspiration to anyone who still finds old age too distressing a prospect to take seriously -- Sarah Ditum ― The Times At 88 years old, ...

Review A stunning book, exquisitely written and all of it observed with enormous compassion for the natural world. Every page of Spring Tides give...

Product Description Police helicopters are operated in the UK by National Police Air Service (NPAS), which brings all 43 forces together and deliv...

FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022 'This is one of the most imagi...

Review This is a delightful and timely book about resilience and environmental care... This story of ingenuity and determination is an inspiration...

About the Author Binyavanga Wainaina lives in Nairobi, Kenya. He is the founding editor of Kwani?, a leading African literary magazine. He won the...