Biographies & True Stories
Defenders of the Faith: King Charles III's coronation will see Christianity take centre stage
During the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the Christian Church will take centre stage once again, as the established religion in...
View full detailsThe Patchwork Family
How to hold it together ... even if it feels like everything is falling apart. Welcome to the rollercoaster of family life - the parts nobody talk...
View full detailsMean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up - the instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed actor and disability rights campaigner
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Funny and frank, a chance to spend time with a brave and big-hearted woman who's grown up to be not so...
View full detailsRaising A Rare Girl
Award-winning writer Heather Lanier's memoir about raising a child with a rare syndrome, defying the tyranny of normal, and embracing parenthood as...
View full detailsWhen Marilyn Met the Queen
'England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me' MARILYN MONROE In July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honey...
View full detailsFive Love Affairs and a Friendship
Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said to have inspired half...
View full detailsThe Cure for Sleep
'Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun What happens when you realis...
View full detailsThe Ballast Seed
'I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light...
View full detailsA Brief Guide to Jane Austen
Jane Austen is a mystery. The first incontrovertibly great woman novelist, she is, among other things, one of the finest prose stylists in literatu...
View full detailsIn Love
Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 New York Times Bestseller A poignant love letter to Bloom's husband and a passionat...
View full detailsA Matter of Facts: One Man's Journey into the Nation's Quiz Obsession
A journey into the obsessive world of quizzing. Includes stories from Shaun's past such as tales from his time playing Barry in Eastenders; the di...
View full detailsThe Audacity: Why Being Too Much Is Exactly Enough
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the star of Netflix's The Duchess, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Your Face or Mine and host of All That Glitters 'A f...
View full detailsThe Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister
A moving and thought-provoking story of loss and war *** 'Elegantly written... packed with the sharpness of moments when a death suddenly becomes...
View full detailsAt Home With The Buckleys
CLAIR: We've been let loose on a book... whose bright idea was that? JAMES: We haven't got anything to say! CLAIR: Don't tell them that before th...
View full detailsThe Platinum Queen
***Published in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, The Platinum Queen presents seven decades of world history through the wo...
View full detailsSame Old Girl: Staying alive, staying sane, staying myself
'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times 'One of the finest writers in the world' David Quantick How does the big stuf...
View full detailsElizabeth and Philip
'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail 'A fresh and original approach' - Hugo Vickers, Royal Biographer Sh...
View full detailsA Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions
Steve-O is best known for his wildly dangerous, foolish, painful, embarrassing, and sometimes death-defying stunts. At age 48, however, he faces hi...
View full detailsAmong You Taking Notes...
'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...
View full detailsRemember Me?
Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK. 'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay 'Lucid and probing' - Guardian 'Wonderf...
View full detailsI Came All This Way to Meet You
'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...
View full detailsCharles Manson: Coming Down Fast
In the summer of 1969, a set of grisly murders shocked the population of Los Angeles and the rest of the US. Seven people lay senselessly butchered...
View full detailsThe Hyacinth Girl
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...
View full detailsBirth Notes
'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...
View full detailsJeremy Thorpe (Abacus Books)
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, ...
View full detailsThe First Half
Product Description A brilliant book. Read immediately' Claudia Winkleman A fascinating, inspiring and funny memoir from much-loved broadcaster Ga...
View full detailsPlaces I've Taken My Body
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 ...
View full detailsOnly Heroes and Horses
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...
View full detailsCan I Have My Ball Back?
'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...
View full detailsThe Duff Cooper Diaries
The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This is a fabulous, jaw-d...
View full detailsVoices from the Blue
'God, I love these women! Their breeziness, compassion, humour and resilience are a tonic' Libby Purves, Times Literary Supplement In February 19...
View full detailsThe Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale
______________________________________________________________________________________ 'This memoir is one of the smartest, funniest books I've rea...
View full detailsKingdom of Lies
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 ...
View full detailsLetters of Note: Space
In Letters of Note: Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts...
View full detailsDiary of a Pint-Sized Farmer
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...
View full detailsHumble Heroes
'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 ...
View full detailsSmall Bodies of Water
Review "A remarkable book . . . Its language trembles on the brink of poetry; these sentences have surety to their rhythms, subtlety to their weig...
View full detailsBilly No-Mates
'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...
View full detailsBelonging: Natural histories of place, identity and home
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...
View full detailsBaggage
'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...
View full detailsWith Their Backs To The World
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...
View full detailsMr. B
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...
View full detailsChinese Law
The progressive globalisation of business and the growing importance of China as an economic and political power make an understanding of the worki...
View full detailsMy Life in Food
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...
View full detailsOn the High Wire: With an introduction by Paul Auster (W&N Essentials)
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...
View full detailsThe Zero-Waste Kitchen: Delicious Recipes and Simple Ideas to Help You Reduce Food Waste
Product Description This book will help you save money, buy less and do your bit for the environment – just through loving your leftovers! It’s yo...
View full detailsMe and My Mate Jeffrey
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...
View full detailsAMERICAN HEIRESS: The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
Review Well written ... fascinating ... [captures] that strange 1970s heyday of the counter-culture when almost every student, it seemed, wanted t...
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