Biographies & True Stories

About the Author French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. H...

'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private an...

Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. Loo...

Product Description Nonagenarian Japanese artist is simultaneously one of the most famous and most mysterious artists on the planet. A wild c...

AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR AN EVENING STANDARD BEST NON-FICTION PICK A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Chaos and debauchery defined Baxter Dury's turbule...

"'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT One was an architect. The other a serial kille...

'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spy...

The headlines of Royal infidelity and divorce that are the bread and butter of today's tabloid press is nothing new. People have always been captiv...

The headlines of Royal infidelity and divorce that are the bread and butter of today's tabloid press is nothing new. People have always been captiv...

When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preser...

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and New Y...

Authorised biography of Brian Eno - the 'Father of Ambient Music' A sonic alchemist to the stars, Brian Eno's address book is a veritable who's who...

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the brutal Nazi occupation, went into hiding in a secret annex tucked away withi...

Review Lomas' clear narrative and up-to-date archaeological knowledge is just the right combination to illuminate the fascinating story of the...

Review Such wonderful writing -- Nigella Lawson I cannot stress enough how much I love this funny, adorable memoir. Not only hilarious, tender, a...

Have you ever wondered how some dogs know when an earthquake is about to hit? Or how some cats know how to identify and soothe their owner's chroni...

The words and example of Gautama (often known by the title, 'Buddha') have affected billions of people. But what do we really know about him? While...

'Modest, down to earth and full of humour, this is one of the best books about filming I've ever read.' MICHAEL PALIN 'Extraordinary: Gavin's easy...

As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out i...

Product Description 'Whatever Uglow writes about she makes absolutely fascinating.' DIANA ATHILLThe story of Sybil Andews and Cyril Power, tw...

Fully updated with a new chapter on A.P.'s knighthood, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement award and his new role as a TV p...

With the moral stamina and intellectual pose of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, duitful, unassuming chemist set out systematically ...

Product Description Yves Saint Laurent is one of the world’s most famous designers, who’s haute couture collections have deeply marked society and...

From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Br...

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...

In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45p...

With a new introduction by JESMYN WARD 'Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny ...

A Rough Trade Book of the Year After the success of his memoir, Telling Stories, Tim set himself a quest. He got in touch with people he admires, ...

When John Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31 October 2019, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures...

1st November 2006: Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty-two days later he dies, killed from the inside by Polonium -...

A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation - fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style ...

Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd,spare, cranky and repetitious - an acknow...

In this title, football's biggest characters tell it like it is. Who is the Secret Footballer? Well he's back and this time his mates speak out too...

Product Description How does it feel to confront a pandemic from the inside, one patient at a time? To bridge the gulf between a perilously u...

'Fascinating' LA Times '[Keyes] has carried it off brilliantly, bringing not only a fine clarity but a special warmth and empathy' Washington Post...

The inside story of the world's most notorious cults. The strange and sinister world of cults is a source of endless fascination. Their secrets, r...

In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Se...

'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' He has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in bands that have changed popular music...

"'The rock memoir of the decade' Daily Mail 'The rock star's gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader' Sunday Times In h...

Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two...

About the Author Jason Draper is a brand consultant and long-standing music journalist. As former Head of Curation at Universal Music Group an...

Product Description THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Radio Times, Daily Herald and FT Book of the Y...

Review Fascinating and elegantly humane ... refreshingly interdisciplinary in its insistence that philosophy and literature are going to be ju...

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

A Radio 4 Book of the Week 'See Naples and die', said Goethe. But Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Katherine is fresh out of col...

'With charm, erudition, humour and passion, the world's favourite natural history broadcaster documents some of his expeditions from the late 1950s...