A fish supper and a chippy smile

That Good Night

As the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf between her parents' experiences and her own

Breaking the Silence

Jo Milne trăise deja o viață înconjurată de tăcere, fiind surdă profund din naștere, când a început să-și piardă vederea. Cu puțin timp înainte de

Everyday Madness

'The small translucent bottle of shampoo outlived him. It was the kind you take home from hotels in distant places. For over a year it

Lizzie Siddal

O roșcată înaltă, slabă, fără forme, Lizzie era opusul modelului de frumusețe din secolul al 19-lea. Surprinsă lucrând ca asistenta unei modiste, ea a devenit

Bolder

Bolder is on a mission to change perceptions about growing older. Ageing is a constant for all of us, every minute, every hour, every day.

Wedding Heard 'Round the World

On September 3, 1971, at the dawn of the modern gay movement, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker exchanged vows in the first legal same-sex wedding

The Count of Scotland Yard

Bert Hannam was a dapper, charismatic figure in the Scotland Yard of the post-war years. As a young sergeant he made his name in London,

Gilliamesque

Spunându-și povestea pentru prima dată, regizorul filmelor Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys și Fear și Loathing in

Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story

In 1980, Carlos Acosta was just another Cuban kid of humble origins, the youngest son in a poor family named after the planter who had

Queen Elizabeth II: Pocket GIANTS

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Double Take: Votes for Women

This is the story of a suffragette who will endure the horror of the hunger strike for the cause she believes in. It is also

Brothers and Keepers

Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman's seminal memoir about two brothers - one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive. Wideman recalls the capture

Lady Constance Lytton

Lady Constance Lytton, daughter of a Viceroy of India, seemed the most unlikely of suffragettes. Witnessing the trial of Emmeline and Christobel Pankhurst, she was

The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton

Westminster, London, June 22, 1836. Crowds are gathering at the Court of Common Pleas. On trial is Caroline Sheridan Norton, a beautiful and clever young

Things Joe Biden's Father Told Him

Joseph R. Biden Sr. never held political office, but that didn't stop him from imparting a lifetime's worth of guidance to his son and our

The Cure for Good Intentions : A Doctor's Story

The Cure for Good Intentions is about a life-changing decision. Sophie gave up her job as an editor at a prestigious literary magazine and put

Lee Rigby: A Mother's Story

Lyn Rigby's story charts the unfathomably difficult time she has endured since May 2013 when her son, 25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby, was butchered on a

Maya Lin : Thinking with Her Hands

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous pieces of civic architecture in the world. But most people are not

How To Build A Boat

„How to Build a Boat” este povestea unui om modern, lipsit de abilități practice care, inspirat de dragostea lui pentru mare, își pune în minte

Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917

On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both

I belong to no one

Rape, teen pregnancy, illegitimacy, domestic abuse - in 1970s Australia all were shameful secrets that trapped women in poverty, loss and ongoing emotional trauma. This

Of Me and Others

The essential essay collection by one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray In this frank, playful and typically unorthodox co...

The Red Earl : The Extraordinary Life of the 16th Earl of Huntingdon

In The Red Earl Selina Hastings tells the extraordinary story of her father, Jack Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon. In 1925, Hastings infuriated his ultra-conservative

Breaking Free:Glimpses of a Buddhist Life

In 1975 Srimala (formerly Jane Goody) was ordained into the Western Buddhist Order by Sangharakshita whilst pregnant with her second child, and in this book

Charles: Our Future King

The New Boy

The animals always win in the Tovey household and this time is no exception. It is with the interests of Solomon's (very audibly) grieving sister

Hero's Body

Un memoriu despre motociclete și mușchi, despre obsesie și durere și despre un tânăr care a învățat să rămână în viață prin literatură. La doar

Penguins Stopped Play

Comedy writer and TV producer Harry Thompson (1960-2005) started his Captain Scott Invitation XI while at Oxford in the 1970s, and early members included Hugh

Abandon ship!

This book covers the second part of his naval career between 1945 and 1963. Having arrived back in Plymouth from Trincomlee as a lieutenant aboard

William Burges

William Burges was one of the most imaginative designers of the nineteenth century. Regarded by many as an eccentric, Burges had a passion for Gothic

Love in the Blitz

Eileen Alexander fell in love amidst the falling of bombs, finding a quotation from poetry at every turn. Graduating from Cambridge in 1939, she had

Precious Cargo

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of Kristine Barnett's The Spark, Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is

Planet of the Blind

O carte de memorii obsedantă și strălucit imaginată despre acceptarea cvasi-obscurității, aceasta este povestea unui 'om pierdut cu o pată de ceva asemănător vederii'. N...

John Keats

John Keats a murit tânăr, lăsând în urmă unele dintre cele mai cunoscute poeme în limba engleză, cum ar fi „Ode to a Nightingale”, „Ode

The Day the Music Died

'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man' Ken Loach Tony Garnett's story begins in working-class, war-torn Birmingham where he movingly describes the trauma of hi...

Branson: Behind the Mask

The image remains pristine: a charismatic high-school dropout turned billionaire, whose stratospheric rise and daring exploits have won him millions of enduring admirers...

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A portrait of the suffragist who moved from terrorism to social political engagement.

Secret Diary of a 1970s Secretary

London, 1971. A nineteen-year-old secretary is perched in a BBC office high above Portland Place. She keeps a diary, in which she describes her life

Long Drawn Out Trip

In Long Drawn Out Trip: My Life, Gerald Scarfe tells his life story for the first time. With captivating, often thrilling stories, he takes us

DK Life Stories Harriet Tubman

Descoperiți povestea inspirată a lui Harriet Tubman, o activistă și aboliționistă neînfricată care a ajutat la eliberarea multor sclavi, în această fascinantă biografie ...

The Louder I Will Sing

On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence's mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her

Where the Past Begins

În aceste memorii sincere și intime, autoarea bestsellerului The Joy Luck Club explorează copilăria traumatizantă care a determinat-o să devină scriitoare, relația co...

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În această biografie, descoperiți povestea uimitoare a lui Martin Luther King Jr., ale cărui cuvinte puternice și vise pentru viitor au inspirat întreaga lume. Martin

617

In May 1943, 617 Squadron RAF executed one of the most daring operations in military history as bombers mounted a raid against hydro-electric dams in

Back in the Frame

A memoir of bikes, blogs and riding through depression from award-winning blogger, Lady Vélo. Jools Walker re-discovered cycling aged twenty-eight after a ten-year absenc...

When the Clouds Fell from the Sky

In this moving memoir, through a tragedy that engulfs a single family, journalist Robert Carmichael, explores with great sensitivity Phnom Penh's infamous S-21 prison an...

Wellington's Dearest Georgy : The Life and Loves of Lady Georgiana Lennox

Using largely unpublished sources, this book tells the story of Lady Georgiana Lennox and the unique friendship she cherished with the Duke of Wellington. She

My Life As a Villainess

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life

The Jungle

Mico has left his family, his home, his future. Setting out in search of a better life, he instead finds himself navigating one of the

My Generation

'Including significant previously uncollected material, My Generation is the definitive gathering of the fruits of this beloved writer's five decades of public life. Here...

An Ordinary Soldier

On 11th September 2006 - exactly five years after the attacks on the Twin Towers - a modern day Rorke's Drift was played out in

Florence Foster Jenkins

She had no pitch, no rhythm, and no tone. Still, Florence Foster Jenkins (Streep) became one of America’s best-known sopranos. Born in 1868, Florence was

The Girl with the Self-Esteem Issues : A Memoir

Rosie Mercado, vedetă latină și prezentatoare de televiziune, spune povestea vieții sale incredibile. Când Rosie Mercado avea doar 19 ani, tatăl nou-născutului ei a ple...

The teardrop island

After discovering the travel writings of a Victorian explorer and writer, Cherry Briggs decides to retrace his footsteps across the island of Ceylon—now known as

But Enough About Me

ginning with Reynolds s adolescence as a notable football player and the devastating car accident that ended his sports career, 'But Enough About Me' takes

Survival Math

This dynamic book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of 'hustle' and the destructive power of addict...

A book of secrets

The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second

The Infiltrator

Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia's drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended knew him as Bob

All Quiet on the West End Front

War Horse is the most successful show in the National Theatre's history. After two seasons at the NT it transferred to London's West End and

Maeve's Times

'As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I