Fighting Evil

Song of the Sea

Jane Dolby fell in love with a fisherman - the most dangerous peacetime occupation that exists - leading her to find a place in a

Gunpowder and Geometry

In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight, or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three hundred feet underground, young Charles

Only : A Singular Memoir

Three barely felt like a family. It felt like it did not count. Like we were unfinished. Incomplete. There was always a gap at the

Jailbirds

Step inside one of Britain's most notorious prisons... During her time as a prison teacher Mim Skinner met every type of criminal. But her job

The Girl on the Wall

Jean Baggott is 'the girl on the wall' - a 1948 photograph taken of her when she was eleven - whose life was never going

For The People

Anelia Schutte grew up in Knysna - a beautiful town on the coast of South Africa centred around a picturesque lagoon and popular with tourists.

The C-word

The frustrating, life-altering, sheer bloody pain-in-the-arse inconvenience of getting breast cancer at 28' laid bare. What do you do when you discover you have advanced

Mother's Ruin

Nicola Barry grew up in well-to-do Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Her father was a hopsital consultant, her mother was medically trained, her brothers boarders at public school...

Love in the Blitz

With the intimacy and wit of a Second World War Bridget Jones, Eileen Alexander offers a portal into life during the Blitz: - The sex,

Anna of All the Russias

In this definitive biography of the legendary Russian poet, Elaine Feinstein draws on a wealth of newly available material–including memoirs, letters, journals, and int...

The Fragments of my Father

My life had been suspended, as though I had inhaled and was still waiting to let out that gasp of breath. I set aside my

Daisy

Daisy Warwick was an heiress in her own right and a renowned beauty when she married Lord Brooke, heir to the Earl of Warwick, in

Things I Learned from Falling

Ritmul continuu de lucru, activitatea socială și dorința de a face mai multe într-un oraș mare erau frenetice și stresante. Înconjurată de oameni, Claire se

Eve's War

In 1935 Evelyn Shillington started a diary, little knowing the years of turmoil it would cover, and how insightful her experiences as an army wife

Sphinx

Born in Paris to American parents in 1881, Gladys emerged from a traumatic childhood - her father having shot her mother's lover dead when Gladys

The Making of Her

What is school for and why does it matter? What contributes to the success of women? How can we inspire confidence, and nurture excellence in

My Stir-fried Life

As a boy, Ken Hom lived hand-to-mouth in the slums of Chicago's Chinatown. Today, he is one of the most celebrated TV chefs of all

No One Is Coming to Save Us

JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava. But as he

Truck

The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and . . . gardening tips? Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle

American Scream

He was a radical stand up who dared to question the values of small town America and the evils of American foreign policy. Ruthlessly honest,

Mistress of Charlecote

A delightful memoir of Mary Elizabeth Lucy and her life at Charlecote. Mary Elizabeth Williams, an heiress from North Wales, was only twenty when in

My Brother, Muhammad Ali

From Muhammad Ali's brother comes the most intimate biography ever written on the legendary sportsman.

I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One On TV

A 'memoir of growing up Iranian in America, and the quest to make it in Hollywood without having to wear a turban, tote a bomb,

Never Judge a Book by Its Cover

Lisa Riley won the hearts of the nation as she danced for her life, now it's time to read her life... Never Judge a Book

Red or Dead

A New York Times Editors' Choice '[T]he stuff of great literature.' —The New York Times | 'Red or Dead is a winner.' —The Washington Post

Curious: True Stories and Loose Connections

Sometimes things are more ordinary than you think. And sometimes they're a whole lot odder than you can possibly imagine. Rebecca Front has always drawn

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

Follows the story of Lass, who is transformed from a believed-worthless and untrainable animal into a valuable sheepdog by a man's love, explaining how Lass's

Bringing in the Sheaves

After a life of sex and drugs and the Communards - brilliantly recounted in the highly acclaimed first volume of his memoirs FATHOMLESS RICHES -

My Fathers Wake

Death is a whisper in the Anglo-Saxon world. But on a remote island, off the coast of County Mayo, it has a louder voice. The

The Last Act of Love

In the summer of 1990, Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out. It was two

Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes is one of the greatest English poets of this century, yet his life was dogged by tragedy and controversy. His marriage to the

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Soon to be a major motion picture written and directed by Peter Farrelly, who won two Academy Awards for Green Book - a wildly entertaining,

No Better Time

Danny Lewin's brilliant but brief life is largely unknown because, until now, those closest to him have guarded their memories and quietly mourned their loss.

A Mind With Wings

It's July 4, 1845. A soft-spoken young man named Henry David Thoreau has carefully constructed a small, simple cabin in the woods overlooking Walden Pond.

The Saboteur

'A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest

Seven Men and Seven Women

In this new, one-volume edition that brings together two of his most popular works, #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas explores the question

Hunter Of Stories

Not since Guy de Maupasant has the short literary form been imbued with such grace, elegance and poignancy . . . these quintessential and often

The Gamekeeper

Portia Simpson grew up outdoors, always preferring to climb trees than play with Barbie dolls. Talented and driven, she became the first female to graduate

Smile for the Camera

No politician pandered to the media's appetite for personality more than Liberal MP Cyril Smith. Instantly recognisable for his colossal build, Smith was a larger-than-l...

King of the World

This unforgettable account of Muhammad Ali's rise and self-creation, told by a Pullitzer Prize-winning writer, places Ali in a heritage of great American originals...

Corrupt Bodies

In 1985, Peter Everett landed the job as Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. In just six years he'd gone from lowly assistant to running the UK's

Tsunami Kids

On Boxing day 2004, Rob, Paul, Matty and Rosie Forkan tragically lost their parents in the Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka. Aged from

Hammer of the Left

This publication vividly describes how in 1982 - with one vote majority and Foot still abstaining - Golding ruthlessly removed Benn, Heffer, Militant and their

Fateful Beauty

Revealing the intriguing story of a young woman who, at the age of 15, was forced to marry a mentally unstable man in order to

Peaky Blinders: The Real Story

The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply

White Line Fever -The Autobiography

After years of notorious excess, his blood would kill another human being. This is the story of the heaviest drinking, most oversexed speed freak in

Shifting Shadows

Herman Mendoza built his kingdom in Queens, New York. He made a fortune selling cocaine with his brothers up and down the Eastern Seaboard. He

The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir

For readers of Damaged and Running with Scissors, a chilling exploration of psychological control that ends with a glorious escape. Maude still remembers the sound

The Brontës in Brussells

The Brontës' time in Belgium, five years before they became best-selling authors, is the least-known episode of their lives, but is a fascinating and important

See No Stranger

Renowned activist, filmmaker and civil rights lawyer Valarie Kaur made headlines when her 'Breathe and Push' speech on how to survive in a time of

Some Old Bloke

For the last several years, the writer, comedian and Red Dwarf actor Robert Llewellyn has been gathering notes, old diaries, pictures and ideas for a

Spies and Stars

London in the 1950s. Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she

Happiness

Happiness starts out as a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, an out-going, theatre-performing California girl, and Brian, an intellectua...

Different Kind of Weather

'Why did you go into politics in the first place?' A question that former Cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over

Man Who Owns the News

Day Like Today

For more than three decades, millions of Britons have woken to the sound of John Humphrys' voice. As presenter of Radio 4's Today, the nation's

Best Of A. A. Gill

For over twenty years, people turned to A. A. Gill's columns every Sunday - for his fearlessness, his perception, and the laughter-and-tear-provoking one-liners - but

Champion

Even on your worst day, you may become someone else's best hope. When Pastor Craig and Samantha Johnson moved to Houston to take a position

A Final Grain of Truth

Now, to complete his autobiographical trilogy, A Final Grain of Truth brings his story up to date, reliving magical encounters with incredible people like Charlie

A Gift from Darkness

When Patience Ibrahim's husband died, she feared that her life was over. She had prayed every night for a baby to complete her family, and