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Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was...

What is the role of the modern father? How do fathers see themselves? Who do modern fathers use as their role models? As traditional gender roles have changed, do fathers...

Abused as a child by his local priest, Brian Oi Dea, a once ordinary young man became a rebel, using and selling drugs for the escape and excitement they offered....

Five women - all HIV-positive - tell their diverse stories with honesty and determination. These powerful narratives reveal how each woman approached her predicament and the inner qualities she drew...

During World War Two the Special Operation Executive's French Section sent more than 400 agents into Occupied France -- at least 100 never returned and were reported 'Missing Believed Dead'...

This is the story of the quest, undertaken by Major Kavan Elliott's son - the author Geoffrey Elliott - for the truth about his father. Who was Major Kavan Elliott,...

"Trapped between a dead past and an unborn future, the human animal has, since the dawn of time, asked these two questions - 'Who am I?' and 'Why am I...

'I look back on my life and thank my stars that I have had the ocean. When things got rough at school I would just come down to the boathouse...

With warmth and humor, Captain "Ned" Beach relates the many highlights of his distinguished naval career.

Lieutenant Charles W 'Savez' Read's life was one of swashbuckling adventure and dazzling escapes. Yet very little has been known about him until recently. Robert A. Jones has tracked down...

Over the past hundred years, India has held an enormous fascination for western intellectuals and artists. Father India explores the life-changing influence of the subcontinent on western ideas of modernity...

This is the story of Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards who was severely wounded as he led his platoon in an attack against an Argentinian machine-gun position during the...

"Here was this angel in the court who seemed to appear out of nowhere. In fact she's quite an earthy creature, not some saintly type. She's defi nitely no shrinking...

In the summer of 1862, President Lincoln called General Henry W. Halleck to Washington, D.C., to take command of all Union armies in the death struggle against the Confederacy. For...

'A masterpiece of biographical investigation' Richard Holmes In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady,...

From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis, to his unhappy fate in 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, at the hands of his old...

The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The...

Three powerful and engaging biographies of three former PM's wives - full of intrigue and revelation! Three powerful and engaging biographies of three former wives of Liberal prime ministers whose...

The number one New York Times bestselling author of Bias delivers another bombshell--this time aimed at . . . 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America No preaching. No pontificating....

Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist, she was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Her...

You don't fall in love with an alcoholic - you fall in love with a man. At least at first. Why do women fall for 'damaged' men? Why do women...

The internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer chronicles his life, the evolution of his art, and his professional and personal collaboration with Arnie Zane, who died in 1988.

Bill Frost was a talented and highly respected Times journalist. In this heartrending and intelligent memoir Bill's sister, Clare Campbell, tells of his struggle with addiction, his descent into the...

When Stephanie Klein hit her twenty-fourth birthday she thought she had everything she could possibly have wanted from life- A good job, a succesful husband, a Manhattan apartment and a...

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller One Child, comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse - and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps...

Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was...

The Executive Brain is the first popular but rigorous book to explore the most 'human' region of the brain, the frontal lobes. Writing in a lively and accessible style, the...

The first biography of Vida Goldstein, one of the Australian heroes of first-wave feminism. This is the first biography of Vida Goldstein, one of Australia's remarkable women and one of...

With a sudden jerk, squealing of brakes and a loud puff of the steam engine, the train shunted forward ... I stared out the window as we slowly pulled out...

Everyone has an opinion about Winnie Mandela, and usually a strong one. She has been adored, feared and hates more than any other women in South African history. But few...

On July 13, 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for the murder of the lover who jilted her, motor-racing driver David Blakely. Forty years on, her only surviving child, Georgie, recalls...

The extraordinary account of a woman's loss of her baby girl on the day of her birth and the devastating grief that followed. A love story about a passionate and...

- Has your weight been ever-increasing over the years? - Have you tried every fad diet? - Are you tired of having no energy? - Are you struggling with cravings?...

Though she may have entered the world alone, Gaby Naher was destined to know the most genuine, heartfelt fathering a girl could hope for through her adoptive father, her beloved...

For over 16 centuries, women have been undertaking great journeys and writing about their experiences, yet the traditional image of them is still that of an intrepid Victorian lady vigorously...

'It was not the Baby Boomers who ushered in the first era of widespread drug experimentation. It was their parents.' The generation that survived the second World War emerged with...

Pablo Escobar's son reveals the real man behind the leader of the Medellin cartel's legend in this international bestselling, deeply personal memoir. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM PABLO ESCOBAR'S SON Until...

From the playgrounds of Glasgow to the villages of Bangladesh; from religious rites to ancient superstitions; from the world's richest people to its powerless and enslaved, Lorna Gibb's masterful Childless...