Biography

This major new collection brings together the key writings from every stage of Freud's career to offer the perfect introduction to his life and work. Here are the essential ideas...

A delightful autobiographical novel from one of Ireland's best-loved writers My part of Ireland had a poet at one time, a poor ragged fellow whom no respectable person whom no...

The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. His first two books, SOUTHERN MAIL and NIGHT FLIGHT, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the...

This volume of autobiographical essays, now in paperback, is one of Achebe's most powerful and personal works to date The pieces here span reflections on personal and collective identity, on...

A life of one of the most known and engaging Saints Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death...

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams is a unique autobiography in which the anonymous writer known as Lady Sarashina intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of...

This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks...

From an acclaimed biographer of Lawrence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe comes the definitive biography of Hollywood's most glamorous living legend, the only star from Hollywood's Golden Age who continues to...

The book titled Freud by the author Richard Wollheim. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Pierre Loti by the author Lesley Blanch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

One of BBC Wildlife 's books of the year "A book of great courage, curiosity, discovery and connection." - Amy-Jane Beer, author of The Flow A moving, honest and revealing...

The book titled Silk Roads: The Asian Adventures of Clara & Andre Malraux by the author Axel Madsen (Los Angeles, California). This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

Often hailed as a "Renaissance man" for the astounding diversity of his activities, Andre Malraux was a living legend long before his death in 1976. Few French writers of this...

The book titled To Live Like Everyone by the author Anatolii Marchenko. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.

Fluent in at least seven languages and a writer of ravishing prose accounts of her journeys, Freya Stark was one of the great travel writers of the twentieth century. In...

Acclaimed novelist and essayist Francine du Plessix Gray paints a spirited portrait of a woman who defied the rules and expectations of a misogynistic society to become one of its...

The long-awated biography of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Although blessed with a magnetic personality and musical brilliance, Britten was wracked by depression and self-doubt. An...

This is the autobiography of G. Cabrera Infante, recognized as one of the most original Latin American writers. He has written novels, stories, critical essays, articles and screenplays and has...

The book titled Deadly Illusions: The KGB Orlov Dossier Reveals Stalin's Master Spy by the author John Costello. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Based on personal letters and interviews with more than 100 of his friends and colleagues, as well as his two former wives, this is a biography of the American photographer,...

Ted Hughes is one of the greatest English poets of this century. He was a natural countryman who had a sharp eye for the natural world, a dislike of technology...

Born in Australia, Gilbert Murray came to England at the age of 11. After a brilliant career in Classics at Oxford, he became Professor of Greek at Glasgow at the...

The book titled Dreyfus: A Family Affair, 1789-1945 by the author Michael Burns. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.

'Written in gorgeous, sparse prose, We Survived the Night reads like a novel. [...] A book I've been waiting my whole life to read.' Tommy Orange, author of There ThereAs...

The book titled Where I Fell to Earth: A Life in Four Places by the author Peter Conrad. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The idea for Ian Hamilton's unorthodox new book was sparked by a rereading of Samuel Johnson's classic "Lives of the English Poets". Johnson included appraisals of 52 poets, but of...

Patrick French has been granted unique access to V.S. Naipaul's private papers and his personal recollections. With great feeling for Naipaul's formidable body of work, he has produced a luminous...

What if the path to success isn't what you expect it to be? For Ian, it was a magic carpet ride. What began as a passion for fashion and life...

The book titled Finding Herself in Fiction: Henry Handel Richardson 1896-1910 by the author Axel Clark. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A.B. Paterson loved the bush and wrote as bush folk would. It is this that made his poetry popular with them as well as city dwellers. His works still echo...

The Welsh people have been part of Australian society since white settlements began two centuries ago, and today, those of Welsh descent, such as and Kylie Minogue, have achieved worldwide...

In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London's Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions...

In his first venture into non-fiction, the celebrated novelist Rupert Thomson has produced one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable memoirs of recent years. On a warm, sunny day in...

Following her 2021 bestselling memoir Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her comes the laugh out loud follow-up Hexy B*tch . 'My life's changed a lot since This Country came out....

'A true crime history that reads like a thriller . . . A macabre and fascinating page-turner' John Douglas, bestselling co-author of Mindhunter 'A great true crime history that reads...

'A wonderful book, I don't expect to read a better memoir for a very long time.' ROBERT WEBB, author of How Not To Be A Boy 'Funny and heart breaking...

Ten commandments, ten chapters, ten ways to change your life

In 2003, England won the rugby world cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England's front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum -...

In Island Dreams , Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and great voyages from literature, shedding new light...

The #1 Irish Times bestseller WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes 'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm Toibin, Guardian 'With the pace...

'An uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats' - BILL BAILEY 'I loved this book. Absolutely adored it. I devoured it and savoured every word....

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* - November 2021 A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...

The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize-shortlisted Anton Hur *AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* 'Starkly raw and vulnerable'...

**THE SEQUEL I WANT TO DIE BUT I STILL WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI OUT NOW ** THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Powerful and profound' Esquire 'Unbridled and unapologetic' Vogue When Anthony Bourdain died in 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of...

* ORDER MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE NOW - THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM ISABEL ALLENDE * ** The wise, warm, defiant meditation on what it means to be...

_______________ 'An autobiographical meditation on feminism, power and womanhood ... Full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words' - Grazia 'In her small, potent polemic . . . Isabel Allende writes...