Biography

Gen X icon Ione Skye bares all in an achingly vulnerable coming-of-age memoir about chasing fame, desire, and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father. "Yep, Ione...

A must-have gift for anyone interested in investigative journalism. The Sunday Times Insight team is famous for its investigative journalism. This book profiles the major stories - often a result...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize 'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday Times A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit,...

A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan. For three years, from 2007 until 2010, Sherard...

Fourteen years ago, an English woman named Anna Merz decided to try to do something to stop the massacre of the black rhino and this book tells her story. Having...

The true story of how one man acquired and managed an English country estate, and lived to tell the tale-complete with illustrations by Annie Tempest, and perfect for all Downton...

'A searingly honest and impassioned account of being an advocate in the social media era, Alyssa's voice is fierce, urgent and brave; and filled with deep familial love. This book...

Most Australians owe what they know of the Eureka Stockade to Raffaello Carboni, the Italian chronicler of the uprising. Yet they know little about Carboni himself. Variously described as 'quaint'...

Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of...

In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942 he...

A true story about a woman caught in adultery. This book exposes the truth about Scheller's struggle with sexual sin, the battle for her heart, and the transforming power of...

Malika Oufkir has been a prisoner for virtually her whole life. Born to a proud family in 1953, daughter of the King of Morocco's aide, Malika was adopted by Mohammed...

A true story of triumph by award-winning business leader, impact investor, and educator James Rhee that will inspire and empower us to transform our lives and our businesses with the...

" "Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America." " - Publishers Weekly "[These contributions] touch on so many different...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'I'm not sure I've ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the...

The untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this unforgettable memoir traces one daughter's moving quest to understand her larger-than-life childhood as she searches for the truth...

Written in spare, elegant prose, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. is the autobiography of a well-known Parisian art critic who likes to spend nights in the singles clubs of...

Combining personal and professional experience, A Silent Tsunami is a moving exploration of the development of Dementia and its impacts on a mother-daughter relationship. A Silent Tsunami is a unique...

Stan Grant was born in 1963 into the Wiradjuri people - a tribe of warriors who occupied the vast territory of central and south-western New South Wales. For 100 years...

When Minna Proctor's father, a university professor and musicologist, tells her he has decided to pursue the priesthood, all she can say is, "oh." Having grown up the child of...

A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what it meant to be faithful--in her marriage to a...

"Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn't miss this for the world."-Leslie Jones When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode...

'This comforting memoir will help us all feel less alone as we navigate the emotional turmoil of midlife' Davina McCall, author of Menopausing From the bestselling author of 'Mum, What's...

Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe...

Hugh Glass was left to die. Attacked Whilst hunting in the fur-rich, Native American-held territory of the Upper Missouri River, Hugh Glass was attacked and mauled by a grizzly bear....

The inspiring true story of Vanessa Steel, whose childhood was overshadowed by a terrible secret. Plagued by torture and abuse by both her mother and grandfather, little Vanessa was nearly...

Re-issued with new jacket to coincide with the publication of Mandy's new title, BOYFRIENDS. Welcome to the wonderful, slightly-wacky world of Mandy Nolan. She is a stand-up comedian, an artist...

This is the story of Noel who lost Maris, his beloved wife of 42 years, to suicide following years of struggling with depression. The abrupt ending of a life by...

"You know what I want? I want to be able to have fun wherever I am. I want to laugh. All. The. Time. I want to have one holiday every...

A merger in Anna's PR agency gives her more time to explore the culture and history of the island that she calls home (along with her 40 hens and cockerels,...

Mark Perlstrom is no stranger to money laundering, drug smuggling and crooked firms. In the early 1980s he started working for HM Customs and was quickly thrown in the deep...

Me: 'Are you going to be a good boy this year?'Boomer: 'Uh huh. I have no interest in toilet humour.'Me: 'You don't?'Boomer: 'No. No interest at all. I mean, I...

In the autumn of 1973, Chris Dewhirst was living and working in Yosemite National Park, and part of a counterculture group of rock climbers tackling some of the most difficult...

Best-selling author Tim O'Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humour, and rewards of raising two sons. "We are all writing our...

Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the...

*** AUSTRALIAN BAND *** Take four cute, likable boys from Sydney. Add a heavy dose of rock, the fast, electric and fun kind, enhanced by powerful melodies that lend themselves...

Three weeks into our hen ownership and there wasn't a single egg, there was nothing. Natalie's theory for this was that they were bored. Can hens be bored? Really? They're...

You are a journalist. You should be writing on one of our great Indian papers, then you will really be starting to understand us.A chance conversation with her greengrocer about...

A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew up in the public eye. Now it's time to share her side...

In a memoir that pierces and delights us, Jill Ker Conway tells the story of her astonishing journey into adulthood-a journey that would ultimately span immense distances and encompass worlds,...