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Nefarious: A life in crime - my life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and
A Daily Mail Book of the Week Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 'Gripping ... remarkably wide-ranging' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of...
The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Laughter, Madness and the Story
The son of a deranged Italian immigrant, Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837) was the most celebrated of English clowns. The first to use white-face make-up and wear outrageous coloured clothes,...
Connie: A Memoir
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S PICK A LA TIMES AND PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH "This delightful memoir is filled...
Too Young to be a Mum: Can Jess learn to be a good mummy, when she is
When sixteen-year-old Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital having just given birth,...
Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times
'This remarkable book points not to some unreachable ideal of life but to a deeper, more soulful and meaningful experience of the lives we're actually living.' Oliver Burkeman 'A rich...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out
In June 1960, several British newspapers received a letter so shocking some thought it was a hoax. Beginning 'Sir, we are homosexuals . . ' , it was signed by...
Kafka: Letters to Milena
Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 Kafka first made the aquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech, and...
What You're Made For: Powerful Lessons from a Life in Sports
Author: Ryan Holiday Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Coach George Raveling is a living icon in the fields of sport and leadership. His story begins in the 1930s, under...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan
Author: Andrew North Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying...
Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World
Author: Jane Robinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Acclaimed historian, Jane Robinson brings out of the shadows one of Victorian Britain's most influential but forgotten women. First wave feminist,...
The Vet 2: the big wild world
Author: Luke Gamble Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 No longer a newbie vet, Luke Gamble takes over Pilgrims veterinary practice in Dorset and establishes an international veterinary charity, Worldwide...
The Eighth House: A mother, a murder, an obsession
Author: Elizabeth Clark Wessel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'This is an extraordinary book. It moves in and around you like a ghost. I feel lucky to have experienced...
SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings (as featured on SAS Rogue Heroes)
Author: Tony Rushmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in...
I Will Come Back for You: A powerful true story of wartime love and resilience
Author: Daniel Huhn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Extraordinary ... one of the most moving and uplifting stories of the war' Keith Lowe 'A remarkable book' - The Telegraph...
Granta 164: Last Notes
Featuring non-fiction by Lydia Davis, Brian Dillon, Peter Englund (tr. Sigrid Rausing) Diana Evans, Wiam El-Tamami, Tabitha Lasley, Adele Rosenfeld (tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman), Anjan Sundaram, Ed Vulliamy, Ada Wordsworth. Fiction...
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That
NOW WITH NEW MATERIAL - the first book to analyse government documents released in January 2025. 'Sensational' Daily Express 'A bombshell book' Daily Mail 'A breath-taking review of WWII's greatest...
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
SHORT LISTED FOR THE ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY *** 'This astonishing book describes a cruel, feral existence and is worthy of standing on the shelf next to George Orwell's Down...
Drawn Testimony: Sketching a generation's most iconic criminal cases
EDITOR'S PICK ON AMAZON.COM ' As captivating and nuanced as the drawings themselves' - The New York Times ' Against the odds, her prose keeps pace with her pastels' -...
Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer: The warmest, most charming
'a wonderful book ... a great read' Daily Mail 'a fascinating book ... I really enjoyed it' Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain 'a heart-warming, funny and insightful read. Perfect for...
Rough Patch: How a Year in the Garden Brought Me Back to Life
'Warm, humorous, nature-packed restoration ... a story you can neither put down nor stop thinking about' Delicious 'Book of the Month' 'Full of hope and joy' - Garden News 'A...
Leading From The Back: The autobiography of former Lionesses & Man
SHORTLISTED FOR *AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR* AT THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS FOREWORD BY FELLOW LIONESS JILL SCOTT *One of Waterstones' Best Sport Books of the Year 2024* 'Steph...
Fahrenheit-182: the Sunday Times bestselling memoir from blink-182
*An instant Sunday Times bestseller* A smart, funny, anarchic and gripping memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is a story of...
Cat On The Road To Findout: The Official Autobiography
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Embark on an extraordinary journey through the life, music and spiritual adventures of Yusuf/Cat Stevens, one of the iconic figures of our time. CAT ON...
1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
1967 explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive/compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of...
Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them
'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it...
Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey
The extraordinary true story of hope, courage and survival and one boy's journey across the world to find safety When Mir was thirteen, he was forced to flee his village...
I Am A Mob Boss: The Last Confession of a Criminal Kingpin
I could've died a thousand times. People were out to get me, as they always are when you run the show. It's kind of silly that it's cancer that's going...
Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong: The
'This book is both heart-rending and gorgeous. It crosses the line many times but ultimately, it's about love. He teaches us humanity.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Thank you, Joey, for getting your...
Now What?: On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain
Politics: The three vowels and five consonants which control our world. 'But what has politics got to do with me?' I hear you ask. Well, quite a lot really. Whether...
Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World
"Finn weaves a spellbinding meditation . . . an affecting ode to the power of the unseen." - Publisher's Weekly What if you could live in a world where the...
Lobster: and other things I'm learning to love: 'energising, fearless
A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest ' SARAH MILLICAN 'Hollie McNish's words always sweep...
Bone Black: The undiscovered memoir from the author of the cult
One of bell hooks' foundational works introduced to the UK for the first time. 'With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and the truth of experience, bell...
Facing the Music: A searingly candid memoir from S Club 7 star, Hannah
'There has been a lot of fun and adventure in my five decades on earth. There are also things from my past that I've needed to deal with. This is...
Saving Safa: Rescuing a Little Girl from FGM
Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her autobiography, Desert Flower . The book...
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, published in a beautiful Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time 'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one...
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time 'Another tiger-golden day lay ahead of us. It was as though England...
Homage to Catalonia
The now-classic account of Orwell's experiences in the Spanish Civil War, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'Every line of serious work that I have written...
Star for Jesus (And Other Jobs I Quit): Rediscovering the Grace that
Growing up, Kimberly Stuart got really good at strapping on her spiritual tap shoes and trying to be a star for Jesus. She could sing all the songs, ace the...
Happy Land: The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of
'It's time we name our kingdom!' he shouted over the wind. 'I say we call this place Happy Land. If this ain't the land of happy people, then where is...
The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir: A Journey Beyond Healing, Hope, and
In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores-with searing insight and honesty-the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a...
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility- another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all...
Process: The powerful instant Sunday Times bestseller
'A memoir of great power and emotional honesty. To read this book is to be in awe of Spraggan's strength in writing it' ELIZABETH DAY ** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER,...
Tomorrow's Here Today: Lightning Seeds, Football and Cosmic Post-Punk
A Louder than War Book of the Year A Waterstones Book of the Year A Rough Trade Book of the Year A Resident Book of the Year 'All Ian Broudie's...
When Does the Mind-Bending Start?: The Life and Times of World of
A Times Book of the Year 'Most underrated group? World of Twist.' - LIAM GALLAGHER 'They're a top band. No one could do what World of Twist do, except World...
Men Have Called Her Crazy: The New York Times bestselling memoir
'A stunning self-portrait of a woman trying to make sense of the misogyny and sexism she has faced throughout her life.' - TIME Magazine In early 2021, popular artist Anna...
The Eternal Season: A Journey Through Our Changing British Summer
Summer is traditionally a time of plenty, of warmth; a time to celebrate abundance. And so Stephen Rutt sets out to explore the natural world during its moment of fullest...
Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces
Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history's masterpieces Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history. Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti?...