Biography

The incredible story of a woman who took the path less travelled to work for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in outback Australia, and what the experience taught her about...

'Katrina's book is a powerful testament to grit, endurance, and agility. It shows how perseverance, focus, and strong values lead to true success. A must-read for anyone seeking strength in...

Fans of Patti Smith's Just Kids and Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining and bracingly honest memoir by an actor, director and...

My Steve is a deeply personal and moving tribute to a man adored by millions of people who never met him, and cherished by those who did. I'd never, ever...

On her thirtieth and final year hosting Wimbledon for the BBC, tennis and broadcasting legend Sue Barker tells her own story for the first time in this inspiring and personal...

In her stunning memoir, Wendy Lawless tells the often heartbreaking tale of her unconventional upbringing with an unstable alcoholic and suicidal mother-a real-life Holly Golightly turned Mommie Dearest-and the uncommon...

A gripping and shocking story of a serial killer mother, and the brave daughter who brought her to justice. Dulcie Bodsworth was the unlikeliest serial killer. She was loved everywhere...

A moving and inspirational true story THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of...

It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I'm only in my...

'What a story and what an inspirational human. Ed is a total legend.' Joe Wicks 'A life-affirming story . . . inspirational' Tim Peake As seen in the Daily Mail...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, more than any other artist, epitomizes the spirit of Montmartre, one of the most colourful and vibrant quarters of Paris. Physically disabled since childhood, he was unable...

Stepladder to Hindsight is about a fascinating man who has reached a turning point in his life and looks back. In this work, renowned academic and life-writer Richard Freadman turns...

Zarah Ghahramani was born in Tehran in 1981. Zarah's life changed suddenly in 2001 when she was arrested and charged with 'inciting crimes against the people of the Islamic Republic...

A detailed and authoritative account of one of modern Hollywood s greatest actors "I've always felt like an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess." - Robert...

This volume helps uncover the unique patterns people weave in life. At a time of wide interest in biography, this is a set of keys to understanding the patterns and...

Inspired by a celebrated photographic exhibition in Sydney last year, First Kiss is a collection of Lisa Tomasetti's gloriously intimate portraits of couples along with interviews by actor and journalist,...

While on a business trip to Singapore in 1992, 41-year-old Peter Couche, a London-based stockbroker and father of three, suffered an irreversible brain-stem stroke. Twenty-four hours later he was paralysed:...

A magnificent biography of one of the most amiable and important figures in both the history of botany and the founding of Australia. Sir Joseph Banks, botanist, explorer, President of...

This is a classic memoir by one of the most famous landscape gardeners of the 20th century which describes the author s training and the development of his many celebrated...

This anthology presents as selection of Chinese prose compositions from the 3rd century AD to the present. The essays start from the early masters of the form, Lu Xun and...

Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19th November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to 25 years in the...

The Education Service was a vital arm of the British Colonial Service while the British Council has been paramount in promoting the English language and culture overseas. But are both...

There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one...

'No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritise it. I believe the second you feel you have...

Adele Robinson is in prison, convicted for the murder of her abusive father. Her brother Peter is building his criminal empire on the outside, but when he gets involved in...

'Essential reading' RECORD COLLECTOR 'Darcus Beese is a formidable cat' CHUCK D 'An inspiration' ANNIE LENNOX The must-read memoir from Darcus Beese - the first black president of Island Records...

Are you sitting nicely? Good. Let's discover exactly what happened after two superstar Labradors chewed up the lockdown internet and found it really quite tasty. He's not kept a diary...

A beautifully told, deeply personal growing-up memoir from the BBC presenter about life, death, love and nature. Voted the UK's Favourite Nature Book The memoir that inspired Chris Packham's BBC...

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...

Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast: a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, a swift. What it was really like. And through...

The bestselling, heartfelt memoir from Sophie Cachia, who reveals never-before-shared details of her marriage breakdown, and how delving into her feminine intuition and falling in love with a woman transformed...

'After falling in love with my husband, Rick, I moved to a property called McAllister in the remote Gulf Country of far north Queensland, where I found myself living in...

Observer's Best Art Book of the Year, 2018 In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic...

On the metro I ask her if she can see the sea. She points at me. Not la mere, I laugh. La mer! The sea! I can't see the sea,...

Rod Laver's memoir is the inspiring story of how a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy from Rockhampton became one of Australia's greatest every sporting champions. Rod was a dominant force...

"Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality." - Emily Dickinson This is a book about the indestructibility of love. Journalist and author Karina Machado spoke to over...

Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war. From September 11,...

The latest instalment in the mega-bestselling non-fiction franchise, and crikey hasn't it been a funny old place of late. . . Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny...

A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints...

Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war, offering riveting insight and fresh facts that clarify...

'An incredibly useful take on facing grief as a young person' CARIAD LLOYD'Brilliantly, brilliantly written ... Packed with clarity, curiosity and courage' FELIX WHITE'It turned on so many lights for...

Dive into the extraordinary journeys of remarkable individuals with this incredible value collection! For an astonishing price of just $75, you'll receive 22 hand-picked biographies and autobiographies. From inspiring leaders and groundbreaking...

Anyone who is a fan of the television show will love this book. The second volume of this bestselling title will be released in September 2000. You will laugh and...

As war rages in her beloved homeland and her husband is taken away to fight in it, a young mother faces the most difficult decision of her life -- which...

Amazon Best of the Month pick Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive biography of geek and gaming culture's mythic icon, Gary Gygax, and the complete story behind his...

"A brilliantly researched tale of greed, ambition, and our desperate need to believe in magic, it's history that captures America as it really was--and always will be. A great read."...

With humor and insight, John Glassie returns Kircher to his rightful place as one of history's most unforgettable figures. The interests of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist, knew no...